Variety (July 1933)

16^ VARIETY FILM REVIEWS ifiiesaay, Jiily 4, 1^33 MAYOR OF HELL ^arncf Bros, , pxtiductlpn .and' release. Starring JameQ Cagoey. With Madge BVa'ns, Allen ° ^ionkins, Arthur Byron. , Directed by-Arclite THayo. Screen play by Kdward Chodorov. Based on atory by Islln AuBter.- Photographer.^Barnfey McOill, At Uie "^trand, N,* Y.t ' Juh6.29. - Runhlhg time, 87: niinut^B. - ' ■ " . —latsy ^,v..Janee Cagney Dorothy Orl .........Madge Eva^a ''Mike Allen Jenkins xbompson: ;,.;;..< .Dudley Digges Vudge GUbert-n*. .;7-'«'««-^-^Arthur Byron, ffimmy^i, .'.Frankl« Darrow WattereV'.Vkv;;i-...:'.V.;.:wnilam V. Mong' .'Butch..;.',. .'i,.,., Mickey Benn^t lazyV...,.'. .Sidney Miller 6a,tlsf€^(^t6ry> .*veh though: both. Ihe;€i^l6cr and- the plot have .uh^e^ eirable items.'; , A" competerit cfu?t. «nd able'direction- mlniihlzcT-effect'' ^ of .these faults. StoFy> is of a'killed r^forrtftlng/a refoi^^ . ' Cae^ that Jekyll-Hyde chatr-r" iac'ter. All 'done: for a^ blonde, nurse.' Blement .i^f interest for.'.thfl b;o; is the. 260 or ^o [boys .^rhp 'particij^tf. An the: picture. Pftrtlfjularlj^Frankie Darrow. r ..iae'8' oiie^ of the leaders' and althdush; Cagiiey 3s aa good as -usup,!, Dalrro.w';and. even Dudley Digltes " cop important ktteiitldh, Pic&es'is the abusive superintend-^ ent: of the boys* reformatory.- ■' P"ictUre has its tearful moments which, should ' cajrry. / It.'s llffhter moment^, which air^h't many, are carried mostly • qh ; the reverse through the kids' pactions and Allen Jeiikins. Jenkins plays a stooge : gunman and handy "inah for Cag- ••ney: ' :■ .'^ Story iget6 a good start, eihowlnsf: the" kids workllng a street racket i|j ' ■watiching' autos and caarrylng , pn, petty thievery*.-'-'Then jthe iuv^nile court 'sessions sPJrelinS; tSj' w.: kid^i. goiugr awfiy; - That's a .twJg!li, 4!,0-^^ minute exhibition of par^|ital com,. ; plicfaiion'sr' ; Th^J'^aP^arerit aim" is to get bv^r how- the klda.^arA:prQq|.Udt*r' - of eriVlropmeht^ momy, ' ■CHjasfc.an^tf * wOrKs up' iii6c6Bfltarjr riyirtiiath'yv- to. (ckrry. the/Ki5S;alatt^.;, V'V- " The •■'tiig ■ iterii' I wiiiich [bustotoWs hive " '"-swinlbw :la >tH^t -while Nrevr fonhiii^ kids; Ca^iney; stlqkp; to his tradd.as a gang leader',L<3et#fltiuBh-- ■. est for- logical a'cc6pjanCT . V^ ■ kills .ft, clcoBseiJ in^.Jils .g:a|ig .wJ^Hft,- Btill playlW a salfttly, *ole attiOng. th6 M^. ::'<Jf; ^oUrpe, he Teform?.' aU<teether/ ttlihselt<'9,nd-;oth^rfl^^ ihe,iinish._'\;;.; . ;,. '••"t^ HoWeve^i wilieti -th|9 kld^ thfm)^ ■elves tire'. th4 i^^etbrrfatoiy-'alfitt' cause the.deisitfi of'the^^uipert^'that'Js' an bftslde point. '•Etert, it'.looks Jike alble-* direction in - the^ handUrig. pf voting DaiTdw, ?W111 jflull the itemi^ -—over-without-:adv,erafijcfi.actio n from? customers. iPhotogrftphy is' okay. Madge ^Eviins does_a good Job here and is easv tb.lpokl'at.^rtUr-'tv-^';--:., -y^ "While haying" tbe 'IriiCmfewOrfc .6t a junior ^tg HoUse'Trfit'sf onlyAthe Tramewoi-k. Story isn't stf strong. STian, plotting-against the husband's real enemies, a conniving oil official who had. the desert bandits in his pay to' wreck the coiftpany managed by the husband as a! means to estab- lishing his own 'dictatorship over the oil.fields. ■■ ;Jnte.nt is ;meIodraniatlc, but the treatmerit is piBtrtrcuWiy smooth ancb Innocent of oVerdione- herpics with" out sacrlAcc of .'action, a/middle course . that -: works': out entertaihr inglyi l^oah Beeily. plays a copiedy bii^ for all it's -wc^th in laughs and. :chuokles.'