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Evening star., 1934-09-22
DUMAS HERO REMAINS
FOR A SECOND WEEK
Count of Monte Cristo" Draws
Large Audiences at
Keith's.

Alexandra Dumas is still "packin'
'em in" with his Monte Cristo story,
now playing its second week at
Keithis Theater.
OF course, Dumas isn't entirely re-
sponsible, for the youthful English
man, Robert Donat, who plays the
part of Edmund Dantes, the sailor lad
who finds a fortune and spends it
getting revenge and purging France
of its treasury-looters, does a master
piece of a job in playing. the leading
role
Donat stands out head and should
ers above the rest OF the cast, which.
in itself, is no poorly placed group Of
actors by any means
ELISA Landi, the sailor-day sweet
heart, hasn't much of a chance to
show a whole lot of acting, but, then,
that's the way of THE Count of Monte
Cristo''-there's but one central part
and the rest are incidental to it. Sup
porting characters include Raymond
Walburn, William Farnum, Sidney
Blackmer and others.
Donat's characterizations of an en-
thusiastic sailor lad. a prisoner of 20
years at Chateau Diff, and a multi
millionaire with most Of France under
his palm. are superb. and If there
is one weak spot in the picture it Is
the fadeout. After the grandeur that
keeps Dumas classic still a classic on
the screen, the count finds Elissas S
love again, and We leave them swing
ing on the limb Of a tree. But that's
only a small part Of q delightful pic
ture. G. T. K.
Evening star., 1934-09-22
Fox Theater Celebrates
With Anniversary Bill
"Servants' Entrance" Is the Screen Feature
Which Is Topped by Stage Prosram-the
Timberss and Rooneys Show at Their Best

Loew's Fox swarmed last night with
dignitaries, dinner jackets, scribes,
congratulations, some Of the most ef-
fective troupers in the business, and
all the other trappings appropriate to
seventh anniversary of high enter
tainment in this emporium Of variety
and flickers. Youngsters and silver
crowned sages alike waggled their
heads with delight over the lavish
stage bill mustered by Impresario
Gene Ford, and little Of the good
humor faded because of Servants
Entrance" an innocuous bit Of cinema
business in which Janet Gaynor is
coy and Lew Ayres needs only a top
per and tails to complete his imita-
ton of Robert Montgomery.
The piece de resistance of this
weeks program is the Cohen and
Kelly combination formed by Herman
Timberg and Herman Timberg, jr.;
Pat Rooney and Pat Rooney Sd. Not
ably competent as individual teams,
the foursome seems to have discov-
cred a sure-fire slant in their current
act. The crowd roared, as movie title
writer's used to say. Mr.. Timberg
carries with him also one of the fun
nier female comics, blond lass yclept
Audrey Parker. Her limitations OF
the sweet "Suthun" girl will delight
the hearts Of the left, or Mason-Dixon
wing.
In addition to these impressive
names and doings, the stage schedule
includes Arthur Godfrey as m. C.
Vivian Fay and a dance ensemble
needing no Zeigfeld to glorify II
(don't miss the stately and well-ex-
ecuted peacock number) and an
overture conducted by Yasha Bun
chuk, who is past master Of the art.
II you have been too busy recently
to sustain what is known as the
human touch, Servants Entrance
will refresh your memory with details
Of certain mythical romances between
chauffeurs and housemaids, cooks anc
ice men. All the traditional and fic.
tional activities of those citizens be-
hind the pantry door are paradec
across the screen at some time Of
other during the film. and, last great
waves Va CdOLu bSoCA6C tAAC AAoA VI
hearted customers, the story mani.
facturers contrive to have q fair per.
centage Of the underlings really heir
and heiresses in disguise.
There is, for example, Hedda Nils.
son, daughter Of a millionaire. Be-
coming bored with the sofe lift, she
takes up dishwashing as a career. Al
the home of the gusty Hanson S. som;
happy Swedish brewers, she discover!
a handsome chauffeur. The daughter
of the Hanson household has alse
noted the charms of the young mar
behind the limousine wheel, providing
sinister note to inspire your hisse'
and boos.
Little Hedda was engaged to q
socialite named Karl before she
skipped the family tepee, and as she
left Karl went of to prove his worth.
ness by tooling a horesless phaetor
for a gentleman Of means. Hedds
falls in love with Eric, the Hanson
driver. Eric Is enamoured Of Hedda
little knowing of her background OF
satin and shekels. For q while II
appears Hedda will never be able to
decide whether she will marry Karl
or Eric or no one. Karl decides il
Evening star., 1934-09-22

