Evening star., 1938-05-02

will get several times his moneys
worth in the performances of the dogs
who play Black Wull and Ovid Bob,
who, with William Fyffe, as the
wrinkled, bearded rascal, are the stars
of the film. A great many film villains
could take valuable lessons from Black
Wull. who can do more tricks with
his eyes and ears than human badmen
can do with a ton Of makeup and a
thousand grimaces. And, by the same
token. any one could ripple off the
names of several screen heroes who
could learn nobility from Ovid Bob.
The love story of ITO the Victor"
is pleasant little idyll of small COM
parlson with the hate story between
the old reprobate, played by Fyffe, and
his shepherd neighbors. The latter is
tale for you, tale of a mans love
for his dog and his mischieviouS con-
tempt for his fellow man. Mr.. Fyffe's
Interpretation of the major human
role OF the film is something you will
remember long after you have for
gotten the name of the character Gary
Cooper played when Claudette Colbert
snuggled in his arms.
The most spectacular item con-
nected with ITO the Victor is its
representation of some Scottish scenes
that will do more to make you yearn
for travel than a dozen ravishing ship
line catalogues done in technicolor.
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The Barton family, it would seem,
is full of Jeeter Testers. Jeeter
being the hero. so to speak. of To
bacco Road" which opens tonight at
the National. When the curtain goes
up here at $50, Jeeter will assume
the person of John Barton and when
it rises on the New York company
few minutes later, James Barton will
be the major expression of the un-
wholesome wholesomeness of the
Testers. The two are uncle and
nephew, John being the uncle.
The elder Barton learned the part
in rather an interesting way; by hang
ing around for months during the time
Nephew James was playing it in
Gotham. He became so imbued with
the character that he went up to
Sam GriSman, producer, and asked
for the role in case it ever was va
cant. Well, it obviously was, and John
Barton got it. He has been playing
Jeeter for more than a year now, an
interval which leaves him his own
nephew's Junior by several hundred
performances
THE Temples apparently have
changed their minds again about
that Eastern trip starting June l.
Changed their minds, let it be said,
in fashion that has Hollywood gap
ing They are going to travel by auto
mobile with Washington scheduled to
be their first major stop although
there probably will be several hun
dred minor ones between there and
here. 1t is the prospect of the latter
that has Hollywood astonished at the
audacity of the Temples who, just
week or so ago. were thinking of
abandoning the whole journey because
Shirleys fans represented continu-
GUS stymie along the route.
The present plan calls for a police
escort the entire trip, a change of
escort at every State line, naturally
1t probably will be the longest es-
corted Journey ever undertaken. And
the toughest for the escort!
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THIS departments cry of pax, pax
to irate Nelson Eddy fans ap-
pealed to at least one kind heart, for
which thanks Children's Theater
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