Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-19

dancing. Ills Is, T1BuG enough, an-
other girl and music" plot, but the lit
for the honor Of dear old Gamma, and
incidentally for dear old Darnell "a
rather feeble combination Of Dartmouth
AMI Cornell; why not Princevard or
ChicabiltO, and the chorus men and
clashing librettists are occupants of the
Sigma house. It is an amusing transition
to see, instead of sweating, tearing,
swearing guards and tackles and half
backs, smooth-haired song writer's wor-
rying, hollow-eyed, over the piano.
Taking the picture as it stands, and
taking 1t tolerantly, one finds words
and Music" quite diyerting. The music
and dance background Is bright and
clipper and in "Too Wonderful for
Words" and "Steppin' High, Steppin'
Low" there are two effective numbers.
Much Of the musical comedy work Is
obviously hastily staged and one Won
ders II the producers haven't made 1t,
according to the story, an amateur work
to shield its imperfections. A great
deal of the recording is unsatisfactory,
raucous and braSsy. Some OF the best
features of the singing and dancing
are only cloudily perceptible.
Lois Moran in the role Of the little
girl who suffered ignoniny and hurt,
but achieved final triumph, is splendid,
she ballet girl once upon q timeD
and. as in most of her recent essays,
thoroughly dependable talkie actress.
David Percy and Duke Morrison play
the rivals for Miss Moran's favors. Tom
PATRICIA appears in brief-too brief
scene. The shapely sorority girls, Of
fered variously in bathing suits and
dancing shorts" at rehearsals, are as
alluring as any Broadway group. The
0avHkI 4% L. IL.
and wooden, but who cares about them?
The Fox stage show seemed unusually
acceptable to Sunday afternoons early
audience. Mr.. Fishers quips and nom
chalant foolishneSs apparently clicked
well. The team Of Gerald and Hoag,
using the old super-animated horse
stunt, put the nag through her PAGES
amusingly. Frances Willis. acrobatic
dancer, found favor, as did Two South
ern Bellies, harmony singers; Masters
and Grace, eccentrics, and the Eight
Jack Tars. The Foxettes and the Jazz
manians, under Mr.. Korman'S baton,
were, as always. excellent.
OF the supplemental features, the
Clark and Mccullough short sketch,
Beneath the Law" proved hilarious;
such rapScallion abandon deserves i'm
mortality, along with men like Jimmy
Durante and Harry Langdon in his
pSSL PduucVue OdyS.
COLUMBIA-"Bulldog Drummond."
Bulldog Drummond" continues his
hunt for adventure, thrills and romance
for a second week on the screen at
Loew's Columbia Theater, with Ronald
Colman adequately filling in the title
role. The play reveals previously
hidden talent of the dashing screen
lover, the perfect manipulation Of a
well-pitched voice, which, in its first
exploitation before the microphone,
proves unsupported versatility as sound
dramatist
Colman's keen sense of humor is en-
ployed to good advantage in this
comedy drama which calls for swift
changes from the intense to the absurd
and all handled exceptionally well by
the star and by his supporting cast.
Joan Bennett carries the leading
feminine role with charm and sincerity.
A slim young gentleman with a rnonocle
whose name escaped the reviewer plays
Algy. Bulldogs faithful friend, with a
delicious appreciation of the subtleties
of his part. Aigy is just what "Algy"
should be. having name like that.
Lilyan TaShman is well adapted to the
role of the crystal-hard blond beauty
with little conscience and less ScrupleS.
while Lawrence Grant might have step
ped out of Poes weirdest novel, SO con-
vincing is his portrayal of the torture
doctor hired by the owner of "sani-
tarium" for nervous patients. Montague
Love is the other heavy villain Of the
piece.
If Bulldog Drummond were looking
for goosef1esh and thrills, he might have
easily found them when he confronted
this duo of criminals and their cruelty
fair accomplice. AS for romance-one
glance at Phyllis beneath her heavy silk
veil is enough to convince one that the
young adventurer is not to be disap-
pointed on that score!
Subsidiary attractions include an ex-
quisite technicolor gem, "A Song of
SPAIN" in which artistic costumes vie
with vocal talent for honors. In addi-
ton there is a short Vitaphone subject
introducing Van and Schenck, charac-
ter songsters; the M.-G.-M. ana Fox
newsreels, and an orchestral interlude.