Today's bill at the University can be recommended to the Harvard public in general, but it is recommended to History 1 section men in particular. They raised an eyebrow at "The Buccaneer"; they are being currently horrified by "Marco Polo," but "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is a research job. As a piece of social documentation it is unexcelled even by the work from which it was taken, every item in the sets having been checked for historical authenticity.

Only in the purely fictional aspects of the story was Sclznick-International guided by fancy: after 25,000 screen tests(sic) had been viewed, the freckled face of Tommy Kelly of the Bronx was selected as that bearing closest resemblance to the public's conception of Mr. Clemens' hero. Although such old-timers as Walter Brennan and May Robson lend adult support, all of the minors are new to the camera and act with that unaffected naturalness that Norman Taurog's directing brings out. The picture is in Technicolor.

Although the regular companion picture, "Romance in the Dark," brings Gladys Swarthout and John Boles in a pleasant, if unoriginal, musical, tonight's special showing of "Paradise for Three" may be more heartily endorsed. Despite the classic angle, dear to the heart of German A, it is good comedy in the best Robert Young tradition.