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...International the deal was a leg up toward turning Hollywood's big five (MGM, Paramount, 20th Century-Fox, Warner, RKO-Radio) into a big six. It now has distribution guaranteed in the cushy foreign market, and a studio (Universal) in which to make pictures. All it has to do now is to turn out good pictures, and it has a good start in that...
...House I Live In (RKO-Radio) is a worthy, heartfelt short on religious and racial tolerance. The main trouble is that those who need it-the race-rioting bigots and barfly commandos-will doubtless think it is meant for someone else...
...Spanish Main (RKO Radio) is the kind of pleasant nonsense that has become practically a lost art: a gaudy, fancy-dress romance with a handsome, Robin-Hooded hero, a lovely, menaced heroine and dark, churlish villains. Director Frank Borzage has appropriately filmed it all in a blaze of riotous, slam-bang Technicolor...
Sparing no expense, RKO has contrived to get this fancy swash buckled with enthusiasm and good taste...
George White's Scandals (RKO Radio) will come as something of a shock to young cinemaddicts who have always heard that there is nothing like the good old days in show business. Scandals - particularly its gags - is exactly like the old days and is thus likely to excite only a few nostalgic oldtimers...