Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1930, Page 56

AMUSEMENTS. Variety of Attractions in ' The Capital Playhouses NATIONAL PLAYERS IN “HOLIDAY.” The National Theater Players will their sixth annual engagement at National Theater tomorrow evening. *Holiday,” a romantic comedy deal- with the whim of a young lawyer 0 retires at 30 to enjoy his wealth while he's young enough to gad about, | will be given its Washington premier as | t)te opening attraction. The play offers Gxceptional parts for three of the com- pany’s newcomers, Walter Gilbert, Mar- | ion Wells and Marion Sterly, the two | girls representing sisters in a rich fam- 4§, but opposed in ideas, and Gilbert, the idealistic lad who supposes that wealth and idleness may be combined for undiluted pleasure. “Holiday” ran for a full season at the | Plymouth Theater, New York, but never reached Washington. It is by Philip Barry, one of the brighter young as- pirants for cotemparary authorship konors, who also is the author of “Paris Bound” and of the Harvard prize award, | “You snd 1" which was produced in | Boston under the Craig prize award and | forthwith was transporte€ to Broadway. “Holiday” will be presented under the direction of Clifford Brook, who will direct the players during their cur- | Tent season, and whose skill and talents | @s a director are already well known to ‘Washington theatergoors. The actors and actresses who will tomprise the cast have been introducest fo Washington both by the press gelierally and at an elaborate reception téndered them by the Advertising Club of Washington, a | most unprecedented honor, last Tuesday | at the National Press Club auditorium, Manager Cochran a%ures his public that the production in $very respect will | be adequate, fitting and gleasing, a cred- it in every particular % the now fa- mous repertory organizakion over which | ne has presided since its advent in 1924. He also adds that there are sttll many seats available to those who have not already subscribed for the season in advance. POLI'S—“Journey'% End.” “Journey’s End,” R. C. #herriff's sen- | sational drama of the gréat war “over there,” comes to Poli's Theater tonight Originally written and produced for | the reminiscent entertainment of a| London club composed mostly of his| comrades in the fields of France,! ioet steingent rules of the feqiar stage | 08 nt rules of gular stage, in that it had no sex inierest whamgoe- ever. The fact that tikre were no ‘women members of his club, which did | not even contain a female impersonator. ‘was probably the reason why Mr. Sher- | Tiff slighted the fair sex in his cast of | characters, coupled with the fact, well | known to soldiers, if not %o professional playwrights and producess, that women are scarce as the traditional hen’s teeth) in front-line trenches. Anyway, Mr. Sherriffs play was en- acted by an amateur male cast, and, much to the surprise of author and actors alike, achieved a big success. West End managers went to see it, and took a chance with it before London’s most critical audiences, who were equally enthusiastic over this unstere- otyped tale of 10 men in a British dug- out before St. Quentin. Paris welcomed this war play as ¥eritable, and Berlin surrendered to it New York welcomed it last season, whd still cherishes its unhackneyed ckarm. Chicago fell ut the first assault and still enjoys the siege. Canadian cities are being con- quered one by one. ‘The company presenting “Journey’s End” was organized especially to play only Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. It was to have been | resented here for at least two weeks, it the theater strikes in. Philadelphia eark in the season threw all theatrical bookings out of gear, and the Eastern's “Journey’s End” company was obliged to open in Boston, where it had a run of eight weeks—a long time nowadays in the “Hub City.” The famous play, therefore, comes to Washington for one week only. - ‘The cast.is, of course, an “all-Eng- | lish” one. Richard Bird, who plays Stanhope; Henry Stephenson, who plays Lieut. Osborne, and G. P. Huntley, jr., the son ‘of the famous English come- | dian, have all been seen heretofore in various Breadway productions. But erick Catling, Thomas Pierce, Dan | er, Charles Esdale, Robert Nobel | and Arthur Stenning of the remaining | important roles were all brought over | Bickford and Kenneth MacKenna. The stage will offer an extravaganza from the Fanchon and Marco studios, introduced by Alexander Caliam, master of ceremonies, and featuring Buddy Walker, Rose Valyda, Brandies, Carroll and Mann, Alene and Evans, Pearl Hofl, Caroiine and Ruth and a new bevy of Sunkist beauties. A novel overture in the series of spe- cial arrangements by the conductor and the Fox Movietone News will complete the program, R-K-O