Evening star., 1935-05-31

bOyeIs young HAL IluCIl III Id
days.
In spite of the fact that Max
Steiner has assembled, some sort of
a symphony orchestra for this occa-
sion and that Mr.. Boyer leads it
through a Bach "Toccato and Fugue"
and some of TschaikoWsky's Fifth
Symphony" the film on the whole
lacks conviction and appeal and will
probably do neither of its stars any
particular good.
It has its momentS-at the begin
ming, for instance, before Miss Hep
burn catches Boyer dining out with
another woman-and it has some
smooth acting by Boyer and by John
Beal in an especially agreeable role.
Miss Hepburn has. however, little
chance to be at her Barrie-esque best,
and if her clothes are meant to be the
latest thing from Paris, etc, then give
us spinach.
Something must have gone wrong
along about half way through the
story. Up until then the author had
shown Hepburn and Boyer as two
sensible people devoted to their arts
miss Hepburn did some composing)
and very, very fond of each other.
They seemed the sort of people you
would like to have around and never
indicated that they would fly of the
handle at moments notice.
Miss Hepburn, however, gave in to
the great god jealousy and in the
twinkling of an eye threw her home
into a suitcase and marched off. and
Mr.. Boyer, sunk with grief, took to
the bottle and beer joints and was
discovered soaking himself none too
gently in gin. When caught in this
grim mood, Miss Hepburn sat down
at the piano and played some music
for him-and with that love and good
sense snook around the corner again
and Boyer returned not only to his
music but to his wife.
While the plot is theatric and un-
controlled the ladies will find some OF
it to their liking. and we saw many
movie fan come out OF keith'S yes
terday drying her eye and heard her
saying, That girls an actress She
probably is if she can get away with
this, And Boyer is the best leading
man she has ever had. tThls includes
John Barrymore
TN CALIENTE,' now playing at
the Earle, is the first of the
warm weather musicals, light. tune
full and pleasant-if you like that
sort of thing. In it Dolores Del
Rio walks around in some amazingly
informal costumes. all of which reveal
her to great advantage, and dances
with one of the De Marcos when
the latter is vacationing from his
partner. The best thing in the show.
however, comes when he returns to
his partner and does some of the
dancing that you have seen him do
on Broadway and at the National.
The intrusion of the De Marcos
into the so-called plot" the music
and some of the authentic Caliente
atmosphere make this less Busby
Berkeley-ish than you might suspect.
The genial maestro of the roaming
pianos and other fantastic stage
devices has Gained down considerably,
and while he concentrates for bit
on a Caliente bar and photographs
some of the girls and boys in out
means so garish and out-of-order as
they were in previous Berkeley
pictures.
The presence of Miss Del Rio in the
cast adds that certain appeal for
which certain customers are looking;
Pat OBrien plays the magazine editor
who is plunked into Caliente by force
due to hangover which has made
him unconscious for "a hours: Edward
Everett Horton is about as funny as
he has ever been in anything and has
a longer role than usual: Glenda Far
rell is the girl from whom Mr.. O'Brien
is trying to unwind himself and Phil
Regan stands around and sings some
OF the tuneful music. The dancing
is excellent. particularly the above
mentioned De Marcos: Miss Del Rio
is beautiful and the rest takes care of
itself. You can put your brain in your
pocket while viewing it.
The best thing in the stage show
this week is Paul Draper (Ruth's
nephew and his dancing. Since he
will probably be snapped up by Holly
wood any minute we advise you to see
him now, in person, or never. Others
include the Landt Trio and White,
popular radio stars, who are royalty
received; Elaine Dowling's acrobatic
dancers, who tear themselves to pieces.
and Jean Boydell, who tears herself
to pieces, too. Audrey Sieber is around
again with that infectious grin and
some new clothes which become her
hugely.
X
HE Unfinished Symphony" which
continues for another week at
the Belasco, deserves your attention if
you like Schubert music. some good
singing and slightly revamped
Blossom Time" plot. The fact that
good music is in the air these DAYS is
reason enough for this pictures sue
cess and the fact that people have
taken to it is an ever-increasing proof