Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1931, Page 52

AMUSEMENTS. Flashes From the Screen News and.Comment of the Photoplay By CR RE was a day, not so many years ago, either, when the theater was a Winter institution. The fhotoplay has changed all this. nstead of a season of minor inci- dents, the theater now blooms with the Bgfln‘ flowers. especially true of Washington, where warm weather does not curtail activities along Eff street. The modern theater is a building of comfortable interior, even in the warmest weather. With its ceoling system and other equip- ~ewy, there is no necessity for hunting the shade trees. Also, this influence of the movies has aided the legitimate theater with its Summer stock. The producers look upon the warm weather days with no fear. All of them have laid out elab- orate programs of production. Big pictures will be given pre- mieres during the coming Summer and box_office records will con- tinue to be shattered. * *_ % DE. CLINTON WUNDER, execu- tive manager of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ences, announces that crime and sex themes are gradually drop- ping from the program of produc= tion. The doctor says: “Out of 48 features released by studio mem- bers of the Hays group durmg Jaruary and February, only contained crime or sex in an; degree of prominence, and of these 9, 8 received indorsement of the glflk:m re:lemgnflo:gs representing grea - galx?num, including the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution, University Women’s Association, the Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation, Federated Women'’s Clubs, International Federation of Cath- olic Alumnae and others. From January to July, 1930, the repre- sentatives of public groups who examine pictures here in Holly- wood reviewed 607 new produc- tions, and 9 out of every 10 pic- turés won the indorsement of at. least one group.” As _often n&ed in these col+ umns, pictures run in cycles and roducers have “cycle minds.” or instance, if & picture of a cer- tain new type wins approval, all the producers in Hollywood make haste to follow along the same| line. They do not care for origi- nality; they prefer to follow the crowd. There soon comes such a flood of this particular type of icture that the ¢ash-paying pub- ic becomes disgusted. Then, by some unknown method, & writer or director hits upon another idea. Thereafter comes another flood of a certain kind of picture. We ha but to think back over the “bacl stage stuff,” the avalanche of mu- sical offerings and the “crime wave” in the movies to hotice how the “cycle minds” of the producers function. Hollywood requires some new thought which will not be taken to the studios by highly paid novelists who are’rehas] nfi their old stories. Hollywood offers a | great opportunty, the photoplay is a_ wonderful medi but it is not advancing, as it should. The Germans agesfaz ahead of us in their pht y, although their story mat is not always what it should be. Other countries seem to0' haye dropped, temporarily at lmt, from the competition, and this country has a remarkable op- portunity to show what can done in the studios. * * ‘HE producer; find themselves confronted with peculiar prob- leme when it comes to censorship | M of the talking pictures. In the first place, ‘making cuts the Fhlum 1s not only difficult, but t; 18 very expensive. As the mat- ter now stands, many of the States ve censorship boards, which ction in strange ways. Also, cities and communities have their ceénsorship groups. All of these de- mand changes. A picture which is suitable for one State, city or com- munity might not—and usually is| not—proper for another State, city or community. Each censor- ship group has its own rules or laws. As an illustration of this, “Alibi” was judged unsuitable for exhibition in Chicago, while in other sections of the country it was declared one of the best pic- tures of the year. Also, “The Big House,” another picture numbered | among the “best 10” of the gear,} was voted unsuitable for the State | of Ohio. It is thought that the, latter ruling came about through | a disaster in the Ohio State peni-| tentiary at Columbus. “The Big House” successfully ed cen- sorship rules in all other sections of the country. :In order to quiet talk regarding tional censorship, the producers ust start cleaning their own usehold. If they ever do, rough the Hays organization, blish their own board of re- w