Variety (Nov 1936)

Wednesday, Noyeinber 25, 1936 VARIEIY HOUSE BEVltWS VARIEtY 19 HIPP, BALTIMORE Baltimore, Nov. 20. Ted LeWlS, in all the niahy tiihes he trod JBalto. boards, has never Iput on as , fine a ti-olie as is cur- rently. The 14-piecc bdnd he's toting this trip is so niuch better than arty other band he ever batoned here, Cdmp^^j^^n is absurd. But addeH, . and mUch more weight is the difference in Lewis' ^If-biahdling. He's dispensed with -miich of that 'dreamy' dawdling. Consequently, it perks up the pace of the show. There isn't the slightest suggestion of a, letdown at iany junc^ ture»- Xewls gets in. his grippihgest mo- ments wiQi 'Leader of Band' number andi of! course, cUrtain-closer. For latter, incidentalljf, has a new vocal piece this season in recettt pop, 'Till Beal Thing Comes Along.' With Some lyrical additions, song suits him swell* •SnWball' Whittier, thie licorice lad who hais^ been with outfit a: long^ time. Is. now almost as tall as the boss, and is doing same old duties—^imita* tioft of Durante, chat^r comedy with Lewis and panto imitation of same's characteristic gestures, anid, filially, shoving the peanut-cart, while boss heaved goobers to down-ironters. Willowy lass billed Nascha ori early lor a waistrwiggle; wearing feather-fritted costume, which is evi- dently suppo$ed to be toned-down version of the wisiy they shake that shredded wheiat on the coral strands at; Waikiki, Another ^girlf Edna Strong, with most attrlictive coiffure, , is a prime tapstress whose work gets further iUumihatidh from Lewis' buildup and pacing.: Firisf routine good, but second highlights, when she does taps toi 'Cucuracha' attired iii most skilfully designed gold pa-< jamas. Both girls are bh near eiid to prance simultaneously tj 'Lady in RedV srliile the peanuts are'pitched to the peasants. . . • There are three young lads onstage thr6ughout who, not instrumentalists; sit in with band a!hd plait pipes half a dozen times as harmony trio, do- ing either background bawling to the Lewis' larynxings, or songs of own. A peppery trio with chi^f abil-^ iti^ . running tO swing pieces, .boys are bjc, on whole. -. On screeii, 'Lady from Nowhere' . (Col), short and newsreel. Biz first show Friday only thriee quarters. ■ Bert. ST. LOUIS, ST. L, t. Louts^ Nov. While a trifle top-heavy with. aero-, batic and low comedy acts; current Show, at St. Louis, has sufficient ap- peal to please the customers. . The buffoonery and nonsense spread over SSr-minute period,'whetted by 'Pig- skirt ParSide' (20th) (2d niri), con- stitutes a bill that seenis to satisfy, -using audience applause as barome- ^ter. ■ :. ■. .. Show.: opens with Rbxyettes, be hind elevated Venetian blind.. - using their niether extremeties to- form a picket fence around a little cottage and then doing a .lprecision roul^ine with ohly their legs exposed to view As the retire bi^hind blind to forni , a pretty group picture,- on comes 'Charlie ]\Iyers artd Susie St Johns for k; contortibnistic and acrobatic dancing bit. with Myers predominatr ing. The Three St. Johns, acrobsits. furnish .nice tumbliiig and balancing , stuff in the next slot, - A hoke comedy iact by Bert Yorke and Bes^trice Tracy also clicks with sitteeis, particularly when Yorke squirts water ihto gal's phiz after spraying her map with powder from a musical instrunient. Yorke does an impersonation of W. Fields and gives a coniedy: interpretation of Fred Astaire impersonating Yorke Tracy femme has pretty fair voice, but her ivarbli is liriiited by slap- sitick stuff. As line does , a pretty Waltz pro- duction nuniber, Meyers and St, Johns return for another comedy bit that clicks. . Next comes coniniunUv. sing land Fireddy Mack. m.c;. for ' which Eve Ross, in charge of staete shows,, arraneed old time 'Sweet- heart bh Parade' program that . raises sing'above average. . Revel. Baxter and Dean do a.danc liicf and slabstick ■ bit,; capbing, act with cbuttrobm. scene in which t,wp of lads answer judge with clarinets. The customers called . 