KEITH'S—“Lovin’ the Ladies.” Richard Dix, for the first time in his career, plays a film role he created on the stage in “Lovin’ the Ladies,” a talking comedy romance, now at R-K-O Keith’'s. His role is that of Peter Darby, the electriclan, in the film ver- sion of the Willlam Le Baron stage play “I Love You." In 1918, so runs the story, a play- wright and his wife dropped into a Times Square theater where Richard Dix was playing, looking for material for Le Baron's new play, “I Love You.” and Mrs. Le Baron. part in pressing engagement with Uncle Sam's forces overseas and was sched- uled to sail within a week. Dix was not forgotten, however, for after the war the play was produced and Richard Dix was given the leading role. In the cast with him were a number of war entertainers—Ruth Terry, John Wesley, Gypsy O'Brien and Dianthe Patterson. The sequel to all this came 11 years later, when William Le Baron had be- come vice president in charge of pro- duction of Radio Pictures and Richard Dix was the leading male star of the same firm. “I Love You” was adapted to the talking screen under the title “Lovin’ the Ladies.” Dix became its star, and William Le Baron lent a supervisory hand to the production. Featured with Dix are Lois Wilson, Allen Kearns, Rita LaRoy and Renee MacReady. The pro- duction was directed by Melville Brown, and it is said to be one of the out- Freddy Clarke and his R-K-Olians, round out the program. METROPOLITAN—“The Green Goddess.” The thrilling melodrama, “The Green Goddess,” with George Arliss in the stellar role, came to Warner's Metro- politan Theater last Priday, and re- mains for the week. The story concerns the adventures of an English Army officer, his wife ana her physician lover in escaping death at the hands of a cruel Indian rajah. The Englishmen are forced to land in the kingdom of Rukh while on an air- plane tour over the Himalayas. The sinister monarch, who bitterly hates the lish, offers the beautiful English ‘woman the freedom of her lover in leu of his and her death, if she will become one of his wives. The army officer succeeds in summoning help via wire- less from the monarch’s temple, but dies for his act. Aided by the audible screen, Mr. Arliss portrays the rajah in superlative fashion. A strong supporting cast in- cludes H. B. Warner as the offi- cer, Alice Joyce as his wife, Ralph Forbes as the physician, Nigel de Bru- lier, Ivan Simpson and Betty Boyd. From scenic and dramatic standpoints the new “Green Goddess” is declared nothing short of a masterplece. The settings of the temple of the goddess are rated among the finest bits of pho- tography in motion picture history. EARLE—“Slightly Scarlet.” Co-starring Clive Brook and Evelyn Brent, “Slightly Scarlet,” a melodrama of swanky crooks, tops an excellent bill at Warner's Earle Theater. ‘Thoroughly experienced in underworld Toles, Mr. Brook and Miss Brent are said to give fine portrayals in their newest venture. Mr. Brook is cast as a Miss Brent has the part of a tool of an international jewel thief. The Englishman and the girl meet in Paris and become infatuated. The girl is then ed to go to Nice and steal a valuable jewel from a newly- by Gilbert Miller especially for the ) rich Eastern company. GAYETY—"Best Show in Town.” 1t appears ffom the advance notices that “Best S8how in Town” is one of burlesque’s best bets of the season, and it is to be the attraction at the Gayety ‘Theater this week, coming “flushed with an unbroken series of emphatic suc- ‘Those ible for the “Best Show in Town"” give assurance of many sur- prises crowded into the general char- aoter of their offering. Besides the fun interest and unique featyres for laugh- ing purposes, songs and dances of the modern school are promised in the col- | orful production. | ‘White, clever shimmy dancer, is the bright particular star, and Evelyn | Dubois, Boots Rush and Marie Miller, | a trio of beautiful singing and dancing artists. Some of the male performers are Bob Startzman, eccentric comedian; Lou Costello, singing and dancing come~ dian; Ed Lalor, song and dance man; Sammy Rice and Jack Staib, juveniles, ‘There is also a chorus of snappy sing- ers and dancers. PALACE—“Sarah and Son.” “Sarah and Son,” a Paramount talk- ing picture, featuring Ruth Chatterton, | 45 the feature screen attraction at | Loew's Palace this week. Frederic| March and Phillippe de Lacy, with Fuller Mellish, jr., appear in the cast. ‘The story is woven around Sarah Storm and her husband, who compose a vaude- ville team. When a baby is born to them the husband secretly places it with a rich family, so that it will not interfere with their work. The wife man is residing next door to the Amer- ican. At night when she goes to the American’s library to make off with the gems she is startled to discover the Englishman