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...Shakespeare and the once-aboard-the-lugger playwrights. To star-struck Olivia de Havilland he is unutterably wonderful. When Olivia's infatuation blinds her to the worth of her suitor (Patric Knowles), Idol Howard decently decides to disillusion her. The plan for such a procedure, his dresser (Eric Blore) agrees, is neatly outlined in one of his early triumphs. The Loving Triangle. But Olivia's adoration thrives on the boorish behavior prescribed by The Loving Triangle, grows to gooey consistency despite insults culled from Macbeth, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew. When Alone in the City, promising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Nov. 22, 1937 | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

...occasional fiancee, and when she is not engaged in throwing furniture at him, she is crying her eyes out over his latest amour. The amour in this case is Olivia De Havilland who uncovers a flare for comedy and a winsome appeal that she has not displayed previously. Eric Blore, as Mr. Howard's butler and critic, succeeds in stealing most of the scenes in which he appears. The supporting cast is adequate but unexceptional...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Moviegoer and Playgoer | 11/20/1937 | See Source »

Breakfast for Two (RKO Radio) involves honored Tragedians Herbert Marshall and Barbara Stanwyck with pub-crawling, ventriloquism, loaded boxing gloves, custard pies and a butler named Butch (Eric Blore). They seem to enjoy the change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Also Showing | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

...Shall We Dance" possesses the merit of being no more nor less than it pretends to be, witty dialogue, Gershwin music, lavish production, preposterous situations, and those four specialists, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Eric Blore, and Edward Everett Horton. If the audience ever liked the ingredients, it will like the film since all the elements are proportionately balanced and put together in one performance which is all component and not at all discordant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Moviegoer | 6/21/1937 | See Source »

...dancer. Because of the unique means Petroff selects to meet his inamorata, a set of misunderstandings begins which brings into action an ocean liner, a pack of dogs, an airplane, a marriage for business reasons, an absent-minded impresario (Edward Everett Horton), an oily hotel manager (Eric Blore) and a scheming noblewoman (Ketti Gallian) before the two dancers arrive in each other's arms for good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: May 10, 1937 | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

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