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...Nation" was given on December 14 last. Setting out to review "The Film in Germany and France 1896-1927" the first of the three programs dealing with Germany tonight includes: 1896 Primitive German films by the pioneer Skladanowsky (Reichsflilmkammer) 1909 Don Juan's Wedding, a comedy with the actor Giampietro (Reichsflilmkammer) 1912 Misunderstood, a melodrama with Germany's most popular actress, Henry Porten (Reichsflilmkammer) 1920 The Golem: one sequence only. Directed by the eminent actor Paul Wegener, who also plays the title role (Ufa) 1919 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, directed by Robert Wieni. Most celebrated of foreign films...
...conceivable that Warner Brothers had some trouble in finding an actor for the title role of "The Perfect Specimen," current offering of the University, and it is also conceivable that they were mistaken in finally choosing Errol Flynn for the part. Be that as it may, the picture is one which may be guaranteed to keep the audience awake and moderately amused until the Mickey Mouse comes around...
...innocent of satire and wit. Humorous explosives are prepared with care, but as a rule they fizzle instead of firing. Howard Dietz's book is rather flat, both in incident and dialogue, but in ample compensation it does serve as a vehicle for some very pleasant songs, an actor and two actresses of considerable charm, handsome sets, and some amusing byplay...
...Helen Broderick. Built up into a hulking, shuffling imbecile by means of four-inch shoes and padded shoulders, Crawford won sympathy for a monstrous character, playing Lennie as a pathetic giant who kills as innocently as an unintentionally offending child. Next to Crawford's goosefleshy characterization, that of Actor Hamilton as Candy came closest to the realism Author Steinbeck strove...
...Center's classes came an international banker because he had difficulty reading financial pages and stock tables, an actor who could not read his lines, an engineer who could read nothing but his technical jargon; a young reading-cripple with a high I. Q., who walked in. sat down and calmly announced: "I am a problem child. I must not be excited." After a few weeks of training the banker could get through his financial pages, the engineer could read 550 words a minute of general literature, a secretary who had never read a book of her own accord...