Evening star., 1933-10-30

Miss Harlow indicates plainly that
she would not And proceeds to tell
why. No section of the country will
appreciate. this as much as washing
ton. Last nights audience, in fact,
paid il a llEty tribute,
This little scene, plus one or two
others. puts the best of the film in the
lap of that oncoming comedienne, Miss
Beery undergo provide some of the
super laugh moments. While Marie
Dressler ard her dog Can unashamed
satire on the popular Mrs. Pat" Camp
belD are always amusing; while the
Barrymores become i'll and agonize and
die with their accustomed skill: while
Karen Morley looks wan and lovely at
the vascillating Edmund Lowe; while
Hale (in her last role) May Robson
and other distinguished stars have their
moments in kitchens and parlors;
while Madge Evans tosseS over Phillips
Holmes in favor of that tWo-quart
drinker, the cinema star: while Billie
Burke frets. and the chauffeur stabs
the kitchen man, and the aspic rolls on
the foor-Miss Harlow wanders in and
out of the picture, handsome and tough,
and crowns herself the queen of the
event.
4IlS Will surprise tnOSe VINO are
loyal as we are to Miss Dressler and
to one or two others, and who believe
that when they are about it is i'm
possible to play circles around them
Perhaps Miss Harlow doesn't She
comes however, as near to it as any
one has, due possibly to the surprise
OF seeing Miss DresSler knee-deep in
rouge and sables, with Beery only
giving her surprised word instead of
the physical and mental beatings he
has given her in other films.
The question resolves itself into,
Which do you prefer. Marie in a
sweater, or in trinkets, baubles and
sables? Well take the sweater
=, The film is, however, better rounded
than you might think. Although it
lacks the punches here and there which
tie play offered, it is splendid. enter
tainment and acted faultlessly from
the first moment to the last We were
of the opinion last night that Miss
Burke was rather sillier than she
might have been, but were assured
afterWard by indignant friends that
such is not the case, since many a
woman acts that way when she is Civ
ing dinner party for celebrity and
the celebrity doesn't appear; one of
the guests kills himself before Cfortu-
nately) dinner, and the aSp1c rolls over
onto the kitchen floor.
That leaves the cast about 100 per
cent, with Miss Harlow slightly in the
lead, and with the story (although not
really a good one, as author Owen
Davis pointed out to us last year,
nevertheless providing as amusing an
evening in the theater as you are like
ly to find
You know the story: A lady gives
q dinner party at 8, or at 50 So as
LondonerS had it last season That
is all there is. But that's enough. For
two hours you will be delighted with
what goes on before that dinner party
and sorry perhaps that you do not
get even so much as a look in on the
soup and merits afterwards
A DMIRERS of Zasu Pitts and Slim"
Summerville will find Love. Honor,
and Oh Baby!" the new comedy at the
Rialto, among their best co-starred ef-
forts The film has been successful
wherever it has been shown-except in
one State which. apparently objected
to the word. spinach" In spite. how
ever. of a court room scene which is
almost as FUNNY as the Mae West
scene in I'm No Angel" and in spite
OF the fact that Miss Pitts is possibly
better than she has ever been before.
the film seemed to us slightly below
par-due to the fact that we have never