"MAN OF THE PEOPLE."

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 130, 3 June 1937, Page 21

"MAN OF THE PEOPLE."

In accord with its custom by which players are constantly given greater opportunity, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents Joseph Calleia in a new role, this time as a hero instead of a villain. The picture is "Man of the People." The original story, a novel of the same title by Frank Dolan. ex-New York tabloid reporter, pictures a modern city and the political machine which makes it go. Dolan .wrote from firsthand knowledge and the picture follows his story. Calleia' draws the character of a poor boy who has risen through struggle to the post of assistant prosecutor. The disgusting repetition of- crooked politics stirs' him to action, but he is powerless. He loses the job. . A sympathetic governor appoints him to head an investigating committee interested in corrupt corporations. The first corporation upon which he alights happens to be one of the crookedest of them all and also one in which the mother of "his sweetheart is a heavy stockholder. The young attorney plunges and wins both the case and the girl. Calleia has the best role of his career, which is saying a great deal. Florence Rice in the romantic role continues her steady ascent^ to stardom, unaided by her famous parent, Grantland Rice, the sports columnist. Ted Healy provides comedy, and a capable supporting cast includes Thomts Mitchell, Catharine Doucet, Paul. Stanton. and Jonathan Hale.