Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1930, Page 58

AMUSIE M Flashes From the Screen News and Commaent of the Photoplay By C. E. Nelson. ‘Erplemre um under the aus- !eu c! the Mar-vel Ilnuhcturlng & c’mlfi% m Co. of Squeedunk, Pa,, rer—qulmy tinfoll * nuts and oy "y 0w Sanos soes the day right, -nd xumm can you end iy muts and. polts and & day, Then con- wice & year, trial, and its future is 8 problem of large dimensions. There is no getung away from the fact that hardships have been in- upon musicians by the in- troduction of sound pictures, but these skilled men may find them- selves again in demand at a later | date. LR Reports from all over the countrs pive the information that ”Checz and Double Check,” the Amos 'n’ Andy picture, is breaking son's records. With the popuurxly DI the two stars established by the serial, , their record-breaking »mw was not doubted, unrdun a} tM m of mx‘fluy 2 B, b mv M a story at o later date, enyway. DR Short Flashes. HOLLYWOOD writers Maurice Chevalier a “second Al = | Jolson” when he arrived in this oduction are to be of this ;};f’tilgxla.:'x cmal(e the name of the car is to be prounnemly displayed in * |"{‘ Jha m:nutltccunsrl ‘gz tomobile pays & o1 e production Sost.of the pic- icture work. e ta are to ene and be starred in pictures concerned with the life of the World War opg, Matl Hari. ack Mulhall has been given a part in the new Douglas Fair- banks picture, “Reaching for the Moon.” Bebe Daniels has the leading feminine role. Victor McLaglen and Fay me ‘; are starred in “The Land Rush,” a | Which is being made by the Fox the “'%: tings. e never rast Mile,” "'mzfif' of the advertiser. ttto portrait mot 'lut.hlrwtg ulrln or. mueo colo! motion ure is & problem for the future. M * % ¥ ¥ nfiaumncedtmmmvm oducer Howerd L‘M.whoammotmml- will, the future z“lul' A e, o’ d with ve M. Schenck, ”H“ “w known as Coddo Productions. hes been EEE&-"EEEE etk - x e 'l'll future of music seems to be closely related to the motion icture, Mary Garden says she nonvlnced that motion picture 'a has spelled the doom for w and opera. On the other fi grand opera to enter on l new m of prosperity as the urel cducnu new ludl- o! Chl llod mull ‘% pro- is i -+ i3 bullding u) u great new vhleg w& demand more and more music of that lofi‘l Are the nlmd pletures dmroyln: fine performances by musicians? These are a few of the music Will Rogers has ed & new é'oo-yur mumm ’!t. !'ox yers in ihe soreen, p star mu. “Poor John.” leading role for edian. Lee Tracy probably will star in | gal ;he screen version of “The Front age.” Preview critics are praising the work of Edward Woods in the new s | picture, “Mother’s Ory.” was & sensation in the play, “‘rho “The muma"aulbmd" which is tniu ted by Lowell Sher- has quite a distinguished of mm. Sherman huy; w&n him melvia Hugh Trevor, Nance O'N Emery, Alan Roscoe, thony lulhd! Robert Warwick and Car- 'hlmllh Bankhead, well known pictute, T3k hero, and Peer, Helen Ware, Edmund Breese and George Duryea are in the cast. ‘The Metropolitan, another Friday starter, counters with another surprise in the form of a First National-Vita- version of the mystery thruxer Qorilla,” with Lila Lee as unnbuutyo{mpucemd.!u Prisco and Harry Gribbon as the gum- shoe detectives. There is silence as to the yole of the gorilla himself, 3 :-'< 282 gid g | Georgette Ross Howard Current Topics Second Season Carlton Hotel, Tues. Mornings 11 to 12 WASHINGTON AUDITORIUM LARGEST MUSICAL ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD Pt THE SUNDAY Florence Reed is now rehsarsing the leading role of & new Shubert play, “Purity,” Richard Bird, who recently | appeared in “Journey’s End,” will play | opposite Miss Reed. New plays opening on Broadway in- 'As a comedy produced by & Erlanger; ‘“Room of Lefim Lane, well known to Washing- has p-rt ln “Cradle Call,” whlch the Selwyn Theater, Chicago, ber 17. Muriel of John D. luememr. the