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THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 15, 1938. PART I. STARS ROMANCE IN 'FAUST' Comedy Vies Florence Rice Wins Lead Opposite Taylor REINHARDT EFFECTS MIRACLE IN HILLS OF HOLLYWOOD BY KATHERIXE T. VOX BLOX Max Reinhardt waves hisjthrough his imaginative genius Around and About in With Beauty at Orpheum jt V7v i I I 'uC Iff M.

magic wand and a miracle is certain effects, which are super- Hollywood evoked. Hollywood and en virons are for the moment ef BY READ KENDALL faced. Through one man genius Walter Pidgeon let Clark Gable and visioning an ancient six lative. Many of his scenes resemble great paintings in composition and feeling for color and light and shadow. The temptation episode and the one before the church, when Mar-garete's conscience assails her, shine with an unearthly beauty and a supernatural quality, as intangible as the perfume of a flower.

These scenes transcend human and dramatic reasoning. teenth-century Bavarian village is revived, amid the Pilgrimage talk him into a fishing trip over the week-end. It was his first in ten years. Arising at 4 a.m., Greene With Shirley Ruggles Lead Likely Miranda Debut Looms Capra Returns to Work Theater hills, with such stir and vitality that the centuries fade he and Gable were on the bil BV GRACE KIXGSLEr Two things that everybody likes feminine beauty and comedy are featured on the bill which opened yesterday at the Orpheum. Pulchrltudinous party No.

1 is Marjorie Raymond, who proves you can tap the tango and not lose grace and allure, Marjorie appears to have had excellent training, probably ballet. EVALYX CLEVER Another clever and pretty art away, and one is actually trans ported, to that age of supersti lowy Pacific off Balboa at 5:30. After eight scorching hours on the briny deep all Walter got tion and legerdemain which made" the precious Gretchen They are cosmic miracles, out of some medieval dream world. They have the reverential flavor of Raphael masterpieces. was a terrific sunburn.

He didn't even have the pleasure of a nib legend possible, and which the magnificent humanism of Goethe fashioned into the lyrical George Houston is brilliant drama we know as "Faust." ble. So Walter Is off fishing for another ten years Maureen Somehow In this Reinhardt ist is Evalyn, of Emil and Eva- purveyal of the eternal Faustus O'Sullivan, back from a week's yachting trip along the Califor lvn. king and queen of the legend, though he clings strictly jto the Goethe interpretation, nia coast with husband John and inimitable in his reckoning of the gay and insolent Mephis-topheles. Margo is a lovely Margarete. Conrad Nagel, especially as the elderly Dr.

Faustus, is commanding in his delivery, Lenore Ulric played the lusty Marthe in the broad comedy spirit. there the relish and super teeter-board, who work as though it were fun even when the girl flies from the board to Farrow, is talking new parts natural feeling of the medieval with producers Clark Gable tale. As Faust was regarded as the her partner's shoulders as he leaps from a pedestal. Anise, of never throws away.his old hats, they are kept in his dressing necromancer par excellence of Anise and Alan, Harlem dancers, the middle ages, so he becomes through Goethe and Reinhardt a compound of all legendary room and there are more than 100 there Newest station waeon on the lot Is also has looks, and the two have something new In an adagio aust heroes, dating back to be dance, the girl being especially Tony De Marco's. Joan Craw BY EDWIX SCHALLERT Florence Rice gets the chance she has been waiting for.

One of the hardest-working young ladies in pictures she wins the feminine lead in "Stand Up and Fight," which is that proposedly much glorified western with Robert Taylor and Wallace Beery, plus V. S. Van Dyke as director. Miss Rice was considered especially fit for it following her work in "Sweethearts." Van Dyke particularly approved her In that Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy feature, which he directed. Richard Greene in Temple Feature A busy season for Richard Greene, the English leading man, seems right in the cards, and he is to take one of the graduation steps to a popular career by appearing in the new Shirley Temple feature, "A Little Princess." The Temple film will begin in about ten days, and will be photographed in technicolor.

Arthur Treacher has been assigned, and Arleen Whelan was thought set for the grown up feminine lead, but someone else will assume this part. A romantic glow would have surrounded the casting of Miss Whelan with Greene, since they have been so frequently seen together. Charlie Ruggles in Brother's Production From their professional association, nobody would imagine Charlie Ruggles and Wesley Ruggles, respectively actor and director, to be related. That is, Charlie has seldom if ever worked fore the Christian era, yet takes graceful. ford talked him into buying it.

