A Forceful Performance From Frankie Darro Lifts A Well-Ordered Film That Wants A Unifying Style./
A Forceful Performance From Frankie Darro Lifts A Well-Ordered Film That Wants A Unifying Style.
Taken from a short story by Peter B. Kyne, "To Him Who Dares" (misidentified as "Dared" upon IMDb's page for the film), ANYTHING FOR A THRILL is one of at least 110 works written by Kyne that have been rendered into cinema. Kyne, an enormously fecund and popular writer whose output flourished primarily between 1915 and 1940, was so well-received by his reading audience that it was often stated all he needed to do in order to be published was to merely submit a piece for publication. It is, therefore, no surprise that his name is above the title of this somewhat fragmented comedy drama that yet is marked by thoroughly proficient contributions from all those involved in its making. The IMDb synopsis for the film is composed by ever competent Les Adams and neatly outlines the movie in its essentials. As action begins, youthful would-be newsreel photographer Don Mallory (Frankie...
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