burglarizing the safe. The manner in which the girl is enabled to escape and with her English lover lead an honest life furnishes the climax. A strong supporting cast includes Paul Lukas as the jewel thief, Eugene Pal- lette as the rich American, Helen Ware, Virginia Bruce, Henry Wadsworth, Claud Allister, Christiane Yves and Morgan Farley. A laugh-packed short added feature is announced in Eddie Cantor, the famous stage and screen comedian, in “Getting & Ticket.” An overture and gmcr short subjects will complete the COLUMBIA—"“The Rogue Song.” Lawrence Tibbett, Metropolitan. Op- era star and one of the world’s greatest. baritones, continues his singing for a second week at Loew's Columbia in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, “The Rogue Song,” shown in natural colors and offered in Washington at regular “Loew" prices. Catherine Dale Owen, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy appear in the cast. The picture was directed by Lionel Barrymore and is an adapta- tion from the well known operetta “Gypsy Love." The story concerns Yegar, a llntll“lfi bandit chief, who meets a beautif princess in an inn, sings for her and arouses the jealousy of a countess who accompanies her. countess tries to have him killed, but the princess saves him. Later the chief’s sister is resents this, and when he refuses to tell where the child is they separate.) Several years later, while playing a| benefit for a hispital, she discvoers her husband dying, and he reveals the baby’s whereabouts. Sarah decides, | however, to continue her musical edu-, cation and then return for her boy.| When she does an attempt is made to| palm_off another child on her. Shej sees through it, and goes to the home | of her flance to rest. While there a| child comes to look for his uncle, of | whom he is very fond, and Sarah dis- covers it is her own. Afterward, when | they are capsized in a boat, the “uncle,” | who proves to be the fiance, saves them, and they live happily ever after. The stage presentation, direct from| the Capitol Theater, New York, fea- tures a trio of masters of ceremonies— tfle famous Ritz Brothers, original col- | legiate comics. Others include Paul) Remos and his midgets, funsters; Olive | Faye, musical comedy star; Gloria Lee, acrobatic whirlwind dancer, and thej Chester Hale Girls. The Hearst Metro- tone News, short subjects, Charles Gaige at, the organ and the Palace Orchestra, under Werry Borjes, complete the pro- gram. FOX—"“South Sea Rose.” 1In a role not unlike her unforgettable stage creatior in “Kiki,” Leonore Ulric, raying a tempestuous and fiery If-caste, will appear at the Fox The- ater in “South Sea Rose,” her second talking Fox Movietone picture. Miss Ulric portrays Rosalie, the deserted daughter of a seafaring explorer, held | to the dull routine of a South Sea Island convent. herself to marry the first man that asks Impetuously, she frees | betrayed by the brother of the princess, and Yegar sets out to get revenge. He kills the brother, and when the princess interferes he carries her off with him to the mountains. Subsequently he is trapped by the princess’ uncle and is tortured until the princess, realizing she loves him, goes to his aid again, The climax is unusual The Hearst Metrotone News, a tour through Hollywood with a Screen Snap- | shots guide and the Columbia Orches- tra, playing “Musical Comedy Gems of Yore,” complete the program. ILLUSTRATED TALK ON “SILVER” ‘Tomorrow. Under the auspices of the Junior League of Washington, Joseph Danforth Little of the Sterling Silver Galleries, New York, will give an illustrated talk at_the Willard tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, on “The History and Ro- mance of Silver.” Mr, Little is a recognized authority on modern and period silver, the devel- SEASON TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY FOX THEATER APRIL 23, 24, 25 Fed. LA BOHEME" g}, o “ANDREA CHENIER” Ponselle, Martinelli, De Luca “TRAVIATA” Byl Tivreit 65—Corps de Ballet 9 | Chorus—Orchestra, her. Tricky, deceptive and dangerous. her antics cause hatred and jealousy ‘among the plain folks of a New England dew}liere hetr !txu:gflndmhke‘: h!l!