Californians in Bolm "Faust" Ballet Eleven of the fourteen dancers on new spirituality and is, in Claude de Carr little trained fact, glorified, until he becomes Star Going Into Everyman himself, with his Lime Business dog duplicates without a word of command all the stunts his clown master does, and accomplishes them a little better! SAVOY AMUSES unceasing yearning for more than earthly meat and drink. who make up the Adolph Bolm Myrna Loy, back from her va Reinhardt, arch-magician of cation at Ensenada after finish ballet in Max Reinhardt'a the theater, is able to generate ing "Too Hot to Handle," is Harry Savoy, who once ca Faust" at the Tilgrimage The vorted in Ziegfeld shows, brings preparing to go into the lime business. Myrna will market ater are Californians. Uf tne seven girls, Natalie a lot of laughs with his silly chat Jealousy Forms the prize limes grown on her ter. Some of his comments on Pauline Edwards and Rosalind Sub-Plot Theme Shaffer are from Los Angeles; Ruth Syndon, Eccleston Moran Conrad Nagel and Morgo enact Faust and Margarete in Max Reinhardt's spectacular production at the Pilgrimage Theater.

The engagement ends Saturday night. his own jokes are funnier than the jokes themselves. And he is so fast you have to keep youri San Fernando ranch in special containers labeled "Myrna Loy Limes" Two more juvenile dancing organizations asso and Gabrielle McLaughlin are ears wide open to keep up with from San Francisco, while the Algiers" in ciated with the Young Dancers going a long way to see motion him. seventh, Lois Bernard, is from Pidgeon, Mary Astor and the rest of the cast Director of America have been named in any film made by Wes. picture stars.

Yesterday morn- Oklahoma City. Ted Leary's yarns and wisecracks make him a good master Jealousy one of humanity's basic emotions forms the theme But it seems that now there is a part suited to Charlie in Of the seven men, Sergei for Eleanor Powell. There are now forty-six Eleanor Powell troupes in the United States ing, Jeanette MacDonald and: Sidney Lanfield at first thought Gene Raymond, on Jheir 6 o'clock! there might be subtle inference of one of the colorful sub-plots iTemoff is from the Ballet Russe "Invitation to Happiness," and so he may assume that if satis of "Algiers," currently screeningjand the American Ballet, Karl factory arrangements ran be made. canter, encountered a flock ofito be drawn when he received Joan Crawford set an all at the Four Star Theater. time Dhotoeranhic record or of ceremonies.

Al Lyons and his band contribute some good harmony as usual. Picture fare includes "Sky Giant." starring Richard Dix. and "Mr. Moto Takes a Chance," with Peter Lorre. This might mean the delaying of the Ruggles-Mary Boland reunion at Paramount, though "Invitation" will, of course, be a set of pistols "which are in per- twenty from the South who hailed them for autographs.

"It's something at Metro-Gold wyn Mayer when she had 250 pic Revolving around the exploits of a refugee Paris jewel thief in the Casbah, the film concerns a three-sided romance between feet working order." Two years ago a man in a battered flivver ran into LanReld's car, and when tures' taken in an hour and done at that studio. Isa Miranda Returning for 'Hotel Imperial' Isa. Miranda's delayed debut will finally be achieved. Para Boyer, Hedy Lamarr and Sigridj half the other afternoon for publicity on "Shining Hour." The Mintz from the Vienna Opera Ballet, Arnold Tamon and Tom Holland from San Don Dugan, Joseph Pyle and Stanley Davis from Los An- geles. The Bolm dancers, considered one of the best groups to appear here, are seen in the Bavarian village, the temptation scene, and the fantastic Walpurgis Night Revel.

the early bird that catches the worm," and in this case, the twenty caught two autographs that are hard to get, as lwth the singing star and her actor-husband are seldom seen at the usual Hollywood haunts. it oecame a matter ot QUrt the damages, it developed he was i WeaiSIl onOll pictures were of herself and mount assures that she will be appearing in "Hotel Imperial," Tony De Marco doing a sensa which was decidedly ill-fated, as the picture shunned by Mar an old cowhand who'd been fired CUWtc "RT, Ourie. Boyer is seen as the jewel thief, Pepe le Moko; Miss Gurie as his native sweetheart and Miss Lamarr as the tourist who charms Boyer. tional new dance. The dance is from a ranch in Texas and de- uuwjcwio uwxxva a combination classical, rhumba lene Dietrich, and the one in which Margaret Sullavan sustained a broken arm.

