Variety (Jan 1937)

^eAaesdafi Jaimary 13, 1937 F1 L hi VAJHETY 13 God*$ Country and the Woman (IN COLOli) Warner prpdu(;tlt>n and teltAge; FeatVrfes Beuriee Brent, Beverly BoberlB. Dljrecjted WUHain JfelffWey. Screen play. iSor- man BelHy BfUiiei story treatment, Peter MlIne. ClmrleB Boldenj,baaed on. novel by sSmew OUver Ciirwood: camera. Xony oaudro; technicolor adviser. •Wllllani Skall. At SHand. T.- Jan. », '38, , Running time, K» mlnflf ' ^ ; SteVe BUHsett., ■«> <.•*»• •«• • • -oeorge Brent Jo' Barton-.'.;..»..».»t...Beyerly BpbertB Bullhead., .. • • r iBarton ' MacLiane . • Jeffevson Bussett•••;•>• .Bobert . Barrat ;pj0pn .SKaIka,.,«>><<«<i>»<i><»>>>Alan 'Sale •Bed Mi»nr.6; i,'..,. i• t«t •..,.V.Joseph Kltxc Ole' Oleooii'; ••>••x••>>'•'•••••• 1 •• •1^1 Brendel Jordan, • ■ • • • • • • ^. Josep'h Cretan OaeUett... • t ^Addison'' BicbQirds Gatider .;«»••••«■«• ,'.Bo6Coe Ates TPlvk ,..'...'•.•••••>••.•'••;• .Billy Bevan ■Kewple.. •.', • f • • a < • • < ^ • • • • > Bert Boaoh ■ Turpentine;,. ;■• >». i i v.. ;v.; .Vic '. Potel Mks Flint..........>..•..,<...Mary Twen " poyle? .> • • ?' • • v.«.< •»• • erbert BawHqs^n ' Balrhe" • ^ •»• . Hnn7 ' Hayden Tim 0'TooIe,....i>y>«».»....Pat Morlarlty Oag,,, • • • • >><'.• • IT... .Max WaKner Grace ;..SUBan Fleming Hackneyed a)nd incredible stbry^ oiC the type once known as 'the great outdgiors/ count against this one. that it y^as made ih tecbnicolofadds little to its b. 6. chances and like- lihood is for tough sledding. > There, lis ho doubt that this film would skipped xe-finake if ; it ivere the But the inere pigmientatioii alone - ish^t enough. - James Oliver Curwood's ^e- of tvide-eyed incriedible Americana seietns now wa^ed up, under present istahdards. . There's atill room lOr cowboy. ; stories, and: westerhs^but l^veh th^ Icids aren't as! credulbiis thes6 days as' they U$ed to be.. As ; a silent it was. liast produced in im.' ■ : In this particular effort, beautiful Beverly jRoberts Is manajging a rough and tough lumber camp. \Robert' Bartat is operating the oppo- sition camp ;and is- a really tough gent; He does everything he ctin to take the beauttful dame's lumber camp away from hef, but ^she fights proudly -on.V Barrat^ brother is George Brient and this Brent , gent turns out to be a softie. He not only turns, against his own and his broth- er's interests but: helps the opposi- tion. Such is life.in the great out- , doors—according to Mr. Curwood. WilUam Keighley . has tried to pound some action into , the yarn but can't completely get away with it. Story is of such- an autoraatib melodramatic chairacter as to make most of . the actors eiraggerate some- what, and' Keighley doesn't seem to vhave tried to stop them. Perhaps he figured tliat the yarn would be even tougher to take if played straight. £1 Brendel and Barton, MacLane are blest in support. .■ Photography is good aiid the color job Al. :But One wishes, there was a bit better reason for it. Kauf, COUNTERFEIT LADY . Columbia production and .release. Fea* . tures Balph Bellamy, Joaii,Perry. Douglaaa DumbrlUe« ,J)lrepted by D. Boss L«dennan. Serpen play by Tom Van Dycke trbin atory by Harold Shumate;. camera, Allen O. • Slegler. At 'Globe, N. T./ week . Jan. 9, .TIT. Buhning time, .68 mlns. Jfrhmiy.i... :. , .-.Balph Bellamy Phyllis.. .... ^ i. 4 i... ...Joan Perry .^arlno.Douglasa. DunU>rlUe Pjtiky ,\;.,'...,.,.,..George McKay , Clancy, . ;i...............,.,, .Qene Morgan S?!"'** • • •-• •* • • • eiiry MolllBon Mikfe..........i...John Tyrrell Kit,../....i..Max Xroffmaiin, Jr. Glrard... ..'. .Bdwaird te. Saint B^yanson,......; .John Harrington "Though crammed with tingling melodramatic?