Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1930, Page 59

AMU Photoplay Attractions||[PHOTOPLAYS AT WASHINGTON THEATERS THIS WEEK ||| Wash " described as one of the greatest of mys- tery stories, adapted by Uni- versal for the talking screen from John Willard's famous play; “The Cat and the Canary,” is the attraction at the Rialto Theater Sepe Q) " » B o 3 abounds with mys- tery and suspense. Its entire action deals with the hair-raising events of a “single night in a great mansion which ~has not been occupied for 20 years. _Here a group of relatives gather at < midnight to listen to the reading of a .will, and thus begins a story which brings to the audience a swift succes- sion both of laughs and thrills. Breath- “Jess terror grips the characters, and the unexplainable death of one of them adds horror to & mystery which is finally «brought to a surprising solution just be- fore daylight. The Universal News Reel, sclected shorts and comedies, and Otto F. Beck at the organ round out the new pro- - i, R-K-O KEITH'S—Rex Beach’s “The “Silver Horde.” struggle of life is given a vivid picturization in “The Silver Horde,” Radio Pictures’ outdoor romance of the North, the current feature at R-K-O Keith’s, Thousands who have read and enjoyed the romantic novel by Rex Beach are promised even new thrills, drama and action in the talking screen version. From the opening scenes, where Joel McCrea and Raymond Hatton fight their way through the frozen North, to the final sequences, where Evelyn Brent and Jean Arthur fight for the love of their man, the story is replete with pathos, romance and drama, It also has its| comedy, too. The story moves from the | frozen wastelands, to fishing villages, into an American metropolis and back . Three terrific fights are staged telling effect. Evelyn Brent, Louis Wolheim, Joel McCrea, Raymond Hatton, Jean Arthur, che Sweet and Gavin Gordon will seen in the leading roles. Supplementary short roles also are shown. Helen Twelvetrees. FOX—“Renegades.” 'OUR comrades—a French officer flee- &' “ing from the specters of the past, B burly German, an aristocratic Russian ‘aud a hard-boiled American, none of em a credit to his country—all hiding the bitter memories that drove them into the last refuge, the French Foreign Le- glon, are the “renegades” of the picture now at the Fox, which covers the ad- ventures of this unusual quartet and their joint battle with the treacherous woman spy who betrayed their leader. ‘Warner Baxter is the star, and Noah Beery, Gregory Gaye and George Cooper and his companions. Myrna Loy is the woman in the case and C. Henry Gor- don the legion commander. It was di- rected by c‘{:cu'{r Fleming, who made “Common . ‘The Fanchon & Marco “City Service” idea is the stage feature, Shapiro t comedians and' O'Malley, knockabor Sam Hearn, “that tical - fellow Laddie La Monte, “syncopated fireman” Seb Meza, talented dancer; De Quinc and_Stanley, Frank Sterlin and the Sunkist Ensemble, tap artists. ‘The Fox Music Masters are present- ing an attractive overture, featuring Senorita Maria Ester Pacheco, niece of | Senor Juan B. Chevalier, secretary of | the Legacion de Panama, a beautiful and attractive songster, who will be heard in gnogs of her native Panama. Ron and , featured organists, are offering an Armistice day organlogue, SEMENTS. and the Fox Movietone News rounds out the program. EARLE—"Love in the Rough.” **] OVE IN THE ROUGH,” a comedy of love on the fairway, together lights of the screen and stage at War- ner Bros.’ Earle Theater this week. Robert Montgomery, Dorothy Jordan, Benny Rubin and Dorothy McNulty have leading roles in “Love in the Rough,” the romance of a young ship- ping clerk whose ability on the fairway is not limited just to golf. What this oung man does with his spare time and W he manages to win for himself a the story. Rubin, friend, is sald to have one of the fun- niest roles of his career. “Love in the Rough,” adapted from ' Vincent Law- | rence's comedy, “Spring Cleaning,” was| directed by Charles F. Reisner. Tom Patricola, known as “The Danc- ing Fool,” heads the stage proceedings. For six seasons he has been the leading | dancing and comedy star in George| White'’s “Scandals.” Assisted by the Pear] Twins, he gives his usual singing, dancing and comedy performance. The Brox Sisters, harmony trio, also will appear. This trio has been much in demand since its exceptional work in “Brodway Melody.” Willie, West and McGinty, comedy builders and wreck- ers; Carlton Emmy and his Merry Wags and other attractions round out the entertainment. PALACE—*“The Virtuous Sin.” WALTER HOUSTON and Kay Fran- cis head the cast of “The Virtuous Sin,” now at Loew’s Palace Theater. Kenneth MacKenna, Jobyna Howland| and Paul Cavanagh have the chief sup-| porting roles in this drama, by Lajos Zilahy, which was wildly acclaimed dur- ing its run at the National Theater in Budapest. The story has the Russian frontier during the World War as its back- ground, and concerns the doings of a woman who sacrificed Lersclf in order to relieve her husband of military servitude. On the stage Roy Cummings, guest master of ceremonies, appears in & presentation titled “Nightingale Melo- dies.” Several well known headline veudeville acts appear on the stage pro- gram with Cummings. METROPOLITAN—"Life of the Party.” INNIE LIGHTNER, whose latest comedy, “The Life of the Party,” met with such highly amusing re- sronses at the Earle Theater several weeks ago, will be seen with her latest Warner Bros.’ and Vitaphone picture at ‘Warners' Metropolitan this week. “The Life of the Party,” done entirely in technicolor, is the successor to “Gold Diggers of Broadway,” which sky- rocketed Winnie to stardom. In it Win- nie again appears as a wild and wooly gold digger, the manager of Irene Del- roy, whom she coerces into becoming & widow in order to land millionaires. ‘The way these giris get the apparel out of a modiste is said to be one of the; funniest parts of the picture. Charles Judels and Jack Whiting are in the cast. | Ripley's Vitaphone Variety, “Believe It or Not”; the Vitaphone comedy, “Mr. Intruder,” and the Graham McNamee ‘Talking Reporter Newsreel complete the entertainment. COLUMBIA—"“Whoopee.” b HOOPEE,” starring Eddie Cantor, has been held over for a second week at Loew’s Columbia. The produc- tion, boasting of its original stage cast, that made it one of the most successful of legitimate attractions, was produced by Florenz Ziegfeld for Samuel Gold- wyn. It is entirely in technicolor, and with the exception of a few changes in dialogue and new songs remains the same as it appeared on the stage. Supporting Cantor are Eleanor Hunt, Ethel Shutta, Paul Gregory and John Rutherford in the more important roles. ‘This comedy success was based on the | play “The Nervous Wreck,” by Owen Davis. LITTLE—“Unguarded Girls.” 'HE Tittle Theater, on Ninth street at G, announces the continuance. through the current week of the picture “Unguarded Girls,” which was shown the past week to men only and the week | previous to women only. “The-B_ig Trail.” “FO‘R seven years,” writes Mrs. Har- | riet Hawley Locher, “it was my vilege to bring to the attention of e discriminating public and vicinity outstanding motion pictures and their | educationa! values. I have been asked | by Hardie Meakin, manager of the Fox ‘Theater. to assist in introducing to the public whom I served the most remark- sble picture of the age—'The Big Trail’ It gives me great pleasure to accept this assignment. a memorial to the pioneer and a monu- ment to the civilization of the age.’ At 97 years of age, as president of the Oregon Trail Memorial Association, he prepared a bill to this effect, which was of the State of Washington. I quote from one of Ezra Meeker’s books: “*The Oregon Trail is without parallel of picturesque _sceneries; tragedies and legends of heroism will some day lend @ theme for an imper- ishable epic to go down into history for with Tom Patricola, will be the leading | young heiress is only a small part of | as Montgomery's { sponsored by Senator Wesley L. Jones its its NOVEMBER o Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Robert Montgomery n “Love in the Rough." Vitaphone variety. Ambassador ! 