Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1933, Page 19

AMUS EMENTS. “Reunion In Vienna” Is Fine Story, Well Played THE EVENING BRUTAL MINDS WIN AND LOSE IN KEITH SHOW STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATUI Y, SCREEN ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAWCETT. MAY 13, 1933. COMEDY GIVES MODERN TOUCH! TO GREEK PLAYI Elissa Landi With' | AMUSEMENTS. Out Where the Movies Begin Marion Davies’ Performance in “Peg O’ My Heart” Stirs One With Idyllic Sweetness of a Jack Holt Makes ¥ohn Barrymore and Diana Wynyard Star in Film Version Of Successful S tage Drama——Splendid Stage Show at the Earle. By E.de S OHN BARRYMORE and Diana| Wynyard make as much out of | “Reunion in Vienna,” current at| Loew's Palace, as the screen al- lows them to. While some of the crude fun has been deleted from it, as well as much of its Lunt, roughhouse frame of mind, it is still a gay, bright and amusing film which succeeds ad- mirably in its mis- sion of reviving thoughts of the old Viennese days be- fore the monarchy and its offshots began tumm? to the taxi-driving Barrymore, business. Mr. in fact, is respon- sible for making this one of the better films of the ear. He has put imself into the yole of the now famed “highness,” who comes back from his taxi in Nice to attend a reunion of his ex-court cronies, with arder and devotion. He plays Rudolph Maximilian with all the gusto and Barrymore wit that he is capable of. Free of his somber raiment of “Topaze” fame, and those genteel whiskers, he marches around in his uniform, in his| shirt and in his tyrolean bonnet with an obvious joy for what he is doing. With the result that he makes “Re-| union” lively and funny, and a little sad when it is necessary for it to become so. ‘The play has always seemed to us one | of the real comedy achievements of the day. While its theme is bold, and its language and habits are often on the border line, it is intrinsically a senti- mental ballad when it comes to the matter of the reunion itself. In this grand burlesque, when the ex- nobles dance and the champagne flows freely, and toasts are made under the glant portrait of Franz Joseph, there is a touch of something which is a step beyond what some have called the “flippancy” of the rest of the film. The screen does not make use of that splen- did moment which the play showed | you—when the old grandees taste their | cocktails and make wry faces at them— nevertheless it makes use of many of | the other matters which distinguished the original, and while you may miss Miss Westley as Frau Lucher and mourn the omission of Miss Fontanne’s | deep, chanting voice, you are bound to admit that if you had never seen the play you could find little fault with its| screen rival. ‘We were frankly surprised at Miss Wynward's performance. She is not | only lovely as always and ladylike and dignified, but in those moments when, | as Rudolph says, she has to ‘“relax,” she is warmer beyond our fondest imagination. Due to her characteriza- tions up until this moment, you could swear that she might be too nice for the role—too sweet and simple and . The director, however, has| turned her about, and in those splendid second-act scenes with Barrymore, she is as vivacious as you could wish and as tempestuous emoticnally as Rudolph expects her to be. ‘The has been mounted with taste, and the acting (except for the fact that May Robson is not as brusque as was Helen Westley) is beyond re- proach. Henry Travers plays the “fa- | ther” role which he did on the stage, | and Frank Morgan is the husband in | whose house much of the action takes place. The film belongs, however, al-| most_entirely to Mr. Barrymore and Miss Wynward. You will find them as | delightful a couple as you have ever | seen. Diana Wynyard * X % X The stage show at the Earle tops the film this week. It is one of the best offerings of its kind we have ever seen. It includes an adagio team, Working smoothly and swiftly, a pianist who can | make people who don’t like music like | it, a screen star who knows how to en-| tertain, and a radio act which is by far | the best radio act on the market. | This astounding matter of an all-star stage show is accomplished (in theb above order) by Gracella and Theodore, | two dancers who are good enough not to need all that scenery they are sur- rounded with; Don