Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 November 1939 — Page 24

PAGE. ~~ 4 iid “Mr. Smith’ Film at Loew's Another Capra Bell Ringer

Well, it lcoks as if Frank Capra has done it again.” - Mr. Capra, who is becoming to moviedom what the New York! Yankees are to baseball, already has won three of the Motion Picture Academy’s direction awards. Now he has come up with “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” Loew's current offering. And, with 1939 drawing to a close, 1t looks like a cinch to win another palm—unless they disband the league. At a time when theatrical patriot-|' The machine sets out to break ism stands in danger of becoming him, and almost succeeds. But Mr. expansive flag-waving, this film Smith's sincerity, his shrewd secre-| discourses on the heritage of de- tary and his strong lungs finally mocracy with level-headedness and triumph. For Mr. Smith carries warmth and good humor. the day with a noon-to-nooh filiIt is the story of a young ideal- |pyster. istic chap named Jeff Smith who is | " appointed to an unexpired term in| That's the framework of, a picthe Senate. The head of a group ture that is embellished with two called the Boy Rangers, he is re- hours and more of wholesome and putedly stupid. That gained him a absorbing entertainment. The! passport to the legislative office scenes of Senatorial procedure are from a state political machine that highly interesting (and carried on wanted someone to sit quietly while in a Senate Chamber which you they railroaded through an appro- would swear was the real thing, but priation for their private profit. |isn't). The dialog is bright and But Mr. Smith has other ideas. pelievable, and tie plot is honest. His bill proposing a national boys’'| There has been objection from camp conflicts with the machine's certain quarters because the picture plans for a dam on the same site. implies the existence of political] And it's then that Junior Senator machines, and suggests that every Smith uncovers the whole unsavory |jegislator has not been a paragon situation. lof political virtue. But these ob-

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imocracy and freedom of expression {should be asked to pussyfoot. The cast is uniformly excellent, {all down the line. James Stewart's engaging candor and najve manInerisms fit the principal character {like a glove, Jean Arthur, the Senlator’s beloved sceretary, is as breezy and sparkling as ever. Old Cowboy Comes Back { Of course, such performers as Claude Rains (the Senior Senator), {Thomas Mitchell (the ace reporter), {Edward Arnold (the power behind {the stale machine) are always de- | pendable. But the reéal surprise comes in the assured and sympa- . | thetic portrzyal of the Vic PresiJ Riis You . | dent by Harry Carey, the old cowi - fi boy star. . Di a spag of | It is the fashion to give Mr. inner . .. 8 {Capra credit for everything. But Different | mention should be made of Sidney *

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THE STAGE By JAMES THRASHER

Horton Takes Audience on Merry Romp in 'Springtime for Henry’

HAVING CAUGHT my breath and eased my aching sides a little, it is my pleasant duty to report that until you've seen Edward Everett Horton on English’s stage in “Springtime for Henry,” you've no idea how funny Mr. Horton can be. His buffoonery as preserved on film is amusing enough, goodness knows. But it brings a new delight within the warm and communica-

tive atmosphere of the theater, especially since this revived comedy by Benn W. Levy gives him free rein for his antic virtuosity.

It's no cause for concern that Mr. Levys creation is neither new nor |of great consequence. For by the time Mr. Horton and his tiree able associates are finthe heavy-handed lines, as well ag the clever ones, have assumed | hilarious proportions. The performance, is farce at its best, done with such grace and deftness as to warm the cockles of the coldest heart. If you are either a play or movie-goer, you may recall that Henry—Henry Dewlip, in fact— is a wealthy London bachelor, combining the most ingratiating qualities of Casanova, Cameo Kirby and Jack Falstaff. He makes love to his best friend's wife, drinks to excess and gam-=-bles immoderately, and the truth is a stranger to his lips. And he. manages to be devilishly charming about it all. That is, until a pretty young thing named Miss Smith comes to work as his secretary and proceeds to reform him. The second-act curtain rises on a chaste and orderly apartment. The nudes are removed from the walls, and still lifes substituted. The cocktail table is gone and the place thereof, one fears, shall know it no more. Henry is changed accordingly. And then, of course, .Henry’s disenchantment commences. And by the time it's over, his regeneration is complete and he is once again a forthright and lovable roue. Rn, BR

MR. HORTON is—and I say it with respect and a profound admiration—the perfect fool. Aided only by a bowler hat and a blank expression, he can make a motionless silence as amusing as a string of Clare Booth's best quips. His gestyres and inflections, his timing and sense of comic values are such as to lift clowning into the realms of art. The capable and eye-filling Marjorie Lord as Miss Smith, and Gordon Richards and Barbara Brown, who play Mr. and Mrs, Jelliwell, are entirely in the proper spirit. Apparently having a grand time themselves, they maintain the brisk and sparkling pace

of them turn “Springtime for Henry” into the merriest romp of ‘many a season. There will be performances tonight and tomorrow afternoon and evening. And you've only yourself to blame if you. pass them up.

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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 10 (U. P.).— Stan _ Laurel's ex-wife,| Illeana, charged today that the film funnyman once knocked her cold with a shovel, and when she awoke she was half-buried beneath [sand and dirt in her backyard. The incident was described by the blond Russian singer in a court affidavit in support of ‘her effort to |revoke the divorce Mr. Laurel obtained last May.

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