Evening star., 1934-11-08


- than as a sophisticated
is a long way better than the
to be Sneezed at and shows
dancer adopts mother out of
In this case the old lady is no rose.
In spite of the fact that she labels
herself as the daughter of Civil War
hero and rips out with one or two
amazing south-of- Bull Run phrases.
she is really a gin-bottle dreamer who
has been hauled into court dozens of
times. When the picture begins she
is shown on one Of her frequent toots,
Growing alcoholically into the air, and
getting herself into trouble because
she has cried down a mammy-Singer.
When the picture is over you have
learned that she has rehnquished the
bottle in favor of playing mother to
a reformed fan dancer (Carole Lom-
bard) and you suspect that if Walter
Connolly is smart he may come along
and plaster her with orange blossoms.
Miss Robson is an amazing actress
and you begin to realize every once in
a while that she is learning Marie
Dressler's tricks. While she doesn't
screw her face into a million wrinkles
and become one half so funny as her
late contemporary, she is one OF the
few real actresses on the screen who
doesn't mind how she looks and she
can look like blazes and still be fine.
She is continually splendid all the
way through this picture-but, as
stated above, We like her better when
she is on an outrageous "binge" than
when she is rigged out with silver
foxes and velvet. That first scene IN
which she shouts for her hat (when
her hat falls Off and in which she
comes face to face with Walter Con-
nelly is by all odds the cream of the
film.
Carole Lombard, the fan dancers
daughter, is, as usual, very handsome,
very blond and the sort of person who
might easily get pinched for doing a
fan dance. Walter Connolly is the
Judge who has the nerve to send Miss
Robson to an old lady's home. ard
Roger Pryor is the young man who
falls for Carole-fanS and all.
A good cast, and an occasionally
good story, this brings Miss Robson
back in a full-time job which does her
credit. 1t doesn't, however, compare
with Lady for Day"-Which is what
the Columbia picture people would
like us to say.
X X y
II A CUCARACHA" is also on the
new Keith bill So much has
been said about this already that you
probably feel as if you knew it by
heart. Even if it lasts only 20 min
utes it is, nevertheless. one Of the i'm
portant films of the year.
X y x x
THE list Of films for the new week
- include the following:
What Every Woman Knows" at the
Fox. This is the perfect show for
women-young. old, fat, fair or 40.
It's a good show, as matter of fact,
for any one But ladies will like it
best, because the weaker sex is the
strongest in it, and because Helen
Hayes is so very, very good. So is
Brian Aherne Duke Ellington is on
the bill, too-not in the picture-on
the stage.
Gentlemen Are Born" at the
Earle, is the best thing Franchot Tone
has done up until now. It's a fairly
somber chronicle of what happens to
the youth Of the land when college
lands them on the world-but it is eX-
cellently played by Tone, Ross Alex
ander. Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay,
Nick Foran and others. Buddy Rogers
heads the stage show.
The Merry Widow keeps right on
at the Palace-and continues to cause
many an argument We still stick to
our guns, however, and say that we
enjoyed it, in spite of the fact that
every syllable of the original Merry
Widow isn't in it, and that some
of the music isn't there. It's about 80
per cent better than the average film
whether it's the old widow or not
Judge Priest" Will Rogers best
film, comes back to the Columbia
tomorrow This should be seen by