Evening star., 1933-11-10


Therefore. we are glad: And we be-
Geve that you Will be glad when you
see this young and (cinematically) un-
known actress. She is young and fresh
and handsome, and she has way of
speaking that is vastly pleasing A far
cry from Irene Dunno she nevertheless
plays the same kind of Back Street"
role In that fashion which brings oceans
TO the eyes Of all the public and reduces
sensitive ladies to pulp.
"Only Yesterday" title which has
been borrowed from a book of quite
different nature, Is the story of a faithful
girl and faithless man. The hero, as
o matter of fact, is about the blackest
cad on record, and the plot of the fllm
Is almost completely impossible. Yet 1t
has been filmed with great tact and
beauty, and Miss SULLIVAN plays 1t for
all it Is worth.
She is caught in the mselstrom OF
pretty free war love, and as result
suffers and suffers and eventually dies
from her suffering. Fortunately, in the
meantime, she is the mother of boy
Who. being fatherless, is all the more the
apple of her eye-and she fights for him
md by her sacrifices becomes noble as
well as an attractive character.
All Of this Miss SULLIVAN portrays
with heart-breaking simplicity and there
Is no use In not sympathizing with her
for all her woes.
Mr.. Boles' role is not by any means
one that you can admire. His character
a. 80 worthless that the ordinary male
will blush at his infrmities. For this
resson. the downtrodden Miss SULLIVAN
becomes a kind Of twentieth century
martyr cheering all women into the be-
lief that they can suffer much and stil
look well.
the cast, other than Mr.. Boles, who
we still think is a grand person, but
not such a very good actor, is notable
not only for the suddenly volcanic Miss
SULLIVAN, but for little boy. who Is as
natural and believable as the star her
self
your catalogue Of interesting young
actresses Her first Characterization
does not seem to be an accident. she
Is almost too good to be true, nelng
handsome and attractive and human
She is SO good, In fact, that we be-
iieye you will 60 to see the fllrn over
and over again.
A MOTHER film which should be
<A popular is "The Prizehghter and
the Lady" which had a special open
tnR last night at the Palace. This
brings a king of flsticuffs, Max Baer,
into the limelight. It also gives Myrna
Icy-now definitely on the road toward
forgetting her Chinese characterize
tions-the sort Of the role that should
do her the most good. The combina-
ton of Baer and 10y is a happy one.
Mr.. Baer is big and strong and agile,
and Miss 10y is small and white and
siender-and between them they put
Mr.. Tarzan and his mate pretty mucn
In the shade.
The picture Is. however, best in its
more vigorous form. the fight between
Primo Carnera and Baer being more
of an attraction than the musical COM
edy routine which poor Mr. Baer had
TO undergo. In the former fighting
capacity be and Camera make more or
less mincenent Of each other and IN
the latter he skips around with bevy
of fair maidens, smiling coyly and do
ing gentle adagio steps here and there.
Mr.. Baer, as matter Of fact, Is bet
ter actor than you might think, and he
gets away with these dance and smile
routines far better than even the pol
ished Georges Carpenter could even In
his heyday.
This fast and amusing story OF a
prizefghter and his lady moves to its
final clinch In that battle, which M--G.-
M. has staged with unprecedented vigor.
The shots of Baer taking a poke at
Oarnera and Camera doing the same
10 Baer are likely TO keep you con-
tinuaIly on the edge Of your chair and.
but for minor discrepancies here and
there which our sports authorities have
warned US about. It is splendid exlli-