Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1931, Page 38

AM USEMENTS. . A Plan to Supply Food To a Starving Theater Wliy Not, % Asks This Writer, “Have the Federal| Ambassador . Government Buy Up a Million Theater Seats and Hold Them for Higher Prices?" By Percy MONG the playgoers with whom I confer, in moments of con- fusion about _the state of the B Young. drama, is Tamman irst gate- Renowned as our erasher, Mr, Young is an inveterate and | Alf¢ a studious disciple of the stage, and it is his boast that he attends more the- aters free of charge than even the most industrious of the newspaper critics. His feats in eluding the wary gatekeepers are sometimes subtle, sometimes auda- clous, but always they result in his pres- ence at a play. Irvin Cobb says of a notorious and ublquitous New York public_dinner spokesman: “Every time T unfold my napkin at & banquet I ex- pect him to crawl out.” Mr. Young is similarly abiding. Every time I lift my orchestra chair to hang my hat in the rack peneath, I expect to find Tammany ched upon or clinging to one of its Aupports, having entered through the dome and descended via the chandelier. His opinions, therefore. are not warpe, by fiscal prejudices. While the judgmen of others may be affected by indigna- tion at the high price of drama-loving, Mr. Young's costless reactions are se- Tene. It is Mr. Young's belief that the play- wrights of the present are not sufficient- 1y influenced, in their selection of topics, by what are known as “current events.” In a time when the world is humming with important excitements the drama falters far behind. The most unpunc- | tual of the arts. excepting sculpture, it loiters, seldom catching up with life. It still is concerned, according to Mr. Young, with pee-wee personal crises— ® kiss too long or a drink too much— small passions, marriages and divorces. And in an era replete with new and {m- t predicaments pleading for il- ustration_and solution. What, I inquired of Mr. Young. as we were supping together in a Times Bquare lunch room, what subjects more timely could our drama’s librettists em- brace? Whereupon he gave me a list of actual things that in his impression are more thrilling than any current per- formance upon the Broadway platforms, as follpws: The panic. Starr Faithfull. Hoover's ride from Rapidan. The ending of “the New York World.” Hammond. The failure of the Bank of United States, The controversy between the Pope and Mussolini. Sunny Spain giving the gate to King fonso. Messrs. Post and Gatty cutting cor- ners in their snoop around the earth. “Do you know, P. H.,” said Mr. Young in our recent conference, “do you know that the chief trouble with our play- wrights is that they « + « like lunatics and lovers Are of imagination all corfipact? ‘They are so egoistic that they prefer their own little routine and limited fancies to the spectacular facts of exist- ence.” The success of “Precedent,” as photograph and propaganda, reporting with_theatrical accuracy the annals of the Mooney-Billings case, is submitted by Mr. Young as an example for Broad- way playwrights to follow; as was Edgar ‘Wallace’s sentimental and straightfor- ward counterfeit of Al Capone in “On the Spot.” In the foregoing paragraphs I have perhaps altered Tammany Young’s manner of speech, but in no ave his beliefs and mind been misinterpreted. - ‘The American theater is in a bad way, what with the Shubert Corporation un- able to pay its debts and hundreds of play houses and actors idle. Something should be done to rescue this important industry from the ravages of depression. Our statesmen have contrived a scheme by which the farmers' surplus wheat is bought and paid for by the Federal Gov- ernment. Though you may be unversed, as I am, in political economics. you have the right to wonder why the same tender philanthropy should not be applied to the producers and employes of the drama. Or to the producers and em- ployes of the suffering copper, oil and rubber business. It is the belief of many more qr less serious persons that if ‘WasMington would buy a million theater seats and hold them for higher prices, the art would become as prosperous as the protected cultivation of cotton or cantaloupes. In their patriotic and un- selfish musings about our national wel- fare the so-called Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled should bear in mind that the drama is as needy as agriculture is. and that its tin cup is open to contributions. Friendships and “Pull” Passed Up by Directors .The player Must Have Certain Ability or Be Espe- cially Fitted for a Role—The Life of a "Stock™ Actor or Actress—Photographic Exploitation. By Mollie Merrick. OLLYWOOD, Oalif., July 25.