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...acting is very school-playish and melodramatic, with only George Saunders, in the role of the villain, a Hitler-like tyrant controlling the duchy of "Lichtenburg," showing to good advantage. He does remarkably well with cruddy material...
Offered a job by the contractor, Cagney is made the stooge for the firm's corruption, goes to jail for five years. Out again he rejoins his wife, and when the contractor appears for emergency dentistry with his strawberry consort, Cagney plans to bump the villain off with dentist's gas. But on seeing the jaded pair, Cagney realizes that he has had very much the best of life. So he merely rips out the contractor's tooth-without...
...Brown. Raymond Massey, lately of Illinois, resurrects the fire-eating disciple of Jehovah and the Boston Abolitionists with superb artistry. And, as is usual with any experienced actor, Mr. Massey pilfers the picture from such amiable hams as Errol Flynn and Ronald Regan. Of course, John Brown is the villain of the piece and yet Abolition is a Good Thing. The gyrations that the script goes through to prove that it does not advocate slavery are acrobatic to say the least. Everything turns out all right in the end, though, with everybody getting married except Brown. He gets hung...
...that Latins enjoy most. Typical of Latin taste is an Argentine film, Petróleo (Oil), now showing in Buenos Aires. A Grade B melodrama according to U. S. standards, it was hailed in Argentina as one of the best Latin films to date. Petróleo's villain is a suave Yankee imperialist (Sebastian Chiola) who turns up in Argentina, tries to do the natives out of their oil wells. Thanks to the keen eyes of an Argentine oilman's daughter (blonde, beautiful Luisita Vehil), Latin virtue triumphs over Yankee greed...
...handles old themes--love, jealousy, lust--in a straightforward, unaffected fashion that carries great conviction. Charles Laughton, as an Italian fruit-grower, and Carole Lombard, as a hash-house waitress, squeeze every bit of pathos and humor from their roles. William Gargan is a truly tragic figure as the villain of the piece, who ruins his own chances for happiness at the same time that he comes near to destroying the lives of those he loves most. Unlike the average Hollywood product, this film uses the setting to great advantage in creating atmosphere. The story takes place in the Napa...