Evening star., 1934-01-24

who is that?" we asked in whisper
that suddenly sounded as loud as yoWl.
"Shh!' said our guide.
So we 'shhed" and waited.
20. X" suddenly blurted out the
director, springing forward pace and
crouching down on his knees. AL
right-contact! Camera!"
The camera then spoke its little song
dt sounds at first like a bee buzzing
about In a state of great excitement)
and the man in the raccoon cap began
He moved, however. only from his
neck I'D. First he looked to the right.
Then he looked to the left. Then ne
looked straight ahead-and from
placid state assumed scoWl, ana thsn
a frown. and then looked as tnousn me
might pick thunderoolt from Sonie-
where and throw it at his audience.
Then he smiled, a slow smile, very
slow. which grew and grew and grew
into a grin and then into laugh, when
became louder and louder until the man
seemed on the verge Of having some
very fancy flts. .c,,,o,,d,d,
Fine! That's just what we want! 1ly
1t again!" NV, +r;ed
It again. Looking first to the Ight
and then to the left, then looknlg
rleased and unhappy and then very
angrv and finally bursting into smile
that would have put your great-gra anu
mo m her ear, and then laughing WIN
the ioy Of a great big baboon. ;,
"Splendid. Mr.. Lederer!" said the ol-
rectnr when that was accompllsheo;
IT think this will do I think this VIII
do very nicely! Well go on 1ro"
And that, ladies and gentlemen, was
the beginning of Man of TWO Worlos,
which you will see tins frloay a'
Keith's-a very dramatic beglnnllls'
i,asm,,ch as Francis Lederer, last sea-
son's only matinee idol on Broadway
and a man who has had frisky matronS
in a state of the jitters since he nrse
sang "The Cat and the Fiddle" IN Lon
don. did not have an easy time VI ~
when he first went to Hollywood.
R-K-O was slow in picking a story
for this genial Czech Che was born IN
prae,1e) because he isn't the sort OF a
person that will fit into anything. ne
has. however, abundant talent, as -
shown by the fact that he, a!thougn ne
is a mere 26, has played Shakespeare A a
with Max Reinhardt's company IN Lon,
don. PLAYED the lead in "Wunderpar
in Berlin, which was much greater
success than was AL Jolsons version OF
the same over here Qememper tne
opening night at the BelascoO and last
season undertook Autumn Crocus pe-
fore such admiring throngs that police
men had to be stationed at his dressing
room to prevent outrageously sentl-
mental females from bursting in on him.
But Frantisek Chats his real name)
1ederer, that boiling day in a Holly
wood August, was not the Broadway
matinee idol by a half. He was not.
And the raccoon cap made him hotter.
said he: IF meant to be an Eskimo,
why should 7 be dying Of the heat?"
X X X X
WE COULDN'T resist the Beef
W. Trust" So down We went to
the Gayety last Sunday night and
watched those hefty burlesque Brun-
hildas besport themselves on a stage
which. according to ringside spectator,
had been specially braced for the
occasion.
It's true. These Brobdingnagian
ladies are as large as they claim they
are. Wide, hefty and handsome, they
do their stuff in a sort OF Jellied
ferment. and carry their avoirdupois
torch high with genial insouciance.
Here Is their true story: They range
in age from 20 to $50 they are not
those females which your father claimed