Evening star., 1934-10-01

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DREvIEw impressions of "Cleo-
- patra":
Claudette Colbert does a quick job
with that asp-which. as a matter OF
fact, is a real asp. That's Cecil b.
De Mile for you. He said: "Well
have real asp or nothing So they
got hold of old man asp, took out his
stinger, and handed it to Miss Col
bert on a platter And she, being a
smart girl. took the reptile out Of that
fruit, hugged it to her. and never
said "Boo!" That's courage for you.
One of the better looking girls on
the Paramount lot is in the picture.
Her name is Grace Bradley. She plays
Charmian-noble frau-who sticks
with Cleo until the very end. Grace
is a grand girl. She's so good to look
upon off stage that it's almost pity
they bother to put her before the
camera. She's blond and She S
small-but not too small-and she
got a smile that almost puts Claudette
in the shade. She's not half on the
screen what she is off But some day
she'll get a break. Then watch her
smoke.
That's a grand scene where Cleo
says to old man Anthony, Look, my
friend, and see the boys fishing pearls
out of the sea-" And with that a
loadful of Hollywood mermaidS are
hauled out of the water. all of them
carrying "ersters," and all the "er-
sters" having rich Jewels in them.
Henry Wilcoxon is the right age
for Anthony. Don't let them fool you
into believing that he should be
younger. Wilcoxon is no baby. De
Mile, having gone to England for his
Anthony, knew that the man shouldn
be all youth and no whiskers.
They have a swell time stabbing
Caesar (Warran William too. You
don't see all the dagger dolnes. But
YOU do see the conSpirators chopplng
away at something, and whether it
was a meal sack or not, it's fairly
realistic. Then William mutters
eft 'tu, Brute" and some sort of a
curtains rings down.
Watch for Claudette'S wardrobe; for
Caesars little cocktail party; for
Calpurnia sobbing on the floor: for
that young floor show with which
Cleo entertains Tony on her barge;
for Joseph Schildkraut's visit with
Cleo, and for that brief glimpse OF
William Farnum.
WHEN you hear that smooth, sweet
w music in "One Night of Love, -
you ought to think back to that open
ing night of "Wunderbar' at the
Belasco when a dark-haired, wiry
young man got up in the orchestra pit
Cthere isn't one) and beat his men into
musical action.
That was Louis time
manager for Al Jolson, author of
April Showers" first musical director
in talking pictures C'The Jazz Sing
er') and former coach Of the Harvard
Hasty Pudding Club musical shows.
Lou" as he is called, eats nothing,
drinks IS cups of coffee during the
day. has beautiful wife called Jan"
and is as hardworking in Hollywood
as comfrere musical director Alfred
Newman.
Lou worked his head off over that
musical score in "One Night of Love" p"
The results are to his credit. He and
Director Schertzinger, who knows his
music, too, are to be congratulated for
giving the screen a score in which
there are few catcalls. few scratches,
and. in every instance, music that is
music.
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FROM New York comes a squib
u from Richard Stringfellow, former
National Player. former Riggs Du
pont Circle banker. Mr.. String
fellow, who is in the "big city" to
make his fortune eff any,. is at
present occupied with a small role
In "MerrilY We Roll Along which