Evening star., 1933-04-01


dispensing with such things as
cabinet ministers and Congress.
WELDING a mighty hand in the White
House, he brings all the nations of
the world together in peace and
happiness and prosperity as the cur
tain falls-and as he dies.
This is the first time that Holly
wood has dared to, tell a President
what to do. In this film problems
are discussed with a frankness that
Is almost alarming. Before you
know 1t you are beginning to Won
der if Huston isn't really in the
White House. Except for the fact that
he has slim Karen Morley just
around the corner. and Franchot
Tone as his secretary, you are al
most prepared to face any one of
the present members of state who
are also just around the corner.
An allegory, which has curiously
powerful punch, the picture pre-
serlts its hero surrounded by Gabriel,
the god OF revelation, and not by
Gabriel, the god of wrath. When
Huston is making up his mind about
something you hear a gentle harp
playing in the distance, and the echo
OF John Browns Body In most of
the rooms there is at least one
statue of either Abraham Lincoln
or George Washington.
The result of all this is that it is
a feverishly patriotic picture which
will either stir you to great enthusi-
asm or cause you the deepest pain.
Huston, however, is one of the few
actors who can play the part of a
fighting President and make him
seem real. But for the fact that he
looks silly in a high silk hat, he is a
convincing dictator, smashing his
fist into politics and gangsters, and
removing much of the earth's stub
BILE. Although he has a tendency to
talk too much about himself as "Mr.
President" at the beginning of the
film (most of which is pretty bad),
he grows into fairly humane per-
son later on and accomplishes his
acts single handed and without being
afraid of walking into cabinet
meeting with his hair on end. When
he is dead, you feel genuinely sorry.
Mr.. Huston is surrounded by a
core of actors who are all genuinely
good-but who also look silly in silk
hats. For 'love interest" there is
Miss Morley, still worn and hungry
looking. and Franchot Tone.
The film is too full of propaganda
to be entirely comfortable-bu 1t
is a strong and thorough job which
should by all means be seen.
Morton Downey at Earle
Heads Good Stage Program.
GLENDA FARRELL talks SO fast
in Girl Missing" the new film
at Warmers Earle. that you wonder
II she isn't machine instead Of
woman. You have to bend both
ears forward to hear what she is
saying-that is If you want to hear
and when you think it is time to
relax from this sport, you bend both
ears forward again to hear what
Mary Brian-caught with the same
troubles saying. Not that what
they have to say is worth listening
to-but it's convenient to know what
is going on-just SO you can tell
grandma when you get home.
Grandma won't miss anything,
however, if you don't tell her every
thing. After you have mentioned
the fact that the Misses Brian,
Farrell and Shannon Peggy are to
be seen in this as three chlorine
gold diggers out for man with
gold spoon in his mouth; that Miss
Brian and Miss Farrell are left
stranded in a hotel Mhen their
boy friend leaves them fiat with a
S700 bill; that Miss Shannon dis
appears on her wedding night, and
that the other two girls try to solve
her mystery-by then grandma will