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Captains Courageous (Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy); Wake Up and Live (Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Jack Haley, Alice Faye); The Prince and, the Pauper (Billy & Bobby Mauch, Errol Flynn); A Star Is Born (Janet Gaynor, Fredric March); Make Way For Tomorrow (Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi); Kid Galahad (Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Wayne Morris); Under the Red Robe (Raymond Massey, Annabella, Conrad Veidt...
Those who remember the Janet Gaynor of "Sunny Side Up" (1929), and have been disappointed in her later vehicles, will find their faith has not been misplaced. In "A Star Is Born," Miss Gaynor finds opportunity to display her wide range of acting ability to the utmost, and Technicolor is most becoming to her appearance on the screen. She plays the part of the small town girl who goes to the film colony to make good, finally landing a job and a husband when she meets the studio big shot, Fredric March...
...March, a lovable, exasperating talented wastrel, depicts only too well the end to which celebrated actors have been known to fall. An habitual drunkard, he descends the ladder of fame as rapidly as Miss Gaynor climbs. Having reformed under his wife's influence, Mr. March has a bad time of it until he swims off into the Pacific, which one soon decides is the best place for him after...
...Star Is Born" is heartily recommended for your enjoyment. It is the first film in Technicolor where color does not have the leading role, (there is but one sunset scene, and that one is very effective); it is the first film in many years that Miss Gaynor has looked the age of the person she portrays; it should be the first film you see on your next visit...
...Marco offered units at a reasonable price, equipped them and rehearsed them in Hollywood, sent them out complete with costumes, scenery and songs. Their studio on Sunset Boulevard near Western became a factory for mass production of 15-minute shows. They needed bright youngsters who would work cheap. Janet Gaynor swung on a chandelier from the stage of Loew's State in Los Angeles; Myrna Loy's rice-powdered legs pranced in many a chorus; Bing Crosby, shaking with stage fright, croaked Mississippi Mud. A buxom girl soprano who had worked with them in Tait's signed...