Variety (Sep 1933)

fTiiesday, Scpfcmber 19, 1933 FILM REVIEWS VARIETY I BERKELEY SQUARE J4BB«! L. Lasky production and-Toz r«-' 1eas6. Featur<!s Xjeslie Howard and Heatl^er Angel. Directed by Frank Lloyd. Adapted by. Sonya. Levlen and John L. Balderston from Balderston'a play-of'^ame title. Photograpby. Ernest palmer; sets. WUUam Darling; musical direction, IjouIb De Francesco-; costume, William Darling. At the Gaiety,,N. T., on two^a-day run» Sept. 13. Running time, 87 mins. Peter Standi8h..r....'..^.....Leslie Howard H^Ien Pettigrew......... »^. Heather. Angel Kate Pettigrew., ........Valerie Taylor Ijody Ann. Pettigrew.'.(..i^^...Irene Browne afrs.' Barwlck........ r .'..>.....'. .Beryl Mercer Toih Pettigrew.. Colin Keith-Johnston .M^or Clinton..;.../i'<..'^.'...Alan Mowbray- Duchess of Devonshire....Juliette Coihpton -Marjorle Frant. ;..>..;..;..: Betty Lawford Mr. Throstle.....Ferdinand Oofttachalk The American Ambassador. .Samuel Hinds Sir Joshua Reynolds..........'.Olaf Hytteri Xord Stanley....^i...........David Torrehce . •'Berkeley Squate' is an Itriiag-, inatiyp, beautiftil and well handled, pcoduction' that is not likely', how- evier, to get very far in the b.6. race, ^ictiire exudes class.- from the first reel and ha^ many thihga in its favor, plus th^ fact lhat the news- POMPeP .critics are likely to turn eu- logistic handj3{irJn!gd -for .it; Negat- ing:- thiSi howev^T,. are: ;the -cold, doiyn-to-earth, 'fi^cta that it is ..-an , uhbelievable jStorjr, very . slow in' teinpO and'-execution, dialoj^ed -in English;. *' than ... American speech, and;. h(ii3 practically all- :.Brltish c^stv ■Film's greai.ieat ' weakness. °i^ this pri>-British atmosphere, 'pnly likely arerumeht. against that- is that" the picture .will pick up . a lot of money in" Eiiglaiid thl^ .tvay,- aia did :*CaYal-^ csuJe.' It mudt be remem.bered, Jxb.w- ever, that 'State; Fsiir,'. Completely T4.nkee, with0ut .anSr. British .back-: grrbu'nd^ atmioi^ph'ere or name's; -has .ddne almost 4a ■-Wfijl thus far in Britain as did 'Qavalcade.' - Aud Fox, having, m.ade all. three. fi,liiis, bught to realize it;easiest^ Poiht being, seethingly,. that it isn't necesaary to •bend'over ljackwards for ritish ef- fects tp-get British ■ business-^and,. when-, doing so, endatigef :business: results on . this side. It's troublesomie. this English versus American thing. No sense of trying to.-avoid the issue, , there's a'deflhite. feeling lii mbst'Ui S4 the- atres against. 'Englisii' dialog and 'mouthih.'^ "of words. Perhaps It's true that Americans are the ones who've perverted the language, but there it is. Few months ago ah indie American producer bought some ' British fl}ms . and redubbed them with American sound tracks, jimt>r6vihg their, box ofllce value considerably. British producers, also».;hd.ye. been sending for U. S. actor's and dia,log writers, with the same, tljiing in. mind. The British will- take American dialog; Ameri- cans will not accept British dialog. They, don't understand' it. There will be. many sections of the country where customers will, completely fail to understand sections of 'Berkeley Squared' ' Leslie Howard is the only name In the cast that , has any sort of Aim standing- in the Uilited. States. And how ihuch his name ineans, -outside the ace houses in the cosmo- politan keys, Is debatable. Also the picture hasn't much baekgrbund to depend'on. As a stage play in New York, it got a. healthy .60-odd week run, but notable' abOut the engage- ment, was the fact'that the balcony seats couldn't be given away gratis; It was strictly a downstairs car- riage trade affair, which goes double in. spades for the film. Fox has given the picture a grand produc- tion. The atmosphere of Berkeley Square, London, is resurrected al- most perfectly, as'-it is today, and presumably as it was in the 18th century. "There's a devotion to de- tail and atmospherics that is al- most painfully exacting. Leslie Howard in the same, role he played on the stage (he produced, the stage play himself) Is as near perfection as can be hoped for in. screen char- acterization. : The rest of the cast is more than adequate, although, again from an American standpoint. It