Word: seiter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Tony Martin rub noses, Fred Allen climbs a lamp post, Joan Davis goes into unbelievable contortions while tap dancing, and Jimmy Durante, back in films with his cigar and his proboscis, does his traditional "Again-You Turn-a" dance. A hodge-podge of the craziest situations Director William Seiter could throw together, the film makes no sense whatever; but it does succeed in being mildly amusing and sometimes very funny, which is all that was ever intended...
Gordon and Revel songs, amiable dialog by a trio of ace screen writers, adroit direction by William Seiter and effortless acting by a sophisticated cast give Stowaway a quality recent Temple pictures have lacked, of simple, unself-conscious charm. Good shot: Randall and valet, having failed to sing Shirley Temple to sleep, nodding when she croons Good Night, My Love...
Cinemactress Temple's public, still bigger than that of any adult cinemactress, should be delighted by this pre-Civil War period piece directed by William Seiter...
Directors Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Taurog, Stephen Roberts, Norman McLeod, James Cruze, William A. Seiter and H. Bruce Humberstone were responsible for various episodes of If I Had a Million and 16 Paramount writers took part in what must have been the highly amusing game of writing it. As fodder for the cinema public, If I Had a Million has the disadvantage of lacking sustained suspense. This may prevent it from starting a cycle. Good shot : Mr. Bennett gasping with fury when, picking up a telephone book to start his scheme, he happens first on the name of John D. Rockefeller...