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I 19 New Plays and Pictures Have Premieres in Theaters Here and in Manhattan BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1931. The Cinema Circuit The Theaters Additional Tlio.ilrr News on 2." tessen store could provide. That's Broadway sympathy for you. Here we're dying and they eat liverwurst sandwiches! By MARTIN DICKSTEIN POLLOCK By ARTHUR The Theater Guild Presents Pleasant Play About Rough Only in High' Musical Comedy Hit Seen A I the Majestic "PI.YINO HIOH," mnMral comedy, presented at the Majestic Theater, by Oeoree. White.

Boole by 8. O. DeSylva. Lew Brown and Jack MrOowan. Songs by OeSvlva, Brown and Henderson.

Book staged by Edward Clark I.llley. Mulcal niimbera staged by Bobby Connolly. Settings by Joseph Urban. THE CAST Eileen Casaldv Brlnkley Riilinv McHugh P.url Osgood Tod Addison Oscar Shaw Qordon Turner Henry Whlltemore Tun Bob Lively Judv Trent Diana Heabv Sport Warden Russ Brown Pansy Sparks Alice Morlev Rusty Kr.mse Lahr Mujor Watts M.D Pied Manatt The initial Brooklyn appearance of George White's musical comedy, "Flying High," was enth'Ulnxtically received by a capacity audit nee at 'Flyin "Cimarron" Become a Talkie, Though a ISol Too Distinguished One, at the Globe "Resurrection" Is Film Feature at the Roxy. A fairly accurate, if a mm too long and somewhat episodic, film transcription of Edna Ferber's "Cimarron" was presented at the Globe Theater last night.

It turned out to be, at its best, a talking picture more satisfying than the average, and, in Its less inspired moments, something to tax the patience of the please-easiest audience. What the Invited gathering witnessed at the Globe la.st night was a photoplay that started out with the magnificent sweep of the Oklahoma Run in 1889 and ended, far less gloriously, In 1930 when Yancey Cravat, "no longer as young as he used to be," died a heroic deuth in the oil fields of the Osage country. In between, it saw what was The Theater Guild has gone West for its new play, Its fourth of the season, hitting upon "Green Grow the Lilacs," by Lynn Riggs. Mr. Riggs is the author of "Roadside," which Arthur Hopkins showed the town briefly a few months ago, but "Green Grow the Lilacs" is better.

For one thing it's less somnolent. Something happens. It is a pleasant but prettified picture of life and love among the cowpunchers of the part of thick as he possibly could, building up with uncanny cleverness a role that an actress dehgnts to play, and one that used to receive waini response from an audience. Times have greatly changed since plays of the "Cnmille" school drew tears from an audience, and while the piece was followed in wrapt attention by a crowded house last night. It never really come to life Throughout It seemed nothing but a play with cliitiacter drawing thrown to the winds to create good theatrical situations.

The translation used Is credited to Hctirlctte Metcalf. While It cut out a great many of the bombastic lines or the original, the characters still talk after the manner of plays of 50 and more years ago, and Miss le Clalllenrie "dressed" the play In the costumes of 1875. The costumes, designed by Aline Bernstein, were all that could be desired. The scenery, also designed by Miss Bernstein, must be mentioned. The stage pictures were created by hiq heavy curtains and little or no actual scenery.

Miss I.e Galllenne's conception of the heroine is Interesting but not sensalloiiHl. In her lighter moments, particularly In ihe first act. she is excellent. She looks remarkably sweet in lie second act when she Is living in the country with Oklahoma that was Indian Territory The Guild does it well, with Franchot Tone playing the lively, loving cowboy, June Walker his naive beloved, Helen Westley her sturdy, amusing aunt and Richard Hale the sex-starved villain. And Raymond the Majestic Theater last night.

It 0vcl, leaving out very lew of the came to stay the week at Ui Majes- details and including much that tic after a long, successful run in might have been forgone without Manhattan. serious effect upon the story. Bert Lahr, Inimitable comic, makes Like most celluloid High" one of tli greatest tions of novels, "Cimarron" at- IP" nM.nimiia fl MyTpTTFTiTfvlMTT oaaaomaaeJeeaeaneo Wi li Ai'iioi. I hi vi lit vitur: snows I OHV SVAi I li.ii A. 1-rrl.

