Word: charming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...swing" as Benny Goodman's jazzband. In On Your Toes, Bolger has his first chance to establish himself as a definite stage personality rather than a funny Broadway tap dancer. Called upon to impersonate a WPA music teacher who winds up as a master of ballet, his genuine charm and humor are instantly apparent. In fact, he and his teammate, pretty golden Doris Carson, seem to fit into that important theatrical niche vacated by the late Marilyn Miller & Jack Donahue...
Manhattan critics found in this collection no profundity but considerable charm, gaiety and first-class brushwork...
...true lover of the screen at its best can fail to be captivated by the charm, simplicity, and haunting loveliness of "Poil de Carotte," current attraction at the Fine Arts. Throughout this intensely arresting film one is aware of an earnest sincerity and gripping reality which afford a pleasing diversion from the superficial grist of the Hollywood mill. Rarely does a picture of this sort, dealing as it does with an acute psychological problem, meet with success from the several standpoints of characterization, sustained interest, and insight into the foibles of human behavior...
...help the company over its financial crisis. To many a Bori admirer it seemed incredible that she could be close to 50. Her voice is still fresh. She has been careful of her figure. On the stage she has always appeared as a youthful person, with a rare piquant charm. The patrician quality which has distinguished all her operatic heroines is Bori's own. She was born a Borgia, descendant and namesake of the Renaissance Lucrezia. In Spain it was considered a disgrace for an aristocrat to adopt a stage career. Bori changed her name, made her debut...
Pictures depend upon the haloed sentimentality of its source, Producer Selznick has made this picture much more than a stock sample of Hollywood lavender & old lace. Although it exudes the nostalgic charm that has proved so palatable to cinemaudiences in adaptations of other Victorian classics, it is essentially not the story of a little boy's exaggerated devotion to his mother but that of a Brooklyn urchin who makes good in the old country. Handsomely rewritten for the screen by Hugh Walpole, beautifully staged, and superbly directed by John Cromwell, it affords proof that Selznick International...