Word: lyda
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lyda Roberti, with her blonde curls, her smile, her accent and her compelling rhythm outstrips the rest of the female participants in the matter of sex interest, while Helen Mack contributes a winsome bit which will not go unappreciated. All in all "College Rhythm" combines nonsense with some good musical numbers and one of the best choruses in the movies to produce a fairly amusing incident for a snowy afternoon. It can be recommended as a respite from such fly-specks on a Senior's schedule as French 7 or History...
...feminine leads quite the most interesting. Fay Templeton, during her lone scene in the first act, holds majestic sway over all the proceedings. Odette Myrtil, in the part of the violently self-assertive star customer of Madame Roberta's couturier establishment, handles admirably her difficult task in replacing Lyda Robert. It is no easy trick to supplant the dynamic, hip-swinging Lyda in a typically Roberti role, but Odette Myrtil is really all that can be desired short of the genuine Miss Roberti herself. Tamara, in the role of Stephanie, the successor to Madame Roberta as the guiding light...
...chorus girl has yet been seen. Fay Templeton, a turtle-like little old (67) lady, has sung one charming song with the pinched remains of a fine alto voice, and then died. Composer Jerome Kern has supplied half .a dozen excellent tunes. Appearing as a customer of Aunt Minnie, Lyda Roberti has got her usual comedy out of wriggling her stomach to show that she is a dangerous woman and waving her arms to show that she is a tomboy. Finally novelty appears...
...main fault with the movie is that the plot is burdened with a superfluity of juvenile acting, in most cases under tearful circumstances. Ricardo Cortez is perfectly cast as a good friend of the night club star, but David Manners and Lyda Roberti have been deprived of bettering the show due to the short time they appear on the screen...
...sister, Elizabeth, and her flance, Mary Boland takes the part of the stupid mother in the family who finds life simple and amusing. As usual Miss Boland makes the most of her part. Claudette Colbert, Richard Arlen, and Hardie Albright fill the major roles of minor importance satisfactorily; and Lyda Roberti, as Jenny, the cook, acts capably, just a bit too capably to be hidden in the kitchen most of the time...