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FAN-ATIC, Vol 1, No 3.   May 1941.   Page 14.

A FEW FECKLESS FORTY FANTASY FLICKERS
Continued.   By Bob Tucker

George Washington Carver (Bryant Films, 69 minutes). This is a semi-documentary drama of the life of the colored scientist named in the title, played by a negro cast. I haven't the slightest notion as to what went on during those 69 minutes to separate the beginning from the end. (We don't see what's fantasy about this one, Bob.- ye eds.)
Let George Do It (Film Alliance, British made, 82 minutes). Let me report that I suffered the extreme displeasure of seeing this little stinker; the big-wigs that-be around our theatre decided it was an epic no less, and booked it for three days. It represents wishful thinking on the part of the producers. A slapstick comedy of spies, musicians, and dear George sliding down a rope from a baloon hovering over Berlin to finish off Hitler in the manly art of fisticuffs. Storm troopers promptly go wild with joy. Veddy, veddy British, mah deah, veddy. It makes one wonder why they don't learn to speak English, or keep their mealy-mouthed pictures at home.
Man With Steel Faces (Mascot Films, 70 minutes). We know next to nothing about this but we'll bet a licked postage stamp it is the old Gene Autrey, Frankie Darro serial that appeared some years ago, concerning the underground adventures of those misplaced worthies in a magical city. The title probably refers to the robots in the pic.
Monkey Into Man (World Pictures, 65 minutes). A documentary bit by one Julian Huxley. Now what do you think?
Son of Ingagi (Sack Pictures, 66 minutes). Ah! Now here we have a snarker that I somehow feel made use of sixty-six minutes, in one way or another. A Negro cast prtrays the trials and tribulations when a woman doctor makes herself a monsker and promptly gets killed for her pains by the nasty. They burn him and the house down in the end, but not before he makes a nuisance of himself by killing a few more good citizens and getting the pro-scientists down on his neck. I suppose you saw the original, Ingagi, a few years ago! ((No, Bob. yc))
The Human Beast (Juno Films - France, 78 minutes). This carries sub-titles in English in the event you are as ignorant as peasants. We gather it's something of a psychological study of a chap driven to acts for which he is no longer responsible. Simone Simone is the girl in the cast, which may or may not be the driving factor. (In connection with this, let me mention an American picture of last year which included a choice bit of psychology: 20th-Century Fox' Stranger On The Third Floor. A chap begins to think that maybe he committed a murder.)
The Living Dead (hoffberg - Germany, 91 minutes). This is an old 1932 horror drammer, perhaps you saw it before. All about the old coot who invents things,  and suffering from insanity, finally bumps off his spouse and seals her up in a wall. Maybe to study the reaction of old cement to blood, I dunno.
The Phantom Wagon (Columbia - French). The book sez: "A study in the regeneration of a drunkard and wife-beater who is brought back from the dead to lead a virtuous life with his family". Poor guy, I feel sorry for him; he really doesn't deserve such a fate. And I'm wondering if the wagon in the title is a dead- or a water- ?  (Next Page.)

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FAN-ATIC, Vol 1, No 3. May 1941. Page 14. A FEW FECKLESS FORTY FANTASY FLICKERS Continued. By Bob Tucker George Washington Carver (Bryant Films, 69 minutes). This is a semi-documentary drama of the life of the colored scientist named in the title, played by a negro cast. I haven't the slightest notion as to what went on during those 69 minutes to separate the beginning from the end. (We don't see what's fantasy about this one, Bob.- ye eds.) Let George Do It (Film Alliance, British made, 82 minutes). Let me report that I suffered the extreme displeasure of seeing this little stinker; the big-wigs that-be around our theatre decided it was an epic no less, and booked it for three days. It represents wishful thinking on the part of the producers. A slapstick comedy of spies, musicians, and dear George sliding down a rope from a baloon hovering over Berlin to finish off Hitler in the manly art of fisticuffs. Storm troopers promptly go wild with joy. Veddy, veddy British, mah deah, veddy. It makes one wonder why they don't learn to speak English, or keep their mealy-mouthed pictures at home. Man With Steel Faces (Mascot Films, 70 minutes). We know next to nothing about this but we'll bet a licked postage stamp it is the old Gene Autrey, Frankie Darro serial that appeared some years ago, concerning the underground adventures of those misplaced worthies in a magical city. The title probably refers to the robots in the pic. Monkey Into Man (World Pictures, 65 minutes). A documentary bit by one Julian Huxley. Now what do you think? Son of Ingagi (Sack Pictures, 66 minutes). Ah! Now here we have a snarker that I somehow feel made use of sixty-six minutes, in one way or another. A Negro cast prtrays the trials and tribulations when a woman doctor makes herself a monsker and promptly gets killed for her pains by the nasty. They burn him and the house down in the end, but not before he makes a nuisance of himself by killing a few more good citizens and getting the pro-scientists down on his neck. I suppose you saw the original, Ingagi, a few years ago! ((No, Bob. yc)) The Human Beast (Juno Films - France, 78 minutes). This carries sub-titles in English in the event you are as ignorant as peasants. We gather it's something of a psychological study of a chap driven to acts for which he is no longer responsible. Simone Simone is the girl in the cast, which may or may not be the driving factor. (In connection with this, let me mention an American picture of last year which included a choice bit of psychology: 20th-Century Fox' Stranger On The Third Floor. A chap begins to think that maybe he committed a murder.) The Living Dead (hoffberg - Germany, 91 minutes). This is an old 1932 horror drammer, perhaps you saw it before. All about the old coot who invents things, and suffering from insanity, finally bumps off his spouse and seals her up in a wall. Maybe to study the reaction of old cement to blood, I dunno. The Phantom Wagon (Columbia - French). The book sez: "A study in the regeneration of a drunkard and wife-beater who is brought back from the dead to lead a virtuous life with his family". Poor guy, I feel sorry for him; he really doesn't deserve such a fate. And I'm wondering if the wagon in the title is a dead- or a water- ? (Next Page.) WASHINGTON IN 1942