Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1931, Page 10

From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. [ *Once in a Lifetime” Opens Season at Belasco. 1G scenes that are comic, little views that touch the emo- tions, glittering turmoil that seems more like life itself than the pictures that are ! pfoduced, appear in that inti- mate contact with cinema magnates make tive reply to the futile magnifi- Hugh OConnell. vincing by Moss Hart and man. It is a medley of action which appears most a] priste as a tempting morse those who find pleasure in the out- put of the theater. With a large audience, Manager Taylor's house had a fortunate initial performance. Passing in review, as the story unfolds, are trusting souls who hope to win fame and fortune at Holly- wood faltering cynics who are al- ways wrong, thoughtful m er boys, & perfect feminine office chief, luthor.s and other unfor- who have only the lettering on dm as evidence that they are employed, masterful luminaries who know that they are about to produce great things, and nearly every form of humanity that illumines modern life—all convinced on one point, that whatever is touched by the films will produce a flow of gold. In the mlflst of the satire that point seems to have been seriously con- sidered by the authors, and even the reckless purchase of an enor- mnus number of, airplanes is made to contribute to the wealth of the premsmu ywner of the studio. and Ksufman, in mu- play, have resorted to guileless wit in their tmo!wmmenuou season. ‘Years hence, when road companies are no more and when an evening at off wi eagerness as the best comedy of that age. At the moment this play repre- sents one of our most acute “minds’ off on a n.mpue about & couple and another couple which proves that it isn't so m phy that matters ~but how t{ y it. Rumor that Mr. Coward, who hncha plays by the yard, sat down one morning in his deck chair “somewhere” off the Chinese coast, and rattled away on his typewriter until, by cocktail hour, he had com- pleted his entire script. Enemies of this comedy will perhaps say “it shows it"—but others—and there must be 2,000,000 strong of them— will admit that the author has fabricated something which, though d through minute and but for s few minutes off for a scene or two of ‘“‘senti- ment” (it’s “swell,” too—Mr. Kruger at the plano, Miss Kennedy sing- ing “ BameDlyantndYoub m Jaugh until the come down with a b-n nxrt.her- more, the sight of Mlu Kennedy and Mr. Kruger throwing pillows at each other and various small bric- a-brac and landing up on the floor in a hercul battle is one of the near-great moments in recent come- And, too, don't miss Mr. er saying “Don’t ble, Sybil,” and later on during fes- tivities “My grandmother s lovely seat on a camel.” All of which doesn’t plot. But it isn’t the plot it mat- ters. Mr. Coward has contrived to do without one. A married couple di- vorced, remarried, meet on their various respective honeymoons — hear an old tune which flames huk the old love and run off leaving their proper husbands md wives to cry together on their first wedding night. Madge Kennedy, one of the most graceful, charming and talent- ed ladies of our stage, is so expert throughout that the script fairly illtun in her hands. In fact, the othing short delight. In " other words, z:u 'll want to see the play again, ving seen it once—and although yowll be there to see Miss Ken- nedy and Mr. Kruger and hear Mr. Coward’s expensive words poured forth in triumph you will also see Helen Gilligan and Hugh Huntley as the disposed of wife and hus- band—and they're and, too— which is to say that there isn't one thing the matter with the whole business. E. de S. MELCHER. “Dixie Beauties,” Burlesque at Gayety. 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