in Hollywood, they will have opportunity to acquaint them- sflves with the various censorship les, follow them as closely as sible from the Hollywood angle d thereby, to a large extent, minate future objections and, pensive cuts in feature produc- 5. From Washington, looking xuwnrd. it appears that the only | y to prevent a national censor- p is eliminate the cause for i€ To clean house in Hollywood 1 give no reason for the estab- lishment of a national censorship d. Those producers can take This 1s| 20 ,| Ricardo Cortez appears opposite Nelson. et a non-singing part in “Seed,” queried him concerning the mat- ter. “Well,” says John, “they needed a leading man for the pic- ture and I happened to be wan- dering around the studio at the time. They simply called me over ut me to work.” But you will agree that John is a good actor, even if they did give him a part where he could not make the birds green with envy. * % * THEODORE DREISER, the nov- elist, is cs“smfi all sorts of trouble out around Hollywood. Paramount purchased the movie rights to his “American Tragedy” and invited the author out to the Pacific Coast to witness the mak- ing of the picture. Dreiser made the trip and saw the shooting of the first scenes, and then he raised his voice in anger. The picture was not following the tory; it was a different version in many respects; and the author wanted a literal translation. ‘There were angry words in the studio and in the office of the producer. Dreiser threatened all sorts of things and the producer came back at him. However, it is a good bet that the motion picture people will produce “American Tragedy” in exactly the way they think it! be produced, whether their way is right or wrong. b Schulberg, head of Paramount production, announces that their contract with the author enables them to accept or reject the author’s suggestions. Dreiser says he may go into the courts for a decision. Also, Dreiser is up in arms over the production of a John Barry- more picture known as “The Genius.” Dreiser wrote a novel with that title, and the Barrymore story has nothing whatever to do wi‘n his (Dreiser’s) work, but the adthor claims he has a right to tae title. Atcording to my infor- dMation, the copyright of a novel does not include the title, and Dreiser says he understands the matter in the same way. How- ever, he claims that by lon ciation of his novel with this par- ticular title, he has a just claim upon it—that it is his by right of possession. Again, the author threatens to go to the courts for a decision in the matter. * % % ‘OW that Warner Brothers have gone to other studlosw and acquired some new stars, they announce plans for the fu- ture. For instance, Ruth Chat- terton’s first picture under the Warner banner will be released about the first of next December. It will be a story of high society intrigue, “bringing to the screen an entirely new theme and treat- ment.” The Brothers Warner say they are yet unwilling to di- vulge details concerning the pro- duction, “since it is felt that se- crecy is necessary to preserve the idea for the use of Miss Chatter- ton alone.” William Powell's first Warner production will be “Corespond- ent,” the star filling the role of a soclal outcast. Kay Francis will be starred in “Hungry Wife,” taken from a successful Broadway production by Arthur Richman. This picture will be released next November. * * * SHORT FLASHES EBE DANIELS’' forthcoming fcture will be called “The tese Falcon.” It is taken from a story of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The producers first intended to call the picture “All Women.” Then they changed it to “Woman of the World,” later going back to the original title. the star. Also, the Constance Bennett picture, which was known as “Virtue’s Clothes,” has been re- christened. When it arrives in the theaters it will carry the title of “Bought.” The original story was “Jackdaws Strut.” Ben Lyon has the leading masculine role. The Dolores Costello picture, heretofore known as “The Pas- sionate Sonata,” will come to the screen as “Expensive Women,” unless the producers change the title again before releasing. Radio Pictures announce that they have solved vexing problems in voice reproduction; that here- after there will be no cracking| sounds and i ections. say this is to be “hailed as the| greatest -single step toward ulti- {nm perfection in talking pic- ures.” Mme, Iso Asabuki, national ten- nis champion of Japan, says that Ameri motion pictures have proved ‘the greatest stimulus to Mfletlu ‘f‘or npnn?se women, e urray plays opposite Lowell Sherman in “High g&iu" —and her gowns' are said to be !the very latest word from Paris. | Rose. Hobart plays the role of |Myrd In the screen version of the | Robert E. Sherwood play “Water- loo Bridge.” ‘The new: novel ““Impatient Vir-| gin,” by ‘Donald Henderson Clarke, 1s being turned into a movie by. Universal. Sidney Fox will have the leading role. The same company’s production of “Strictly Dishonorable” will start | within a short time, although the cast has not been selected. Twen- ?