Evening star., 1933-09-15

II AUR1CE CHEVALlER Will play
M In the Merry Widow, This
w brief announcement, made
this morning by Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer, puts to rest
the rumors thai every one from Gable
to Buster Keaton would play Donald
Brian's role Snatched at last from
Paramount, NJ Chevalier will, of
course, be seen opposite the handsome
but always s-in-bed Miss jeanette Mac
donald. The latter we have a grudge
against because she has been photo
graphed more than any one yawning
and waking up in the morning in bed
which is always the size of the Titanic
and invariably covered with sheets,
blankets and pillowcases which would
put even the Du Barrys' linen to
shame. No one is good to look upon
early in the morning. Even the cinema
cannot dispel the frouzlneSS OF tlat
first eye-opeMng. Nor does Miss Mac
Donald. waxing up in the morning,
make us teeI much better about IT,
She is blond, COme!y and shapely. But
her yaWn is like every one elseS yawn.
Ii she is on her feet in The Merry
Widow" she will be o. K. But if she
starts singing in the middle OF all that
linen
YESTERDAY, a chat with Helen
. ! l. Menken Said she: Il am going
to New York to make screen test for
Paramount. Don't 1 look terrible2"
mo-" We said, you don't" And she
doesn't. Miss Menken is, of course, not
so young as she was. She has stricken
such lines as You are beautiful, Diane"
out of 18th Heaven" (Which she will
play Monday at the Nationally. But
she is still full OF fire and full of fun.
Hanging on to the arm of Director
Producer-Actor Clifford Brooke yes
terday, she chatted on as gay as bird
standing in front Of the National.
when I think Of the camera tomor-
row getting lock at my face I wither
yes, I Wither. A dog bit me here
and here and here, you know. The
camera will have a dreadful time get
ting around that" 1t will and il won't.
The scars are deep, but Miss Menken's
personality is strong. Incidentally. 1t
is rumored that she would like to play
In The Late Christopher Bean" That
would be nice. Very nice. Except that
she had better hurry before Marie
Dressler and Lionel Barrymore come
along with their cinema version, which,
from what We saw Of it, should be eX-
ceedingly funny and exceedingly fine:
WHEN you see Il Loved That
w Woman" take a good look at
George Blackwood He played here last
Winter in a small role in Show Boat"
with Helen Morgan. At that time Miss
Morgan thought he was very nice. She
predicted. great things for him. He went
to Hollywood a few months ago. Was
signed first. by Paramount, then by
Warner Bros His very first day on
the set he had to make love to Kay
Francis. The second day he had to
embrace Ruth Chatterton. In, Il Loved
That Woman" you will see that first
"duty" Not such bad two days!
TOO bad about Tallulah Bankhead.
Il She has had to give up playing in
"Jezebel" the play which Owen Davis
wrote for her, on account OF illness.
Now then. who can play the role?
Would Katharine Cornell. who wanted
to do it anyway, step into the role?
We doubt it. Why not whistle for Katie
Hepburn? She could do it. She can
do anything.
WASHINGTON Is suddenly becoming
w opera conscious. This would have
delighted the heart Of the now up
roariously successful maestro, Alfredo
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