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Evening star., 1937-04-17
"Call it a Day" as Bright
AS Balmiest Day in Spring
Can Happen When the Pagan Impulse
Rouses From Winter.

ALL 1T DAY" at the Earle this another
engaging uproaious comedy. actually
~ a brightness
OF what the first Spring wrought disturb
large family.
of grand comedy adroit
Evening star., 1937-04-17
LOMBARD -MACMURRAY
BACK IN POPULAR FILM
Swing High, Swing Low" Also
Gives Butterworth Good Role
at Metropolitan.

A MONG the fyweight entertain
ments at present so popular with
screen fans, Swing High, Swing Low"
which returned to the Metropolitan
Theater yesterday, must be rated as
one Of the seasons best. Its plot hing
ing upon the torchy sorrows and loves
of cabaret girl (Carole Lombard)
and hot trumpet player (Fred Mac
Murray, who seem to get nowhere
at all without one another The film
is relieved Of it's sentimental burdens
by the excellent comedy work Of
Charlie Butterworth and Jean Dixon,
lifted into class A by two honest per-
formances from its romantic princi-
pals
Setting Of the piece is Panama, then
New York, with MacMurray and Lom-
bard making good together in Pana-
manian honky-t -tonk, MacMurray going
on to New York to succeed and be-
come bum at one and the same time
on account of because he has not his
good wife around to keep him in line.
There are the usual alarms, sidestep-
ping and weepy wars between the two
before the reconciliation and fadeout,
but even their moaning low is re-
lieved by smart direction, a good
musical score and the first funny role
Charlie Butterwoth has been given
In many moon.
Not for the serious minded, but fine
If you like swing music and careless
comedy. r. B. p, Jr,
Evening star., 1937-04-17

and Oracle Allen, who missed the'
screening of this amiable Hawaiian
foolishness.
Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Shirley
Rose, whole coveys of Hawaiian dane
ers and guitar -strummers are the sup
porting props to typical Bing Crosby
story-semi- half-comic, kid
ding itself at times, at others deep in
the lush mellowness Of sentimental
ballads, moonlight photography and
the firm conviction that love will
conquer ALL
Long on melody, photography and
the convivial spirit, short on all but
the most elemental comedy, WAIKIKI
Wedding" Is perhaps most notable for
its plot thesis, concerning a publicity
man who becomes the victim OF one
Of his own stunts. Since there are
not enough city editors in the world
to break box-oflce records solely on
the merits Of that appeal, Director
Frank Tuttl injected into the smartly
paced action OF his cinema vivid
sketches OF Hawaii as the advertise
iIAClltS olu VI "OUlu nave Us
believe it, spicing the old apple sauce
with some lively native lore which
may or may not be authentic.
Any tendency toward STIFFNESS in
the script is avoided. however, by a
trick slant that we had best permit
you to discover for yourself.
Principal running gag in the story
is sustained by pig named Wafford
and Hill-Billy Comedian Bob Burns.
Working with both Burns and Miss
Raye in a large portion Of their
flicker footage, Wafford proves one of
the best scene stealers yet discovered
in Hollywood, gets most of his laughs
practically unaided, is no doubt due
for seven-year contract as soon as
the box-oft1ce reports come rolling in
to his employers.
The song and sweetheart business
Of the flm is carried, OF course, by
Evening star., 1937-04-17
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time OF Showing.

