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Huston was vociforous in his praise of Maxwell Anderson, claiming, "With the possible exception of Eugene O'Neill, Anderson shows more genius in handling his script than any other play-wright. An actor can't rush through his lines the way he can with other play-wrights. Each speech must be digested and presented so that the audience can grasp every word...
...angle is added, the spark is gone. In fact, the replacement of Cary Grant by a fox terrier named Atlas is even a slight detriment. Billie Burke, as Mrs. Topper, runs away with all the good lines and leaves the rest to the cast to struggle with a script which is nowhere near as good as that of the first Topper picture. The superb comedy of Roland Young and Franklin Pangborn, however, overcomes the discrepancies of the picture...
...dancer, who marries Melvyn Douglas, a member of the rich, aristocratic family of Lindens. Robert Young, in the process of trying to prevent the marriage, falls in love with Miss Crawford himself, much to the distress of his wife, Margaret Sullavan, and his sister, Fay Bainter. Outstanding is the script, which brightens what might have been a dull problem drama; and the acting, especially of Miss Sullavan and Miss Bainter, is uniformly good. The whole is an engrossing story of real people, with development of character as well as objective incident to heighten the well-sustained interest...
Three songs, "From Me to You," "I Dance Alone," and "Back Home," by Alan J. Lerner '41 and Sherwood Rollins, Jr. '40 will be played by Ruby Newman's Orchestra on the opening night, March 22. Lerner collaborated on the script, said to be one of the best in Pudding history, with Morgan O. Preston '39, and J. David Lannon '39. Edward C. Lilley is scheduled to direct the musical while William Holbrook is in charge of dancing...
...this strange new symposium, an encouraging 13 to 14 of every 100 listeners stay tuned in Sunday nights. But the rigors of getting the script in shape and the renewed clamor that radio work takes some of the twinkle out of cinema stars have had an effect on the players themselves. Last week, with Lombard, Grant and Tibbett scheduled to be off, Ronald Colman asked for. and got, release from his contract. This left last Sunday's show in a bad spot. Grant was lured back, Basil Rathbone rounded up. The show went on, distinguished mainly by the singing...