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C—12 =% AM USEMENTS. 4 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. CN\SATURDAY, s JULY 31, 1937. Mutinyand Mickey Rooney Add Vitality to “Slave Ship” New Capitol Film Is Sturdy and Thrilling Cinema Fare—The Jesse Crawfords and Guy Rober tson on Stage. BY HARRY MacARTHUR. HIS young Mickey Rooney is growing up to be an actor of considerable proportion, Ship,” at the Capitol. In two and “A Family Affait"—he has as you will agree wi hen you see him this week in “Slave recent films—*Captains Courageous" turned in sterling portrayals, and now in this current melodrama he is responsible for much of the vitality it has. Most of the comedy is in his able hand There's considerable excitement in Slfl\!‘ Shlp' Mr. Warner Baxter's efforts to quells- - a mutinous crew. Mr. Baxter “Ould( have gotten along all right with his | crew only he fell in love, got married and saw that the business he was in ‘was not a respectable one. The crew, however, felt giving up the slave busi- ness was foolish because there was so much money in it, what with all the | other slavers having been captured, hanged from a yard-arm, and their | boats having been convcrted to Wee- hawken ferries, so there was no competition. So the crew hauled Mr. Baxter to Africa again on his own slave ship and he had one heck of a time, being left in Africa, coming back in a canoe to regain control of his boat, and haul- ing the whole works to St. Helena so every one could be hung, before he got to the quiet plantation for which he yearned. It's all sturdy stuff and pretty thrill- ing at times. Director Tay Garnett hasn't missed a trick when it comes to inserting excitement in a cinema sequence. There’s gunfire, skull- eracking, jaw-busting, Kknife-tossing and just about every other kind of quiet mayhem that would be practiced | by slave-hauling sailors at mutiny. Every high diver in Hollywood mus have been hired to be picked off in the rigging and die like an Olympic diving champion. There are moments when “Slave Ship” doesn't seem to come up to what it might have been, but for the most part, it is made believable by the sincere acting of Baxter, young Mr. Rooney, Elizabeth Allan and Wallace Beery. s, too. deriving. mostly from THE Capitol's stage show is long— s0 long one of the acts has to perform during the nvrn‘urkbut it's all entertaining. The fellow who does his turn during the overture is Vic Hyde, the one-man band, whose play- ing of two and three trumpets at the same time is sure-fire. He's been given some grooming and some material since he appeared here at & cabaret a while back and he's going places. There's Guy Robertson, too, the chap whose engagament in “The Great Waltz” turned into a career, who scores a hit with his singing of a group of popular tunes and is especially good on “The Song of the Vagabonds.” Comedy is con- tributed by Ross and Bennett (and if you don't laugh at them, it must be your own fault) and by Bert Nagle and company, who imitate a couple of cats and a girl doing an acrobatic dance. The girl doing the acrobatic dance, however, is not comedy or an imitation; she's good. The Jesse Crawfords have returned, too, this time backing up their Ham- mond organs with a fully comple- mented dance orchestra, It's a new and different combination, this organ- orchestra affair, and turns out a lot of music with some original effects. We still think, though, that Mr. and Mrs, Crawford attempt a lot of things with those electric organs that make mechanical noises instead of tonal beauty. Imaginary Film Cast Enlists Celebrities Roosevelt Would Draw Some of Lionel Barrymore’s Roles if He Were in Hollywood. BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN, at Loew’s Capitol Theater. GUY ROBERTSON, Singing star of “The Great Waltz,” i tractions on the variety vaudeville bill now occupying the stage s one of the headline at- ile Tops a Current Stage Bill - Melodramal Is Keynote Of ‘Met’ Film EFORE long there won't be any g00d rackets left. The movies will have busted them all wide open. The picture people Now have put an end to slot machines and the ring operating them and Akim | King of Gamblers,” tan’s new photopl “King of Gamblers” is of the old gangster school of films and it’s filled with melodramatic action. It gel OLLYWOOD, July 31 (N. A. N. A)—A group of film workers, including a | Prlty excited with iself at times producer and director, hovered over the remains of a late supper in | It gets so excited, in fact, that fiim editor seems