National-"The Good Earth" at
2:3O and $50 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Top Of the Town
at 1875 am, 1885, $40. 5:45, 7:45
and $50 pm. March Of Time" at
11:15 am, lis, $40, $40, 7:25 and
$50 pm.
Capitol-"Love From Stranger" at
1915 am, 1895, 3, 5:25, 7:5O and
1918 pm. Stage shows at 1850 am,
ais, 4:40, 7:05 and s:25 pm.
Palace-"Waikiki Wedding at
ll:15 am, lis, 800, 5:25, 1880 and
$50 pm.
Earle-"Call 1t a Day" at II am.
1:35, 4:30, 72O and 10 pm. Stage
shows at 1875, $50, $40 and 9:05
pm.
Columbia-"Seventh Heaven" at IL
2:25, 4:50, tbs and $40 pm.
Metropolitan-"Swing High. Swing
Low" at II a m, LOS, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35
and 9:45 pm.
Rialto-"Cougress Dances" at 1880
am, 2:25, $40 and $40 pm.
Little-"Ah, Wilderness" at 11:2C
am, 1:20, 3:25, $50, 7:35 and 9:4O
pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts. Shows
run hour and Is minutes, continuous
10 am. to IL midnight.
Ambassador-"We're on the Jury"
at 2:25, 4:30, 6:15, 8 and 945 pm.
Uptown-"When's Your Birthday
at 1:50, 355, s, 7:50 and $40 pm.
Howard-'Marked Woman" at
1890, 5, $50, and 1890 pm Stage
shows at 1:55, 4:25, 6:55 and $40 pm
Evening star., 1937-04-17
Gay Musical Film
Opens at the Palace
".Waikiki Wedding" Thrives on Hawaiian
Romanticism, Then Takes It for
Sleigh Ride
BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, Jr

FIELD day for radio fans who like their idols action
Wedding"
virtually
Evening star., 1937-04-17

have heard her sing over the radio
that she does in her personal appear
ance act. Her presence lends some-
thing to the songs that is quite an
asset.
Bert Granoff, with the assistance
OF Carolyn Henry and Dean Herrick,
made such hit with his popular
demand" vocal program that he prob
ably could stay on forever in his home
town. He won't, however. This is
his last week. II you have not heard
him it should be must before next
Friday.
Besides these two, the remainder Of
the stage show acts seemed relatively
unimportant. J.C,
Evening star., 1937-04-17

rs we can come TO dennlng IL, you've
got q palace that cost so much there
was too little left over to buy furnish
tngs. If it should turn out that Uni
versal laid an egg-which it probably
won't because there is enough scat
tered through the film to give 1t
appeal-it at least could have the
satisfaction Of claiming that it was
the largest, most brightly colored egg
any one ever saw.
The trouble with The Top Of the
Town" is its bigness. There is too
much of it. 1t has some mighty excel
lent features but they get lost too
often about the huge premises. There
is the loveliness (to-look-at kinO of
Doris Nolan, the torch-singing Of
Gertrude Niesen, the comedy of Hugh
Herbert and the Three Sailors, the
dancing Of Peggy Ryan and Ella
Logan, the Hamlet burlesque of Mis-
cha Auer, and dozen other good
details. If some one could have
dragged them all together, let's say
Universal, it would have had much
more appealing picture.
It's dumb, of course, to ask coher-
ence in a thing so glitteringly make
believe, but it is only human to regret
Its absence at so lavish an affair.
The picture is remarkably fresh in
the talent it offers There's George
Murphy, for instance, in the male
lead. So far as box Office is concerned,
he is just another Murphy. AS an
actor, however, he gets as much con-
viction as, say, John Gielgud could
into part so loosely conceived.
4 X \
A ND, after Murphy, there are Miss
Nolan, Miss Niesen, Miss Logan
and Miss Ryan. They go about their
varied duties with as much vitality as
you would find in dozen persons
with larger box-oftice appeal They,
too, however, are handicapped. They
go away somewhere about the huge
set at times and by the time they
return so many unrelated things have
happened it is pretty hard to remem-
Der just where you saw them before
The result Is that something which
would have been swell if it had been
simpler turns into q kind of I. @.
test
The best way to get across the
Idea Of the size of Top of the Town"
Evening star., 1937-04-17