is to be deplored that more Anieri- can faces (for benefit of box offlce) were not used. in at least a few spots. Story of 'Berkeley Square' is still another variation of Mark Twain's *A Connecticut Yankee . in King Arthur's Coui't.' .: Where Twain used the idea of flashing a character into ainother century for fun, however, Balderston takes tJie thing very seriously. Balderstoh's character* Peter' Standish,. moves back -into a spot, used by one of his forefathers and falls in love with a gal of that period; It's a new - kind of love Story. A character of one genera- tion in love with a character of an- other generation and an unhappy ending, . naturally.' Most .audiences are . going." to. fight with that idea, as handled. It'll be beyond the Or dinary ticket purchaser's ken. Sock a . man oh' the head and. show a dream where he's doing crazy things, okay. Btit to have him arbitrarily walk off into another century and back—well, it's just too much. In the direction,: Frank Lloyd, has handled the film simply and with great sensitivity, just as he did 'Cavalcade.'. Sbnya Lcvieri and John Balderston did a hice. job ;on the adjtptation, again with _restrairit; "Tffiiwar3"Irf^ve*le£fd~r61e~is,"^as~men- tioned, almost perfect. Heather Angel) a.<j the girl, turns in a splen did porformahce, also, and. shows her.seif to be capable of going far in films. Other roles, are dapably and adequately handled, without be- ing esnecially outistanding, ho other roles, in fart, bolng very big ones. Kauf. Ross-Canzoneri Fight Filmed at Polo Crbunds. New York, Sept. 12, by .garden Films, Inc.; presentetl by Tim Mara in association with Mrs. William Randolph Hearst's Free Milk Fund. At Rialto, N. T. Running time 28 minutes. Camera depicts the ring battle between fiarhey Roas of Chicago and; Tony Canzonerl of New, York, as being more exciting than the bout proved to be to those at the Polo Qrounds last vettk; Patent reasbn Is the roar/of' the crowd. Film shows hpw^ dose the contest was, being almost, as even as the first meeting jpf the pair early , in thb summer, wheh. :Cailzy lost , the title to Ross. But picture gives the breaks, to' Tony, clearly :catchihjg sevieral right hooks to Roiss' head, which sent hirii oft his balance. The ex-chainp's leading and '-scoring caught the eye of one boxiiig judge to such an extent that he voted for Canzy.. Actually, Barney's left hand points won the award for him. It is a good -fight picture, because of the plentitude of action, the film itself being doctored and. cut. That Was evident; frOm the ruhning; tiriie,- held inside of iSO. hiihutes, whereas, the 15-round bout takes 45 minutes without introductory .'and finiaie stuff and- minus the minute rest pe- riods. Rest periods eliminated ex- cept showing, men going to and from their corners.. Picture Is interesting in several ways Other than .the actual, milling. Microphone for the sound recording was spotted directly over the center of the ring, and when the referee instructed the fighters ||iis. voice was clearly caUghti What the ref tells the fighters is something the . fans never do hear. In this case the con- testants were warned that holding would bring disqualification and when , one of the .fighters' managers asked what he meant the ref . (Ar- thur. Donovan) told him quick , and hot. . It . was evident that the sound track was. dubbed because there , are roars from the crowd at times when the action shows no particular rea- son for undue excitement. At other points ^heh the fans hear the 'ring- side are seen to jump to their feet, the yelling'of the crowd should have, been heaviest, but.. nothing came put other than the hun^ of, exoitement - ,c a r r 1 e d throughout; Technical errors also noticed In the clanglhg of the bell. It rang mostly at the .tvrOhg time. Accuf-acy In that was-noticed. only at the start and the .fihal round. However, film shows a fast en- counter and Should draw fight fans who read that It was a elose deci- sion'. They can decide for them- selves,, anid according.to which man they-favored!. • Ibee. BEAUTY FOR SALE Metro production and . release, -featuring Madge- Evans, Alice Brady, Una' Merkel and' Otto Kruger. Directed by - Richard Boieslavsky. . Adapted by Zelda Sears and Eve Greene' from the novel,- .'Beauty' -by Faith Baldwin. Cameraman, James Howie; Assoclaite producer, Lucleh Hubbard. Film editor, Blanche Sewell. At Capitol, New Tork^. week Sept, 15. Running time, 85: jnlns. lietty .Madge* Evans Mrs. Sherwood.Alice Brady Sherwood Otto Kruger Carpi'.:....................yi Una Market Mrs; Merrick..'