Word: misses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...will be argued that this was just what was meant to be. Certainly from the very beginning the picture is filled with a foreboding for the audience that, like the whistler, Miss Russell will come to no good end. And from that comes the film's great flaw...
...saying before I was so rudely interrupted. "Coach Harlow, of Harvard, was kind enough to say that this touchdown run shouldn't be called dumb luck. He said I had the presence of mind to cash in on the break. Thanks Dick, but how could I miss...
...Miss Bennett is charming and intelligent in her representation of the strong-willed heroine. Sometimes one suspects her of being just a little uneasy, but then the explanation always suggests itself that the embarrassment belongs to the character, and not to the actress. Richard Kendrick makes an excellent Keith Burgess, the Communist who thought better of it when he made some money, and Douglas Gilmore is a dignified victim of Hollywood's rapacity. The cast, however, is a huge one, and no small part of the interest comes from studying the various members of the Footlight Club. Having only...
...Stage Door is based on the fairly plausible assumption that the legitimate stage is worth starving for, but that its illegitimate child should be called by the shorter name for such offspring, Miss Bennett as Terry Randall struggles through three acts and six scenes defending that creed. She sees her beau, an ill-mannered thunder-and-lightning radical, get enmeshed in the celluloid toils, and tells him where to go when he tries to sweep her off to his California paradise. She sees her best friend in the Footlight Club, the actress's refuge, escape from failure...
...Record" is a very clever assortment of Presidential confessions. Taylor Holmes, besides giving an excellent performance as Secretary of the Treasury, does as especially good job of singing "A Baby Bond." Even the songs, however, are not up to expectation, the only really tuneful one being "Have You Met Miss Jones?" In short, better things should be in store for us from so expert a crew...