Variety (Nov 1936)

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14 VARIETY HIM «E y IE W § Ifedn^s^tyt Noyeufter 25, 1936 (iARDEN pE ALtAH . (TECHNICOltOB) , UnJte^ ArUaU nleaee «f Selznicic Inter- ,.ViatipnAl (David . 0,. Selzntck) : production, StarB Mni'Icne Dietrich, Charles Boyer. DN" ivcted by Rl<!hard Bdleslawskl, From book .liy Kol)Qrt Hlchena; Bcreienplay, W. P. I^lpBCpmh and I.ynn Blefis; nss't to pro-- flucer, ::WJ1Ub Gbldbeck; color designs,: I^nnslnit 0. Jlelden; camera, W. Ho>vard ■Oreene, photographic advisor, Hhl Rosaen; Bpeclal effects, Earl Aii Wolcott;; niusic, Mux ,Stelnei'.; editors, Ual O. Kern, Anson Stevenson; asst. Oliector, Eric Stacey; color nUiVervUpr, I^ftthlle Kalmus;. At Radio City Music Hiiil. Ni Y.-,. fdrtrilgbt cowmenclbs Nov.-.JU, MT. Running tlhne .80 mins. . JDonilnl EnfllOen....vMarlene Dietrich Jloi Is A.ndiovpky;........>; /.Charles Bdyef CoMnt Anteot)i;»......... i . .'^mW Rathbohe Father Rdubler.,,.i.,..., Aubrey Smith 1 ret)U: . i,.,,.;, ;\..;. ;..Tilly Loach Biitouch: .....^...v...,..Joseph' Schlldkraut Blind DJvIner.;......... . . John Carradlne ♦ l>e.T»evlBna(c.,.. ...Alan Marshal Mother Superior:. v.. .T^u'ollle .Watson- Hadj. . • ......;.'.>; ...Henry Brandon 77iRZ/J^ ESCAPED Metro releiase of ' Nam .i^lmbtiltBt Droduc tlpn, FeHtuies Johnny . Welsismul|fi> Madreen O'Sulllvan.: Dtrecte^l by R|chori:[ Thorpe. . Story and aduptallon; ffyrll Huipe: based on KdRar: Ittce-Burroughs' oharacters; eilJtpr, W. Ddnn'Hayes; camera,, Lepnat-d Smith. At CapUol, N. Y.; wecir .Nov. "19, '30. Running Ume; W)'mIns. Tarzdn .......;...;.>,..Tohnhy Weismullei< JaneJ,,.....'......Maureen O'SuIllvan - Since' life, aind ^rt are progresisive; some; diay,; , soon, ^ a. story stHrdy enough:to: hold up; in black and White will, when coupled with the Techni coloi;^, coinbine into .socko; b.o.. It resolves itself down all over • agaipr in cQlor.vcineihaturgy or - in the. nor- mal screen hues, thitit it's thie story ; first; The irest are .rherely, prodiicr tipn. niceties to enhance and .;emb9l' ..lish biii .never sufficient to sustaiii pii their own: 'AccbrdiAgly *Giarderi of Allah;' ' sumptuously and imr' pressively mounted by David O. Selznick^ impresses as the last word in color piroduction, but a pretty duU affair. It'll come out all righf chiefly on -the -ballyhoo . ahd;„ the. nii^rquee values of .the stellat- pair;, Dietriclii; and Boyer.,., Especially for. thie 'matinee-'frade;. ■ ■; :The'b.o. • answer;flnd$ itielf in; pfer- haps the No. I jici£(ture money-n>aker in , colof; -'Trail of -the 'LOhiesomfe Pine,- to date, whier6 th^ pirlsfriatic camera ienhanc§meht had thcr ad- yantage of a romance which, deqsitie . j(ts backwoods f^iiniliarity,- ccliijld '9I-' ; ;m6kt stfind up in btdinary black and ^: white'camera t;rciaim ^ah' is' the • ;'lastjV$ra iri coioriiig; It is optically' ; arieestihg: lind betime^: emotionally- gripping but; after a speU, the ^^^^^^^^ ^'^.clesiiBtic. sij(niflcance of the Ti^^ •; anonfe , .whose . (larthly love dannot . . Usurp his^ prior secular vow$ peteris ;-;:out;;*|OiinpI^^ ' . ;^fter: vtbeir"^ i^rhpntic sdtart inta .lAe ;Sal)'aiai:^when the French cap- tain ahd the cit>unt lepirn of Bbyer's ^esejrtjpn- from the tnon^istery—the iTenunciatioii of eartltily emotions, as vMiss DietrlcK; escorts the' moiik back ;< to sanstuai^y-f^ misses fire. It ; doesnU click; emotibnaUy; it's .Vapid / ■ its; romatitleiism^ oiice the- premise ~ is >established;; ahd^ irises- out oh .an im^ressioil of the sands «f the desert which have j^^^ > 20-minutes before the findl camera' V;Pbrtrait;-;s^ /iTfie^^opineriiatie fiortirjiilure com- bmes -with the expert troupiwg of the 'stellar^-tweiin in.:1tblsferihg the- proceedings/but not cLUite enough. ■•''As a .mbtitth: picture,''the 'screen is asked top much-.bf; .T1ie dem^ reflect emotions into satisfying film, drama are-almost beyond the me- dium. -Ih.