........May Robson Burt Barton.....;...;....Phillips Holmes BUI. .....Eddie Nugent Madame .'.. >... Hedda Hopper. Jane ....;...>..;........ .Florlne McKliiney Hortense ....Isobei Jewell Mrs. Iidwson Louise Carter Robert' Abbott ^ John Roche Oordbn > ..Charles 'Grapewln Picture has a lot of the elements that make box-office. Including a title with spicy Inference and senti- mental romantic angles that will appeal to a large-section of fem- inine fans. It ought to spell better than average. It will probably. ihake a good, deal more money than it deserves oh literary merit.- To tell the truth, the subject Is a bit. trashy in purpose; strictly pulp material, but neatly dressed and shrewdly^ hoked for superficial taste. Basically it is the well worn- formula of the beautiful lass whio finds hefself almost treading the the primrose path, Is happily .saved, from its heartaches and thanks to a miraculous break in luck gets the. tall, handsome, rich man for her' 16gal own. The stenog- raphers and ! the flapa of -various other designations, revel in this sort of stuff and it almost invariably pays the producer fairly hand- somely. .This One grades a bit above the average of the screen run of sugar- tbated sin subjects in that it. has a capital Vein of incidental comedy provided by . Una Merkel doing a breezy jgrold digger in her most per-, siiasive mariner, .and another by Aliqe Brady functioning; as a skit- tish blonde wife and making the role stand out vastly beyond its deserts by sheer force of expert trouplng in a , field that Is away from her forte.. By the way, this in the second .Gomedy^oJeJMisaJScadyJ^ in the last two starts, other being tlvg gossipy friend: in 'When Ladies Meet.' It would be interestihg. to learn in detail how she happened to come to holiday right after her con- spicuous success in 'Mourning Be- comes Electra' and drops into a serie.s of light parts. It's a great tribute to the flexible quality of her Mmiatore Reviews . 'Berkeley Square' (Fox). Beautiful and imaginative <s1(pry, with a brilliant, per- formance by Leslie Howard, but too far above the heads of ordinary theatrei-goers and too British Jn tempo and execution to breiik any. bOz pface recor(^s. '.Beauty fbh Sale' (M-(3-M). Pulp magazine fiction, inade for subway-riding etenogtaphers, made Into^ first rate commer- cial film. Roinantic hoke skill- fully dressed up and hoked with.comedy:Into an eiUinently saleable release.. Alice Brady arid Una Merkel's comedy flair -the sales point. ^ . *F. P. r (Fox). British-made picture frpni a Gerriian source. Intelligerit and novel idea -with a couple of names that mean sbmething over here. A fair grosser where exploited, with pilenty of publicity angle. ' lue -Room Mystery' (U). Nice. pirbgrammer of the thrill- er calibre that ought to satisfy where films of this sort can draw. Qood c^St .of .names to help puH ?eni In; 'Mr. Broadway' (B'way^Hol- lywbod). On strength of Its novelty in follbwing a Brbad^ way coluriinist, Ed . Sullivan,. bnJiis nightly rounds-, and with .many naines for explpitation i»urposes, lobks ..like a profit- maker. As entertainmerit, aside from the novelty Ingredient, below par.- Production value, phOtbgraphy, etc., under Indie 'the Fugitive'. (Mono). Un- . original western theme, with Rex Bell.