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Mutiny on the Bounty (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) exhibits more strikingly than any previous cinema in which he has appeared the peculiar capacity of Actor Charles Laughton to seem created by providential dispensation in the identical likeness of whomever he undertakes to impersonate. Actor Laughton is currently in London preparing to appear in an English version of Cyrano de Bergerac. To perfect his understanding of the play, he learned it by heart in French and had up to last week written out twelve copies by memory. Before making Mutiny on the Bounty he went to London, said to Gieves, Bond Street...
Many of the other characters, the shots of the Bounty under sail, and the land sets are deserving of commendation, but one could keep on for hours. The fact remains that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has brought a great tale of men against men to the screen just about as effectively as did Nordhoff and Hall in their vivid book. That is high tribute to Hollywood...
Sued for Separation. Arthur Marcus Loew, 38, vice president and general manager of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, one-time son-in-law of Adolph Zukor; by Barbara Mae Smith Loew, 25. onetime showgirl; in White Plains, N. Y. Charges: He treated her like a child, humiliated her before servants, called her a killjoy, drank excessively, abandoned her at parties, allowed women to put makeup on his face, pinched her dog, harassed her canary. Mrs. Loew asked $3,000 per month maintenance, $25,000 for counsel fees, $2.500 for special costs. Mr. Loew: "Preposterous...
...York, Al Lichtman, onetime president of United Artists, joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as special sales adviser. President of United Artists last week was still Mary Pickford, who moved in when Al Lichtman moved...
Rendezvous (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Based on Herbert O. Yardley's American Black Chamber (TIME, April 17, 1933), this picture deals with the technique of counter-espionage at Intelligence Service headquarters in Washington during the War. Though the intrigue is sometimes unintelligibly involved, the story is swiftly paced, manages by a parade of ingenious tricks to provide sustained entertainment. It also arouses wonder that, with German spies as thick as fleas and clever as foxes, the War Department managed to keep any secrets whatever...