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Dates: during 1930-1939
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University--"Bolero". George Raft and Carole Lombard in a colorful, musical movie featuring Ravel's aphrodisiac masterpiece. The music by the way is played too fast. "Six of a Kind". Charlie Ruggles nonsense to relieve weary eyes. W. C. Fields steals the show...
...1910s, this picture features Maurice Ravel's famed composition (written in 1928), calls a cabaret a night club, omits the maxixes and bunny-hugs of the period in favor of jazz steps and a fan dance by Sally Rand. A Belgian-born coal miner named Raoul (George Raft) becomes a dancer. As he rises in the world, he casts off partner after partner because they try to mix pleasure and business. He acquires an able partner in Helen (Carole Lombard), but loses her when he talks of going to war as a good publicity stunt. When Raoul returns with...
Bolero is supposed to resemble the life of the late Dancer Maurice Mouvet. George Raft dances capably. His costume and appearance are faintly suggestive of the late Rudolph Valentino. With a straight face he recites such lines as: "I trust your marriage has turned out happy." Poor shot: Raft trying to look moved beside his father's grave...
...George Raft and Carol Lombard were excellent in the dances, but were otherwise ineffective; both have a conspicuous failing, a vacuous expression in emotional scenes. The direction was satisfactory, and no opportunities were lost in obtaining very effective shots of the dances...
Miriam Hopkins is one of the few cinemactresses who can face a camera and, without speaking or scratching her nose, convey the impression that her head is full of thoughts. Consequently, scenes in All of Me which show her as an attentive audience to the curt love making of Raft and his mistress are more effective than they should be. The picture is a pee-wee parable, strident, quick and insincere. Grisly shot: Raft's jump...