Evening star., 1935-01-25

favorite tricks is to surprise th'
If Mr.. Cooper is prematurely mou
act, then let those mourners HE
Lancer" and prove to themselves
And, if an actors surface value de-
clares him to be ill-suited to role,
then let that particular critics con-
science guide him to see Roland Young
in David Copperfield" Young
being brilliantly disguised behind the
red, moSSy hair of Uriah Heep, the
man who was so tumble" that he made
everybody about him cringe from the
sheer rnagnificence Of that "umble-
ness"
COOPER may not look like, sound
~ like, or seem like Peter Ibbetson.
But then neither did Wallace Reid,
the man who played opposite the
unforgetable Elsie Ferguson in the
silent version of the Du Maurier classic
Mr.. Reid at that time was king of
the racing classics, and as far removed
from the more sensitive fiction as
Rome is from Brooklyn. AS far re-
moved, if not further, from Peter
than is Mr.. Cooper.
It's too early for tears. Wait till
the deed is done. Ernst Lubitsch told
us, two seasons ago, in Hollywood,
when he was directing Cooper in
Design for Living" that Cooper can
act. THE trouble up to now has
been," said Lubitsch, that nobody
has ever taken any pains with the boy
nf u,ho ho nc
really big part. he Il be put through
the mill by fighting director. Then
you'll See"
Lives of a Bengal Lancer" directed
by man, Henry Hathaway, who had
just about given up directing in dis
gust (he did WeSterns), is the nearest
answer to that to date. "Ibbetson." on
the other hand, may be the bombshell
for which Lubitsch has been waiting
x x x x
WITH Cornelia Otis Skinner. "Dods.
worth" las Thousands Cheer"
and the DOyly Carte Gilbert and Sui
livan company in the immediate ofhng,
who said that We were having a thin
theater season? Then again, maybe
you've heard that Three on Horse"
the Nationals current attraction. isn't
so bad. Bad? Christopher, it's swell!
X X X X
WHAT happened to George Givot.
W who was going to be at the Fox
this week?
Why doesn't that Bebe Daniels-Ben
Lyon-Skeets Gallagher trio bring its
new play to Washington for tryout?
When are we going to see Margaret
Sullivan in 'The Good Fairy" with
Herbert Marshall? And who is going
to show it? Remember Helen Hayes
in it at the Nationally
Will "The Enchanted April" with
Ann Harding, open on Tuesday at
R-K-O Keith's?
x x x
MYRNA 10y, an actress who is more
in demand than anybody else
right now, will be with US again next
week.-Mrs. time not as heroine of
the turf COR rather as a race-track
story heroine), but as the inspiration
for Mr.. Cary Grant in Paramount
picture called wings in the Dark"
We don't know what's been happening
to Paramount of late, but what with
Bengal Lancer" a new film called
1.-THE Gilded Lily" and now this
"WingS" it seems to be bouncing back
into very great favor. Better watch
out, M-G-M.
ONCE and for all Lives of Bengal
Lancer" Is not a jungle picture.
No. And a lancer isn't an animal
No. We mention this because the
peer of all ladies from st. Martinsville,
La, bright. attractive, sophisticated
follower of the films, who likes Mar
garet SULLIVAN and doesn't like Bette
Davis. had the sudden inspiration that
she wouldn't 60 to see the Lancer
film because it would be full Of lions,
tigers" and possibly a Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin Johnston.
No. 1t isn't saga of animal life.
It's full of the fun of living and the
not-so- much-fun of dying. It's up to
its neck with excitement. heroism and
tears. The only animal who has an
important role is cobra-and that is
a touch that we doubt if even the
exploring JohnStons could have i'm
proved on. SO far as we know nobody
but Franchot Tone has ever piped
away at cobra and lived to tell the
tale.
X X X X
TT MUST have been Wednesday when
d it was very cold and showing like
nobodys business that Sol Sorkin,
Keith's energetic assistant manager,
said to himself: "Oh gosh-I've got
to go around the corner to do an
errand. and felt pretty cold in my
own greatcoat this morning. So what
will I do?" and Mr.. Sorkin, walking
up and down in Keith's lobby, tried to
give inspiration to himself and found
none
Suddenly he looked up-saw one of
those tall, neat looking Keith's door,
men standing there, very warm in
coat, buttons, cap, etc.
A few minutes later one of these
"doormen" was seen hurrying back
into the theater, kicking the snow off
his coat, hat, buttons, etc.
Thank you very much" said Sol
to the doorman. returning the coat,
the cap, the buttons, etc. THAT was
very nice of you"
net