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...this year. Captain Gundlach is the only member of long experience, though Fran Schumann saw some action in 1933 and would have been in a good deal more if he hadn't been put on the injured list early in the season. Apparently Casey figures that Schu is a bit off his feed just at present, for large Fran is not the ranking guard on the team that was announced this morning...
Fine Arts: "Les Trois Mousquetalres"--a good version of Dumas' perpetual story of chivalry and adventure at the court of Louis XIII. A bit too long and somewhat confusing since all the characters look amazingly alike...
...players are unable to come up to this standard. Norma Shearer lends sentiment and charm to the portrayal of Elizabeth Barrett, which adapts itself rather well to the mid-Victorian era, but as usual her emotions are more shimmering than deep. Her bursting good-health is a bit upsetting when applied to a helpless invalid. Frederick March, as her suitor, Robert Browning, succeeds in winning her hand by is a rather doubtful Browning. But few would expect Mr. March to do well in a part which concerns an intellectual; he is miscast...
...presented an unusually long bill of vaudeville containing but few sparks of real entertainment. Vanderbilt and Daye are fairly good dancers and have created a dance to the rumba rhythm which is at least different. Ranny Weeks and his orchestra are mildly entertaining and manage to sound quite a bit like New York's Leon Belasco...
Despite the heat Coach Eddie Casey continued experimenting with his Varsity grid squad yesterday in an attempt to find the right combination to tackle Bates in the season opener. The Varsity's performance was a bit off the high point set in Tuesday's session, thanks probably to the thermometer's serial activities...