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Dates: during 1930-1939
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David Dwight (Warren William) in Skyscraper Souls (MGM) is more likeable than Banker Dickson but far less admirable. It makes no difference to him what his wife is up to; he has a variety of lady friends and lies to them all. He borrows $30,000,000 from his own bank to build a 102-story skyscraper. When threatened with bankruptcy he goes to take a Turkish bath where he persuades a goodnatured plutocrat (George Barbier) to save his venture. Another associate is soon a suicide, ruined by a stock deal in which Banker Dwight runs Manhattan-Seacoast...
...Marie Dressier (MGM) 2) Janet Gaynor (Fox) 3) Joan Crawford (MGM) 4) Charles Farrell (Fox) 5) Greta Garbo (MGM) 6) Norma Shearer (MGM) 7) Wallace Beery (MGM) 8) Clark Gable (MGM) 9) Will Rogers (Fox) 10) Joe E. Brown (Warner...
...Washington Show (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Since MGM's Louis B. Mayer has spent weekends at the White House and was a California delegate to last fortnight's Republican convention (TIME, June 27), it was natural that his company should contribute promptly to the current cycle of political pictures. This one gives Lionel Barrymore a spacious and declamatory role, the sort that suits him best. It is not to be confused with Washington Merry-Go-Round, which Columbia will presently release, although it contains a shot of a carrousel against the background of the Capitol. It is an adaptation by John...
...same kettle of fish, cinema producers have lately realized that, to keep their own theatres open, they need the assistance of rival producers. Next year they will cooperate more than heretofore by lending high-priced players to each other to make sure the actors earn their salaries. Greta Garbo (MGM), who was planning to retire until last fortnight when she was reported to have lost $1,000,000 in the failure of the First National Bank of Beverly Hills, may make a picture for Paramount. Joan Crawford (MGM) last week finished Rain for United Artists. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will lend...
Letty Lynton (MGM). The heroine of this picture further enlightens cinemaddicts on the pains of promiscuity. Letty Lynton (Joan Crawford) not only has lovers. She has one who is patently the lowest grade of Latin American, and she kills him with a dose of poison. So rude and forceful are his amorous tactics that she has the full sympathy of all decent members of the audience. She is driven to distracted crime by her high-minded affection for a young Bostonian (Robert Montgomery). Her low Latin despises this affection, threatens to cut it short. Letty Lynton's misdemeanors...