Evening star., 1933-07-08
LIGHT DRAMA.
GOOD STAGE
SHOW At FOX
Thrilling Battle il,
Dllnr,-EiIers Film,
Play.
COMBINED with an excellent stage

COMBINED with an excellent stage
show, James Dunn and Sally
Eilers, on the screen at the Fox The
ater, have a pleasant little tale of
| melodramatic action in a department
store which ends up in one of the
screens most realistic battles. Mr..
Dunn and Miss Elers could easily per-
form with much more important ma
terial than Is offered in Hold Me
Tight" but perhaps the chief interest
developed by the FoX attraction. Is the
fact that two popular personalities put
some of their own color into story
of universal intereSt-the trials and
tribulations and distress, which come
to young families in the course of a
depression, and the painful misunder-
standings which are likely to arise when
the support Of the home is shot away
by the loss of job.
The idea that department store
is small community in itself, makes
the various people in such an estab-
lishment appear as participants in
numerous entertaining events within a
limited area. and as each employe en-
joys more or less familiarity with the
business of all the others, the stories
reach climax without any lost time.
Miss Eilers is young bride who has
consented to a marriage when she
knows that the husband has lost his
job Instead of quitting her own job,
she decides to support the family. Then
develops romping home tale, with
complications introduced by the unwel-
come attentions of one OF the store
executives, who turns out to be an as
IA nf thievpc Discovery
man is in a plot to rob the fur de-
partment leads to the exciting events
which wind up the story and puts two
Young husbands into paying positions.
The comedy by Frank McHugh lends
much interest to the play, and the bat
tie between Mr. Dunn and Kenneth
Thomson is worth seeing.
Nan Halperin. a theater artist OF
major quality, leads the stage pro-
gram. Her wide acquaintance with
magnetic roles gives her work an at
tractive finish that appeals both to the
appreciation of the dramatic elements
Of her act, and of the light humor that
gives force to all that she has con-
tributed to the stage. She offers Incl
dental imperSonations OF types from
Louisville. Minneapolis and Harlem.
Harry Savoy is a comedian, who oc-
cupies a niche that is all his own, and
his eccentric comments on human ma
ture and incidental affairs have the
crIspness that it attached to his voice.
figure and tempo. spirited. young
woman, Miss Morgan, assists him In
the performance with excellent results
in the line of entertainment, including
some good singing. Mr.. Savoy gives a
Barrymore imitation.
One of the strongest numbers offered
is that by Peggy Taylor and Gary
Leon, assisted by Stuart Harrington and
Eddie Flynn. Adagio of the most i'm
presslve type furnishes the background
for an act which has very elaborate
ensemble.
The Norman Thomas Quintette. un-
der the title, "A Jamboree OF jazz" has
a musical piece in which there is not
an idle moment. while the various MEM
bers with a background Of piano and
drums, runs the whole range of musi-
cal and dancing features. The drum
mer is one of those spectacular per-
formers, who, when they are good. are
very good, and those conditions are here
met. y. y. y.