Variety (Sep 1933)

20 VAXJETT FILM RE Views Tuesclay,-Septeiiiber 26, 1933 SOS ICEBERG (Continued from page 15) background. He is out of the pic- ture while his comrades go in search of him. After he is found he iuere''" lies Ih the ice cdve while the story more or lesg revolves around hitn-. The finest bit of a ting Is contrib- uted by Gibson Gowland, as the backer. It la acting, but nicely blerided into the more rriat^irialistic work of SepE RjSttPr._Holsb<3ec_,and "WtUter ' Riml;'of whom mighf" have- beiert picked up on the ice pack and pressed into service. Th^y do- not suggest they are acting. They ■ seem a& much a part of the locale as the ice. itself. ,, Lent Rieieristiahl, the. one woinan iii the picture, bears the same rela- tion to the. story, as- the 'heroine in a . standard 'VVestern; She: supplied the alleged love interest wJiile otherwise serving only to > in^pede the i^tory. ..'gtfajor . .Udet is also a practical nonentity, brought in for his name and' because he probably flew both planes. There is also dog, giveri program mention. Sound ia vet-y fair, beltig recorded, on Western Eledtrlp and. Tbbis units. : The photography is alwayis. good and sometimes inspired. In view of the difflcuities under which the cameramen worked,, it is an ex*- ceptional. job. .. Cutting 4s; gjenexally; well done save^ for the overuse ,of •the flying episodes and a.: .second use of a. single: clip of the dp& howl- ing; Sonieone blundered at the premier Jii'permitting the use. of a 'Univevsar newsreel with k 'clip of .the Iilrid- .bergh party, in Gr^ettK^nd. This in-: eluded a scene of the native giria dancing, nrioderh steps, on the deck of a steamer which detracted froni thie native scenes .a,t the end. of the picture, . This; was corrected with, the replacement b-" the. iiext hews release; According to the inside, this pic- ture' WAS conceived -and started by Germans and turned over to tJni- versal when the originators were unable -to - cai'ry It through, In-r teriprs were made in Berlin and only the. flnishcd negative went to Hollywood. Chic. of the apartment adornments, which are utilized for aon^e dubbed re- prise of a song chorus, their mouths niovlng' in ventriloquial fashion. A^ fan magazine also exposes four Fox stars, Will Rogers,; Clara Bow, V/arner. Baxter and Janet Gaypbr, who similarly are; hieard in their own styles of vocalizing a chorus. In toto, Migs Harvey's- initial fan introduction, while not ■ auspicious, is highly... favorable. She can be- come as big; for the American miar- l'.e.t'_jis.diiring:.Jier-_'trfa days,_biit-she_ seems worthy of niore. sturdier stuff than a, light musical Comedy, al- though she' is: equally adept op. the song end. .Abel. WILD BOYS OF ROAt) . FI t Natlbnal production and release.' Directed by 'William A. Wellipan. Screen play by ^Jarl Baldwin; ■ Story by Daniel Ahorh. Arthur Todd, camera; Tbos'. Prott) sd'itor; Esdriis Hartley, art. At the Ho- lywood, N.-.Y.,-. commehcInK Sept. ;21.' Itiin-. nlnpr time. <J0 minutes. 'Bddle Smith; :. . MY WEAKNESS (With Songs) Pox production and release of fi, B. O. DeSylva musical production so^stArrlng lilllah Harvey and Lew Ay res. Directed b/ David Butler, • SfDry aiid dlalo£^ .W. DO' Sylyu, iaddUlonal dialog by Ben Ryan and Bert Hnnlon.. Songs by Buddy DeSylva,^ I.ao Robin and Rlcha;rd "Whiting.. At Ra- dio City Music Hall weekTScpt. 21. Jtyin- ninR'tlme, 71 minis. Looloo Blake.... .Lilian Harvey Ronnie Gregory .tew >Ayr6s Gerald Gregory........Charles Bulterwortb Cupid Maxie Jane Holman.. Ellery Greieory Baptlste Diana ... Eve IjoIs Jacqueline t • • • • f.