"Polo Joe", the current offering at the Paramount and Fenway theatres, presents the amiable Mr. Joe E. Brown, amusing himself, as you might guess from the title, with polo sticks and expensive ponies.

In previous histrionic efforts Joe has been successively, a high jumper, five day bike rider, clown, prize fighter, acrobat, and tractor operator. Now, assisted by Carol Hughes, he overcomes his fear of horses the bold way. In short the usual Brown formula is followed. A timid soul, he pretends to great prowess on the ponies, and what you imagine would happen does, and in a big way. This is among Joe Brown's funnier pictures, and the supporting cast, headed by the redoubtable Skeets Gallagher and the aforesaid Miss Hughes, who is attractive, in a hard, metallic way, bet still not a convincing actress.

"Straight from the Shoulder", the companion piece, contains such soul stirring situations as the resentment of a boy at his father's second marriage, and the danger a good citizen faces when be points out gangsters to the police.