Variety (Oct 1931)

ITuesda^, October 13,_ 19^1 W I L M VARIETY 15 never looktijs tflo good under the, iscfipt Jjurden.; 'John H^Uldoy as a suave Engllah- ' jhaii' does hetter than either of the. top names, Mary Aator aiid Kohert Ames, because his mbtives .are .at leda't ijartljr • IdglcaL The" pthei^ hoVe 'to striieele. A comedy pace set ali'.tho' beglhnlnp by E. .SJ., Hor- toh liln'i sudt^nfsd,'and that hurts.. If . 'continued he'.mlebt.' have siaved the picture.::;:..' • Xri the' triangle' flght: over •». sap. husband •'■jii^hp; doesn't deserve .the treatment' lie "tecelvea, and \vho never Is ,able '.,to Incite audience sympathy. Miss Astor Is given tod much of .an edge In the casting. They should .haVe given her more opposition thah Noel Francis, who . Isn't long on sight or sound In this- talker. ' .. The wife (Miss Astor) returns., froth Euippe to find her husband ' ht)s done a modified Crater. Other woman doe's an offstage sister act with mama. "Wife is supposed to be using her • head, hence 'Smart Woman,; In the: way she . brings huW>y' to hls:si^hses, although that title. .woilW, bo jpor6 appropriate had ■slie' given, him air. . . Instead of ■.building her up or car- rying her along helpfully; this script, as ha? -been customary lately with storlps..for'Mary Astor, wears her down. A hetter break for this- girl from .the story end would at least be good business. '^ihart "Woman'-ls the .fli-st Radio product to play the Rosy. Bige. Die Grosse Sehnsucht . ('The Great' Passion') (<SERMAN MADE) ' (With Music) Tohlp-Clcerv production and Tobia rolesse: Starring 'GamlUa Ham; dlr«cted by Stefan Szekely: dialogue, iP.auI Henckels; book, Hans Kerlect; music, Friedr'.eh Hollander, Rudolf Eisner Und Karl Brull: mlislcal director,' Paul Dessau: camera, Mutz Oreenbauni,' sound. Alfred Norkus: As? Bistant Director, Laszlo BeneOek; costumes, Tlhamer Vorady; At the Tobls-Vonderbllt, N,' Y., on., grind run, beginning Oct. T. Riuijilng time, 00 mlns. £va' Von Loe DIrectoi' Hall..-. Paul Wessel.... Mopp: Director Klleht. Carld Morventa. . .Camilla Horn . '.Theodor Loos ..Horry Frank .>..Paul Kemp .Paul Henckels Bertbe Ostyn Mar}'... i. i Irma Godau Wardrobe Mistress,....Anna Muller-Llncke Director Berg Erwin van Roy Also (on themselves) Uctiy Amann, Elga Brink, Lit Dagover.. Llane Unld. Anny Ondra.. Camilla yfin Jlollay,' Maria Paudler, ' Charlotte . Su:^, Olga 'I'achechowa, Gustav Diesel,' Paul Hbldemann. Karl Huszar- Puffy; Walter'■ ^Jttnssen. Fritz Kbrtn'er, Franz Ledater, Harry Uedtke, Fritz'Rasp. 'Walter Rllla. Hans Adalbert von Schlet- tow. Adele and 'Wllbemlne Sandrock, Luis Trcnker. tfhi-K Trevor, Ernst Verebcs. and Conrad' Veldt; ' " ■• pie and .logical, despite that It .could have .been very stagey. - It might have .been cut a few minutes, but the G'erhians like their pictures long. Kauf. HINDLE WAKES . (BRITISrt 'MAbE) ' . London, Oct. 4. . .datnalborough-Gauinont production,* ' re- leaACf-through Qaumont BrHlsb'. i,,<Iapted fc^om stage' J>lay it same name. Directed by victor Sfivllle. Cast: Belle ChryMalU Sybil- ThorhdlKC.. Edmund..Gwenn, Korman Mc- KInnd, John Stuart. Running time, dp inlna. Reviewed at New Galleiiy. Irfc Millet. Jerry ICenton. Robert Millet., iMra, .ItrFltch;. Jlopple V• ■Jefl 'Millet.:.'.'.,..,.. ^Islo 'Kenton^.... ^... Mrs. Staflord'-Howea.. Andre One of the best from the British' stable: Picture draws Immediate comparison with the silent made five years ago by Maurice Elvey,-a film which did more to establish the birth of. the British Industry than any other. It loses some points thereby, but the talker emerges as a worthwhile piece of work.- . Gomlhg the ^aihe ■n-eek as 'The Ghost' Train," ipnade by the same cOmttany, it sug- gests Galnaboroilgh is out to jtlay' a jnore Important part In 'ho'me pro- duction than beforie. I'' • Story 'Is' something of a- classic here, dealing with a lAncashIre mill girl who. .spends a . week:>end'with her Mnployer's son. Development in jthlEP taUcer version Is shorter than in the silent,. One Of the story Issues having been-eliminated. ' Ifanoasblre life has been, fairly well drawn, .but there: are.'eome 'curious weaknesses In production whlch'crop up where least expected. Acting generally good. Belle Chrys- tall Is talr as the girl, getting more 'on emotion than face valuesy... 