Evening star., 1932-04-02

1OW, Uc- bltO
camera, assumes the role of sister
crook who loses her heart tempo
rariIy at sight of copper"
While the film attraction is not
particularly important, the featured
lady at this weeks entertainment
pavilion undoubtedly is. Curio
seekers will discover that she is a
slim, eupeptic lady, whose English
is very correct and who is totally
unlike what she is commonly de-
picted as before the screen. Instead
of saying Hello. folksl" and slap
ping her sides in low-brow exulta-
ton, Miss Harlow appears before
the footlights. clad in queenly white,
her blond tresSes whittier than any
one had suspected, statuesque rep
lica of what she has been supposed
to be in the celluloid medium. In
stead, too of bursting into unmodu-
lated song, or tripping the light
fantastic. she smiles sweetly, an
swers the questions put to her by
Mr.. Bert Frohman (who. of course,
has a very good time) and Is. #
anything, rather over -loquacious
than otherwise. At any rate, she is
a lady of extra charm who does
nothing in particular on the stage
but does it very well
On the screen she is less success
full in a second-rate film, which has
to do with the glorification (sup-
posedly) of the police force The
story concerns an honest chief-of-
the-police who fights his way
through crime, and ends by get
ting it in the neck on account of
a brother who has played him false
but who likewise manages to be
some kind of a martyr before he
dies, Headed by a preface which
has been dug from, one of Presi-
dent Hoover's addresses-this seems
as though it should be vastly i'm
portant-but unfortunately isn't.
Walter Huston, who gets 'gooder
and goodeT" daily on the screen
plays the role of stalwart Jim Fitz-
patrick, who finally succumbs in
veritable slaughter of crime and po-
ncemen; and sothers seen to lesser
and greater advantage are Wallace
Ford "a good actor. Dorothy Pc
terson ca good actress and Jean
Hersholt, whom you won't recognize
without mustache.
AlC SIdSC ClAONs WCcbNdAd III
Hol" is way above the average,
including a talented group of Ches-
ter Hale Girls, Don Barclay, the
Carlton Brothers, and skit in
which Mr.. Frankenstein and DR.
Jekyl and Mr. Hyde are taken for
a grand and glorious ride This,
incidentally, features Bob Pitkin and
Marion Eddy. Mr.. FTohman also
efy 11fe a fcs1a ~ -
which the audience rewarded with
"salvos" and "salvos" of applause.
E. de S. MELCHER.
"The Final Edition"
Has an Outstanding Quality.
HTHE FINAL EDITION" the
new picture offering at the
Warner metropolitan Theater, has
one quality possessed by few news
paper pictures. Whatever else may
be said about the show, its charac-
ters look and act like newspaper
men in the flesh. This result is
refreshing, because so many pic
lures either glorifying or lampoon-
ing the Fourth Estate give the i'm
preston that they have been writ
ten, directed and acted by people
who never had darkened the door,
way of even a country weekly.
1t Is easy to imagine that almost
every member of the cast of THE
Final Edition" actually has known
the agony of trying to catch" an
edition, or the satisfaction of drop
ping" a big story on a less alert
competitor. All of which adds i'm
mensely to the quality of the show,
at least from the standpoint of a
newspaper man.
1t even seems as though Mae
Clarke. who plays the role of Ann
Woodman, was selected for the part
because she is far from beautiful
Newspaper women as a class are not
distinguished in real life for win
ming beauty contests. AS rule
they have their points, but pulchri-
tude, perhaps. isn't outstanding.
The plot of the story is full of
action, but trifle shaky. A police
commissioner is murdered for his
drive against criminals. His widow
could have named the slayer in five
minutes at the rogues' gallery.
That, however, would have been al
together too simple. Instead, Miss
Woodman f1irts with gunner, death
and whatnot to solve the crime.
Nevertheless. the show Is enter
tanning. After all, nothing else mat
ters. D. 3. w.