-litpratvire, .Hichehs' hovel could; word<^p^iht. something .which neither the .Iens-H>n the .face of it a more ^advantageous medium—nor the screen firtiflceri^ cbpld achieve:,. : Miss::i>ietribh and Ciiafle^ Pbyer • are mOri; than adieguately compe- tent ihthev leads although some*^ times slurrmg their lines. But : in the main: they impreiss: in the diffi- cult emotional roles, nie support is likewise ultra. Basil Rathbpne, C. Aubrey Smith, Tilly Losch (making her screen debut in a Bagdad cafe dancing sequence, and Okay in What • %he does),' Joseph Schildkraut (who almost steals the .picture with hiis exaggerated Oriental ingratiatiohs) and/John Carradine as the sand- seer leave nothing wanting. The «)lor is particulary flattering to Miss ^ Dietrich who has also te^en pff a little weight- In the flowing capes ■ to which she is iso jpartial, the color camera has caUght her at hei* phPto^ graphic best. . > Running time .of 80 minutes, whUe . ?oV aWOJ^m^ilrapppars longer, which IS Jnvanabiy a tip-off on :calibre of script . and . direfction. Yet. Bbles- . lawski has done, ian expeH tephnical 30b in tnotivating the action and the I>ips<iomb-Riggs continuity has -been / wisely sparing of dialog. Which leaves the imptassiprt that the 'ac- xxorii such as it is, isii't sufficiently . actionful. Shots arid more shots of the desert,' silhouettes akainst sun- sets, caravanseries into the Garden —^f^llah-<as-^he^Arabs-^!allethe-Sa^ haraX bivpuaced Bedoiiiris, et al. do i^pt make for cinematUrgy.: It's good mwdertai;n»y-]4l6y, t,ut, that's.'all. • Boyer's. stru.sigle between r woWdly putsuitsvand his return to { TrapiJist celibacy any great stirring premise, save • for the femmes. • iS' V of Allah' as matihee fodder ■ tmis' jm^resses favorably, which in vone aspect augurs well fpr its bbx- office. Max Steirter's score is second only tpi the gorgeous color cameraing, ^ among the major contributory - as- pects/. His music has :really been ealled upon to collaborate with the ♦.histrionjsin in pitching the emotions, ^ and he achieves it in no smaU meas- » Ure.: Lansing-C Holden's color di- Mption ,and: the W. Howard Greene- >;«al Itosseh ^ioeiUatpgraphic- coUabo- ratipn .rtpre- than fulfill requirements pifrom .the;J^ns Jidjuiiet which, in a prpduction of this natu/e, is no small coiifjlipnen*,, AbeLi Captain Rita .., Eric Rawlins Masters , Bombiv... Cheetah '•>•••'•*•• f • • • » :.Tphn Buckler ......... Uenlta. Huhie Wllllnmi; Henry . .Herbert .Mun()ln .........13.;E. Cllve Darby Jones Herself Two years Of ribbing between the ;last.'Tarza^j' feature, and this one, has left its mark On the subject," With the constant kidding having ac- centuated the absurdity of the highly imaginative j,ungle doings,. the: tree- tO-tree stuff has .wbrn pretty thin for adult consumption. Appeal of 'Tariari Escapes'* will^ be mo^ly for ;the kids, and that's not Ukeiy to mean more than -mediocre returns. While at first the sight of Tarzan doihg evierything but ■ playing .i)i- liochlie with ..his- beast , pals^'was a novelty, it's all 'rather silly now. Derisive laughter; greeted the pic-; ture too often at the .Capitol and it probably will irun intb sirhilar diffi- eultyniost every where. ; ' . It must be pretty difficult to thin^c up hew; jams, for. Tarz within the confined of the African '^ame couiit try; arid the. scripters ai>par^htly had quite a tussle with this one. - They appear to have: been on the verge of getting him but . of. the'. jUngle , and into, a Hyde Park. penthouse seVeral- times, but the lure ibf the: jungle, finally prevails :arid..Tazz;.is.