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Lynn Riggs stems to me to have the art-theater complex-longing to put life into poetic terms and putting it too often intc terms of fluff. He has beccma enamored of the quality in old cowboy songs and believes that some of their tang can be transported Bast in the form of drama. So it can, no doubt by a Which Lynn Riggs is not not yet! If he could only manage to put people into tin plays Instead of ideas of or were enough the poet and the playwright to give the ideas vitality. Rut there Green' Grow the i is less fluff in Lilacs" than in "Roadside." The play is in six scenes with an intermission after the third It is doubtful if Mr. Riggs would be content to write for the theater in the form of acts.

(That is a little harder, anvhow.) But the third scene has a good theatrical trick in it. deceiving the audience nicely. Its almost professional. Young Cowboy Curly McClain lias come courting Laurey Williams, who lives with her genial aunt in the little farmhouse open in the front so we can see what's going en. And Laurey likes him but is a little contrary, saying that she will go to the dance at Old Man Peck's not with him but with Jeeta, the hired hand who lives in the smokehouse Whereafter ouickly she lets her aunt see that she is afraid of while Curly steps into Jeeta's quarters defiantly to see what sort of fellow he is.

Jeeta. he finds, is mere than a little degenerate, a man who likes obscene pictures and the memory of murders. Two shots are fired while Curly is with him, shots that sound murderous from outside to Aunt Eller and Laurey, but turn out. when the play does a flashback and we see what rta'ly happens, to be merely a little target practice. That's Mr.

Riggs' trick, and it is a good one. Thereafter the play consfcts of a scene at Old Man Peck's dance, where clirly and Laurey decide to pet married and Jeeta smashes a bottle In a rage; a scene among haystacks, in which the neighborhood's farmers and cowboys haze the newlywrrts and Jeeta tries to mrdor his successful rival, killing himself by accident instep; and a scene in which Curly, breaking jail, runs home to see his little wife, is followed by the marshal's men and would be taken back for fie hearing the next day if it were not for Aunt Eller's harangue, which results in i his being allowed to spend the night I Reverting Br RIAN armond. But in the "big" moments of thp plav, she falls down badly. In the long drawn nut death scene in the last act. she sepms to get something across to the audience that creates more than an impression that she I simply acting.

Morgan Farley Is Armand. As wnt ten. this role Is by no means an ea-sy one. In the earlier scenes, Arniimd Is a love sick young fool. Mr.

Farley appears to be Just that. Later, Armnnd develops some backbone. It is then that Mr. Farley takes the bit, In his teeth, and almost steals the play. This is rather easy to do.

as Robert H. Gordon Is a poor choice for Karon de Vaivllle, Ai mauds rival. Jacob Ben-Ami plays the role of At iihiikI's father in his usual clean-cut manner. A liltle bit of romrdv Is added to the piece by the work of Itona Roberts, as Prudence. Constance Collier's direction is not of the best, if one Judges by tradition.

Little or no Indication is given of the tioulile that finally killed Camille. Also. Camllle seemed to be a pretty strong young lady in her death scene. AMUSEMENTS BROOKLYN 33 at Kranrlv; hae Cnmeffr Sherman: lomrili MAJESTIC la.WedASal 'The Qce of Musical Comedies' GEORGE WHITES "FLYING HIGH BERT LAHR. dSCAR SHAM) Next Week Seats Now RUTH Draper Original Character Sketchn Inrlnrilnr.

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ANN I III RS II I aramount "ROYAL FAMILY of B'WAY" Fredric March Ina Clair DUKB ELLINGTON and bia Cotton Club Orcheitra RUBINOFK Publix Pem SHOWING TODAY TOMORROW Same Same Same Same Same Saeio Rofera, Heads I'p linn a. toi.a Free Loe and Onlf Sapa Work I m.iri.i. i i cnBHESSEffl If j'ou were around Saratoga and Livonia last Saturday, you probably took in the opening of the new Bluebird Theater. The Bluebird, we iearn, is one of a chain of movie emporia which will shortly dot the borough. Herbert H.

Gottlieb, backer of a handful of Broadway stage successes and local night clubs, is behind the Bluebird, and also behind the idea behind the Bluebird all of which is beginning to sound awfully complicated. Anyway, Mister Gottlieb's idea is to give Brooklyn a chain of small, high-class movie houses, with dressed-un ushers who will bend from the middle and click their heels in the best approved Roxy manner all for a quarter admission. The theaters will run straight movies; will not go in for stage presentations, masters of ceremonies, alleged comics or other movie-palace fol-de-rol, all ol which sounds grand to us. Wc thought you'd like to know. "Fighting Caravans," which premiered at the Rlalto last Friday evening, is a delightful picturerunning ever so true to Plot Number Seven-sixty-one you know, the one in which you see 11 miles of covered creaking through the snow, the rain, the mud, and the burning desert.) And while It is delightful, it differs no whit from any other, or all the other, pictures which we've seen on the same subject.

