Word: aimlessly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...varied emotions of eleven men facing inevitable death at the hands of unseen enemies, are woven into "The Lost Patrol", a powerful screen play with Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale and other distinguished film luminaries. The story deals with a detachment of British cavalrymen who become aimless wanderers on the Mesopotamian desert when their officer is killed by Arabs. Only the officer knew where they were, what their orders were and when and where they were to rejoin their brigade. That knowledge died with him. The talking picture was adopted from the famous Philip MacDonald novel, "Patrol...
Will Rogers in "Mr. Skitch, is, as usual, more of a toastmaster than an actor. He noseys around in his usual aimless fashion, scratches the back of his head and exhibits that sheepish Rogers smile. There is no doubt that as the writer of the Washington letter and the originator of a radio football game in which world celebrities take part he is a talented and versatile man. As such it is interesting to watch him parade his personality in "Mr. Skitch." Despite a few comedy situations and the presence of Zasu Pitts and Eugene Pallette, the film fails...
...John (Adolphe Menjou) is accurately outlined when she remarks: "First a double bed. then twin beds, now separate rooms." When Carol discovers her husband is consorting with her best friend Charlotte (Mary Astor), she acquires a nominal friend of her own (Ed ward Everett Horton). Carol's aimless attempts to get her husband back permit all four characters to engage in some wan didoes but in the end it takes Carol's daughter (Patricia Ellis) to bring her parents together. Shots for admirers of blank, blithering Edward Everett Horton: his telling Carol about the sardine business; his daze...
Lady Killer (Warner Brothers) illustrates its makers' theory that a James Cagney picture requires less plot than movement. Starting out as a routine record of the rise of Dan Quigley (James Cagney) in crookdom. Lady Killer abruptly shifts its ground, loses itself in aimless mockery of actors, film directors, newspaper critics. In Hollywood hiding from New York police, Quigley gets a film bit as an Indian chief, becomes a star by subscribing to a stamp-bureau which sends him fan mail from all over the world. Tired of bashing his ladies on the chin. Cagney in this picture drags...
Will Rogers has always seemed to this reviewer as more of a toastmaster than a movie star. In "Mr. Skitch," he noseys around in his usual aimless fashion, scratches the back of his head and exhibits that sheepish Rogers smile. There is no doubt that as the writer of the Washington Letter and the originator of a radio football game in which world celebrities take part he is a talented and versatile man. As such it is interesting to watch him parade his personality in "Mr. Skitch." Despite a few good comedy situations and the presence of Zasu Pitts...