Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 October 1937 — Page 42

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Muni Scores | Big Success In Zola Role

Circle Picture Called One Of Best Character

Films of Year.

By JAMES THRASHER Tt is possible for the lightning of cinema genius to strike twice in the same place. For Warner Bros. and Paul Muni have equaled and surpassed their “Story of Louis Pasteur” with a biography of another great Frenchman. It is “The | Life of Emile Zola,” beginning at | the Circle today. : Perhaps some will say there is nol such thing as “cinema genius.” But | no matter how often the film mak- | ers may be stumbling or trite, here | is one achievement that is of truly | artistic merit. The remarkable thing is that the | picture succeeds by flaunting most | of the movie tenets. There is talk | and more talk, but

the words are those of a man who touched words | with fire. One sits enthralled while Mr. Muni, as Zola, reads the famous | pamphlet “I Accuse.” And Zola's address to the jury at his trial is one of the moving and memorable moments in anyone's screen experience- despite the fact that the | camera is focused upon the speaker | during the lengthy argument’s ai | |

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Novel Brings Success

The picture opens with the young Zola a half-frozen, half-starved voung author living in a garret with the painter, Paul Cezanne, A | literary iconoclast, Zola eventually recognition through his dar- | ing novel, “Nana.” The years bring success, fame and wealth. Courageous novels and | ‘ticles rush from Zola's pen, at-| g fearlessly the existing po-| and social evils, But the author's crusading spirit | droops. Ease is an inviting thing | after a life of privation and struggle Then comes the famous Dreyfus case a young captain in | the French army is tried and con- | victed of treason as a matter of | political expediency. Mme. Drey- | fus pleads with Zola to intervene in behalf of her husband, now condemned to Devil's Island. Reluc- | tantly Zola does so. As he penetrates into the case, his indignation is more aroused.

Convicted at Trial

Eventually he comes to trial for | criminal libel against the Army. | The tr is a farce, and despite} his eloquent plea, the aging author | is convicted. He flees to England, | there continues his writing in Dreyfus’ behalf. World indignation | nd a change in military administration finally win the officer's freedom Zola never was to meet the whose life he saved. He died ‘om asphyxiation in his study ly before Capt. Dreyfus was to the Army. The picture closes with the scene at Zola's funeral, with the eulogist, Anatole France, saying: “He was a moment in the conscience of Man.” Mr. Muni’s performance can take | s place among the few really great pieces of acting in screen history. | It was my pleasure to see “The Life of Emile Zola” and “The Good | ¥arth” within two days, and it was an excellent opportunity to appreciate fully Mr, Muni's mastery of | characterization. From the thor- | ough Oriental in the latter picture, | he became entirely Gallic in his portrait of Zola. Paul Muni is perhaps the only actor in Hollywood today who can submerge himself completely in a portrayal. Never once do you see the actor, Muni, in this present picture. Every movement, every mannerism, from youth to death, is entirely that of the immortal Frenchman.

Others in Cast Praised

Equally admirable Joseph Schildkraut's performance as Dreyfus. Mr. Schildkraut has not been above overacting on occasion. But nis present effort, and particularly | the scene of his release from prison, | is a masterpiece of eloquent restrat. The entire production, both as to supporting parts and William Dieterle’'s direction, is nearly flawJess. Some have objected to the failure to emphasize the real reason for Dreyfus’ false trial—that of | anti-Semitism. But this effects neither the dramatic value nor the | énjoyment. i “The Life of Emile Zola” truly | is a magnificent picture. One of the best of this or any other year. |

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GAIL WAS QUEEN

Gail Patrick, who plays the principal feminine role in support of | Katharine Hepburn and Ginger | Rogers in “Stage Door,” was chosen several vears ago for College Hu“Hall of Fame” because of

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At English’s

ter' Has Problem Children Theme for Plot.

It is pertinent, perhaps, to the convention of our pedagogical visitors that English’s is presenting “Yes, My Darling Daughter” during their stay here. For the play, which opened last night and may be seen again tonight and twice tomorrow, takes up the subject of “problem children.” The fact that these problem children are the elders in the dramatis personae is beside the point. This Mark Reed comedy is a gay and witty piece—something we. may have suspected from its lengthy and

a subject which all of us must have pondered at some time or other: The conflict of the parental instinct of protection with the free-

Specifically, the play is a story of what happens when a daughter insists on the same privilege of uninhibited action which her mother had exercised before her.

