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The Gorilla (Twentieth Century-Fox) is the old stage-&-screen shocker about the ape that murders like a man. Competently re-enacted by a good cast, it is made more baffling than its original author (Ralph Spence) intended by the three Ritz Brothers as wacky detectives.

Bridal Suite (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), all about the playboy (Robert Young) and the Alpine maid (Annabella), may, as its producers claim, suggest how Annabella captured Tyrone Power (TIME, May 1), but is nonetheless a very bad picture.

Tell No Tales (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). A fine Negro wake and a good bit by Gene Lockhart as a gambler, stuck in a stale story about a crusading editor (Melvyn Douglas) who confounds the underworld.

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