..\ .: c..'>■•' The acting is iengaigihg In its jsim'-. plicityr Fay •;'Wray>has-. a-semi~walk-=- through r.ble', pu\ ,,4r,esae$; it attrac- tively and . plays pit .^with 'agre'eable grace. .Raq'ueJ *Forrea'-..cbiitributes heV ■ temp'^stUQUis^ 'self''' itj.; 'several Comedy sequen^pcA-ftiiid Donald'Cook -manages. adifficult J,uvehl)e -. role .-with .:a 'good d^^ai .pf. experthess,' Photography '; ' e^ccellent. and . the biackirrounds, in'-thc; restraitied but eib4ij;ont vein of the veiry best :tech- 'iiI4Ue. ■^ * JCttsh, SAMARANG (Silent) .B^* .!^. Z|eidn>aii <) .productiQn. tiriltcd Artists'r^^pAse. '.Plrected by Ward. Wing. '■ A'sobclate producer, Chorle3:..Hunt; stwy, Lori'Bara;'«aito:ri ToA) J.'Geraghty; must- jCal. .supervision, Abe Meyer: - score,. Sain K; WlHtcIand; photographer, John; C. "Ctiok. SabmnTlne photography, Stacy Woodward. At. Kivoll, To week June 28.. Running time. 50 m^ps. Pearl Dlyi^r ....,;,... i. .. Ahihant; Hi? • Sweetheart... i........ v; Sai-Tn His Iilttle 'Brother.'... .............I^o-Hai His' Brother.*.'.^.'. v. '. ;.. .i. .'•. .Mnmounah Captain ot S&hootier.'. ....: .Ghang-Fu- llJ^OMANi^TOlPS Colu'iii^iiii - iiroduotlofi. atid" release.' - Statis Jacli HWt.' Pay Wray • featured!. J Directed by Irving Cummlngs. •-•Story.: by Jdseph Hergeahelnier; adaptation by Jo. Swerling; cameraihan-, Benjamin" KUne; assistant di- rector,' Da-via, Sehnan;..Hrfti e.ditor, Gene Havllk, ..At RiaUoVvN.' y.ii'we^k-Jilnp 28. Running time,- 70 mlnsv ' , '. ■'■■ u^-i^ Jim Bradler., . .Jack Holt Vlda Corew;... Fay Wtay General Ray ohNoah • Beery •fereslta ....... .*'.... r. Raquel Torres Corew. .M ...Donald, Cook Lehtz ..:.-.......'.;r...;...Edwin Maxwell Di'leker ■......iCharlea Browne Blxto .. ... . IFerdlnand Munler Murdock .,.......:.'J-,^:-..i..-.-.:..IfCe Phelps Jack Holt hasVibeen making pic tures like this If or .years and has prospered. There's nothing espe cially distinguished in the output, but it is all fetnihently saleable ma- terial. Factory-'product, but factory product; of a Wccissful kind, ."With a ready market a.nd satisfactory re- turns. .Thl,s one grades-, as good commercially. On the Btbry.side it-has -the sup; port of jToseiih Hergeshelth6r, a shrewd maker-.^of magazine.: flctibn: thbrouighly ' abreast'of his market; and a succeBsful judge of public taste.. Jo Swerling has turned, out an excellent .••adaptatipn^'-simiile', di^ rect, a workmarilike job,' which term : vchTaracteriaes ... the'-:- production,. . 