Screenland (May-Oct 1934)

76 SCRHENLAND Ann enjoys giving small, intimate parties, little dinners, after which the guests have music or play such games as Binet test where wits count, for cards make Ann nervous. She loves horseback riding, and she can play tennis, but reading is still bur chief delight. Left an orphan at an early age, Tom Keene ran away at ten and has supported himself ever since. He clerked in stores, drove a stagecoach, killed rattlesnakes for the government, and woke up at twenty to find himself an old, old man. "1 ought to do what I want to do before it's too late," he told himself, and forthwith became an actor. But again it was work, work — until he went to Australia with a theatrical company and paused in the South Seas on the way. "Then I saw the natives. The happiest people in the world. No wardrobes, no bousing problem, no food worry, no social bother. They laugh and are kind, they help one another and have no cares. I saw that I had life all wrong, and since then I've tried to live from day to day, getting all I can from life and trying to give something back. I take time off to be with friends, and to do the things I like. That's common sense !" Ken Maynard had never had money and leisure at the same time until he became a star. Then he didn't know what to do with the combination. At length he decided to learn to fly, and found flying a thrilling occupation. Then he bought him This is a very exciting picture. It is one of the fastest -moving stories of all time, so breathe deeply before it begins, for you'll have little chance to catch your breath after the show is on. It tells about a "crime preventor" whose job is to keep things from happening. A wild ride in a railway coach that contains dynamite will thrill you to the core. Charles Ruggles, Mary Carlisle, and Una Merkel contribute flawless performances. Good show for general audiences. Paul Lukas as a novelist who courts many ladies, using them as types for his best sellers. He is murdered, but we shan't tell who did the crime because this one needs that element of interest to help it hold your attention should you decide to see it. Lukas makes the not admirable character attractive. Patricia Ellis, Leila Hyams, and Phillip Reed have featured parts. It's just fair. Not interesting or suitable for youngsters. self a boat and went on cruises, and now he has a motorcycle. He's always wanted one. "It takes a while to learn how to play," says Ken, "but of all lessons, it's the most delightful." I'.ddie Cantor had beer married four years before he began taking up golf, his first cssa\ into spc n'ts. I hen the late I; rank Carter, husband of Marilyn Miller, said he wanted Eddie to meet another blackface comedian on the links. The other fellow was Al Jolson. "That was in 1918," sighs Eddie, "and in the 16 years since, I haven't improved a single stroke ! "I like golf for the following reasons : It gives me a chance to show my legs, something never seen in Sam Goldwyn pictures ! It gives me an opportunity of walking with a purpose behind it, and also a gallery. Being a dub I get more exercise than a good golfer, and when I make a good shot, I'm in heaven!" Colleen Moore was a picture girl who had no interest in playing because her career absorbed her. She collected dolls, too, and still has them ; she's building a magnificent toy house just for the dolls ; but naturally she doesn't play "House" with her wax babies. After her long picture contract was concluded and her first marriage had ended in divorce, Colleen went down to Florida for a "vacation." There she met Al Scott, also on vacation. The difference between Col Tagging the Talkies Continued from page 13 If you see this your only reward will be the presence in the dull proceedings of such engaging people as Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard, Helen Vinson, and Irene Hervey. The play consists of dialogue in which a couple, married ten years and still in love, discuss a divorce for the reason that they no longer tremble with romantic thrills as they did the day they eloped. All talk and no action. Leave the youngsters at home; they wouldn't enjoy it. One of those "you will" or "you won't" like it pictures. This little critic will sit on the fence and offer no dogmatic opinion. The story is about a father who strives to save his daughter from the evil influence of her bad mother. He goes to jail for his trouble, but eventually breaks jail and becomes the little hero. Richard Dix is at his best in this type of role. Dorothy Wilson and Erin O'Brien Moore are excellent. See it and form your own conclusions. leen and her new friend was that he knew what to do with a holiday. Colleen could play tennis and swim, because she'd learned how to do both for the screen, but Al showed her that there was jmi in it. "You get something from sports that you can't get from pictures," she concluded, "especially if your husband enjoys them, too. I think being able to play has made me 'human,' and the new gift has the entire approval of Mr. Scott." Colleen has developed a yen for contract bridge and for riding, in addition to tennis and swimming. These new husbands work such magic that it's no wonder Marjorie Rambeau expected the best when she married into wealth. Her husband declared fondly that Marjorie need never work nor worry any more. (His name is Francis Gudger.) They went down to Florida, too. "I tried being a lady of leisure," relates Marjorie. "I took up knitting and I took up tatting, and I exhausted the possibilities of both inside of a week. I don't like to swim and I can't stand fishing. I don't play golf, tennis is too strenuous for me, and I can't imagine why people play cards. "After associating with the sitters that populate hotel porches, I decided that I bad nothing in common with them. What was left? I might have gone yachting, but water makes me seasick ; and I might have gone horseback riding, but horses are so unrestful. "SO-o, I came back to work ! Slow — slower — slowest. Even the Warner Baxter fans will yawn. Now let's see if I can remember the story? A doctor, accused of medical murder, flees. He meets a married woman who falls in love with him. At a critical moment, another woman is stricken with a deadly fever, and the doc saves her life, and returns home a hero. Warner Baxter, Madge Evans and Zita Johann perform skilfully, but even that could not save the film. The kiddies won't like it. Buster Keaton shows us what that broken-hearted swain who lost his sweetie to "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" might have done to win her back. Should you find "Allez Oop" on the program, be sure to stay and see this two-reeler — you'll be glad to see Buster back in action, and there is some amusement in the antics of the love-struck oaf he portrays so solemnly. Dorothy Sebastian is the love interest. The acrobatics will amuse children.