Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1930, Page 31

. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1930. I SECRETS OF SUCCESS. —By BURTIS @3 R MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE MERRICK. HOLLYWOOD, April 23 (N.AN.A).— Follywood’s boy producer, Carl Laemmle, Jr., has provided the Spring sensation of 1930 in his premiere of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” a cinema which faithfully follows the Eric Mario Re- marque novel in all its varying phases. It takes courage to give a fun-loving public war in its unromanticized state; it takes a sort of divine foolhardiness to give a Pollyannaized world the stark unloveliness of battle and the truth of heroes and deeds of bravery. This has been exquisitely recorded for all time in this picture, which is typical of the new celluloid, output and of the new slant of producers. But & public which has whole-heart- edly embraced “Journey’s End” will probably give this gelatin, which is his- toric in its courage and magnificent gamera treatment, a deserved pOpu- ity. ‘The picture gives us a scene without sight of human beings—a scene of some 400 feet, in which only voices are heard, and in which a table and pitcher and the shadowy silhouette of a bedstead | tals are the sole points of interest. George Abbott gives telling dialogue to this moment, and the effect becomes fourth dimentional; for, in direct de- parture from old movie technique, which never allowed the audience to think for a moment, this affords them an oppor- tunity to fill in detail which is un- paralleled in previous talkies. ‘The sensational picture provides a Cinderella story. Time was when al- most every premiere had its Cinderella to launch. But that time is fading rap- idly—the screen takes more and more to established successes. But last eve- ning a charming, dark-eyed girl, named Marian Clayton, played the somewhat small part of Paul's sister in the story. It was what is known as a bit—a few lnes and an emotional moment. But it registered in that brief time a charm- ing new screen personality. Marian Clayton had been working on a local repertory theater group for the munifi- cent sum of $5 a week. Her part in “All Quiet” was begun but five days ago, ‘when retakes called her and Beryl Mer- cer into the studlo to replace the players who originated these roles. For each of those three days she re- ceived the sum of $50. And less than & week from the time she played it audi- ences were to see the result. Already she has béen approached by other com- panies. The life of penny-pinching which she and her mother have had to lead is already receding into what may shortly become a memory. Celluloid writes such stories away from the screen now and again. Five boys who have been doing good work about this village go over the top artistically with this epic of warfare. Lewis Ayres, whose performance of Paul touched a chord not often sounded in talkies; Russell Gleason, whose work had an individuality and a dry humor that was splendid; William Bakewell, who added another score to his mount- ing list of excellent characterizations; Peter, Owen Davis, jr, and Harold Goodwin as Detering completed a group which had the uniformity of youth and the common characteristic of superlative ent. This premiere approaches the old- time first nights of the village that was. If you doubt the fabulous glory of the cinematists, let me quote you on Norma Shearer’s emeralds—one in her bracelet as big as a 25-cent piece and flanked by a half-dozen glittering dia- mond bands along her slim arms; mir- ror diamonds and emeralds on her hands, and emeralds, square-cut like long shafts of green fire, clasping the rosy lobes of her bared ears. In a semi-classical robe of white satin which trailed the floor, she looked sharply carven and aloof as a statue. Ruth Chatterton in amber velvet and blue fox was lovely in her serene and patrician way. But Lupe Velez, dia- monds 'n’ all, with Gary Cooper in the background, reminded us that the dash- ing scintillance of sequins not passed completely from the movie mode. Lupe Velez's brilliance has a feverish touch. It will either flare into perma- nent fire or turn into ash. This is the crisis of her pictu jue_career. (Copyright. 1930.) THE CHEERFUL CHERUD T sun emiles down -n. . o little pond, And the pond smiles bach at the sun— right back at one. AnsCane, HERE M'ARE, oMM\ - PRETTN SOFT ¥OR MOV - ALl TW M\ MOU AN DRINK Aw° FOR THE LOVE OF MIke, JEFE, THIS IS Ao [ BUO Fisuse Pals Together In All Sorts of Weather. SHEILR 1S MY \DER OF R GOOD LOOKING GIRL, WINDY ! 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