probably because 1t seemed like a
good idea at the time. When they
became an act she presented the sec
ond half to her younger sister, whose
real tag is something else. We forgot
to ask what. Starting as dancers,
they played here and there. learned
acrobatics as they went along, be-
coming astoundingly proficient con-
sidering the usual strength of young
girls. Or considering anything you
would like to consider
Child labor laws hindered them to
some extent in the early years, but
when recently they passed the age
limits prescribed by even the most
stringent States. they blossomed into
their glory. Played in the Folies
Bergere in Paris for more than q
year, recently showed up time and
again at Radio City. and have been
seen here while making the circuit.
Last appearance, with Donald Novis.
We were amazed to see the other
morning that they rehearse their act
by actually going through all of it..
This is not the custom for acrobats,
who take enough Of a beating regard
less, especially on days when there
are to be five shows. When Ray, the
smaller and sturdier Of the two, was
asked about it, she shrugged her
shoulders.
Its nothing" said she. Not long
ago we played eight shows day for
several weeks. We had one contract,
and another attractive engagement
was offered, SO We did five one place
and three the other"
This is something of an all-time
juvenile record. We still could not
fathom the necessity for performing
back f1ips and whatnot for the benefit
of the orchestra at rehearsal.
"The only way it's possible to get
things straight" Ray explained. I'VE
use a different piece for every stunt. I"
This is the second week the Hud-
sons have worked in the act with Dick
Powell. A few minutes before talking
with Ray we had heard Mr.. Powell
sing their praises.
Next thing we knew Ray was sing
ing his. It seemed they might or
ganize mutual admiration society In
the Earle unit. We couldn't wait.
Had an appointment with a fellow to
see about the bargain basement sale
of Beatty's lions. r. B. p, Jr.
Evening star., 1934-09-22
Dick Powell on the Stage;
Jean Muir on the Screen
And the Two of Them Turn Out Fiirst-Class
Entertainment Program at the Earle This
Week-The New George Brent.
he realizes when he sees this girl that

he realizes when he sees this girl that
she is his one and only.
1t isn't the story in this, but the
way it's told, and played, that makes
it amusing entertainment. Brent is
fine, so is Muir, and so is Verree Teas
dale (now Mamma Menjou). Moth
ing much happens-but that nothing
is well worth seeing.
Long before you get to the theater
you will probably run into a couple of
painting women who are beating it
down the street in quest of front-row
seats. They're there to see Dick
Powell, who, in the space of little more
than a year, has become one of the
most popular players on the screen.
Dick sings most of the songs you want
him to sing and gets involved with
those Albertina Rasch dancers. Every
thing ne does gets roar Of applause.
He's a glib performer and swell per-
son, as you know if you have ever had
the pleasure of meeting him.
Collins and Peterson introduce Mr..
Powell and perform their own familiar
act; the Rasch girls do their dances
with that neat Rasch abandon, and
there are further amazing acrobatic
dancers in the persons of Ray and
Sunshine and two swell carioca artists,
Marion Wilins and Jack Meyers.
E. de S. M.
Evening star., 1934-09-22
WHEN MURDER
FORMS POLITE
SCREEN STORY

