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16— NOVEMBER, 1937
i £ty Pictures
'AN FAVORITE since his appearance with William Well and Myrna Loy in MGM's "Thin Man" pictures as Asta," is this perky wire-haired terrior, who plays "Mr. mith" in "The Awful Truth." His real name is Skippy nd he started in pictures at the age of one, getting his rst big role in "Thin Man." Skippy is the star perjrmer of 55 dogs, owned by Henry East, who trains all fpes of canines and can supply almost any call from a udio. While Rin-Tin-Tin and other valuable picture dogs l the past have been starred in films, Skippy has inauguated a new trend in dogdom screen circles — character ortrayals.
"The Awful Truth"
Columbia comedy given acclaim by previewers as smashing laugh success.
Hailed last month by previewers as one of the smartest comedies of 1937 — a year in which comedy of all type has been given a heavy play — was Columbia's "The Awful Truth," starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, directed
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by Leo McCarey, from a pi thur Richman, which was L screenplay form by Vina Del seph Walker was the cinema Ed Bernds the sound engi j Everett Riskin produced the i Ralph Bellamy, Alexander Joyce Compton and Cecil Ci have prominent featured rob ]
It's a laugh-packed yarn oil tal troubles of two high stri erns, Jerry Warriner (Cary Gl his wife, Lucy ( Irene Duni',1 trouble begins when Jerry (ej trated at lower left) deci^ harmless marital vacation amj ing to go Florida, stays in l] playing cards with "the be, crawls under a sun lamp ,j vacation tan. He gets honli Lucy out and when she returjl panied by a handsome fonl teacher, Armand (Alexander^ her nonchalant explanation I car broke down leads to al which are complicated by Lii that all is not Florida wil tan.
With one thing leading ft they talk themselves into 1 which is highlighted by a cj over custody of their dog, M Although Lucy wins the dog J Jerry, infuriated, gets a court \ mitting him to visit the playf Lucy is friendly with a weal| Oklahoma oil heir, Danie (Ralph Bellamy). Lucy's (Cecil Cunningham) a tarti ex-actress, is living with her. we see at top right ) resum quaintance with night club e Dixie Belle Lee (Joyce Compl
Leeson wants to marry Lu( wants Jerry back. She calli to discuss his helping her stra the mixup. Then Jerrv shows cising his privilege of callin Smith. She pushes Armand bedroom, and when Leeson ai pushes Jerry in, too. The en gle between Armand and Jer a furore and results in Leesi departure.
Then the re-marriage angli from Lucy to Jerry, who be gaged to socialite Barbara Vai Lucy decides to break up at opportunity. She crashes party at which the engageme be announced, posing as Jen and makes such a vulgar dis she throws the swanky affaii uproar. Feigning to be roars she imitates Dixie Belle's d Jerry is forced to escort her party.
Lucy still feigns drunken after a series of mounting c( cidents, they are forced to si the same roof that night at Au mountain cabin, and in the b( ner illustration we see the what the oldtime title writer describe as "marital felicity.