'em back Ipur times oneping night, ; Show is brbUfiht to finale as Roxy ettes present a challenge rhythm rou- tine. Biz was average bpenini* ni?ht. Sahu. PALAqE, CHICAGO Chicago,. Nov. 21. Real ig-tirtie. viaudeville. r this week, almost like old times with ex- ception of bne act. . Good to . see names; like Flo Mayo, Carl Freed; Harris arid Shore, and Harry Rich.^ man on one bill. .Together they add up to bang-up entertainment, and only the last. act, iSaul Grauman & Co., lets it down; Richman is headlining this show and still a fine performer, though guilty Of an exhibition of bad taste. He comes out,. States the trans-Atr lantic flight was not. done for .pub- licity purposes^ and then goes : into a 'thank you. Lady Peace' ditty which is bad enough On its own. but then, is topped. vWhen ..the curtains behind part and reveal ia particularly corney: and cheap drop paL of the aeroplane. After that is over, Richman sal- vages a ^ good part of the act by getting . down to business with his straight warbling and talk. Rich- doing a bit of remi iscing in thJS act, singing highlight sours of his career. . Opening the . show is Flo Mayo, still a . fine starting turn with her aerial work. Has cut down bh her talk somewhat, which is wise, and IS selling her nifty air routine for solid returns, , Carl Freed and ; his ::seven har- monicas follow. There have been other harmonica acts, and there will probably be riiahy .more, but Freed seenis to have found something: in thiS; act; that none . of the other harmonica, acts seem tb .have, found.; A sense of fine sihowmanshi with a happy pace of different numbers, with plenty of hokum cbmedy that starts ffood, becomes better arid fin- ishes as ai show-Walloper^ Freed has learned many things in vaude; namely^ speed and sense bf. timing, catering to the high: and low. with such numbers as 'Poet and Peasant' and right down to Tiger Rag:' Here's an act that should find plenty of work, even aS a novelty for the better, hotels jahd cafes. Hairris and Shore had to make p. speech when they finished their; burlesque ballrobrti and. adagio rou- tine, and that speech was the one sad thing in their entire act. What Was a genuinely ehtei:taining and surefire act, was hurt badly by a mistaken attempt at hiimor in: the speech-bff. Otherwise a fine act for this . audience, biiilding steadily from a good, start to a bang-up. fin- ish. ■ , ' Grauman's act Is .for-the. family time, where. It alwjiys gets over in strong fashion. Musical stairs coh- traptibrt 'Vis just the sort of . thirty that would be impressive to the kids and farai^ trade-r-biit hardly here. Girls in. the ;act tbss in a couple of soecialties. all weiadcish on ;this bar- ticular bill... , ' Picture is 'Luckiest Girl in the World'; (U). Business good last show Friday.. Gold. . STANLEY, PITTS; VPittsburgh, Nov. . ie has just the kind'of a show for a flicker like 'Valiant Is Word for Carrie' (Par), The msiestro makes it short iand; snappy. 50 mlnr Utes, and Carrie takes h^r tiinc. just a fraction Short bf two hours, so,, the bopking. can be set db\v.n .as a smart maneuver.