The Crimson Playgoer

Surprising as it may seem the combination of Crawford and Gable has succeeded in turning out a really good picture. "Chained", which at present graces the screen at Loew's Orpheum is a well-directed, smooth running film which should amuse everybody including the kiddies though it is not especially reommended for their consumption.

Richard Field (Otto Kruger), the shipping magnate has fallen quite in love with his secretary Diane Lovering (Joan Crawford) but being a wise gentleman he decides to test her affection for him by sending her away for a while. Cruising to Buenos Aires the attractive Diane meets Michael Brady (Clark Gable) and this time Cupid's aim is sure. However Diane realizes Field's dependence upon her and returns to marry him. Her life with Field only serves to sharpen her realization of her love for Brady and after a tremendous struggle within herself she is finally saved by the generous defection of Field from the scene. This hackneyed plot is easily counterbalanced by the attractiveness of Miss Crawford and Mr. Gable's genial masculinity. The lines are good and the photography excellent in spots. For all except the most incorrigible high-brows this is bound to provide an entertaining hour.

There is always the danger at the Orpheum that you may enter just as the picture has finished. In that case there is nothing that you can do except sit through the stage distractions which seem each week to hit new lows. Vaudeville is vaudeville and art is art and never, Oh never, the twain shall meet.