Conflict Arises

Ellen Murray is going to “go off for the week-end” with the young man she loves before he goes abroad for two years. Now Ann, her mother, had lived and loved freely, thought and written liberally, during her Greenwich Village vouth, the wife of a wealthy banker, her maternal instinct comes to the surface. This gives rise to an utterly delightful and strangely poighant second act. For, before her moth-

WHAT, WHEN, WHERE

APOLLO “Wife, Doctor and Nurse,” with Loretta Young, Warner Baxter and VE Bruce, at 12:37, 3:46, 6:55, 1 with 5:47,

“Charlie Chan on Warner Oland, at 11:2¢

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“The Life of Emile Zola,” with Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard and Joseph Schildkraut, at 11, 1:44, 4 28, J

7:12, ig ENGLISH'S

“Yes, Mv Darling Daughter,” with Florence Reed, Lawrence Grossmith, Agnes Dovie, Owen Davis Jr. and Helen Flint. Curtain at 8:30

INDIANA

“Heidi,” with Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt and Arthur Treacher, at

12:40, 3:55, 7:05, 10:15, with Wiliah

Broadway,” 11:29, 2:38,

“Behind the Mike,” Gargan and Judith Barrett, at 11:30, 2:48 .

5 5:55, 9 KEITH'S “Whirl o' Fun, on stage, at 1:40, 6:50, 9:20

“Small Town Boy,” with Erwin, at 12, 2:40, 5, 7:50, 1

LOEW'S

“Double Wedding,” with Willia 11 and fins Loy, at 11:15, 6:15, 10,

sel for Orime.,” with Otto Eg and Douglass Montgomery, at 12:50, 3:30, 5:10, 7:55.

LYRIC

“Follies of 193%,” on stage, at 1:06, 3:48, 6:40, 9:22 “The Perfect Specimen,” with Errol fivnn, Joan Blondell and Xdward Everett Berton, at 11:25, 2:07, 4.59, 0:23.

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ENGLISH, Tonight 8:30

TOMORROW 2:30 AND 8:30 ALFRED DE LIAGRE JR. presents the Comedy Hit by Mark Reed

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Gay Comedy

Is Pertinent

"Yes, My Darling Daugh- |

current New York run. It deals with |

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The eternal triangle currently 1 and amusing expositors in

{ Ann's own past. And Ann, because { she is rational and wise, and be= | cause she has met the young man

ing. is further complicated by the pres= ence as a house guest, literary agent, former lover. The denouement is much too fine theatrical fun to spoil in the telling, Enough to say that woman's innate courage, and man's ingrained morality are cleverly shown,

Plot Called Fresh

Here indeed “the play's the thing” —and that hasn't always been too | true since Hamlet counseled his | strolling players to that effect. Beneath the light-hearted surface of Mr. Reed's lines, there is stant conflict of our almost

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her daughter forth with her bless= | Especially since the situation |

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freshness | ability. Lawrence Grossmith and Boyd | Davis, two sterling performers, are | most capable as Jaywood and Mur-

| ray, Ann’s former lover and hus{band. Helen Flint, late of the movies, neither under nor over-does | Connie, Ann’s sister-in-law and a | perennial divorcee of constant emo- | tional vulnerability. There are some flaws in the performance, to be sure. The speed of production sometimes sends the lines whizzing past the audience's

the con- | auto- |

matie, rigorous code of morals with |

| the forces of deadly logic,

The play, as done by the company |

at English’s, maintains an | flagging speed and interest. | scarcely cin miss doing so, for Mr. Reed’s dramaturgy keeps pace with { his other talents. In addition, | there are some uncommonly

Veeeting people to be met. |

Ann Whitman Murray is | genuine, candid and honestly perplexed a person as has graced our boards in some time. | emphasizes these qualities with all | the graces and subtleties of her | talent. Agnes Doyle, a young and attrae= tive Australian, is a charming,

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FRIp3Y, OCT. 22, 1937 Indiana Roof

‘Has ‘Deacon’ For 2 Nights

Maestro Billed to Produce "Smooth, Hot, Modern Rhythmic Tunes."

Such torrid tunes as “St.“ James Infirmary,” “Ding Dong Daddy” and “Bye Bye Blues” are among the song hits composed by Carl “Deacon” Moore, who will be at the Indiana Roof with his orchestra toe morrow and Sunday nights. The “Deacon” is a droll sort of maestro, as his radio fans know. His orchestra is described by the Ine diana Roof publicity office as “smooth, hot, rhythmic and modern,” which seems to include about all the virtues of a popular band. His engagements have included appearances at the Morrison and Drake Hotels ia Chicago; the Muels bach in Kansas City; the St. Ane thony Hotel in San Antonio, and the Claridge in Memphis. The next “name band” on the Roof's schedule is Shep Fields and [his “Rippling Rhythm,” which will (play a one-night stand Nov. 3; in the | interim, Paul Collins and his or= | chestra will return to provide the dance tunes, beginning Tuesday | night.

“We're Not Dressing”

JACK OAKIE

BING CROSBY "Super Sleuth"

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