Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26

supposed wisdom she dropped around
her. The picture, by eliminating
some of these pearls and by retaint
ing only the more ANONYMOUSLY pleas
ing wittic. ms, has brought out the
stellar features of the play. Further
more, 1t has corralled as fine group
Of actors within its folds as one
could wish to see.
BY now, the theme of Holiday"
must be familiar in every hamlet
and farm. In the nature more of
discussion than plot, it has al
ways seemed a tlifie verbose. 1t I'M
folds the revolutionary idea of
young man retiring from business
early, when, as he says, he Is young
land always feeling good" with the
notion, however, of planning later to
crawl into a working shell. Trouble
comes when he finds that the girl
he is to marry is not only appallingly
rich and not at all reconciled to
having IAN idler for a husband"
The backbone of the proud and
naughty Setons willis at the prospect
of young man in the family whose
goal is other than the accumulation
of the almighty dollar. Thanks,
however, to Linda, whose backbone
is radically different from her
family's, the young man finds that
after all his idea is not amiss and
goes off with the prospect of shar-
ing it with this extremely attractive
and adventures lady.
Ann Harding handles. the Linda
role in very nearly letter-perfect imi-
tation of Hope Williams-which Is
to say that she is about as good as
she can be, her "lordy lordy's" COM
ing forth, perhaps, even little bet
ter. Robert Ames, as the young man
with ideals. seems more than ade-
quate, as does Ned, the brother, who
has penchant for the bottle. The
surprise of the whole affair, how
ever, comes with Mary Aston, who
not only gives brilliant perform
ance, but manages just about to
steal the picture from everybody else.
To augment the more or less So
phisticated atmosphere of the eve
ming, Martinelli sings a splendid
aria from Aida" in film, of course.
Other items on the program include
Graham MacName illuminating the
news of the day in The Evening
Star Universal Newsreel and an
organ novelty, "Cryin' for the Caro-
linas," which is as good almost as
everything else on the bill.
E. de S. M.
Lesson for Parents
In wild Company" at Fox.
FOR once, the current unspanked
= generation has found a de-
fender in the movies, and those
parents who let other affairs take
precedence over that of rearing their
children are taken to task by wild
Company" one of the best pictures
of the year. which started the new
week yesterday at the Fox.
The picture packs terrific wallop
in a moral way It also runs con-
trary to accepted movie endings, in
that the hero doesn't get off SCOT
free in the end. Excellent acting is
revealed in parts of the play.
H. B. Warner, as the father who
let his son slide into trouble by Civ
ing him too much freedom and too
much money, plays his role with all
the finesse of the gifted actor. A
crusader. out to clean up the city,
he permits his son to become en-
tangled with couple of slick crooks.
but lets him stand trial and be SEN
fenced rather than cover up the
criminals.
Frank Albertson. "whOopee son."
shines as a comic in the first part of
the picture. then switches to a seri-
Gus role with equal ease and comes
through in both in great style.
Sharon Lynn and Joyce Compton
play strong supporting parts and add
to the general merit of the produc-
ton.
The Fox with this week is losing
its popular master of ceremonies and