— “I have discovered that, de- pite all contrary fumors, the director chooses his cast from players best calculated to give him a perfect picture or as near to perfection as he can come, regardless of swclzk players on the lot, friendships, o o 'his statement is the most hearten- fng thing heard about the movie in- dustry in many, many months. Gordon Davis, former director of drama at Stanford University and associated with 8am Goldwyn and United Artists for me time back, throws this clarifying ht on a subject which has been more or less left in darkness or burdened by the oppression of conspiracy charges. If you listen to & great majority of Hollywood professionals you will hear tales of this or that part given this or that actor because he entertains well, or goes on hunting trips, with supervisors, or plays polo with the gen- erallissimo of the lot, or has “pull” with the old man himself. The “stock” players on studio lots result in a good deal of unfortunate casting has been true for sometime back. But the prac- tice of carrying large numbers of players on long-term contracts and medium salaries, is fast a out in Hollywood. There is a tendency to Teach out and get the player for the Tole regardless of his afliation. When M. G. M. released Gwen Lee, for instance, from one of those stock contracts which had kept her tied to the lot although without a role for the major portion of the final year of her service they discovered that she was the ideal for a role in a picture they were casting. Gwen Lee was called back to the lot which had just found no need for services as a stock player On the Horizon Pictures Announced to Fol- low Current Attractions €« l an amusing Paramount Com- edy, featuring Louise Fazenda and Edna May Oliver, which was adap*- ed from Sinclair Lewis’ story, “Let's Play King,"” and in which little Mitai Green and Jackie Bearl are import- ant elements, the ‘Warner executives are said to have bean selecting for a long time popular acts and entertain- ment to fit the taste of the entire family group. ‘These will include Freda and Palace, character come- dians; Gautfer's Animated Toy Shop, the Forum Boys, the Roy and Romero Revue and Maxine Doyle, with the usual supple- mentaries. Marie Dressier and Polly Moran also are to be seen, beginning Saturday, at Loew’s Columbia, this time in “Politics.” The announcement seems sufficlent to those who enjoy a hearty laugh: but nevertheless we are assured tha sheir funniest and most entertaining Production.” AMILY WEEK” will start at the Earle Theater Saturda: Starting with “Newly Rich,” Loulse Farenda. Barbara Stanwyck, Columbia Pictures’ | ewel, will appear in the R-K-O Keith ill starting Friday, in “The Miracle ‘Womai which was adapted .from a Broadway play tractive role of her dramatic carcer.” David Manners has the he-lead in the story, which has for its theme “regen- eration through love.” Sam Hardy and Beryl Mercer also are in the cast. Loew's Palace, starting Saturday, will present Nancy Carroll in “Night Angel,” a long and widely heralded picture, while the stage show from the New York Capitol Theater, appropriately named “Keep Cool,” will reintroduce EYTON PENN _ BTUDIO -BALL ROOM Trot, Two Step, Waltz, Private léssons by, apoointment. n.w. st fi. Met, 3050. n. L'EGARE §TUDIG vate lestont in ball-room dane ses and ) ine; ton, L4 It also is heralded as | offering Miss Stanwyck in “the most at- | and given an excellent part. She now is a free-lance player with plenty of opportunity to do the type thing for which she is eminently fitted. Stock players have a great advantage in the beginning. Most lots use them for photographic exploitation. Sea- soned players object to the continuous picture making required for the studio’s publicity departments. There is the great mass of fan magazines to be fed pictorially. A star with a day free doesn’t want to be called back to the lot to make a Fourth of July layout, let us say. Can you picture Norma Shearer with a day idle, posing in little black satin shorts astride a giant firecracker, or ho]dm&:n armful of Easter lilles for the ter edition of the Sunday papers? Anita Page has been largely pub- licized throughout the world by this means, Far more than through the parts she has had in pictures, although a certain type thing fits her perfectly and she has given some very satisfying performances in her medium. The director who casts on friendship