3yb'll ThorhdlUe, never a. real screen act- ress, just all right and. no; more. ;Thev'men get the best of it,; with .Edr,iund Gw'enn, JOhn . Stuart and 'iNorman McKtnnel In tlia.t order, . After weighing the familiarity of the. theme, enough left over to make :good'b.o. material on this side. Uticp. Faubourg Montmartre {FRENCH MADE) Paris, Oct. 2. Natan production. Patne Xatan release. Made In the Naian Jolnvllle studios. Di- rected by ' Raymond Bernard.. From the novel by Henri Duvernols, Registered R. C. A. Photophone. Running time, 115 minutes..' In cast: Goby Morlay, Uhe Noro. Pierre Berlin, Charles Vanel, Andre Dubosc. N'adlne FIcard, PauilDO Carton, Artaud. Kitty Plerson. ROAD TO RENO Paramount pioductlon and Rlease. : Di- rected by RloUard 'Wallace. Screen; piny by' Josephine Lovett. Baaed on story by Virginia Kellogg. Additional dialog by Brian Marlow. Photograptier, Karl Stru&s. At the Paramount. N. T., week Oct. 0. Running tirhr, 74 mini. Mrs, Jackie Millet.. I,llyan Tashman Tom 'Wood.' Charles 'Buddy* Rogers .PegRy Shannon William Boyd .....Irving PIchel ^...Wyane .OtbSori. .,Skeets Oallaghor .Tom. Douglas ......Judith -Wood ......I.,enl Stengel ....Emu Chautard Not OS glamorous as the title may Indicate, but has a double shooting that may send it over for lair b.o. In the lesser houses.. Couldn't hav«: cost too much to make and not 'a blg-^town factor. ' '' Moral angle may be a booli .to th? smaller sections, but' the biggest- fault is - Lilyan' Tashman as the mothey,. badly miscast. Her son cries : out -.against her marrying a phoney for hir third husband arid at the ceremony shoots the' bride'^ grooni-and then kills himself. After that the mother's debutante' daugh- ter runs oft to Frisco to marry a nice young man she turned down before fof his. own good. Plot is most artificial and hence it's a picture for combo spots. Taste of rich'back grounds an asset. The good, boy the daughter weds is Buddy Rogers, Who makes . a. pretty good effort here at some straight acting.. - , Peggy Shannon is the girl, and in between the story takes some drink- ing angles as supposedly done . at Reno, with two girls doing the twisters for comedy, while Skeets Gallagher gets the briefest role he may have had aa one of those Reno husbands.' ■ . , No particular photography, to mention, and 'William Boyd is the philanderer who makes, a play, for both mother and daughter. 'Wynne Gibson Is the funny femme. drunk providing some laughs, but riot enough to haul the-picture through. The son, itlayed by- 'Tom Douglas, rates- recommendation. Shan. He're'3:'a .money picture for Any German theatre in America. • It will gOvto establish the Tobls-Vanderbflt theatre as a moneyrmaker for ^he flrst^'tlme -and' ivJH bring customers to:any: othet"' Gorman house. While of special, interest to' Germans and German-speaking people, it ought to : even bring'iin a little outside business .from Americans.. Despite that credit sheet and list of 33 German stars. It's not just one of those parade of persorialltles things. It is a musical comedy film, with a, plot as good and rounded as any other German muslcol.com- edy, plus the two added touches of having .everything laid behind the scenes in a film studio and having all tlie names. Add to that good direction and sound, a couple of neat tunes, some very funny comedy and some good acting. ^ No art to this effort. No pretense of it. Just good old hoke, carefully handled and aimed at the pocket. Camilla Horn is the. little extra in a 'C'aCe scene at a picture studio Star of the film can't make the grade ani the director Is stuck, with the extra asking for the chance. The Horn girl is turned dowri, but.Iaf«f-the director remem- bers her face. . He can't find any other actresses, aU the good ones having gone to America, so Ue de- cides to give the youngster a chance. She Is. an overnight sensa- tion:. Her .youthful lover still hangs on, but hc'ii lost in the shuffle, with that conflict providing the romance and love interest. ■ For an ironic touch, tliey ailow