Evening star., 1932-04-02
"Disorderly Conduct" at Fox,
Is Racketeer Production.

81" lsoRDERLY CONDUCT, al
the Fox Theater. may be &C
cepted as the development OF the
racketeer battle against the law at
the point where it touches the police
department of the big city. Proc
ably its most effective phase is the
clear picture of the alert young
woman, daughter of a wealthy leader
in contraband trade, who is roman
tically associated with an officer OF
the police and must travel the un-
certain road of fighting foe who is
also destined to be a friend. In tins
respect the story of 'Disorderly Con.
duct" is similar to a multitude OF
other stories in which warfare is put
into fiction.
There is very little suggestion OF
TIE gangster kingdom. for the per-
sonalitieS involved are all Of the type
of those who reap the big rewards
from illegal traffic rather than those
who engage in the battles for con-
troll. There are, however. some o1
the rougher phases of gang life, IN
the course of which a child Is serl-
ously wounded.
In the part of the young woman,
whose officer admirer charges her
with violating the city regulations,
this giving the name to the piece,
Sally Eilers has an exceptional OPP
portunity to create distinctive cnar-
acter of the alert, somewhat ruin
less sort, which. however, is not lack
ing in appreciation of the inner
qualities Spencer Tracy, as the
officer also undertakes a comolna-
ton Of diverse qualities. as when he
surrenders temporarily to the forces
of gang domination and graft, only
to suffer a violent reaction when the
child is made a victim Of his own
battle. El Brendel, Ralph Morgan,
Ralph Bellany. Allen Dinehart and
several other good actors take their
share of the vigorous proceedings.
The production is notable chiefly
for its display of human characters:
One of the delightful features OF
the performance is the fine playing
of the overture to the opera
Martha" under the direction of
guest conductor, Phil Lampkin. The
usual short films are shown, and the
stage program, Fanchon and Marcos
"Blick and White" I6ea, is provided
with attractive setting and costun-
ing, with good dancing. The fea-
tured number is the radio act by
Col. Stoopns gle and Budd (Taylor
and Hulick), while the other acts
are given by Clifton and Brent, gro
tesque performers; Dolly Kramer,
comedienne: Rose Glasby, dramatic
soprano; Marie lie Flohic. acrobatic
dancer, and Margaret Alice Head,
pianist D. g. e.
"Tarzan. the Ape Man."
Still Popular at Columbia.
THE reasons for the success Of
l. "Tarzan. the Ape Man" now
In its second week at Loew's Calun-
bia. are legion. First. it is replete
with the most exhilarating animals
possibly since Noah's Ark: secondly,
its theme is brimful of the kind of
excitement which boys from 9 to 90
are bound to enjoy: thirdly, its ro-
nance is so impossible that 1t fairly
roars with glamour fourthly, its hero
Is the first "talkie" hero who Is
unable to talk; filthy, its heroine
resigns herself to love in the jungle
after the mcSt strenuous adagio
dance (when she is tossed from tree
to tree by strong-armed apes ever
devised by the cinema; sixthy, Mr..
Weissmuller's swimming down a
river, pursued by a carnivorouS
crocodile, is feat which must have
astonished even the crocodile; and.
seventhly, 1t is the kind of adventur-
GUS hckum which bristles with that
lure that hot. hot countries always
have inspired.
The pubic has taken "Tarzan"
under its wing in big way. This Is
not to be wondered at. BY not TAX
ing itself as seriously as did old man
Trader Horn" it comes right out
IN the open and says, You don't
have to believe this if you don't want
TO, but if vol do" and. with that,
it "heaves" one of its characters off
a mammoth cliff into what looks
like an Appalachian valley far re-
moved frcm animal-bitten Africa
and INDUCES in other excitements
which are equally fantastic.
Mr.. Weissmuller, the first back-to-
nature, non-talkie hero, is an ideal
Tarzan-and one who knows his
jungle onions. Blessed with muscles
Of steel and a shock of unbrushable