Evening star., 1934-06-14
OLD F4TORITES
AND NEW STARS
FOR NEXT WEEK
TtUO "HOId-Orers'' List
ed, With Plenty of RO-
nance and Comedy.

TWO proven favorites and a
batch of cinema hedgelings
eager to try their wings be-
Il fore the Washington public
come to the picture houses
this week. Their variety is infinite,
ranged on the sliding scale from the
antics of George Burns and Oracle
Allen, in Many Happy Returns" to
the glttering romance of a Civil War
tale called Operator 49,
The intermediate notes, good. loud
and strong, are master mind thriller
known as THE Crime Doctor" an
other week of beauteous Joan Craw-
ford, in Sadie Mckee" and scowling
Wallace Beery as a Mexican rebel
chieftain, who inspired the film pro-
ducers and many others to shout,
viva Villa!'
This impressive galaxy is distributed
around the town as follows:
At LoeWs Fox Marion Davies and
Gary Cooper carry high the banner
of Operator 49," the Robert w.
Chambers yarn of lovely Union spy,
a gallant Confederate officer who also
passed the time in espionage, their
adventures and their romance. AS
sisted by the inevitable glamour of
the South in its plantation days. a
supporting cast which includes Ted
Healy, Henry Wadsworth, Russell
Hardie and the Four Mills Brothers,
the two stars shine brightly before a
cleverly directed camera. Manager
Carter Barron disclosed the pleasures
of this one to the drama scribes at a
preview the other day. but you will
have to discover for yourselves what
ever delights are afforded by Frank
and Milt Britton and their band,
Sheila Barrett, imperSonator; June
Carr and Henry Martin a song and
dance and patter act. and Dave Jones
& Co., wits and wags. They comprise
the stage bill. The customary Phil
Lampkin overture and news reel will
be there likewise.
R-K-O Keith's returns tomorrow to
the Friday opening schedule, quaint
custom of all local theaters, displaying
a melodrama known as THE Crime
Doctor" Inhabited by the engaging
Otto Kruger, whose performances in
&'Private Lives" put even Noel Coward
IN the shade; blond Karen Morley and
Nils Asther, the story concerns a
.shrewd criminologist who gets himself
strangely involved in a murder case.
Judith Wood and William Frawley
have material parts in unraveling the
mystery of clever crime.
There are weird doings also at
Warner Bros Metropolitan, where the
Broadway stage play, Double Door"
brings chill, precise Mary Morris to
the screen as an erratic spinster bent
upon retaining control of the desti-
nieS and fortunes of one of New
York's wealthieSt families. Among
other misdeeds she attempts to pre-
vent and eventually to destroy the
marriage of her brother to the lovely
lass impersonated by Evelyn Venable,
proving thereby to be one of the
meanest Of modern old maids. Sir Guy
Standing, Kent Taylor, Anne Revers,
Halliwell Hobbies and several others
appear in the supporting roles.
An extensive short subject program
at the Met" includes Alexander Wool
colt in Mr.. WIS Little Came" two
comedies and 15-minute news reel.
That gilded lily of the films, Joan
Crawford, decorateS Sadie Mckee" -
q Vina Delmar story built along lines
especially f1t for its star and popular
enough to keep the picture at Loews
Palace for another week. An expen-
sive little tear wringer concerning
pretty kitchen maid and three men,
'Sadie Mckee derives a large por-
fiOn 0f its charm from the lTStv art