Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08

mendous spectacles L.
parades OF Richard Dix.
covered wagons -.
great herds of cattle :. the town
Of Usage as it appeared in three sepa-
rate eras oil gushers, but they
have not been allowed to interrupt OF
detract from the absorbing plot.
The 80 characters and thousands OF
pioneers have stepped right from the
pages of the Ferber novel. Dixs por-
trayal of Yancey probably is his great
est role and Irene Dunno as Sabra is
q dramatic sensation.
Estelle Taylor Is Dixie Lee personl-
fed: Nance O'Neil is Felice Venshle
Buster Collier is THE Kid" Roscoe
Ates a better Jess Hickey than the
original and George E. Stone rs Sol
Levy is exceptional. Lon YoInIS, the
evil one, is played by Stanley Fields
Robert McWade is Louie Heffner. the
undertaken, Edna May Oliver, stage
star, is Mrs Tracy Wyatt.
Wesley Ruggles directed the picture
RIALTO-"Resurrecti
AT the Rialto Theater, Count Leo
"A Tolstoy's immortal love story
Resurrection" in a new talking YER
sion starring John Boles and Lupe
Velez, is being presented this week.
The picture was directed by Edwin
Carewe and leading critics of the coun-
try say it is one of the biggest produc-
tions in screen history. Oddly enough,
many years ago Mr.. Carewe, when
on the legitimate stage, played the
part of Prince Dmitri, now assigned to
John Boles Sir Herbert Beerbohm-
Tree created the part of Prince Dmitri
on the London stage in 1908.
The great part of KatuSha, made ia
nous by Blanche Walsh on the stage
and Mary Garden in opera, is eSsayed
by Lupe Velez and the portrayal is said
to have placed her in the class of big
stars overnight.
The spirit of youth is found in the
opening episodes, wherein the prince
falls madly in love with peasant ward
in his aunt's home Before the end
of the first reel this love has developed
into the purple passion.
Then, in rapid-f1re succession, comes
despair, abandonment and a spiritual
rebirth, following degradation, impriS-
onment, exile, bitterness and yearning
and sacrifice, finally resurrection it
self Dmitri and Katusha traverse the
entire emotional scale in a great
story, wherein man and woman alike
suffer and triumph in sacrifice.
All the resources of the great Univer-
sal studios in California were called into
play in the making Of Resurrection"
Some of the biggest sets ever seen on
the screen were built for it.
The supporting cast includes Nance
ONeil, the old-time stage favorite, as
Aunt Myra; William Keighley as the
gay Maj Shoenboch, Rose Tapley as
Aunt Sophya, and Grace Cunard,
Michael Mark, Sylvia Nadina, Edward
Cecil, Vivian Winston and many others.
In appropriate sequences there is ex-
cuisite music by Dmitri Tiomkin.
PALACE-"New Moon"
WNIEW MOON" Grace. Moore and
~ Lawrence Tibbett's latest picture,
Is the attraction this week at Loew's
Palace Theater, presenting, 1t Is
claimed, for the first time in talking
picture history, two singing stars of the
first rank. Miss Moore has the part of
a Russian princess and Tibbett that of
q dashing lieutenant who has smooth
way of making love to the ladies. The
pair meet while Tibbett is on his way
to the frontier and the princess travel
ing to join her future husband. They
fall in love and the developments that
follow form a well rounded plot.
New Moon" is an adaptation of the
famous stage production of the same
name. All the stage music by Sigmund
Romberg remains, including the hit
song of the show, Lover, Come Back
to Me-" Adolphe Menjou, Roland
Young, Emily Fitzroy and Gus Shy
have the chief supporting roles. The
production was directed by Jack Con-
way and is a Metro-G oldwyn- Mayer
production.
A special added feature on the bill is
the Laurel and Hardy comedy entitled
"Chislers." JAMS and Whalen head the
stage revue.
WINNIE LIGHTNER and Joe e.
Brown, the screen wags, are
brought together again in "Sit Tight