Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1930, Page 55

AMUSEMENTS.’ THE - SUNDAY 8§ / AMUSEMENTS.’ 3 TAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. JANUARY 19, 1930_PART FOUR F lashes From the Screen By C.E. OR a generation or. two George M. Cohan, who ap- peared at the National last week in his own play, “Gambling,” waved the American flag on the American | stage, executed some fancy steps | and ended his shows with smash- | ing finales of patriotic songs.| Then, when the vogue for thxs‘ sort of entertainment waned, Mr. | Cohan turned to straight drama, | in most instances writing his own | plays and aj Gambling,” his newest play,| with a good run of Broadway be- hind it, joined the successes of his career, but it probably will be |vent a recurrence of the objec- He tionable scenes and themes and | approval of worthwhile films will | the last of his stage efforts. is traveling in the direction of | Hollywood, where he intends to| take up, just as seriously as Mr.| Cohan ever takes up anything,, the movie game. For several years, and especially since the advent of the sound pictures,|pictures merit support and en-| the author-actor has heard the call from the Pacific Coast, faint at first, but growing louder as thc‘ talkies gained prominence in the financial and amusement world.! So Washington audiences may | have had their last view of| George M. Cohan as a stage actor. It is possible that we may see him | in the flickers, but this is only a chance, for he is to become a di-| rector—one of the Hollywood offi- | cials whose names alone are fa- miliar to the theatergoers. Mr. Cohan plans to turn “Gambling” into a photo-drama, and then he has signed to direct the next Al‘cl-y at Parting?” starring Dina| | Gralla, a well known comediene Jolson picture. The addition of sound to the photoplay has done more than| anything else to cause a desertion | in the stage ranks. At first the| stage players gradually turned to| Hollywood. Then they started | leaving Broadway in groups,| whole companies from certain stage successes being turned into| movie groups, until now there! Nelson. films have acted as boomerangs, | resulting in increased attendance. {So the committee, in its annual | report of a few days ago, praised the efforts of the federation and the industry in working together for films conforming to the stand- ard of the Nation's women. The report says: “Merely to attack serves only to increase attendance of those pic- tures which do not measure up to| our standard. Such methods of ppearing in them.| approach are not only useless.} but they are defintely harmful to e cause of better films. Pro- testing to the industry may pre- encourage the production of pic- tures of a similarly high type. All of our energy is needed in telling the industry our wishes and in| telling the communities which couragement.” Mrs. Thomas G. Winter repre-: sents the club women in the studios of Hollywood. She is as. sisted in her efforts by Will Hays, “czar” of the movies, who con siders that the ideas of the wom- en are entirely sound and should be given the utmost consideration by the producers and directors. Finix w Short Flashes. PROBABLY the first German sound picture to be distribut- ed in this country will be “Why f the Berlin stage. The picture will be screened soon at the Fifth Avenue Playhouse, in New York. “Pointed Heels,” in Washington during the past week, set a new house record at the Paramount Theater, in New York, during the New Year week. receipts were around $94,000, beating the previous high mark by are few stars who do not have|$5000. a string or two leading to the studios. Many of the Broadway theaters have been turned into photoplay houses, and