Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-30 | Page 10 | Miriam Hopkins Film Heads Orpheum Bill

Miriam Hopkins Film Heads Orpheum Bill Wh What t. t happens when a spirited I southern beauty marries into one of ot New Yorks York's first families and andis andis andis is ruthlessly sacrificed in the battle to preserve crumbling grandeur is depicted in dramatic fashion in Splendor which heads a a. new flew double double double dou dou- ble bill at atthe the Orpheum theater The lovely Miriam Hopkins and J Joel McCrea Mc McCrea Mc- Mc Crea the romantic team of Barbary Barbary Bar bary Coast have similar roles rotes in inthis inthis this this' newest picture All that remains of the tho once-great once House of ot Lorrimore Is its Fifth avenue ave ave avenue nue flue mansion dominated b by the Imperious imperious imperious im im- Im- Im and embittered old Mrs Lorrimore Larrimore whoso whose schemes to recoup the family fortunes by marrying her herson herson herson son Brighton to an heiress arc are shattered when he brings bri homo home his pretty but penniless southern bride Phyllis Manning The story reaches a gripping climax climax cli cli- max when the selfish and ambitious d dowager pushes the the- girl Into an affair with a wealthy and influential man and wrecks her marriage But love comes to the rescue and brings the young husband to his lils senses and the film fades out with the pair finding ineffable splendor Inthe in inthe inthe the prospect of facing the future together in a two-room two flat Prominent Prominent Prominent Prom Prom- in the supporting cast are Helen Westley Paul Cava Cavanaugh augh Billie Burke and Katharine Alex Alex- ander The Orpheum's second feature Is Isa isa isa a of ot the famous George M. M Cohan vehicle Seven Keys to Baldpate a speed high-speed romance carried on In a spooky atmosphere under the present ever-present threat of ot desperate gangsters and blazing guns and leavened with side splitting splitting split split- ting comedy Gene Raymond ymond and Margaret Callahan are are the principal players the cast also having Erin OBrien O'Brien-Moore Eric Blore Moroni Olsen Grant Mitchell and nd others The story tory opens with Raymond as a n novelist seeking seeking-a a quiet place to write a new book coming to a deserted d mo mountain inn inn on a midwinter ter night Though he hopes to be alone a a series serie's of of unexpected and mysterious visitors visitors- arrive arrive and his solitude is turned is turned into a turmoil I The heroine with whom the novelist novelist novelist nov nov- Is having havinga a love IOve affair remains almost as baffling as the rest How the exciting circumstances are arc finally made clear and the lovers lov lov- ers united makes for excellent en- en all Jl through