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Highland Park Press, 18 Jun 1931, p. 31

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In listing acting achievements of the film, one must pay homage "to Jean Hersholt. Again this great charâ€" acter actor shows himself a leader in his art. Schnabel, the "other man," is never a heavy, but just a human being without breeding, possessed of too: much money.. .. . _ - i Plot Takes Twist But â€"one night he meets Laura, played by the talented Helen Chandâ€" ler. He succumbs, and lets himself in for a train of circumstances which lead to the very gates of tragedy. Perhaps the greatest scene in the picâ€" ture is that in which Laura, become a hardened habitue of gay gambling casinos, openly flouts the man who had won her first affections. It is a splendid piece of acting by two very fine players, Ausk j érs of his two most recent pictures, "In Gay Madrid" â€"and "Call of the Flesh." As the immaculately garbed lieutenant, with a monocle in one eye, Novarro sends one‘s memories back to "The Student Prince." Kasda, howâ€" ever, is a more modern hero than the "Prince." He is an upâ€"toâ€"date love adventurer,â€"withâ€"soâ€"manyâ€"conquests that he has come to think of love as merely a game, not at all to be taken seriously., e o Novarro, as the Viennese lieutenâ€" ant, Willi Kasda, is seen in a role quite different from the Spanish lovâ€" "Daybreak" deserves all the praise it has been given as a stage play. Novarro and the French director, Jacques Feyder, have indeed enhanced in the talkie the original charm of this sophisticated drama. That love, sooner or later, will catch up with you, is the themeâ€"which is woven through the engrossing story of "Daybreak," the new Ramon Novarro Metroâ€"Goldwynâ€"Mayer vehiâ€" cle. Brilliant Acting Marks "Daybreak," New Ramon Novarro Talkie Thursday, June 18, 1931 HERSHOLT m*"*DAYBREAK Cinema Talk Q A gection of a city, complete with buildings and streets, was duplicated by art directors ahd artisans on the huge acreage at United Artists‘ studios in Hollywood for the Sam Taylor productign. _ + ; Certain changes calculated to fit the star‘s individual personality were made in the story. The title role played by Miss Pickford is that of the street gamin who aspires to be an actress and a "great lady." "Kiki" was an international stage success. As a dialogue vehicle for Miss Pickford, it has been given an elaborate presentation by the Joseph M. Schenck organization. The cast was chosen carefully from the ranks of the premiere players of screen and stage with Reginald Denny in ‘the masculine lead., . Mary Pickford‘s new ‘picture for United "Artists, based on g%e successâ€" ful stage play, "Kiki," was apated for the screen by Sam Taylor, directorâ€" producer. ff»«’Phost-whtrflluven’t“rchpfi‘Tfi game either at their neighborhood miniature golf course or a regular course, can hustle themselves over to the theatre where Bobby Jones, the world‘s greatest golfer, author and screen star, is appearing in the first of a series of Vitaphone short subâ€" jects titled, "How I Play Golf," and learn more about putting in the few minutes that he appears, than a year on a. golf, course. The young ~golf marvelâ€"reveals for the first time the putting methods he used in winning thirteen major golf championships. Pickford‘s "Kiki Eleven more Bobby Jones shorts are coming in the Vitaphone series, "How I Play Golf." Bobby Joxm:;f Reveals _ ' â€"â€"Secrets of Putting in â€" â€"â€"â€"First of His Golf Films Any who might have thought that Tibbett would lose his glamour and romance without a uniform need only see‘ the new Metroâ€"Goldwynâ€"Mayer production to realize that he has anâ€" other guess coming,. Tibbett gives one of the most engrossing performâ€" ances ever seen on the talking screen as the prodigal son of the aristoâ€" cratic Southern family. nc ks The story itself is a paradox. . It is an intimate tale of family lifeâ€" with romantic music and haunting songs of the South, that suddenly with a dramatic twist goes into one of the most intense and gripping draâ€" matic situations a playwright ever conceived. Bess Meredyth and Wells Root, who wrote the story, have given the, screen something distinctly new. Lawrence Tibbe‘:t, American opera and film star, at last plays an Amerâ€" ican on the screen! "The Prodigal" Gives Star Best Role of Talkie Career After his swashbuckling roles of Russia, he is now seen as a young American of this modern day in "The Prodigal." Her Greatest Role *39 T HE _PRE 8 S FRIDAY, JUNE 26 omm WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY Detrpath Ebhratre with C. Auberry Smith Helen Chandler in Arthur Schnitzler story of love laughter and death in gay Vienna His finest role! MONDAY AND TUESDAY SUNDAY ONLY, JUNE 21 SATURDAY, JUNE 20 TELEPHONE 321 FRIDAY, JUNE 19 You‘ll rock with mirth _ watching "America‘s Sweetâ€" heart" as the holy terror of romance. "â€"I10. ~ _ & 04 ‘sam TayLOR$ C zâ€"â€"» CIK] 1\ in a Mlifif‘\ty Drama of the UNTAMED SEA JOSEPH M. SCHENCK ror of romance. es o M f Reginald Denny _g Tiows Saturday Evening Only â€"MARLENE DIETRICH in "A Connecticut Yankee" MARY ASTOR LOUIS WOLHEIM IAN KEITH uie bas® Z2 2e T ‘ j k. e es Pss C * S $249. 3 ":"""" mm 3 '%4 &z ‘,/ Taoe 3 % :"3'6- ~;_.;;2 e > 7 C > e e es ds i en i. . es s ie :#A MCls â€" â€"â€" â€"~â€"â€" caup0ntit â€" RAMON NOVARRO with "The Prodical" "Dishonored" in a smart modern comedy LAURENCE TIBBETT as Rico the killer and Doug. Ftlarbanks, Jr. as the boy who wanted to go straight but couldn‘t. with Edw.:=G.â€"Robinson POLKA BRO8. Hollywood‘s biggest stars are in it too! We won‘t tell you who they are. â€" Come and be surprised! Also Saturday Matinee Only e Te "HOW I PLAY GOLF" Bobby Jones in Matinee and Evening Continuous 2 to 11 Last Showing JUNE 22â€"23 JUNE 24â€"25 LAKE FOREST 88

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