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Evening star., 1939-04-01
Love Affair
Near Top
Romance
McCarey Picture
Among Best of
Season

Until the perfect motion picture
romance comes along. it will be
quite intelligent of every one to
string along with Love Affair
which yesterday entered its second
week at Keith's. 1t is close enough
to perfection to satisfy all tastes, a
result for which you will want to
thank Director Leo McCarey first.
subsequently Irene Dunno and
Charles Boyer. Their combined
efforts make Love Affair a splen-
did piece of entertainment: deli
cious comedy in the earlier part,
deeply affecting drama in the lat
ter stages.
Mr.. McCarey, who is on the verge
Of becoming Hollywood's most sue
cessful director, has given his latest
picture a quality of realism that is
more lifelike than life. His central
characters are a lovely lady Miss
Dunne) of a dubious moral back
ground, and an ultra a-sophisticated
artist (Mr. Boyer who is the most
expert heart-breaker on two con-
tinents. All that happens to them
is that they fall in love- If you
think that is not SO much, then you
do not know what stunning sur
prises the picture has in store for
those parts Of you with which YOU
laugh and weep.
II takes Miss Dunno and Mr.
Boyer a long time to recognize that
the grand emotion can be grand
thing. Their old brittleness dies
hard. Its death bed speeches are
among the most amusing dialogue
bits which the screen has had in
months. The obSequieS occur in one
Of the most affecting scenes of the
picture: that in which the lovers
are brought face to face with the
greatness of love in the beautiful
character of the mans grand
mother. The memories on which
she lives teach them the holloWness
of their mockeries-and they will
teach YOU most likely that your tear
ducts have not atrophied after all
The picture permits the return of
Miss Dunno to two earlier facets of
her career. one truly dramatic act
ing, the other singing She is alto
gether admirable in both. Boyer S
performance is another one of those
which stamps him as one of the
most suave and accomplished gen.
tlemen in the celluloid business. His
shift from Casanova to deeply de-
voted lover is a bit of memorable
playing. j. c.
Evening star., 1939-04-01
'Pygmalion' Stays
Fourth Week

Now for another week every one
can grow hoarse singing the praises
of "Pygmalion." 1t Is still at the
Columbia because there is no way
to get 1t out, or to get new pic
ture in, through all those people who
are sitting there laughing their
heads off at the comedy of George
Bernard Shaw Any notion that
may have existed that Mr.. Shaw
was over the heads of the people
has been so thoroughly dispelled
that there is no point in mention
ing 1t again. The plain fact is that
he is practically the best story teller
who ever wrote for the screen and
the only regret is that he took that
aloof attitude for so many years.
The Shavian tale of a genius in
voice culture who undertakes to
make a great lady out OF a gutter
'snipe in the brief space of three
months is expertly acted in every
department. Leslie Howard, of
course, is standout, but even more
of standout is Wendy Hitler, a
lady of such beauty and talent that
she ought to be a model for all
ladies in the profession. J.C.
Evening star., 1939-04-01
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Earle--"Blackwells Island" John
Garfield goes to Jail: $50 and II sc
am, 2:2O, 4:5O, tbs, $50 pm. and
1915 am. Stage shows: 1880 Am
lis, 3:45, 6:lO, 8:45 and 11:1O pm
Capitol-"Sergeant Madden Wal
lace Beery gets brogue and joins
the force: IL am, AS, 4:30, 7:l5 anC
1905 pm. Stage shows: 1910, 1925
6:l5 and pm.
Keith's-"Love Affair." and a dra
matte one with Charles Boyer and
Irene Dunne-l1:l5 am, l:20, 1925
$50 7::35 and 9:45 pm. March OF
Time: /, sos, $40, 7:l5 and 9:2O
pm.
Palace cafe Society," social
glamour girl meets reporter: II am.
los. 3:15. 5:25. 7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Columbia "Pygmalion," screen
translation of the George Bernard
Shaw comedy: 11:15 am, 1:20, 1925,
$50, TAO and 9:45 pm.
Metropolitan-"On Trial." melo-
drama in the courtroom: 11:55 AM.
1::55, 1855, 5:55. 7:55 and 9:55 pm.
Little-"The Lady Vanishes." sus-
pense by its master, Alfred Hitch
cock. II am, 12:40, 2:20, AIS, 6:05,
1855 and 9:45 pm.
Trans-Lux-Newsa and shorts; con-
tinuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1939-04-01
Trip to Costa Rica
Is Trans.LuX Feature