to have become ex- | the time you drop a quarter in a slot | machine. Think of the labor it may | cause reporters and the people who The best performance in “King of | Gamblers” lan, who makes the believable and " may be tossed into rivers. i is turned in by Lloyd No- newspaper man | likable even in the middle of some of Hollywood's ideas about what is a Trevor, too, is new nice the might club singer guy. Me: . T heay role of the racket downright sinister sc amiroff, | almost funny at it and his eve make- | Tamiroff has died another death in|yp is bad and he ought to remember the Metropold- i he can do better things. other important role i Helen Burgess 1| girl friend enthusiast | in a quiet, refined mann however, handed in his tre who argues with s room. Claire and natural as who loves the is a bit atment of the ng. He is so ymetimes he is The only in the hands of lly and dies H M. AMUSEMENTS. the Cinema's BY xom-:nr N THEIR advance bailyhoo on "!:x" every detail of the story was purported authenticity. If the picture that opened at the entertainment reporters, or ex-re-¢ porters, can write about their own profession, it might be a nifty idea to call in a plumbers’ convention to script the next city room yarn. “Ex- clusive” is hokum, and not especially novel hokum at that. It follows in a more or less routine manner the pattern set by previous pictures with the same background. It depicts newspaper reporters as a group of quixotic, megalomaniac, devotedly al- coholic citizens laboring that Right may triumph, the villain be foiied, the Boy win Girl. ! As melodrama this is not such bad stuff. As a document pretending to dramatize the newspaper man's point of view, it is so much slush. Saving| graces of the film from all \w\\pmmw are Charlie Ruggles' honest nmtms-nl) of a spurious role, plus & sequence in | which Mr. Ruggles and Fred Mac- Murray attempt to discover whether the light really goes off in an electric ice box when you close the door. | A moot question, tackled with much more skill, humor and common sense than certain other matters in “Ex- clusive.” Hero of the saga is Fred Mac-| Murray, who once did a more realistic | | job of the same sort in a piece called | “The Gilded Lily.” The heroine is Frances Farmer, who used to be a| newspaper gal herself, for a few| months. Wholesome, possessing ob-i | vious native charm, Miss Farmer gets along nicely when the script permits | her | her to be herself. When she is called upon to act, when the pace | | increases. she flounders. he villain is Lloyd Nolan, as a racketeer who buys himself a new paper, tries to hire Messrs. MacMur- ray and Ruggles from a rival s tempts to ruin the paper when the; | both refuse to work for him. Attempt= ing to pay off a debt for her finance. who had gone in hock to send her to college, Miss Farmer goes to work for that Willain Nolan. Everybody mis- understands everybody else for a While, but you know how it is in the!— flickers. Those little matters can | always be fixed up before the fade- | out. | * % o ox N THE Earle stage this week you! will find Steve Evans, whose im- | “Exclugive” Is Exclusively Unrealigtic News Yarn City Room des Are Again Viewed Through s Darkest Glasses. Mar&uan Note. : out to drama editors that the mu.ure‘““ produced by 4 former newspaper man, written by several of them (inch cinema critic) and had a former sob . PHILLIPS, JR, lusive” the Paramoynt people pointed tng John an who used to be a jler as it+ heroine. Furthermore to ha?® basn worked out with painful Earle y&gterday Is the most authentic of natmns note: The Marx returned w\the Columbia y-qmda} for a third \week. Usual vmxmn' and Maureen O'Sullivan’s ingenue hore are added attractions. Even if yQu've seen it be- fore, suggest that this picture should be taken regularly oncé A Week, just for the exercise in laughing. o W e SHIRLEY TEMPLE SAILS Crowd Fails to Notice Starlet as She Starts to Honolulu. SAN PEDRO. Calif., July 31 (P — Shirley Temple was just ' &nother blond, curly-haired little girl to most, of the 1,000 persons who bid farewell| to the S. S. Malolo as it sailed yester- | ° | day for Honolulu. Shirley passed almo:t unnoticed as she and her parents and Mrs. George Temple, marched ., [H¢ g&Ng- plank. They plan to retur: Agust 26. A1 RLAARLIE S WONCHTC 's “THE ROAD BACK” . Starting WEDD AY Aug. 4th Opening With a GILDED AGE PREMIERE The TOAST of NEW YORK” STARRING CARY GRANT @ FRANCES FARMER JACK OAKIE and EOWARD ARNOLD | the Mad Marxes at their maddest, at | ]mndem light comedy, at 2, 4:05, 6:9! 