the-.youth to be brushed . completely away for the final se- quence, a song titled 'Happy End." with a -couple' of dozen girls in the line'back of Miss Horn singing and swept forward to get the cam- era.i grinding for the finish. It's the same kind of a back- stage story Germahs have always liked In musical films, except that the studio background replaces' a theatre .stage, bringing more color and life. Back and forth wonder the various stars, naturally intro- duced as though fitting into the thliiK plus a party for the girl nt which more stars are- introduced to her (as well as the audience). A vcry'fuhny scene Is at this party when a couple, of stars do an imitation oC Dietrich arid Jannlngs In "iThc Blue Angel.' IX's coirilc. and at least pets those two (about the only German .stars missing) by names into the picture. In the acting roles Theodor l,oos as the director Is splendid, really taking the play away from Miss Horn, when they're both on to- gether. Paul Kemp Is good as usuftl In a comedy role. Miss Horn her- splf Is pretty and looks convincing as the Insrenue. which la enough. I ^ 11m la above average >8 that it Is unaffected, seems slm- ■■ Footage, lasting IIB ihitiutcs on the opening day, was cut overnight and is how only about 106 minutes. As Is,' much of It can still be- talken but' without damaging the produc- tion, which fs so far one of thO'most Idlscussed. ever, for various reasons affecting the story, the trtatraerit, (the -technique and the cast. - : Story ' is. meant to describe the 'special fauna of the Faubourg 'Montrriartre, meaning street women, their male friends, and also dope fiends. It Is that of a ^ood girl with a dopey and vice beridden sister who attenipts to make her follow on the same lines, but w)io resists the evil influence, eventually land- ing a country gentleman who falls In love with her purity. Story contains several parts which are fairly realistic, notably referring . to dope and following madness. There would be much to say as to the way. continuity has been pre- pared. It Is usually one of the weak points in French production. In shortening the film, many sequences have been cut, except for their be- ginning and their end, Resulting. In an effect sometimes awkward.. Tech- nique is, from the sound point of view, excellent, .and from the photo angle very unusual, with sbmetlmes an unfortunate choice of back- ground,' and at other times some very fine open air -ivork. Gaby Morlay, whose voice is the weakest point in pictures, has never been photographed to better advan- tage. Her dopey sister. Line Noro, has a very dramatic part. 'Vanel is the usual heaVy, but Pierre Berlin is miscast In the country gentleman. As is, niiri has got considerable publicity- frorii the discussions to which'it gives rise, and is doing 'business. ' Musical accompaninient Is used :lri places to enhance topical scenes which are left without dlalOgi As in many French films, this one would benefit if some late sequences :were left out altogether. If,- except to indicate that all ends well.^faxi Der Herr Finanzdirektor Cthe Finance Director') (GERMAN MADE) Berlin, Sept. 31. I^xcelslor nim production and release. Directed by Fritz Frlcdmann-Frederlch. Matiuscrlpt by Fritz Frledmann-Frederlch after his stage . nlay. 'Der Mann der SrIrveJght' (The Man Who Keeps Silent'<. Music, Will Melsel; photography, Vf. R. Lach:' sound.' Eugen Hrlch. Recorded on Tobls-Klangfllm.' Cast: Max Adalbert, Elga Brink. Peggy . NormaYi.; Herinann Spcelmans, Colette Gordcr, Hermann.Starn^ burg, Hermann Schaufuss. Dcrthold Rels- slg, Kurt Llllcn. JSugcn. ReK and Valerie Bootliby. Running time. Bl mins. At U. T. Kurfuorstendamm, Berlin. A bore unwinding at a snail's pace: It won't do business even over here. Nothing even happens. Direction Is modelled entirely after the play, effect of. whioh is to place everything on the dialog. Apart from the comical Adalbert cast is ordinary. Hagnus, end of the film, the result of the story's background as pictured and the youthful players. These-chil- dren neither pose or' play theatre. Thus, as actors of their oWn past fi'ightfur misery and neglect, they are the main effect of the evening. Above all, Kyrla, JagofarofI and Nowikoff and . their teacher, the Russian .ictor. X. Batololf, evoke storms of applause at this prenvlero performance witnessed bj the nio&t intelligent circles of Berlin.' ' Photography of Pronin la master- ful. Suund foprotVuction by the' Russian system, Ta!?eton, Is not the last word in tcohnlo.il perfec- tion, but. It was mostly clcai-. M-aynus. ' ]71ana Dorchy,.. 