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to be manned by actors, Mr.. Borzage
has created himself a piece Of cellu-
loid that barely falls short of the
double AA class. 1t fails to qualify
in the topmost brackets only because
there has been no real reconciliation
or balance created between the three
comrades" (Messers. Young, Taylor
and Tone) element In the story, and
the romantic theme (Miss SULLIVAN
and Mr.. Taylor, each attempting to
dominate the development of the
drama; because Mr.. Borzage Is un-
willing to surrender such ancient tech.
nical devices as the split-screen tele-
phone conversation, and even winds
up his reel with shot as phony as
the infamous doves in the sky" ch-
max Of his Farewell to Arms; be-
cause no amount of earnest trying
can change the fact that Mr.. Taylor
Is not an actor, that he invariably
looks the part when appearing on the
screen with people competent at their
trade.
These facts are dead set against
Three Comrades" when it is in
spected critically. None of them is
able to obscure its force as enter
tainment. or to lessen our gratitude
for the temperance of Miss Sulla-
van on the screen, the presence Of
Franchot Tone in a decent role at
last land by the way he has had few
better in HollywoodD, the fact that
Robert Young is permitted to be
something besides a smooth playboy,
and the general eveness, the solid
feeling back of the production. Lionel
Atwill, Monty Woolly, Guy Kibbee and
Charlie Grapewin, have small roles,
none of them very taxing to the re-
sources of these accomplished players
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SAAS SSAASaS cAS16Sa Va WAoP Va -
plot by hanging on 1t all the unrelated
specialties the trafdc will bear, which
sometimes works and sometimes does
not, but anything can happen.
The new "Gold Diggers" is one
Of those things. but to the credit OF all
concerned - Director Ray Enright,
Dance Director Busby Berkeley, Lead
ing Man Rudy Vallee and q number
OF other people-it must be said that
everything here is brought OF much
more than Just passably well. "Gold
Diggers" is started of by a yarn about
an emissary Of the Paris Exposition,
who. in Hugh Herberts best befuddled
manner, mistakes the Club Bale for
the American Academy Ballet (get
IT'D and takes line Of chorus girls
to the international dance exposition.
1t may be a flinnsy pretext for a
plot, but the Music Hall Rockettes did
60 to Paris for q orle-night stand to
demonstrate the United States brand
Of precision dancing and it is enough
OF an excuse here for some daffy
comedy, lifting music and genial ro-
mancing. The comedy, especially, is
pretty much to the good, being car
ried on by such expert zanies as Mr..
Herbert, Allen Jenkins, Mabel Todd,
Curt Bois and Ed Brophy. Best gag
concerns Great Dane that talks, but
you've got to see it to appreciate it.
Musically Gold Diggers" boasts
three or four Of the latest turned out
by Harry Warren and AL Dublin, In
cluding II Wanna Go Back to Bali"
and Latin Quarter" the music hav-
ing the added merit OF being sung by
Rosemary Lane and Mr.. Vallee. 1t
should be noted, too, that this latter
gentleman photographs much better
than he has before in Hollywood and
that he gets along quite well without
his band behind him.
Outstanding moments in the pic
ture are none of these above mentioned
items, however, but are the mad doings
OF the S,chnickelfritz Band and the
dance finale staged by Busby Berke-
ley. The band. In its film debut. pro-
vides some riotous moments in its
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three numbers, with the boys taking
all the species of corn known to music
and roasting them on the cob right
before you. And the finale is a mas
sive spectacle that indicates that no
one studio is going to be big enough
for Mr.. Berkeley and his Gold Diggers
If he keeps making these things bigger
and bigger.
HAVING recently received q fan