Zelaya, a popular planist, who appeals this week to the “genses” (he has been here, you know, many times, and is always good and always amusing); Dick Powell, fresh| from Hollywood, via Pittsburgh, and the Three Radio Rogues, Who pack more | fun into their act than any other 10 such acts available. | Mr. Powell is a screen “find” who should be catapulted around the coun- try as one of the better film entertain- ers. Assisted by the agile June Carr, whose dancing is loose and eloquent, | he sings and trumpets and talks in the | manner of a born comedian. Known as Pittsburgh’s favorite actor, his first ap- | pearance here is marked by obvious en- thusiasm from the audience, and before he is through, he has been made to sing almost the entire score of “Forty-sec- ond Street.” The Three Rogues are, however, the particular bright spot of the program. They are better even than the radio rs they mimic. “!l':e orfiy other thing to mention in all this is that Maxine Doyle. lovelier than ever, appears in a hat—which, if you look closely, you will find is not s hat. * K K K Admirers of Ruth Chatterton and George Brent will be glad to see these two together again on the screen. T‘l:leh' new film, however, “Lilly ‘Turner,” is nothing to write home about. One of those I-married-the-wrong-man-and- had - a-baby-and-husband-ceserted-me- themes, it is about what you'd expect from a play which was not so good on Broadway that there was any excuse for turning it into a ‘movie. Mi&!"(}hnt- terion appears as a “nice girl ‘who Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing National—'Good-by Again,” at 8:30 pm. Gayety—"Girls de Luxe,” burlesque, at 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. Palace—“Reunion in Vienna,” at 11 am. 1:05 3:15, 5:25, 7:35 and 9:40 pm. Rialto—"Out All Night” at 11:52 am., 1:52, 3:25, 5:52, 7:52 and 9:25 p.m. Loew’s Fox—“The Warrior's Hus- band,” at 11 am., 1:35, 4:30, 7:25 and 10:05 p.m. Stage shows at 12:30, 3:25, 6:20 and 9 pm. Columbia—*“After the Ball” at 11:10 , 12:55, 2:40, 4:30, 6:15, 8:05 and Metropolitan—“Song of the Eagle,” at 11 am., 12:50, 2:40, 4:30, 6:10, 8 0 p.m. 0 Keith's—“The Woman I 12:08, 2:05, 4:04, 6:03, 8:02 p.m. Earle—"Lilly Turner,” at 10:10 am., 12:35, 3, 5:20, 7:45 and 10:15 pm. Stage shows with Dick Powell, in per- son, at 11:35, 2, 4:25, 6:45 and 9:15 p.m. Tivoli—“Sailor’s Luck,” at 3, 4:05, 6:10, 7:55 and 9:45 p.m. | Ambassade ‘Christopher _Strong, 55 and 9 | theory is that the public should know . Melcher. goes temporarily ga-ga when her hus- band runs off from her, and she fights her way through life as a member of a medicine troupe, hitched to a man (whom she marries when husband No. 1 scats), who drinks every minute and who makes her life no bed of roses. Eventually Miss Chatterton finds love in the arms of Taxi Driver Brent, and is about to run off with him, when a crazy man (once a member-of the medicine show) escapes from the asylum and succeeds in doing nothing except break Miss Chatterton’s hus- band’s spine. Thi§ means that she can't run off with Mr. Brent, and she is last seen going mournfully off to the hospital in the car which is car- rying her husband to his uncomfortable future. Pleasure may be derived from these somber goings-on, by watching Guy Kibbee and Frank McHugh, when he isn’t too tipsy. On the whole, however, you don’t quite believe that Miss Chat- terton believes in what she is doing, and Mr. Brent has little more to do than smile—which he does, nevertheless, very | agreeably. WOMAN CHIE.F OF CHEFS STUDIED TO BE SINGER Nine Cooks in Large New York Hotel Under the Direction of Miss Florence Field. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 13.—Florence Field studied to be an opera singer. Her voice was weakened by influenza. Now she is one of Manhattan's few woman chief chefs—perhaps the only one. She has charge of nine cooks in & large New York Hotel. Her favorite what it is eating—so “filet de sole meu- niere” became ‘“panned broiled sole with butter sauce” when she started revising the menus. Miss Field began studying music at her home in Pittsfield, Mass.; sang in a Walter Damrosch chorus and was dreaming of coloratura heights when illness shifted her to the culinary field. ‘The reason practically all the “big chefs” are men, she explained, is not because they know more about cooking, but because few