Go to the Avon for "The Pursuit of Happiness"!
Go to the Avon for "The Pursuit of Happiness"! Paul Ma in "The World "Changes-"—World Premiere at the Hollywood "The World Changes," starring Paul Muni iu his first motion pic"LIFB,...
...and Mrs...
...Lawrence Lang ner (in confessed disguise) have brought down from Westport an ingenious comedy, set in a Connecticut town in the midmost of the American Revolution, and exhibiting many amusing yet serious conflicts in still vital points of view...
...Or so they say...
...By Alan Child and Isabella Loudon...
...the satire slips aside as we watch charming .'eggy Conklin and the next matinee idol, Tonio Selwart, in their love scene...
...J. T. S. ture since "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang," had its world premiere at the Hollywood last Wednesday evening...
...The Hessian who deserts the British cause for the new ideal of "running after happiness" comes Into a Puritan community, yet most pleasantly he "bundles" the (lap-tain's daughter...
...Paul Ma in "The World "Changes-"—World Premiere at the Hollywood "The World Changes," starring Paul Muni iu his first motion pic"LIFB, LIBERTY, AND—" -THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS...
...The World Changes" is a four generation story by Sheridan Gib...
...At the Aron...
...Its cast is one of the largest lists of featured players ever to appear in any motion picture...
...The bundling scene is an engaging mixture of comedy and romance...
...while the militia captain, himself marking a distinct contrast with the hypocritical sheriff and the sincere but bigoted reverend, envies th easy ways of the gentleman from Virginia— whine attitude toward the Negro servant suggests still other prob, blems, inconsistencies, and incon-i gruous if not irreconcilable attitudes, in this wide lsnd of equality and freedom...
...Only the authors should not rely upon the audience overlooking the fact that the Hessian, familiar with the Song of Solomon in German, must know that "the voice of the turtle" refers to the turtle-dove 1) Nonetheless, those who embark upon the pursuit of happiness may come close to their goal, any night at the Avon...
...All of this is, however, but the incidental suggestion of what is on the surface a technically deft light c omedy, with many flavorous lines, especially those connected with Meg (Dennie Moore), the pretty servant who, though she often heeds the call of the flesh, obeys that impulse only with patriots—three lines, at least, about Meg, one bringing down the final curtain, bring down the house...
Vol. 16 • October 1933 • No. 18
