Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 26, 1936

Cain and Mabel (Warner Bros.). "Her face is new," comments a character early in this picture in reference to Marion Davies. Actually, Cinemactress Davies' face, first seen on the screen in 1918, is getting quite old. It will never be as old, however, as Cain and Mabel's plot, which combines two of the cinema's most familiar story formulas: 1) Hate Can Turn to Love; 2) The Way to a Man's Heart Is Through His Stomach.

Hate arises between Cain (Clark Gable) and Mabel (Marion Davies) when he, trying to sleep before fighting for the world's...

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