Costa Rica, colorful land of poin-
ciana trees, orchids, coffee bushes
and marimba bands that play while
the scene shifts from cafe life to the
Lady of the Angeles Mission. is the
destination of the new Trans-Lux
travelogue. There's new edition
of Screen Snapshots, too, which
takes you travelling to Radio Center
for visit with Charlie Mccarthy
and Edgar Bergen, Don Ameche,
Conrad Nagel. Martha Raye. Ida
Lupino. Edward G. Robinson, Claire
Trevor, Bette Davis and lots of other
stars.
The European crisis as nobody
needs to tell you, still dominates the
news at the Trans-Lux as well DIS
everywhere else. Among the other
shots on the new bill are those
showing Hitler's triumphant return
to Berlin. President Lebrun on a
state visit to England, French ma
neuvers in the Maginot Line. Other
items from over the world as seea
by the neWsreel cameras include the
first views of three sets of quadru-
plets at the same place, fire sweep
ing the Florida Everglades and, in
the sports world, the national table
tennis tourney, the national ski
championships and Davey O'Brien
signing for professional football.
The other shorts include a visit
to a dude ranch and the cartoon
"Donald'S Lucky Day" H. M.
Evening star., 1939-04-01
Church to Present
Religious Plav

THE Dream of Pilates Wife," q
religious drama, will be staged the
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights preceding Easter
Sunday at the Central Presbyterian
Church, Sixteenth and Irving streets
NV.
The play is based on the passage
in the Gospel of st. Matthews, where
the wife of Plate sent him a mes
sage saying. Have thou nothing to
do with that just man: For have
suffered many things this day in a
dream because of him"
Yerby Pannill will direct the
drama and take the important part
Evening star., 1939-04-01
Witty Film
Returns to
Little
Lady Vanishes'
Is Hitchcock
At Best

Once or twice a year, which is
too infrequent, along comes
motion picture which proves that
there is only one Alfred Hitchcock.
Latest is The Lady Vanishes,' now
at the Little Theater. That Mr..
Hitchcock can create perfect enter
talnment is more than amply DEM
onstrated in the picture. which stars
very pretty Margaret Lockwood,
Michael Redgrave. May Robson and
Paul Lukas. When it is not send
ing cold chills spinning along the
spine, The Lady Vanishes" is rock
ing the theater with merriment
1t is lark that you will pass up
at your own risk.
Tile amazing thing about the
rotund English directors latest ac-
compllshment is that he has
wrought such wonders with SO little
story. He has strung together a
succession of situations. ornamented
with witty and wicked dialogue.
that make unbelievable sense and
extraordinary entertainment.
Mr.. Hitchcocks major purpose in
The Lady Wishes" is to drive his
audiences insane with mystification
and suspense. While he is doing
that. however he INDUCES in several
beautiful aSideS. subtle commen-
taries on such matters as bad totali-
tartan manners, English stuffiness
and the like. His pot shot at die
tatorship takes the form of dropping
a besieged Englishman off a train
into the midst of a gang of storm
troopers on a shooting lark. The
Englishman waves a huge flag of
truce as he descends, but he is
shot down like dog: a thing that
is ironic and no end humorous as
Hitchcock has built it up.
There are some markedly skilled
performances to help along the
compound of mystery and comedy.
That of Miss Robson as the lady
who vanishes is unusually fine, even
for Miss Robson, which is to say
a great deal. Mr.. Lukas is one of
the most coldly calculating villains
you ever saw. Miss Lockwood is
pretty and comic and Mr.. Red
grave is excellent save at these
moments when he is being too
consciously clever in his handling
of dialogue.
You should not miss THE Lady
Vanishes.' j. c.
Evening star., 1939-04-01


