Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Finishing School-Produced by RKO Radio. . . . An attempted seduction and an accomplished seduction. . . . Protest. . . . Protest. . . . "Glamour-Produced by Universal. . . . A stale and ancient plot. . . . Protest. . . . Protest...
Starring the inimitable W. C. Fields the leading picture this week is "You're Telling Me." With only the suggestion of a plot the film supplies a background for the antics of Fields, pantomine actor extraordinary and wisecracking humorist. As Sam Bisbee, local inventor, he supplies the quiet little town of Crystal Springs with gossip galore and is a match for the town's society leader whose son falls in love with the "unmentionable" Bisbee's daughter. Jean Marsh plays the daughter and is charming in the role. Larry Crabbe as the son of the society dame is adequate...
...close proximity to one another are portrayed adequately and with some skill. Although the film is not starting nevertheless the atmosphere is more or less unusual and the story not too blackened. The characters give it the realistic touch so necessary for a picture with so simple a plot...
Although truth is said to be stranger than fiction, in most historical movies facts are changed to suit the plot. "The House of Rothschild" is no exception, but the story gains by the alteration. Author Westley, a Boston Transcript editorial man, portrays the rise of the financial house, the orgination of branch banking, and the economic crises of the Napoleonic era with an eye for dramatic incidents...
...plot is not too original, but is hardly noticed. The little gal falls into the hands of shady racing characters and by her juvenile winsomeness reforms even the most hardened of the toughs. As the chief male character, Adolphe Menjou is satisfactory, and Charles Bickford is his usual self as Big Stove, the head of the guys...