Silver Screen (Jun-Oct 1940)

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Tips on Pictures The ones to see and the ones to miss! Brenda Marshall and dashing Errol Flynn in "The Sea Hawk," a lavish and spectacular production which is entertainment not to be missed. Right: Judy Canova, pictured with Eddie Foy, Jr., returns to the screen in "Scatterbrain," and will have you howling plenty. ANDY HARDY MEETS DEBUTANTE (M-G-M) — This family series improves with age, the current offering being the most enjoyable of all. Mickey Rooney, boastful as usual, insists he can be photographed with the No. 1 Debutante of the country {Diana Lewis). It's not so easy. But had it been otherwise, there wouldn't have been half as much fun. Lewis Stone, Judy Garland, Ann Rutherford, Fay Holden and Cecilia Parker all help in making it well-aboveaverage nlmfare. BLONDIE HAS SERVANT TROUBLE (Columbia) — Another family series which continues to be popular, thanks to amusing, well-played scripts. The title of this is somewhat misleading because it has to do with Blondie and Dagwood spending a vacation in a haunted house. When Dagwood (Arthur Lake) asks his boss for a raise because Blondie (Penny Singleton) wants a servant, the boss says no, but fixes it for them to live in a house with two servants. It doesn't take them long to find out it's haunted. BOYS FROM SYRACUSE (Universal) — The highlight of this musical comedy is Allan Jones singing a duet with himself. He plays twin brothers. Joe Penner also plays a dual role. Martha Raye and Irene Hervey have the feminine leads. It has its moments, but they're too few, despite a capable cast of supporting comics — Charlie Butterworth, Alan Mowbray and Eric Blore. GIRL FROM GOD'S COUNTRY (Republic) — An exciting melodrama of Alaska with Chester Morris as a young doctor who has gone there to make people believe that his father, also a doctor, did not commit suicide, but was killed by him. Charles Bickford, and Jane Wyatt, as an officer and nurse, have outstanding roles. GIRLS OF THE ROAD (Columbia) — This probably sounds like a particularly sexy film, but it's far from it. The in [Continued on page 16] Left: Martha Raye and Joe Penner take excellent care of the comedy in Universale "The Boys From Syracuse." Right: Shirley Temple, with comic Jack Oakie, in "Young People," her last picture for Twentieth Century-Fox. Silver Screen J