"Trapeze" Du Ponf's New German Film at Little Carnegi
SHIPLEY, JOSEPH T.
"Trapeze"Du Pont's New German Film at Little Carnegie Vivid Story Of Circus fife Enacted by Anna Sten and a Fine Cast Following » four-week run of •"Bonny," the Viennese operetta by Emmerich...
...Warner Baxter, the famous daddy of "Daddy Long Legs," is the s t a r of "Amateur Daddy," and in i t he gives a performance that surpasses in charm and delight his role In that well remembered film in which he played opposite Janet Gaynor...
...Although it ail sounds pretty grim, the play is actually a comedy and filled with funny lines and situations...
...The novelist responds witbft a scheme for poisoning the man's toothpaste, which provides the principal entertainment of the second act...
...A FEATURE of "Trapeze" of special interest to American audiences WHO may h a v e only a slight or possibly no knowledge of German, will be an accompanying English screen translation of the important dialogue...
...At any rate, while mystery plays have come and gone this season in great number, "Whistling LAthe Dark," with Ernest Truex in the title role, has BETA prospering a t the Ethel Barrymore Theatre for fifteen week...
...Some one has called it a "mystery play to end all mystery plays," while a leading critic has described it aa one of the three beat written plays of the season...
...Trapeze"Du Pont's New German Film at Little Carnegie Vivid Story Of Circus fife Enacted by Anna Sten and a Fine Cast Following » four-week run of •"Bonny," the Viennese operetta by Emmerich Kataian, E. A. Du pant's 'Trapeze," featuring Anna gten, the screen's newest scar, opens Monday af noon at the l i t tle Carnegie Playhouse...
...Whistling in the Dark," the work of Laurence Gross and Edward Childs Carpenter, seems to owe its popularity to a highly Ingenuous and original story...
...But having devised this plan, he finds the gang will not release him and so he uses his wits further to devise a plan of escape—a plan which has been described as furnishing one of the most exciting situations of the season...
...Amateur Daddy," the most appealing film in which Warner Baxter has ever appeared, Is the chief screen attraction, while ten headliners in a new revue occupy the stage spotlight...
...Another glamorous and snappy revue called 'Tintypes," is the leading stage attraction...
...His interpretation and characterization of situations, human weaknesses, and mental stresses have been recognized as the art of a genius...
...The almost magical charm of Anna Sten's delightful personality is diffused into every scene in which she appears...
...Amateur Daddy** on Fox Brooklyn Screen —New Fanchon Marco Revue on the Stage Romance and thrills in generous portions are in store for the visitor .to the Fox Brooklyn Theatre this week...
...Already 'Trapeze'' has been acclaimed throughout Europa as ' a fine achievement In the realm of photography and sound and brings to mind Dupont's sensational screen triumph of the silent days, "Variety...
...Produced by Fanchon and Marco it cleverly contrasts the modern type of stage shows with those that were in vogue in 1880...
...They assign him the task of planning a safe method for "bumping off" their arch enemy...
...In 'Trapeze," Dupont's intensely vivid artistry of the stirring drama enacted in the milieu of the circus, reaches new and dynamic heights...
...Reinhold Bernt, featured opposite Anna Sten, has won through his fine performance in 'Trapeze" the name of "a second Lon Chancy...
...A screamingly funny Krazy Kat cartoon, "What a Knight," Is aa added screen attraction...
...Whistling in Dark" Mirthful Mystery at Barrymore Theatre, Continues Long Run By THEItON BAMBERGER Apparently the old style mystery play in which lights were switched on and off arbitrarily, in which corpses frequently disappeared and .trap doors and sliding panels were used without stint have disappeared from popular favor and have been replaced by a type of play which, while dealing with adventure, is treated with both intelligence and logic...
...Having gained a reputation for being an actress of extraordinary talents through her work with Emil Janninga in 'Tempest," Miss Sten portrays her role in 'Trapeze" with amazing dramatic power...
...His tongue loosened by too much Scotch, the novelist brags he Is the world's greatest expert en crime, and the criminals take him at his word...
...The central figure, played by the tiny Truex, is Wallace Porter, writer of detective fiction, who accidentally gets into the clutches of an underworld gang...
...William Lyon Phelps of Yale University, said of it: The best combination of mirth and murder, humor and horror I have ever seen...
Vol. 13 • April 1932 • No. 18
