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55th Street Reopening Gay DOUBLE FILMS "THUNDER OVER MEXICO," "EISENSTEIN IN MEXICO." At the both Street Playhome. Packed to capacity, the reopened 55th Street Playhouse gives a unique...

...Thunder Over Mexico" seems better on second sight...
...Besides James Cagney and Ruby Keeler ths cast includes Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee "Kennel Murder CW' ml Fos Brooklyn—Julias Tannon Hands Now Star* Show Ths combination of William Powell on the screen in "The Kennel Murder Case" snd Julius Tannen and Freddy Mack as stage headliners comprise ths new stags and screen show, at the Fox Brooklyn Theatre...
...Honey Moon Hotel," a novel scene in which there are a score of bashful brides, and "Shanghai Lil," in which James Cagney sings and dances for the first time on the screen...
...There are eight acts on the Fox program, among them being ths adagio team of Kay, Katya and Kay...
...add to them two favorite Disney cartoons and there is an excellent evening's entertainment...
...As an extra added screen attraction the Fox is offering 'Ths Kirkoff," a football short will ths All-American gridiron stars and such famous coaches as Howard Jones, Harry Klpke snd Lou Littls, of Columbia, as well as their respective teams...
...I 'Footlight Parade' Holds Over at Brooklyn Strand "Footlight Parade," the third of a cycle of lavishly produced musical films by Warner Bros., will be held over for an indefinite engagement at the Brooklyn Strand...
...Packed to capacity, the reopened 55th Street Playhouse gives a unique showing, by adding to the Sinclair-Eistenstein "Thunder Over Mexico" another 6,000 feet chosen from the 85 miles or so originally taken...
...The three highlights of the picture are the numbers "By a Waterfall," in which more than 200 girls take part in a gigantic swimming pool, and who do some fancy diving, led by Ruby Keeler...
...The two films make a combination interesting both in itself and as an inside glimpse of the cutting process...
...Although "travelogue" scenes are omitted from these new selections, the emphasis on social and political events convinces us that Eisenstein's main accomplishment was in the scenic photography...
...The peon's tragedy, leading to the Revolution, moves with a simplicity that adds to its pathos, and there is unquenchable beauty in the survivals of snciept Aztec and Mayo civilization...

Vol. 16 • November 1933 • No. 19


 
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