Screenland (Nov 1936-Apr 1937)

8 SCREENLAND •When Doctors swab SORE THROAT.. surface germs are destroyed, soreness relieved, heahng quickened 1 *h J i I > .Wienyou Gargle with PEPSODENT ANTISEPTIC... you continue your doctors treatment by destroying surface germs, relieving the cold. USE PEPSODENT ANTISEPTIC FOR COLDS— TO RELIEVE THROAT SORENESS • The reason doctors have you gargle is to relieve soreness, kill germs. So remember, Pepsodent Antiseptic is three times as powerful in killing germs as other mouth antiseptics. You can mix Pepsodent with two parts of water and it still kills germs in less than 10 seconds! Thus Pepsodent goes 3 times as far — saves you % of your money. So active is Pepsodent that, in recent tests on 500 people in Illinois, Pepsodent users got rid of colds twice as fast as others! Get either the 2 5c, 50c, or $1.00 Pepsodent Antiseptic at any drug counter, and see for yourself how pleasantly effective it is. \ AGGING f/i Talk les Delight Evans' Reviews on Pages 52 and 53 Grand National, new film company, makes' a grand bow to the family groups and all lovers of simple, down-to-earth screen drama. Here is suspense, comedy, pathos and homespun philosophy, effectively dramatized in a story of a rich girl and boy whose parents are enemies but whose love triumphs. Eric Linden and Cecilia Parker are splendid at the head of a fine cast. A picture that touches the heart. Nino Martini offering generous measure of the vocalizing that delights opera-goers and radio audiences, while Leo Carrillo does a Mexican bandit role in his inimitable style, and Ida Lupino is cutely comic as the girl kidnapped by bandits. It toys with romantics, action melodrama of the western type, farce, and even slapstick; so there should be something for everybody. All very light. Amusement with your Martini. Rosalind Russell triumphs in a role that puts a severe test on a stage actress and an even greater one up to a screen player. It is a faithful transcription of the famous George Kelly play about a wife who becomes so fanatical about preserving her home — a house, really — that she loses friends, the loyalty of relatives, and finally her husband. John Boles', Jane Darwell, Billie Burke, all good. Fine serious drama. Shirley's a real actress here, reading lines, (some of them a bit sophisticated), like a seasoned trouper, as well as singing and dancing flawlessly. It's a real feast of entertainment joy for the Temple fans. Frank Morgan, as Shirley's grandfather, who picks pockets while the girl draws street crowds innocently singing and dancing; Helen Westley, and good supporting players, help Temple triumph again. The laughs come fast from a flow of good clean comedy cooked up by the author and served up so deliciously by Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland — aided and abetted by Adolphe Menjou, Claude Gillingwater, and Vivienne Osborn. Mary is socially inclined, Charlie loves only her — and his flower-garden. She thinks him too devoted, but when he innocently gets into a compromising spot, there's the deuce to pay. The jewel thieves are up to new tricks — killing blithely as they make off with the loot, and offering suspense that will keep you wide-eyed throughout an entertainingpicture. Cesar Romero robs and slays so neatly that you begin to like this deep-dyed villain who makes love to Claire Trevor. Claire, Cesar, Lloyd Nolan, Robert McWade, Douglas Fowley and others in the cast play effectively. A good show. Good, honest movie drama, tugging at your heart one moment, tickling your funnybone the next. Freddie Bartholomew, as the English boy, Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney, the typical American boys of the tenement districts. All three play as naturally as though you were looking at them from a window or doorway across the street. (Continued on page 83)