Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-01

implausible enough to be as Zany
as it would like to be. But Miss 10y
and her partner in girl-meetS-loSes-
gets-boy, Melvyn Douglas, are the
sort of glibly talented folk who can
bring off this sort of froth to its
daffiest perfection, or as near per-
lection as the script allows.
The Third Finger, Left Hand"
theory-that a slim white gold band
on that digit will frighten away the
Wolves-might be subject to some
debate, but it gets the heroine of
the picture into considerable diff
Guilty anyway. Miss 10y is a maya
zine editor who has invented a
husband, hoping her supposed
marital state will fend off the ad-
vances of her publisher and his wife
won't have her fired. Mr.. Douglas is
the fellow who comes along to dis
cover the husband a mere fiction,
who then moves into Miss Logs
household to introduce himself as
her long missing mate.
The sparring goes on from there
to you know what conclusion.
Whatever else may be said of Lionel
Houser's story it must be reported
that it has the decency never to
startle with surprising plot twist.
It's in the groove; sometimes it's
almost in a rut. But it does have
Miss 10y, who probably could make
any old groove or rut something to
compare in scenic magnificence
with grand canyon.
Third Finger, Left Hand" also
has, though you might not have
gathered it from these obtuse re-
marks, some comedy scenes as gay
as YOU could desire; or maybe they
only seem so in comparison with
the dull moments between the
bright ones. At any rate, Director
Robert z. Leonard has achieved
some sequences which earn him
forgiveness for not having main
tanned a swift and scintillating pace
throughout.
Most of the comedy revolveS
about Miss Logs attempts to make
Mr.. Douglas marry her SO she can
get a divorce and be free to marry
some one else, which is exactly
what goes on and you can see for
yourself at the Capitol if you don't
believe it now. And since these
affairs involve Miss 10y and Mr..
Douglas as the principal .duellists,
they are fine. There's a magnifi-
oo,+ eoapo +oo ~, ubinb Mr. DoIlO.
las and Lee Bowman (he's Miss
Logs lawyer and the other mani
become involved in the settlement of
her matrimonial affairs, get potted
and end up by standing on their
heads to cure Mr.. Douglas cold.
Felix Bresart also is on hand to
brighten things whenever the cam
eras are aimed at him.
Third Finger, Left Hand" may
not be up to Miss Logs Thin Man"
films but it is, if you're seeking a
quick and odious comparison, much
better than her late lamented
Lucky Night"
There is not, we feel impelled to
tell you at the outset, a single COM
plant to be registered against the
Capitol's stage show this week. In
the first place its headliner is Miss
Sibyl Bowan, the talented impress
sionist who always is some one
worth going out of your way to see.
Still doing that sketch of Mrs.
Roosevelt, to the obvious delight of
her audience Gncluding this mem
Der of it), Miss BoWan has added
some new numbers to her program,
too-an impersonation of Carmen
Miranda done equally as well as
Miss Miranda could do it, and an
impression of Bea Lille singing her
Marvellous Party" number, which
is wonderful.
Except for the Gaudsmiths, the
rest of the revue is in a dancing