Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-08-24


such local Theatre dignitari'
Meakin, Carter Barron and :
romped over many things and
was clean pictureS-not Gems
about the infant and the POI
recently made a picture called
he touch on either modern or
which he has immortalized in Il
Nor did Mr.. De Mile bring his
daughter Katherine with him-a
dark-eyed young lady who, he ex-
planned afterward, is busy doing a
role in Lives Bengal Lancer" which
stars Gary Cooper.
The producer of THE Ten Com
mandments" and Pour Frightened
People" RECALLED his audience with
many an inside hint on Hollywood
doines. stressing a studios multitude
departments, and saying also that
Hollywood is the place where there
are more morons and more geniuses
than any place in the world"
He thanked the church for open
ing the peoples eyes to many Holly
wood "vulgarities," but warned the
assemblage that no art was GOOD art
that wasn't free"
Afterward he was greeted by many
friends who gathered around him and
called him &C. BY which, II
seems. he is known the world over.
Best remark of the whole talk: l
have had the same wife for 81 years.
Applause.
CLEOPATRA comes to the Earle in
~ the next few weeks.
"HIDEoUT'' will play return en-
eagement at the Columbia
next week.
This is news that should gladden.
those who have seen this film, as
also those who have not seen it. AS
wholesome. amusing and genuinely
likable entertainment this ranks with
at Happened One Night" The cast
is so expert that even Robert Mont
ronery. who has never been better,
has to work like a trojan SO tnat
some of the rest of the cast oon I
swine the laurels from him. Among
the more potential "swipers" are
Mickey Rooney, a lad with an I'M
canny knack for making a youngster
seem Young, Edward Arnold, whom
YOU know; and Elizabeth Patterson
who, we are glad to see, will return
to the stage this Fall.
CINCE our West Coast voyage many
people have asked about Robert
Montgomery. What is he really like?
els he TALL" ask the gals?" rs he
good guy ask the gentry?
He is both. He is taller by far Than
the average film star. He stands very
straight, carrying his head little bit
ahead of him like a robin LOOKING
for a worm. He has keen sense OF
humor. somewhat caustic. He thinks
the life of a screen player is dog s
life. He is very ambitious. He reads
everything there Is to read; is fond
of sea prints; has maps all over his
dressing room screens; thinks tnat
ssMutiny on the Boundary" will be his
best film (will he be in it nowO. He
has a farm up beyond Bedford Village
in New York. He also has wife
whom he likes.
WE ARE, it seems, at odds with a
~ lady from Chevy Chase who
would have had us rip into the film
version of Jane Eyre" when it was
playing at Keith's and lasso the very
dickens out of it. This we did not
do, inasmuch as it partially pleased
our reviewer, and inasmuch as many
another person admitted to us that
while it did not approximate the book,
he or she had had some enjoyment
out of it.
Some time ago we wrote that Jane
Eyre" had been filmed in record time,
and that it was generally admitted
not to be a major attraction. 1t was
done before the censor boys got
busy-and the Monogram company
that produced it, never dreamed that
it would play first run" theaters
throughout the country. Then sud-
denly the film horizon turned into a
pale blue polyanna color, and Jane
Eyre" became overnight a best bet.
Being an admirer of the book, We
refrained from going to see the film
fearing the worst. We also refrained
from doing anything about" its be-
ing massacred while it was playing
locally for the simple reason that
those who wished it massacred were
not by any means in the majority.
And so long as some people are enjoy
ing a picture why not let them enjoy
it?
4 y X X
JULIAN TERRIS, author, writes as
- follows:
A. Thank you for acknowledging
Dolores Del Rio as Hollywood's most
beautiful damsel BY the way, when
do the freres Warner show "Du