Evening star., 1944-12-22

times II IL not al all,
The theme ef The predatory yount
female aesttilly or on Il man hunI
hAs been rather thoroughly covered
BY recent movies, 6f aaiifse, ana Il
could DE thai those IN charge el
eDuf Hearts Wer6 Young and Gay
felt They had W be no Lass than aRr
pl1sivs 10 put u over once more
1n6 finAi result Indicates that II
would haye been b6tt6r 10 haya Ell
agtitaaad hefaines Diana Lynn anf
Gall Russell "a bs little more RS
stTalnsd, fh6if e0mpliisian 10 uns
dsfHe0rs the biim6f pf the sitlla-
u6ns about which the Misses Skin,
tief and Elmbf0ugh Wrota 50 ella
Eagingiy gives The picture Der
AisLsnL quality III thai which Ii 80
spLiy referred "a as the eutes,"
y y
Sheridan dibney, writer producer
OF "0uf Hearts Wefe Young and
Gay" followed with reasonable en-
aetitude the letLer, II not the spirit.
Of the original,
lie has taken Il eaipie Of girls
named Gornslia Otis skinner and
Emily Eimbfollgh, tbs Misses tis-
sell ana Lynn, respectively, and sent
them on Oh European launt
which nshfly reduces Paris hnd
L1hd6n ~ ruins before Papa and
Mama Skinner CONS 10 the feseue
OF those dnaking communities.
Tie actual purpose " Tie Trip, IN
ease you did not read tHe book, was
not to sea Europe but rather ta CON
tinue The process " hnlfhpplne a
couple u young mru who we're going
10 Europe hs klHhtrseeine students,
The pursuit nf the young men H.
more energetic than hftful and H.
Involves the girls Ia EileeeAhion Of
Illustrations 0f which few turn
0iit Ia be quite funny,
Among those you are most likely
t6 like are ih6 ones IN which Emily
flnds herself unWittingly u p,lfaes
snatGhef Wiira her coat hanger be-
comes attached 10 II wealthy female
Travellers p0ekhLb6ok, that IN which
Emily comes down with measles and
escapes from being lliarantined on
the boat by painting her face II pasty
white and donning heavy veil, and
that In which the pair appear In
two wildly shedding rabbit evening
coass which they regarded as ir-
1esistible bargains at $50
The picture thougftfuIly over
Loks fse amusing incident in the
Dook q which the girls find them
seeTss oYerL4gAs guests In q Paris
--5sg 2cz&e@ whose otner ten
sc-s zrs 1zr6iY perfect companions
1lr ?aeg ssr2sles jos. CIT Of charm
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s@ke z g4c,1.e u tiae c!ty's skyline
TIE sg14zEse II ti3esy ezcitE6 re-
naoTz! II t!le.T clolheG, doTn u their
ssipS, " t9roB them doYn IN an
eAort " attract the attention Of
passers-by could have been one OF
the years best comedy passages. It
happens unfortunately 10 be the
very sequence in which the heroines
decided they could make it funnier
simply by letting themselves go like
Mickey Rooney in completely un-
inhibited moment.
Director Lewis Allen should have
spoken firmly to them at that point
and at several others.
X X X
The adult roles in the Earle's
farce are much more effectively
handled Dorothy Gish returns to
make quite an attractive Mama
Skinner, a woman of liberal ideas,
and Charlie Ruggles is good rep
resentation of tolerant and kindly
Otis Skinner. Alma Kruger and
Beulah Bondi find pleasant comedy
values In the parts of Miss Abigail
Horn and Mrs. Lamberton.
The Earle's stage show this week
is a lively blend of melody, comedy
and the dance.
It's headliners are the Carr Broth
ers, whose comic acrobatics are a
familiar but always arTesting sight,