* • I .Harry Langdon .......Sid Silvers .. .Irene Beiitley Henry Travcrs .-.Adrian Rosley .,. Matsr.. Howard .... .Irene Ware .'Barbara. Weeks . .Susan. Fleming Sally . r.bnjmy 3race , Liola.^'' .. Pr. Mr; -Mrs.. ■...■....,'■..... Mr. . Cadmust.. ......... Tudge White.:.;.....».. Red Buggla Harriet .:■ A.urtt Carrie.- .'oap.tnln of Detectives. Director .FVankle Darro .....Dorothy CoDhnii .Edwill Philips y.i.Rochelle Hudson: '.Ann. Ho'yey ■4. .v. . . .Arthur Hohl ,:... .Grant. Mitchell Clair = McDowell .. .Sterling Holloway ...Charles Grapcwln ..... Robert'' Barrat ........ Ward Bond .... Adrian Morris ..Shirley' Dunstead . .Minna Gombel .. ..Wlllard. Robertson William a; 'Wellm^n Lilian Harvey's AmieHcail screen debut in a Hollyw^od^'made produc- tion—a musital^is highly fa'\ror- able. On personality she impresses herself to the degree it should istand her In good stead when outfltted with a niore substantial story. Buddy DeSylva has turned" out a When a reporter lias set down on the record that thje First ^attqiial people; have screened a powerful and graphic soj:lal document of the times, that covers the artistic phase of the . release. Its. commeircial as- pect id' $6mettilrig else ifigain. Subject—that, of the youth of the country turning tramp in seatch of employment' and tmdergoing sorry hardships—is one of the most pain- ful sides of the whole depression. Granting that boys on the road is a vital public 'question' iand thait this, picture gives it absorbing treat- ment, the outstanding fact Is that it inakes a depressing -evening in the theatre, one that the general fan public would jgladly avoid. Pact is that while the picture has been very Well done, indeed, it should never haVe been, done at all for gehei-al commercial ' release. Subr jects of this, class as a business proposition a,re a good deal like a man Who rah a restaurant and in- sisted upon. puttiiig on Jjilig bill of fare only those items that he felt sure were good for his customei-s^ spinach for instance—-and Ignored the desires of hia cUstoinersi for viands that might not be so good for them In general, but Which they, liked and wanted to buy. You might applaud his good Intentions, but you'd have a poor opinion of his business capacity. Indeed, the very, merits of 'Wild Boys of the Road' are its difflcuities. The acting is so. gripping and the incidents so graphic, that they con- spire to make the hour's running of the; subject one of considerable discomfort to the spectator. The picture presents a distressing con- dition only too absorbingly. The spiritual travails of these young- sters, detached fron» their' families Too Much Harmony ' Paramount production and release. Blng Crosby, featured. Directed by Eddie Suther- land. Original story by Joseph L. MarikIc-. wlcz. Dialog .by Harry Ruskln. Music and lyrics by Arthur Johnston and Sam Co'slow. At the Paramount, commencing Sept. 22. Running time. 70 mlQS. Eddie Brunson>'..><...<.....i..Bing 'Crosby Benny Day. Jiack Oakle Johnny Dixon...;...Skeets Gallagher Ruth Bro^n....^ .......Judith Allen Max Merlin ....,....<'......'.... Harry Green IiucUle Wataon...;. .Lllyan Tashman Lem Spawn. ..., .Ned Sparks Patsy .Dugan,....,.,......^.^...i.,.JKltty .Kelly Verne Lament... i....'.,; • ;Grace Bradley Mi's. Day..... rs. Evelyn Oakle Mrs. Galloctl.......Ann Demetrlo GaUottI... ^......,'.'.. k...'