STATE

Evening Star, Issue 23500, 14 February 1940, Page 5

STATE

In the Continental manner, smart and sophisticated, Columbia’s ‘ Good Girls Go to Paris ’ is one of the most original comedies of the year. The film, which is showing at the State, co-stars Melvyn Douglas and Joan Bloudcll, the brilliant principals of the sensational ‘ There’s Always a Woman.’ ‘ Good Girls Go to Paris ’ finds its major entertainment values in the affairs of a young Englishman, professor of Greek at a mid-western university, who finds in the /Esop fables the answers to the many perplexities he encounters in American life; and in the escapades of a pert, blonde waitress who has every intention of going to Paris, but whose conscience prevents her from 'going via the “ gold-digging ” route. Dramatically, ‘ Good Girls Go to Paris ’ is equal to any recent Hollywood product. The intriguing situations, the clever plot, and a host of brilliant “ gags ” make this film a memorable one. REAL Ll v FE SACRIFICE. Dramas of real life and" sacrifice which not even the camera’s glaring eye can uncover were played on the stage where Samuel Goldwyn filmed his production, ‘They Shall Have Music,’ starring Andrea Leeds, Joel M'Crea, and Walter Brennan, with Jascha Heifetz, _ and scheduled for its premiere showing at the State on Friday. The actors are children. Their ages range from eight to 14 years, and the parts they play in dramas of their own had nothing to do with the studio. Accomplished musicians all, they came to Goldwyn as members of the California Junior Symphony Association, a group of 45 under the directional baton of Peter Memnblum, their mentor anti the man who welded them together into an orchestra of exceptional merit. Three there are in a group apart. Their 'identity is secret even from their neighbours on the stand. There is nothing but an understanding with Mcremblum to distinguish them from the most fortunate of the whole orchestra. These three have been exempted from the voluntary tithe all the rest pay toward that happy day when they shall have their oym music library and a hall in which to practise.