Evening star., 1934-08-28

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The film has the strongest South
ern" climax in the history of the
motion picture business. When that
bombshell of slow motion, Stepin
Fetchit, gets out that harmonica and
plays Dixie" when the parade swings
through the town with Rogers all
dressed up as one of the Confederate
boys walking in the front line, when
the villain becomes the hero, and
great Confederate armies come crash
ing into the eye of the camera, you
wait and see If audiences south of
Fairfax don't get up and cheer.
It's a grand picture-as any one
will tell you, who attended that pre-
view yesterday at the Fox Film Ex-
change 1t has humor, pathos and
more than an ounce Of humanity. 1t
Is by far the most worthwhile OF all
Will Rogers screen characterizations.
IRWIN COBB particularly should get
kick out of the way one Of his
best drawn characters has been made
life size on the screen. After you have
seen the picture, you will feel that you
have really met the Judge. and that
when you go home that evening-hen
be there waiting for you-rocking
quietly back and forth in that old
porch rocking chair, putting at his
pipe, and sneaking a mint julep when
ever he can get one.
Rogers fits the part like a glove.
He plays the judge as he played the
father in "Ah Wilderness" as ne
played Handy Andy, as he plays all
his roles. But this time he doesn't
have to force himself into action.
Action creeps up around him. He
says his little say, and the story
builds up on all sides. Through the
kindliness Of his smaD-town soul, he
fights a fight to the finish, causing
little pain, and restoring happiness
where he knows 1t belongs. His Judge
Priest is kindly old man, who is not,
however, so good that you want 70
throw bricks at him. Whenever he
tends to become a mite righteous,
Irwin Cobb has seen to it that a mint
julep is brought in. The audience in
that way knows that he's regular"
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4 WORD for Anita Louise, who ap-
"a pears In this picture. She is un-
questionably the best looking 18-year-
old girl in the movies.
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AH-MEMORIES of the Beef Trust,
- that intimate chorus of 200
Founders who last season almost
brought about an earthquake ON Ninth
street, are brought to mind as an
nouncement is made that the Gayety
is about to open for the season. Al
though Jimmie Lake will not start out
with these capering cuties he will
have q burlesque show which should
knock your Aunt Minnie's eye out
II she's got an eye.
Spices Of 1885" is the name of the
Gayety opener which you should not
fail to see on Sunday If you have q
weakness for this sort of Ninth street
frolic. In the cast will be Dorothy
Maye, who is called "a yivacious
beauty of the teasing, tantalizing
variety; Margie Lee, who is said to
be very easy to look at, and John
Grant, who it seems recently appeared
in Take a Chance"
And then-well-we might as well
get it over with now, smoking is per-
mitted in the theater, there is an
amateur night scheduled for some
night every week, and matinees occur
daily. There are also "16 beautiful
girls-hand-picked"
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COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT:
To think of comparing that
pleasant little skit 'Hideout' with the
classic 1T Happened One Night But
what can you expect from one who
takes Joan Crawford seriously?" Ooh
my. Better dump her with the
other clothes h0rSeS-Davies, Bennett.
that fine actors like March, Marshall,
Howard and Tone should so often be
handicapped by being paired with
such nitwits."
Well-Franchot, so far as we know.
has never complained.
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p EMEMBER Mary Clough, that To-
> cal young lady who almost be-
came Alice in Wonderland" She's
off to Hollywood on Friday-so let's
give her great big hand and hope
that she becomes the next Mary Pick
ford or whatever she wants to become.
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HERE'S something:
That young man who you will
see elsewhere on this page, dressed
for the waves, got into the movies by
something known as "an escorting
test" In brilliant essay written on
this subject, Hardie Meakin vouch-
safes the news that his name is David
Horsley, that he is "A, 6 foot 2, dark,
blue-eyed and good looking and that
he got into the film because he won
this ''escorting test" Not only that,
he also won out because he Is "the
perfectly desirable man" When
some 1000 women said in their reply
to QUESTIONABLE that the man they
preferred must be tall, dark, have
blue eyes, and be not too good
looking" Horsley appeared to be the
he more than passed that "escorting
test" For weeks he was accompanied
to the beach by a group of girls
from the R-K-O studios, who closely
observed his manners, conversational
ability, wit, etc. Then he was taken
to the theater-and he was grand in
n theater, too. So, without more ado