It was once produced with Pola Negri as the iango and swine, set to Franz cided to come out and try his luck in the hoss op'rys, only to have himself a starving good Waxman's arrangement of New Chess Star Being Developed Chopin's Sharp minor waltz, iri the silent days. Miss. Miranda just completed a six weeks' tour of America Movieland Jottings and Castings time. Lanfield ended up staking and is said really to be some Hollywood is on the verge of Latest Swedish newsreels and short films have been booked to augment "Sun Over Sweden," opening tomorrow at the Grand Theater. "Midwinterblot" is said to be a highly entertaining and educational subject of life in Swed thing In terpsichorean attain him to his food, and sending him back to the cattle country for a ment Stanley Bnggs, job which he secured for him developing a new boy chess genius.

He is Scotty Beckett. 8 years old. Scotty, who is the Frank Capra returned to Columbia yesterday following the unfortunate tragedy of the death of his child. He is due to brother of Virginia Bruce, yes through a friend. He never terday had his baptism of fire direct "Chopin" with Marlene Dietrich starred.

TOMORROW miniature in Darling," has trimmed every as a full-fledged script clerk on "Sweethearts," with Director' W. S. Van Dyke. Briggs. who has 1 ish Lapland.

Inga Rodil-Vetterlund, Nil Director William Wylcr returned with a test of Laurence Olivier, who may appear in "Wuthering Heights" opposite Merle Oberon, but no deal la settled as yet. Douglas Fairbanks, is said to be highly thought of for the part in this Samuel Goldwyn Ltindell. Rut Holm, Nils Erics been working in the production heard from the fellow after that. But the other day, he got the pistols a handsome silver mounted, set and. a letter; Thfe cowhand had teen saving his change all these months to buy the present in appreciation of Lanfteld's kindness.

son and Great Ericson-Hanhes chess pretender in the company crew; He look Treddie Bartholomew and Judy Garland Into camp with consummate. ease and has issued an open challenge to department since his graduation have leading roles in the fea picture. from U.C.L.A., was given his as-signment on the Jeanette Mac ture. The dialogue Is translated Emanuel Cohen may shortly sign a releasing arrangement with Director Edwin L. Marin.

Walter bv English titles. Donald-Nelson Eddy musical and be backed in his production activities by the Atlas-Odium group. Johnny Walsh is another boy star added to the when Script Clerk Bill Lewis be came ill. waxing list. He appeared in "Boys Town" and "City of Judy Peruses NO ADVANCE IN PRICES 'Oz' Books Judy Garland is reading every "Oz" book she can get her hands on to prepare herself for the role of Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz" Tourists are really Little Men," a short picture, and is also assigned to the short-reeler to boost the Greater Movie Season.

Pageant of the Film World i Just a guess. Next Eddie Cantor picture may be made at There was a big huddle yesterday with Cantor, Pan Berman, Abe Lastvogel and Rufus LeMaire taking part at the studio. Humphrey Bogart and William Gargan have joined the picture "Gutter Snipe," which concerns newspaper circulation activities, and features the "Dead End" The rather raw title, I understand, will be changed. Alexander Korda is vacationing here, and will later go to New York, where some United Artists business sessions will be held with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Clarence Erickson and others In attendance. Anita Louise is to' be co-starred with Ronald Reagan in "Murder Plane," first of the "Secret Service" series.

Rosella Towne and James Stephenson are in the production. zsooooof X. We've never heard such spontaneous applause such lavish compliments SENSATIONAL HEADLINES BECOME VIVID REALITY in this startling expose' of corrupt public officials and organized rackets! paid to any picture if Love Match Work to Start With a view to starting camera work before the end of the month, Leo McCarey yesterday began casting the supporting players for "Love Match," his first producer-director job at the studios. IN METRO GOLDWYN MAYER'! Tim xlxl 2i FE1TIIE PEED i CMEEK OR LOVE? Shi IttrMi that a tanai's plica it ii a nu'i irnl "THE LADY OBJECTS" Lanny ROSS -Gloria STUART jai Marth Rohirt PAICE MARCH OF TIME CZECHS HITLER MICHAEL LYNN WTHE AMERICAN LEGION'S OWN PICTURE! EVELYN I i i SiwiP Mtii American fllalKEIIH MjcKEHZIE WMmi lkll--7 If II mm mi Vs) ft COMt Three New Stars Art Born the whole city hails Warner Bros. Inspired Production uoai P.M.

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