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• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 246

  …Bright Lights (Dorothy Maekaill) (First Natl.) Musical comedy melo- drama of back-stage life and chorus girls—in full color—starting in South African…

• Educational Screen 1936 — page 20

  …12-10-35 (A) Fairly good (Y) Better not (C) No Music is Magic (Alice Faye, Bebe Daniels, Ray Walker) (Fox) Lively musical comedy…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 106

  …Masterful stage-pictures, operatic and popular music, artistic dancing, expert comedy, and raucous slapstick—all in finest Technicolor to date. 2-22-38 (A…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 217

  …6-15-37 (A) Mediocre (Y) Poor (C) No Mountain Music (Bob Burns, Martha Raye) ( Para. ) Rube comedy of the craziest, with elementary slapstick…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 176

  …Typical English clown- ing done with artistry even to the slapstick. Gracie again proves her right to be England's outstanding comedienne. 4-18…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 106

  …Domestic comedy of nonsense and slapstick. Engaging little dog and Baby Dumpling, talk- ing far beyond his years, steal picture. Little spark or ability…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 330

  …but combination of musical comedy, mystery drama and burlesque, not very convincini?. Achie- ves some suspense, and occasional humor. 11-23-37 (A» Perhaps…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 244

  …delightful spy-thriller- comedy of character and action. New radio power-ray threatens England's aviation. Thrills and amuses without slapstick or wisecrack. Subtle…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 72

  …Crude, cheap romance by sappy villain, bad taste comedy, banal singing, tortured music. Sonja's skating wonderful as ever but flimsy story and half…

• Educational Screen 1935 — page 289

  …Slapstick farce-comedy ranging from humorous and pathetic to painful and monotonous. Nei- ther story nor acting talent are adequate for a full length…

• Educational Screen 1951,1952,1953 — page 281

  …j Mendelowitz of Stanford University, I organize the I lectures around film types — slapstick comedy. Western ! and serial melodrama, the American romance, the comedy…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 338

  …nonsense farce- comedy, with more or less music. designed solely as framework for the famili ar antics of Ed Wynn who works very hard…

• Educational Screen 1935 — page 20

  …Hilarious, Cantor musical slapstick, aimed accurately at the box-office. Popular songs, wisecracking dialog, much dancing, elaborate stage numbers, lunatic comedy, and less vulgarity…

• Educational Screen 1934 — page 164

  …A—Trash Y—No C—No Heart Song (Lilian Harvey) (Fox-Gaumont- British) Light, whimsical musical comedy, con- tinental in manner, hence American appeal…

• Educational Screen 1935 — page 226

  …9-17-35 (A) Fair (Y) Fair (C) Possible Here Comes the Band (Virginia Bruce, Harry Stockwell) (MGM) Lively musical farce-comedy, often amusing…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 279

  …Pardon My Oan (George Duryea) (Pathe) A Western, different from the ordinary, in numerous musical comedy features and many novelties that will delight children…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 217

  …Song o* My Heart (John McCk)r- mack ) ( Fox ) Charming comedy of simple life, without a cheap mo- ment or trace of slapstick, merely…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 180

  …after the crash—with fine comedy from Marie Dressler's inimitable acting, and n.ere noibe and slapstick from Polly Moran. Hilariously and ludicrously…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 286

  …Ln- pino) (RKO) Merry, lively nonsense comedy, much slapstick, concerning romarvtic adventures of American tenor who, disappointed in love, deliberately provokes duel with best…

• Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 488

  …G-M ) Slapstick comedy, which al- most wholly avoids being offen- sive. Silent. Cocoanuts, The (Marx Brothers) (Para.) The musical farce-comedy transferred almost…

• Educational Screen 1935 — page 191

  …farce-comedy, with lavish sets, music, superb dancing. Hilarious plot about true love nearly wrecked by m istaken identity. Comedy without slapstick, wit with…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 561

  …A. » Fast and furious slapstick musical comedy—a sure-fire money- maker, and hailed by Hollywood and the daily press as a masterpiece. Doubtless…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 218

  …desperate slapstick, crazy action Bankrupt "swing" band gets to Paris by mis- take, but finally accepted as "great" music Elaborate low comedy. 6-28…

• Educational Screen 1936 — page 280

  …Burns and Allen comedy, Martha Raye, etc. Entertaining or not, amusing or silly, accord- ing to taste. Notable sequence with Stokowsky and his orchestra…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 136

  …human comedy. 3-29-38 (A) (Y) Very Good (C) Good Merrily We Live (C. Bennett, Aherne, Mowbray, Burke) (MGM) Uproarious slapstick in high…

