Evening star., 1934-01-26

Gross Country Cruise" current at
the Rialto. confirms our opinion. how
ever, that travelling by bus is not what
it is cracked up to be. Unless you are
out on sinister mission. such as TAX
ing your spouse for a good old death
ride, or know that the blond who sits in
seat No. ? is your one-and-only lana
few blondS travelling by bus are ever
June Knights, We suggest staying at
home. This is not because the fllm Is
not diverting, but because the screen
has taught us by now that bus Is
polite rendezvous for ace racketeerS,
mothers with babes who have just
killed their husbands, Grating wind
bags old maids travelling for no other
reason than to take up space and
lovers who take the JOY of living out
OF every one else by the endless eye
rolllngS.
The bus which starts out from New
York in this road cruise has all these
human treasures, plus that horr1d man
who wants 10 get rid of Mlnna Com
be-. Any one who is fortunate enough
to be married to Miss Gombel should
know in the first place that he should
hang onto her as long as he can-ano
if he can't, that it isn't fair to plug
her with an arrow and then SIT her
up in department store window as
wax fourth at dummy bridge game.
Up until Alan Dinehart lets that ar
row fly into Miss Gombels torso, the
producers had done pretty well with
their bus story. But at that point
things began to fall to pieces, and
when young Lew AyreS jumped up and
began to act wise as club lawyer
things had definitely come to an end.
The tllm Is, however, pretty good
through three-flfthS of it. We liked,
particularly, the Italian who had set
out for Newark and, taking the wrong
bus, found himself back home again;
Eugene Palette "a dead ringer for For
rest Orr explaining about Grants
Tomb; Alice Whites method OF travel
ing without cost. and the lady. fresh
from having slaughtered her husband,
who was riding along with babe on
her lap.
A gay, festive, happy crew, the film
disposes us either to take machine
gun if we ever travel by bus, or put on
a pair of boots and see if, by walking,
We can't find a June knight walking,
too.
is 1T true that Mary Pickford is COM
= ing to town?
Certain cronieS have assured us that
such is the case and that Miss Pick
ford will be seen on the stage of Loew's
Fox some time after Lionel Barrymore
gets through with his welcome visit.
And if Miss Pickford is coming to
town-and it's still only rumor, al
though Carter Barron, as shreWd as
he is, must have been calling for her
via his wire-where is Mae West?
We were told in very fancy language
that this good lady would positively
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Is only pace from Spring and no Mae.
7 UCIE M. WILTSHIRE of 300 Tilden
~ street northwest is to be con-
graduated. In a recent Mae West slo-
gan contest sponsored by magazine,
Miss Wiltshire received an autographed
photograph of the star for calling her
"The Masculine Magnet" First prize
went to a Miss Quinn of Cleveland,
who dubbed the lady THE Gal That
Nobody Nos" That seems to us
very excellent name Tor Miss West.
Other prize winners called her the
'Torrid Tantalizer. The National Re,
curve-rv Act" Molten Mama" Blond
The last honorable mention winner
called Mae ''Whizz-Bang West
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IL comedy star and picture star. and
gentleman blessed with pleasing bari
tone voice, will be honored next We'd
nesday as one of the guest artists at
Mrs. Lawrence ToWnSend's famed
morning musicales at the Mayflower.
So far as we know this is the first time
that film star has been sandwiched
in between the Ponselles. the Moores,
the Richard Crooks. the Giesekings
and other musical celebrities at these
fashionable morning salons. Last week
Mr. Grey made his formal concert debut
in New York, and was given lusty
send-off by his friends and admirers.
Wonder why Mrs. Townsend didn't
import Ramon Novarro, who sings those
native Mexican ballads in small, gentle
voice that is, however. just right for
not too rough morning musical sessions?
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7 A MOTHER musical event of interest
"A to stage enthusiasts will be the