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Add Strange Jobs AMUSEMENTS. Welles’ No. 2 Tarzan Tries New York, Bt W'de World. Orson Opus HOLLYWOOD. RKO KEITH’S l? 2. When you're in pictures you never But Goes Back Home know what you might have to do Comes to Keith’s Screen '“’ORSON WEUES’ next. MfVcwtT stoow<noN o« in New Cheryl Walker, once the Pasa- Find His Manhattan Adventure Rose Bowl re- But Fans of Director Will dena parade queen, MAGNIFICENT landed a one-minute In Film Is a Dull cently job Ambersons’ Lamentably Capitol Affair; the movies. AMBEBSONS ‘Magnificent 4«m Bt+U. on All she had to say was "woo-woo" 7uU*lwJ Am/ Short of ‘Citizen Kane’s’ Level Jimmy Dorsey Stage into a microphone and she didn't cent* • oomm ciskui By HARRY MacARTHUR. even have to appear before the By JAY CARMODY. camera. Metro-Goldwyn-Maver, or anyone else for that, matter, might, easily He would not listen, perhaps, but some one ought to say "there, With her high-pitched voice she GARY COOPER Amber- be excused for heaving a sigh (in the case of Met,ro-Goldwyn-Mayer a there" to Orson Welles. In his second picture. “The Magnificent acted as masculine impersonator of sigh, of course) and observing aloud at this point that civil- which at Keith's, Welles seems to be tiding too corporative a young cadet in a THE PRIDE of sons,” opened yesterday not as civilized as some dream military picture the YANKEES of the it seems ization is prettv silly, or at least is (Thm Li/m o/ What he is is a little obscure, tyost, time, which his own voice was a lit- Lou Gmhrur) hard. trying nor anyone else can be just a first with all the elo- worlds. But neither Metro-Goldwvn-Mayer to be to tell Booth Tarkington's tale of family tle too much on the bass side for to the with such a loose-jointed and is a bit of But there are excused for attempting prove point quence he can muster, which quite eloquence. the desired effect.'’ ttUUiC ICU U1 UUOliiUOO WO I/1UO « otner times wnen une iccw | TONIGHT (Friday), 8:30 P new at the Capitol, an af-, ADVENTURE' M."| to be different—and AMBERSONS.** picture "TARZAN S NEW YORK merelv trying "THE MAGNIFICENT picture starring produced, directed fair called ‘Tarzan's New York a Mr tro-Goldwyn-Mayer National Orchostra in being painfully an RKO production, and Maureen O'Sul- AMUSEMENTS. Symphony succeeding only Orson Welles, Johnny Weissmuller and written by starring Adventure.” livan by Frederick Stephani. dt- SUNSET SYMPHONIES “The and Dolores Costello, based produced Joseph Cotton Thome: screen okay by AT THE WATER GATE pretentious. novel of Booth Tark- In this of Tarzan’s life recied by Richard Am- upon the original chapter and Myles Connolly. Magnificent Keith's William R Llpman ington. At story his. admirers will find him At the Capitol. bersons" is a very The cast: Joseph Cotten the ways of man, The Cast. ALL-GERSHWIN Eugene Moran testing briefly Tarsan Johnny Weismuller uneven picture Minafer Dolores Costello Isabel against his will of course, before Jane Maureen O Sullivan Sylvan Levin, Conductor as a hard- Lucy Morgan John Sheffield result, Bov _ Ttfi/rJ/out CAmattffSms* Rhapsody in R!u*. An American in ■■ Ann-fiJ?*Holt Pgrfg --- Holt that George Minafer -— .Tim agreeing again with himself Virginia Grey the thing one .Aknes Moorehead Connie Beach Songt from PORGY and BPS5 ly Aunt Fanny the of the are better. Buck Rand Charles Bickford Uncle Jack R*y ways jungle Special Rns Service from 17th At K N.W. expects of genius, ..Collins Jimmie Shields — P»"l Bronson Ersitine This time a fellow trapping lions Ke.ll/Wills fanford Manchester Mountford __ Chill THREE WALTZES Seato fine, tax): SOe, 7Se. *1.10. *1.30 even allowing for Amberson Richard Bennett I rtAruw Major for a circus lands, via airplane, on Col. Ralnh Sargent Cy Kendall On Sale at Symphonv Box Office, Kltt'a. Russel Hicks its notoriously which is Judge Abbot son wonnc PRinTcmpsi 1330 G St. N.W. NA. 7*3* the unmapped escarpment Blake Norton Howard Hickman m*uc ttrmm. tatter | eccentric per- Lane t*J*t*n antlv more human and less Gabriel- Tarzan's domain, there to trap, not Gould Beaton Charles 1*4 it*. 