Evening star., 1933-10-31

trip around the local film palaces
At this moment Washington is cine
matically il full bloom. 1t is alive with
sense and reeking with good humor. 1t
is droll, satiric, hilarious and melodious.
Almost every house is worth visiting
either for its play or its player.
Start at Fifteenth street and what do
you findf Henry VIII" a rich and
rollicking spectacle of monarch whose
life was very, very full, in the hands of
a master satirist, Charles Laughton-
as gOOd'humOred q performance as you
will find. Head down F street and drop
in at the Fox There you will come
tremely unimportant picture. Meet the
Baron" which is nevertheless very
amusing. and one which is followed up
by that master Snowman, Ted Lewis,
whose high hat is waving just as high
as ever. Walk further down the block
and try to get into the Mae West pic
ture, "I'rA No Angel" TE1se who said:
Miss west will be f.. without a
hustle" are now eating tlloir words.
Miss West is flaming, raging and roar
ing success. Her words a : filled with
so many me- nins5 that you can keep
on defining them well into the night.
Nor is Miss West merely schoolboy's
OSllSLC. AG ySotSlody We
counted more bald heads and widows
than members of the younger genera
ton. In front of us a white-haired
lady with an aristocratic nose almost
rolled in the aisleS. In back OF us two
probable grandfathers beat on the floor
with their canes in excitement and
whooped with delight when Miss West
Wriggled in and out Of her clothes. All
around us were matinee ladies, past 40,
curling up with joy, and sly old bache-
lors sneaking in during the dark mo-
ments and clacking their teeth with
all the pleasant thunder left in them.
If you have been able to get out OF
the Palace, head down I1iIte nth tn street; i;
My Ec2r."-thiS we haven't seen
wait el1 h7ar what Norton D2wney
can 60 to tho3e mcdeIn songs. Drop
in at the Nc ropoliten end take look
at Philo Varce and his l3teso murder
troubles with the smooth, oily Will
liam Powell dong his stuff until the
Warner musical Smash" "Footlight
Parade" edges him out Thursday And
then, if there is anything left OF you.
take few minutes off to watch Zasu
Pitts reactions to spinach and
"creamed carrots" in Love, Honor,
and Oh, Baby" at the Rialto.
You can devote an evening with great
profit to Dinner at Eight"-more espe-
cially if you haven't seen the play,
and even if you have. The cast will
delight you. and the way the screen
has treated the play will surprise you.
1t is a rafting good film, the last line
being of course, one of the best lines
OF the year.
So why not go 10 the movies? You'll
never hive more fun th7n vol can
have tbs wcck-e-:"ep. r>-e-i5l7 mkt
when most Of the fins will be helG
over anyway.
HALLOWEEN celebrations ten 5h.:
Midnight shows at ke-th's,
Palace, Fox saaa Columbia.
The, Earle will extend its schedule SO
that the last feature will begin at 1925
pm. and Morton Downey will be singing
just before that.
The Rialto will offer its patrons Hal
other theaters.
Only tragedy-the Fire Department
made the Fox and the Palace take away
some OF those nice long corn stalks.
Too cry and inf1ammable. Mae West
might 60 up In smoke, said they.
HELEN HOERLE, dynamic Shubert
IL advance guard. has arrived to say
that due to srme sort of lest-minue
bookings, the dark-eyed Po'a Negri. who
lest sef~~N t." tl7N -cT Tho"to-'s
t-1rds with c~~e+-----'-'c Gr0. VII
definitely ccr7o o tn Ia '7ncl tn week
of November II to plc-' il "A It'd to
Pressburgh." This is the play which
Author Producers Dunnirg and Abbott
are helping to whip into shape from the
original by Leo Perutz.
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aNE Of Hollywood's real beauties,
~ Constance Cummings. who ran off
Dcnn Levy washington saw his The
pevaE Passes" with better -looking-on-
the -1kage than on-the-screen Diana