Evening star., 1933-06-25

ladies of the screen, person.
alities who during the past
few months have jumped from
dark corners of nowhere to bright
fields of fortune and fame, none
has been more volcanic in her
rise and more pleasant to ponder
over than Ruby Keeler, sometimes
known as Mrs. AL Jolson.
Miss Keeler is the lady whose
smile has done more for the
.sophomore age than any one on
the screen. She it is, who, at the
moment, is being recorded as the
campus's favorite flower, the lady
who gets between the eyes and
the copy book when the copy book
should be the be-all and the end
all. Cautious young gentlemen
who have never thought twice
over the fair sex are said now to
be in a state of jitters over this
ex-TexaS Guinan dancer, whose
feet stamped her to fame on the
stage and who now, in the cur
rent "Gold Diggers," puts to
shame more gaudy sisters OF the
<elluloid.
Mrs. AL is a gentle little person
who has not yet turned on the
faucets of temperament. Hus-
band AL told us when he was
here) that it was all he could do
d year ago to get his wife to ask
for 5000 a week when she started
of in the films (that, you know,
is a mere sneeze). And even now
he says that when she goes to a
preview of one of her pictures,
she sits in corner all hunched
up with fear and even at the
finale Is not willing to concede
that she has been more than
$3.50.
This state of modesty is nice
state and new state. Hollywood
Is full Of flashy sirens who please
nobody so much as they please
themselves. When they attend
premieres they appear in clothes
that knock peoples eyes out.
When they view the film they
care more about being viewed
than they do about the cinema
goingS-on.
Miss Keeler seems like a nice,
healthy little person, with a smile
which goes deep and one which is
unique in cinema literature. While
she may not be an actress who
can take Mr.. Shakespeare over
the jumps, or a DreSSler who can
make your sides burst with
laughter, she fills the necessary
niche of being gentle and sweet,
and when she looks at Dick
Powell she can make you believe
that she is fond of him.
The public, of course, soon tires
of gentle people. 1t "grouses'
more around temptresses who
make it heave and quake and who
shatter the noon-day Siestas by
the fiercenesS of their wiles. In
the old days Theda Bara did such
things, with her long and short
beads, and her dark-rimmed eyes
which melted a man when they
hxed on him. Nowadays we have
pur Mae Vests and our Carlos,
fWo different daughters of the
drama, who can toss themselves
this way and that and be ex-
tremely interesting in doing such
things.
Miss Keeler may only be a
momentary fancy, but she is a
pleasant one.
So, also, is a young lady who
crashed into public favor last
week in college Humor," a film
which suggested that h alf of it
had been mislaid in the cutting
room. Mary Carlisle is a comeIy
young newcomer, whose face is
her fortune. Even baby-faced
Bing Crosby gave up the fight
when he first saw Miss Carlisle in
this film. And the rest of the
male members of the cast should
have done likewise.
Miss Carlisle gives evidence of
being young, not too tender, and
more than averagely talented
She can stare camera full in the
face, and she doesn't mind speak
ing her thoughts before the
mike." When she was on hand
$College Humor" seemed childish
|, out possible. When she wasn't