women can stand the grueling work, which often keeps Miss Field on the job 16 hours a day. Detective ‘WILLIAM POWELL, Who plays the leading role in “Private Detective 62,” a new Warner Bros. pic- ture. COMMUNITY DAY HELD BY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS | East Silver Spring and Woodside Units Stage Elaborate Pro- grams for Parents. Special Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md, May 13— Community day was observed at both the Woodside and East Silver Spring Elementary Schools Thursday. with a large attendance of parents viewing the programs, which, because of unfavor- able weather, were held indoors. In celebration of Music week the pro- gram at the Woodside School in the morning was devoted to the history of music, with a play depicting the part music has played in the country from the time of the Puritans until the pres- ent. Miss Anita Pepmeier, teacher of the sixth grade, wrote the play and her pupils enacted the parts. Following a luncheon, which was for the benefit of the Parent-Teacher Association, a num- ber of songs and Maypole dances were given by the children in costume, and the new May queen, Charlotte Cheeney, attended by her court of honor, was crowned by last year's May queen, Vir- ginia Dwyer. A decorated doll carriage and ex- press wagon parade, in which there were many elaborate entries, was a fea- ture of the program. Judges were Mrs. Frank Pickett, Mrs. C. A. Hoglund and Mrs. L. D. Sasscer, all of Takoma Park. A program of dances, songs, recita- tions and playlets was given by the va- rious grades of the East Silver Spring School throughout the day, with the ch'i;drm in costume for many of the acts. JUNIOR CONTESTS. Mary E. Gresham, chairman of the Contest Committee of the District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs, announces that the junior lontests will be_held tonight at 7:45 in Barker Hall. For the first time in the history of the District Federation, these contests are being held in the evening and the public invited. The contestants include students of Etta Schmidt Wells, Evelyn Sewell Mayers, Frances Gutelius, Mme. Louise Coutinho, Edith Athey, Iva Lee Newell, Arsenio Ralon, Virginia Bestor and Mrs. G. F. Williams. Judges for the contest are musicians of the city ‘The program consist of piano, violin, voice solos, piano ensemble, string ensemble and numbers by the Eastern High School Glee Club. The club is directed by Mrs. Frank Byram and ac- companied by Mr. Gable. sensibilities than the man of ruthless includes numerous short films, includ- ing the news reel, a cartoon comedy, and the Pathe Review, with travel various parts of the world. of Kentucky, said members whose sup- Barrymores and all those other stars Hard Role Seem to Be Heroic. ITH & setting among the hwless‘ elements and the ofl producers of Northern Africa, Jack Holt, in the film | play, “The Woman I Stole,” is present- | ed in one of the most subtle roles he has ever undertaken. It is the same Holt that has been the central figure of many a vigorous and ruthless adventure, but the current play at R-K-O Keith’s has a new form of thrill, the decision of a man of in- dustrial affairs, who has stolen the wife of another, but sends her away when she reveals no emotion at the serious wounding of her former partner. The story gives Mr. Holt a chance to display a less superficial attitude to- ward life than he has been in the habit of showing. He is the same strong and militant man that has become a favorite with the motion-picture fans, but in this instance he is able to com- bine strength with sentiment and an appreciation of the finer types of character. The composite figure is one to capture the admiration of the on-! looker. ‘The theme of the production might be stated in terms of brutality. The man has no hesitation in renewing acquaintance with an old friend, played by Fay Wray, and planning to take her away from her husband, a well-played role in the hands of Donald Cook. He offers no apologies for ruthless acts, and when the oil lines have been ! damaged by the tampering of a gang of ruffians, under Gen. Rayon, played by Noah Beery, he courageously seizes the desert chieftain and compels this leader to work for him. He pays attention to another woman, Teresita, played by Raquel Torres with distinction, and when she too is insistent in her