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...Arrowsmith," played by Ronald Colman and Helen Hayes is a typical movie version of a famous novel. The first half dealing with the young doctor's early married life in a small western town is refreshing, but once he gets into the clutches of the malarial jungles of a Carribean island the story becomes drizzly and melodramatic, and concerns itself mostly with rain and the ravages of the bubonic plague...
...Masquerader," University--A pleasant romance starring Ronald Colman and Elissa Landi. The other feature, "The Narrow Corner," contains an excellent bit of character portray al by Dudley Digges. Last...
Dual impersonation in the cinema is such an old and obvious trick that it usually makes for implausibility unless the actor who attempts it is skillful enough to give the two characters definite and different personalities. Ronald Colman succeeds in doing so, most brilliantly when, as Loder, he is imitating Chilcote's mannerisms just badly enough to make the audience feel that it is an imitation and just well enough to make the audience feel that the imitation might have fooled Chilcote's intimates. Typical situation: Loder. "making mistakes in wives," chatting with Mrs. Chilcote in the hope...
...Must I Forever?" Arensky (acc. "cello by Yves Chardon) "The Dirge for Two Veterans" Holst (acc. by brass) "Princess Ida" Gilbert and Sullivan "Salvation Belongs to Our God" Tschesnokoff "Let Celestial Concerts All Unite" Handel "Hymn to Manas" Holst(solo--Frederick Fuller 1G) "Cavalier Song" Stanford (solo--John Stacy Colman...
...which it involves, while not particularly subtle, are wholly unlike those which U. S. cinema audiences are usually called upon to comprehend. Good shot: Phyllis Barry-a clever young actress whom Producer Goldwyn admired last year when she was playing in a Hollywood musical comedy-in a theatre with Colman, laughing at Charlie Chaplin. The Devil Is Driving (Paramount) is another chapter in Paramount's current saga of crime & punishment, dealing with misbehavior in the garage and the nasty methods of automobile thieves. These thieves are not adept. When they steal a "classy closed job" they drive...