7:50 and 9:40 p.m. Penn—"Way Out West,"” Laurel an Hardy in the wide open spaces, at : 4:10, 6:15, 8:05 and 9:55 p.m. Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. Sheridan—“Slim,” siurdy fellow hang high tension wires, at 1, 3:13 Earle—"Exclusive,” drama in a|5:3), 7:45 and 9:45 pm newspaper city room, at 11:15 am, | Tivoli—"Way Out West,” at 1, 4:¢3 1:30, 4:20, 7:15 and 9:55 pm. Stage 6:40, 8:15 and 9:55 pm. shows at 12:45, 3:35, 6:25 and 9:10 VPtown—"Pick a Star” iittle gir pm. Capitol—"Slave Ship,” the last slaver goes down to sea on a wave of period melodrama by the local Sum melodrama, at 10:45 a.m., 1:35, 4:25, | mer theater group, at 8:30 p.m 7:15 and 10:05 pm. Stage shows at | TRANS-LU 12:35, 3:30, 6:20 and 9:10 p.m. Palace—"Saratoga,” Jean Harlow’s et News, Battling 5) Bettas, Cartoon, etc. last film, stays a second week, at 11| iiicno SHORT SUBJECTS | goes to Hollywood and fame, at 1:5: | 4:05, 6:10, 7:55 and 9:45 pm. Roadside—"In Mizzoura,” pionee THEATRE am, 1:05, 3:10, 5:20, 7:25 and 9:35 pm. seEcio Metropolitan—"King of Gamblers" the slot machine racket gets its due, at 11 am, 1:10, 3:15, 5:25, 7:30 and | 9:40 pm. | Columbia—“A Day at the Races," 11:50 a.m.,, p.m, Keith’s—“The Road Back.” post- armistice Germany, at 11:30 am, 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Rialto—"Elephant Boy,” film trans- lation of another Kipling story, for children and everybody elephant- minded, at 11:50 a.m., 1:50, 3:50, 5:45, 7:50 and 9:55 p.m. Little—“Fury,” revival of the dia- | tribe against mob rule, at 11:30 am., 1:35, 3:35, 5:40, 7:40 and 9:45 pm. Trans-Lux—News and shorts. runs 1 hour and minutes, tinuous frem 10 am. unti dn Ambassador—"F} 2:15, 4:45, 7:10 and 9:40 WARNER BAXTER WALLACE BEERY in MICKEY ROONEY ELIZABETH AkL(M‘ (Plus ON THE STAGE JESSE CRAWFORD ond his ORCHESTRA | Show con- it Baock A, fl/ll..'lhe most discussed PIC'I”! of the year 4 SHOWS TODAY—DOORS OPEN 10:30 | Warner Bros. EARLE Fred Frances, Charlie MacMurray” Farmer " Ruggles v In Paramou EXCLUSIVE Also Gala Stage Show 25¢ METHUPU lITAl wis LIONEL BARRYMORE FRAS woRCAR - UNA MERXD /\‘, Al WALTER PocEOn A Paramount Pucture Wtk AKIM TAMIROFF CLAIRE TREVOR « LLOYD NOLAN MAT. 25¢ - EVE. 25¢ & 40c Dinner, §200, Sot Cover, 55¢: Sot & Hot o Addaitlanal Cover for Dinner Guest 3225 3110 £ns 11AM aum R | A LT OR R TRYOUTS TONIGHT personations, well done, are never-| one of Hollywood's popular night spots. The conversation suddenly ! : S | became animated—and controversial | cted. too. for he hasn't done the Dest| JSHE Cross Roads Players will hoid | eless exactly the ones we've been| * * g;/zm/d%' DERGNER One of the more imaginative members of the group had touched off the | JOP in the world of pasting the scenes | L {rvouts tonight at 7:30 pm. at| seeing for yvears. If you like them | | spark. together. dB‘” the film S RN | Clarendon Methodist Church, in Clar- | there they are again. Suggest some |- e 7 = & ] o al a rapid pace anyway and never ol e it : Suppose.” said he. “that all the famous characters of the world de be(_“mes‘:ao Em)m_mh endon, Va, to complete the cast for | pov material for Senor Evans. ecended on Hollywood looking for jobs. Granting that most of them would be put to work the next day at salaries far exceeding those they now earn. in what sort of parts should they be cast?"” One should play straight comedy roles, an- other that he should step into Lionel Barrymore's character parts. All were | unanimous that Benito Mussolini| ghould play villains and that the Duchess of Windsor would be excel- | Jent in the types Irene Rich used to play. At this point Director Robert Z Yeonard, who has been making pic- tures—and plenty of big ones—since 1915, cited a dozen world figures he | would be willing to take a chance on | casting and directing in his films. | Among them were Al Smith, Senator Bankhead (father of Tallulah), Presi- dent Roosevelt, Alice Roosevelt Long- worth, the Duchess of Winds Gen. Bmedley D. Butler, Gen. Pershing, Gloria Vanderbilt, Kathleen Norris, | Nina Wilcox Putnam and Erle Stan- | Jey Gardner, “Take Al Smith, for instance, said Yeonard. “He would make an excel- lent screen comedian: possibly one of | the greatest in pictures. He has &| natural wit, a natural sense of humor 8nd a perfect manner of transmitting & comical idea to others. “Senator Bankhead would be great #s a portraver of lawyers, district at- torneys, political leaders. He might have given an excellent account of himself as the lawyer-father in ‘A Free Soul,’ the part which won Lionel