The Washington times., 1935-12-30

in Tale of Two Cities" Among
them the little frightened seam
stress of Isabel Jewell; the tense,
melodramatic moments provided
by Blanche Yurka in the speech
which condemns Dornay; the deep
musical voice of Henry B. Walthal
in his best role since viva Villa"
C. C. Give as the Judge in Old
Bailey, famed English court;
Basil Rathbone as the Marquis de
st. Evremond.
Fairly faithful to the Dickens
volume, the picture retains the
unhappy ending which sends Car
ton to the guillotine with these
famous words as the fadeout: 1T
is far, far better thing that I
do, than 1 have ever done; it is
a far, far better rest that I go to,
than I have ever known"
DIR. SHYNE MEETS JACKIE
One of the welcome visitors in
Jackie Coogan's dressing room at
Loew's Fox yesterday was Dr.
Frank Shyne, the eminent oSteo,
path.
Doc was a school chum of
Jsckie's father years back in
yracuse, N. Y. Doc related many
incidents in Daddy Coogan's
early career as an amateur per
former in the salt city. The doc.
tor got Jack, ST., a try-out with
Jules Delmar, who was then cir
cult manager for the Keith
vaudeville theaters.
John Coogan soon climbed the
ladder of success to Keith big
time and was rated as one Of the
best hooters 25 years ago. Coogan
teamed up with Ed Parks in a
singing and dancing act and
later went with Jimmy Cox in a
novelty song and dance act. BY
this time you probably get an
inkling where Jackie got that
talent from.
This Coogan-Betty Cradle show
is Fanchon and Marco unit and
the first revue from that famous
company to play the Fox Theater
in many weeks. Once they pro-
vided all of Carter Barron's stage
attractions. Fanchon and Marco
furnish most of the vaudeville
west of the Mississippi, control
the best firSt-run movie theaterS
in St. Louis, is in fact the largest
artists management and theater
operations firm in the United
States. Only last week it was an
nounced that they would enter the
field of Broadway production
with new musical comedy, star
ring Olsen and johnson.
THE FLYNN RECORD
To keep the record straight,
Captain Blood" in which Enrol
Flynn makes such smashing hit
at the Earle Theater this week,
is not his first motion picture.
Let's say it's the first picture he
cares to talk about.
Actor Flynn was discovered by
Warner Bros London agent while
working on the stage and rushed
to their Teddington studio. There
he was thrust into a picture called
Murder at Monte Carlo" which
the English describe as a quota
feature, but which Mr.. Flynn
would l., to forget. In the Case
of the Curious Bride" his first
in Hollywood, he played corpse,
visible for a few seconds.
When Warner Bros plans to
get Robert Donat as star for
Captain Blood" fell through, it
spelt opportunity for Mr.. Flynn.
He was given the role destined
to make him a celebrity and i'm.
portant from now on in Holly
wood.
FATS MAKES A HIT
Fats Waller, sepia star of Nate
Stiefel's show at the Howard this
week, gets a great big hand when
his shining brown features flash
on the screen at Loew's Fox in
the trailer for king of Bur
lesque." Puzzled about it, Lew
Brown did some research, and dis
covered the Waller popularity
comes from phonograph records
and radio fans.
Up at the Howard there is no
such uncertainty. He is next to
the Mills Brothers as a box office
star.
NEAT CASTING
Neatest casting of the season is
Alex Yokels filling of the play
wright's role in Julie" which will
be the new play attraction at the
National Theater the week of
January 10.
James Warwick, author of
Blind Alley now running at the
Morosco Theater, will enact the
playwright in support of Beth
Merrill, star Of the production.
Unhappy Walter
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