Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1930, Page 39

| Tfieater, Screen | and Music AMUSEMENT SECTION he Sundwy St VASHINGTON, D. C, o BERE DANIELS e S SN S o Motor, Aviation and Radio News SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1930. | 1[A‘Gl i and SCREE JOAN CR - and, @ ~IN~- OuR DLUSHING BRI AWFORD | ANITA PAGE IDES Columbia and OLIVE TELL w "L AWFUL LARCENY" k.K.O.Keiths. PALACE—“Shadow of the Law.” ILLIAM_POWELL is the cur. Tent picture star at Loew’ Palace in his latest Para- mount pieture, “Shadow of the Law,” a new type of plc- ture for him. Natalie Moorhead ap- pears opposite Powell. Innocent, he is convicted of murder and sent to prison for life—in the screen story, of course. Desperate, he breaks out of prison with the aid of his cellmate and escapes to another part of the country, where he establishes & new identity. He becomes _manager of a Southern tex- tile mill, where the owner's _daughter falls in love with him. He retur this love, but, being a fugitive from ju: tice, dares not de- clare himself. E\'cntudfl‘y dhe “15 exposed and, after V.al?lflng a daring chance, he proves his innocence and assures his happiness. On the stage, the Arnaut Brothers, formerly of the Ziegfeld “Follies,” are featured in a Capitol Theater presen- tation, “July Follies,” with Ray Teal as musical master of ceremonies. Gaynor and Byron; Babs, featured dancer of the International Revue; the Chester Hele Girls and Loew's Palace Syncopa- tors comprise the cast. William Powell. Dick Leibert is again held over to| Short | present, his original organlogues. subjects, the Hearst Metrotone News and the Palace Orchestra complete the program. R-K-O KEITH'S—"“Lawful Larceny. EBE DANIELS and Lowell Sherman, co-starred in Radio Pictures’ ulk: ing soclety drama, “Lawful Larceny, adapted from the stage play, is the cur- rent feature at K-K-O Keith's. The supporting _ cast includes Thomson, Purnell Pratt, : Maude Turner Gordon, Helene Willard, Bert Roach, Lou Payne and Charles Coleman. Bebe Danlels is seen as 8 wife whose husband tumbles from the “straight and narrow” path. Lowell Sherman plays the part he originated in the stage production, and he also directed the picture, “Lawful Larceny,” with its fronic humor and logical drama, con- cerns Marion and Andrew Dorsey, who are happy though married, until, while Marion is away, Andrew gets himself vamped and his fortune purloined. The vamp, holds a $25,000 note siyged by Andrew and threatens to r him. Andrew confesses all to Marion. After threatening divorce, she secures em- ployment as Vivian's secretary and gains possession of the note, which she gives to Andrew. Through Guy Tarlow, the man Vivian really loyes and whom Marion vamps by way of revenge, Ma- rion steals all of Vivian's ill-gotten gains, ditches Tarlow and returns to Andrew's home. She is pursued by Tar- row, vivan and Judge Perry, who is in jove with Vivian. ‘taey demand reiurn of the loot. Marion has a sweet Tevenge —she flays Vivian as a love thief &nd o [ Kenneth | Olive Tell, | gracefully. Quite a round-up—but the story ends well. Supplementary features include s funny comedy, “Swell People,” and other short subjects, and Freddy Clark and his R-K-Olians round out. EARLE—“Dancing Sweeties”—Will sborne. WILL OSBORNE, radio crooner and favorite in that field of entertain- ment, remains for a second week as & stage attraction at Warner Bros. Earle Theater, with his famous radio band. The extended engagement, it is an- nounced, was made necessary by pop- uler demand. Osborne has varied his extensive repertoire of songs and dance | music for the new week and his Cap- | ital {nnu are promised many novelties in his distinctive stage presentation. On the Earle screen is the First Na- tional-Vitaphone production, “Dancing Sweeties,” an amusing melodrama ro- mance, featuring Sue Carol and Grant Withers. It is described as a true-to- life story of a dance-mad couple who meet as a result of a change of partners in a dance hall. They fall in love at sight, and before midnight allow them- selves to be the principals in a public wedding at the dance hall. Varied results of this impulsive dash into the responsibilities of marriage soon become manifest. ‘The husband’s restless feet long for the dance floor, although the girl has lost her interest in frenzied fox-trotting. By simple ruses the husband eludes his wife and re-enters the prize dance field with an- other partner. His wife learns of it, but eventually wins back her errant husband. In the cast are Edna Murphy, Tully Marshall, Kate Price, Adamae Vaughn and Eddie Phillips. Additional screen features include new Vitaphone Varieties &nd the Pathe and Paramount news reels, and an over- ture is played by the Earle Orchestra. “Good Intentions”—Frank Richardson. |"THE Fox Theater for the current week announces “an exceptionally heavy program.” The screen will pic- ture Edmund Lowe in “Good Inten- tions” as a soclety bandit, but along new