- ^nd several flrst-rate pVrformanpes, 'Gounterfeit Lady* is pretty thin for other than dotibler programmers. ' It possesses flighty 5tory development, uneven pace and episodic action. The film has a lit- tle of everything, including a .igem thief who tips off how she's travel.^ Ing and a country town that is port of call for a giant transport airplane. :r"^.*'s- the pictiire's chief trouble; It^ IS made up largely of counterfeit situations, :actions and locales. This inay have been, where the producers obtained the idea for the pix titfe. Because there is no counterfeiting lady in the feature—jiist a plain, .little country gal who worked sO suck in the big, wicked city : that she copped a $.37,000 diamond from. an exclusive jewelry shop. With such an absurd opening, it is no wonder that What follows meas-: ures up to the basic motif.. Audience IS tipped early who has the precious stone,, that the slick private detective Jias a dupe gem matching it and that «ii? • and two gangster buddies 01 the jeweler are racing each other to grab it from the fair feinme. For a novice she leads them all a wild cliase; Chief blame perhiajps should eo to iJ. Rqss Lederman's unoriginal direc- • ; v^"^JOus if the yarn ever was a W6rld-beater, but the director has ^ ^glectcd moi-e vivid phases of story develop preliminary background In far too much draggy detail. J^Jifiioif which seems smart and P^i'ued at the outset; becomes medir o .e a.*-, the' film goies heavily meller. .1 -I^Ph Bellamy, cast as a orivate f.. H"^- a : change, fite extremely Ivi tV"^*" : this role. , Less the brag- r„ t ian might have been and chins VI ^'''ij? one: of his best portrayals. Q?^" ,r'^\"'-*y surprisies in two-ways. t^Z ^^"P'avs rare charm and unex- pected thespian , ability* going through the; implausible gem thief (country gal) role like a vet trOuper, Otm;r astOnisher is the feeblie way ahe. shows up her beauty before the leais. For a New York model, the camera has been remarkably unkind to her too, often the Case with a newcomer to fllmSi Douglass Dum- briUe -is his usual suave heavy, lend- ing a sincere note to improbable set- ups^ George McKay, as the private detective's: assistant, also contributes nice work. Supporting cast okay; Wear., ' ' ' ' SMART BLOripE: ■Warner . .ros. production iand release. Feaituces Qlenda rarrell. Barton MkcLane, Winifred Shaw, Craig. Beynolda. Addlebn Blcharda, Directed . .by Frank McDonald. Story, Frederick Nebel; reeplay. Doii Byan and Kenneth Garnet; ihualc and grrjca, M, K. - Jerome, and Jack Scholl. ^At tXJ**'^ X. week, .Tan; 8, '37, o;i double bill. ^Bunning^-tirne, 67 mlns. . . . Torchy Blane.. .>....... Qlenela Panrell Stev* McBrlde.Barton Matftine Dolly Ireland........../...Winifred Shaw: Tom Carney.....i.........Craig Beynolds Kltz Mularkey...,..;;.. Addison Blchards Marcla Prlei;............Charlotte Winters 7£jr5i •■ii* "ii;'" • • • • • • • • ^• • > • V-Jane Wyrnan l4e\Vls. Friei..,.,..... .David Cariyie Tiny Torgeosen,'..... *...Joseph Creban Cahagan ..Torn Kehrtedy .^lyiuas , ..»;.,..; .>. .