Barrymore his academy award.” President Roosevelt, according to Leonard, would be the most dangerous rival he could think of for Lionel| Barrymore, The director cited the President’s fine recording voice, his| personality and wit as factors that| ghould make him a character the fcms' would love. “If T were to cast Alice Longworth,” eontinued Leonard, “I would unhesi- tatingly give her the role of Portia. She has the dignity, the keen intelli- | gence and the dominant personality | that go with this role. i “Gen. Butler would make an idt‘al‘ Casanova, even resembling the char- | acter physically. “Nobody could ask for a finer mili- tary type than Gen. Pershing. In fact, Joseph Gerard has played generals in | the movies for many years simply be- | cause of his striking resemblance to| the general. And Pershing has a per- fect screen voice in addition to the| character. (Copyright, 19537, by the North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) THEATRE PARKING | 6P.M.TO 3 5 c 1AM Bet. 1tk & 141 Y. A CAPITAL GARAGE? sure to find you want ‘in_our maisive stock. ~Shoo (he . MORRISON FAPER "CO 1005 P Are. . Phone NA. 5018 PICNIC! LASIDE On the Bay—Free Parking ALL SEASHORE ATTRACTIONS Frequent Bus Service From 403 11th Street N. W. Per Information Call NAt. 0213 BEAS | race, Joe Louis and Tommy Farr | training and Harold Vanderbilt at the WARRING SOLDIERS ON TRANS-LUX SCREEN oceu in the Trans-Lux newsreel compilation | this week as war clouds gather in the | Far East. troops from the island empire and the columns of Chinese armed forces are pictured as they are reviewed by Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek. In addition, the military motif is accen- tuated by a parade of the United | States mechanical and human forces in Hawaii and the Catalonian Pres | dent visits the Aragon front. Sport highlights show Gar Wood, jr., winning an outboard motor boat in wheel of the Ranger, but have been accorded an impressive amount of celluloid. Among the items in this category are the arrival of an albino ape, the activities of a 7-year- old preacher, the blasting of a lake to rid it of undesirable fish, a wild pony round-up, a new folding winged air- | plane, the use of homing pigeons to carry SOB signals, an elephant going in bathing, water tobogganing in Maine, the use of & giant plow to re- claim drought land, a factory made of glass bricks and a tournament of chivalry in Dresden. “Battling Bettas,” one of the most striking of nature study subjects, is the outstanding bit in the short array. | Filmed in color, it presents a remark- | ably coherent narration of the home life of a fish found in the waters novelties | around Siam. Candid camera studies pf the hob- | bies and pets of numerous Hollywood | players are presented in “‘Screen Snap- shots,” while the travel footage is de- voted to a cooling tour of the snow- capped mountains of the Nation's West. 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Passenger and Freight Service POTOMAC RIVER LINE It's all about a slot machine czar and the girl he loves, who loves a re- porter, who tracks the czar to his la | after Naving been set upon the track | | by the dyving words of the girl's girl insisted President Roosevelt BR‘STU“G guns and marching feet | friend, who has been poisoned and the larger share of footage | tossed in the river by the czar’s gang. | { It is not one of the 10 best of this| or any other recent year, but it is| ' Q\»“.‘“ “The Late Christopher Bean,” the next production on their schedule. There are a number of parts still open, several to be presented middle of August The group’s Summer, “The Ghost staged at the barn theater at The departure of Japanese | exciting entertainment and will re- | Cross Roads Monday, mind you what may be happening next | nesday and Thursda G Up ]& %f T0 GREATNESS good male roles, cially remaining unfilled some time second play espe- The play is in the of the Train,” Bailey Tuesday, Wed- of next week. C(‘:];@m@ BREWING CQ i} WASWINGTON,D.C will be | | Also, Gine, De Quincey and Lewis, whose energetic burlesque of ball room dancing would be more effective if the break from straight to comic were not so abrupt; Brown and Ames, pre- senting a series of gags and some dancing; the Liazeed Troupe, who | somersault and pyramid and then pyramid and somersault, all in ex tremely colorful costumes. { W Mfi\\\ ! ' m \\\\\\\\ | great humori istics so appealin Senate has that fresh, spontaneity of opher—a great American! 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