Word: lupino
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Search for Beauty (Paramount) is a benign sexual romp, publicized as an apostrophe to beauty, male as well as female ("Venus-like Girls! Tarzan-like Men!"). It presents: 30 handsome youngsters picked in promotional beauty contests throughout the U. S. and the British Empire; neat blonde Ida Lupino and muscular Larry ("Buster") Crabbe (Tarzan the Fearless). Lupino and Crabbe are Olympic swimmers. Hired by a pair of shifty rogues (James Gleason, Robert Armstrong) to run a physical culture magazine, they are soon shocked to discover what a crooked venture it really is. Crabbe is so vigorously honest that his employers...
...Barry Lupino in the part of Gonzorgo, the hardhearted ruffian, is very good. He adds a zest and spirit that would put many modern revue comedians in a shadow. Nor is Mr. Lupino the single outstanding figure in the cast. All of the parts are exceptionally well handled, so well in fact that the patronizing attitude with which most revivals are received is entirely unnecessary here. The amous March of the Toys is one of the most satisfying ensemble pieces that has appeared in Boston in a long time. If one is in a whimsical, Alice in Wonder and mood...