Forgotten Men-A Film of Unforgotten War
SHIPLEY, JOSEPH T.
"Forgotten Men"-A Film of Unforgotten War The Week on the Stage By Joseph T. Shipley tUti -lAdtV from. the •rcitvM of Ito fmrt—n %mrnm§ nafosno. Ttia fU« of tha war is a demon .(ration a/ tha...
...A Rim of this nature should be a stirring battle-cry against war...
...I Cover the Waterfront" has been made into a motion picture, with Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert and Ernest Terrenes, and will be shown at the RiveU Theatre starts lag May IT...
...without sermonizing it could tell a tale tba^ would ring in long reechoing...
...hot It was net until about ens year ago when the novel "1 Cover the Waterfront" was aaohohod that the immigration authorities awoke fully to the extent of the traffic...
...ductione ef "Old Ironsides" saf "The Covered Wagea...
...Forgotten Men" U a preachment delivered through tha medium of a professional elocutionist of the old school, whose stentorian commentary on the World War unreels rapidly through excerpts from films genuine, no doubt, bo' taken under the stress of war's actual danger, much less effective than carefully organized work by professional camera-men of tho movies...
...All—all wasted energy...
...uch more effective would be poignant homely touches of the suffering -and death, not of matched fragments scarce seen, but of those for whom our sympathies havo been enlisted...
...Forgotten Men"-A Film of Unforgotten War The Week on the Stage By Joseph T. Shipley tUti -lAdtV from...
...The vaudeville program a'so included "Red" Dono-hue and Uno...
...This homily the picture strenuously •voids...
...Liaked together by the talk of brightly h- medalled gentlemen of the vsriooa tor it ries in the World War, "Forgetten Men" hi less powerful than half a dozen good story film...
...Second in the array of head liners is Barrc Hill, operatic baritone and radio star...
...Ttia fU« of tha war is a demon .(ration a/ tha fact that, while troth awy he stranger thai ffc tiea, ait ran he stronger than life...
...M. O...
...Through my mind peli-melled thoughts of restoration...
...1 Cavw the Waterfront'* Pic tariand from Novel of Saane Name, Dsn at RJvoi The smuggling racketeer dealing ia human cargoes hi defying the United States government...
...But with the passage of the quota laws after the World War, the traffic «o increased that a border patrol was created and the staffs of the immigration officials in seaports doubled...
...in which the war scenes are studio-made, but balanced and erunterpoised with skill and fathering horror...
...The Past of Mary Holmes" is the screen attraction...
...Between 25,000 and 35,000 aliens are slipped into this country every year by smugglers who leave a trail of bloodshed, hijacking and blackmail To* get into America in spite of the immigration restrictions, fere ( ners pay to the mobsters more than $20,000,00) annually The struggling of human beings into the Uniuc States has existed since the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1893...
...J. B. T. t; "Past of Mary Holnsea" at Fox Brooklyn—George Givot, Others on Stage The Fox Brooklyn Theatre this week inaugurates a policy of "name" headline artists on its stage, continuing with the regular program of Wesley Eddy as master of ceremonies, a "line" of sixteen Gae Foster girls and feature films and shorts...
...The lady who accompanied this reviewer feared the devastating terror of the chaos that rent the world too short a time ago...
...Wesley Eddy enters his ninth week as master of ceremonies at the Fox, and clowns anew with the Gae Foster girls and with the headliners, the while directing the For jazz-symphonists band...
...It deals with the alien running racket, and was djs rocted by James Cruse, who hat to his credit tha esaeeaaful pan...
...Ther* are some vivid shots of shipr sinking that bring home the siniet » • terrors of the sea...
...Still a steady flow of aliens poured into this country through underground channels...
...a» that "Forgotten Men" would be a living memory and resolve...
...First under the wire on this new line-up of stars fa« George Givot, known as 'the Greek Ambassador of the A'r"—headliner of such Broadway successes as "Sketch Book," "Americana," "Pardon My English," and others...
...Alien running was once accepted by the government as a matter of course, and for years fought in about the same listless manner...
...Ho ears* siders "I Cover the Wat*, front* the finest talking picture he has ever had tho pleasure to direct...
...In ION the geveimnsat really get busy...
Vol. 15 • May 1933 • No. 19
