Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21

Noah Berry, and the rest of the cast
is exceptionally good.
/. Az rather broad travesty on the
Justice of our modern law courts makes
up one of the cleverest sound shorts"
in long time. Dave Appolyon brings
his versatile team of vaudeville muSi-
clans to the sound screen in poppy
sub" which features sensational
blues singer.
The Evening Star-Universal News
Reel. in a fascinating edition, makes its
usual world tour. and the Earle OrcheS-
ira observes the Edison light cole
bration with drums, sentiment
dramatic tenor
DTAT To Strongly reminiscent
NAL l. ~ of Show Boat" The
"The Mississippi Mississippi G m bier"
Gambler" gives a delightful. If
somewhat SIX t c by,
picture of life on one of the river boats
that made the old Mississippi famous
half a century ago, with typical gen.
tleman gambler as the central figure.
Even Joseph Schildkraut's superb act
ing and the excellent qualities of the
direction. however, cannot give this play
Of the Southland a place rivaling its
forerunncr It's sketchiness precludeS
that. Much is left to the imagination
in the crucial moment. Artistic, per-
haps, but bit unsatisfying.
In one respect 1t SurpaSseS any talkie
we have yet had the privilege of wit
Messing in which Southern people are
portrayed The characters talk like nat
ural Southerners, something very, very
few characters on the stage or screen
have even been permitted to do Joan
Bennett as Miss Lucy" is charmingly
natural. In fact, none of the parts are
oVerdrawn.
A chorus of excellent negro voices
croons old favorites of the water front
in the background, adding a realistic
touch.
subsidiary feature with an all
Washington cast Is not heavily weighted
with plot. The story concerns hen
pecked husband pretty young visitor
and two rivals for the latter's hand.
Weary Willies," as Oswald Rob-
bit cartoon. is good for laugh as an
other subsidiary attraction. Godfrey
O'Hara and the Harmony Club lead"
a community sing, in which the audi
ence joins.
The Evening Universal News
Reel features the funeral of Stresemann
and the Rialto Concert Orchestra does
its bit to round out an entertaining bill.
GAYETY formers hee by Known 5wO pe all
Naughty Nifties" the way around "the
Wheel" Helen Nor
gan and George Buttons Fares,
lively group of burleSque people pre-
scented Naughty Mites" at the Gayety
Theater yesterday. In mentioning the
vehicles success one must include the
dancing, too, Of Peggy DelMar, SOU
brette.
The iveliness and music and dancing
which mark the work of Fares and Miss
Morgan chalk up Naughty Mites" as
one of the most entertaining of the re-
cent billings at Mr. Lakes Gayety.
Their contributions are ably illustrated
in such numbers as "Over the Hills to
Utah" and "A Modern Bluebeard."
Included among those who add their
mite in lesser brilliance to the verve of
Naughty Mites are Bert Marks. Cora
Starke, Lou Harris, Gladys Gilbert, Joe
West and Frank Mckay. And the
chorus; always the chorus.
PAT ACE Bayard WELLER with
al MI a recognized position
1.-THE Thirteenth near the top in the
Chair" list of American melo-
dramatiSts, penned
"The Thirteenth Chair" which has
been adapted to the audible screen I'M
der the same title. 1t is now furnishing
the major attraction at the Palace. AS
a picture with dialogue and sound eff
fects, in all fairness to it, the effort is
handled as well as it might be. excel
lently so, in fact. The fault lies ap-
parently in the script, from this angle,
whereas from yours there may be no
fault at all.
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer, the producers
are said to have imported the originator
Of the principal role, Margaret Wych-
erly, from Broadway, and she has justi-
fed their choice with a splendid per-
Torrance. However, two of Holly