Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1930, Page 21

- The Week’s Attractions in Local Theaters Reviews of New Photoplays and Stage Productions Richard Arlen and Mary Brian move swift- ly through a fast-action drama of the motor (Continued From Fourth Page.) PALACE happier life will reveal. At any rate, | “Burning Up” the really amusing snatches, the gen- | e track to a highly satisfactos ulnely excellent colored effects and | climax in “Burning Up," which is fes those two veteran songs, “Tea for Two' | tured al, Locws Palace Theater this and “I want to Be Happy,” are so wide- | Week. It is a Paramount sound film v written by Willlam McNuty 1y separated that the intervening dreary | {T0M & story written by William McNutt | and Grover Jones. moments were quite noticeable. That| Arjen in the role of Lou Harrigan, doesn’t mean, however, that the music | daredevil auto racer, shows fine distinc- isn't as good as it used to be—for when | tion in the line he draws between the the old refrains are struck up by the | breezy youngster and the smart aleck. ofchestra and Lawrence Gray's piano|He is just fresh enough to be amusing the audience may still be seen to sway | and not too fresh to have the entire \with a delighted crescendo. And there | sympathy of a conservative audience. is laughter, too, that lingers often far | Mary Brian is—Mary Brian, and, there- into the great waste spaces fore charming. Tully Marshall, Charles No one ever thought that the story | Sellow, Sam Hardy and Francis Mac- of this mucisal comedy was mere than | Donald give splendid support. a prop on which to build songs, dances | The story concerns & put-up game to and a few laughs, anyhow. The screen | make money by a faked race at a version doesn't dispel that theory. It|county fair, and the subsequent thrills is rather a shame, too, because with|of a real contest when young “Lou” de- some kind of a plot whose humor cides to “play the game square” re- wasn't pulled out like molasses, the|gardless of personal consequences. All, really novel scenic effects. aided by the | of course, for the sake of & girl he has Technicolor palette, might have come |met in the coming metropolis of Col- out of this with considerable eclat. As | fax—county seat, we take it. The race, it is. the colored sequences claim dis- | which climaxes the film, is breath- tinction by themselves and are quite | taking, if a trifie improbable. As auto worth seeing if one can last through | races go, it is remarkable for the con- the hour before they appear. sistent pace kept by the two drivers, Through the curious patchwork of | We've seen many a real race, but none humor, love songs and folly the actors | where two cars could hit a practical pass conventionally as in a musical | identical pace for 25 miles. Anyway, comedy parade. Now and then a burst | it's’a good yarn and this race is very of greatness flares out in the histronic | interesting from the spectators’ stand- most noticeably when Zasu | point. Pitts the comic maid, comes to the| On the stage Allan Rogers, back for relief. Her performance indicates that |& week's visit as guest master of cere- she has suffered too long in the ca- was welcomed heartily by a pacity of minor roles. Lilyan Tashman | capacity house. He brings with him a in one of her familiar icicle-wife parts |lively stage show, “Blue Garden,” with is excellent. 'Somehow that old fa-|four or five headline numbers, includ- vorite, Louiza Fazenda, has too much |ing an unusual balancing and dance act to fight against to breast the waves|by “Les Ghezzis,” two brothers, who are with her usual success, as is the case | as much at home on their hands as on .also with Lucian Littlefield. Lawrence | their feet, not to mention each other's Gray's voice is as nice as it was in|head: Kay and Sayre, who dance as “Sally” and the much-heralded Bernice | one and do some clever tapping; Dodd Clair isn't as much of a bomb shell as|and Rush in a dance number and solo had been anticipated. M. bits, and, of course, the Chester Hale 1950 ‘WoobpwARD & LoTHROP oy AR X0 New Arrivals for Our Spring Collections There is something new, different and ‘intriguingly smart in the Spring Shag- moor topcoats. The fab- rics are softer, more femi- nine—the silhouettes fol- low the new mode—and, of course, they have— Exclusive Shagmoor Features Pure wool Shagmoor fabrics. 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The problem to be solved is whether the love of the husband for is second wife, about to become & mother, is stronger than his love for the son of his first marriage. With all extraneous matter deleted, the plot is kept strictly within the bounds of this proposition, and the re- sult is a fast-moving drama handled capebly by the five principal players The part of Walter Fairchild, the husband, is taken by Conrad Nagel. Ever a skillful, intelligent actor, he| handles this part in a manner which | lends it no little realism. Lila Lee| Of recent years Miss Lee has| fortified her natural charm and abili- | | ties with a greatly improved technique, | and this picture she adroitly avoids | the overemphasis which could have spoiled her performance. | The supporting cast consists of | Hugh Huntley, the disappointed suitor; | Mary Carr, as the housekeeper, and | Freddie Burke Frederick, as the | stepson. All these play their parts convincingly, particularly the juvenile, | Whose ability as a child actor has made | no small impression on the theater- goers of this city. Of irfterest among_the supplemental attractions is “In Old Madrid,” the final installment of James A. Fitzpat- rick's travelogues; a comedy sketch, which is not so comical; the Pathe Sound Newsreel and the R-K-Olians, under Freddie Clark. J. C. . The Earle Theater this ?