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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…

• Educational Screen 1936 — page 280

  …Wax dummies furnish the comedy. Harmless thriller so stupidly done as to be almost amusing. 10-27-36 (A) Hopeless (Y-C) Harmless but…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 216

  …spy thriller of eome appeal. Interesting story but acting and di- rection uneven. Many naive, staring close-ups which slow up action. Some striking…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 110

  …some comedy. 2-16-37 (A| Hardly (Y-C) Amusing of kind Sea Devils (McLaglen. P. Foster, Ida Lu- pino) (RKO ) Bombastic thriller of…

• Educational Screen 1936 — page 213

  …Kecne) (Para.) fashioned Western with violent action brutal villainy over attempts to find gold mine. Uninspired comedy, much hard riding, gun battles and final…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 136

  …Hectic thriller of London- Paris chase, by auto, ship and plane, after stolen suitcase of new super-explosive, including mur- ders, labored comedy and…

• Educational Screen 1935 — page 47

  …Well-acted thriller with stupid title. A— Good of kind Y -Good thriller C—Hardly Secrets of the Chateau (Claire Dodd) (Uni- versal) The…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 336

  …social-contrast comedy. Sheltered, inhibited heiress breaks from selfish father and marries, incognito, a benighted cow- boy. Complications end as expected. "Action" slight and…

• Educational Screen 1936 — page 52

  …action and motivation. 1-21-36 (A) Hardly (Y) Not good (C) No First a Girl (Jessie Matthews) (G-B) Typical English musical comedy…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 308

  …Grim action occasionally lightened by robust comedy. Impressive Carpathian settings. 9-26-39 (A) Very good of kind (Y) Strong (C) No Being the…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 36

  …Gene Lock- hart) (MGM) Fine screening of Dickens that is Dickens, done with dignity and truth in character, action, dialog and settings. Tempo slightly…

• 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…

• Educational Screen 1934 — page 22

  …Dialog banal, comedy naive, acting ordinary. A—Mediocre Y—Hardly C—No Police Car 17 (Tim McCoy, Evalyn Knapp) ( Columbia ) Exciting thriller on radio…

• 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…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 232

  …Bar in ocean liner background for much of action. Tom Ken- nedy's usual dumb antics for "comedy." 8-23-38 (A) Feeble (Y…

• 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…

• Educational Screen 1932 — page 92

  …smooth, sophisticated thriller. Fin- ished acting by the stars as criminal and sleuth, but too much Barrymore dialog, little Lupin action. Less interesting than…

• 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…

• Educational Screen 1940 — page 94

  …less, action feeble, situations stupid. 1-23-40 (A) (Y) & (C) Worthless Henry Goes Arizona (Frank Morgan, V. Weidler) (MGM) Entertaining little comedy melodrama…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 166

  …Smooth, suspenseful, intricate mystery-romance, with ffood dialog, comedy and no gore. 4-12-38 (A) (Y) Very good of kind (C) Beyond them…

• Educational Screen 1936 — page 180

  …Film suffers from banal dialog, inadequate acting, and stilted comedy. 5-19-36 (A) Amateurish (Y) Harml^s (C) No interest Florida Special (Sally…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 181

  …Slow in action and low in taste. Very funny for general movie audience not for those at all faa- tidiouB. Jonrney's End (Tiffany…

• Educational Screen 1934 — page 82

  …Incessant but unimport- ant comedy from reporters and bail-bond shyster. A—Fair of kind Y—Good thriller C—Perhaps Girl Without a Room…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 376

  …All devices of blood-and-thunder serial thrillers employed. 11-14-39 <A) Poor (Y) Poor (C) No Challenge The (Luis Trenker, Robert Douglas…

• Educational Screen 1926-1927 — page 87

  …they go in wild crowds to sensational Western thrillers — If we gave them exciting action pictures, they might come in larger numbers to our…

• 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…

• Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 270

  …Rather good little comedy. Annapolis (John Mack Brown) (Pathe) Not much of a story, but clean little comedy with interesting scenes of Annapolis. Beware…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 24