and growls "Its not your pop
talkin', it's the law. Drop that gum"
MIR. Beery has been brought to
this last resort by series OF cir
cumstances which would try any
father and which indicate he prob
ably should have shot the brat 10
or is years sooner. The son (played
with a deal of snarling vlgor, incl
dentally, by Alan Curtls) follows
his fathers footsteps as far as the
police school and graduates to be-
come what is known as a smart
copper. Intent upon nothing but
swift advancement, he shoots a
vouncster committing petty larceny,
gets framed into Sing-Slng SEN
tence by the (read it slowly young
ster's sisters gangster boy friend.
then escapes to start a brle1 put
somewhat spectacular career OF
shooting people and robbing banks.
To this familiar pattern have
been added sundry dramatic 1rllls
which give some. but certainly not
too much. semblance OF freshness
now and then. There is the nice
Young lady Cher past is a bit too
complicated for discussion here)
who comes to the Madden home to
be adopted, then is treated rather
shabbily by fate. falling in love with
the son who goes wrong, marrying
him and having a baby. And there
is the adopted son who does not go
wrong and who, you are sure IN tne
end. is going to make the lass a hne,
if not too interesting, husband.
The brightest note about Ser
geant Madden" is the change Dlrec-
tor Josef Won Sternberg has wrought
in Mr.. Beery change equally as
welcome as that which overlook
that other great mugger, Mickey
Rooney, in his last film. Mr.. Won
Sternberg has not made his star as
coldly beautiful as he used to make
Marlene Dietrich, but he certainly
has subdued him. You will find that
Mr.. Beery is. to be sure, his old gruff,
grizzled. growing and lovable self,
but when faced with dramatic
moment he greets it with quieter
heart and a calmer visage than of
yore all of which helps him to do
bang-up job.
Another bright note is Laraine
Day. the newcomer who plays the
leading feminine role. She has
something. One of the things is
pretty face that is also warm and
fresh, another is the ability to cope
with the dramatic moments she has
and still another is that which at
the moment is known best as
"yumph.'
On the Capitols stage you will
find Sybil Bowan. for which couple
of hoorays, and good loud ones; Cd
die Peabody and several other peo-
pie. Miss Bowans doings are as
hilarious as ever, which is pretty
hilarious as you we'll know. And
she has some new sketches which
equal anything she has done before
and that. you also know. takes some
equalling. 1mpersonating debu-
tante songstreSs, or Little Egypt in
The Last of the First Worlds Fair
or Cockney beauty contestant, or
Aimee Semple Mcpherson, she is
magnificent. The fan dance, espe-
cially, is something not to be missed.
Mr. Peabody, of course. is the
beyond which there is-no more
when it comes to banging banjo
and it is very fine indeed to have
him back. He does everything from
the Poet and Peasant overture to
Evening star., 1939-04-01
On Trial. Opens

"On Trial" new modern drama
comes to the Metropolitan Theater
today.
Lovely Margaret Lindsay shares
top honors in the story with John
Litel. Others in the cast include
Edward Norris. Janet Chapman
James Stephenson and Media Har-
rigan.
Terry Morse directed the picture
from the screen play by Pop Ryan
The film is the story of man on
trial for the murder of business
associate.
Evening star., 1939-04-01
Wendy Barrie Plans
World Tour

