Evening star., 1934-12-08
NURSES and
HOSPITALS IN
THIS PICTURE
"The White Parade," at
Fox, Is Good Story Of
White-cIGd WOrkerS.

The cinema people have launched
one of their more successful investi-
cations into little known industries in
The White Parade" on the screen at
Loew's Fox this week, presenting a
sentimental and rather charming pic
ture of the nursing profession as its
members probably do not know it.
So far as We have been able to learn
from the Hollywood story-tellers. there
is pent up behind the walls of all hos
pitfalls vast amount Of emotion, devo-
ton and tragedy. unoemonstrated
during busy days of taking tempera-
lures and serving dietetic meals. but
there nevertheless. Men in White"
revealed the doctors side of the story,
and The White Parade" sets forth in
glowing. fearful terms the legend of
those patient women who suffer rou-
tine in order that others may suffer
less.
While no one in the nursing busi-
ness seems ever to have very much
leisure between one sunrise and the
next, II We may believe the picturiZa-
ton at hand, there are apparently
certain deep and moist-eyed compen-
sations to be derived from healing
the ailments Of others and submitting
TO rigorous code of conduct. These
sad pleasures are attractively depicted
by the unusually handsome principals
OF The White Parade" a group Of
lasses highly skilled in acting as in
soothing fevered broWs, and alto
gether so winsome one might almost
wish to incur a gentle fracture in
order to be placed under their care.
Whatever charges of deliberate tear
Wrlnging may be justly filed against
the latest OF Miss Loretta Young's
starring pictures, it must be admitted
that a vast amount of sincerely movie
writing. direction and photography
nave been poured into the story of
a beauteous charmer who was given
an opportunity to marry money and
the gay life. but chose instead self
dedication to kindly ministrations to
the Ill. the new born and the diving
Certain obviously Contrived scenes of
towering sentiment appear during the
course of the film, but they are es
sentially true to the reactions of the
persons therein concerned. and it is
mere acidity to complain that human
beings do cry and look solemn over
quite odd things.
Cast in a rather difficult leading
role OF this picture. Miss Young must
De credited with valiant attempts to
meet its requirements. She is in
varlably pleasing to behold and man
ages TO slip peaceably past such en-
oarrasslng moments as the recitation
Oh ne Night Before Christmas in
maternity ward nursery. John Boles
is the playboy love interest of the
drama discharging his duties COM
menoably. except for one brief Sc
quence. wherein he is called upon to
De clumsily drunk. The other notables
OF tne company are Miss Muriel Kirk
!and, sharp comedienne: Dorothy
wilson. the least happy nurse of all
on account of an unfortunate love
aHalr; Jane Derwell, as buxomly ma
ternal as Sara Haden is appropri-
ately crisp. and Frank Conroy. who
upholds the hard-working surgeon
tradition in fine style.
The Fox stage show this week is
not the merriest meeting of vaudeyil-
hans held around town in recent
months. but it has an occasional
bright spot not to be missed. slim"
Ilmblin. the blackface pulpiteer. is
the brightest of these; Betty Kean
miidly llluminates the otherwise neg
lleole Jack Sidney revue with her
Eleanor Powell style of tap dancing:
there is a clever juggling act called
the Five Elgins. and the radio sing
ers' Les Refs and Artie Dunn. neatly
harmonlze the melodies of the day.
Pnll Lampkin's La Gioconda" over
ture is one OF his best. and the pro-
gram is rounded out by a newsreel.
r. B. p, Jr.