Evening star., 1938-06-23

its fold. goes to the effect that her
ferent pattern.
Her part, now in a process of ges-
tation in the minds of Universals S
literary men. is announced in ad-
vance as being more dramatic" which
translates, we believe, into something
more closely resembling her portrayal
Of Mary Vetsera in 'Mayerling.'
That, everyone who saw it should
recall, gave Miss Darrieux a chance
to make something very noble out of
love which was hardly that by
the usual definition of such affairs as
hers with the Crown Prince Rudolph
In the meantime. knowing no more
than this fragment of news about
Miss Darrieuxs future, it probably is
better to drop back to the present and
mention that The Rage of Paris"
yesterday entered its second week at
Keith's. 1t is Miss Darrieux's first
effort for Universal. and vice versa,
and each has been extremely kind to
the other. Moreover, both have been
extremely kind to those customers of
the cinema who like smart, well-paced
comedy which is so smart and so we'll
paced that it achieves a definite dis
tinction in a market rather glutted
with comedy.
To the part of little French girl
who is not indisposed to lend an art
full mind to the pursuit of rich
American husband. Miss Darrieux
lends comprehension and charm that
were Gallo in this column last week
and still are. Gallo" connotes to us
something lively. bright, saucy, etc.
1t is not a new story, but its treat
ment is fresh and appealing, its situa-
tions are sophisticated and its dia-
logue on the smartly brittle order
In short, it is a picture that gives
Miss Darrieux flying start in capti-
waiting the attention of American au-
diences.
THE illusion that went yesterday
was the one to the effect that
dancers always were in such perfect
physical condition that nary a muscle
ever gave them the slightest occasion
to grimace. The cast which destroyed
the illusion, one of our favorites, was
composed of Paul Draper and Chester
Hale's "a Texas Comets, who are dane
ing their way into the admiration of
every one going to the Capitol Theater
this week.
AS the story comes to us from
departmental spies. Mr.. Draper and
the Comets do not stop dancing
when the stage show fades into the
feature picture. Instead they disap-
pear into a rehearsal room, where
Mr.. Draper has been giving instruc-
ton in those seemingly simple, but
intricate ballet steps which he per-
forms with such brilliance.
1t turns out, according to Operative
X. that the steps which the girls
have tried so hard to learn involve
muscles which are not used in their
own dance routines; muscles which
are subject to stiffness and pain just
as your own are when you bowl for
the first time during season.
The Draper school of the dance,
being practically universal in its
genius, subsequently unwrought the
havoc it had wrought by working out
the proper exercises for working
out the soreness in muscles that
affected the flight Of the Comets.
A NOTE from Bess Davis Schreiner
note fairly sparkling with Miss
Schreiner's usual enthusiasm, finds
the occasion for its enthusiasm in
the fact that National audiences next
season will see three of the periods |
most brilliant young actresses. All
of them, Miss Schreiner is careful to
point out-and why not?-will come
here under the auspices of the Theater
Guild-American Theater Society.
The three, in case you have gone
mad with curiosity, are Frances
Farmer, Martha Scott and Uta Hagen.
They will appear, respectively, in
Golden Boy" Our Town" and "The
Sea Gull" The fourth feminine find"
already has been here under the
auspices of the same group. She is
Julie Hayden, here in the winter in
Shadow and Substance"
1t is that sort of bill of fare, Miss
schreiner muses. happily in her office
of the Nationals stairway, which
accounts for the prospects of the
brightest Guild-Theater Society sea-
son in years and years.
Eddie Plohn. manager of the Ma
tional, is very happy about it, too.
X X X X
THAT beautiful and dumb" axiom
is one that mVie people like to
shred whenever the opportunity arises.
Warner Bros. are doing it these days
tn connection with Ann Sheridan, who
will be beautiful and not dumb in
Little Miss Thoroughbred" which
comes to the Metropolitan tomorrow.
Warmers are always careful to point |
out in their academic publicity con-
cerning Miss Sheridan that she is a
product Of Texas Teachers College.