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• Educational Screen 1937 — page 216

  …Bruce) (MGM) Well-acted, overlong roman- tic drama, fine in spots, but hospital back- ground and action not always credible, melo- dramatic crises overdone…

• 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 1944-45 — page 843

  …stupendous drama of the most momentous tv-elve months of all time. They'll see his- toric, dynamic scenes . . . battle action thrillers, V-E…

• Educational Screen 1936 — page 213

  …8-18-J6 (A) Mediocre (Y) Harmless thriller (C) Excit. Crime of Dr. Forbes (Gloria Stuart, Robert Kent) (20th Cent.) Starts as serious drama…

• Educational Screen 1935 — page 47

  …A -Absurd Y—Perhaps C—No President Vanishes, The (Arthur Byron, Paul Kelly) (Paramount) Excellent melo- dramatic thriller about ruthless financiers driving the country…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 308

  …semi-historical melo- drama of peasant hero's revolt against brutal oppression by landowners in 18th century Slovakia. Grim action occasionally lightened by robust…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 110

  …drama of hatred, vengeance and mt)b-hysteria affecting career and life of fine surgeon-hero. Some real human values, but overdrawn, incredible action…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 232

  …Excessive talk clogs action. 7-5-38 (A) Mediocre (Y) Hardly (C) No Yellow Jack(Montgomery, Stone, Bruce) (MGM) Inspiring, moving drama of courage…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 376

  …11-28-39 (A) Hardly (Y) & (C) No Calling All Marines (Donald Barry, Warren Hy- mer) (Repub) Mediocre drama of gangster who joins Marines…

• Educational Screen 1936 — page 280

  …Agreeable little thriller. 11-3-36 (A) Fair (Y-C) Rather good thriller Back to Nature (Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane) (Fox) Another picture in…

• 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

  …Remorse, struggle, forgive- ness make real drama. Charming child acting and dancing. 4-25-39 (A) (Y) Very good of kind (C) Bevond them…

• 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 1922 — page 174

  …As an article of frequent consumption by a mentally normal adult this twisted travesty of the real drama is about as nourishing as a…

• 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 1940 — page 94

  …Weidler, Guy Kibbee) (MGM) Appealing sentimental little drama with religious motif and much pathos and humor. V. Weidler as little orphan girl charm- ingly…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 166

  …Involved and overdone thriller. 5-3-38 (A) Mediocre (Y) Exciting (C) No College Swing(Burns, Allen, Raye, Hope, Horton. etc.) (Para) Delirium of…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 266

  …Hard struggle until a supposed suicide, needing solution as murder, gives them plenty of action. Dramatic construction faulty, some ab- surdities, but nothing objectionable…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 136

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

• Educational Screen 1926-1927 — page 366

  …of action. Declassee (First National)— The top crust of British society with Corinne Griffith as its lovely center. Soul Fire (First National)— Dramatic story…

• 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 1941 — page 405

  …Silent Battle Exciting drama of political Intrigue with action tak- ing place on Simplon-Orient express. With Rex Har- rison, Valerie Hobson, John Loder…

• Educational Screen 1932 — page 222

  …Kirkland, Violet Heming) (Fox) Grim, murder-mystery thrill- er of real merit for tense action, fine acting, continuous dramatic suspense, granting initial promise of…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 224

  …6-6-39 (A) Good of kind (Y) (C) Good thriller Risky Business (George Murphy, Dorothea Kent) (Univ) More sensational gang-melo- drama. Excessively…

• Business Screen 1939 Vol 1 — page 328

  …Today the tide turns back to drama with such film successes as Under The -t H Flag, Aces of Action (responsible for 360 direct…

• 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…

• Educational Screen 1940 — page 142

  …All Women Have Secrets (Virginia Dale, Jo- seph Allen) (Para) Thoroughly mediocre and absurd little drama about struggles of student scientist and student wife…

• 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 1936 — page 52

  …of major action of Dickens novel against vivid, lurid background. Temper and times of French Revolution made unforgettable, with human drama finely em- phasized…

• 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 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 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…

• Educational Screen 1933 — page 139

  …llirilling action and excitement, yet not enough to outweigh human interest. Avoids being propaganda for either side. Dialog and action undistinguished. A—Mediocre Y…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 106

  Page 106 The Educational Screen THE FILM ESTIMATES Action for Slander (Clivc Brook, British cast) (UA) English club and army life ably por- trayed…

• 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 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 1935 — page 160

  …5-28-35 (A) Stupid (Y) Poor (C) No Casino Murder Case, The (Paul Lukas) (MGM) Typical Van Dine thriller, with a new Philo…

• 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…

• Educational Screen 1940 — page 372

  …Fine love-of-nature document. {A) Notable <Y) & (Ct Excellent Argentine Nights (Ritz Brothers) (Universal) Loud, crude, senseless farce-riot of hectic action, crazy…

• Educational Screen 1926-1927 — page 157

  …The type of screen dramas so much in vogue today, the 'high life' stories, would seem to me a particularly bad influence in setting…

• Educational Screen 1935 — page 191

  …Wong ( Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford! (Monogram) Chinatown thriller of grim doings by Oriental master villain, peeking twelve power-giving coins of Confucius but foiled…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 142

  …3-30-37 (A) Mediocre (Y) No value (C) No Espionage (Edmund Lowe, Madge Evans) (MOM) Pseudo-spy-thriller about hero and heroine in…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 24

  …acters, slight in action. More a study than entertainment. Overemphasizes failure. Only picture shown is mocked. Laughton fine in un- dramatic role. Speeches overdone…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 406

  …of action, and high historical value. Falls short of its highest possibili- ties because subject-matter is finer than the acting, and dramatic se…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 217

  …farce-melo- drama mixture, with super-clever reporter heroine solving puzzling claim of mullato girl to white child. Some appealing action and comedy, Fredi…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 117

  …Warner) (First Nat'l) Triangle- drama decidedly above average, notable for fine work of H. B. Warner and Lois Wilson. The dramatic conflict is…

• Educational Screen 1933 — page 260

  …A—Fair Y—Hardly C—No After Toniffht (Constance Bennett, Gilbert Roland) (RKO) War-spy thriller, with in- credibly clever heroine a Russian spy…

• Educational Screen 1933 — page 25

  …L«- lie Howard ) i KKO i Kxcellent trianRle drama. Hophbttioated. diunified. and beautifully acted, ithowintr fine. Hen.sitivo hero's choice uf true Icve…

• Educational Screen 1923 — page 72

  …Oliver Wendell Holmes (Hodkinson) — A pictorial biography, followed by a dramatization of The Height of the Ridiculous, as typical of Holmes' whimsical, humorous style…

• Educational Screen 1932 — page 189

  …Much human and dramatic value in little hero's misdirected devotion to a crook, as well as wholesome and stimulating propaganda on reform school…