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Mingled with all this fun we find a bit of tragedy--a certain passenger is on the verge of stimulating another South American revolution but this worthy undertaking is nipped in the bud by a timely assassination. This occasions the climax of the picture--the bulletridden corpse plus a tender photo of the corpse's children. This note of tragedy serves to emphasize the amusing sequences of the film, the clever contrast of comedy and pathos is effective. This is the technical triumph of the film...
...inventing his serum, Professor D'Amour mildly poisoned rats with small doses of black widow venom. Eventually the rats became immune to the venom. Serum from the blood of the rats cured a vineyard worker three hours after a black widow bit...
...Brown is accustomed to produce successful musicals and his current effort, "Calling All Stars," now at the Shubert, is no exception to the rule. It is a colorful, fast moving, and highly amusing revue which has been pleasing large audiences since its arrival in town last week. A bit rough at the start, the show has been improved by careful cutting and is now a finished revue with lots to offer to those who are addicted to this hilarious sort of entertainment. As its title would suggest, the show is predicated upon the assumption that lots of varied talent...
...EVELYN PRENTICE--William Powell, Myras Loy and Una Merkel get together again and turn out a really super-sophisticated mystery story. The story isn't particularly new, but a couple of original twists, a dash of humor, and a bit of smooth production work bring a really entertaining production...
...CONTENTED HOUR -- With a complement of smooth singers and the smooth announcing of Jean Paul King, the orchestra under the direction of Morgan L. Kastman provides a "contenting" hour of music. A few old-timers, a bit of the chemical, and a dash of the sophisticated modernism, bring a universal music appeal to this program. (NBC WKAF network, Mondays...