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All In a Day
—By—
MARK HELLINGER
NEW YORK, May 14.
In a Middle-Western city some seven months ago, a
local gambler was kidnaped by two men who had been in
that racket for the past two years. The gambler was taken
in the customary way. The two men walked into an of
fice building, stepped up to the gambler, notified him very
quietly that two guns were pointed right at him through
their coats and advised him to walk with them without
raising any commotion.
The gambler did exactly as they all do. lie walked.
If ydu had seen the three of them walking down the street,
you would have considered them just three gentlemen of
leisure, out for a friendly stroll. They reached a machine
stepped in—and were driven away.
Demands a Forfeit
The kidnapers, as is fre
quently the case under modem
methods, hadn't the slightest
Intention of harming their vic
tim. They might bind him
and gag him, and make him
; highly uncomfortable. But as
far as murdering him unless he
I or his friends came across —
' well, that was something on
which they didn't plan. Threats
usually sufficed in fine style.
As soon as they had him in
the house in which he was to
be held, the kidnapers gave
him the dope straight from the
shoulder.
■ “Ydu've got dough.” they
told him. “We wouldn’t have
taken you if you hadn’t. And
l the quicker you come across,
the better off you’ll be.
.“If you want to notify any
of your friends, just come
i across with the names. We’ll
see that they get the news
and if they want to put up
for you, we’ll arrange the meet,
i “We want $30,000 for you—
and that’s what we’re gonna
get. It’s up to you to figure
the best way to get it. And if
you try to phoney us around,
you’re goin’ out of here hori
zontal.”
The gambler was no fool. He
knew exactly the type of spot
he was in. And, while he was
fairly certain that he wouldn’t
be killed, he understood full
well that the situation was no
joke.
Offers SIO,OOO
So he. too, avoided the pre
liminaries and laid his cards on
the table.
“Fellows,” he said, “you got
me, and there’s nothin’ I can
do about it. But I swear on
my life that I haven’t got
thirty gees, and I don’t know
where I could raise that much.
I got $12,000 in the bank, and
I haven’t got another cent in
the world. Take SIO,OOO and
let me out of here.”
“Nothin’ doin’,” replied one of
the kidnapers shortly. “You
heard our price, and that
stands. After you’ve been
around a while you’ll think of
some way of gettin’ it. They
always do.”
On the third day they bound
the tambler and placed him
on the floor in a none-too-gen
tle fashion. On the fourtl\ day
they grew a little rougher. On
the fifth day they began to
kick him around. And on the
sixth day he made them a
very defnite proposition.
“B ys,” he muttered weakly,
"please do as I ask. I’ll give
you a note to my brother and
he’ll raise SIO,OOO in cash. He
doesn’t love me any too much,
but he’ll do it because he knows
that I’ll draw my dough out of
my b'-nk and give it back to
him pronto.
Promises More
“Then, when I'm out, I’ll be
gin to dig. I’ll have another
SIO,OOO for you fellows one
week after you let me go, and
I’ll deliver it to you in any
spot you pick. That’s the best
I can do. boys. I swear I’ll
make good on my part of the
bargain. And no matter how
you torture me I can’t do any
better.”
His words convinced the kid
naiers. A short time later,
the deal was arranged as the
gambler had outlined it. His
brother came across with the
SIO,OOO. And just before the
victim was turned loose the
kidnapers gave him a few final
words of wisdom.
“You’ll get a phone call one
week from today,” they told
him. “And we don’t have to
give you no warnings about
keepin’ your trap shut. If you
talk tv anybody about this, you
know your end.”
The victim nodded.
“I’m no fool, boys. Nobody
will ever know. I value my
life.” . . .
Exact’y one week later, one
of the kidnapers was on the
phone.
“Well, chump.” he said. “Are
you set with that dough?”
The gambler was trembling
violently.
“Listen.” he retorted nervous
ly, “I’ve done everything I pos
sibly could. But times are too'
tough. You’ll have to give me
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raise f dough.”
The other man’s voice fairly
blasted through the phone.
“What’s that?” he roared,
didn’t you swear on your ■ life
that you’d have it?”
“Y-y-yes,” stammered the
gambler, “but ”
“There ain’t no buts,” shouted
the kidnaper. “My God, ain’t
you got no principle?”
Meet the Governor
“Dear Mark,” writes S. C.
