Evening star., 1934-09-01
SAD PICTURE
OF MANY SAD
FILM PLAYERS
"YOu Belong to Me-" at
FOx, Is a fearful Yarn
With Child Player.

The world would be much sadder
place If all people in show business
were as dreary, mawkish and senti-
mental as the troupers of You Be-
long to Me-" What with all those
customarily gay and f1ippant fellows
and their gals gone beserk, dying of
this and that, with hearts broken fall
ing out of swings and otherwise sue
cumbing to death and dullness, one
might be compelled to rely entirely
upon such flimsy entertainment fare
as this cinema at the Fox, and that
would be too bad.
crooners, hooters and what-not pre-
sented to you in this fearful yarn,
you will not find a laugh or even a
smile. The act of Fleurette and
Faxon Is downcast for the good rea-
son that Faxon has died, leaving his
wife and a son, impersonated re-
spectively by Helen Mack and young
David Holt, Lee Tracy is a retired
dipsomaniac of the boards, who once
had a good act. Helen Morgan, as
Bonnie Kaye, is reaping fat harvests
of gold, yet beneath her glittering
limousine thumps a wounded heart,
for Tracy was her man and he walked
out on her.
1t is rumored that in this cinematic
vale of tears young M Holt is intended
to be the joy and delight of the hapless
filmgoer, tortured and suffering even
as the perSonages of "You Belong to
Me" Master Holt is undoubtedly a
capable child actor, skilled and tech
nically sound beyond his years, but If
his role as Jimmy, the Sulky, Snarling
little son of Fleurette, is supposed to
tighten the days of all who behold him.
heaven help the public when they
decide out in Hollywood to let the boy
loose in a really unpleasant part!
Probably the blame should not be cast
upon Master Holt. He may have
played the part as written, or much
better than that, but his glowering
and smart cracks will not endear him
to any one in particular whether he
invented the idea or some one else.
You might be interested to know
that in "You Belong to Me" Fleurette
is irving to do single" to support
herself and her son. Bud Hannegan
(M. Tracy is her great friend, and
he drops both shekels and good advice
in her way whenever he can. Fleu-
rette, who must have had a rough
time around the booking Office if she
was no more diverting on the stage
than she appears on the screen, mar
ries a straight man who does a double
with her. Eventually he decides he
can't stand Jimmy around any longer
this being the only understandable
trait in his villainouS nature-and
sends him off to military school.
Jimmy doesn't like that. The husband
doesn't like Fleurette. Fleurette doesn't
like the idea of his running of with
another girl, and she gets so upset
about it she falls out of her swing one
night during the act and is killed.
Nobody can be found in the picture
who likes that. Oh well, it goes on
not very long thereafter. Bud takes
over Jimmy as his ward, is reunited
to Bonnie Kaye and her $4,000 week.
Miss Morgan's songs in this picture
will convince you she would be worth
the price. Her acting could be bought
in the bargain basement.
Joe Morrison, one of the better
radio singers and recently the proud
owner of a successful motion picture
debut with w. C. Fields in THE
Old Fashioned Way" headlines the
Fox stage bill this week. His rendi-
tions of with My Eyes Wide Open,
I'm Dreaming" Were Just Poor
Folks Rolling in Love-" "The Last
Roundup" which he introduced to
the world of popular songs, and an
other ditty or two proved the prin-
cipal delights of the bill. Ben Blue,
the local boy who made good as a
comedian, amuses the boys and girls
with his pantomimic nonsense; the
16 Danny Dare girls tap in and
around the program, and the other
numbers are the Allen Kent Four
some, which incidentally stops the
show when the senior members do
their work; Manjeans Internationals,
skillful acrobatic team, and Roy
and Maye, comedians and dancers.
The Fox also is showing an Our
Gang comedy, a short subject or two
and the inevitable Phil Lampkin
overture. r. B. P. Jr.