‘". The 'velopment of e story sal to be lklugnly ha with unusual [ it incorporated the lon. . In the supporting cast are @arles Beason tickets, $30, $24, 821, 5’5, 1300 G Bt. District 6493, Droop’ NOTE---Sale of tickets for single performances opens next Tuesday . morning, April 1st. Bureau, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH _ 30, opment of the silversmith's art and trade marks and English hall marks. The lantern slides will show the ;pro- cesses of silversmiths and manufattur- ers and in addition many historic pieces will be shown, among them several bear- mg the ml{!k of E;nul Revere, who was a famous silversmith and goldsmith of his time. Early silver of thg'o(]\‘eeks and Romans, several hundreds of years be- fore Christ, and spoons buried with the early Egyptians at least a thousand years before that, will be described by Mr. Little. Reservations for the lecture may be made at the Willard Social Bureau or at Junior League headquarters, 1529 Connecticut avenue. BURTON HOLMES—“Germany—A Travel Revue.” Burton Holmes has recently returned from a long sojourn in Germany, where made new pictures of her charac- teristic customs and people against that familiar background of her quaint old towns and her bustling cities. These Flctures. together with the traveler’s in- formative comments, will be offered at the New National Theater next Thurs- day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock as the third topic in Mr. Holmes' current series of pictured travel revues. Among the more familiar places to be visited and described by the lecturer will be Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt, Augs- burg, Rotenburg, Nuremburg, the un- spoiled little city of Dinkelsbuhl, Bercht- esgaden, Bad Nauheim and the beauti- ful region of the Konigs-See. The following Thursday afternoon will be given over to a pictured description of “A New Mediterranean Cruise,” which hptlbm?d;l(%elbmdthem caj Ot Zagreb, Bucharest, Belgrade and Sofia. i “GAS"—By the Drama Guild. The Community Drama Guild will offer a modern, realistic drama, entitled “Gas,” next Saturday evening at 8:15 o'clock at McKinley Auditorium, Second and T streets northeast. It is the third full-length play of the season, written | by George Kaiser, and adapted for American production by Marion Gering. It sets forth the present-day struggle between materialism and idealism, as exemplified by two characters in the piece, the billionaire’s son and the engi- neer. The billionaire’s son is the owner of a big factory, and being an idealist and Yhfllnf-hmms!—. he wants his workers to lead happy lives, so he urges them to return to the soil and live in the coun- try near to nature, the daily grind of factory life. But the engineer, inventor of a powerful new gas, which nearly wrecks the whole establishment and causes the loss of countless lives, by virtue of his arguments, causes the ‘workers to go back to the factory to manufacture this terrible “gas” with- out which, the engineer contends, there can be no real progress in the world. The play will be presented by the Drama Guild in four parts, with ultra- modernistic settings, suited to the sym- bolic theme of the piece, and a cast of more than 50 players under the direc- tion of William F. Baker. Leading roles will be played by Leslie Wudby, Aaron Rosenthal, Charlotte Mc- Coy, Geo Eldred Wi 5 ‘Westbrook, Sue Shorter, Paul, Yvonne Rapeer, Edith Sears and others. Tickets may be had at T. Arthur Smith’s Bureau, 1330 G street; Willard newsstand, Headquarters of A. A. A, and Drama Guild Office in Franklin Administration Building, Thirteenth and K streets. MASK AND WIG CLUB—April 11. Announcement has just been made by the Mask and Wig Club of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania that one perform- ance of “John Faust, Ph. D.” will be given in Washington, Friday evening, April 11, at the Belasco Theater. ‘This marks the forty-second year of Mask and Wig productions—an unin. terrupted succession since 1888—during the last 30 years of which the club has appeared in Washington with occa- sional exceptions. This year's production is said-to be even more elaborate and colard!:l than its predecessors, The seene gctlng hell, ui: is sald, being particularly au- In “Robin Hood” Py, MISS VIRGINIA EVANS, Who has the part of Maid Marian in the Tech Opera Club's presentation of “Robin Hood” at McKinley High School April 11 and 12. Lon and the Languages. 'OLLOWING his engagement to talk in pictures, Lon Chaney has de- cided that he wants his voice heard around the world. ‘With that in mind, he has commenced an intensive study of Spanish so as to be able to appear in Spanish talking versions of his pictures. Later he plans to study French and German. “Studying a forelgn language,” says Chaney, “is only keeping one’s market. ‘The time is coming, I think, when many stars will do so, for without languages one can't hold one’s friends in other lands. In fact, I think it is the duty of the picture stars to be able to cope with the new conditions brought about by the progress of the screen.” Chaney's first picture has not been decided upon as yet, but the star ex- pects by the time the Engilsh version is finished to be able to repeat it in Spanish without any difficulty. THE STAR OF “LUMMOX” WINIFRED WESTOVER, Star of “Lummox,” a picture which is scheduled for a Spring showing in ngton. Well Equipped. ‘Washi ARION WELLS, leading lady of the