‘2:& into the future, if they are . And if they are not, na- tfonal censorship is coming just as sigrely as one day follows another. d “national censorship in the vies means national censorship i§ many other phases of American ie. One censorship board will ply follow another, until even | r breakfast cereal will carry the cial notice: “Passed by the Na- tfbnal Board of Censorship.” 2 * * * OVIE players come and go. Some of them hurry through ‘Washington. Some linger a while. Boles, according to his own tement, would prefer to stay e a long time. ge my schedule,” he told me, come to Washington 9Jach ming here, where I have Iriends and where I enjoy 80 thoroughly.” , by the way, is a singer who He is h:l'l! “I will have to| | ty-three writers of stories are now | employed at Universal studio This | 11. claimed to be the largest staff| |ever assembled by a movie pro-| ducer. | | Warner Brothers have dqcldodf |to do away with $2 openings on Bmadww‘ It was too much money for the picture fans to pay. It has been a long time since we heard of Dolores Del Rio, so here is news: With Richard Arlen she has been signed for “Rose of the Rancho,” a picture to be made from the David Belasco stage suc- cess. The film will be made in color and production starts in| | May. Louise Fazenda and Edna May Oliver have been signed for im- portant roles in the Juliette Compton picture “Queen of Hollywood.” The story is based upon & Sinclair Lewis story, “Let’s Play King.” Neil Hamilton and Hobart Bos- worth have parts in the Joan Crawford picture, “Girls To- gether.” nelly | foyle s They | E THE NEW YORK, April 18 (#)—Only long lays will be entered in the Na- tional Little Theater Tournament this year. When the contest gets under way here, May 11, one-act plays will be missing. Officials have withdrawn the Belasco Cup because economic depression will prevent most of the major little thea- ters from entering. Only five groups have entered long plays and four of these are from New York. The Wigwam Players of Lapeer, Mich,, will be the only troupe to come from a distance. Others entered are the Morningside Players of Columbia University, the Henry Players of New York City, the Pyramid Players of Brooklyn and the Beechwood Players of Scarborough, N. Y. Between 25 and 30 little theaters unull{ enter the tournament with one- act plays, and it is sald this contest will resumed in 1932. In another fortnight the Civic Reper- tory Theater will close its doors and Eva Gallienne will depart for a year's vacation in Euorpe, where, she says, she will “think things over.” For the last two weeks of the Le SUNDAY est_star for two perfor: e Cherry Orchard.” Na gpennefl with Miss Le Gal- , when she played in “The “On the h Road” ances in mova first a lienne in 192 Orchal The ings of the week included two revivals, onhe being “Dracula,” which is merely paying another call on Broadway before continuing its lengthy road tour. “Six_Characters in Search of an Author” was revived, with Walter Con- Eugene Powors and Paul Guil- s chief actors. Although 2n in- teresting play, critics considered it a bit too wordy for ths days of speed P.|and brevity. Henrl Bernstein came over to see his “Melo,” which has been such & suc- cess in Paris, The New York cast is headed by Basil Rathbone, Edna Best and Earle Lqrimore. Miss Best is re- called as the actress who was supposed to be the new leading woman for John Gilbert in his latest movie. On the morning she was to begin work she fled Hollywood, saying she was lonesome for her husband. Main interest around stage shops centers on the winner of the Pulitzer prize this year. Plays which are now given the best odds to win are “Five Star Final” by Louis Weitzenkorn; “Green Grow the Lilacs,” by Lynn Riggs, and ‘“Tomorrow and Tomorrow,” by Philip Barry. Playwrights this season