Evening star., 1934-07-27


why more of the ancients aren't
We should like. for instance. 70 sec
'"The Singing Fool" again. and We
wonder II Il would stand up on ia
own two feet. We should like 10 see
anything with Mar torsc Ranbeau, and
a Mary Pickford film Of the 1919 era
We should like q look at Mary Miles
MinteT 50 as 10 make sure that that
one-time theory that she was akin 70
Miss Pickford was all Il vas cracked
up TO be. We should enjoy viewing
The -Four HorBemen" and 1.-The
sheik" and anything that Alice Terry
happened 10 be In. We wouldn't balk
ct Wallie Reid race story. or at one
Of those "drawmas" In which KAth-
crime Macdonald (lovely LADY, was
forever pluckinR at a rose We should
follow with pleasure Lillian Gish
supine on that cake Of ice floating 10
a near oblivion In Way Down East
and wonder what Hearts Of the
World" would look like today. We
shouldn't sneeze at a Charlie Chaplin
comedy, CIR that fllm in which An
nette Rellerman dove of q Bar Har-
Dor cliff. We would have field day
at Male and Female" ("The Admir-
able Crighton'). and even Wings"
wouldn't hurt being busted of again.
Then what about Beau 0este" and
THE Ten Commandment" and THE
Big Parade"2
The only thing that's disconcerting
about all this Is that Min and Bin, I"
now being revived In New York, has
taken terrible nose dive.
HERE'S something During the
past season a version of Jane
Eyre" was filmed by one OF the studios.
II was done In record time and no.
body thought much about it. Then,
suddenly, Old Men Censor swung
himself out OF the horizon and Just
as Jane Eyre" was being previewed
he landed with something OF a thud
IN the studios. Immediately major
theaters began ogling Jane Eyre"
and. instead Of having only a gentle
career, Miss Eyre seems 10 be doing
rather well--So well, in fact, that she
viii come TO R-K-O Keith's In the
zear future as a "first-run" booking.
"A ND since we seem TO be making
this q straight Keith's column,
we might as well tell you that Hardie
Beakin is having his troubles with
that brilliant technicolor short, la
Cacaroucha, which had all of Holly
wood babbling a short time ago.
Flushed with the idea of getting the
jump on the other boys, Manager
Meakin wired the R-K-0 company
that he would like very much to show
La Cacaroucha" to his Washington
public. Shoot me a print right
away" said Hardie
Hardie wouldn't tell us the exact
reply. But it sounded something like
'Nutsl" Seems that Radio City wants
la Cararoucha" first And II Fsadio
City wants It first, Radio City gets 1t
FIRST.
*9Pt y
COME post whom the oosis De-
- strcy" thinking reminds Va that
Signor N. b. 3. Is quite right about
Emil Jannings and Walter CsfAnelly.
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sonally suggest the antics W. Ger
many's pet actor, the story siia the
setting and the general atmosphere
are very much on the Janniruys side
of the fence.
Then again. it's good TO md some
one like N. q. B., who can disagree
with you without ninging his hat into
the arena.
4 4
THE local beef trust girls are all in
= dither. More scales broke down
yesterday than ever before in Wash
lngton. The call for 200-pound hefties
for the Fox revue has caused
veritable stampede to those weight
for-a-penny outfits. One blossoming
hrunhilda yesterday was caught heav-
ing with grief because she couldn't,
by hook or crook, get herself over ito.
l80 is the lucky number. If you can
get yourself into such promising
shape your future is assured for the