Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1936, Page 40

AMUSEMENTS. 'C—16 = “Dodsworth” One of Best, Most Stimulating Movies Huston Is Perfect in Big Role, but Ruth Chatterton’s Is Real Achieye- ment of Picture. BY E. de S. Ml;‘flwHER‘. s i ok bt g n excellent picture. It is one of the fines S ogafnwgonlfimlsh:s ever done and it is an admirable illustration of the gocd that can come out of Hollywood. Mind you, it wasn't an easy task to take this book, or this flsy and make it as consistently absorbing as it Was in print or in the theater. The pitfalls were many. The casting, perhaps, the nsost difficult of all. Mr. Goldwyr: has, neverthe- less, surmounted every obstacle with what seems to have been the great- est of ease and the net result is a handsome and a stimulating photoplay which every adult should see. Much has been said about Mary Astor's grade and beauty in this film—too little about Ruth Chate terton—and, of course, Walter Hus= ton’s performance as Sam Dods- worth is acknowledged to be one ot the greatest screen portraits of all time. It is, however, Miss Chatter- ton about whom we are chiefly con- cerned mainly because her role is so blatantly disagrecable and be- cause people will prefer to forget rather than remember her. Nor does the screen‘do a turn- about in her character and have her emerge from her ambitious trance as a sweet and loving wife. To the very last she remains a vapid, scheming shrew, and a little pathetic in that she knows she has lost her fight, PR THE skill with which her character is drawn is divided fairly evenly be- I+ tween Sinclair Lewis, Sidney Howard, the screen adapter, and Miss Chatterton. Between them they haves<: left nothing unsaid. In that magni ficent scene in which Mrs. Dodsworth faces the mother of her youthful Rance, she is summed up with brutal completeness. There is nothing left for her. She has been told that she 4s old. Her life is over. Some authors, who had thus seperated a wife from a husband, might have then proceeded .to send her back home. Not so, Mr. Lewis. As you will recall, while Mrs. Dods- worth trots back meakly to her huse band, and Sam resigns himself to temporary discomfort, a sudden spark ignites his soul, he realizes finally shorn of its best dramatic trimmings and since a great many people will believe it to be superior entertain- ment than it was as a stage play. Walter Huston is uncannily at his ease in a long, difficult role which as stated above is pretty well agreed to be one of the really great screen | characterizations. Miss Chatterton | makes herself thoroughly disliked, and Mary Astor looks precisely as | you always have hoped she (Edith | Cortright) might look. | Others in the 100 per cent cast include Maria Ouspenskaya as the | that he still has a nice chunk of Iife | 10 Beroness Paul tokes as Arnold | ahead of him, and one of the | yelin * Gregory Gaye as poor Kurt | most satisfactory leave-takings in the } and David Niven as boy friend No. 1 | world he tells his wife to go to blazes. | on " t1a boat. * % %k %k THE telling of Sam Dodsworth's| A grand film—all around. | life is therefore something to see | 40n'c come better. on the screen, since it has not been | It's at the Palace. BOb Taylor, Where and When StanVVyck at Current Theater Attractions They | | and Time of Showing. L] National—“And Stars Remain,” at e aplto {2:30 and 8:30 pm. | Earle—"Craig’s Wife,” at 11:10 am., == ¢ 1:40, 4:20, 7:15 and 9:55 p.m. Stage Y 3 | shows at 12:45, 3:25, 6:20 and 9 p.m. G et T Ogether ”1n Capitol—“His Brother's Wife,” at €« i 1 9:40 a.m, 12:10, 2:40, 6:10, 7:45 and BrOthEI S Wlfe 10:15 pm. Stage shows at 11:15 am,, | Despite Dice. 1:45, 4:15, 6:45 and’9:20 p.m. | Palace—Dodsworth,” at 11:50 am., P UNTIL the time Bob Taylor | 2:20, 4:40, 7 and 9:25 p.m. returns from his jungle search Columbia—"“The General Died at for the bug which spreads| pawn,” at 11:10 am., 1:15, 3:20, spotted fever, u; ?n!d !h?;ezs 5, 7:30 and 9:35 p.m. @pple of his eye turned into his | S sister-in-law during his absence, “His | m';i!