Evening star., 1934-08-16
Classics Mix
WithMOdern
Film Themes
Offerings for New Week
Give Good Roles for Some
Popular Performers.
BY E. de S. MELCHER.

~ UIDE to the new weeks pic
4 lures:
r Treasure Island"-pirates
~ instead of gangsters-and not
to be missed. Jackie Cooper
Is Jim Hawkins, Wallie Berry is Long
John Silvers and Lionel Barrymore
does a brief but swell job as Bill
Bones. At the Palace.
Hideout"-Robert Montgomery
plus Maureen O'Sullivan and, one
of our favorites, Elizabeth Patterson.
This is so new that it is still in
the air. BY that we mean the film
is being flown from the Coast. AS
yet, nobody knows beans about it. At
Loew's Fox.
THE Man With Two Faces" is really
man. Edward G. Robinson is both
faces-and others include Mary Astor
and "Ric" CorteZ. At the Earle.
Here Comes the Navy"-back
again-this time at the Met" James
Cagney goes goofy in this one over
Gloria Stuart. And who wouldn't?
There is also a funny song and a
good gag about mamma's teeth in it.
If you haven't seen it-go.
Jane Eyre"-with Virginia Bruce
as Jane. It's from the book, you
know, and should be as pure as the
driven snow. At Hardie Meakin'S
R-K-O Keith's.
Charlie Chan's Courage"-with
Warner GLAND still playing Chan.
This time Donald Woods battles him
and Drue Leighton remember her last
Winter at the National in "A Trip to
Pressburg"?-of course not-but that's
the plays fault) is the femme" in
terest. At the Columbia.
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TIREDEST man in town: Arthur
- Godfrey.
But that's because, besides doing his
radio stint and night club inning
every night, Mr.. Godfrey has sudden
ly become a stage celebrity, and to-
morrow will pilot that Going Native"
revue at Loew's Fox through a week
OF long endeavor. Gene Ford has
put it together. Phil Lampkin has
done the orchestration, and local
talent is knee deep throughout. Be-
sides "Fantana," the cast includes the
Washboard Blues Sextet, Evelyn
Tyner, able pianist; the Radio Aces;
Eddie Perkins, singing usher, and a
whole mess of f1eet-fQoted maidens.
X X X X
IF SOME one asked you to go see
= THE Seven Blunders of the World"
you'd probably scratch your head and
wonder what all that was about. The
Earle this week tells you. THE Seven
BlunderS" heads its stage Show-and
the blunderS are really the California
Collegians, merry group Of melody
makers, whom you will remember in
Roberta" Otherwise the Earle stage
show includes Bert Rome and John
Rand, harmoniStS Mason and Yvonne
in Stealing Sisters Beau" and Lew
Duthers, together with Jean and Joan,
in "Soohisticted Rhythm"
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THIS is the last day of Zone More
= River" at Keith's. You should
make an honest effort to see this one
before it departs. It's long and it's
very British. But it has some fine
stuff in it. And that courtroom
scene is the best of all courtroom
scenes. Also-you should get to know
Frank Lawton and Jane Wyatt-be-
cause you'll see lots more of them
before either you or they are through.
X X y
loan CRAWFORD and Clark Gable.
" in Chained" follow Treasure
Island" into the Palace. Having
watched a good bit of it in the max
ing we know that Mr.. Gable and
Miss Crawford have good "clinch'
in it, as also a scene sitting in the
"hay." From what we could gather
this was tropical hay-which should
make 1t all the hotter.
Next week ALSO Will Rogers In
"Handy Andy" will play a return en-
gagement at the Columbia, and Jean
Harlow comes to the Fox as 1.-The Girl
From Missouri" And what girl!
DONALD NJ. FAY writes from New
York to say that John Bovington,
'poem dancer" will present poem pic
lures and dance pictures of the Soviet
Union, where he has spent three years
in the study and research for these
dances, on August 26 at the Sylvan
Theater." Sounds interesting.
X X X
IN TODAY'S mail: "One hour every
l. day is devoted to clapping quite
noisely" (Audrey Sieber). This plus
some very nice remarks about other
remarks that were made about her.
Also "a sufferer" seems to think
that Freddie Clark shouldn't get quite
so enthusiastic with his orchestra
This Riverdale, Md, correspondent
believes that he showed the Pickins
Sisters under" this week. We don't
think that's possible-still, it's sug-
gestion.
X X X X
ND you know that the Blackfriars
Guild has taken over what Pau
Murphey calls "Swelhgant" mansion
on Massachusetts avenue which boasts
of little theater, workshop, office
library, large drawing room and "some
80 rooms which We don't know what