the old familiar faces are seen in the famed sunshine of California. And who can blame the layers? John Barrymore, not ong ago wrote of his photoplay | work and how it was so much more satisfactory than stage ap- pearances. He states that he is relieved of the burden of nightly appearances; he is paid as much or more than for the old-tim stage work; he does not make one-night stands, suffer the dis- comforts of travel; rehearsals are cut to a minimum; the play is roduced once and then it can Ee forgotten. In these few words, we have the player’s side of the movie game, and his best work can be given a permanence in the photoplay which it does not re- ceive on the stage. There is no getting away from the fact that this is the day of the movie. The future may bring many changes, but it is quite safe to predict that big events of the movie world are looming ahead—bigger pictures, better synchronization, finer act- ing. e e 'HE mute newsreel may stay| with us. Film Daily, devoted to the interests of producers and | exhibitors, recently made a can-| vass to determine its popularity, | and it was found to stand far| above the noisy variety. Looking at the matter from this stand- point, we have never been in favor of the talking, squeaking, whistling newsreel. It does not| cover enough-ground pictorially; the talking parts are usually small-talk parts, and the other noises are so familiar that one seeks to get away from them. To| a person who is familiar with the squeaky taxi horns of Paris, there | is no novelty in a sound reel made in the French capital's streets. There is enough small talk on the average radio program to make us search for a silent—very silent —newsreel. "THROUGH her work in the Paul Whiteman picture, “King of Jazz,” Jeanette Loff, a product of Denmark and Norway via Idaho| and Canada, is to become a star with the Universal organization. She has been in the movies since 1926, appearing atmospherically in “The Collegians” and “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” but the Whiteman picture gave her the big oppor- tunity. She has been placed un- der a long-term contract, and her producers consider her one; of the “finds” of the present sea-l * ok K * son. CCORDING to the motion pic~; ture committee of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, at- tacks on certain “undesirable” * ok ok ¥ LOEW'S The Polly Moran-Marie Dress- {ler comedy at the R-K-O-Keith! | Theater, in Washington, during| the past week, almost displaced the featured film as the principal attraction. And this is saying considerable, for the feature was well above the average. We are looking forward to a full-length picture starring Polly and Marie. Reginald Denny is understood to have signed a contract to play the leading role in “Madame Satin,” which Cecil B. De Mille is fmaking for Metro- Goldwyn - Mayer. Denny recently completed |a series of pictures for the Sono Art organization. Boston exhibitors have been hoping that their censorship would be eliminated, but Mayor Curley, a few days ago, appointed James M. Casey as the new city official. Boston censorship rules are rather strict. Erno Rapee, for many years as- sociated with Roxy orchestras, has been signed to a _contract by Warner Bros. and he becomes general musical director of their studios. Rapee, by the way, wrote the music for such song hits as “Diane.” “Charmaine” and “An- gela Mia cent photoplays. Herbert Brenon, who has won the year's best picture medal three times, has signed a con- tract to direct for Radio Pictures. Aimee Semple McPherson, the evangelist, will appear in the starring role of a talking picture. A New Master ALEXANDER CALLAM, Who has been selected as the perma- nent master