Evening star., 1934-08-09

this Galsworthy story.
While il seems 10 us that Mr. Whale
falls In the finale TO give the filr the
proper punch. he has elsewhere created
many people and many scenes which
are true as life. He has, too. assembled
what may properly be- called "an all
atar east Each man and each woman
does his or her share Of the business
as though he'd been doing II for life.
You could swear, for instance. that
Mrs. Pat" Campbell was walking
around In your own living room play
ing q little Lady Macbeth here and
G little Mrs. Pat" there and enliven-
ing the goinRs-on just when they need
enliveninR. You could also swear that
Diana Wynyard was and always has
been the harraSsed wife OF Colin Give.
and that Lionel AtWill is somebody
ether than himself when he isn't be-
wieaed and befrocked as a coony at
torney. Each player is so true 10
type. 30 sincerely the character that
you imagine Mr.. Galsworthy meant
him TO be. that even II you are not
vitality stirred by the story We defy
you not TO follow each link in the pro-
ceedings with interest and devotion.
Mr.. Whale has, too, brought life
back into Miss Wynyard. and cast her
Nas the young, bright, healthy and at
tractive woman which she is. As ad-
vertised. this Is her best performance
since "CaYalcade, and you will find
her amazingly real in that court room
scene and in those friendly moments
which she has with Frank Lawton.
Mr.. Lawton, by the way, is some
one 10 watch. You know that he has
been cast as David copperfield. and
you may have seen him last Winter
in New York in The Wind and the
Rain" He has. nevertheless, future
beyond all this that Is more than
evident In "One More River" His
work. as also in the case of Jane
Wyatt. who appears for the first time
on the screen, is fresh and singularly
untheatrical
What with all these excellent actors
doing their bit with the brilliance that
Director Whale seems 10 lend his
players, and each scene treated as
though it was a complete story in
itself, the serious cinema addict will
find much in this somber story to
stir his imagination. The court room
scene is probably the best of its kind;
Mr.. Give makes you hate him with a
red-hot hate; Miss Wynward is very
handsome when she isn't hurdened by
one OF those ridiculous modern hats,
and the others, including especially
that little man who snoops around to
get evidence for Gives divorce, are
Ill genuine human beings.
You wouldn't believe, perhaps. that
q story based on divorce could thus
absorb your interest. 1t has. however.
little touches Of humanity all the way
through 1t which Mr.. Whale has sup
piled both generously and wisely.
Can't say what there is about the
filrn. But 1t has something-except
for that ending--and we can't figure
out what's wrong with that either.
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EVERYTHING will be new tomor-
row at the local cinema shops
except for the Palace, which is hang
ing on to win Rogers as Handy
Andy" The new offerings are some
what as follows:
Housewife" at the Earle, in which
George Brent, a happily married man,
is stirred beyond his depth by Bette
Davis. This means that wife Ann
Dvorak has a pretty tough time foE
awhile. But IN the end all is well.
There's a splendid kid actor in it for
those who must have their Shirley
Temples these days. The stage show
win be headed by those excellent
Pickens Sisters. "Popeye the Sailor"
will be on hand. too,
At the Columbia--Shirley Temple
and oh yes, Baby Take Bow" It's
O repeat Go early, but for heaven
sakes don't take your lunch.
w, c. Fields and-youth again
Baby Leroy are the stars of The Old
Fashioned Way" which Loews Fox
will exhibit tomorrow. In the film is
also THE Drunkard," that ancient
and honorable piece which will be all
over town shortly. The stage show
will feature that splendid cellist
Yasha Bunchunck; dancer, Lucille
Page: singer, Joan Abbot, and Ina
Ray Hutton--not Mutton" as an
early gazette stated today.
Three familiar and popular Warner
Bros. players-Pat OBrien, Glenda
Farrell and Claire Trevor--are the
leading lights in Personality Kid"
which comes to the Metropolitan to-
morrow. This theatsr is also a bear
on short subjects" !" You can sit
there for an hour and be taken almost
all the way around the world. either
by newsreeis, or comedies, or whatnot.
And--as mentioned sbove-TarZan
remains at the Palace. BY that we
mean Will Rogers, whose face and
figure. while not straight Johnny
WeisSmuller, at least seem authentic
enough In that ballroom adagio act,
IN which Conehita Montenegro gets
tossed around like a medicine ball.
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WHAT dramatic editor came home
from Hollywood yesterday and
was tossed mean fiesta by the Loew
brigade (plus executive Carter Barron
and Mrs. Barron. who has q new hat)
last night at the willard? &. All
the boys and girls were there, inelud-
ing YsSha Bunchunek. who once
played cello with Hans Kinder under
KouSSevitzky in Russia author ID.
T and young lady named Skidmore,
who has all the local beau brummels
on their ears Irene Weber, very
sleek and sly in something yellow,
punetured with brown the usual
rush Of cinema and "dramy' sleuths
rushing right by each other and