soon finds himself in need of friends. ‘The old-time spirit of camaraderie is passing from motion pictures because of this very thing. The reports goi: through the colony of the ‘“caginess of this or that one, are due to the fact that directors, themselves travel- ing on very thin ice in these days of money stringency and producer-doubt, do not want to be put on the spot with players they have known for years and liked, and who have obsessions to play certain roles. More and more casting directors are drawing into themselves and taking to the yacht or the hideaway house at the beach, where he will be free from ;’rlnnb':rf!.sslng suggestions and obvious It the picture of the future is cast out of a stern desire to give the best that money can buy, we have some- thing to look forward to in picture making so far as actors and actresses are concerned. The Hollywood woods are full of good ones and more and more their worth is being evaluated correctly by producers. Reland Young, an actor of quality in | the legitimate, is slowly finding himself |in pictures. His unfailing success in |small parts—his unflagging ability to |pick up the moment with a subtly- turned phrase or a perfect bit of suave | pantomime, has made him a tremen- | dous asset in talking pictures. So sure | his worth that it has escaped the ob- vious director or producer accustomed to the high-powered and infinitely more crude methods of yesterday’s Hollywood. Elizabeth Patterson is another player for whom I predict a great career in plctures. When Ernest Lubitsch chose her for the lady-in-waiting in “The | Smiling Lieutenant.” he contributed to |a picture which will be famous for its | technique and tricks far more than for |its_story—a flawless hit of comedy. I first saw Elizabeth Patterson in New fl | York in “The Solid South,” the play | which gave Richard Bennett (and the | Bennett curtain speech) to the public |in an excellent characterization. Her \name went up in electrics alongside of Bennett's because this actor—erratic | and maddening at times, but always an excellent actor—realized that she was as much a contribution to the performance |as he. She has been in Hollywood but | a short time, but each performance shs | gives is done with that unfailing power | to stress the little characteristics which | make of her studies in human nature & very rare art. With the coming gesture in casting, the rat'ng of the talkie mnust needs go up, no matter where the market goes. | (Copyright. 1031, by the North American (COPTHE o wspaper ‘Alliance, inc.) | sty | Hearing that Eddie Cantor is to visit London, vaudeville managers of that | city are seeking his stage services. The | comedian last appeared in London vaudeville 18 yesrs 3 With § 4 Paranount —ON BTA! “Twentieth Century Revue® S—Other Great Acts—3 Bobby Jones Goit Lesson No.» “The Brassle” THE SUNDAY or WEI JULY 26 Sunday STAR, WASHIL Monday Tuesday TON, D., €. JULY 26, Wednesday Thursday 1931—PART FOUR. Friday ' Saturday Poilies Hel mes and ,9 IV{.II'Ie 3 eymm 18th & Columbta R. Cocka - Phillips Holmes gnd Phillips Holmes and” R Thi M i Co-Ed.” Go. n Crawford in oan ghing ilrm"l." Bhort_eublect. hort o Tk Tl Edward inson. n “Smart Money." Apollo 64 H 8t. NE. Fdward G. Rob- — Victor McLagien 5 ‘nger. “Women ‘ot ‘A “Smart_Money. medr Vet ™ e Crawford in An B PN N R TN in om Comedy. “W in illle ve in * e ioulders.* d foctie Dagh WG Burgd medy. Charlotte e g Serial y. Bopett Waol e - ""'5'31'.} Wasicr Comedy Dark. Arcade Hattsville. M. Ashton Clarendon, Va. Dark. Ne Joan “Dance. Dance.” Comedy. Marry.” News. Comedy. Act, Serial. Toretta Youns In “Too to John Gill Youn; “Geéntloman's Pate.” omedsy. esler and Woolse B é‘l‘, !g Nuls.'? omeds. Avalon i 5612_Conn. ave. ST medy. ews. Bdward G Robinson Bdward émfinmun “Smart_Money." Vitaphote short ‘Comedy ubject. ews. Gloria Swanson 1n Toria Swanson in “Indiscreet.” “Indiscreet.” Charles Farrell C A U ct. '“"_E%{T Green_snd g fooper 1) Comedy. News. __Serial. Comedy. News. Mar: or in “White 8] o White, Shoulders i Vitaphore short h Sublect. Bubjeets " William Powell in ~ Charlotte Greenwoor 2 les' Man. % and Reginald Vitaphone short in tepping (D)eurl‘ 4 8 Berial. Comedy Japet Gi e Bexer Ave. Gran Janet Gavnor and Waimer Baxter in’ “‘Chances. n Vitaphone short “Daddy Long Less." subjects. Glara Bow el 5 Jones golf series—8. Cartoon. Epreia Young in Georse O'Brien v‘un"h'gf!".mn - subject. Daddy Léhe Less.” Dark. 645 Pa. Ave. B, " T Cameo Mt._Rainier, Md. Marion Davies in rion Davies in Y “It's & Wise Child."