^.pe ted- ..to . escape from' >^ the ; wicked hunter's grasp. v .'. ' '; This "latest plot permits :Taf2ieV lUdyllic romance i with his -mate, Maureen .Q'SUlUvah>, to.. be . rudely interrupted by a cdiiple of the- miissuis' relatives frbih lipndbh. Mrs/ Tar;;an" has. uAknowiiigly become the. heir; to a late uncle's large- fortune; and. the relatiVes'^try to .briiig i^et bgck, to civilization,' so that she may grab the^/Coin and help" ^theim .-grah- som'e of it, also.' It so happens,' how'- eveiv that their jUngle feuidie' ' ^ ia dastardly rat- who - sees in Tarzan 'a cinch freak show attraction for xip north, ^ and It takes hot only J Tari himself but also, a big .200 full, of animal friends to. clear, up the mess, save'thie livies of the. white 1 folks,- give the Villyan his. just, dues, and xeistpre Tarizah's mate to Tafzan. A big battle with a tribe of savages serves as the usual blowojff;; , \Among other thihgs, . Tarzan has learned: a few.. additional English words since, last seen, although his: vpipahulary still coujdn't get Jiim into the kindergarten class of a school for mental defieients. But^ he Uianages to get ^by..' Re- has also' s'oftened up cpnsiderably'ih a husbaitidry manner.. In. this Oiie he does- such things as divinjg-into ,th*e waterito-grapple-with a 2Q-;foot; man^e^atihg alligator in Or- der to save the life, of a young deer, and then^ after killing the 'gator iij a terrific struggle, swim bapk to shore where his mate awaits him. He finds time to pick her a lily on; the way in .and isn't even puffing when hev.lands; ■ , ..t Another advancement, for the Tar- Ajian couple is the. addition of some modern .conveniehces to their tree home: an elevator SX^ith motive power furnished by a. pet elephant, a re- volving'fa:n bperated by an ape, etc. Johnny yTeissmuller.^once again looks good as the jungle 'boy, but it's about time they found him.a new set Of lyrics. And Miss O'Suliivan :is also okay; once more as the lov- ing wife, but considerably more cov- ered up iiiVclothing this time. Beriita Hume and William Henry are re- quired-to look scared mostly as; the visiting relatives from; Lpndon,. Her- bert- Mundi does the comedy "and the late John Biuckler is the heavy. Incidentally, Warren'wniiam; who has been accused of imitating John Barrymore, now .gets his" turii on the receiving end of some flattery; Buck- ler be charged with iriiitating Warren William. 'A female ape. called Cheietah is the Tarzans' pet and houesworker; and some exipert handling of the monk provides the picture with its most legitiinately . comical , and best mo- ments.- ■...;.-- ; Jungle; backgrounds \£br the action are .beautifully dohci A steamy swamp scene is standout for Photography : and : art work. But alphg with the good lobkirig vieWs are some stock animal shots', on- old <?elluloid that don't blend. Bige. llfiiiiatiir(i; fTlie Gafdea of Allah' (Selz- ick-tTA). Ultimate color job with Dietrich-Boyer for mar- quee (Strength.' "Tantan Escapes'(Metro). The jungle idea has lost its nOvelty, and this.latest of the feature- length series, appears to have little appeal except :for the kids. 'Go W^s^ Tbung Man' (Pat), Mae -: west starrer that should mop up. ' .;'Smartiesi Irl.^ in Town/ (RKO - Radio); Ordinary flip comedy of etrofiSi_Requires good support. 