seem to be un- usually concerned with dates. Three of the leading current hits are “To- morrow and Tomorrow,” “Tonight or Never” and “Give Me Yesterday." Incidentally, Cupid helped business in the case of “Tonight or Never.” It was conceded the play was approaching the end of its run when the star, Helen Gahagan, up and married her lead- ing man. Business immediately in- creased, ‘and the play has gone back into the hit class. F ’Em Up STAR, WASHINGTON, Those Very Dangerous Eyes H John Barrymore as Svengall and Marian Marsh es Trilby, and the name of | the new picture has been changed to bring the star Into greater prominence. | The st'ry was “Trilby”; the picture is “Svengali.” | | has signed a mew contract which will “UP POPS THE DEVIL.” SKILLFUL combination of rich comedy, deep pathos and intense dramatic declamation are promised at the Shubert Belasco Theater the week commencing Monday evening, April 27, “Up Pops the Devil” a riotous comedy hit, featur- = ing r Pryor and Sally Bates, which will be pre- | sented here under, the auspices of the | Professional Play- ers, following & run of 150 performances on Broadway. 1t 1s from the pens of Albert Hackett and Frances Good. rich, with the story of Steve and Anne, a pair of modern | sophisticates, who, | in the beginning of | the play, are con- cerned only with | parties an times, in which they are joined by ir many friends in Greenwich Village, the locale ¢f the offering. Steve's highest goal is to become a successful writer, and Anne, anxious that he should have his chance, prevails upon him to give up his advertising position and permit her, as e dancer, to secure the means for their support while he, undisturbed by other duties, devotes himself entirely to his writing. A little Southern vamp attracts Steve and further complications e caused by numerous friends who refuse to be excluded so abruptly from | their lives. Around these situations the | authors have created an amusing and | fast-moving comedy. | ‘The_cast, headed by Roger Pryor and Sally Bates, includes Walter Glass, John | Marston, Brian Donlevy, Isabel Jewell, | Florence Auer, Florence Golden, Henry Yoward, Mabel Montgomery, George W. Roger Pryor. GEORGE ARLISS As a gas station worker in his newest picture, “The Millionajre.” Her Face Her Fortune. 'DNA MAY OLIVER, distinguished character actress, has a face. It's very longitudinal—but it’s her fortune. Audiences have laughed at the Oliver face and the acute sense of humor be- hind it for the past 30 years, and are still laughing at it in Radio Pictures. Miss Oliver successfully repulsed movie offers until she played Mrs. Hawks in Ziegfeld's “Show Boat,” for three seasons. After that the movie offers were too tempting. She went to Hollywood with a contract given her by William Le Baron, vice president in charge of Raglo Pletures’ Production. Miss Olfver made her screen debut in “Half Shot at Sunrice,” featuring Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey. In “Cimmaron” she scored a tremendous success as Mrs. Tracy Wyatt, the busy- body of the Edna Ferber epic; and then us Aunt Minnie in “Cracked Nuts.” And now Radio Pictures plans to co- star Miss Oliver with Hugh Herbert in & series of feature-length comedies, the first written by Douglas MacLean, for- mer film star and now assotiate pro- ducer at Radio Pictures’ studio, who also will supervise, while Gregory La Cava will direct. Wins by Common Sense. ETTY SINCLAIR'S philosophy of ife—Ist nature take its course— is paying her handsome profit. Betty 1s the only girl in Hollywood who doesn't worry about her diet, and as a conse- quente doesn’t have to worry about a job. She weighs 150 pounds, never more, sometimes less, and when cast- ing directors want a “plump blond type” they call her number. At present she is working for Paramount in Rouben Mamoulian’s underworld picture, “City Btreets “Por years T worried about my figure,” says Miss Sinclair. “I'd always been on the stage; in fact, was born in a theater, and 5o when I started to get I was heartsick. I went to Europe nd stayed five years,. hiding away from Hollywood, I guess. Then, b chance, T played in & picture for Gau- mont in Paris. I realised that my weight ‘might well be my fortune, I returned to Hollywood and have been busy ever since. I'm the only blonde in towa" Callahan and James G. Morton. Worth- ington Miner staged the play. “It's a Wise Child.” ON!: of the outstanding Belasco suc- cesses of the past 10 years, Lau- rence E. Johnson's play, “It's a Wise | Child,” a “hilarious” comedy, will be | revived by the Naticnal Theater Play- ers next week, beginning Monday, April 27. ! In “It's a Wise Child.” the g“’""\ under the direction of Clifford Brooke, | will be given more latitude than usually | falls to the lot of a repertory company. | | ated its appeal | play lasted one full season and & hall D. C, APRIL 19, 1931-—PART FOUR. }1;:3 pieee’.