0.<arones8 Corrl.. Ollnis -rolonel G-orln .,. Nntalle. ,.. Gamble - Ambassador .... The SuavD Maiu' GRIEF STREET .Chesterflcid production. States Right re- lease. ' Feature's Barbara Kent anil John Holland. Story by . Arthur Hocrl. Directed, by Rlfhard Thorpe. Photographer. M. A. Anderson. At Laew's New York, one day, OctJ 8. Ro'n'nmg time, 04 mIns, Jean. Royce. Jim Synn..-...:.;'. Mfjy. .Merle,.,.... Alvln Merle...... Pamela' 'Gregory. Jardln.....,...... Ralph Burns-■ < Frank Murray... MIctiael .Bnrbam Kent :.:.John Holland. .Dorothy Christy ...Crautoni Kent ;..-.'.Ulllari Rich ,;. - James Burt Is Larry Steer? ..Lloyd Whitlock .....Late, McKee Purpur tlnd Waschblau -'('Hor Highness, the Laundress') (AUSTRIAN MADE) Berlin, SepL 31. . Sascha dim production and Emelka re- lease. Directed by Max Neufeld: . Manu- script by Dr. Fritz Zorrefl and Peter Uerz after the stoge play or same name by Peter Herz and R. B. 'Weiss. Music.. Leo Ascher; photography, Ewald Daub;, sound, Alfred Norkus. Production management, J^lkolauS Deutsch. Recorded on Tobls- Klangfllm, Cast; Hanal NIeae. Fred Doe- derleln, Alfred .Neugebauar and Else £1- ator. Running time,, 81 miaa. At Marmor- uaus,-Berlin. A ■ commonplace film 'With a few scenes Of effective hilarity which Will do inoderately on this' aide. HansI Nlese Is not ao convincing and coherent In her efforts here. Nevertheless, she Is the chief fig- ure. Else Elster is charming and hsis a nice-voice, while-Fred Doe- derleln looks well. Poor playing of the latter two. likely the result of. direction. Story is one of the usual confu- sion themes often seen on stage or screen, Magnus. Picture brings up .the query of why .Barbara Kent Isn't for .better films. .About the only natur&I'.lndl- vld'ual being in this picture which isn't to be. sneezed at although best for the split week- changers .^here It nilght;hold up without additional support. Title is its own mystery: -Miss Kent has personality, vbic'e, figure arid ability that cbuld go somewhere, under intelligent hand-, ling. That's evidenced In this com- bo newspaper, arid Broadway mur- der mystery which works out most- ly via dialog. All of which costs the picture some action. ' Some of the Cast overact while John Holland lacks: spirit, as a re- porter, . Opening scene , is the. finale of a- dramatic play. An actor Is found strangled in his dresslrig room and the mystery begins, . The.reporter solves It calmly. He's always calm ev^n when his girl gets shot Any way, there's a second shooting and .-i cOupIe of mysterious notes. Some comedy by James Burtis as a dumb police isergeant and in all enough takes place, to give the film fair rating. Shqn. Der Weg Ins Leben (<The Way Into Life') (RUSSIAN MADE) (Qerman Title*). Berlin, Sept. 31. Meschrabpo'm film production and Prome- tlteua film release. Directed by Nlkolaus Ekk. Manuscript. Ekk, Stolper and Ja- nuschkewltsch: music. J. Stoltar; photog- raphy. W. Pronin; sound. E. NesterofT. Recorded on Tagefori. Cast: N. Batalolt. I. Kyrlo.- M. Jatoll. A. Nowlkolt, M. Jago- taroff, Reglna Januschkewltaclr, -W. Wes- nowskl. M. Antropowa, and M. Gont.i. Running time, 19S mina. At Mozartsaal. Cerlln. Nothing new from Russia. For business this Impressive, and in many respects highly Interesting, film- is likely to have some chance. It is an educational and cultural as well as a documentary and criminal picture. . The director, Nlkolaus Ekk, has not mastered the historical theme. He repeats himself. without al- -v\'ay3 gaining close, attention, arid he. often goes the most , dan- gerous way for historical events. Into empty and false pathos. He is in turn effective,. sentimental, primitive, In . f^ome instances cun- ning, and Often creates deep and strong impressions. He is assisted in