Baxter Scores In Romance At Capitol CapitolA A wholesome refreshing romance of a type that will always be popular with screen fans opened Wednesday at the Capitol theater It is Warner Baxters Baxter's new picture Amateur Daddy Daddy Dad Dad- dy a n story that combines all the elements elements ele ele- ele ments of good entertainment humor entertaInment humor an appealing love story and vivid action ac- ac ion tion Mari Marian Nixon gives a delightful delight delight- ful ul characterization opposite the star Baxter again appears as a kindly bachelor whose pity for unfortunate children leads him to play godfather No one who witnessed his portrayal in Daddy Long Legs gs will ever forget the he sin singular lar charm he injects into such uch a role As Jim Gladden a con conS engineer he has little time timeto timeo to o give to the amenities of life but bul when his fellow worker Fred Smith falls alls to his death he is determined to o look after his orphaned family I He journeys to a remote ranching section called Scotch valley and there discovers that there is more than one family amily of Fred Smiths So he chooses the he poor Smiths a family of waifs who are being victimized by a neigh neigh- I boring rancher bent on acquiring their I land and His adventures as an amateur daddy are whimsical and arid heart stir heart stir ring He is soon idolized by the children chil dren two dren-two two baby girls a boy of 12 and he the oldest girl really 18 but considered consid considered ere ered a mere child chUd by the unseeing i bachelor The ranchers rancher's feud gains to unexpected proportions and Gladden finds himself In the center of a bitter conflict con con- met The suspense Is maintained to the final scene and each new twist of the story contains a n full fuU measure of interest and entertainment for the audience David Davd Landau is well cast castas as the brutal rancher while Rita ta La Ln Roy plays his flirtatious wife William Clarence Wilson anc and Edwin Stanley complete the featured cast Marian Nixon Is charming as asSally asSally asSally Sally Smith who finds it difficult to lo convince her handsome guardian that she is entirely grown up Charley Chancy Chase whose appearance in a n comedy always spells merriment has lias a rollicking part in In Walks Charley which heads the surrounding surround ing program Screen Souvenirs and Paramount sound news are added at at- tractions At the organ Farney presents presents pre pre- seats Now and Then a pleasing concert number