. .Henry Arinetta good It light musical, comedy for the' screen, deflclent in story sturdl- ness as' is the usual shortcoming of the average musical comedy libretto; Lightness of the theme is offset by a' naive manner of presentation and self-kidding -through :the me- dium of a hokum Dain Oupid played by Harry .Laingdou- IJe'a an iamor- ous talking reporter •who i-ecognize;; the obviousness of Lew Aryes' ro- mantic possibilities but almost gives up Charles Butterworth as a possibility. . When BUtferworth finally falls, it makes for muph of the comedy in the picture. '■ Miss Harvey is .a hotel, slavey •who overhears a musical comedy plot to trick Butterworth into; a romantic situation. This calls for metamor- phosing somebody into a grand lady wblch" Ayres' jgirt friends uiidertake and achieve in-a couple of .weeks of Intensive tutoring in talk; walk, class, dash and all that gOes with It. The ih^vestment is terrific but such a success: that the/Cinderella WindS'.up in musical, coniedy fashion in a clinch with Ayres, , .v Miss Harvey and Ayres are: cor starred,, with Butter'iydrth,. Harry Langdon, Sid Silvers and Irene Behtley sub-featured and distin- guishing themselves. Silvers was In IDeSyl'va (and Laurence Schwab's) musical coiiiedy hit, ^Take a Ciiance,' bn. Broadway last season, .and in exchange for bolstering thie • book. With some, supplementary diar lOR and other niaterlal; PeSylya promised' him. a break in, pictures. Ho takes every advantage, of his, .opportunities. •The fashioU show :idca permits for some sartorial flash and is the setting for the bl-T laft sequences. =^-hree==songSr=»=-'Gather==iLilp=^Rouge While Tou May.' 'You Can Be Had' and How DI iJook?' the latter dis- tinguished by. Its manner of deliv- ery by Dixie Frjanceis, a saucer-eyed, personality hot 8ong:streBs. Reunion of David Butler, the dlr rector, and DeSylva seems a liappy one. Butler and the former teain of .DeSylva, BroWn and Henderson did quite well on the Fox lot irl the first screen musical vo^ue |n 1929 with 'Sunny Side Up.' ••-Production' Ideas are novel ' and re.ih. There are toy animals, r*art This the oiie In which the brother of the sheriff's sweetie gets in with the gaiig and he has to rUn him down, torn between love and du ty. country, battered, rebuffed and hardened by adversity; is something to leave an impression of gloom not easily erased. Every Incident, every character ceaselessly brings to mind the most gruesome underside of the hard times. It may be a public service to herald these facts to unwilling ears* but the theatre cannot Well hope to prosper niaterlally in such a venture. One of the lobby Catchllnes says Iiveftect Ts the youth of the land hitchrhiking to Hell? You can Ig- nore the facts, turn a cold ghpuld^i' to. the problem.' -Biut there It isli That tellg aiost of the story; As a sales proposition tlae public Is pret- ty likely, ^o turn a cold shoulder to the probleiii and td the picture. The times,. In short, have anxieties enough without going to the the- atre to learn about jnore. Picture lias practically rto story progression; It's a bare narrative of a couple Of small town boys who leave home to avoid being an added ci|xe to harrassed families. On freight cars they meet up with a young girl bea;ting her way to an aunt in Chicaero. There are battles hl^tV^ 1^!. ^ro^ing. gangs of boy fi»K?! • .fu '^, railroad detectives, fights -with local police, rebuffs of the panhandling kids by brutal citi- zens. The girl's Chicago aunt turns « *2 a^Isorderly resort keeper: one of the boyg has a leg. cut off by a railroad train. In a particularly Kf^^*-^^ episode. Kids gravitate to New jYork and innocently become nvolved in a theatre hold-bp W&ch threatens Jail for them until a kind- ly >^4«scue|_them TwPf^T^ a weak compromise; Qomedy values throughout are but flZ°""? t''?:'*'^'® ^^rro turns in a .flist rate job as the spunky young i^oni^'nui^ ^l^i