4il V around. Critics'r'wont' rave" oyer iti but It belongs to-'this great bulk bt commercial iftlm that forms th6 backbone of a natlpiial indus.tify. This time, the ibciile is the North African oil. fields, a setting th'ajt ■lends 'Itself -to engaging »atmosi)here, with :itS'wastes of d^esert and bands of galloxiing ' horsemfen, . sturdy men in llrien'eVenihg clothes arid a hero ine beautifully garbed, but discon tented with her-jpt. StOry lias to dp with the strong-Jaclc Holt, rough and ready hero of the Wild • lands, who wins the wife of his - friend, . then Ahds her un-worthy and casts her off—a made-to-order role fOr Holt; This player, is a peculiarly- con sistent name on the . screen. He ^piSBn't^eJtperlment—in—versatility Always. his Characters are rough And tough,. ignorant sometimes, oc casionally uncouf', but always the key to. the appeal is in the char aCter's innate sense of honor. This Whole story swings on. .that point and -therein lies its punbh. In the p]a;nting of the yarn' there ts ground for the belief thiat Holt Is plotting the husband's fuln tP win the woiiian-^certalnly, the hus band thinks so. Instead, the denoue ment reveals that'he was counter Big towns may figure, nothing: un- .Usjial' in" several'-bafe'flashes <)f la- native-girl;, i^ut i.h ilif<^Iu'ded. :aind : -.-good exploitation :iEth^{d f iiiii^vone thrpu'gh- satis-^ ifoctbriiyj'>: "^MB^ploltatibn -anifi^ls -iJiTfusually/i^^^ f?' StPry •.IS' siniple, ai.nd .piaye^ .-by ..a' native cast. Boy and. girl; with-girl' the daughter of a chief." Boiy is" too popir ' to'' win i^ri^h^(al. ponsenit and ' takes tP, p.Mirl-'divlii^^^ Illfl'ypunger: btojfchfjjrjjemulaie^ a^'sudden iihpulse iethd' the youngster' iii caugKt' «)y: tt^sharft. He di'ea So the^^lder 'i>rPther liot .only getis his pearl and" the ^irl,Vbiit he 'aidb kills- the sharlc.. Many ^places wher? . the .-titles,-in, this 'silent.-"piCtute are -more dra-' iriatlb-t.haii - whfet; • follows;' Actipii- does "ttot^ always eiqual fhc'hei'aldlng aiid'sometimes too miich is inferred but not shown. It'ff; a matfer-of; opinionr4b-^-hatiexteiitJ[tJcaii affect feneral reception. Photography thrbUghout is admirable, -Romantically the' picture lacks a. flinch:■.yet "the- film "carries'*; a sort' of balance of dramatic po-wer in the big ' fish flgKtInfe"TOne -another tO; destruction. This comes in the opening sequences and later. That the picture is silent is bound to' offer relief to', some. But-being silent isii't going to. detract; where the;, film is ..handled properly.' Film'dlEfsolves into Undersea shots rather in ^harrative order. A Jelly- Qsh is shown absorbing a crab, a starfish . devouHng clams. iLater, thjeife's'a'prejtty. good battle b^twe^n an .Octopus arid. a shark. 'Ward "Wing shot-this footage'and it couldn't have been any cinch."" Some snakes, too, with - a reptile crushing tir small .deer, a .more dreadful, kick than the later shot Of a' snak'e coiling arcund a >natIV,ei- Lioria .Bara, .credited with "the Bt.P,iy', is" the wife of "Wing'and" a sister of''Sheda Bara. ' SMii, Mmiatiire Reviews 'Mayor of Hell' (WB). Cag- ney film "With competent cast in a story of how *a killer ends brutality In a bPys* reforma- • 'tory .and. refornis the inmates. Has outlirie pf ia: junior 'Big: ;HoUse.'' Offers pxplOitatlon 'easii-y. ^Wom'an I Stole*;(Col). Typi- cal Jack Holt tnelo, well mad^ •ahd-dependaWe, program prpd- uct. ■ ■ "Stpry. frpni kergesliefme^ novel, * 'SaintiranjB'^ (tJA). Silent rfar- rative'bf a South Seas roinarifee Virith miich tP be exploited and if handled .jpiropeirly bias gOod chance. Stibmeu^iiiie shots of. Undersea anemones fighting are' ihterestirig anif" okay.' «ripW Your' Man'"" (M-'G). Jeaii_ Harlow and .Clarke 'Giablo. ' ; a ireal ^mpney ipic- buiit. iur'bund Atwp " very , syiui>atHefi<; young under- Wb1rldeh», and their hard- boiled''roni'an'ce. Most prbin- isinep' . bpz ' office prpst)ect ■'in - niohthis. 