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No film holdings matched "Action Adventure Thriller" in title — but it appears in catalogs below.
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 336
…Complications end as expected. "Action" slight and character values suffer from narrow, gauge acting. Fine role by Davenport. 12-6-38 (A) (Y) Fairly…
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Educational Screen 1926-1927 — page 366
362 The Theatrical Field The Educational Screen Reviewed Previously SEPTEMBER (1925) Adventure (Paramount) — Thrills, romance, and comedy in the South Seas. Well done and…
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Educational Screen 1940 — page 372
…of hectic action, crazy slapstick, maudlin dialog and much radio "acting." Daffy promoters take vaudeville troup to South America. Insane adventures with sup- posed…
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Educational Screen 1934 — page 82
…A—Notable Y—Very mature C—No Devil Tiger (Pseudo-jungle-thriller) (Fox) Naive hash of newsreel jungle shots, seeking continuity by feeble plot…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 244
…Over Europe (British) (Richardson, Olivier) (Colum) Lively, delightful spy-thriller- comedy of character and action. New radio power-ray threatens England's aviation. Thrills…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 266
…Holt) (Columbia) Very ordinary, mildly puzzling, moderately violent spy thriller of loose, unconvincing action, as army- captain hero patly tracks down foreign spy ring…
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Educational Screen 1937 — page 110
…Pretentious thriller. 2-9-37 (A) Depends on taste (Y) No (C) No Breezing Home (W. Gargan, Wendy Barrie) (Univ. ) Unpretentious, better - than - average…
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Educational Screen 1940 — page 230
…James Craig) (Universal) Adventure thriller. Girl explorer and animal hunter risks lives of companions and takes advantage of friendship of natives to gain ac…
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Educational Screen 1940 — page 184
…4-9-40 (A) Fine of kind (Y) Mature (C) No Danger Ahead (Phillip Renfrew) (Monogram) Class B crime and adventure thriller. Royal Mounted…
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Educational Screen 1936 — page 180
…Whimsical mix- ture of romance, adventure, and costume melo- drama in merry vein. 6-2-36 (A) Enjoyable (Y) Very good (C) Good Federal…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 36
…Incredible adventures but good fun. New feature—Jack gets girl ! Lavish fashion show sequence. 12-27-38 (A) Very good of kind (Y) (C…
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 136
Page 138 The Educational Screen THE FILM ESTIMATES Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Tommy Kelly, Jackie Moran, Ann Gillis)(UA) Elaborate Tech- nicolor screening of…
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Educational Screen 1941 — page 405
…Authentic pictures of the British fleet in action, in addition to a stir- ring love story crovrded with action. With H. B. Warner, Richard…
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Educational Screen 1923 — page 72
…The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (24 reels) Universal — A "chapter play" which started out well enough in picturing Defoe's hero, but degenerated in…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 308
Page 314 The Educational Screen _jhs. ^J^llra cZ±tiniats.± Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Rathbone, Bruce, Ida Lupino) (Fox) Absorbing, skillful filming of Boyle…
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Educational Screen 1944-45 — page 345
…Similarly, the entertainment films give us op- portunity for release, opportunity for identifying our- .selves with heroic action and adventure, and op])or- tunity…
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Educational Screen 1937 — page 24
…Two kids, white and black, manage to be quite engaging through improb- able adventures— off riverboat, to Southern mansion, boy army, comic "battle", etc…
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Educational Screen 1937 — page 142
…Rich, breezy hero and tempera- mental actress of cheap antecedents do a hectic wedding-, wrangle furiously through brainless adventures to supposed harmonious conclusion. Stupid…
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Educational Screen 1937 — page 272
…Howard lacks color for adventurous hero who matches wits with sinister villains, but Barrymore does expert role as Inspector Nielson, and E. E. Clive…
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Educational Screen 1935 — page 191
…Makes thrill- ing the ordinary and extraordinary adventures in hectic life of the picture hound. A pleasant romance is included. 8-6-35 (A…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 72
…Grant, McLaglen, Fairbanks Jr.) (RKO) Excellent, picturesque thriller of British army life in India, informative in sets. costumes, customs and routine. But action bristles…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 176
…4-11-39 (A) Hardly (Y) No (C) No Dodge City (Errol Flynn, de Havilland) (War- ner) Lavish Technicolor western thriller, bury- ing history…
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 232
…Main Event ( Robert Paige, Jacqueline Wells) Artificial thriller, stupidly conceived and acted, preposterous and inane action. Newspa- per hero in hectic chase by auto…
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Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 406
…thriller about treasure hidden in old mansion now owned by descendant of famous old pirate. Hero, tired of easy life, wants ex- citing adventures…
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Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 309
…thriller, with well knit story but otherwise mere hokum. Sister of N. Y. detec- tive killed by gangsters gets revenge after lively adventures in…