'Weddinf l>reseiit' (Par). Un- entertaiiiihg account; of the an- tics ;.of a t«ir bt screwball re-- porters as played by Joan Ben- Jnett and; Cary Grant; for the '.'duais/- MUrder Wiih jpictiires' (Pai:); W^odunit\ baiBfler wiitlt ' some ; new twists..; *• . /Cdmr .'Closer, Folks' (Cpl)^ Minor B picture: which points : to duals; James Bunn in incoii- ceivabie istory.' iSpu of Mongolia' (Anikino). ■ Bald propaganda against the yellow.peril, made, in Mongolia "withVmostly native actors; lor red Sppts; on^. " . v'Singing Cow boy', (Rejpi). Typical :Gene .Autfy westernier With jplen^ Of prairie chantihg. Qo A^efst, Ybung Mail ^m?'*.*'^.'^^''""^ .lelease pr EhnKiinel B. Cohen (Major PI(itore«) pvdauctlpn. ,Stnr West. Featin;e6: WHrrin Wllll^i . RimdolDh Scott. I.yle Talbpf. Dlroeterl by Jlenrv Haltimway. Based on pliiy, .'PevHoniil? Ap^ p€{»rajric^.V b.v r.Hwvence Rtley• adaptiiilon. Mae We.sf; fllm editor. Ray CiirUa: canier;i. Karl .StrufiB. At Pavnmount, n. y., week Nov. W, Ktinnlnjff Hirie m mlns; Mavis Arden.. Morgan bud HarriKjtn •.;... Mrs,. Struthers -.Gladys .;. Aunt Knte..... Joyce ......v., Prpr. Rib'hy Clyde ...... Prench M« ui. Nlcodetnus .'.... ...... •.... Mne West .;, Warren'Win Irtm .... Ranrjniph .Scott i..;....I.,yle Tiilbdt .......Alice Hrady ..... ilsabel .Tewfll ^iJziiheih.Pattcr.qon ..Marsnret Perry ... Otienne 'Glnrrfot . . iiynnrd Holmes ...li.Alk'e A.rdCir v; Icodeniua Company, Parainouht, wh ich releases the' screen version.: Emahuel B. I ii^ohen. who* hais' a distribiiting deal with Par.\thls bding the first Of 24 le is iiidepend^tly making, is'the iroducer^ With Mae \7est distinctly in .mind,- his filinizatibn :of 'Appear? ance' is bn'vthe way. to shug; profits.. Aided by an excellent box .office Itle-'Go West, . Youhg .Man^ cannot miss. . Miss West,, in her own way, is excellent in the role Miss George created on. the staged Miss George' was -not hinderei;; by the limitations of screen; censorship; hencie the play's sock tag isn't half as punchy in the film,, nor are other lines or: situations up to th(^ same potfehcy. Miss Westv^adaptedi 'Appearance', for herself, changing it in various respects to Suit her bwii ideas. Where Miss George, at every opportunity sought to - cover up "her hard-boiled nature by acting the sweety, coy heroihe; of/the screen, when in com- pany th^t didu't iqiibw her in private life, Miss West ihakes her a rough- and-ready, very sexy character aU the; yiiray through. The romantic idol of millioiiis, she opens '(3b yiTeist' in a theatre ' Where scenes from a icture,;'Driftr mg Lady,' are tieing screened, as lujde to a. persoiial appearance: In this prolog she piayS a rather tough little scene, with ; rowdy' wisecracks to suit with Jack LaRue and others, stepping Out on its conclusion to dp ..the personal. . . Onlyr on. one occasion after, this, when she first enters the boarding house i»)'here stranded, does she! try to act:;to;.thie; other extreme in an effort to impress peoi)le: around her who may be regarding her as an- other Mary Pickford oil the screen, which was the intent of the play. Ah effort tp estahlish that kind of phoney sweetness is more or less; passed up, though it could have been as effective with Miss West as with Miss George; The adaptatioii differs in other re- spects as well, . Miss West is not married to - her ' producer,; A. K. Greehfleldv as ih thie play, b lit she marries her press. agent-nemesis ^or a finish, which was not iri the stage piece. Frequent references to Green- field; as just A. K. get a- laugh on occasion. Majority of the bthef wise- . cracks'are very zippy thougb ithin cehsorship safety zbhes-nar shouldx be, Prolog itself has a couple of pips: Miss Westls iswagger,. the hanas-on- hip busin9ss, aud ; Various devilish expressipjris . are in almost, constant evidence;/too ..much so possibly bei- cfiuse it tires