this by a background unknown to the rest of the world, the fright- ful misery of the. neglected Russian youth. Picture shows how these childrori steal, rob, murder, drink and arc rife with disease. A. raid takes place. Hundreds, and even thou- sands, of .these abandoned children are being taken In. A state corii- riiittee decides to employ other means than the usual ones, as prisons, punishment and reforma- tory houses. A teiacher takes them to the country to found with them a community of work. He shows them the attractions and the beauty of an Industrious and productively creating life. They become boot- makers, bricklayers, carpenters, railroad workers. They are en- thusiastic about this new life, but there- are relapses; I<arceny, re- volts, dissipations. Audience was enthusiastic at the HOBSON'S CHOICE (BRITISH MAb^) London, Oct. 2. British ' International production and re-' lease. Directed- by Tbomas Bentley from stogo play of «ame name. 'Cast: Viola Lyel, Frank Pettlngell. Censor's certlflcnte 'U*. ' Running 'time.. . .65 -'rains. Recorded RCA Photophone, Reviewed at .I,on'don Hippodrome. . , . . Alleged' comedy In the Victorian mariner, mu,eh -play being tnade on 1890 lingerie arid things. Drab and barren In its lower class settings, Limited tO smaller theatres. Play on which it- Is based was a big success In its day, but the only thing in Its favor now Is its short footage, a pleasure after the eight and nine-reel British efforts usually released. Possibly particular appeal In the north, with which seOtlon It deals. Chap. THE GHOST TRAIN (BRITISH MADE) London, Sept. 25. Gainsborough production released through Gaumont British. Directed by Wolter K.jrde from slaice play by Arnold Ridley. Cast: Jack Hulbei't, Cecily Courlneldge, Donald Cnlthrop. Recorded RCA Photo- phone. Running time, HTi mlna. Censor's ;ertlflcate 'A.' Reviewed Prince Edward .-heatre Sept. Zt, Stage play on which this one Is based scored, a big success, and the silent film version was released abbut three years ago. 'While an Indifferent talker of a successful stage thriller. It is much above the 'English average. as comedy enter- tainment. ' Native exhibs' problem will be whether the title Is going to draw or keep them out. Picture im ' presses as okay over here. The story is well kno-tvn. A hand- ful : of people are stranded In coiiritry way.slde station and scared out of their wits' by a yarn about a 'ghost train' which tears, thrb.ugh the sidings at night. Eventually it turns out to be a real train run by gun runners shipping Russian prop- aga-nda or something into Mother England. Sap turns out to be a de- tective and outwits the lads from .Moscow, the station master'and all the locals turn out to be in the pay of the njnner.i. On the stage It made, a good thriller. Iri the talker It's essen tially a Jack Hulbert comedy. Sus pense values arc negligible als everybody knows the story, and thefe's little attempt to ^uHd It up other than In- terms of comedy. Hulbert comes out well, as does Cicely Courtneldge as a woman with a stutter and sirilrk. Donald Cal- throp Is good as the local station master, and the rest of the cast, which is fairly long, are adequate. Production values generally aire good, although the recording Is open to debate. Played as a comedy with some melodrama at the end, it's heartier than most British films, and looks like box office on this .side. Chap, GAY DIPLOMAT Radio production 'nnd rc1oa!ii>. Stara. l\'nn Lobcdelt. lllreclea by RlclrJrd Itnle. fliavsky. Story by -Benn W. I.e\y; adap- tation by Doris Anderson, rhntogrniihy. by Leo Tover: supervision by randr^i Her- man. At the Warner. N. Y., Avcek Oct. 0. Running time, UO- tnlns. Cnpt. Orloft.; ... ,Ivan Lebedpff .Genevieve Tobin '. Dotty Compson - Ilka Chase ....l>urnell Pratt : . .Rita La Roy 'Colin Campbell ....:Kdward Jlnnlndel .Arthur Edmund Carew A picture almost'without a merit ' unless it be the workmanlike and far from inc.NpensIve production l)nckground. Story isn't even un- derstaitd.iblc In .mere narrative. A viewing explains this Radio subject sidetracked to "Warner's most un- important Broadway house.' Lebedelf has appi^ared with credit