15th & Columbia B obert Motiteomery Robert Monteomery in “Love in the Rough.” ‘“Love in the Roush. Vitaphone variet; Vitaphone_variet Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in “Half Shot at Sun- ris Vita. _Comedy. Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in “Half Shot at Sun- rise.” Vita. Comedy. Hele Joan Benneit i Vitashane v “Marbe 1ty Love:” ‘Cartoo Serinl. Serial Apollo B St N Bessie Love 8 n “Good News.” Elsle Ferguson in “Secarlet Pages.” Bessie Tove in “Good News.” Elsie Ferguson in “‘Scarlet Pages.” Comedy. Vitaphone i Joan Bennett in ‘“Maybe It' Vitaphone Joan Bennett “Africa Speaks.” ‘ome: “Indians A N ly. re’ Com- ing." No. 4. Dark. Ashton Clarendon, Va. Nancy Oarroll in *“The Devil's Holi- 8y Short_subjects. James Gleason in “The Swellhead.” Short_subjects. Milton Sills 0 “Loye and the Devil.” ‘Short_subjects. Antonio Moreno n “Romance of the Rio_Grande.” “The Playgroun Short. subjects. George Arliss n “0ld English.” C: . Ave. artoon. Georee Arliss n English."” Elsie Ferguson in “Scarlet Pages.” ‘omedy. Vitaphone variety. Bessie Love in “Good News." Cartoon. Marian Nixon and Guinn Williams in “College Lovers. my Vita. al Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in “Half Shot at Sun- rise.” Vita. variety. és;e.i(irn.ld 'a. Ave. B.E. Dark. Cameo Mt._Rainfer, M4 Carolina (1th & N.C. | Moran and Mack fn sp Anvbody’s War dette Colbert in Claudette Colbert in “Mansla ighter. Comedy ews. cl ‘Manslaughter.” Comady. Moran and Mack in i aces £ Constance Bennett in nybody's War.” “Three P ast. Gilbert Roland in “Men of the North." Central 425 9th St. N.W. Gilbert Roland in ‘Men of the North.” n ‘omedy. “Little Accident.” Vitaphone variety. Vitaphone variety. John McCormack in *Song o' My Heart. Circle 2105 Pa. Ave. N.W. Gary Cooper, Kay Johnson and Beity Compson {n ““The_Spoilers.” John McCormack in, “Song o' My Heart.” Milton Sills George Arliss in n “Old English.” “The Sea Wolf.” Vitaphone variety. Buddy Pogers in “Heads ' Comedy. Cartoon. artoon. Vitaphone variety. Bert Lytell n “Brothers." Comea: Marian Nixon and Guinn Williams in “College Lovers." 2 _______ Comedy. Serial Buster Keaton in Ginger Rogers and “Doughboys.” Gomedy. Gartoon Ruth Chatterton and Ruth Chatterton and Clive Brook Clive Brook n n “Anybody’s Woman.” _*‘Anyhody’s Woman.”_ ~Dous. Fairbanks, Jr, Doug. Fairbanks, Jr., n “Little Accident.” Vitaphone variety. Gary Cooper, Kay Johnson and Beity Compson in ““The_Spoilers."” omedy. Vitaphone variety. Clara Bow in “Love Among the _ Millionaires.” John Brrrymou' n “Moby Dick." Colony Ga. Ave. & Farragut John Barrymore i in “Moby Dick." Vitaphone variety. Bessie Love in “Good News. Vitaphs lety. Bessle Love George _Arliss n “Good Ne n “Old,_English.” _Vitaphone variety. Comedy. ‘omeds. Vitaphone_variety Winnie Lightner and Buster Keaton in Conway Tearle in “Doughboys."” “Gold Digxe Betty Compson n “Czar of Broadway." —___Comedy. Richard Arien. Mitzi Green and Eugene Pallette in Millionaires.”” ___“The Sante Pe Trail.”" Olsen _and Johnsol Sue Carol in “Oh, Sailor, Behave.” “She's My Weakness." d omedy. Serial. ie Ferguson in ‘Scarlet Pages.” Clara Bow n “Love Among the ome __Vitaphone vi Dumbarton 1343 Wisconsin Ave. Grant s and Alleen Pringle in “Soldiers and Wom- en.”_Comedy. Jack Holt and Ralph Graves in “Hell's_Island.” Comedy. Ken Mavnard and Ken Maynard snd Irene Dunne “Leathernecking. " Comedy. Matt Moore and Dorothy Revier in “Call of the West." Comeds. Charles Rogers and Nancy Carroll in “Follow » Fairlawn Ch Comedy. Charles Rogers and John M‘cEnrmlek Napcy Owrroll dn o A Comedy. “Follow Through.” Come Marx Brothers in Marx Brothers in “Animal Cracker: 8 “Animal Cracker Ken Mavnard in- “Sons of the Saddle.” Comed: Tial. Anacostia, D.C. Family $th & G Sts. S.E. X Plavers. . Marx Brothers in _ Hippodrome A%l ¢ 808 K _St. N. ______Comedy. Gloria Swanson in “What a Widow." Cartoon. Home 13th & C Sts. N.E. Richard_Arlen in “Santa Fe Trail.” Comedy. Cartoon. Nancy