Evening star., 1933-09-22

All in all. you can find little wrong
with thlS-except perhaps the ending
which leaves you in a b: eathless state
OF wondering what will happen to Annie
when she leaves that pier. AS enter
tainment though it is all you could
ask for-and in spite of the presence
of New York's fanciest hoodlums-
need Tot be afraid that it is too rough
for refined consumption.
1t is ripe for any ones consumption.
1t is funny, only slightly bawdy, cum
ningly knit together and boast of
performance which should make those
putty-faced ingenueS sit up and attend
to business
Miss Robson'S Annie is as good as
was Miss Hepburns Morning Glory
and there are some 40 years between
them. While she makes the most OF
the slightly mad old woman who wants
to make her daughter believe that she
dimes and wines nightly with New
Yorks 400, she has the magnificent
courage not to drag her up and down
the screen by the roots and everyday
her in glycerin screen manner. She
Is human. alive, brisk, sad and per-
suasive, but she neither foams at the
mouth nor bursts into oceans of tears.
She carries the story along with SIM
plicity and restraint and actually makes
you believe that incredible moment
when the mayor walks into her parlor
and shakes her cordially by the hand.
Miss Robson is not, however, alone in
her glory. Her supporting cast is Al,
in spite of the presence Of Warren
William. who, we are certain, now has
a face made of glue. Funny moments
are provided by those super clowns Guy
Kibbe, Ned Sparks (his lines are the
best) and Walter Connolly The love"
interest is done prettily by pretty Jean
Parker and Barry Norton; Glenda
Farrell makes continual advances to
Mr. William. and Nat Pendleton comes
in now and again as a pleasant
gangster henchman. A fine collection
of rogues, all of them and they spread
Mr.. Ruryon's impossible yarn so hand
somely that. believe it or not. you are
actually inclined to believe it.
Thumping good entertainment all
around!
WE TOLD you so! Maxine Doyle has
w a screen contract and is on her
way toward becoming a film comedi-
enne. This morning a wildly excited
letter from ner from Hollywood: We'll.
I'm here on the studio pay roll for
three days now and I still don't be-
ieve it's true-but gee! I'm thrilled
fectly swell contract, too personal
management Of Charles r. Rogers.
He wants me to do light comedy leads
just the thing I've always wanted to do.
So I'll use my best Clifford Brooke
diction and recite my Quality Of
Mercy every day. =" Miss Doyle
says nothing about returning to her
NJ. c. job at the Earle. 1t is to be
supposed then that she has actually de-
W.T. n foy oil
who didn't see her in last seasons
Brooke plays cannot appreciate what
a first-rate little comedienne she really
Is. She was riot as neo-Carmen.
We wish her luck in pictures. It's a |
rough. hard game. But she's a real |
trouper You can tell that by the way
she ends up her letter: I've just GOT !
to be good in pictures-there are so |
many people I've got to prove my
ability-What have-to." Nice person |
YESTERDAYS announcement in The |
/ l. Star of the imminent approach of |
Miss Helen Hayes to the Capital Is, of |
course, the important theatric news |
of the day. The play will be Maxwell
Andersons Mary of Scotland" and the |
Inond Jones. who has just completed |
the sets for the Eugene O'Neill's ''Ah. |
Wilderness" No further announcement |
Of the cast has been made as yet. But !
it will be large and imposing. Incl |
dentally. this is the third of six plays |
to be presented here under the auspices |
of the American Theater Society the |
other two being Her Man of Wax"
with Lenore Uric. and "A Trip to |
Pressburg,' with Pola Negri.
TODAY is Loew's Fox's 9Th birthday |
L anniversary, Phil Lampkin's sew
enty-eighth week there and all sorts
of other things-including the welcome
appearance of those three nice Boswell
Sisters.
Catherine Carricc. Washington sing
er, was selected yesterday morning by |
Nine Frances Aida for voice scholar
ship. She will go to New York and |
sing "do-re-mi's" under Nine. Alda's /
wing all this Winter.
Fifty Gold Star Mothers will attend |
the performance of This Day and |
"Age at the Fox tonight.
Ethel Pastor, who sings with the |
Phil Spitalny outfit at the Earle. has |
been signed for the forthcoming "Zieg- |
field Follies''
S. E. Cochran, Steve to you, was the