SHIRLEY TEMPLE FILM

Evening Star, Issue 22032, 18 May 1935, Page 11

SHIRLEY TEMPLE FILM

MAYFAIR'S ENJOYABLE PROGRAMME Bringing to life the famous characters in Damon Runyon’s celebrated story, ‘ Little Miss Marker,’ Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell, Charles Bickford, and Shirley Temple, together with a host of other talented players, are featured in the film of that name to be shown to-night at the Mayfair Theatre, in conjunction with * Stamboul Quest. The picture tells how Menjou, embittered, friendless, and mean, is forced to adopt a little girl originally left with him as security for a bet. As time goes on the curly-headed little tot_ teaches him how to be tender and loving, and stimulates him to win back his selfrespect and honour. In a startling rapid-fire climax he sacrifices a fortune to save the child from death and wins the love of Dorothy Dell, whom he had been worshipping at a distance for years. Filmgoers who think of the spy romance they see on the screen as being of a purely fictional nature, and that there is no place for the spy in times of peace, will be surprised to learn that in the past two years more than 600 men and women have been arrested as spies in various countries abroad. The information was revealed during research for ‘ Stamboul Quest,’ the supporting picture, with Myrna Loy in the role of one of the world’s most fascinating and dangerous spies. The man whom Myrna Loy is determined to catch in the film narrative is played by George Brent. Others who have prominent roles in the cast include C. Henry Gordon, Lionel Atwill, Judith Yosselh, and Leo Carroll.