MYRNA LOY STARRED

Evening Star, Issue 22367, 17 June 1936, Page 18

MYRNA LOY STARRED

POPULAR PLAYER IN ‘WHIPSAW’ As tho first of the important new pictures which bring Myrna Loy to the screen after her European holiday, ‘ Whipsaw.’ in which she shares starring honours with Spencer Tracy, will open at the Empire on Friday. In this new picture Miss Loy portrays a fascinating member of an international ring of jewel thieves, and Tracy is a secret service agent who tries to trap her through romance. The delightful whimsy which Miss Loy first evidenced in ‘ The Thin Man ’ is apparent again in large measure in this new picture. She brings to tho role a lightness and _ a spontaneity that is delightful to witness, and .with tho banter of fast-talk-ing Mr Tracy, the story moves.swiftly and surely to the denouement. With tho stars in a cast including Harvey Stephens. William Harrigan, John Qualen. Robert Warwick, Irene Franklin, Lillian Leighton, and Made Boteler, each of whom contributes an outstanding performance. Qualen, in particular, is unusually effective as a Missouri farmer who is bewildered by the simultaneous arrival in his household of twin babies, Miss Loy and Iraey. William Ingcrsoll. as a country doctor, is extremely effective.