The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-13

BTdVely dLlu Will oWCCIAACoo NOI
day at the Plymouth in a coined,
that might have been more saw
DRY had she added a bit of mus
tard to it.
Film Weakened
"The World Moves On" which
winds up its downtown engage
ment at the Fox today, was a pic
ture which left me singularly I'm
moved. 1t drew Certificate No
l as conforming to the new pro
duction code and what it lost ir
meeting the censorship provision.
may be one of the eSsentia
causes for its weakness.
Harrison Carroll happened t.
see a preview of the picture a
it was first completed and the
later version o. KID for the
screen. Contrasting the two yer
sions he says:
when 1 saw it in pre.view
form, THE World Moves On"
drew terrific parallel between
conditions today and those i'm
mediately preceding the great
war. Newsreel shots, unim-
peachably authentic, depicted
the armed legiOnS of MuSSOlini,
of Hitler, of Russia, of France
and of Japan.
This episode has disappeared
in the subsequent cutting.
With it, the picture lost a great
deal of its propaganda force.
1t also has lost some of it's
note of futility."
This may supply the answer
as to why "The World Moves
On" is not the epic Hollywood
evidently intended.
Promising Voice
The following missive is self
explanatory:
Dear Sir:
1 think you might be in
terested in bit of news con-
corning a Washington kid.
Last month, while in Atlantic
City, Wilton MendelSohn, aged
IL, was entertaining some
friends on the boardwalk lust
as ISham Jones came along.
The maestro stopped and lis
tened to the yOungSter sing and
was so impressed he invited the
boy to private addition with
his orchestra. The result was
two weekend engagements with
the ISham Jones organization.
Later Benny Davis heard him
and engaged him for a week at
the Steel Pier. Mr.. Davis is in
terested in Wilton so much that
he expressed the opinion this
voice is the greatest find of his
entire career. He invited him
to become member of his or
ganiZatiOn of future stars.
This is not the first time vii.
ton has been a winner, for he re-
ceived the title, "OutStanding
Juvenile Entertainer" at a con-
test held in the Washington
Auditorium in October, 1881.
Two years ago he won the
Vaughn De Leath competition to
discover new radio voices, Sc
lected by board of five judges.
Wilton is a pupil of McFar.
lane Junior High School and a
son of Martin and Essie Men
delSOhn. His home is at Oak
Lawn Terrace, Sixteenth Street,
Northwest. Yours truly,
(Signed) MILDRED SOLOMON
Clifton Terrace Apis.
About Mr.. Herbert
Hugh Herbert is one of thos,
dependable actors who general,
turns in an "a" card for AM
picture in which he appears
Certainly he is a comedy asse
given any kind of a role with
chance to win laughs.
While not exactly an unsun,
hero he must face rear when i
comes to exploitation and pub
licity, since Warner Brothers ant
the other big production com
panieS operate their build-uy
machinery for the fair ingenueI
and juveniles of potential sta
material. Good character actor
and actresses are as necessary a.
salt in the soup but are not con
sidered drawing power in brigh
lights.
I am reminded of this because
I saw a screening of Danes" tn
new Warner Bros. musical which
opens at the Earle tomorrow. II
this picture Actor Herbert play
multimillionaire eccentric, Err
Bounce, who is addicted to hic
coughs and a certain remedy
which has the same effect as al
cohol. Well, sir, he hiccoughS hi
way to a great many laughs ir
which he has the noble assistance
of ZaSu Pitts and Guy Kibbee.
A good many critics think Mr.
Herbert steals the picture honors
even though the comedy technique
employed is venerable, having
been tested many, many times il
both plays and on the screen
Those who wish can ask Hugh
Herbert to step to the head of thu
class. On the other hand, I ven
ture the younger generation will
vote overwhelmingly for the Dicl
Powell-Ruby Keeler combination o
youth, dance and song.
BY the way Ruby Keller SEEM
to be the only girl in HOLLYWOOD
who has escaped without havinl
here eyebrows plucked. Is thi