a' bit and no longer is quite; the novelty it once Was: Iij the scene, in which Miss West makes a play; for-Randolph Scott while lat- ter is- in the parlor of the boarding "hons^ttiyiif5gntr-d«r-sbme^brk,^ star forces him into 2. brief dance bit; When she pats him a bit somewhere below the shoulder blades in a rather coyish, affectionate mahrier, It's one of the big laughs of the feature: Here and there; laughis ai e not so well timed. The colored- garage hand, NicodemUs, i;s an almost total waste; his diction is iso bad. His Stepin Petchit suggestion misses, One song number; done only in ;part by the star, 'When You iStepped •Into My Life,* mixCd with 'St Louis Blues' . ith 'Hearts and Flowers,' IS a unique; but npt iriiportanl bit ..Warren William makes a good pUblic xelatiOns adviser to the screen star who's oh a piersonal appearance tpur, his job principally being to keep Miss West from, getting married m accordance with a clause in her contract jprOhibiting is for five years. When;he,falls for the star ; Elizabeth Pattenk>n. as the aunt and Alice Brady are w*U -caifr Mar- garet' Petry offers' nothing sensa* tional wi the girl friend of Scott, whq- fears the^ Bqllywood ilren ha^ nabbed him, but Isabel; Jewell Is sweU as the screenrstruck boarding hOiise maid. Scott as the hlnter- lander lends the role everything it requires. Etienne GiTardot is a pro fessor-roomer who gets, . couple laughs; i>yie. TalbOt hasn't much to do as the actress* bOy friend. . * tChav, SiiiarteAt Girl in Town , _;(WITH'.;,song) RKb-Rndlo prpdiictlpn iand; releas^, Stars Gene Ray mond; and Ann' Sothi^rn; K^at- ur<Bs Helen. Brodericlr; Srlc . Blor^V Brlk Rhodes,* Harry Jans. Directed by; Joseph Sdntley. .• Produce^ by Edwptd Kapfnian. ■ Script, Viola Brothers Shore; stpry. Muriel; Scheck, H. S. ; raft;; spnft 'Wlll. yp.u,*' by Gene Ray)rnond;'cainiera,- I, Rpy, Hiint.: At Albee; B'klyni oh dpuble bill, Npv. 20, m Runtiin^ tlroc,;'98 ihlns. .- ; • ' ' ; I>lck Smith.-..;.;.;;Gene Raynipnd SranceS' X^ooRie... i...;.;;.. i Anrt' Sdt)tiorn Gwen..... i..;.,.i;., elea^ Brpderlck Phllbea ..............;,..w.....^.^riq Rlpre' Tprlne... .1.;.Erik' Rhodes 'JTerry.,...1...,.,.,.; Hairy Jctns i'Go West'yoUng;Matf is the stage comedy . hit, 'Personflt Appearahce' it?^ JlOliSwicPJStrflS^S ] ^ «f• the .star j Neither the dialog'^cbmer^^^i^rt lis star, m Hollywood w.ith.the saroe.i at. the. finish,^ it^s a .distmct surprise. | is.distinguished. . Scftol * Flip comedy :which Ann Sothj- erh> in her first v starring yehtUre, shares biilihg with Raymond, but film hasn't; enough substahce tp be abythihg beyond t^^ qmte amUsihg;; ah^ nary way, however. Bbtlh play aid- yartising modfels.: Rayinond has phe .advantage; in theit ,he also is a rich ydunig man. He' lUpdels in brdCr to win Miss. Sothern, who tries to shake him because a foreign liird with a funny lingo vwahts her and also; be-^ cause her.'frustrated sistier insists bh Miss Sotheru being wed to a ■ wecdthy gent Helen, BrbderiCk Is the sister, and it is she and Eric BlOre who pro- Vide thifCOmedy ably;';, , " Blpre' is the usual valet who is compelled by his master to assume a. geritiemah's' iha'hhers. He "becomes the head of an advertisihg agehCy in; order tiiat .his master (Itaymbhd)~^ may hire Miss Sothern for modeling.