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This page contains **movie reviews** (continuing from page 23) discussing three films: "The Canary Murder Case," "The Carnation Kid," and a brief mention of another picture. The reviewer critiques plot devices, acting performances, and dialogue quality in early "talkie" (sound) films—a recent innovation at the time. The page is dominated by **period advertisements**: Beeman's Pepsin Gum (marketed as a digestive aid) and Sir Walter Raleigh pipe tobacco. The tobacco ad features a cartoon couple in a canoe with flirtation humor—the woman apparently didn't expect her date to smoke a pipe, but the "milder" Sir Walter Raleigh won't disturb romance. The reviews themselves note emerging challenges of sound cinema: actors with lisping problems, and the difficulty of casting "talkie" stars. This reflects the industry's early adjustment to recorded dialogue, circa late 1920s-early 1930s.

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Help your digestion when it’s good! ILLIONS have found Beeman’s Pepsin Gum a pleasant and wholesome precantcn against indi- estion. Millions prefer the fresh, een flavor of Beeman’s, its smooth- ness and fine quality, and the pleas- ant way it stimulates digestive action after meals. Perfected by Dr. Beeman over 30 years ago, this de- licious gum is today the favorite of people who chew gum as an aid to digestion. Help your digestion when it’s good—enjoy a stick of Beeman’s after meals! GUM aids digestion Movies (Continued from Page 25) her talking). The prevalence of lisp- ing among stars who have been signed to long time contracts places another burden on the shoulders of producers. In addition to their “Yes” men, they must now hire a flock of “S” men— and women. There is one noticeably weak spot in the plot. The solution of the mur- der rests too heavily on the psychol- ogy employed by Philo Vance in de- termining the guilty suspect through the medium of a poker game. We have discovered to our sorrow, that a man’s private life and habits may have no influence whatsoever on his method of playing a poker hand. Re- member this point if you see the pic- ture. The surprise clement in the story is more ingeniously conceived than in the usual detective tale, and you are certain to get a kick out of the final answer if you haven't read the book. “The Canary Murder Case” will in- terest you... unless you are partic- ularly opposed to murder cases. “The Carnation Kid™ FTER a long absence from the screen, Douglas MacLean re- turns as a talkie star, and provides some enjoyable moments in an amus- ing crook comedy. He is a harmless typewriter salesman who is mistaken for a notorious Chicago gunman, and the reasons for the error are much more plausible than is usually the case in movie plots based on the mistaken identity idea. Mr. MacLean receives valuable com- edy assistance from a tall, handsome blond lady named Lorraine Eddy. They do one of those come-on-girl-and- timid-boy acts in her boudoir which is quite funny despite the fact that the situation is one of the oldest in use. Miss Eddy is easy on the eyes and her voice registers well. If she were a bit less stately Lorraine would probably be besieged with offers of vamp roles. Frances Lee, the female lead, is not happily endowed for talking pic- tures; a fact which directors may be allowed to realize after her contract expires. “The Carnation Kid” is not con- sistently entertaining, but it offers a few thrilling scenes of gun fighting, and provides some hearty chuckles, HE hadnt counted on that when she consented to come for a quiet paddle on the lake. Before you wreck another romance, better silence that noisy old briar with a real pipe mixture. Sir Walter Raleigh is all of that — the mildest, most fragrant blend that ever came out of the South. So good we line the tin with gold foil to preserve its freshness right down to the last pipeful. LIMITED OFFER y (for the United States only) { Tf your favorite tobacconist does not carry Sir Walter Raleigh, send us his name and address. In return for this courtesy, we'll be delighted to send you without charge | a full-size tin of this milder pipe mixture. Dept. 96, Brown and Williamson ‘Tobacco Corporation Louisville, Kentucky SIR WALTER RALEIGH Who discovered how good a pipe can be It’s milder comicbooks.com