“Even if you have heard it, it’s
a swell story. Out West, a cer
tain governor was in a hurry to
get to a banquet, where he was
scheduled to deliver the chief
address of the evening. He told
his chauffeur to step on it, and
they were going like the devil
when the car landed at a grade
crossing as the watchman was
preparing to lower the gates.
The governor, seeing that the
train was not yet in sight, poked
his head out of the machine.
“ ‘Hey, there,’ he cried. ‘Wait
a minute. I’m in a hurry to
cross the tracks.’
“ ‘Sorry, mister,’ replied the
watchman, ‘l’ve got to signal
and I must lower the gates.
Can’t play any favorites, you
know.’
“ ‘Say.’ said the governor, in
dignantly, ‘do you know who f
am? I'm the governor of ’this
State.’
“ ‘Glad to meet you, gov
ernor,’ retorted the watchman.
‘l’m Mr. Sweeney, of the Mis
souri Pacific railroad.’ ”
Nancy Carroll’s
Latest Is at
The 'Met'
Violets and true love on the
big time circuits have an unruly
habit of going a bit haywire
when they try to cope with the
small town “haute monde,”
Nancy Carroll in her latest role
in “Wayward” finds her path a
spiked passage when she deserts
Broadway for love and finds the
family of David Frost.
Eyebrows go upward and
shoulders grow cold unjil she
takes her love and David into a
cottage with roses. But her
troubles only begin. Discovered
in a chance meeting with a black
sheep husband of the clan she
returns home to find herself
moved bag and baby to her
mother-in-law who with the
knowledge of a supposed inde
scretion, goes her happy way to
break up the marriage. Her
husband proves too weak for the
suspicions planted in his mind
and when, under the influence
of alcohol and self-pity she leaves
with the black sheep, her return
an hour later finds her turned
from her home.
She returns to steal her baby,
and the mother’s scheming is
brought to light. The penitent
husband asks and gets forgiveness
and the mother-in-law leaves them
with a bowed shamed head.
Blot Is Frail
The plot is frail and melo
dramatic and it is dragged along
to bitter lengths. Nancy Carroll
is not capable of the heaviness
of the role, her affected man
nerisms showing to better advan
tage in light dialogue. Richard
Arlen as the husband is effective
until he undertakes the
righteously indignant husband.
Dorothy Stickney in a very
minor role of the maid retainer
of the Frosts’ is a bright spot
that overcomes even major
shortcomings. She is grand.
Pauline Frederick, lovely with
white hair, is nicely dramatic as
the scheming, selfish mother.
“Believe It Or Not” Ripley in
a short of strange things in New
York city, a Vitaphone comedy
short and Paramount Sound News
with the sad picturization of the
Lindbergh tragedy complete the
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'GRAND HOTEL' IS TRIUMPH
Five Stars Shine
In Film With
Fine Acting
By ANDREW R. KELLEY
Vicki Baum's play, “Grand
Hotel,” in its Hollywood treat
ment takes on breadth and a
it
Andrew R. Kelley Hotel” happens
to be one of those episodic stories
which gravitate logically into nar
ratives best unfolded with the in
stantaneous dissolved and chang
ing scenes so easily encompassed
by the camera. Actually as a
play, it utilized the Hollywood
technique as far as possible.
As directed by Edmund Gould,
ing for the screen, “Grand Hotel”
employs all of those quick changes
and immediate shifts which lend
variety and color to the kaleido
scopic tale. The camera darts
from lobbies to rooms, back again
to the hotel bar, to dancing
salons, telephone booths and din
ing rooms. All the time it is
catching up the life threads of a
group of transients in this great
hotel and weaving their daily
steps into an engrossing tapestry
with a melodramatic background.
How They Rate
In a cast which includes Greta
Garbo, Lionel and John Barry
more, Wallace Beery and Joan
Crawford for its quintet of emi
nent there is a curious interest in
observing just who hogs the spot
light. Do they all give way on
occasion to the glamorous Garbo?
Do the show-stealing Barrymore
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brothers get an opportunity to
dominate the scene and push their
fellow actors into the background?
Does Joan Crawford measure up
to her most important assign
ment? How does Wallace Beery
handle the most colorful and
variegated character which has
come his way in a notable career?
The answer to all of these ques
tions is that team work makes
“Grand Hotel” an exceptional pic
ture. Each individual featured
player has moments and scenes
of supreme importance. When
the score cards are checked you
will find five hits and no errors.