‘\RLE week springs two pleasant The Great syrprises. In the first Divide” place it introduces that prince of the radio, Little Jack Little— “yours very truly” in person—and in the second it offers a new screen per- sonality in Dorothy Mackaill. The lat- 9 | buckling rebel who risked his lif Belles.” b lly the biggest surprise of the | war days in Paris, with a rather old | buckling e on | Belles. e e a | theme, in which the soldier-sweetheart ' two, for everyone knows what lower of Napoleon. He fairly gallops | tainer, whose every word is from one hnr-uutnr adventure to an- | howls of pleagure, seems other, always maintaining a nonchalant, | bit as good as she is devil-may-care attitude. tainly the tion a warrior Novarro is no slouch, | one of the noisiest on As but when he enters a girl's boudoir he show is devoted displays talent which the female of the m‘:‘m fltnm:’ :'l:nm stl‘un per- species finds _irresistible. He knocks | former, the two comedians, Lioyd and the women for a loop, 50 to speak. As Murray, have their humorous moments, a singer he is a marked success. and Nan' Belini, Margie Morris and Vir- Dorothy Jordon, as attractive as ever, | ginia Green ocontribute clever bits to they plays opposite Novarro. She is a bitter | this spiciest of spicy Gayety produc- | tension anti-Bonapartist, compelling Novarro 1o | tions, of volts call on his ability as swordsman, horseback rider, singer and adventurer extraordinary to win her affections. A clever “Our Gang” comedy and a news reel complete the bill, W. | - Fot those few mortals LITRLE i ot i “Passion.” old-fashioned quiet and soothing tintinabulations of the plano served with their movie, let them travel to the Little Theater this week and see Emil Jannings at his | best and Pola Negri at her most beauti- | ful in that splendid story of Du Barry, | entitled “Passion.” | 1t is a pleasure, indeed, to lean back | once more, stretch out one's feet, see | one of the finest pictures ever produced, | and emerge with a contented feeling, | and with none of the ill-effects that have been known to assault the head | after some of the recent talkies. It | may be true that photography has im- proved with leaps and bounds since the | filming of this classic, but it is also true | that the screen has never used a | talented _pair of actors with better forgets the girl of his romance follow- ing the end of those hectic times at play is said to original be one of the first of the stage produc- tions to recognize the awakening of the new thought of greater freedom for women, and to get away from the old splendid entertainer and very few, in the good old days of the silent movies, were certain whether Miss Mackaill could act or not. Now suddenly and unexpectedly, she shows that the blonde beauty which has helped to draw her an army of admirers, is g‘l“{n'he shell of what undern‘u';‘h 'g«n: id;-,‘ that she belongs to “the weaker ighly spontaneous sense of ! - 8°X. Futhermore, the microphone seems 0| Betty, as Lola, is & vivacious cabaret have no terror for her, and she Acts| cnger. 'While on leave, a British cap- with the abandon of the full-fledged | tain, whose part is enacted by George actress—except in the more emotional | Barraud. falls. th love with her. . On scenes when she is reminescent Of | the eve of marriage, he is ordered back e Grest Divider whish serves 10| s rebiras e S, L0l 1adly awaie . . s n : usher Miss Mackaill into the limelight, | for the officer s badly wounded. and is entertainment of amusing substance, | he forgets completely all his days in blessed with none of the: frills that are | France. Sontom The” ol sy ol the. SoUE | it soneiarbie heaith, but not. from mine-owner in the Far West who Kid- | janq wnere, 1 time: he s, to Eng naps the rich young girl in order 1o | grol "bart is taken by e Gors cure her of her foolih cocktail habits, | ton ™" Three years later he. sces Loln is served up this time In a light, refresh- | now the headiiner in a musical play. ng way. [an eith, altho -y o1 .«ld‘fmb1§ handicapped by m“m,,.mr;msfl:';;" ‘t‘vx;yuretmn;:.';;u&‘a:egw; %hre flaches of him singing with hl:n:f";:;‘*‘ | action of the drama moves on and for, ‘\;li;\:mnylwnr:: :.n;:e; fll::rmcg:“znlnn in | the flkp{ :‘){“ the child, duty rules the these days for round-eved vampire roles, e ‘;)lcmrop';:m:fihlnced by boys, looking for all the world like our (MCRLs Fhe delightful singing and recently retired President, _snatches | TACTR B P TOC Bt 1e & Teature, | away all acting honors in the male line. |1 umpeter” & novel _deparcure, di. The pictures of the mountains are ex- | CUPGCE o L AOVel departure, di- ceptionally well taken, and if it's really | [50PCill Griverenl Newereel. . sorme TWO MEN ELECTROCUTED. Radio Aerial Contacts Power Line on Apartment House. lengthening contacted high f LIPS AL Stomach Just a tasteless dose of Phillips’|and 50c Milk of Magnesia in water. That is an alkali, effective, yet harm- less. 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