at- tentions, hurls her away from him. Then, when he has made all prepara- tions for flight with the stolen wife, he condemns her lack of sentiment toward the man she is leaving and sends her into the discard. Brutal force has not deprived him of the attitude of loyalty, while in contrast is that of the woman, who is represented as more lacking in action It is an excellent study of character, and with its scenes of action is ex- cellent drama. The Keith program also to D.C.C FILM PROBE DEMAND | REJECTED BY HOUSE Sirovich Proposa Fails, 227-115., Opponent Says It Would Waste Taxpayers’ Money. By the Associated Press. A resolution by Representative Siro-| vich of New York for congressional! investigation into the motion plc!ure: industry was defeated yesterday in the House. The proposal was rejected, 227 to 115. In the debate, Chapman, Democrat, ! port had been sought for the reso- lution had been told of “the enchant- ing b‘gautles and mysteries of Holly-| ‘wood. L “This investigation would invade courts themselves,” Chapman said. am surprised at the audacity and temerity of these men who stand up| here and ask this waste of the tax- payers’ money.” “If the contentions of Dr. Sirovich are correct.” contended Cochran, Demo- crat, of Missouri, “we should have to investigate every industry in the United States in which people lost money on securities. “The Federal Trade Commission tells me it would cost $250,000 to make this investigation. If there have been any income tax violations, as the gentleman says, tell the investigators of the In- ternal Revenue Bureau, and they will| put them down in Atlanta with Chi- cago’s prominent citizen, Al Capone.” Blanton, Democrat, of Texas said the resolution would permit “Dr. Sirovich to employ as many high-priced lawyers as he sees fit.” “It would give a junketing trip to England, France, Germany, Asia and; Africa and won't produce any facts| he hasn't now,” Blanton said. Connery, Democrat, of Massachusetts, a former vaudeville actor, said the in-| vestigation would “show up the rotten-| ness of the industry.” “The Actors’ Equity Union is for| it.” he said, “and that includes the| you see on the screen. Thg workers| in the moving picture thehters are| for_it.” ; | Busby, Democrat, of Mississippi, said | there was “a peculiar silent interest in opposition to this resolution,” and| indicated it was being opposed by =2 strong lobby. REV. FREDER.|C WENCHEL TO PREACH ON MOTHERS Special Exercises to Be Held in Christ Lutheran Bible School Sessions. “The Greatest of All Mothers” will be the subject of the sermon by Rev. J. Frederic Wenchel in the Mother’s day service in Christ Lutheran Church tomorrow. Special exercises will also be held in the Sunday school sessions. Ascension day will be commemorated by an appropriate service Thursday eve- ing. n"}%\e annual visitation will be held tcmorrow afternoon on members of the congregation by committees of twos. A chicken dinner will be served Thursday from 5 to 8 o'clock by the Ladies’ Aid Society in the Sunday school ball. The committee in charge con- sists of Mrs. Knollman, chairman; Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Fisher Nogel and Mrs. Fowler. EX-MAYOR WALKER HAPPY Visits Paris With Bride and Re- ceives Friends’ Congratulations. PARIS, May 13 (#).—Former Mayor James J. Walker of New York, who arrived last night from Vichy, is mak- ing what he calls the “happiest” of his many visits to Paris, He smiled at his bride, the former Betty Compton, New York actress, in making the remark. Many Paris friends of the couple congratulated them on their recent e. : “THE WOMAN | STOLE” JACK HOLT FAY WRAY Baguel Torres Noah Beery —Coming— The Most Amaring Girl of the age! GENE DENNIS—in person And on the Screen IRENE DUNNE “THE SILVER CORD” with Joel MoCrea ) WILLIAM POWELL ALWAYS MUST HAVE A CANE, HAT, GLOVES OR SOMB OTHER OBJECT IN HIS HANDS OR HE FEELS ILL AT EASE AND CANNOT ACT. DRIVES A FLIVVER CAPABLE OF DOING | 110 MILES PER HOUR IT HAS A SPECIAL B 8-CYLINDER RACING i AI.H QACY ENGINE. S AN ELECTRICIAN »uR THE LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD. Claudette Colbert is reputed to be one of the mest widely read of the Hollywood stars. When she moved from New York to Hollywood she brought along her library of approximately 2,500 volumes. A steady customer of Hollywood and Los Angeles book