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Review of Freshman Love, which opened at the Earle on 17 Jan. 1936.  Freshman Love premieres in Philadelphia's Earle Theater on January 17th, 1936. It is reviewed as “absolutely amusing”, as is the intricate stage act that joins it. By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture review of Fury, opened at Stanley 13 June 1936.  Fritz Lang’s first American picture, Fury, is released in Philadelphia.  Commentary on Lang’s ideas about the need for films to reduce the about of talk involved.   By Alexis Tryon

Actress Marsh Hunt visits Philadelphia to celebrate the Silver Jubilee for Adolph Sukor, head of Paramount Pictures. By Alexis Tryon

Devil on Horseback opens at Karlton Theater and confuses critics with new use of “Hirlicolor” instead of Technicolor. Distracts audience from events of film itself. By Alexis Tryon

Motion Picture Review of Rose Marie, Sat. 1 Feb.1936. Rose Marie opened in Philadelphia to bursts of applause that could be heard outside at the Boyd Theater at 19th and Chestnut. Philadelphia considers Nelson Eddy and Jeannette MacDonald to be “two stars it considers its own special contribution” to cinema. By Alexis Tryon

The Country Doctor opened in Philadelphia on Friday, March 6th, 1936 to rave reviews at the Fox Theater. Crowds “thronged” the theater to see the quintuplets. Film screening was accompanied by stage performance by Edgar Bergen and company’s skit “The City Doctor” and other acts.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture review of Lady Be Careful, a Paramount picture, at the Earle Theater. This review is most interesting for the surrounding articles. Instead of a page primarily dedicated to film news, this review has “Be Beautiful”, a woman’s interest column, and “Points for Parents”, a cartoon for parents, surrounding it. Film is no longer receiving the same amount of attention it was earlier in the year. By Alexis Tryon

MGM’s film We Went to College opened at Karlton Theater. This review is significant for its clearly negative opinion of the film. Most reviews of this time are strictly positive, so this is a significant exception.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion Picture Review of Star for a Night, opened at the Earle Theater.  The new headings of film reviews “Camera Angles on Film Folk” takes a approach much more akin to summarizing than reviewing new films, commenting on the plot and stars personal lives.  These types of articles have replaced earlier critical reviews.   By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture review of The Singing Kid.  Al Jolson visits the Stanley Theater in Philadelphia for the premiere of his new film The Singing Kid. Jolson fans crowd the theater to see the star. Earlier that day Jolson arrived at Broad Street Station and enjoyed a parade in his honor.  By Alexis Tryon

Popular interest piece on June Lang, “20th Century-Fox Film movie actress” who has “the modernistic figure”. She is being sculpted by Albert Stewart for a peace memorial of the War Bride.  By Alexis Tryon

Absolute Quiet opened in Philadelphia at the Earle Theater to mixed, almost negative reviews. The screening was rescued, though by the accompanying by stage performance of Betty Grable, Jack Powell, and Jackie Coogran which included singing and tap-dancing. By Alexis Tryon