Evening star., 1933-05-28

OF Gl6 year Is Ill NO
Angel" Reasons for this is
l. that it is the successor to
the years most popular film, "She
Done Him Wrong: that it will
star Mae West, and that Miss West
is now undoubtedly the most con-
spicuous figure in Hollywood. Fur
ther than that, it will be full of
music; it will present its star as
the lady who isn't an angel, and
it suggests all the fuss and sup
pressed fury that was in the
wrong" picture without the bus
tie and background of that par
ticular period.
The three most successful per-
sonalitieS that the screen has ever
known have been Valentino, Carlo
and West. Valentines fame came
faster than any of them. GarHo'S
throne has been probably the
strongest and Vests power is
probably only just beginning.
They represent, however, three
types of persons at opposite poles
one from the other who are the
kind that seem destined to wealth
er the toughest gales. Strictly
speaking, none of them have been
more than reasonably handsome;
none of them have been 100 per
cent typical American, and none
of them have been more than
averagely successful on the stage.
BY successful personalities, we
do not mean that these three are
the most brilliant actors. We
have our Barrymores and our
Hayeses, our Freddie Marches and
our Irene DunneS, who are more
familiar With the word "act."
Personality, however, has in the
past been such a force in the films
and still iS-that in drawing up
a trio of heroes you must look to-
ward the box Office rather than
toward the reviewer.
WHEN "She Done Him Wrong"
w was first released, those who
know about such things said:
This is all right for the big cities,
but it will die in the hinterland."
They were only half right. 1t was
all right for the big cities. But it
was also all right for the pro-
vinces. It is stated that few towns
and hamlets in the country
haven't cheered the one-time star
of Diamond Lii" New York re-
viewers who for years have blasted
Miss West every time she appeared
on the stage, and who sometimes
even refused to go to the theater
at which she was playing, now
have to admit that there must be
something about La West which
they didn't see.
Miss West has StOrmed Holly
wood with all the success OF a
Garbo or a Valentino. A volcanic
creature with a soul that she
wears on her sleeve, in private life
she is said to be quite the reverse,
and she is notably shy and quiet
and fonder OF her writings than
her actings.
I'm No Angel" should prove her
status. 1t should reap more re-
wards for the Paramount company
than any film since the landslide,
"She Done Him Wrong" While
the gay and not by any means
gullible Mae was not seized upon
with any great JOY by all the
major picture companies when she
first went into pictures, it is no
secret that she is now more in de-
mand than any player on the lot.
It will be interesting to see just
what she will do and say in her
new film. AS matter of fact,
she doesn't have to say much to
be effective. Remember a few OF
the things she didn't say IN she
Done Him Wrong?"
MR.. STEVE COCHRAN has just
" come into the Office to say
that all is right with his world
His players have not only clicked
once, but twice and thrice. Good
bye Again" Hay Fever" and An
other Language" have shot his
stock way, way up. He has sat on
Monday nights up in his Office
parlor, heard the shouts of the
multitude and realized that there
is still a will to the theater and
still a heart in an audience. Al
this minute, he is saying: Il have
the best troupe l ever had"
We agree. We wouldn't have
agreed four weeks ago. That
however, wasn't anybodys fault
but the people who decided that
riddle Me This" would be a good
opening bill, and that then they