tale of a repentant husband. Belle Bennett gives a clever portrayal of the too-idcal wife, who is forsaken for a cabaret beauty. John Halliday, who plays the good-looking husband, is a newcomer to the screen and makes a successful debut. ; Junior Durkin, the sixtecn-year-old star, also has ■an important part in the cast.
Josef von Sternberg, the director of “An American Tragedy,” was a, Doctor of Philosophy, holding a degree from the University of Vienna, when he started at the bottom in'motion pictures as a film patcher.
Before entering Paramount pictures, Ruth Chatterton produced her own stage plays • • • • • -
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6620, 5 August 1931, Page 5
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