Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-02-02

recurrence OF their enchantlng pc
whenever her heart is so moved.
If mere absence meant being
memory at this very moment, for it
has been long time since Shop
worn Angel" last demonstrated to
the public what heart-winning
actress is Norfolk's brightest gift to
the movies.
One does not have to be Gallup
poll to realize no such thing ever
happens to Miss Sullivan. The
absence of steady supply Of
her pictures merely sharpens the
demand for them. Persons known to
be identified, directly or otherwise,
with the doings of Hollywood are
constantly being button-holed for
information. Drama department
phones ring bit more often about
her, 1t seems, than dozens of the
more lacquered ladies of the screen
whose names appear much more
frequently on the marques of
theaters.
Memories of these SULLIVAN loyal
lists represent a complete file of her
stardom. running back in vivid de-
tail all the way to Next Time We
Love-" which she and James
Stewart made such a sentimental
idyl that it seems to have made a
psychologist mark upon a large Sec
ton of the Republic Perhaps other
actresses must worry about keep
ing constantly on the job because
they must do with quantity what
she has learned to do with the
quality of her acting
OF course, it is just a guess, but
1t seems valid.
X X X
That the public is such a push
over for the kind of romance that
involves moonlight and the scent
Of mimosa that no movie may dare
ignore this igrediant occasionally is
disproved. Most inclined to fly in
the face of fortune and leave out
the love element altogether are
Warner Bros.
They received a great deal of en-
couragement in their bravado last
year with the success of Dawn
Patrol" that tornado tale of World
War flyers and their youthful
tragedy.
Sturdier proof that romance in its
broadcast terms, the struggle of life
and death, is a popular subject is
being provided now by THE Fight
ing 69th." The standing room only
man, which the Earle uses instead
Of the usual sign, has been virtually
the whole of the current week in
the winds of Thirteenth street In
vigorous testament of the pictures
popularity, in spite of the fact that
1t is entirely devoid of love interest.
Captains Courageous, of course,
was the all-time high cinema
achievement in getting along with
out the slightest hint of boy-meets-
girl. =.
Foreign pictures, of which there
seems to have been a conspicuous
paucity since the Little's cinema fes-
tival came to a close several weeks
ago, get back into the running on
February 7. That's the date sched-
uled for the opening at the Ninth
street house of THE End of Day."
This French product, starring
Louis Jouvet, is the picture which
left such huge sections of humanity
and the New York critics limp when
1t was shown in Gotham several
weeks ago. It's scene is backstage,
its story the tenderly told tale of the
personal tragedies of number OF
stage figures when they come to the
end of their respective days; of the
pitiable drabness which comes so
much more intensely after the
glamour of a brilliant stage career.
Julienne Duvivier, the director
whose American reputation is based
primarily upon Garnet de Bal" and
"Grand Illusion" directed "The End
Of Day."
Sam Jack Kaufman, who made
himself considerable reputation as
master of ceremonies in a recent
engagement at the Capitol Theater,
returns to that assignment again
today His first chore will be
presiding over the Barn Dance"