- Stribtly for west- acting, Fact that .8h|fr played both roles in a . manner tb win acclaim tells a voluriie for her ma.hy-slded skill and argues that, with luck in casting, she Ought to . win a high place in: screen public esteem. Ther§ aren't many actresses In Hollywood who can dp lectras and comic wives, too.t, Treatment would be a bit maud- lin Were it not for- the generous use of- comedy Incidental and herein one notes that the expert .hand of Zelda Sears had a part In Its mak ing. This, all around trouper knows her mob . arid one Is led to wonder why her name dpesn't more often appear In the screen .credits^ Atmosphere of beauty shbp gives the story a g^ahd opportunity for sophisticated slants along laugh* lines, such as' pompoUs dowagers ridiculous in mud packs exchanging spicy double eritendre and all the sort of .stuff the girl fans of all grades and all ages go for. Indeed, the treatment makes mediocre material, into first-rate commercial piroduct and raises aU oVer,,again; that old controversial question—to wit, why don't women have a larger hand in handling' the literary side of pic- tures whose fortunes for the niost part are dictated by the petticoat element of the public? Madge Evans who gets the major billing, delivers her usual effect-^ that of a ravishing beauty who somehow in straight parts registers as neutral. She's lovely, graceful, charming, but in some,-vague way doesn't convey that electric fem- ininity that marks the exceptional actress. General effect here is that of a bathing beauty-r-she has orie bathing suit sequencer by "the way- playing a straight sympathetic role and remaining in effect just a bath- ing beauty. Picture really belongs to Misses Brady and Merkel and when comedy seconds stand out of romantic pictures, there's something the matter with the technique of the heroine. ' Otto Kruger doesn't get his teeth into his leading role, for once. Prb.b- ably it's the fault of-the part, but Charles Grapewiri makes a trivial bit somehow stick in the mind. Phillips Hoinies is in a s.ubmerged characterization. * Production is in the best mode and, thanks .to the cbmedy t.-im- mings, its 85 minutes don't seem that long. RusUi F. P. 1 (BRITISH MADE) Gaumont jBrltish production and Fox* re- lease. Directed by Karl Hartl. Features Leslie Fenton, Conrad Voidt. Jill Esmond, Story by Waiter Reisch, Kurt Slodmak: Robert Stevenson, I>cter McFarlano, dialog; Walter. Reisch, scenario; GuntherrRlttau. Konstantln Tschet, camera; Fritz Thiery, sound; Allan Gray, music; Rowland Leigh, Donovan Parsons, lyrics. At the Old Rox>', week commencing Sept, IS. Running time, T4 mins, •■ Droste; v.. .Leslie Fenton Elllssen.,; .Conrad Veldt Claire........ ^ .Jill Esmond Lubln..,...... -. .'George Merritt Photographer. Donald Calthorp First Ofllcer ',.....,;.. . V.. ... Warwick Ward Doctor.. ...........Dr,. lllp Manning Secret of Blue Room Universal pr6dui>tion anil ri>l''a>.o. .-Xvl itv-. tatlon of German 111m. Foatur>s I.uin'l Atwin, Gloria .Stuart and P.iul l,ul;:v!». Directed by Ivurt Neumann. . rilpry. Knc Phllllpl; screen, piny ami tllaloff, William Hurlbut; phofORraphy. Charles Sluniar. At the RiftltOi N. y., week of Sept* 12. Run- ning time, 01 mins, Robert von Hellsdorf.Llonol Atwill Irene von Hellsdorf..,....... .C31orla Stu.-irt Capt. "Walter Brink..Paul Lukas Commissioner Foster. Kilward" Arnold.- Fronk Fftber. ...... .Otislow Stevoris Thomas Brandt..... ^..... .William Jahivey Paul,' the Butler. . .Robert Bamt Betty . Muriel Klrkland Max ........ J Russell Hoptpn Mary . ^... ,\ >Elizabeth Patersoh Stranger .............. U Anders van Hnden ■ ;Fo3ter's Asl ..;.; James Durkl rtginaliy this Was known as "F. P..i Doesn't Answer,' riiade by Ufa: in Germany,, Film did so :v^eU. that it was one of those on which Ufa remade in English, with box Ofllce names, slipped in, German made, but classed as. British through Its releasing connection^ COrties In as a Pox release through, the Gaumont afliliatiOn. Idea is novel, but the ~ title will require plenty of exploitation. For- tunately tbe material is right at hand. Pushed over, this should be a fair grosser oft the de luxe hpiisesf, for it is well made with good pho- tography and lighting, spuiid that is well: recorded, and generally good direction and' acting! Picture falls short of hest result t»artlx because of the , English ac- cents of the players; pretty., thick in the. case ,of the minbr characters, and some, may lipt like the delibera- tion of some of the. action, done in the slow, 4)onderous. manner of the early Gernian era,' with persons walking-with riieasured. tread In an effort to. achieve rhythm, arid some- times ' overboard , on