Evening star., 1935-01-18

what plays was he in on the st
pictures that you know of? etc.
Answer: John Beal is very inter-
esting young man. His first film was
"Another Language" After making
very definite success in it, he fled back
to Broadway. saying, Il want to learn
how to act" and leaving his agents,
who had film offers for him galore,
bruised and empty handed.
He then played the lead in She
Loves Me Not in New York Fol-
lowing this, he returned to Hollywood
to act with Ricardo Cortez and others
in Hat, Coat and Glove" for R-K-O,
which film, incidentally, was directed
by that same Worthington Minor who
is acting in "On to Fortune" land
directing it. too) at this very minute.
Mr.. Beal. on July 3 exactly, last
Summer was advised that R-K-O
would like him to make tests for The
Little Minister" He took them. Heard
nothing. Went back to New York.
Got married. And returning to Holly
wood with his wife, was greeted with
the announcement that he would play
opposite Miss Hepburn for his next
screen assignment. (HiS next picture,
by the way, will be 'Laddie.'O
Mr.. Beal made his professional stage
debut right here at the Belasco in
Another Language" He is a grad
uate of the University of Pennsylvania,
where he was a star for two or three
years of the Mask and Wig Club. He
is short, nice looking and plays the
piano like nobodyS business.
He also invents things. He is quiet.
almost shy, and you would never take
him for an actor. He says he is still
learning to act. He's a nice person.
MARY ROGERS says: "I only saw
my father for 10 minutes when
he was here" Wills been gone a
good day and half by now.
HOW times change! 'Palooka from
- Paducah,' Educational Buster
Keaton comedy, has been booked into
the Rialto" New York; for the run
of the Fox picture, 'Baboona,' which
opens Monday"
Remember when you couldn't get
into the Rialto or the Capitol or the
Strand when full-length Keaton pic
ture was being shown? Now Keaton
plays second fiddle to Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin johnson.
1.-THE THIN MAN is getting itself
sequel. Myrna 10y and Bill
Powell will be in it and w. S. Van
Dyke will be at the megaphone again.
Newest addition to the cast is Joseph
Spurin- -Calleia, Broadway actor who
made big hit this season in Small
Miracle"
incidentally, Myron Mccormick,
that excellent young actor appearing
this week at the National in "On to
Fortune" made a hit in the same
play. Which indicates that he, too,
may be journeying to Hollywood
something which should do both
Hollywood and himself good. (And
then, of course, there's Miss Rogers
ah WE'LL.
FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW, tn e
young boy (aged 10l2), who has
made such a name for himself as
David in David Copperfield" is in
New York now preparing to make
personal appearance today with the
first showing of this film at the Cap
itol. Accompanied by his aunt and
private tutor he is wandering AROUND
the country ready to step out onto
any stage that will have him as
personal representative of this world
beater film. Wonder if he will be al
lowed to come to Washington? Proba-
bly, not, or does a personal appear
ance constitute not working In the
theater? We should like this ex-
planned by Carter Barron.
GEORGE M. KAUFMAN has gone
~ to Hollywood to work on that
script for the -Four Marx Brothers.
Max Gordon has gone there, too
although he denies that he is there
to work for the "mooffles." Walt and
see.
HVOU simply can't stay away from
Point Valaine'." that, in the
words of Bernard Sobel, more or less
sums up New York's idea about the
new Coward play. Mr.. Hammond
didn't like it. Mr.. Atkinson liked 1t
very much. Mr. Burns Mantel said
that he didn't want it." Neverthe-
less, you'll find that you cant stay
away from it." This is true not so
much from the fact that every body
else will be going to see it, but that
it's theme has a sort of drug to it,
like Rain" That, as disagreeable an
adventure in the theater as you may
think it is, it still makes interesting
watching. The tropics, a red wig, a
waiter, an aviator and red-wigged
hotel proprietress Gynn Fontanne)
make swell theater-whether you like
1t or not. We didn't-but that was
more from the minor doings than the