Evening star., 1934-05-20

WARNER BROS Earle Theater this
w week offers "Smarty," Warner
Bros. comedy starring Joan Blondel.
This is the novel story of rotating
wife who furnishes some Of the strang-
est and most hilarious tangleS imag-
Unable. The plot concerns young
bride, beautiful but irritating, who
longs to be crushed, mauled and beat
en- up in true cave man style and con-
tinues her search for a he-brute until
she finds him. Joan Blondell plays the
beautiful but spoiled wife who goes
from the arms of one husband to an
other and back again, while Warren
William and Edward Everett Horton
have the roles of the husbands.
The stage program stars the N.
3. c. radio stars, Pappy, zeke and
Ezra with Elton Britt, the West
chester Hillbillies. Other acts are
Harry Roye and Billie Maye, the
dance aristocrats; Fritz and Jean
Hubert. the realistic inebriates, and as
an added attraction Paul Gerr1ts.
Earl Carroll's new discovery, In
novel presentation from Murder at
the Vanities."
WARNER BROS Metropolitan
wv Theater this week is presenting
for a repeat engagement the war
film. Forgotten Men," which created
a Juror when shown last Summer in
Washington. Forgotten Men" is an
unbiased official record of each ma
tons participation in the great strug-
gle. AL Handy, sergeant-maJor OF
the American EXpeditionary Forces,
who saw exciting service at klmmei
Hill Hindenburg Line, Bellicourt and
Somme, explains the American sec
ton of the film in a clear, concise
manner. Sergt. Handy was wounded
at st. Soupley in october, 1918, and
received several citations.
The complementary program con-
sists of Is minutes OF world news
events; Vitaphone two-reel comedy.
Corn on the Cop" starring Eddie
Gribbon; a Vitaphone song cartoon,
"Buddy's Trolley Troubles" and June
Brewster, R-K-O comedienne, In
Rough Necking.'
THERE are unlimited features in the
new attraction at R-K-O Keith's
that should intrigue the movie -goers
interest. First it is the first CO.
starring vehicle for Irene Dunno and
Richard Dix since their appearance
together in "Cimarron." 1t is chuck
full of action and gets It's tltle,
"Stingaree, from the life of the Aus
tralian bandit of the early seventies;
its locale is entirely different; 1t was
written by Lynn Riggs and Leonard
Spigelgass from the stories by E. W..
Hornung. creator of "Raffles"; it gives
Irene Dunn unlimited opportunities
to show her beautiful and well
trained voice in a group of numbers
written by the stars" of Hollywood's S
Tin-pan alley, and the cast includes
such we'll known players as Mary
Boland, Henry Stephenson, Conway
Tearle and the comedian, Andy De-
vine.
ONE of the screens most lovable
~ characters comes to life in Half a
Sinner" now playing at the Rlalto
Theater. And the role is created by
Berton Churchill, the eminent Broad
way actor.
Half a Sinner" in which Mr..
Churchill plays with that new ro-
mantle team of the screen, Sally
Blaine and Joel McCrea, has been
adapted from Alias the Deacon" by
John Hymer and LIE Roy Clemens.
This film has been directed by Kurt
Neumann and the supporting cast in
cludes Alexandra Carlisle. Gay Sea-
brook, Mickey Rooney, Spencer Char
ters, Russell Hopton. Thesea Maxwell
Conover and Bert Roach.
PING CROSBY sings and acts his
- way to his most eminent screen hit
in We're Not Dressing" which is
playing this week at Loew's Palace
Theater. This fast-moving vehicle
not only boasts Crosby displaying his
best comedy, acting and vocal abilities,
but also a cast that includes Carole
Lombard, George Burns and Oracle
Allen, Ethel Norman and Leon Enrol
Crosby sings more numbers in We're
Not Dressing" than in any OF his
previous vehicles and introduces some
tantalizing hit tunes written for him
by Gordon and Revel Norman
Taurog directed We're Not Dressing"
from a story by Benjamin Glazer.
7 UPE VELEz holds the top position
at the current stage show at Loew's
Fox this week, where she is appear
Ing in person. The screen attraction
is Now I'll TELL" written by Mrs.
Arnold Rothstein, and starring Spen-
Ger Tracy, Helen Twelvetrees and Alice
Faye. Included on the stage portion