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There U an intereatihg event hap
pening in England ai the present
time. Together with Ert< Pommer,
the difference Lies in th i fact that the
former producer for the one* potent
German UFA films. Claries Laugh
ton, has organised Mayflower Pic
tures Corp to produce
ies. The "Beachcomber’ is his initial
film. It was released
States by Paramount after! a success
ful run ia England.
The •‘Beachcomber’’ a tale of
a south sea inland reprobate and a
his own mor-
n the United
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sexually-represeed miapioharpr. The
pi^hure presents a struggle between
the two and the tone Is toward the
gay side. This is the name plot, if
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you will recall, as the pictsre "Rain”
JUL . 1
The role of Ginger Ted in the
“Beachcomber" gives Laughton a
chance to use to a full mraspre th**
curious mixture of intensity, expan-
.ptarwtiess and brute strength that has
made him the greatest character actor
of his time.
*'4. To all those who are fortunate
enough to sea this picture, the same
Jb«l,h< th,. .truck th. of
“Mutiny on the ^ounty” Will return.
The fact that this ia • igal honest to
goodness acting, which i i semdom seen
an the screen anymort.
are laid in the South of
the coast and for the finishing touch
es the cast returned Pi England to
the Elstree studio—the < Idcht ia Enf-
His wife is with him i i this ptrtfrt, -1
and some of you will
as hia wife in “Henry CTI3
a very good actress am
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tention. Her role is that of the mis
sionary, whoa** only thought ia to
banish Ginger Ted from 1 the inland
because of his immoral influence. Af
ter one' of his many escapades Laugh
ton is hailed Ultp the court of the
Dutch controleur,. who in reality m
fond of the drifter. After an exciting
trial Ginger Tad ia sentenced to three
moats hard labor. His sentence is then
remitted by the controleur to three
months exile on a neighboring isle.
This situations turns into a haven for
Ginger Tad end he makes the most of
it. SwinuMagf’all day in the warm
water with the native girls and ca
rousing nil night. Determined to put
him on the right track, the misaionary
takes him as bet prime ward, much
to Ginger Ted’s
<li>gu«t
To end the picture the missionary
and Ginger Ted marry and return to
England.
REVIEW
ANGELS iWflTH DIRTY FACES
Despite the, fact that there have
been numerous protests to the stones
given to the “Dead End” kids another
even greater picture comes to the
screen with their names included in
the cast, "Angela with Dirty Faces”.
After seeing this picture, there is ho
doubt in our mind* that the boys are
good and should be acclaimed so.
They comflatajliataal the show from
the two more famous actors, James
Cagney and Pat O’Brien. Ann Sher
idan does her pd|ftj of looking pretty
which is about all she had t.» do. The
picture had no room far a woman and
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to the more fundamental
parts of the picture, the acting, cast
ing and wist not, there is room for
much praia**. The acting of all in
cluded ia [far better thaa ordinary,
due mostly to the directiag of the
picture. Thfere was not a detail missed.
The gun fight between the police end
James Cagney has overshadowed MH
other such sequences and it will be
quite a while before another one will
take its place. The electric chair
scene, although the Will Hays office
censors ajl death scenes, was so
vividly portrayed that your imagina
tion is not taxed In the least to get
the drift. |As for the cast, H seems
that much I time was taken to get the
cast and jthi* shows the effect of
having an |array of talent in one pic
ture. Who else could have played the
part of Jdmes Cagney, Pat O’Brien
or Humphtey Bogart?
Changing now hack to the sequenc
es of the picture. You will remember
the scene where the two boys are
trying to escape the yard police after
breaking Into the bov car. It was
during the' finning of this scene that
an accttadK/itagtt ijhappaalsd. WhqH
the boy playing the part of Pat
O^Miu nuahtedt and fell across the
tracks, the* engineer of the oncoming
train thought the figure a dummy
and was net aware that he was shout
to run over the boy. This situation
lends us buck to the actual scene. The
look of horror on the face. of both
boys was dge to the narrow escape
they were . having; it was s realistic
horror seldom filmed because there
ia scldetn ! that kind of danger in
volved.
As a whole the picture was swell
and herdtf to many more with the
“Dead End” kinds featured in tm
THE BATTALION