‘;? T MY Man, God- Brother's Wife,” the new photoplay ' ... Yy DA e o 5 . g | 7:43 and 9:45 pm. at Loew's Capitol, is just a bunch of people and things some citizen pointed | - Metropolitan—"Texas Rangers” at a camera at. But when Bob's brother | 11:10 am, 1:10, 3:15, 5:20, 7:25 and | says “She makes you think of the 9:30 p.m. moon bursting over the mountain | Belasco—“Dinner at Eight.” at | tops” (It's Barbara Stanwyck, though, | 11:39 a.m, 1:38, 3:37, 5:36, 7:35 and | and not Kate Smith, he’s talking about), things start to happen. | Rialto—"Thin Man,” at 2:25, 4:40, 7:15 and 9:40 p.m. Little—"“Naughty Marietta,” at 11 | Things like this happen. Bob goes | back to the jungle to hunt his bugs‘ and with him takes Miss Stanwyck, | because it is truly Bob she loves and | not his brother, and the two of them | going off this way will make con-| am., 1:30, 3:20, 5:27, 6:3¢ and 9:47 | THE EVENING STAR, Coming to Myrna Loy has a feature M-G-M film which has just been completed in Hollywood and is scheduled for early showing at Loew’ Miss Loy in the co-starring quartet in “Libelled Lady” are Jean Harlow, William Powell and Spencer Tracy. WASHINGTO the Palace | d role in “Libeled Lady,” mew Palace Theater. With D. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1936. Rosalind Russell Splendid. As Contempt ible Heroine| “Craig’s Wife” Is Enl BY ROBERT B. HE way to cinema prestige is Bette Davis achieved it via the Human Bondage.” Jean Harlow “Dinner at Eight.” qualities endear them to their public is Miss Russell first achieved some fal Stage Success—Red Nichols’ Or- chestra on Earle Stage. And the roster of actresses whose unpleasant Rosalind Russell in “Craig's Wife,” the picture at the Earle Theater this week, arged Photograph of PHILLIPS, Jr. not necessarily paved with languor. role of a handsome harridan in “Of turned the trick in a similar part in now enlarged by the performance of me as a minor double for Myrna Loy. She had the tilt of the nose, the at-< tractively superior and debonair man- ner which marked that lady's best ef- forts for the silver screen. She now emerges a full-fledged motion picture star in the celluloid version of George Kelly's Pulitzer prize play. The finest commentary that could be delivered upon the sincerity of her work was supplied yesterday by a susceptible first - audience witnessing the screen drama, She made herself so thor- oughly contemptible that every de- feat she suffered provoked applause | from the customers, and no greater | tribute could be paid a performer who | set out to do a good job in the role | of Harriet Craig. | As a motion picture “Craig’s Wife"” is little more than an enlarged version, a magnified photograph of the stage script. It needs and offers no novel- | ties and ideas, no inventions beyond the customary expansions of time and | space which attend the translation of a drama to the screen. The play was | magnificent, an uncompromising com- | mentary on a certain phase of Ameri- | | can life. The picture is likewise forth- right, moving, and humanly tragic. | A picture that sticks in the throats | of 1ts audiences, that inspires them to repeated expressions of feeling, re- quires no further recommendation. Hollywood's “Craig's Wife” is perhaps | known to phonograph and radio fans not as great as it might have been with a more gifted actor than John| Boles in the part of Walter Craig, but | it merits top ranking among the! camera versions of excellent plays. | ‘While Columbia Pictures Corp. fle-‘ serves due praise for the honesty | of its interpretation of a good story, | it must also be remarked that the trite, futile and silly moralistic tag | attached to the picture is a perfect | sample of the inspired imbecility peculiar to the motion picture busi- | ness. After driving home with re- lentless force the maxim, “people who | live for themselves alone