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...Allies' war. Sir Henri's part in the post-War oil scramble was less heroic. The U. S. S. R. nationalized the Baku oilfields and Sir Henri never got over it. He began to fulminate against the Bolsheviks in the press and. Author Roberts implies, to plot against them in secret. But the Bolsheviks were too smart for him. Author Roberts thinks his backing of Hitler and his admiration for Mussolini are based on his hatred of Communism, which was born of frustration when he lost the oil of the Caucasus. And his second wife was a White...
...until the second half of the showing that the plot really unfolds, and gives free play to the intrigues of Ahmed, the petulant beauty of the Princess Kuhachin, and the trusting, almost child-like simplicity of the great Kublai Khan. Basil Rathbone, as the scheming minister of state, is as sly and villainous as in past pictures. Sigrid Gurie, Sam Goldwyn's famed Norwegian discovery from Brooklyn, is at times a bit annoying with her studied cuteness, while George Barbier plays his role as the great Khan in a manner more reminiscent of a genial Tammany district leader that...
...from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, will be permitted to get the girl, thus beating out his rival, Don Ameche, on his home lot. This would, however, constitute a serious breach of cinema convention and does not occur. Josette further manifests its veneration for tradition in nothing more clearly than its plot, which is one of mistaken identity: two brothers trying to save their father from the clutches of a cigaret girl, encountering the wrong girl when their father has left town with the siren. Fortunately, nobody utters the half-dozen words of explanation which would have immediately stopped the fuss. Having...
Silly is its plot, silly the Victorian primness that made the plot possible. Briefly, two young ladies get each other's dance bouquets by mistake, thereupon pine and languish in silence (except for eight or ten solos and duets) along with the tongue-tied swains who sent them. Although first-nighters felt now & then that they were being sprayed with charm as though from an atomizer, much of the time The Two Bouquets saved itself by being smartly paced, lightly keyed, freshly mounted...
...story of Archduke Rudolph, heir apparent to the Austrian throne, who gave up position, property, and finally life itself, for the woman he loved. Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux are no strangers to American audiences, but under the skillful direction of a compatriot. Anatole Litvac, and unhampered by a plot that demands love, spectacle, and a happy ending, they give to their roles a depth of emotional feeling rarely seen on American screens. For those who have not already seen it, "Mayerling" cannot be too highly recommended...