Silver Screen (Nov 1936-Apr 1937)

THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS AiXOTHER Film About the Irish Rebellion— i?-A'-0 I — lERE is R-K-O's artistic successor to ^ ^ "Tlie Informer" and whether you will like it or not all depends upon whether you like Sean O'Casey's play of the Irish rebellion. Some people go simply mad about the Abbey Players and Sean O'Casey, and some people don't. It's something you'll have to decide for yourself. Any^s'ay, Director John Ford has made of the popular play a picture that is truly a work of art. Preston Foster, giving the best performance of his career, plays the young Irish rebel who is torn between his devotion to the cause of a free Ireland and his beautiful love for his young wife. Barbara Stanwyck is the young wife who loves her husband so passionately that she fights an hysterical battle to keep him with her. The Irish Rebellion of 1916, the one the play deals with, is quickly over and Preston, at the risk of his life, returns to his wife by way of the roof tops of Dublin— but her happiness is marked with doom as he tells her "the struggle must go on until Ireland is free." Barbara, in a highly emotional role, is excellent. Against the dramatic background of civil war there are bits of comedy and tragedy involving the families who live in the same apartment house with Barbara and Preston. There is the death of a little consumptive waif, Bonita Granville, and the sorrow of her gin-soaked mother, Una O'Connor. Then there is the looting of the shops of Dublin, played for comedy, especially by the alcoholic FiiUher. Barry Fitzgerald's Fluther and Eileen Crowe's scolding neighbor provide the light moments of the picture. STOLEN HOLIDAY Kay Francis Torn Between Loyalty and Love— Warners In her new picture, Kay Francis plays •' the owner of the smartest dressmaking establishment in Paris, so naturally this enables her to \vear some of the most exotic and expensive gowns you have ever seen on the screen. Orry-Kelly, Warner Brothers' talented designer, simply let himself go— and, of course, there is no doubt about Kay being able to wear clothes. While she is still a model in a shop, Kay is befriended by Claude Rains, an international crook With big financial ideas, and in exchange for a small favor Rains buys lor Kay her own exclusive sho]3. They arc just "good friends" of course, though he has a way of getting very jealous il Ka\ looks at any other men. And that's exatiK what she does while on a holiday in Switzerland—she falls completely in love ^vith Ian HmUer of the English Embassy. Then she is torn between loyally to the man who has made her a wealthy woman, and devotion to the man she loves. Ciom ]ilicalions pile one u])on another unlil Rains is finally caught in the net of bis own nefarious schemes, and Kay is allowed to marry the man she loves. THE HOLY TERROR Starring the Prize Imp 01 the Scki t N— 2o//( Cenlury-Fox 1-JERE'S one of the belter Jane Withers '■ '■ pictures and as jjackcd with laughs as a plinu pudding with cinranls. Jane pla\s the daughter of a na\al officer (John I'.hlridge) at a naval base, and the fun she has with the gobs is really something. OF PICTURES SEEN Jane 'Witliers tkinking up new pranks to play in her current film, "The Holy Terror." ONE IN A MILLION An Amusing Comedy Introducing the IceSkatin(; Marvel oe the Day— 20th Century-Fox WELL, fans, meet Miss Sonja Henie, the Norwegian "three times winner" of the Olympic skating championship, and )oung and beautiful besides. And wdii until ^ou see Sonja skim across the ice, it's one of the most beautiful sights you may ever hope to see. Fhe musical extravaganza ^vhich serves 10 introduce Sonja is dilferent and by different we mean it's an amazing, smash hit— and my, my, what a relief to find fi\e \ aried skating sequences taking the place of the usual song and dance routines. A perfectly grand cast includes Jean Hersholt, Adolphe Menjou, Don Ameche, the Ritz Brothers, Borrah Minnevitch and his Harmonica Rascals, and Leah Ray. ANNOUNCEMENT P[/lTH (I radiant cover, espc^ daily posed by the caplh'aliiii^ SyU'ia Sidney, the April ivsitc of Siiatr Scr|':1';n n<ill iipprar on your fiivorile nexosslaud March \lh. 'Projections," a popular jeal ure Elizabeth ]\'il.son, will i)iclude (I coniplele bioi^raplry of the cover i^irl. Slories of the glowing jiersoualilies of the players in the new pictures will give added pleasure Id \(iiir picture evenings. Dill \iiu l:u(iw that the nu-u of llie sirei'u enjoy the relaxaliou of hunting between their studio as sioiiuieutsf An interesting aicouul nj llieir trips gives a new understanding oj the characlers of our famous actors. .Ill the Hollywood studios -.fill be visited and a carelul suivey will keep you informed mi the jnctures that are being made. Read Shaiu Scum \ fiir April. CAMILLE A Beautiful Production oe Du.mas' Immortal Love Story— M-G-Af "/"^ AMILLE," that sentimental old fa — vorite of four generations of playgoers, has been revived once more by the late Irving Thalberg as a fitting co-starring picture for Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor. Handsomely and lavishly produced, and directed with warmth, color, and emotion by George Cukor, this version of the old classic is by far the best. And Garbo— uhat a surprise! Of course we knew that Garbo was beautiful and glamorous, but she has never bowled anyone o\er by her acting. But now, as the consumptive Marguerite Gautier, party girl of Paris, she rises to emotional heights that leave you weak and weeping. Robert Taylor also gives his finest performance to date as the young Armand. and the Taylor-Garbo lo\e scenes, my children, will be something for the books. Goodness gracious, what a lo\ er. THE BLACK LEGION Strong. MrAtY Melodrama— IT'or/fer Brothers REMEMBER how "I'm a Fugitive from the Chain Gang" thrilled you? AVell. this picture is even more thrilling. The recent newspaper expose of the pseudopatriotic activities of the Black Legion (who dress up in sheets like the Ku Klux klan) inspired this very dramatic story which direclor Archie Mavo has made into a ])iclure with no punches inilled. i he story deals with the disintegration of an ordinary .\merican worker who, angry berall^e a foreigner gets a promotion in his laciory which he had set his heart upon, falls an easy jirey to the insidious schemes of the Black Legion. He joins the organi/alion and the reign of terror begins. Fhere is an exciting climax that will lia\c \oiir hail' standing on end. llumphiev liogart pla\s the Noung weakling who becomes hopelessly enlangled witlt the Legion, and gives a ihoronghlv \igorous ]>c'rfc)rinatue that will ]nit him righl iq) tluTc with Paul Muni. And \\ hen vou arc looking; .noinul Un \cadem\ Award winners iu-\l \e.ii don't iorget Erin O'BrienMdoic five's :i Mio\ing. magnificent poiliasal ol the mtmlerei's \onii'j wife. 61