Page Miss Glory: This animated plug for Marion Davies' newfilm, Page Miss Glory, was famous for being an entirely Art Deco creation. AWarner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon. Conceived and designed by Leodora Congdon.Produced by Leon Schlesinger. Music by Warren Dubin. (1936, c. 8 mins, Color(faded) animation, Print from WKE) Streamlined Greta Green:There is a more Disney-like than Warners feel to this Merrie Melodies cartoon,whose stars are humanized cars and taxis. Directed by I. "Friz"Freleng. Produced by Leon Schlesinger. (1937, 8 mins, Color (faded) animation,Print from WKE) Trouble in Paradise Made at the height ofthe Depression, this sophisticated comedy mocked the earnestness of the period.The opening shot sets the mood of this exquisite jewel of a comedy-a mood of slyinnuendo to which music, dialogue, sound effects and sets all contribute. Agondolier is heard addressing the Venetian night in sweet tenor; passing by thecamera, he is revealed to be the Grand Canal's garbage collector. Soon we findtwo underclass types, Herbert Marshall and Miriam Hopkins, who meet while pickingeach other's pockets. The pair are both jewel thieves in their better moments,and together they make for Paris, where they insinuate themselves into thecompany of a wealthy millionairess (Kay Francis). Eileen Bowser writes for TheMuseum of Modern Art, "Trouble in Paradise is pure style.... The continuityis a series of episodes, cunningly linked....(e.g.) a period of time is bridgedby a series of fabulous clocks while the sound track bears bits of dialogue toidentify the unseen action. The comic potentialities of the sound track areexploited in endless examples (and) the music score...contributed its own comiccomment on the action, in the fashion introduced by the René Clair films.Reviewers, accustomed (by Lubitsch himself) to the operetta medium waited in vainfor the characters to burst into song. The continuous musical score was unusualat this time, outside of the recognized musical form."