are gene | erally left alone” the producers| decided it would be a bright idea to | repeat the statement in big bold print after the final curtain. A fine example, we should say, of double jeopardy. The current Earle bill also offers a stage appearance of Red Nichols and his Five Pennies, an orchestra so well that it wants no aid from ecritics. Nichois’ band is in turn, hot, smooth and corny, and his entertainers fill out the vaudeville requirements to | order. After the gripping ordeal of the picture bill, his band supplies a pleasant return to the gifted dizziness of the day. “Godfrey” Continues At Keith’s Powell - Lombard| Film a Riot of .Fun. Large Audience Delighted By Martinelli Program .. BY ALICE EVERSMAN, most tenors of the Metropolitan, whose beautiful voice has h: with the greatest opera house in the | world, returngd to Washington last | evening after many years to give a | program of songs and arias at Con- | r ! stitution Hall. Assisting him was Inez ringing timbre whether in pianissimo | Lauritano, violinist, who in her open- | or the opposite and throughout his Certain sections of so-called society | | ing number proved her right to be presented with one of the greatest tenors of the day. In spite of the stormy weather, a good sized and distinguished audience was present and expressed a deep ap- preciation of a program it is not often the fortune of local music lovers to hear. For Mr. Martinelli was in splendid voice and sang with abandon “O Paradiso” the lovely aria from pm. Ambassador—“Yours for the Ask- | “L'Africana,” the haunting “E lucevan le stelle” from “Tosca,” finishing with , An | ome of the most diffjeult arias for tenor, ing,” at 2, 4:05, 6:10, 8 and 9:50 p.m. | the “Celeste Aida” from Verdi's mag- Tivoli—"Pepper,” at 1, 2:5: , 4:50, | nificent opera. 6:30, 8:10 and 9:45 p.m. | The interesting point about Mr. Howard—“Final Hour.” at 12:15, | Martinelli’s singing is the way in 2:45, X 5 and 10:15 p.m. Stage which the natural beauty of his voice shows at 1:45, 4:15, 6:45 and 9:15 | shines through the veneer of training p.m. | and experienced usage. It has the Josephine Hutchinson Plays Edith Maxwell BY SHEILAH GRAHAM. OLLYWOOD, October 10 (N.A.N.A.).—Before her pout with her studio, venient grounds for a divorce. This | will suit the brother just beautifully, ! for being married to Stanwyck is turning out to be the ruination of his career. Bui does Stanwyck get | fooled when the divorce is arranged? | For instead of going into the clinch that would end things, Robert tells | Barbara to go home, she's settled with | his family. There is a lot of busmess\ about a gambling joint and bum dice, | which Barbara slipped Bob, that causes all of this and necessitates the use of several more reels, during which Miss Stanwyck takes fever, Bob tries out his serum and love .conquers bugs or dice or something. Those moviegoers who seek for | quality in the cinema before they ask | *whozinnit?” won't find much here, | “Mountain Justice,” grimly portrayed in real life by Edith Maxwell. . oegelse { Instead, fragile-looking Josephine Hutchinson gives a movie imita- ::;r;:;e: N lg;lem";r"&u?“;” ;;": !;' | tion of the mountain miss who killed her father with a slipper and was phowgra;;hed frogn gnu angxues rmnf | sentenced to jail . .. I arrive on the set just as George Brent—the lawyer Bette Davis was scheduled to play the screen role in Warners' | e aaped O ! - | who saves Miss Hutchinson from the< uding wearing & milk- | goctrye chajr—knocks out s tough man’s hat that is too small for him. Miss Stanwyck has a role which al- lows her much emotional distress, | something she seems to like, even if | she was bettter recently when she | tried light comedy. John Eldredge is ! splendid as the brother, and Jean | Hersholt does some fine work in a | major supporting role. The Capitol's stage show, Phil Lampkin's Varieties, is a pretty ele- :d‘mhlfl}.tuli l?llms much merry com- y by Nell Kelly. some