Word: muir
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...much different atmosphere is the co-feature, "Desirable," a, delightful even if at times unconvincing romance. Jean Muir, newly arrived to stardom, as the naive and ingenuously piquant daughter of a prominent actress too vain to admit having a child so old is charming in her simplicity, George Brent as the old friend of her mother's who elects himself as her guardian and educates her so that she may be "desirable" is as bland and gracious as ever. The role of the actress mother is capably handled by Vera Teasdale. Though at times the acting is overdone...
Grafted Eyes, Mrs. Daphne Muir, only person ever to have the corneas of both eyes grafted successfully, appeared in Boston to show how Dr. Tudor Thomas, Welsh specialist, does such grafting...
...patrician parents of her fiance, shocks them by saying "My father was a florist." Desirable combines these two stories in a program picture which contains a few well-written sequences but not enough to make it valid either as comedy or problem play. Verree Teasdale, George Brent and Jean Muir perform competently...
...Monica (Warner). To the long list of illegitimate children in the cinema this picture adds one more and little else. The brat who causes the trouble is born to Mary Hathaway (Jean Muir). Its father (Warren William) is the husband of Mary's best friend, Dr. Monica (Kay Francis). While attending the mother, Dr. Monica learns of its parentage from Mary Hathaway's hysterical efforts to telephone the father. For a moment, Dr. Monica proposes to disregard the Hippocratic Oath. The arguments of another friend, present as a spectator, induce her to finish the delivery. Small illegitimate Hathaway...
...companion picture to the rompings of Fields, a story of rural farm life in Maine is a pleasant counterpart. "As The Earth Turns" features no distinguished actors or actresses but those taking the roles are convincing and well cast. Heroine of the film is Jean Muir whose pleasant optimism and charming personality give the picture a realistic touch. The story concerns the everyday life of farmers, their hopes, fears, and monotonous routine. The intricate situations brought about by having members of one family living in close proximity to one another are portrayed adequately and with some skill. Although the film...