OIeCtlO1l combining l1ltO one Ol blie
gayest, daffiest, and most sparkling
pieces Of the current season.
Simple, human and Zone suspects)
universal is the essential story Of
Call 1t Day" 1t is all about a
big family which went balmy on the
first balmy day. Pagan implications
are strewn all over the place as
father, mother, and the three children
fall in love respectively with a siren,
a bachelor rubber planter, an artist,
the girl next door, and the long dead
Rosetd.
Maybe it's implausible-and maybe
it is not implausible, which it seems
wiser to think-but that will make no
difference. You will like it or you
have forgotten what it is like to belong
to the human species.
X
THE film is studded chat usually is
the word) with facile perform
ances. Olivia De Haviland, whose
name gets the largest type in the
billing Of the picture, probably earns
1t. She is no more than two shades
away from perfect as the beautiful
debutante who drenches the day with
tears and coyness in her unrequited
love for an artist who just does not
want to philander that day.
And, almost as good as the lovely
Olivia are Frieda Inescort and Bonita
Granville. Miss Inescort plays the
good wife and mother whose goodness
Is given the severest test Of its long
life when that Spring day brought the
bachelor planter into her life Miss
Granville, who has been saddled with
a lot Of evil parts in her brief pic
ture career, ought to be set entirely
straight with her public in this one.
She is fairly enchanting as the baby
of the family who dreams her roman
tic dreams Of Rosetti and Shelley, as
little girls may rightfully do when
Spring trips into the heart.
Of the men, you probably will take
Roland Young, who imparts just the
right touch of whimsical evil to the
role Of the bachelor. Ian Hunter, too,
Is excellent as the husband who comes
merely close to getting caught in the
tolls Of that siren and goes home not
quite certain whether he lost or gained
in the escape.
As for the rest of the cast, let 1t
get what satisfaction it can out Of
knowing that it seems awfully good,
even If there is not room in the paper
for the various names.
It takes good dialogue to drag the
utmost in comedy out OF the situa-
tions which follow one another in such
delirious parade through Call It q
Day" Good dialogue is what the
drama has for every situation.
A thought that keeps bobbing
around in the mind is that Call It a
Day" is the sort Of thing the species
has needed to keep it from making an
idiot Of itself when the nights turn
warm and the moon grows bright.
X \
THE stage show at the Earle reaches
its happiest moment when Jane
Froman comes out Of the wings to
look so lovely and sing so well. It is
generous repertoire of the songs you
Evening star., 1937-04-17
Top of the Town atKeith's s
Is Biggest if Not Greatest
New Universal Musical Has Some Excellent
Features, But Sometimes They're Lost
in the Confusion.
BY JAY CARMODY.

n being Pictures would
much to make THE the
which yesterday at Keith You
a pictures
supplies of tnse hnestones tubing board feet OF lumber
together,
Evening star., 1937-04-17

ute in the modern music field than
the syncopation turned out by this
corporation, so an old simile is as
good as any. There are songs by
Kenny Sargent, who's probably the
top individual star of the show, more
songs by Pee-Wee Hunt, bright songs
and dances by Terry Green and it's
all something like swell"
Others on the stage bill are Mandy
and Cord, whose novel acrobatics are
more than just okay, and Fred Light
ner, who is comic and at whom some
people laughed.
Evening star., 1937-04-17