lines, with several exceptional twists to the story, that is said to lift it far above the ordinary crook story. | The supporting cast will present Mar- guerite Churchill, recently seen with Mr. Lowe in “Born Reckless,” also Earle Foxe, well known in Washington. The principal stage attraction will be the personal appearance of the Fox screen singing star, Frank Richardson, who attracted highly favorable atten- tion in both editions of the “Fox | Movietone Follles,” in “Happy Days" and in “Sunny Side Up.” He will sing his songs from these productions and also introduce several that are to be heard in forthcoming Fox screen pro- ductions. An added feature will be two young- sters from the West, who call them- selves Ron and Don, and who enter- tain from the console of the organ. They have been so successful on the Western Coast that General Manager Harry A. Arthur brought them east- ward, with Washington as the first stop. PFanchon and Marco idea is FOX. cheat and proves that Vivian's place was operated on a ¢ Vivian s forced to aceept dafeat snd leave. Tarlow t':os his rook?dmbufl meei-ing The titled “Overtures” and will have Sam .!wlck Kaufman as master of ceremonies introduce Edison _and _Gregory. ~ (Continned on s-mw Page.) MARGUE m, "GOO FOX. ning. evening. and evening. evening. evening. LATE information about Dorothy Jor- dan, according to D. H. Clarke, is that “she weighs about 100 unds, is 5 feet 2 inches tall, has not lost the soft mccent she acquired in Clarkes- ville, Ten: where she was born 20 years ago; continues to be called a ‘sweet child,’ and seldom, if ever, is re- ferred to in print without the descrip- tive phrase, ‘little Southern belle, be- ing included. Miss Jordan, one of the most inter- esting of new screen personalities, first appeared in films as Bianca in the Douglas Fairbanks-Mary Pickford ver- sion of “The Taming of the Shrew.’ Then she played opposite Ramon No- varro in “Devil May Care” “In Gay Madrid” and in “The Singer of Se- ville” At present she is working in & film called “Like Kelly Can” at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio. After Miss Jordan had finished gram- mar and high school in Clarkesville her family wanted her to go to Southwest- ern University. But she decided a year or two in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York would be quite as beneficial and much pleasanter. Miss Jordan didn't let her studies at the academy, however, prevent her from securing_a job in the chorus at the Capitol Theater. After that she went into the chorus of the “Garrick Gai- eties,” and then with the Theater Gulld, where, after playing minor parts, | she was given a featured role in “Twin- kle, Twinkle.” She was such a success in “Twinkle, Twinkle,” that she found a better part awaiting her in “Funny Face” and a still better one in “Treas- ure Girl,” Gertie Lawrence’s society opus. After that Miss Jordan made up her mind to investigate Holl; She went to the coast unheralded and un- invited, but with her first achievement to encourage her. And it really looked as if some special fate was looking after the girl from Clarkesville, At first she had only a small role in “Black Magic. Then she slipped _into the United Artists’ studio and got the role of Bi- anca in “The Taming of the Shrew,” with apparently little difficulty. Douglas Fyirbanks mentioned several times what & sweet little girl she was and how charmipg, and all And then wcfd went through the studins that Mr, Fajrbanks had made & new discovers. Nothing stimulates FOX—“Good Intentions”; Frank Richardson. METROPOLITAN—“Recaptured Love.” COLUMBIA—“Our Blushing Brides.” AN 1 SCENE SHADOW oF THE from. ” LAW Palace RITE CHURCHILL D INTENTIONS. (Stage) RON and DON - OrRGAN SPECIALTY. FoxX Screen Attractions for the Week PALACE—“Shadow of the Law.” R-K-O KEITH'S—“Lawful Larceny.” This afternoon and eve- This afternoon and evening. EARLE—“Dancing Sweeties”; Will Osborne. This afternoon and This afternoon This afternoon and This afterncon and Little Southern Belle. Hollywood—or Culver City—so thor- oughly as news of a new personality for the screen. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer made a test of Miss Jordan and gave her a long-term contract almo-t I she realized what was happening. And it wasn't very long alies thau bcioie she was playing in the first of her three | films with Mr. Novarro. STARTING WORK BELLE BENNETT and JOHN HALLIDAY w “RECAPTURED LOVEL ' Metro]oolitam, - GLEN ECHO PARK. OU may be “all up in the air” and still be feeling fine and enjoying yourself at Glen Echo Park, where the amusement devices include the big Ferris wheel, the aeroplane swings, zooming through the ozone; the big coaster dips and_the derby racer. Also there are the old mill down there in Funville, the midway, the carrousel and the cater~ pillar, in fact, there's an attraction at the big free-admission resort to suit every mood. A’ special lure for next Wednesday evening is that blondes and red-haired