Evening star., 1929-12-18
METROPOLITAN-"Is Everybody
Happy?"

Ted Lewis, premier exponent OF clas-
sical Jazz, will be seen at the Metro
politan Theater Saturday in his first
warner Bros. and Vitaphone starring
venture. "Is Everybody Happy?"
Zippy flashes of Broadway night life,
human and intimate depletion OF nome
life, romance, comedy, pathos. song.
All these are part Of "Is Everybody
Happv?" Lewis is cast in the role OF
Ted Todd, a young Hungarian ViollnlSC
who comes to America and wages
winning battle for fame and fortune
He also finds the girl Of his dreams,
but his romance is bestrewn with oo-
StacleS.
Ann Pennington contributes four
dances to the play and has an impor-
tant part in the story, second only 10
that Of Lewis pretty leading lady, Alice
Day. Lawrence Grant. Julia Swayne
Gordon, Otto Hoffman and Purnen 3.
Pratt, with a throng of beautiful glrls'
are also in the picture.
"IS Everybody Happy?" Will oe sup
plemented by q selected program of
short subjects.
FOX-"LOve, Live and Laugh"
George Jessel is making his debut
under his new Fox Movietone contract
in Love, Live and Laugh" at the Fox
Theater Saturday. The Jessel picture
was selected for the Christmas holiday
week it is explained, because OF its at
mosphere Of youth and many attributes
that will appeal TO the youngsters.
Mr.. Jessei has for his leading lady in
"Love, Live and Laugh" Lila Lee, also
Gus Edwards protege appearing with
Jessel in the days when they were both
kids. Jessel is seen as an Italian boy,
marred by the World War, who finally
reaches America and wanders the
streets Of New York with hurdygurdy
and a voice flooded with golden songs.
the woman he loved, and there begins
an appealing love story. The tnciden-
tai song numbers were written by Abel
Baer and Walter Gilbert.
Fanchon and Marcos "JazZ Bucca-
neerS" will be the stage attraction and
present Emihe and Romaine, Charles
Brugge, Helen Warner, Eddie Rey, La
Petite Marie, Sunkist Beauties and
John Irving Fisher, master of cere-
monies, and the Fox Orchestra will Of
fer an ARRANGEMENT OF Christmas car
OILS, while the Fox Movietone News will
have interesting new events in sound
and picture.
PALACE-"The Battle of Paris"
dy star of many Broadway hits, Satur-
day, at Loew's Palace, will be seen in
her first motion picture feature, a Para
mount talking, singing and dancing
musical comedy, THE Battle of Paris.
In this war of whoopee" Charlie:
Ruggles plays an important part.
The story concerns George, a Part
waif, who sells songs on the streets
with the assistance of ZiZi In an cpl
sode including a police raid, she meet:
a young American artist and picks hi;
pocket. The next morning she decides
to return the money, and the artist per
Suades her to be his model. EVENTUAL!
they fall in love. The war comes, anc
he enlists while she becomes a nurse
During leave of absence her lover re-
turns to Paris, and their search to finC
each other furnishes amusing enter
tainment
On the stage Allan Rogers is pre-
sented in a magnificent maid ant
musical revue, Fan Fancies," will
beautiful settings, pretty girls and play
ers of originality, including SUNSHINE
Sammy of "Our Gang Comedy" fame
Johnny BerkeS, the musketeer; Oliv
Sibley, "vaudeville's nightingale; Doro
thy Dodd and Gertrude Ehefdelo