Forsyth Hardy
Forsyth Hardy's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Wings Over Everest (1934)
“An important and impressive addition to the growing group of Everest pictures.” –
Cinema Quarterly
Feb 12, 2021
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Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
100%
“Charles Laughton has said that he enjoyed playing the part of Ruggles more than any other on stage or screen; and his performance definitely has that fine, rich, sustained quality which results when an artist has delighted in expression.” –
Cinema Quarterly
Feb 4, 2021
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Les Miserables (1935)
85%
“The strength of Laughton's performance makes this film more than other versions a conflict between Javert and Jean Valjean. With studied power, he brings this inhuman bully, obsessed with the sacredness of the law, to life.” –
Cinema Quarterly
Feb 4, 2021
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The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
56%
“It is lacking in every virtue which made Sternberg a director of promise.” –
Cinema Quarterly
Feb 4, 2021
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The 39 Steps (1935)
96%
“[Hitchcock] tells the story clearly and convincingly and the wildly melodramatic moments are in part offset by such well observed sequences as the Scottish political meeting, the Forth Bridge episode, and the discreetly managed scene in the inn bedroom.” –
Cinema Quarterly
Feb 4, 2021
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Escape Me Never (1935)
100%
“The camera does its work of photographing Bergner smoothly, sensitively and unobtrusively and Paul Czinner in his direction reveals that mastery over mood which made Der Traumende Mund memorable.” –
Cinema Quarterly
Feb 4, 2021
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
88%
“The acting is for the most part simple and straightforward, but there is real subtlety in the performance of Peter Lorre, the Dusseldorf murderer of M, as the anarchist leader.” –
Cinema Quarterly
Feb 4, 2021
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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935)
90%
“Were it not for the polished acting, particularly of Leslie Howard, fallow patches, occasionally apparent, would be more plainly revealed; but Howard is studied, resourceful and charming, his timing perfect as always.” –
Cinema Quarterly
Feb 4, 2021
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The Iron Duke (1934)
“On the screen it lacks life and form, and Victor Saville's direction is flat and uninspired.” –
Cinema Quarterly
Feb 4, 2021
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The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
94%
“The Private Life of Henry VIII gives Korda an assured place among the important directors in contemporary cinema.” –
Cinema Quarterly
Feb 3, 2021
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The Song of Songs (1933)
83%
“In Mamoulian's hands Marlene Dietrich gives the performance of her career, achieving through restraint an impressiveness seldom achieved in her former films.” –
Cinema Quarterly
Feb 3, 2021
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Design for Living (1933)
76%
“Design for Living is in the true Lubitsch tradition, and I think it his most satisfying sound film.” –
Cinema Quarterly
Feb 3, 2021
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Whither Germany? (1932)
“Composed as it is of actual material, the film has a certain educative value, but the bias in the selection of the sequences must be remembered.” –
Cinema Quarterly
Feb 3, 2021
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Duck Soup (1933)
91%
“One incidental sequence of slapstick in which Harpo smashes a mirror and then appears opposite Groucho as his reflection, is the funniest thing in any Marx film since The Cocoanuts.” –
Cinema Quarterly
Feb 3, 2021
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Treasure Island (1934)
100%
“The film is, until the maudlin final scene comes, a lively record of swashbuckling adventure, broad in its sweep, exciting in its photography and, curiously, distinguished by a more stirring sense of British patriotism than most of our own films.” –
Cinema Quarterly
Feb 3, 2021
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