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Evening star., 1938-01-08
"Man.proof" Back
To P1av Columbia.

CASTING Myrna 10y in a dramatic
role and permitting her to forego
for the time being her sallies into
the field of light comedy and even
slapstick is happy change of pace
for her and her admirers. In Man
proof" which now has moved down
to the Columbia for another week on
street, she Is cast as q young lady
considerably in love, whose love is, if
not completely unrequited, at least
somewhat thwarted by the marriage
Of the apple Of her eye to the other
girl. 1t Is not role which calls for
the gay touch and light banter, but
rather leads Miss 10y into serious
paths, shaded bit with the psyche
logical, and it is to her credit land to
your enjoyment) that she carries the
whole thing of with complete success.
"Man-proof," to be sure, seemed to
us at least to be not quite the photo
play 1t could have been. It spends
considerable time cropping for the
pathway 1t is to follow and several
reels of celluloid are unwound before
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the groove ''Man-proof'' becomes in
telligent cinema fare and the last
half of the picture tells its story with
considerable good sense and telling
effect. It has problem which life
has often seen and it solves it with
the same grace and success with
which life often solves it. The man
in the case (Walter Pidgeon) is
shown for what he is, man in search
Of love with the odds stacked against
him by his own faults over which he
has no control: the wife (played ex-
ceedingly well by Rosalind Russell)
turns out to be an extremely discern
ing woman, who knows her husband
and who knows the mind and soul
Of woman; and Miss 10y turns out
really to be in love with the sort Of a
newspaper artist portrayed by Fran
chot Tone,
It all is the sort of stuff which IL
known as sophisticated and it has
been put together with the customary
graceful touch supplied d. by the
technicians Of Metro -Goldwyn Mayer
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in its misunderstanding Of the native
temperament and way of life. one is
thoroughly set for the very simple in
PRODUCTION to the hurricane uttered
by Mr.. Mitchell. After discussing
rather thoroughly the injustice of the
governors treatment Of the horribly
beaten and unfairly imprisoned Ter
angi, Mr.. Mitchell observes:
Civilization would look pretty
funny in q high wind"
II nature herself was not listening,
Mr.. Ford's hurricane makers were,
and they turn on wind that fairly
tears that part Of the world to pieces.
To the accompaniment of a wild, high
whine (Which is said to be 100 per
cent authentic), the tempest picks up
natives. their houses, their public
buildings, the beloved trees: sends
them swirling through space Oike
straws, of course), and then follows
up with mountainous tidal waves
which scour the island down through
its rich topsoil to the lifeless sand
beneath, Never was a hurricane so
thorough.
The awful drama of the sequence is
intensified by the preservation to the
bitter end Of the church in which
the natives, the priest and the kindly,
lovely wife OF the brutal governor
have taken refuge.
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1T is difficult to see how Mr.. Fords
vast cast could have taken such
a terrific walloping, especially Mary
Astor. who, in spite of his native
hatred for her husband. the governor,
Mr.. Hall manages to haul out of the
demolished church to the safety of a
large tree. But Miss Astor does stand
1t, and Mr.. Hall lasheS her securely
to the lower branches, where she,
Mariana (the native wife) and Tita,
the child, earn their right to be listed
among the survivors.
The only challenge to the convinc-
ing realism of the storm, and it is not
very significant one, is that there
are times when it seems just a little
bit too furious for fragile humans to
survive.
Some of them had to survive, of
course, to prove the implication of
the story that even nature sometimes
joins up with the so-called backward
peoples by way of avenging the cruelty
and stupidity of those who invade
their paradises. That she did potent
job on this occasion is something you
undoubtedly will remember for a long
time because of the spectacularity of
Mr.. Goldwyns picture.
Evening star., 1938-01-08
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-"Shadow and Substance"
1reland's prize drama; 2:30 and $50
pm.
Palace-"Hurricane," Mr.. Goldwyn
introduces Jon Hall in q South Seas
drama: ll:55 am, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10 and
9:35 pm.
Keith's "Damsel in Distress" !"
dances by Astaire to music by Gersh-
win: ~, 2:25, 4:5o, 7:1o and s:35
pm. Panay films: 1::35 am, 2, 4:25,
Gas and 9:10 pm.
Capitol-"The Bad Man of Brim-
stone" Wallace Beery starred in a
Western: II am, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 and
$3.50 pm. Stage shows: 1855, 3:44,
6:25 and 9:10 pm.
Earle-"Wells Fargo" the screen
treats again of the winning ol the
West: 10:45 am, 1:25, 4:10, 7:05 and
$50 pm. Stage shows: 1880, 1886.
$50 and s:15 pm.
4hetropolitan-"Dr. SYM" George
Arliss as a pirate: 1925 am, 1925,
$3.50, $50, 7:35 and 9:40 pm.
Columbia-"Man-proof," Mr.. Tone
proves Miss 10y otherwise: IL, 2, 3:55,
$50, 7:50 and 9:45 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts. Show
runs hour and Is minutes, continu-
ously from 10 am. to midnight.
Little-"The Plough That Broke
the Plains" and "The River: IL,
2:20, 4:35, $50 and 9:10. pm. "The
Ex-Mrs. Bradford" mystery in q light
hearted mood: 10:45 an, /, 3:15
5:35, 7:50 and 1910 pm.
Ambassador-"Second Honeymoon, n
Young and Power find love twice; 2,
3:55, $50, 7:45 and 9:40 pm.
Penn-"First Lady," Kay Franci.
in the White House: 1920, 3:35, 5:45
TAO and 9:35 pm.
Uptown-"45 Fathers" a host Of
millionaires caring for Jane Withers:
3, S, sos and $50 pm.
rvoli-"stand-in," Leslie Howart
learns about Hollywood and love
1:40, $50, 6, 7:55 and $50 pm.
Howard You're Only Youn,
Once" Lewis Stone and Cecilia Parker
in one for the family trade: 1915
2:45, Sis, 7:45 and 1880 pm. Stag,
shows: l:3o, 4, ESQ and e:l5 pm.
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mental and vocal act well known here;
Monroe and Grant. who demonstrate
what could be done with your bed II
you had string springs in it; the Stan
ley Brothers, acrobats and the Gae
Foster girls, fresh and alluring
troupe of 16 pony chorines who dance
as if they relished the experience.
Should it be necessary to select heroes
from this aggregation, we would take
Monroe and Grant and the smiles of
a couple of lassies in the left wing OF
the chorus.
Evening star., 1938-01-08

