Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-05
FOx-"Hard. Boiled Rose"

FUA- marc. pOiIe0 Rose.
Hard Boiled Rose" Warner Bros.
talking picture starring Myrna 10y
and with the late Gladys Brockwell
John Miljin and william Collier. IT.,
prominent In the supporting cast. is
the current screen attraction at the
Fox Theater.
Rose Duhamel (Myrna Loy) at
tractive daughter of a proud old New
Orleans family, comes from boarding
school to attend the Mardi GraS, and
as she and her fathers handsome
young secretary. John Trask, are ready
TO depart for the fun and frolic, her
father is found dead in his room.
Within % hours John is arrested for
the theft of 100000 worth of securities
from the Duhamel safe: he refuses to
talk and 1t is assumed that he Is guilty.
Rose learns few facts from a colored
servant. surmises more and at once
sets forth to save her lovers good name.
To do this it is expedient for her to
become an habitue of notorious gam
bling den across the bay owned by Julie
de Malo GLADYS BrockWelD. and after
a lively battle of wits between the hard
boiled Julie and Hard-Boiled Rose
as Miss Duhamel is now known to
everyone in this circle) John is ex-
onersted and everything ends happily.
Miss 10y has a pleasant speaking
voices. can easily be understood over
the microphone, and to at least one OBJ
server, Is charming and convincing in
this role. Others in the cast are Lucy
Beaumont. Edward Martindel, Ralph
Emerson and Otto Hoffman.
The stage revue offers a diversity Of
talent, costumes and acts. The OPEN
ing number is Dutch dance by the
Is FoXetteS. wherein the wooden shoes
Of the Hansels and Gretels click with
precision, grace and vim. Chic Ken
nedy. in an outrageous rig, sings that
old-timer. God Will Protect the Work.
ing Girl" and Kathryn Irwin, more
becomingly CARRIED in modern attire,
sings I'll Always Be in Love With
You" The Fox Orchestra, Leon Bru-
siloff conducting. plays a medley Of
eral years younger: TootS Novello and
his speechless and eXpressionless but
very agile LADY friend" give q dance:
Jack Rose does acrobatic stunts with
his head pointed toward China; Will
liam Lacey rides unicycle (no, not a
bicycle and plays violin at the same
time, and Clifton and De Rex pull off
slapstick comedy. Oh, yes, 1t may be
added. John Irving Fisher introduces
most of the entertainers
Fox Movietone News presents Georges
Clemenceau wartime Tiger of France;
shows the first Of a series of pictures
taken aboard ships of the United States
Navy this one being the U. 8. S. Wyo-
ming, and an interesting demonstration
of the use of an emergency parachute.
The 10 winners of the Post-Fox movie
contest are also pictured in the news
reel.
EARLE-"The Time, the Place and
the Girl"
An amusing comedy, losing nothing
from its renovation from the attic-store
of early collegiate comedies of legiti-
mate stage fame some years ago, brings
. breezy laugh to the Earle Theater
this week under the caption, THE Time.
the Place and the Girl During the
renovating process it has been thor
oughly sprinkled with up-to-date college
humor, and therefore comes to us as
fresh as a flew-picked daisy.
Back in the old days Cecil Lean
PLAYED the super-egoist. and played him
well. Today Grant withers struts the
part. and there was never a more thor
cughly conceited young saphead gradu-
ated from the gridiron cum laude than
this same Withers in the role of the
Stanford star. Jimmie, having An
Ashed the old college racket. gives Wall