Daily News from Los Angeles, California • 23

-0AJLY NEWST1-OS CAUF, APRIL 27, 1939- -7WENTY-7HRE3 RAVES in RAPS By HARRY MINES, Drama Editor Garrick Sighed for Operetta John; Garrick, noted English singing' actor, will costar with Francla White the' Oscar Straus operetta, "Waltz Dream, the week of May 22 at Philharmonic auditorium, Edwin Lester, general director, announced today. This will be the second attraction the Los Angeles civic light opera festival. Garrick will arrive here next week for rehearsals. He will play the role of This isr the part which Maurice Qhevalier enacted in Paramounts "Smiling Lieutenant," motion picture version of "Waltz Dreamt and Edward Johnson', played in the presentation in New forthcoming festival staging of Waltz Dream, will be its first showing in Los Angeles. Garrick scored a sensational hit last year in Emerich Kalmans operetta, "Countess Ma- ritza, In London.

He is dis- tingulahed for his romantic style of acting and singing. His deliv-. ery of lyrics is said to be a model of English diction. In Hollywood Garrick has been, costarred with Jeanette MacDonald in "Lottery Bride, a United Artists production with music of Rudolf Friml, and with Maureen OSullivan, in Just Imagine, an elaborate Fox musical. Home for Work S.

Sylvan Simon, after spending three weeks in New York, has just returned to MGM to direct the next Eleanor Powell picture, "Dancing Co-Ed, by Albert Treynor. "BALDEVINS WEDDING, a Swedish dialog comedy with English titles, opens, tomorrow at International theater. Arthur Fisher has leading role. 1 i Quick, WatSon The Strait Jacket! By SARA BOYNOFF When a program opens with a swing version of "Battle Hymn of the Republic plus some uncoordinated clowning from the members of the orchestra, you have a-right to assume that anything can happen. A flight into the first person singular will be' necessary to explain to you what I THINK happened at the first show at the Orphe-um theater yesterday.

Immediately, after 'the introduction of Benny Ross, a rather quiet, casual young man, but as ready as the next master of ceremonies to assume that the audience wants to hear a risque the vaudeville show for the week ripened with an act by Ruby Ring. Mias Ring, it soon appeared, la an expert in quaint contortions designed to Impress audiences with tbelr demonstration of muscle control rather than their charm. I didnt mind when Miss Ring twisted herself Into a half nelson and put a hat on her head with. her feet, or when, In more or less the same post- tion, she walked up a small, flight, of. stairs on her hands; but when, balancing herself on.

two low boxes, she pushed them apart until her body touched the floor i In what is known as a "split, I wanted to scream "Is there a doctor In the bouse After that there were Joe and Eddie Dayton. I have only a faint recollection of what they actually did, except alap each other down, but there were intervals of harmonica playing and maybe some guitar strumming. You cant tell about these things. Jerry and Turk, however, beat alL la the first place, which Is Jerry and which Is Tur I shall never know, but one Is a young woman and the other a man. Their act seems to be the quintessence of Jitterbug, or plain, crasy.

It all depends on point of view. When Turk, or maybe it was Jerry, walked from the stage and Into the audience, forced some daaed woman to dance with him la the aisle, I knew that the mil-lenlum had been retarded by several years. For awhile it looked as though note of sanity would appear-wlth the accordion playing by A1 Lyons and the clarinet playing by Neal Caatagnoli. But only for awhile, for very soon Gas- tagnoli was imitating chickens, cows and airplanes on the clari- net, playing the saxophone with one hand tied behind him and finally playing both the clarinet and saxophone at the same time. Wait until the union hears shout that! Benny Rosa and Maxine Stone do nothing to raise the show from Its fine plane of Stone, refusing to become excited about anything, spends moat of the time leaning against a piano or sleeping on It.

when Large and Morgner, clad in a single opera cloak and Way of All Flesh1 In Remake Lenore Coffee haa been engaged to prepare "The Way of All Flesh for the screen. Par-mount, which produced the story in 1927 with Emil Janninga, will remake ijt with a modernized version. "Family Portrait; a play by Miss Coffee and her husband, William Joyce Cowen, Is now. enjoying a successful run on Broadway. Columbia Is now producing "Good Girls Go to from an original story by tbs two.

si ii TUAREZ yith its comment on democracy and dic-; cJ tators, has admirable timeliness. You Will find the production a splendid cinematic accomplishment, acted with sincerity if not always with success, beautifully photon graphed, smoothly directed and possessing a -musical score that ranks as one of the finest and most compelling. The of the picture is. to the intellect rather than the emotions perhaps its only flaw, and a grave one. For audiences must feel for the characters they are watching.

