With "Nothing Sacred" and "Damsel in Distress" the University has a splendid double bill--one that is funny from start to finish. There is every sort of humor from the insane cracks of Gracie Allen to the superb clowning of Frederic March and Carole Lombard; even Fred Astaire's dances are done in a funny way.

One comes from the University knowing--and caring--only that he has laughed until he is weak. "Nothing Sacred" is very much like "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town." Miss Lombard is the girl from a small town who goes to New York for the time of her life (although the method of getting her there is fake radium poisoning in this case) and Mr. March is the reporter who sells her to the city and eventually falls in love with here Walter Connolly is the big, blustering newspaper editor concerned with scoops and the glory of his profession. The whole is done in color--good color for the most part; and the composite result is a burlesque of New York which would be delightful satire were it not so difficult to exaggerate the idiocies of America's big city.

"Damsel in Distress" shows Fred Astaire taking his part as a romantic song and dance man far less seriously than usual. Burns and Allen are their own ridiculous selves--funny at times, silly at others. Joan Fontaine, Mr. Astaire's leading lady, takes no part in the humor but is a refreshing change from the usual Ginger Rogers.

An interesting "March of Time" tops off a very entertaining program.