* ‘Comedy. Wise Child." g News, idney Fox ‘onrad Nagel “'Bad 8i; ) Gomedy. "Nei Co News. and B reh! ions.” Act. rian in M uic) 'Gun ‘Smoke.” 8e: Central 425 9th 8t. N.W. “Women o Nations r McLaglen in Pomen ol All Comedy. Sport t. Vigtor McLaglen n “Women of All ns. Comedy. Sportiight Clara Bow. Resis Toomey ‘and Wynge Gibson in ick I Circle 2105 Pa. Ave. N.W. Clara Bow. Rexls Toomey and ‘Wynge dibson in ick_In."” Betty Compson and Jean “Arthur in “Virtuous Hus! Colony Ga. Ave. & Farragut T Joan Crawford in ~Laughing Sinners. Vitaphone short Jgnct Ganor and Jane d_Arlen i1 un Smoke." Comedy. Short subject. dolphe Menjou, st O'Brien and .. Mary Brian ‘in he Front Page.” mon Novarr Ghandier and Je ershol “'Daybr ho Ser Comeds. na Merkel and Oot a e T Y hun qy. ! ly oan Crawford in, William P “Laushing Sinners. s Sl Vitaphone short “Ladies” Ma subject. Wil omedy. Gallagh e mbard in Dumbarton ‘%53 ook~ and Clive Brook “and ¥ " | Brown and Henderson.” The first prod- Saps. ST i Fairlawn 3 3 L1 DT, ity Btreets.” Anacostia. D. ©. Comedy. ary Ogoper and Star cast in o) ib)." 2’!:" 1y ifi' 7" Mar) ;ri:?’ga“-“'m"’;n Cartoon, vl Town Richard Dix and Jackie Cooper in “Young Donovan's Kid." Comed. Richard Mary Bri riene Digtrich and ol feen” sone . dy.” Earioon. Hippodrome am Powell 208 K St. N.W. T willi , oty oo, SEniaa e Comedy. N in . Humanetfe. i rial Comedsy. Comedy. SR Home 13th & C Sts. NE. “Women of All tions.” Short suby't. tor McLaglen and Victor Mciaglen and imund Lowe in und OWe in in “Smart Money." of All Na- Vitaphore short *Rubject im\ ~Women tions.” Short suby; Fdward G, Robinson — Edward G. Robinson 10 Bmari Money - Jac rene Delroy in en, of the Sky y Friend comedy. art Money. Vitaphone short ect. Robt. Mont Dorpthy Jord “Bhipmate Comedy. New. Comedy. ery Jesse i 18th nr. RLAV.N.E. g0 hy Jord: "Shipmates. Comedy. _Ne Gloria Swanson n, _“Audio Review Dark. Lyric Gaithersburg. Md. Warner Oland and June Collyer in “prums of Jeopardy. Com. CArt'n. News. Warner Oland and June Collyer in “Drums of Jeopardy.” m. CArt'n. News Princess 1119 H St._NE. Robt Montgomers in Robt Monteomery in “ighipmates.” (& o in ‘Shipmates. “The_Life of the Party.” Winnie Tightner Victor McLaglen and k Whitlne and — Garols Lorbar nor";- To R Serial. L 0 Comedy. 3 Animated cartoon Warner Baxter and Janet GAynor in Janet Gaynor in Daddy Long Legs.” “Daddy Long Legs.” Comeds. Comedy Warner Baxter and ueane'gixien Rior B rian “only ‘Baps Work Serial. Comedy. George O'Brien in~ “Fair Warnine " Comedy. " Serial. ~Fable. “Fair Comed arning v Berial Fal Serial. bie. Marlene Dietrich Warner Baxter in n “Dishonored.” “Doctors’ Wives.” Victor Mcl N *““The Three for Lguls Wolbglm in ogues.” “The 8in Bnip." Dark, Brown in E_Brown in 4. minded.” oo ““Broadminder Comedy. Short_subjects. Joe E. “Broad ‘omedy. Short_subjects. Dorothy Mackaill and Dorothy James Rennie “Party Husband. Com._Short subjects. Will_Rogers in "A_Connecticut Yankee." Com._8hort sul Holt_in Bubway press 3030 14th 8t. N.W. omedy. Betty Compson and ‘Gonrad Nagel in “Three Who Loved. 8Short_subjects. Betty Compson and el ect Dark. Seco sen and Johnson Richard Arlen and ™ - Mary Brian “Pitty Richard Dix a Irene Dunne n “Cimarron " ts. Richard_Dix Jackie Cooper 1 “Young Donovan's Xid. oo, in “Three Girls Lost." Silver Spring. Md. Stanton 6h & C 8ts. NE and in ench- ews T g “Pitty Millio} men.” DIt Qlgon and ic_Johnson in ‘Fifty Milliop French- ? it . t._Comedy. Dark. State Bethesds, Md. Beery in Wallace Beery in ““The Secret Six Dby obby Jones on New W LR TG Bol nes in B in The Mashie Niblick.” _“The Mashie Niblick." Dorothy Jordan in * A Taugr Made Man m Sylvan William Haines and Wil Dorot! » 4 Tailor:Made Man om. News. Cart'n, o and Norma Talmad aines hy Jordan in Conrad Nagel 3 Ne: Robt. Montgomel Dorgthy Jordai ila Hyams in “Shipmates. ntigman's Fate. " “ATallgr-Made ‘Eomedy. hn Gilbert and Willlam Haines and Dorothy Jordan in a Man h “City Streetr News. William Haines ohn Boles in “'Resurrection.” Boles in urrection.” Velez L in “The Storm.” in “A Tallor-Made - Adpiphe Meniou and Lelia Hyams in “Men Call It . omedy. _ News A y r Point hone variety. 103 R. 1. Ave. N.W. Takoma i om S BALDIC, ‘News. Cartn. George Arliss in ““The Millionaire. Joe E. Brown and ge Arliss in Winnie Lightner Milionaire.” " “sit_Tight." s i Joe EBrown and Mg 1...?53: Winnie Lightner ctor 3 in Joe E._Brown in *Broadminded. Vitaphone short subject. Tivoli 14th & Park R4 wn Tn Doug. Fairbai inded.’ in “‘Chances.’ hone short Jones golf series—s. ‘omedy. biect. Joe E_Ero “Brogdmi Vit nks, 3., Dous. Fi 5 anks; T, in “Chances " Jones goit series—s. medy. York Ga. Ave. & Quebec 0] Bhearer In Victor McLaglen and o agers May Edmund Lows 10 8. “Women of All Na- 8hort subject. tions.” Short subj’t. Ve "Women of All tions.” Short subj't. ich and Marlene Distric n ictor Mol n Fairbanks in ing for the ‘Moen.” Cartoon. ry Cooper in 8t Richard Barthelmess and Fay Wray in ‘ Finger Points.™ Varie Ser = s Gy ed Di LS. ar “The BJ Tial _Short_subject._ William Powell ‘Wonder picture, priie “The Vikin adies Man." Eomeds® Serial Comedy. OUT-OF-DOOR RESORTS. River, Bay and Shady Wood- lands Invite to Recreation. GLEN ECHO PARK. LEN ECHO PARK, with its | famous new Crystal Pool and | sandy beaches, stretches out | its arms with free admission to all that the greatest of out- door parks provide in the way of health and recreation. There are rides and thrills, on land, in the air, and where | cooling waters and sundry sports divert | the mind from the warmth of the city. | Airplane swings, coasters, the ferris | wheel, the whip, the dodge 'em and | whatnot, along with the midway house | of fun and the old mill—something for every taste, with dancing to fine music | in_the ball room every evening from | 8:30 to 11:30, except Sunday. The great bathing pool will stage junior events for American Legion trophies at 9 p.m. Tuesday, preceding & Red Cross exhibition and water carn! featuring fancy and life-saving stunts Picnic parties are afforded extraordi- nary facilities. SEASIDE PARK. SWIMMING, canoeing, crabbing, danc- | ing, boating and fun and safety for the youngsters, with Bill Strickland's Seaside to make carnival whooped every Saturday evening, are a few of the at- tractions that lure recreationists to the breezy waters of Chesapeake Beach, where Seaside Park is reached after an hour’s ride from the District Line by fast and frequent car service. Airplane swings, a miniature railway, the coaster are added joys for those who take the Chesapeake Beach Railway trains in search of an outing. MARSHALL HALL. A DELIGHTFUL ride down the Po- tomac on the Charles Macalester is held out to those who are ready to take the trip every day at 10 am. (10:30 on Sundays) and 2 and 5:30 p.m. to Marshall Hall, where ample pro- vision is made for a pleasant day’s out- ting, with playgrounds for the children, roller coaster and other device and with free dancing in the breezy pavilion to music by Bill Boyd and his orchestra. ‘WILSON LINE OUTINGS. Tlm Wilson Line steamer City of ‘Washington leaves her wharf every evening for a “moonlight sail” down the Potomae, and also, on every day but Monday carries vacationists and out- ting parties to Chapel Point, extending her trip to Colonial Beach on Wednes- days, Saturdays and Sundays. The moonlight trips are unusually popular, nearly every evening one or another of the local fraternal orders sponsoring benefits. MORGANTOWN-ON-POTOMAC. THOSE who vacation on the day-at- a-time plan are finding Morgantown- on-the-Potomac a combination of se shore and country, with both land and | water slides for the youngsters and real salt water bathing. while their elders look on from comfortable bench chairs. | Deep water fishermen are using Mol gantown, which once was known as Lower Cedar Point, as a good starting place for their motor boat trips. Man- ager Craerin is always on hand to pro- vide many other comforts and pleas- ures. Busses make regular trips to ‘Morgantown daily. “The Roa; to Reno.” “THI ROAD TO RENO” has gone into production at the Hollywood studio of Paramount, with Charles Rog- ers and Peggy Shannon heading the cast. The story is from an original by Virginia Kellogg, former script girf written , for the screen by Jmeghlne Lovett, with added dialogue by Brian Marlow. It ought to be thrilling, for Reno is a favorite divorce resort at this particular time. Oststanding Hit of 19311 KEITH'S ('II)/(I”(I' ) NETT I NL A FOX—"“The Secret Call.” NOTHER redhed. proclaimed by New York critics as the suc- cessor to Clara Bow, the famous “It” girl, makes her initial acreen ~appearance in “The Secret Call,” now current at the Fox Theater. Peggy Shannon is her name and in her first picture she is supported by Richard Arlen, Wwilllam B. David- son, Charles Trow- bridge, Jed Prouty and Ned Sparks. the mysteries and intrigues in present day politics, with one party carrying as its banner| “truthful politics” and the “‘crooked ‘The with the efforts of Wanda Kelly (Peggy Shannon) 1o EEY K the hold Persy Shannon. of the machine headed by Tom Blake | (Richard Arlens’ father). The result is declared amazil ‘The picture