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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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/4/1938 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Christmas Waifs | 12/28/1936 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 19, 1936 | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Dec. 12, 1932 | 12/12/1932 | See Source »

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