National Players, is a graduate of one of the most exclusive schools of dramatic art in this country. It is Mariarden, a Summer school of drama and_associate arts, in Peterborough, N. H,, unique in its conduct, in its fac- ulty and its pupils. Mariarden was a privately endowed school, equipped with 50 cabins and a theater seating 500. The three R's had no place in the curriculum; the stage supplanted the written exams. The course extended even to a ground- ing of students in the manipulation of marionettes. During the term for which Miss Wells was enrolled others undertaking the course were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bennett, Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, Pedro de Cordoba, Eric Snowden and Tony Sarg, the latter widely known as an illustrator and originator of Sarg’s marionettes. On the advisory committee, and num- bered with the faculty, too, were the Bennetts, Stuart Walker, Kenneth Mc- Gowan, Theresa Helburn, Margaret Anglin, Samuel Merwin, Mrs. T. Han- dasyd Cabot and others. Scme time ago publicity was given to Miss Wells’ tean accompl ents, as dancer, it comedienne, trage- dienne (in Shakespeare) and a sprite in musical com To this list must be added vaudeville, for she toured the Keith eircuit one season in a playlet, “Long Ago and Now." ‘Trim in figure and boasting no slight resemblance to Mrs. Vernon Castle, Miss Wells comes to Washington with every attribute that composes the ideal lead- ing lady. Color Prolongs Careers. ’I'HE careers of moving picture stars will be prolonged 10 to 15 years by color photography, according to Dr. Hyel'beft 'g' Kalmus, president of the Technicolor Corporation. Stars between 30 being signed to big contracts by Holly- wood Dr. Kalmus re- vealed, because the technicolor process is making them young again, blotting out sagging chins, wrinkles and tell tale lines around the eyes. Before technicolor came into such general use, the career of the average | screen star was about 10 years. There were notable exceptions, of course—but the average life of screen idle was 10 years. Black and white photography and the exaggerated make-up it neces- sitated shortened the careers of film ac- tors by revealing most cruelly all the signs of advancing years. Now, according to Dr. Kalmus, with producers turning so_swiftly to eolor that next year more than half the pic- tures will ‘employ technicolor, there is no reason for popular favorites of the sereen to abdicate because of negligibie facial defects unfairly magnified by the cussedness of the old black and white camera, Players in technicolor can ap- pear in ordinary stage make-up. “No star looks as well in black and white as in color,” he declares, citing Marilyn Miller, Vivienne Segal and Jeanette MacDonald as examples of extremely beautiful women who did not photograph to such advantage in black and white as in their technicolor pro- ductions—"Sally” in the case of Miss Miller, “Song of the West” in Miss Se- gal's case, and “The Vagabond King" in the case of Miss MacDonald. “Color gives women of personality and beautiful coloring a chance such as they never had before,” he added. “This means that producers will put more stress on personality and coloring than on mere outline of features. In black and white camera work, plain-looking women could be used to marked advan- tage, while, conversely, great interna- unx;;l beauties failed to pass screen sts " Girls glorified by Florenz Ziegfeld and other authorities on feminine beauty have failed to dazzle Hollywood in days gone by, but now that Ziegfeld, in as- sociation with Samuel Goldwyn, is go- ing to produce “Whoopee” entirely in technicolor, chances are bright that moviegoers will have an opportunity to behold such loveliness as they could have viewed heretofore only by paying $6.60 a ticket for Mr. Ziegfeld'’s Broad- wty_nx‘:roducclnns. = “The screen type change,” pre- dicts Dr. Kalmus, “and we shall l';’nrve stars of greater individuality in the color era. Mature women will receive their opportunity. The black and whits ["ROLAND HAYES TENOR BELASCO Apl‘il 30, 8:30 THEATER Mail Orders now at T. Arthur Smith Bureau, 1330 G St, i Kitt's, and Y. W. C. A,, 901 R. L. Ave. Tickets, $2.50, $2, $1.50, $1. POLIS TONITE MATINEES THURSDAY SATURDAY The Season’s Outstanding Attraction Gilbert Miller (By Arrangement. with Maurice Browne) presents JOURNEY 'S e e END v R.C.Sherriff Presented with the same company as seen during its extended runs at the Wilbur Theater, Boston, and Lyric Theater, Philadelphia. STILL RUNNING IN THE WORLD CENTERS in NEW YORK~16 months in LONDON— BERLIN, and AUSTRALIA. PARIS, . $850; Thur. & Sat, Mats., 50c, §1, §1.50, 3. | plctures were unkind. Many beautiful actresses could not be used. They did not screen well, but all that is changed now. I have