And "Juarez' can almost be described, as a cjigjpg closeup of tragedy cold, Impersonal and lacking an essential quality, of. compassion. One watched the pitiful pawns of treachery, Maximilian and Carlotta, interestedly, but -not with heartfelt pity, i As an historical document, the film is of value, although long to the point of tediousness. Through the script prepared by Jobn Huston, Aeneas MacKen-T zie and Wolfgang Reinhardt are 'recalled thoughts, words and deeds, of Benito Juarez, Maximilian; Carlotta and other, actual figures pertinent to the drama brought on through the grasping efforts of Louis Napoleon who to. control Mexico by fair means or foul.

Paul Muni as Juarez scores another triumph. His interpretation is brilliantly sustained, quiet and An unwise choice for Carlotta, Bette Davis suffers accordingly. She has no queenliness. The role she Is playing seems Bette Davis reacting to rather tMfc an anguished woman named Carlotta. True, Miss Davis scene where she denounces Napoleon is thrilling, but the total effect of her work Is disappointing.

The same for Brian Aherne. On file surface he is a noble Maximilian. But he lacks warmth, an inner spark. It is as though he were giving a well pointed reading of lines but feeling none of the content. Despite its defects, "Juarez commands respeet.

It will be remembered. So, must the palm be extended. Warner Bros, for taste and skill in dealing with difficult subject matter. FREUND has turned -his San Fernando valley ranch into a haven for unfortu-' nates. On a modest scale the 15 acre spot is being used as home for a few refugees from Germany and Austria who were forced to leave their native lands to escape the drastic decrees aimed at those of their faith by the Hitler regime.

There are four victims. of the naz-i racial and religious campaign who now call the raneh "home." They include Freund's daughter 21; "his nephew; and the latters wife, each 28, and a young friend, 19. Before the year Js out a fifth wilt join the. group, a woman of 60. Freund is arranging to bring five -other friends arid relatives out of Germany to the ranch at a later date.

Freund, considered a foremost cinematographer in the Hollywood and European movie circles, visited Germany last year. Having pioneered in the development of the German film Industry after the World war, he had many friends as well as relatives in that country. When he returned to America, Freund decided that he must bring those closest to him across the sea where they could find peace. "At first I brought my daughter, said 'Freund, who la engaged in filming "Rose of Washington Square at 20th Century-Fox. "Then my nephew and his wife.

That, I thought, would be enough. But we heard from others of our acquaintance. SujjJtragic, sad letters as they were. So I knew I must go on. "I had two cottages.

built on the ranch in addition to the main house. I brought the boy over and then sent for my sister, who is 60 and sick. "The ranch has been a Godsend. I could never have supported so many people in the city. But between us we raise a good deal of food on the ranch.

We can erect extra cottages at need at small expense. people will never be- TEMPESTUOUS Lupe Velez In the true to life role of a fiery Blexlco at RKO-Radlo studio. Reward As a reward for his work in writing the musical score for RKO'a "The Dove, composer pianist Aaron Gonzalez has been signed by the studio to Write the music for their next Lupe Velez film, "The Girl from Mexico. Gonzalez orchestra will do the recording. walking on two went, throhgh the opening phases of a "drunk act, I thought "Ah, something new in tricks.

How- -ever, removal of the protective covering revealed that Large and Morgner really have only one leg apiece, manage to da balancing feats very welL I wish everybody would ge ever to the Orpheura and find out If I really saw those things or If I made it all up aa I went along. On the screen the Orpheum presents "Strange Faces with Frank Jenks and Dorothea Kent, and "Blackwells Island starring John Garfield. LAST 2 DAYS BAFT -DHEW KENTUCKY iwnumr-ummn Stop -IN HIS0M ERIK RHODES JUDY STRRR STARTS in art iw Httifjytif'tf j(M -v 1 -v vcw--v iSSSfflg-. SSSRS No Advance in Prices GREATEST AMERICAN EPIC OF THEM All Out of the heart of the OM Weit thunders the blasjnf story of Union Pacific tno non and woman whs shored a thousand dang ora to smash thoir way to fory! a quiet momdfiv Allas Velez plays Mexican entertainer "The Girl From THE -A- li Ai RAPTURE ft i i it i i Ptsclioo BAUBATOrfStm andJ 0 L- cC An i (i UIM TIIltOFP I0IERY PRESTON iivRRtciEiMAi-iiia mum vsSomS m4 DhtifM by tosll pu.Ssasiu afMLHn'IftWl! UMKOir) MnonUFMim Sw onncE niiHTiim MarcsV judo STAR WM.WTUI SMTUMTUlf TORCH! EONS FOB MAYOR' GLENDA rAXRELL BARTON MacLANE fiatirhf MARIA BELITA leWreetlwwlly Fimm BalUl lam Star MANIAS HmDBPYS 30 Dancln'0 PANCNONITTKS ii flEE PAIKIR6 Ahar 121 S9BTI CMRI.