Evening star., 1938-08-11

can think of, which is one OF the re-
fident the revue will be one OF the most
complete items Of its kind ever
assembled. From now until August
10, when the revue opens, there Is
nothing to do but whip the numerous
acts into a slick-moving pageant OF
the genius which heretofore has been
blushing unseen in various sections OF
the city.
The program will include everything
from line of dancers (which is
Chester Hale's part of the job to
conjurer. Between the cancers ana
the magic man there will be an ac-
Gordon octet. a colored instrumental
group, which has made swing its
medium Of expression. 30o-pound
comic, novelty tap dancers, soprano
soloist and a rope-twirling philosopher.
Presiding over the varied talents repre-
sented in the list will be Lee Everett.
named on Monday as master OF cere-
monies.
The conjurer will be Melbourne
Christopher, Sylvia Kaplowltz Will
lead the accordion group. the colored
rhapsodists are under the direction
of John High Smith, the 300-pound
entertainer is Ellis Meeker, the novelty
tappers are the Lyon twins. Earline
King is the soprano and Wilbur Hall
will take care Of the rope-twlrling
part Of the bill.
Mr.. Ford thinks it is the best array
of talent he ever had to work with.
The list will be even more varied
before the final selection is made.
EvEN that great actor, Slapsie-
II Make Rosenbloom, it seems. Is
not without his little weaknesses. Ac-
cording to a story hopefully being
brlited about by Warner press repre-
sentatives in advance Of The Amaz-
ing Dr. Clitterhouse," Make is no
better than many another actor when
It comes to remembering his lines
In fact, he is a lot worse than a great
many, surprising though the news will
be to any one who thinks Make is
Academy Award material
The story of Make and Clitterhouse,
which arrives at the Earle tomorrow,
has to do with line Of dialogue that
you might think was easy to remember.
IF he isn't lunatic. he must be a
genius" Make was supposed to say.
But did he say it? He did not. The
first five takes he didn't even come
close. The sixth time, however, he
got close enough to the general idea
to blurt out:
If he isn't a lunatic he must be
crazy"
WHAT with people like Douglas
wv Corrigan. Howard Hughes ct al.
injecting new drama into aviation,
after it had taken on the cast Of some
thing prosaic, the movie makers hardly
can wait to rush their aviation pictures
to the public. That is implied in the
news that R-K-O Is going to unleash
''Sky Giant" considerably earlier than
was originally intended. Romance
Of Limberlost," which was scheduled to
follow Letter Of Introduction" at
Keith's, now has been shunted aside
to make way for the aviation film
which stars Richard Dix and pretty
Joan Fontaine.
MYRON sELzN1CKS offer to
~A finance stars In the production
Of their own films, gesture that
created quite dither Of excitement
when it was made a couple of weeks
ago. already has found two takers
They are Carole Lombard and william
Powell. who will be gambling for
higher stakes than the usual large
pay checks by sharing In the profits Of
a f1lm whose title has not been an
nounced. Ernest Lubitsch will do the
directing.
Mss eRETA GARso is coming
back What is more, she is not
going to be cast again in the well-worn
groove Of the lady whose heart must
break At least. she will not be 50 cast
Immediately Metro Goldwyn- Mayors
present plans for Miss Garbo call for