large and healthy Cor should 1t be
unhealthy school Of British play and
photoplay writing, it appears, the
members of which are never happier
than when plunging merrily through
the psychological maze OF the mind
of some lad who goes about doing
away with people because he finds 1t
more fun than, say, whist or bundling.
The latest item in this let's-brood-
over-a-good- category is Love
From Stranger" the new melodrama
at Loew's Capitol, which brings Ann
Harding back to the screen. Miss
Harding seems bit sturdier of pro-
portion than when last seen in q
Hollywood production, but this is just
as well, for it took a pretty sturdy
girl to stand up under the strain OF
all the doings in Love From q
Stranger"
IT Owe FROM A STRANGER" you
see, subjects its heroine to some
mighty thrilling and strenuous mo-
ments. She wins the sweepstakes,
then sets out to see life. She sees
1t by marrying q fellow who is ex-
ceedingly charming at first, but who
turns out to have strange career.
Well, II it isn't strange 1t, at least,
Is not ordinary. He earns his money
by marrying women who have 1t, then
playfully choking them to the death,
spending the money and going on to
another mate. This, under the
capable guiding hand of Rowland v.
Lee, who has built some moments OF
suspense that are vows, makes for
exciting film fare.
It's well acted, too. Basil Rathbone
Is the mad murderer, and after looking
upon the enthusiasm with which he
plays the role you'll begin to wonder
If maybe he ought not be watched
more closely in his private life. He
actually seems to enjoy playing this
lad, whose greatest glee derives from
c-r-r-ushing women into small pieces
Miss Harding, too, has some fine mo-
ments and the shrek she lets out at
the climax of the thriller will have
women fainting right and left anc
even will send chuls cantering ur
and down the spines Of cynical mer
who haven't believed all this business
TO-DAY and next week the tor
l. honors in the Capitols stage show
will be garnered by the Casa Iona
Band, but at the first two shows yes
terday those honors were divided be-
tween the sleek indigo music Of th'
Casa Lomas and w. s. Van Dyke, thu
chap responsible for what seems lik'
half the hit pictures coming out o
Hollywood. Vans routine was differ
ent at each appearance, according II
report, but his second time on n
scored an immediate and definite sue
cess as q higher-type comedian will
4 number Of heretofore untold yarn
about the humorous side OF making
6llums.
II We say the Casa Iona musi
manner Is as modern as tomorrow
newspaper we know everybody viii
Immediately leave the room, bu
there's nothing more up to the min
Evening star., 1937-04-17
SEVENTH HEAVEN BACK
FOR WEEK AT COLUMBIA
Henry Kings Direction Retains
Poignant Beauty Of Austin
Strong Romance.

A NY revival Of Austin Strong's ten
der and poignant romance, "Sev-
enth Heaven" was bound to have
some measure Of success, for this is a
tale that lives on and on and ever finds
response in the heart. So it really is
Twentieth Century-Fox perturbation
Of the tale that won fame as a stage
play and silent film now ensconced
at Loew's Columbia for a second week
ON F street.
That is, it is no surprise to see "Sev-
enth Heaven" back again unless you
stop to think of the Chico and Diane
Of this revival Of a fine romantic
drama. Chico is played by James
Stewart, who has shown no small
amount of promise in some Of his past
performances and who was very good
in Rose Marie" Chico, however, is
not the same as the lad In Rose
Marie" and, while Mr.. Stewart may
arouse certain emotions in the hearts
OF the lassies looking at his image upon
the screen, 1t must be said that he
plays his role with much the same
confidence as displayed by a card
manipulation wearing boxing gloves.
Simone Simon, who plays Diane,
seems surer than Stewart at times of
the meaning OF her role, but while
sometimes she is Diane there are other
times when she is Simone Simon. This
Is the last place in the world, though,
that you will find any complaints
against her being just Simone Simon
and, II necessary, we will reiterate that
pledge OF undying (weu, practically
undying) devotion.
Otherwise Director Henry King has
kept the tender spirit and the poignant
feeling Of Mr.. Strong's beautifully
romantic tale Of lad who found a
sweet love blooming In the drabness
OF Paris slum. HM
Evening star., 1937-04-17

is to mention the building In which
1t presumably is laid. 1t is q trick
little 100-story affair with night
club, the Moonbeam Room, on the
top where the stars are running their
courses. Get the idea? If you have,
then we can go on with the story.
The building is owned by an heiress
who, because she is out of work and in
the money, decides to go into the
night club business. Not in the usual
way, you understand, but because she
thinks floor shows ought to have more
of socio-political flavor. Well, there
is no way to stop girl with that much
money and that much cussedness,
SO they let her devise her idea Of
what ought to 60 with champagne.
You really ought to see it. In it,
there is everything that never has been
in floor show before There's Ham,
let, for instance, reciting his soliloquies
to an obligato sung by a colored
choir, and ballet dance symbolizing
how sad 1t is for political prisoners
to be sent to the salt mines. And
there's a symphony orchestra!
When the customers begin to walk
out, don't join them-the heiress has
learned the error of her way. She
marries the orchestra leader and
leaves the entertainment business to
him forever after.
Get it?
~ IL l. L.
THERE is very compact and timely
March of Time" to compensate
for the looseness of the feature pic
ture, however. The current issue Of
this monthly pictorial journal is no
end lively with its stories Of the
Supreme Court controversy, the fight
Of England to rebuild her army and
end malnutrition among 22,000000
citizens and the growth Of the anna
teur sleuthing movement into some
thing like an exact science.
The Supreme Court episode loses
none of its forcefulness in the tactful
manner in which it is handled Last
minute editing brings the film COM
pletely up to date, covering even the
aftermath of the Wagner act de-
cision.
1t is very much worth your time
and your money.
Evening star., 1937-04-17