principal assignt. ment, although he has been seen In numerous bitS; Dorothy Coonan^ described as a former chorus girl In screen musicals, shows much prom- ise along lines suggesting Ivathar- me Hepburn and there are a num- ber of standard names in a long cast. Rush. Pretty weak on the story end, but there's enough Incidental, matter to Carry this one through. It's .a mus^ iCal with accent on the music and the song and cast should -bring ..It pleasant returns all over* Between Blng Crbsby and Jack Oakle the literary deficiencies are modified. Crosby for the singing and Oakle for the comedy; a strong combo. ' Uhfortuha,tely, the femme -lead selection "was not so happyr Judith Allen, was picked for looks only and that's all shie delivers. Part calls for a singer,, but that Miss Allen can't is made too obvious by a badly'bungled diibbirtg Job. Backstage story Without even the suggestion of ,a new ideay It 'car- , ries Miss Allen from a small time, four-a-day combination to Broad-- way success. Crosby ^ holds to the' star classification throughout the picture. . He sees the girl on the family time and brings her to New Xprk. standard complications clut- ter up the works until the happy ending. Aiding. Oakle with th0 laughs are Skieets Gallagher, Harry Green, Ned iSparks ^.hd Kitty Kelly. With that Murderer's ROw of comics batting in order, it was a cinch the comedy would stand out. It not only stands out but makes the picture^ regard- less of the story.. Lllyan Tashmah is the other Important femme, showing What the Well dressed .menace will wear and- contributing a first, rate ipierformance. Oakie's real mother has a bit.. Ail the appurtenances of the new type of film musical, Includlnjg trick production stuff and .a flock of . good Ipoking chorus girls, are included. :It all helps. At least one of the several, songs should make the . best seller grade In the competent hands of Crosby. His singing ability he always had, but Crosby how has also found him- .self in the trouping department: It miakes hlta a cinch. Bige. RANGER'S eODE ■. Trem Carr production and Monogram re- lease. Stars Bob Steele. Directed by Rk N. Bradbury. Jock Neville, etory; Ha^rry O. Jones. adaputl6n; Archie Stout, camiera; SrV} ^•nlnscr, recording. Cast Includes DoWs Hill, Ernie Adams, Geq. 'Nash, Ed Brady, Geo. Hayes, Hal Price, Dick Dlck- inoon. At Doew's New Tork theatre one day, Sept. 10, on a double bill. Running time 83 mine. weakling is a good contrast. Eliza- beth Allan packs class and human- ity In a handsome person, which meani; the's an attractive woman and a good trouper, "May Bobson and Mary Boland ap might be ex- pected, make small parts stand out, and Lionel Atwill's detective is a plausible scoundrel, in a story with '4li the characters, crooks the villain, is naturally the one. Who is proved to be several degrees; skunkler than the rest. Hence, Atwilt is made to have uncouth nianners.;.ln- .contrast, to the genteel behaviour, of the lady crQbks\ and gentlemen crooks. .. Technically' excellent in all., dey partments 'The Solitaire "Man* is kid glove crookdoin speckled with a bit of romance ;ahd wp'ven together by. .exReriehced weia^vers. ' LUnd. Shanghai Madness Fox production and relcfiso. Featlririg Spencer Tracy and Fay Wray. With Ralph Morgan,. Eugtrie Pallelte, Herbert Muridln. Directed by John Blystohc: Story by Fred- erick Hazlitt Brennan. Adapitatloh by Aus- tin Parker And Gordon Wong Wellesley, Screeiri. play by Austin- Parker. ,Photog- rapher, Leo Garmes. At Boxy; New York, week Sept. 22. Running tiJno. 