- The rope-smokinig fiddler's in for only six days, five really since Penh sylvania still doesn't permit flesh on Sunday. But Warners have, seen to it that Ben's going to earn his dough; he's being snipped up tb the WB house in Stubenville, O., for that day. Stanley wants to get away to a fresh start OrtThanksgiving Day (2G). so Bernie pulls out 24 hours ahead of the regulation time. The Berhie contribution seems like half 50 minutes, it's- that kind of a:. show—fast, entertaining and, casual in a shbwmanly wiay. Of cburse,- it's still chiefly the maestro himself, but he's spotlighting the lads niol-e than: usual and. theyTe doing him;.proud. He's always been ,long: ion ^ song specialties,^ more so than ever this season, aind as fast as they leave Bernie ; to go on their own, he comes up with hardy, replacements. The wheel goes roimd and- rOund. and where he gets 'eni nbbody knows. The 1936 crop, all new in these parts, includes some honeys, amon'*. them Joe Rardi , a diminutive youngster who looks like Jimmy Cagnev and sounds like a one-man jani So.<^sion, arid Ray Hendricks, a topriotch; tenOr with :piipes to woo them in the far- miost reaches of the gallery. Young Rardin is a cross-section of all the Mills freres arid gets aniazihg instru- mental results from everywhere oh the larynx circuit to snare; the big- :gest results of the afternoon. ' For added starters the maestro has cbrralled a . corking swingsmilh . in Billy Wilson arid, four .^ood-looking lads (Eeeny, Meeriie, iVIiny and Mo), who .stand a good chance of lltting into- that groove once bccupicri by Paul Whitemah-s Rhythm Boys. They need only a bit of. polish and some snappier arrangements. Bernie could ;bill it an all-male reyue,; ,iust .;f6r; ,a twist, if .it weren't for . presence bf Dawn O'Day; a, laissie with educated feet and graduated looks. She. fills her five riiinutes with some sWell tapping rhythm and cbuld have easily held UD for more than .lust a sinele spot; Thie' only vet present is the Cuhnel, Marinie Pi-ager, Who's still well-accounted for and able to hold his bWri.with the ybunger blood. • Berriie's -eVen going, in for soriie gleie club stuff this seasoh, 'If they're no good,* he ciracks. Til send them back to Waring's Pennsyivanian-s. Like; rye .whiskey, the maestro mel- lows, aiid imprbves with ' age. The mbb: couldn't gfet , enough of them this afternoon and Bernie shot, them out i profusibn,; with eveh'the oldies hitting the ribs. : It's a Vacation for roudy and the pit boy^i They merely fade in arid out for Bernie, Couple of shorts and a newsreel do the rest. Biz here, hoWeVer, off, same as all over town, with downstairs: only, a trifle better than half full and only the loges wairrtied in the balcony. The natives are apparently saving up for the holiday. Cbheri; Film Reviews INTERMEZZO (Continued from page 15) be-a hcrman and a famous coriipo'^er on the side, so the'tale-gbes on rnost aniusingly Until the happy, end. Tresi Rudolph is. not only a .bril-' liant Singer, but also a good actress. Albrecht SchOenbals. as Trent makes the;'most of it and looks. splendid^ his coriducting the. big brchestria in the opera- being.; a pip scene. l^Jirior ToJes are well acted by Erich Fiedler as iPierrie', Rudolph Schindler as' the rsidio comriientatori Ernst Legal:; as Biallori, S. 0- Schoening as Martinettii and Kiirt Seifert as Don Ramiro.; SINGING COWBOY (WITH SbKGS) Republic-release of Nat Levine :produc- tion; >>tai's Gene'Autry,' Directed'by . Mack .Wright; 'oiiper.vlsed. ' Armand- S'tlioefer;' screen. piay, 'TD'orrcn.. and Stuart McGowati;' aupervisln? .editor,. J :H, Lewl^i fllip editor, JLeSter Orlebeqk; music, Harry Grey; songa, Srniley B.urn'ette and Oliver Drakes eaiherni, WlUitim NoMes and Edgnr. Lyons; sound, Terry KellUm. At Arena, N, Ti, two days, Nov. 23-4, 'SO, dual bill. Ruhning time, 'uo, miii's.. .'