Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1936 — Page 29

MARCH 20,1936

Little Girl Ruins Lives in New Film Hit of Broadway’s Stage Is Brought to Loew’s Screen. Along the slender line between reality and unreality runs the psychological plot of “These Th.ee,” the picture starring Merle Oberon. Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea, which opened today at Lowe's. For the first time the villalness of a movie is a hateful little rich Kiri whose abnormal imaginat/on fabricates a falsehood which wreaks her youthful vengeance on her school teachers. The assurance with which Bonita Granville enacts this difficult child role is a tribute to Director William Wyler's patience and intelligence. Two pretty college graduates, Karew Wright and Martha Dobie, <Miss Oberon and Miss Hopkins) start a school in Lancet, Mass., catering to girls from wealthy families. The help of a young doctor <Mr. McCrrai Is largely responsible for the success of the school. Love. Then Problems He falls in love with Miss Wright and Miss Dobie falls in love with him. The problem child, Mary Tilford, becomes an Increasing problem. After school hours one night she slips into the hall, sees Dr. Cardin in Miss Dobie's room. From this flimsy beginning, she builds her lie, whispers it to the other girls In the school, accusing Miss Dobie and the doctor of indiscretions. She runs away and arrives at her grandmother’s home, where she retells the lie. Immediately all ti pupils are withdrawn and the teachers find themselves stranded. Dr. Cardin determines to fight it out, in court, preferring slander charges against the girl and her grandmother. The suit is lost and the three become subjects of ridicule. Bo vivid has the lie become that Miss Wright bpgins to believe it. The three are separated Then in an anti-climax, Miss Dobie returns to Lancet, forces Rosalie. Mary Tilfoid's schoolmate to tell the truth about the whole matter an*' gains vindication. Miss Wright hurries to Dr. Cardin and the film rushes to a close, but not before the little trouble-maker gets the vigorous cuffing she deserves. Miss Oberon Convincing Miss Oberon is continuing her “Dark Angel" stride as a convincing dramatic actress. Miss Hopkins does her best work as Miss Dobie, without her nervous over-acting complex. Mr. McCrea lumbers through in a part which, happily, doesn’t require a great deal of talent. Ka t herine Da licet as Mrs. Mortar. a parasitic aunt of Miss Dobie’s, turns in a highly creditable role. The children, especially Miss Granville and Marcia Mae Jones, Fie little short of perfection in parts that drmand much more emotionalism than usual. Lillian Hclman has made as expert a translation of the stage plav “Children’s Hour” for “These Three” as Charles Kenyon and Delmer Daves made of “Petrified Forest.” Highly dramatic entertainment, it L one of the really important motion picture documents of the season. (By J. W. TANARUS.) Holds Naval Commission Sir Guy Standing. Paramount actor, holds a commission as commander in the British Navy. After serving during the World War he was demobilized but, has held a reserve commission ever since.

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CHAPTER NINE (Continued) Next day, however, wiser counsel prevailed. She had had time to think the matter over and realize her position. She remembered her other obligations and was rather angry at the trick that had been played upon her. Much to their regret. Ekman and Pauline Brunius found they could not hold her to the contract. The matter was dropped and there endu'd, for the time being, all hope of enticing Greta back to her first love, the stage. More annoyance, however, awaited Greta when she took a trip, soon afterward, to the film studio at Rasunda. Greta had a distinct understanding with the Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer people that she would not appear in any kind of film whatsoever while away from Hollywood. She was furious to find that, without her knowing it, the pro- ! ducer had a concealed camera following all her movements. Thus, one incident after another j conspired to take the joy out of 1 this holiday she had been looking forward to so keenly for three years. She began to shun public life. More and more she felt obliged to confine I herself to a narrow circle of intimate friends. nan MEN bored her. She grew tired of their attempts to impress her with their silly love-making. The gossip which coupled her name with Prince Sigvard’s was irritating ! enough and she took no pains to j disclose to the royal admirer that she was tired of his company. Sometimes, however, it pleased her fancy to be especially nice tc the Prince's school-fellow, Sorenson. This young man’s ingenious nature and carefree good humor appealed to her. She accepted invitations to his home, and as this arrangement gave Prince Sigvard better opportunities of meeting her. it seemed very convenient and pleasant all around. The fine family mansion of the Sorensons on Blasieholms Torg had once belonged to Axel, Count Fer- | sen. the picturesque Swedish naval man who has gone down to history as Marie Antoinette's lover. In a way, therefore, the Sorenson mansion was an ideal setting for a royal i romance. j But it was clear to all Greta’s friends that she had not the slight—- | est intention of allowing any ro- | mance to develop in that quarter. Greta returned with a far more natural abandon to her women friends. She felt safe with them. Naima was her constant, untiring | companion. it u a Chapter IX A PLAYMATE FROM IiOME ONE day, as Greta’s urgent request, Naima Wifstrand introduced her to Stiller's old friend. Martha Helden. Owing to their mutual admiration for the great producer, Martha and Greta found much comfort in each other's company. There Is no doubt that Martha, by far the stronger personality, tiad a great influence on Greta's j life in the few weeks they spent toj gether. She had a gift for telling : little simple stories with a drawling i indolent, intonation and it was a | trick that Greta caught from her. Greta suffered terribly from ini somnia. She smoked incessantly to ! calm her nerves, but the surfeit of 1 them seemed to have the opposite effect. She stayed up late at night, hoping to woo slumber by sheer exhaustion. She dreaded being left alone. One or other of her women friends—usually it was the kindhearted Naima Wifstrand—would be compelled to accompany her to hpr flat at night. Only now and then a merry party would take j Greta's mind off her private I troubles.

