Evening star., 1938-11-04

modern of the two pictures, maybe
because its players are better known.
Topping them is the late Colin
Give as the half-mad medical
student whose obsession with the
creation of life results in the pro-
duction of Boris Karloff in his most
menacing role. An additional chill
or two comes from the fact that
Mr. Give should be playing the
character engaged in such nefarious
work
Producer Carl Laemmle and Di-
rector James Whale have adhered
closely to Mrs. Shelley's frightening
fancy, the one she wrote to prove to
her husband that she could create
something more terrifying than he
could write. 1t is the story OF a
laboratory produced monster who
made with a criminals brain, raw
ages the community, turns upon his
creator, and lives in a few brief
weeks a life that represents maxi
mum of deStructiveneSS and horror.
At the risk of sounding oldsfogey,
or of revealing an appalling ignor-
ance of yesterdays discoveries in
child psychology, one might cal
culate that the current Keith bill
is not for kiddies. 1t deals with
creeps and chills with more realism
than in a Roadside melodrama and
can be a lot of fun for such as
like that sort of thing. In view
of the bills attractiveness elsewhere
and the throng at yesterdays Sec
ond show. one might guess there
are a lot of people who do like their
horror straight. Putting the two
pictures together is one of the bits
of legerdemain from which cur
rent SHOW business should reap q
handsome reward
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If you have been wondering where
you saw before that young man sing
ing at the Shoreham, it probably
was The Show Is On" which
Beatrice Lille. Bert Lahr and lots
of others did here last season. His
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the young man who introduced
Little Old Lady" and several other
songs. The Little Old Lady" num-
ber, you will remember, was the one
in which Mr. Satterfield had the as
sistance of Mitzi Mayfair, and vice
versa. Some of the other numbers
of the same show found Mr.. Satter-
field harmonizing with Washing
tons own Oracle Barrie, which re-
minds us to ask Harry Anger why
she is not brought back to the
Earle some day.
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Something new in the way of en-
tertainment, the first annual hunt
dinner, brought dozens of hand
somely dressed, ornamental people
to the Raleigh's Pail Mall room last
night. The customers ate venison,
the walters wore red coats, the room
was decorated in nice autumnal
colors, and Mario di Polo played
spirited music, including an ar
rangement, very fine, of "1t Never
Was Anywhere You" At Ward
man, later, Johnny Slaughter played
still another arrangement. very fine,
of the same thing j.. Mr.. WELLS
music is getting popular locally -.
september Song" is the next one
scheduled for bigger play around
town Loew's Capitol, which is
getting to be the ballet center in
Washington, will bring Harriette
Hoctor back on November II
The gala doings at that theater
tonight in connection with the
premiere of Shirley Temples new
picture, Just Around the Corner"
will begin at $3.50 Many dis
tinguished people have been invited
and said they would be there
The picture, incidentally, represents,
Charles Farrell's return to the
American screen after a long abb
sence, during which he was making
movies and playing tennis in Eng
land.