POIGNANT ROMANCE FOR STATE

Evening Star, Issue 21823, 12 September 1934, Page 7

POIGNANT ROMANCE FOR STATE

‘ CHANGE GF HEART ’ COMMENCES FRIDAY For the first time in almost two years Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell are reunited as screen lovers in ‘ Change of Heart,’ coming to the State Theatre on Friday. That is good news to the thousands of “fans ’’ all over the country who have been demanding the privilege of seeing America’s sweethearts together again. In yielding to the overwhelming' demand for their reunion, Fox Film determined to produce a picture utterly different from any that this team had ever made. So ‘ Change of Heart ’ brings a new Janet Gaynor. She is no longer the wistful, fanciful girl, but a vital, real life heroine, grown to womanhood and experiencing all the emotions of a woman. It is a romance that embodies tli» most poignant emotions of life arid romance as really lived to-day, giving Gaynor and Farrell the greatest story of their career as a romantic team. Kathleen Norris wrote it, arid it was published under the title ‘ Manhattan Love Song.’ A drama of epic struggle and inspiring love in the greatest of cities, it breathes the turmoil, the tangled loves, hates, jealpusies, the economic handicaps, the chaos, and confusion which are the soul of the metropolis. Into the cross-currents of the great city come four youngsters just out of college—two boys and two girls. Undaunted, they accept the grim challenge and begin their brave struggle to realise their dreams. Through all their advantures runs a complex love situation, but it is the love of Janet Gaynor for Charles Farrell that becomes the focal interest of the drama. The climax, when Farrell realises hi* love for Gaynor, is said to be one of the greatest emotional scenes sinco their “wedding” ip ‘Seventh Heaven.’ James Dunn and Ginger Rogers head the supporting cast, with Beryl Mercer, Gustav Von Seyffertitz, Irene Franklin, Shirley Temple, Drue Leyton, Fiske O’Hara, and other wellknown actors in promirient role£.