Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington Thesters

entertainer, Sam Jack Kaufman. at
least for a while, for Sam win depart
at the end of this weeks program.
It is only fair and just to add that
he is one of the best ceremonial
officials of his type who has taken a
spot within the past year.
The stage presentation maintains
the high level of the film. Ron and
Don, eccentric organists, open things
up with a bang, and the program
moves steadily at entertaining gait,
with Manila @ound," sort of fare
well performance for kaufman. as
the title of the stage production.
George Givot, late of Earl CAROLS
Sketch Book. draws q big hand, but
for cleverness and originality. first
honors go rather to a couple of
acrobatic comedians. Lloyd and
Brice. whose antics keep the house
in an uprdar. Their act is different
from the general run of acrobatic
numbers. The Romero family, from
Old Mexico, tangoes to great APP
plause, and fandango wins great
hand. Samuel Pedraza, songster,
pleases. The Sunkist Beauties, "glori-
ously gorgeous girls" are more
gloriouSly and more gorgeously cos
that were we'll received.
Leon Brusiloff's Orchestra and
short subjects round out the bill.
ID. J. K.
"Top Speed"
Funny With Joe Brown.
THE strength of 'Top Speed" the
Il current attraction at the Earle,
lies In its wisecracking, which as
supplied from the cavernous jaws
of Joe E. Brown is the handspring
in a Aim that has little else to
make it notable.
But the wisecracks are funny. So
Is Joe Brown--and so Is Laura Lee,
his amisble feminine foil. The first
part of the picture, given over pretty
much to their ribaldry, is a hodge
podge of a fish story, and some re-
marks. If said by anybody else but
Master Brown, might have Will
Hays gloating over him with pair
of shears. AS 1t is these cracks"
make up the sum and substance of
the entertainment, the remainder of
the picture being devoted to o not
so wonderful musical comedy story
The length, depth and breadth of
Mr.. Browns mouth naturally makes
him a first-rate comedian. He has
never demonstrated this with more
pleasing effect than he does in TOP
Speed" One can almost measure
the scope of his tonsils as he imi-
tates the braying of a COW or the
wall of a dog. No action of his is
complete without an appropriate
mouth grimace. He is helped, of
course, immeasurably by the 1.-the
some and blonde Laura Lee, of
whom memory seems to be vague.
One hopes, however, there will be
more of her, for she is talented
and provocative lady, full of spirits
of one sort or another.
The story was never fashioned by
a corps of midnight oil-working
flends. 1t tells of two brokers' clerks
who spend a day at fashionable
resort and there fall in love. What
happens when the girls turn out to
be impossibly rich and when there
is a motor boat race to be won,
is the climatic and dramatic finale.
1t isn't very interesting except when
Miss Lee and Mr.. Brown are at
hand
Various Vitaphone Varieties. Uni
versal and Kilograms news of the
day. and the orchestra playing a
kiss overture, helped greatly by
Pauline Miller, complete the pro-
gram
P. Stay for the Paramount song
novelty, GLOW Worm."-E. de s. M