Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-16

here 1t can only be limited that. for
a while, it looks as though Van Dimes
famous multiple murder mysteries were
TO be completely outdistanced in num-
bers in Mr. Hecht's story. The results
are logical and pleasantly surprising. It
is certainly one of the best films of
this type ever exhibited in Washington.
On the stage Al Evans presents his
"SynccpatorS" in the usual miniature
vaudeville stunts and he wins quite
a decided applause personally for his
piano ramblings. News reels and the
! customary short reels and orchestral
and organ selections complete the bill.
: RTATTO college Love" Is
N AAAAO thoroughly refreshing
"College Love" and enjoyable syn
chronized picture IN
which the Rialto Theater presents
George Lewis, star OF SO many short
collegiate films, in feature-length
story of school life.
A clean and wholesome tale of campus
life Is always appealing and delightful
change from the usual crime and war
films and the like SO frequently pro-
duced Thus, college Love-" one OF
the best to date, Is certain OF finding
leading place in the weeks array OF
photoplay attractions.
= Caldwell, the good old alma mater,
is all afire with the return of the vet
eran collegians and the advent OF the
freshies. Lewis, as Bob Wilson, idol of
the school, member of the famous foot
ball team and an all-round good scout,
is the target for FlaShS eddie PhillipS)
gibes and sneers. Eddie plays the part
of the pampered lad, who, because OF
his wealth, secures certain following.
+ He determines to win first place IN the
school, on the team and with the girl,
! by foul means II not by 1alr. Dorotny
CULVER is the girl.
college Love" has quite plot which
never seems to lose its attraction.
gridiron contest between Caldwell and
, Stanton is scheduled as the big ath-
letic event of the season. The players
are sent to quarters early the night be-
fore the game and the coach starts in
spection. The captain, Flash, in his
usual arrogant manner, steps out on a
regular party, and Wilson, thinking him
necessary in the great game, forfeitS his
own chance to play to save his enemy.
OF course, in the end Flash confeSSeS
to the cad he has been and Wilson Is
called. The last three minutes of the
game find him walking of with the
l1onors for himself and victory for the
school.
splendid short Skit, entitled THE Love
Tree" and Oswald comic supplements.
The Evening STAR Universal News
Reel is wide in scope and interesting
in detail, touching upon varied array
Of current items, from fashion revue
of gowns of long ago to cloSe-upS OF
the latest German naval training ships.
The Rialto orchestra completes the pro-
. gram with a medley of appropriate COL
lege tunes.
EADTE To conjecture what an
EANAE Ill fate may have befallen
EAST Life" this worthy "talkie. !" Fast
Life" the very plot Of
which seems unqueStionably TO tend
toward hackneyed, melodramatic senti-
mentalities, Is Of enough import to
note, through contrast, the rather COM
mendable results Of the finished effort.
There is here all the claptrap mechanics
INDUCED in so freely heretofore by the
less worthy films OF the same makeup
from the wild party to its consequent.
just-must-be tragedy; the usual jail
scene with its apparently inevitable
colored singer of spirituals, and the SER
mon on the doomed, law-defying youth
of today. Yet, here, this Is all kept
within the reasonable limits Of intel
ligent plausibility. To say that this
picture is remarkably restrained while
being dramatic is to give 1t, at once, its
See it, but remember that its natural
sophistication would hardly be appre-
ciated by the children. It is good adult
entertainment, which incidentally Is
current on Broadway with only two per-
formances daily and undoubtedly at
top prices. Credit for its success should
be awarded to its director, John Francis
to the consistently splendid work OF
Q the cast headed by those three engag-
ing youngsters, Loretta Young, Chester
Morris and Douglas Fairbanks, jr.
g, Well selected added attractions en-
nance the feature by balancing 1t nicely.
Daniel Breeskin, the popular maestro
of the Earle Orchestra, offers Memories
of Scotland and Ireland" as the sec
ond in series of international over
Believe Me, If All Those Endearing
Young Charms" sung by the tenor,
William Raymond. Two Vitaphone
shorts with Mel Klee as the prince
of Walls" in blackface, joking and
grooming, and another clever Mickey the
Mouse" cartoon, 1.-THE Karnival Kid"
together with a refreshingly different
Evening Star Universal News Reel, all
help to make this a worth while bill.
EOV Janet Gaynor appears in
TOA her first talking picture,
"a Dev,Isn -Four Devils" at the Fox
. Theater this week, although
observation-disclosures have already had the
opportunity to hear her in Lucky Star"
The picture was directed by r. w.
Murnau, as was Sunrise" -Four
Devils" was made before Lucky Star"
was filmed.
The -Four Devils" are a quartet OF
acrobats whose aerial feats are the out
standing performance in Partisan
circus. Having been brought up to-
gether by a kind-hearted old clown who
rescued them from the brutality Of a
trainer, the ties of friendship between
the four are closely knit. Marian and
Charles are very happy in their love
for each other until a countess comes
to the circus and determines to amuse
herself at the expense Of Charles honor
and Marian's happiness. Although
weak in plot, splendid direction. good
acting and Photographic effects have
combined to produce work which
holds the interest from beginning to
end
Miss Gaynor, Nancy Drexel. Charles
Morton and Barry Norton play the
-Four Devils, and J. Farrell Macdonald
gives a faithful Interpretation Of the