Except for an occasional shocking
lapse on the part Of the dialogue
writer, THE Case of the Howling
Dog has few of the dismal elements
you might anticipate in film so
lugubriously titled. There are few
maniacs, murderers, grim faced po-
licemen and other trappings of the
"boo yarns" scattered about its prem
ises, but otherwise the picture at
Warner Bros Metropolitan this week
is as polite a tale Of mayhem and
murder as has hit the town since
Swithinstide.
Calling upon suave barrister
named Perry Mason to solve the
jumbled mass of contradictions de-
veloped after the murder of a rich
and bad-tempered citizen hight Clin-
ton Foley, the story allows him an
ample sprinkling of comely lasses and
liberal allowance of sprightly clues
to iven up the scene. Perry Mason
is the Philo Vance of the court room.
While his uniformed friends in the
arresting branch of the law business
seem to have become pedantic pound
ing the pavements, as witness the
scholarly Messrs. Vance and Sherlock
Holmes, Mr.. Mason is a practical fel-
low devoted to the simple purpose OF
diverting the penalties of the law
from the necks of his clients.
When a client named Arthur Cart
wright comes jittering into his offices
full of talk about electric chairs and
bowling dogs, Mr.. Mason is evidently
bored until a $4,000 fee pops on the
scene, when his practical nature
rushes to the fore. He takes Mr..
Cartwright's case, and in the bar
gain gets some very trick knots to
untangle. Be assured this he does
with the greatest Of ease and aplomb
yea, two plombs-freeing hand
some murderess who had thoughtless-
ly killed her husband, and setting
things Alright in the world.
It may interest you to know that
the entire solution of The Case of
the Howling Dog" is in your hands
If you observe certain details in a
scene where lady sends a telegram.
No more shall be told, nor is it our
wish to point your observation, but a
bit of keen watching will unfold it all.
The Metropolitan program also in
cludes some shorts. One of them is
called "Paree, Paree," and apparently
was intended as short to end all
such. Given free reign, Bob Hope
might have made 1t as silly as it
really was. Instead, Mr.. Hope plays
straight and the results are patiently
sad. The other Vitaphone piece is
somewhat better, boasting the talents
and songs of Little Jack Little and
others. There Is likewise news reel
and some shots of the Lindbergh kid
naping arrest included. r. B. p, Jr.
Evening star., 1934-09-22

Shoreham bristles with important folk
these days (most of them nipping bit
either outside or inside), and now that
the swimming meet is over with and
that popular Louise daughter of
"Chip'o Roberts has dined with
Philadelphians Henry and Frank
Marshall, as well as dapper George,
who is in the swim of everything
(ouch). all eyes will be focused on
these British golfers and on Glenna
Collett Ware, Maureen Orcutt and
there, too. also Dick Powell's room
number is
80 Hurray for Christine Ekengren
and Laura Tuckerman, who have
brought Penelope Ford) safely back
to town. for Charlie Gaines. the
pride of the southland. for the tap
room in Ye Wardman Park Hotel, the
quietest and pleasantest of many such
recreation parlors. for Alexis Ward
man Park hors doeuvres. for that
new blue color outside Macina's popu-
lar restaurant. for novelist Hogan,
who still drinks milk in beer joints.
for the president Of the Newspaper
Women's Club. who has a dimple on
her right cheek.
"'' Attention. pleased. tonight
the Madrillon will open its Fall season
with a fat floor show and enlarged
Brusiloff dance orchestra. dance
team Blake Donaldsons will dance.
Evening star., 1934-09-22