letter telling us we have the dis
crimination Of q goat when it comes
to stage shows. We sat through the
Earle's new one with a chip on our
shoulder. but 1t still looked like an
exceptionally fine entertainment. For
Busby Berkeley by no means has a
corner on all the spectacle at the
Earle this week, Mr. Harry Anger
having gone out and corralled I.ottie
Mayors Water Ballet, q number Of
able speciality performers, and pro-
duced stage revue which is almost
as monumental in proportion as, say,
THE Great Waltz"
The girls Of the ballet do q dance
routine, q skating turn, then get down
to their principal business, this lavish
ly staged disappearing" act, in which
the lassies descend into a pool, come
up with different costumes on, some
times descend and do not come back
at all for awhile and have a generally
fine time diving about. They are sup
ported in this and in their opening
number by the eight Virginians, the
boys, OF course, sticking to singing,
neither dancing nor diving. But sing
ing Is something these lads do well,
30 they don't have to swim.
OF the other turns the most divert
ing moments are those contributed by
DR.. Hoffman, the DIR" being an hon
orary title self-bestowed on account
OF its bearer can pour any drink you
can name out of q pitcher of water
and let you taste it to make sure it is
what he says 1t is. Also there are that
standard act OF Art Franks, which
had yesterdays matinee audience very
happy. indeed. and BURNS, Moriarty
and Dell to tap dance.
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vestment. She washes her own
clothes, but cannot sew.
She cannot cook, either, and gets
along with one substantial meal a day,
dinner, which she eats in one of the
more expensive restaurants, SO it costs
$125 or more. She economies by
doing her hair and fingernails her
self.
Twice week, at least, Miss Tyrell
goes to the movies, preferably to a
mystery film or a Clark Gable. She
meets a lot of stars and they interest
her, but that is all. Besides, her
STEADY" is a young actor. She says
she would give up her career for
marriage.
Curfew rings at midnight during
the week, on Saturday whenever she
gets home" Whenever that may be,
she nevertheless attends church each
Sunday-never misses. Other morn
ings she rises at 7:30.
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gentlemen-Jimmy Stewart, who is
Norma's special beau these days,
George Brent (Merle's date), and
John Swope. who divided his atten-
tions equally between the two girls
Mr.. Brent, who is really quite
animated in private life, looked very
solemn-and slightly bored. But he
had nothing on Franchot Tone, who
rarely spoke a word to wife Joan the
entire evening. And, by the way, who
told Joan she could wear her locks
piled on top Of her head? Her face
looks best with her hair framing it.
Joan, who looked far from we'll, was
supported by Franchot to and from
her seat =. It was field day for the
photographers and fans. Hymie Fink
wandered about the auditorium,
camera in hand, bliss on face, snap
ping the celebrities. "You don't look
very happy" he admonished Hedy La
Mari and escort Reginald Gardiner.
who Immediately went into their act
Of looking happy. Glove makes the
human face trifle sad, I'm told.)
!. Joan Bennett, with Walter
Wanger, obligingly removed her spec
tacles for the all-important publicity
pictures.
X X X X
The least glamorous-looking girl
present was Margaret Sullivan, with
Husband Leland Hayward. Her dress,
white and very simple, her blonde locks
in q careless long bob. It was quite
refreshing to look at her The gal
lery was packed with movie fans and
opera glasses-the latter trained on
the stars in the auditorium As far
as the fans were concerned, there was
absolutely nothing going on on the
stage =. 1t says much for the ar
tistry Of Miss Hayes that the continual
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Trans.Lux Offers
Varied Shorts.

