Evening star., 1938-08-01

the madman in the palace of Prague
is one OF the most brilliant achieve
ments of brilliant career. If his
portrait Of a terribly tortured mind
does not surpass his memorable one
in Crime and Punishment" it at
least equally is full Of merit. Other
notable character interpretations are
those of Germaine Aussey as the beau
tiful, fiery mistress of Rudolph; Roger
Carl as the craven chancellor, Charles
Dorat as the compassionate, coura-
geous rabbi, and Janey Holt as Rachel,
the rabbits wife.
The golem, figure Of terrifying
strength and ugliness, is played by
Ferdinand Hart. who fills the mind
with AZ image that it will not soon
forget.
For background, M. Duvivier went
to the archaic Ghetto OF Prague, thus
giving the picture a quality Of authen-
ITCHY that is one of its most impressive
features. Against this background he
has built his story to climax as vivid
as any the movies have attained in
years.
The Golem" is strong stuff and
Mr.. Duvivier can be thanked for see
ing fit not to dilute it.
EVERYTHING is going to be just
fine with the Going Native"
revue at Loew's Capitol this year.
Gene Ford is returning to Washing
ton to serve again as production chief,
a happy eventuality of which Carter
Barron gave not a hint when it was
announced that the revue was to be
presented again. Today. however, it
is announced that Mr.. Ford, now as
sociated with radio station WIN in
New York, will take up committing
between here and there in order to
give the show the benefit OF his estab-
lshed production genius. Assisting
Mr.. Ford will be Chester Hale, widely
known dance director who will have
charge Of this phase of the show.
First additions for the revue will
be held tonight at o'clock in the Will
lard room of the Willard COR could you
have guessed the name of the hotel
with q room so designatedD. Come
1l:l5 and Station WJSV will send over
some equipment to pick up lS-min-
ute broadcast of what is going on-a
sort Of preview Of the revue.
VARIETY CLUB, where the party
may still be going on for all we
know, said goodby to Arthur and
Helen De Titta Saturday night {.
Guests came from everywhere, from
Hollywood, New York and maybe
Bogota kilograms and cables came
from everybody, including President
Roosevelt, Postmaster General Far
ley and tons of other notables who
have been the bright and particular
stars of the newsreels Mr.. De Titta
has made here for 10 years The
party, which brought Fox Movietone
executives from everywhere but pur-
gatory, was so big it had to be di-
vided into sections, like a convention
1t remained divided in sections
for hours, the mems section having as
its star that famous newsreel COM
mentator Lew Lehr . Mr.. Lehr told
stories, one of them about a moose.
which you want to be sure and ask
him about next time you see him =. . :.
Or ask Alvin Neumeyer, who was
toastmaster. and who also had some
stories to tell :. Bob Pruett, Variety
steward, who was the busiest man
about the place, probably will be able
to report some day. when his voice
returns, that it was the biggest party
in the history OF the club . There
were so many guests, when the two
sections Of the party finally were
united, that the cooling system gave
up in despair :. But nobody or moth
ing else gave up until it began to feel
like it was next Saturday. which is
the day Mr.. De Titta and his wife will
sail for France, where he becomes
assistant European manager for Movie
tone.
Bus lines Of Moscow are being ex-
tended to total more than 600 miles,