'Bed Roses' <Radio). ■ Cbristajice'^ B^^ starrer in drab, sex tale of familar pattern 'biit . designed for fair %6x Ol&ce attentlpn.. ' Pert Keiton's,' Mae-Westlsli debut in fiicicers will haVe 'em talking. Joel, McCrea.' ' . the. male lead ap4 ' count-, with the ...;fiaps, ' -'Return: , , Casey- Joiies' (Mon'P^. Pair cast-rianiejsi wifst- ed' bh-yiiihspl^ prpdUctioU: iinirispiring ' script. be ,wHpPped iip iiii^tai ;-,divl-, sion.;tpw.ns.'' HOLD YOUR MetT0»<36Wfwyn-Mayer; produc,tion' and - re-.' lease. . CorstaTS. Jcaii .Harlow aha .Clark Qabie.- Directed ; by-^Bttift Wood. ^Btory, bx Anita Xoos, adaptation by Miss. Xoos and HO-yiraid. Bnjoiett .Jtogefs; lnclden](Jil-soiig,. Nacio, Herb' Brown and Arthur Freed; iiaueraman.' Harbld ' Rosson; fllihi eflltor, FVank. Sumvan.' At ..OfiP.ltol,. N. T., week June 80/ Running .time, 8Q mjns, • ., Ruby ;.,... Jean Harlow eddla ;..::ii..-."..V.4i..".V..,-..Giark Gable Ai „..-......-..:..;.....; * •... .stuart^urwin Gypsy -.Dorothy Burgess Bertha .Muriel Klrkland Slim r.r.~.7.': .-.-rrTT-.-^-GaTry Owen- Sadie ;. ......Barbara^Barondess XuBf^"Mltchen-s-s-5-»-rT* Mlas Tuitle Lily Mae Crippen., Mrs. Wagner ; R^verdnd Crlppen.. T/JEllizabeth Patterson , .Theresa Harris lanche Frlderlcl ....(^eorg^ Ree4 Tomorrow at Sevien Jeffersoh Pictures , production and . Radio release. Directed by Ray Bnrlght. Ches- ter' Mjorrld ,.a.hd Vlvleiine Osborne .fea- tured. Btory and dialog," Ralph Spence: Chi^rlee Schoehbaum, photog, ' At old Roity;= N-. ■•"*'.i "week ■ Juno 30. ■ Running time, 66 mlns. . Nell VBrodetlck..;,; j.; Cheater Morris MaYtha'Winters.Vlviehne• Osborne Clancy.r...<<./Fran'k . McHugh Dugan ;-AIlen' Jenkins Drake ......Henry. Stephenson Winters ......Grant. Mitchell Slihpns. .Charles Mlddletoh Mdrsd^n ... .Oscar Apfel wT^W";. pjpiessure. murder myistefy which'-doesh't move- as ^'fagt as'iit shpyld. ' Uses., all^ the .-cvstomary tricks to d'eVelbp an elementary master ■{ mind criminal. theme arid successful orily on the comedy end. H^re-'as -well, as in other ,depart-^ ments the ' laughs are ' .drawn tlirough a; 'stereotyped medium—the familiar team of clown, detectives. ' Characters are a young murder mystery novelist, ah old million- aire supposedly devoting his for- tune to the capture of the murderer who's terrifying the nation, the old man's male secretary and the male see's daughter. The .criminal calls himself the Ace of SpadesI leaving the customary, marker near the body in addition to warning 'em in advance and nariiing the hour. Ideh- Jtity:jji^he ■ Ace^JgLjrett^^ con cealed until the finishT""''""'^''™^ For those who walk in ori this one at the. middle, viewing the first half , after the solution has been re- vealed< Will hold littlC amUsemerit Only the antics of the comedy flat- feet. Prank McHugh and Allen Jen kins, can sustain atteritloh; Ches ter Morris and 'Vivlenrie Osborne, featured, and all the others play it In stock fashion.. Little name strength to redeem the geri{:ral ••jhortcomlncfl. Big'e, - -"top -type of cbmniercial product- and a release that looks sure for better tha*i average attendance, both on the strength of its high score leads-and'on "word^pf mouth. Story has the popular Character, with special refere'ricp to, the ifem- inlrie interjest. Running time of nearly ah hour and a half lOoks like it's.