Frederic March makes Robert
Browning far more of a matinee idol
than Mr.. Browning ever was. The
latt@ would probably be pleased If he
could see what March has done to
him. However, when you get right
down 10 brass tacks, Mr.. Browning
never bounced about like gigolo, nor
did he break into kind of base ball
twang which March unleashes at one
surprising point.
1t is not easy to get annoyed with
Mr.. March, since he has consistently
played difficult roles with great skill
and seldom transgressed against either
good taste Of dignity. If he errs in
this, it is only for the cause of enter
tainment and to lven up a story
which is not by any means happy
Cinderella yarn.
BY overplaying Father Barrett.
Charles Laughton gives you more than
a hint what this is all about. His ad-
miration for his daughter is pro-
nounced in solemn British brogue, and
his villainy precedes him by a full
half yard. While biographies will tell
you that Mr.. Barrett was, in modern
terms, mo rose" he was certainly
never such a man as this, his malice
having been doubled since Miss Cor
nell introduced him to theater audi
ences.
1t is perhaps not fair to be so
flnicky about film which you will
unquestionably enjoy. It's virtues far
outweigh its defects. It's JOY outweighs
its hate. If We find fault with Mr..
Laughton's villainy and Mr.. March's
enthusiasm and Miss Shearer'S calm
beauty, it is the further fault OF hav-
ing to compare two entirely different
mediums. For the stage will never be
the films and the films the stage. One
is so far removed from the other that
when you carry the words of one and
repeat them before the sound machine
of the other their identity often be-
comes quite lost.
The creators of THE Barretts" have
been wonderfully loyal to the spirit
and letter of the original. They have
not strayed one iota from the spoken
text. They have not tackled on frivo-
lous scenes. Everything has been done
with taste and thoroughness. You
may be annoyed with one or two
trifles, but you cannot be annoyed
with the spirit Of the thing. And you
will never see nicer spaniel.
Evening star., 1934-09-22

Frankly, we never thought that Jean
Muir had 1t in her. A nkeable young
lady with a turned-up nose and a
good deal of straight blond hair, she
has up until now played her roles
with very small spark, grinning and
bowling agreeably enough but making
love as though she only half meant it.
Her spark seemed slight-her future
doubtful.
Now go and see her in Desirable"
at the Earle. (That iS-stay after
YOU have seen Dick Powell-as so
many women didn't at yesterdays
first show.) Miss Muir overnight has
touched some kind of crock Of the
atric gold and emerges gilded and
bright and as refreshing a sight as
ever greeted the dimming eyes Of a
reviewer. She plays young girl as
all young girls should be played
with that gawky sort of walk and
that ungainlineSS which many young
thing who has not been out in the
world Gas Lois Walbridge HASN'T ex-
hibits.
George Brent, and a new George
Brent (they've been saying that Tor
the past year, but it's the truth this
time), has the happy task of showing
Miss Muir the world. Although, as
somebody says to him, he goes from
generation to generation" (having
been in love with Miss Muir's mother(,
Evening star., 1934-09-22
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing.

Earle-'Desirable," at 1905 am,
1926, sos, 5:35. sos and 1O:40 pm.
Stage shows with Dick Powell, in per-
son, at 1l:40 am, 2:10, 4:40, tbs and
GAS pm.
Loew's Fox-"Servants' Entrance" I"
at 1910 am, los, 4:05, 7:05 and
1905 pm. All-star anniversary stage
show at 11:55 am, 2:55, 5:55 and
8:55 pm.
RiaIto-"Million Dollar Ransom" at
IL am, 12:49, 2:38, 4:27, 6:16, sos
and 9:15 pm.
PaIace-"Barretts of Wimpole Street" !"
1855 am, 2:20, 4:50, tbs and 9:45
pm.
Metropolitan Case Of Howling
Dog" at 11:25 am, 1870, $3.50. 5:35,
7:35 and e:40 pm.
Columbia-"Chained at 11:55 am,
1:55, $50, $50, 7:45 and GAS pm.
R.K-O Keith's-"The Count Of
Monte Cristo." at II am, 1908, 3:l9,
5:24, 1892 and $40 pm.
Tivoli- Charlie Chan's Courage"
at 2, 4:o5, $40, 7:55 and GAS pm.
Ambassador THE Old-Fashioned
Way" at 2:25, 4:25, $40, sos and
$50 pm.
Evening star., 1934-09-22

