The Week On The Stage

...Lawyer's Secret," Five Star Film, at the Hipp...

...for i t la a beautiful, impressive capture oi t h e far north, with enough plot t o t i e t h e journey together with n strong thread of suspense...

...The Skin Game," From Galsworthy's Famous Play, at the Little Carnegie At the Little Carnegie Playhouse is a British International picture, "The Skin Game," adapted from John Galsworthy's p l a y ol t h e same name a n d directed b y Alfred Hitchcock...

...Lupe Velez at Palace Next week's bill at the RKO Palace will have a distinct Hollywood flav.or with no less a personage t h a n Lupe Velez, the diminutive motion picture s t a r as t he Concerning Glenn Anders, Hero in 'Tomorrow and Tomorrow* Glenn Anders, who plays the eading male role in Philip Berv e "Tomorrow and Tomorrow," ehich is now in i t s sixth month it Henry Miller's Theatre, came Ike young Loch invar, out of the Vest He halts from Los Angeles, r h e r e he attended a dramatic ichool for a time and t h e n joined h e company of Sothern and Marowe in Shakespearean repertoire Despite the glamour that inevitably surounds a young actor vho has achieved rapid success, Slenn Anders* is conspicuous foi i r e t i r i n g and unassuming personility...

...Hotel Universe" last season...

...I t la j u s t before t h e A g u e Celiente Handicap —his suspension i t up—but b e refuses t o ride...

...I t w a s ' a t this stage that the Azariats called upon the French leet t o a s s i s t t h « m t n t h f f f r mtt.rir on the Revolutlaaar- a t h e French sailors, ha appeal of the Rosea mutinied against thai 1 fleers and refused te j e . 1st...

...Lew Cody, James Gleason, Frederic Burton, Paul Hurst and a number of o t h e r wen known players complete t h e c a s t Al Rogell receives credit for t h e direction...

...Fairbanks, J r . , t h e newest star In t h e Warner Bros, galaxy, demonstrates in "Chances" t h a t his elevation t o stardom was m e r i t ed " M e n Call It L o v e , With A d o l p h e M e n j o u , at Strand "Men Call I t Love," with Adolphe Menjou s t a r r e d and Leila Hyama, Norman Foster, Mary Duncan and Hedda Hopper featured, i s n ow a t t h e S t r a n d Thea t r e . This picture w a s directed b y Edg a r Selwyn, Broadway producer and playwright...

...He h a s played a series of roles h a t entitle ' h im t o a prominent 'lace among t h e young male stars >f the legitimate stage...

...No less importJit were bis characterizations in The Constant Nymph," "A Farewell to Arms," '"Dynamo," and •hllip Barry's "Hotel Universe...

...Go to i t Heywood...

...Another of t h e rapturous revivals of t h e Savoyard pair l e t s us have "Patience," t h a t most timel e s s of t h e Gilbert satires, with t h e Sullivan music a t i t s usual n e s t adjustment to the words...

...Never before," asserts Lew Leslie, "have I witnessed such a demonstration in t h e t h e a t r e and I have been in shew business foi t h i r t y years...

...Abo m are warming t o their work...

...The eight act vaudeville bill Stars Joe Wilton and Rex Weber in their comedy riot "Mr...

...BOLD SAILORS THE VIKING.- A film record of the Varici Frissell Arctic Expedition...

...Barry draws so well...

...Playing l a r r y , one must forget many hings t h a t are heritages of t he lays when an actor had to Act— rtth a capital A; his lines need inly to be spoken with the utnost simplicity t o be effective...

...My early training was in uch plays as 'Around th...

...As f a r as I know t h i s ia t h e first time in show business t h a t t h e finale of a musical show had to be repeated in " its entirety in response to t h e demands of a n audience...

...who filmed the excellent picture of the seal-hunt of "The Viking...

...and Vivi a n Hart, ea t h e dairy-maid P a tience, la coy a s a s o u b r e t t e The t w e n t y love-sick maidens a r e as charming as forlorn...

