Evening star., 1935-05-03

A screening OF IL M6n yesterday
by the Warner Bros. proved to hard
hearted reviewers that the picture is
full Of blood and thunder and that
1t is both stimulating and enter
tanning. AS its chief messenger Of
good, James Cagney puts in the kind
of performance the public has come
to expect of him. Better as a tough
hombre than as Folies Bergere
dancer, Cagney reveals the same fight
he had in pictures long ago and
while a small man he Is still able
to punch a bigger man in the nose
with definite results.
1t is, however, probably easy to
determine why the Justice boys pre-
fer to stay away from such enter
tainment. In fairness to their trade,
1t seems evident that they do not
wish the public to believe that they
are on a continual round of warfare,
and that they spend their waking
and sleeping hours pondering how
best they can take pot-shots at GRIM
inals. Although the film actually
shows them getting the better of such
men, 1t also presents such series
Of human slaughterings that If this
be the condition of the country.
then folks had better take machine
guns to bed with them and hope to
Heaven they will wake up in the
morning without a bullet in their
hearts.
Nevertheless, from Hollywood and
from an audience point of view.
&c Men" is strong, stout and ex-
citing entertainment. While it bris-
ties with guns, it also bristles with
pleasant emotions and love peeps in
at the Department Of Justices win
dows as well as lead.
One thing, however, puzzles U.S.
That gymnasium where the boys get
in trim for their work out in the
world-where has the department
been hiding. this? Is it true that the
best men there have to learn little
wrestling before they can call their
souls their own? If we went around
there should we see members of the
staff swinging from parallel bars and
putting on the gloves before break
fast? Where is this haven of con-
ditioning? Is it as good as the
Y. M. C. A.?
4 DIGNIFIED missive comes from
"A Miss Catherine Prichard of Road
side Theater fame She says: In
lieu of my habitual 8:21 am visit
this is just to tell you that we ap.
preciate your calling our attention
to the matter of TrilbyS foot. Frankly
I'm afraid we might have neglected
it-in our zeal to find the long, golden
locks. Now we'll have another quail
fication for our Trilby (she isn't cast
yeD-and I'll nominate you for sole
(this seems to be a pun, uninten-
tionally) judge"
This all anent the future production
OF "Trilby," which the Roadsiders are
plotting. But frankly what quail
f1cations have we to pick a Trilby
foot? What qualifications has any
man to pick any foot? A foot is q
foot after ALL Some like one kind
others like another. We don't even
mind Garbo's. She wears a good
broad size z shoe. That's all right
with us. If she had a smaller foot
shed probably fall down. So with
Trilby-let her have a foot that
keeps her standing. That's all we
care about. It's those sticklers for
tradition that made us worry In the
hrst place. Back in Trilby,s days
ankles made men crazy. Now they
don't amount to a row of beans
unless they're ugly Trilby's foot
shouldn't be measured by yard
stick-that's all.
r. II H.
PEOPLE are still after Zone Night
of Love" m. A. b." for in
stance, write in to say: II want to in
quire whether it would be possible or
not to have another return engage
ment OF One Night of Love- at one
of the downtown theaters? 1t is such
wonderful picture that could stand
seeing it again and again, and I am
sure there are many others who would
agree with me IT In mt nfton that