of ceremonies at the Fox ea PALACE rasd JANUARY FESTIVAL SUPER DngenAM NUMBER. ON THE STAGE RETURN ENGAG E‘QAENT WESLEY EDDY Washingtond favor it mas ceremonies . o LES PARFUMS A LOEW PRODUCTION with, ADLER BRADFORD NOW PLAYIN & METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER DICTURE NORMA SHEARER as a girlof the jazz generation THEIR OWN DESIRE with ROBERT MONTGOMERY LEWIS STONE BELLE. BENNETT 0OORS OPEN SUNDAY «1.50 PM, The box office | all theme songs of re-| Phbtoplays at Washington Theaters This Week Sunday WEEK OF JANUARY 19 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Charloite’ Greenwood “So Long, Letty." vita Ambassad’r Charlotte Greenwood S0 Vitaphone' varie! Ted Lewis in “Is_Everybody Happy?" TS avon i Y5he “Shannons of Broad- " _Vita. variety Charlotte Greenwood in 80 Long. Letty." Vitaphone variety. Betty Compson in “Street Girl " Vitaphone variets. Betty Compson in “Street Girl." n Long, Lett Vitaphone _variety. variety. ‘Alice, White n “The Girl From Woolworth's.” Apollo n “The Girl From Woolworth’s.” Pickford and Fairbanks in ing of the Vita. Pickford and Douslas Fairbanks in “The Taming of the Shrew.” _Vita. AliceWhite Irene Bordoni Trene Bordont n “Parls."” Vitaphone variety. Charles Rogers n “Haltway to Heaven. Vitaphone variety. aris Vitaphone variety. William Haines in “Navy Blues." Avalon willis B Rod La Rocque n “The Delightful Rogue.” Irene Bordoni n ‘in TIrene Bordonl in - Broadway.” Vita “Parls.” Vitaphone Varlety. Charles Rogers i in “Halfway to Heaven." Vitaphone variety. am Haines in avy Blues." «paris.” Vitaphone variety. Trene Bordoni in Ave. Grand “Paris." Vitaphone variety. Trene Bordonl n “Paris." Vitaphone_variety. Ted Lewls in Grant Withers Alice White in “Is_Everybody “The Girl From Woolworth's.” Vitaphone variety. Alice White in “The Girl From Woolworth's." Vitaphone variety. Dorothy Mackalll in “The Love n appy “In the Head- Racket.” Vitaphone variety. - lines.’ Dark. | Cameo | Mt.Rainier.Md Janet Gaynor and Charles “Sunny Side Up. ews reel Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell in “Sunny Side Up.” News reel. Josephine Dunn I, n “Red Hot Rhythm." Comedy. Harold_Lioyd Harold Liovd Douglas Fairbank: in “Power of Pre Serial. Comeds. arrell in n e in i “Welcome Danger. ‘Welcome Danger.” Comedy. Comedy. Will Rogers and Irene Ricn in “They_Had o See Paris." | Carolina Will Rogers and Irene Rich “They_had to See Paris.” Richard Dix and n Powell and William Powel June Collver n Richard Arlen n “Four_Feathers." William Powell and Richard Arlen n “Four Feathers." Hal Skelley and "Will Rogers and Evelyn Brent n in ich 1 Gunz"\'vuhn'x in “In the Headlines." Vitaphone variety. Central “In Grant_Withers in Vitaphone _variety. George _Arliss George Arliss in “Disra Vitaphone variety. Mary Brian and Gary Cooper in “The_Virginian.” Cartoon. i Gary Cooper 1 “The_Virginian.” Cartoon. W “Charming Sinners." Vitaphone variety n the Headlines." «pistaell Vitaphone _variets. Tobert_Montgomers. Joan Crawford and Ernest Torrance in “Untamed.” Circle Robert_Montgomery. Joan Crawford and ‘Ernest Torrance in “Untamed." Glenn Tryon and Myrna Kennedy in “Barnum Was Right." Jamet Gaynor and “Eiaries Farrell n “Sunny_Side Up." Janet Gaynor and Charles Farreil - “Sunny_Side Up." Janet Gaynor and Charles_Farrell Lenore Ulric in X “Sunny_Side Up." “Frozen Justice.” Mory Brian and ‘Gary Cooper Colony e | “The Virginian." Mary Brian and Gary Cooper n “The Virginian" Charles Rogers Dorothy, Mackaill i n “Halfway to Heaven." Comedy “The Love Racket.” Vitaphone variety. George ‘Bnn:mlv. n “The Mighty."” Vitaohone variety. George _Bancroft in The Mights." hone_variety. Ralph Ince in Street." Vitaphone variets. aymond Hatton in “Footlights and Fools Comedy. Colleen Moore and Dumbarton Colleen Moore and Raymond Hatton in_ “Footlights and .Fools™ Comedy. Tom Mix n “The Biz Dizmond Robherv.” John Boles and Bebe Daniels in “Rlo Rita.” John Boles and Bebe Danisls n “Rio_Rita." Saily Blaine and Doris_Eaton in “The_Very, Idea. Comeds. Rod La Rocque and Rita La Roy in “Tan_Delightful Rogue."” Four Marks Brothers 1 n Fairlawn The_Cotoanuts.” Comedy Anacostia.D.C. Ruth Chatterfon Roland_Young in Ain”r‘umnn.