The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-29
SHOW BOAT IS
PRE-VIEWED
ON COAST
BY DOROTHY HERZOG

Copyright 1929, Premier Syndicate)
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, March %.
The street car company Is laying
new tracks on Franklin Avenue
nice, IL you like it--and the boys
do be making a great racket with
drills. so up ahead OF the alarm,
and 1t went off with much gusto
>Ehilst we scribe sang Justify under
the shower. Street musk. The
alarm, Of course.
And, 80 1t being a spring day,
all balm and a sunny one wide.
the idea of work appalled, more
than usual, which Is saying much.
So to Graumans Chinese Theater
to see Universal's preview of
"Show Boat" Harry POllard's
screeniZation of Edna Ferbers
novel.
1t unreeled very averagely, after
Carl Laemmle and Florenz Zieg-
field had speechified via movietone,
I'D Helen Morgan sang a few
songs with Otis Harlan master OF
ceremonies. The musical score
sounded beacoup good. An inter.
mission of 10 minutes, and then in
again to relax and see. The second
half Of SHOW Boat" is really su.
perb, Alma Rubens, gorgeous as
Julie. Joseph Schildkraut was su.
perlative in a drunk scene that
sent even the no.men in the audi
ence applauding. And Laura La
Plante excellent as Magnolia,
Emily Fitzroy ditto as her over.
stern mother. The music became
zen more effective and with the
last scene between Schildkraut and
Miss La Plante all eyes turned into
.luCets.
The film broke just before the
end, which must have caused the
Universal executives present to
have conniptions. Suddenly, q
voice from the rear. telling the
audience 'twould be fixed in
minute and not to leave. Applause
for this speech. Why, TITS diff
cult to say, and Tommy Jackson
remarked: They do applaud
strange things in movie
theater'
And so out into the open spaces
of Hollywood Boulevard at / pm.
Others out, too, among them be"
ing Robert Nignola, DIR. Paul Re.
jos, Joseph Schildkraut. Elsie
Bartlett, owen Lee. ct cetea.
So around and about without
much moving. it being a day one
lodges wOrk-especially with the
boss 5000 miles away in New
York, and having a sense of hu-
NOR in the bargain. and | learned
MontaGu Love is going to he
married tomorrow to Marjorie
Hollis. That Betty Bronson knows
something but wont tell me. Id
print it. I'm a dangerous fem.
Amt you heard? And so with
much space to give the eyes a
rest to
ScreenaIities
Saw a singing test OF Marion
Davies 'tother afternoon and be.
lieve you me the gal is swell
She's got the kesker.sa that
spells personality and vocal
swank King Nidor, when
trapped for news, insisted he knew
muffin, except his baby daugh.
ter says la Ia and da da and
ma ma. II he isn't careful, she'll
grow up to be a critic. Shudder,
shudder A letter from
Nita Merritt in Detroit asking
what has happened to Paul Vim.
denti, a Hungar youth brought
West to flicker, but no one seems
to know. He was under contract
to First National, being past
tense Alexander kOrda
having his new coupe nurscd by a
mechanic for some kind of en-.
CINE Indigestion Nor.
man Kerry in a great other over
a batch of clippings sent to his
home. Norman pays 5 cents a
clipping and thereby keeps track
of what is printed throughout
country and world about him,
Said clippings began: Irish
poet eulogiZes Kerry cow" Inter.
ested In knowing he had a COW,
Norman read on: "There are red
cows thatre contrary and they're
white COWS quare and wild, but
my Kerry COW is biddable and
gentle as a child" That poetic
outburst over something not
concerned with Norman Kerry
in anything except a name--,and
he knows what's in a name now!
cost the lad O pretty smacker
and prompted Norman to pray
henccforth that poets and writer's
pen lyrics to Guernsey or Jersey
cows Buster West has
quite a case on Mary Brian.
Buster is also a golf enthusiast.
Mary was being kidded about
entering golf tournament but
denied with: II don't know a
putter from a driver" Ignor-
ance has always been bliss
And this about makes a colyum.
Which cleans up today. So I'll
be seem you. unless the boss