seen any number of older women who are fine actresses signed up for pictures in technicolor, and the re- sults are remarkable. It is giving the oh‘k;’I stars of the industry a new lease of life.” Arliss’ Start for Fame. JUST what might have happened to George Arliss, star of “The Green Goddess,” if fate had not unex placed him in an amateur show when he was 10 years old may be a matter for cogitation. “My cousin. known as ‘Fatty, had promised to bring two friends to a children’s part; nd the three were enact a farce,’ Mr. Arliss explained. “We - prepared a stage with curtains which would draw backward and for- ward. Two boys dressed in immaculate Etons arrived alone at the party with the terrible news that ‘Fatty’ could not come, as he was ill. “The situation seemed hopeless. The play, ‘Mrs. Bottlewasher's Apartment,’ was a farce for three persons, and the whole story pivoted around ‘Fatty's' part. It could not be played any other way. Suddenly one of the boys sug- gested that in spite of my leanness I step into the role. “Well, to bring a thrilling story down to plain, unvarnished facts, ‘Mrs. Bot- tlewasher's Apartment’ was played that night with enormous and overwhelming success, and but for this chance adven- ture I might never have thought of going on the stage.” All this the press agent vouches for. ———— Jolson in “Sons o' Guns." L JOLSON, whose most recent film “Mammy"” will be ready for release about the end of May, has already be- enll;ne interested in the fortunes of an- other. Jolson recently went to see the cur- rent musical comedy, “Son o' Guns," featuring Jack Donahue and Lily Damita, and was so impressed with it that he persuaded United Artists to ouy the film rights for him, This, it seems they have done, for the modest sum of $150,000, and so when the piece reaches g: screen Mr. Jolson will be seen as its T. 1930—PART FOUR. Coming Attractions. “BROTHERS” AFTER “HOLIDAY.” ‘The second offering of the National Players' new season, “Brothers,” will supply Walter Gilbert with one of the ‘most difficult yet congenial roles it will be his fortune to handle in the entire course. A dual role, calling for ex- tremes in characterization, falls to Gil- bert’s lot in this m which is now on tour in its second year; with Bert Lytell, the screen star, still play- ing his original role. The two parts, essayed by the one actor, center on Robert Naughton, reared by a wealthy jurist, and his twin brother, Eddie Conneily, bred on the ‘water-front district of New York. Their paths diverged early in life, to recross again when young Naughton under- takes the legal defense of Connelly on a murder charge. The youth is ac- quitted, as the author has permitted the audience to foresee, but the identity of the real murderer of a dope peddler provides a surprise that does not cast its shadow in advance. ‘The production calls for 16 in the cast, and the action transpires in a pro- logue and three acts, variety in setting being offered by the interior of a fash- jonable home and the grimy contrast- ing set of Oily Joe's dive on the water front. Though melodrama spins the central theme, a strong love interest is maintained throughout. BURLESQUE'S NEW DAINTY. Next week at the Gayety Theater, Joe Catalano will present “Burlesque's Greatest Entertainers,” Al Hillier and Joe Forte, in & new burlesque revue, entitled “Get Hot Burlesque,” in two acts and 32 scenes, with an imposin, cast of burlesque stars and scenery ant lighting effects that are modern. A chorus trained apd good looking lends added charm. Voice Calisthenics. **(CALISTHENICS for the voice!” ‘That's the new Richard Dix slo- to Mr. Dix a valu- p ers who would re- tain their places in the talkie sun. the star of “Lovin' the Ladies,” briefly: “Now, mere than ever, it is essential to keep in the pink of condi- tion physically. - The has always been the barometer of man's physique. If the constitution becomes at all weak- body enunciation will be wheezy or strained. ‘This is all very imj it, especially to those who talk for the hone, which, being sensitive, never fails to tmwn ster the slightest vocal imperfec- Lenore, the mewest recruit of the Bushman family te the screen. She ap- pears with Marion Davies in “The Ga: to| Nineties” and she is a daughter Francis X. Bushinan, long a star ef the | sereen world. AWRENCE TIBBETT, whose voice at present is shaking the rafters of the Columbia Theater through the me- dium of “The Rogue Song.” has had a M:I Q:hlch. to say the least, has been va 3 Born in Bakersville, Calif., Tibbett lost his father at the age of 6, when the latter, a county sheriff, was shot to death in a fight with a gang of bandits. Brought up by his mother, the boy at- tended high school in Los Angeles, ap- peared in several amateur theatricals, and made his professional debut with a