Reducing (MOD)

Reducing (MOD)It's all aboard for comedy as down and out Marie Truffle (Marie Dressler) and her rambunctious brood take the train from South Bend to sophisticated Manhattan. There, Marie gets a job in the slimming spa owned by her successful sister (frequent Dressler co star Polly Moran) and untangles the romantic knots created by four headstrong young lovers. From snappy start to warm Thanksgiving Day finish, Reducing is a delight as Dressler wrestles with the

Vincent Sherman directs

Leaving the forest

and her ambitions were showing

clowns and wows `em as Eddie

When her best friend (Eve Arden) stands up a soldier (Ronald Reagan) on a weekend pass

Johnny Columbo was just a boy in 1900 New York when a gang of extortionists known as the Black Hand murdered his father

Fasten your seat belts and hang on tight

Clark Gable takes off in his first starring role

they'll ride the adrenaline rush of dramas that shape the world and their own lives

Handsome David Page is loved by two very different women: Molly

In a role that looks forward to his triumph in "The Champ

said the censors