  …on taste (Y) Not the best (C) No Brggar Student (Ufa) (English Titles) Hi- larious character comedy accurately laid dur- ing Saxony-Poland struggle…

• Educational Screen 1936 — page 88

  …Acting ordinary, sup- posed comedy often quite unfunny, and fast action is overdone. 2-17-36 (A) Hardly (Y) Probably good (C) No Anything…

• Educational Screen 1935 — page 191

  …Taylor, Jean Parker) (MGM) Hilarious farce-comedy and murder- mystery, laid on a battleship, with sailor wise- cracking, low comedy, slapstick, cheap ro- mance…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 106

  …Fox) Lively horse picture with much real character comedy, with brassy little Jane bossing the action. Ethics badly twisted. Petty swindling and gambling made…

• Educational Screen 1940 — page 230

  …Passable little thriller. B-7-40 (A) Feeble (Y) Passable (C) Fair Dr. Cyclops (Albert Dekker, Janice Logan) (Para) Fantastic pseudo-science thriller of…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 217

  …Some appealing action and comedy, Fredi Washington's fine acting, and Bill Robinson compensating factors. 8-24-37 (A) Perhaps (Y) Perhaps (C) No…

• Educational Screen 1940 — page 372

  …Garland} (MGM) Another Rooney-Garland success in hilarious, human, rural comedy of 'teen age ambitions, amusing romance, and exuberant action. Thor- oughly entertaining despite…

• Educational Screen 1941 — page 405

  …Inquest Mystery thriller with surprise ending. Features Elizabeth Allen. 7 reels. Law and Disorder Comedy drama in which young lawyer poses as German spy…

• Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 488

  …Below the Deadline (Barbara Worth) (Chesterfield ) Another crude thriller of crooks and gangs in a big city. Silent. Big News ( Robert Armstrong) (Pathe) Just…

• 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…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 406

  …comedy of the Western type. Fair Warning (George O'Brien) (Fox) Ordinary Western, with usual hero-girl-villain-horse-dog stuff, live- ly action…

• Educational Screen 1932 — page 222

  …Jordan) (Para.) Lively, wholesome thriller, combining football, convincing crooks and de- tectives, a novel murder, and some excellent comedy by Charles Ruggles in choice…

• Educational Screen 1936 — page 217

  …Pightful Fields' comedy for those who like , with pleasing romance between youthful and heroine. 6-30 36 |) Amusing (Y) Amusing (C) Amusing |*ride of…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 72

  …Thoroughly laughable amorous farce-comedy in pseudo- classic style. 1-11-37 (A) Very good of kind (Y) and (C) No Boy of the…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 622

  …Fast, vivid, entertaining romance, fine singing and ample comedy. Unob- jectionable in specific scenes and actions, but central situation pre- sents illicit love as…

• Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 394

  …Poor at- tempt at a thriller. Behind Closed Doors (Virginia Valli) ((Columbia) Clean mystery story of plot to replace King on throne of a…

• Educational Screen 1940 — page 142

  …Eddy, Ilona Massey)(MGM) Lavish musical comedy melodrama. Masquerading prince falls in love with lovely communist. Action in court, countryside, opera house, war, cabarets…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 559

  …Warner Baxter is satisfactory as the adored guardian, and Una Merkel is an enormous help in the comedy scenes. There is no need for…

• Educational Screen 1926-1927 — page 157

  …Slapstick comedies, as well as de- tective thrillers featuring the commission of crimes, may have their effect in suggesting similar deeds to the individual…

• 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…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 217

  …Rain or Shine (Joe Cook) (Co- lumbia) Hilarious and brainless farce comedy of circus life—inces- sant cheap wise-cracking and crude action—funny…

• Educational Screen 1940 — page 184

  …Lee) (^Monogram ) Grim little British-made thriller. Rather incoherent at start, but builds up strong, suspenseful action, as secret band of four men tracks…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 213

  …RKO) Sprightly, smooth social comedy, highly sophisticated but not vulgar. Well-knit plot, with only four characters and entire action occurs in one apartment…