story is adapted from “The Woman.” a play | by William C. de Mille which was staged by the late David Belasco. | Stuart Walker, who staged the play directed the picture. On the stage, Fanchon and Marco's “Golden West” idea features Harriett Hutchins, Bee Ho Gray and company, Chief Eagle Feather, Valerie Jimmy Ames and the Albertina Rasch Dancers. At _the 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. shos the Fox will present the first install- ment of “The Vanishing Legion” serial in 10 installments, which is now being shown at the Roxy Theater in New York has among its stars Harry Carey and Edwina Booth of “Trader Horn" ame, Frankie Darrow and Rex, the wild horse. R-K-O KEITH'S—“The Common Law.” ¢“T'HE COMMON LAW,” R-K-O Pathe widely exploited Constance Bennett picture, is featured at R-K-O Keith's Theater this week. With the glamour of gay Parisian life, the romance of a great artist and his beautiful model is presented in a pic- torial narrative that is said to stir the imagination, quicken the heart beats and gladden the eye. Surrounding the star are Joel Mc- Crea, as her leading man, with Lew Cody, Robert Williams, Hedda Hopper and Margaret Shilling. Paul Stein di- rected this screen version of Robert W. Chambers’ novel, the story of a gin who was willing to sacrifice her own happiness for her lover's success. Her beauty won for him a reputation while she lost hers. Added film features R-K-O Pathe comedy, Reno”: an R-K-O Toby~the Pup car- toon, “Aces Up"”; a Columbia Teen Snapshot and the current Pathe News. include an PALACE—“Women Love Once.” 'HE screen version of Zoe Adkins' play, “Daddy's Gone a Hunting” adapted by the author, and now called “Women Love Once,” with Paul Lukas and Eleanor Boardman as the stars, is the current picture at Loew's Palace. “Women Love Once” concerns the T WASHINGTON, D. C. AUG. 3—4th AT UNION MARKET GROUNDS Formerly Camp Melgs 4th and FLORIDA AVE. N.E. Jhe GIANT of THEM ALL Wade, | “Crashing | from his wife and daughter by & wom- an patron of the arts. After a period | of study abroad he finds he cannot come home and take up life as it once was. He roams about with his art sponsor, the beautiful Juliette Comp- ton, until he regains his senses. e end finds every one happy. On the Palace stage “Stardust” Capitol Theater, New York, revue the attraction. In this revue Eddie Conrad and Marion Eddy, Gald and Raye, Harrison and Fisher, the Star- | dusters, with other well known Loew cts, are featured. EARLE—"“Confessions of a Co-Ed.” “CONP&B&IONB OF A CO-ED,"” a love story said to have been “an anonymous college girl,” and Anatole Friedland's “Twentieth Century Revue” share headline honors on stage and screen at Warner Bros. Earle The- ater this week. A Paramount picture, “Confessions of a Co-Ed.” is said to have brought to the screen a college story that deals with a phase of American life hereto. fore cluttered up with foot ball herces and meaningless shouting. It is sald to have been revealed by the anony- mous co-ed. Who in her diary. day by recorded the experiences of her col- lege days, including the joys, the rival- lousies and the love aff their own” for the first time. Sylvia Sidney, who boasts a “meteoric rise” in screenland, and Phillips Holmes have the leading roles. Other players include Norman Foster, Claudia Dell, Florence Britton, Martha Sleeper and Dickie Moore. Anatole Friedland’s “Twentieth Cen- tury Revue,” described as a miniature | music-dance innovation, features Loretta | Dennison, Yourloff. Una Cooper and | Bobby Bernard. Other acts are Irving | Edwards, in songs and stories; Jerome and Ryan, known to radio as “Those Red-hot Bo the Agemos, in novelty feats high in the air, and Maxine Doyle, mistress of ceremonies. COLUMBIA—“Dude Ranch.” “DUDE RANCH,” the Jack Oakie special screen comedy, with a big name supporting cast i8S now current at Loew's Columbia Theater. ‘The story, based on Milton Krim's ‘humorous novel, “The Lone Rider of the Mojave,” is said to disclose the fun that ensues when a traveling troupe of stage performers take over the undercover amusement concession at a ritzy guest ranch in the Rockies. Oakie is seen as “the star actor of the troupe.” Others are Eugene Pal- lette, Mitzi Green, Cecil Weston and Charles Sellon. Arriving at the ranch owned by Stuart Erwin, they suggest that it will make things interesting for his patrons if he allows them to dress up as characters of the old West and put on a few realistic scenes in the vi- cinity of the hotel. The stunt works and the patrons get all thrilled up over the gun-flourishing deeds of the “West- erners.” June Collyer, prettiest guest of the hotel, becomes enamored of the rough-riding, sure-shooting Oakie. ‘The hoax, however, hits a bumpy place when a band of real outlaws ar- rive on the scene, fresh from a bank hold-up in a nearby town. FREE ADMISSION AMUSEMENT PARK POLITELY PROFFERS MORE THAN FIFTY AMUSEMENTS TO PLEASE EVEN THE MOST FASTIDIOUS AND CRYSTA POOL SWIMS 9A. M.TO 11:30 P. M. COME EARLY, STAY LATE PLAYS AND PLAYERS. Activities in the Land of Drama, Screen and Radio. 