Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-05 | Page 15 | Amusements

AMUS AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENT Mighty Air Drama Air Drama With Stellar Cast Scores at Capitol Even without its brilliant cast Night Flight at the Capitol would remain one of the mightiest air dramas dra dra- mas mar ever eer conceived Hut But with a star starin starin starin in every compelling role role role-an an unprecedented unprecedented array of ot screen talent including including in in- eluding John Barrymore re Helen Hayes Clark Gable Lionel Barrymore Barrymore Barrymore Barry Barry- more Robert Montgomery and M Myrna Myr- Myr r. r na La Loy it is an unforgettable achieve achieve- m ment L The author Antoine de Saint Exu Exu- pere himself a mail man pilot apparently apparent apparent- ly did not feel the need of ot exaggeratIng Ing ng the story he had to tell to achieve any theatrical effects Taking T the setting with which he was most familiar familiar fa fa- millar he weaves a tense drama about the lives of three daring pilots and their chief the chief the violent driving manager of the company Riviere A wealth of human interest is caught in m the finely shaded lions John Barrymore has a meaty meat rolas role rol as Riviere who defies every objection tion even tion even those of his own conscience con con- science science to to put through his most cherished dream night flying Hying across the perilous mountains moun moun ms and swampy swamp jungles of South America He relies relics on his crack pilot ilot Fabian Clark Gable to begin the flight but a a tropical storm intervenes Robert Montgomery as Pellerin a young pilot who is both bolh fascinated and repelled repelled repelled re re- re- re by the dangers he meets with every trip over the Andes gives a moving portrayal Helen Hayes acts with her usual artistry as the wife of Fabian who gallantly believes in her husbands husband's skill and luck throughout the perilous peril perU ous hours of the night flight Myrna MyrnaLoy MyrnaLoy Loy Lay also is appealingly cast as another another an an- other woman whose temperament has no place for tor the resignation so necessary to a fliers flier's wife Lionel Barrymore seems to thoroughly enjoy enjoy enjoy en en- joy his role as the kindly ambling plane inspector who chafes under Riviere's Rivieres s iron discipline C C. C Henry Gordon and William Gargan are also well cast The gorgeous awing spectacle of ot yawning canyons fog-enshrouded fog and ominous the ominous the tumult of the sea and the terror it strikes into the heart ofa o of ofa a pilot who knows that the pounding waves will be his landing field hold the Hie audience spellbound These scenes propel one into the heroic mood of the picture Its success is certain for it has every element clement of greatness Three Little Pigs and its merry melody Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf proves a colorful feature o on the new program Thelma Thclma Todd and a new partner in fun Patsy Kelly Kelly Kel Kel- ly appear in a rollicking comedy Beauty and the Bus Paramount sound news rounds out the bilL