Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1931, Page 48

AMUSEMENTS. Flashes From the Screen News and Comment of the Photoplay By C.E = ROM my undercover man in Hollywood comes the in- formation that very few million-dollar pictures are o be made during the year 1931. There was a day when a photo- play costing a million was con- sidered a gambling chance. That is if it went over hi% with the cash-paying public, the gamble was ‘marked down in the right side of the ledger. If it did not go over, another million-dollar pic- ture would come along within a short. time to make up for the big | loss. But 1930 was a bad year in this respect. A million-dollar pic- ture failed; another failed, and then another. It was entirely too much for the producers. So, this year, they have decided to hold down expenses—not gamble quite | 80 much. -One of the biggest “flops” of the | t 12 months was the Raoul| alsh “epic,” “The Big Trail.” This picture made some money— | no doubt of that fact—but it did not make enough. The public de- cided that it was too much like “The Covered Wagon” and other films gone before. The big money- maker of the year, “All Quiet on the Western Front,” did not cost | one-tenth the amount of “The Big | Trail.” Another expensive picture, “Hell's Angels,” will never bring In the amount of money it cost to manufacture. It is predicted around Holly- wood that “Cimarron” will be the | last of the big productions for the | coming year. There will be no more of the large revues, which | cost millions. Nearly all of the musical affairs were disappointing to the box offices, but they requir- ed a lot of money to manufacture. Nearly all of the music writers, or “rhythm boys,” as they are known around the studios, have been re- leased from studio work. George Gershwin is writing-the music for one production, but he is about the only composer remaining on the West Coast. One outstanding feature of movie affairs is the boom in col- lege men. These are being select- ed in large numbers, and several of them will be trained for leading roles. Warner Brothers have dis- patched Rufus Le Maire, their casting_director, on a still hunt %he country for a college talent. Le Maire will visit various colleges, attend college theatricals and keep his eyes open for good- looking chaps who may pass the screen tests. The scramble for college talent may come about, partly, through the success of young Phillips Holmes, playing in “Thve Criminal Code.” player was once a member of Princeton’s Triangle Club, and his first real movie success came with “Her Man,” when he played opposite Helen Twelvetrees. Johnny Mack a featured player, once at- tended the Uni of Alabama and was a member of the Tide foot ball team. Other are being college Nelson. dicts that she will become an instant success. This may turn out to be a fact, and, again, it may not. The future of the actress, who has been occupied on the British stage for several ears, is a topic of conversation n New York and Hollywood. Never a big success in the New York theaters, Miss Bankhead went to London, where she was almost instantly acclaimed. Her stage successes have been “The Green Hat,” “Camille” Hop- wood’s “The Garden of Eden” and others. It is said that she drew laryer audiences than any other player on the London stage. Her first picture, which will be made at the Long Island studio_of the Paramount com- pany, has been given the rather silly title of “New York Lady.” * k% SOME idea of what a motion pic- ture success may accomplish in the way of financial return can be gained by an estimate pub- lished in Variety of the gross expected from the new Charlie Chaplin picture “City Lights.” Of course, a large part of this is guesswork. That is, the picture itself has not been released yet, and it is taken for granted that it will become a hit when it reaches the screen. Studio executives estimate that the Chaplin film will bring in eight million dollars—six million from theaters in the United States and the remainder from European houses. This is expected to be the gross return, and the figure is set higher than on any other picture ever made in this country. “City Lights” is a silent picture, | except for its musical score and certain spots where sound effects are absolutely essential to dra- matic or comedy highlights. It is claimed that the only reason the picture was given a musical score is because so many theaters have done away with their orchestras. | When the picture was made,! 