Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1930, Page 63

and Screen News and Gossip ODEssA MORGAN - /r SEar! Corroll Sketch Book” /\la-Honal ANN T (GREENWAY- Palace (S7age) LILLIAN ROTH- Earle (Sfaye) Our Mission in Life By W. H. O THE wise, the pure, the ambitious it must seem like a wonderful sport to start out, like the dauntless Don Quixote, to remedy the evils in this wavering old world! But what a foolish thing it becomes when we are slapped for our pains. Yet how many, how very many, inspired souls undertake the mission, no matter where they land. While the theater gives wide scope for experiment in such an effort, to those not of the elect it seems like da: enter- prise, less of reward, when attempt 80 far away from the fountain sources of dramatic in- spiration, New York and Holly- wood, speaking of the cities in a eric sense. Sometimes a no- on will get under the frontal bone of a well meaning rustic that ultimately is found worthy of con- sideration. Strange to say, a no- tion has been bobbing up in the region of seared fields and brown- ing Autumn leaves, which ruf- fles the cogitations of the small fownsman, the dweller by the side of the theatric road. That notion is that far too much is be- ing done by New York for the tired business man, even when he fan't so tired; and, on the other hand, a very indiscreet thing is being done by Hollywood in copy- ing New York effort and taking it back to the old folks at home, because it doesn’t correspond at all with their idea of a time. Now the evil of this jes in the fact that the tired business man has been so handled his return home that he goes back again to New he is afraid to be entertain- which is not so good for the . York box-office, while at e the old folks absolutely re- to patronize the stage at all use it must be all wicked. may account in part for the on in financial circles. .It may disclose why the “road” rently died on the hands of traveling manager. ' * * % x purpose here is not to criti- Landvoigt. reared in a different cast of cul- ture. Many of them have walked weary miles from their childhood Jjust for the relaxation of going to church on church days. The pre- cepts of t{;e Bible have long been dinned into them, with very good intention and often with very strong threats of future punish- ment, and 50 they really stand for something well worth while to these simple folks. Then, again, it is not at all impossible that the straight and narrow tenor of their days has not developed that sort of fatigue that is so devastat- ing to the business man, es- pecially those of him who have to go to New York and other bi centers to do their buying. Wha! is one man’s meat may be an- other’s poison runs an old ad- age. The entertainment of which the home folks complain may be an imperative essential for the tired business man’s recuperation, but it can only mean unhappiness to the home circle. Why not shuf- fle the cards and make a new deal in the game. It might help. * ® ¥ % SPEAKIND for many in the small towns who are even will- ing to concede an inch or two in a proposition, it really does ap- pear that the New York idea is being a bit overdone in the present season. “Strong meat,” a delicate term applied by the profession to drama that siz- zles even before it is cooked, has been quite plentiful, and the store advertised indicates that the sup- ply is not likely to be exhausted even through a long, hard Winter. There are signs also that the art ahead of us will not lack in strength, however ‘much it may need the touch of delicacy. One is almost tempted to uu%geut that the time is near at hand for the %udem. manager to insist that the public demand must be denied, the refinements of a better civilization are ultimately to be attained. The titles of cur- rent plays and photoplays even suggest the need of a house- cleaning somewhere and to some degree. * % % % t GIORDI M. COHAN'S new and bt “”""flpmw' “The J‘:;od?\n; ves us an _oul triumph for the author and the actor clearly established. It leaves as woxgentsd| 1 "o AMUSEMENT SECTION The Sunday S, 0 WASHINGTON, D. C, STAGE and SCR i Scere From he é?se_lr'r?Au_”— o>< Mavr CHEVALIER /2" Playboy of Paris 2 RKO Keiths Reservgd Seats at Last. FROM the peak of the highest heights in the National Capital there should |go forth today a peal of brass in four parts to proclaim the news that it will be possible in the near future for those who wish to see a photoplay to reserve seats in advance for its showing. For years a quiet but insistent de- mand for this convenience has gone out to moviedom in vain. At last, how- ever, Warner Brothers, who have been doing