« n “Paris_Bound.” Comeny. Rith Chatterton n “Madame X." Comedy. 1 Gladys Brockwell in “Madame X." “Wise Girle." “The Drake Case.” Comedy. Comedy. Bicied Farzen H arles Farre in Family A by Star.” Comedies. ck_Oakie Cy_Carre “Sweetie Comedy. Suster Richard Talmadge in “Bachelor Cluo." Gomedy. toon. “Buffalo Bill. Jr."* and oll in Comedy. ~ Serial “Jim the Conqueror.” “Compat." . Comedy. ~Cartoon. Comedy. Sportlicht. ‘omedies. Marion Davies in “Marianne." Comedics. Hippodr'me ‘Marion Davies in Janet Gavnor and Conrad Nagel in Charles Farrell in S Side Up.” “The Thirteenth S Comedy. Richard Dix Ann Harding ; n “The Love Doctor." edie: Ann Hardine Marianne.” “Paris_Bound." iy Comedies, Comedy. _News_reel. n “Paris Bound.” Comedy. Cartoon. Irene Bordon! in “Paris.” Home Irene, Bordont in “Paris.” Betty Compson in «Street Girl"* Vitaphone _variety. B Ted Lewis in eity Compson Edward E. Horton in “Is Everybody “The” Sap.” Happy?'" “Street a Vitaphone_variety. Vitaphone variety. Ciara Bow t- -ds Nl‘tnhl - urday | Leader K | Gang - _comed. Gilda Gray in “The Devil Dancer.” Comeds. William Powe! “The Green Murd Case.” Comedi n “Marked Money." “What Price Duty?" er Comedes. Comedy. News. | Nancy Carroll ey Liberty { olleen Moore_in fling_ Irish Eves Comedy. < 5 Princess - WS, —Colleen “Smiling Ben Lyon n “The Flying Marine.” Come Bob Custer in “Fighting Terror.” erin Singine act. Joseohine Dunn_in “Black Magi~. " Ben Lyon Joan Crawford in 4 “yntamed.” in “The Flving Marine.” Comedy. Karl Dane and George K. Arthur in “China_Bound Comed: iy in Comedy “The Letter _News Will Rogers in “They_Had to Paris.” Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell in “Sinay Side Up." Comeds. Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell in “Sunny Side Up." Comedy. aynor and Farrel d Will Rogers in 1 in e Up." d “They_Had to See Paris.’ News_reel. Janet Gi See Charl ‘Words and Music." o Comeds. News_reel. Alexandria. V: Grant _withers “In the Headline: Vitaphone variety. otn Savoy Grant Withers in Tom Tyler in “Beneath Western es. Vitaphone_variety. Eileen Pringle in n in “The Night Parade.” Gloria_Swanso; Giida Gray in the Headlies." “The Trespasser.” “‘Piccadilly.” in “Disraeli.” Vitaphone_variety. Dark. State Janet Gaynor and Ch Clara Bow Janet Gaynor and hi i 5 n ‘Saturday Night Kid."" Charles Farrel n nny Side Up.” ard Barthelmess in les ol arles Farrell ‘oung Nowheres. Elliott Nugent in Joan Crawford in Rich “Wise Girls."” “Untamed. Y n nnv Side Up. i Bethesd: | IT “f> This Is College.” “S> This Is College.” Gienn Tryon in “Skinner Steps Out." Ken Mzynard in “Senor_Americano.” Clive Brooke in “Return of Sherl.ck Holmes." ~ Betty, Compson and _ Betty, Compson”and Ciive Bronke e g i “Return of Sherlcck Holmes." in in “On_With the Show.” “On With_the Show. akoma | Tak. Pk.. D. C. Tivoli Happy Vitaphone variety. Ted Lewis “Is_Everybody Happy? Vitaphone_varisty. Lionel Barrymore n “The Mysterious “Ieland TLionel Barrymore Mary Pickford and at “The Mysterious Island.” Douglas Fairbanks in ““The Taming of the Shrew.” Vita_variety. Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks in “The Taming of the Shrew. ta variety. 