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...favorite stars were Clark Gable, Shirley Temple, William Powell, Wallace Beery, George Arliss and Myrna Loy, in that order. Women's favorites were Shirley Temple, Robert Taylor, Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, Jeanette MacDonald, Greta Garbo. More surprising was the survey's answer to the question about the double feature, long a thorn in the side of the industry which thinks the public likes...
Parnell (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) exhibits Clark Gable and Myrna Loy as Charles Parnell and Katie O'Shea in a screen version of the play by the late Elsie Schauffler (TIME, Nov. 25. 1935). As a cinema production, Parnell ranks high. Everything in it, from the London fog to the handles on the doors of Parliament, rebuilt life-size on a sound stage, is scrupulously authentic. As history, it ranks low, since it not only telescopes Parnell's career but also whitewashes it to suit the Hays office. As entertainment, it ranks in between. The screen play by John...
...Park Square the early June drizzle has become a light rain and the steady pattering of the drops distorts the reflected lights on the asphalt pavement. It is show time; people scurry and jabber of Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, and perfectly marvelous seats for "Candida...
...Gable in the title rose plays the historical part with sincerity but is hopelessly miscast. Miss Loy as the attractive Mrs. O'Shea who disrupts the unity of the Irish Home Rule Party looks fetching in tears and bustles, but her presence on the screen doesn't seem to make much difference one way or another...
...river Shannon flows down the center aisle, shamrocks float from the ceiling, and Loew's ushers shout "Ireland for the Irish" at the State and Orpheum this week. Clark Gable's cars and Myrna Loy's nose star in a pea-soup fog--that's all there is to "Parnell...