Crosby and Miss Ross, both delight
fully at ease in their jobs. although
Miss Ross has been photographed
rather badly by a cameraman who
was evidently so enchanted with the
possibilities of nature shots that he
forgot about actors faces. (Which
may not be bad idea at thatD
Best songs: Sweet Is the Word for
You" and blue Hawaii. The latter,
done in Crosby-Ross duet that is a
knockout. should encourage producers
to team these two again.
The Palace program, by the way,
includes one of the most brilliant ski
short subjects ever filmed Addicts of
the fine art Of slip, slither and fall in
the snow will not want to miss it.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
Briton Enjoys Murder
In Capitol's Photoplay
'Iove From Stranger" Puts Ann Harding
in Clutches of Killer Who Likes His Work.
Casa Iona Music Tops Stage Bill.
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

EFORE the
- will
Egishnan" This said due
pokadot ties spotted ties but
sending these United States motion
dealing nothing o
murder s
Evening star., 1937-04-17

THE stage show at the Earle reaches
its happiest moment when Jane
Froman comes out Of the wings to
look so lovely and sing so well. It is
a generous repertoire Of the songs you
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-04

Miss Carrie Hoffman,, 1882
Smelling Ave-, a prize winner in
the 1886 Bathing Beauty Show, en-
rolled for the 1887 attraction to
be held at Harriet Island, st. Paul,
Monday, June %.
New entrants are in Minneap-
oils: Miss Pearl Short, 1O17 Fifth
st. &c., sophomore at South High
school, who leads a tap dancing
class of 100 girls and hopes to win
the dancing prize in the 1887 con-
test, and Levina Judy, well known
Minneapolis girl who graduated
from South High school here and
completed her nurses training at
Providence Hospital, Chicago. In
st. Paul: Mrs. Beulah Mae Brown
ing, 5S5 Rohdo, who hopes to win
the popularity prize, and Mrs. Car
RE Harold, 3S9 Rondo, who also
will aspire for one Of the 20 prizes
in this unusual attraction.
All women may register by
calling HYland 4755 or Bridge
port 1896 in Minneapolis, and ELK
hurst 2713 or Dale 68O7, st. Paul.
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an automobile accident Sunday,
May %, is improving nicely at
Ancker Hospital where he was TAX
en- following the accident.
Miss Martha Naomi Anderson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Archi-
bald Anderson of IT'S Iglehart
Avenue, celebrated her fifth birth
day Sunday. Those present were
Marlene and Robert Allen, Thorn
as and Maurice Hickman, Emily,
William and jeanne Clark, Beverly
Carroll, Iris, Constance, and Patricia
Brown, Shirly, Constance, and Rol-
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and Jones, Beverly and Jackie
Hickman, Joyce Vassar, Corky
Kendall, Brewer Lee Clark, Billie
Taylor, Veronica Curruthers, Jean
Durante, Catherine Corum, Rob-
ert Grisby and Richard Schlick.
The color scheme was green and
white.
She was the recipient of many
lovely gifts. Miss Ruth Brown
of Halle @. Brown willingly helped
entertain the youngsters by lead
ing games and using a camera to
photograph the youngsters.
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Social and Personal
oMINNEAPOLISe