Palm Beach Playhouse, uhe wmh to mduu dramas comedies at the '-hls Winter. inent ms at ovem- Maud Adams’ to the P T R, indefinitely This, ¢ New York s to see & rivival of “The Affairs of Anatol.” Joseph Schildkrsut ‘Tilden, tennis star, is back on the vaudeville stage. little Dll}’. with five in the cast, called “Love Raises the Deuce.” " 15 Nightingale Melodies. WHI'.N Walter Nilsson was 12 years S 1t 1s said, he determined to ‘make the world sit up and take notice.” ‘There were 80 many things Walter to do: Become the greatest time? Practice and en- il EE §§§ i G g P 55is & » prln“ 'Ixmt:r \ndn:]x;:erv‘ er grmnastic events, an 0 8 -jack cyclist. lml Plluo ‘Theater Walter is tage show “Nightin- elnd.iel ks aolnz stunts galore. >88 h ?E of um most nearly approaches that less mlm that is tornver far places for the glamor and the splendot thlt lite ml(ht be. He has taken a handful of people on [ ucport water front in the south of France he knows so well—Marius, the gallant, the high-hearted; his father, who is the shrewdness, the wisdomw, the | practicalit, of this world, and Fanny, ;vho. like women since the world began, has been heaped with honors and hailed as one of the important younger Prench dramatists. RADIO STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 9, BEAUTY OF “THE SKETCH BOOK” DOROTHY course of & post mortem on th- late international yacht races London newspaper ~remarked manship rais an 8 the lg'hlmrock relied exclusively on old- in the European press trw: does). Hollywood’s position of rship in the cellulold world is invariably attributed to the superiority of “Yankee gadgets,” the sound record- :t" I‘lm"m being the greatest gadget al There is plenty of truth in this. For the development of the purely me- Siotiywond s, become oné of the major me ane o major miracles of history. If only some of the other departments had kept pace with this development! But there is no point in lndllllml in depressing and fruitless Some time ago, wlnn the screen was silent, a distinguished author returned from his first trip to Hollywood and announced the discovery that cameramen there were far, far ahead of the directors, actors, scenario writ- ers and executives in efficiency, intelli- gence and general desirability. He didn’t have to go to Hollywood to this discovery. Hn could have attained it by visi movie theater and looking at r-um of Hollywood’s Now the cameraman co-operates with another kind of techniclan—the sound fi. preparation of stories—but agsin I'm Mfi off into Utopis. ‘There has much talk lately of the dreadful mechanical robot that is art in our modern civilization. Our esthetic sensibilities, we are told, are nn.hhu heels of the s cogw! of far as Hollywood is concern it is the robot, the spirit of v.m gm t goa. perfection toward which all art lmvu. How often do we see pictures in which the technical qualities—the phowlr? phy, sound reproduction, mechanical ef fects—are inferior to the flesh, the blood and the gray matter? Almost never. For an excellent example of just what I mean, have a look at “Hell's Angel There is one thing seriously lacking in the robot, and that is pride. He ‘should be equipped with it at once, so that he will be able to stand on it and refuse to reproduce the drivel that is llllad to hdml by the creative minds of ollywood. Questions of the Hour National and International Fairs Miss aurn W. McQuown THE WASHINGTON CLUB Assembly Room Entrance 10j0 I7th St. iln:rl'fi'“ PICTURTE Fevturing Year's Mighticst Cast EVELYNBRENT LOUIS WOLHEIM JOEL McCREA JEAN ARTHUR — RAYMOND HATTON GAVIN GORDON — BLANCHE SWEET IMMORTAL ALASKAN EPIC FROM GENIUS INSPI=£L2 Ptg or AMERICA’S MIGHTIEST CREATOR OF ROMANCE .. . THE STORY OF A WOMAN AMONG MEN IN LAND OF UNTAMED MIGHT... UNBRIDLED DESIRE One of the principal pllym of Earl Carroll's "llmh Book,” coming to the National Theater November 1 erican | heard. It tells of the horrors endured