125,000 feet of film were photo- graphed. This has been cut to the neighborhood of 8,000 feet, and no previews will be given before gen- | eral release. * % ox % George Arliss is to have able support for his mext picture— at least in the writing end. Earl Derr Biggers has written the story and Booth Tarking- ton is ferzpariug the dialogue. The title of the story has not been selected. John Adolfi, who has been selected by Warner Brothers to direct the produc- ion, was an actor on the legitimate stage before enter- ing motion ture work. At one time he played prominent roles with Ethel Barrymore, Dustin Farnum and ~ Louis Mann. . * X x X Short Flashes. YOU may remember Tom Mix in the movies, but you may never see him again on the screen. in the studios. * % ¥ % eertainly was no de- doring n Mhb‘ cta’fi" ? them,and ug 0] 3 ""'zrwefl' ought to us that were “Hell's A s a big picture. o SIIILM DAILY” sent a repre- sentative to visit the heads | of the various production units, and the movie men predict big things for the coming year. Cut ta a few words, we have this: Jesse L. Lasky: “With the ad- vance of sound production tech- nique during the past year, there is every reason to believe that 1931 will bring out the finest pic- tures ever made. Producers have | re-discovered the value of pan- tomime, and plans for 1931 pic- tures call for dialogue only when it is essential to clarity and to speed up plot action. But this trend certainly does not mean a return to the silent pictures. Ac-| tion must be stressed instead of | dialogue.” C:'l;lu Laemmle: “The motion feture business has its problems, ut this is nothing new. It has slways had them. The chief mfi' —the principal need—is the g v’ Maj. Albert Warner: “The trend of 1931 will be upward. There is only one thing that need give con- cern to the industry as a whole, and that is the quality of the pic- tures offered the public. Competi- tion is keen, and this is a good thing. The public will benefit during 1931.” ‘Will H. Hays: “The motion pic- industry is entering a new of ess. We have raised standard of public apprecia- um‘,;thich. in turn, challenges the efforts of the screen. We sre forced to raise the standards of the art, for the industry is built upon a foundation of puidic parvice. We can only march Juep!‘: M. Schenck: “Comedy drama, during 1931, will be in the l.nandu‘nm:y.‘1 e will demand more stories. infleld Sheehan: ‘“Talkin pictures have injected a stream o new blood into the motion picture world. There is new enthusiasm, new personality, drawing upon all the creative arts of' stage and screen. The impact will felt [t the coming year.” B. De Mille: “The comin; year will continue to be a test of mn‘l’e. It will be a splendid r‘r or the industry, for during it we will see much of the purgi effect of that greatest of natural laws, the survival of the fittest.” s * % ¥ ¥ Columns have been written Miss Tallulah Bank- ad’s _entrance into movie- one film writer pre- He has just signed a new five-year contract to continue his work with the Sells-Floto Circus. It is rumored around Hollywood that D. W. Griffith, on account of the current call for old-fashioned drama types, may revive “Way Down East” as a talking picture. The td.lrecmr has issued no state- men! Having purchased the Theodore Dreiser novel “An American Tragedy,” the Paramount com- y does not seem anxious to! ve the author work on the| script. The company has its own idea about turning the novel into & movie, and Dreiser may never recognize his work when it flashes upon the screen. | And the Paramount company, which did not renew a contract with Jeanette MacDonald, would now like to borrow her services| from the Fox company for a part | te Maurice Chevalier. The | gctm will be started as soon as| he French star returns from| abroad. | Tom Moore, Jack Holt and Con- | stance Cummings have parts in |the new Columbia picture, “Last Parade.” The long-lost Ben Turpin has been added to the cast of the new | Woolsey-Wheeler comedy, “As- | sorted Nuts.” | Eleanor Boardman has been | signed for the feminine lead in “Flood.” Monte