stores, she reads novels, books of travel, bicgraphies, plays and often weighty tomes advancing some new philosophical thought, sociological pattern or economic remedy. If the giant ape of “King Kong" created through the imagination of Merian C. Ccoper and Ernest B. Schoesdack, actually lived and was on display in some 200, he would provide a great problem for his keepers. For instance, if the immense creature should develop a toothache it would require a steam crane to extract the offending molar! Molars of the 50-foot ape would be 4 inches long and 14 inches in diameter and its eye teeth would be 10 inches long and 7 inches around the base. VALIANT DusT by Percival Christopher Wren 111\7:‘5’15’1!' the one-eyed is King, in the legion's | purgatory of poverty, the man with a | private income is * % X Otho yawned cavernously, stretched himself mightily, and sat up on his cot. “Lend us that rag, mate. Yes, yes, all right, Il give it to you back. What's your name, by the way?” “Bombelli.” Joe Mummery and that queer chap | the “creeper,” "Maj. Riccoli’s orderly, who had lately been cultivating the four Englishmen and their friends. “What did you say?” “Bombelli.” “Love us! Bit explosive, ain't it? SYNOPSIS. A detachment of Maj coli's Foreign Legion command is bulld- ing a post in the desert near Mekazzen while awaiting his return with the main body. ~Years before Riccoii had been tested and found wanting by Le Sage of the French Becret Service, and had been Napoleon Ric- s part in saving_the life of Jules Maligni. son of El Isa Beth el Ain a half sister of the Kaid of Mekazzen. years before. Otho has known Maligni 1n England, also the Kaid's son | | | CHAPTER VI. The Strange Bombelli. HE section had endured life at| isul. Post 1 for but a brief space, when the personality of a hither- to unnoticed comrade began to impinge upon Otho’s conscious- ness—a man whom the four English- men and their friends had noticed only as one of the party whom they generally termed “Vittorelli's pets.” He had ar- rived, one day, with a mule convoy, and had remained at the post. | Undeniably, Sergt. Maj. Vittorelli | was guilty of gross favoritism, and un-| doubtedly this man was a prime favorite—ranking with the Corsicans themselves in Vittorelli's esteem, and, | with them, basking in the warmth of | his approval—an approval that had | numerous significant and practical manifestations. Very probably the fact that the fel- low had lived in Corsica, knew Ajaccio and spoke Italian, had & great deal to do with his success with Sergt. Maj. © Vittorelli. And not only with Sergt.| Maj. Vittorelli, for that invaluable and | powerful patron had introduced him to | the favorable notice of Maj. Riccoll| himself. | In this exalted quarter also, the fel- low had found favor, and had so far ingratiated himself that Maj. Riccoli | had appointed him his orderly for duty whenever Maj. Riccoli sojourned at Post 1 Here again, doubtless, the man’s knowledge of Corsica, Ajaccio, and the | Italian tongue, was of immense service to him in the attainment of his ambi- tions. But why he, rather than the genuine Corsicans themselves, Corsicans bred and born? And then, with a smile at his grow- | ing tendency to cynicism, Otho re- membered that the man had money— for a legionnaire, quite a lot of money. And if, in the kingdom of the blind, | | Kay’s Latest | | A new photograph of Kay Francis by the famed Viennese photographer, Ferenc. The star is at work in the Warner Bros. Studio, filming “Mary Stevens, M. D.” SPECIAL CRUISE Down the POTOMAC Sunday, May 14th Also Sunday, May 2i1st Lv. Washington.....10.00 A.M. Ar, back Washington. 5:30 P.M. WIISON LINE | 50 I beata da Overwater too—what you | You should take something for that.” Why was Bombelll now cultivating him, Otho, so assiduously and un- mistakably? Also Joe, William Bossum, and Sailor Harris, as well as Tant de Solf, Pere Poussin and Petrovitch, their friends? What could he hope to get out of | | them? What was his game? | Otho considered him and his recent gradual emergence from the ruck of their comrades into the position of, not | exactly membership in their set, but | that of a candidate for membership. An extremely amusing as well as interesting person, with an inexhausti- ble fund of humor. One gathered that he had had an amazing career, had used all the world as his stage, and