In dealing with a million dollars
worth of temperament and studio
eccentricity, Producer Thalberg
has contrived an even distribution
of high honors, a close to perfect
balance. For this alone, “Grand
Hotel” is unique, distinctive.
About Characters
You meet, as the important, in
the story: 1. Grusinkava, a danc-
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"GRAND HOTEL”
A screen drama, adapted from
the play by Vicki Baum. Directed
by Edmund Gouldmg. Presented
by Metru-Goldwyn. At T.oew's Co
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TIJE CAST
Grusinskaya Greta Garbo
The Baron John Barrymore
Flaemmchen loan Crawlord
General Director Preysing.
Wallace Beery
Otto Kringelein . .Lionel Barrymore
Dr. OtterschlagLewis Stone
Sens, the porterlean Hersholt
Meierheim Robert McWade
Zinnowitz ....?.. Purnell B. Pratt
Pimenov ... . Fordinand Gottsclin Ik
Suzette Rataela Ottlano
Chauffeur Morgan Wallace
Gers»tenkorn Tully Marshall
HolinaFrank Conroy
Wiwfimann Murray Kinnel
Dr. Waltz Edwin 'Maxwell
er weary of life until the baron
comes on the scene and with him,
love.
2. The baron. A rogue whose
first purpose is to rob the dancer
of her precious gems. Her beauty
turns him into an ardent suitor.
Later he is killed while trying to
steal the pocketbook of Magnate
Preysing.
3. Director Preysing. A gross,
overstuffed and conceited busi
nessman, who flirts with the
hotel stenographer and kills in
a mad rage the Baron whom
he catches stealing his purse.
4. Flaemmchen. Hotel Stenog
rapher. She is not averse to
harmless flirtation, but falls des
perately in love with the Baron.
5. Kringelien. A shabby little
bookkeeper who has been told by
his doctor his days are num
bered. So he decides to have a
fling at gay living though he
die in the attempt.
Greta Garbo is. of course, the
dancer. A little incredible is her
headlong plunge into overpower
ing love with a burglar. But
if you can forget that you will
find that her love scenes with
the Baron (John Barrymore) are
beautifully played, that she pre
sents a fascinating picture of
an artist who was weary of the
world’s acclaim until, touched by
the tender passion, life takes
on a new purpose with a real
zest for living. In “Mata Hari"
it seemed to me that Garbo was
slipping. Now is a good time to
take that back. She is still
M-G-M’s queen.
Barrymores Shine
The Barrymore boys make a
great team. John as the romantic
and sorely best Baron. Lionel as
the pathetic Kringelein. It is
Brother Lionel who has the ex-
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tended footage, the fattest scenes,
some of the choicest dialogue. On
the other hand, it is John Barry
more’s flair for saying soft and
sentimental words and following
it up with appropriate action
which makes his boudoir inter
ludes among the memories that
linger after the final fadeout.
Wallace Beery makes a coarse
but human Preysing. Ponderous
and forbidding and given slight
opportunity to do anything ap
pealing, you will find that Actor
Beery manages to injuct those
little touches which make his role
intensely vital. Joan Crawford
as the stenographer impressed me
as a bit frivolous for the ideal
typist. Perhaps the fault is with
the authors that this first aid to
the tired businessman seemed
more “on the make” than one
interested in pounding the keys.
No review of “Grand Hotel”
would be complete without a word
of commendation for minor char
acters. congenially cast. These in
clude Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt,
Purnell Pratt. Frank Conroy and
Ferdinand Gottschalk, all con
tributing acting which it is a
pleasure to watch.
‘Auto Girls’ Give New
Stage Show At Gayety
Another new show, "Auto
Girls,” will appear at the Gayety
Theater next week, starting with
the usual Sunday matinee.
A new list of old favorites will
appear in this latest Columbia
Burlesk attraction amongst whom
will be found Dorothy DeHaven,
Bert Saunders, Ray Parsons and
Bobby Vail.
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SATURDAY—MAY 14—1932
Wesley Eddy Puts
Pep into Fine
Stage Show
Wesley Eddy is home again! At
least this is his home by virtue of
long popularity and with his re
turn he inaugurates the new pol
icy at the Fox which currently
becomes another link in the great
chain of Loew-controlled thea
ters.
Washington’s most popular M.