A sHoRT-sUBJECT program Of the
theater's usual balance is being
shown at the Trans-Lux this week,
bulwarking an interesting and varied
compilation 6f choice news shots from
the current output Of all concerns
engaged in the pursuit of headlines
with cameras. Gold mining in South
Africa presents . picture OF toll
diluted with revelry, for it seems that
the native workers take time Of rather
frequently for q session of song and
dance.
Those who are q bit behind on their
March Of Time" viewing are afforded
. chance to catch up with the three
subjects treated being the activities
Of members Of Congress, particularly
the time consumed in protecting the
good viii of the folks Of home; the
methods Of racketeers who defraud
the American housewife and the
methods being used to combat them,
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Robin Hood Stays
Again at Met.

HAVING broken house record by
remaining two consecutive weeks
at the Earle. "The Adventures Of Robin
Hood" began another week at the
Metropolitan Theater yesterday, plac-
ing 1t on that rare list Of pictures able
to hold up at the downtown box Offices
for more than three weeks. Photo
graphed In technicolor, adorned by the
handsome presences Of Enrol Flynn
and Olivia De Havilland, made after
the traditionally lavish fashion of the
Hollywood spectacle, Robin Hood" has
earned its reputation honestly, win
have no whit Of 1t taken away by any
miscellaneous poundings from this
typewriter. Better see 1t, and take the
children. They'll probably wonder
where you learned about all these
charming legends that preceded Dick
Tracy and Flash Gordon.
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This stripping away of the theoreti-
cal content Of Mr.. Remarque's book
may have spoiled it for few custo-
mers. To most, however, the process
has resulted in the production of a
splendid entertainment, rich in char
acterization, deep to almost precisely
the exact depth of the average mans
concept of his own life and problems
as seen against the background of his
nation. What a man may have to
say at the polls or in a congress of
his fellow men is one thing. Usually
it is neither conclusive or dramatic, or
even representative of him. His taste
in cars, his pleasure in the company
of comrade, the things he eats and
wears and sings and curses, make up
the man himself, and constitute there
fore the latent dramatic material with
in him.
Three Comrades" has been built
successfully upon that thesis. AS its
director, Frank Borzage handled the
human elements of his material with
such skill that he sends his audiences
away from the theater limp as soup.
At times he causes tears to flow down
the aisle in torrents. In one magnifi-
Gently directed scene technically the
high point of the picture) he creates
terror and suspense such as we had
forgotten could exist in the simple fact
Of murder, and he strums the banjo of
sentimentality with as much versatility
as an Eddie Peabody.
, X X
A DED by Margaret SULLIVAN, Fran
chot Tone and Robert Young, and
almost capable of overcoming the
handicaps offered by the presence OF
Robert Taylor in picture that needed
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and the plight Of England's tax
burdened peers. The Walt Disney
cartoon is Cookie Carnival" an item
Of adequate amusement.
Sports occupy large section Of the
news celluloid with almost every
athletic endeayor popular at this
season being caught by the several
cameras. Military activity and .
tragic kidnapping command attention
and recent political activity has been
caught by the lens. A fellow by the
name Of Lew Lehr comments on a
sequence which would not be par
ticularly amusing without his reliable
dialect. c. A. M.
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Paris" the new Rudy Vallee musical
which is now showing at the Earle, the
Messrs. Berkeley and Barnes were
asked, for social science purposes, to
tell from their considerable experience
in such matters what the average
chorus girl was like. They were pom
dering the matter when, as though
on song cue, their eyes fell on Miss
Tyrell, and, as In one voice, they re-
marked that there, now, was an aver
age girl Told what they said, Miss
Tyren agreed:
Il guess I'm typical Most Of the
other girls have the same problems
and the same fun have. I'm happy"
So director and cameraman escaped
the inquisition, and Miss Tyrell, with
out too great show of interest, told
all.
After being born in New York and
schooled in st. Joseph's Convent in
Emmitsburg, Md, she became a
dancer and went to Hollywood in 1888
under contract as member of an
Albertina Rasch troupe Since then
she has visited New York three times,
but she thinks Hollywood will be her
permanent home. In her five years
in the tabled cinema city, six weeks
has been her longest period of unem-
ployment. Loans from friends tided
her over that lean period
She lives in an apartment house
in single" which she shares with
another girl, but lately the ROOM
mate has been in New York, which
complicates Miss Tyrell's budget some-
what.
As for those four furs, they were
collected over a period OF several