Blue is the fea- ! tured player. “Obey That Impulse” is an- nounced as the title for the next Gloria Swanson picture. Ben Lyon will be her leading man, and | it is reported that there will be no music. The Cuban department of the interior has banned the motion picture “East Is West,” after pro- tests from the Chinese consulate. It is reported that Janet Gaynor has sufficiently recovered from a recent illness to allow her to start work on a new picture, “Merely Mary Ann,” during January. The star has been in a Honolulu hos- pital. Norman Foster plays Clara Bow in “No Limit. Upon completing a tour of Eu- rope, Ruth Chatterton will make several pictures at Paramount’s Eastern studio, on Long Island. Rose Hobart plays the feminine lesnd.d opposite John Boles, in , opposite | James Cruze is planning an- other big Western picture. - ———t Make Their Own. TWO engaging musical comedy stars who have had leading parts in THE SUNDAY 'SfiR,' WASHINGTON, - D:. €, JANUARY 11, 1931—PART- FOUR. Talking Pictures Ahead "IN THE THEATER GUILD SHOW ED WYNN, the famous funny man who insists upon billing himself as “the perfect fool,” will be the next star at Loew’s Palace, in “Follow the Lead- er,” being one of the special hits re- served for the January festival of hits running at the Palace. “Reducin’,” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's contribution to screaming laughter, with Marie Dressler and Polly Moran as its laughmakers, will follow at Loew's Co- lumbia. Both attractions are due next Saturday. “Once a Sinner,” featuring Dorof Mackaill, with Joel McCrea, John Hal- liday, Sally Blane and Ilka Chase a close second, will set in at the Fox The- | ater Saturday, and Manager Hardle Meakin adds that a week later he hopes | to present Emil Jannings and Marlene | Dietrich in “The Blue Angel,” which, as | he states, is “the scoop of the geason.” | Manager Roland Collier is announc- | ing “Aloha,” one of Tiffany's big 1931 | specials, for the Rialto Theater next Saturday. Ben Lyon and Raquel Torres are its stars and Allan St. John and | Allan Hale important members of the | cast of this love story of the South Sea Islands. Warper's Earle will present First Na- | tional and Vitaphone’s newest ‘drama of the rise and fall of an underworld king, “Little Caesar,” for the new week, | starting Saturday. It is based on the | well known W. R. Burnett story, and | the cast is headed by Douglas Fair- banks, jr, and includes Edward G.| Robinson, Glenda Farrell and Sidney Blackmer. Storm Scene on Stage. TH‘E limitations of the stage as a medium of expression has been | given a generous amount of sympathetic ublicity, and lovers of the theater often ave moaned the fact that the three- | sided room, the cramped perspective of stage-depth, the comparatively puny proscenium opening all tend toward making the theater but a puny rival of the motion picture camera. A sight of the “Storm Song” stage setting, however, has served to hearten the “inveterate” theatergoer. In Phila- delphia it has been a main topic of Rialto conversation the past two weeks, and many have affirmed, that no more elaborate, realistic assemblage of stage- settings has ever been offered the public. Audiences are said to have been en- ted ship, the great noise of a Pacific storm rivaled in the intensity of its realism the action of the players, and now “Storm Song” is being cited as an outstan instance of what may be done wif legitimate theater effects. Synt}letic Fame. YOU could hardly call it “the curse of drink” in Charlie Ruggles' case. Better might it be called “the blessing of drink,” for, foremost among comedi- ans of the talking screen, he got there by interpreting with unusual finess roles that reeked with the odor of gin. He became the most consistent inebriate of the screen, and in its interpretation re- vealed his talents as a ‘“natural comedian.” His face is his most effective medium. Before he says a word you are pre- pared to laugh—the lift of the eyebrow, the movements of his mouth, all tell a story by themselves. In this unobtru- sive way he has often stolen the thun- der from the star of the films in which he has appeared. Heretofore his roles have been fea- tured always in support of another player. His latest vehicle, however, “Charley’s Aunt,” the farce adapted from