-.76hn Slie'ehan Chuck Cannoii. ..........., Max ■Wagner Plckn^y Sax,, r.y,. . ... .;.;. *, .Georije Xloyd liboks like an adventure film which became another whodimit. ItrS igOt a good handle and sufficient bi); cp|ne-on among the cast fOr an okay '.dualer. picture is fairly well paced with gunplay, an amount of flip talk, but no mountings to mention.' Crlehda Farrell is a newspaper girr who tags Barton: Mactiane, chief detective, through, a . couple of nvurders until ho smacks: her down- for the oldest story ever .told in a finale fadeOut^ Still, pic is hot heavy on thie ro- mantic angle. Presumably this is the flbrst of the Torchy Blane series which Warners will offer. Miss Farrell is TOrchy. She plays the kind of . a sob sister who'does all that newispaper girls nOver do. Her aCt is to> prove how useless ;cops are and she succeeds. That itiakes the newsimper angle not unlike the'general riin. It's a hitch-hiker plot in Which a beahtown mobster is accii^ed of wanting to go clean. His reason is a desire to marry into society. The society stuff proves phoney and, after two murders, he-winds iip on a hospital cot with his old-time and .understanding night club sweetie.. 3he's Winifred ShaW .who. sings: one song :well. Otherwise she's miscast. In fact, thei^e's not a single' compel- ling characterization in the film. ..liiree types of cops are offered: (a) the bawling chief of - detectives and dumb;' (b) a : half^witv desk sergeant,r (c) a balmy flatfoot chauffeur. Barton MacLane is - the chief detective, but hi^ lines are against him, . - Outdoor stuff is . practically nil for interest'and the interiors .are not niuch more than this. There's more chatter than action and, a^ is usual in siich tales, the. murderers are nabbed, by deduction fiaither than.by filmed action. Shah. ALONG CAME LOVE Parantount release of Blcliard A; Bowland production,. Features Iren* Hejrvey, Charles Starrett, Doris Kenyon, H. B. "Warner, Irene £YankIln, Directed by Bert I/ytell. Story.and. adaptation, Austin Strong; a-ddl- tlonal .dialog, Arthur Caesar;: camera, Iro; Morgain,. At Strand, Brooklyn, -week Jan. 7, 'S7, .dual bill. . Bunning time, 66 mins. Ommy Grant...'.........Irene Hervey John Patrick O'Byan......'Oharleti Starrett Mrs. Gould.'......;.....,.......Doris Kenyon Dr. Martin.'....: .'..H. B. Warner Mrs. Grant...........I., i.. .Irene Franklin Sat.alt' Jewet!t..;VBernadehe Hayes ' Mr. VincentFerdinand Gottschalk' Joe ..Charles:Judels 'Alohg Came Love,' produced for Paramount by. Richard A. Rowland under a one-pict.ure. deal, producer how being hooked upi with Grand Nationial, is an unimportant item, routine in structure and none too stronjg on twin bills. Austin Strong turned out an origi- nal in. 'Along Came Love,': but his efforts,. together with supplemental dialog by Arthur Caesar provided Rowland and his director, Bert Lyr tell, plus the cast, with nothing much upon which to tear to town. The production background itable and the direction even. prin-. cipally is the. drawback. Dealing with a shopgirl in the. ash- cah department and a yoiing doctor whose prbfessiorial flair is; for babies,, the Strong yarn spins itself lazily and Ordinarily around the romance of this -pair. The situations are of a stock character and highlights are few, nearest approach being' the questionable: arrest of the, girl's mother when latter, wanting to sup- port herself, goes into, burlesque. Out of this none too expedient dra- matic situation a subTromahce de- velops betw'Cen Irene Franklin; the mother, and^Ferdinahd Gottschalk, a comic operia store manager. ; . Miss Franklin in a real lifie .role, that of ;a former vaudeville headf liner, and later in the. burlesque sequence- sings snatches of a couple Of old numbers. She does them well and in the mbiher character assign- ment handed her, carries it off well, ThiS' is islightly miore than, can be said ;for Charles- Starrett and Irene Hervey,' who'fail to bring the desired warrhth to their parts. Starrett'par- ticularly is stiffer than he might nave been ar«d in the development of. the love interest he cold-shoulders, the Miniature Reviews 'God's Country and the Woman' (WB). Great Outdoors , in technicolor. Not likely for ' inuch b,o. '.Connterfeit Lady* (Col). Grade B gemVsleuth mellCr, for the dualers. f Smart Blonde' (WB). Who- dunit with Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane. Okay dualer. 