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care of blind and orphan children. But she had had four lovers during that busy life—a doctor, a famous musician, an ex-college athlete, and a sailor. Of the four only the sailor really entered her life. To the doctor, the musician, and the athlete, Lydia confessed the story of her love for the sailor, and all of them, who had truly loved her, felt that Lydia had picked on the one who had not loved her. They were right, for the sailor, who had arrived at the reunion at the invitation of the doctor, did not recognise her. Charles Boyer comes into this gallery in two films totally dis- similar. In “ Appointment for Love," he appeared with Mar- garet Sullavan in one of the most delightful comedies of the year. Boyer was a successful playwright and Miss Sullavan a dis- tinguished woman doctor. They agreed that marriage should not interfere with their respective careers, but when the wife decided not only to have a separate apartment to live in but also to sleep in, the husband thought that was carrying the idea of a private life too far. The joke was when the wife gave in and went up to her husband’s apartment to stay, he had gone down to hers to wait for her coming home and demand a showdown. And so each slept in the other's apartment wondering where the occupant was spending the night and suffering torments of rage and jealousy. There was a happy ending to this comedy of errors, which was magnificently acted by both stars. In “ Hold Back the Dawn," Charles Boyer had a totally different role. He played the part of a cad whose repentance in the last reel could not make one forgive him, though the wife he had de- ceived (Olivia de Havilland) did so. As usual, Boyer's acting was first class, and Olivia de Havilland had one of her best roles and made the most of it, scoring a big success. “ The Great Man’s Lady ” was a very romantic Western with a background of grim realism, and gave fine acting opportunities to Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea. " Honky Tonk ” was a fast-moving Western notable for some very versatile acting by Clark Gable and a fine performance by Lana Turner. When one sees Gary Cooper in such a role as “ Meet John Doe," one feels one is seeing the real Gary Cooper and not a screen character, so far as honesty of purpose goes. In “ Johnny Eager," Robert Taylor, who became famous in romantic hero roles, was seen as a killer gangster with scarcely a redeeming quality, a very similar sort of character to Billy the Kid, also played by Robert Taylor. In “ Johnny Eager " Robert Taylor gave an amazingly realistic performance and he was particularly good in the final scene where he knocked out the girl he loved, and who loved him, to save her life., Eager then met his doom in a gunfight. E. W Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake in “ Sullivan's Travels.'' Deanna Durbin, Robert Cum- mings, Charles Laughton in “ It Started with Eve." 5