GRAND

Evening Star, Issue 23354, 25 August 1939, Page 3

GRAND

The Dionne quintuplets—perhaps the world’s most famous children—are. seen in ‘ Five of a Kind,’ the present Grand feature, and although they have appeared on the screen before, •at that stage their performances were not so varied, their personalities not so engaging, as now. , In contrast with such sophisticated little folk as Shirley Temple and Jane Withers they seem entirely unconscious _of the camera. Their quaint reactions and grimaces form a fascinating contrast. A typical little instance occurs when Jean Hersholt, playing the part of their doctor and guardian, confronts them with five shaggy puppies. The children look terrified and beat a retreat. Gradually they gain confidence, and before long they have the puppies in their arms. There are views of the quintuplets playing on toy pianos, dressing and bathing their dolls, dancing a minuet, and looking delightfully ludicrous in Tyrolean clothes. In fact, their private lives are fairly thoroughly explored. The actual story xs not particularly noteworthy, but it serves its purpose—that is, as a framework on which to hang an ever-enter-taining picture of five smart girls. ‘ Meet the Girls,’ the second picture, is the first of a new series, and stars June Lang and Lynn Bari. Their first set of adventures presents them as stowaways on a vessel from Honolulu and involved in a jewel robbery.