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was not supposed to be visible to the other players. Here we saw what can be done with trick photography. “ The Chocolate Soldier " was a film version of that amusing sophisticated comedy, “ The Guardsman," made in 1931 with Alfred Lunt and Lyn Fon- tanne. Combined with the music of Oskar Straus, including such songs as My Hero," “ Sympathy ” and “ Seek the Spy,” it made grand entertainment, introducing as it did to (he screen the Metropolitan operatic singer. Rise Stevens, starring with Nelson Eddy. " Ladies in Retirement ” had the macabre story of a woman who murdered her employer because she objected to her two insane sisters being in the house. Here the director’s art in creating an atmosphere of horror aided by photo- graphy was an outstanding achievement. In bringing " The Little Foxes ” to the screen, a third of the cast from the Broadway hit repeated their roles in the photoplay. This film was another artistic triumph for Bette Davis, as a woman so heartless that for gold she watches her husband die without raising a hand to help him. The stage players who made their film debut in this film are Patricia Collinge (who in the middle of the pic- ture gave an unforgettable performance as the cowed wife of one of Bette Davis’ unprincipled brothers), Teresa Wright, Charles Dingle, Carl Benton Reid, and Dan Duryea. Another Bette Davis film made from a Broadway suc- cess was “ The Man Who Came to Dinner.” In this amusing film, stage star Monty Woolley, repeated his role on the screen. “ When Ladies Meet ” was a photographed play treating a triangle situation with sparkling dialogue. / In “ Love on the Dole "— Right : Deborah Kerr and Clifford Evans. Below: George Carney, Mary Mer- rall, and Geoffrey Hibbert. “ Love on the Dole ” has been a big success on the screen as well as on the stage, and deserved it, for it is a fine play with a fine purpose—a picture of life in Lancashire during the depression. It was the film that brought Geoffrey Jdibbert into the screen limelight. “ Jeannie ” was a success both on stage and screen, and the title role was played by Barbara Mulle^ in both versions, and an excellent performance she gave in this modern Cinderella story. “ Arsenic and Old Lace ” combines comedy and murder. Two seemingly charming old ladies commit the murders. Josephine Hull and Jean Adair, stage actresses, repeat their stage performance on the screen. A striking instance of the popularity of successful stage plays when they are adapted to the screen is to be found in the record of Claudette Colbert. She has starred in more adapted stage plays than any other screen star, practically all of them big hits on Broadway. “ Skylark ” was her fifteenth picture of this class that the Paramount star has made and all of them were success- ful both from the standpoint of artistic excellence and the box office. Claudette Colbert has the right flair for getting the spirit of the character she appears in and has a real gift for comedy situations. She was a stage star before going into pictures. The stage and screen are now closely linked in the way I have indicated and this association is likely to go on for a long time. Two scenes from "Arsenic and Old Lace.” Above : Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, Peter Lorre, Raymond Massey, and John Alexander. Right : Priscilla Lane and Cary Grant. 128