0? mins. Pat J.ickson.: Wlldeth Christie..i, LI Po Chang... .... Lobo Lornegiah. ^;.. First Officer Larseil-, William ChrlstleV. .. Van -Emery. RIgaud.....'. Mrs. Gllssen . Spencer. Tracy ,......•.'.; Fay Wray . . .Ralph Morgan .Eugene .Pallctte .Herbert MUndIn .Reginald Mason ,..; .Arthur Hbyt ....Albeit ContI ,. .Mau^e E'burnR Okay generally but ih big 'spots. will ' need '-stage ,8upport. r- tainly not for piartlcuiar custpm- ers,. Ne subtleties W the jildt—and the yarn is kind of punchdiiunk, It's a backwash of fanilliar plots seen,, read and heardr nuany times'before. Nobody's going to agree or «|well: too. entertainlnigly on that front part of the picture". That bverlohg Introduction of how come the hero has to .shed his officer's uhifprm of the U. S, Navy to'wear clvies isn't loglcah A naval looey fires back on comniunistS In China When his jihip was fired upon. 'Wasn't , in the or- ders, so he gets the gate :by coUrt- martlat- They're going to like that kind .of girl. Fay Wray plays. A fresh, ■will- ing, and. nicely careless society miSs who Wants something ' and goes after it—^not In a dirty way So, that part of the film's got to go over. Fact that the captain of the river steamer ■ on which the hero finally .enlists as a gunner, is un- conventionally chummy with his crew is for amusenient. sake only, and does amuse. The Chinese In the film utter, gut- tei'als when necessary, but they .st>eak English most of the time in the picture, so regardless of their acting, their speaking- Is intellig- ible. : There can be no doubt tiiat the direction helped the yarii. Ralph Morgan has just'a bit. land other perforniers even less than that. Photography nothing to boast about but okay. Sound pretty harsh In spots. Shan. more carefully done, from the pic- torial angle, than usual. Some nice- ly composed exteriors. Helps, but cannot put it above the average. Direction good, and sound accept- able^ Dialogs is flat, but there's plenty of action. Trouble is it's the sanie old action. Steele makes an, acceptable lead, but Ernie Adams gets right out In front for the acting honors, such as they are. A little heavy handed for .tnpre.polite comppny, but outstand- ing here. Doris Hill is Just the girl. No chances. Others are-average. :. Chic. SOLITAIRE MAN M-G-M production and release. 1- recsted by Jack Convey. Story by Sella and^Samuel Spewack. At Capitol, New M minutes *^ ^""".'"S wi^'®'^'^"* • i • erbert Marshall ^ , . .-vau....... . . t.i ........ V.Majr Rbbson Helen...,...,. - .Elizabeth Allan Basoom............ i,., .... .Ralph FoVbes Mrs; Hopkins........ i....... Mary Boland Walla.ce. .....Lionel Atwili Mrs. Peabody.,.,....,.,. .Lucille Gleason Mr. Peabody.-..,...,.....Robert McWadts Mr. Hopkins............,,..Harry Holman This picture Is a lot better than the grosses It will probably get. In other wordis, a sturdy entertainment lacking outstanding box oflflce angles or names but capable of making au- diences feel satisfied. Which isn't to be pooh-poohed. If the tally at the Capitol is unexceptional, the rec.^ ord could mention the stage head- liner of the week, Almee Semple MacPherson, as a keepisr-outer. As the title hints this is a retell- . ing==of-=therJeWel==thiet=theme'- but brought up to date. Easy oh sets with thie majority of the footage within the cabin of an aeroplane crossing the English Channel, I^; didn't cost Metro a lot of Jack out- side the. salary roster, yet the qual- ity throughout Is deluxe and the di- rection Is shrewd all the way. Jack Conway did that and gave all the characters plenty of interesting close-fups. Herbert Marshall la e.spcclally able as the master mind while, reversely, Ralph Forbes' impersonation of a EASY MILLIONS Fretll^r production and' release. Wi(JtK ^Skeetg—Gallagher;—^Bbrothy^-^BttrgessT' Myma Kennedy, Johnny Arthur, 'Noah Beery, Bert Roach. Directed by Fred. Newmayefi Story , by Edgar Franklin. Continuity and dialog. Jack Jevne; asst. dir., Harry Knight; camera, Julies Cron- Jager; tfouhd, Terry Kelum; editor, Byrob Roblnsoq.' Cast also Includes Gay Sea- brook, Pauline Garon, Ethell Wales, Ar- thur Hoyt, Walter I>ong, Henry RoqUe- more. Theodore Adtims. At Loew'a New York, one day, on double bill.