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The Crimson Playgoer

"The Little Colonel" Ends Sectionalism As the Band Plays Dixie

If you, too, feol that surging rejuvenation which the Spring sunshine pours into the blood of most of us, there are two Spring idylls awaiting you at the University this week. Fond memories will return to those who have read "The Little Colonel Series" when they see Shirley Temple, embellished by the added attractions of technicolor, winning her way into the heart of Dixie. Dixie, personified in the inimitable characterization of Lionel Barrymore as the ole Colonel, naturally hates all damyankees. You can imagine the state of his emotions when he learns that his daughter, the apple of his eye, has married one of the critters. But leave it to Shirley to convince the Ole Colonel that even a damyankee, when fever ridden and about to fall into the clutches of nefarious, moustachio-twirling villains, is worth rescuing, especially since he happens to be her father. Sectionalism is wholesomely defeated, and as the band plays "Dixie," old fashioned mint juleps are sipped with enviable contentment.

"One More Spring" is the other idyll, which brings together a team of lovers which by all rights according to all critics in all advertisements ought to be together all the time, Warner Baxter and Janet Gaynor. We, however, remember Warner Baxter as the dashing Mexican in the cinematic versions of O. Henry's southwest stories, and as the strong man in "The Renegade," and as the rebel in "Broadway Bill," so somehow we feel forced to disagree with all other critics. Despite the fact that the story is very sweet, we like Warner better in a much more masculine role. It is definitely proved that it may be all right for three men to live together as buddies, but if there must be Springs and one of the three buddies happens to be a woman, things will happen to the heart strings.

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