Word: parrishes
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...Found Stella Parrish" traces the vicissitudes of a great actress who falls pretty low. Her woes are made known to the world by an inquisitive but charming newshound, and in this way they form a diverting fule. The histrionic ability of Kay Francis, playing the title role, is open to question, but the supporting east is brilliant...
...Found Stella Parrish" slips into what might be called the "Go see this if you can't find anything better" department. It's average fare, of the sort turned out by Warner Brothers every four or five months. With the unfortunate death of Will Rogers, the frores Warner were left with only Shirley Temple as a number one asset. They have been trying to push Kay Francis into this class for two years, but a star is made by the public, net by a producer...
...Stella Parrish is the story of a great actress forced to flee into seclusion by the threat of blackmail. Her past is discovered and spread before the world by an inquisitive but charming news-bound. After enduring untold suffering, and sinking so low as burlesque in her frantic attempt to make money, she is finally called back to her rightful place on the stage, and all is bright in the warm rays of the adulation of her adoring public...
...photographs nicely, and, her fans will be know, is still as fetchingly incapable of pronouncing the consonant "r" as ever. Beyond this there is little that one can say in her favor, and this department will leave unopened the question of Miss Francis histrionic ability. On the whole "Stella Parrish" is an undistinguished picture, relieved here and there by flashes of a true dramatic nature...
...stage show opens with a unique attraction. Before the very eyes of the audience beautiful paintings are completed in colored sand. They start out looking like nothing in particular and end up beautiful landscapes with all the brilliant color of Maxfield Parrish paintings. Gil Lamb and Schlepperman, of Jack Benny's radio programs, are both good for laughs throughout the rest of the show...