Life — February 22, 1929 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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SS Dt ee a) THE MOVIES by If you are in New York and | , want to know where pictures Harry Tecommended by this depart Evans vent are showing, call Plaza | $812 before 5:30 P.M. Calls on Saturday | should be made before noon. “A Woman of Affairs” The fact that John Gilbert and Greta Garbo appear in “A Woman of Affairs” is sufficient to guarantee the patronage ot the average movie fan, but in case you are one of the rare species who consider but few pictures worth the price of an evening, this should be one of them. Clarence Brown directed this excellent | ficker, and his work shows a return of the characteristic sympathy and genius which he lost temporarily along “The Trail of “98.” A minor fault in “A Wo- man of Affairs” is an overabundance of those dizzy “truck shots” during which } the camera is wheeled from backstage to adoseup. Clarence seems to have a yen for these. The screen story is based on Michael Aren’s “The Green Hat,” but you mustn't repeat it or Will Hays might get wise. Many moons ago the Arlen novel was presented for judgment before that chosen group of censors who protect what they | are pleased to call our common sense of | decency. The verdict was a chorus of well-modulated “Nays” (to rhyme with Hays), and the tears meandered freely down Mr. Arlen’s famous nose. However, a scenario can get its morals lifted at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer laboratories while you wait, and so, by the simple process of changing a few names and substituting a more genteel social error for the one in- tolved in the plot, “A Woman of Affairs” was born—without offense to the practical conscience of Mr. Hays, and to the glorifi- cation of the American screen. Subtitles meticulously avoid any men- ton of a “green hat,” but Miss Garbo affects a becoming sports bonnet through- out the picture, and in the last scene this hat is held meaningly before the camera and the audience whispers knowingly. To avoid any chance whatsoever of de- ceiving those who read the book, there is adoseup of the Hispano Suiza trademark on the motor of the car which Miss Garbo drives, The story of “The Green Hat” is based on the gallantry of a lady—a_ gallantry which is surely not consistent with the fit- ness and fairness of things as most of us Vew it, The success of the picture de- (Continued on page 29) Social Hall S.S. LeviaTHAN ‘Chose who lenew select United States Liners ‘OST Americans rec- ognize ‘'a good buy.”” Those who econo- mize as a matter of habit, as well as the ones who could disregard cost— they buy carefully, serious- ly. They all demand value, That's why you find so many Americans going to Europe on their own American ships. They recognize value. They want at- mosphere, of course. But essential comfort must be there first of all: un- questioned cleanliness; honest Yankee treatment; real service; and the highest standards of living in the world, because Americans are used to them in their own country. They find these stand- ards on American ships. And in addition, an at- mosphere of luxury and refinement that is unsur- passed on any ocean liner. For those who want a speedy crossing, at low winter rates, there’s the Leviathan, the world’s largest ship; six days and you're over there. If you prefer a day or two longer at sea, your steamship agent will gladly recommend one of the delightful cabin ships, the George Washington, America, Republic, President Harding, ot President Roosevelt. Many of the aavel-wise sail second class, or tourist third cabin, for even greater econ- omy. That's why they are travel-wise. AGENTS IN PRINCIPAL CITIES United States Lines FORTY-FIVE BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY Ve —_———— er | | ne comicbooks.com