There's one clause in Wendy Bar
rie's new 15-picture, 5-year contract
with R-K-O Radio that prefaces what
ought to be marvellous vacation.
It provides that she shall have no
film commitments during next June
and July. and for those two months
the blond star and her mother in
tend to make fast round -the-world
tour, visiting Toxic, Hong Kong df
the war situation at that time per-
mits), Calcutta. Bombay, Cairo, Nice
and London-all cities where the
two lived in Wendy's childhood days.
An adroit juggling of steamer and
airplane schedules will enable Miss
Barrie, who recently completed
R-K-O's The Saint Strikes Back y
to make the trip easily within the
60-day limit, and have plenty of
time for sightseeing ard renewing
old friendships Throughout the Far
East and England.
Evening star., 1939-04-01

least, Kyser turns this feature of his
performance into an interval of high
merriment that you should not miss
regardless of your taste in amuse-
ment.
Any one who can make amateurs
give that kind of performance with
out making them goats is a fellow
worthy of respect and admiration.
Kyser's specialists, very capable
lads and lass, hit every musical
mood of the moment. Missing yes
terday. due to illness, was singer 1sh
Kabibble, one of the company's
leading talents. but the others COM
pensated handsomely for his ab-
sence Most popular of the soloists
was Virginia (Ginny) Simms, who
is So good that she can sing Deep
Purple" without sounding like all
other capable torch singers who sing
Deep Purple" Sully Mason and
Harry Babbitt are the other vocal
lists. the former scatty. the latter
straight. Both are good
Next to the quiz. this depart
ment. supported by what appeared
to be the entire audience. preferred
the closing number. 1t is wildly
dizzy affair. the dizziness being a
combination of the high spirits OF
the band members and one of the
trickiest lighting effects seen on a
local stage this season.
"BlackWells Island" to which
one must return. is the tale of q
racketeer, a kind of simple minded
sap with a flair for practical jokes
and murder, who takes over a
prison when he is forbidden by
justice to take over any more trades
on the outside. He eXacts a price
from his fellow prisoners for every
thing they get. food. bedding. pre-
ferred jobs. etc. This incredible
racket he operates from the old
hospital wing which he takes over
for himself and his mob and which
he converts into a luxurious apart
ment which would make j. P
Morgan envious.
Mr.. Garfield's role in the goofy
events which take place is that OF
reporter determined to disclose
the depth of the infamy. How he
manages to be convincing in a pic
ture so blandly Indifferent to logic
is one Of those things that will
have to be put down to the fact
that Garfield is the best young
actor in Hollywood.
Ambling on from situation to
situation "BlackWell's Island" stum-
bles upon some moments that are
comic, some that are dramatic, and
lot more that are neither.
1t makes very little difference
however, since Mr. Kayser and his
boys and girl are there to make the
bill a very attractive one.
Evening star., 1939-04-01

CdHy guy from Dlhle INSPIRES eVet
one to participate One may not
want to participate but Mr.. Kyser
is the kind who won't take no for
an answer, a thing that makes him
one of the best shoWmen you ever
met.
The picture which comes between
the Kyser performances is Black
wells Island" thing which sounds
very grim but is nothing of the
kind. Even Warner Bros, who al
ways have been so deadly serious
about rackets, racketeers, prisons
and the like. have turned light
hearted about them. Not light
hearted enough to make this picture
a challenge to the seasons better
comedies but relief from the other
mood for all that. They want you
to laugh with the picture, of course
but probably wouldn't mind if you
laughed at it in some places. One
of the better qualities of Black
wells Island" is the presence in it
of young John Garfield the young
acting sensation who apparently
can do no wrong regardless of the
opportunities offered him by script
writer's.
1t is a nicely balanced band, one
that blows some beautiful blues, that
Mr.. Kyser has put together. The
fact remains, however. that the out
standing feature of his show is the
boss personality. He is more like a
hospitable host than a master of
ceremonies, a friendly dopey gen.
tleman who makes you feel part
Of the party.
The Kyser College of Musical
knowledge has the virtue of being
distinctly different kind of show.
In addition to having the basic in
gredient of music in its various pop
ular moods. sweet, swing. etc. it has
that quiz feature which involves
taking six people from the audience
and finding out how much, or how
little, they know about music. With
out embarrassing his subjects in the
Evening star., 1939-04-01

of Procula, the wife of Plate. B. J.
Brooks and Roy w. Prince will
alternate as PLATE, ALA H. Rogers
will play Rachel, the maid TO Pro-
cula; Dagmar Kollar and Mary Full
ton will alternate as the servant
girl, George Courie will be Portus,
Robert Gardner the goat herder,
William F. Dismer. jr., and Leland
Hunt will alternate as the captain
of the guard H. B. Nesbitt, jr., plays
the Centurion and Mary Barr Bush.
Mozeile B. Hunt and Mrs. w. L.
Fulton will be the women voices in
the procession.
The chorus will be in charge OF
Mrs. r. w. Prince. The costumes
are by Mrs. T. G. Carr and Mrs.
r. w. Prince. The stage setting is
by Mr.. r. L. Davie.
Evening star., 1939-04-01
Six Shows Today
For Kav KVser

