Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1930, Page 58

AMUSEMENTS. Flashes From the Screen News and Comment of the Photoplay By C.E OUND pictures have caused the travel and educational film to become unusually " popular, and the coming y will see a large number of ese screen attractions. It is estimated that at least 115 trav- elogue pictures are scheduled for release during 1931. It is noticed that, with feature attractions only medium and below in entertain- ment value, the short subjects are drawing considerable attention from audiences, and the travel films probably hold the top place in favor. With the addition of voice and music, a great many of them are well done, from the audience standpoint at least, and are more entertaining than the featured pictures. Among the new travelogue pic- tures to be rcleased during the coming year are 15 expedition features, dealing with scientific exploration. This variety of film always has been a box office attraction. ‘While one is inclined to deal harshly with the producers who are putting out poor pictures, the men who head the studios an- nounce that they are in a bad way for stories. That is, they say they could produce 500 good pic- tures in a year if they had 500 good stories. Therefore, having 400 bad stories and 100 good ones, they proceed to make 400 bad pic- tures and 100 good ones. There certainly is & lack of good screen material. Popular novels have not been a solution to the prob- lem. Successful stage plays have not solved it. The product of amateur writers has been a total loss; the employment of h- riced professional writers rought very few good scripts to the producers’ desks. any instances, the profes- sional writers have been hired to rehash their books and stories, turning them into suitable, or unsuitable screen material. Up to the present time, the producers are & bit raged over the results obtained by employment of high-priced writers. There was a day when the scenario depart- ments obtained any number of ideas submitted by the amateur writers. The original scripts were rarely used, but scenario editors were able to utilize ideas, pnfmg for synopses rather than full- blown manuscripts. Today manu- scripts from amateurs are not wanted in the scenario depart- ments. Sound and dialogue have killed all that. Many studios an- nounce that they return amateur manuseripts without opening them. Perhaps it would be a good idea for the scenario department heads to glance over the present crop from the young writers. They might receive an idea or two— something really new—by looking over a few thousand typewritten contributions. At least the pic. tures could not be harmed much, * * % % ACCORDING to present plans, the ‘National Capital is going movie. .That is, Washington, is to be exhibited in sound and picture as one-of the big moves in adver- tising the bicentennial celebra- tion. Sidney Lust, who efficiently dents the Motion Picture eater Owners of Washington, | Sous called on me yesterday with the information that 5‘:‘ n:’t mguhuon was co-operating e am- ber of Commerce and the Bicen- of the grandest oaw p'fa‘ "exr::.: e lucational - tures on record—the 'fil‘ctuu of the National ital. e beauty of the city, advantages of mummmmmnf Government be fully in sound and mov- ing in such a way that the outlander will be unable to resist the lure of the Capital. The Theater Owners have named a committeé to confer with Will Hays, who is expected to fall in with the plan and send his best camera men to Washington to make the feature. Paris and Berlin have been suc- fully filmed. So have the evreat capitals of the world. But Washington has been some- what neglected. The completed k should be a splendid educa- 1 feature, of special interest t0_all Americans. The present includes a very wide distribu- for the picture, for it Is a subject which will interest audi- ences from Canada to the Keys, ffom Chesapeake Bay to the Golden Gate. * x o ox (CARL LAEMMLE and Germany are st war. The League of Nations ean do nothing in the matter, and Carl probably is ting a losing battle. Here's the trouble started: Carl went to considerable trou- ble in obtaining the screen rights 10 the best-selling novel, “All on the Western Front.” It a8 predicted by “wise heads” in the movie game that he had over stepped himself; that “All Quiet” would not make a good movie, and that it was doomed to failure. However, Carl employed an excel- cast and went ahead “shoot- " his picture. Then he re- it America. It turned g;to be the real war picture, a office magnet and all that sort of thing, thereby causing the “wise ories” to cease their chatter, ‘After all the American praise of the film, Carl tock his plcture to other climes. Everywhere, it was with delight—and then it went to Berlin! Trouble starts. Mobs storm the theaters. Fighting in the streets. ‘outbursts in the Reichstag. 