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Movie Review
_ bittle Friend 1s the story of a sen-

entl homelife, is driven to attempt
suicide. .This bald statement might
lead one to believe that Little Friend
is another bad imitation of Maedchen
in Uniform or of Poil de Carrotte.
The title sounds sentimental and the
ballyhoo about fourteen-year-old Nova
Pilbeam, who plays the title role, has
been of the most misleading sort. She
has been styled “the glamorous new
screen personality,” which immediate-
ly evokes visions of a youthful imita-
tion of Marlene Dietrich,, complete
with false eyelashes and langorous
gazes in interminable close-ups. Littlé

.Friend is not, however, a bad imita-

tion, nor is its heroine either a young
Marlene Dietrich or an older Shirley
Temple. The film is a_ beautifully
written and directed study of divorce
and of how it affects a child, and its
heroine is a remarkable actress.

It is the emotional life of Felicity,
as played by Nova Pilbeam, that
forms the theme of Little Friend. - Al-
most all the action is seen through her
eyes, and is important only in so far
as it affects her mind and heart. Sym-
bolism throughout is freely and inter-
estingly employed to bring us closer
to her inner existence. Felicity is the
only child of well-to-do parents; she
lives in a beautiful house in London,
and has tNe most lavishly appointed
room that it has ever been our pleas-
ure to see. Everything a little girl
could want or need is hers:—goldfish,
a puppy, a scooter, specially built fur-
niture, a long evening dress with a
velvet cape. Her life is mapped out
for her along the most wholesome and
edifying lines, as the hour-by-hour
chart drawn up by her governess
shows. She is, however, not only lone-
ly and bored with piano, elocution les-
sons, and carefully supervised walks
in the park, but she is also acutely
unhappy. Her mother, so beautiful

that she reminds Felicity of the nymph

in the poem that she is learning,
quarrels constantly with her father.
Felicity cannot help seeing that the
continual domestic excitement is con-
nected with her mother’s friendship

= child; who, because of an ‘un-)

 

for Mr. Hilliard, the handsome actor,
who makes such a point of calling her,

Felicity, his little friend..From_the.

head of the stairs, when she is sup-
posed to be asleep, Felicity hears the
quarrel rage and understands far
more of it than her parents realize.
She wants desperately to help them,
wants them to explain things to her,
take her into their confidence. They,
on their side; reassure her with state-
ments that ring false in her ears, so
that she is driven back on herself. She
is quite alone with her poor, confused
knowledge that something is horribly
wrong and that no one will give her
a chance to try her hand at settirig it
right, ,

There is not a single stock type in the
film. Margaret Kennedy and Christo-
pher Isherwood, who adapted Ernst
Lothar’s‘novel for the screen, preserv-
ed his characters with unusual fidel-
ity. Little Friend is another mile-
stone in British-Gammont Produc-
tion’s progréss. It is the result of in-
telligence on the part of adapters,
director, and photographers—and of
a talent that almost amounts to gen-
ius on the part of Nova Pilbeam.

F. C. V. K.

 

Summer School Gives
Stimulating Schedule

 

Continued from Page One

Institute and Fels Planetarium. In
the gym basement there were classes
in charcoal drawing, and here the
backdrops for the dramatic produc-
tions were made, using a very ef-

 

fective type of poster work. Dra-
matics were in charge of an ‘instructor

from. the- oe The-

atre.

Emphasis also has been placed in
the school program onthe need for a
well-rounded plan of recreation and
systematic work in the health depart-
ment. This includes instruction and
practice in tennis, swimming, baseball
and other field games; also folk danc-
ing, gymnastics, and the more unin-
teresting routine of frequent medical
and physical examinations, to keep
check on individual progress toward
better health. In these activities the
undergraduate representatives from
leading women’s colleges, including
Vassar,.Smith, Mt. Holyoke, and
Goucher, as well as Bryn Mawr, take
an active part. Such activities lead
to a better enjoyment of leisure and
to a more intelligent understanding of
an individual and social health pro-
gram.