...and t he gathering of a storm over the Janet Gctynor in "Daddy Long Legs" Held Over AtFoxB'klyn...

...A p p l a u s e s o Great, Leslie R e p e a t s Finale in - R h a p s o d y" What is perhaps the most unusual incident in the annals oi Broadway showdom occurred or the stage of t h e Sam H. Harris Theatre on S a t u r d a y evening when the curtain descended on t h e finale of Lew Leslie's "Rhapsody in Black...

...The h e a r t throbs— the excitement—tha villainy—and the honesty afford Al Rogell a wonderful opportunity in t h e making of RKO-Pathe Pictures epic of the track, "Sweepstakes," which opens an extended run a t the RKO Mayfair Theatre, beginning eight o'clock Wednesday n i g ht The story is about a young Jockey who falls In love with a night club singer and subsequently becomes disbarred from racing when b e la framed by t h e girl's employer...

...He has shown himself qually fitted to play t h e robust lramas of Sidney Howard, the motional ones of Eugene O'Neill, md the sensitive, w i t t y moving days of Philip Barry...

...The picture is s faithful transcription of one of the g r e a t English drama t l s t ' s best known works, and i s enacted by a distinguished cast including Edmund Gwenn...

...America...

...There ii no sport which holds the interest a s does horse-racing—and nc Held of sport t h a t carries with It the romance and glamor of the race track, from owners down to •table hands...

...troops...

...The applause w a s tumultuous and t h e company took ten curtains calls t o the most enthusiastic cheers...

...Joseph Macaulay, here a s Archi bal drGrosvenor, continues t o develop as a rich-voiced personality...

...n the last named play, Anders rave a performance which marked lim a s eminently fitted to portray he sensitive urbane people that dr...

...I f you have, you will g o without my bidding...

...The Black Ssa HJ produced in V. S. S. 1 w r i t t e n by A ?gale» Michael Gold, SesH-ej leal novelist and autaar Without Money," h ans t h e American tiUeahfi t h i s blizzard are J e d and Luke, rival sealers, and rivals for t he hand of t h e village belle...

...The reason for t he evident popularity of h e r a c t i s t h e enjoyment i t brings t o h e r listeners as well a s t o herself, who find her not only enjoyable but stimu l a t i n g and catchy...

...Believing her t o be Implicated in bla ruin, h e disappears, only t o b o f o u n d next season b y h i s old baddy waiting or a table a t Tiajuana...

...Dynamiting its way through iceberg and ice-floe, the ship* moves on i t s hazardous way...

...The Viking" is one of t h e year's outstanding films...

...At the Central Park...

...Marion Nixon is t h e p r e t t y singer...

...He is in t h a t respect singularly unlike young Lochinvar...

...age of radio, telegraph and telephone Or a n y o t h e r Oweepetakei of importance i n t h e world—witmillions of followers of t h e sport of kings listening-in on radios In all p a r t s of t h e globe—thanks tc international hook-ups...

...One listener, upon h e a r i n g ' M i s s Waters' music applied t o h e r lyric, became so enthusiastic over it t h a t she immediately decided to make a bid for the music...

...Eddie Quillan plays t h e jockey...

...With Milton Raison as partner, Broun h a s already enlisted the aid of t h e Gershwins, Dorothy Parker, H a r r y Hershfield, and more and more and more...

...Th< Viking" is e picture t h a t coat th< lives of Frissell and twenty-fiv« of h i s companions when they seal' tag vessel, t h ? Viking, mysterious ly exploded near Newfoundland while they were engaged in retaking some of t h e scenes for t h e picture...

...J o e in "They Knew Vhat They Wanted," which a n t e d that honor in 1924, and Edmund Darrell in "Strange Inerlude," which received the .ward in 1928...

