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...best of all. A fast-talking pitchman with fire-red tie and sox, Walston has the cards, and all the best lines, stacked in his favor. Red-haired Gwen Verdon, as a witch Applegate imports from 'Chicago, sings a little and dances a lot. If you've heard "Whatever Lola Wants," you may have dismissed it is standard juke-box gruel. The meal may seem finer after you watch Miss Verdon grinding it. She also takes part in a prolonged number called "Musical Chairs," which has no end of possibilities and no beginning of realizing them. That dance ends...
...seemed. "Heart" is pumped a little too much, especially with two reprises in the second act. And Good Old Days," a gruesome duet between the witch and the warlock, is lost in the welter of first act brilliance. Expanding the number and moving it to early after intermission--before Lola begins to soften--would strengthen the whole last half of the show...
Eclectic. In lola, Kans., granted a divorce from Clara Kimzey, 70, and warned that he could not remarry for six months, Thomas Kimzey, 99, commented: "I understand that, Judge, but it won't keep me from browsing around...
...grope your way in the half-dark to an empty seat at a beer-laden table. Your eyes are immediately attracted to the stage, and through the smoke of cigarettes and cigars you can see Lola, the Queen of the Blue Angel. With black-stockinged legs spread wide and arms carelessly akimbo she stands at the center of all gazes. In a low and vibrant voice she sings her way into the heart--and libido--of even so staid a person as Professor Immanuel Rath...
Emil Jannings, too, does a monumental job as the stern professor of Romantic persuasion who comes to his downfall through the love of a wicked woman. He is a superb actor, registering, with amazing fidelity, emotions ranging from fatuous mooning over Lola to enraged jealousy at the sight of another man making love to her. And Director Josef von Sternberg is another amazing factor. With sparse dialogue and excellent direction, he casually achieves effects for which lesser men would waste pages of dialogue...