Evening star., 1933-04-16

IL Hepburn, the the M TX
Brothers. Eddie Cantor and
a team like the inevitable James
Dunn and Sally EilerS, Hollywood
players these days are going all
star" After a Winter of COM
parative discomfort, the great
moguls of the film industry have
decided that they can do better
with many in one, rather than
with one against many. II, for
instance, you are a Lionel Barry
more, you will have finished being
a star" in "Sweepings," you will
have finished being a featured
player in Looking Forward"
(which is really Lewis Stones pic
ture), and you will have settled
down to playing around with
such nice little brother and sister
stars as the puissant Miss Hayes,
the blurry-eyed Myrna 10y, the
expert Frank Morgan, the capable
Franchot (and what is this about
Joan CrawfordO Tone, the dy-
manic Miss Dressler, the beef
eating Beery, the much-wrap-
pered Miss Harlow, the eyebrow
raiser, Lee Tracy, and the courte-
Gus and always generous Jean
HerSholt.
Love, it would seem, comes no
more singly in a film. There
must be lots of loves and lots of
people. Dinner at Eight" Is an
example o. this. Out in Holly
wood the Barrymore boys, Miss
Dressler, Miss Harlow, Mr.. Tracy
and Mr.. Beery are jumping
around in Mr.. Kaufman's version
of what might happen at a din
ner party if as a prelude the
butler stabbed the chauffeur, the
hostess loved some one other than
her husband, the daughter "felP'
for a picture actor-and other
imaginative events prevented the
dinner from being quite the nor
NAL feast it is meant to be.
The film, as announced, is "all
star" Expensive actors will
play expensive parts. George M.
Kaufman is said to be stuffing
some $500 weekly into his purse
as his share of the royalties on
this play, plus what he is stu
reaping from the successful "Of
Thee 1 Sing"
And so. with success ringing in
the ears of the ambitious Metro
Goldwyn-M Co., whose ia
vorite star LA Garoo) IS Stlli
hanging out in Europe disguised
as the large-foOted Fraulein Gus
tavson, this firm will do another
"all-star" picture - something
which is to be called Night
Flight"
Filming of this starts Friday.
Present in the cast will be Clark
&C. B. Shaw's friendD Gable, John
and Lionel Barrymore, Miss 10y,
Mr.. Morgan. Mr.. Tone, Helen
Hayes, perhaps, and any other
star. who happens to be within
hailing distance.
This is all very we'll, just as
Grand Hotel was all very we'll.
But it is fact that as soon as
YOU collect a whole mess OF stars,
their futures are suddenly dis
iointed and when you see them
singly in other films you begin to
saw to Yourself, We'll, where are
ali the other stars he, or she,
usually plays with?"
The system is fine for one pic
ture or an occasional picture. But
we believe that with two such
films coming out in such quick
succession, the stars will suffer
afterWard. In the meantime, We
should like, for instance, to be
RECALLED with a little Mae West.
Have YOU heard the titles OF the
songs she is to sing in her new
film? They are: I've Fallen for
Love-" walking the Streets,
Looking for the Man Love" and
"I Don't Want to Do That" The
Aim is not Camille"
"A FLEET of missives came from
the National Players in re-
Spouse to the general cheering we
gave last week at the news of
their approach. This is what
LEoNA POWERS tank I
like you"
KATHRYN GIVNEY-"I'm glad
you don't think I'm menace.
My family, however, disagrees
with you"
ONA MUNSoN-"How could
possibly do any shopping this
year,"