Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1933, Page 21

Ffom the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. By E. de S. MELCHER Bulifighter Franklin in . *The Kid From Spain.” Iyn's gift t> 3 stood in the center of a Shoreham Hotel living room. In his two hands hehhe;:ld‘ large handkerchief. “Now,” he sald, for the benefit of two lady dramat- ists, who sat breathlessly on a sofa watching him, “You do this. And you do that.” And-he waved the handkerchief this way and that—and side- stepped neatly as he did it. ‘The lady dra- matists sighed with wonder- ment. “Oh, isn't that_nice,” one of them said— her eyes run- ning around in circles with ex- ecitement. “Have you ever been hurt doing that” “Yes,” saild Mr. Franklin, ‘T ve.” “Oh where?"” “Where? Well if you'll excuse me" —Mr. Franklin rolled the cuff of his trousers up gently just above the top of his sock—"I'll show you ‘where—and how—"" As he explained, the drama ladies became more and more_excited. So Mr. Franklin. He bounced around the room in the professional manner of a bullfighter, waving the handkerchief here and waving it there, and suggesting by a nod of the head and such like that the bull ‘was after him. Actually, a bull had been there before. A special bull (probably registered and pedigreed the way they are in Spain—you know your bull as much as you do your mata- dor over there) had stood at atten- tion with him and been photp- graphed zealously. | Mr. Franklin gets $200 a day for being Mt. PFranklin, He will get more than that when he enters vaudeville. But without his cua- drilla, picadors and banderilleros, and without his bull, he gets $200 just for being himself—and for be- ing one of the best bullfighters (as Mr. Hemingway tells you in “Death in_the Afternoon”) in the world. But why, people ask, Mr. Franklin in 8 theatrical light? The answer is that Mr. Franklin stayed in Hollywood this Fall in- stead of going to Barcelona to do his little bull act. The boy from Brook- Iyn heard the call of another Brooklyn boy (Eddie Cantor) and preferred to wave his cloak and his sword in Hollywood to the beat of clicking cameras_than do th:1 ".:same before roaring Spanish seno! 3 ‘When you see Mr. Cantor’s “The Kid from Spain,” you will also see Mr. Bullfighting Franklin. It is said that when he heard that “The Kid from Spain” was about to be filmed he became alarmed. He had heard that this cinema saga would be & slight dig at his own career. Rumor had it that he was going to be made fun of. So, to stave off some of the kidding (which would amount only to Cantorian kidding), he stepped off in Hollywood and helped them with arena props and suchlike and made himself invaluable. Then it became apparent that the film would be doubly important if it could have the personal services of Mr. Franklin. Mr. is a pleasant, honest young man, who will. tell you with wide, truthful eyes, “I do this better than any one in the world.” By this he means his ‘cape work—for Wwhich, rather than for the sword he is widely and justly. famous. Befpre his small, but eager Wash- ington audience last Friday he was polite, graceful and brimful of bull- fighting. He was delighted at being able to whisk out' his handkerchief and to use it as a cape. He said he ‘was delighted, too, at being. a movie actor. He was once just an earnest Columbia University studen who thought he would be a poster artist. Like John Barrymore and Gary + Cooper and some of the other mati- nee boys, however, his art dropped from him after awhile, and bull- fighting and the movies got him. He looks a little like Joseph Shild- kraut. “I'm planning to come to the opening of “The Kid From Spain’ here Friday,” he said, as he was leaving. He will twirl his handker- chief for other cities in the mean- time, “Daring Daughters’ Presented at the Rialto. Il" you like the title of “Daring Daughters,” now being exhibited | st the Rialto, you will probably also like the film. And then again you ‘will ly like the Mesdames | Marsh, two very blonde blondes, who without exaggeration may be said to | be the worst actresses in Hollywood. You have only to watch the elder (Marian), once a quiet Trilby, per- form in this sad little tale of mod- ! ern “life” to appreciate the fact that there are still a few handsome young things on the coast who are pretty but who are vastly in need of at- tending a school of dramatic what- nots. As a matter of fact, this film was going along in the manner expected of it (and its title) and was doing its harmless little tricks quite harm- lessly—with Marian saying caustic things about “men” every minute or 80, and Joan (sister) moping be- cause she couldn’t marry a child of 21—when along came the hero. And the hero was doing all right until suddenly the heroine called It has been a long time since any one has had the courage to call a hero “Edgar.” If his name was that on the program the players usually referred to him as the almost as bad “Eddie,” or mumbled a thing-em-a- bob under their breaths, which could be construed any old way. Miss Marsh, however, as she twines her slender young arms around the hero’s neck, comes out with a defi- nite loud “Edgar!” And at that the film takes a sudden nose dive. ‘There should be a Jaw passed Eddie Cantor against heroes Edgar. Edgar parlor—but as a So. in this little fable, hopeless. Comedies and news reels give this program & splendid helping hand. E. M. Newman Begins Travel Series. Cl‘rm(z the need for visiting each country in its proper season and with the promise that he has en- deavored to do so, E. M. Newman, famed travel opened onal with a jaunt “Around the World.” Jumping from port to port Newman began his travelogue journey at Funchal, Madeira, skip- ping from there with scant warning to Gibraltar and Palma in the Balearic Islands and thence to Greece. With Jerusalem and the Holy Land as the next objective, the picture adventurer gave a short examination of the Acropolis and its famed temples. Palestine next provided the lure and enchantment that is the East's own heritage. The globe trotter in his survey of the Jewish Moslem and Christian quarters provided many sidelights that were of more than ordinary interest to students of the Bible. - The Mount of Olives, the Wailing Wall, the lovely Garden of Gethsemane, the road of the Via Wolorosa and the narrow streets with their inevitable stores were among the most interesting high- lights. Perhaps the chief climax of the tour of the Holy Land was the visit to the Mosque of Omar which is holy to all three of the religions and which is a temple of much beauty. The Tomb of Rachel, Da- mascus, and the Chapel of the Na- tivty completed exploitations of Jeru- salem and its territory. Turning to Egypt, Newman viewed in rapid succession Cairo, the Nile, the tombs and pyramids of the an- cients, the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, and then Djibouti with its attendant savages, F. L. C. “Female Follies” Features Gladys Clark. ALTHOUGH lacking in comedy skits, “Female Follies” at the Gayety this week is replete with good scenes and catchy songs. Headlining the cast is Gladys Clark, who is sharing honors with Georgia Sothern as the guest star. Miss Clark scores with her flashy dancing and novel tunes. It is pos- sible that her fine work will warrant a lengthy stay at the Gayety. Georgia Sothern continues to please. Her hula-hula number was particularly effective. 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