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...Talk of the Town (Columbia) spends 118 mirthful minutes making Matinee Idol Ronald Colman an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. But not before Gary Grant and Jean Arthur have taught him the difference between law as it is taught in law schools and law as it is practiced in law courts. This pedagogic plot turns into hilarious comedy, largely through the expert energy of Cinemactress Arthur, the expert apathy of Cinemactor Grant, the expert wispiness of Old-Timer Colman...
...dedication broadcast set a neighborly good example for regular broadcasts to follow. From Hollywood came a variety program with Master of Ceremonies Edward G. Robinson manfully speaking side-of-the-mouth Spanish, Ronald Colman, Rita Hayworth (nee Cansino), Jinx Falkenburg and other film figures contributing their best. South American stars in Washington and Manhattan did themselves proud...
Died. Sir Jeremiah Colman, 82, millionaire mustard maker and famed orchid collector; in Reigate, England. Chairman of the board of J. & J. Colman, Ltd., founded by his grandfather, developed by his father, he liked to explain that his wealth was made "not by the mustard people ate, but by the mustard left on their plates...
...Corsican Brothers (Small; United Artists) are (both of them) Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who has yet to make up his mind who he is: his father, or Ronald Colman. They are also the offspring of Alexandre Dumas. Their eventual defeat of Baron Colonna (Akim Tamiroff), who slew their parents, is accomplished with heavyhanded, uninspired direction and all the corny hokum that accompanies the routine Hollywood romantic picture...
...sheltered youngsters is Decca's current children's list: Tarzan of the Apes and Superman's Christmas Adventure. Both Decca and Victor offer recordings of Dickens' Christmas Carol; in Decca's, the Scrooge is Ronald Colman. Columbia puts out Prokofieff's musical fairy tale, Peter and the Wolf. The music is well handled by Leopold Stokowski and his All American Youth Orchestra, but Basil Rathbone's narration lacks the imposing resonance of Richard Hale in the earlier Victor...