Evening star., 1937-10-07


another picture is partially to be shot
at the Naval Academy.
1t is Navy Blue and Gold,' and
while there is no intention to bring
a flock of actors from Hollywood, some
background shots are to be made
Director Sam Wood and a crew of
technicians will come along for that
purpose. They will be here within
the next two or three weeks.
After several days of miscellaneous
shooting, the whole group will disap-
pear as quickly as they appeared
There will be no disruption of Acad-
emy affairs, just as there was a mini
mum Of disruption when R-K-O went
about the making of Annapolis Sa-
lutte" last June. The fact that Sam
Wood is in charge of the next seq
ment OF Annapolis picture shooting
should not worry naval authorities, in
spite of Mr.. Woods previous associa-
tion with the Marx brothers. Mr..
Wood is not like the Marx brothers.
He understands them thoroughly. to
be sure, but he also understands that
both he and the Navy have work to
do. He will shoot his pictures and
get out of there without the slightest
fuss, because that happens to be the
way Mr.. Wood works But it is to
be hoped that Washington will catch
a glimpse of Mr. Wood for, in spite of
his haste, he is one Of Hollywood s
more pleasant personalities Yes, even
when he is terribly, terribly busy, as
he always seems to be.
ONE of the higher hopes which lived
in the heart of this department
when 1t sat down to witness Madame
Bovary" at the National Theater
Tuesday night was that it might come
away with fixed notion of how to
pronounce "Bovary" The players in
the Guilds handsome production,
however, seem to be as individualistic
on the subject as the ordinary lay
man. Unless things were changed last
night, which is doubtful. there are
three distinct pronunciations as the
cast utters the name. Plain "Bovary,"
with the two voWels almost equally
accented, is the most common. Next
Is the pronunciation in which the 90
Is proportionately softened, the "a"
hardened. Last, and the preference
Of Miss Constance Cummings, who
plays so satisfactorily the title role, is
"Bovayree, the quite French way of
saying it,
incidentally there's bit of loose
ness. if not downright waywardness,
in the manner in which the cast
swings from the English to the French
pronunciation Of Charles" the Chris
tian name of NJ. Bovary. Sometimes
1t is just plan Charles" as we know
it. But in the case Of Miss Cum
mings and one or two others it. Is
"Sharle."
Maybe since it is an English sdap-
tation 1t would be nice to standardize
on the English version Or maybe it
wouldn't. But uniformity would be
nice In either case.
RUT who are We to carp about such
things? We who neglected-al-
most foully-to mention as one of the
stellar performances Of the play that
of Howard Vermylia as NJ Bovary?
Mr.. Vermylia deserved a better des-
sert than that. A great deal he made
of the oxlike gentleman who hap
pened to be the husband of the gilt
tering Madame. He was superb. Yet,
somehow or other, in the early morn
ing, when reviews are written, one
neglects to mention things like that.
1t is unfair and so we're we. We are
sorry.
THIS Joan Fontaine girl about whom
Hollywood became so enthusiastic
after first having been so indifferent,
will show her talents on Keith's screen
beginning tomorrow. She plays the
lead. feminine of course, in Music
for Madame" in which the burden Of
tenoring is carried by Nino Martini
The same house will have the
first of a new series of Walt Disney
technicolor cartoons, Hawaiian Holi-
day" Carmela Ponselle. Rosa's
very talented sister, will headline the
Earle's vaudeville bill, starting a week
from tomorrow .. Pete Smith, the
man who makes such nice shorts for
NON, has been made an honorary
member Of the Green Bay Packers