Evening star., 1934-08-02
"CIMARRON"
REMAINS A
FINE FILM
Past Three Years Fail to
Dim Good Story and
Splendid Cast.
BY E. de $. MELcHER.

- IAaARROM" needs no new
6kf Introduction. You know
the book-you know the
~ film. And you, therefore,
know why R-K-O keith's
had a hearty FIRST audience yesterday.
Three years tine does not disturb
q picture much thete days. Back In
1881 the sound wat good and there
were Just az many good actors as
there are now. As you peruse this
picture for a second time, however,
you may notice thai Irene Dunno has
improved in looks rather than lost
them. and that today she is more
sure Of herself than she was yeSter-
day.
This does not affect "CimarTon ="
II IL stiil a fine film. trifie SLOW, a
trifle overplayed by Richard Dix, but
stiH a moving and an interesting
chapter struck partly from history.
Only when Irene Dunno tells her
husband that she wants 70 study early
American history, and he answers
dramatically. don't you know that
we're making history2" do you squirm
a little. In other ways the finn could
not be improved upon. The scene
In the church" is memorable, and
that first mad cross country scramble
which you see just after the play has
begun is tremendously stirring. Some
how you can't imagine local citizens
stirring themselves that way these
days.
So far as acting is concerned the
a.. Ia
She has never done anything better.
And she win probably never do any
thing better. 1t is also a pleasure to
see Estelle Taylor again.
~ r.
NEW pictures here tomorrow:
A' Handy Andy" at the Palace.
This does not refer so much to
local dramatic raconteur as it does
TO actor ambassador Will Rogers. His
best moment comes when he appears
as Tarzan and filings Conehita
Montenegro willy-nilly across ball
room. The film is funny and the
apple of the censors' eyes. Peggy Wood
plays what used to be the Irene Rich
role. and Mary Carlisle isn't half bad
as the spring-fever daughter.
Here Comes the Navy" at the
Earle James Cagney has his best
role in this one. and Gloria Stuart,
who used TO be chief lady on the
Universal lot, is an eyeful as the girl
who reforms him. At the beginning
of the film Cagney doesn't like the
Navy. At the end he does. That's
the plot. II may not sound like much
but it's really very amusing. And be
sure not to miss that last moment
when Frank MoHugh'S mother sings
q song, the words of which are sup
piled most meonventionally by her
son. Also be sure not to miss Patricia
Bowman, Washington's "own.' who
can dance rings around most every
other ballerina in the country.
Besides Warner Baxter and AIadge
Evans in OR and Canary" at the
Fox. youll probably want to see Mar
Jorie Rambeau Miss Rambeau, who
is never around long enough to suit
our fancy, is said to have a fat role
in this one. So has Zita Johann.
The stage show is headed by Borah
Minnevich and those raScals who are
the peer OF all musical rascals. (This
does not include Kreisler, Lily Pons,
etc)
A Damon Runyon yarn pops up
again on the screen-this time at
the Metropolitan, where "a Very
Honorable Guy" viii be shown start
ing tomorrow. Joe E. Brown Is the
star-and others concerned are Alice
White, Alan Dinehart and Irene
Franklin. And If you missed Maxine
Doyle's bit in Service with Smile"
last week at the Earle, you'll find it
all over again at the Met" this
week
Lew Ayres and Alice Faye in "She
Learned About Sailors" will be the
ColUmbia'S feature tomorrow-and
from all reports it's a pretty good
feature. Besides the sailors, the cast
tccludes Mitchell and GDurant, those
two comedians from the ex-Scandals,
who spend their lives knocking each
other out.
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