Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1930, Page 45

@ 0 The 4 P, Orest Brtain Riehs Ressfied | “® YOUR MOTHER HOME, DEAR?" ] FATHER—"'DON'T ASK HER. SHE'S A STRANGER HERE HERSELF.” MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE MERRICK. HOLLYWOOD, Calif, September 12| When Lina Basquette and Peverell (N.AAN.A).—The most interesting de- :;r;:l:-y ‘wl{ih it all wl: judx: 1t t:i“ 1 n the personal property settle- velopment of the talking picture is the| poneinas the Basquette e Sthion: linking of stage and screen. | sine, a_phaeton and a coupe, and that ‘When R-K-O announced its plan of two]doge‘r (A i the “establishment producing plays at a local theater—plays WOU left for Peverell Marley. which would feature their own stars, | gnd seimer Soe e Hetivwaod A and which, if successful, would have a | five-car establishment is a mere noth- season on Broadway—they made the|ing. Lina Basquette and Peverell Mar- second radical move toward cementing | ley were not considered any examples the two heretofore rival arts. of gay living. They were a modest ‘The first move was made by the| couple in a gilded town. Seiwyns, who have been busily ferreting| SO let your imagination have full fling about among Hollywood players for ma- | and then you may get some hazy no- rial to save the waning interest of tion of, say, how the Edmund Lowes roadway in the legitimate. live, or how Gloria Swanson ran her In scanning the past season it is a|menage in the days before she became motion picture artist, Lillian Gish, who | conservative for financial reasons. G _STAR, WASHINGTON Muf’ g 4 BUC Fisuss ALOYSILUS P. MEGEINIS, I THOUGHT You WERE THROUGH WITH MORTIMER MUSHBY P+ TURN HIN DOWN | SOLD, LITTLE WormN: | Fragrant smells And summer’s drowsy D. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER- 12, 1930 MAYBE THEy FOUND ouT |l FOR TH Love HE BRIBED TH' Jupees (o' PeTe! Wwar TH' BEAUTY CONTEST, anp [[HAS HaPPenep, ARE @OING TO THROW HIM IN THE HooSesow ! HE WAS NEARLY CRAZy OH AL, SOMETI TERRIBLE HAS A\ WANDS ON VDECK = LERNE GO THE MBwwa SHEET Nou W —'=N225reR LUBBERS ! #IONT [MUTT, WHAT'S THAT? THAT AIN'T NO ROLLER T DIDN'T kKaow SKATE . RoLLER SKATES Come 10 PAIRS! A New ARCH ROLLER SwkATER! SUPPORTER T WHAT 13 (T THEN? STERDN - ou'LL BE ALL R\GWT- EASY, NOW - ENER THINGS GOW' 1O |t O. X. \Will. RegU.S Pat O ; Coprright, 1938 by The Chucage T IT CANT INTERFERE WITH TRAEFIC BECAUSE 1T NEVER REACHES ANY. YOU CAN RUN UNDER STREET CARE WITHOUT DUCKING YOUR HEAD! wHen YOU AIN'T USING 1T You HANG 1T on YOUR WATCH CHAINY You CAN PARK T IN YOUR UVESTIBULE .| I1T'S GoT A WHEEL BASE LIxE A ROACH! Wt "'lm‘:{’.‘ in “Uncle Vanya” would seem to have come off with the highest laurels of the legitimate yegr. Broadway is out with enticements in | & financial way calculated to rival the| Basil Rath- | bone returns to the stage under a con-| offers Hollywood can make. tract which would amaze ,the theater of yesterday. to lure genuine artists back unless it makes it worth their while? And such stars of cinema as will essay Broadway appearances during the year | to come will be given every opportunity | of making good. I might further add that when the star of motion picture Jeaves the gelatin colony to return to involved the inviting of 80 persons to the swanklest club hereabouts for a dinner. guests came in best bib and tucker. - The host managed to convey to them in LET ME CET OUT'OF THIS FEATHER NEST — & most suave and delicate fashion his sentiments regarding their kindness and generosity at the time he and his bride of three months had announced their engagement and also on the occasion of their marriage. But how is the theater| | said, “we felt we wanted to give you all | one ‘great party before we split up.” A nonchalant gesture made recently It promised to be a good party, so the 1 Tew You TM N MY LEG WAS THE BUNK-~— 1 NEVER WAS IN THE PLANE = “Since we are to be divorced,” he The guests took it manfully, and the 6T HORT! THAT STORY ABOUT FALLING IN L PLANE AN’ BREAKING MAYBE NOTS T BE CALM, HEART — WINDY BOY \F_THE DOCTOR SAVS YOU'RE WAS JUST BADLY SPRAINED AND HAS NowW HERALED! LETs UsTen To HIS weLL, WELL, \T's BEATING FRASTER THAN A TRAP DRUMMER HE WERE ONE HUNDRED IS A NURSE ! MY MYL WHRT BLOOD PRESSURE! T WoULD BE JUST NORMAL % TWELVE YEARS OLDY ----= WHAT THIS BOY NEEDS the legitimate it is with the most fool- | proof sort of arrangement regarding the | play and-its future in talking picture annals, | One can say this much about it: Iff @ star of motion pictures, returning to| the stage, makes good in a play in a| great big way, he will be amply re-d warded for that piece of work lhouldl' the play be bought by Hollywood moguls with their superabundant wealth. If they don't do this on Broadway for en who can act, what are they going do for s Broadway season? It isn't (generosity; it's just common sense. thought of the impending divorce dis- turbed nobody’s equilibrium. In fact, all equilibrial disturbances could have been directly traced to something quite different, which is as it should be at all good parties. They'll probably meet at other parties during the coming years, these gz two, and dance together and laugh together. |But they spent most of the three months past throwing ash trays at each other }and otherwise complicating the peace- | ful tenor of existence. K(Cofl’rllhl. 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) ACROSS. . Chief star in Scorplo. . Cleatrix. . Fleet of armed ships, . Combining form signifying great. . Greek letter. KEN KLING The Prescription Sounded 10 s . Indian weight. . Course traveled. . New Zealand parrot. . Month of the Jewish calendar. . Change. . Baking chamber, . Companion, . Pelicitate, . Stitches. . On the sheltered side. DOWN., . Sweet compound. . Ten million rupees. 3. Girl's name, . Recover. . Meter. . Bird of prey. 7. Hoary. 8.Conjunction. 9. Cleaning. . Favorable opportunity. . Spoken . Take out. . Belgian river. . Yellowish brown. . June bug. . Persian gold coln. . Moist. . Clownish person. . On the ocean. . For fear that. . Internal decay in fruit. 2. American wildcat. 3. Allowance for waste. 35. Military student. Moves to action Students of English college. 3. Offers, . Astern. . Narow inlet. . Daughter of Mahomet. . Conjunction. . Carthaginian general. . Wager. . Happened again. 36, Web-footed bird, A constellation, Ohinese plant. Negative votes: . Build. . Authoritative statements. Rodent. 7. Ragged. Lay road. Tndian measire of distancs, Good at + First! HOWARD AL RIGHT You CAN GET uP! qR. ABERDEEN, DO You “TwiN I'lL EVER nAVE CHANCE T0 WIN THE WOMENS CHAMPIONSIIP FREEMAN Encourage- Had by All WE GIVE ZEB BO66S LAST NIGHT. L NEVER SEEN ZEB SO TICKLED MY MOMS GiviN® 4 ME LESSONS IN MANNERS! NOW WHERE 1T5 POLITE TO SAY @ THANK YOUL" WHEN SOMEBODY GIVES YOU SUMPN'! NUH SHOULD ORTA HAVE BEEN OVER TO TH SURPRISE PARTY IN ALL MY LIFE - WE BUSTED EVERY WINDE! IN TH' HOUSE LESSON 1S GONNA BE ON WHAT'S YESSIRL ZEB SAID HE NEVER KNOWED HE HAD SECH GOOD FRIENDS.-THET WAS WELL, IF You DRAW ENOUGH BYES AND THERE ARE ENOUGH DEFAULTS Your- CRANCES WILL BE& NERY GO0O GOOONESS ! THAT’S VERY ENCOURAGING ANOTHER LESSON CHANCE To WIN “TH! IF YOU SPEAK WITH YOUR i NOBODY 1IN YOR LIFE COT LP LIKE MULEY BATES DONE., L LAUGHED TILL 1L NEARLY NG HAPPENED — My WHOLE LIFE 1S RUINED RUINED!Y il MARRIED A SoDA waren CLERK —| SHE ' LePT ME FAT ALY WHOOPS IT LP ONE MINUTE AND OUT COLD TH' NEXT- HE'S GETTWY WHRT Cawn \ vo? YOU FEED IT GASOLINE WITH AN EYE-DROPPER. YOU USE BABY'S TEETHING RINGS FOR TIRES. THE ONLY TROUBLE (S THAT ‘You ARE LIABLE TO BE RUN OVER. BY A HIT-AND-RUN PEDESTRIAN A MALE NURSE ---- A HUSKY ONE WHO CAN HOLD HIM DOWN ! PATIENTS IN HiS_CoNDITION OFTEN TRY To GET OUT OF BED! AND OH, WELLINGTON, THe, PRO GAVE ME AND HE SAYS I'M DOING SPLENDIDLY AND IF I DRAW ENOUGH BYES AND ThERE ARE ENOUGH DEFAULTS V'Ll HAVE AN EXéEELEENT E WOMEN'S CHAMPION~ SWP- MK gF T ! AN’ 1 TAKE A BIG BITE AN’ THEN I SAY THANK YOU AM I RUDE OR AM t POLITE 2 say! By T’ WAY , WAS 1 == AR, Ao