Evening star., 1935-05-02

hiSSeS like a cat when the mon
is blown to Smithereens.
This seems very unfair to q poor
little woman who never did any harm.
Fashioned by that diabolic DR.. Pre-
torious and Henry Frankenstein, she
is brought to life by a lightning bolt
and afianced Immediately to her boy
friend, the monster. But no sooner
does she lay eyes on him and no
sooner does he take her lily-white
hand in his than she lets fly the
wickedest scream of the season.
Her extremely curtailed career is
the only disappointing thing in "The
Bride of Frankenstein," now playing
at Keith's. The film Is. otherwise,
and in every way, superior horror"
film, although the horror is not so
potent perhaps as it was in the first
picture.
We do feel however, that the bride
gets a bad break. Probably the
ugliest creature on the market and
played splendidly by Charles Laugh
tons wife ELSA Lanchester), she
doesn't so much as get sniff of the
great outdoors, being Immediately
plunked into tower and there made
to face the not too romantic monster.
Then when she doesn't seem to be
able to reciprocate his affections, in
stead Of being allowed to say, Now
then. frankie, lets you and I talk
this thing over" she is given a surly
once-over and Immediately blown to
bits.
Yesterdays first audience followed
the further adventures of Mr.. Frank
enStein and his monster with great
eagerness. From that very first min
ute when Lord Byron and Percy and
Mary Shelley discuss the sequel to the
original, the balcony boys and girls
were both in a polite and an impolite
dlther. Each move was accompanied
by mild Mysteries from somebody or
other, and the monster no sooner had
crawled out of that burning wreck
than a positive barrage of grunts and
groans punctured the pictures prog
reSs.
This would seem to indicate that
the film is being enjoyed in the proper
spirit. This time, however, the mon
ster isn't quite so hard-hearted as he
was in the beginning. He is even
shown turning little green as he
smokes his first cigar. And if mon
ster can smoke a cigar and put down
little wine, too, why, then. he can't
be such an inhuman monster after all
The producers and James Whale
have polished up the proceedings with
great skill. The make-ups, the me-
chanical gadgets, the cast and the at
moSpheric conditions are tops. Boris
Karloff is the perfect monster, Miss
Manchester is the years least desirable
bride, Ernest Thesiger Is excellent as
DR.. Pretorious and Una O'Connor Is
funny enough in the beginning.
We still, however, feel sorry for the
bride. Somehow, we think she should
have had look at another boy friend
And yet, on the other hand, it would
probably have been unkind to ask
another boy friend to look at her.
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THE new weeks films include:
- Naughty Marietta" at Loew.
Fox-the 1885 singing classic, with
Jeannette Macdonald better than she
has ever been before. and Nelson
Eddy to surprise you-(Dave Apollon''
swell revue plays a return engage.
ment).
The Case of the Curious Bride" al
the Earle-with Warren Williams
Margaret Lindsay and Donald Woods
and Gus Arnheim and his orcheStrs
as the feature of the stage show.
George Arliss, in Cardinal Richie
lieu," at the Palace-with ArliSs more
like Richelieu and less like Arliss thar
you have ever seen before.
Go Into Your Dance" at the
Metropolitan-the popular Jolson.
Keeler musical picture going int
its second week at a downtown
theater.
Don Quixote,' with Feodor,
Chaliapin in the title role, at th'
Belasco-the whole picture being
spoken and sung in English (som'
people have the idea that ever!
Belasco picture is straight Petrograd)
Mark of the Vampire" at th'
Columbia-another horror" picture
starring Lionel Barrymore, and with
Bella Lugosi to do the dirty work.
And dear old Frankenstein a
- DoifLss