5. Harold Lloyd in | “Welcome Danger. York Harold Llovd in “Welcome Danger.” Lucille and James Gleason in nnons of Alice White in “The Girl From Woolworth' Vitaphone variety. Alice White in “The Girl From Woolworth's.” Vitaphone variety. Rith Chatterton and Willam Powell in | “Charming Sinners Vitaphone variety. Charles Rozers in “Halfway to Heaven." “The Vitaphone variety. Broadway." |New Master of Ceremonies. FOR reasons more psychic than sen- sible, apparently, the movie thea-| ters are shoving the master of cere- | monies into the spotlight. The Fox Theater has a new master of ceremonies, who, it seems, is destined | to remain for many weeks. At least Fox is announcing Alexander Callam as a permanent “fixture.” ’ “A turkey dinner, with all its trim-| mings, on Christmas day,” the an-| nouncement states, was responsible for | the selection of Mr. Callam, who had | closed a brief engagement with Enrl‘ Carroll's “Floretta” and began making vaudeville appearances. With Christ-| mas approaching, he requested his man- ager to book him, if possible, for the Fox Theater in Philadelphia, as he wanted to be with his family over the holidays. The booking was effected, and—well, David M. Idzal, divisional manager for Philadelphia and Wash- ington, did the rest, and now Mr. Cal- lam is here. He is a singing master of ceremonies, as well as a Canadian—born in Wind- | sor, Ontario, and entered the “show” business about five years ago with the| Shuberts, appearing in “My Maryland, “Student Prince,” “Countess Maritza,’ “The Red Robe” and “Boom, Boom.” His engagement with the Carroll pro: duction was for the Chicago and Bos- ton runs of that operett: He is announced here as a protege of Mary Garden, who arranged for him to study with a noted teacher in Chi- cago. He is said to have a voice of | excellent baritone quality. And—con- tinues the announcement—"Mr. Callam is exactly 6 feet tall without hlsl | shoes.” Back to 'he Sllents. | JOW that the recent Hollywood noises | ™N"which came to celebrate the grow- | | ing pains of the talkies have been as- suaged, & mew trouble has arrived, | namely, the transformation of these | Inquacious films back into thelr more stlent selves. | " Those people who thought that the | | ancient and honorable sport of the | silent movie had come to an end will be i pleased to hear that such is not the case at all. Por there comes a rumor from the Fox Studios that not only are they carrying on the manufacture of these relics of the past, but they are being driven mad by the twisting, beating and | general re-hashing that is necessary to | Convert 'a_talkie into_well-modulated | Slence for the edification of the for- | eign market. ‘ | “"The trouble seems to lie in the new style of titles, short and brittle, which | they are forced to use. Yesterday | captions are quite unusable. Thus, al- | though a corps of nicely witted young men must be at hand to_throw titles | about, those dashing, old-style title | LILLIAN OW PLAYING APARAMOUNT PICTURE MAURICE HEVALIE DANCING - SINGING - TALKING = LAUGHING- LOEW'S LUMB Hays Bans "Ex-Wife." METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER has an- nounced that it will not make a | talkie based on the novel “Ex-Wife,” the rights of which were recently pur- | chased at a fabulous price. The book, it will be remembered, created some- what of a stir when it appeared, gnd | has been rated among the best sellers. ‘The Exhibitors’ Daily Review. a trade paper, in commenting on the elimination of forthcoming productions, said: “The fine hand of Will Hays is seen behind the announcement.’ I the Studio and Theater OM the main offices of Warner Bros. comes the announcement that 35 of their theaters have already been equipped with wide screens The enlarged vision .screens are also to become standard equip- The Ffl. ment with the R-K-O, For, Publit and Loew movie palaces limit probably has been reached, for a theme song has been written to accompany one of the “Krazy Kat” series of cartoons . . . Emil Jan- nings has completed an English talking picture in Germany, but the Eng- lish is reported to be more or less “broken.” Polly a Circus Kid. IOU’I‘ of the shattered dreams of a| | " circus clown emerged a Broadway | | favorite, Polly Walker, featured beauty | in Radio Pictures’ “Hit the Deck.” | Polly, with the irresistible twinkle in | her ~‘eye, unlimited pulchritude and tian blond hai is known as Broad- way's newest “‘Cinderella.”” - The Travel Talker TRy ST \DY, With JANET GAYNOR, CHARLES FARRELL, EL BRENDEL TOMORROW AND TUESDAY MATINEE MONDAY 1:30 CONTINUOUS THE STATE THEATRE Bethesda, Md. Western Electric Sound W\ s The clown and his dreams! Pagliacei who smiled while has heart was breaking, who envisioned a circus company to be known as Armer and | Walker, was none other than Al Armer, Ringling Brothers' star and the uncle of Polly Walker. After the death of Polly's father, the | ‘unr]e shouldered the family responsi- | bility, especially the training of his | miece: Every cent he could spare went into dancing and singing for Polly. He | lived only for the time that she would follow the trial of her ancestors and | enter the sawdust ring. He used to say: “Polly, always belleve child, and do things in your own way.” Strangely enough, this sim- ple philosophy was his undoing, cause of his most bitter disappointment, and he died in a wet and lonely circus | tent, it is said, of a broken heart. Polly had seen too much of the be-| | spangled life known as a circus career. | Snake charmers, sword swallowers, bag- pipers and clowns were her companions | | and relatives, it is true, but Polly de- cided against the circus life. She couldn't tell her uncle, but he read of | a vaudeville act in which Polly Walke: f sawdust kings, was actu- ‘hall show.” died soon ence for his memory still exist in the heart of Polly Walker, and in a way | she feels her success is a partial atone- | ment for the disappointment of Al| Armer. E. M. NEWMAN, { Who is scheduled for one of his famed | travel talks at the National Theater this afternoon at i WARNER BROS THEATER writers whose bread and butter came | with such whimsicalities as “Came the Dawn,” have had to take their talents | elsewhere and may now be seen biting | their fingernails on any street corner | Come and Laugh With in Hollywood. i ' | £ Charlotte REENWOOD mows Long. Lanky, medienne in Kentucky Beauties! Kentucky ASO ‘OSEPH WAGSTAFF R w the best of the season’s musical playv THE LOVE PARADE" JEANETTE MAC DONALD “SWEET idea Eva ROTH Leon Bras: A A Glamorous Production of George Preedy’s Novel “Robesplerre"* Comedy. | Lois Moran in an ALL TALKING comedy dram.. KRENTUCKY —on_the stage— ALEXANDER CALLAM the singing master of ceremonles, in Fanchon & Marco's ! JONES & Bobbe Tomz 'nR" Loomis and SUNKIST BEAUTIES 'WELVE of the twenty plays to be presented by groups of amateur play tournament under the direction |of the Community Drama Guild of Washington will be presented this week, the first and third programs at Colum- bia Heights Community Center, Elev- enth and Harvard streets northwest, and the second program at East Wash- ington Community Center, Seventeenth and East Capitol streets, in the audi- torium of new Eastern High School Building. All preliminary programs will | | open promptly at 8 p.m. | The program for the first evening, | Wednesday, will include the Park View | Players of Park View Community Cen- | ter in “The Fourth Mrs. Phillips,” by | Carl Glick, under the direction of | Yvonne