'Albnt iDame Love' (Par); Routine romantic , item Of only passing interest.: For the .doublers. :. 'Beware of Ladies' (Rep), Fairly eiztertaining: and pret^, well made romiantic melodrama . but, not strong enougli for solo . ''dates. ' •qrack Up' (20ith). Peter Lorre and Brian DOnlOvy istand oiit in airplane spy thriller; best suited "lor dualers; girl's bold approaches with rather amazing indMerence. The fact ttie girl persists is.as unreasonable-, plus the fact that when the young doctor (Stanrett) falls he then :goes over- board. The dialogs is commonplace, and the comedy weak. -Doris Kenyon does impressively, as a store: employee and a good" bit'is turned in by Charles Judels. :H. Warner as- the. doctor proved fair. C/tori BEVifARE. OF LAQIES - Bepubllc' release: lot . Nat lievlne produc. tlon. Features 'Deiiald -Cook, Judith. Al-^ len. Oebrse' Meeker, Goodae. Montgomery, Bussell Hopion. ../pit:ecteil^I)y Irv(hg Plchel, Story aiid adaptation, ti; C Dobllii; film editor, Ernest .Kims; . catnera, William: No- bles.' At' Strand. Ibrooklyn,. week Jan.. 7, '37, dual .bin. Running time, 62 .mlns. George Martin.v..••.•Donald Cook Betty White...•..Judith Allen . . U. i .George: Meeker ;.G6odee. Montgomery >..'...; Russell Hopton •, ^.... .^Wllllam .Newell .. .Dwight Frye BVeddle White Gertie . Randy. Bandall...;. SnlA Swanson................. i'br average double bi require- ments 'iBeware Of Ladies' suffices. Away from the twihners it would have difficulty pleasing, since,: while it manages to entertain fairly well, it is without cast names; The title may help soihe in this: connection, however,. A hot campaign between two can- didates fo:r: district iaittorney, and a newspaper which is backing one of the contestants, is the premise. Title derives from the fact that si married young reporter for the newspaper, separated from a worthless husband, attaches herself to one of the candi- dates and falls for hini. The girl is Judith Allen, the hopeful candidate Donald Cook. As result, opposition factors, obtain a compromising pho^ tograph as well as. browbeat the girl's estranged husband into okay- ing suit for alienation of affections, all for the purpose of defeating the favored. GoOk. .■ The story progresses Interestingly, but doesn't get exciting: until the final reel, when the girl reporter and the d;a. project she is battling for get involved with a band of, rack- eteers. Thi& sequence is tense, but toward its end the melodramatics become so pronounced that unihf- tended. audience laughs , may even be provoked. A lastrminute rescue is more giggly than dramatic;. Miss Allen, an excellent screen type, tumis in a fine performance; She is worthy Of better things. Op- t>Osite; her. Cook acquits himself quite creditably. His d.a. type is okay iahd on the love interest he displays the proper restraint. Rus- sell Hopton a good heavy. Chor, E' Tornato Carnevale (Carnival b Here Again') (ITALIAN MAbE) Rome, Dec. 30. Produced by Tlberlia. 