Show River Dweller Whimsies Whims s Fill Fill- Capitol Film Cast in the unusual roles of shan shan- ty-boat ty dwellers the beautiful Barbara Barbars Bar Bar- bara bars and Virile Joel McCrea Mc- Mc Ic- Ic c- c Crea are starred in the whimsical romantic comedy Banjo on My i Knee which opened at the Capi Capitol Capitol Cap Cap- i itol theater Friday The play o. o offers fers colloquial atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere atmos atmos- phere and local setting of the tiny river riverboat boat colonies in the Mississippi pi where the simple happy river folk live blissfully ignorant i of of the tho life lite and ways of the land folk The play opens on the marriage night of Miss and McCrea McCrea McCrea Mc- Mc Crea loving deep-loving river children Contrary to the custom of the river dwellers a land man tries to kiss the the bride but is knocked Unconscious unconscious unconscious un un- conscious into the river by McCrea Believing the man dead McCrea flees and ships to Europe When he finally returns his head is crammed with ideas of ot travel bu buthe but the little love starved wife is so BO determined to keep him bins that they quarrel and part River Music Show She is lured to New Orleans and andis andis andis is stranded there as a 8 dishwasher Pappy the old river musician player by Walter Brennan searches for for her with his one-man one band contraption He Ho finds finds- her in the cafe and the two put on a show of their primitive river music which proves riotous riotous' with the audi audi- ence Buddy Ebsen as McCrea's brother also ventures into the city and joins the team with his dane dane- ing lug The penitent husband finally finds his wife in the cafe cate with another man becomes infuriated and wrecks the place Deciding to leave for good Miss returns to the river bo boat t to pack as McCrea is marrying another woman More violence ensues this time on the part of the he ladies ladles and the turbulent turbulent lent life of the couple is finally brought to peace when a storm breaks the boat loose and they they- ar are isolated on a sandbar Songs Woven In Besides the music of f Miss Stan Stan- wyck and Brennan the songs of the radio star Tony Martin are woven into the play Among th the new songs featured are Banjo on My Knee Wh Where re the Lazy River Goes Goes' By Theres Something inthe in inthe inthe the Air and Sippy The supporting bill offers a Betty Betty Betty Bet Bet- ty Boop cartoon a novelty act and Fox n news ws |