make prevtolu nifties. i “THI CAT CREEPS,” the Universal 1930—PART FOUR. For Good Drama AU‘I!OI COLBOURNE, who 1s mmmnmm suthor to those who follow the news of the drama in England and America, will the week of November 17 in deliver a number of ad- dresses before clubs and schools in the m«-uonm Guild. cular topic will be George Shaw, with whom he is inti- pple sented by a guild company in t.hu cny. Mr. Oolbourne has come over from England especially to deliver these lec- tures for the Theater Quild. At the conclusion of his brief tour he will re- sume his regular work as an actor at the head of his own company in Eng- land and Canada. He is an honor graduate of Oxford, where, besides de- voting himself to the study ft econom- S B A C}ump Comedy Now. THE next talking Chimp comedy, scheduled in the series of 12 by 'nnmy Inc.,, will be “Ten Nights in a Room,” a burlesque of the famous chn Sig Neufeld will wield the CARROLL, megap b the robot had pride, he would have ll!’fl!hlb'udflvgu “I will cheer- fully record the a Angels,’ these scei my best efforts. But not for four mil- lion dollars will I take down one word of that execrable dialogue.” * k% ETRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER has just completed another epic, called “War Nurse,” of which great things are by those gallant young women whose duty it was to salvage the human wreckage that was carried back from | the front line. Iv evidently does not mince matters, for it has already pro-| voked protests' from members of the | California Nurses’ Association, who con- sider that it reflects on the morality (though certainly not the courage) of their profession. * * ¥ % ON‘I of Variety’s reporters .Mndld‘ & performance of the Marx Broth- ers comedy, “Animal Crackers,” and counted the laughs. There were 388 of them out of & total of 410 attempted gags—which gives the Marx boys s MAURICE COLBOURNE, English actor, author and lecturer, who will deliver a number of lectures on the theater guild in Washington dur- the week of November 17. 80 | patting average of 946 (nearly three ' times bigger Moreover, of the 22 nn 12 did so because in the laughter than Babe Ruth's). | that missed ‘were smoth- followed | | average,” m short of four mmu ‘minute. | gest stretch in the pwhlrl without | a laugh or an attempt at one was s | nqluum involvipg two musical numbers | and a love scene and lasting about 15 minutes.” ‘Which leads me to ask again: why\ m leave out the two musical numbers | [ om & ¥ ses. JERRI McCAULEY Burlesk's Greatest Entertainer PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY " THREE mmoox covscznl Constitati Dec. 10, Jam 3% March 10, 4:30 Arture Tescantnt Bormurdin Cond Season tickets, 89, §1. Now selling, 1330'6 st., Homer L K1tvs MAXIM KAROLIK NOR Pormerty of the. mmrml Drama of Petrogr NATIONAL TUES., NOV. 18 4:30 EHEATIN Tickets, $2.50. 50, §1. T. Arthur Smith, 1330 Homer L. Kitt's Why “The Cat Creeps." mystery drama at the Rialto Thea- 1s the screen adaptation of the fam- o “tage thriller, “The Cat and the Can. " Its action takes place during a night of terror in a great mansion which had not been occupled for 20 years, and where a party of men and women had gathered for the reading of a will. A chain of terrifying events culminates in | the mysterious murder of one of the party, and the entire household is re- duced to a state of fearful dread. Secret panels in the walls play an important part in & number of strange events. * GOOD NEWS I WHAT'S ALL T SHOOTIN LLFOrl‘l‘?' EORGE M.COHAN as'The Vagabond'in the Celebrated Sative NEXT WEEK MAIL ORDERS NOW—SEATS THURSDAY A NEW REVUE DIRECT FROM A SOLID YEAR IN NEW YORK Zey N NEW YORK | March in.the dramatization "AMUSEMENTS. Coming Attractions Shubert Lady"” | with laugh surprises and a well ATHARINE CORNELL, in her “"‘\I of songs and dances as recent hit, “Dishonored Lady,” | ® ProFam of decidedly unique has been booked for next