Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1929, Page 60

AMUSEMENTS.’ 2 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. JANUARY In the New By Percy NEW YORK, January 26. HE weck’s most urgent warning to playgoers was that uttered by Lewis Beach, whose past in- vestigations of the character and habits of the American bour- geolse have been valuable to his hearers I not lucrative to himself. In “The ouare Peg” and “The Goose Hangs High” he proved his ability to gather clouds and then to dispel them, to combine the tear with what Mr. Winchell calls the tee-hee and to do it in a moderately effective way. Seither play succeeded in creeping en- irely into the hearts of the drama vers and one fears that his latest lec- ture, “Merry Andrew.” will receive a similar indifferent welcome. In this interbreeding of the lark with & bird of ill-omen Mr. Beach raiscs an admonitory forefinger to those busi- uess men who contemplate withdraw- ing from the market place to seek rest #nd comfort in idleness. Mr. Aiken, middle-aged proprietor of Aiken's drug store (Walter Connolly), grown weary wnd prosperous from the conjection of Antidotes in a minor metropolis of the Central West, decides to quit. He is led to that decision by his adoring wife (Miss Effie Shannon), who is jealous of his attentions to trade and who wishes him to spend all his time around the house. Therefore, he sells out to ris rival, Norcross, and prepares to enjoy al’ the pleasing inertias of a sloth. But he Las been too busy to fit himself for inéalence. He knows nothing of song or -dence, literature, painting or the draia. Hi cted to “furnish himself,” as Wells says. His muscles. to wielding the estel, refuse to adjust themselves to | olf. . He makes a mess of his repose and | after a “ew acts of Mr. Beach's cyncho- | phantic wixture of show, farce, comedy and serron, he repurchases his phar- macy—an unbelievably petty one for | 50 big a town—and resumes the in-! scrutable joys of an old-fashioned apothecary, dispensing a modern drug store’s commodities from a hypodermic syringe to a chicken sandwich. Mr. | Connolly is amusing and as faithful as possible in the delineation of his rol and business men of 60. who contem- plate retiring without the capacity to do it gracefully, will be taught by him to be cautious. Also by other items in York Theaters Hammond. OR weeks I have been advised by my counselors that I was missing a rare entertainment by not going to see Miss Helen Menken in “Congal.” Since the time that Miss Menken made her great success.in “The Captive” she has been as a modest violet hiding beneath a mossy stone, and she elected to present herself in “Congai” on a night that was full of other openings. Therefore it was not until yesterday that I could borrow a chair from which to view her performance. The play, as all the world of Broad- way knows, is a dramatization of Harry Hervey's novel of the sex-life of Indo- China, with the amorous French in- vaders plying their casual romances among the defenseless native women. “Congai” is not a bad play, and one hesitates timidly to add that it is not a one. oo S 'HE new police commissioner, Mr. Whalen, temporarily abandons his quest for the murderer of so eminent a citizen as Arnold Rothstein and em- ploys the entire constabulary in an ef- fort to make life easier for the theater- goers. Mr. Whalen's revolution against the Bourbon traffic laws is. victorious, and now we can attend without discom- fort the Godivas in “Whoopee,” lhs squalor and bloodshed in “Street Scene the blackmailing in Miss Alice Brady's show, and the assassinations, embez- 2lings, burglaries and mayhems preva- lent in the show district. Cynics have observed that Mr. Whalen might serve his subjects better were he to make it impossible for them to go to the thea- ter, instead of smoothing their paths to and from the Times Square crime orgies. However, Mr. Whalen has made himself and many others happy by his attentions to the drama as the most important and the most ailing of New York's civic advantages. Mr. Kelcey Allen, the Broadway critic of “Woman's Wear,” witnessing Mr. Whalen's triumph Monday night, in his tower at Forty-fifth street, exclaimed in a rapture of enthusiasm, “He's tak- ing bows!"” And he earned every checr he got from the multitude, because his spectacular efforts result in easing the anguish of every one whose happiness depends on arriving ecasily at the “Merry Andrew” that money riches are not always as beneficial as advertised. theaters. New