present at the next meeting and
bring one guest.
Altadena Social and Art Club met
at home of Mrs. Marie Hughes,
1852 Fourth Ave. So, Friday, May
%. Members present were Lu-
ellie Woodward, Geraldine Ed
wards, Lillian Austin, Weller White,
Lucille Ellis, Margorie Hayes. Re
freshments were served. Next meet
ing will be with Mrs. Onia Mccoy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Parks
Catherine Carter) of Milwaukee,
and Ray Florance of Kenosha,
Wis.,, motored to the city over the
week end and were the house
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. L.
Brown. They left Monday evening
for their homes.
PASTORS WIFE ILL
Mrs. P. Mitchell, wife of Rev.
P. Mitchell, pastor of West Cen
trail Church G. I. c., St. Paul, is
still seriously ill at her home, SCI
Eighth Ave. North, Minneapolis.
Mrs. Noah Baker, Madame
Walker Beauty Culture teacher of
Chicago, returned to her home
Tuesday, June first, after a two
weeks visit with Miss Cleo Young,
531 Lyndale Ave. No. ... -
Mrs. Baker was entertained by
Miss Young and her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H. Young, at a party
Monday night and a luncheon Tues
day at which Rev. and Mrs. P.
L. Lockett, Rev. and Mrs. C. May
weather and Mrs. G. Bufkins were
guests.
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DOLORES O'NEAL WEEDS
EUGENE w. ROBINSON


The marriage of Miss Dolores
Ruth O'Neal, Minneapolis, and Mr..
Eugene w. Robinson of Dallas,
Texas, was quietly solemnized We'd.
nesday, May 26, at the home of the
brides mother, Mrs. Ruth Stone,
2435 Fifth avenue South. Rev. C..
F. Stewart performed the ceremony.
The bride was gowned in a beau
tiful white satin creation and car
ried a bouquet of Johanna Hill
roses, lilies of the valley, and sweet
peas. Her sister, Mrs. Helen Cum
Der, was maid of honor. Mr.. Col
umbus Turman was groomsman.
Miss Essie R. Mason played the
wedding march and also accompa-
MED Mrs. Henrietta Coins of st.
Paul in two appropriate vocal num-
bers. Mrs. Carl Wade and Mrs.
Villa Newman were hostesses.
In the receiving line were: Nine.
Luther Abbey, w. M. Smith, Miss
Sallie Mae Truman and James
Gresham. Mrs. Stone was assisted
by Mrs. Ella Wynn. Mrs. Fannie
Pierre Lewis presided at the punch
bowl. Most of the guests were
neighborhood friends of the family,
among them Miss Ella Davis Of the
General Hospital, and from St.
Paul the Misses. Gladys Saulters,
Barbara Coleman, and Lawrence
Wycoff. "
The young couple will visit the
groom's parents in Texas this sum-
mer, returning to Minneapolis
where Mr.. Robinson will complete
his medical course and later will
enter into practice in Chicago.
THE PLAY STUFFED OWLS"
A SUCCESS
Stuffed Owls" presented by the
Ladies Altar Society of st. Peter
Claver Catholic Church on Thurs
day, May ~, was grand success,
due to the faithful efforts of the
chairman, Mrs. Louise James, and
her committee, and the splendid d.
rection of Mrs. Matte Rhodes. A
beautiful duet, "In the Arena
March" by Engleman was played
by Miss Gwendolyn James and Mr..
Jack James, children of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. L. James of 900 Carroll
avenue, and a beautiful solo was
rendered by Mrs. Matte Rhodes.
The committee wishes to extend
thanks to everyone who helped.
Mrs. R. E. Wysner, 500 Aldrich
Ave. No., who is ill at the Gen
eral hospital, is reported much i'm
proved following an attack OF
pneumonia.
The True Sportsman's Club
held its regular meeting Tuesday
evening, June 1, at the home of
Miss Jane Jones, $40 st. Anthony
Ave. After the meeting, the host
ess served refreshments and bridge
was played.
The Club will meet with Mrs.
Bessie Gresham Tuesday night,
June 8, at 8 p. m.
All members are requested to be