than you nave seen since you last
took junior to the neighborhood movie
of a Saturday afternoon. And you
will enjoy it. Bad Man Of Brim-
stone" follows the old, old formula
which probably was first written on
some directors cuff when guns in the
movies spat silently and bad men bit
the dust without thud assailing the
ears of the customers. But this, in
stead of being a fault, Is a distinct
asset to the film, for 1t would be un-
fair to have horse opera without all
the horse opera cliches.
Bad Man Of Birthstone" gets Oh
to the exciting beginning Westerns are
supposed to have. with a stagecoach
robbery by the outlaw Of the piece
(Wrong), during which the hero
(Right) incurs the enmity of the BAN
dit. The novelty here Is that the
hero Is the outlaws son, only he
doesn't know 1t, and you are not sup
posed to until the outlaw discovers it.
Rightawayquick-pr -pronto boy meets
girl. And there you are. From then
on there's q lot of excitement and
a lot of fun as the lad sets out to clean
up the town, is saved from lead-poi-
soning a number of times because his
pop doesn't want to shoot him, goes
East to college on money his father
has provid- ID secretly. returns to drive
out banditry and live happily ever
after with the fairest maiden east of
Long Beach, Calf.
Dennis O'Keefe is the newcomer
who plays the male romantic interest
and he displays refreshing vigor and
q keen sense Of comedy timing He
also displays considerable good sense
in falling in love with Virginia Bruce
the first time he sets eyes on her, but
this probably was the scripts idea, 50
he can't really take credit for it.
Wallace Beery is the bad man Of
the title, back in that "Viva Villa"
manner. robustly portraying the BAN
dit with heart of gold, and the other
people on this and that side Of the
law of the Old West include Louis
Stone, Bruce Cabot, Quinn Williams,
Noah Beery, Cliff Edwards, Guy Kib-
bee, Charley Grapewin and Joseph
Calleia. (who is plenty good as the
bad mans lieutenant).
4 X X
THERE'S another bad man at the
Capitol this week-a chap named
Jack La Rue-who for the time being
has foregone his cinema villainy to
headline the stage bill. In addition
to an agreeable, If not overtaxing, per-
sonal appearance skit, Mr.. La Rue
turns out to be something of second
Edgar Bergen. The Charlie McCar-
thy" who stooges for his comedy is
copapletely self-effacing Casper Milque-
toast type of citizen named Vince
Barnett, also reported to come from
some place in the vicinity of Holly
wood. Between them they account for
some pleasant moments, but it Is easy
to see that it Is all Mr.. La Rue's act.
The rest of the bill adds up to
rather enjoyable vaudeville, with very
nice original dance routines by Beau
veil and Tova, with some clever taps
by lass whose name is not on the
program; songs that are pleasant to
the ear by Ilomay Bailey, accom-
panied by her Lee Sims, and bit of
clever aerial work by a young lady
named La Lage.
Evening star., 1938-01-08