Chauve-Souris Bill. ALIEFF'S new Chauve-Souris pro- gram, as arranged for its premier in New York last weck, comprised 18 numbers, 10 of them introduced prior to the presentation of Mr. Gest's sur- prise curtain, “The Talking Pictures of 1929 in One Intermission.” The first number after the musical introduction, “The Blind Street Mu- sicians,” is based on an old Russian legend, with music by Alexei Archan- gelsky, and with settings and costumes by Sergel Tchekhonin, a Russian artist who has been the talk of Paris since his exhibition there last month. This was followed by “The Romance of the Toys,” with music by Charles Laurent and set- tings and costumes by Sergel Sudeykin; “Russian Folk Songs,” with music by Archangelsky and settings and costumes by Matislaff Dobuzhinsky, a foremost living Russian painter; a number with settings and costumes by Dobuzhinsky, “The Billeting of the Hussars,” and “Russian Folk Rhymes” with settings and costumes by V. Remizofl. “The Midnight Review,” one of the most unusual numbers which Balieff has ever staged, presents Napoleon and his marshals reviewing a ghostly array of the troops of all his great battles, Wwith music by Klinka and scenery and costumes designed by the French artist, Paul_Colin: “The "Knife Grinder,” a popular song acted out by Mme. Komis- sarjevska and a group of the men of the company, with scenery and costumes by Mme. Vera Shoukhaiefl: another song, “In a Little French Cafe”; the first half of the program closing with “Boublitch- ki” a scene from Soviet life, showing Gest's surprise contribution, “The Talk- ing Pictures of 1929 in One Intermis- sion,” with scenario by Will Rogers, Ring Lardner and Marc Connelly, de- signed and painted by Carl Link, with portrait caricatures by Ralph Barton and Carl Link. This feature, staged under the personal supervisien of Mr. Gest, presents nearly 200 of the fore- most figures in the world of society, politics, art, music, literature and the e. stage. “The Celebrated Popofl's Porcelains” opened the second half of the program, with music by Tchaikovsky and with scenery and costumes designed by Tchekhonin, and displaying his mastery in the art of designing porcelain figures. Then followed “The Doorman at Max- im’s,” a_comic song by M. Spoliansky, sung by Mikhail Dalmatoff, with scenery and costumes by R. Dobuzhinsky; “Les Amours De Jean-Pierre,” with music by Betove and scenery and costumes by Mile. Genny Carre, a parody on grand opera; “Fragment of an Etruscan Vase,” a dance tableau with music by Debussy and settings and costumes by G. Ann- yenkoff, another of Russia’s foremost living artists, and featuring Baliefl's new dancers, Niko Romoff, with Mmes. Alexandrova and Guerman as well as M. ‘Tchernaivsky: “In the Square,” a scene from Russian provincial life, with set- tings and costumes hy V. Krivoutz; “The Russian Cossacks,” bring to life an old Russian print after the designs of - M. Dobuzhinsky: “The Organ Grinder,” with settings by V. Popoff, and, in conclusion, a Dutch song by the entire company, “You Ought to Hear Olat Laugh” with lyrics by L. Wolfe types to be seen on, the streets of Mos- cow today. The interval was devoted to Morris ' Gilbert, music by Abel Baer, settings by é. Ross and costumes by Mile. Genny arre. Catholic Film Review. motion picture department of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae has a review commit- tee of 40 Catholic women, most of whom are college graduates, previewing and classifying films in the studios of New York, From this contact an indorsed Jist of motion pictures suitable for Catholic schools, Catholic audiences, children's matinees, family programs and group entertainment is prepared each month. One section of the list has a special classification of films not suited for schools but of high enough grade of entertainment to be worth while for adult audiences. This committee, not a censorship y, announces, by way of explanation, *it has been our experience that to de- cry the evil is not the way to cure it. It is our policy to work with producers, encouraging the public to support better pictures. We have found that the pro- ducers will make that which the public will support. Publicity for better pic- tures then becomes our chief work. This can be accomplished by distribut- ing the list systematically through youvr territory in the following way: 4 “The making up of a list of individ: als' names and addresses who would pleased to receive our indorsed list every month as a free service. (If lists of these people are sent to us. the mailing will be done from this office on a set date.) ; “Try to reach other organizations in your State, non-Catholic as well as Catholic, civic, philanthropic, literary and educational, and ask them to make use of our list.” List of features for January: “Alias Jimmy Valentine,” M-G-M, from stage play about a gentleman crook; very good. “The Haunted House," mystery drama, splendidly constructed, suspense holds to end; excellent. “The Land of the Silver Fox,” Warner Brothers, a Rin-Tin-Tin picture, vita- phone; very good. “Napoleon’s Barber,” Fox, drama, all- P i —Cm———— 3R, STAFFORD PEMBERTON. LES STAGE. BALLROOM DANCING. 