in his time played many parts. He still had a wonderful voice and had sung in all the chief opera houses f Europe. He was immensely agtle, quick and supple, and had earned his living as an acrobat and conjurer. Although not very big he was very strong, with muscles like wire hawsers. | Also he was extremely handsome in the | classic Roman style. A real human puzzle. Whenever life was extra hard, food extra short, and wine unprocurable, Bombelli loudly lamented the cowardice that brought him to the legion. “So youre a faint-hearted, lily- livered, cold-footed coward, eh?” Joe Mummery had smiled one day, the first time Bombelll bewailed the lack of | courage that had made him a soldier in | the regiment that is aiways fighting. “Sure, Bo,” replied Bombelli in Italianate English-American. “Damn awful cowards. I maka the runaway. I vamoosa. From a girl! From Herculea! She beata me. I skedadalla. I sure get-to-hell-outa- | this, pronto. . . .” you didn't run_straight from | Ohio to Sidibel-Abbes, Bombo?" | “Nope. I runs to the yards and beata da Overland to N'Yorka. Soon I feels U. S. A. is too small leetle country for me while Herculea movin’ roun’ in it, | | “But call a stow-it-away on ship—and comes to Yurrup . .. Then I come to Napoii and sing Puniculi funicula bunk to da tourista eatin’ spaghetti and drinkin’ lachryma Christi at da hotel by Pompeii ...Andfllml!lulnd.ln‘\mln" grow fat on good eats, wit' da good oil ano'd da good garlic, an’ praise da good God. “And then lika fool I must shake da loose foot again, and I go all over Yurrup some more, and some- time I sing ‘Pagliacci’ in big Kursaal concert and in opera house; and some- 1do turn 'é da mbm Hall, an’ “nx;nd w-lké ng up Cannal feeling —an run straight into Herculea. . . .! “Den I run straight into da Fort. “‘Fort’s strong enough,’ t'inks ‘Surely I'll be safe in there. “Sentry bawls me out. 'Hi! "Where in Hell you t'ink you '?” he shouts. ‘Anywhere there ain't no women at all’ I says—and the sergeant comes out an’ sa; “‘That’s all right, Wop. Join right now. . . . There ain’t no women here. | “‘Worse luck,’ he adds, | “‘Don’t you blaspheme, Bo,’ I begs, an’ joins da Foreign Legion pronto.” Yes, extremely amusing and ex- traordiffarily interesting man. But did quite realize how inter- lmm¥ he was becoming—to Otho, at he realize that once or when talking to Otho he had English without a trace of accent? | twice talked Ttalian Bombelli makes an astonishing propo- sition to Otho, tomorrow. WARNER BROS. THEATRES Yo Complete B STAGE swows TODAY AT 11:30 — 200 ~ 4:20 - 648 - 910 7TH ST WHARVES NA 2440 METROPOLITAN Talented Cast at the Fox. AUGHS of the vintage of 1933 come in rapld succession when “The Warrlor's Husband,” Lasky film at the Fox Theater, fills the screen with jaunty characters masquerading as ancient Athenians and their bar- barian neighbors, the mysterious Ama- zons. The so-called perscn who bore the name of Homer was familiar with the laughter of the gods, but he could not have known how. the modern mo- tion picture company could surpass the | output of that period of romance by turning the highly colored folk tales into savory comedy. Much of this may be credited to the skill of the famous Lasky. New wine in old bottles is here redeemed and awarded a reputa- tion. If the Greeks were the hall- marked moderns of all history, they here come into their own, for the choicest slang of the day is skillfully turned to the adornment of historic stories, in which heroes of the centuries are gracefully debunked and are made to tremble in the presence of the prowess of unrestrained feminine skill Helen of Troy and the famous siege brought the Amazons needed publicity to enable them to survive in the public mind. The present application of Hol- lywood imagination has furnished an impressive picture of their legions, with feminine forms encased in armor cf olden days and with a touch of the spirit of domination that causes the men to assume the guise of cring- ing servants. The current story tells how the women were conquered by lib- eral applications of the universal com- modity which was reputed to be in the custody of Eros, son of Aphrodite. It is a unique comedy, with plenty of the pomp of imperial power, and majestic scenes alternated with close- ups of amusing characters and their merry contacts. Elissa Landi is an impressive