Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19


is is the Al performance of Grant
Withers. He makes the central
character everything that he should
be. A man with oil-c0mbed hair,
six-and-five buttoned vests, and a
capacity for playing up to his audi
ence when he knows he is winning
such things as waltz competitions.
Mr.. Withers is a perfectly conceited
and believably human Lothario.
Playing opposite him Is Sue Carol,
agreeable to the eye, but not SO
soothing to the ear, her voice need
ing a bit more of the Hollywood
culture, at least. She is the girl
whom Mr.. Withers marries after an
hours courtship, so that they can
get free home, all furnished, and
to be provided by the dance hall
management The fact that they
quarrel not so long after their mar
rage is not to be minded, since the
film ends on a gay uphill note
which, in this case, seems to imply
that two are better than one!
Others of the cast are more or less
negligible except Tully Marshall,
who laughs most impolitely in, the
face of his new daughter-in-laW.
Will Osborne has new concoc-
ton of songs this week. From the
evident enjoyment of the audience,
which laps up everything he does,
he seems to be good. That, how
ever, being old news by now, the
only thing left to say Is that per-
haps so Beats Your Heart for Me"
is one of the most successful of his
numbers. Everything else, however,
is almost as good. So as they say,
why worry?
Vitaphone Varieties. not so funny,
and silent newsreel. not so good,
leave Mr.. Osborn and Mr.. Withers
as the stars of the entertainment
the one in the flesh. the other
celluloidly speaking. e. de S. M.
"Our BIushing Brides"
Suggests Maynard LOreleis.
THE fact that "Our Blushing
L Brides" is being held over for
second week at the Columbia is a
tribute to Joan Crawford. the psy-
chology of youth and the power OF
dress-from the ground up. These
three potions, as carefully mixed as
the brew of the Macbethian witches,
are what make this picture draw
ing card to the wilted and unwilted
public.
AS much emphasis. however, as
may be laid on the lingerie aspect
of this fllm-very nice lingerie at
$120 a morsel-it should not frighten
away the less worldly minded enthu-
siast, for the photos of Miss Craw-
ford, with or without. are most
soothing to the eye and splendid re-
Taxation between Snatches of hot
weather tonic water. Even If the
Aim stops its peripatetic sham
blings to browse amidst fashion
parade for a time, one may easily
doze through this and awaken to
find 1t still as entertaining as 1t was.
Ever since "Our Dancing Daugh-
tiers" first saw the light of day the
public has been favored with camera
rhapSodies on the follieS of modern
youth. Our Blushing Brides" rolls
the ball along a little farther. In 1t
Joan Crawford as pillar of strength
amidst the Sex-and-dollar cravings
of her two department store work.
ers, warns them of the tickle nature
of man. But they, weary of the
honest life of selling merchandise
over the counter, heed not the wis
dom of her words. and plunge-one
of them-into Riverside Drive
apartment upon frail promise and
the other into the arms of a rich
crook, mistaking him for desira-
BILE husband. The result is distress
ing, as matter of course. The
crook husband is thrown into jail,
and the other man refuses to marry
his little friend. The girl swallows
poison, thus permitting the f1lm to
become just near out-and-out
tragedy for the last 10 minutes, al
though false and fiat happy end
ing" is tagged on.
Through this at first highly anus
ing picture, the cast conduct them
selves with commendable skill. Joan
Crawford, Dorothy Sebastian, Rob-
ert Montgomery and John MILAN
receive honorable mention, and the
others are no better or worse than
necessary. Anita Page still needs
lessons from the School of Facial
Esthetics, however.
Other items on the bill include a
"Silly Symphony" the Hearst Metro
tone News and the Columbus Or
chestra playing something nice in
the way of an overture.
Il. de >. NJ.
"Recaptured Love"
Good for Ambitious Benedicts.
A PROBLEM in psychology is pre-
sented in "Recaptured Love"
the current attraction at Warner
Bros Metropolitan Theater.
Here is q problem that, If one can
trust what one reads in the papers,
Is presented to many a wife-but
perhaps with different result.
Belle Bennett, admirably cast, gives
the most notable Characterization.
A man, living the life of business
executive, happy in his work, happy
in his home. suddenly comes to realize
that he Is still young and able to step
out with the rest of the youngsters
But John Halliday, for it was he
who played the part-had not reck-
oned with his wife-a wife too wise
to lose her husband, but now that
she had lost him, too clever to let
him go.
It all started with little limo
cent Irritation in night. club,
where the tired business man was
enjoying an evening of pleasure with
his wife. But, like many another
tired business man one hears about,
he couldn't resist the wiles of one
of those also much talked about
chorines. Richard Tucker, a life
long friend, attempted to help his
comrade, but to no avail. Alas and
alack-"no fool like an old fool"
Dorothy Burgess, the clever little
chlorine. continued to work her
daddy until at last all those
business" trips to Cleveland were
discovered by the Mrs. A divorce
followed.
Now here was this problem in
psychology some time back. Baby"
now that she had garnered her
daddy" was all set to 60, and that
poor business man, happy in his
new found life, lived an Utopian
existence-for a while. But you
can't fool OF Dame Nature. Soon
daddy 1onged for that quiet evening
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