'Fll . -Directed 6y Raffaele Matarazzo;: Features .Arniando Fa:iconi, Clara Tabody, SIgnor PIsu,~ Slgrior Coop. •Carhival Is Here Agath' does not refer to the reappearaince of the vil- lage fair, but to the return 6t a gen- tlemah named Carnival. .CJarnival was a gay yoimg lilade WhOr little by little, squandered his fortune. By the time he. appears here he. oughly . inipoverished, living a Wretched istence. far away from that bright social World ih -ivhich he ohce . shone. Only person who has istayed with him and how shares his garret, his sorry food, and his recolr lections, is the old family servant, Gennariellp. At this point the past showi up in the form of two people who want to be fairy godmother in two different ways. One is a painter whom Car- nival, in the days when he was a wealthy duke, gave his first break. Painter has how beCoirie a great suc- cess and wants the duke to live with him and shaiie the fruits of his for- tune^ Other is the daug;hter of an old flame, -whom, her dying mother rec- ommehded to .his care, not knowing that he was no longer rich. She is a very modem, young person with very definite ideas; she wants to help her-mother's 0I4 admirer get set up in business. Between the . painter's schieme and the girl's ischeme for: making: the duke happy , there is enough difference tO occasion a good many quarrels and discussions be- tween the girl and the painter. All of which ends by their falling in lOye, Duke feels a bit left, out, but consoles himself with his' business and his hew-fbund coinfort. : Armando FalConi is amusing as the impoverished duke; And CoOp, who is a specialist in servants'.parte, is delightful as thie faithful old re- tai ' Heln. EIN IDEALER GATTE (The Ideal Husband*) (GEBMAN MADE) Casino^ release of. ..Terra-Fllm iproductlon.. Peraiturea Brlgltte Helm, K;:Xudwig Dlehl, Sybllle Schmltz, Georg Alexander. Directed by Herbert Selpln. Scenario. Thea vom Harbau; from the stage play to- Oscar Wilde; muslci, Werner Bocbman. -.At the Casino, N» T., on double bill, week Jan.- 8, '37. Buniilng time, 82 mlhs. . . Lord Chlltern.;...,.:. .■..; .Carl Ludwig Dlehl lAdy Chlltern.. v......Brlgltte Helm Mabel /Chlltern.., i... .-Annie .Markart Lord Goring........ ..Georg Alexander Ix)rd Caversham.>....... ,. .Paul Henckela Glqrla'.Cheveley;....... ,. .Sybille Schmltz Vlcomte de NanJac.;.;...,. .Werner Scharf Ingenleur Parker,:....,;... .Karl Danhemann' Mason .;., .Helii^ Foeniter liudwlg Mr; VIckierg.....Herman Fink MI'sS Harriet .;; ....;..; ,;.. ;Babette Jensen l^dy Markby....:....; ...i, ;;.^Tdnl Tetzlaf ijn GerinarO (This i^ unlike average German dramatic fare, and for that reason only so-so itis .b.b. draught in Yojrkr yille and ivalehts; Yarn, how- ever,, the whole is meritorious^, .fltted with a strong adaptation by .Thea;yon Harbau: frOnl Wilde's play: SeliJin's direction good, and: the acting, while spotty, has ihe nod.iii its favor. ' Story hinges On a stoel magnate's wife (Brigitte Helm) crossing swords with a blackmailer (Sybille SdunitzX Plenty of legitimately good situations are inherent, although: the general linos of the plot aro nothing new. Terra-Film's version ^scoops up moitt of possibilitiies,, but Miss Schmitz— despite hard work—is .badly - miscast. Generally enrolled as a heavy, she's asked to do a isophisticated job here, and the resulte are somewhat man-! gled. At least they might have taken, away her gay '90's feathers and some of ther grease paint. I Brigitte Helm, comparatively new to U. S. patrons as a X«erman pie performer, though she dates back to 'Metropolis/ turns, in a nitty job as the :faithful mate willing to risk scandal to keep her hubby, C. Lud- wig Dlehl, as the latter^ manages okiay. Georg Alexander^ usually given raucous comedy chores, in this film becomes a clever, good-hearted n'cr-db-well. Does a l>angup jOb, but . .will be disappointing to the Teutons. Music and . camera work both iare passable. £d0a. Prei Blaiie Jungs iind Bin Blondei; Maedel ('Three Saileri and Blonde') (GEBMAN IWADE) Kiirbpa