trick, photog- raphy witii two'to flve pr six scenes, in, the same:frame. Tliere; Is also frequent:, recourse to niachiriery In motion, also for . benefit Of the tempo, arid a tpo slpw" development of the story, which never does suc- ceed in lashing itself Into a fui*y* Sbine good momij&rits, a few of which are spoiled-by amateurish actors in qipb scenes, but there never arises the feeling that the .protagonists are in grave danger or fear that the wrong man may . get the girl—^iri spite, of her prbmise. .' P. P. Is , brier iror 'fioating plat- form' and refers , to an artificial is- land anchored in mid-Atlantic for airships. Orily antagbnistic plot de-: velopment is the desire Of a rival tp put the island, but-of business. *A tool Is introduced in the crew and he opens the seacocks. There, is.a fight which Is heard by tranS-At- lantic, telephone and the girl, fearful tov, her fiance, :persuades' a fbrmer fiame to fiy her to the Island. He figures its a new inside fpr hita, and is . sore when he sees, otherwise, but eventually he is persuaded to fiy for help and he voluntarily, drops out of the picture^ There is a vivid shooting. scene toward the close and the mob stuff packs some appeal in spite bf the fact that the mass players lack training, which hurts to some exr tent. In spite of tol) billing gbing to Leslie Fenton, the honors go to Conrad Veidt, who: Is sottiething: Pf a novelty In a non-makeup assign- ment. He does very well by it. Fen- ton is conventional as the nominal hercaind Jill Esmond walks through nicelyl but never runs a tempera- ture. It's good Englij^h product but not yet competition with Holly- wood oh the finer points. Chic. THIS IS THE LIFE (BRITISH MADE) lipndon, Sept. 10, British Xiion production and release. Directed by Albert de .CourvlUe. In cast; Gordon Marker, Binnle Hale,. aiid.' others. Length; 7,100 feet. Previewed Prince Ed- ward theatre, London, 3ept.~T. Gordon Harker and Binriie Hale are starred. Both riames are ValU-, =able=-here.r=v»The^pcoduc.tIon=Js-L=first.- rate, the- cast ^^ competent, ariti the story, though machlne-riiade, is practlpally excellent for the masses. It is suire-fire ,comedy> descending into roaring farce frPm time to time, with the high,, spot when the stars sing the famous 'II Trpvatore' duet. Bound to make money. JolO, I WAS A SPY (BRiTISH-MADE) Londori, Sept. 5., Gaumont>Srltlsh production, , released through W. & B'. Directed by Victor Sa- vllle. In cast: .Madeleine Carroll, Conrad Veldt, Herbert Marshall, EdmUnd Gwenn and others. Length, 8,^00 feet approz. Re- viewed Tlvoli theatre, London, Sept. ,4. •The producers of this picture set out to turn out a super film. Money was lavishly arid intelligently spent. Subject Ijas jgrreat merit and would have a chance in the. States, Story is based .on the life" of Mar- tha Chockhaert, Belgian girl: who was an Allied spy in the World War; ., A reprodiictipn bf the Belgian vil- lage, w^ere most of the. action takes place, is ttiost realistic, and the German troops of occui)atibn, head- ed by Kpmmandant. Conrad Veidt,. are. fine. Their military equipment is remarkable. The acting honors .go to Made-, lelne Carroll as th. fine-spirited young girl, Veidt as the head of the German trppps looked his part; Ed- mund Gwenn made a realistic burw gomaster; and Herbert ' Marshall was a first-rate Herbert Marshall. One of the main, geinerlc. criticisms on British film productions In the past wasj the fact the minor roles were almbst invariably played by incompetents. Such cHticisni can- not be tnade against 'I Was a Spy\ The minor parts are in the hands of S3uch well-known players as Sir Gerald dU Maurier, Jwho despite, hid- Ihg^behind^hiskers arid a "German accent was SfiH STr'^Geral^^ Bruce, Donald Calthrop arid others oC like standing. Hal^ an hour deleted wOuld make a much faster prpgre.