years. They are q caracul cape, =
caracul coat, = red fox cape and
double silver foxes. Two were gifts.
Two she bought for herself.
She buys q new dress every two
months, without waiting for sales.
She buys no lingerie, using instead
the silk trunks Of her rehearsal cos
TUNE. She has 18 pairs Of rehearsal
pajamas, and these. with her shoes,
are probably her most expensive In.
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Fall" Next in line is the portrayal of
Walter Reed by the ever-reliable Lewis
Stone, an Interpretation which Is exc
cuted in a fashion which captures the
greatness of the man who was un-
daunted in the face Of one of the most
deadly scourges of the tropics.
Miss Virginia Bruce, who came over
from the girls dormitory to give Mr..
Montgomery some one to charm and
eventually marry, is sufficiently per-
suasive to beguile even those who re-
member the original play wasted no
time on the fair sex. Less impressive
is Andy Devine whose comedy, in both
the writing and playing, is markedly
over-shadowed by that of Sam Levine
who, as the despairful Marxist OF the
fever belt, gives his laughter stuff a
treatment that can stand a great deal
Of copying by comedians of much
longer standing in Hollywood.
For all its departure from the basic
premise laid down by Howard, yellow
Jack" is excellent entertainment,
courageous thing for any studio to
have undertaken, and something for
the discriminating film goer to jot
down in his book for the week.
y y
II RHYTHM ripples very pleasantly
through the 50-minute stage show
that is provided by Shep Fields and
his popular crew of rhythm ripplers.
Mr.. Fields has every variant of the
popular in musical entertainment, in
cluding just enough of swing tempo
to demonstrate that the mood is not
entirely alien to band which aims
more for the heart than the glands.
High spot of the stage show, of the
incidental features, that is, was pro-
vided by Gene Sheldon, whose panto-
mime has practically invariable way
Of being funny. The audience kept
Sheldon overtime in order to see if he
could keep on creating laughter of the
same ebullient quality. He could. Next
in line of interest were the Ambroses.
Ruth and Billy, who proved themselves
something more than ballroom dance
team with a burlesque big apple. Or
can you burlesque the big apple? An
other specialist with whom Fields
gracefully shared the spotlight was
Bob Bromley, whose puppets are con-
stantly amusing if not conducive of
hilarity.
1t Is very engaging piece of enter
tainment that Mr.. Fields and his aides
have contrived and any one who
thinks rhythm ought to ripple rather
than explode will be made happy by
the whole thing.
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11UWdIu lulc OTdIld Ol uuIlldn nope
and courage. If it does not wipe the
slate clean on the score of proving
that the motion picture is inherently
broader in its appeal than mere daft
ness, it is largely because the slate was
extremely dirty.
This Is not to say sssat Metro
ooldwyn- Mayer has not tampered
with the original Howard script. The
company, adroitly casting Robert
Montgomery in the role of Sergt.
O'Hara, has made concessions to the
traditional Hollywood assumption that
there Is such a thing as being too
grim about even grim subjects. It
has modified the basic drama to con-
form in some respects, but it has not
drained it of its essential suspense nor
has 1t proceeded in fashion unbe-
coming the dignity of the subject. The
subject, of course, is that of how the
germ of yellow fever was isolated and
identified because five soldiers in Cuba
were willing to risk death at the behest
OF Maj. Walter Reed, brave man
who expected others to be brave.
Lacking Mr.. Howards realism, the
producers of the screens yellow
Jack" have felt that it was unwise to
make the picture without gram or
two Of love interest. Accordingly,
they have thrown in an idealistic
nurse in the form of Virginia Bruce
to give the thing romantic flavor.
To their credit let it be said quickly
that this incidental theme is not
allowed to obscure the major drama
inherent in the fact that chasing a
deadly germ to destruction is not a
pastine that permits dalliance with
blonds along the way.
Another respect in which the let's
stick-to-the-point style of the original
has been modified Is in the interpola-
ton Of beaker or two of good enough.
but unnecessary, comedy. The result
Is that the film dawdles at intervals
when it might move with greater sus-
pense toward the end of proving that
Maj. Reed, his aides, and his five
courageous volunteers accomplished
one of the most dramatic escapes for
the species in its plague-ridden history.
There are some excellent perform
ances in yellow Jack" from begin
ming to end. That of Robert Mont
gomery is destined to surprise, but
please, those of his fans who never
have seen him out of Bond street at
tire. AS the courageous sergeant, with
an eye for the girls and a heart for
his fellow men, Mr.. Montgomery re-
tains the old spirit of drollery in a
new and more engaging guise than has
been permitted him since Might Must
Evening star., 1938-06-11
Smart Girl.