warrior, with striking abil- ity to depict the proud commander who is mellowed by the attentions of the Greek, represented with equal fa- cility by David Manners. Marjorie Rambeau, as the chief of the Amazons, reveals the fire that brought fame to her name, and Ernest Truex, in a pre- tended role of submission to an Ama- zonian wife, furnishes much comedy, followed by his emergence at the end, with control of the situation. Other familiar names in the cast are those cf Helen Ware, Maude Eburne, Claudia Coleman, Perdirand Gottschalk, John Sheehan, Lionel Belmore, “Tiny” San- | ford (Hercules) and Helene Madison (Olympic swimming champion). The stage performance at the Fox | is headed by Will Mahoney, comic of all comics, whose reception at the open- | ing performance threatened to stop all | proceedings. His dancing act on the | big Xylophone still creates a strong im- | pression. Others are Huber, the ma- ! gician, who does marvelous tricks with the aid of four young women; Willlam Hall, fine radio baritone, and Arthur and Morton Havel, comedy and songs with pretentious setting and excellent results. . . Ginger GINGER ROGERS, ‘Wearing a platinum wig for her part in the screen revue, “Gold Diggers of 1933.” DORIS KENYON TO WED ‘Widow of Milton Sills Will Marry Realty Broker. LOS ANGELES, May 13 (#).—Ar-, thur Hopkins, Czaenovia, N. Y. real i estate broker, applied yesterday for a ' L'Dem\ltwmrrybomxenynn.nlm-c-" WIlSON ll&é tress, widow of Milton Sills, film actor. Miss Kenyon did not accompany Hop- kins to the License Bureau. He said she will file notice of her intention to ::d }“flN lndythlkt he will lel;e Mon- y for New York, returning here for the wedding. Father of Movie Actress Dies. G, Pa., May 13 (#).—John C. ! READING Celtzer, father of Dorothy Christy, mov- ing picture actress, died yesterday. He was a retired manufacturer, 82 years old. < Loows PALACE /5 is Little Green Isle. BY MOLLIE MERRICK. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 13 (N.A.| N.A).—Perhaps it's our almost inevi- | | table return to simple things which ; makes Marion Davles' performance in | “Peg O’ My Heart” one of the out- standing gelatine records of many | years. Something like the character- )iutlon she gave long ago in “Little Old New York,” this story of an Irish fisher girl and her father—and Mich- ael, her dog—will carry you far away from sophisticated surroundings to t| idyllic sweetness of a little green isle and the perpetual Summer that is in the hearts of those who come from it. | | Few screen beauties face the cam- | era without make-up, without waves | in their hair, without the trappings | of chic clothes—(even chic rags are manufactured often at the costumers with the most flattering tag ends fall- ing where they are best calculated to reveal feminine curves)—but the fisher- man’s hat, and old shirt, the baggy trousers rolled up to the knee, the freshly-scrubbed face which Marion Davies gives us in the first scenes of this picture, are unusual in a degree— and all part of a very sincere and able | characterization, The brogue this ac- tress picked up from an old Irish door- man who has been a friend of hers for years and whom she has loved to mimic when giving her famous imitations. Music runs through * O My Heart,” the Hartley Manners play| { which made Laurette Taylor famous | { in the long ago—just the right amount of the right kind of music for the| story. And Onslow Stevens, Juliette Compton, Alan, Mowbray and others in the cast are capable, but- Peg, her | father and Michael the dog make three poignant musketeers of an Irish idyll that will be hard to forget. he | ter, abused people who had been | (Coprrigrt, 1 Herbert Mundin, English comedian of the Charlot Revue and one of the outstanding moments of “Cavalcade” as Bridges, the butler, is stopped on the street every day of his life by people who tell him he was never so funny in his career as he was in the Noel Coward role. “The funniest part of it is” Mundin said to me, “I played such a paradoxi- cal funny man. I became disgustingly intoxicated. I slapped my small daugh- good to me, broke my wife's heart and final- ly, in a drunken stupor, was run over and killed by a fire truck. There was nothing really funny about me.” But people go on telling Mundin that they split their sides over him. Harry Cohn of Columbia Studios leaves for England today to arrange for productions made in that country. One of his first ventures will be a production with Gilbert Miller starring Leslie Howard and made in England. Meanwhile M. G. M.