Evening star., 1934-04-15
'OS. Earle Theater.

1akeS Holiday Is the current
Il screen attraction at Warner
Bros Earle Theater.
Taken from the famous stage play
by Alberto Casella, this film presents
March in the starring role as d
shadow, Death. For three days Death
takes a holiday from his grim task to
taste life as a human being to dis
cover, if he can, what makes life so
sweet. In the guise of a handsome,
adventurous gentleman, he appears at
house party and throws himself into
the gay pastimes of the sophisticated
group.
In addition to Evelyn Venable, who
plays her second Hollywood role in
this picture. the supporting cast in
cludes Sir Guy Standing, Kent Taylor,
Gail Patrick, Helen Westley, Kath-
crime Alexander, Kathleen Howard
and Henry Travers. Mitchell Leisen
who directed Death Takes Holiday, u
created a film niche for himself with
his direction of Cradle Song
The stage portion of the program
Is headlined by Landt Trio and White.
Other acts are Chester Fredricks in
a comedy skit, nellie Kelly. comedi-
enne, and Ferry Convey.
CATHERINE THE GREAT fea-
- turing Elizabeth Bergner as
Catherine and Douglas Fairbanks, jr.,
as the mad czar, Peter. is currently
playing at R-K-O Keiths. This is
Alexander Korda's successor to his
Private Life of Henry VIII" which
was acclaimed as one of the 10 best
pictures of the past year. The new
Korda production marks the American
screen debut of Elizabeth Bergner, one
of the most talked of actresses on the
European stage today. Other promi-
nent players include Sir Gerald du
Maurier of the royal family of Eng
lands theater and son of the i'm
mortal author of "Trilby" and Peter
1bbetSon."
s\XONDER BAR" the Warner Bros.
picture which played recently
at the Earle, is now at Warner Bros.
Metropolitan Theater for a repeat
downtown engagement. This unique
musical proved an international
sensation a few years ago. 1t played
in all of Europe's capitals and was
brought to this country as a stage
starring vehicle for AL Jolson. A few
the screen rights and made plans for
Its presentation as great film
spectacle.
Kay Francis plays the leading role
opposite AL Jolson, who portrays the
proprietor of wonder Bar" Ricardo
Cortez and Dolores Del Rio have the
coveted parts of the two dancers, while
Dick Powell and Henry Kolker have
the roles of the American composer
orchestra leader and the husband of
Kay Francis, respectively. Hal Leroy,
the sensational Broadway dancer,
plays himself in dancing sequence.
Guy Kihbee and Hugh Herbert play
the two American tourists with Ruth
Donnelly and Louise Fazenda as their
wives.
The short reel program consists of
IS minutes of news events, Edgar
Bergen. ventriloquist, in pure Feud";;
Cuba, the Isle Of Romance. a scenic
novelty, and George Sidney and
Charlie Murray in Ten Little Fin
gers."-
CLARK GABLE, teamed for the first
time with Myrna 10y, is cur
rently enacting the role of a young
doctor in Men in White" which
Loew's Fox Theater presents, together
with a program of headline vaude-
vile. Men in White" is a faithful
adaptation Of Broadway's outstanding
hit Of the same name. The Sidney
Kingsley play is still running in New
York and now holds the record for
the longest run of any play on the
main stem. 1t is story told in vivid
strokes of life in great, modern hos
Sital. Gable. as DR.. Ferguson, Is q