CHICAGO @.-Patricia Curran,
13-year-old grammar school pupil, who
held the highest grades in her class
during the last three years. decided to
take no chances In scholarship exam
nations.
She entered five given by Catholic
high schools-and won all of them.
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(Only the slim
please copy.) Her
h a ir is m u C h
lighter than it
used to be, max
ing q nice con-
trast to the dark
locks OF girl
I r | e d Merle
Oberon, who wore
an ernine and
sable coat, from
here to there, in
9pite of the heat.
G q v a ] ! e r
ing Merle and
Norma were q
trio of handsome
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A Clambake, But Good, This
Gold Diggers in Paris
4 Rudy Vallee and Others Make Earle's 4
New Musical Diverting One.
\ Water Ballet on Stage.
BY HARRY MacARTHUR.

HOSE same Warner Bros who pioneered in the hmusical field
entertaining
done old-fashioned "clambake
)ggers attraction musical in
things
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yellow Jack at Capitol
Is Fine Screen Fare
Picture Starring Robert Montgomery
Is Backed by Shep Fields
And Talented Band.
By JAY CARMODY.

NDss months Of movie heroes who proved their nobility by taking
at Capitol
yesterday with the offering Of yellow jack big
attraction As palliative from the pink ladies
ad who obsessed the pictures
appealing
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Typical Cinema Dancer
Is Just an Average Girl

average Hollywood chorus girl New Yorker % old who
% pairs
| $62 in the bank-and
L Tyren a today typical girl of
sical through
meaman production Gold
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Comrades Vital Drama
Despite Tales Revision
Tone and Margaret Sullivan Give
Splendid Performances in War
Film at Loew's Palace.
BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, Jr.

osT Of the political venom has been extracted from Eric Maria
Remaques during
called yesterday
The has been smplihed personalities
symbolic deologi
Evening star., 1938-06-11
Hollywood Sees Real Acting
In Victoria Regina
Filmland Stars in Temporary
Eclipse, Except for Clothes,
AT Helen Hayes Show.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

I oL.YwooD June II NANA)-Dear Diary Hayes
- openng-Vctorta Regina"-was
visiting shriners who blocked tahc stars wo
late) made it Norma Sharer
arrived IN time to catch the
"efe JUST before the
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ADJUSTMENTS.
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years, looked like girl of IS in a I:
hlmy white gown encircled at the
waist with wide band OF brilliants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-24
Chairman Upson Has
 Won Primary Fight
tContinued from Page D

supervision of Town Clerk Mary c. Kilmartin, later were locked up at police headquarters where. by statute, they must remain for 90 days.
 The employees of the town clerks office and Custodian of Voting Ma chimes Harry J. Leary remained at the city hall until after Il o'clock to undertake their duties in connec- ton with the primary.
 Slight Error Found
 There were slight errors in some of the returns tabulated this morn- ing and in the ninth section, where William J. Christian was reelected to the town committee with Lena Slater, his delegates won in two of there districts; 5-4, 53-49 votes; 5-7, 8l-53; and lost 5-6. 51-50. Both sets of candidates for the town commit tee declared themselves for Upson, with Harry J. Reynolds and Dor- othy L. Vandercook opposing Chris tian.
 This was one of the closest con- tests of the primary although Frank Rossi, one of the Republican lead CTS who, with Frank Varanelli, Mai Michael Galullo, and Attorney George J. Crocicchia, attacked the Taller program from it's inception obtained majority in his own res- idential district, 1-1, of 37-31. Rossi was confronted with problem of residence in one section with three other districts of the Taller section taken from another ward which meant that he had lost former SUD- port.
 The situation, SO far as crossing senatorial lines is concerned, means that there will be central control of the party in the future as against generally representative control of the voting sections, the Upson op- position claimed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-24
Coroner HennesSy
 m Scott Finding
(Contlnued from Page D

assisting or miniStering to him in. any way, as the hour of dawn approached, set up a call for help, arousing the family on the floor below at said 89 Sheffield street, and neighbor across the street. Mrs. Scott hid the pistol under some blankets in dresser drawer in the bedroom and attempted first to create the impression that the deceased's injury was caused by fall against the stove and that she had called for help im- mediately.
 The deceased was removed to the Waterbury Hospital in the police ambulance of the Water bury Police department, and was admitted to said hospital at 5:38 A. M. D. s. T., August 11th, 1888. There was wound in the right temple, hereinafter more partic- ularly referred to. The said How ard Scott died at SIP A. M., August 11th, 1888, without having regained consciousness.
 An autopsy was ordered and was performed by Dr. Edward H. Kirschbaum, Medical Examiner, which disclosed that on the right side of the head, in the hair line and in the right temporal region, there was a wound somewhat ir- regular in outline and having generally punched out appearance, with a small spear-shaped pro- longation and showing an area of bruising along the lower border. There were no other injuries to the skin, no burns and no powder marks.
 The calvarium was removed and a leaden bullet found at the left side of the head, with indications of it's course through the brain, slightly backwards and slightly upwards from the right to the left side of the head, which caused death.
 The said Thursa Grant Scott later produced the weapon with which she had fired said shots, a 32 caliber revolver, fully loaded except for the two empty shells from which the above mentioned two bullets had been fired.
 I find that the said death of Howard Scott was due to bullet wound of the head resulting in multiple fractures of the skull, sub-dural, subarachnoid and in- tercerebral hemorrhage and lacer- ations of the brain. sustained in the manner hereinbefore described and that said death was due to the criminal act of the said Thursa Scott.
 In compliance with the statute I have filed with the clerk of the Superior Court for New Haven county at Waterbury my report of the inquest, together with the tes- timony taken.
 Dated at Waterbury, Connecti- cut, this 24th day of August, A. D. 1888.
 WILLIAM B. HENNESSY,
 Deputy Coroner for New Haven
 County at Waterbury.