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Physical Cul s 1o Catalogue N. ¥ d Elementary Evening Classes | talking movietone production, from play by Arthur Caesar: excellent. “On Trial,” Warner Brothers, drama, all-talking picture, murder trial laid mostly in courtroom, reverting back to scene of murder at times: very good. “Phantom City,” First National, West- ern drama, spooky; very good. “Prep and Pep,” Fox, drama, military school; very good. “The Viking,” M-G-M, educational drama, historical, regarding Leif Erics- son; excellent. “What a Night,” Paramount, comedy drama, girl reporter gains position through pull, finally proves worth; very & 00d. ‘The following pictures have received high rating by the committee and are suitable for mature audiences but in- appropriate for church and school showings: “Dream of Love,” M-G-M, soclety drama, based on the play “Adrienn2 Lecouvreur”; very good. “The Last Warning,” mystery drama, John Woodruff, an actor, is mysteriously killed during the play “The Snare,” and the rest of the picture involves solving of the case; good. “The Little Wildcat,” society drama, very pretty story made interesting by the “talkie”; good. “My Man,” Warner Brothers, society drama, part “talkie,” Fanny Brice in her old song hit; good. “Revenge,” Universal Artists, drama, gypsy life in Carpathian Mountains, synchronized; good. “West of Zanzibar,” M-G-M, drama, working on the distorted mind of a ma- glcian, Lon Chaney; good. . - December's Mlsamg, Eddie EVER since Eddie Quillan signed a contract with Pathe he has been kept very busy, but the production ! schedule isn’t half as strenuous as the Quillan birthday schedule, Eddie has to attend 11 birthday parties a year in his own family. Mrs. Quillan, mother of nine, was born January 17; Helen, February 2; Eddie, March 31; Isabelle, April 18; Rosebud, May 17: John, June 25; Joe, jr, July 27; Dad Quillan, August 31;° Buster, September 13; gacan‘e. October 17; Margaret, Novem- T 4. | | JOBEPHINE JAGKGON, PRIVATE DANCING #ingle lesson, $1; six. $5. Class dances Frids nights, 9 10'12. 1636 19th n.w. - Pot. 318._* Janning's Achievements. 'MIL Jannings, generally considered one of the greatest actors for the screen, is perhaps the least known in | America. | ‘The Motion Picture Guild says that ' Jannings, in spite of his fame and popularity, is almost an unknown to most film fans as far as his achieve- ments and his versatility are concerned. How many people know, for instance, that Jannings has played in such pic- tures as “Nju,” “Puissunce” and “The Three Wax Works”? Or that one of his most interesting releases is *“Love Makes Us Blind"? According to the Motion Picture Guild, the great German actor has ap- peared in dozens of fine films that h-ve never been seen in this country, and most of these are declared even more unusual than those with which his name has been generally associated. One of his most interesting produc- tions is “Peter the Great,” the UFA production in which Jannings imper- sonates the mightiest Czar in Russian history. It was this film which es- tablished Jannings as a creator of re gal roles. He has since appeared. a: Pharaoh in .The Loves of Ph: as Henry VIII of England in * tion,” as Louis IV of France in “ sion” and as Czar Paul I of Russia in “The Patriot.” | | | s is shown by such roles as the old door- man in “The Last Laugh.” the husband ‘Wax Works.” Author of "Scars.” ARREN F. LAWRENCE, author of “Scars,” the new comedy drama ‘\\'thh comes to the National Theater | this week, has been well schooled in the | theater. Although one of the youngest dram- no means new to the business. He was an associate of the late Aaron Hoffman, one of the most prolific American writ- ers of-plays and sketches, and became | manager of his estate. Lawrence was | associated also with Albert Lewis of | Lewis and Gordon in the firm