topping slap- : stick (of a mild order) ll’:y gFrax?k'cmm ity s Libuse and company, dances by the iwnys be . relied Elida Ballet and by Pritchard and | UPOR to_supply Lord, and songs by Helen Ely and the | ¢ comedy relief mountaineer annoying Miss Hutchin- son and her young sister (Marcia Jones of “These 2 Three” fame), “Quiet the kids up there,” shouts : Director Curtiz to | the children on the set. Because of his mispronun- ciation of the English language, Three Maids and a Mike, Just about &1l of it is to the good. —H.M. LONE MAN ATTENDS JOHN GILBERT RITES Ashes of Actor Buried in Glendale, Calif.—Marker to Be Signature. By the Assoctated Press. GLENDALE, Calif., October 10.— The ashes of John Gilbert, great Jover of the films, who died January 9, were buried yesterday. Of all the actor’s friends only a Bolitary man witnessed the interment, Charles A. Greene, executor of his estate. The crenmted remains, in a sealed bronze urn, were interned in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Greene said that later a bronze tablet, bearing only a likeness of Gilbert’s signature, would be placed upon the pine tree that stands nearest his grave. S Czech Crown Devaluated. PRAHA, Czechoslovakia, October 10 (P).—A law devaluating the Czech crown by 16 per cent became effective Yesterday. The measure was adopted by the cabinet council after being accepted by the House of Deputies and the Senate. 13 4 {of his pictures. { “Too much chin —your emotion is all in your chin,” he tells the troublesome mountaineer. The reprimand makes the actor ner- ! vous and he “blows up” 10 times. { “I ‘dried up' 19 times when appear- ing in ‘Purchase Price’ with Barbara | Stanwyck,” -recalls George Brent. “When you get that way the only thing to do is to stop working for a while. “I'll have enough money in two years to retire from the screen and live comfortably for the resf of my i life,” Brent continues. “But I'll keep | on working until 1942, when my con- tract expires with Warners.” The Irishman dislikes picture work. “The work’s too hard. I've only had four days off this year. My only ex- cuse is money.” The presence of Miss Hutchinson dissipates the gloom caused by George's words. “You look too frail to kill a man,” she is told. “When it's a mat- ter of killing, brain—not brawn—is -what counts,” she replies, Mary Astor is acting as nursemaid to her daughter Marylyn, in between scenes of Columbia’s “Lady From No- where. “My Mummy works here” confides Marylyn to your corre- spondent, “This is my Mummy's chair.” The 4-year-old waggles a fat finger at the chair lettered “Miss Astor,” seats herself in it and ‘sur- veys the hotel room set before her with | | Sheilah Graham. playing the role of a manicurist who is nearly taken for a last ride because she unintentionally witnessed a mur- der. She smiles at her daughter be- fore each take ... One of the killers, Arvey Tyler, forgets his lines. The third time this happens, Marylyn | exclaims, “He's a naughty boy, isn't | he?” “Look at the man with the lovely firecracker,” says Miss Astor, point- |ing to the gun in the hand of the | property man. The explosion is fol- lowed by a lusty wail from Marylyn, who is led outside, weeping, by her mother. “She's never heard a gun g0 off before,” apologizes Miss Astor. “I'd hoped she’d think it was a fire- cracker.” . . . An Electrician magic- ally produces two balloons. Marylyn, laughing through her tears, grabs the strings and is led toward the wait- ing car by her nurse and chauffeur- guard.