means BasiD. DO fall in this scene?"
Rathbone asks. Moves" replies
Curtiz. "Oh. anyway, get behind the
door," Which is just as well for Rath-
bone and his band of warriors
Mr.. Flynn shoots two arrows-barely
6 inches above their heads >. Claude
Rains (the bad Prince john takes
the chair next to me. We discuss ex-
Wife Isabel Jeans, also under contract
to Warmers and making her American
film debut in ''Tovarich."
She is q very nice woman" says
Rains. Mr.. Rains admits being WON
derfully happy in his latest and third
marriage. 1--WE discovered that love
can last" he says happily. (His cur
rent marriage is three years old. A
baby is expected any edition.) why
are we waiting for? Don't save the
tghts-she can co." shouts Curtiz
Gle does not mean me-but I take
the hint.)
college Swing" Jackie (the Kid
Coogan is leading the band in q coop
restaurant on the Paramount lot. His
baton waving has the professional
touch Of recent real-life coast-to-
coast tour with his boys ii. Three
threats to the Ritz brothers-the Slate
brothers-go into their song and dance,
but break down endeavoring to fol-
low themselves on the pre-recorded
sound track On the sidelines with
your correspondent are Lynn Over
man and John Payne. Are you in
this picture?" I ask Overman. whats
the name of it?" he demands. tell
him. mo, I'm not IN it" he replies.
Nynn has appeared in nearly every
recent Paramount picture.)
Before Mr.. Payne disappears to dauh
his features with makeup, he tells
me that his newly wed wife, Anne
Shirley, is very discouraged because
R-K-O Radio has not yet followed
her success in Stella Dallas" with q
starring picture. "Or any other" says
Payne gloomily. But Anne's used te
disappointments," he adds. After hel
performance in Anne Of Green Ga
bles' every one predicted stardom-but
nothing happened. It's shame, be-
cause she's q wonderful actress
The scene Is now ready to be retaken
But Mr.. Coogan has disappeared tc
his dressing room. I'm ready" he
shouts. But We want you here, moi
there" yells the assistant director tt
the former boy star. (Jackies million
dollars net him no less, no more, thar
the treatment accorded any Other
small.part actor in Hollywood.)
+ + X
On the set Of s1verybody Sing" -,
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Allan Jones, very excited at the pros
pect OF fatherhood, still has several
caustic things to say of his last pic
ture, "Firef1y." "The first half was
good" says Allan. And the songs
were good-but after the part where
tie audience knew was a spy, the
picture dragged terribly. The scenes
with jeanette (MacDonald) were too
old-fashioned-too melodramatic. We
could hardly play them for bursting
out laughing in each others faces"
Allan is more hopeful regarding
Everybody Sing" "It's very lively
and Fanny Brice is in it!''
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Evening star., 1938-01-08
.Ar1iss Hero
Of Weird
"Dr. Syn"
Excellent Thriller
Opens at the
Metropolitan.