C. is surrounded by a girl-show,
a Capitol Theater revue called
“Blue Waves,” featuring the
Phelps Twins, who harmonize and
who have sets of unusual effect
for their two-song numbers; Do
lores, Eddy and Douglas, a trio
of rhythmic acrobats (one can
hardly call this dancing since
dancing is properly termed “the
poetry of motion”); Serge Flash,
an unusual juggler, who has great
fun tossing balls out to the audi
ence; the Runaway Four, special
ists in nonsense, extremely well
liked locally, and the Chester
Hale Girls, in charmingly fresh
costumes, executing their usual
toe, heel, kick. And Wesley Eddy,
same smile, same inexhaustible
enthusiasm, with old songs, new
songs, old tricks and new tricks;
a master showman who knows his
audience and likes ’em to the last
small child.
The screen play is Henry King’s
production of “The Woman in
Room 13,” drama of marital mis
understanding, intrigue, murder,
trial and a case of the best man
winning. The cast is headed by
Elista Landi, of the beautifully
modulated voice, who does credit
ably with a role which does not
require any great histrionic skill;
Neil Hamilton, Ralph Bellamy and
c -bc;t Roland provide the prin
cipal support for the star.
Phil Lampkin, conducting the
augmented orchestra, offers a
stirring medley of Victor Herbert
tunes and a masterly rendition of
s. lections from Faust.
Fox Movietone news gives us
current events in pictures and the
comedy relief is in the hands of
“Our Gang,” a gem which fea
tures the newest member of the
gang, one Spanky, a precocious
tot with the savoir-faire of an old
timer. K. Y.
Leonard B. Schloss Is
Honored By Park Men
The opening of Glen Echo
Park for the new 1932 season
recalls to mind that its man
ager, Leonard B. Schloss, at the
National Association of Amuse
ment Parks convention, held in
Chicago, was awarded a massive
and magnificent silver cup for
the year 1931.
The trophy is known as the
Ralph W. Pratt Memorial award.
It is annually presented to the
firm or individual recognized
by a jury of awards as having
accomplished the most good for
the association and amusement
park industry for the year.
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Late Stage News
Direct From
Broadway
The temporary separation of
the acting team of Mary Ellis
and her husband, Basil Sydney
is indicated by the omission of
Mr. Sydney’s name from a Lon
don announcement stating that
Miss Ellis will appear in a play
called “Queer People,” scheduled
to open there on Wednesday
night of next week. Both players,
who have acted together for the
last six years, were recently
seen on Broadway as the stars
of “Jewel Robbery.”
“Hey, Nonny, Nonny,’ the inti
mate revue which Forrest C.
Haring and J. H. Del Bondio are
producing, will open at the Shu
bert Theater on Thursday night,
May 26.
The first attraction at the
Playhouse next season, opening
in August, will be “Domino,” the
romantic comedy from the French
of Marcel Achard, according to an
announcement contained in the
new electric sign in front of the
theater. It had been first an
nounced by William A. Brady
the'; “Mademoiselle,” with Grace
George as the star, would be
see: at the Playhouse early in
October.
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Movie Tale of
Gay Spots
Os course, “Night World,”
which holds forth at the Rialto
Theater, tells how awfully wicked
is this life in the night clubs.
That phase of the story is con
vincing enough—shootings, the
ups and downs of gangdom’s liq
uor traffic and the vagaries of
husbands and wives.
But the story is slim and al
together inconsequential. It could
have been convincingly stirring
with the background of a son s
lost love for his mother as she
skims through his father’s money
to a fitting climax of murder in
another woman's apartment.
Somewhere along the line, how
ever, the story misses fire and
the fine, though confined, acting
of the leading roles carries the
burden of the pictures.
Lew Ayres, the boy who rose to
stardom in “All Quiet on the
Western Front,” makes his de
but as a wicked young man of
the upper strata of wealth.
Darrow in Short
Boris Karloff also emerges
from his accustomed roles of
monster and plays the debonair
night club owner, and Mae Clarke
does a charming enough job as
the untainted night club dancer
who wins the love of the wicked
boy.
Clarence Darrow, the 75-year
old barrister who recently made
history in the Massie trial, turns
from the bar to explain why evo
lution is to be believed in a long
short subject entitled “Mysteries
of Life.” A Graham McNamee
newsreel completes the program.
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Ann Harding
The new Ann Harding feature,
“Eastward Passage,” has been
completed and will be an early
June booking at R K-O Keith's.
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