STATE

Evening Star, Issue 22445, 16 September 1936, Page 14

STATE

The heart-warming story of a dimpled tot and a sweet old man—both of whom had found “ the right somebody to Jove”—is delightfully told in. the new Shirley Temple picture, ‘ Captain January,' which is now at the State. In a delightful mixture of song, dance, and comedy, the new picture follows the adventures of Shirley and Guy Kibbee, the grizzled old lighthouse keeper, who had rescued her from the sea, and who was jealously determined to beep her for _ himself. Aided by another old salt, Slim Summerville, Kibbee succeeds for a time in sheltering Shirley from the truant officer. Then Shirley is taken away, and all is consternation, but not for long. Friends turn up to free her from Miss Haden’s grip, and the little lady and the old sailor of the lighthouse are happily rejoined. Buddy Ebsen, of Follies fame, is Shirley’s dancing partner in the new picture, and is also romantically teamed with lovely June Lang. David Butler directed the picture. ‘ FOLLOW THE FLEET.’ For gay and fast-moving entertainment ‘ Follow the Fleet,’ to commence a season on Friday at the State, measures up to the highest standard of musical comedies on the screen. In it the combination of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers is again seen. Their names are a guarantee of quality, but the public always expects something better in every him in which they appear. The burden that is thrown on these two is obvious. ‘ Top Hat ’ was their last picture, and those who saw it would have been perplexed if they had been asked to suggest how the picture might have been improved. In these circumstances, it would not have been surprising to find an element of "pot-boiling” in 'Follow the Fleet.’ It says a good deal for Hollywood’s ingenuity that the picture is as fresh and stimulating as the first one in which the team appeared. Astaire and Miss Rogers are primarily dancers. Their last two pictures have shown a marked development in their ability as comedians, too. Both the story and the trappings are entirely new, and the whole picture is full of breezy spontaneity. In short, ‘Follow the Fleet’ sets a standard of its own.