-overboard on. footage, but the story attstains itself-throughout arid only" th^ watch'tells Jthe tia;le.' Anita l»os knows her fans and here an author 'seems to haVe;been able to. have'her way without top much interference., . She ladles out the! sentiriient In heavy portions, mixes ^ a generous flavoring ot brtstlirig -fast 'dialog Pt ' comedy draoHi p.utpose,, and the results are emirieritly";elatisfactory in''terms of entertainment. Story :n>erit is abun-- dantly supported by expert playing, especiaUy on the-part "of: Miss Har- low, .arid the. production is of th^ highest grade'v There seems to- have been some 'uncertainty'' Pn".- the^ .part . of. the' studio, as tP the story's ethical values, tierolne is a hard-boiled gold digger iri the. early passages and ' coast reports Were' that '• there had . beeri! remakes . and juggling pf the .'earty"'inotiVation tO whitewash' the, character. Apparently, .it. was the '-first Versipri" " that- •reached trie Capitol; and there is ground. for the view that the choice -wasf the right . one._ -.^othiiig ■ -wrPng- With --the. ethics of the situation, in Which both'prin cipal characters, start as unworthy, for 'it is Vthe honest .Ibvej-.: they ifind in each other that wOrks out their regeneratlbn. " That outlirie ought to be. censor-proof. However^ there is one detail that it might "be 'tactful to. pmit: Some of the by-play in a sequence with a Ibt of reforinatbry girls in chapel singing, 'Onward Christian Soldiers.' works out to comedy effect in a few details and is pretty^sure to give offense. EpI spde Isn't vital, anyhow. Earlier sequences have plenty of ginger, but the torrid details are handled with the utmost discretion while cPnveying a maximum of ef feet. These deal Vtrith the campaign 'Of-the-'SmalK crookr^ddie.^CiSA'bleX to makO' Ruby, presjented as a girl vaguely hard to get and still no better than she should be. Bringing of the ttvo together is a sequence worthy of an O. Henry* Eddie and a pal (Garry Oi^en a^d doing very Well indeed with a-minor role) Work a fast 'poke switch' on sidewalk passers-by. They get caught and laddie takes refuge, in a strange flathoUs^. Seeking cover he crashes Into Ruby's bathronm while Ruby is,in the tub. Story is sot in action ft-om ■ the. start^ Eddie gets 90 days when he's tricked into driving another crook's 'hot' car- and com.es out, unrpgepe- rated and seeldng new sources of income. A. badger scheme ie framed with one Of Ruby's chumps and in the mix-up Eddie finds he loves the girl and .socks the sap,' uninten- tially -kills, him, , and the violence is supposedly justified by.ithe rinan's sudden realization he' is fond of the ■girl. I ' Eddie makes his ' getaway, but^ Ruby is -caught and- gets..two. yeats in the reformatory, a., sequence -worked"" orit~OJr"^he ■ screen r ^a- model of .taste, aild judgment,, arid at , the' tome time a. series of scenes Which. are. right both in strong bu.