We bring the mattpr up now only because, on opening night, we asked Will Beebe how he liked it. "Like it?" quoth he. "of course I liked it I've ALWAYS liked it!" Which is that. If you will get yourself a copy of Variety, the Theater Mag, which comes out tomorroWt you'll read one of the swellest inside stories of praise-agentry ever pulled In this country; a press stunt that took in Congress, the Vice President of these U. S.

and a Hock of the most important people in Washington. However, the press stunt did meef with one important rebuff which Is what makes the yarn such a wow. It concerns the premiere of the flicker "Cimarron" in Washington a premiere attended by everybody except Edna Ferber, the author and the Variety yarn will tell you why. ft's a classic! Incidentally, the "Cimarron' press department doesn't think that the Brooklyn newspapers or the more than half-million buyers of Brooklyn newspapers, are important enough tc bother about. After dint ot much telephoning the Eagle's V.

O. Mister Dickstein finally learned that they'd stretch a point and accommodate him with seats in the second row which at a movie is as good as having to sit on the back of your neck to see anything. Rightly enough. Mirier Dickstein refused to take advantage of such bigheartedness, and promptly told 'em what they might do with the aforementioned seats, and bought his own. Also, we take our hat off to Dickstein for finally DUttintr his foot down.

In the Eagle's query as to what to do to give Brooklyn more -punch' sompbody might rightfully suggest that Brooklyn papers take on a flock of newspapermen who. like Manhattan's newspapermen, have courage enough to speak out. Our average Brooklyn contemporaries none of whom, We can fortunately say are on the Eagle's staff labor under such deeply-Imbedded Inferiority complexes that they'd consider it a favor to be allowed to sit on the floor at the average premiere and then they'd like it. It our guess that Brooklyn reviewers will continue to be treated as stepchildren as long as they'll put up with that treatment and not a second longer. More than a half million people buy Brooklyn paners and half a million whether they be Frenchmen or Brooklynites can't be wrong! Incidentally, the people who read Martin Dicksteln's reviews could keep "Cimarron" on Broadway for a year or doesn't that Interest the RKO press departmentwhich hasn't been able to keep a Dicture on Broadway longer than a few weeks since It started! Copyright, 1931, Brooklyn Dally Katie.

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Wrilfp liHlllH', KNAI1K HAND I'SI I) (M I SIM I FEATURE FILMS 'Green Grotc the Lilac, a Cotrboys Who Are a Are Way back in 1900. showing a cottage with walls removed about so that one side is open then 'Green Grow the Lilacs' A plaT in six acenea by Lynn Riggj. Presented bv the Theater Guild at the Guild Theater, staged by Herbert J. Btberman. Selling by Kaymond Sovey.

THE CAST Curiv MrClaln Franchot Tone Aunt Eller Helen Wrstley Laurey Walker Ji'etrr Pry. Richard Hiile Ado Annie Guinea. Chorpeninnn, A Peddler Lee Strasbein Old Man Peck Tex Cooper A Cowboy Woodward Hitler Another Cowboy Paul Ravell An Old Farmer William T. Haya A Young Farmer A. L.

Bertolot Martliy Jue Alden Fiddler William Chosny Banjo Player Everett Clieethain with his wife and go bacic to jail to be acquitted the next morning There is the play, simyle, unassuming (just a little too unassuming to be quite tree from affectation). Between scenes the girls the cowboys sing old songs loom and reared humbly in the West, Mid they are pretty nearly the most satisfying feature of the evening entertainment that "Green Grow the Lilacs" provides. They have the flavor Mr. Riggs has a fine feeling for but cannot reproduce. They grew up spontaneously, while his play is manufactured.

There are admirably lusty performances by Helen Westley, who has never beamed so ingratiatingly, by Franchot Tone, never so ebullient; by June Walker whoy you would not think could seem so tresh and young, and by Richard who has an earnest, thorough and refreshing way of being the odious villain. There are a numlwr of real-life cowboys in the cast 'rom rodeos here and there, men not nearly so deep of chest and broad of shoulder and stalwart as the synthetic cowboys of fiction. I don't know whether it's one of the real or one of the imitation who sings so well, but one of them sings well. Herbert J. Biberman nm staged the play competently, not being responsible for the fact that it is altogether a sweet plctun of the Wild West.