—which seems to want Howard for the Garbo picture —Greta herself having asked for Ron- ald Colman and being unable to get him—is casting about for an English- man to fill one of the important parts in this story, “Queen Christina.” Katherine Hepburn is off for New York again to fill in some time between pictures. This girl rarely appears about Hollywood—not for any Garbo reason, because she is not at all a recluse, but rather because when she is here she is working and immediately she com- pletes her work she starts off for the East Coast to enjoy a bit of relaxation among her friends. 933. by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) 'BEER PROBLEM IS THEME OF NEW PICTURE !Plenty of Action in| Metropolitan’s “THE HORSE WRANGLER” DRAWS CAPACITY CROWD Christian Endeavor Players Present Their Play at Powell Junior High School. ‘The Christian Endeavor Players added another “hit” to their list of perform- ances last night with the presentation of “The Horse Wrangler” before a ca- pacity audience in the Powell Junior High School Auditorium. sk E Jamison is to be congratu- a or his success as director of The motion picture industry, as in|cast. Wayne Bobst, the horse wrang{: that dry crusade, but very wet picture himself, was the outstanding member of a year or so back, has again taken of the cast. His naturalness of elocu- up its celluloid warfare against the boot- | tion and ability to place himself wholly legger and racketeer in “The Song of jin the role he represented made him the Eagle,” current on the Metropolitan | dominant. Mr. Jamison also proved screen. It took wonder-working Holly- 'himself a noteworthy actor in his role wood just one month and a few days as Col. Randolph, as did Robert Mid- from the date beer was made legal to dleton as the secret service operative. place before the public this gelatine Cther members of the cast were Stan- Screen Offering. | | protest against the possibility of the | racketeer gaining control of the brewing business | “The Song of the Eagle,” or as it is | subtitled, “The Passing of the Beer Baron,” has an impressive cast of seven featured players (with one all-America star, Alfred E. Smith) but rather un- | impressive dialogue and in many in- stances is concerned with flag-waving. | The question of what the beer baron | will do to combat legal beer is timely enough to create interest, and it is 1n-| | tricately woven into the life story of a | German-American brewer and his sons | who fought in the war against their | father’s fatherland, to find prohibition | |on their return. 'And, although it is | | plentifully innoculated with scenes of | the New York beer parade, Al Smith at | | the Democratic convention, super-im- posed war scenes and beer-drinking shots, it manages to hold interest in the story of this family. | this story are, they are complete enough to create a life-panorama of what a | brewer’s difficulties would be if the beer baron muscled-in. The acting, as one might expect from such a cast, is ex- | cellent, though Mary Brian is some- times brushed aside in these fast mov- ing sequences. Richard Arlen as the son of Brewer Hoffman (Jean Hersholt) is convinc- | ing enough when he gathers his war buddies around him to help protect his beer business. George E. Stone comes back for a better role than he had in one of his recent pictures as Arlen’s | buddie. who joined forces with a rack- | eteer (Charles Bickford) and who is de- | tailed to kill Arlen, but takes the rap himself. | It is Jean Hershclt and Louise Dres- ser however, as Mama and Papa Hoff- man who merit the final bows when the | shooting is all over. And there is plenty of shooting, as is typical of gang | pictures, and plenty of free-for-all | ing between ex-doughboy and gangster, | with the soldier, as usual, coming out | {on top. If you see this film, be sure to keep your eye on Louise Dresser in the scene in which she kills the gang leader, and for that matter all through i the film, for she is consistently good. | J. N, H. | | closes points of inter- st along the Potomac. Nightly ot 8.30 P. M. MOONLIGHT TRIP e T J 7TH ST. 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