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Show Lng Lacy" and with Garbo in "Susan Lennox." Both stars came to the new picture pic-ture ccvered with, triumph. While! Miss Bennett's "The Affairs of Cellini" was breaking records, Gable was voted "most popular man on the screen" by readers cf a leading film magazine following release of "Chained," co-starring him with Joan Crawford. i Gable-Bennett Starring Team Tops Them All Director Reveals Why They "Hit It OFF" Well Together. A personal attraction as powerful a.s tlie Kurt-ie of the ocean tides, and a bright sophistication in common. These are the elements which will place the new co-titarrlng team of Constance Bennett and Clark Gable among the leading film couples of 1U35, in the opinion of the director, Robert Z. Leonard. Gable and Mi.ss Bennett, who have never co-starred before, are together In a new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production which Leonard describes as an "active and romantic" story wherein the editor of a great newspaper news-paper falls in rove with his society reporter and solves a murder mystery. mys-tery. The film plays Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, May 5, 6 and 7, at the Cameo Theatre. "This team is almost certain to follow in the footsteps of the famous fam-ous Crawford-Gable, Shearer -Gable combinations," Leonard said in an interview on a lavish ballroom set. Personal Mafrnetism "Sophistication and an intangible emotional appeal will, I think, form the mainsprings of their popularity together. Both are distinct, clearly defined personalities who have that rare ability to coordinate their talents. tal-ents. Together they are able to mold and shae a scene to technical and emotional perfection. "Besides, each has tremendous personal glamour, which is another way of saying imagination. And it is this personal attractiveness, combined com-bined with cooperation, which lends strength to the dramatic and romantic roman-tic situations in the story." Leonard knows his co-stars well. He bounced Constance on his knee when she was a baby and watched every stage of her development since. Ho has directed Gable in two major hits, with Joan Crawford in "Danc- |