release of Caurl Boeap producUon, Featiires Fritz Kampe|ip,^/l^elQZ Buebmann; Frledrlcli Benfer. Charlotte Andei-, Hans Blchter. Directed by^fCarl Boeee. Music by Edward Kuennecke.. . At Casino, . I^, T., -week Deo. 26, '66.: KiVniag time, 90 ijilns. (In.Gipi-'trttin} .. Gerinan Comeifl^f program .cali- bre for foreignau4ieiices^ paced evenly for laughs according to Teu<« tonic film standards, which .1(1 slow and sometimes outright sluggish. Picture is Overlioard oh running, footage with 90 minutes utilized for relating a tame sailor's yam both on board ship and on laiid.. Mtislc for a frame, but no isinging. AlsO no English subtitles. Photographically, the camera work is excellent. Naval, niaheuvers are used frequently for atmospheric buildups and they interesting. Interior views: are clearly defined and close-upis bf the none-too-inter.t esting German ciast are good; The technical >side of a foreign produc- tion; from this country is always' upi to par. Land .scehes reveal a water-, lirbnt resort, which is immaculately maintained.:'This is no studio , set, but a natural .setting which .the Teu- tons have, brought in well. ~ Extended tale has . three gobs in- volved in a dance-hail affair,'with a biixom blonde the center .of the faintly humorous fracas. All get a chance- to dance with' her, and two think they rate first with her,; but it is the third husky -^^ho wins: her. No excitement in the plot; with laughs .confined, to leisurely, 'deveir oped clinches, Heinz RUehmahn, sUghtly built cbmifc,' carries the brunt of the comedy burdeh; and he comes through nicely. Willi is played by Friedrich Benfer; .who might do things up right in a stut-i: dier Constructed film.' Fritz KSmpers comiJlfetes the third ineinber of the nautical group out for ia fling. All have been seen before in toreigri- riiade pictures. Feminine types are gushy on performances and look pre- war in-the sieaside ^yardrobc; Passable for. Gerrnan family trade. •Htot. CRAGK-UP (WITH SONG) . 20th. Century-Fox production arid' release. •Features -Peter Lorre:'and Brian Donlevy, Directed by Malcolm St, Clalri Soreeii play by Chas. Kenyon and .Sam Mlhtz, from orig- inal story by John Goodrich. $6ng, -'Top Gallant/ by''Sidney Clare and Harry Akat; inuslcal' director, Samuel Karlln; camera," Barney McGIII. At Glove, .N.rrfr.; week Jan. 2, .'97. Bunning. time, TO'mihs. Colonel Glmpy.', ^..; .Peter Jjorre- Ace Martin;... '.1..Brian: Donlevy But.h' Franklin;. .Helen ■'Wood- Johii Fleinlrig;^..........1 ...Ralph Morgaa Joe Bandftll. . ....., .Thomas Beck Mr^l Fleming.'..i; ,>...... vKay Ltnakcr- .Sidney Grant....,.;;...;, ,-I,ester-Matthews. Operative No. 30.;......'... .Enrl Foxia Operative No.' 77.;........;. .GarrOl. Ntiltih. Operative No. 10..;,...,, ...Gloria Boy- Alfred Kruxloh......-..;..... i. Oacar Apt el Daniel: D. Harrington.....;. ^, .Paul Stanton Major White.,., ; .Howard. Hickman Weak scrlptihg and uneven tempo will keep this off most single featurie .prog;rams. That's unfortnhate be» cause. Petei* Lorre and; Brian ;Don« levy turn in ace performances. This is triie all down the line—the players generally are better than , the ma^ terial and situations. The picture, which probabljr will grirti plenty of icoin in dual set-ups and some - soloisy. undoubtedly will be tabbed as ah* other st^ in Dohlevy's progress and further Peter LorrO with American cinema audiences. Both are capitaL . -'Crack-Up' sputters and misses fire like . a balky- airplane, motor' before . finally zooining. into action. Starts off with; an insipid plane chriistenins episode and male marching sOng that v is ~sb phoney