Well, maybe the long-revered cowboy Is not so picturesque a fellow as he has been pictured. These cow punthcrs talk as if they slept with a volume of Synge's Abbey Theater plays under their downy pillows. The pro-Tram calls it a "folk- play," which means. I think, that it isn't so much a play about cowboys as it is a play about an outsider's Idea of what a cowboy would be like if he thought too much about him- self. to Type JAMES whether it was an Ice pack that you used for a sore throat or hot water bottle.

And does a sore threat come under the general heading of a cold, which you feed, or a fevr, which you starve? It's little things like that that complicate life. Nevertheless, on a Sunday In New York even so small an Item as a sore throat takes on significance. In less time than it takes to tell it we were up to our hips in visiting columnists and praise agents. Of course we got a lot of advice, but everything seemed to be evenly divided. Half of 'em told us to starve and half to feed up.

We satisfied both factions by starving half a day and feeding up the other half. a As to the Ice-bag-hot-water-bottle controversy, they were evenly divided there, Half of 'em said ice; the other half said heat, and we pleased both sides there, too, with practically no noticeable results, whatsom-ever. At the time of their departure, we seemed to be happily holding our own; we still had the sore throat, and they had the very best Sunday evening dinner that a local dellca- apparently a painstaking reprodu- tion of the events in Miss Ferber tempts to cover loo much of the ground that had gone into the printed volume. One of the most serious results of this is tiiat the picture begins to dra almost from the start. In its determination to permit nothing to escape, it becomes necessary to dell casually upon each incident and thoroughly upon none.

Thus, while the characters in the photoplay live tmd grow old through some 40 years of the story's action, the spectator never really becomes intimately acquainted with any of them. All this Is. perhaps, a in the scenariralion of Miss Ferber's book. It has its effect only or rather mainly) upon the story. It does not interfere with the opportunities for stirring pictorial sequences inci dents like those of the introductory land rush and the exciting first days in the mushroom town of Osage, which have been magnifi cently photographed, It is significant, however, that once the narrative settles down to relate the experiences of the family Cravat Yancey, the editor and gun fighter; Sabra, the loyal, home-loving wife; young Cim.

who grows up and marries an Indian girl these eye-filling scenes become fewer and fewer, until at the end they are nowhere In evidence. What you find in the closing chapters is not so much the story of the vigorous and dauntless Yanrey as that of the aging wife and mother (Sabra), who goes on and on, being more noble and magnificent to the end That is where "Cimarron" on 'he screen becomes a bore. It Is about time to tell you that the acting In the new picU're at the Globe Is uniformly good. Richard Dix, besides being physically suited to the role of the empire builder, Yancey, brings to the part what is probably the most Impressive performance In his screen caroir. Irene Dunne, who has appeared In only one or two pictures before, cllers an appropriately quiet pnd restrained nortrayal of the long suffering Sabra.

And Estelle Tavlor proves once more In the role of eh. scarlet Dixie Lee that she Is one ol the most capable actresses In pictures Edna Mae Oliver, as Mrs. Wyatt; Roscoe Ales, as Jess Rickey; fw-orse E. Stone, gs Sol Levy, and Eu-rene Jackson, in the role of colored Imp, Isaiah, are others w'io deserve mention. But merely capable acting and a few broadly sweeping scene of the first days In the Oklahoma territory are not enouah to make "Cimarron" what Its sponsors are pleased to call an "epic of empire." "Resurrection" ROXY THEATER "Restirrert ion." talk-in flini bned on the novel bv I.eo rlol-stov.

directed by Rdwin Came. Willi John Boles and Ltie Vele heading the caat. If you missed the silent screen production of "Resurrection," which Edwin Carewe made four or five years aso, you may find something to interest you in the current talkie version at the Roxy Theater. But if you are one of those who can remember the earlier, inaudible pic-turbation of the Tolstoy novel as a photo drama that stood pretty near the top of the list of screen achievements of its season, the new edition will probably Impress you less favorably. The fact Is that when Universal AMUSEMENTS MANHATTAN JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT A NATO with WALTER fONOI I LVCEt'M THEVI-RE.

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HtLUa BALLYHOO FannltM of Mftl-al (ompdi wnv St SI CO! Price: f.vt. to l.4ll. Mar.Tom.il toK.H HELEN MORGAN will make her tlrt New York appraranre of the ra-on aa the iuet Star ml "BALLYHOO." A Theatre tiuiltf Preitnetlon ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN nn FONTANNF. Alfred l.t'NT Morrla CARNOVKKY Johanna ROOM And Olbera MARTIN HECE 4.1 W. of Hlh At.