THROUGHOUT his cycle of bio
graphical cinemas ("The Iron
Duke" THE House Of Roths-
L child" Cardinal Richelieu,"
"Disraeli' ct all George Arliss had
the stage set for single dominating
character, made all action and lesser
persons subservient to himself. In
'Dr. Syn at Warner Bros Metropoli-
tan this week he follows the same
formula to a limited extent, but per-
mits several other ripe and reasonable
personages to develop during the
drama, in no way overshadows the
plot Vaccinations which make this
one Of the more delightful chillers Of
the season.
"Dr. Syn" is above all an eccentric
yarn about a strange man who was .
pirate in his youth, later became .
village vicar when all the world be-
lieved him dead. Discovering his
parishioners destitute from heavy taxes
and unlucky economic history. he re-
lieved them by the simple expedient of
organizing gang Of smugglers, bring
ing in contraband wines and spirits,
selling the same for the good of the
community.
When a hearty British sea captain
who had long and vainly attempted
to capture the pirate Capt. Clegg came
to the village where "Clegg" was called
DR.. Syn, the reverend shrewdly de-
Tended his fellow conspirators, pre-
vented the government from collecting
an ounce OF duty or hanging a single
smuggler. As sidelines he saw that
his daughter married the most eligible
young man in town, plotted to punish
the wicked and rescue the Just, finally
skipped off to sea again, perhaps to
resume his life OF piracy on the bound
ing main
Notable for the rather delicate nu-
ances of its narrative, DIR. Syn" also
demonstrates how thoroughly the bet
ter British films wrap up and deliver
all the horrors, WITNESSES and diver
sions Of first-flight spook story. In
this instance the Job is nicely rounded
out by Mr.. Arliss' unctuous and in.
gratiating performance, some affable
romantics by Margaret Lockwood and
john Loder, and almost regiment
OF sincerely played bit roles.
Might look in on the Metropolitan's
Looney Tunes" short subject this
week, and try to skip the Ken Murray
comedy short If it can be managed
Mr.. Murray. shall We say, is not
equipped with the best of material.
r. B. p, Jr.
Evening star., 1938-01-08
bad Man of Birthstone"
An Old>Scho0l Western
Capitol's New Film an Exciting
Tale, Full of Six.Guns.
Jack La Rue on Stage.
By HARRY MACARTHUR

