Word: gallian
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...Marie Galante" is an exciting picture a well-constructed story swiftly and surely moving to a satisfying climax. Ketti Gallian, a gift from France, does quite well with a rather vapid leading role in which she is allowed to do little more than look attractive and sing a Lucienne Boyet type of song in a rather even, delicate voice. Miss Gallian is very handsome to see and has a highly attractive sort of Gallic charm; she should do well given a worthy vehicle for her talents...
...develops, opens one window of the theme after another until from its narrow confines one sees the interplay of mighty offstage forces. This is the adventurous and highly successful technique Author Reginald Berkley and Director Henry King have used in presenting the adventures of Marie Galante (Ketti Gallian), a French girl shanghaied by the captain of a tramp steamer to whom she was delivering a telegram. Reaching Panama, she is filled with only one idea-the determination to get home again-and through her tiny, personal crisis, as she seeks help from one man after another in the Canal Zone...
This is Ketti Gallian's first feature cinema. Producer Winfield Sheehan signed her in London, where, playing in The Ace, she had been enough of a success to start two fashion fads: red hair ribbons and black silk stockings. Previously she had been a chanteuse in French cafés, had made French shorts. While in The Ace, she used to fly to Paris every week-end to see the races at Longchamps. Her first Hollywood contract contained a clause making it compulsory for her to speak perfect English in 100 days. Before the time expired, studio officials made...
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