Show From Newspaper Yarn to Riches In Paramount's Two New Shows By CANDID KAY One most naturally becomes the severest critic of those things best known to one Hence any producer is at a distinct disadvantage when It comes Oples to turning newspaper people loose to p pass on a newspaper story Alter Arter all some critics may at best only hazard a a. guess as es to the accuracy ot of t a a story dealing with the thc love Jove life of Tithe Turnstile in a penthouse Usually hearsay is their only guide But when that story runs right down downa a critics critic's personal alley the alley the workIngs workIngs work- work Ings of the city cily room of a that per er that critic is rather apt to overlook over over- look ook entertainment value in picking out ut minor end and nd sometimes major but none the less irritating flaws in accuracy ac- ac curacy And so to so-to to Hi Nellie the lead feature of the double bill at the Paramount Paramount Para Para- mount theater Hi Nellie comes closer to lo a a f f-aith- ul characterization of the personnel of a newspaper per than any 0 of its many predecessors There are arc no heroics darned few dramatics and praise the source of blessings none none- of of- the producers producers producers' producers producers' pro pro- ideas of female newspaper er editorial in Hi N Nellie And that practically qualifies qualities the pic pic- picture picure ture ure for the adjectives colossal and gi gigantic gantic And we we- suppose if it it makes producers and directors happy to imagine im las- agine city rooms of newspapers ion tion as does the one in inin in Hi Nellie NelUe and what a 0 reserve of physical manpower manpower man man- power that sheet would need there Is nothing to do but skip it After all wh when n did painstaking accuracy have lave such suh weighty bearing on ente enter enter- nt For Hi Nellie is io that Entertain Entertain- ment And Paul Muni turns in in a corking performance as Bradshaw managing editor who by au an office- office politics metamorphosis becomes comes the Belly Betty Blair alias Nellie Nelson of 01 the he Times Its It's from his greet greet- in ins ings s from fellow workers the picture gets its odd title Muni could step right into harness and wed we'd all feel pretty much at home with wilh him him him- which proves under the circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances hes he's entitled to the designation designation tion of actor Glenda Farrell Farren rates our personal vote of thanks for tor making mak mak- ing her newspaper woman something of a fairly intelligent human b being Ing instead of the impossible freak ol of nature usually lly presented under the thc labe label la la- la bel be of Newspaper Woman In fact the cast is excellent from beginning to end including end including our old favorite Ned Sparks who proves a again ain what a whale of a difference an an actor can make The story Well VeIl if it not exactly plausible it Is possible so why quibble As thoroughly sincere and moving a characterization as her Apple Annie An An- nie nic ne in iii Lady for a Day is given by that lovable old veteran May Robson in her new starring vehicle You Yoi Cant Can't Buy Everything which is th the second feature eo ir o of the e bill This s lime e 4 I SHATTERING ILLUSIONS AH An persons writing about motion pictures are arc not subsidized subsidized b by the studios she he plays Hannah Bell a character ch based on liettie Hettie Green and she's downright swell in the part The picure pic- pic ture turc ure gets off oll to a slow start but once under wa way makes up for it You can buy this one sight unseen and you ou wont won't be Mary Forbes Torbes is radiantly and beau- beau as os Kate Kale and William Bakewell will vill do as Hannahs Hannah son Donnie Donnic Jean Parker is sweet and attractive as s Elizabeth she doesn't have have- much else to do All of which is js really unimportant as it is May Rob Robson's ons on's picture from a au to izzard lizard You Cant Can't Buy Everything guarantees laughs and and a furtive tear or two |