Her determination to return to j her own home each night, if humanly possible, on at least one occasion averted a possible tragedy. The merry Countess Bonde, who was among the passengers on the boat coming home, had arranged one of her memorable parties in Greta's honor at her family seat, the Castle of Horningsholm. Among her guests on this occasion was her nephew, Gustaf Wallenberg, another of Prince Sigvard's school-fellows. In fact, the Prince, Sorenson, and Wallenberg had formed an inseparable trio, knit together by their common interest in things theatrical. There are three features for which Nie Wallenberg home is famed—its architecture, its artistic treasures, and its ghost, known as "The White Lady of Horningsholm. ’ She is supposed to rise from the ground and lure travelers to their doom by making them follow her over the cliff. n n n NISSE LUNDELL, Mimi Pollack’s husband, set out soon after dark to return to Stockholm for his performance. But the car got stuck in a snowdrift. Greta, adhering to her own resolve to be home before midnight found the stranded comedian some little distance from the actual road, not daring to leeve his car lest he should encounter the White Lady of sinister tradition and tumble over the cliff! Greta’s car rescued him, thus saving him from the still more immediate danger of being 'frozen to death. About this time, the Countess Wachtmeister took steps to make Greta's acquaintance. “Hurke” Wachtmeister, as the Countess was known among her friends, was a. handsome woman of about 30. moving in both society and artistic circles, fond of meeting interesting people, nervous, imaginative, highly strung, and impulsive. It was again Naima Wifstrand who acted as medium to bring the two together. So very magnetic and compelling was the personality of Hurke wachtmeister that in a very short time she became Greta’s most

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intimate friend and it was Naima who found herself a little shut out from Greta’s confidence. The friendship between Naima and Greta never quite returned to the old happy footing, and when Greta left Stockholm to return to the states, it was noticed that Naima was not among the close friends who came to see her off. nan HOLLYWOOD, once a scattered township, has now been incorporated in greater Los Angeles, and is indistinguishable from its larger neighbor. One-fifth of the population is entirely dependent on the film industry for its livelihood. Yet only a small percentage of actors —the younger ones—are Hol-lywood-born. A new-born baby's value in the labor market is $25 a day; but an old man's is only $5. Most of the stars live outside Hollywood—Santa Monica or Beverly Hills being favorite residential districts. Greta Garbo’s address has never been Hollywood and she has never appeared in a Hollywood film! All her American pictures have been made at the M-G-M studio at Culver City. To Hollywood from Sweden came Wilhelm Sorenson, the rich young man, leaving behind him all the comforts and luxuries of his palatial family home. His heart was bent on emulating Greta Garbo's film success, and he made no secret of the fact that he thought the great star might suitably join him in double harness. But although the film magnates did not once seize upon Sorenson as a Heaven-sent juvenile lead, the newspapers took him up eagerly. Soon all America was schooled to gaze upon the young man from Sweden in whom the mysterious Garbo appeared to take a far greater interest than other visitors from her homeland. She met him on the boat, and made preparations for his comfort. She ordered a room for him at one of the best hotels. Later, when he moved to a service flat which did not seem to quite suit him, she received him in her own house for meals.

TTE was there almost daily, walking in and out as if the place belonged to him—a liberty she had never before allowed even to her closest friends. He placed a lifesized bust of himself on the grand piano. He rearranged the furniture, tidied up the garden, and rigged up a little spy-proof shelter near the

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