‘ -;u uoox;stmfhe“:h by larry ohnson, t for la mfl‘ only, and in order to get the of- fects, it is necessary to have free rein. This, it is said, Mr. Brooke intends to do, and much in the Belasco manner, for David Belasco has o belief that if nllyflen are restrained too much comedy falls by the boards. Met a Dur]iny. chn HYLAND, who is kept pretty busy at the Tiffany studio H) and educated at the State University. She always wanted to write, and hear- ing there was a scarcity of writers in Hollywood, she went to the film colony armed with a pencil and much de- termination. She worked on the Los Angeles Record as a reporter and then became advertising manager for the Studebaker mople. She had the good Juck to meet Scott Dnrlh;g, then ma r of the comedy unit Universal, who gave her a job writing scripts. That was little Frances Hyland's big start and she has been going big ever since. o5 Cnrl L:cmmle'g Biograp}:y. OHN DRINKWATER'S volume, “The of recounting the career of the noted fiim ploneer and Universal Pic- tures president, recently announced. re- veals the uphill struggles and brilliant success of Mr. Laemmle, from the days of his youth to that evening last No- vember when his production “All Quiet on the Western Front” won him the hi honors filmdom could bestow. “The Life and Adventures of Carl Laemmle” 15 dedicated to Mr. Laemmie's only grandchiid, Carol Laemmle Bergers The I calied “The P 5 T ILY DAMITA, imported from Paris | two years ago by Samuel Goldwyn, prolong her services with Goldwyn for three years more. Miss Damita will not, however, fe- Fuall, because she Radio for two pictures, the first being Maurice Del%bn‘: “The Pictures 8, X . She has t com= g!ml '# ‘Woman Mv’vue:n" for -K-0, . has ap- “It's a Wise Child” is representative | of of the best tomedy existing in Amer- ica. While at times it is uitra-sophis- ticated, it never becomes broad or vul- | gar. It is sald rather to adhere to what | is known as ‘“naturainess” so that everything which takes place in the | play appears as it might have happened | in the average home. This is what cre- | 1 on Broadway, where the | before going on the road. ‘The ipal roles will be taken care of by Stanley Rit John Warburton, Daphne Warren- n and Mrs. Hib- bard, but there are minor characters that call for exceedingly fine treatment, and one in particular, Cool Kelly, the iceman. “THE FRENCH MAIDS.” ¢’T'HE FRENCH MAIDS" is the allur- ing title of the attraction that will bow into the Gayety Theater on Nll’l|l!h street next 'l’kl;ld'“h a cast of stellar proportions, ine both men and women of the Mutual Burlesque and Vaudeville wheel, and a smart chorus with modern scenery and light- ing effects. CANTOR ROSENBLATT, Next Sunday. way, however, was probably one of her test achievemen or ack ts, Guns” she became an overnight sensa- tion and remained with the play seven months, relinquishing her part only to take & much needed rest. o —};lan Killers. PLANH that hurl themselves straight down, almost a mile, reaching a velocity of 500 miles per hout, to throw bimbs before “straightening out” a bare few feet from destruction, will figure as thrill makers in .the screen’s newest drama of naval aviatioh. ‘These are the Curtiss-Wright “Hell les,” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s drama | ghot Bag! of naval aviation being filmed with the the Nayy. ‘The new planes do not drop their bombs but actually hurl them at tar- gets. They attain a great altitude, then dive down under full power, OSEP ROSENBLATT, noted cantor- | ton" tenor of New York City, whose re- markable range of voice has brought him renown in Europe as well as the United States, will give a concert here in the Washington Auditorium next Sunday night, April 28, to meet popular demand. ‘The last time Cantor Rosenblatt was heard here several hundred persons were turned away from the Jewish Commu- :{tyu:enm!.