.■.■■■: •■ Gene. .'...■.'.v. .:. •.........Gene. Autry Frog.. ■. i;. . i'.>.'..,.iley 'JEturiiett* Helen..'..:, /'..;...'..'.-..'.,. .LiOis Wilde Martin....;«1,..-,'.,. ..';,..; .litm Chaiieyi- Jr; Lou Ann.:..Ann CSlllC'S .Cliampiph;...;.'....';.......... . . . Cliiimpton I'rot. Sandow..;,.......;..;ifiarl HddRihB BIdke.:.. j...,.-.,......;......Hrirvey Glark Steveria...,. .....;.. , .John Van .Pelt, Trenton...,. i......... i,;. .Eairl Eby Bill..:...'..-........',;,^Ken. Cooper Mayor/i.;....:. .. .>; ..;. Hari-iBbn. Green Jack.........'..;.,,. Wes . Warne? Sfierl ....'.....'..tack Rockwell Kirk-/;...... . ..,.'...;.,..,. .Tracy ' Layne Tom.. .'•'.-; .;...................; .Oscar:. Gatinn Shorty.;...;.......'......:... Frank Ie.' Mar v(n liatie.... ........., .,'.. .Jack Kirk Gen'e'n Man.....•.,.'....•.;,.•.'■;.iAuidrey' 'DavlB Dr. .■Hill .-..... ..George' Pearce .Tohnsorr..'.'..■..;.;...Charles McAvoy .ru.stlce of Peace..-Alfred P. :j(iine9 JBnt'ertalner... ;•.. ^nowflake Miss Kane;... ..........Pat -Carori .is ;mixed up .with prairie justice in/this rtew Gene Autry west emefi To .sayie a little SU"! from bemg' a 'cripple, .Aiitry gathers his rpdeb troubadours, • treks off: to the big. ci^, arid, siells ii coffiee^i^ on the idea of sponsoring them on the air. TeleVisioh is Utilized for stunt purposes,, as the group broadcasts out in the open spaces, .Money froln the ' contract is; to be ' devoted - to bringing a specialist' but to sa've lit' tie. Lou: Ann's.life...; Star .sings ;about seven sortgs! irt 'the opiis. All sound the same, cariy-^ i the same' lament in the under- lying irtelodic themes. He isings them easily, and .gets able assiistance from his jam band 'on the - swinigier stdnzias. Modem . angle >does not waylay tl-.e hard-riding flings/ . Heroine gietsjocked in a runawiay wagon and has the ertti re ranch force but after her. ivalry bver the. prize herd ialso provides further action of the sagebrush school. .Directed "neatly arid okay for a double progriam.-' MusiC: frairie lifts it above the usual low-budgeted fllm. Bral. tferiiendous fprce and emotion by Raiiriu as the. father of Fresnay, Demazis, Fresnay and Fouche, Fbuche, although handicapped by the presence of veterans of the stage like Rainiu, Demazis and Fresnay. shows siifprisirig abilities. ' . • Marcel Pagriol has made another 100% French fblk film here. Thor- ough knowledge of French arid more than a good knowledge of French southerners is necessary to enjoy this picture. 'Cesar' may never be-; come as great a classic: pf the: French screen as 'Marius', and 'Fanny;' But it will; rertiain as butstanding French production. ' Hugo. IL GRANDE APELLO ('The Great Call') (ITALIAN MADE) . . Rome, Nov. 10, ArtlStl Assriclatl. p.o(1uctIoii and relehse,, FeatuVeR C«nillloi .i*llott6: arid Roberta Villa. Directed, by Mario Canierlni from hl» !»cre'en plav. Othera In the east, Plelro Valtle^,: Alfredo PogBl, Llria de CoHta. At Barber- Inl, Uome, Ruhnlns time PO mlhs.. .. ' iJn Itdlinn) Filin . shbws some of :, best, acting: that's been dorie on the Jtaliart screen to date. But extremely na- tionalistic subject matter Will prob- iably limit its appeal abroad, Giovarini Bertarit is an Italian who has forgotten hiis country because he