Evening star., 1933-12-31

John BARRYMORE in Counsellor
- at Law is playing at the Rialto
Theater. William Wyler directed the
picture after an adaptation Elmer Rice
made of his own Broadway success. In
the supporting cast are OnSlow Stevens,
Melvyn Douglas, Bebe Daniels, Doris
Kenyon, Isabel Jewell. Thelma Todd,
Marvin Kline, John Hammond Daley
and Fredrick Burton. The Rialto COM
pletes this special holiday season menu
with selected shorter screen novelties
and Graham McNamee as the talking
reporter with the latest Universal News.
"DNNER AT EIGHT" is currently
- being exhibited on the Loews Pal
ace Theater screen for the first time at
popular prices. Marie DreSsler, the two
Barrymores, Jean Harlow, Wallace
Beery, Lee Tracy, Billie Burke, Jean
Hersholt, Karen Morley, Edmund
Lowe, Madge Evans, Phillips Holmes.
May Robson and Louise Closer
Hale are starred in the large cast.
George Cukor directed from an adapta-
ton of the George S. kaufman and
Edna Ferber play, by Frances Marion
and Herman j. Mankiewicz. Donald
Ogden Stewart supplied additional dia-
1ogue.
Hearst Metrotone News, novelty sub
jects and a comedy are added features.
FRANK CRUMIT and Julia Sander
= son, radio favoriteS, head parade
OF footlight talent on the current holi-
day program at Loew's Fox Theater,
which has as its screen feature The
Women in His Life" chronicle Of fast
metropolitan life, featuring Otto Kru-
ger and Ben Lyon. Sharing the spot
light with Crumit and Sanderson are
Harry Rose, Broadway jester; Joe and
Pete Michon, comedians, and the Cali
fornia Revels, a fast revue OF novel
dances and songs.
"The Women In His Life" Is q story
that teens with tense dramatic situa-
tions unfolding the events in the life OF
q metropolitan lawyer who, though dis
graced, saves the life Of an innocent
man from q sentence Of death after the
rebirth of his own soul. Una Merkel,
Isabel Jewell Roscoe Karns, Irene
Hervey. Irene Franklyn. the vaudeville
the talented supporting cast
A musical interlude is provided by
Phil Lamkin and the Loew's Fox Con-
cert Orchestra.
An shows today are continuous with
the last complete performance slated
to start at about IL so pm.
OEWS Columbia Theater presents as
- its New Year week attraction ed
Wynn In 1.-The Chief" This picture
was produced by Metro Goldwyn- Mayer.
with Dorothy Mackaill, Charles Chic"
Sale, William (Stage) Boyd, George
Givot, Effie Ellsler, Nat Pendleton. G.
Henry Gordon and others in the cast.
1t is a narrative of simple Bowery
boy, who through a heroic deed at
blaze becomes a local hero and wins
the affections of torch singer. Dur
ing the course of the film Wynn Is said
to crack more than 100 new jokes:
All performances today are continu-
Gus with the last complete show sched-
uled to begin at 1l:50 pm.
DEN BERNIE and his lads, popular
- radio and stage band, have moved
into Warner Bros Earle Theater this
week with new load Of melodies, mu-
sical novelties and fun. Kay Francis
heads the screen fare in "The House on
seth Street a new Warner Bros. re-
lease. Few stories are said to offer the
star a wider range Of dramatic oppor-
tunities. AS an orphan whose beauty
wins her immediate success in Broad
ways gayest musical shows and made
her the toast of the town as one OF the
"Floradora" girls, Kay Francis under
takes a role completely different from
any she has attempted before. Gene
Raymond. John Halliday, Ricardo Cor
tez, Margaret Lindsay, Frank McHugh,
William Boyd. Sheila Terry and Henry
O'Neill have important roles in the play.
Ben Bernie offers a brand-new pro-
gram of songs. musical numbers and
vocal interludes. Included in the COM
pany are Jackie Heller. Ben Bernie's
singing discovery; Frank Prince. Col.
Nanny Prayer, Dick Stable, "Whis-
Ting" Pullen, Billy Wilgus and Billy
SEVERN. Others on the holiday pro-
gram are Eddie White, De Long sisters
and Audrey Sieber.
Short reel subjects. the latest issue
Of the Graham MacNamee Newsreel and
Earle orchestral prelude complete the
program.
DANCING.
PEYTON PENN STUDIO OF DANCE
(MEMBER DANCING MASTERS ASSNl
Irlk 81 NV Metropolitan 1880, In