Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09
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| DoWney'S singing, however, Is its great
| est asset. He introduces three new
Irish-American melodies, two of which
are exceptionally pleasing.
| Betty Lawford, dainty young English
| actress, gives Downey admirable support
| in his hiStrionic efforts. She Is cast as
| Lady Mary Cardigan, while Downey has
4 the role of a poor but big-hearted sta
BILE boy, life he enjoys until he falls
Y in love with Lady Mary. Then his
! troubles begin.
i The stable boy is invited to sing for
! the fashionably dressed guests of Lady
Mary. He appears in his shabby clothes.
He sings better than he ever has be-
fore, because his song tells of his love
for Lady Mary Then the stable boy
slips away for clandestine meeting in
the moonlight with the girl of his
dreams. They get along famously until
they are interrupted by a more eligible
admirer Of Lady Mary. Stable boy or
no stable boy, Mike, as he Is called, re-
fuses to be insulted without retaliating.
Instead of words he uses his fists, and
his rival goes down for the count of 10.
Fearing Jail sentence as penalty for
his moment of indiscretion, Mike bor-
rows enough money to pay his passage
to New York. He is called on to sing
for his fellow-paSSengers. This enables
him to win the friendship of depart
ment store magnate So Mike goes to
work in his friends store. Making good,
he returns to Ireland and saves the
dwindling estate of Lady Mary. He is
amply rewarded
THE Talkies" supplemental Aim
packed with laughs. demonstrates the
amusing things which happen when the
sound device is improperly adjusted.
An interesting Evening Start Universal
neWsreel rounds out the program.
Fart r The much publiciSed
1rI,. Ct, Alice White. posed more
From Wool c chan,e sii al an. i,,meo; getS
worth week. in 1.-THE Girl From
Woolworth's," to bear out
some OF the claims Of her press agents
And she makes the most of it.
The youngSter is good to look at. has
pretty voice and more or less acting
ability. The story is a breezy little
affair along conventional lines, having
to do with boy and girl who love each
other, girl friends who seeks to
help and a villainouS person who
attempts to ensnare the girl through
the glamour and other inducements of
his night club, where he stars her.
1t opens in IS and TO-" where Miss
White is singing popular hits behind
the song counter. It leads from there
to the night club, an elaborate affair,
where several sprightly and colorful
singing and dancing Spectacles are dis
played. There are number Of songs
that strike the fancy.
Charles Delaney, who was Miss
Whites leading man in Broadway
Babies" is back on the job as her lead
ing man in this. He has a likeable
fn&, Il, ~
Miss Whites best venture to date,
The Earle Symphony Orchestra, The |
Evening Star Universal news reel and |
other short subjects complete q thor |
oughly entertaining bill.
And, in conclusion, a word ought to |
be spoken for the courtesy OF the Earle |
staff attendants. J.N.P
KETTH'C Those who do not |
like their movie |
"Jazz Heaven" plots 700 novel or
appreciate Jazz Heaven" Radio Pic
lures Corporations latest talkie, now at |
R-K-O Keith's Theater
This is apparently O case where |
somebody composed O tuneful little |
theme song and somebody else, with
out much effort at all, went to the old |
and pulled out standard |
Tin Pan alley plot No. 4839 to give the |
song a vehicle for expression. The
Levant and Sidney Clare. Messrs. Le-
want and Glare have turned out a
catchy sort of ballad that starts audi
ences to humming after they leave the
heater.
Having been presented with q theme
song and FOUND a trite vehicle for put
ting it over. the Radio management
dug up q pleasant and efficient cast
and assigned to 1t the difficult task of
making the rusty wheels of the vehicle
go round. The cast can't be blamed If
squeakS develop.
Sally ONeill assumes the role Of ''the
girl, Johnny Mack Brown Is "the
boy" while Joseph Cawthorn and Al
bert Cont are the music firm partners
by whom Sally Is employed and to
whom, OF course, she succeeds in selling
Johnnys masterpiece, after purposely
playing along with the affections OF |
her bosses for the sake of Johnny and
his world-beating song. Horatio Alger
could not have wished for a better
stroke of luck than befell Johnny and
Sally and their song, for what should |
happen while they are practicing It in |
a forsaken broadcasting studio but an
accidental switching-on of the broad |
casting apparatus Naturally, radio |
fans in all parts of the country 20 wild
over the new song and success is as
sured.
Clyde Cook does q creditable piece of !
work as the composers landlord and |
friend, and Blanche Frederick makes a |
convincingly hard-boiled landlady.
The feature Is supplemented with an !
unusual Harlem picture, presenting |
Duke Ellington's Jungle band, with lots |
OF moaning and groaning by colored |
singers; a light comedy offering In Nat |
Carr as "Gunboat Ginsberg" Of the |,
newsreel. Freddie Clark and his |
R-k-olians play a snappy overture |
that is well received. r, C.,
Two; Two outstanding O.
1.-THE Virginian" the talking revival
entering its second week at the Co
lumbia Theater. They are by Gary
Cooper and Richard Arlen. Walter
Huston, as the ill-intentioned Trampas, |
Is satisfying, but his role is one rather |
OF stock characteristics, and hence |
easier Of accomplishment.
Arlen plays his role with earnest |
for the character as created |
in the original story by owen Wister. |
He avoids any touches of melodrama, |
even in the scene in which he is one |
Of three men facing swing of the rope |
into eternity and is required to indicate |
a farewell to his lifelong friend, the |
who likewise Is the posse !
leader directing the hanging of the |
cattle rustling band
The picture is additionally notable |
Tor the accuracy Of its sound reproduc- |
tons, and the atmosphere it has caught |
Of the outdoors, the open air. It is one |
Of the most thorough sound pictures |
yet presented. The love story is well !
developed, with the feminine lead in the |
capable hands of Mary Brian.
Its familiar plot, laid in wyoming, |,
has "a AO vxyffb1 he lnuA 80 t.a TTt~rf-{n@ |