'RITZI SBCHEFF will shortly take her old stage production, “Mlle. Modiste,” on the road again. Rehear- sals will start in New York within a few weeks and the season opening will be in Canada. ‘Will Morissey’s Summer show, Crooner,” never reached Broadway. ‘was tried out at Asbury Park and then abandoned. = The production was a mu- sical affair, but it had no chorus. Getting right down to the foundation of the matter, perhaps star salaries have played no small part in causing the downfall of the stage. Five thou- sand dollars per week is not considered a large salary for a-star. With a large musical show, there are usually about one hundred other players in the cast. All ‘these must be paid. Figure it out and see where the producer gets his in- come. Joe Brown, whose principal claim to fame is a wide mouth, is reported to have signed a vaudeville engagement lat $5,000 every seven days. The American Red Cross has pre- pared a stirring movie, “The Symbol of Mercy,” to be released during the fif- teenth anniversary celebration this Autumn. The picture contains many World War scenes from the War De- partment archives. Milton Aborn's Gilbert and Sullivan revival has been such a hit in New York this Summer that the company will go on tour within a short time. From Atlantic City the company goes to several New England cities, then to Philadelphia, and perhaps to Washing- ton. Howard Marsh, once with “The Show Boat,” Joe McCauley and many other prominent players, are featured with the Aborns. An organization of undertakers broadcasts from a New Orleans station. Mingled with “hot tunes” by the or- chestr: per behind it all being: “Die now and save money.” Maurice Chevalier at Home. AURICE CHEVALIER, who sailed back to Prance for his annual va- cation July 1, is safe again in his own Gallic environment. Chevalier, who has spent every Sum- mer in his native country since he be- came a Paramount film star, will holi- day for a couple of months in Paris and elsewhere, including a trip to his favor- ite spots along the Riviera. He will Teturn some time in September. MORGANTOWN ON-THE-POTOMAC LOWER CEDAR POINT ater_Beach Around Wash. Berryman's Dance Orchestra % vis Anacostin, La Plats and wa. v or daily. Excursion rat “Arlen and they do with it? | Smiling Lieutenant,” has established it- ‘the first to be John Galsworthy's “The l AMUSEM ENTS, Attempt Being Made to Revive Musical Films Chevalier's New Picture Will Be Followell Y35k Eddie Cantor's “Palmy Days™ and “Flying Hiflh" as Cure for "Movie Blues.” By Robert E. Sherwood. ENTION has already been made of the fact that Hollywood is now in a drearily depressed state. The dank fogs of leth- argy have settled about the studios and evidences of action are dif- ficult to detect. The movie industry’s real work is being done at the mo- ment in the downtown canyons of New York, where the magnates are striving to obtain from the bankers funds with ;lhlch to pay for next season's crop of ims. The big problem in Hollywood is: When they get the money, what will Substantial sums will undoubtedly be expended upon the great musical re- vival, which will be known in cinema history as "The Return of De Sylva, uct of the melodic- renaissance, “The self as an enormous success. Eddie Cantor’s “Palmy Days” has been com- pleted and the advance reports on it thi “Flylng High,” with Bert Lahr, is Jolson is visible daily at the Los Angeles Country Club, prac with & mashie for his long deferred debut as a United Artists star. Hordes of unemployed chorus girls are limbering up preparatory to a strenuous campaign before the cameras. Musicals are, indeed, coming back. They will again be over-oroduced until the public is tired of them and then they will again be discarded. They will provide diversion for a few months, but they will leave unanswered that griev- ous question: What nex*? At this perilous time, when the fate of the film business is literally trembling in the balance (the bank balance), I should like to offer one suggestion all movie ates of all grades. It is