- man cpmedy aiid a good deal of. di^amatlc .force. Nothing of the kind has'b^en'better done.on .thO: screen' tor graphic' clarity,' reallsrirt,' and i^till.t^e material, is entirely innor, cent jDf the sordid angle, asi^oclated with'the locaie.^ . A .swift action finish pUts a satis- fying period to the rpmance; Irather hard tP take iri some particulars btit a 'w.ell sustained finale. In Which iEddie crashes the refpi-matpry on- Visiting;, day, eludes, the m'atirbhs and persuades X Viditing .minister to marry him' and' Ruby before .the police'; catch upi: to him-. -t^ -,. One of the'-mPst proriilslhg ihPney pctures ri the last < four- rinbhths/ -Ri BED pif ; ROSES Radio ' prodvictlon and- release- .starring .Constance Bennett. Gregory : XiaCeiva ' di- rected. Original and screen play, by Wanda l^uchbck; -{Additional .dialog.--; Eugene-rthack-.^ rey. Camera; Charles-. Rosher; musid direc- tor: Max St^lner: assistant director, Ed- ward •Klliy.-' A' Pandr*-, S. Derman pro^ Ruction. At Radio;. City Music Hall. N. Y.. week June .20. Running tln^«, 70. mlns: Ijaiiy .Evan's.. V.:. ..: V.. :Cohbt(lnce Bennett /Mike. ■ . .i; •.*. r: .-.;; -. JoelMcCrea^ Palji:e .'..'.''.:-..'.l.....'.John Halllday >4lnnle..iv:. ;., ......... .Pert Keltqn Father .Doia,n.-;.. .;Saniuer Hinds A. S0-15O .flicker^ 'Bennett .will have to bolster it. "While lackirig in some of the elements- wjilch distinguish previous roles •> where she essayed glaihorpus: ladies, - the.; wanton-' woman stuff should .find better-gen- ei^al box office appeal than the pre-- ceding sojp>hlstication. Story iri itself is formula. It's* tawdry and unwholesome. in the main: It's. therefore to the greater credit pf the artificers, inclliding the star, that it was-made as igyjnpa- thetic as it evolyed, towards the end . As a rapacious female. Miss "^erinett's characfeflzattorr^ hewB" .close'to^--the_lin e- almost a ll -the wav. It's, even broader as regardis Pert Keltbn. her buddy, in thb .racket of trimining'. the masculine of thib specie. ' The "regenerative "^loye -atuffr with /JoelMcCrea takes it out of the gutter; where it starts and stays almost all of- the way... Both gals are alumnae of a re- form schqol and the rp.lling-the-: lush stuff on a Mississippi steamer bound, for New Orleans leaves noth- ing out. Then coriies the- big love affair and Miss Bennett walks' out on the engaging N. O. publisher, John" ' Halllday, whom .^sjhe has hooked in a- manner that /likewise goes into all of the' details on the mddus operandi of landing a chump. It's- a short idast",^ but Pert Kelton stands out hi^ad and. shoulders' .above everything with a Maywest- Ishi hip-rolling, nasal-twanging,: get.