Evening star., 1934-08-23
Smart Film
Acting New
Weeks Fare
Jean Harlow Heads List
of Pictures Likely to
Attract Audiences.
BY 4. DE s. MELCHER.

DVANCE guide to the new
n weeks pictures starting in
~ downtown cinema pariors
4 \ tomorrow:
Jean Harlow in THE Girl
From Missouri" at Loew's Fox. This
is the picture the boys have been
waiting for. Has la Harlow turned
Pollyanna?N is the burning question
of the moment The answer 10 that
is no" For the benefit of the
censors, the star and Franchot Tone
took that shower over again, other
wise the film is good old-fashloned
Harlow, which means only one thing
(you guess.
The Fox stage show is headed by
Myrt and Marge, two favorite radio
tiers, whom you know more about
than we do.
What seems as if it should be an
other picture for the boys is Ladies
Should Listen" at the Earle. The
particular one who listens is Frances
Drake, a slender young player, for
whom Paramount is picking many
daisy. For the ladies, there is Cary
Grant, a Hollywood young man who
is really tall and handsome. AS
laugh stimulant there is Edward Ever
ett Horton. and as a surprise. there
is also Charles Ray, playing the some
what lesser role of a doorman.
Mitzi Mayfair, young lady who
wakes in looks (and has aways waxed
in dancing) heads the stage show.
And, oh, yes, don't forget Jack Powell,
that blackfaced man, who can drum
on your Aunt Minnie and get away
with 1t.
Treasure Island" remains at the
Palace. If you haven't seen this one
in plain language-you're nuts!
T ESLIE HOWARD, a grand actor,
- and the favorite of every lady
over 80 that we know, will appear
tomorrow at K-K-O Keith's in THE
Lady Is willing" Mr. Howard posi-
lively does not take the beating in
this that he took in "Of Human Bond
age" Nor does Binnie Barnes, his
potential frau, play the role of a
scranny waitress Miss Barnes you
will remember as one of Henry's wives
of last season-and Mr.. Howard should
never be missed anyway Hardie
Meakin also has a Shirley Temple
"short" Smart fellow.
At the Columbia-return engage
ment of Will Rogers in Handy
Andy" Rogers in lion skin, plus
club, and Mary Carlyle playing at love
on a bunker makes this one worth
your while.
UERIENDS of Mr.. Sweeney" comes
to the Metropolitan Inasmueh
as Charles Ruggles is chief comic,
there ought to be plenty of nonsense.
Ann Dvorak is the chief femme" and
other femmes include Dorothy Burgess
and Dorothy Tree Mitzi Mairfair can
walk over from the Earle this week,
too, and see herself on the screen
in THE Policy Girl" in which she
plays policy with Donald Novis.
Query: When does the Rialto open?
Further queries: When does the Ma
tional open (hundredth query); when
is the Columbia going to get new
seats (thousandth query); when are
all those Hollywood stars coming to
town that said they we're coming to
town?
MICE reaction from Ye Musique
y maestro of Ye Earle Theater:
Being more or less one of the
principals under discussion in
a small complaint department" bat
tle-"I am not sure 1t is exactly right
and proper for me to project myself
into this little controversy over
whether or not the Earle Orchestra
played too loudly for the Pickens
Sisters, especially since ! have been
so ably defended by two or three good
people particularly Margaret Allen)
with whom, to the best of my knowl-
edge, am not personally acquainted.
But want to thank these friends
(and yourself) who have rallied so
valiantly to my support, and this
seems to be the only method avail
able.
After all, the first requirement of
a vaudeville leader is to please the
people he is accompanying, isn't it?
On last Thursday night I found on
my desk an entirely unsolicited photo
of the Pickens Sisters with this in
scription: To Freddie Clark, in ap-
probation of the happiest week, musi-
cally, we have ever known
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