Word: broadway
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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George M. Cohan, veteran song-&-dance man, dramatist and Broadway's darling, has always been "regular." When it comes to patriotism he is not only regular but ready. Long before the World War he warmed up with such rousing ditties as I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy and You're a Grand Old Flag. When the War really gave him something to pitch to, Tunesmith Cohan wrote its U. S. theme song. Over There sold around 2,000,000 copies...
With a combination of George Bernard Shaw and Broadway's leading exponents of free love romping across the screen at the University Theatre, the current bill is an especially gay affair. It's a rare and happy treat to find two such grade A pictures as "Yes, My Darling Daughter" and "Pygmalion" on the same showing...
...anyone cares to look for it, but certainly it is not thrown out into the audience's lap. Bouquets by the carload should go to Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller for their performances. Howard's comedy is in his best style, and Miss Hiller has proven again that Broadway too often misses its chance to "discover" a great actress hanging around their casting offices...
Mexicana (produced by the Republic of Mexico as a sideline to its World's Fair exhibit) is a folk revue splashed with gay, gaudy color. It is occasionally delightful, often picturesque. But its endless dances and operatic scenes grow monotonous, its showmanship is not sharp enough for Broadway...
...Rolls-Royce with a Brewster body and the very best trimmings. Though not up to Wuthering Heights (TIME, April 17), it is one of the best star vehicles Hollywood has produced this year. As a play, it was not a success when Tallulah Bankhead took it to Broadway four years ago. Refashioned by Screenwriter Casey Robinson to fit Bette Davis, Warners' most talented and ambitious star, it gives her a chance to do a good job and puts her well up in line for her third Academy Award...