Silver Screen (May-Oct 1934)

Silver Screen for July 1934 61 Reviews [Continued from page 58] THIRTY DAY PRINCESS Rating: 64°. A Lovely Bit of Romance — Paramount SYLVIA SIDNEY'S newest picture is something to get most enthusiastic about, for it is one of the gayest, wittiest bits of romance that have come our way in many a dreary day. It sounds like hokum— it is hokum— swell hokum with a sense of humor. Sylvia plays the Princess of Taronia (one of those mythical kingdoms), who comes to America under the influences of a wealthy banker, Edward Arnold, to help float a loan for her country. (One of Queen Marie's old habits.) But before she can make her grand entrance into the land of the deflated dollar, the poor little Princess is brought down with mumps. So Mr. Arnold has the New York detective force find him a girl who looks like the Princess— and they get Nancy Hale, a struggling, half-starved little actress (who also happens to be Sylvia Sydney.) Nancy is hired to be the Princess for thirty days, and the fun begins. She promptly falls in love with Cary Grant, an influential publisher, and he is crazy about her— but after all he can't presume to propose to a Princess. Well, naturally it gets straightened out in the well honored fashion— but it's witty and impudent right to the final fadeout. WHERE SINNERS MEET Rating: 330. Migosh, the Whimsies Are Loose— RKO THIS wee bit of swan's-down skimming merrily o'er the moor is from the pen I of A. A. Milne (based on "The Dover i Road," to be exact), so you know exactly I what to expect. Mr. Milne is rather given to whimsies and chirping (whatever became of Winnie-the-Pooh?), so don't I expect any wise-cracks or dance routines or courtroom scenes. But those of you who like whipped cream amply sprinkled with charm will find this your favorite dish. And thank heaven for a plot that's different. I can pretend not to notice hundreds of whimsies if only there's a plot that's different. Clive Brook plays an eccentric millionaire, whose pet hobby is to abduct eloping couples and force them to remain prisoners in his house for a week, by the end of which they've naturally changed their minds and seen the error of their ways. It seems that most English couples elope via Dover Road to the English Channel and thence to France, so Mr. Brook settles on Dover Road and starts a little whimsical kidnapping. Into his net fall Billie Burke and Alan Mowbray and Diana Wynyard and Reginald Owen— who are just about as inter-related as a lot of Hollywood couples. At the end of the week Alan Mowbray is sick to high heaven of the fussing and flattery Billie Burke, and Diana Wynyard finds that Reginald Owen with a cold in his head is simply insufferable. So the elopements are called off and Clive Brook takes a pat on the back. Mr. Milne can dish it— but can you take it? CHEATERS Rating: 6° Below. Name Is O.K.— Liberty Pictures They had good intentions and an old story. Bill Boyd and June Collyer deserved a better break. It must have been something they ate. COPY THESE PIQUANT Wollywood Hair Styles only if your hair is not too DRY or too OILY A very brilliant star, who exemplifies sophisticated good taste, dares to smooth her gleaming tresses straight back from her brow. She dares because her hair is soft and lustrous — not dry and fly-away. To make dry hair more manageable, use Packer's Olive Oil Shampoo treatment (below). Help for DRY hair: Don't put up with dry, lifeless, burnt-out looking hair. And don't — oh, don't — use a soap or shampoo on your hair which is harsh and drying. Packer's Olive Oil Shampoo is made especially for dry hair. It is a gentle "emollient' ' shampoo made of pure olive oil. In addition, it contains soothing, softening glycerine which helps to make your hair silkier and more manageable. No harmful harshness in Packer Shampoos. Both are made by the Packer Company, makers of Packer's Tar Soap. Get Packer's Olive Oil Shampoo today and begin to make each cleansing a scientific home treatment for your hair. PACKER'S OLIVE OIL SHAMPOO for DRY hair This pert, "page-boy" coiffure of a famous screen favorite is intriguing if your head is the right shape for it and your hair soft enough to retain a smooth wave. If your hair is too oily to hold a wave, use the Packer's Pine Tar Shampoo treatment given below. To correct OSLY hair: If your hair is too oily, the oil glands in your scalp are over-active. Use Packer's Pine Tar Shampoo — it is made especially for oily hair. This shampoo is gently astringent. It tends to tighten up and so to normalize the relaxed oil glands. It's quick, easy and can be used with absolute safety to your hair. Use Packer's Pine Tar Shampoo every four or five days at first if necessary, until your hair begins to show a natural softness and fluffiness. Begin this evening with Packer's Pine Tar Shampoo to get your hair in lovely condition. Its makers have been specialists in the care of the hair for over 60 years. PACKER'S PINE TAR SHAMPOO for OILY hair