Shaskespearean repertoire company. At the time of the war Tibbett joined the Navy, and three days after his dis- charge married a former Los Angeles schoolmate. Determined to become a concert singer, after he had attracted some at- tention during an engagement with the California Opera Co., Tibbett went to New York. After months of study and persistent attempts to get auditions for the opera, his efforts were successful. His first great triumph was with the Metropolitan Opera in “Falstaff.” Since then his career is famillar history. Even his screen career, which has been short, has been as volcanically brilliant as the others. And with all his fame as a singer the foregoing is all that the press agent has to tell of one of the finest baritones America has ever known. The fastest, zipplest, smartest laugh thriller Dix ever made tonal | only because their imitators Struggles of a Great Singer. | fount AMUSEMEMTS.’ The Moving ‘Picfl cAlbum By Robert E. T has been my emphatically avowed belief that there could be no real future for musical comedles or operettas on the screen, and that the great film-loving public would soon announce that it had had enough of the meaningless melanges of techni- colored chorus girls and mechanical boop-a-dooping that have been seen and heard with such appalling frequency since “The Broadway Melody.” I have uttered this prophecy over and over again, and I reiterate it now. But I may as well add to it the confession that it is still lamentably far from ful- fillment. The nrl-spr:g;music I‘l‘:o‘:!'ap;’ pear to be more po] r NOW 0! ever were. The Broadwayization of Houm is L\Iram\n[ absolutely over- wl proportions. ‘Witness these alarming evidences: Lawrence Schwab, one of the smart- est and most successful of the Broad- way musical comedy producers, sponsor of such hits as “Good News,” Des- ert Song,” “The New Moon” and “Fol- low Through,” has announced his in- tention to quit the theater cold and de- vote himself henceforth to the movies, where fiheserlul mmy IA! r't; be Ix;ndg i Edgar wyn ur Hammer- “ndeed, the m“h;eeu'-m that most of the musical shows produced in New York next season will be backed, secret- ly or openly, by the movie magnates themselves, with & sole view to giving these entertainments Broadway repu- tations before their transposition to the screen. All the important song writers, with the possible exception of George Gersh- win, have been seduced by Hollywood gold. Among them are Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Vincent Youmans, Walter Donaldson, De Sylva, Brown and Hen- derson, Rudolf Friml and Kalmar and Ruby. W’hen you hear a new song hit these days you ask, “What picture is that from?” As to the performers—operatic, musi- cal. comedy and vaudeville—they've all gone celluloid, from Lawrence ibbett and John McCormack to Eddie Cantor and Beatrice Lillie, and there is every reason to believe that they will continue ! ul to practice their artistry in the proof ios. If they don't it will be s i have crowd- them out. CdThere’s no question of doubt that we're in for a protracted orgy of all- singing, all-dancing, all-colored mon- ities. m'“o'u' can only hope that here and there, amid the welter of sweetie songs and chorus routines, there will be an occasional “Anna Christie” or “Men Without Women” to remind us that the moving picture can deal honestly and effe with the less obvious, less m more important human emo- tions. busy for the next two years. companies are even now negotiating for their services from 1932 on. B and Henderson are X!fl?' ly paid, and De Sylva, Brown intend to get their ]u.stl deserts. ugh they once broadcast the doctrine that “The Best in Life are Free” they have managed to sell their services {0 William ‘Fox for a minimum of $1,000,000. Qver and above that guarantee, they will receive all the profits on their songs and a sub- stantial share of the profits derived from the four pictures on which they nce mistake of selling his “Potash & - Sherwoed. over the menu in advance and to say, ;I think it gl be all right to give them just thé regular blue-plate din- Ak % X OVIE adverhising has become very high-toned lately. and the old Bar- num methods of yalivhoo are frowned upon by the modern students of con= sumer psychology. ' 1t is therefore té-. freshing to read an advertisement for a production entitlat “Ingagi” sored by Congo Pictures, Ltd, which promises to tell more about wild life in Africa than Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnston ever dared to \suggest. Says the advertisement, in huge: black type: “Eight reels of astounding -shots showing the entire wild 1 deni- zens of the locale and inc] star- tling_tribal traditions including Goril- Ias, Wild Women! An autheric incon- testable celluloid document showing the sacrifice of a Living