Carroll in Mot s Seitany “Devil's Holiday. “Devil's Holiday." Com=dy. Cartoon. _ Act Gloria Swanson n “The Sea Wolf." Vitaphone variety. n “What a Widow." Cartaon. Maurice Chevalier and Claudette Colbert, in *“The Pond." Arthur Lake in “Cheer Up and Smile." Review. Comedy _ J. Harold Murray and Fifl d'Orsay in “Women Everywhere. __Comedy. _Cartoon. Milton Sills n Sea Wolt." one variety. arold Murri Fifi d'Orsay in “Women Everywhere.” __Comedy. _Cartoon. Grace_ Moore in “A Lady's Morals.” taphone variety “The Vita Dark. eth McKenna in “Men Without ‘Women. Comedy. Serial. John Gilbert in “Redemption.” Comedy. Act. n Boles and s La Plante in e 3100_18th Leader Sth & E Sts. N.W. “Anybody's War.’ Comedy. Paramount_News. “Moran and Mack fn Claud ar.” Pre ~ John Boles and ~ Liliyan Tashman Luira Le Plante in n A “Captain of the “Matrimonial Bed. ln\l;d!.' News. W Comedy. John Gilbert in “Redemption.” Comedy Gary Cooper in “The Man From ng. y. Cartoon. _ “Cheer Up and Arthur Lake in mile. Comedy._Cartoon Lois Momn and Robert Ames in “Not Damaged Comedy. Kenneth Harlan in “Bhdcr Montana Skie: Snapshots. " Gilbert Roland in ““Men of the North.”" News. Comedies. iapa OARE Robert Frazer and Louise Lorraine in “Beyond he Law." __Comedy. _Act. Ken Maynard in “'Sonz of the omedy. __Vitaphone variety. Bessie Love and Hugh Trevor in ‘Conspirpey.” Serial. audette Colbert and Frederic March “Manslaughter Comedy. _Act ette Coibert and ederic March in “Mansiaughter.” Comeds. _ Act Matt Moore and Blanche Sweet in ‘“Woman Racket.” Comedi arx Brothers in “Animal Crackers.” med: omedy. Review. News. Glaudette Col Prederic March in “‘Manslaughter Comedy._Cnrtoon. Ibert and Claudette Colbert and Charles Rogers in “Heads _Up." __Comedy. _Cartoo Frederic March in “Manslaughter.” Comedy._Cartoon. ik Galthersbure. M Palace 307 9th ot. n.v. Princess 1119 B _St. N.E. Richmond Indian cast in “Silent Enemy. Comeay. B e . — Gary Codper and ‘Betty Compson Marion Davies n Marianne.” Pathe News. ““Bebe Daniels in “Alias_French Gertie." Gertie Comedy. Cartoon. __ Comedy. Cartoon. ~Gary Cooper and Beity Compson n ““The_Snollers."” Joe E. Brown and ‘Joan Bennett in “Maybe It's Love.” Comedy. _ Act. Marion Davies in Marianne.” Pathe News. " Bebe Daniels in “Alias French Lon Chaney in “The Unholy Three Joe E. Brown Joan Beanett in “Maybe Tt's Love.” Comedy. _Act. Alexandria, V8. Savoy Dorothy_Mackaill in “Man Trouble." Vitaphone variety. “Dorothy_Mackaill Greta Garbo in “Roma; “Man_Trouble." Vitaphone Vitaphone varlety and Jack Oakie in “Let's Go Native.” Comedy. ows. Robert Ames ai Lila Lee in “Double Crossroads. Comedy. _Act. James Gleason and George Armstrong in “Oh, _Yeah." on Novarro in Il of the Flesh.” Comedy. News. Lila Tee in “Double Crossroads.” Comedy. Act. Chaney in nholy Three." Joe E. Brown and Joan Bennett in “Maybe TUs Love.” Comedy. _Act. Lon “The U) ® erfi!‘ Baxter "Matt Mogre and in “Arizonu_Kid. 3 ‘Come dl __Comedy. _Cartoon. Ken Marnard in “Song of the a Cartoon. George fidney in “Conens_and Kellys in Scotland.” Comedy. _Cartoon. Ken Maynard in “Song_of tl _&areon.____ H. B. Werner and Sharon Lynn Hoot Gibson in “Trailing Trouble.” Comeds. _ “Doug. Fairbanks, ir., in “The Da ‘Patrol June Coliyer in n “The Three Sisters.” wn Comedsy. 1 Georre Jessel and in_“Love, e and Laugh.” Vitaphone variety Ted Healy n “Soup to Nuts.” Comedy. y James Murray and 3030_14th_St. N.W. Bethesda, Md. Dolores Del Rio n “The Bad Ome Myrna Kennedy n The Rampant Age.” Norma_Shearer in “Let Us Be Gav." Comedy. Harry Richman and Joan Beanett in “Puttin’ on the Ritz. Wwilliam' Powell in “Shadow of the Law. Prancis X. Bushman in Call of tre Circu “The Lone Defender. Rod La Rocaue in *The Locked Door." Charles Murray in “Clancy.” Marx ‘Bmfifu & n “Animal Crackers." Novelty reel. “Marx Frothers in “Animal Crackers.” _Novelts reel. Ramon Novarro n “Call of the Flesh." Knute Rockne reel. Bessie Love in Sylvan 108 B. 1 ave nw. ““Richard Arlen in 2 “Sea God." “Conspiracy.” Comedy. Jobn McCormack n ‘Song o' My Heart.” " Comedy. John MeCorma 1 “Song o' My Heart Comedy. _ Olsen and Johnson Indlan cast in “Oh, Safloi. Behave.” “Silent Enemy.” ' _Serial. Com:dy. Comedy. Takoma Greta Garbo in “Romance. Joan Ciawford Greta Garbo fn n Y d “Our_Biushing ) Brides. ’ Joan Crawiord “Our_Bilushing Bride: Gary Cooper i “The Spoilers.” ad Nagel Gary Cooper in umberad Hoot_Gibson “Spurs.” “The Spotlers.” D Takoma Park. D. C. ‘ Lew lAnu n “All Quiet_on the Tew Avres Lew Ayres in in “All Quiet_on the All Quiet_on th R, Western Front. Glonr‘swlnwn n “What a Widow." Vitaphone variety. Gloria Swanson in hat & Widow " phone variety Marian _Nixon and Guinn Williams in “College Lovers." Comedy. Vita. Serial Gioria swanson n, “What & Widow." Vitaphone variety. Western_Fron! Bessie Love in “Good News.” Ga. Ave. & Quebes Cartoon. Bessie Lot in “Good News. Cartoon. Elsle Ferguson in “Scarlet Pages.” ‘omad: Vitaphone variety. Elsie Ferguson in “Scarlet Pages.” Comedy. Vitaphone variety. Dorothy, Mackaill n “Man Trouble.” Vitaphone variety. Directs Plays | pflOBABLY no one in America knows better than George M. Cohan W’ it is effective In the theater. As few react to certain things that happen on | the stage and just what sort of things | must happen if a certain sort of reac | tion is desired. He is an expert at play- | ing upon the feelings of the crowd: a | shrewd, intuitive economist in theatrical | effects. In addition he has the good sense not to take himself seriously, and, better still, a sense of the humorous suffi- cient to prevent his taking even the | theater seriously. He can make n of | the sort of things that he knows best Few men are willing to do t. In “The Tavern” he will be discov- ered emptying a bag of theatrical tricks upon the stage and laughing at the “The Tavern” is one of the mi others, he is aware just how audiences | m. | tray the Vi ost inter- life looking for just such a drama. Cohan’s _Gentle Satire. | esting plays this season is likely to offer very adroit and delicious attempt to | accomplish _something extremely diffi- cult. It is burlesque within burlesque. As in the case of “The Royal Vaga- bond,” his musical comedy of several | seasons back, Mr. Cohan has taken lib- | erties with the work of another slay- | wright, In “The Royal Vagabond” he made fun of the ridiculous original to | make it pleasing to those who saw the | ridiculousness of it, and agreeable at | the same time to those who are accus- | tomed to look upon the ridiculous as | sublime. In “The Tavern” he has remodeled & | work that was ambitious and then he | has spoofed it. Cora Dick Gantt wrote a serious play. Mr. Cohen did not take it seriously. No, matter, it is_his favorite olay, and for six nights he will again por- agabond who has spent his Katharine Cornell’s Career ATHARINE CORNELL, who appears ; Cornell refused to be starred until the Charles Bickford GeorgeO'Brien in in “The_Last of the “The Sea Bat.” - Comedy. uanes. Comedy. Serial. Sousa's Marches. TH'E history of these United States, or at Jeast that pericd since the Civil War, i falrly covered in the famous marches of Lieut. Comdr. John Philip Sousa, who, with his famous band, will close his thirty-eighth annual tour No- vember 20 with a concert in Wash- ington. For more than a half century Sousa |has found the inspiration for his marches in American events, and even | in these later years hundreds of re- quests reach him each year for com- memorative marches. In 1892 Sousa, preparing for his first tour at the head of his own band, found the inspiration for “Liberty Bell,” | when his son, John Philip Sousa, 2d, now a stald New York business man, came home from a parade of school | children to the Liberty Bell in Inde- pendence Hall in Philadelphia. ~The nex. year the Liberty Bell was taken to | the World's Fair in Chicago, and all along its route great city bands and | cross-roads “silver cornet” bands sere- naded it with “Liberty Bell.” ce Navy Dewey and Manila Ba: “Powhatan’s Daughter,” the founding| of Jamestown; “King Cotton,” the re-| AMUSEMENTS. ington’s Players What Various Dramatic Orinnizlfionl Are l)oini and Propo-e to Do. ASTERN