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of PICTURES W arttme something more than a clown : he is a benefactor to the human race. The director in search of truth found this out after he had plumbed the depths, in- cluding a spell in a chain gang prison. Shrewd comedy with a strong vein of romance running all through it is the keynote of “ It Started With Eve," with Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton and Robert Cummings as the principal players. Laughton in the opening scenes is a dying old man, a millionaire, who wishes to see Cummings married before he dies He demands to see the latter’s fiancee, but she cannot be found, and Cummings brings in a hat check girl (Deanna Durbin). The latter so cheers the old man up that he gets better. The result is that the real fiancee, a designing woman who has no love for Robert Cummings, and her still more selfish mother, who are out to get the million- aire’s money, are defeated in their schemes and the right young couple get together. This is excellent morality but the pull of the picture is in its comedy. Deanna Durbin, though she does not sing as much as usual, is first rate. Robert Cum- mings is also very good, but Charles Laughton’s performance is a triumph. In “ Kathleen,” Shirley Temple made a return to the screen after an absence of two years. It was a very successful return, for the great little child actress showed she still holds all -*he arts that have endeared her to a very big public. The story centred on a poor little rich girl, whose mother had died at her birth. She had a good father but he was not the kind to bring up a mother- less child, being very forgetful and non-observant. He left Kathleen in sole charge of a mean, hard-hearted housekeeper, and it was only natural that the child should have no love for the housekeeper and begin to wonder if her father had any love for her. To keep her thoughts from her loveless life she created a land of imagination in which she had ideal parents. c-naries aoyer, wavia ae Havilland in “ Hold Back, the Dawn ” Herbert Marshall, Shirley Temple. Laraine Day, Gail Patrick in ■ “ Kathleen .” Orson Welles, Ruth Warrick, Sonny Bupp in “ Citizen Kane." Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan in “ Appointment for Love."