Smyrna times., 1936-04-30
Attractions at Strand Theatre

: Attractions at Strand Theatre
To-day-"The Country Doctor
with the Dionne Quintuplets in
their first appearance on the
screen as real actresses in a reel
story, this picture has turned out
to be much more than just a baby
take-a-bow occasion. The "quints'
are there true enough, and more
captivating than ever, but what
the audience won't expect is the
sturdy, touching and quietly dra-
matte story celebrating that for
gotten man, the general practi-
toner, the humble little village
doctor who without fancy, or even
adequate equipment, fights to save
lives and whose only desire is to
do the best he can. The scenario
for ''The Country Doctor" is the
work of Chicago reporter, who
got he idea from his association
with Dr.. Allan r. Dafoe during his
stay in Callander, where he was
sent by his paper to cover the
Dionne story. Whipped into ac-
ceptable screen form by Sonya
Levein, ckilfully directed by Henry
King and played with refreshing
modesty and sincerity by Jean
! Hersholt in the title role, ''The
Country Doctor" is a sympathetic
tribute to all the unspectacular
workers in the medical meadows.
The cast assembled to play the
homespun people with an among
whom kindly Dr.Luke works is ex-
tremely well chosen and the in
evitible romantic angle is intro
duced without undue emphasis.
Next to Hersholt's moving per-
formance as the doctor. Dorothy
Peterson deserves attention for
her sane, sensible drawing of
Nurse Katherine and both these
players appear to have the time of
their lives in the delightful Sc
quences they share with the five
famous babies. Slim Summerville
and John Qualen carry the comedy
honors as the constable and the
Iwholesale-scale-father, respective
ly. Michael Whalen and June Lang
are pleasant as the young lovers.
Newsreel shots of the quintuplets
have been cut into the picture.
Friday and Saturday = In "Syl-
via Scarlett," Katharine Hepburn
wears trousers, poses as a boy,
then switches TO feminine garb,
mainly minus shoes and stockings.
Sylvia and her father run away
from France, where he is wanted
for doctoring the books he keeps;
she dresses as a boy to escape de-
lection. On the boat they pick up
a flashily dressed young man. The
three form a swindling combina-
tion in London-b but Sylvia poses
as a boy even when there is no
necessity for doing so. From the
life of law ?evading activities they
drift, with cockne yservant girl,
into gypsy life, travelling in
caravan and entertaining in the
provinces. At performance they
are taken up by an artist and his
crowd of novelty seekers. All of
a sudden she goes coy, steals a
frock and hat, and reveals her own
identity.
Monday and Tuesday = Fred
MacMurray and Joan Bennett play
the leading roles in Thirteen
Hours BY Air exciting story of
murder and intrigue on trans
continental transport plane. In
the cast which suportsp them are
ZaSu Pitts, John Howard, Bennie |
Bartlett, Grace Bradley, Alan Bax-
ter, Brian Donlevy, Ruth Donnelly
and Fred Heating. The story of |
Thirteen Hours BY Air opens at |
the New York terminus of the |
route, where MacMurray, senior |
pilot of the air line, has just ar
rived to begin vacation. When
one of the other pilots is taken ill, |
he is ordered to take his place. He /
is on the point of refusing when he
spies the lovely Miss Bennett, who
is to be passenger, and changes
his mind. Also aboard, as the !
plane takes off, are the nine-year-
old heir to a fortune of millions /
and three Notwithstanding male |
passengers. MacMurray begins to
suspect Miss Bennett is the girl in
volved in a big jewel theft, for he
discovers she answers the descrip- |
ton almost exactly. But when one
of the male passengers offers him
a bribe to set the plane down in an
isolated spot in the mountains, he
turns his suspicious elsewhere.
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