girls may dance free in the ball room, where McWilliams and his band of 11 are on hand every evening except Sun- day from 8:30 until 11:30 o'clock. Glen Echo may be reached by car over Conduit road, by the Washington Railyay & Electric cars, or by the new bus line. In any event you may get there quickly. | SEASIDE PARK. | SEASXDE PARK, at Chesapeake Beach, now at its full tide of popu- larity, offers, besides a short route to cool breezes from the bay, a fine new swimming pool, one of the largest in the East, into which filtered water flows continuously, and the opportunity to bathe under floodlights and to music during the evening. On Wednesdays, swimming races, diving contests, a com= edy carnival and a beauty parade are added features. Friday is bargain day for children at | the park, and up to 6 p.m. they may enjoy any ride in the park for half price. The Chesapeake Beach Railway Co. of- fers a specially attractive round-trip rate for children and parents from the District line to Chesapeake Beach. The minfature railroad, the airplane swing, coaster dip, whip, skooter, custer IN NEW PICTURE RICHARD BARTHELMESS, His new leading woman, Marian Nixon, in the Hollywood studio hefore starting work on the new Barthelmess vehicle, “Adios.” and Director Frank Lioyd photographed starring Outdoor Amusements other attractions. Dancing rates second to bathing in the new pool. inviting to those who like rowing, ca- noeing, sailing or motor boating. Chesapeake Beach parking space for automobiles is avail- able at both ends of the line. CITY OF WASHINGTON. TH.E steamer City of Washington an- “under the silvery moonlight” for the romantic. At Chapel Point the river is 7 miles wide, and one may enjoy the finest of bathing grounds with a wide, sandy fresh water showers. There are also diving boards, water slides and water- wheel. For those who do not care for the bathing, there is ample picnic grounds, with a riding academy, row boats and motor boats, playgrounds for the children and dancing pavilion. On the moonlight trip, which is now a feature every evening, the foremost at- traction . is dancing, to the. tunes of Happy Walker's Orchestra. ose who do not care to dance will find pleasure mand a sweeping view of the river. The City of Washington leaves at 9 am. every day, except Tuesday, for Chapel Point, and every evening, except Tuesday of the current week, for the moonlight trip. . D Rotating M. C.'s FOX THEATER executives, after a fast anld furious huddle, have emerged with a new idea that is to revolutionize the master-of-ceremony business. They say that instead of hav- ing one local, continual and lovable di- rector of stage activities for a protract- ed engagement, the “Fox de luxe thea- ters” will have a serles of masters of ceremonies, all of which are to keep on the qui vive every four weeks. In other words, Sam Jack Kaufman, instead of loitering within the portals of the Fox during the next Fall, Win- ter and Summer, is to depart with the last day of July and will not be seen weeks in each of the Eastern district Fox theaters, wherever they may be. August 1, then, will see Frank Jenks stepping into Mr. Kaufman's shoes, or rathers, since he is said to have a pair of his own, he will begin as a double fortnightly maestro, with a pack of tricks which they say are very much and delightfully his own. Sound Changes S:yles. ’['HE day of exaggerated screen fash- ~ lons is past, according to Caroline Putnam, mount. “There was a time,” she said, “when motion picture actresses were ‘dolled up’ in creations never seen elsewhere on land or sea. The star wore diamond- studded evening dresseq with trains five yards long, while the vampire was dressed in skin-tight garments with black and white stripes. “Sound has changed all that now. Actresses are cultured people, able to wear simple costumes with grace and ease. It is no longer necessary to go to ex- tremes to ‘put over the idea'of wealth to the sticks,’ as an old-time director once expressed it to me. Those who live in what used to be termed the sticks now travel in Europe and wear the lat- costume designer for Para- est Paris creations. “So today we are endeavoring to dress our playegs in the height ‘of fashion, but the of taste.” and many outdoor amusements are in the open-air ballroom A splendid orchestra is on duty in the evening. The blue waters of the bay are PFrequent service is provided by the way from Dis- trict line to Seaside Park, and ample nounces trips down the Potomac to Chapel Point, and evening excursions beach, and up-to-date bath houses, with in the deep cushioned ehairs that com- | tht there again until he has completed four | GRANT WITHERS and SU i DAN By Percy \HE Actors’ Equity Association, successful in assuaging the players’ clustéred woes, now bends a tardy ear to the audi- ence. It seeks by helpful hints to the showmen to palliate the cares of playgoing, and so to reinstate it as a popular means of killing time. The in- itial step in