Evening star., 1933-12-28
Film and
Stage for
New Week
Downtown Theater Man
ayers Promise Good At
fractions Beginning To-
morrow.
BY E. de S. MELCHER.

TINE Rialto starts its new
show today. Alice in
Wonderland" is to be held
over for another week at
the Metropolitan. Flying Down
of New Year eve at R-K-O
Keith's. Julia SanderSon and
Frank Crumit head the stage
show at the Fox. Ben Bernie does
the same at the Earle. And those
who didn't see Dinner at Eight"
at the National at 1928 prices may
now see the same at the Palace.
These are the major film facts Of
the new week.
A brief summary follows:
Rialto-"Counsellor at Law" with
John Barrymore This is the exPaul
NUM- vehicle in which the reference to
the Warner Bros. was the cause for
q good deal of local excitement. A
good play-it should make a good pic
ture-and, in fact, is said to be one Of
the younger Barrymores more sturdy
characteriZationS. He is aided by Bebe
Daniels and Doris Kenyon, the lat
ter an enormously satisfying second"
woman.
lotte Henry will like the screen version
of Alice in Wonderland" which has
been filmed with a great deal of tact
and omitS nothing except that certain
something which the play and the book
mad and the picture Just hasn't. 1t Is,
however, a splendid whimsy-first rate
for children and the very old. Debu-
tantes will not be able to recognize
Gary Cooper as the white knight.
Eolun1 hia-'TNn Chlpf " with Ed
Wynn Don't know much about the
film. But Ed Wynn in anything is all
right.
R-K-O Keith's-When you see those
slim white girls chained TO aeroplanes
you will know that the last word has
been reached in musical comedy spec
tacles. This in Flying Down to Rlo," ;"
with a dance number i'll 1t which is
the hottest thing in town 1t also has
Fred Astaire, VINO is the worlds best
dancer, and Dolores Del Rio, who has
been voted the most beautiful Holly
wood beauty about 56 times. Vincent
Younan has written a good score.
Loew's Fox-While nobody seems to
know very much about the new film,
Women in His Life" people do know
lot about Julia SanderSon and Frank
Crumit, popular stars of the old musi-
cal comedy stage and now veteran
radio entertainers, who are here to
make their motion picture theater
debut. Other stage acts include the
California RevelS, Harry Rose and the
Michon Bro:h Ben Lyon, Una Mer-
kel and Otto Kruger are in the feature
film. and Phil LAmpliin swings his
baton through a New Year overture.
Earle-Ben Bernie and all the lads
and Kay Francis in The House on
56th Street" sound as though they
ought to make a pretty good show. Mr..
Bernie and his well known "yow-zur
heads the stage show, and Miss Francis
has Ricardo Cortez and Gene Raymond
as head men in her new film. Other
stage acts include Eddie White and the
Dc,ong Sisters. Better go early.
palace-"Dinner at Eight This time
so that you can afford it-and with
IEarie Dressler. the Barrymores (John
showing you an easy way out OF this
l-cD. Jean Harlow, in her toughest,
highest and best manner; Lee Tracy
without a balcony and Just about
c; 7rybody else in the motion picture
r mess. It's about a dinner party
lough you don't even get to the soup.
-.;-remely entertaining.
NEXT weeks highlights:
~ Son of Kong" at Keith's. No
explanations needed.
Max Baer at the Fox. You know
him, too
"Ten Minute Alibi" at the National
with Daphne CBird in Hand'D War
ren Wilson.
Fred Waring and his band Sunday
night at the Auditorium.
x x x
THE battle over Miss Hepburn con-
tinues. Reviews. other than Mr..
Parrons which we printed yesterday,
were not all so kind to the young star
Said MI. Atkinson OF the New YORK
Times: Her extraordinary achievements
on the screen call attention to her pres
ent limitations on the stage"
Said Percy Hammond: Miss Hep
burns acting, I may assure you, Is up
to your highest hopes
Take you pick.
CLAD to hear that 1.-THE Other Wise
~ Man" went over so well last night:
George harrington, newcomer, Is, OF
course, one of the Southlands better
actors And Bess Davis Schreirler has
made the spectacle very nice one.
Jack Allocate says that Garbo has
come back in triumph in Queen Chris
tina" Gilbert seems to have been
pretty good, too. When--Carter Barron
do we get Miss Garbo?
watch for that "Carioca" number IN
"Flving Down to Rio" Its got Hinda
Wassau beaten to a pulp-as far as
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