Evening star., 1934-05-31
SAILORS WILL
LEAD LIST OF
NEW SHOWS
Nationals Play Viii De.
tail actions of Seamen
When ashore.
BY E. de S. MELCHER.

THE new weeks diversions,
starting somewhat ahead of
themselves yesterday with the
L showing of the ebulient Jimmy
Durante's Strictly Dynamite, 8"
will be climaxed Monday with one
of the toughest, boldest and cagiest
of all modern comedies, Sailor, Be
ware!" This unblushing entertain
ment, a gem of its kind and one
which has received the accolade from
even Manhattan's sternest dramatic
commentators, will have its first out
side-of-New York-and-C Chicago show
ing this Monday when the National
Players undertake it. Other events
will be Mr.. Beerys Viva Villa" at
the Fox, with those excellent Ebsens
helping out Abe Lyman's stage show;
THE Merry Wives of Reno" at the
Earle, in which Donald Woods plays
locally on the screen for the first
time; Rodney" the Fort Myer story.
at the Metropolitan; a screen version
of Ishbel Ross Promenade Deck" at
the Columbia and Manhattan Melo-
drama" in its second week at the
Palace. The RialtO. after one of its
better seasons, closed yesterday for
the Summer
The following is brief summary
of the works:
NATIONALS Sailor. Beware" This
is good entertainment for everybody
in the family except Aunt Minnie,
The latter should be left at home
and given those knitting needles
while the rest of the family romp
through a boisterous evening with
Dynamite" Jones. a sailor with
will. who meets ''Stonewall' jackson,
a girl who also has a will In this
case, Roy Roberts will be the COB
and Ruth Abbott will be the girl
and Freddie Sherman will have the
next best role, which is funny, fast
and furious. This play, incidentally,
was written by a Columbia professor.
LOEWS FOX-"Viva Villa" You
may remember little Senorita Villa,
who came to Washington few weeks
ago and told gentlemen Of the press
that this film was very nice to her
father. Whether that is strictly true
or not, Wallace Beery, in the title
role. gets all that's coming to him,
besides "dishing it out. too. AS the
boisterous Villa. Beery is bold and
extremely unconventional. The stage
show deserves special attention. what
with Abe Lyman and his band and
the aforementioned Ebsens, Buddy
and Wilma. who can dance like no.
body's business.
EARLE-"The Merry Wives of
Reno'-and Oracle Barrie. The lat
ter should get particularly big hand
inasmuch as her fans have been
screaming for her to come back for
10 these many weeks. Oracle will be
"a special added attraction" introduce
ing Paul Tisen and his Gypsy Orches-
ira and other acts, as we'll as sing
ing her own bright songs. The
Reno" film is said to be an amusing
comedy with a cast that includes
Glenda Farrell, Ruth Donnelly Mar
garet Lindsay, Guy Kibbe, Donald
Woods and Hugh Herbert.
METROPOLITAN Rodney" This
film is really centered around a horse
named Rodney, so there was every
reason for changing the title, Keep
En- Rolling" back again to the orig
1Ildl. LIE plClule NdS liIIlleu UOWl dI
Fort Myer and has in its cast Walter
Huston, Frances Dee and Frank
Shayne in his first serene assignment
the latter a native Washingtonian
The Metropolitan also offers Joe
Penner's You Nasty Man" among its
multiple shorts"
Manhattan Melodrama, -
the film that proves that William
Powell is a better actor than you
thought is being held over for a Sec
ond week, thus placing Miss Craw-
ford's Sadie Mckee" into the hin
terlands until Friday week. Clark
Gable and Myrna 10y have to do with
the "melodrama," too.
COLUMBIA-"Three on a Honey
moon" is really the novel Promenade
Deck" done over for the screen. 1t
features ZaSu Pitts, Sally Eilers,
Charles Starrett and Johnny Mack
Brown.
X X X
ONE of this departments chief
complaints is that not more fuss
was made over Sing and Like It."
A thoroughly amusing little comedy