HIGH SCHOOL is to present “The Fortune Hunter," the four-act comedy by Winchell Smith, as its annual Fall pro- duction, Thursday and Priday evenings, November 20 and 21, at 8:15 o'clock in the school auditorium, The directors are Miss Ella M. Monk and Miss Olivia Tay- lor. Edwin Rice will have the leading role. Mildred Duryee and Janet Walther, al- ternately, will play the heroine, Others in the cast are Chester Jones, William Jones, Willlam Wells, Willlam McClos- key, George Le Matt, Willlam Steines, James McGlathery, Edwin Holland, Mason Stultz, Willlam Ochm, Frederick Hutchinson, Thomas Coiner, John Ker- by, Robert Slye, Lyman McAboy, Mason De Land, Daniel Radice, Walter Crow, Grafton Harper, Albert Clagett, Mary Jane Mulford, Elizabeth Leek, Kathryn Garrett, Madeline Duncan and Wilma Kellar, The plot, which centers around a novel method of becoming a millionaire, has many comical situations and is re- plete with “laugh” lines. A revival of the Troubadours will be presented during the intermissions be tween acts, including a song-and-dance number by James Moore, James Mc- Glath. ry and Hugh Paull. Daniel Sulli- van, Donald Seaton, William Jones and Howard Samsel, as a quartet, will ins “Songs My Mother Used to Sing," ant John Pastell and Maurice Riddlemosex as a duo will sing popular songs. The chorus will be made up of boys of the glee club. Miss Louise Wood is in charge of the musical group. “THE STING OF DEBORAH.” TH.E second presentation of the Pierce Hall Players will be “The Sting of Deborah,” by Lois Compton Fuller, who will also direct it, December 12-13, at Pierce Hall. The cast includes Patricia Poe Bennett as Deborah, Edward Dewey as her husband and Pauline Eaton Oak as their daughter, Margaret. Through the courtesy of the Wood- lothians, Robert Halstead is playing Cy- ril, the Englishman in love with Deb-~ orah. Other parts will be taken by Paul Alexander, Jennette Seiler, who ap- peared with the National Theatre Stock Company; Ada Louise Townsend of the Shakespeare Society and the Washing- ton Readers Club, and E. Alice Gladmon. Mrs. Ila C. \Lees assisted by Edna M. Whitehorn will plan the setting, a color- ful studio. ‘The Players plan again to enter the one-act play tournament of the Com- munity Drama Guild, which will take place in February, and to that end have appointed a committee to choose an ap- propriate play. TAKOMA PLAYERS. THE ‘Takoma Players will open their 1930-31 season by presenting “Fast ‘Workers,” a farce col ly in three acts. by Roland Oliver, at Community Hall, Takoma Park, Md., November 20, 21 and 22, under the auspices of Takoma Lodge No. 29, F. A. A. M. “Fast Workers” is described as a rapid- ly moving story concerning the adven- tures of a young and wealthy bachelor in escaping the hand of the law for re- peated violations of traffic ordinances (speed laws). Mistaken identitjes, a matrimonially inclined valet, who car- ries on his correspondence in his mas- ter's name; a love-sick flapper, and a dumb yet persistent detective all con- tribute effectively to the young man’s troubles. ‘The cast is headed by Paul R. Mat- tix, and includes Mary Alexander, E. Clyde Shade, Harry Richards and othe: who have appeared in previous offe: of the Takoma Players. The play be directed by E. Clyde Shade. COMMUNITY DRAMA GUILD. THE Community Drama. Guild has an- nounced that the opening play, Wil- liam Vaughn Moody's drama, “The Great Divide,” will be presented at Mc- Kinley Auditorium, November 28 and 29, directed by J. Milnor Dorey, with a cast representing many drama clubs and groups in the city, and with specially designed settings by Ethel Prince and James E. Lamb, executed by Harold Sny- der, and members of the staging com- mittee. The second production, “The Queen’s Husband,” by Robert Emmett Sherwood, a comedy of European royalty, will be presented at McKinley Auditorium in January: the One-Act Play Tournament, in February; the All-Washington Revue, a kaleidoscopic spectacle written by ‘Washingtonians, and played by Wash- ingtonians, in April; and Josephine Pres- ton Peabody's idyl for the out of doors, “The Piper,” in June, at the Sylvan Theater. COLUMBIA PLAYERS. THE Columbia Players, it has been an- nounced, have reserved Wardman weel.w at ‘u o'clock. Aurora Poston, = director, recelv! w'.nl roles not yet .