- Some casual action follows for all concerned; audi when Raymond fakes, ai suicide, Miss Sotherii ^rushes t^ him for a final: clinch/ Harry Jahs dispprte as the lazy hubby, of Helen BroderiCk. > It's a negligible role made less attractive by - Jans. Erik tthbdes is^ a thick- 'Witted \baron, not altogether- im- pr^sive:' ;-" — Photography okay. Shati. Everything It Thunder^ (BjBI'nSH M^AiiiE) Gaumont'Brltlsh - production and release. Stars. Cons-tance . Bennett,/ Douslass Mont- Sorhery; Oscar Hpifhplka. - jSlrected by Mllt'on^^osmeh ;Worn ■ story; by J.' L. Hardy; Bcreenulay. iMarlpn Dlx and Johh Orton; •pilm^aitof, jC. BHunders; camera; G,:"Kiampf. At ■ Strand, Brooklyn) week.. •Nov. -ID,-. '30; double bill. Runnlhg :tlme, 7Ji-';w>lris;., -.^ .; ' ■ .:. • ,.. . .-r. Constance, Benniett ,'.. i-'.po'ugless. .Montgomery ....;;..i,.......;Oac4r Homoik.a .. .Roy'-Emerton' , Frederick Llbyd '.Peggy; Simpson .Geor^p' Merrltt, Robert Atkins SboFfs Anha Hufthv.. .Qpetz;., Kosl'n'er..... MuHer,'. Mlty.i..;-.v.. W.Pbber.-.. Adjutant'.... Spleer,. ; GlendhlU.r.., McKonzle... Buvgpnias'ier Han.E;....... Denker.....'. * ^ • • • • • « • • •»• • • • .Teren.oe Do vvnlAg .CUfCpi'O Bar.tlett ■ • • • V • , _ __ . .Albert '■Chevalter , ..H. r.,Miiltb>:. .Nornqinn Flei-ce . .Frederick ' Piper »••.«»*»•• •''•,»«>« » • « .» '• » « • • f • British film prbducers apparently have one favorito' thehie for picture stories-—the World Wan Be it a spy story, or a yarn about escaping British* soldjers from German prison camp; the English- piXf-making busi- ness seems to revolve around that great tumult 'Everything Is Thun- der'^ is another; along these lines, but So weak in plot and general producr tibn that it is doubtful of igetting by on this; side the Atlantic. ■ Strictly , for the dualers. ' • • - Constance Bennett , and Douglass Montgomery may help it in th6 XJ.S.^ and .there's apparently some, reliance placed oh the American 'public ice)- membering ,the perfbrniahce ii .'Rhodes' (G-B) of; Oscar Homblka, 'Thunder's' third star,' biit it js with the billing of these three that the film's". Anglo-American appeal ends; Story, production and direction will not hold it up. Entire ;pl6t revolves around Doug- lass Montgomery's .escape from a German prison by murdering one of the - guards;. ;iriakjng his way tO Beiei jjiyyhere Const ance Bennett, a very prosperous -prostfe;^conisldering^waiv ;times jn.Germany, takes him in. arid, double-crpssing her detective-lover, Homblka, ■■ helps him escape across the border. : She gets shot in thfe at- tempt; but; the finale leaves it up to thC; audience to guess Whether she dies _or- not . ^ ritish standai'ds in production's of this, type of story ; are closely fol- lo\ircd; dim lighting is a British idea of; heightening the dramatic mo- ments: dense, smoky fog lis another And Mi'ton Rpsmer's jumpy direc- tion cannot be. considered un asset. Actihg -is Okay all around, the Bennett-Montgomery-Homolka trio carrying the entire story, with everyone else in the cast onlv hold- ing bit parts. Vocal reprodilction, however, not so forte, but this may have been the fault, of the sound ap^. paratus at the Strand, Brooklyn .<6lNDBAD, THE SAlLdR' IPopeye Cartoon 15 Mins. Paramounty M"; T> iPlelticher-Faranibii nt This is the.first ipppeye cartoon 5« color and the first from the Mnv Fleischer studios to be made entirflv in third dimension under the pro^I^ developed by Fleischer: The w^T and-inker is also the first to ruiva* much as J5 minutes, the averacS being around six or seven. Palnablv there is considerable of an inv^' ment Involved. Short's sales' shoWd vfarraqt the Costs incurred. 7 . par is; delivering;the Popeyelcolbr item as a spe<;ial, selling it separate- ly and apart . from the regular mo. gram of Popeye cartoons, all w than; 10 .ininutes ; in rubbing tira« Though long, 'Sindbad' sustains it* fast > action exceptipnally well al> though Ibllowing a stock plot fpr pop. eye, which again- includes dynamic strength'through the aid: of spinactL As usual, the -burly' character inter- preting Sindbad Cops POpeye's tfri and: latter 'has to' fight to get fier back." ' . ■;..