of Lewis and Lawrence, which presented the well known Louis Mann on a Nation-wide | tour. Later he was general manager for Sam H. Harris, and finally he turned to account. | Reverse 'English. I‘ test conducted in Italy and there- by a contract with Fox Films, tried out for a role in a talking picture, “In Old Arizona,” Raoul. Walsh-Irving Cum- mipgs production which is now the screen feature at the Fox Theater. The speaking role called for her to play a little Itallan girl with a fairly pronounced dialect, which brought about a strange situation. in the year that little Miss Salvi has been in Hollywood she diligently studied to master the English language, and she succeeded so well that she oblit- erated every trace of dialect in her speech, When it came time to talk, and in dialect, she had almost as much diffi- culty getting back her broken Italian as she formerly had in eliminating it. talking picture, made by Fox Movie- tone. The cast includes Warner Bax- ter, Edmund Lowe, Farrell Macdonald, Ivan Linow and Dorothy Burgess. It was produced almost in its entirety on locations in Arizona, Utah and South- ern California. The Son S.hall Rise. JUNIOR COGHLAN, Philippe de Lacy and Anita Louise are not the only famous children to appear in Pathe's “Square Shoulders,” a new picture in which 12-year-old junior and Louis Wolheim are featured. There is also Eric Von Stroheim, jr., son of the famous director. Then there are the sons of other directors, such as Charles “Chuck” Reisner and Al Green. The producers are represented by the two sons of Hal Roach and the scenario faction has its proponents in the off- spring of Ernest Vajda and Bess Mere- di".. The stage element is thera also, for sons of Frank Tinney, Joe Brown ‘and Daphne Pollard appear in the picture. Then there are also the sons of such screen players as Claire Windsor and Earle Foxe. “Square Shoulders” was filmed at the Urban Military Academy in Hollywood, and as these sons of notables were stu- dents at the school, at which Junior Coghlan also studied, they participate in the academy scenes of the picture. Pl Sigrid Onegin's Recital. SIGRID Onegin, an outstanding con- tralto figure of the American con- cert stage, is listed to make her only ‘Washington concert appearance of the current season at Poli's Theater, ‘Tuesday afternoon, February 5, at 4:. o'clock, as the fourth attraction of Mrs. Wilson-Greene's Artists’ Course of af- ternoon musical events. ‘The singer will be assisted at the piano by Franz Rupp. Her program will include, in addition to songs by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert, the aria “Ah Mon Fils" from “Le Prophete” (Meyerbeer), the scene and rondo “Non je ne veux pas chanter” from Nicolo Isouard's “Billet de Loterie,” and Verdi's aria of Elbx 0 don fatale” from “Don Carlos.” Seats are on sale at the concert bu- r"‘é in Droop's, 1300 G street north- west. | Tenor to “Talkies.” ORTON DOWNEY, American tenor, has recently been signed by Pathe to appear as a singing and talking ar- tist in productions to be made in New York this year. Some critics have described him as the most gifted Irish tenor to have ap- peared since JoJhn McCormack’s debut. Downey’s first production for Pathe will be a full-length musical feature called “Mother’s Boy,” from an original story by Gene Markey, who will also write the dialogue. The new film star is a discovery of Paul Whiteman, with whom he sang for four years. ~With Whiteman he featured in the “Rhapsody in Blue” and the program of all-American music. Later he studied voice in Eu- rope, and sang in London, Paris and Berlin. He returned to the United States last October. Downey was born in Brooklyn, N. ¥. and was brought up by Jimmie Hagan, the Tammany leade: “Things Talked About” Mrs. Wolfe Smith Mrs. Swalm Reed Every Monday Morning at 11:30 THE WILLARD HOTEL Course Ticket, $5.50 Single Admission, $1.00 | That Jannings is uniquely versatile in “Nju,” and a crook in “The Three | atists (he is only 31), Lawrence is by i writing and producing plays on his own | OLA SALVI, who wor a beauty ccm-t “In Old Arizona” is & 100 per cent —PART 4 AMUSEMENTS. ~ CAMILLA’S CASANOVA CURL is opposite John Barrymore, This new style of haivdress was originated by Camilla Horn. | Her latest role in “King of the Mountains.” | UCH has been d and more written, perhaps, about the high prices of the modern theater, and two schools have waged wordy wars as to whether the better policy is to charge much and rely upon smaller and, per- haps, more exclusive