Show Prize Plize Reaches Screen English Star Stal Scores Success By CANDID KAY I nor for Raving Story Dark Hazard brings Edward G G. Robinson in a new kInd of a role He plays plas rather unconvincingly a gain gam bIer whose whole life IlCe is attuned to Dame Chance in all her forms tryIng try ing to settle down to dull domesticity with rith a small town girl to whom any form of gambling is an anathema Somehow or other his efforts dont don't and neither does docs the story Theres There's too many loopholes in both Dark Hazard takes its name from a whippet beg pardon greyhound greyhound-by that name who be becomes omes the object of Robinsons Robinson's real affection and worship In Inthe Inthe the use of dog racing in lieu of horses the story has a new slant The careers of man and do dog run parallel Both start out as winners winners' the dog on the track and Robinson Robin Robin- son in his gambling g. both hit the skIds both fight back to success and fortune again In the latter Jatter instance it is in a partnership are or- Genevieve Tobin is cast as the small town girl whom Buck Turoar Tur Tur- oar RobInson marries She turns In a well polished performance as the selfish narrow Marge whose marriage marriage mar mar- to Buck was a mistake from r m the word go Glenda Farrell again tarries carries the burden of the tough girl with the heart of and gold watch with what neat dispatch she takes sympathy ort fort by storm In thE theLast last two minutes or of the picture Emma Emna Em- Em na ma Dunn Hobart Cavanaugh and Sid Sid- Toler are outstanding among the minor characters I I as It seems there IS A man who's never ne heard of Mae West est U It that Isn't clear come up and see me sometime a collage professor in the south said In explaining a 1 point to a student The class giggled to his aston aston- The student explained that Mae West Vest had made that remark world famous and with a different meaning Mae West Vest 1 he puzzled She isn't in an any of my classes Is she You pays your money and you takes your choice as far as decidIng decidIng Ing which of the two teat currently currently cur cur- playing at the Victory deserves de de' serves the No 1 spot Though Murder Murder Mur der In Trinidad is the of the two stories and its pretty much ho ho- kurn kum mystery what with pirates smuggling swamps quicksand and all I rate it over Dark Hazard because of the per pcr- of one man That man is 5 Nigel Bruce of English stage and screen fame Given Ghen a good story produced and directed I venture to say Nigel Bruce Druce could and give will Charles Laughton a close run for the money in popularity larity with American screen fans Even In Murder in Trinidad with sUh its obvious ious cheapness of production hIs portrayal of Bertrain Bert Bert- ram rain Lynch detective Is a joy and delight from the first to the thelast thelast last shot lie He has the suavity the poise and the utter ease found In English actors as In no other race In addition the thc man Is a clever comedian has an and is ii a past master of the tricks of his trade ills lIis slow movIng peanut crunching awkward and outwardly out out- stupid Mr Lynch wins my affection respect and top billing In the movIe detective list Ralph Bellamy's Inspector Trent Warner Olans Olan's Charlie Chan and William Powells Powell's Philo Vance seem childish and unbelievable In comparIson Murder in TrInidad brings you Victor Jor Jory handsomer than ever In the dirt dirty work role Heather Angel with as much to do as the heart interest interest in in- terest in a mystery story usually has Douglas Walton in the juvenile romantic ro- ro mantle mantic lead and among others Noaie Johnson as the villainous negro chie Through the tangled life of the tropical cIty into the depths ot of the treacherous Caroni swamp this story or of diamond smuggling and murder weaves its us way The movies were determined to bring Oliver LaFarges LaFarge's Pulitzer prIze prIzewinner prizewinner winner Laughing Boy to the screen Plans for its production were made and abandoned several times by different companies Finally M 11 I l I took the fatal plunge cast Ra mon Novarro in the role of the immortal im- im mortal Indian lad Jad Laughing Bo Boy and chose the thc Mexican n firebrand Lupe Velez to play Slim Girl The result mOl may now be seen reen at the Paramount Paramount Para Para- mount theater It If you read and loved the book iCIL if iC It IL left a beautiful and Indelible picture pie pie- ture in your mind the screen ver slon sion is not for you ou It If however you didn't read the book you may find it to your liking MG M Novarro and all did the best they could M-G-M M spared no expense and you sensed that Novarro and Velez worked mightily to give their best t. t But in Laughing Boys Boy's pigeon English it was just not to be I think Laugh Laughing n Boy is id one of those stories which c can m not be filmed and remain the sensitive believable story of the printed page The chief reason for this lies in inthe inthe the enforced use of stilted English Englishby by the Navajo Indians You can read on the the page their thoughts and speeches and all is welL Let the wrinkled faced red men and women open their mouth say those carefully rehearsed thoughts and speeches and so man many of them are so beautiful and the illusion of reality is de de- They are arc Indians in makeup make up playing at acting To flatly say Novarro IS mIScast in the role of the idealistic Indian lad Is true but not wholly adequate Who is there in Hollywood or on the stage who could make the character come corne to life It isn't in inthe inthe the cards There are arc spots when the simplicity of speech and nd sItuations ar arc attuned in which Novarro gets al 01 your heart when for tor a fleeting mo moment ment beauty becomes enl feal Lupe Merits 1 Praise Lupe Velez comes closest to La Farres Farre's conception of any of the char This is 15 true for tor n a patent reD rca SOn lie wrote the pitiful little char char- actor acter who knew too much and too little as Sn In the ways and Life lite of the white man lie rave gave her hera a chance to be convincing on the screen because she was not forced to resort to pigeon English The stor story as I suspect most of you already know tells of the love Jove of the full blooded Navajo Laughing Boy oy and the orphaned 11 o I to- to toP j I P gs ti I Navajo Slim Girl Living in a ashack ashack shack on the edge of a town she plies her trade the barterIng of light love for trinkets of slIver silver and mone money Attending an annual song and dance gathering of Navajos Na- Na valos as In an unwelcome guest she meets the visiting Laughing Boy He is both fascinated and afraid and misunderstanding misunderstand misunderstand- ing her white mannerisms yet responding re- re to her undeniable physical cal appeal She conquers his distrust dis dis- trust and wins his love Refusing to believe the evil he has heard of her he starts with her for tor his peoples people's country determined on marriage En route she shatters his faith through her pitiful cIg erness to prove her love for tor him Eventually they are brought together together to- to gether again and marr marry She strives hard to adjust herself again to tb the life JiCe of an Indian woman but the white mans man's work has been too well done She cannot fit her life liCe to that of his or her own people Thinking that in financial independence lies their only escape and chance of hap she returns periodically to her old me life and trade to e earn rn that escape Discovery is io inevitable and one of his arrows intended for her lover Jover of the moment is burl buried cd in her heart She dIes and he faces life me both confIdent con con- in the happiness together awaiting them in the happy hunting ground Short subjects for tor the bill include a delIghtful Merrie Merri Melody in color Beauty ond the Beast Beasl and Hal MagIc Feet LeRoy in an amusing musical short Wait until you see that lad dance Its It's a revelation in how last human feet can move AIl AUD COLOSSAL ITEMS Mala Ray Wise Vise of Eskimo fame has cut his hair corn com two books one auto I blo biographical and retained ret his balance in his sudden whirl to movie glor glory lie retains his card in the cameramen's or lives in En the same little house he first occupied and drives the same modest lit tie tle car The editorial council l of the ious press has been invited to hold holdi i its 1935 meeting in Richmond Va |