Brandon Thomas' play of Oxford Universtiy student life, now at R-K-O Keith's Theater, gives him the star role. At last he has a picture to himself. HARALD KREUTZBERG Dancers, JUNE WALKER, Who has a prominent role in the Theater Guild production, “Green Grow the Theater during the week beginning January 19. Lilacs,” at the National Washington’s Players What Various Dramatic and Propose to Do. ONE-ACT PLAY TOURNAMENT. LL established drama clubs and groups in the District of Colum- bia have been invited by the Community | Drama Guild of Washington to enter the annual one-act play tournament, which will take place from February 9 to Pebruary 21, inclusive, with finals March 6. The preliminaries will be held at Columbia Heights Center and at East Washington _Center, respectively, and the finals at McKinley Auditorium, Applicaticns for entrance to the 1931 tournament must be filed with the Com- munity Drama Guild in Franklin Ad- ministration Building, on or before Jal groups ment will be 24, to be determined cording to date of application. ‘The two best comedies and the two best serious dramas offered in the pre- liminary contests will be selected by the judges for entry in the finals. Miss | Marjerie Webster is chairman of this AND YVONNE GEORGI, who will appear at Conmstitution Hall Thursday afternoon, January 15. Nicknames in Hollywood. HOLLYWOOD. like every other city in America, is replete with nick- names—many having no connection whatsoever with the real names of the personalities. Practically every person at work on Jack Oakie’s picture, “The Gang Buster,” is nicknamed. Broadway successes are to be seen this week at Warner’s Earl Theater in a humorous little piece which they them- selves authored and produced. They are Douglas Leavitt and Ruth Lockwood, stars of Broadway hits such as “It's Up to You"” “Take It From “Sunny Day” and “Innocent Eyes.” The two first named of these successes were the products of Douglas Leavitt’s facile. pen, and with Ruth Lockwood he appeared and starred in When the two recently found time hanging heavy on their hands, Ruth Lockwood, Mrs. Leavitt to the initiated, Su“!;kfl that her husband write a sketch. The result of his labor: “Batires of 131" s _DANCING. Miss Ellen Waller Member, Dancing Masters of America, Inc. bal dances and Oakie himself goes by the name “Bucket.” Sketts Gallagher began with “Skeets” for some secret reason. ‘Without asking why, Hollywood adopted it. Edward Sutherland, the director, is since he started playing cowboy heroes, and Arlen in turn christened Mary Brian “Texas,” after her home State. Gary Cooper has been “Coop” since Famous Russian Singers Tomorrow Night, Jan. 12 at 8:15 Central Community Center 13th and Clifton Sts. N.W. uspices Community Institute Arthur Hotel, A A A a his college days, because the Montana youth is always singing cowboy tunes. Josef von Sternberg answers to “Joe” .” Prances Dee brought her nick- name of “Prank” from the University of Chicago. Every Bancroft “Big Boy,” gl:nt] of reasons for calling Clara W “Red” and Nancy Carroll “Irish.” TURE GOLF THE GRI BRIER 1318 ¥ St. N.W. Is Psychology A Curse? Debate Gilbert K. Chesterton ve. Cosmo Hamilton Constitution Hall January 14, at 8:15 P.M. MlNlATgl{ GREE| Ludicrous Leon Errol. Leon Errol who in “Sally” gave this Nation of ours one of its heartiest in years has succumbed to the au screen, and in “One Heavenly Night,” the romance that also brings Evelyn Laye and John Boles to Loew's Palace this week, displays his droll humor muhurubbermnm: Like John Boles, his fellow player, Leon Errol studied to be a surgeon. Boles attended a medical school in Texas. It was at St. Ju.eg_l:‘s College at Sidney, Australia, that ol expected to get his ] | doctor’s shipgle. He mates insisted on making a clown of { | him, he said, and this in turn suited Errol to a “T.” Once the decision was made and the Rubicon crossed, Errol became a clown in earnest. For 10 years he toured through Australia in vaudeville, light 't for class- full length talking picture for the first| tim>. | and Grace Peters Johnson appearing as Organizations Are Doing season’s Tournamen’ Committee. The| judges will be arffinovneed later. Plays will be fuaged as follows: Act-| ing 40 per cent; choice of play, 20 per cent; direction, 20 per cent; voice, 10 per cent, and stagecraft, 10 per cent. Individual awards will be given for good acting and for excellence in diction. Application forms will be supplied upon request at the office of the Com- munity Drama Guild, with full instruc- tions as to procedure in the tournament. Miss Webster's committee includes J. Milnor Dorey, Ruth Harsha McKenzie and Florence McCracken. | COLUMBIA PLAYERS—Friday. 