audiences, or to appeal to the general public for large audiences at say half the money. Manager Steve Cochran of ¢he Na- tional Theater, guided by the sage ad- William Harriman Rapley, has felt a strong desire to put the pudding to the test. It was with this idea in mind that he rought to Washington but recently “Wooden Kimono,” a play of mystery and thrills, a type always popular with mixed audiences, with its Broadway charges cut squarely in two, so that seat prices ranged from $1.50 for th: best, downwards to almost the level en- joyed by the gallery god of the day gone by. This experiment, Mr. Cochran states. An Experiment. vice of his more experienced principal, ; | was so gratifying that it has been de- | | cided to Tepeat it. for it is only by tr. ing these innovations out that anythin: definite can be determined. And Warren F. Lawrence's play, “Scars,” which deals with the doughboy of the World War, not in his militant spirit, but rather after the war is all over and he attempts to get back to earth on a peace basis, has been brought here as this week’s attraction at the National. As with “Wooden Kimono," seat | prices for “Scars” will start with $1.50 as the peak and gradually lessen to the rate that used to delight the heart of the theatergoer of old. And so the experiment goes on, bus the management is insistent that the lower prices are not asked for a poor quality of play, for in cast, stage settinys and merit as drama “Scars” will not lack in interest and entertainment worth while, The experiences of the veterans in_the play are those of the playwright himself, for he was one of | the millions that America sent abroad to make the world safe for democracy. HE term “beautiful but dumb” can no longer be applied to ladies of the ensemble, as tradition characterizes them, at least not to those in the Savoy musical comedy company at the Bel- asco. The authority for this exoncra- tion is Charles Emeison Cook, producer of the plays at the Belasco, and, furthermore, he gives names and inci- dents to substantiate his assertion. “The astute musical stock manager,” says Mr. Cook, “considers more than mere youth and beauty in selecting his chorus. These two qualities, coupled with the ability to sing and dance are, of course, the first essentials. But equally important is the fact that each applicant for the chorus must have talent for the stage. Each member of our chorus must have clear enunciation and be able to read lines with intelli- gence. In addition, each boy and girl must have some special accomplish- ment ‘which can be used in specialty numbers. Six of our girls are expert | complished ukelele players, and all of the boys and girls excel in the various types of dancing, from tap to buck- and-wing.” Versatility Plus. | toe-dancers, two of the boys are ac-| Ever so often the Savoy productions | call for. 15 or 16 principal characters | instead of the average 10 or 12, and | in every instance the list is augmented | from the chorus, itself, Mr. Cook | states. Many members of his ensemble have played leading roles before join- | ing his company, the producer adds.! Rosa Snowden, for example, who ap-| pears as Mrs. Ten Broeck in “Sally,” | had an important leading role in “No, No, Nannette” on tour several seasons | before joining the present group in| Montreal. Eileen McEvoy, another chorus member, has played leading parts in the last three Savoy produc- | tions, Helene Randolph, a prize-win- ning Philadelphia beauty, appearing in the secondary leading role in “Honey- moon Lane” last week, has played prin- cipal parts on tour and in Philadelphia stock; she is, in addition, an accom- plished harpist. Linda Ann, Rita Ebach, Gladys Huntington, Gladys Mc- | Call and Marie O'Donnell are enumer- ated by Mr. Cook as having made good in larger parts. Among the boys of ta’ it, Mr. Cook lists Vance Leonard, Robert Burton, James McKay, Bruce Torrence, Norman Travers and Robert | Carbauh. | Painting SOUND-FILM lake that may dou- ble for a bit of ocean, a quiet river, a rapids or a boiling surf for medium-range camera “shots” is the latest thing in movie magic While still in the process of devel- opment, such a lake now exists at First National’s film plant in Burbank, Calif. It was originally constructed in the form of a big lagoon for a bit of ocean. Many improvements have been made upon it, and its latest use is in ocean swimming scenes of “Naughty Baby,” co-featuring Alice White and Jack Mulhall. The lake of many uses might be called a “talking” lake, because, un- like