10 President von Hinden- | 18 | appeal. A Quiet m'fi?‘mmu lone, ki';.“ practically alone, speaking to_the Ge: ; Irmans: “I am amazed that ‘All Quiet’ Povflflu threatened with hostil- ity snd misunderstanding in a itry that has benefited most dt. The wglcmre has done establ! will toward an than t..l:e’ WEL.iE Nelson. the World War. German-Ameri- can people and high German officials praised it. It has not been regarded as anti-German or any- thing but complimentary to the German soldiers and the German people. I regard the film as the outstanding accomplishment of my 25 years in the motion picture business.” S But, where “All Quiet” is allowed in Germany, it has been cut by the censors so that it would hard- ly be recognized as the production which was exhibited throughout the United States and other countries. * X X % | INEW YORK exhibitors are in- H terested in plans “to lure chil- dren back to the motion picture theaters,” and some definite step will be taken during the coming year. There is no getting away from the fact that the patronage of children has been dropping off, especially since the advent of the sound picture. The loss of this patronage has caused no end of worry, not so much on account of the cash involved, as the “lack | of interest.” The sophisticated | film has little appeal for the| youngster. Courtland Smith, who originated the News Reel Theater in New York, comes forward with | the idea of a chain of small thea- | ters for children. He would exhibit only pictures of special interest | for his patrons. The idea has gained so much favor that, it is| reported, a chain of such theaters will be opened soon in New York. W Short Flashes. IDAY evening of last week was & gala evening in Front Royal, Va,, for Sidney Lust, Wash- ington theater owner, opened his newest project, the New Theater, with all the fanfare of a Holly- wood first night. There were a number of addresses by familiar Front Royal personalities, songs, comedy presentations, and the feature picture, “Animal Crackers.” There is talk of forming a press agents’ union in New York. In the handlers, the theaters -of the metropolis would fail to function, nlturll}l‘v. The New York opening for the picture “Tom Sawyer” has been set for Christmas day. William Powell's new starring vehicle, “Ladies’ Man,” marks the 700th feature fllmed in Holly- wood by Paramount since Cecil de }Jlil{gl roduced “The Squaw Man” In 3 Betty Compsone and H. B. Warner are the featured players in “Ladies’ For Hire,” made by Radio. George Fawcett, one of the ploneers of moviedom, has been cast for an important role in “Drums of Jeopardy.” Irene Delroy may be starred in a new Broadway musical show Before she returns to Hollywood for motion picture work. Her last icture is “The Life of the Party,” ing featured with Winnie Lightner. If you should care to know, the John Barrymore yacht, the In- fanta, dropped anchor at Los Angeles last week. The owner and his wife have been cruising in the th Pacific. Warner Bros. starring vehicle. New pictures: Harry Gribbon and Marjorie Beebe are starred in the new Mack Sennett comedy, “Dance Hall Marge.” Laura La Plante and Edward Everette Hor- ton are featured in the Pathe gicture, “Lonely Wives.” Dorothy kaill and Lloyd Bacon, direc- tor, have been loaned by Warners to R-K-O for the picture, “Ki Husbands.” Clyde plays the leading role in the comedy, “The Shooting of Dan the Duck.” Walter Huston, who played the lead in “Abraham Lincoln,” is during January. He is spoken of for the leading part in “Saint Johnson,” which will be made by Universal. The Monta Bell production, “Fires of Youth,” will be started in Hollywood this week. The leading roles are taken by Lewis| Ayres and Genevieve Tobin. Some of the old-time stars are playing minor roles these days. For instance, Esther Ralston and Patsy Ruth Miller have been added to the cast of “Lonely Wives.” Paul Lukas, Paul Cavanaugh, Juliette Compton and Lester Vail | have parts in the new Ruth Chat- terton picture. The title has not been selected. Warner Baxter has been bor- rowed from the Fox Co. to appear in “The 8quaw Man,” under Cecil de Mille. next Winnle Lightner picture. Eddie Cantor