Evening star., 1933-07-27
Two Barrymores Head
| Cinema and Stage At
traction This Week.
BURNS AND ALLEN
STARRING AT FOX
Kav Francis IN a World Pre-
m;ere and Deep Sea
in "Samarang."
BY E. de S. MELCHER.

son is of course, the appearance
of Ethel Barrymore in person
L at a local motion picture house.
Miss Barrymore. who is winding
up an engagement at the Capltol
Tfeater in New York today. will arrive
In town tomorrow III time for her noon
hou. debu. a. Warmers Earle. Bring
ing With her the famed B.rrie Cne-act
play. The TN elve-PUund Lo1k. III
which she has triumphed for many and
many a year. Miss Barrymore does not.
fortunately. have to wonder whether OF
not her material will DO" having been
dubbed Barries most capable heroine
in this particular role since she first
undertook it. An event OF real I'M
portance, since Miss Barrymore will
/ not appear in many cities on this tour,
| Washington is awaiting her appearance
j with great eagerAeSs. particularly since
q her work in 'RaSputin and the En-
press" has popularized her with motion
I picture audiences.
Another event Of the week is tomor-
= rows arrival CT the Burns and Allen
laugh toam. Miss Aliens high, sQueaky,
provocative yoice--part OF the reason
I why she and Mr. Burns have been called
: The 'nitWitS of the network is also
being anticipated with enthusiasm by
LoeW-FoX audiences. and since they
have seen seen in person" on the
screen recently and made themselves a
further name "a nice one. &t that
their act here should reap great reward.
As.le from these super entertainers.
the attractions tor tine coming week
with pertinent and impertment re-
marlls-are as follows:
EARLE-m spite OF the fact that
Kay Francis, in Mary Stevens, M. d."
5e I,o, Inn ia,... ut
theater, the biggest drawing card of
the weei; is La Barrymore ethel to
you, who will appear III person i'll
the Barrie playlet which We have
mentioned above. The rest of the show.
however. should not be skipped. since
it includes Miss Francis. III what is
claimed to be one OF her best roles.
Further than that, the cast includes
Lyle Talbot, who is one Of Warner
Bros up and coming young men.
LOEW'S FOX-If you don't laugh
at Oracle Allen then you'll never laugh
at all. This is our wager. If you at
tend the show this week at the Fox.
where the popular Burns Allen team
about the new film, Her Buiyguard.' -
except that the ladies favorite. Ed
mund Lowe. is in it. as well as the
far from Objectionable Wynne Gibson
Besides all this there are further stage
acts neWsreelS. comedies and Phil
Lampkm overture with which to tickle
music tanciers.
R-K-O KEITHS-Lew Ayres and
Ginger Rogers are new starring team.
How they behave with each other you
will discover if you waltz up to Keith'S
tomorrow and sit yourself down through
Don't Bet on Love" Although Mana
ger Hardie Meakin hasn't boasted much
about this picture, 1t IS presumably
aight and bright affair, done nicely by
sUni"ersal and serving as able material
flor the Midsummer carnival which this
theater is staging.
ACE-"The Strangers Return,
we know already. Is as nice a piece o.
work as you will see come out of the
! Hollywood factories Brilliantly acted by
aLionel Barrymore, Miriam Hopkins and
sFTanchot Tone, this does more than
sNustice to the Phil Stong book. There
isn't much to the story, but there is
plenty to think about afterWard. The
theme of it, as expressed by the young
farm superintendent (Tone), who plans
2 to become college professor, Is as fol-
lows: Those who can do-do; and
those who can't-teach."
METROPOLITAN tLeater is
playing host to Malay Archipelago
film. "Samarang," which has to do with
pearl divers and such like. From ad-
vance word we hear that before the
hero can marry the heroine, he has to
dig up a giant pearl to offer his future
J father-i law. If the fatherin- likes
: the pearl, the hero can marry his
ydaughter-if he dOesnt-fooey. The
sfilm is also said to be nicely full OF
fsharks and other fierce fish, who spend
their free hours eating each other.
COLUMBIA--Up until Monday the
film attraction at this theater will be
.%Reform Girl" Starting the new week,
: Buddy Rogers will be seen in The
Best of Enemies" tNote-We admit
with regret having called this Best Of
Friends yesterday
"a TTRACTIONS coming here week
"A from Friday include the following:
Moonlight and PretZels" at R-K-O
Keiths-We are sorry but We do not
see any excuse for this terrible title.
The nlnl. however. is said to be high
ly successful musical comedy with Leo
Carrillo. Mary Brian, Roger Pryor (his
J screen debut. Lillian Bond, Herbert
q RaWlirson. Alexander Gray, Bern1ce
.sClai.e tback again) and Jack Denny
and his orchestra among those present
The Mills Brothers and Don Redman
and his orchestra are scheduled for the
Fox next week together with q film
fcalled Midnight Club" in which Give
kBrook, George Raft and Alison Skip
rSWorth are featured.
q Another Language" comes to the
Palace next Friday with a whole fleet
.of stars, including Helen Hayes and
Robert MOntgOmery-as also Johnny
Beal and Margaret Hamilton, who
played in the original stage play.
X
THE sudden death of Louise Closer
- Hale is blow not ouiy to the films.
but to the stage ard to the whole world
of the erts. Miss Hale. who played her
last role in Another Language" before
the camera in Hollywood, Was not
merely screen celebrity. She was
known as an able writer, clever artist.
a fine actress and lady of rare charm
and the keenest wit. We met her only
once-but we shall never forget the
kindness of her smile and her cordially
!. even to those who meant little or MOTH
ing to her To say that the screen has
4 lost one of its finest citizens Is very
small tribute to pay to a lady who, In
, Che fulfillment of her various talents,
made an indelible impression OF worth,
&rooa ond banninaSS