“\mllbh to secure o:lcleu, request of a great many of these folks the Washington Auditorium has been engaged, and Rabbi Rosenblatt will give an entirely different concert from the one he gave on his last appearance ere, Assoclated with Cantor Rasenblatt are three brilliant younger Jewish musi- cians: Jascha Zayde Siiberman, pianist, of Argentina: Josef Gingold, violinist, of Brest-Litowsk, and Henry Rosenblatt, barytone, son of the cantor. Gibbons Now F respondent and idol of radio listen- ers, newspaper and zine readers, has been captured by the movies, and, it is said, he will recelve for his un- usual services more actual cash than| has been paid ai other male star. | Mr. Gibbons will ar in a series of | pictures, entitled “Floyd Gibbons' Su~ | preme Thrills,” to be made by A. P.| Waxman and Michael Mindlin in asst ciation with R-K-O Van Beuren Cor- poration and to be released by R-K-O | Pathe. Gibbons will appear as himself in each of the pictures and will personally interview war-time and other celebri- ties, obtaining first-hand human inter- est stories of their supreme thrill in the wi LOYD GIBBONS, famous war cor- ar. “The Headline Hunter” thus actually returns to his old role of war corre- spondent, but takes his audiences with him to hear, see and thrill to the great moments that urged great men to great deeds in @ great war. Known for his virile stories, Gibbons, through the movie medium thus, for the first time, will be able to deliver his thrills first | hand to his ever-growing public. ‘The series of pictures will be pro- duced in & New York studio and will not in any way interfere with Gibbons’ broadcasting, but as an actor by da; and a radio speaker by night, in addi tion to keeping up with a muititude of writing demands, Mr. Gibbons will be permitted to continue as an uncontested candidate as the world’s busiest man. | Floyd Gibbons’' own life has been as exciting as any of the World War celeb- | rities he will interview in his talking | nictures. in the center of na- tional ectivitiee—Washington, D. C.—| | he grew up In en international atmos- | | phere that groomed him as a future citizen of the world. Immediately upon graduation from Georgetown University he entered the newspaper career that has taken him to the exciting places of the globe at their most exciting moments. His first city editor, he says, fired him from a $7-a-Week job as a cub on the Minneapolis Star. But his crowded ca- reer was goon in full successful swing to develop him into one of the keenest of observers to record the drama of life and vitalize it for the millions. ‘The ent to cover the Battle of Naco in Mexico gave him his first ex- perience as.a war correspondent in 1914. He Temaihed across the border to re- port several rounds of revolutions, and ‘when Villa went on his da TAmpege, Gibbons was with him. Then, when Gen. Pershing came down to Villa, Gibbons joined his expedition. Gibbons exgerlenced his first World War thrill wi p.vl;d enl r;ulu mt: énndun as war correspondent for hicago Tribune aboard the 8. S. Laconia, t! Cunarder was toi by German submarines. The hunter was re- ported lost at sea, but, among others picked up by a steamer from a lifeboat tossed about all night, Gibbons reached Queenstown Harbor, Ireland. From there he cabled a 4,000-word story of the sinking, which_was_printed in_the T DANCING. &ufin. rirude Hoffman ball room dancini M. STAFFOI PI‘I‘EHQI tomlllt Murri iy ’hone North stage and udio 1134 Conn. A" REDUCING (Ladies) ‘Wed, Eve.. SLOO—E. F. it T S (Beginners) startin TAP CLASS o ot Saveoas Miller’s Studio, 1208 18th st.n.w, New 1076, | “Westerns” and sald to be screamingly a Movie Star Tribune but a few days after his obitu- ary was read in American newspapers. Five weeks after his story was the floor of the Senate the United Btates entered the war. One of the first American correspond- ents to go to the front with the A E. F., Gibbons remained steadily under fire | until the armistice. It was at Chateau | Thierry that he lost his left eye. He | ‘was honored with the Croix de Guerre | and was later made a chevalier of the | Legion of Honor. Italy awarded him its war cross. Since the big fight Gib~ bons has found adventure in rebellions in practically every nook and corner of the globe. HENRY ROSENBLATT, Son of Josef Rosenblatt, the cantor, who appears with his father in concert at the wumngwon Auditorium Sunday night, April Newcomer Crashes Gate. KNOWLEDGE of applied psy- chology is saild to have enabled Milton Krims, a reporter on the Los Angeles Herald, otherwise