is writing the funny stuff for El Brendel's pic- ture, “Mr. Lemon of Orange.” Ricardo Cortez and Noel Francis have parts in the new picture, “Private Becretary.” Joseg Caw- thorn has good parts in the Mary | Pickford feature, “Kiki,” and “The Princess and the Plumber.” Fred Niblo, jr., is making the adaptation and writing the dia- logue for the screen version of the stage success, “The Criminal| Code,” for Universal. event of a strike of the pen-|of expected to return from Europe|?2 “Red Hot Sinners” will be the | talking Washington'ul “THE OTHER WISE MAN,” DEC. 28. R. HENRY VAN DYKE'S famous story of “Artaban, the Other Wise Man,” who saw the star in its rising and set out to follow it, but who did not ar- rive with his brethren at the manger- cradle in Bethlehem, is to be presented during Christmas time by church play- ers of the Capital City at Luther Place Memorial Church on Thomas Circle. Four renditions of the dream-legion will be given, the first on Sunday afternoon, December 28, at 5 o'clock, and at 8:30 the same night. On Monday and Tuesday nights, December 20 and 30, two more performances of the music drama will be given. Bess Davis Schreiner has arranged the drama for church presentation, and Dr. Van Dyke and Harper Bros. have given her ex- clusive rights to produce it in the Na- tional C!YMAL ‘This will be the sixth season the story has been presented by the Chapel Pl ers of Washington, assisted bfi pla; from many local churches. same players perform their allotted roles very much in the manner of the Passion hvlnyen of Oberammergau and of Frei- urg. Mm‘ have played the same foles since the drama was first staged here in 1925, and many have played parts in the legend from time to time. This year the cast has been reinforced from without, and ph&erl will come from the National Oity Christian Church, the Church of the Atonement, 8t. Stephen’s Episcopal Church and Mount Vernon e Methodis! Church to aid in the two big ensemble scenes, the first lald in Bethlehem of Judea, when the Roman soldiers were sent by Herod to destroy all the children, and the final scene on the Way to Calvary, when at the Damascus Gate Artaban gives away the last of his jewels and finds the King at the very hour of the crucifixtion on Golgotha. Getting Rid of Nicknames. of the saddest moments in a fel- low's life comes when he wants to off with the old and take on the new in the matter of names. When a chap is anywhere between the ages of 7 and 17, even though he bear 80 high-sounding and poetic & baptismal tag as Olarence, Harold, Percy or the pompous Worthington, he never once winces when ‘“the fellers” yell out after him “Hello, Skinny,” “Hey, Snoots,” or “Wait a Minute, Freckles.” Each of those pleasant monickers, reminiscent of boyhood, gimfly nr:gruenud his personality But when he arrives at the ripe age when he has had his first shave, leaving along the downy fur that shields his upper lip like Mom‘:! mould on an old biscuit, especially he knows s girl whom he treasures in his silent moments of romance as “the girl,” gosh, how godawful it is to hear an echo of the old, dead days when he Whatover the Sors of the melgmeociioos s ch;)‘u to dub {flg{l T—— , Tich, little “Buddie” is in t very It was ulna'"vm. well to call him “Buddie” when they ying to make him a screen mat- . But now the once “Buddie” is a film star, if you please. He is the film star of “Along Oame Youth” and he wants to be called Charles Rogers. His wish is most reasonable, but everybody who mentions his name still persists in calling him “Buddie” TS, von't somebody stop them? st vad Save Your Christmas Cards! ON'T throw away your i i 8 e. Mrs, ;;1: m:anwlrm. ot ] conve ful and buu' ke Preparations are | ed under way for Barrymore's next | room. over the ber what enjoyment it to us,” l‘% Glea- tiny black cord run through near] tr};e’w;n. When th a colorful glow results from many tones of brilliant designs. % Others report other uses for attrae- tive ornaments of the thousands of pretty ¢ards that usually find their way to the waste before New Year dawns, [ty Janet as ‘Merely Mary Ann’ ONl of the most popular romances that ever adorned the Zangwill's “Merely Mary Ann,” selected as Janet Gaynor's next pic- ture story and Henry King will be her director. " Jules Furthman and J. M. Kerrigan have written the screen script. Cecilia Loftus, -famous m"é‘xh act- Tess, was recently en by Films to play the role of Mrs. Leadbatter, one of the three outstanding characters in this story of purely Aatmos- phere, in which “Merely Ann” is & little boarding house slavey. It will begin to come to life on the screen January 4. Burns in a New Line. AS might be expected, William J. Burns, “the orime detector su- prerie,” as he is now billed, is maki his motion picture debut in the first of Educational's series of detective mys- teries, based on important crimes whose bafMing complications were -unraveled kl:‘y":m famous detective and His opeéra- “The Suppressed Crime” js the title. The story is sald to be based on the Burns Agency’s detection of an ln'-:goa'- tor of the enormously weslthy Southern financier, J. H. Robb. “First Lady o HOLLYWOOD‘B mistress of charm is Ruth Chatterton. to include the Press writers never noun in mentioning name, but no one yet has ed the words that elusive quality of her justly describe A word picture of “the first iady the screen,” says one of her Mmlmr:f i8 the only medium through which those who have not met her can un- derstand the charm. And so he adds: fail her .°§ L3 f the Screen” Her wardrobe is not but is the ultimate in taste and %m By During the Summer months she lives in a ramshackle seaside cottage, and m:mmh-hmla.mt,uwu- i discriminatio [ yolumes German as well a8 in English, would you? Insurance and Gangsters. , Israel | an been | chim ing | the m| i i, e, 2 ludes many g French and | most popular ‘What more PENING THE SEASON OF 1931 the leading role i BII‘ILDI‘E'I:. ’C’:fi:“fl the National Theater duri Who plays iny n “It's & » e Na ea ing the w':k beginning ‘mmy. December 2! Beauty and ‘¢ ANY one can be bee-utiful,” declares Lupe Veles. “But not in thees!” ‘When Lupe laughs her teeth glisten and her eyes sparkle. The “thees” to which she referred was a flannelette nightgown which she wears in one se- uence of “The Storm,” now at the to Theater. Lupe has decided opinions on make- up. She is enthusiastic in her belief c.{n with proper make-up any one can be “bee-utiful,” but is equally certain that ignorance of the value of cosmetics is the straight road to ugliness. Her mother was & grand opera singer in Mexico City. “It was marvelous!” Lupe exclaims. “I jus' adored to watch my mother change her face. She was ver-ry dark, jus’ like me. But sometimes she wore NATIONAL— T'8 A WISE CHILD,” announced by the National Theater for a roducer, David 188C0. ‘The play takes & r incident in the daily life of & nice American family and makes it the storm centel for a group of cir- cumstances that are side - splitting in effect on the audience, but dise astrous to the fam- ily circle. Little by little, the plight of an em- ploye sweeps over the family, draw- ing in a lawyer, a capitalist and others from the outside, until # spzcln that nothing can pre- vent a social upheaval. Each effort to mend the trouble makes for more trou- bles. Only when it seems that every- thing i less, does light begin to dawn and all the troubles are ironed out, but new and hilariously funny sit- uations follow one another until moment before the final curtain. A pretty love interest runs throughout d at last there’s & hint of wedding es. Mr. Belasco has assembled & note- vlortulay company to interpret the play, including Minor Watson, the National Theatér Players’ first and very popular leading man; Sidney Toler, Harlan m. Mildred MocCoy and Helen Minet Watson. “PHILIP GOES FORTH.” AURENCE RIVERS, sponsor of “The Green Pastures” on Broadway, will bring to the National Theater for four days only, commencing Wednesday night, Januar; the new George Kelly play, “Philip Forth.” A new Kelly play is always of un- usual interest. Mr, Kelly's plays have always been widely discussed. latest is the story of A man who is cut out for world of commerce, but who at- u_rgt: to take up an artistic career. cast promised is said to have | been selected by Mr. Kelly, and includes , Madge Evans, Harry Gresham, Harold Webster, Ralph Urmy, Gildea and Donna Pasdeloup. The play ,‘:,: mfi EI? the author. Henry Drey- the seftings. Washington “Philip Goes Forth” From goes directly to New York for its Broad- WAy opening. NEWMAN TRAVELTALKS. Irmmmdmu.vmchmld you prefer, & tour of the Far East, 8 journey to South America or a visit to Europe? Some people may travel for many weeks aoross the seas to distant lands, but the great majority prefer the shorter journey to the continent. , it 18 #a1d, promvted E. M. Newman to select this, his twenty-second season, the Europe and have something for every They are as follows: “Seeing Ttaly— &ples to the Alps,” *I Soeres of the Passion Play. land” and “1a Vie de Paris’ ‘This series Will be shown at the Na- “GIRLS FROM THE FOLLIES.” S AIRLS rluz: THE FOLLIES” is Lupe Velez. blonde wigs, and then she make her face pink and white—ver-ry fair.” not long in experimenting with her own face. “When my mother would leave me near the big mirror I would roll | my_eyes like thees, for I, too, wan to be bee-utiful. “Perhaps if we leeve out of doors like the birds we would not need make- up. But we have automobiles and | heated houses and luxuries. I get tired | of myself all the time the same. | mebbe I use little lipstiok, even if I were a_bird!” ‘ On these d the result—beauty or caricature. ow many girls are aware of this? ing faith in more progressive notions.|da) Besides many novel turns in song and rowri and Gladys Clark are ‘That's one reason why little Lupe was | and 80 | he dance, it 1 well fortified with laugh- | T provoking _elements in the two soenes, __‘"Jemll of the World” n:’g [ SMALRL horse is soon curried, and so with the announcements for the ‘They are few and Manager Hardle Meakin, with the gealous assistance of Harriet Hawley Locher, who is working up due interest in the juverile world, announces that ! Jackie Coogan will make his reappear- ance in our midst, but in screen form, in Mark Twain's famous story, “Tom Sawyer,” at the Fox next Friday. And to enhance interest in the event, h adds that the inimitable Mitzi Green will be seen in Jackie's first talking icture as Betty Thatcher and Junior eaken as Huckleberry Finn. This ups embodied in the original sto: ‘The Loew Theaters are brief and to the point, generously sparing painful detadls. Palace has booked ‘“War Nurse” to follow “Along Came Youth,” its_current attraction. Loew’s Columi will have for its next attraction “Hell's Angels.” Every- body who knows anything at all about time, to know of the costly picture which has been in the making since— oh, well, it ought to be perfect now. And here the announcements end. — First Choices Named. BILL ROBINSON, 53, of Washington, D. C, for the third successive year has been chosen as tap dancer of “the 1930 all-American mmsical show team,” his third annual selection being ai nounced in the January issue of the Dance Magazine. This celebrated Nej last year was in “Blackbirds of 192 azd now he is the star of “Brown Bud- lyn Miller of ", Juvenile, Jack Buchanan of “Wake Up and Dream’ comedian, Jack Donahue of “Sons of Guns”; comedienne, Gertrude Lawrence of “The International Revu prima ballerina, Harriet Hoctor of “Simple Simon”; female eccentric, Nell O'Day of “Fine and Dandy”; male eccentric, Clifton Webb of “Three’s a Crowd”; woman tap or buck danc Eleanor Powell of “Fine and Dandy”; or buck dancer, Bill Robinson of “The International Revue”; troupe, Albertina Raseh Girls of “Ihree’s & Miss Hoctor and Robinson are picked at the head of their r ve flelds for the third mnucuuvm. Greta's Silence Broken. GmA CGARBO, who long has been deemed a relative of the long enough to say, in response to tlmfa eemeem!.m’m»r retirement the screen, to take up & career on the stage: ¢‘But, when my contractual arrange- ments permit, I may return to Europe make & few pictures there—if I feel like it.” This, 80 far as available records disclose, the longest authentic in- ted | terview with Miss Garbo in several months. It was secured only after many magazine and newspaper articles had been ted to the effect that tho Bwedish star was contemplating not only abandoning screen work, but also ‘:‘r“ departure from the United Miss Garbo, who at present is put- ting flnumnf touches mw"luplrulg“n." may turn for her next photodrama fo gy st f S Lot 1 ps, by King Vidor. oo R Warner Announcements. Alm new policy goes into effect at Warner’s Metropolitan Christ- mas day. Prom thence two screen & week will “be pre- sented, st with “Whoopee,” Eddie Cantor starring, on Thursday and Pri- of the cufrent week, followed on Saturday by “Sin Takes a Holiday,” hich will_continue to the following . Changes of am are to every ly and Satur- sar 3 starting Saturday, “Kis- ter B featured in the company. Ln.Y DAMITA, petite actress from France, plans to marry an Ameri- can. Any man in America is eligible— ex actors. Wmmwflmnhnrh-ldh have made this revelation while work. ing in Paramount’s * vans” with Gary Cooper, rence and Tully Marshall. Miss Damita wants to marry an Am- erican because she believes citizens of this country make the best husbands. Her ban against actors lies in the fact that she admits an extremely jealous nature and says that the green-eyed monster would thoroughly devour her every time her actor-husband kissed the leading woman, an “added Theater this MGMT. MESSRS, SHUBERT Year Day at 2:30 Damita Plans to Marry. MATINEES.