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Commendably lacking in plot, Frank Buck's Wild Cargo" does a good job in transmitting to the screen the series of adventures involved in rounding up the big game catch of a jungle expedition. Despite the fact that the spontaneous reality of some of the scenes may be questioned, this film maintains a sustained interest until the end for the person who is admittedly a wild animal fan. Although the technical realist may be unconvinced by the well-photographed hand-to-hand encounters of Frank Buck with a giant python and king cobra in turn, such scenes may prove quite...
...neighboring plot the younger CRIMSON nine was practicing: our cubs as we affectionately call them. They were getting along in splendid fashion with a large crowd watching them whom suddenly a little urchin standing near third base called out: "Hey give us back our ball and bat. We wanna play by ourselves." Our men tested out some reserve who said his name was Morison but they were not satisfied and kept asking for their bat. This was finally returned to them and then the whole crowd suddenly disappeared...
...Hostile Valley," Mr. Williams turns his facile hand to a tale of country folk in an isolated valley. His plot concerns the effect of one personality in disrupting an otherwise peaceful community and of the love of Jenny Pierce for Will Ferrin...
...climactic murder, cross-examination and an impassive criminal that rivals any fast-moving courtroom scene in a modern play. On the whole, "Hostile valley" does not aim at any particular effect. Writing casually, the author creates his atmosphere, sketches in his characters, works them into a simple plot that can include his murder mystery denouncement and thus aims to strike upon at least one element that will held the interest of the average reader...
...innocuously poisonous. Mr. Richard Dix gives his dashingly middle-aged performance, while Miss Irene Dunne "takes everything in her stride". The part of Sir Julian Kent is played by Conway Tearle with refined restraint; there was nothing else he could do with it. Mary Boland enlivens the highly improblematic plot by a too realistic portrayal of the Colonial dowager aspiring to be a prima donna and pictorial shots of sheep grazing and the Stingaree galloping into the night add to the effect. The remainder of the picture concerns itself with the dramatic escapades of Australia's gentlemanly Jesse James...