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Philadelphia newsmen who cover the City Hall get many a laugh out of their work. Most innocent source of merriment is Councilman Charlie Pommer, known in the City Hall pressroom as "The Human Domino...
...Charlie Pommer's 68 years, high brow, jutting nose, pince-nez and white-piped vests make him the picture of statesmanship, but not the mouthpiece. Last week some newsmen feared a Democratic victory in Philadelphia might remove Mr. Pommer from his post and their ken. Against that untoward hap, they set about collecting his legendary sayings...
...Beachcomber was made in France and England to launch Laughton's new producing partnership with Producer-Director Erich Pommer. Laughton's performance ranks with his Captain Bligh and his Henry VIII. The script, by Bartlett Cormack, is suave enough to make the implications of its story acceptable to U. S. censors. Good shot: the beginning of a profound change in the relationship of Ginger Ted and the lady missionary- when she removes a splinter from...
Liliom (Erich Pommer). This adaptation of Ferenc Molnar's famed play, with French dialog and English subtitles, is notable for two reasons. Its director was Fritz Lang (M, Metropolis). Its star is Charles Boyer, who, after a comparatively inconsequential sojourn in Hollywood, returned to France a year ago and promptly became its leading matinee idol...
...with a thin glitter of cruelty and sentiment, Heart Song illustrates an important point in cinema technique. In Hollywood, the accepted procedure for musical films is to elaborate and enlarge. Heart Song, which was financed by Fox and Gaumont British for UFA production, strives, like most of Director Erich Pommer's productions, to be as small and delicate as possible. Its sly and trivial grace is becoming to the miniature charms of Lilian Harvey, who was too often lost in the exaggerations of Hollywood productions. Good shot: an audience at the palace dozing uneasily at a concert given...