<}sion. of the plot and would prove, more satisfy- ing. The picture ranks high here and .should do well in the State.s. JolO. Americanization a German riiystery yariii. which ought tp well':'In the smaller sppts.' Attrac- tiyeiy, though inexpensively,., prp- duced and pught to end in the win column, was made, in Germany for Universal so . stPry cost is gratis. Kurt. Neumann,- fbrmer German, who knew enough about the orig- inal to translate it and give it American pacing and tempo, dir rected. Story in itself is. hone too npvel and has. many recognizable ele-» riients, but .is kept nicely suspended. Goodly portion of the audience is not likely to figure out the killer's idcritity; making It that much bet- ter. •^^Acting is of a better than aver- age, ealibre ■ also. Lukas, . AtwiHT- Miss Stuart and Onslow Stevens turn in very good performances, with Edward Arnold outstanding' kmong the lesser khowns In a char.^. ttcterbit. Arnold's new type of iilm personality Is ..pleasarit and believ-: ably Intelligent,- Story has to do With li. castle that lias. a. mysterious' room. Anyone sleeping there's killed. C.oUple of lads try It, nieet their fate,: -arid then lt!s figured but!. '-'Secret doors, stairways, stormS, howling Winds, and, of Oourse, some''mysterious characters that tuirn out Innocent while the. most innocent .turns put the .crlinlhal;. Just to inake It .that much more baffling, Iiionel Atwill is acquitted and., shown to be a noble character, fooling; all . thoso Who've seen him In villain rples S9 often in the past. Kdvf.' MR. BROADWAY E&oadway-HoUyWood ' production and re* lease. Featurea Ed Sullivan, - 'Johnnis Walker,' Josephine Dunn, others. Directed by Johnnie. Walker,. Story by .Ed SiilUvan. At Sfayfair, K. T.; 'vreek starting Tuesdays Sept. :12. . 'Running time,-69 mlos. A. novel Idea behind this one and exploitation possibilities grreat, but. as entertainment. It .fails to meas- ure up. It's the kind of a picture that j^hould be good boxOffice'and ^et by on its novelty even If fans will regard the production as many leagues behind the average as. to story,' action, directlbn, photog- raphy, etc. 'Mr. Broadway'- was made on a restricted bankroll, but its chances for making a prbflt for exhibs,. It properly sold, fire excellent.. 'Thefe a,re enough names of Importance irk. the picture to afford the exploiteer golden opportunities, even If, with many. It's merely a glimpse .as they're Introduced In a riight club. A few are a more cbihporieht part of the production's eritertalnment side - and do bits ^or numbers. In- cluding Jack Dempsey,- Bert Lahr, Hal Leroy, Ted Husing; Joe Frisco and Frank Hazzard. The. prob- ability .Is that all of these bits, or a portion of them, were contributed, involving no more cost than In turning the cariiera on . Ernst Lu- bitsch dancing at the Central Park Casino and many others who were called by name and pointed out or introduced for a bow, including Ruth iStting, Blossom Seeley, Benny Fields, lilta Grey Chaplin, Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Gus Ed- wards, Jack Haley, Lupe Velez, Primo Carnera, Tony Canzbnerl, Maxie Rosehbloom, et al. Abe Lyman band at the Paradise, Isham Jo'ries at the Hollywood and Eddie Duchin at the Central Park Casino get into considerable foot- age, along with tfortibns of floor shows, notably at Hollywood where girls are parading their fineries. The novelty of 'Mr. Broadway^ lies in Its background. Idea of pic-: ture being to go around with Ed Sullivah to. see how he makes the. nightly rounds gathering news tor his column. Sullivan is Rroadway' cplumnlst on the Ne'w Tork 'Daily News.'' He visits three night ..spots, -with actu.al scenes shot In the fun joints, whose poor lighting -facilities may explain, the mediocre quality of the photography. First drop-In Is at 'N.T.G.'s Paradise,., second the Hollywood and last the Casino. At- tempting to lend some idea of how columnists pick up chatter Ih the niteries, picture departs from the Casino sequence to carry out a melodramatic incident in Substan- tiation of Sullivan's- remarks to friends that there's a stPry . In nearly everything.' In this Instance it's the necklace Josephine Dunn wears. .l- The -mcller— sequence _to Jtyhich_ film buts in telling this story is very amateurl-shly carried out by Tom Moorb and a few others. It show,s how a man murders his be.st friend to please a girl whom he later leaY-ns Is a prpstie. At the opening, Sullivan Ijitro- fluoo.s him.self and dc.scribea picture d.s a Broadway travelog. C'/wr.