“BLOW-UPS”

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 14 March 1936, Page 9

“BLOW-UPS”

A "ERY PRIVATE FILM There is a film going the rounds of private Hollywood parties which unfortunately, is not likely ever to have a release in a public theatre. This is a pity, for it features many famous stars, Garbo, Marlene and Shirley Temple among them. "Blow-up” is the studio term for mistakes in dialogue or action made bv players. What makes the “blowup” so' amusing and picturesque, very often, is the language which accompanies it. It also makes the film

which Hollywood stars have put together for their own entertainment not exactly suitable for general ex-

hibition. Various stars have different ways of reacting to the “blow-up.” John Barrymore, forgetting a line, says. “Nuts, can’t I ever remember that line?” Ronald Column snaps his fingers in disgust. Victor McLaglen snorts furiously. while Fredric March says, “Nuts” too and waves his arms about like a semaphore. * Jack Oakic indulges in a few strong words. He maintains they are good for the artistic soul. j The “blow-up” might cost a company as much as £SO. Hence the annovance of all concerned. But they make a mightily icntdrtaining ftjjrn i when strung together, according to i those who have seen “Blow-Ups” at Hollywood parties. * * ¥ *

San Francisco’s great Chinatown is seen as never before in “Chinatown Squad.” All of the scenes of this murder story are laid in San Francisco and a large part of them give intimate glimpses of Chinatown, with its 15,000 inhabitants and eight blocks in length. All of the charm and mystery of the Orient are packed into this one little quarter of America.