Six stage presentations were
slated to be made at the Earle today
by Kay Kyser and his college of
Musical knowledge" This is the
first time since February, 1886, when
Wayne King made his first local
stage appearance, that such an ex-
tended schedule has been planned,
with the exception, of course. of
special midnight shows on New
Year Eve and other holidays.
Apatron may 60 to the Earle as
late as II o'clock tonight and see a
complete stage and screen show.
The Kyser stage appearances were
to be made at 10:45, lis, $40, 6:l0,
$40 and II o'clock.
Evening star., 1939-04-01
Students in PLAYS

A program of two short plays was
presented last night by pupils of
the John Quincy Adams School in
the school auditorium. Mrs. N.
Piozet and Miss E. Gilchrest
directed.
Principal players were Nancy
Hanck, Edna Duncan, Jean Zlhoes,
Milton Stoutenburg, Sarah Kimball,
June Mayer, Shirley Hornstein,
Sarah Shenk and Tommy Sarrin.
Evening star., 1939-04-01

Hold Tight" and that is taking in
considerable territory, even for Eddie
Peabody.
The rest of the bill is devoted to
the amazing tricks of Paul Sydell
and Spotty, the agile and graceful
acrobatics of the Hudson Wonders,
the dances of the Lambertons (Who
never miss a beat even though they
can't hear the music) and the
pleasant baritoning of Edwin Steffe.
Evening star., 1939-04-01
POliceman's Son Goes Bad
Again in Capitol's Film
Wallace Beery Has His Parental
Troubles in Sergeant Madden;
Sybil Bowan on Stage
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

donned bogue well brogue
finest the
of this
time Sergeant
han DEATH 435 That the moment when
Evening star., 1939-04-01
Kay Kyser Show at Earle
Thing Of Endless Fun
Daffy Maestro's Act Highlighted
By That Famous Audience Quiz;
Picture Stars Garfield
By JAY CARMODY.

quite all right for Kay Kyser to be making more money han
Mr.
of picnics
enjoyable
affairs
crazy.
Evening star., 1939-04-01

Saturday, April lao and 400 f.M
Palm Sunday-5:OO and 800 PM.
Monday. Tuesday-5:OO and 500 f.M
Wednesday, Thursday-5:OO and 800 PM
Good Friday-1:3O 400 and 800 PM.
Admission tree Freepil offerings.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-15
Power and Ice
Companii in
Picnic Sunday

Employees of the Nevada-Califor-
mia Electric corporation and of the
Imperial Ice and Development
company and their families enjoy
ed picnic sunday in Pine Valley,
some $50 attending from the various
valley communities.
During the morning horseback
riding, volley ball, tennis, horseshoe
pitching occupied the group and at
noon a tempting community lunch
con was served. During the noon
hour r. p. Moore, vice-president,
made a brief talk, short program
being given.
In the afternoon the ice COM
pany defeated the power company,
by a score of 20 in an exciting
baseball game, after which various
contests and races we're featured.
Fred Nebel-Thau was in charge
of the loudspeaker set-up and Tom
Crosbie, of athletic events.
Some IL members of the two
firms went up the night preceding
the party to complete all arrange
mentS.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-15