it.', irritaites. : From there it jumjps from One set Of cbar« aeters to aiiothek: and back again*, with deadening effeict. , .Lorre; ali^ Col. .Gimpy> is .pictured . mOvihjg .stgvlff)|yr .to his: city hideaway^ where no supervises spy ring operations ^T^ninSitibn is tOo. raipid whereas it ;might have been made much of. . Not enough stress is placed on the friendship eipdsting benveen the: as- sistant pilot and,the ace .aviator. At least* not sufliqiehfly to. iustify the theft of valuable blueprints lor his buddy. After that incongruity, the story and director , have .hurrj|ed towards the big airplane-:flght se« quehce overlooking innunie^ble lit* fie details caictdated to sustain i.n« terest while floundering With less vital elements. ' Once Ace Martin, his co-jpilot pal; the head of ..the spy ring (Gimpy>, and the. airplane executive get.out over the ocean in their. flight for Europe,, the film swings intovahv ex*y citing, action that never lets down. .Had the earlier part nf the produe- tion held tip to this portion, 'Crackr Up' would nave been a crack job. Work of Lorre, Donlevy^ - Balph Morgan and Thomas Beck aboard this racing: air, tranroprf is uniformlsr siiperb., Directoir Malcib^ St'Clair hasn't ovei^loOked a bet in tiie flight > episodes, obfainihg strong ..suspense ' and building to his climaxes witb> neat skill. These also offer Barn^ McGiU best chance with his camera ahd he cashes in by maihtainihg tin* canny realisni. Helen Wood is the sweetheart 6t the yarn; the girl who is ih love with the co-pilOt (Thomas Beck) sole sur- vivor of wrecked transport, ^e looks pretty but.: requires i>Ienty of thespie furbishing; Oscar Apfel, J, Carrol Naish, Earl Foxe and Lester Matthews are best in an unusually, strong supporting cast. Top Gallant,' the song from the pens of Sidney Clare and . Htarry Akst, is .okay but seems out of place even if injected in the christening scene. Wcon sze;rei.mi almok ('breams of Love') (HUNGABIAN HADE) (MtTSICAL) Danubla release of Attllla . i>h>ductlbri. Featuren Ferenc - Taray, Maria - Sulyok. Geza- FoldeHsy. Bela Fay. Directed and written by Helns Hllle. At Moidem Play- house, N, T., weelk JTan, 9, '37/ Runnlns time, 9T rains. . ^ - Franz liisKt..;,..;., i.... 1.. .Fereiie Taray Countess Duday..^...........Maria diilyok Her.mother.' ...^.Olza Bathory Her father....^....-^t/. Molnar.- jjleut. Kotvos,..,........,.. .Geza Foldesiny AVcndland', ,....,...,.•*.,. ;; ,.,Bola-.Fay (in Hungarian), If as much attention had been paid to plot structure as ist devoted to the musical, phaiies and backgrounds of this feature, the Hungarian pro- ducers would have had something to shout about. Even with thesfO flaws, this version of Franz Liszt's life as a gireat.composer doubtlessly will spell cOin for Danubla Pictures in dis- tributing to'strictly foreign language houses. The English titles iire so few and far between that they barely convey a scant'thread of the story. Not strong-enough nor adequately spotted to mean anything. Picture is noteworthy in bringing to the. fore. Maria Sulyok ih the prin- cipal role Of Countess Maria Duday, one of Liszt's star pui)ils in the fable; She' indicates acting ability^ is piquant and pretty, and screens -\yell even iti some fantastic close-ups. Heiiiz Hill.e was intrusted with direction after had written ah imiaginative story about Franz Liszt's musical career. This was a mistake because he follows script with labori- ous fidelity where a few original touches and change Of tempo would have been vireldomed. > It's the tecog- hizabie theme generally, wheeled out for all great, composers when their (Gonitlnued; 30) .