In a number of supporting roles, . being a persona:ble polite lead with an.. attractive foircign .atmosphere and considerable .Continental grace. Of accent and depovtment.' jjils ele- ■: vatlon to stardom in this picture Is ho favor to him. A supporting cast- bf ' screen familiars cannot over- come a botched subject. Story Isn't even lucid, and . the . treatment Is a medley of detached ideas, most of them borrowed. Theme is that of a handsome Rus- . sian officer .dispatched to BucharT est during Russia's participation In the war, to: counter-plot against a . woman siiper-spy. It takes a great' deal of footage tO' get this much planted,' then the action translates . Itself Into parlor badinage of the. most stilted and. isappy' kind during which all kinds of beautiful and dressed -lip -ladles force their at-.' tentlons upon the visiting soldier.' The audience is thus invited to' guess whlctv'one the super-spy will turn out to be. It's too easy. There' is much disjointed weav^ ing of story thread and in 60 min- utes one of the fluttering ladles Is trapped in a drawing room with her husband and suddenly .con- fesses for no apparent reason that - she is guilty. 'Why she tells all is not disclosed, she Just does and It's all right with the audience. Picture has long passages of the ' most liiane dialog the talkers .have yet evolved, and a. great abundance of the poorest acting since- the . screen went articulate. ■ ' ■ . . Among the odds and ends of pic- ture Ideas picked up here .and there and thrown Iri are the lady spy's piano.-playing In momenta of stress. Remember? Opening sequence Is a nightmare of superimposed . war - sltota of charging men, bursting sheila arid scowI|ng faces. Yards . and rods and furlongs of this and it's only purpose. Is io establish that there's a. war.on^. apparent anyway. Sequerice could have been left out In its entirety. • The character listed In the cast. aa 'The. 3uave .'Man' is a curious . freak.'. He goes stalking through the whole' picture registering slnla> ter Intent in a way that would In- vite the attention of a house detec- tive In Madison, Wis. During the action, , he commits two miurders, but you never learn who he's work- ing for or why the' homicides, and especially why he rubs out two minor characters who are fair ac- tors and not nearly as. annoying, as several of the principals, and whose death accomplishes nothing for the story. Picture is full of absurdities and the players, strive as they may to give the story conviction, never for a moment get free of the feeling of unintended comedy. Maybe' that's , thie directing. Rush. Susanne Macht Ordming ('Susaiine Cleans Up') (GERMAN MADE) (With Songs) Tofag produelloa and Forclim Talking- Pictures release. Features Tnius van Aalten. Directed by Eugen'THIele; scen- ario. Eugen Thlelo and Wolfgang ^11- helra:. music, Xjbo Lux and Charles .Am* berg: dialog. Paul NIkolnus; camera. 'VVIIIa Hamolster and Werner Bohne: sound. WaU ter TJaden. At the Belmont. N. T.. for grind run Oct. 8. Running time, TCmlns. Susanne'-Bmun..-.'TruUB van Aalten- Dnlorta .- , ....Mary Parser- Robert ....Franz l,ederer ning ..Albert- Pnullg Vneller .........Martin Kettner Wasserrogel ......Max Ehrlloh Dr. Fuchs:.... .Szoke. Bzakall Kllngenburg ., .Kurt Lilian Ills Wife .Santa Soneland Fniu ning Lotte Stein Freulein I.aron Marie Forescu Fair Teutonic farce with a couple of. spngs. Okay for German nabes though not so good for delince for- eign houses and impossible for audiences not understanding Ger- man. Picture features Truus ■von Aal- ten who has been working to'wards star riitlng. ^he's probably landed In Europe by thi.s time, and on- merit. A slender little trick who looks a good deal like Colleen Moore and acts In the hoydenlsh manner. Perhaps a little- too much rolling of cyds, but direction ought to take care of that. It's I'rauleln van Aalten, In fact, plus the pleasant acting bf Szoke Szakall, which' gives this: picture a, chance. Otherwise, the farce story would be buried under the slow . pace of the action. Teutons still don't rpnllze the Importance of' tempo In farce. It seems. Story has. to do with an orphan: . (Continued on page 29)