unkonwn in the literary field, to succeed where thousands of others had falled, in “crashing the gate” and unsolicited manuscript to that “fairly bubbles with Krims’ 18 called and it is now being produced in Holly~ wood with an “all-star cast” headed Jack Oakie. It is a satire on al funny. “For years” says & statement ac-| companying the news note, “it has been the policy of Paramount’s scenario de- partment to read no unsolicited manu- seripts, due to the fact that only one in a thousand contains a screenable idea, troduced himself, outlined the sprightly plot of his story and walked out after handing over the manuseript. It was & clever yarn about a Texas dude ranch rietor who, during & bad season, aboided 1 hire members of actors made their Soigh cowboye, Indlans, e, 5 cowhoy: ns, etc. "g'he Lone ilder" had little love for the hard-riding part he had to play, but to earn enough money to get back to New York lived up to his characteriza- tion as well as he was able. The and that idea, quite often, a plagiarism. | clima: Bales of manuscripts are received daily and, unread, placed in their return en- ;elopums and sent back to their authors v, next mail.” K knew how such things mmed’ t?rnlI m:fu - t procedure, an entirely different and sold the story. Appearing at the New York office, the aspiring author in- out the troupe succeed in e ey S ‘The plot was 80 novel, an interview was immediately and Krims 2oid s siory: The Riotous Comedy Hit of Greenwich Village! ” the “UP POPS DEVIL"” with ROGER PRYOR and SALLY BATES Eves—Orch., $2.50; Balc., $1.50, 1.60; Meaz, Week of May 4th ORDERS NOW! $1; Gal,, 50c. Maf 1; Balc., Meaz, $2, $150, $1; SEAT L ts. « SALE 15¢; Gal., 50c. WED. Mats., Thurs. & Sat. % “A MODERN VIRGIN” =3 A Sperkling New Play of B SR R the Younger Generation .50, 3 ‘ 0 St i B iy e P AMUSEMENTS. Washington’s Players What Various Dramatic Organizations Are Doing .nd Propole to DO- “FESTIVAL OF NATIONS.” RAMATIC scenes and sequences will form rge part of the s c'-lcu];lr 5 ifinbvc“ of flN:- ons,” which wi st for the week ning 'fim.y. April 27, at Constitul Hall and be sponsored by the Girl Scouts of the Dis- trict of Columbia. Many Girl Beouts will actually participate, notably in the colorful patriotic finale, with Scouts nad flags of many nations as the out- L 3 main | preceded a symbolic prologue and interspe: with four interludes, clos- ing with an epilogue in two parts and | a final¢, in which the entire cast of 300 players will appear. The dramatic action will be under the direction of Chalmers B. Fithian, assisted by Helen O'Nelll as dialogue airector, and many scene directors. Stories of the various scenes and the of the festival are by Ethelean Gaw. Prologues and interiudes Heart of Man” and “Retribu Festival 1 "The cnrrg*m In Japan,” “A bration of Peace in Crechoslovakia,” “The Will of the Good Spirit in Canada,” and “A Reunion in the Patio in Mexico” will be presented with colorful features, dances, choruses -‘1‘\:‘:"‘” settings of the countries men- Settings have been designed by Robert Byrne, assisted by John Pike, and exe- cuted by Charles W. Barkicy, assisted by Thomas Bondell; costumes were de- by Duff Merrick and executed Crace. Srigtio; brehiveetuses were Goe ; arcl ures were de- ‘Wiillam 3 for the produ pretentious attempted in this years. seats for all performances public sale at the head- H street. Boxes are to committee, headed by rro, and at the head- l&.h the Capital fund of Camp May ther, the Girl ‘slam camp In this region at Stokesville, . \ SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY. '|"Hl Bhakespeare Society on Thurs- u&:mu at 8 o'clock will cele- brate poet’s birthday in a program at Epiphany Parish Hall. Act V, scene 2 of “Anthony and Olemh’l" will be presented with the following : Cleopatra, Mabel Owens Wilcox; Rosemary Arnold; Charmian, Kate ; Octavius Caesar, Walter E. presen! Immaculal tion Players for the benefit of St. James’ Catholic Church, in the suditotium at -seventh street and Rhode Island| ‘nwnue. Mourt Ralnier; Thursday at .m. cast includes Florence Yocum, " | basita, by u“]nmows." by John ‘Galsworthy, English dramatist, the third tull- play of the Community Drama Guild season, will be presented Thurs- day and Friday nights of next week, April 23 and 24, &t McKiniey Audi~ torium, under the g,lnrecfion of Ruth Johnny, Wi ht as Mary March, Helen Sheckell as Wi 4 Blunter, George 8. " 18 the story of Faith Bly, the product