-yourrjm^rit rQutlne..,',w^lch IS" somethirig 'of a' surprise. It so eclipses the. rest of it, including the star '(In sonie .of those'scenes she riieikes, a iStpoge out pf Benni^tt) that it evidences ah unsuspected mag- nanimity pnl the part: of the star or a physical handicap 'Which for- fended any further editing. Miss Kelton, a dancing comedienne." out ot'Zlei^feld mlislcals -andiyaudevlHe; dries not suggest the robust 'Miss West in ^bUIId, other tban. iri. general demeanor. Hers Is a more .slinky Variip; ; Wise" cracking' and' ever- ef - fectjve. With the chbi.cest, phrases handed to .lier.' --• • ■ i: "' .'Bed of ptoses'.is gpod b: o. as a label," It:VisUggesti "the negated 'No Bed of jRoses' (which probably was the. -briglriai 'title); Arid 'Willi permit' the exploiters. tp do their sex bally'to-the-fullest over -the suhi-: TMerr : "There's enough.: :moralistic tPprbff, including a syjiibolic" clergy- rifian who 1/S ratheri dragged into the picturie, to Offset any olficial aggra- vations. Abet. -FALLING FOR YOU (BRITISH MADE) London, June 17. Galnst^orough production, released through Gaumont-pritlsh. < Directed- by Robert Stevenson. In castt Jack Hulbcrt, Cicely GoUrtnoldge, Tamara Desnl, O. S. Clarence, Morton Selten, Alfred Drayton. Length, 7,080 feet. Previewed Prince E<^wiard' thea^ tre, liOndont June 15. r A well-made even, if machlnft- made story, bn Wbich Hulbbrt, the director^ and .Douglas Furber, the lyripist, worked intelligently. Plot is of little-consequerice. ; ' - Hulbert and Cicely, ..CoUrtneidge put bvifr .their; same bag -of tricks iirli^ndlflf^rerit-setting, whichr-ls-all the public desires. Hulbert. shb-virB he is ah bxpert ice skateh and his scenes bn the'-ifrbzeri lake; in iswlt- zerland mafre! a, romantic-backgrbud. It; is here"'he. meets a'" princess, plai/ed by Tamara-. pesrii; a newr comer to the screehl who -was one of the dancers' in 'Casaribva.' " She is youngr beautiful and a riemarlc.- able. skater., .Picture. is roar farce, .plus slap- stick and knbokabout, but so "classi- ly dorie that, with the popularity of .the stars,, it should chalk up an- other, success., Jolo. NO FUNNY BUSINESS (BRITISH-MADE) . London, June 20. : John jStafford production, releas!^d through United Artists. Directed by John Stafford iand Victor Hanbury, In cast: Gertrude Ijawrehce, Laurence Olivier, JlII . Esmond, Qibb McLaughlin and others. . LSngth 0,80U feet approx.;'running tltne,' 70' mlns. . Pre- viewed- Adelphl theatre, Lbndoh", June io,. If is surprisirig that ari'artist, of: Gertrude Lawrpnoe's standing shfijiid: accepi; so friVolbuS a .Scenario for a Starxing ■ vehicle -in pictures, sup- ported" by a cbhapetent company. With - admirable direction. ' - V A- married cbuple.-haVe :gotten on each Others nerves and decide^ to ^ile divorced; They both- go- to thel- same detective agency fpr evidence. This agency makes it a pPint to try tp bring coUples together. They hire an attractive young man to pay at- tention to the wife, and a fascinat- ing'girl to perform the same fuhC'i- tions for the husband..' The co- responderits . fall in Ipve and thiei married couple make.it up. There, are a couple of musical nuriibers and a lot of smart, clean comedy. The entire production breathes class, but the whole thing Cries- out for plot. J OZO. The Lone AvengeF THE^ONLY GIRL (ANCLO-GERMAN) London, June 20. . Ufa Gaumont-Brltifh production, released through , Gaumont-BHtish. Directed by Friedrloh Hollaender. In cast: Lilian