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...Walls of Gold," the current attraction at Keith's Boston, is another story of a woman who married the wrong man for the wrong reason; and there is certainly nothing new in the picture that could excuse the repetition of a plot that was outworn when Mary Pick ford was in the silence. The only claim that the producers might advance in its favor would be that the acting is out of the ordinary. And this is not the case, for Sally Eilers, she of the perfect profile, contributes nothing that has not been seen before and Norman Foster...
...methods arose in the Independence wing of the Liberal Party and before a month was out Governor Gore's name became involved in a series of awkward political rows which spilled at regular intervals into the pages of U. S. newspapers. Last week the rows culminated in a plot to bomb the Governor's summer home...
...real people. The heroine is a goodie-goodie chorus girl, patterned after the roles Miss Keeler takes in Warner Brothers musicals. A silent gangster (Paul Kelly) with a heart of gold befriends her, falls in love with her, loses her bravely to a suave crooner (Russ Columbo). The plot's conventionality is really an advantage because it is unobtrusive framework for pleasant songs by Columbo, Cummings and Frances Williams, dances by the chorus of Tex Kaley's night club. Good shot: A frantically earnest dance director (Gregory Ratoff) urging his protegees to behave like elves...
...into a dud when the author gets the inspiration toward the end to take several of the characters seriously. This lapse, however, is excusable. Gaetano, the gambler, is an unusual character; Sister Cecilia is the practical nun who prays for Notre Dame in the big game. There is no plot, there are few situations; its virtues may only be ascribed to Mr. Hemingway's consummate technique of making something from nothing...
...plot centers itself around a peculiar will drawn up by the aged, ailing mother of the murdered Everett family and the ultimate solution arrived at by Fleming Stone is wholly unexpected. The book is diverting and should amuse you at those idle moments when you have a brief respite from the serious duties of the classroom...