—Saturday and New me with Otis Skin- netZfis its star. o ot However, she attaches one but to about American men N are not E .’:o:“my are inferior Té! making,” she explains, “is that can boys mingle with girls out their school days due to educational system. In Europe we educated separately and are attracted T e secondary, “But when an American does fall in love, how he falls!” Lily mentions no names, ‘however. screen entertainment ought, by this | the AMUSEMENTS. Theater Censors and Others. By Percy Hammond. RANK GILLMORE, perspicacious counselor of the Actors’ Equity Associat the erring doomed. Frowning supervisors of the blic weal, says he, are again heating he hellish furnaces ve the stubborn glebes & recess while ey go to the Capital to demand the punishment of New York's theatrical malefactors. Cardinals, bis] rectors, parsons, clubs, societies and federations e i3 penaiae puslc nirocor o1 more, to In :)ut uuym are the laws of ecency. Thee’re 18 no chance in the world for " writes theater to escape 3 Mr. Gillmore, debating the subject with Elmer Rice, suthor of “Street Scene.” ‘While not admi the culpability of the stage, this pi lcal diplomatist ad- vocates and com public, who will weigh the ments and detect which sng“ which oh:gu o Mg serker representative League n L insists that there American Dramatists, should be no interference, legal or otherwise, with the theater. It should be permitted t0 go as far as it likes, he believes, undeterred ob, from the reformatories. No rules nor ordinances should hinder its esthetic box-office aspirations. ‘What & bogus boog-a-boo is this ap- parition of & censorship! Despite its sullen and indignant threatenin, theater ignores it and is fortified in that bravado by its habitual patrons. With the exception of the innocent :n):l‘""" there has been no serious to male tap | y rown | Buddies”; team, Moss and Fontana of Sphinx, | 400 broke her customary silence recently | gnq she played 14 weeks with a “rotary stock company” in Maine. For the benefit of the layman, it might be explained that the traditional stock company always has been an or- attraction” picture, “The Pinchots in the South SHUBERT-BELASCO THEATER connencis XMAS NIGHT and Continuing Through New Year Week to Jan. 3 MR. LEE SHUBERT Presents: 3 R N HAND A Masterpiece Without a Pser ALL ENGHISH COMPANY—ONE YEAR IN LOI'DON 500 PERFORMANCES IN NEW. YORK CITY SEATS - -ON : SALE NO' NightewOreh,, 90; Mens., $2.00, $8; Bal., 81, 50, §1; Gal., 80e. MatineessOtch., §9; Mesz., §9, $1.50; Bal,, §1; Gal,, Sbe ganization femaining permanently in one locality, usually at least fairly popu- lous and & weekly change of bill, uxoourngn .uonalllyum. A T - t:u&nt lnnmfim:n in the theater, how- ever, A X ; EV6, 3 POPULAR PRICE MATIN. o} the | ¢ treatment of sex upon the stage. Every- thing else receives their approval. And even if there should be further legisla- tion .:hn the drama's liberties it would be as t:grenuu as the fanatic Wales law—which, as Mr. Gillmore illogically corifesses, killed itself by the intemnperance of its own ridiculous anger. e x RAY GOETZ, the vallant impresario, dedicated a new stadium to the drama’s purposes last week with a spec- tacular jubilee called “The New York- ers.” In the Broadway Theater, a large and ous cathedral rescued from the implous clutches of the cinema, he presented a beautiful but Babylonish Tollies of "the metropolls n song_and an {omioalery. " A sardon b Peter Arno and Herbert Fleld was re cited by celebrated artists to h club way, and in the bacl ‘were such int comedians of yesteryear s Miss Marie Cahill and Richard Carle. Miss Cahill and Mr. Carle did not have & chance. Miss Hope Williams, adventuri the first time from polite rlesque, is in “The New Yorkers,” a weary Park avenue belle fatigued by alcohol and late hours She is 80 tired of it all that she is weii nigh ical and she seeks refreshment in the arms of a songful, personable and murderous bootlegger (Charles King). ‘When he asks her where she comes from she replies: “Park avenue, the street whete bad women walk with * Mr. King 'm s0 wet that if you blow on me I'll ripple.” Miss Wil for to 8229 ] BEEEE B and New York."” GAYETY—BURLESK The Gorgeous Third American Tour SEASON 1980-81 RETURN ENGAGEMENT NATIONAL THEATRE Be., Wb, m b TIONAL SEATS SELLING Phone Na¥l 0601 er Nat'l 0808, OPENING MONDAY