of
shooting
the
hero who right right all
At Capitol this
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AAAA4AVNo Va oAAoA 4AA16 hS-SAA O41 4Aa WA e
are guaranteed to leave you limp in
your seat. Not even the realism of the
earthquake in "San Francisco" was
quite such a choking affair as Mr..
Goldwyn's current cataclysm.
The events leading up to this trag-
edy, which remade the map of the
Pacific. are pretty much the ones
which Charles Nordoff and James Nor
man Hall described in their best
selling book of the same name on
which the picture is based. They are
= composite Of white mans cruelty,
natures violent whimsicality and the
idyllic life Of the indolent, romantic
natives and they amount to a fine
overture to the hurricane itself.
So confident were Mr.. Goldwyn and
his director, John Ford, that they could
pack enough dramatic sales eloquence
into their tempest that they dared
make THE Hurricane" without bene-
fit Of established stars. In the major
romantic role they inserted q COM
parative newcomer, Jon Hall, man
with the temperament of Tarzan, the
figure Of Jack Dempsey and a face
that belongs in a co-ed's most enchant-
ing fancy. The role of Terangi, native
lad who is the victim of the French
penal system, is one that requires
simple sturdiness and good looks. Mr.
Hall fills the demands of the part and
can 60 long way on looks alone un-
less things have changed since Robert
Taylor became a national idol.
y ~
REST acting of THE Hurricane" and
very good acting it is, too, are the
performances turned in by Raymond
Massey as heartless island governor
and Thomas Mitchell as a physician
who combines the mind Of a pfiloso-
pher with a great many of the ten
dencies of beachcomber A couple
Of other commanding portrayals are
the vicious prison warden played by
the tigerish John Carradine and
Manakura's sainted priest which
c. Aubrey Smith interprets with his
usual flnesse. Miss Dorothy Lamour,
In q very chic sarong-correct hurri-
cane garb of Manakura-plays the ma
tive wife of Terangi with a swarthy
winsomeness which obscures nicely the
fact that there is little acting in her
impersonation.
Mr.. Ford's direction amounts to q
perfect build-up for the tempestuous
note on which the play ends. BY the
time the cruelty of the white rulers
of the island group has compounded
itself into something almost incredible
Evening star., 1938-01-08

you're such a
realist!" All right.
dis IS de take"
says the director,
whose knowledge
of English is a
standing Holly
wood joke. "Vait
some seconds" he
interrupts. "Some
more perspiration
on Errol's face"
A property man
souil-tS oil on the
actors classical
features.
"RAadv RllZZyo"
queries CurtiZ Che
Evening star., 1938-01-08
Hurricane" at the Palace
Brilliant in Realism
3O.Minute Storm Scene Sets Record
For Dramatic Violence.
Film Offers New Star.
BY JAY CARMODY.

YOU will settle with HOLLYWOOD this week for mere masterpiece
excitement and fury Samuel Goldwn destruction the South
Evening star., 1938-01-08
Earle Show Bill
All Wild West
''Wells Fargo" on Screen, Boots
And Saddles Acts on Stage :.
This Week.
By ROBERT B. PHILLIPS. Jr.

loaon hat brace Of pistols or the spirit that
with
OF the
Evening star., 1938-01-08

Barton MacLane was a former all
America when he played for Wesleyan
University.
Evening star., 1938-01-08
Flynn Sobered by Realism
OF robin Hood" Director
Spears and Arrows Flv
Close-Coogan's Million
Wins No Favoritisrn.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

OlLYWOOD NANA).-The
IL Adventures of Robin Hood"
Director Mike Curtiz allow
extras but additional
business Basil Rathbone
Hood (Errol Flynn his
Worrd
Evening star., 1938-01-08

\ THROUGHOUT his cycle of bio
graphical cinemas cThe Iron
Duke" THE House OF Roths-
child NHardina1 RinhAlioll ~
Evening star., 1938-01-08

Flynn looks worried. frightened,
Errol?" asks Curtiz. NO." replies
Flynn, unsmiling. I'm careful
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thought to tn ISinesS OF measur-
ing, which may be very decidedly
overdone. One of the greatest OF
virtues is found in the lack OF self
consciousness, and it is a virtue
that it is not easy to acquire. Nor
can it exist in association with self
ishness, for the selfish man is con-
scious of little else but self. So the
question is at bottom moral, spiritu-
al and religious. Taking the broad
er. and also the kindlier and more
tolerant view, it ought to be pos
Sible for a man to see that 1t does
not greatly matter what happens
to him, as long as he keeps his soul
clean and his honor unstained. BY
referring everything to self, and
judging everything by its ERECT Oh
self, one finds it very eaSy-indeed,
one can not help doing ito con-
denim the world and the general life
of man ara other men as wholly
evil. The trouble is with the point OF
view, which is far too narrow and
altogether wrong. No men have
preached the truth more eloquently
and powerfully than those who
failed in the most pitiful way to
aLg.y it to their own lives.
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Elephants Were Hunted
In Texas $4,000 Years Ago

