Crinly yrippinp story of the New —1
fork police end of a father v;ho rus'i j
put r belt to the criminal activiti■ !
;3 of his own son, MSor~ant Hadden, f i
screening r t the PALI'HR Theatre, j
presents ''r.llr.cc Beery in his most j
masterful characterizotion to date •
As. Sbryvnt ladder, Thirty-yerr
v terrn of the force, soft-hearted,j ,
plodding and idealistic, Beery \
epitonizes the finest traits of " I '
New York's ^inost." Ho i3 the cop .
on the host to the minutest detail.; !
And as the father who n st track .
ddown the son whom he has failed to 1 j
irepress v/its the traditions and J j
ideals of the job, B..ory is
n; pnif icont r
But a trio of youngsters presses him
hard for honors. Alan Curtis as \
th e son who-tries a short-cut to >
promotion and finally is forced
to turn bank-robber, plry3 a meaty
role to the hilt, with a finely
shaded progression of character
from the tin., he finds himself a
victim of the prizefight racket to ;
the clir.r tic moments when he is’
the snarling, cornered crim nal.
In o- difficult role cs the Irish i
v.’.r"if whom Berry Adopts ;:nd rho mar
ries Z ’tis, L r ir - Johnson con ■
t’lr^vnh '"Ith flying colors in till
her first important if. cured pert,
auguring well for - nemoruble
c-ro r to cornu. She is sontivc,
clear-cut rni convincing even to
her Irish brogue.
Tor Brown, <s the adopted son !
whose lovrlti . s arc torn both ways ,
shows r fine conception of another
colorful characterization. Out
standing in supporting ^olos ; re
Fay Holden as Berry's v?ifa, ' rrc
Lawrence, enacting the racket.- .r, !
David Gorcey s the youn'~ thief,
'union far tin ,.s his sister, Don- ■
aid Heines, Ben ' eldon and Etta
HcDaniol.
Josef von Sternb re, directing, has
combined the utmost in suspcnsoful 1
action- with a thrilling camera
technique that builds emotion. J.
1 alter luborJs production care is :
-vident in the authenticity of
every detail. I
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Spy Hunt
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Warren William
Ida Lupino
Rita Hayworth
Virginia Weidler
Ralph Morion
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"THE BAD I LAN OF BRIMSTONE,"
| THE OLD RUFFIAN OF "STAND UP
and Fight" now wields a stick
FOR THE LAV/ AS
j " SERGEANT HADDEN" 1
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with Toxn Brown
Alan Curtis
Laraine /Johnson