Word: paramount
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Paramount and Fenway we find two unexciting films, namely, "Brides Are Like That", a harmless and mildly amusing romance and "The Country Beyond", a saga of the Canadian Mounted writen by James Curwood and just what you'd imagine. Conrad Veidt stars in the Fine Arts presentation of "The Passing of the Third Floor Back", the ancient Jerome K. Jerome allegorical story telling about the bringing of sweetness and light into the lives of a bitter boarding house crew; for those with a quaint sense of humor...
...Paramount and Fenway...
...Case Against Mrs, Ames (Paramount) opens with a shot of a loudspeaker which emits a march tune and an announcement that its dramatized news program is that of "the weekly newsmagazine." There follows an inordinately frenzied resume of what would appear to be just another murder. All this constitutes a dubious asset to a crime-&-courtroom picture which is otherwise well-plotted, well-paced entertainment...
...Hollywood she gained quick distinction for a quality unique in actresses under 45 - she would play anything. She was the only good-looking girl whom Paramount found willing to stick her face through a doorway in I'm No Angel and let Mae West squirt water into it. Her performance in 'Murder at the Vanities was so nastily expert that Paramount decided she was ripe for better parts. She lives with her mother in a house at Toluca Lake in Los Angeles, works too hard to go out much, saves her money, regarded driving an automobile...
...Paramount Pictures, Inc. retained him to "survey" its practices, problems and policies. Though Paramount emerged from a 77B reorganization last year, the company still has its troubles. Since much of both his fortune and experience was derived from cinema companies and their stocks, Joe Kennedy was as logical a choice for this overhaul as he had been for RCA's. Said Repairman Kennedy: "How long the engagement will be is undecided...