The care with winch major
M-G-M picture is filmed these days
is brilliantly evidenced in The Bar
retts." If you cast your eyes about
the living room of the Barrett home
you will find, for instance, little treas
ures here and there and an acuteness
of detail which is a tribute to the
films makers. Although that Somber
something which struck the keynote
of the play is lost when you remove
the heavy window drapes of the stage;
although you are scarcely ever con-
scious that Elizabeth Barrett's quar-
ters are in any way sick room; the
outward and visible symbols of Vic
torian day are very much in evidence
and the care which has been taken by
everybody from the prop-boys to the
stars makes the result genuine
achievement.
Loyalty to Miss Cornell should not
keep you away. You will see, for in
stance, improvements in casting
such as Maureen O'Sullivan, who re-
places Margalo Gilmore. Miss O'Sul-
livan, who has been learning to act
for some time, plays her role surpris-
ingly well, leaving you with a far
happier impression of Miss Barrett's
sister than Miss Gilmore was ever
able to give. Then again Una O'Con-
nor slides across the floor like an ami
mated wax figure and pokes her nose
about with far more amusing results
than her stage ancestor.
The chief characters to our way OF
thinking, however fall short of their
requirements. Miss Shearer Is a
beautiful and attractive actress, who,
nevertheless, seldom semes to us tc
strike a full note. She misses per-
lection by a very small margin-but
lust what that margin IS, We cannot
say. No one in Hollywood could prob
ably have played Elizabeth Barrett
with greater charm. Yet, that in
sistent urge of the cameraman to hold
up his lense in the very teeth Of his
heroine, that endless series of we'll
posed portraits somehow destroy the
emotional power that originally went
with the role.
Miss Shearer is very, very good--and
yet she is not good enough. Why?
We should say that the attention
which she must necessarily give to the
camera f1icks away that extra ounce
of dramatic persuasion which any
great actress inevitably has.
Evening star., 1934-09-22
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Band, this evening at the bandStand,
at $50 O'Clock; John S. M. thinner
mann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner.
associate leader.
March, Lincoln Centennial"
LIE Sanford
Overture, Jolly Fellows" Won Suppe
Suite d'Orchestra, Nell Gwynne
Dances" Sir Edward German
Country Dance"
Pastoral Dance"
THE Merrymakers' Dance"
Scenes from the Opera, Il Lombardi,"
Verdi
March from 'The Nibelungen,"
(Request) Wagner
Waltz de Concert, "On the Beautiful
Rhine" .keler-Bela
Finale, Fort Omaha. ........ .Farrar
"The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1934-09-22
PLAN TO DEDICATE
MEMORIAL NAVY DAY
Plans Announced for Exercises
at Navy and Marine Statue
October 27.

The awaited dedication of the
Navy and Marine Memorial, on the
south end Of Columbia Island on the
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, is
being planned for Navy day, Octo-
ber 81.
This became known yesterday when
Representative Sol Bloom, Democrat,
of New York, who led the Nations
celebration of the George Washington
Bicentennial in 1882, made arrange
ments with park authorities to have
the casting, depicting sea gulls on
wave, set in place, probably on Mon
day
The honorary national chairman OF
the organization sponsoring the me-
mortal is Secretary Swanson. 1t is
considered likely that Assistant Sec
retary Henry L. Roosevelt will pre-
side at the dedication some five weeks
hence. The memorial is being erected
to honor Americans who lost their
lives at sea.
Former Secretary Of the Navy
Charles Francis Adams offlciated at
the laying of the corner stone of the
memorial as a feature Of the BIZ
centennial celebration.
Evening star., 1934-09-22
Star Held for Speeding.

HOLLYWOOD, September 22 R.-
Mary Carlisle, film actress, was late
getting started for the studio yester-
day morning and q motor cycle po-
liceman nabbed her for allegedly
speeding at IS miles an hour. Miss
Carlisle explained she was delayed at
home by donning makeup for her
new picture, but ehe oficer gave her
q ticket.
Evening star., 1934-09-22

even II you don't
you know that
they hail from
jolly England and
that they will
walk into the
Shoreham q n y
day with their
golf apparati get
ting set for the
W o m e ms inter
n a t ion al golf
matches The
Evening star., 1934-09-22
POLA NEGRI DENIES DEBT
SAYS She Did Not Borrow FUND.-

Saws She Did Not Borrow Funds
From Husband-Prince.
LOS ANGELES, September % up.
-Pola Negri, film actress, in an
answer to her ex-husband's suit for
100000, declared yesterday she did
not owe the Georgian prince, Serge
hdivani, single penny.
She asserted she never agreed to
pay him 10 per cent of her earnings
as her manager and that she never
promised him $25, 900 to act as her
agent.
In Prince Mdivani's suit he charged
he loaned his actress-wife $106, 900.
Miss Negri also denied this
Evening star., 1934-09-22
Troupers
Glimpses of Stage Folk
in Washington.