the ocean with its many noises and vast, uneven surface, it forms an excellent location for outdoor talking films. Movable “skies” on three sides of it not only give a perfect illusion of SHUBERT BeiascO TONITE HERE ITIS! In Response to Hundreds of Requests GALA PRODUCTION DE LUXE In Celebration of Our 100th Performance CHARLES EMERSON COOK'S Savoy Musical Comedy Co. in ‘The Brightest, lest, o Glous"ot AT LGS MiTS, MO FIRST TIME AT STOCK PRICES ZIEGFELD’S by VICTOR HERBERT With All Your Favorites, THELMA PARKER 3.2 Miller Role The Leon Er- 7o 3 5 ROBERT CAPRON GORGEOUS COSTUMES From Orig- inal Models, Special Ballet by Paul Tehernikofl.” Enlarged Company_and Orchestra—Beauty Chorus of 30. No Orch. Wed. Mat. 30¢, 350 $1.50 £27 Mat 'soc io $1 Sparkling Seat Over “OH BOY” - NEXT k. i SUN. Frolle the Lily. a horizon, clear or’cloudy as the di- rector desires, but they reflect sound | | waves. Surf is made by powerful motor- driven wave machines. Waves of all sorts are made, either in this way or by these alterations also, by propel- tions of the bed of the lake. Swift or calm currents and rapids are made by I alterations also, by propels lers in the water and by drainage if needed. Beaches and tropical island | coral reefs, lagoons and mangrove swamps, such as those used for George | Fitzmaurice’s South Sea island drama, 1is Captive Woman,” illustrate just a few of the “shore” possibilities of the movie lake. Storms are made by wind machines plus the wave effects and with smoke for clouds. Fog ma- chines make fog. And it is always un- | | picture field. der mechanical control. ANOTHER BARGAIN Mats.: Wed. & Sat., Orch, PEGGY ALLENBY DENNIE MGORE you rediets i NEWMAN TRAVELTALKS Color Views Motion Pictures Romantic Rambles—Impressions of 1928 f_the first llnk‘? Immediately Preceding the New York Engagement Abie's Irish Rose. SINCE his introduction to the Ameri- | can public in his first picture, “Fas- cinating Youth,” which he made upon his graduation from the Paramount | Motion Picture School, Charles “Buddy” Rogers, who has the title role of “Abie” in “Abie’s Irish Rose,” Anne Nichols” play, which ran on Broadway for five years and then was made into a Para- mount sound production, has won a| leading place in the hearts of motion ! picture lovers. : When “Wings” gave him his first big | part, a wave of applause greeted his | portrayal. When Mary Pickford se-| lected him to play opposite her in “My | Best Girl,” a new and greater acclaim | hailed the choice. When Anne Nichols named Rogers as the one man in Holly- wood capable of doing justice to the leading role in “Abic’s Irish Rose,” | which is enjoying a second week’s en- gagement at Crandall Metropolitan, Rogers was at a peak in his quick climby P | | T e SeldiTles: "[HE unusual case of an author who sold his same book twice to lhl:i same motion picture company is repre- | sented by a Washington writer, Edwin Bateman Morris, an architect, now in the office of the supervising architect of the Treasury Department. The book is “The Narrow Street.” first sold to the Warner Brothers Cor- poration and screened in 1924. The work has now been repurchased for synchronized action and speech-record- ing. It is understood that none of the old picture can be used. but that an entirely new continuity will have to be made under the new talking-picture process Philadelphia publishers of Mr. Morris' book say that this is the first time that a story sold for a picture has been resold for a “talkie,” an inter- esting - development in the talking- | ThelE st Glee|Cluh)Sings In Washington Next Month THE Emory Glee Club, from Emory University in Atlanta, is scheduled to appear in Washington, February 21, in the Mayflower Hotel ballroom. With a repertory of classical and folk | music, as well as popular songs, the club, under the direction of Dr. Mal- colm H. Dewey, has gained the name of the “South’s Sweetest Singers.” | In addition to two trips to Europe the | club has sung in cities from New York | to Havana, Cuba. | One of its chief claims to musical | fame lies in its interpretation of the! negro spiritual. The club has made | records for leading phonograph com- | panies in London and this country. i The Glee Club is appearing here | under the management of Mrs. Wilson- | Greene. Songs You Know. E SYLVA, Brown and Henderson, | among the leading musical comedy writers on Broadway, have gone to Hollywood to fulfill contracts with the | Fox Film Corporation, it is announced. They have aiready completed “My