this reform is a plan to be- gin the dramas two hours earlier on one night of the week. By lifting the cur- tain at 7, instead of 9 p.m., the subur- ban folk, it is said, will be able to see e p in ‘comfort and to reach their chateaus leisurely in time for bed-go- ing at 11 o'clock. The performance selected for the in- novation should be the premiere, since it would be possible then to consolate another class of theater goers, whose ‘moments are scarce, if not precious. For years the flight of the daily drama re- viewers has been a major worry to sym- gct.lutlc managers. They watch the lustered seribes depart, bound hot-foot for the printing presses, and feel that the hurried eonditions under which they toil are disagreeable to the welfare of all concerned. The rapidity with feared, is such that it deprives their messages of composure and gravity, both well deserved in drama criticism. By giving the first performance at an early hour for the benefit of press and suburbia, two ills might be disposed of, leaving the theater well-nigh perfect. I * ok ok ok 'HE new entertainment, “Who Cares?” which springs from the Lambs Club, also devotes & moment to reform in show business In a skit called “What's Wrong With the Thea- ter?” it depicts the villainies to which a visiting drama lover is subjected when he desires to slake his passion in a Broadway play house. YD) and bamboozled by insolent attendants, he flees eventually to a cinems, and there finds himself surrounded by nothing but love. The Actors’ Equity might profitably look into that phase of the industry and make suggestions for its amelioration. “What the New York theaters need,” writes Joseph McHugh of Superior, Wis., “is more courtesy, more comfort, more ventilation, and more space between the rows. The chairs should be revolving, so that you could turn your back on a bad actor, and each of them should be provided with a detective novel, a reading lamp and a deck of cards for solitaire.” Now that ticket speculation has be- come one of those old, unhappy, far-off things, and Equity is befriending the audience, the predicted end of the stage | may be postponed. At any rate, pro- ducers, all astir with hope, follow its gleaming taper's light and are as busy with their plans as a drama ecritic hunting synonyms for aduitery. The foreign theater, from Oslo to the Orient, is bei ransacked for material, and they teil me that any American with a play and a banker wilk be able to get £ CAROL CING- SWEETIES Ea,lclc_; which they are forced to write, it is| (4 On the New York Stage Hammond. his work produced next season. ‘The 65 theaters now vacant in New York will soon be humming with plots or ballets and we shall have 80 shows ine stead of the present meager 15. Smart exotics by the Theater Guild, hooey court house scenes by Al Woods, reverent revivals of the classics by George Tyler, exclusive importations from Europe by Gilbert Miller, morose comedies by Jed Harris, women and song shows by Ziegfeld, congenial fables by John Golden, mellow reminiscences by George Cohan—all and many others will be up and doing by Labor day or thereabouts, eager to take advantage of new and improved conditions. * ok k¥ 'HE crisis in ticket speculation has provoked much argument. None of it, however, has contained a word from sidewalk brokerage, an important though humble element in the drama't barter and change. The curb salesman, as you may know, is the fellow just oute side the play house gates who suceors you when you have been turned-away from the box office, hungering for & show. As you wring your hands in | starvation and despair it is he who helps you out and lets you in on paye | ment of a suitable premium. Newman, Kay and McBride may be more impos- | ing marketeers, but the man on the | curb is the man of last resort. * ok ox ok "SAD Mr. Carroll, producer of the gay “Vanities,” is again severely cud- geled by the authorities for disobeying some of Broadway’s more vigorous com= | mandments. He is ambitious to free the theater from its hidebound restrice tions and to make it a pagan picnic ground for Nature in moments of re- laxation. As a D. H. Lawrence or & Frank Harris of the stage, he has be- come a victim of his own enthusiasm. Now the nicer people speak of him in whispers and go in multitudes to his show, only that they may be able to dee | nounce it with a clear consclence. Mr. Carroll, perhaps, is a glutton for perse- prefer his present status spectability of his brethren Ziegteld, Mr. White and Shubert. Perhaps some day known as the emancipator, minds me that I erred in saying Mr. (i:;rroll introduced Abraham protest against prohibition. He writes me the following dignified note of cor- rection: “Dear Sir: There is no attempt to present Abraham Lincoln in the finale in the first act of the new ‘Vanities! “Jack Benny's speech in this scene i§ as follows: ‘Gentlem=n, I have just re- turned from Gettysburg, and Lincol sald,’ ete. Sincerely yours, ‘EARL CARROLI®