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Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (Twentieth Century-Fox). Warner Oland, still cinema’s most dependably entertaining detective, liberally equipped with aphorisms in pidgin English and accompanied by his No. 1 son, Keye Luke, interrupts a vacation to find out who stole a million dollars in bonds.
Thank You, Mr. Moto (Twentieth Century-Fox). Another Oriental mystery man—shaven-skulled, pop-eyed Peter Lorre—looks for seven scrolls, the key to a vast treasure in the tomb of Genghis Khan. Assassinations, a kidnapping, the torture of a prince, hara-kiri and other interruptions confuse his efforts.
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Nothing Sacred (Carole Lombard, Fredric March. Charles Winninger; TIME, Dec. 6).
Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (Bert Lahr, Jimmy Savo, Billy House, Alice Brady; TIME, Nov. 29).
Conquest (Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer; TIME, Nov. 8).
Hurricane (Jon Hall, Dorothy Lamour, Mary Astor, Raymond Massey; TIME, Nov. 15).
Damsel in Distress (Fred Astaire, Gracie Allen, George Burns; TIME, Dec. 6).
It’s Love I’m After (Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Eric Blore; TIME, Nov. 22).
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