Word: technicoloration
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...Great beyond. Question is--Does Ameche go to the Devil or not? Requirement for the entering class into Hell is a thoroughly abominable life, and Ameche telling of his past villainy to numberless females seems to qualify. The women in his life, beginning with Victorian plush-and-tessels Technicolor scenics occupy the major portion of this escapist film. But unfortunately enough, Ameche's caddishness, elopements, and double dealings aren't enough. This comedy is good for chuckies, and makes hell thoroughly attractive. The film has a good supporting cast, and rambles on pleasantly despite some dull moments. Recommended...
George Abbott's Broadway play "Best Foot Forward" has been turned into one of the best musical comedy films of the year. Although the picture requires a good deal of imagination on the part of the audience for fall enjoyment it makes up for this evident weakness by fine Technicolor and of course by the presence of Harry James. The James band is not hidden away in the near distant scenery and plays nine songs. Maestro Harry cracks a few jokes and pushes his trumpet around the dance floor several times...
...than thrills. In this it differs from the original Phantom, which Universal produced in the shock-absorbing '20s as a shivery vehicle for the late multiform Lon Chaney. The 1943 Phantom is bantam-sized Claude Rains, who attempts to terrify by sheer force of character, scar tissue and Technicolor. Scuttling about in a robin's-egg blue mask, Cinemactor Rains scares nobody but his fellow cinemactors...
...melodrama about love in the tropics with all the usual background of palm trees, native uprisings, buried treasure, virile torsos, and dishonest fellows. In the end of course Love and Honesty are triumphantly rampant on a field of Carribbean blue. The only good thing about the picture is the technicolor...
...desk, and received the press. Still under age, Hero Wherley was being discharged from the Air Forces. But before his uniform and stripes are put away, Cliff will make a nationwide morale tour. The story he has to tell is a boy's dream in Technicolor. The Army believes it will spur a landslide of 17-year-old enlistments. Cliff Wherley...