Word: scenarist
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Married. Joan Bennett, 21, film actress, sister of Constance & Barbara; and Gene Markey, 36, scenarist (As You Desire Me) ; in Los Angeles...
Engaged. Joan Bennett, 20, film actress; and Gene Markey, 36, scenarist and writer...
Arrested. H. H. Van Loan,* magazine writer, scenarist, fiance of Actress Marjorie Rambeau. Charge: desertion of the present Mrs. (Gertrude Cameron) Van Loan and their daughter Gertrude Van Loan...
...Waltz King (German). A formless, well-acted, full-length silent biographical film tells how Johann Strauss became a composer in spite of his father's opposition. It is hard to believe that young Strauss's life was as fantastic as this but the important facts are authentic and the scenarist's guesses about the detail are as,; good as anyone's. You lose interest in Strauss but do not give him up for good until he is playing his own tunes at the wedding of his sweetheart to another fellow. Silliest sequence: Strauss jilting the pastry cook's daughter...
...your eyes." The cast, especially Gilbert Emery as one of those film detectives who combine social welfare work with their profession, and Lois Moran, act and talk competently and at times with distinction. Somehow they subdue the silliness of their material enough to make it distantly credible. The scenarist has retained continuity in spite of the propensity which the villain shares with the hero of traveling amazing distances for very little reason. Silliest shot: love among the camels...