'HE cast for “The Vegetable,” P. Scott Fitzgerald's three-act comedy, which the Columbia Players will present at the Wardman Park Theater Priday | evening, has been announced by Aurora | Poston, director of the organization. Dr. Clifton Clark will play the part of Jerry Prost, the Vegetable, himself. The other characters, not to mention a few Senators and a justice of the Su- preme Court, are the Hon. Snooks, played by H. R. Baukhage; Charlit, his better half, Grace Myer; Dada, his f ther, George Odell; Doris, his sister-in- law, Dorothy Lewis; Senator Fish of Idaho, his nemesis, Robert Miller; Jones, his secretary, Robert Barnett, and Gen. Pushing, R. Ellis. The play is the fantastic story of a man who wanted to be a postman and who became President en route. Its presentation by the Columbia Players, twice winners in the annal tournament of the Community Drama Guild of Wi , will mark its first appear- | ance on & Wt n stage. “THE QUEEN’S HUSBAND,” Jan. 23-24. OBERT E. SHERWOOD'S satiric comedy, “The Queen's Husband,” which was given in this city two years ago with Rollo Peters leading the met- ropolitan cast of players, will be pre- sented by the Community Drama Guild January 23 and 24, at McKinley Audi- torium, with Will Hutchins as director the Queen, supported by a company of popular Washington players. All the fascinating atmosphere of a | foreign court will be preserved in the carefully selected costumes and settings chosen for the piece by the Guild com- mittees, under the supervision of Robert D. Chase, production chairman, who will | be assisted by Ethel Prince, settings di- rector; Harold Snyder, lighting director, and Helen Kennedy, properties director. Beginning this week, reserved seats for both performances will be on sale at T. Arthur Smith’s Bureau, 1330 G street; | the headquarters of the A. A. A, at Sev- | enteenth and G streets, and at the Drama Guild office, in the Franklin Ad- ministration Building, Thirteenth and K. [CASC (GMT. LEB JIMMIE SENS OF TH Next Week—Mail Orders Now—Seats Wed. 50c to $2.50 Prior to Its New Thomas Kilpat: A Hilarious Farce-Comedy “IN THE BEST With CHARLES RICHMAN and GRACE Braddell———8ta By Anits Hart and Maurice Entire Week of January 26th—Mail Orders Now 'AGERS, THE ACTOR MAN. n her ORIGINAL CHARACTER SKETCHES including New Ones Sat. Mat. Prices: Orch.—$2.50; Mez., $2.00, §! flm and ., $1.50, $1.00; Gallery, 50c. Mez., $2.00, §! opera and musical comedy revues. (4] 3. 3. RHUBERT COOPER'S ATIONAL TORNADO RILLS and LA ‘Thursday .50, §1.00; Bal,, §1.50, $1.00; Gallery, Boc. In 1910 he came to America for Florenze Zlegfeld and continued in the Follies in 1915. In turn he appeared in the “Winsome Widow,” “The Century Girl.” “Hitchy Koo" and “Joy Bells,” followed by the triumphant “Sally,” in which he shared honors with Marilyn Miller. Since then there were two Follies and “Yours Truly.” Last Spring Erroll was one of the novelty masters of cere- monies in “Paramount on Parade.” “One Heavenly Night” is his first talking picture in which he has a story part. Usef\:l. Though Past 35. SOME business organizations Go not refuse to employ men past 35, mo- AMUSEMENTS., Plays of the Month By Percy Hammond T IS the aim of “The Play of the Month Club” to_lead bewildered theatergoers to Broadway's most fitting dramas. Operating in & way similar to that of the several book confederacies, it undertakes to supply its members with the best entertain- ment to be found by its market-wise commissioners. These investigators, unlike those of the literary guilds, are uniden! ‘The advertisements of “The Play of the Month Club” are not decorated with photographic frieze of its scouts, and its dependents, therefore, must trust to unseen and unknown tipsters. Their record in the first half of this, their first season, tempts confi- dence. It is said of them that they were sagacious enough to buy seats for “Grand Hotel,” 10 minutes after the curtain went up. The club is founded on the same belief that one play per month is sufficient. It puts the overfed drama-glutton on a diet, restricting him to the more nutritious and palatable offerings. 