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...film is well photographed, well acted, and the adaptation of Charles Francis Coe's story, while it retains little of the original, is certainly a superior bit of craftsmanship. But with all this it misses fire somewhere along the way; and it is difficult for the reviewer to tell just where...
...Pennies From Haven," on the other hand, is about as thoroughly insipid a bit of sentimentality as we have encountered in a long time. Based on an ancient theory that an actor already firmly established as a feminine drawing card, will be twice as appealing in company with a small child, Columbia saddles Mr. Crosby with a weepy, tearstained child named Edith Fellows...
...direction make it sufficiently diverting. It is not up to some of its predecessors, but compared to "Dangerous Number" it is brilliant--or will be if seeing "Dangerous Number" first doesn't make you made and spoil it for you. "The Last of Mrs. Creyney" is perhaps a bit overlengthy, too, but it keeps you laughing most...
...pseudo-detective drama called "Sinner Take All," and there is no question in this reviewer's mind as to the justice of this phrase. Sinners or anybody else can have every foot of film used in producing the atrocity. Bruce Cabot as the ace detective does a characteristic bit of ham acting, and were it not for the somewhat attractive features of Margaret Lindsay, even sinners would have no part...
...this point in the interview, the husband returned. He was greatly surprised at the presence of an interviewer but soon blithly was adding his views to the conversation. They engaged in a bit of a family wrangle over what the wife had said before his arrival when the interview was read back to him. The statement on which he wished to be quoted was, "One gives up practically all of one's college life...