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reckoning it is evident that he has
used his characters both wisely and
welEand that in every case each
the main theme.
man Is q lawyer Of strength and
character-and the fact that Mr..
Muni plays him makes the entire
performance an engrossng evening
In the theater-in which there is,
however, less "theater' than you
would suspect.
The pace Of the "Counsellor-at-
Law" IS not the swift sidewalk pace
of Mr.. Rice's Street Scene" Nor
Is Mr. MUM a "scarface" or a
ample time for character drawing
and it's man of strength, while a
smoldering giant of suppressed fire.
nevertheless seldom bursts into the
volcanic fits and starts which Mr..
MUM does so nicely for the screen.
Ladies of tender age will be dis
appointed, perhaps, because NUM-
Is smooth, slightly grey about the
temples, and does not screw him
self into those top-notch emotions
which he wreStled with before the
camera. The cut of his lawyer
clothes Is correct, his diction per-
feet. his behavior eminently respec-
table, and his only real action"
consists in jumping once from the
floor to within stone-throW of the
window sill from which he plans to
hurl himself in a sudden mood of
despair.
Students of the drama will do we'll
to watch how Mr. MUM spends his
time behind the footlights. He
wastes neither gesture nor breath
and yet you would swear that he
His entire performance is a brilliant
example of how to be at ease and
theatric at the same time. When
he is on the stage. there is Curl
ously electric feeling Of the dra-
matte. He has only to arch an eye
brow to make you feel power in the
air
Mr.. MUM makes this George
Simon, famed lawyer who has risen
from the ranks, and who has made
the mistake Of marrying the wrong
woman, a man of flesh and blood,
whose history you relinquish with
regret as the curtain comes down.
You sense that Mr.. Rice could have
said more about him-that, in fact,
his future would be well worth
watching. What you have seen,
however, has up until then been
the study of successful man,
whose one little transgression has
played him false, and who finds the
world tipped up on its side because
he has revealed that fault to a
woman whom he thought faithful.
While you feel happiness stirring
once again in him, you also know
the binding force of that near
disaster and the fact that he will
have a hard time forgetting that
fault and its blstering consequences.
In the picturing OF the details
which go. to build up Mr.. Muni's
powerful character, cast OF un-
usual excellence has been assembled.
switchboard siren; Anne Teeman, as
q secretary and nice human being;
Jennie MoscowitZ, whose perform
ance as Simon's mother Is really be-
wilderingly good Martin Wolfson.
whose communistic outburst provides
an exciting moment and others
such as Doris Underwood, Malka
Kornstein, Angela Jacobs, Sue Moore,
Regina Wallace and the two
Dwight" children, who make a
lawyers Office seem like an interest
ing character zoo.
All e these and most of the others
>afa N6e to type and to Mr.. Rice's
digAified and interesting script
and they help to carry the play and
Mr.. Mum to the heights which they
deserve.
Last nights performance was IN
the nature of "testilnonial' given
In honor of j. Stoddard Taylor.
well known local theater manager.
Irene Dunno at Keith's
In mo Other Woman"
THERE are two things about the
Il film play. mo Other Woman"
offered at R-K-O Keith's, which
should attract those who have keen
appreciation of good plays and good
acting. The film is adopted from
stage production by Eugene Walter,
who ranks among the American
dramatists of a charmed circle, and
the star, Irene Dunno, with the sub
stantial material that the author has
provided, creates a character that
represents the ideal of steadfastness
and understanding. It is conceivable