has lived away from it for such a long time.; Havirtg batted aroUrtd all over .; the wOrld, he has ftrtally .set- tled in Gibuti, East Africa., There he runs art inn bf dubious bharacter and is engaged^ among other things, irt shipping arrris to thie Ethiopians. . From an- Italian officer who comes tb his inn, ■ Gioyartrii- learns that a, Aivomart he had ortce lived'.with, nias; just died, and that his sort .by. this, woriiari is now with th(};ltalian army in East Africa. He goes to trieet this ■son. Workers irt th^ camp with .his son are almost aU from his home town of Genoa, and their talk artd songs reawaken in'him . a fondness for his country. ■' i^evertheless hie tries to-persuade his son to go back to Gibuti i/(rith him and .epgage in arms traffic aigainst :'the Italians. Son indignantly, repels the pro- posal. . While father artd ^ort. are-havirtg. it out, a band bf Abyssinian :robbers attacks the camp, and many .Italian workers are killed. - .Son, gravely Wounded^ .still resists help .from his father and tells hini he never wants to see. him again. At .this moniept patriotisrii is reborrt in Giovanni and he toes back to, Gibuti . r«isolyed tb be worthy of his son., Neit shipmient of ^nris that coriies for the Abyissln-, ans finds him ready to make his sacrifice. He accompartles: the caria- van that' carries the arms irom Gibuti to the interibr.. artd when they arriyie aV.th^ miinitipps:\,depof he blows lip the place with himself in it.* ■■ ' Heln. " NE SIRJ EDESANYAM (♦Don't Cry, Mother') ('Miracle of Lourdcs'). (HUNQAiClAN MADE) Da'nubift relea.«e of Assoxiialion .Cinema Producers prbiluctlon,- -Hunghrliin po-dlrec- tor. Bela Brilogli. Cnpt: Jobn B;>ra. Violet MasRon; ij(\>1Ietlo DnuflJ; .(SeorKd''Mplohior. At the 'Modern. v N. T., comwpncipp' :N6v. 23; --30. Running lime, 02. mins. " CESAR (FRENCH MADE) Paris, Nov. 13; -Afaroel- Pagnol production and' release. 'Scenario,..dialog; f^daptntloh.'and. dlre<-,(ion by PhkhoI; miislc.' Vincent fc'cottoi cnmern. Wily. At Clne-Or»era, Paris, Sov. 12, '30. Running lliiie. 170 mliiH. Cesar ..... .... .. RHlmu Marlu's ....... ;....,... .Pierre Presn.ny Fatiny ,'. , .-,.. .Orane..Ppmn7:ls Piihl.sae .,..........,.-..'..;...-.. Ctiarp'ln' Aunt Clnudlne .... .Mllly Mntjila Ce.snrlo Andre Pouche Kiremnn .,, i .^ .................. 1...,;'. Miiupl KHonrteftirUe. .:. .-.. .;,.,;.,,.. ... Paul Diillac Honorlnfi: ...' . . Allda 'Roiiffe. M. Rrun.... ...... ..,.:..,. Vattlfr .PVrnHnd •. ... .:........'.......;.;,.-.. ,l>oumel The Uo<-t(»i'.,.,.. :....', ...;... Delmonl Pas Fraueiiparaidies ('Wi6meD's Paradise') (WITH SONGS) (AIJSTBIAN MADE) Berli Nov. 14. . Terra releaftf ,'of Donaii: production. Pea- tureK i-lorlenne Khky, >Jjep SIczak, tAlnoe- Ji^rgw, ,<ieorit Aiexiindor,-' Ivan; Pct'fovlcli. Dli^e'cted'by Arthur. Maria'Rabennlt. Book,' JuIIu'b 'TTornt. ICnrl-VBuda; -muslQ,.. n.ibert'. vStolT!. ■.At .it; ',■ KtirTiierHtendamm.'B»rlln, week iC)ct..28, '30. |tunnln(f lime, 80 mins.; iB.va -..■..::....:...,..'. . HbrtenH? Raky .O.iry ...';...',■..,.,...Ivan- P«*tr«vlPh Holuh ..V.;. ;•;........ V...;.'. Ijfo.. .SlPRok Miiehldnerfpr '.-Oisoro; Aiexan'der Fritz Hans VUi-hter TncrrUI ITol ..Aino? Bc-tiro^ Thft SeTPtrt.ry,.j.'..;He1ln Pitt Dlrec'vrlce- ..,........,' Ann! Rosor (fw French) Too long and too :slow for the American public, this last of Ma feel Pagriol's trilogy which started with :'Marius' arid continued with 'FHnri.v* bould have been ciit by almp.st half without: damaging it to any extent. 