Word: films
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Florenz Ziegfeld did some first-rate glorifying in his long and spectacular career as producer of musical extravaganzas but never did he attain the dizzy height of opulent glorification which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have reached in their three-hour film biography of "The Great Ziegfeld," which is now running at the Colonial Theatre. In comparison with this musical of musicals previous super-productions fade to the class of colossal on a small scale...
...Sound recording equipment led A. T. & T. into the cinema industry. In 1929 the company, through subsidiaries, loaned $15,000,000 to Fox Film Corp., assisted it through its later troubles...
...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...
...same time the film depicts with unerring directness the sufferings of a mother unable to earn the affection of her children. More than once the audience feels itself intensely stirred by scenes of truly dramatic greatness. Genuinely inspired acting, coupled with a moving story and creditable performances from the supporting cast go far to place this film in the forefront of cinematic...
...profession of writing. His sojourn in Hollywood convinced him that the importance of writers to the cinema had been vastly underrated, only less foolishly than the importance of the cinema to writers. From this it was a short step to the conclusion that the payroll of London Film Productions, Ltd. was the proper place for an author like H. G. Wells. Few writers of comparable distinction have ever worked in Hollywood. Most of these have either laughed at or despised their jobs. Author Wells, who was on the set most of the time Things to Come was in production...