Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-03-04

lcllileI IldIluSONlS, nor sentimental.
Her assets are her ease, her particu-
lar brand of braShness, and the way
she swings herself along Her voice
is rough but ready. What she has
to say while it is not bedtime
story. is worth listening to-
AS Lady Lou in She Done Him
Wrong" "a slightly sweetened YER
sion Of Diamond LID, she is pow
dered, perfumed and bejeweled up
to her ears. She sings in a Bowery
dance hall; falls in love with a gal
lery OF tall, strong men; and is
kind tough, gaudy creature, whose
soul is meant to be bigger than you
think. In the end. she marries a
man who she supposed was a mis-
sion wcrker-and, as his fiancee, re-
ceives her first understood diamond.
The film will shock those who
don't know their Mae West-and
delight those who do. 1t is as a
matter of fact, one of the funniest
films of the year.
"42nd Street
At Warmers Earle.
WHILE "42nd Street" the new
film at Warmers Earle, is rot
the revolution in pictures it was
rumored to be, it Is an enjoyable
musical" ripe with songs, dances
and amusing lyrics. Most to be en-
joyed in it are Ruby Kellers dane
ing feet. the topnotch music. the
scene in which Bebe Daniels is
tipsy. Guy Kibbe doing and saying
anything, Una Merkel eating a
banana in an upper berth, Ned
Sparks waxing philosophical. Dick
Powell's "warbling." Warner Baxter
tearing his hair and that scene in
the finale in which a skyscraper
finds Miss Keeler and Mr.. Powell
at the top.
Musical comedy enthusiast will
eat this up. 1t is light and gay
and the music is so good that it is
practically perfect Less perfect is
the plot. But that has been planned
only to give the many stars some
thing to do. Even at that, however.
such highlights as Una Merkel and
Ginger Rogers get lost occasionally
and George Brent wanders in and
out. making love first to one girl
and then to another and is blotted
out of the picture altogether when
it reaches its final resting place
He and all the others. however.
seem to be having a good time
and the audience should have
good time. too. Miss Keeler has
been well cast as the little girl who
gets her chance in a musical revue
when the heroine (Bebe Daniels)
sprains her ankle. She is lkable
personality as well as an expert
"hoofer." and when she sets her
toes tapping it Is easy to pretend
that you are sitting fourth row
center in a grease-paint theater and
that she is performing within a
stones throw of your eyes
Special credits, other than the
we'll chosen cast, go to the ladies
who dance and to those ''routines"
in which the camera snaps the
choruses from a studio Eifel Tower
and the various groups look like
human flower gardens It's all very
musical and very nice-and the
sort of thing to take weary in
augural trctterS to on late Sunday
afternoon.
The vaudeville features include
Vaughn de Leath, genial radio
singer, whose songs are greeted with
huge applause; Prof. Jack McAllen
and Sarah, In one Of the better
vaudeville offerings Roy Smeck.
radios wizard OF the strings; Miss
Merle's Cockatoos, and Maxine
Doyle saying that inevitable "danke
schoen!" E. de S. M.
Metropolitan Offers
Grand SIAM" Bridge Comedy.
CTRoNG-BROwED wizards with
~ cards. brains of the craze for
contract bridge, crash into the hall
of fame that is reserved for popular
heroes. in the comedy, Grand
Slam" which entertains audiences
at the Metropolitan Theater. Like
wonder workers in athletics, the
leaders in the fray stir the world
while the game is in progress. When
the cards are distributed, there is
moment of complete silence and in
activity as on solemn occasion
when a climax is reverently marked.
Machines suspend motion, moving
throngs hold their accidental posi-
lions. and all, await the initial move
in the rivalry of brains and skill.
As the words of the broadcaster
come over the radio, WOrkmen, pic
tured on the screen. give attention
to the details Of play as they would
to the points made by couple OF
pugilists or in the last minutes OF
play in a close college struggle or q
world SERIES Homes are disorgan-
lied while the story is being told
over the air. Great audiences roar
their pleasure or satisfaction or con-
domination. The atmosphere is cleo
trio with suspense.
This is the story of Grand Slam"
1t concerns principally Loretta
Young and Paul Lukas. who prove
smoothly adaptable to the enterprise
of giving a considerable amount Of
amusing exaggeration to the current
means of providing the universal
stuff of daily confabs. Strangely
enough, they are as interesting as
II they devoted their talents to the
common problems of the serious side
of life. They are even more at ease
than they 'ould be in conventional
drama. therein is one of the
chief mcri' of this unprecedented
comic production.
They have the respective roles OF
husband and wife Previously un-
known. they challenge the intellec-
tual giant Of the game and defeat
him. Then they quarrel over the
plays that they made, and there Is
a domestic rift. The husband tries
to play with another partner. is de-
pressed by the false news that the
wife is seeking a divorce. and is al
most defeated when the wife ar
rives and saves the day for the game
and for domestic harmony. Others
who share in the scenes are Frank
McHugh, Glenda Farrell and Helen
Vinson.
The Metropolitan also offers a
musical film, with singing and
dancing on a pretentious scale, re-
produced In colors, and other ex-
cellent short Alma = 6. G.