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This farce (coming to- morrow to the Queen's)
travels from the stage to THE STARS OF 1941
the screen with surprising smoothness and settles down quickly and comfortably in its new medium.
The situation is slight to al degree; a young woman whose vanity demands the instant
WILL
BE YOUNG
by James Arthur
When 1941 rolls around, don't a number of other teen-age surrender of every male with be too surprised if at least three players rapidly climbing toward whom she comes into contact of the highest ranging box-office the top of the ladder of stardom. finds herself at an establishment stars are youngsters still in their Bonita Granville, June Preisser, in France where young English-teens. This is the age of youth Gene Reynolds, William Tracy men are taught French by in Hollywood. In the old days and little Larry Nunn are the magnificent caricature of Gallic when a child star passed his or other talented, youngsters who ebullience in the person of Mr her tenth birthday, the movie have important parts in the film. Jim Gerald-and Mr Anthony moguls just sat back and waited Little Suzanne Foster is being Asquith, the director, nover for Mr and Mrs John Q. Public rapidly groomed for the very makes the mistake of imagining to turn thumbs down on their biggest roles at Paramount and that it is not a curicature.
Success in the telling of an
curly-haired gold mine.
Betty Brewer, at the same Mere babes were anecdote depends upon lightness and queens of the movie citadels, attention, too: Rita Quigley, the kings studio, is getting her share of of touch, of timing, of inflection, Remember Baby Peggy, little since she played Joan Crawford's and all these are to be found in Jackie Coogan, with the over- daughter, is in demand at vir the direction and-what equally important-in the acting. Baby LeRoy, who was "out" at
18 sized cap and torn trousers, tually every Hollywood studio.
Helen Parrish, the "meanie"
Miss Ellen Drew as Diana, a three, and Jackie Cooper of in many of the Deanna Durbin huntress if ever there was one, "Skipper" fame. There were pictures, has successfully es-
is, perhaps, a little too straight-dozens of others, but Hollywood tablished herself, and so has forward for the part. A minx has turned a complète about Leila Ernst, playing with Jackie who so coolly and deliberately face. Nowadays, the babes in the Cooper in the "Aldrich Family" entangles affairs and heart-picture woods are quite ordinary, pictures. strings should have something and adolescence is. at of the stylized, porcelain air of nacle of popularity. the eighteenth century about, her, leaving the young men to the modes and manners of the twentieth.
the pin- Au Baxter walked right into the romantic lead of the Wallace Berry starring picture, "20 Mule Team." In addition to Miss Durbin, Universal also has another youngster on whom
Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland they have pinned great hopes, Gloria and Deanna Durbin are the Jean, a youngster with an amazing
The young men are, indeed, en-favoured youngsters of the voice. tirely in telt element, and it is the "movie gods" and the film interplay of their personalities which,
is one of the Elm's delights.
As
soon
"fans" as well. All three of them Virginia. Weidler, too, is growing Mr Ray Milland sees through Diana will most probably be among the up and is rapidly becoming known as
as he sets eyes on her, but favoured first ten_of_the_box- the outstanding child --that-does-not-prevent-
-him-from
character actress. marrying her in the end; Mr David office this coming year, if the movie capital. There isn't a studio, a director or a producer who Tree fails for her with the resounding box-office results of the present wouldn't rather thud of youthful idealism, and Mr season can be relied upon.
have the litte Weidler girl in a picture than any Roland Culver, as a commander in the Navy, strikes his colours without and Judy have been sitting on
For two years now, Mickey other child actress, if the role at all
filted her particular putting up a semblance of a fight.
Temporarily "retired," but never
cular personality,
A great man the commander; the the top of the world, and little theless the most-sought after young- control he shows when the adored Miss Durbin has had some eight ster In Hollywood Is little Shirley calls his ship a boat is eloquent of the or ten consecutive "smash hits" Temple, who was "Number One box- stuff of which he is made, and even
office star" for more years than any when he splices too many main to her credit.
other actor or actress. People aro braces on the discovery that Diana Jackie Cooper also has re- bombarding the studios with requests is sailing under a multitude of false turned. colours, he keeps control of his dis amounts to a starring role in that you'll be seeing her again-and for that virtually that Shirley be brought back to the screen, so it's a foregone conclusion nity in spite of the flagrant mutiny of his feet.
new picture, which also includes soon."
A simple anecdote, then, but Mr Asquith has done something more than simply transferring it to screen. His cameru, with a wit and in- dividentity of its own, manages to give point to lines which, in them- selves, are not particularly humorous, and the whole production as a wel- come air of carnival and irrespon- sibility about it.
SAPS AT SEA This typical Laurel and Hardy film is the week-end treat at the King's Theatre.
The story tells how the two work in a horn factory as testers until Hardy nearly breaks down under the strain. Home is chaotic, too, with the cross-eyed plumbing of Ben Turpin; and, when the doctor prescribes a diet of goat's milk and a sea voyage they do as best as they can with a goat and an old tub moored at the docks.“
New Year Entertainment
"Spring Parade”
FOR NEW YEAR, the King's is putting on Deanna Durbin's eighth singing film, "SPRING PARADE," in which the 18-year-old star is cast as a Hungarian peasant Cinderella. The story is a re-make of a picture which Deanna's Syengali, Joseph Pasternak, produced in Budapest in 1934. The plot is' somewhat trite, but the film is saved by the personality, the acting and the singing of the star, as well as by good perfor mances by supporting players.
Tunes are liberally sprinkled throughout, and Deanna sings with customary enthusiasm and vocal excellence. A particularly sprightly number is "It's Foolish But It's Fun."
S. Z. Sakall commands attention with his important con- tribution as the portly baker, whilst Mischa Auer provides ex- cellent comedy in the earlier scenes.
As is usual with Deanna Durbin pictures, this one is well photographed and recorded, and dressed and mounted with great
care.
"Broadway Melody of 1940"
During the night, however, a fugitive killer hides on the boat, which the gont sets adrift, and THE FLOT OF "BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940,” which the two pals are faced with the comes to the Queen's and Alhambra on New Year, in like- problem of feeding a dangerous wise rather thin, but Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George man on nothing. They confect Murphy and Frank Morgan triumph over it; and the result is an ersatz meal on soap, string, an enjoyable musical, with plenty of tunes, good dancing and lamp-wick, sponge and other carefree comedy. things, which the
The film, which concerns a dancer, awollen-headed from suc- murderer eats with relish.
cess, being helped by his former partner to regain his balance, The story, after all, is not very possesses some of the best tap dance" numbers ever presented important with Laurel and on the screen.
runway
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Fred is very"good
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