'Marius' bathed in Marseilles .sun- shine. .In. -Fanny' the mistakes: of impietubus youth are straightened, but not without sufferings :and sell sacrifidesi With .i'CeiSar' we..f»re faced with .grown-ups Xvhb bieai: the- scairs of the. lesspns> they have':.learned. Patiios caused.b.y exasDerated desires not to be frustrated haVe teolarefl the youthful reck<'?ssness of 'Mnriu.s' arid the noble self-sacri ' ideals of 'Fanny .: Twenty years after,he has married b.fane Demazis and adopted: he.r love child, after shC: had bef*n abandoned, b.y Pierre Fresnay. Gharpiri. dies.: Orane has orbmised. the priest who. attended. Gharbiri on . hi^ . deathrbed tb tell the entire triith tb .her. son Andre. ■w:ho believes Chairpi is his real father^ Younc nian is at first crushed by the. revelation, then-lgoes'hunting foi* his real father, trying .to find out wh.Y. the latter: ..abiandoned his mother. He is led: tb/believe that Pierr6.Fresnay, his father, is- pbthmg but ' i scoundrel. Fresriay" : finally comes to Marseilles. In a .stormy, fahiily explanation all of the dirty linen . .is washed clean. Fresnay ' finally marries Orane Deniazis, how that everyone: underistands each other and life starts . anew- Entire story unrolls ip endle.ss dialog, which * rendered with (In Gerrhan) Typical Viennese .film operetta; and one Of those; it-at-ail-hazards cOctibps; that ill appeal tb less discriminatirig audiience.s. Much: boosted premi of Hortense Baky Is riot so bvbrwhelrrii pirbhably due to the harmiics.i! li ith the old story of a shop girl marrying her boss. has jcontribiited a number of tuneful rrielodids, and Leo Slczak's coinedy always helps. Out- standing lookier is Ai oe Bergbe. . ..Yarn desbeibes tt)'e women's para- dise as a fashion store in Vienna' that, is, heavily in debt, esoecialiy since the new bwrier,' ;Gary Field; a cbnstiructor- of air : planes, has had to • take the firm Over via legacy. Sfince he is a gbbd-looking . boy, all the girLs. in. the:.shop are giving him. th^ glad eye; , Eva, the youngest, of 'em, ha.s^^ to run errand.s >rid try to colleet; ; a hbpeless task. When the financial situation gets desperate, collootion among the staff grosses 6,000 shilr lings, .14.000 shillings short; of what would save the firm frofri bank- ruptcy i Eva is selected ,to wbrk the miracle of:, bringing along" that money. Getting dresscd-up she visits the wealthy Mtiehldoerferi .: whose face she once srriacked when he tried, to get..fresh,; Rich bloke gives, her the irioney, arid nuri^^rbus, complications iarlse. Ti-ue to Vienri:esi6 operetta tiraditiori.s, Eva'.is the long run gets her Gary, the boss. Hortense iPtaky as Eva is a natural arid acts brilliantly, but she lacks s.a. Ivari PetrOVich as Gary is^not sb forte. Leo Slezak is very funny as Holiib, the store's riiariager and bookkieepen Ainbe Bergoe is a looker, who promises to go places. (In Hurigdrian) \. ,.'i)ori't Cry.iMother,' is strictly fop the Hu.ng';rian'iGathplic market, where its 6. ;draft will rely; on its religious phases rather than on enters, tiiiriment merit. In. acting, and. phbtography it, is pretty much Of .a dud,. aside from the handicap of lacking ErtgHsh titles! Filriiod co- jOintly - with a. French coriipapy, whos,e siriiilar pic hasn't hit the U. S; as yet, the production centers largely around Eburdes (Catholic shrine irt France) artd the rriirac--' ulous cures Attributed to it Film:- ization .: was made: about two years ago, arid the religiouis ainsiles. .sbbuld be ertoueh to kieep llollywood's eyes turned the Other way^^ Association . . Cineina ; Prodiir-erg tried to give its material a morality