- Running time 67 minutes. . Based on an old foundation from which dozens of smart comedies have been, re-vived, poor development and flat dialog almost offset the (ef- forts of competent, cast. Indies have discovered the . valuei of using exf periencedTJlayers to save "production time on retiakes, but they still have to wake to a realization it wiir pay even better to put a ; little more money into script deyelopment. Here the: playing is good and the direction generally intelligent, but the average Is cut down by slow ac- tion jat the start, flat dialog all thrpugh and : badly handled sound. The . result Is a picture which will lack appeal in the better theatres. . Hero tells, a pest he has inherited a. million merely .to fend ott a busi- ness proposition. Pest spreads the glad word which becomes triple that sum, : Hei Can not renege since a physician tells him the disappoint- ment will kill his-aunti--He-becomes engaged to three girls and rid of two Of them when he Is found In a flat with another little tigress. All inno- cent enough, but she's a fighter. Last quarter Is fast and amusing in a stereotyped manner, but it takes a long time to get into action. Sound is badly monitored, partic- ularly when Noah Beery, who's a ^ouble=bass,=getff-IntO"^^m"WItH"tK6 soft spoken Skeets Gallagher. Same thing occurs -with other players. Gallagher carries most of the load ably supported by johnny Arthur; Myma Kennedy good in a bit. Nom- inal lead, but she is mostly thrust into the background by the story, which gives better chahces to Doro- thy Burgess and Pauline Garori. Gay fSeabrooke niufts her opportunity through overplaying. Even with the opportunities this play has Its moments and should satisfy in the lower brackets. Chic. PETERSON & BENPEL (SWEPISH MADE) ,— -Stackhplm,.Sept.. 12. Among Swedish pictures turned Out so far 'Peterson & Bendel,' based on a ."best seller' by Waidemfti; Hanimenhog, is hailed, as the. heat. The story las to do with a Swedoi and a Jew, .both-destitute, wh<Xmeet one rainy night under .ia, taer^aulin on the Stbckholni .quay, an^ go on toBether to succesai The Swede is of the dull and easygplhg. "type, tall and handsome; the Jew is small, in- telligent and full of initiative. The picture was produced at Svensk Plimindustri's . studips : at- Rasunda, near Stockholm, for A/B Wive .Film, Stockholm.. Treatment is by Guhnar Skpgluhd. Direction by; Per-Axel Branher, foremost fig-, ure among,'natlye meggers. Pho- tography by. Ake Dahlqiiist of . . Svehsk. .iFilmindustrl. .. Dialog ia' cleverly worked out.' Distributibn is by an American .company, •Warneic Bros., in, Stockholm, The cast, is well chosen. F^er* . son's role'Is played by' Adolf yjiihiiv- of the Qscar theatre in Stockhoim't where he scored ih ^The Desert Song' last Season.. Bendel is played. " by Semmy Friedman, .clever young: Jewish actor Of the x)ramaflc thea- tre in Stockholm. The principal women .are Mia, a cafe girl; played. by Bridget Serigelliis of the Blaiiische: theatre; the. typical Stockholm girl' by Isa Que.nsei, screen, cpmedienhe' and operetta star; ]Elsa Carlson, stage and