1Its latest bulletin proposes Ivor Novello's “The Truth Game,” as the best play of the period, preferring it to the haggard “Elektra” of Sophocles, the Theater Guild's yellow-backed “Mid- night,” Al Woods’ malicious tub-thum) er, “Pive Star Pinal” and * wfi General,” Jed Harris’ testament native belief in the Russian sense of humor. tion picture officials point out, and cite Lawrence Grant, Edmund Breese, James Gleason, Mary Forbes, Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery and Will Rogers as ex- amples of foundation work in many pictures. Youth is beautiful and necessary to a work of art, but the background of best remembered films has a veteran actor as its main stem. Years of stage experience preceded the picture careers of these troopers. Artists, writers, actors—members of any profession clllmf for experience and knowledge of life—make their greatest succescs after 35. It takes years for them to find their balance and know how to market their knowl- edge and artistry. ——— Charlie Chaplin Premiere. CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S “City Lights” is to have its world premiere at the George M. Cohan Theater, New York City, February 1. Mr. Chaplin will .defer his trip abroad in order to be on hand for this grand occasion, which has tremendous significance to the motion picture in- dustry because “City Lights” is a non- dialogue film, although synchronized with sound effects that are integral ele- ments of the comedy “gags” and with music composed in the main by Mr. Chaplin_ himself. ‘The film, that has taken more than two years and more than $1,400,000 to produce, is reputed to be Chaplin’s fun- niest, “Shoulder Arms,” “The Pilgrim” and “The Gold Rush” included. LAWRENCE GRANT, Director of “The Cat Creeps,” “The Cemmand Performance” and other suc- cessful pictures, who has been made a member of the board of directors of the Motion Picture Academy, to fil the vacancy left by the death of Milton Sills. An Alias. **PART-TIME WIFE,” now at the Fox, was shown at the Roxy The- ater in New York under the title of “The Shepper-Newfounder.” The latter was the title of the original story, which was published in a prominent weekly e, CURRENT TOPICS Georgette Ross Howard National Club House, A. 4. U. W. 1634 Eye Street Tuesday mornings—11 to 12 &'NOTE CHANGE OF PLACE c-'afliluln Hall, L ‘fl"" Jan, 17, s, Feenen Drocd's, 136h and G. Dis. 6108 TONIGHT $® BEST SEATS HTER York Premiere rick Presents FILKINS by Jo Grabam OF FAMILIES” aNC., RAPER Although “The Truth Game” does not seem to be exactly what the doctors order, it is as fair a substitute as could be found by a “Play of the Month Club” in & pinch, Mr. Novello's comedy is a series of pleasant twitterings about a group of pretty but inconsequential English people engaged in flirfation and romance. The author in person acts a gay parlor desperado, who stops at in his campaign to win the rich, hesitant and wistful belle of the entertainment (Miss Phoebe Foster). I thought that Mr. Novello’s insistent | roguishness was just a bit oppressive, and so, perhaps, did the jury of the “Play of the Month Club.” But it| liked, as I did, his good looks and his | amiability if it did not care much for | his acting or his drama. Miss Billie Burke is in “The Truth Game,” hu- morously and handsomely impersonat- ing an acquisitive woman of the world in her twinkling though sure-fire way. It was perhaps her bright performance, and the bland grotesqueries of Miss Viola Tree as.the awkward and unkempt daughter of a duke, that sold, as the commercial saying goes, “The Truth Game” to the oracles. & ik & ARTH’UR HAMMERSTEIN announces that as a producer he has given up the ghost. His latest extra “Ballyhoo,” having falled to atf pleasure-seekers in paying quantities, is turned over to his employes from the stellar W. C. Fields to the earthy stage mechanics, to do with it as they see fit. Mr. Hammerstein estimates his recent losses as a purveyor of light Broadway amusement to be more than a million A mere drop, according to other investors in American