Life — June 7, 1929 — page 39: what you’re looking at

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Movies (Continued from Page 29) mind Baclanova that her idea of a perfect husband has nothing what- ever to do with shaving and dressing. Clive puts up with her goings on un- til she starts to give his young brother the works, and then he decides to get shut of her, as they say in South Carolina. As in all movies dealing with the tropics, there are a number of bitter references made to “that mysterious something that gets you in this hellish country.” Somehow or other we have never been able to see anything mys- terious about men developing a yen for a gal who happens to be the only white woman in the neighborhood. To top off a bad evening, Neil Ham- ilton, who plays the younger brother, brings out a phonograph, or rather, a gramophone record, which carries a message of undying love from the sweetheart he left behind in dear old England. When Neil gets tangled up with Baclanova, Clive rushes in and puts on the record, which just about causes Neil to have a conniption. This sequence is really a bit thick. The comedy relief supplied by Clyde Cook is only fair, which proves that the story is no good. And we are ata loss to understand why the other characters refer to Clyde as an example of what Africa will do to a white man. As far as you can see he doesn’t drink, smoke, gamble or play around with the native girls, and, except for the fact that he does not dress in the evening, he appears to be as respectable as any other Cau- casian present. A pleasant feature is Baclanova’s singing, but even her splendid voice is not sufficient to make you put up with the rest of it. “The Constant Nymph" Among the recent English importa- tions is “The Constant Nymph,” a film adaptation of Margaret Kennedy's novel. If you read the book or saw the successful stage play taken from it, you will be sorely tempted to see the picture. Don’t do it, or you will be greatly disappointed. According to the press notices, the picture was supervised by Basil Dean, who also dramatized the novel. Mr. Dean has cither forgotten what the play was all about, or he has been interfered with by stupid superiors. If there has been a more boring or amateurish picture produced in the past few years, this reviewer has been spared the agony of sitting through it. SECOND PRIZE WINNER March, 1920 Marlboro Consest for Distinguished Handwriting Every Marlboro full, firm and round MARLBORO PHILIP MORRIS & CO. LTD. INC. NEW YORK € Res Get Out on the Water ina CORSAIR F YOU'VE never owned a boat rt right. Get out on the in a Corsair. It you're a tarry old salt and love the kick of the deck and the fresh rush of the winds... trya Corsair. You've never known another like it. 9 Chief among the thirty-footers come the Chrysler- powered Corsairs . . . the Cruiser and the Cruisader. Write now for name of your nearest dealer and complete illustrated catalog number L-6. CORSAIR BOAT CO. 1030 Buhl Building DETROIT, MICHIGAN ce ALIFORNIA VIA HAVANA AND THE PANAMA CANAL New S. S. Virginia and S. S. California (largest steamers ever built under the Ameri- can flag), or the popular S. S. Mongolia. 13 days Coast-to-Coast —5,000 miles over breeze-fanned seas, Fortnightly via Havana and Panama Canal to San Diego (Coronado Beach), Los Angeles and San Francisco. Water-and-Rail Round Trips From your home town back to your home town. Steamer either way. Choice of rail routes across the continent, with stopovers, Reduced Summer Rates Now nsylvania, now buil Maiden voyage from New York October 19, fonama facific fine Nal Bros, Now Yorks 180 Nor Michigan tres Che comicbooks.com