Tonia,” the theme song for Fox's “In | Old Arizona.” An unusual record has been attain- ed by this trio of young music writers. During the past winter no less than five musical comedies, all hits, have borne their names on Broadway. These | shows were “Good Ne ““Hold Every- thing,” “Follow Thr 'hree Cheers,” angd George White's “Scandals.” Among their individual successes, De | Sylva counts “'N Everything,” and “I'll Say She does”; Brown has to his | credit, “Yes, We Have No Bananas," “Collegiate” and “I'd Climb the High- est Mountain,” and Henderson fathered | those well remembered pieces, “Follow {.)l{\ed Swallow,” and “Bye, Bye Black- ird.” Not the Dimc.Novel_IndianA ADVANCE notices concerning Richard Dix's new picture in technicolor, “Redskin," indicate that, while it is a dramatic and true story of the red- man of the American continent, it is| not the Indian made famous in dime novels and romance, but the modern Indian, whose problems and trials with relentl civilization are not so fa- miliar to the reading public. Dix's picture, of several years ago, “The Vanishing American,” traced the story of the American redman from the days of the cliff dwellers, through the conquest of the Spaniards up to the days of the modern Indian. ‘“Red- skin” will deal With him as a Navajo boy, educated on a government reser- vation and at a large college, where he | wins fame as a star runner, only to | | MacDonald are featured, opens in New |'boat on the Styx, [ { | N THE SPOTLIGHT Notes of the Stage and Its People. ‘The complete cast of “Indiscretion,” Myron C. Fagan's play, which will open in New ork February 4, will include Minna Gombell, Edward Pawley, Louis K:mball, Harold Elliott, Madge Evans, Ethel Jackson and Diana Pattison. “Boom! Boom!” a musical comedy in which Frank Meclntyre and Jeanette York tomorrow night. The %00k is the work of Fanny Todd Mitchell, the music by Werner Janssen. The Theater Guild's production of Eugene O'Neill's new play, “Dynamo,” is to open in New York February 11. No theater has yet been definitely se- lectea. | “Let's Be Gay,” a comedy by Rachel | Crothers, will be produced early next | month, with Francine Larrimore as the star. Rehearsals, under Miss Crothe direction, started last week and the play | will open in this city February 11. Messmore Kendall will soon produce “The Sandy Hooker” a play by Fred G. Ballard and Charles A. Bickford. Hassard Short will direct the produc- tion. “Be Your Age,” in which John Mil tern, Romney Brent and Spring By ton are the principal players, is a nounced to open in New York Febru- ary 4. “Flight,” which Laura D. Wilck is | producing, will first be seen at Atlantic | City the week of February 4 and is an- nounced to reach New York the week following. Heading the cast are Miriam Hopkins, Ernest Glendenning, Helen | Freeman and Gertrude Bryan. Ned Jakobs. producer of “The House- | " is about to start pro- duction of another musical show, to open early in the Spring. Arthur Hammersiein announces that with the closing of “Polly” a week ago last night, on which he says he lost $170,000, he will withdraw from pro- ducing for the rest of the season. “Polly,” featuring the English actress June, ran for less than two weeks. | | Patterson McNutt announces that he will soon produce “Kibitzer,” a comedy by Jo Swerling and Edward G. Robin- son, with the latter in the title role. This play was tried out about a year ago and has since been completely re- written. | Eddie Dowling announces his inten- tion of producing & musical version of Laurence Stallings’ successful film plot, | ’ Knocks Pay. JOHNNY MACK BROWN has found that his years of hard knocks play- ing foot ball in the Crimson and White of the University of Alabama have been well worth while, financially as_well as physically. When Johnny snatched a fumbled | punt and ran across the opponents’ goal line for a touchdown at the Pasa- dena Rose Bowl New Year day, in the East and West championship cont: two years ago, although he didn't know it then, he was headed for the movies. A scries of screen tests which followed | being a handsome hero, Brown also was a good actor, and a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer followed. Brown was the sweetheart of Marion Davies m “The Fair Co-ed,” and now is both the victim and sweetheart of beautiful Norma Shearer in “A Lady of Chance,” | a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, with sound synchronization. It pays to | be a hero of the gridiron. | “A Lady of Chance” is the story of | a