many wonderful things in movie- land, have heard the cry and will heed it. For the first time, on Wednesday eve- ning, November 26, Thanksgiving eve, the policy of reserving all seats and of giving two showings of a feature pic- ture daily will be inaugurated at War- ners’ Metropolitan Theater. The at- traction on that occasion will be the ‘Warner Brothers' Vitaphone version of the famous play “Outward Bound,” by Sutton Vane, which, like the reserved seat proposition, already is being called & landmark in the history of the screen. At the conclusion of-the showing of “The Gorilla,” the current attraction, the theater will be closed for several for redecoration and to prepare it |- for what are called “road shows.” At Doug! Leslie Howard and Helen Chandlc the outstanding roles in the new pic- ture, supported by Beryl Mercer, Dud- Jey Digges, Alec B. Francis, Montagu Love and Alison Skipworth—a notable cast, indeed. "Ou'.nr; Bound” is the of & they discover they are of dead. It is a combination of tragic drama and romance. ‘The announcement makes no men- tion of prices to be charged under the new policy. rograms are largely responsible. 'or the others who “love to see oursel’s as others see us,” as to its author, the wonderful George M. Cohan, it must have been & rare treat. “Marseilles,” the Pagnol play, won mn‘ny admirers cn;g many were quite extravagant their praise. Others, like -our- selves, doubtless, felt that the lay must have lost in its fon to our vernacular. Never- theless, attendance at both the National and the Belasco for the week, accord to the man- agement of both theaters, was a gratifying assurance that uwg gtt remain to" keep the thea rom perishing from the earth. LIS entertainmen} provided by transla- | may our.faithful two theaters for judge in advance of a perform- ance, no matter what rumors may in, from the higterland. Both the producer and some of the performers of the Earl Carroll Sketch Book faced rather an or- deal of magisterial censorship at the outset in New York. But the show was permitted to go on, and now it is here in our midst. Many with the manifesta- SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1930. - Motor, HARRY GRIBBON are JOE FRISCO . > The Gorilla* : /V\e;h"oPO“Tan (GEORGE BANCROFT- In™ Derefict? | Palace Rialto NorA FOR G Stage and Screen Attractions This Week ON THE STAGE. NATIONAL—“Ear]l Carroll Sketch Book,” revue. Opens this evening. " BELASCO—-Katharine Cornell, in “Dislqonond Lady.” Opens tomorrow evening. GAYETY—“8] and Sparkle” (burlesque). This aftérnoon and evening. ON THE SCREEN. FOX—“The Big Trail.” This afternoon and evening. P R-K-O KEITH'S—“Playboy of Paris” This 'afternoon and evening. PALACE—“Derelict.” This afternoon and evening. EARLE—“River’s End”—Lillian Roth in person. This afternoon COLUMBIA—“Min and Bill.” This afternoon and evening. METROPOLITAN—"“The Gorilla.” This afternoon and evening: and evening. : TO—"“The Cat Creeps.” This afternoon and evening. Historic Romance ennes, the Crows, the Shoshones, Black- and Arapahoe Indians in meking &m’,@‘%ATCnEEPsf - MARE DRESSLER %"~ *Min and 6ill "Columbia l tion, Radio Programs “KATHERINE CORNELL: - /,,‘D shonoredlady*® Belasco EvALYN KNAPP ond CHARLES £ acrsro e e AR L O R ' Busy BEES a7 #he Fox (Ssge) Theater Guild Lecturer. COLBOURNE, who is MAU'RICI visit! ‘Washington as lecturer for | nard the New York Theater Guild this sea- son, is one of thé English governors of the Shakespeare Memorial Theater at Stratford-upon-Avon, an actor, pro- ducer,’ director, author, soldier and economist. H:“s-s;‘un::;! gl\:fll:‘d;: George Berna! W, book is titled “The Real Bernard During . the current week Mr. Col- bourne, who, incidentally, is stopping at the Hay-Adams House, will give an interesting series of talks. ‘Tomorrow, at 12:30 p.m., he will speak before the Women's Democratic Club, at a luncheon, his toplc Modern Drama”; Tuesday, at he address will deliver an ‘Woman's Press Clubluncheon’ at' the New Willard, on “Bernard Shaw,” and he will speak at the Rotary Club luncheon,” We , at 12:30 pm., also at the New L 1 pm., at the = i fzgfifi it _“ i “The | Cart. Miss Madeira's School, address at 4:16 p.m., before the. tion of Private School Teachers American University under the of the American Association of versity Women. Priday, at 11:30 am., he will falk at the National Park Seminary, Forest Glen, Md,, on “Bernard Shaw”; at 4:30 pm., befl-e the u‘-mu. Party, and again a pam., Woman's City Club, 23 Jackson on “Bernard Shaw and “The dress before of University anm urday. ) Mr. Colbourne is an honor. of Oxford and he is said to be.a. speaker with & keen sense of o T