Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04

NJ serious. BY far the most pene-
trating picture that he has ever d.
rected. Mr. Leonard has really done
admirably with the material before
him. He has handled the situation
of mans unfaithfuiness to woman
and vice versa, which Is the mold
for the "ex-wife," with much good
taste. He has insinuated more than
he has told. He has made human
the man and the wife who are the
cause OF the complications.
The first part Of this filn1,
glimpsing Jerry's marriage and her
first three years of married life with
her newspaper reporter husband
Chester Norris Is done amusing
". After that, when the stormy
petrol" enters the home in the form
of the woman with whom Jerrys
husband has had an affair. there Is
a climax, which is done with even
greater skill and restraint. AS soon
as Jerry, when her husband Is away,
balances the account" her erring
husband promptly leaves her to be-
come an "ex-wife," thus proving, II
would seem, that man after all Is
the less admirable of the sexes.
The latter part of the hlm, re-
lating the downfall OF Jerry, Tor
some reason seems long and not SO
interesting. But at the end, after
all the storms and trials, when Jerry
finds her husband as down and out
as she is, everything seems to wind
up as 1t should-and not unpleas-
antly at that.
Norma Shearer, as Jerry, acting
more and more like Ruth Chatter
ton, is pretty nearly perfect. Ches,,
ter Morris has been cast wisely ano
does his bit with much feeling. IL
remains, however, for Robert Mont
gomery to accomplish even greater
things than either of them IN a
role which seems to have oeen oullt
for him especially.
Laurel and Hardy, in one OF tneir
ridiculous comedies. Men o War;
the Columbia orchestra and the
Reconsideration news reel COM
plete the program. Z. dc 3. M.
"IngagP' Held Over
still Draws the Crowd.
MOT often does an animal picture
enter into competition with the
modern thriller in drawing the
crowds to the photoplay palaces, but
Sir Hubert WinSteads startling
African views grouped under the
title "Ingagi," which, we are told.
means gorilla, is packing them In
with a vengeance" at the R-K-O
Theater, where the production has
entered its second week.
Aside from the fact that 1t Is
novel in its presentation OF animals
unfamiliar to the average amuse-
ment seeker and in great abundance,
with thrilling encounters that make
the audience gasp and wonder at
the outcome, the outstanding ele-
ment of the picture is centered
around the gorilla touch with hui
mainly, and this is pictured with
startling frankness, If not abandon.
That the picture meets public
demand of a kind cannot be denied;
that 1t is drawing capacity audiences
is patent to any of the ThomaSes
who may be inclined to doubt.
Sound novelties and Freddie
Clark with his R-K -Olisns furnish
o supplemental program of enter
tainment. L. II. W.
Damaged Souls"
At the Little Theater.
0DAMAGED SOULS" featuring
CorliSs Palmer, in the story of
q hayward girl, who paid the penalty.
with four supplemental reels OF q
clinical character, is being held over
for another week ut the Little
Theater, "for showing to men only"
It Is q production Of the Public We'll
fare Corporation.