CAPITOL FILM
PORTRAYS GAY
MODERN YOUTH
Sylvia Sidney and Fredric
March, Heiress, Report
er Marry and Then—!
Sylvia Sidney and Frederic
M-aroh, two stars of major bril
liance. give splendid performances
in "Merrily We Go to Hell," Para
mount’s ’motion picture version of
the story, “I, Jerry, Take Thee
Joan,” by Cleo Lucas, which is
playing at the Capitol Theatre to
night for the last times'
Frederic March takes the part
of a newspaper reporter, talented
and charming, but with a devastat
ing appetite for liquor and carous
ing, who m.ets Sylvia Sidney,
heiress to millions, at a party.
Sylvia is fascinated by the charm
ing, though slightly intoxicated
reporter, permits him to kiss her
and gives him lifer telephone num- ;
ber.
Story Develops
The following morning he pnones j
her and they take a drive in Syl
via's car. During the time they
stop on Lake Shore road he kisses
her again and thSn. egotist that i
he is, tells her of the one girl he
loved, Adrianne Allen, co-ed at
college, but now on the stage in
New York City. As for Sylvia, he!
says, “I think you're swell.”
Later, after many complications
brought on by March’s penchant i
for carousing at the wrong moment, I
they are married and Sylvia gives j
a splendid portrayal of the young!
wife who reverses her own head- j
strong Course and valiantly fights
to stem the course of her hus
band's irresponsible life. But the
transient affair of March's youth
has caused him to raise in his
mind an ideal which almost leads
to tragedy.
