Evening star., 1935-08-17
Fox Picture
Has Melody
In Quantity
Singing CONSPICUOUS
Also in Excellent
Stage Show.
"EvERY NIGHT AT EIGHT" which

0EvERY NIGHT AT EIGHT" which
opened yesterday at the Fox, is
I'm in the Mood for Love" Il Feel
a Song Coming On" Take it Easy"
Then You've Never Had the Blues, A"
and Alice Faye. Francis Langford and
Patsy Kelly. That's all it is. Just a
lot Of swell music, played by some
body's band, in front of which George
Raft waves stick, and lot Of better
music sung by the three young ladies
principally by Miss Langford.
The plot, such as 1t Is, does not
interfere in even a minor degree with
the flow of tuneful melody. It's about
three girls who lose their jobs be-
cause their dreams Of microphones
interfere with their work: meet up
with one TOPS" Cardona at a radio
amateur night: become the Three
Swanee Sisters, and rise Immediately
to fame and fortune under the shrewd
and sometimes hard-to-take guidance
of Orchestra Leader Cardona. There
is not an ounce Of suspense or dra-
matte conflict In the whole works.
But 1t Is photographed on hand
some backgrounds, has a number OF
mighty clever lines and presents a
fine musical score Also there is one
grand comedy sequence, done on a
theme which could be followed up
to advantage by the boys who have
to do with making movies. This is
the amateur hour, where the gals
get their first break, which Is the
meeting up with Mr.. Cordona.
Walter Catlett plays a Maj. Bowes
sort of a master of ceremonies, WELD
ing the gong and introducing a
couple Of the most lunatic amateur
radio performers on record. The
dizziest Of these is a lady who does
some sort Of barnyard imitation.
After the amateur hour there's
nothing else to talk about and you
come right back to the music. The
orchestral score is splendid, and al
most rises to heights at points. The
vocal numbers, too, are just about
tops. Miss Langford, q newcomer
to the screen from radio, has voice
you should hear as soon as possible
If you have not heard 1t before When
she sings, Never Had the Blues"
and Mood for Love-" you will sit up
and take notice. She's going to be-
come something of a screen actress,
too, If she continues as she has
started out.
II Feel a Song Coming On" in
troduced during a Swanee Sister
broadcast. and the biggest production
number Of the film, presents a grand
colored baritone, James Miller. He
sings the number backed by Golored
chorus, and makes it one Of the out
standing bits in the photoplay Miss
Faye sings we'll. too, especially her
solo, Take 1t Easy" and Patsy Kelly
does some Of her nonpareil Patsy
Kelly comedy. SO even without a
plot there is pleaty to entertain in
Every Night at Eight"
There is q grand bit OF singing
done on the Fox stage, too, to head
line a bang-up vaudeville show This
baritone vocaliziDE is done by young
Sid Gary, who has a voice with a
clear, true tone, and volume enough
to I'LL the Fox even without the public
address system.
Also present are the most lunatic
dancers known t.. man, Gordon and
Revel, who take ell ball room dancers
for q terrific ride with their dizzy
terpsichorean satire; Benny Ross and
Maxine Stone. who tries to be the
LATEST woman in existence. and the
Ambassador, four boys and four girls,
who present Some of the most
smoothly performed dance routines
you could want to see, and introduce
Gertrude Breifer, a highly competent
control and acrobatic specialist. The
overture is conducted by Max Finder.
H. M.