Tonight's Movie: Calm Yourself (1935) - A Warner Archive DVD Review
Robert Young and Madge Evans star in the MGM "B" film CALM YOURSELF (1935), just released on DVD by the Warner Archive.
The odd title comes from the phrase Young regularly says to the worried clients of his problem-solving Confidential Services agency.
Young plays Pat Patton, who is fired by Colonel Allenby (Claude Gillingwater) for romancing Allenby's daughter Mary Elizabeth (Betty Furness) on company time.
Pat starts Confidential Services and soon is mixed up in a variety of client problems, including hiding beautiful Rosalind Rockwell (Evans) from her new stepmother (Shirley Ross) because Rosalind's father (Ralph Morgan) doesn't want his young wife to know he's old enough to have a 20-year-old daughter.

There's quite a bit of craziness in the 70-minute plot, involving a big dog and a baby that's mistakenly thought to have been kidnapped. The haphazardly plotted film leaves several characters hanging at the end; what becomes of Mary Elizabeth, Bobby (Hardie Albright), and Joan (Shirley Chambers)?

CALM YOURSELF was directed by George B. Seitz and filmed by Lester White.
The print is pretty good, settling down after the speckled opening credits sequence; it's a bit soft but without major defects. The soundtrack is strong. The DVD includes the trailer.
Thanks to the Warner Archive for providing a review copy of this DVD. Warner Archive releases are MOD (manufactured on demand) and may be ordered from the Warner Archive Collection at the WBShop or from any online retailers where DVDs and Blu-rays are sold.
1 Comments:
I appreciated your feedback, Glen! It sounds like you might have enjoyed it a bit more than I did, but I definitely liked the cast and there are certainly far worse ways to spend 70 minutes. :)
Best wishes,
Laura
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