■ ; ■ The color, by Technicolor, is ex- cellent all-the Way and aids to ;some extent in bringing out third dii mensional effects as perfected by Fleischeri Under Fleischer's processL it is impossible, to; shoot for:third- dimension results except in six-foot perspective.; . ^A BEtTElt NEW YORK CITY' WPA Ednoailbnial 8 MUis . 5Sth St PlayhftiiSe, N. T. Patiie-WPA Surprising; hbw much entertain- meht . has beeii "wrapped up in this scenic-educational 8-minute short that, excuses, any^propaganda taint on the grounds it's instructive and good for the nation^ Film* was^ jproduoed for the Works l^rogresis i^dminis^a- tibn of .the-federal government by Pathe News :under its contract ob- tained- several months ago. title credits it, with' being a product :'o( Pathe News^ commercial department .Camera work is virtually the eqiial of fine type provided by Pathe ne\ys- reel, indicating that one of the com- pahy-s-top lenserS worked in com- piling scenes. Subject consists visits to important Works Projects in Gireater N.. Y. .from the familiar manual laboreir tearing up car tracks hear- Wall Street' to the art classes la s«!Ulpting. Despite the;'fact that the phrase; 'taken ofl; the relief rolls and given this work' is repeatedly employed, narrator and most of his commentation hold interest,- seldom failing to grip the audience. The wide variety bf subject rrratter covered is skillfully piroiected before the opeUing; background of Manhat- tan's skyline ' and vast buildings^ Looks like, an able entry on. short list ,V Weati 'BAR! RAHi-rOOTBALL!' With Will Osborne's Orchestra and Collegiate Glee Club Maslc, Singing 10 Mlns: Rta,ltb,:N. Paramount Will. .Osborne's band and a top- notch glee clUb'- provide miisic and singing .of football college tiines; be- fore a background-of gridiron ney/js^ .feel Shots in this- interesting enter- tainment -brevity;- it has bbvioils ap-. > peal for any .community where stu- dents and average ••;clti-£enry are gripped by the grid season. And.it will\;not prove annoying to almost any type of: audience: Osborne's trim musical aggregation go through a comprehn.slve list of. college marching or 'fight' sbngs, v/ith nicely tiined interruptions- of the Collegiate Glee Club for contrast .. They include those irom Yale, South- em Calif ornia,.University of lllinajs, Notre Dame, OhiorState, Northwest- ern; Geoi>gia Tech, Navy and Army. Views of marching middies. and cheering, of -cadets ;supph' ' w^v , backgrounding arid fitting el l max for reel. Oddlj*: enough, most of clips are authentic reproductions from fpotbaU battles in which, college in question is involved. : Ted Husing is shbwi for a brief clbse-up irt typical gno!* iron: annbuuncing pose. Wcar.j GEORGE.HALL 'Bhyibm Over Broadway' -WtthjoIlV Dawn. Johnny McKeeyc^^ Jack and- June Blair Band, Songs» DanClng * Mlns. . Criterion; N. -Y. - ' . ■ Paramount Registers as a compact arid deftly bal!=uiced /package of enterlaiiim«"j vvith GeOrge Hall's crack flair Ipr showmanship making itself par^if"* larly noticeable by the inlerpretation Of the instrumental novelty, 'Swamp, Fire,' which closes the reel. HiS vo- cal stahdbys; -Dolly Dawn, ana Johnny McKeever, also show up a* their best while jack arid June f account for a neatly sold; interlu.de « tap rhythm With a ballroom .mpi";,;, 'Tain^t Right' is the tune that pu" Miss DaWh acrOsS as a scat expe^u McKeever plies a sturdy, dr-'^'J^^'i: baritone, with telling support froni. the orchestra. Effectively- worked in^9. the library 'Swamp iFire* ■ number ^'^e ij^r-? clips'on the>£ubject uo^*