Evening star., 1934-11-01

Here, for instance, is what you will
get:
The Merry Widow" at the Palace.
This is the new version of the old
operetta, made attractive by some new
dialogue, only smattering of new
music, some new Lubitch ideas and a
brand-new cast. Jeanette MacDon-
aid is the widow, Maurice Chevalier is
Danilo and Una Merkel is an attrac-
tive queen. The sets are magnificent,
the acting swell, and, while it may
not be your idea of THE Merry
Widow" it is at least a highly divert
ing substitute.
The Warmers are staging hap
piness" week at the Earle in honor
of Josephine Hutchinson's first film,
Happiness Ahead" Happiness does
reached in this one-the millionaire
young girl having just promised to
wed an executive of WindoW-clean-
ing concern (Dick POWELL instead Of
some sort, of dullard with monocle
and a mustache There is some music
in this, some comedy and Miss Hutch
inson to watch. She's nervous at
first, but then she "unlaxes." The
stage show is headed by Jimmy Savvo,
a comic preferred by many to Charlie
Chaplin.
Transatlantic Merry-Go-R Round" !"
the new feature at Loew'S Fox, also
marks the the cinema debut of Jack
Benny, who, last week, did his best
to salvage Bring on the Girls" at
the National. Mr.. Benny is supported
in what is said to be giant musical
''melange" by Nancy Carroll, Gene
Raymond, Ralph Morgan, Sid Silvers,
the Boswell Sisters and most every one
else on the radio. Jack Denny and hts
orchestra head the stage show.
"One Night of Love" continues at
the Metropolitan. You know why.
R-K-O Keith's is breaking out with
something called Gift of Cab" tomor-
row. Said to be one of Universal's S
high-powered films of the season, this,
too, has music and most every one
in and out of the radio world The
cast includes Edmund Lowe, Gloria
Stuart, Phil Baker, Ruth Etting, Gene
austin, the Beale Street Boys and
Gus Arheim's Orchestra.
Love Time"-once known as "Blos-
som Time" if our records are right
comes to the Columbia tomorrow.
Nils Asther plays the young Franz
Schubert and Pat Patterson is his
sweetheart. Schubert music and senti-
ment are said to make this thor
oughly agreeable entertainment.
WIRE: Have good news for you and
me stop La Cucaracha' goes
in with Lady by Choice on Friday,
November 9; sorry I didn't know this
last night stop This time truly I
believe it is definite" (Signed) Hardie.
That would be Manager of R-K-O
keith'S Meakin-seen last night cry
ing into some onion soup because he
couldn't get that old "Cucaracha" bird
this week as he had promised. Now
everything's rosy-at least almost rosy.
X Y X
WERE all in favor of the suggestion
~ made by Mrs E. A. Habel. who
speaks as follows: "+ I would like
to try and interest you in starting a
movement for the establishment of
Mickey Mouse theater here in Wash
1ngton. If some one would take over
one of the smaller movie houses near
the center of town and show an en-
tire program of various Mickeys, Sill
lies and other animated cartoons, I
feel sure that mothers could feel safe
sending their children there at any
time and grown-ups could feel sure of
seeing good show. 1t is almost too
much to have to sit through nine acts
of dull vaudeville, an interminable
feature, an inane comedy and a POM
pous travel talk in order to get to see