Evening star., 1933-08-04

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/ Y next Friday.
This announcement ar
rives in the midst of Mr.. Meakin's
hugely successful showing Of the cur
rent moonlight and pretzel film at the
same theater, a gallant little musical
spectacle which seems to be digging In
for a nice weeks run.
It is, however, just about time for
Richard Dix film. You can count on
one of these from the R-K-O Radio
factories every four or five months, just
as you can count on Richard
Barthelmess saga from Warner Brothers.
or a Janet Gaynor romance from Fox,
or a Montgomery epic from M-G-M.
Mr.. Dix is Radios pet war horse. For
years now he has represented manhood
at its best-immaculate In white,
starched shirt, -soble in his smile, and
q guardian angel 20 all womanhood who
have put their trust in him.
From advance report Mr.. Dix Is not,
however, so VirtuouS in his new hlm.
It is said that he is even q newspaper
man. More than that, he Is the cause
for ladies jumping out Of windows and
other ladies gnaShing their teeth In an
agony Of love over him. Neither wise,
nor cunning, nor noble. he goes his way
(at the outside) in vaScillating man
heartache.
This comes as a surprise. The public
Is accustomed to seeing Dix as cham
pion of the weak and as strong as the
Rock of Gibraltar. His grin has never
meant anything but pleasure and the
prelude to good, and his deeds have
almost always been straight Y. M. G. A.
That he should suddenly play q role
which deviates temporarily from the
straight and the narrow Is very un-
natural.
Nevertheless, it is something to look
forward to- Now, then, If Miss Gaynor
would do that cocaine heroine again we
should have the other surprise Of the
year.
"A MOTHER tempting cinema dish for
"A next week will be the much
heralded "Iugboat Annie" with Marie
Dressler and Wallace Berry. AT last"
say those impatient screen hounds who
have been waiting for this since the
Min and Bill' classic, film which
has seldom been surpassed for sheer
humor and pathos. If we remember
correctly, there were more round, salt
tears shed at this performance than
along and almost submerged her audi
ence in "a Farewell to Arms"
A member Of the cast Of this dlm,
which Is coming to the Palace, Incl
dentally, Is Frankie Darrow, the young
man in '"The Mayor of HELL" who
whipped the picture away from under
Cagney's feet. Mr.. Darrow. aged 16,
has been doing so well In the pictures
that he is practically star in his own
right now. At the moment even Eng
land has had word Of him and has
I,{v Hn1IvvrNr6 1ano
enough to do film over there. We
predict great things for this serious
faced young man.
4 +
CHARLIE WRIGHT, the Club Michels
~ ace accordion crooner. Is back.
Chicago he found nice but big. Charlie
is not accustomed to singing to rowdy
crowds over the 600 mark. He Is at
of a small table and intune "Eadie Was
q Lady" for sensitive, discreet patrons.
The empire room Of the Palmer House
he found larger than the Grand Gen.
trail Station, and not so responsive. J
Patrons seemed to want to sing them |
selves. rather than be sung at. So i
Charlie came home-not before, how |
ever, he had made name for himself |
in Sophie fuckers night club. q fash |
ionable evening haunt. which it Is said, |
rocked with good humor every time |
Mr. Wright ano his accordion hove into |
sight.
WHAT now will be the fate Of Lillian |
w Gish when she returns to the |
screen? The slim heroine Of many q |
ride on a cake of ice (remember her |
in Way Down East"?) and the recent |
x-wielder in Mine Pine Street." the |
play based on the Lizzie Borden ca |
tastrophe at Fall River, Miss Gish has |
led a varied career, what with her |
Camille" out at Central City last Sum- |
mer and her earlier than that disaster !
in her first talking film based on The
Swan" She is, however, one OF the
real personalities of the theater and |
some one whose powers are all on the |
up and up. Writer Lucius Beebe told |
us only this Spring that one Of the |
most stimulating interviews he has had
with any one dncluding the famed
Noel Coward discussion, which Mr..
Coward subsequently put into Design |
for Living") was with Miss Gish. A
lady of great charm and infinite ability |
(even with that apparent flutter she
has about her on the screen), it Is to
be hoped that she will find something
that her career will soar once again as
it did in D. D. Grifhth's hey-day.
TAILULAH BANKHEAD for "Biog-
4 raphy"? Why not? Rather
sensible vehicle for this actress, who Is
better at doing cartwheels than she Is
at shedding tears. A light, bright and