Sylvia Sidney and Frederick March prove conclusively in "Good Dame" that the director, scenario writer, and author of a movie can be quite insignificant. Without a good story the, two speak poor lines so that one thinks that one is hearing the best lines from the best play of Shakespeare. No doubt it is quite difficult to believe that two simple souls can be quite perfect in the cinema. You think that these two hams are receiving too much credit, that no actor or actress from Hollywood could achieve so much fame legitimately. My opinion would blast all previous ones of the superiority of the stage. Miss Sidney, and Mr. March are truly geniuses in "Good Dame."

"Good Dame" tells the story of a young crook in the carnival business who takes money from unsuspecting fools in the game of Ace, King, Queen. His name is Mace, and he falls in love with a girl who has been filched of all her money by his partner in crime. The girl is Sylvia Sidney, and you are mistaken, she does not weep, and pity herself for twenty minutes. I have been wary in the past of placing any superlatives on Miss Sideny's ability, but she shows in "Good Dame" that she is as capable an actress as can be found in Hollywood today. One may object to her sensual lips (which is childish, or one may dislike her complacent sniggering, but one will have to admit her superiority to any other actress in the movies today. We say to---with the dramatic critics who claim that the stage is responsible for the geniuses of the movies. As a matter of fact we defy any fool to name any actor or actress on the stage who excels many a second rater in Hollywood.