- Tons of rain—from a network of sprinklers—are pouring down on Bure gess Meredith and the reproduction, of Brookiyn Bridge, in R-K-O-Radio’s “Winterset” . . . Director Al Santell and .his camera crew are protected with oilskins, plus an awning over the camera buggy (“Dolly”) on wheels on which they are crouching . . . The rain is heated, but Burgess Meredith sneezes, and Santell hastily commands the rain to be turned off. The shoot- ing of the picture is nearing its end and it would be & catastrophe if ill- :;a‘:h of the star player held up the A happler scene is being enacted on |’ another stage in the same studio. Gene Raymond, clad in pajamas and gown, is having his head Tenor, Assisted by Inez Lauritano, in Splen- did Voice at Constitution Hall, After Year’'s Absence. | quality that belongs to the charm of Giovanni Martinelli, one of the fore- | his country and one cannot forget in sense and yet gloss them over with the finished art of the opera singer, ad a large share the intensity of the urge to sing which realize it has been at all sensible in sustaining the brilliancy associated ' SPrings o spontaneously from the until you stop to think about it. | hearts of his countrymen and which, in all his years before the public, Martinelli has not lost. % Tre freshness of tonal color, the range, and the nostalgic quality of the voice ijtself was used effectively in every number. The programed songs ! did not equal the arias in character, but were given w genuine feeling, especially Berlioz® “L’Absence,” De- bussy’'s “Nuit d'Etoiles,” Tosti's “Ideale” and Donaudy’s “Vaghissima Sembianza.” A charming number was | “Berceuse Amoureuse” from the pen of his accompanist, Emilio Roxas. In the group following the intermission Mr. Martinelli substituted the aria from “La Juive” for songs by Schu- bert. Thomas and Logan. Although evidently suffering from nervousness, Miss Lauritano gave a | brilliant performance of the rather thankless Glazounow “Concerto in A Minor,” playing it in one movement. In spite of its technical difficulties the | concerto is not an interesting one, and borders, in moments, on the banal. Miss Lauritano played it in spirited style, extracting every fota of beauty it could give. She is a vital performer, full of temperament which is intel- ligently directed and possessed of a suffered no blemishes last evening. Into her second group, Bloch's “Nigun,” the de Falla-Kochanski “Rit- | ual Fire Dance” and Ries’ “Perpetuum | Mobile,” the young artist put a mature | artistry which further showed the character of her talent. Her success with the audience required an encore after several recalls. Sergius Kagen substituted for Celius Dougherty as her accompanist. Mr. Martinelli was able to create an program which won the public at once and for their further satisfaction he added numbers that charmed by their lyric character. This was the first concert to be presented by the Beren- Brooks Artists and was given under the patronage of Mrs. Franklin D. Roose- velt and with the sponsorship of the National Homeopathic Hospital. Itvin S. Cobb Says: BEVERLY RKILLS, Calif, Octo- ber 10.—Can nothing be done to stop the destructive utterances of this man, Al Smith? Think of him, as he did Thursday night in that Philadelphia speech. of his, urging the voters to sift the bunk out of the cam- paign and study facts. Does he want to deflate the whole sys- tem of American politics? Would you Mire a cook who squeezed all tne meat out of the sausage and fried the sausage us who wish to start concentrating foot ball as soon as possible. I'm especially interested in how Yale comes out on its clever little idea of selling to a commercial broadcast the radio rights for all games played on the home grounds. But the fellow who gets the empty-bottles concession is the one who'll really clean up. «Copyright. 