securities, in an empty bucket. Arthur Hopkins has had his reverses this season, and so have Charles Dill- ingham, Gilbert Miller, Al Woods, | George C. Tyler, the Shuberts, the Erlangers and Chester Erskine. Their successes are as needles in a haystack of failures. * Yet they are undismayed determination. ‘“Carry on!” they ery as they surmount the flops and flivvers. | Mr. Ziegfeld, learning that “Smiles” was not productive, did not qui.. After scolding us all for our objections to and tumble. When, later in the season, he ventures to appear again in the amusement arena, I trust that he will protect his glass jaw with & fortifying opera. | CHAMS HANSON TOWNE suggests that I complete a catalogue of young actresses whose feats of histrionism this season entitle them to be classed among the rainbows of the stage. assignment is difficult, since the candi- dates are so numerous and so talented. Who, Mr. Towne inguises mx-huu- ly, are coming over to sup- plant if not to Cor- 1, Eva Le Jane Cowl, JANET RICHARDS * K ok X Mondey Intl. Nights, 82, 81.50, ROBERT AR In “Storm S (The Third Play of the The Theatre GREEN THE L Seged by HERBERT J. JUNE «ALKER RICHARD HALE LEE STRASBERC RUTH CHORPENNING i_hr Oreh., $3.00; Bal. ' $2.00; Bal., ) s envelope for ret " SEEI 1.50, Matinee: Orch., and they persist in a grim Broadway | ATIONAL L& 'Wed., 50c, $1 & §1.50, Sat. Mat., ., $2.50, $2.00 $1. .00, $1. - ot e i fo Bl urn of tickets. NEWMAN % UNDAY MATINEES AT 3:30 EUROP Miriam Hopkins, Helen Hayes, Blanche Zurka, Judith Anderson and Lenore Ulric and Mrs. Minnie Fiske? In the dilemma that confronts me I request those who are indebted to me for guidance in their drama-loving to discharge their obligations by sending me their list of promising blossoms. In my own experience I know of 10 player-girls who will soon be stars, if they get the breaks. All they need to make themselves pre-eminent is a part in an interesting play, a director and good luck. If can nominate two others I shall ve an even number—and that number will include but & few of the young actresses who are superior to their roles and their plays in the Times Square thea- ters of tonight. o Two Great Danes. THI: two handsome great danes that lie devotedly at the feet of John Boles in “One Heavenly Night" are not studio “props.” They are the pets of the 6-foot star, brought with him from France when he returned from his operatic studies abroad. PAUL ROBESON GREAT NEGRO SINGER Washington Auditorium, 19%th & E N.W.,, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 8:30 P.M. T. Arthur Smith, 1330 G St. NW. GAYETY-BURLESK HAZEL MILLER The Western Beauty " The WORLD'S GREATEST DANCERS KREUTZBERG GEORGI Genstitution Hall, Thurs. Aft., Jan. 15, 4:3¢ Mrs. Wilson-Greene's Concert Burens. Droos's. 1300 G Bt District 0485 Masonic Auditorium New York & 13th N.W. Tuesday, January 13th At 3 P.M. and 5:15 P.M. DICH HAPB’ IS’H GELIEBT wit MADY CHRISTIANS AND WALTER JANKUHN coplning B Droow's, 1800 @ sk Dis. 6404 T. Arthur Smith Announces PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA Stokowski—Coadactors—Gabrilowitsch JAN. 20, 8:48 CONSIITUTION Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Conducting Pekets $3.25, $2.75, 82, NOTEBooRs CLOSE AT 5748 ° PAUL ROBESON THE GREAT NEGRO SINGER JAN. 21, 8:30 Yoshingten L R. PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY OF NEW YORK JAN. 27, 4:30 CONSTITUTION BERNARDINO MOLIN; l, ‘RIKOLAT "ORLOPF: “saioft" "' ™" MONDAY NIGHT AND WEEK atl. 3 80e. Popular Mat. 2, $1.50, 81, & 50¢ V. NEWMAN PRESENTS ANCINE RIMORE ’ A NEW DRAVIA B ' smflfil SIDNEY R.BUCHHAN STAGED BY s NG MARION GERING WITH A DISTINGUISHED CAST PHILADELPHIA’S VERDICT A vigorous drama of something like epic proportions—"Storm Song” has a just claim to be regarded as a work of art.—Inquirer. ”” Miss Larrimore may bring forth the successor te Anna Christie or Sadie Thompson.—Bullet: NEXT WEEK BEG. MON.—MAIL ORDERS NOW THE THEATRE GUILD, INC., Presents Second Washington Subscription Season), Guild Acting Company in GROW ILACS An American Folk Play by LYNN RIGGS Settings by RAYMOND SOVEY 7ITH THIS DISTINGUISHED CAST HELEN WESTLEY FRANCHOT TONE TEX COOPER WOODWARD RITTER AND MANY COWBOYS 24 Wed. M: L Rimied snd ‘enclose’ TRAVELTALKS MOTION PICTURES COLORED VIEWS IMPRESSIONS OF 1930