Har- vey, Charles. Boyer, O. D, Clarence, Ernest Theslger and others. Lensthi • 7,500 feet. Previewed Prince Edward theatre, London, Jtinc 10. Another Vairi atempt to turn out another 'Congress Dances.' - Llliari .Harjtey,t^_En£hsh jgl^^ made her film reputiitlon.In (5ermariVrwas tlie heroine in the Ufa 'Congress Dances,' and ever since, they have been trying to duplicate this suc- cess. This is a corisclentiOus at- tempt to present musical romance, in German court settings and with deft directlbh arid casting. Everything within reason was given to, this production, and it will make an interesting feature but nb smash. Jolo. KfiS productloiT Woria Wide feTeHso- through Fox. 'Stats Ken.Maynnrd. Direc- ted by Alan James. Story and; continuity by Pbrredt Sheldon, Betty Burbrldge, Cast Includes" Murler GOTdon. James^MarcuSi-Al- Bridge. NUes Welch, W. N. Bailey: Ed Brady. Chas. King. Jack Rockwell. Clar- 3nce iQledert. At l«ew's New York thea» Ire "one day," June-27.-oh-double bUl. Run» nlng tlme 68 minutes. Fbllows general outline of the 'avenger' titles, but just befbre the epd-it jibrifiPs through "^ith a pequence that., pulls it out of thfe mud.' Soriio mysterious visitor Is prowling around "to clear the name of his dead father. .. He reveals himself to his friends 'arid plants 4 gag. " Not knowing which .. of two suspects did the actual killing, he writes, that ho does kno-vV and will come and get him out of the saloon at. eight o'clock. His friends hang around and help scare- the real culprit into revealing his guilt. Sriiartly_staged, it forms-one.of the best bits of com- edy drama found In oats oratorios In a handful -of months. It should satisfy in its habitat. Ken Mayriard usual self but sup- port gets nipre chances to act than usually exist in-bridle dramas. Chic, Retur^ of Casey . Jones Chadwick production; Monogram release.. Features -ChaSr -Starrett. and Ruth .Hall. Directed, by J, P. McCarthy. Supervised, by Trerti Carr. Stpry by .John, P. Johns. J. P, McCarthy, Harry'O." Jones, nflapta- tion; John Mescall. caTinenai John A. Stran- sky. Jr...sound. Cast Itfcliides Robert £!•< liott, Geo, Hayes. Jackie iSearl. Geo. Walsh, Margaret Sedden. G. D. Wood, Geo. Nash, , .Anne .Howard. At Loew.'s ■ New, Tork "theatre" bine dayV Jtmfe . 27 on .double bill. - Riiinnlng time;-57 -minutest ■- ^ Good names wasted on pretty im- possible railrbad yarn. Unlikely that hauling the immortal Casey in by the slack of his overalls will help: riiuch, if any. He's nierely .hro.ug.ht. in to serve as r. model to the young engineer hero of a thin. story In which too much reliance Is "placed on cuts of railroad trains .tushIng madly over the countryside. Sorifie of the photography is good, which is about the best that caln be said for the picture. Sound, settings, script, dialog and direction, are. all below par. Ruth Hall, Cbarles Starrett and Geo. ..Hayes do most .of the -vs'ork, with Marga ret Seddori. and .Tacki " ^afl=In~forTjitTi:==^—^— VMa^ Cecila Parker Again Set Hoilywobd, Cecilia Parker again gets f^mhie lead with ken Maynard in 'Daring Danger,' starting Wcdncs-^ <lay (B), Allan James directing. William Gould,t rank ~Rico and Fern Emmett are al.so in viiut.