1836, by the Na.th American Newspaper Alliance, inc.). R. ERIC HATCH'S batty farce about & vacuous, but engag- ing society lass who retrieved a “forgotten man” from the dump and made him her butler, | “My Man Godfrey,” continues into an hilarious second week R-K-O Keith's Theater. It is one of the gayest and most | thoroughly enjoyable comedy ro-| mances to come out of Hollywood in | many a moon, a film that has the intelligence and the good taste to present certain elements of common at { such utter inanity that you don't “My Man Godfrey's” cerning the merits of the “forgotten | men” of America's city dumps, of course, are not its basic theme. The comparison between these people and tenets con- is just there for the taking if you ! want it. The major portion of this cclluloid rampage is dedicated to laughter that more often than not falls in the guffaw class, as this at- tractive simpleton makes a butler of the derelict she picks up on a “scavenger hunt,” then falls in love with him. The film is practically a riot as. it conglomerates a bit of social com- “THE TEXAS RANGERS” BACK AT METROPOLITAN | Jack Oakie and Fred MacMurray Agaiq Shooting Them Up in AMUSEMENTS. Sheriff Is Ousted. WILSON, N. C., October 10 (#).— Superior Court Judge Marsh: T Spears ordered Sheriff W. A. Weath- ersby of Wilson County removed from | office yesterday after studying testi- mony of witnesses that he was drunk at an election poll in Black Creek town- ship July 4, the date of the second North Carolina Democratic primary, JATIONAL N Tonicht at 8:30 - M Today at 30 The Theatre Guild Presents First Play of ‘a-m‘ui’ Theater y “AND STARS REMAIN" Jutins 3. 324 Prile. G. Evstein . and Philis G. Ep: CLIFTON WEBB HELEN GAHAGAN Brilliant Cast Staged by PHILIP MOELLER NEXT MON., SEATS SELLING The Theatre G ents Second Play of the n Theater SEND OF SUMMER” 8. N. IIHIH"AINT'II' Comedy Hit INA CLAIRE 0SGOOD PERKINS And a Disiin 1‘53:‘! Theatre Guild Staged by PHILIP MOELLER Nights 85¢ to $£2.75. Mats. Wed. & Bat. 85¢ te §2. NATIONAL oo ‘William A. Albaugh Offers JOOSS Last Season’s Great Success BALLET Seats, $1.10 to $2.75, at Box Office. == rxo 15th Now! KEITHS -¢ NO. WEEK. “MY MAN GODFREY” with ALICE BRADY . H OF TIME" . for ‘THE MARC COMING . . NINO MARTINI LEO CARRILLO o 1DA LUPING is “THE GAY DESPERADO’ | “THE BAND | ASHTON LASCO .. Opening Today They're Here Arain In That Priceless Mystery, “THE THIN MAN" With MYRNA LOY and WM. POWELL Organ Recitals. 7 and 9 P.M. 23¢ to 5:30 B0e—10c—35¢ after 5:30 eL Children Always 150 10¢PARKING AFTE ACADEMY ©* ™icy s yvewes E. Lawrence Phillips’ Theatre Beautiful Continuous From 1:00 PLAYS ON." YOUNG and BETTY FUR! NARD in “HEROES RANGE.” with JUNE GALE. CLARENDQ;. \'e. JANE WITHERS. “LITTLE MISS NOBODY."” Popeve. Mickey Mouse, and “FRESHMAN LOVE." CIRCLE 76 st Ao i EDWARD ARNOLD 2nd_JOA EET NERO_WOLFE DUMBARTON .. LARRY CRABBE and “DESERT GOLD ter's Stard " FAIRLAWN ANACOSTIA D € BUCK_JONES in “RIDE FEM COWBOY * LITTLE 9th Between F and G Acousticon Eauioped Held Over for Second Week NELSYON FDDY_ JEANETTE MacDONAIDN, “NAUGHTY MARIETTA.” Y R March of Time. _ PRINCESS o Xir Toniiiionea Doubls Feature GINGER ROGERS in “STAR OF MID- NIGHT." ~REX LEASE in “CYCLOA OF THE SADDL! s Yy, i Georzia Ave. |SECO &tk s Bt Sanguinary Cinema. “THE TEXAS RANGERS heing sanguinary cinema in the inod- ern manner. has six-shot its way down to the Metropolitan for a return engagement, and Fred MacMurray is busy once again wiping out Injuns, disposing of county bosses and plac- ing duty above friendship (as every ®ood ranger should) in bringing down Sam McGee, alias the “polka-dot bandit,” pal of his own outlaw days, before he “got religion.” Such wuctiv- ities, we are told at some length as the unwinding begins and remind- ed at the close, are all by way of making Texas safe for the more peaceable pursuits of family raising (and centennial expositions). Jack Oakie is on hand as the third in the initial triumvirate and Mac- Murray's co-ranger. which makas the picture safe for comedy, with Jack in fine form—at least until he de- cides to go after the notorious Mr. McGee (not of Robert Service fame), is rewarded with a dose of lead, in- spires MacMurray to change his mind about refusing to do a pal in. Mr. Oakie is largely responsible for “The Texas Rangers” hanging around the “main stem”—for Mr. Oakie is funny, | and with redskins all around, too! Under the egis of King Vidor a full complement of western appur- tenances have been assembled, In- cluding: Rocks being rolled