DAY AND SUNSHINE could stand
~ on their heads and turn somer-
saults in the air long before they
knew that times Z makes So.
At the ages of 8 and 7, respectively
the Hudson sisters were launched into
show business. Their mother,
Evening star., 1934-09-22

character per-
former around
legit aud vaude-
vile, had cached
her grease paint
10 years before,
but she vast
ed little tim e
in starting the
kids.
In the begin
ming, the name
belonged entirely
to Ray, who had
been christened
ay Sunshine,
Evening star., 1934-09-22

in another corner great masses OF
green potato chips were being dis
posed of and even beauteous
Mrs. Forbes Morgan, whose profile Is
wanted by every advertiser in the land
and who could pose for the crown
Jewels and get away with 1t mot
them). looked wistfully at chip and
debated whether to eat 1t or nay.
sss Oh, good!. that cigarette gal
hath returned to Ye Mayfiower...
already she has had Is proposals. :.
but. SAYS she, "I shall stay with my
cigarettes" Lucky Camels!
- Things are blooming up Club
Michel way. they've got seven sisters
there (maybe they're only cousins)
who will knock your eye out. and
blond dancer, who is probably the
best-looking girl the Michel has ever
had. Thursday night six strong men
battled to say boo to her. but she
wouldn't say boz. preferred to duck
down to her dressing room, put on her
togs and 60 home and sleep, the way
ali talented theater ladies should...
It's a swell show-what with maestro
Gillette, who speaks of friendships
with Dick Powell and Phil Lampkin,
doing a neat turn on the banjo.
those gals rigged up like Christmas
trees doing knee-joint dances. and
that blond charmer strutting her
stuff .Heigh-ho. then you'll f1nd
former Shorehamite Phil Diamond
pouring his all into the microphone
Evening star., 1934-09-22

that one little
piglet is no good
without another
little piglet . . {.
that e. lone pig
would be like
A d am without
his Eve . =. So
she Sc mt her
swift chauffeur
back to Brook
Johns Mansion
. Said the
chauffeur: Dear
Mr.. Johns. Mrs.
WoodWard's little
Evening star., 1934-09-22

piglet is pining away by itself-can
you do something about it?" {.
deed I can," said seven-foot Mr.
Johns, who has conquered the accents
Of the "sooth" and now speaks like
any Southern pappy or nanny
and with that he conjured up an
other piglet bade 1t CHEEKY
farewell saw it toot of IN the
handsome Woodward barouche . g.
heard later that now the "twa" little
piglets are as merry as apple bios
SONS in May.
- Ye Tavern Club goes on and
on and on through the courtesy OF
The Drunkard" Massa Drunk
ard is such a knockout that he Is
continuing into this next week the
last-positively the lastD =. giving
such socialite performers as Rebecca
Tarwater cher blood is pre-Bull RUM
and Isham Keith. jr., the chance OF
their lives Becky. one of these
days, should shine in the flickers
Since she is lustrous soul with
great wit and a salty profile
and Isham is known in Warrenton
for the fact that he has never ridden
a horse.
Evening star., 1934-09-22
ERVICE is the keynote Of the

- ERVICE Is the keynote Of the
~ Brook Johns pavilion
I there, the other night, as you
have been told. a wondrous
piglet was given wondrous Mrs.
Donald Woodward She took
it home and pondered how to make
its life worth while the more
she pondered the more it struck her
Evening star., 1934-09-22

tator saw Mrs.
Ere d die Hi t z
crunch one into
her mouth the
other eve as she
sat with salubri-
Gus Sister M. M.
Hume and a little
man who twid-
died his fingers
and looked rather
sad. then over