Evening star., 1935-07-13

IOIl WHO ldleT ledTIleu Ills SlllSulS lC
at once a screen personality to bt
Carrillo to do the acting and Luis
hair, there is every reason why this
We have, however, one large, if un-
important, question to ask Director
Schertsinger. How in the name of
common sense could he start off with
such an opening scene? Did any one
at Lake Placid ever behave that way?
Would a rich. young. idle attractive
girl like Miss Moore be allowed to live
if she ever sang an aria out OF the
window while she was putting on her
shirt? And would bunch of Placid
vacationists ever stop in the midst
of their bob-sledding. tobogganing
and whatnot to throw back Italian
lit was italian wasn't it?) at that
balcony window? All, no-double no!
That beginning is weak imitation OF
the never-to-b forgotten balcony
scene in "One Night of Love"-in
which new peak was reached in
musical picture. 1t just doesn't hap
pen to make sense, that's all
The remainder of Miss Moore's new
film is OK Miss Moore is better
looking than ever and in excellent
vocal trim; Leo Garlic, as the big,
bad gambling man, loves her quietly
and almost dies for her-a situation
much to be desired; Robert Allen is
a good-looking young man who loves
her, too-and Mr.. Bartlett sings with
all his heart and soul, and at one
point might have stolen the picture if
the sound men hadn't carefully seen
to it that his voice was suddenly al
most exterminated.
There is more plot" less charm
and Just as much singing in this sec
ond Moore film as there was in the
first. Our suspicion is that bad men
and even a rather amusing hot-cha
number are not quite in keeping with
the stars temperament. and that the
straining for another "One Night of
Love" rather taxed the producers. 1t
is easy, however, to say that second
try isn't so good as the first-particu-
larly when it is doubtful if there will
ever be another first"
The thing to remember is that the
new picture at the Earle is something
to see-even if it is or isn't up to
the other. You still have Miss Moore
and that's about twice as much as
you get in most other pictures-even
if Miss Moore's dramatic equipment
is confined mostly to throwing her
hands up over her head With
voice like that she could throw her
hands anywhere-and nobody would
know the difference.
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HIGHLIGHTS of this weeks stage
show at the Earle include Cross
end Dunn, two popular entertainers,
who know just what the public wants
and never fail to get enthusiastic
acclaim. Mr.. Cross, by the way, has
a very fine voice, and Steve Evans,
whose Hollywood Snapshots" are
among the best-in fact, his act is
knockout. Other acts include Herbert.
Lyme and Mitzi, acrobatic artists with
jaws of steel. and Billy Wells and the
Four Fays in an act that could be
both better and worse.
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DUT all thought of Edgar Allan Poe
out of your head when you go
to see The Raven" at R-K-O Keith'S.
The famous author, but for reference
TO his Pit and the Pendulum is
quite out of the picture. However, the
film is noteworthy for the fact that
it presents the art of makeup at
a.
cred face being one of those things
that you will dream about long after
the picture has faded from sight.
Mr.. Karlof's excellently contrived
pan" and Bella Lugosi being an un-
pleasant maniac who doteS on neat
little tortures-Such as putting two
people in a room which gradually gets
smaller and smaller and eventually
crushes them to death-are at their
best in this multiple horror story,
which combines almost every torture
apparatus known to man.
The audience is, however, so wrap
ped up with the various crime gadgets
that it is apt to overlook the fact that
it is meant to be frightened by them.
too. Therein lies the fault of the
film-although it definitely has its
moments.
These include Irene Wares per-
sistent screams as things happen all
around her and she finds that her
bed room has been built on an eleva-
tor and goes hither and yon and up
and downstairs all over the house;
Mr.. Lugosi's horrid operation on
Karlof's face; and the pendulum
which swings over the head of Miss
Wares father.
The players play their parts as
though they had been genuinely
frightened during the fllming-some-
thing which we can readily under
stand. None of them are, however,
particularly important except the two
chief bad men You'll like the team
of karlof and Lugosi.
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7 USE RAINIER should feel pleased
that "Escapade" is being neld
over for second week at the Palace.
AS much as we like Myrna 10y for
whom the film was originally intend
ed) we can't help but think that no.
body could be half so good in it as
Miss Rainer-and We also think that
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