Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-28

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complete let-down in the famor
clever clown and one whom you
This production, which Is said to have
been the most favored of all Mr.. Aborn's
efforts prior to his recent death, al
though stacked with unpreposessing
scenery, is nevertheless so stout with
song" and so well sung from first to
last, that last nights first audience
gave it a rousing welcome at the final
curtain.
Its Yum Yum is a small, compact,
attractive little Japanese lady. Hizi
with great clarity and allows herself
to be made love to by the impetuous
Nanki-Poo Troy CroppeD with noisy
glee. When she slides across the stage
you will wonder how she gets any
where at all-her feet being scarcely
visible-and she has a nice way Of
using her hands and Of fitting her head,
and of singing THE Moon and I" so
that at the end of it she is quantity all
tied up in a knot. She is much the
youngest, most satisfying Yum Yum
the National Theater has boosted In
a long time.
Mr.. Danforth's Mikado is, of course,
well known. His "Object All Sublime"
Is OIle VI Ille Ills VI Tic cVelllllS dIlu
the way he snaps his fan and screws
his face so that it. Is as wide as Alice's
Cheshire Cat Is rne Of the expected
and welcomed Joy of the evening.
Frank Moulan3 "Ko-Ko," but for
the above mentiontd offences
which come only with spirits which
seem to wax higher as the evening pro-
crosses. and therefore more eXcusable-
is lively impersonation and something
which his large public knows well. His
additions to the popular song, I've Got
a Little List" including crooners and
1.-The last prohibitionist," are not objec-
tionable, but for some reason that in
evitable reference to Baltimore, speak
ing about the man who has gone
abroad, Is.
Other principals especially note
worthy are Roy Chopper as Nanki-Poo,
Herbert Waterous as Pooh-Bah Che is
the only Pooh-Bah we have ever seen
who doesn't everyday the role) and
Vivian Hart as Pitti-Sing. Katisha, as
played by Vera Ross, lacked something
last night. We don't know what it was,
but she lacked something.
Most credit of all goes, however, to
the excellent Gilbert and Sullivan
chorus which sang its songs last night
in excellent tempo, with absolute pitch,
and with the evident pleasure of singing
which cannot help but have a good
effect on the audience. Every note was
good to the last drop.
WAIT till you see "The Invisible
w Mani"
This is the latest Universal contribu-
ton to the Shiver-and- shake film tribe,
in which "Frankenstein" and other
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them, being brief in treatment, expen-
sive in thought, and acted with that
sterling extravaganza which you had
always known an invisible man would
act with.
Poor Claude Rains doesn't, however,
get much Of break in his film debut
being mostly transparent-untn a last
shot shows that he actually has q face.
For the remainder of the time he is
waltzing around either as mere over
coat, or as pair Of trousers, or as
footsteps in the snow. He does this all
very well, however, being by far the best
invisible man We have ever seen.
Be sure to attend this when it Is
shown late Wednesday at the Rialto
1t will give you an excellent appetite
for your Thanksgiving dinner.
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WE are In receipt Of an invitation
w from the Mount Vernon Senin-
airy, which Is presenting DR.. Frederick
H. Krock. professor of dramatic ntera-
ture at the University Of North Caro-
lima, as also father" Of the Carolina
Playmakers and nationally known as
an important figure in the field of
student play writing and acting, on
Saturday afternoon, December 2, and
again on Sunday evening, in the Eliza
beth Somers Memorial Chapel. On
Saturday DR.. Krock will speak to the