Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1930, Page 23

AMUSEMENTS |5 iiss e memtte qui oammhy’ not in love wil!kh n-{.‘mzi:‘ 3 'Con From Page. makes for his “friendlike” att| o {Oontinued P xth PABe) __ | Kowever, by helping Winnie with het b ‘comes a suicidal attempt | career. At the same time he tries to atter they learn the prince | keep from her his love for “g girl in has his mind about wearing | society.” Born and bred a racketeer, prince reverses his decision, | Although having quit the game a few m«. and then comes the happy | months previously, he doesn't consider . It's a thoroughly entertaining | himself worthy enough or rich enough start h. to ask the soclety girl to marry him, of St. Patrick,” a short | and in an ill-advised moment he tells commemoration of St. Pat- | everything to Winnle. Thereupon she , in which several tourists are | wilts, quits her job, disappears and is ly kissing the Blarney | found much later in a small town with Interesting as an added | a small troupe “trying to forget.” ''A comedy akitch And Fred | Chester Morris. as the cause of all Clark and his l—K-O{hnl round out the | of Winmle’s heartbeats, contributes | program. G, W. another luminous performance, all the | | for Miss THE EVENING of college, who tries to make & more than obstinate girl say “Yes” b‘l‘;h“ hundred and one proposals, rami on through adventures which have for their high-mark such absurdities as pouring soup down a rival's neck and abducting A young lady just about to become a bride. All these situations, however, are handled with skill by Haines, and with even more skill by Marje Dressler and Polly Moran when they appear. Indeed, the former has another one of her now classic “bottle” scenes, which has a climax that is im- possible to describe with adequate: or convineing words. It seems impossibie ler to appear in any pic- ture without managing to steal it com- ! pletely. She certainly is the comic ““menace" of the screen. < “A Night in a Shooting Gallery,” the STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MARCH 1 more remarkable in that the part, and | M-G-M International Newsree and the > Lightner, | Jo rthur esser one, are quil umbia Orchestra in_selections EARLE :&“,""me: o e e | e “Mamie fione” camplase the hil. *She Couldn't {ertaining are consid-| An amusing comedy, “He Trumped | Say No.’ erable, is at the Earle | Her Ace,” & colored Vitaphone, and the | vy 4his week in a talkie entitled he | news reel complete the program. | mece rmick Medieal .?'.'."i',.".'.'.‘.‘a 't Say No.” Despite, however, | - @ William Haines | ber_eongenial and thoroughiy originai COLUMBIA Wit | Haines § CLAUDE S. SEMONES - 'Umethod of attack, the picture Temains| «The Girl Said streperous career 2 0z & weak and unimportant trifle, in | No.” in “The Girl Said Eyesight Specialist which the songs and the story go/ No” at the OCo- @round in nothing less than circles. | lumbia. Miss Lightner, who knows how to| This story, which was adapted for "put over” a song with more intelli- the screen by Sarah Y. Mason, contains gence than most clever singing ac-| all the antics which are so dear to the fresses, in this case is severely put o | hearts of William Haines' admirers. He | the fest. Not only is she allotted a | is the unquenchable “cut-up” through- collection of tunes on which 10 out and seems to be able to coax about | her talent, but she is made to | as many laughs from his audience as | earry practically the entire outpourings anybody on the screen. of the story on her own. shoulders—and | Through a_whirlwind series of wise- Do shoulders, however willing, could | cracks and droll situations, he moves | [ hope to stand up under such a sorry | with his much assured self. ‘That he s, | |8 burden. She tries hard, she does her | however, considerably more than | N3 best, she is allowed fleeting moments | comedian is illustrated toward the end when she is at her funniest, and then— | of the picture, when as his more sober | ng comes the dialogue and’| self he demonstrates an acting ability Ele iitasion of merit disappears. that does him credit. i ‘The opening gun, so to speak, reveals ' This story of a young man just eut New Treasures Just Arrived From teather Liberty of London e g town and eountry. In reptile ealf Box after box give up their Liberty and ealf trim treasures—quaint Japanese prints on crepy cottons, handmade by native labor — interesting and colorful prints from India—and no. end of scarfs of silk and chiffon—yards and yards of Liberty Cottons to make frocks for little girls and Tyrian silks for Summer sports frocks. 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