Photoplay (Jan-Sep 1937)

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Little Gaynor comes back to brilliant glory, Freddie March doffs costumes and dons charm, while Selznick proves again he's right in the Technicolor smash, "A Star is Born" Zanuck took with Young and Power and Henie" . . . it's all pretty silly . . . Selznick and Zanuck took no. gamble . . . they wcrr merely intelligent . . , . Consider the gamble Darryl Zanuck took with Sonja Henie and Tyrone Power . . . about as much of a gamble as collecting the interest on money yon have saved . . . admittedly Henie wasn't known to movie goers nor was Power when Zanuck put them in top spots . . . l>nt he took young Power and tlie scintillating Henie and put them in productions so good that, even if they, individually, had not been up to what he expected, the pictures themselves would have survived .... If you doubt this, note what he did in "Road to Glory" . . . he sandwiched June Lang in lie! ween Freddie March and Warner Baxter in a thrilling story in such a way l hat if the girl had possessed the Henie flare she, too, would be a star now . . . little Miss Lang wasn't quite ready for thai big break so she was retired gracefully to less conspicuous role and is getting the careful training -lie needs . . . this was handled so adroitly thai few people noticed the experiment and "Road to Glory" was a most sucii picture regardless of its purpose li.iv in" missed fire .... Jusl so thai yon won't believe I have gone all gaga this month, anticipating the '■row inn/ .,1' George \ I. I'll give you my fa\ orite re, , mi 1 1()||\ wood i me story .... \ new starlel was having her firsl inter * lew . . . the inten iewer was ha\ ing such a terrible time that she finally got around to stock question No. 122496 .... "What is your favorite book?" she inquired .... "My favorite book?" wavered the starlet "Why, you remember, dear," prompted the starlet's mama, who was sitting in on the agony . . . " You remember, dear, the book with the red cover you got for Christmas A radiant smile crossed the starlet's lovely face. "That's it, that's it," she cried . . . "That's my favorite book. The book with the red cover . . . ." A NT) here's another yarn, the nicest kid Mory of the month .... Pat O'Brien tells it about his little daughter, Mavourneen . . . the little girl was being taught by Eloise O'Brien, Pat's pretty wife, to say her prayers . . . what Eloise taught her to say was "In the name of the Father, and of tin Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen" . . . they rehearsed it many | imes. and came the evening when Pat was permitted into the nursery for this big evenl . . . Mavourneen, kneeling by her cot, flashed a smile up at Pat and just then a greal thought struck her . . . she bowed her little yellow head, " In the name of the Daddy, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghosl , Anien." she said politely .... bid with that I quit . . . good-bye for now . . . ,