STATE THEATRE

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 113, 6 February 1937, Page 13

STATE THEATRE

“Dimples” The whimsicality nnd elfin charm of Shirley Temple, first favourite, of. the screen, suffer no diminution with time, and in her latest success, “Dimples,” which began a season at the State Theatre yesterday, her amazing ability is given full scope. The role calls for a far greater degree of dramatic artistry than earlier films, although it also exploits fully the dancing feet and tuneful voice of the child star. Set in the New York Bowery of the 'fifties, the story deals yith the troubles of Shirley’s impecunious grandfather. Professor Appleby, ployed bv Frank Morgan, with his usual comical tricks of hesitation. His peculiar tendency is to “lift” .without provocation any articles not his own. from dollar notes to valuable furs and cuckoo clocks. Shirley is the means of bis reformation and for his sake, she even allows herself to he sold for five thousand dollars to a rich and benevolent old lady, who feeds her on carrots, bete noire in the food list. Only the love between tbe old professor and the little girl saves her from bondage and. sets her in t''e theatre as Eva in the first performance of the play. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” There, in the death scene, Shirley goes through her most searching test ns an actress and comes out of it well Frank Morgan, Robert Kent and Catherine Doucet are outstanding in a fine supporting cast. A Terry Toon, newsreel, and an amusing comedy about two roughneck sailors, nre qjnon" the entertaining short features.