8:40 Mallneea Thun. gut. ilh RIO WEEK FIRST NIGHT The Reaaen'a Fine! Noeelty "Yml will probablT eat it lip." 7Vine EI.TINtiF.W.42 Ev 8:50 Mtn Wed.8at.2:n0 Beat Seats al Box Offire ARTHUR BYRON in piVE STAR FINAL rORT THEATRE. 48th. of Broadwav Evaa.

M. Matinees Wed, it Bat. 2 30 Alea A A-rnn Vlntan Kreedlet'a QIRL CRAZY a i 1'riuutfih illie i r.inter William HOW ARPr ROfiI Re, KEN I AI.VI.N, W. 52 St. Mal.i.

Wed. Sat. 2 GRAND HOTEL NATIONAL THEATRE, Wet Street nJrliV EVES. 8:30 SHARP MATINEES WED. A SAT.

at SHARP A THEARTE GUILD PRODUCTION GREEN GROW THE LILACS r.MLO TH Evee. 60. THMTRF. IV of R'wav Mtm Thurs. and 3.40 I nf lion" with sound, the musical film was more popular than it is at the moment.

So they cast John Boles and I.tipe Vt'lcz or the two principal roles mid proceeded to make the picture as an operetta. The subsequent decreased popularity of musical pictures, however, must have caused the producers to alter their originul plans, with the result that all but one or two of the stums In the new "Resurrection" have been eliminated. What you may see at the Roxy, then, is a spotty and none too co herent version of the story of happy heroine "after he had ised lier everlasting affection. Years herent version of tiic story of the I later, gs a member of a Jury, he recognized her as the delendant in a murder trial and, filled with re morse for his own part in her downfall, he offered lo accompany her when she was banished to Siberia. Rather than marry the Prince, the girl goes ulf to the salt mines alone, and so "Resurrection" ends, as It always has.

unhappily. One conies away from the Roxy with the impression that the two principal roles are not as expertly acted by Mr. Boles and Miss Velez as they were in the silent production, when they were played by Rod La Rocque and Dolores Del Rio. Mr. Boles Is not, of course, a suitable type for the part of a pre-Sovlet Rusrlan nobleman.

Miss Velez. on the other hand, seems to be well cost, but her inability to do complete justice to the highly emotional role of the peasant girl is one of the nieture's rlisannointments. A revival of Rimsky Korsakoff's "Scheherezade," a spectacular ballet Incident in six scenes, featuring Pa tricia Bowman and Leonide Mas-sine, is the major stage presentation on this week's program at the Roxy. A Neiv CumUle Eva I a'. GalliiMiiit IlVvivos it.

i I lll ininiiin lay CAMIt.LC," by Alexander Dnmaa. Flls. Pre'enled by the CIMc Repertory Theater at the Civic Repertory T'healer. Hlaaed by Constance Col ler. Translation by Henrh tte Metealf.

and ai-enety de.igi.ed by Aline Bern.sleln. THE CAST Baron de Vai'ville Robert H. Gordon Nunine Alma Kniger Nlchette Josrphine Hutchinson MHrauerile Oailtler Eva Le Oallienue Olynipe Beatrice de Neeraaaid aalllt Oatldens Paul Leyisac Prudence Leona Roberts Caston Rietix Harold Moulton Armand Duval Morgan Far'ey Count de Donald Cameron tlustave Robert F. Rusk M. Duval larob Ben-Anil Arthur Uoidon Wiilliive 'the Doctor Waller Berk Anais Kslelle Srheer Servant David Keiniun The much suffering "The Lady ol the Camellias," which Alexunder Dumas the younger wrote in ISM.

again came to life when Eva Le Gallienne brought the old story of the woman of the demi-monde to the Civic Repertory Theater in Manhattan last night. Probably no other play ever written has been more copied than this story of a woman's self sacrifice. Also, it might be said, not one of its many imitators Is a better piece of workmanship than is this tragedy written by Dumas when he was only 25. "Camille." as the piece generally is called, is a perfect example ol the well-made play of the French school. Dumas spared no pains to build up a sympathetic figure in his heroine.

He laid on the agony as AMUSEMENTS MANHATTAN A Theatre Guild Production IDNIGHT AVON Til W. of wiT Evgs. ft SO. Mils. Thitrn.

and St. 2 40 ON THE SP01 Mj.ir Walla Dramettir Hit. CRANK WIIBIR. ANNA MAY WONfl I.I I MIA ARtfl I I Fftaar Wallare'a lerrebl Thea r.vv 4fith. ol way Maia Aa A Shi i ONCeIn aTifetIme III llAttl Al'rVIV VIISIC BOX THEATRE.