Levy. They will be followed by the Circlers of Vermont Avenue Christian Church in “His Model Wife, by Helen Bagg: drama unit of the Sen- ior Luther League of the Church of the Atonement in “A Bargain's a Bargain,” by Mary Riley, and the Chevy Chase dramatic group in a shortened version of the comedy “Dr. Knock,” by Jules Romains, the English version having been made by H. Granville Barker. Thursday night (East Washington Community Center) the four plays will include Towne Players in “El Cristo,” by Margaret Larkin: Takoma Players |in “The Valiant,” by Holworthy Hall | and Robert Middlemass; East Washing- | ton Community ~Players in “Night Watches,” by Alan Monkhouse, and | Orange and Blue Players of Business | High Alumni Association in “The | Mouse,” by Lillilan Van Voorhis Arm- | strong. Saturday night at Columbia Heights | Center the Playmakers of Thomson | Community Center in “The Camberley | Triangle,” by A. A. Milne, followed by | the Columbia Players in “When the | Shin Goes Down,” by Harry McGuire; | | Stellar Dramatic Group in “Their An- Next Week's Photop]ays. METROPOLITAN — Florenz Ziegfeld’s “Glorifying the American Girl,” with Ed- die Cantor, Helen Morgan and Rudy Vallee. RIALTO—"“Phantom of the Opera,” in sound. with Mary Philbin, Lon Chaney and Norman Kerry. COLUMBIA — “Anna Chris- tie,” Greta Garbo's first sound picture, a Metro- Goldwyn - Mayer produc- tion. FOX—"“Rdmance of the Rio Grande,” with Warner Baxter, Mary Duhcan, An- tonio Moreno, Robert Ede- son and Mona Maris. EARLE — “Playing Around,” with Alice White, a First | National - Vitaphone pro- duction. ! | PALACE — (Probably) “The Kibitzer,” featuring Harry Green. NOW PLAYING! Play Tournament Open. niversary,” by Alice C.'D. Riley, and the drama unit of the Women's City players in the fourth annual one-act | Clubin “The Veil Lifts,” by Essex Dane. Of the remaining eight plays, four will be presented Thursday, January 30, and the other four Friday, January 31. Playing on January 30 will be the Washington Readers’ Club, Jewish Community Center Dramatic Society, the Masks and the Mackin Club of St. Paul's Church, and January 31 the Southeast Community Players, District of Columbia League of American Pen Women, Marjorie Websters Players and Pierce Hall players. Both evenings of plays on this schedule will bs staged at Columbia Heights Center. The finals will be played at McKinley Auditorium February 7 and will in- clude the four outstanding groups as chosen by a committee headed by Prof. William Lee Corbin of American Uni- versity, as chairman of judges, for the preliminaries. Five dramatic critics from Washington newspapers will rate the four plays in the finals February 7. Both in the preliminaries and in the finals plays will be judged as follows: Direction and stage business, 40 per cent: choice of play, 10 per cent; act- ing, 50 per cent. Individual awards will be given for good acting and for excellence in diction. STRAND, 9th & D Sts. N.W. Now Playing Twice Da.! 5. 8:15 MYSTERIES OF LOVE With DR. L. M. GORDON Living Models—Human Charts. Talk on Sex. Sunday and Monday | MEN ONLY | Tuesday 2nd Wednesday. Plain [N INBN A Frank Discussion of the Most Inti- mate Problems in a Woman's Life. All Seats 50c. SYDNEY LUST'S 1119 N. Capitol St. NANCY ‘CARROLL in Al Talking. 1 Mt. Rainier, Md. L Tomorfow and’ Tuesday SUNNYSIDE UP” ALL_TALKING. SYLVAN THEAT “JEALOUSY." s l..lngnIzE gusfi'.s Mk _ing_and Singing Comedy. Sakrss 186 & Trving Sts. NE. JESSE THEATER '35 J5 “THE LOVE DOCTOR." RICHARD DIX and JUNE COLLYER 3:30,5:00. =103 CIRCLE giome o &% mirror "Sereen d De Forest Sound Reproducer an JOAN _CRAWFORD, 4 : GOMERY, ERNEST TORRANGE, “UNTAM! 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