• Educational Screen 1934 — page 22

  …A—Depends on taste Y— Pernicious C—No Duck Soup (Marx Brothers) ( Paramount) Usual Marx Brothers idiotic farce-comedy, with crazy horseplay, slapstick, wisecracks…

• Educational Screen 1936 — page 246

  …shoot- ing, skilled riding and fine photography, inter- spersed with some slapstick comedy by Ray- mond Hatton. Hero pursues and finally cap- tures gang…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 216

  …Patrick) (Para.) Complex musical review, with lavish settings for assorted "acts"—song and dance spectacles, comedy teams, "hot rhythm" bands, Martha Raye. Brief plot…

• Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 489

  …Fox Movietone Follies (Sue Carol) (Fox) Expensive combination of rather flimsy and poorly acted story, musical comedy acts given m tofo. and incessant jazz…

• Educational Screen 1932 — page 252

  …No Pack Up Your Troubles (Laurel and Hardy) (MGM) Another mixture of typical nonsense, slapstick and horseplay by this comedy pair —much of it…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 166

  …present-day taste, with meaningless music and dance desperately Africanized ; unrelieved by sense or sanity save some real comedy by Gracie. Great fun to…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 344

  …human comedy, finest music, and social "lift." Idealistic music school saves little slum hero and is saved in turn. Fine child orchestra. In- timate…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 501

  …Poor at- tempt at realistic domestic comedy. lip Tops the Devil (Carole Lom- bard and Skeets Gallagher) (Para) Young marriage problems again they agree…

• Educational Screen 1936 — page 217

  …9-1-36 (A) Excellent (Y) Excellent (C) Mature Royal Waltz, The (German production) (Ufa) Costume musical comedy laid in Austrian court cf 1850…

• Educational Screen 1935 — page 78

  …Story wavers artificially from farce to ob- vious comedy. 2-19-35 A—Feeble Y—No C—No Sweet Music ( Rudy Vallee. Ann Dvorak…

• Educational Screen 1935 — page 104

  …Musical- comedy hash, with some amusing comedy, but top-heavy with gigantic spectacle, mere wealth, and endless "effects". 3-26-35 (A) Depends on…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 196

  …ema) The old silent film, with effective titles, and good musical background added. Comedy antiquated, kissing endless, fighting artificial, but dramatic values still good…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 224

  …High comedy values largely ruined by bellowed dialog, rau- cous noise, and over-crude slapstick. 5-30-39 (A) Only fair (Y) Probably amusing…

• Educational Screen 1936 — page 216

  …8-4 36 (A) Hardly (Y) Perhaps (C) Doubtful value Moscow Laughs (Russian with English ti- tles) ( Amkino) Russia tries rollicking, jazz, musical comedy…

• Educational Screen 1934 — page 270

  …musical comedy. Former film star, reduced to directing in fake dra- matic school, discovers new blond star and makes successful comeback. Slapstick comedy and…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 55

  …MacMurray ) ( Para. ) Delightful, distinctive mu- sical comedy with Swarthoufs charming songs. Shows that lovely old world music and modern jazz band music need not…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 19

  …Benny Rubin and CliflF Edwards furnish some hi- larious comedy, and Miss Davies' gruflfness has its inning when she masquerades as a French officer…

• Educational Screen 1934 — page 109

  …Mediocre story, slow tempo, feebly acted, with low-comedy humor, and melodramatic wife-murder by nasty villain for climax. A— Poor Y—Trash C…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 272

  …Arti- ficial but fairly diverting comedy with a little suspense and romance injected. 9-21-37 (A) Perhaps (Y)Prob. amusing (C) Unsuitable Breakfast…

• Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 585

  …Snnny Side Up (Janet Gaynor) (Fox) A musical comedy of much merit, thoroughly amusing* its general wholesomeness marred by one quite objectionable sequence. All…

• 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 1937 — page 190

  …Good box-ofiice despite Boles* comedy antics. 6-8-37 (A) Depends on taste (Y) Unwholesome (C) No Beethoven Concerto (Russian, Excellent English titles…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 439

  …It's a Wise Child (Marion Davies) (MGMt Very human and amusing comedy, excellent cast, with Marion Davies doing one of her finest roles…

• Educational Screen 1934 — page 243

  …Horton comedy play only real merit. A Thin Y—Doubtful C—No Gift of Gab ( Edmund Lowe, Gloria Stuart) (Universal) More glorification of the…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 36

  …Yaudeville trailer-troupe, stranded in Paraguay ( !), and burlesque Spaniards in "comedy" of pie-throwing grade. Desperate tries for laughs —mud, ink. two-man bull…