down mountains, ccurt being held in & bar- room, war whoops and stage coach hold-ups. The result is a better than | average mellerdrammy, materialiy aided by Jean Parker, taking love into her own hands and “taking’ Pred MacMurray. For those to whom sound technique, the clarity of which | ment with slapstick and satire, and No sound is more welcome than the the merry idots (this Irene Bullock, ' Crack of pistols and larger arms. Mr her sister, her mother and her | Vidor has seen to it that plenty cf mother’s “protege,” principally), who 2mmunition and opportunities to use make Godfrey's life a complicated | it are on hand at all times. | Iot for a time, are some of the best| Popeye, the sailor, who doesn't get idiots the cinema has achieved. | very close to the sea nowadays. ap- | Carole Lombard romps gloriously | peers in a completely amusing release | and far from subtly through her which presents his adventures at the characterization of Irene, and William | 200 with pachyderms and other things. { Powell is smoothly fitted for the MThe news, completing the bill, features | | Godfrey role, where he has plenty | first shots of the Alcazar’s defenders of opportunity for suave comedy. The |and a base ball game in New York. | others principally concerned are Alice | C. A M Brady, Eugene Pallette, Mischa Auer, - m—— | Gail Patrick and Alan Mowbray. | s— | They're all just right. —H. M. | PAUL TREMAINE and His Orchestra Dinner $1.50 Gtove Theater Restaurant 505 K St. N.W. Met. 0770 ““GENERAL DIED AT DAWN” | 'RETURNS TO COLUMBIA 'HE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN" returned t> Loew's Columbia yes- { terday, and you may buy a ticket to one of the mere lively current con- | | | | | No_cover or minimum with dinner. atmosphere of informality during the | troversies by entering the portals of | that renovated theater. For our part | We hold that this swift and realistic { melodrama is one of the better ex- i pressions of the screen's knack for | creating great excitement over noth- |ing in particular. With dialogue by Clifford Odets, excellent performances ib_v Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Porter Hall and Akim Tamiroff (an unknown who hereby writes his name in marquee lights), the production TO-NITE GAYETY BURLESK STARTING THIS SUNDAY ANOTHER PRIZE W) D FEA TURE: HARRY MYERS AND ROSALIND 108N RUSSELL BOLES “CRAIG’S WIFE” NOW 2.4 WEEK DOWNTOWN A Paramount Picture With | FRED MacURRAY & JACK OAKE W o i & 5 R SHOWN FOR 6 DAYS Sm Ot 110 16 el Warner Bres Production SINTHONY SIDVERSE By Nervey Allen With FREDRIC MARCH SHOWN AT 295 —4:35 — 7145 — 83§ RICES MIGHTS & SUNDAYS Clrdron 20c Adels 40 and every Saturday. Sunday and Thursday nights, beginning at 9:30 P. M. could, scarcely be called inferior. It| is nevertheless designed for a partic- | ular taste in cinema antics, and may either appeal to you immensely or cause you to walk away wagging the !leld over the vagaries of Hollywood | imagination. At any rate, don't miss | the argument. It is invariably heated, | being based upon such Qquestions as the probability of 12 Chinese com- mitting suicide because their general told them they had “lost face” with hl_m. or the plausibility of Dudley Digges as an Oriental mogul. The Columbia, of course, offers the usual side show of comedies, news reels, cartoons and whatnot, R.B. P, Jr. DOROTHY DEE AT GAYETY DOROTHY DEE, a young newcomer A to the East, who hails from Western outposts of burlesque, will be the featured specialty artist with the new Independent Burlesque Associa- tion revue, which opens at the Gayety at tomorrow’s 2:30 matinee. In addition to Miss Dee, the produc- tion will have comedy by Joe De Rita, Harry Myers and Bobby Faye; there will be dances by other feminine spe- cialty performers, and a chorus o 16 will provide the background to it all. | LANK BOOK You get variety and value here. See our big stock. E. 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