picture actress as well aa radio name, is. eiccellent in a. htiholr, rple; ■ : :.' The story differs spineWhat. from the book. In which Bendel . becomes a: great financier, Peterson's char- acter is also changed. In the book Peterson's .first loye, the cafe ■ girl, dtpwnis herself,', while In the picture Peterson is . dealt With in a happier . .Vein..' ■ ' ' . Press comments are extremiely favorable and' the picture- is in its fifth week at Filmindustri'-s. largest theatre—7the. Palladium-r-?iere. " A. great picture not. . only, for Sweden and. Scandinavia, but also a^. good prospect in Amei'lca. DEVIL'S MATE ; Ben Verschlelser production' - for Mj^ho- gram 'release.. Featlities Feggy Shannon.' and Preston ' Foster. Directed by- I'hU .'Hos'dh. Story by teoiiard Fields and David .Silver- stein; camera, Gill Warrenton.. At May«. fair, N. Y.i week Sept. 2}. Running time, 05 mlnues.- ■ ■■ .i Nancy Wisaver.. ...Feggy Shannon Inspector O'Brien * . . '.Freston Foster- Natural; .,. J-.t1,.....,, .Ray ,Walkcp Parkhurst..: ^..; .V..... .Hobart Cavanaiigh .Gwen,..'... '.'Barbara Barondess Nick........... yi ... .y,. .-.. .Paul- .Pci-cnst Joek. ..... Harold Wpildrldge Clinton;..-........ .v...... .Jason Robardri District Attorney........Bryant Wflshhum McGee......,,...-..- ,.'. Harry Holmii-n Collins..'..>...i. ..George Hayea Warden^.................... .-..'James Durkln - Butler.... i. .Gordort DeMaihe . Maloney..; Paul Fix One of those unfortunate casesf where a film. Just misses classiflca? tloh above and below the line, li'u a mystery yarn, with ' some ' good, - some new, some bad. and " some stupid^ angles. No names In theT cast, aiid that won't- help, but there's just .enough originality ehbwil so that -proper- exploitation can get it fair business. Film istarts in the shadow of the electric chair, with the first murder committed on the 'person of a lad being led to his death tquat. That's novel, to say the least. ' There*? one niore murder, and one' more atteinpt at .murder before, the film's, finished. Customers knpw,-.of course,, all the time, who the •villain Is, despite, the detectives and reporters' fumbling, but It's well.'enough paced. Peggy. Shannon is very good in a newspaper .'gal^part^^ ' Preston Foster,, although :he' misses - com- pletely in • the asisistarit d. a assign- ment,, impresses nicely from a fu- ture standpoint. Bryant Washbuifh has. a Walko^i. In "character hits Harry Holman, Jaison' Robard -and Paul. PdrCasI. do well. Kauf. ' A The iiiii>Qrtant Wittiesft ' Tower production and release. 'Featuring- Noel Francis and Donald ' Dlllaway, , Di- rected by Sam Newfeld. Qordon Morris, story; Douglas Z. Doty, adapta.tiort ' and continuity; lieslle SImms, asst: dir.; Harry Forbes, camera; Ralph De Lacey, art. Cast Includes Dorothy Burgess, Noel Madison, Sarah Paddjepi 'Franklin Pang-i born, Robt. Bills, Ben Hetidricks, Jr.: Hairy Myers, Bthel Wales. At Loew'a. New York, one day. Running time, 03 nilhs'. Gangster picture, but with the violence tempered with comedy and given an excellent production for indie product. Story has been smoothly developed, though it sags sUghtly„In_th e,mlddle. „GpO(V,T)lto- tpgraphy arid ' sound ' satisfactory save in a couple of scenes. Go-ins additional interest in that much of the action takes' place on onfe of the all-night busses of a kind not familiar in most parts of the coun- try. . . Plot has its soft spots. Which need explAnatioji, and there is some questionable bathroom comedy, but In general well knit and smoothly told. "Public stenographer taking prlr vate diot.ttlon sees a, gang.stpr .shot (Continued on page 56)