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...bell and the escape lung are in service in the submarine division of the Navy, have been developed since the S-4 and S-51 disasters. For the absorbing technical accuracy of the film, credit goes to Navy-minded Director Lloyd Bacon, son of the late Actor Frank Bacon (Lightnin'). Director Bacon joined the Navy at the start of the World War, was commissioned as a photographic expert, now holds the rank of lieutenant-commander (reserve), spends vacations on navy cruises. Ebb Tide (Paramount). The tall tale, originally told by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, of the adventures...
Although it was midsummer, Frank Bacon was playing Lightnin' to jammed houses, Fay Bainter was filling standing room in East Is West, something called Nightie Night was opening that very evening at the Princess, and eleven other shows were doing adequate hot-weather box office. At 8:20 p.m. word was flashed along Broadway, with Broadway's customary flair for the spectacular, that "Lightnin' has struck!" Then, one after another, in the Shubert, Playhouse, Lyric, Astor, Knickerbocker-in all but one of Broadway's showhouses-lights were dimmed and the customers were told to go home...
Died. Winchell Smith. 61, actor, producer, playwright (Lightnin', Turn to the Right, Brewster's Millions) whose theatrical ventures yielded him $6,000,000; of arteriosclerosis; in Hartford, Conn. With Producer Arnold Daly he introduced the plays of George Bernard Shaw into the U. S., was arrested for staging Mrs. Warren's Profession. His first play. Brewster's Millions, earned $1,000,000. Lightnin', written in 1918 in collaboration with Frank Bacon, ran for three years in Manhattan. In 1919 he retired, sold his interests to Producer John Golden. Three years ago he emerged from retirement...
...ardor for her cool, Messrs. Gosden & Correll have marched their story bit-by-bit right into a breach-of-promise courtroom. There it was necessary to have Mme Queen's testimony. So high-voiced Amos spoke for her (as he does for The Kingfish, Brother Crawford and Lightnin'). Testified Mme Queen: ''The second time Andy was in there, he said to me, he said: 'Sweetheart, this is one of the best manicures I ever had.' . . . One night we had a date, and we was sittin' on the sofa...
...love interest of the juvenile leads and comical situations add to the enjoyment of the picture, but it is Will Rogers as Lightnin' who makes it delightful entertainment...