of two years in prison, for smothering her child. She comes to the March home, at the instigation of her father, the “window washer,” and at the insistance of Geoffrey March and his son Johnny, a poet at heart, upon whom the war has left fts mark. ‘Through two amusing acts, father and son try to help Faith find herself, but at the end it is the mother who dis- covers that “what Faith needed was to be loved, not saved.” Reserved seats are on sale to the public at T. Arthur Smith's, the A. A. A. and the Drama Guild office in Franklin Administrationr Building. The play Starts on both evenings at 8:30 d'clock. COLUMBIA PLAYERS, ’I‘n ooxx;umu PLAYERS will fe- peat their success of two years ago, “Helena's Boys,” in s D‘I‘.h?- ances for two outside organizations which have requested them. A number of the old cast including Elizabeth Dyer, Paul Alexander, Theodore Bartlett and George Edwards will take part. This play will take the place of the one-acts originally announced. “Hell Bent for Heaven,” the next play on the regular program of the Plagers, is now in rehearsal and will be given on May 14 and 15. G. W. U. Drama Club, April 25. “THE CASSILIS ENGAGEMENT” by St. John Hankin, will be pre- sented by the George Washington gw’:‘l- versity Drama Club Saturday evening, April 25, at the Wardman Park Theater under the direction of J. Milner Dorey, lecturer on play production in the uni- v"rl‘“”‘ ermed the pla; t “a for n'm?.he‘rl‘?Z the By oo P the lower clesses, achieving the enchantment by posing the girl, under the guise of a friendly invitation, the background of an aristocratic e, where Ethel’s crudities are exposed and u:«: in mmrflnfi e’vm'm by the ufty” routine of lish country life. In the cast will be nmneeu.v'leoh- ginla it as Vi who is intended fm H m Stolar as Mrs, Borridge, lthei'- impossi- ble 3 Lilllan Spector as Marchmont; Mary Davis as the Coun- tess of Remenham; Frank Westbrook 28 Maj. Wa ; Jack Vivian as the Rev. Hildebrand Herries; Ethel Hattley as Mrs. Herries; John Swartwout as the butier and Robert Wright as the maid. “THE ROMANTIC YOUNG LADY.” AURA STOCKTON VOORHEES sario, in * by G. ‘whi men , by the Pierce Players. Miss Voorhees was very active in dra- matics at Goucher College and a member of the Guild Theater of - , the oldest amateur dramatic or- in the three chaimi; brothers Wil he plaved. by - Arthur Rohrer, Edward Northrup and Dulan Sellers; the grandmother, Dona Bars Catherine Pals y Carrigan, while the colorful part of the dancer will be taken by Anne Dondrup. Mrs. Rowland S. H. Dyer heads the list of zomrn. Arrangements. ing al“um g‘xve duncmn"hu.nd - men! r_the play on terrace All Souls’ Church. % Screen’s Motif for 1931_.~ ‘ “LAUO! the blues away” is the mood of the moment all over the world, are backing up their belief by giving comedy first place in their 1931 plans for film production. Comedy relief will be added more strongly than ever even n the serious dramas. “Conversation with various producers have indicated that most grams will be made up with relation to the special current needs of Teports in a current mlgn- “Al- psychologists have for some time out that the motion furnishing flclmw :fi and fretting h wise swamp a troubled world, the year 1831 bring to motion pictures greatest opportunity for this service which it has ever experienced. And wm.oul are consclous that the public’s i T NATIONA ® much a manifesto as an agreement among themselves. It set standards to which the corporation heads would re= quire their executives, directors, writ- ers, cameramen and actors to adhere. As in every case of the promulgation of a code, the effect was at first nega- tive. Its spirit, as interpreted by some of the creators of dramatic material for the screen, was ‘Thou shalt not.” o “The creative mind, however, is never hampered by the restrictions of New iteness in photopl ghunn, the the baiiaing roRtame ul up of the of Individual m‘t’uu. XrP other o those cencerned with the production motion pieture en t; having - first found what they cannot do- under . the code, have also by e: ce found what they can do—and have set do it to the best of their lbl.ll!y."o‘n - ELENA DE SAYN LOTTE KLEIN Twe_Coneerts 15 April 22 3G 83 Stoneleigh Court Ball Roem 1706 L Street N.W. Seats—One Dollas ons—Metropolitan GAYETY BURLESK lI.I.LFLEl' PALM BEACH BEASTINS AM. __Fer 1) MONDAY NIGHT NIGHTS—$1.00, 78¢ and 50c WED. and SAT. 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