Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27

since he didn't nevaire!
Ramon Novarro - He's dark,
small, shaped like a needle
good actor who has let some poor
pictures get the better of him-he
might not be so bad. Might he?
Gary Cooper-They'd never be
able to find tights that long.
Laurel (of Laurel and Hardly
A. small, sad-looking gentleman,
who, having been occupied with
comedy for so many years, might
be excellent at tragedy. His build
Is a 100 per cent Hamlet, too.
Frederic March-After Leslie
Howard, Mr.. March-certainly.
With Claudette Colbert as Juliet.
Wow!
Phillips Holmes-Young enough,
handsome enough, but could he
say ITO be or not to be" as though
he meant it?
James DHnn--If only Hamlet
had used that bad Girl" Ian
guage, he could get by-and howl
Robert Montgomery, Clarky
Gable, Alexander Kirkland (thk
gentleman privately admitted
that he'd be swell in the part,
Buddy Rogers, Richard Arlen,
Maurice Chevalier, william HaineS,
all would be terrible, but wouldn't
the most rabid of their fans"
rush to see them?
All of which Is suggested be-
cause, since we are now passing
through vale of depression, why
not pick on one Of Shakespeare's
most mournful sagas and make it
all little more depreSSing2 The
screen Is usually in fashion, and
this, would make it little more
fashionable. With the best direc-
tor, the best "Star" tit really would
be a toSs-up between Mr.. Howard
and Mr.. March, wouldn't it?) and
the proper Edmund Jones settings,
and music supplied in the Off
Taylor, wouldn't Hamlet" be a
fairly noble experiment? And. if
morbid, more morbid than anna
Christie" which Carlo and Dress
Ter took over the jumps so sue
cesSfully? Then, of course, who
would play Juliet? But that's
another story.
PROMINENT among the local
news bombs of the week is
the announcement from the Fox
Theater that ladies may now
drink coffee and smoke cigarettes
in the various lounge rooms free
of charge. This is not to suggest
that ladies will find coffee neces-
sary to keep them awake. It's just
in case milady gets chill during
these raw Autumn days! And, by
the way, Washington is celebrat-
ing Gin the flesh week." what
with all these rowing Stars"
Mesdames Dorsay and Kane, ap-
pearing ''in the etc." at the Earle
and the Palace. The surprising
thing about the past week was the
fact that Street Scene" caused
such little excitement. A sad
shame. One of the really big
films. Recommended to all those
who look forward to bigger and
better laughs is the tragic face OF
Charles Butterworth, who contin-
ueS to grow in comical Importance
And, by the way, did you know
that If you go to certain nearby
amusement park armed with
nickel you will see df you walk IN
to the proper machine) an ex.
tremely personal photo of the wife
of one of Hollywood's major fannie
lies-thiS, of course, taken before
she became wife-and q mother,
Rumor has 1t that friend father
has offered thousands OF gold
coins for the destruction of THU
picture. But will 1t be destroyed
Never! One of the encouraging
factors in current movie news Z
that Universal has raised the sal.
aries of all it's force to what they
were before the big May slash
In view of this grand boost Gal.
though it has nothing to do with
IT'D why doesn't the Columbia dri
up and "bust" and the Loew army
come down and build something
that you sit In without breakag9
to the knees? Melvyn Douglas
seen here last season on the stage
with Helen Gahagan-and curt
rently Mr.. Helen Gahagan-hal
done so well by his first picture
Tonight or Never" opposite
Gloria Swanson, that he has beer
signed to play opposite Ann. Hard
ing in Prestige" RaQuel Torret
lis said" to be coming here in
week or so. At present it's only Q
said" 4