Evening star., 1935-10-06

AND the Hon. Steve Cochran, we as
sure you. stood all this time at
Mr.. Henderson's elbow. softly chant
ing in the manner of a Greek chorus
Miss Cornell brings Romeo and
Juliet to the National Theater on Oc-
tober IA. Miss Cornell brings Romeo
and Juliet to the National and
hexes on the drama editors who forget
to mention it."
A STUDENT of trends in film tastes,
Elihu Winer of New York turns
his attention currently to the popu-
lar theory that children dote on cow
boy pictures and horse operas OF all
types. After protracted research in
the cinema citadels of the metropolis,
he reports that in his town, at least,
the younger generation is becoming
hilariously bored with Two-Gun Petes
and Dynamite Dicks, expressing its
restleSSneSS in choruSeS of indiScrimi-
nate cheers, Bronx salutes and healthy
yawns. He contends that the juvenile
sounds and shrieks emitted during
the Wild West reels are becoming more
and more akin to the similar jeers,
Kisses, laughter and cries of approval
produced by adults viewing a revival
of Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak
Model" or The Drunkard."
Describing a recent experimental
jaunt, Mr.. Winer says:
II visited a film house in one Of
Manhattans less effete neighborhoooS
last Sunday afternoon to see, among
other things. The Arizonian,' starring
Richard Dix, and the ninth chapter
of a Tom Mix serial, The Miracle
Rider The house was full of chill
dren. Three little boys shared two
seats and one bottle of sodf to the
right of me, girl Squirmed in the
seat to the left, boy in back insisted
on digging his knees into the back of
my chair and one in front kept hop
ping up and down to get better view,
There was no lack Of enthusiasm.
There were cheers and whoops and
what might even be termed pande-
nonium. But the enthusiasm was Of
q general, rather than discriminating,
nature. There were cheers for Mae
West, cheers for the newsreel, cheers
for the animated cartoon, and even
cheers for the trailerS of coming at
fractions. There were cheers for
Richard Dix and Tom Mix, too, but
not especially long or loud.
A S A matter of fact, The Miracle
Rider received a curious recep-
ton. To get the audience into the
mood for chapter nine, a brief resume
of the preceding chapters was offered,
as is the custom with serials. During
this outline pictures of the leading
characters were flashed on the screen
The little Indian girl, heroine Of the
story, was cheered Justify, and Zaroff
and Janss. the villains, were booed
numerically. Strangely, the booing,
far from subsiding, increased notice.
ably when the hero, Tom Morgan,
played by Tom Mix, appeared. A few
scattered whoops were drowned out by
the boos.
"This perverseness continued
throughout the short picture The |
most serious moments-such as when |
Longboat, an Indian about to be |
framed by the villainous whites, said |
ma ajestically, 'Longboat no steal
Longboat good Injun!'-drew consid- |
cradle laughter. The glee reached al
most unholy proportions when the |
heroine's madly racing horse STUN
bled over rope drawn across the road /
by the villains and tossed the Indian
maiden squarely on her head. This
ended chapter nine"
PERHAPS it also signaled the end |
of chapter in American film =.
of course, the adults
rally to the sacred tradition Of Will
liam S. Hart, Buck Jones, the men
who could roll cigarette with one
hand and the horses that refused to
die out when the talkies came along.