The students are recruited from all
parts of the United States, and this
summer there were six foreign stu-
dents, representing England, Sweden,
Holland, and Germany. There is a
great advantage in this diversity of
origin, for in discussion, local, section-
al, and national differences are
brought out and understood with sym-
pathy.

Girls who seem _to be natural lead-
ers are sought out by regional com-
mittees. They attend winter classes,
and those who show: the most interest
and intelligence are chosen in the
spring to come to Summer School.

Many of these must sacrifice their

 

 

 

 

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jobs in order to come.
thirteen out of the one hundred and

time jobs to which they were sure they
could return.’ It is significant that so
many women in the past have had
the foresight to be bold, and that these
students are willing to risk« losing
their jobs, and to give up two months’
pay. They are eager to learn and to
fill every available minute with study.
It is most unfortunate that due to in-
sufficient funds the school has in the
last| two years been restricted to a
term of six weeks. Until 1932 the
term was eight weeks, which was
found, to be long enough in which to
accomplish a_ significant. amount. of
work. It takes a few weeks for the
girls to become accustomed to academ-
ic life, and more than three weeks are
then needed to draw the work together
to a satisfactory conclusion.

The reason for this curtailment is
lack of funds. Money is raised for
the school vy regional committees of
Bryn Mawr Alumnae and Summer
School Alumnae. It is also raised

THE ROOSEVELT

WALNUT ST. at 23rd
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

 

 

 

 

It costs no more to live in the
very heart of town—with all the
modern comforts and conveni-
ences! The suites (one and two
rooms) are large and airy, with
Pullman kitchen and_ bright
bath. You will have to see
them to appreciate them.

Of course, rentals are not be-
yond your budget.

CHAS. C. KELLY

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

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Meet your friends at the

Bryn Mawr Confectionery
(Next to Seville Theater
The Rendezvous of the College Girls

.Tasty Sandwiches, Delicious Sundaes,
Superior Soda Service
Music—Dancing for girls only

 

 

 

In 1982" only

ten-women here at the school had-full-

 

through subscriptions and benefits,

and to a great extent by, the Bryn ~

Mawr undergraduates here on campus, ~~}

It is one of our greatest interests, and
as an experiment in workers’ educa-

tion deserves interested and unflag- ~

ging support. Those who give to the
work for the Bryn Mawr Summer
School this year will be supporting a

movement which is at the same time

providing relief of the body, stimulus
of mind, and definite progfess toward
clear thinking in a complex economic
system.

GREEN HILL FARMS
City Line and Lancaster Ave.
Overbrook-Philadelphia

A reminder that we would like to
take care of your parents and:
friends, whenever they come to
visit: you.

 

L. E. METCALF,
Manager.

 

 

 

 

 

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sunny slopes of

Smyrna... in the fertile
fields of Macedonia... along
the shores of the Black Sea
...grows a kind of tobacco
that is different from any
other tobacco in the world.

HESE Turkish tobaccos
are the only tobaccos of
foreign cultivation that are jae
used to any great extent in fgg
making American cigarettes. JB
rkish tobaccos are famous
eit spicy aroma, and a
blend ‘of the right kinds of
Turkish tobacco with our own
hoaiegov tobaccos is better
than any o

In Chesterfield we balance
mild, ripe tobaccos grown
in this country with just the
right amounts
kinds of ‘Turkish. (
It is by blending and cross- \y jj,
blending these different tobac-  \ | )
cos that we make Chesterfield
‘the cigarette that’s milde
cigarette that tastes better. .

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‘Turkish tobacco is so important
to a good cigarette

  
 
 
   

MONDAY
ROSA
PONSLuULE

KOSTEEANETZ ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS —
9 P.M. (Es. 7.) COLUMBIA NETWORK

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the open air to be cured,

 

WEDNESDAY SATURDAY
, NINO GRETE
MARTINI STUECKGOLD

 

 

 

 

   

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