“Four Daughters" Presents Unique Family Problem

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20916, 22 September 1939, Page 4

“Four Daughters" Presents Unique Family Problem

“Four Daughters” picturisation of a famous Cosmopolitan magazine story by Fannie Hurst, which is .scheduled for release in New Zealand soon, poses a unique problem in human relationships as its theme. What happens when four devoted sisters all fall in love with the same man? The man in the case is Jeffry Lynn, one of the screen’s newest and most handsome leading men, who makes it quite believable that four girls would fall headlong under the spell of his charm. An unusual bit of casting places the three Lane sisters, Priscilla, Rosemary and Lola—in the roles of screen sisters, with Gale Page, a dark-haired beauty recently come to the screen, making a fourth. Of interest to theatre-goers is the casting of John Garfield, the leading young character actor of the Broadway stage, in another featured role in “Four Daughters” ■which marks his screen debut. The story, adapted from the Fannie Hurst original by Julius J. Epstein and Lenore Cocee, works out * a logical and deeply moving solution to the problem posed. Under the direction of the brilliant Michael Curtiz the picture has been hailed by previewers as an outstanding choice for the Academy Award for 1939.