tinge, instead bf treating it siniPlV as : a travelogs Hiatter way irtight hive been best after viewing the. JHim-; garian results. Not on}^ is the pct-c ing by the adult cast incredibly Hull (the children are quite good); but the I contrasts betweert virtue' and wickedness, belief artd sceptici.srii, etc., are so broad as to be well-nigh pantomime burlesque. Story. Svhile simnle and istra'r' forward, has. been .chopped tb min»'e* noeat in this production by a-oartic- iili^rly inieot splicing job Which tries to treat, three or four si}b.iect,s\ a.t once. ' The procession iat° Lotirdcs' is shown three or four times, which completely devitalizes it as ?nek climax. It should have heen th3 mairtspripg of the filrin. leading up to the faith^iiure : of child whas(B; inother's; :carele.ssniess .tivrted hini, into a cripole. If half the footage were dyri^oed into the wastebasl et; the lett-oy^r'a might make a redsOrtabl.v. good de- piction of one bf Catholicism's gr^'^t relii»ioii, focal poirttSi ^ As is. :it*s neithier fish nor foivl,, artd the un- usually short running time (fj*oTT>. a European ' viewpoint) • . attests, the: stiruggle the producers ha'' with their-yarn;- ■ Edga. HARQM SARKANY (fThree: Dragons') . (HVNGARtAN MADE' Budapest, Noy. 14/ arinonla. production (unttrfclea.He..AdnpteA. froTh b'andbr HUhyAtfy'u play' by • Knroly. 'Ndtl. '-. - -' . . ■ '''. ' ''-• Caat: Maria naiinr. l/l«jjy 'Phlla. Sfff-na .Szlklay; . Emily,: arkus,. Uly 'Berfcr,' Gabriel .Rajnay. '.Tosenh' Juhnmi;. .iuliun KsiboB, tfulluB ao:;bn/. ivdlman Ko7,eahe£yi* . (In'Hunfifdnon) . Gabriel Rajnay is the chief at- traction .of this jpleasairtt'arid amus-. in.T screen comedy. '' He is charmirig. in. the part of an elderly spendthrift whb, henpecked by three bid sisters breaks loose, from their guardiap.ship artd . the boriedom of countty life on:the plea of having to " save . his son fronri . a gold-digging cit.y vanib. Of. coii.rse.. he falls for the:vampish actress him- self, spends the faniil.y saving.e .oii havirtg the tlriie of his lifcv with her> and ends up by .marrying her; She turns, out to be. rio .yamn at all. but, a. great asset to the family; vrh'y ill keep the old rakie in brder> Besides'Bajpay, 'who: played , the same' part, in the stage version aricl .shapes u^» (Bbually well on the scceri, Serena Sziklav is, very good in corriedy pat.t,. Pity that .Maria La^ir; the actri»ss. is less, attractive bh the scr-^sn than she is On the stage Not 3ri outstanding hit. but shVi be fnirly .f»obd .b,o. h<*re and ap - tractiorii fOr Hungarian jmAU'.,^ aibroadv Jacohi., CONTRACTS Hbllvwobd, Nbv! 24, : Warners 'isealed • Thyrai Sart>ter- Winslow to term -writing covenant. <5ption on William H. Wright'*' pact lifted at Selznlck-Internatiortal. He is production assistant to Oaivid O. Selznick...' Bruce . Marin irig ..handed writing^^ cbntract at .Uriiversal. .Metro gave Chairley rapewi new deal.. ;Pa'ui 'Parker,, song, writeri' at Television; Frank:, McDonsild*s contract: tilted ;for fmbther .year at Warnets. 20th-Fox long termed Borrah Mi evi.tch.,, . : Patamburit gaive Stephen Mori termer; . Kient Taylor ai Universal; Option, on jHal-ry Tugend's pact lifted at 20th''Fox; He is listed a^ writer,, director; dialog director.. pCvisor, Republic added Dean stock compariy.. Universal. lifted Rbbert Presneir ducer. Warners lifted option Lewis as dialog director. Metrb hsirided George Harmon Coxe writer's contract. Termer gave Beulah Bondi at Par* Option lifted on N. Brewster Mors* itnd Firitz Falkepstein, writing team, at Warners.