1*4 Otter St ran* formance. Portmtster Miles Mender j like than one might expect. only lions, but the lad called Bov, mrnaughas. The method rmri bxuit to be real- who seems to have entered the \dXMJ 9**vsua* mAurr gaou* which he util- In trying so feverishly -STARTS TOUORROW'* while we were but never really have heard it Welles has drained the life Tarzan family circle you ized in “Citizen istic, Miss O’Con- the Indiana not looking, which has been some until you have heard Kane’’ to such pretty much out of once Ann in "True time, at least. nell's version. excellent effect family of whom Tarkington IN STARRISH ROLES—Are Allan Jones and Miller nAvv * * * * As for Mr. Dorsey's band itself, \ wrote so that he at the that it angered straight-forwardly to the Army,” which opens Metropolitan today. They that it sounds as efforts. all we can say is those who had Carmody. won a Pulitzer prize for his which has Says Tarzan: "Tarzan get boy.” are among the highly talented players Hollywood to us as any of the other brass And he does, even though it means good hoped he would fall on his upstart It is difficult to believe—even had a hard time placing in suitable roles. bands of eminence. The a double-breasted, double- present face, is evident in Welles' latest Welles himself is saying it— donning full of pic- though and spectacle of an auditorium with his an Am- draped coat, pleated trousers ture. He pursues original that there could have been people sitting around listening to a the store shoes, before invading Man- passion, and some spotty success, berson so inhumanly arrogant, so dance orchestra, which always seems fjpag hattan. Instead of leaping from odd camera angle, the fresh lighting blindly priggish as young George. out of and only sounds at Six Years Write New tree to tree, he leaps from building place effect, the tricks of distance and remembers him from End, a As one dimly home at midnight in night club, in voice and the his to building, climaxing his athletic variation sound, the book, George was permitted still amazes us But one might just activities by a Brodie from the other novelties in his personal for- moments of self-doubt and occasion- doing listen to since the as well, we suppose, Jimmy mula for making pictures. But his moments which to Girl’s Brooklyn bridge. And, as to else. And Mr. ally self-questioning, One, Story a vil- Dorsey anyone con- Happy I has been kidnapped by story this time is a little too humanized him to make him boy be the for enough since circuses Dorsey must attraction, for so unconventional a lainous circus owner, ventional tolerable and passingly pitiable. the specialty performers with him and when an audience have elephants, and since Tarzan treatment There's no sympathy for George, Cheered in Theater are not so extraordinary that you Marjorie Reynolds knows the war which calls snickers when a snicker is uncalled and lesser interest whoop from the correspondingly to his will hear anyone shouting for. one is to think that him elephants aid, you hardly disposed in him. as Welles has redrawn Where Fans Jeered First Picture; housetops about them. • i't> * n. c. at«. it All Time Schedules Given in Warner a exclu- need to be told how he makes out. r A MIT IHA Welles has grown little too in his translation of the story. S' LAHULIIIH Air-Conditioned Bros.’ Ads. Indicate Time Feature it better have stood in MARLENE DIETRICH sive. He is one more poet talking a Tarzan might "THE SPOILERS." Presented._ Patently, it doesn't help "The Mag- to Villain JOHN WAYNE. Also RIGHT TO THE has Woolley Play bed in that fantastic tree pent- Theatres"Haute# Matin—. to himself which, unfortunately, Ambersons” a bit, nor does HEART," BRENDA JOYCE. nificent course there made an embarrassing spec- HAROLD HF.FFERNAN. house in the jungle. Of Steamboat always it help young Tim Holt, whose acting By Expert rvnrv r 2105 r». at«. n w. re. »im It AMBASSADOR not named William HOLLYWOOD. is not much variety to life in the vMvIsk Air-Conditioned. o ^sSSi tacle of poets better than the writing of Dick Lemen, 24-year-old au- Mat. t P.M.“£ skill is Tarzan would be the first Matinee 1 F.M. Continuous. 5 z Six years ago this month Marjorie Reynolds' first picture. "Wine, jungle, MARLENE RANDOLPH WINGS FOR THE EAGLE." with Saroyan. it to be. on River steam- DIETRICH. SCOTT ANN George permits to which fact really be thority Mississippi In "THE E? SHERIDAN. DENNIS MORGAN. * * * * Women and was previewed at the Westwood village theater. The admit, may JOHN WAYNE SPOILERS" At in the tale Song." Feature at 1:30, 3:35. 5:35. 7:40, P:4S. 1:35, 3:25, 5:25, 7:30, 9:38. The other characters beautiful blond's career back what forced the script writers to boat operation and tradition, has been content on the! picture was laughed off the screen. It set the Disney Welles has also have their degrees of askew- for the Cartoon.___ 5" Brunt! v * i n.e.