week,| PROFESSIONAL ~“AYERS—Nov. 34 Monday night, at the | THE Professional Players have an~ e e e nltea o other treat in store for Washington see Miss Comell's | {hestergoers in & new play by Lulgl Pirandello, “As You Desire Me,” which will be presented at the Shubert-Be- 1asco Theater the week of November 24. This latest dramatic work from the pen of the hmuu Italian novelist and its premiere in 4 balanced of big success of last season at the Em- pire Theatre in New York City, “Dishonored Lady” 1is founded on a famous mur- der case knownas the trial of Made- line Smith, which to rocked Glasgow, and in fact all Enghnd 13 _years ago. Miss Cornell portrays the v Ber has made a special trip wtgfls try made a coun! ly eunauct me reh o hlve ‘met with in Kstharine Cornell. Arlen’s “The Green Hat' in Somerset Maugham': the Countess Ellen ounm m wu: ‘Wharton's “The Age of Innocence Gilbert Miller lnl! Guthrie Hmfifl» her managers, have retained the mem- bers of the Nnvorkunwcuwart ber The Stmlmnns Qurtet “EARL’ CARROLL SKETCH BOOK.” ey Sovemmber 16, 5t S118 B Tfl revue form of entertainment, the most costly and difficult to produce, is one of the most popular for uwu ‘who seek relaxation in the theater, For Admission, 78¢ many years Earl Carroll has produced Reserved Seats, $1.00 revues. hile the eighth editon of [, o ATHIITS R A A, Au Willard or Door Season Tickets, $3.00 _Information_at_Nad ‘Vanities” is now alluring New “York, SEAT SALE OPENS Ww the first edmnn of rl Carroll Sketch Book,” a new one, will come to the National next Sunday night. “Earl Carroll Sketch Book” opened at the Earl Carroll Theater in New York July 1, 1929, and continued there for one full year. Now on tour “Sketch Book” is presented with the original ‘The wn AFT.. m 2, cx- B ianss 300 G shs Dot SO0 Omar, ty, Don Kennelly, ‘ and Irene S ansill o, vl ec y wm: & view to securing the most beau- tiful girls in (.be world. It is the inten- tion of Mr, Carroll to produce a new edition of “Sketch Book” each season and to tour it after the New York run. This edition was auf by Cantor, as far as the comedy scenes are concerned. The remainder of the 53 scenes comprise ensemble and specialty Speciacios and lavish costurme AuBiays: 8] an 'lmt:hlolue was staged by Edgar Mac- Gregor and the dance ensembles by Le Roy Pring. The lyrics and music are by E. Y. Harburg and Jay Gorney, and the orchestral score by Domenico Savino. “SPEED AND SPARKLE."” PEED AND SPARKLE,” a new M. B. A. Burlesque and Vaudeville of- fering, will come to the Gayety Theater next week. It is described as a show in perfect harmony with the present day, She was by those she HATED She was FEARED by those she DESIRED WARNER BAXTER MYRNA LOY * NOAH BEERY GEO. COOPER = C.HENRY GORDON AND A GORGEOUS STAGE SHOW: FAICUI & MARCO'S City Servicezea ND O'MALLEY SHAPINO AND O-MALLEE ""‘" ‘."'""'...u"‘..?:' Hhansi TOMORROW s nu-. SHUBERT Matinees At 3:30 Ther, BeLascO . ::x. ..Ioo MGMT. LEE AND J. J. SHUBERT B GILBERT MILLER PRESENTS The Paris Success MARSEILLES By MARCEL PAGNOL (Author of “TOPAZE") Adapted by Sidney Howard Stased by o i THE CAST DUDLEY DIGGES ALISON SKIPWORTH HERBERT DRUCE ALEXANDER KIRKLAND A. P. KAYE » FRANCES TORCHIANA WEEg,K EEGINNING MONDAY, NOV. 17 1L T MILLER. EORRLL ARINE IN HER EMPIRE THEATRE, NEW YORK SUCCESS Dishonored Lady BY MARGARET AYER BARNES AND EDWARD SHELDON STAGED BY GUTHRIE MSCLINTIC 1gbts—Orch., $3.00; lu n.u, o) lu.j.lnl. $1.50, 81; Gal, Boa MAIL ORDERS NOW—Seats Wednesda THE PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS have the honor to announce under thelr auspices, the forthcoming appearance of new and stirring drama “AS YOU DESIRE ME,” with JUDITH ANDERSON and a note worthy cast. The play is a searching study of a brave woman’'s heart by the brilliant author of “Six Characters In Search of an Author,” and has been adapted and v DO less an authority than WEEK OF MONDAY NOV. 24TH Filing Is Desirable