Word: karol
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...second picture, "Second Hand Wife," deals with a trite subject, but is raised from the depths of mediocrity by clever work on the part of the leading characters, Sally Eilers, Ralph Bellamy, and Helen Vinson. Karol Kay, as Patsy, provides more evidence to support the prevalent theory that all juvenile stars are unbearable, but she is kept in the background enough to conceal this fact from all but the most observing of the audience...
...Hamilton MacFadden, who directed and adapted the picture, follows this simple theme, fair program entertainment results. But after Office Girl (Sally Eilers) has married Boss (Ralph Bellamy) the triangle is rearranged as a maudlin contest between Bellamy and Helen Vinson for custody of their violin-playing prodigy daughter (Karol Kay). The picture as cut for its Hollywood preview included a scene which for its power to embarrass the audience took rank with anything recently produced by the cinema-Miss Eilers pressing to her lips various portions of a layette, including baby-shoes. Her baby died soon after birth, filling...