beautiful and shrewd little gold dig- | ger who reforms when she falls in| love. The supporting cast includes Lowell Sherman, Gwen Lee, Eugenia Besserer and others. Robert Z. Leon- ard directed. THE REVELERS “Something New in Music” MONDAY, FEB. 11, 4:30 Seats, Mrs. Wilson-Greene's Concert Bureau, Droop’s. 1300 G St. Main 6493, TUESDAY, 4:30—Jan. the game proved that in addition to | P “The Big Parade.” Mr, Stallings is as- sisting in the preparation of the book, that James Hanley will write the mu- sic and that he and Ray Dooley may appear in the production. Joyce Barbour, who has been disen- gaged since the clvsing of “Present Arms,” is to have one 6f the main roles in the new Aarons & Freedley produc tion of “Spring Is Here.” Under the Equity_ruiig respecting aiien players Miss Barbour has recently comvieted her six-month term of enforced inac- George M. Cohan is the lat ducer to suspend production g for the season, three of his plays ing “flopped.” He will rest until Fall “Mr. Gadabout.” a play by Fanny Todd Mitchell, who has written & num- ber of musical comedy books, has been acquired by a prominent producing firm and will have an carly showing. After more than a year's acting in “Strange Interlude,” "Glenn Anders will_surrender his part as Ned Darrell to Elliott Cabot. Anders will leave the cast February 11 to take part in Eugene O'Neill's last play. “Dynarho,” which wil be produced by the guild on that date. Jack Mayer. the well known pro- ducer, has accepted for production next eason a farce by Hal Forde called Nellie, Behave.” Forde is at present a comedian in “The Houseboat on the Styx,” now running in New York. Schwab and Mandel an- that their musical comedy, Follow Thru,” is their final produc- tion of the s: n. Plans for three companies of “Follow Thru” -are about to be completed. These companies will g0 to London, Boston and Chicago. Mary Kennedy, actress and wife of Deems Taylor, is the author of ‘& play entitled “Her Great Hour,” which Wil~ liam Caryl will produce. “Her -Great Hour” deals with New England lifo and will probably have Peggy Wood in the principal role. Rehearsals begin in March. Current History Lectures CLARA W. McQUOWN Every Friday, 11 AM. The Washington Club, 17th & K Admission. 63¢ BOSTON SYMPHONY . JRCHESTRA ER KY, Conductor J MEZZO-CONTRALTO IN RECITAL FRANK LA FORGE ° Pianist and Accompenist of New York And HARRINGTON VAN' HOESEN Barytone, of New York. MAYFLOWER HOTE| FRIDAY. FEB. 15, 4:30 THE ARTS CLUB BAL WILLARD HOTEL JAN 28 Vickets on sale at Arts Clob, 2017 E; 95, lnsluding supber, Fancy Dreis Oblgatorm PHILHARMONIC find himself virtually an outcast among the students because he 15 not a white man. And to add to his troubles, he returns to his own people only to be cpudiated by them becausz he has | learned too well the ways of the white race. The pictured mountains and deserts | of Arizona and New Mexico, spots miles and miles away from trading posts and unvisited by white men, all done by the technicolor process in *“Redskin,” should make it a thing of beauty, but the author of the story, as well as the F]“" who is to impersonate the hero, has taken over a large contract in the | endeavor to enchain the interest in a ne_tvpe Ind AUTO SHOW Now Open 1t010:30 P.M. Washington Auditorium TOMORROW NIGHT AND WEEK MATS. WED. & SAT. PRICE ATTRACTION for Washington Theatergoers Nights: Orch., $1.50; Bal., $1.00; 2d Bal., 50c. $1; Bal,, 75¢; 2d Bal,, 50c A Dynamic Comedy Drama “SCARS” By WARREN F. LAWRENCE with CLARK GABLE GEORGE MEEKER and Washington’s Own Favorite EDWARD ARNOLD three cities having al e that i1t ‘will be the utst ¢ until your el dell you their stamp of atic success of be the outsta: hbor tells ‘you must see it,” buy 1l seats sol TODAY at 3:30 SPAIN From Gibraltar in the south to Bai celona and Sebastian in the north. Prices $1.50, $1 and 50c Box Office Open at 1 P. M. Today SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK FRITZ REINER, Conductor National Theatre PROGRAM Mason—Overiure “Chanticleer” Respighi—Suite, “The Birds" Bach—Two Choral Preludes Prokofieff—“Ala and Lolli"” Ibert—Escales (Ports of Call) Tickets: S: 0, 2.00, 130, T. Arthur Smith Bu., 1330 G st.. in Homer L. Kitt. THE GERMAN GRAND OPERA COMPANY “DIE WALKUERE,” “SIEGFRIED,” SPECIAL PERFORMANCE “TRISTAN UND ISOLDE," Tues., Feb. 5 7:43 p. m. POLI'S THEATER Prices—Single performances, §3, $4. §3. $2.50, 82, Mi ilson-Greene's' Coneer . Mrs. Bureau. Droop’s, 1300 G st.; Main 6493. 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