...a a p o e t s a n d his to rane claim, think of t h e echo* a n d r e echos of t h e hoof-beets of the Kentucky Derby in t h i s modem...

...The picture carries us through t h e entire voyage of t h e Viking, leaving St...

...Wilton and Weber, Lew H earn Head Comedy Bill — — I At the Hippodrome this week Clive Brook, Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Richard Arlen a re featured in "The Lawyer's Secr e t " with F a y Wray and J e an Arthur in t h e leading feminine roles...

...The s t o r y Is original b y L ew Lipton and t h e dialogue w a s w r i t t en by Ralph Murphy...

...Othe r s on the p r o g r am are Emory...

...Not satisfied with certain shots, he returned t o Labrador t o retake t h e scenes, and there, with members of h i s crew, was killed in an explosion on t h e Viking...

...Schools of seals are overtaken, end there are some excellent close-ups of baby seals...

...The peasants of h e district also h a d a p a r t l a t he itruggle, joining their fellow workers against the Imperial troops...

...Big Stage Revue Alto Stays On So g r e e t h a s been t h e demand for Janet Gaynor m "Daddy Long Legs" a t the Fox Brooklyn Thea t r e t h a t , t h e picture h a s been held over and i s not in i t s seronrl and final week...

...They buy t h e horse and, with some mysterious help, e n t e r h im i n t h e Handicap...

...It vas necessary to unlearn some hings with which I had been imiued during my first years on t he tage...

...Chances," With Fairbanks, Jr., at the ' Hollywood Theatre "Chances," s t a r r i n g D o u g l a s Fairbanks, Jr., a n d showing a t t he Hollywood Theatre, h a s s w u n g into t h e front line of box-office successes...

...As "Judy Abbott" In h e r progress from gingham and pigtails to chiffon and permanents, t h e c h a rm of J a n e t Gaynor Is absolutely ideal for t h e p a r t; while Warner Baxter, playing opposite her, Is a perfect choice for the suave, cynical but lonely bachelor who i s g r e a t l y surprised to find himself in love with his w a rd Fanchon & Marco's stage show, "African" Idea, h a s been held over with t h e picture...

...John's, Newfoundland, t o make the annual "great kill" of seals...

...Corner,' Scrambled Wives,* and T h e Demivirgin,' before I played in t he sore serious 'Hell Bent for leaven.' " Endowed with a r a r e flexibility a his a r t and a fine intelligence, ilenn Anders is accepted aa one if t h e few leading men of star « l i b r e on the legitimate stage oday...

...The audience still not satisfied, continued the prolonged applause, refusing to leave their seats...

...Joan Waters, they say, h a s it in h e r t o be e huge success...

...The ictor must play, not t o the last ow of the theatre, but to the i r s t " I had t o acquire a slightly lifferent technique in playing...

...This is the " cooperative musical comedy Heywood Broun is gathering— cooperative for all but the chorus, which has i t s initial sala r y guaranteed...

...v Odessa was c a p t u r e d in 1918 after prolonged and determined righting by Ukrainian workers, wldiers and sailors of t h e Revoutionary forces...

...Broun on Broadway There should be good going when "Shoot t h e Works" arrives...

...The pict u r e , shown as he had prepared I t before* bis second and fatal journey, leaves u s wondering what he wanted to refilm...

...An enthusiastic reception by t h e c r i t i c s and full houses over the week-end have a s s u r e d t h e p i c ture of a four weeks' run, i t is believed...

...In this five s t a r drama "Buddy" Rogers makes his dramatic bow in a great part and proves himself a great actor...

...He was Indy Lo w r y ta "Hell Bent for leaven," which won t h e Pulitzer 'rize in 1923...

...At t h e Celiente auction, t h e y discover u p f o r s a le t h e home he h a d s o often ridden t o victory...

...It was in Odessa on t he Black Sea where the Red troops In those tense days of 1918 fought against the Cxarists and eventually conquered the reactionary White forces...

