Word: arliss
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...addition to the full-time performers in the cast, Transatlantic Tunnel is distinguished by the presence of two famed actors who introduce their specialties as bit parts-George Arliss as the British Prime Minister and Walter Huston as the U. S. President, circa 1985 A.D. The film is an exciting if misleading cinematic horoscope to which futuristic fashion notes were contributed by Schiaparelli. Good shot: gas-masked workmen chatting via television telephones...
...hate having to imitate our noted confreres who find in Mr. Arliss' Wellington much of Mr. Arliss' Rothschild, Hamilton, or Disraeli. However, it is not only the easiest way in which to announce another good Arliss picture but also makes critical comment a superfluity...
While there is nothing terribly distinctive about these films, they make a pleasantly relaxing evening. It is better not to think of Miss Colbert and Mr. Arliss in relation to "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer" which they succeed, of course, but the University has its second good double-bill of the week...
...gorge, guzzle and gratify their egomania by awarding prizes for meritorious cinema performances. Last month it looked as if this year's banquet might degenerate into an open brawl. Cliques in the Academy objected to the six nominations for best performances because Bette Davis, Shirley Temple, George Arliss and others were omitted. The Awards Committee quickly changed its rules to permit members to "write in" their votes, regardless of nominations. Last week, at the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles, the Academy banquet went off with no more disorder than is customary...
...elderly and distinguished British actor, eager to be knighted by his King, the business of impersonating heroes in his country's history is eminently sound. The only error made by George Arliss was in choosing two who performed on the same world stage about the same time. In The House of Rothschild (in which Wellington was impersonated by C. Aubrey Smith), Actor Arliss suggested to cinema audiences that Waterloo was a minor crisis in the affairs of a Jewish financier. In The Iron Duke, though Rothschild does not appear at all, Arliss' invariable mannerisms are so reminiscent that...