Evening star., 1933-06-14
Light Operas Are Ignored
By the Cinema Producers
Susses ston That the Gilbert and Sullivan Works
Be Passed Over to the Studios-And Mae
West in the Role of Little Buttercup
By E. de S. Melcher.

! With Miss West as Buttercup, Jane
| Gaynor as Josephine tall @. d S
| heroines should be Janet Gaynors)
| John Boles as Ralph Rackstraw, Wal.
lace Beery as the Lord High Admiral
and almost any one as Dick Deadeye
the screen version of H M. s. Pima
fore" might be one of the events of thu
season.
Nobody has tried, at any rate, one
way or the other. When the public
Is tired of its Gold Diggers" and it.
other modern musical gadgets tonly
because the public is fickle and moi
because these gadgets haven't beer
good there might easily be room FOL
a bit of G. & s. Who knows? At leasi
Hollywood doesn't.
An interesting little item appears ir
this weeks Variety. Says this theatric
gazette: Not a line Of Noel Coward's
dialogue is left in the version OF De-
sign for Living which Ernst Lubitsch
brought back with him from New York
where he had worked on the script with
Ben Hecht' Maybe it will have few
bright lines for change!
4 II
The University Of Notre Dame. known
more for its pigskin record rather than
for its vocal abilities, is showing the
country what it can do with this latter
pastime. Starting out with a personal
appearance at New Yorks Capitol The
ater, the Notre Dame Glee Club comes
to Loew's Fox Friday, and under the
direction of Joseph Casasaota will be
the chief attraction on the stage bill.
n
Will somebody tell us why the role
played by Alice Brady in When Ladies
Meet" should be allowed to get "on
peoplcs nerves." In the original, and
as intended by the author (since Miss
Crothers picked the cast and supervised
the stage production herselD, Bridgie
was a fluffy. vapid little person. who
made people laugh and was only incon-
sequentially irritating. The fact that
Miss Brady lunches her shoulders the
way she does and almost twists hersel1
out of shape in her efforts to be funny
indicates that she has not caught the
spirit Of the original. Spring Byington
was q fool-but not an exaggerated nit
wit.
An excited pamphlet comes from the
Loew Office to the effect that Mile. JAG
oueline Doret. "the most beautiful
blond in Paris, France" and q lady
who docs not speak one word OF Eng
lish." will be the guest of Col Harry A.
Long when she pays Washington n.y.
ing visit tomorrow. Mile. Doret will
be accompanied by her chaperone, Nine
Suzanne Chantal, editor Of Cinemonde,
a French movie publication" who, 1t IS
supposed, knows little English.
Today is the day when local beauties
Christine Ekengren and Margaretta
Wright make their debut in the film
world This afternoon Production
Manager Glendon Allvine with the
R-K-O anchors Aweigh" company
will welcome these ladies at the Naval
Academy Armory :. Miss Ekengren ana
Miss Wright will be dressed in evening
costume at 4 in the afternoon :.
They will be escorted by Mr.. Allvine
onto the floor Of this giant hall
turned temporarily into a dance hall
and thereupon they will be greeted by
q group of midshipmen who will dance
with them until sufficient film footage
has been made Bruce Cabot and
John Darrew, screen heros, have also
limited that they will see that these
ladies have q good time.