Ten Thousand club members will
end their year on Thursday of this
week at a luncheon meeting at the
Barbara Worth hotel which will be
highlighted by the installation of
officers and by an exceptionally
fine program.
Through the courtesy of one of
, the members who is a personal
friend of Louise Jewell Manning
Hicks, this celebrated play reader
has been secured for the program
and will present the one of George
Bernard Shaws wittiest and most
delightful plays, Candida.
Mrs. Manning Hicks is particu-
larly noted as an interpreter of
Shaw and was one of the first to
introduce him to American audi
ences. Her repertoire includes a
great variety of dramas however,
including those of Ibsen and other
equally famous playwrights.
Having achieved an enviable rep-
utation in both America and in
England, Mrs. Manning Hicks has
been greatly in demand and Ten
Thousand club members feel for
tunate in being able TO have SO dis
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-15
Three Hostesses Give Shower
For Miss Asbury

Smith. E. E. Grovesnor, l.. w Ed
dins. Alfred Adams, C. J. Moniz.
Ruth Chase, Irma Mccullough, ce-
Gill Clouse, r. L. Sperry, d. ID.
Brownell, G.. C. Brownell. v. W.
Wilson. Earl Holmquist. L. L. Lierle.
M. L. McKendry, w. f. Young, j.
G. Writ, w. T. Fowler, Ralph But
Ter. Tracy Sorenson, w. D. Dixon.
Herbert Reedy, Frank Grubel, Miss
Julia Riley, Miss Eleanor Lechler
Of Calipatria; Mrs. Forrest f. Kutz.
Mrs. r. w. Ware, Mrs E. l.. Hite-
man, Mrs. Ben Herring of Ell Cen
tro; Miss Elizabeth Detweiler Of
Los Angeles, Mrs. Carl Floud OF
Ventura. Mrs. Ann Dearborn of
Holtville: Miss Catherine Detweiler,
Miss Janet johnson of Mulberry;
Miss Marian Dixon of Coronado,
Mrs. H. H. Brandt, Mrs. Wilson
Moore. Bonnie Welch, Mrs. Bert
Warner, all of Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-15
Second Kenah
Recital on
tuesday

Second Of .wo recitals by students
of Oria Kenah is scheduled for
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in the
First Baptist church when high
school and junior college students
are to be presented. The recital for
elementary school pupils was set
for Monday night at the same hour
and place.
The program for Tuesday is as
follows: Concert In A. Allegro"
MOZART, Barbara Ruth Henson;
Concerto in c, Largo" Beethoven
Robert Tackett; The Morning"
(Chaminade) Mary Yano; "Valse"
from Les Noces harlequin
(Thome), and "Juba Dance" tDetD
Helen Bishop and Jack Suttle;
Concerto in D, Vivace' (Haydn)
Roberta Bartholomew; Concerto
Op. 40 No. 3 CMozart, Allegro
MaeStOsG." "Andante,' Presto,
Jack York Jeffries. Mrs. Charles
Bartholomew plays the orchestral
parts on the second piano.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-15
Ten Thousand Club to Hear
Mrs. Mannins-Hicks

tinguished a guest artist for theil
closing meeting.
Reservations Due
Luncheon will be served at 1890
noon and admission will be by
ticket only. Mrs. N. A. ContoS, Mrs
w. A. Vie, Mrs. R. c. Barter have
tickets for sale and all reservations
close on Tuesday.
New officers who are to be in
stalled include: Mrs. P. N. Van
Slyck, president; Mrs. Earle G.
Davis, vice. president; Mrs. Malcolm
Macurda, recording secretary; Mrs
Earl A. Kraft, corresponding Sec
retary: Mrs. Howard Soper, finan-
cial secetary; Mrs. Stevens H. Har-
ris, treasurer; Mrs. Neal Gavin, Mrs
p. E. Ryerson, Mrs. r. c. Barter
directors.
Mrs. r. w. Ware, retiring presi-
dent. will preside at the meeting
Other officers who have served the
club during the past year are: Mrs
Van Slyck. vice-president; Mrs
Davis, recording secretary; Mrs
Kraft, corresponding Secretay; Mrs
Soper, treasurer; Mrs. Arno C. Yae-
excl, financial secretary; Mrs. Vie
Mrs Gavin, Mrs. Beynon, directors