Woman\to Go+ rilla Hordes!” ?ltep up, folks, and get it while it's; 10 (Copyright, 1930.) L Ulric Hardships. LI‘NORE ULRIC and Director Allan: Dwan seem bent upon making pic- tures out of season. Under Dwan’s di- rection Miss Ulric acted out the frigid sequences of her first talking picture, “Frozen Justice,” in the hottest period of Hollywood’s Summer. Iier second talkie, “South Sea Rose,” a tropical st , Was not started until after the brisk Fall breezes had settled on Cali- fornia. and possibly to 2 To the onlooker Dwan these facts may seem to be merely a curious coincidence, but to Miss Ulric they represent a considerable measure of physical discomfort. In her role in “Frozen Justice” she was required to gme-r on the set clothed in the tra- tional Eskimo fur costume. The nat- ural heat of the sun was intensified it reflected from the mounds of artific snow. Her discomfort falled, however, to dampen her histrionic fires, which, as ever{ one knows, are considerably vir- en Making “South Sea Rose,” she was garbed in little more than a grass skirt and a bracelet through several outdoor sequences when chilly Fall breezes were blowing in from the Pacific. She was not alone in her discomfort, however, in making “South Sea Rose.” About 100 Hawaiian types recruited from the extra ranks in Hollywood had to brave the same temperatures in simi- lar costumes. “Anybody's War” Now. “ANYBODY‘B WAR” has been de- cided upon as the new title for Moran and Mack's second. Paramount starring comedy, which was filmed as “Two Black Crows in the A. E. F.” ‘The story, which was adapted by Hector Turnbull from Charles Mack's novel, takes Amos and Willie Crow from the small town of Buford, Tenn, into. the trenches of France and back again. * “It All But Breathes” STILL ON VIEW art, A e ission, Joseph Danforth Little will oive an illustrated lecture on The History and Romance of Silver The Willard Monday, March 31, 4:30 P.M. Auspices Junior League - . Tickets—Willa¥a" Social ‘Bureau or it “League Headquartprs, 1520 Oonn. Ave, MASK & WIG CLUB University of Pennsylzania 42d Anmusi Product; BELASCO THEATRE, Friday, Avril 11, 8:15 Seats: April & Mrs. Wilsan-Greene, ‘1o FLORA McGILL KEEFER MEZZO-CONTRALTO. IN RECITAL SCHULZE nn. mutter” to Samuel Goldwyn on & roy- alty basis. Instead of being paid a flat sum for an outright sale, as is usually | the case, he agreed to accept a per- | centage of the profits. In course of time the Goldwyn office started | sending statements to'Mr. Glass, listing | all the debits and credits so that he | would have an exaet estimate of his | share of the booty, if any. | Glancing at the debit side of these | statements, the author happened to notice an item of some $7.000 for an expense incurred by Mr. Goldwyn in | tendering a banquet to several promi- | nent exhibitors, “to promote hum!t in _the picture.” ‘When Montague Glass considered the | cost of this feast and that he | had unknowingly been sharing in that cost, he sent a telegram to Mr. wyn, asking: “Did you have to serve pheasant?” Presumably if Mr. Fox decides to tender a similar banquet for exhibitors, MILDRED KoL MRS RO Sull ‘; Vi -‘n-l!n'ln oncert 1300 G National Symphony ORCHESTR OF WASHINGTON. c. (80 Musieian: ‘onductor HANS KINDLER, CONSTITUTION HALL, Tuesday Afternoon, April 8. 4:45. . Prices. $3.00, §2.5( . $1.50, $1.00 50c. Mrs. Wilson-Greene,’s Concert Bureau Droop's, 1300 G st.; District 6493. "GAYETY THEATER Another Great Show This Week the De Sylva, Brown and Henderson | accountant will be on hand to check ' BEST SHOW INTOWN ATIONAL MATS. WED. & SAT., 35¢, 50c, 75¢ $1.25, $1.00, 75¢ & 50c Monday and Week S.&. COCHRAN ;‘;fi—’s‘:lFGORD BROOKE NATIONAL THEATRE PLAYERS w “ ‘Holiday’ is going to give you it ey o ;‘.f’.';:"x'-'z'o oot sefugim 1boul 3 after w've done Tnbugs erantrudiy./Tndo w &2 “Like @ breath of fresh air.”—Frank e, PLYMOUTH THEAFRE NEW YORK SUCCESS ‘ By PUILIP ¢4 homantic Comedy Drama Originally produced 4 Arthar Hopkins. First time presented iz, Washington. e /' BARRY lot of fun.”—Burns-Mantle, N.Y. Dally News, ¢ of blowing dubble F titfle truths. s plenty Eanckiing and_ohhein ol N. ¥ American. 0 o e Lea Short. Christian Sclence Monitor. “It {s intimate, , irresponsidble, B b o capabie o tvllllh‘ By ] wringing La rror. efective. It is ¢ Aoy e Tined. Thrdacring circus: g ‘devimey h. hose wno fnsisl pon body 1o their i ‘modernity . ., and ofering & profitel +“Robert Goloman. N. “Full of sunshine #nd merriment.”—l. WEEK BEG. MON., APRI “BROTHERS” . Brooks Atkinson, N. ¥. Times. L 17th—SEATS SELLING A MELODRAMA OF LOVE AND THRILLS Seen here for he first e domplte s shenomenal run of eme year in New BURTON OLME GERMANY w APR.3 ny in_the news w is_she Enmte i e At 4:30 PIOTURED VIVIDLY—DESCRIBED DRAMATICALLY E SEATS SELLING—81.50, $1.00, 75¢ and 50¢ ™ " -