Aboriginal Americans hunted ele-
plants in the Texas Panhandle Is, 900
years ago, it was reported to the
Geological Society of America by
Professor E. H. Sellards Of the Uni
versity of Texas discloseS.
Professor Selards studied the
bones of five prehistoric elephants
which, with three primitive spears
and an implement used for scraping
animal hides, were discovered in a
filled-in water hole on a wheat
ranch in Roberts county, about IS
miles northeast of Amarillo.
Professor Sellards found that three
of the elephants were mature or
nearly mature individuals, and that
two were young.
1t is difficult to determine, he
explains, how the remains Of the
elephants were preserved at a COM
mon level in the water hole. There
is no indication that the elephants
were trapped.
1.-THE animals do not seem to have
been begged, because none Of the
leg bones was found in vertical
position" the report continues. ION
the contrary, all were lying hori-
zontaL If the animals begged. they
were pulled Of the m
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-08-12
Imag lion Main Factor
In All American History

The whole history Of America
must include history Of the Amer
lean imagination. The settlers
came because they imagined a new
world better for them than the one
they left. For a long time their
imagination kept them colonists.
That is, they could not imagine
themselves as citizens Of a new and
separate nation. The movement to-
ward independence was, among 9TH
er things, the triumph Of a growing
Imagination over a conventional
one. Transplanted Europeans be-
came conscious Americans, DR..
Carl van Doren declared in lee
ture at Columbia university.
"Once independent, Americans
had to learn to imagine the United
States. Heretofore they had been
inhabitants of one colony or an
other. Now they had somehow to
pool their conceptions Of themselves
as Americans and establish in their
minds the image Of general coun-
try. The history Of the United
States from the Revolution through
the Civil war is a history OF the
process by which the American
imagination triumphed over conflict
ing sectional imaginations.
Imagination is a controlling in
fluence in literature produced
throughout the world. Although
books are written by actual writer's,
the literary process takes place
among the people, everybody. In
other words, people make up the
ideas and whoever has the knack
expresses them. The ideas of a
writer are never listened to or read
unless they are already in the peo-
pie themselves.
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The Sunset Light

Such matters do not seem of so
much consequence as they did years
ago, and I do not let them trouble
me as they did once" said an elder
ly lady, speaking Of some hurts and
Disappointment that had come to
her. You know" she added, with
a little laugh, "a good many things
wear a different look in the light Of
the westward slope" Lies later
years bring a change in many esti-
mates of values; the light in the
west is often clearer in its revela-
tons than that Of the morning. There
are early ambitions that later are
shown to be not worth the struggle
they cost, possessions feverishly
sought are now revealed as holding
no permanent satisfaction, and
especially do injuries, resentments
and jealousies shrink into nothing
ness in the calm light Of a descend
ing sun. There is many an inter-
est looming largely now, concern
ing which we might well ask what it
will be worth a little farther on.
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SIMMONS

SUMMONS
State of Minnesota, County of Hennepin.
District Court, Fourth Judicial District.
Vivian Mearl Mccormick, Plaintiff, VS..
Jesse Herbert Mccormick, Defendant.
The State OF Minnesota To The Above
Defendant:
You, Jesse Herbert Mccormick, are here
by summoned and required to answer the
complaint in the, above entitled action,
which complaint has been filed in the Of
fee of the Clerk of the District Court of
Hennepin County, State of Minnesota, and
to serve a copy of your answer to said COM
plant on the subscriber at his office, AIS
Masonic Temple Bldg, in the City of Min
neapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota,
within thirty 1907 days after the service
of this summons upon you, exclusive of the
day of such service; and that If you fail
TO answer said complaint within the time
aforesaid, plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in said Complaint.
Dated July 18th, 1888.
ALFRED A. DONAGHUE,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
AIS Masonic Temple Bldg,
Minneapolis, MINI.