-mln. , . JEWISH COMMUNITY DRAMA. THE Dramatic Soclety of the Jewish Community Center has reo: for the current season and outlined a program of activity. David N. Pinck of Baltimore has been engaged as this season's director, and it is announced, a series of three one-act plays will be presented in early December, to be followed by a three-act play in February. The annual Spring production will be “The Golem.” Officers were elected and committees appointed as follows: President, Hannah Stolar; vice president, Dorothy Abrams; secretary, Ruth Goldberg. Program Committee: Mrs. Y. Kushner, Miss Dorothy Abrams and Earl Hoffner; Stage and Properties, Miss Elaine Beh- rend, Meyer Stolar and Morris Weingar- ten; Committee of Readings, Miss Doro- twhy“Abnm. Mrs. Y. Kushner and Alan eil. Meetings are to be held each Thursday evening at the Jewish Community Oen- —lel Sing at the Fox. QENORITA MARIA PACHECO, nlece W\ of Senora de Chevalier, wife of the secretary of the Panama legatioh snd a lyric soprano of distinction, is making her Washington debut at the Fox Thea- ter during the current week, singing two Spanish numbers, “Clavelitos” (the (i-yr-:;t‘x_om) an dthe popular song, “Ay, Senorita Pacheco has a as a concert soloist in her ownpmy and also sang the role of Micaela in “Car- men,” when that opera was sung on the occasion of the visit of the Ameri. can fleet to Panama last year. Not English, It Seem EV!LYN BRENT, whose most out- standing success was achieved as Cherry Malotte in “The Silver Horde,” Radio Pictures' all-talking screen ver- sion of Rex Beach's story, at R-K-O Keith's Theate., was born in Florida, moved to Syracuse, N. Y., at an early age, acquired an ambition to become school teacher, and attended a teachers’ college in New York, preparing to at- tain her goal. While a student there she visited & motion picture studio, was offered work as an extra anc accepted. After sev- era months of this work, part of it in support of Olga Petrova, she went o England for a rest. A year later she returned to the United States and entered into'a long~ term contract with Douglas Fairbanks. dt resulted in a long series of featured parts for Miss Brent. She scored sen- sationally in “Underworld,” “The Dn‘ ‘Interference,” “The Show Dowx, “Broadway” and a numer of other pow= erful dramas. WS e Te:l;nicolor Glory. OUTDOOR scenes were shot for “Whoopee” in natural color in gev- eral of the beauty spots of the West. Eddie Cantor and his huge com traveled to the Zion National Park, to Sequola Park and to Palm Springs for exfieno:s.ool(d:urwu;!ly enough,’ ; first Samuel iwyn-Florenz Ziegfeld duction, now in its cecon:' weekw: uired the services ly light th ngd:or M all er! e oul of technicolor. A Story of Traffic in Souls: UNGUARDED 1 GIRLS guiie Bare Facts JESSE THEATER '3, J&'™* R. C. A. Photo ne. “capTaIN” SF “rRE"GUKD. - _somn BOLES; LAURA LA PLANTE. Cirtoon “Perhaps you will recall Ezra Meeker, at the Shubert-Belasco Theater | production of Michael Arlens’ turn of prosperity to the South in the| the pioneer trail marker, who drove an ox team across the. continent over a trail worn deep by a migration unpar- alitled in the history of mankind, plant- ing markers along the way lest we as a Nation forget the heroic men and wom- en who saved the Oregon country to America. On November 29, 1907, at the age of 77, Ezra Meeker's covered wagon drew up at the steps of the White House, where he was_cordially received by President Roosevelt, “The Oregon Trail extends over 2,000 | miles, from Independence, Mo., through | Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon’ and Washington to Olympia. Ezra Meeker first crossed in 1852 and has recrossed it five times in the last 20 years. His first two trips in 1907 and 1911 were made by ox team, in 1915 and 1926 by automobile, in 1924 by airplane in 72 hours, continuing the fiizht to Washington, where he was re- ceived by President Coolidge. It was at this time that I had the pleasure of introducing him to the children of Washington, in nine of the neighbor- ing theaters, at the Saturday morning 1al programs for children “Imbued with an unquenchable spirit of patriotism and American ideals. he envisioned the Oregon Trail as a great motor highway, ‘a measure of defense, | world in recent month: all ages.’ “June 23, 1923, The Washington Star announced in its columns that the ex- periences of the pioneers of the Oregon | Trail would scon be turned into a movie thriller. Seven years later, after the passing of this man of vision. the great ‘epic’ is offered to the peoples of the world, under the title “The Big ‘Tral McQuown Series. 'RIDAY morning at 11 o'clock Miss Clara W. McQuown will begin her eighth season of talks on questions |of the hour in national and interna- tional affairs, non-partisan interpt | tive reviews of important public ques- tions, open to the 'ublic, under aus- pices of the Washington Clzh, in the assembly room of the club, 1010 Seven- teenth street. The course will consist of 15 talks, given on consecutive Priday mornings from November 14 to March 6, Decem- ber 26 and January 2 omitted. The subject for this Friday will be & review of the mcst important matters WILLIAM F. BAKER, Chairman of the Dramatic Committee of the Arts Club. He has charge of the third play of the season, “The Man With a Load of Mischief,” to be pro- duced at the club November 19. Windproof Microphones. \W/INDPROOF microphones, designed to eliminate the whistling of capri- clous breezes on outdoor locations, were usec. by Charles F. (Chuck) Reisner, director, in “Love in the Rough,” while recording golf scenes on the links bor- dering Lake Norconian, in Southern California, when sound technicians re- ported that wind interference hampered dialogue The windproofing consists of a globu- lar contrivance, made of a -light wire frame and covered with airplane cloth. Into this cage-like affair, the micro- phone is dropped, suspended from its customary movable boom, next week in “Dishonored Lady,” was born in Germany, where her father, Dr. P. C. Cornell of Buffalo, N. Y., was pur- suing post-graduate medical studies. Dr. Cornell an amateur actor of abil- ity, later became director and manag.r of Buffalo’s Star and Majestic theaters, and his daughter evinced an early in terest in the stage, directing the dra. matic club at a girls’ school in Mama- roneck before going to New York, where she was given a two-line part in the ‘Washington Square Players’ production of “Bushido.” After appearing in several plays with this group, Miss Cornell became a mem- ber of the Jessie Bonstelle stock com- pany in Detroit, toured with a Willlam year went to England to play the part of Jo in “Little Women.” "Returning to America, she appeared in “The Man Outside” and “Nice People,” and scored a hit in “A Bill of Divorcement.” From then on her rise was rapid Although much sought after, Miss that have occupied the attention of the The weirdest, most mysterious and thrill- ing pictare of this year, last year end all the years! 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Brady production, and the following | | Green Hat.” She rose steadily with her | Laura Pennington in ted Cottage,” Henriette in Shirley Pride in “The Way Things Happen,” Lalage Sturdee in “The Outsider,” Iris March in “The | Green Hat,” Leslie Crosby in “The Let- |ter,” and last season Countess Olenska |in “The Age of Innocence. | "she is married to Guthrie McClintic | B IMeTrROPOLITA ~NOW SHOWING — Bkt WINN WARNER BROS.- VITABHONE S COMEDY RIOT 'LIFE of the PARTY' IRENE DELROY - JACK WHITING RIPLEY -"BELIEVE ITORNOT* ~Qlso Qdded Qttractions— s wt 103 WARTER NIRLSSON w104 DEVAL FOURSOME wut oS 24 CHESTER HALE GIRLS --MAKE A DATE BREAK A DATE BUT DON'T MISS THIS DAZZLING STAGE AND f?y & @\SC\RE 34 SHOW The Breeriest, Freshest Romance of the Season..f Josof oy Ky MONTGOMERY. 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