SPECTACLE, DRAMA, AND ROMANCE

Evening Star, Issue 21147, 6 July 1932, Page 5

SPECTACLE, DRAMA, AND ROMANCE

INTERWOVEN IN STRAND’S HEW FILM

Depicting the adventures of a lactorv o-irl in a small town, who a\owed she' would never marry any man unless he possessed at least n million dollars, and who kept her vow only to drscovo. that wealth is a-poor substitute h o e nml romance, ‘ She Wanted a Millionahl’ fcntm’ing Joan Bennett and Spencer Tracey, will begin at ti Strand on Friday. f Miss Bennett portrays ti e pait ot the mrl who. without her knowledge, is entered into a beauty contest by ambitious friends, winch starts her on the wav to gilded riches but tarnished love Tracv appears as a young locomotive engineer, deeply in love with the gul, who refuses to listen to Ins pleadings and promises. James Kirkwood impelsonates a rich but unpleasant man, who satisfies Miss Bennett’s desires foi riches but shatters her ideals of rom a nee Tho film is a clever interweaving of spectacle, pageantry drama and romance, with a sparkling tinge of humour. In the scones showing t t national beauty contest at Atlantic Citv and the Art Ball m I ans, e'ght winners of actual beauty contests aic present among a galaxy o. the most beautiful girls ol Hollywood. Una Merkel, delightful comedienne, who made the southern accent populai on the screen, and Dorothy Icterson, who played Will Rogers s wife in Ins last picture, ‘ Business and Pleasure are the other featured players, with Donald Dillawny, Douglas Cosgrove, and Lucille La Verne in important roles.