Show Georgia Minstrels Present Pep an and Melody at Orpheum By CANDID XA KAY KAYIn Y HI In de do hi de dc hi hll hU ho dc de ho de ho hot The Thc from tram are re In town Not to overlook eight comely gals who constitute the he chorus lineup for the production In other and arid perhaps simpler terms erms Richards and Pringles Georgia Minstrels arrived bag and baggage bag- bag gage ago In three hu huge hUe e buses to give Salt Lake 55 minutes crammed full of at f minstrel entertainment at the Orpheum theater And a royally welcoming welcoming wel- wel coming hand they got too toot from the audience at the Monday opening show how I S S SNot Not In any minstrel shows we remember In tho the days gone by has there been a leg show and a n. nicely shaped one to boot to divert diver attention from Mister Interlocutor and his famous end men menor menor menor or from portly Mister Johnson Johnson doing a a. swanee swance river In a spot spot- light But minstrel shows apparently keep pace with changing times In the theater world So the Georgia Minstrels in reality present r a stage show In It its usual variations S S S SPACE PACE IS PLENTY FAST For one thing thing- we vc did give rive thanks the opening flash was WM In true minstrel style with nUh happy strutting brilliant costumes much loud m music lc waving of hands bands stomping of feet and a super allegro tempo And Andor for or some time at least things moved along at this pace with one entertainer enter- enter tamer alner clipping the tag tar lines from his predecessor to keep the thing served hot ho and fast After that It developed Into tab tab- eaux dance routines In resplendent modern costumes comedy sketches and nd what have you It was a bit bewIldering be- be to see the skinned dark-skinned bo boys s and girls cavorting in abbrevIated ted and howl how costumes as Indians mla hula dancers and the like but it all comes under the head of versatility There were a number of swell spots There was plenty of melody Intermingled with the dancing Lasses Brown deservedly rated a abig abig big hand for his Lazy Bones and Ben guess Gable why Green backed up by br a rate first quartet did something to Cant Cant In the dance line Bromfield and Greeley with their Creole girls took the le honors The male member of at the thc team did a modified fan adagio-fan dance that was wa-s a honey the modification came ame In the thc lack of an adagio parter partner part- part ncr ner er and the addition of some ome aesthetic aesthetic aes- aes sequences and the tho feathers The announcement that George Raft has signed a new contract with Paramount which elevates him to stardom illustrates the general mIsconception misconception mis- mis conception of the public on this phase of f the flicker business For zor many months Raft has been referred to in inan fan an conversation as a star But untila until a couple of ot days ago so Heres Here's the simplest way to keep the matter straight in your your with with our ourI I All Together Now If youre you're bothered with Insomnia insomnia bosom bosom- nia and counting the w w. w k sheep has become becom a bit tiresome slip on your master mentality and try to figure this one out Paramount has set His Double Life as the title of the thc picture produced at Long Island studio by Arthur Hopkins formerly formerly for for- merly called Its a Wise Wife The picture was made from the Bennett play The Great Adventure Adventure ture a dramatization of the theauthor's theauthor's theauthor's authors author's Buried Alive Uh huh And when it lands on the marquee it will probably end up as Dolores 0 O Goes for tor a Walk It occurred to as us the day after we ve gave rave our Thanksgiving list lid that we I had lad overlooked one of the pictures for or which the entire nation judging In the show The three-sided three crap session in which the etiquette and ethics of the ancient and end honorable game were demonstrated tickled the thc funny tunny bone of more than one shooter in irs the house And the pantomime of the hand at draw poker was wa-s a gem m boy you didn't have to see the entirely entirely entirely en en- nonexistent cards to know R Rastus Bbs Ras- ins tw filled and Cand woe was him after Rufus stood pat Songs and Dances Click CUck u You Hear Me C Callin Caroline that's quite okeh by us River Stay Away From My Door particularly par the repeat chorus done with so o much dramatic fervor by Jimmy Miller brought the hoped for audience response were on his head Instead of ot In the We must confess we missed a cake walk but then were we're Just old fashioned that way we suppose suppose sup sup- pose we do wonder though why negro negro negro ne ne- gro entertainers dont don't stick sUck to somethIng something something some some- thing at which they can skin their white brothers Film Is Murder I Mystery 1 I The picture halt half of the bill is a murder mystery opus called Before MidnIght In in which looking good-looking Ralph Bellamy and June Collyer have havethe havethe the ie leads lends A good deal of the actIon action ac ac- ac- ac tion lion 1 consisted of Bellamy arrivIng lag Ing ng and departing from the death house louse and lighting Innumerable ciga- ciga or cigars Judging by this murder murder murder mur mur- der opera dicks never work in an the daylight However those are arc trivial matters the picture probably seemed slow otter after the up bang-up pace of at the minstrel boys bos and girls And by the theby theby theby by docs does Betty Blythe Blyth with a droopIng droop droop- Ing jag eye play puy a wicked woman Dont Don't miss that Add ld Colossal Items I year old hero of fOur flOur Gang comedies has lias the whooping cough STAR RATING VS FEATURED PLAYER FLAYER compliments compliments minds If the tho picture billing reads Joe Zilch In Mary Was a aLady aLady aLady Lady then Joes Joe's a star BUT on the theother theother theother other hand or foot toot if it you prefer it that way If it the billing ser Mary Was a Lady with Joe Zilch then Joe isn't a star hes he's a B featured player With not much fun tun E Easy y Isn't it Now dont don't for forget et It Its It's little things that make the picture business what it Is 11 today And what wha is It Fun for Fuad If II we were given to that pastime pastime pastime pas pas- time commonly called punning wed we'd say of this item something anent the kings king's taste But well we'll skip that a special honor so we learn has been bestowed be stowed on Warner productions In that King Fuad Fund of ot Egypt by royal command no less has viewed certaIn certain tam tain productions in the privacy of his seraglio ah nh Those productions were Gold Diggers Footlight Parade and andI andI andI I Am a Fugitive Well a n king kine has to have some fun but well we'll bet Fugitive was to impress the missus A P. P A. A Said Dorothy Heller wants to go into pictures in the worst way Playhouse Bill Has lIas Spanish Theme A pure white orchid to the unbilled blind singing cowboy on the new bill billat billat at the Playhouse which opened yesterday yesterday yes- yes he doesn't warble The Last Roundup Even i if his act was bad which it isn't he could come home with all forgiven 0 The new Rex Jewell Jewel presentation presenta presenta- tion is 15 built on the thc Spanish idea and is tagged The Toreador surely that conveys all The lIneup lineup lineup line lIne- up of eight 8 girls are arc garbed in the brilliant swishing skirts of the eyed dark senorita and a 3 pretty picture it makes Particular lar care has b been n devoted this week to both costumes and the settings Helen Hampshire presents a ballet number followed by Cleo Hayard in inan inan inan an acrobatic dance set setto Comedy for the production lies lles in the hands of Jewell and Parker and they have havea a jolly time between themselves anc and the audience ping wIsecracks wIsecracks wisecracks wise wIse- cracks back and forth A fast tap number Is offered by Norman Anderson Ander Ander- son Vera Vcra and Peggy while Roy am and his band features himself Walt anc and George isn't the thc Informality a nice touch The Playhouse Quartet winds things up with some tamale numbers like Rosita Good clean fun for tor all nil The film fare at the thc Playhouse Playhouse Play Play- house includes Easy Millions am amA and andA andA A House Divided I B. B O. O HIT AT RIALTO by the box office was duly thankful The Power and nd the Glory Its It's a great truly great truly great picture great picture and the first done in the new narrative Youcan You Youcan can un catch It U now at the Rialto |