Evening star., 1939-02-09

feeding them. AS If that were not
discouraging enough, the herd would
make Rah Rah chieftain of his vii
lage AS chief, he would inherit the
tribal harem, adding lot more
wives to the four who already were
proving such a pain in Rah Rah's
neck.
The Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Science ought to think up
a special reward for an actor like
that. For the "smartest perform
ance of the year." perhaps.
Those who feel pretty intensely
that season without Gertrude
Lawrence at the National would be
tragic affair can begin to relax.
1t looks much as if Miss Lawrence
would come around in a new play,
"Skylark" All that is mentioned
about it in our information is that
it is a comedy. AS if any one
couldn't guess that, Mr.. John
Golden!
In order to play "Skylark," which
will open in Boston in March and
arrive here sometime in April, Miss
Lawrence soon will step out of
Susan and Cod after two long,
long seasons on Broadway and the
road. She will be succeeded by
Jesse Royce Lands who is prac-
tlcally making habit of succeeding
Miss Lawrence. Last time it was in
Tonight at $50"
"Skylark" will not bother with
New York this season. Miss Law
renee is destined to get nice va
cation and a well-earned one after
a short spring tour.
That's all we know about Miss
LaWrence's program.
X X X
Mr.. Tyrone Power for all his ami
ability is moving over onto the side
of the critics with reference to be-
ing sick of these world savior parts
he has been playing. He is not
thinking of sit-down strike or
anything like that, but he is fed
up with being one of the Lloyds of
London, a Ferdinand de Lesseps,
Baron de Ferson and others of
heroic proportions. In Rose of
Washington Square," his present
picture, he is just a nobody and
loves it. He hopes it will go on and
on. And so do lot of Power ad-
mirers, who think that he has been
asked to do some incredible things
in the last three years.
Among other things which "Idi-
OTIS Delight" will do is increase your
admiration of Clark Gable. The
picture makes Mr.. Gable a plain
hoofer, a thing that might embar-
rass lot of Hollywood leading men.
Not Gable. He hoofs
without apology. He enjoys it
quite as much, apparently. as AL
fred Lunt did when he played the
same role on the stage. The
Beachcomber" contains our favorite
line of dialogue for 1889 regardless
of how many other lines we shall
hear before the year ends. 1t
is nature is so natural" and the
way Elsa Manchester reads it is
something to remember. Day
Tuttle and Richard Skinner, for
merly of the Civic Theater, George
town and other local institutions
and places are co-producers now.
They are associated with
Cheryl Crawford. g. First produc-
ton will be Family Portrait" with
Judith Anderson. Margaret
Webster will direct. :. That's Paula
Stone who plays the major glamour
girl in Les Blondes" Mr.. Gables
troupe in idiots Delight {.
You can hear the names of the
movie quiz prize winners read at
the three Loew downtown houses
on the night of February 20. :.
We only hope the winner is as
good in the newsreels as those who
win Irish sweepstakes prizes. {.
Hardie Meakin has not been so
happy since Snow White" as he
is now watching the customers
clamor for a chance to see "Gunga
Din" It's staying over. of course.
.. Nancy Kelly, one of the three
leading ladies in Tail Spin," does
not regard herself as a glamour girl.
-. But the public and the studio
feel otherwise, so it is all right to
humor Miss Kelly on the point.