Evening star., 1933-04-29

"OO IN BUDAPEST Is Jesse
- \ Lasky's first flm for the
Fox company Before he
IL undertook 1t he announced
that he planned to produce
sartistic films" He has been true to
bis word You may view the film this
week at Loew's Fox with the Joy of
knowing beforehand that however
slight and fragile the story may be, 1t
has been handled with the utmost taste
and photographed more beautifully
than any film before it.
The films success, as a matter OF
. TACT, is due really to the camera
vizardry of Lee GarmeS, HollyWood's S
ace picture man. He has not only
caught the mood Of continental ways to
. remarkable degree, and photographed
animals in peculiarly forceful manner
but he has caught certain silver and
gray night scenes, with mist blowing
over the small lakes and swans float
ing on the waters with an almost super
natural eeriness, which makes this
feature by far the most important part
OF the picture
Mr.. Garmes deserves immense credit
for his work He has created some
thing which our continental cinema
brothers have up until now been vic
HoriouS in. He has given us real work
Of art. something which even without
dialogue and story material, and with
out the small thread of plot which
weaves through it. may be enjoyed as
Q photoplay classic.
Mr. Lasky has also plotted scenes
which are as picturesque as old Buda-
pest, and trained his animals so that
3hey scrap ard fsht and behave them
selves with that ferocity Tin the last
chapters OF the f1lm), which rs ex-
pected Of them. They seem. in many
Instances, more important than the ac-
tors. Nevertheless, Gene Raymond has
been taught to be as agile as an ami.
mal-and as the young boy who grows
I'D in the zoo rs the boy who knows the
habits of his inarticulate friends, and
can cure them Of their various ills,
he does sincere and splendid piece
Of work.
Loretta Young Is beautiful, but
placid heroine As the little orphan
girl who escapes from her home, you
expect to have more sympathy for her
than you do She Is restrained and
as always, very lovely. But when Mr
Raymond takes her by the shoulders
and shakes her you feel that 1t might
DO her good to be shaken little more.
Mr.. LaSky was wise In the choice
Of Dan Tothero Is dialogue artist
{ective and least publicized writer who
touches that pulse Of idyllic warmth
every now and then which Is required
IN the films He has also an uncanny
ebility of not wasting words.
All In all, what with . soft musical
accompaniment, and that slender. but
somehow believable romance between
the boy IN the zoo and the orphan
girl there Is everything here which you
could want. II the very young little
boy (piayed well BY WaHy. Albright) /,
gets lost In the zoo and the animals
break loose and almost swallow him up
las they have done in other films),
you may overlook this bit Of theatrical
Aokum and look back on the rest Of
She film With pleasure and real af-
tection.
Mills weeks stage show at the Fox
brings back Olsen end johnson,
nnetime funny men. IN their "Atroci-
aes Of 1885," Q revue Of sorts which
teaches . few high marks. As also .
great many low marks. The revue is
4aeant to be . lunatic creation in which,
however the verbal theme song as ex-
pressed BY one Of the principals, This
VIII Go On Forever, You Know" rings