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Educational Screen 1934 — page 22
…Much suggestive dialog and cheap actions by mostly cheap people. A—Trash Y—By no means C—No House on 56th Street, The ( Kay…
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Educational Screen 1936 — page 20
…Enough color, fast action and low comedy to outweigh faults of jerky continuity, glaring improbabilities, and very unsympathetic hero. 12-10-35 (A) Good…
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Educational Screen 1940 — page 94
…Jr.) (Univ) Fine cast used in stereotyped jungle thriller of pseudo-scientific search for Inca treasure by six males and one female (absurdly chic…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 224
…His thwarted romance is pleasantly pathetic. 'Thriller not over violent. 6-6-39 (A) Good of kind (Y) (C) Good thriller Risky Business (George…
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Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 296
…Lane racing thriller turns out to be exceed- ingly tame after all. The con- ventional villain—Lowell Sher- man—and adventuress—Anna Q. Nilsson…
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 196
…Four loyal sons, and ubiquitous heroine, after hectic adventures, violent and ghastly blood- shed achieve vengeance. Quality thriller. 5-17-38 (A) and (Y…
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Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 333
February, 1929 51 Titles of Films (Actors) (Prodncers) Phantom City, The (Ken May- nard) (First Nat'l) "Western" mys- tery thriller—deserted mining town…
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Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 557
…Wrecker, The (Carlyle Blackwell) (Tiffany) An old-fashioned thriller —melodrama made in England with much violent action, railroad wrecks and heavy villainy. Silent. For…
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 218
…Boyer, Hedy Lamarr) (U.A.) Colorful, exotic thriller beautifully photograph td, centering around glamorous criininnl. Draggy action weakens suspense, but fascinat- ing settings, interesting…
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Educational Screen 1933 — page 202
…Rene Clair) (French Production) Whimsical, subtle satire picturing adventures of two escaped convicts who take places in modern industry but find freedom still elusive…
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 72
…Plenty of action, picturesque back- grounds, but sound and photo-technique not the best. 2-8-38 (A) Hardly (Y) Fair (C) Little interest…
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Educational Screen 1940 — page 142
…2-20-40 (A) Stupid (Y) & (C) No Black Friday (KarlofF, Lugosi) (Universal) An> other pseudo-scientific horror thriller told in flash-back. Surgeon…
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Educational Screen 1937 — page 286
…Loder) (Gau- Brit) Strong, co'orful, skilfully don? adventure film of 18th Century England and smuggling days, made plausible by good acting. Notable atmosphere…
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Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 16
…The (Marian Nixon) (Univ.) Murder and mystery thriller. Circus, The (Charlie Chaplin) (U A.) One of Chaplin's greatest since "The Kid." City Gone…
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Educational Screen 1935 — page 257
…Distorts historical spirit, motives, char- acters and dates, but vivifies physical history in thrilling action and gorgeou.s spectacle. Sets, costumes, backgrounds grippingly true…
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Educational Screen 1935 — page 127
…4-16-35 (A) Hardly ( Y) Good thriller (C) Very exciting Case of the Curious Bride (W. William. M. Lindsay) (1st Nat.) Complicated, absorbing…
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Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 489
…To be taken merely as a thriller, not as "life." All talking. Evangeline (Dolores del Rio) (U. A.) Impressive and sincere render- ing of…
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Educational Screen 1936 — page 217
…Crooked detective-hero hires out to various crooks and dauble-crossing makes the action. Sex and money sole motivations and not a decent char…
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Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 247
…Exceedingly smooth, col- orful action and character work of hig'h class criminals, but the ethics are badly distorted—only two hon- est characters…
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Educational Screen 1933 — page 111
…S^tviets and national mass action. Explanatory accompaniment in English. A—Perhaps Y—Probably good C—No Strange Adventure (Regis Toomey) (Allied) Murder-myster…
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Educational Screen 1934 — page 188
…A—Hardly Y—Perhaps C—No Black Moon (Jack Holt, Fay Wray) (Co- lumbia) Fantastic, preposterous thriller, rath- er well acted. Hero's wife…
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Educational Screen 1932 — page 252
…Struggle between Chandu, a yogi with hypnotic powers, and ambitious madman affords plenty of exciting action reminiscent of old-time thrillers. Lot of hokum…
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 256
Page 262 The Educational Screen THE FILM ESTIMATES A Desperate Adventure(NoTarro, Blore, Marian Marsh) (Republic) Artist-hero's canvass of imaginary "ideal Kirl…
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Educational Screen 1933 — page 286
…A—Ordinary Y—No C—No Blind Adventure (Robert Armstrong, Roland Young) (RKO) Hilarious, mystery melodrama with jumbled series of incredible adventures, characters and…
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 289
…Great spectacle, tense action, much noise. 10-25-38 (A) Very gowl of kind (Y) Thrilling (C) No Five of a Kind (Dionne Quints…