...B a r r y and playwrights like h im ire creating a new audience in he theatre, and a new kind of ictor," says Anders.- "He i s reponaible to a perceptible degree Or the good taste that is comng into the theatre...

...I t i s based upon t h e legitimate stage success, "Among t h e Married," which was w r i t t e n b v Vincent Lawrence 'The Black Sea Mutiny,9 Film Document of the Russian Revolution, Open at the Cameo The newest Soviet film, "The Black Sea Mutiny," which is now having i t s first American showing a t t h e RKO Cameo Theatre, ii an Important firm document of the I r e m a t i c days of t h e Russian revolution...

...The line-up Broun is assembling makes this writer hope the play opens before he leaves town on vacation—not to mention that Broun T»<m«oir ia worth a theatre-ticket or two...

...While perhaps not quite so fresh aa t h e revival a t t h e Greenwich Village Theatre a half-dozen years ego—where was a n almost amat e u r spontaneity and delight—and while Danforth lets his helmet chin-strap cover his words too much, t h e performance is otherwise quite a s one would wish, and n sign t h a t t h e Civic Light Ope r a Company and Mr...

...I n its white and' vivid beauty...

...This Idea of t he "dark continent" with all i t s vivid characteristics has been transplanted to the stage by Sammy Lee with especially extravagant scenic equipment...

...I t la s g r e a t t r i b u t e to t h e genius of Ethel Waters, my star, s a d t o the other members of my company.'1 "Sweepstakes" Rating Romance, Brings Eddie Quillan and Fine Cast To the RKO May fait I f the thunderous hoof-beets ol Peni Revere s ride 'Yang around t h e world...

...Featured in a large principal cast of unusual merit a r e E d and Morton Beck Others in support are P r o s p e r and Maret, F r a n k Foster and Ma belle, Three Brown Buddies, Cherie and Tomaaite, and fourteen dancing Sunkist Beauties...

...Manley with Mabel Golden and Walter LaMarr, J a y Seller and Frances Wills and Three Peaches, the Gilbert Brothers, t h e F o u r Polos and another RKO a c t . Joan Waters, the Song Seamstress, Sings Her Way to Popularity Every Tuesday a t 2:45, over s t a t i on WHN, One can hear the popular J o a n Waters, known widely a s t h e song seamstress, improvise music to the lyrics sent to her by h e r increasing army of r a dio followers...

...Lew Hearn, the popular character comedian in the " J ip Clothing" skit by Eddie Cantor, and Lome Worth, properly presented as Miss Versatility...

...If you h a v e never seen t h i s sati r e on t h e esthetic pretensions of t h e arty-arty, go see "Patience...

...The Viking" to Be Held Indefinitely at Central Park Theatre "The Viking," Varick Frlasell'i drama of Newfoundland seal hunters which had i t s New York premiere before a distinguished audience Tuesday night a t Lee Brecher's Central P a r k Theatre, ii continuing over t h e week-end and will be held indefinitely...

...ONE of t h e " m a r t y r s of the movies" is Varick Frissell...

...When the jockey learns t h a t t h e financial assistance baa come from hie sweetheart—that she h a d nothing to do w i t h h i s being framed—and she comes down for t h e races— he rides for more t h a n victory...

...The F o x t r i o of S am J a c k Kaufman, Bob W e s t and Eddie Magill repeat their successes of last week...

...It is this sort of entertainment t h a t makes for success, because of the interest displayed by both t h e a r t i s t and h e r listeners...

...Phyllis Rons t a r n , C V. France, Helen Hayes, Jill Esmond, John Longden, F r a n k Lewton, Herbert Ross, Dora Gregory, R. E. Jeffrey, George Bancroft Edward Chapman and Ronald Frankau...

...Under t h e snowfall, that shuts off all vision, and under the equally bunding glare of the a r c t i c sun, on ice t h a t as they continue, threatens constantly to crack, these sealers work their way back t o a ship t h a t considers t h em lost forever...