Word: rebounds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...shown at the University contains films similar in some respects; widely divergent in others. Both pictures unroll under the aegis of Paramount, both were produced in the East, and both have women in the leading parts, and there's an end to likenesses. For one is a sparkling comedy, "Rebound", featuring the clever Ina Claire, and the other a dog-oared story, indifferently acted, named "The Magnificent Lie", in which a disappointing Ruth Chatterton fibs frequently although never with any degree of magnificence...
Given a script written by Donald Ogden Stewart, and a cast composed of prominent Paramountites, and entertainment is in the nature of a foregone conclusion. "Rebound" has the cheery banter, the rapid repartee, the nonsensical chit-chat that is peculiar to Mr. Stewart's humor. And yet the picture has a high specific gravity, gathering body as it goes, until a climax of seriousness and deep dramatic interest is attained. "Rebound" is the story of a woman who marries the man of her love after he has been jilted by another. Follows a period of short-lived happiness, until...
Seeking Divorce. Ina Claire, 38, cinema and stage actress (The Royal Family of Broadway, Rebound); from Cinemactor John Gilbert, 33. Charge: mental cruelty. One of his alleged cruelties: calling her "a woman of too much intellect...
...with her. His wife is angry, puzzled, finally sad, until feeble advances by the architect show her that one way not to find love is to beg for it. She then displays independence, is rewarded when her husband chases her to Paris. Amusing in spots and affecting in others, Rebound is likely to be over-appreciated by the minority of cinemad dicts, tolerated by the rest. Both classes will be appalled to note that Ina Claire, hitherto a best-dressed lady of U. S. stage & screen, wears an unflattering gown through a long portion of the picture...
...appearance on the Los Angeles stage in Rebound last October followed a period of depression unique in the annals of Ina Claire. Born at Washington, D. C. in 1892 and named Ina Fagan, she had become by 1915 a distinguished performer in the Ziegfeld Follies. Ten years later, she was the first comedienne of the Manhattan stage, able to give her baldest line the glitter of an epigram. Her first venture in Hollywood was an undistinguished effort for Pathe called The Awful Truth. Her next was a marriage with John Gilbert which resulted in such frantic publicity for the last...