4-ilh Slreel ISvei 8 40 Mala, rhiira and 81. t.M A Smah Hil, hut No Price Inrreatte Mon to Eel. Mahf al In HELEN HAYES PETTICOAT INFLUENCE with llr.NH 8TEPIIENSON EMPIRE war A 41) St. Pen n. 2R70 Mallneea VVedneadaT and Haturdav FT LTOTT Prewitn SHE MEANS BUSINESS ftlint nf luting hy Miiiut.nn With ANN DAVIS.

ERNEST HI EN OIN.N INCi and HERRERT A WLINSON RITZ THE 4 Hlh Weot of RroadwaT Bvf. Matinee Wed. and Sat. 1 31) FRANK CRAVEN In Hia Own Play JHAT'S GRATITUDE IOHN r.ltl OEN mi A INF W. Ml St.

Matinee Wed and Eve 8 40 THE GREEKS HAD A WORD FOR IT SAM II. HARRIS Thea. W. ol III Evas 8 hU Ml WfO Sat Wl.v T-tiHUO THE NEW YORKERS" (iREATESI CAST EVER A4SEMBI El) Prirea II IMI-H A ts (plua tail ei. Sal.

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A Mat, BROADWAY THEAIRE B'waT A St. fill BERT MILLER nreaenta TOMORROW TOMORROW A Nn PI AY BY PHU IP BARRY with Zlte A Herhert MARSHALL HENRY MILLER'S 14 W. SI. Fvea. 8 SO.

Mallneea Thura. A Sat. 1 I A laugh-provokin? shows tnat has come to Brooklyn in fome time. Oscar Shaw, popular Juvenile and the other featured member of the cast, works out the conventional minor love plot with tha beautiful Grace Brlnkley siiiginu tuneful numbers that have now been popular for many months. A secondary love angle Is coincidently unfolded In less sentimental mood by Pearl Osgood, tap-and-step danx-r of some ability, and Russ Brown, who has a good delivery for the many snappy wisecracks which fall to his lot as newspaper photographer, promoter.

aviation manager and whit have you. Next come the Gale Quadruplets, said to be the only quadruplets appearing on the station, in dance numbers, many of them supported by the larte and unusually comely chorus. What the chorus lacks in snap and precision is made up for by the pleasure It gives zhe eyes. Comes then Henry Whlttemore, as the aviator-villain, and Diana Seaby, beautious blond vamp, after which there remain of the principals only Fred Manatt, aviation medico, who puts Mr. Lahr's aeronautical aspirations to strenuous tests, and Alice Morley, excellent in her own comedy right as our comedian's Lorelei.

But "Flying High" is psrcntially Bert Lahr's show. His nr.eldental orotrress from aviation mechanic to holdr of a solo flight i ndurance record Is the main plot t.f the story and the onlv thing about which la.st night's audience appeared to give a hoot. Mr. Lahr provoked a continuous roar of that quality of mirth that Is defined "belly laughs" every minute that he was on the stage. 'Doct or a Murder Myslery Thrill Rramll'ft FIalbuh Take it from "Doctor there is nothing quite so thrillini as a killing at full moon with the weird moaning of the victim and the blood-thirstv dinner call of.

the slayer coming across the stage of the melodramatic mystery plav which opened at Brandt's Flatbush Theater last night for its week's run in the subway circuit approach on Broadway. The fact remains that the killer Is captured in the climactic third act, which Is not actually new Every mystery play has that. What reviewers, especially this one, have been waiting for through long years of mystery plays is one In which the murderer is captured, killed or quartered in the second act. eliminating any necessity for a third act. Doctor has the murder theme wrapped around him as he attempts to solve the series of killings through some unique scientific furnishings in his East Oranee.

N. laboratory. He had the riiht idea about shipwrecked men and tried hard to find the killer by means ol heart beats. But even If Doctor failed, the play had its hero newspaperman. And plenty of laughs.

May Vokes. Barry Macollum and Howard Lang are excellent in their parts, while George Blackwood. Charles Edward and Ed Gray do well. Extra Atlrarlion Helen Morgan will make her first New York appearance of the season tonight at Hammerstein's Theater as the guest star of "Ballyhoo," the co-operative musical comedy which stars W. C.

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