as follows: Cut to the marincs! Last week I saw a picture called “Flight,” made some two years ago by the Columbia Corporation. It was, as I remember, the first of the Jack Holt- Ralph Graves adventure serles. It earned a great deal of money, and it is not hard to understand why. For it is the type of picture that made the mo- vies in the good old days of | ity picture containing views | of hero in dead &rfl. punctuated | with shots of the gallant boys of the United States Marine Corps—coming— = * ok o x to [in talking goer. It calls to mind a thousand thrill- ing finishes, in which a stalwart hero was rescued from torture or a pure hero- ine was snatched from a fate worse than death. Of course, the inspiring instruments of salvation were not always dressed in Marine Corps uniforms. In “The Birth of a Nation"” they were Ku Klux Klansmen. In “Robin Hood” they were merry bandits from Sherwood Forest. In “Intolerance” they were represent- ed by Constance Talmadge in a chariot, and in “The Fire Brigade” by Charles Ray in an old-fashioned, horse-drawn fire engine. In other unforgettable thrillers they were Texas rangers, or French Forelgn Legionnaires, or Canadian Northwest Mounted Policemen. But whatever or whoever they were, they all had one great point in common—they always ar- rived in the nick of time. In recent years, and particularly since the invasion of Hollywood by the Broad- way expeditionary force, it has been learned that the old stuff is the bunk. ‘The rumor has been circulated that in real life the Marines are sometimes too late. So the producers are going in heavily for realism, and for what they proudly call “sophistication.” and they're scornfully renouncing the tricks by which they once app:aled to the more childish emotion in their audience. A little of that forthright realism is all very well, but a lot of it, week after week, is bound to become tiresome. There is nothing so boring as matter- of-fact logic. Age withers and custom stales its infinite monotony. Hollywood is now sorely in need of & rebirth of the old “Mark of Zorro” va- riety of thrills. They can be achieved ictures as they were in silent ones. ight.” “The Virginian,” “Cimarron” and “Trader Horn"” have proved that. Lkt THAT alluring maiden, the cinema, has been trapped by a pack of villainous heavies disguised as Wall Street bankers. They have lashed her to a stake labeled “High Finance,” and [they are casting dice to determine who shall possess her. In her distress she is calling out, “Is there no one to save me—no one left to heed the cry of menaced innocence?” It is an apparently hopeless predica- ment. But walt? What is this? While “CV]‘ to the Marines!” That phrase | evokes happy memories in the imagination of every veteran movie- the grim dice game approaches its un- speakable climax—cut to the Marines— coming—coming—coming! (Copyright, 1931.) Late New York News BY MARK BARRON. EW YORK, July 25 (A.— Charles Hopkins is & manager who luces shows for the pure love of it. It is a hobby rather than a business with him. He owns a diminutive theater with only a few hundred seats. Most of his productions are plays by A. A. Miine, John Galsworthy and Benn Levy. And most of his plays are hits. H uced two last season and re- to move them from his little theater into a larger playhouse where he_could take in more money. Hopkins likes quiet, whimsical plays that especially appeal to the semi- Victorian clientele he attracts. He has really built up a following in New York that, although not so numerous, is as loyal and enthusiastic as the | Theater Guild subscription list. This season he will do two plays, Roof.” It was first presented in Lon- don a couple of years ago and, al- though a failure there, is said to be a | drama_of strong possibilities. After “The Roof”. Hopkins will do a new play | from the pen of A. A. Milne. The British authar of “Whimsy” cabled Hop- | kins today that he had started work on the first act. “As he is a steady worker,” Hopkins said, “I expect to have the completed manuscript in my hands by November.” | | EYWOOD BROUN and Milton Raison turned producers this week to bring in a new revue called “Shoot | the Works.” It is a oo-operative ven- ture, designed to relieve unemployment among actors. The show provides work for more than 50 players and its ma- terial was contributed by s half-score well known authors and composers. The best parts of the show are when Broun himself is on the . Al- though not & finished actor, he has a | ready sense of comedy and keeps his audience in a good humor. | The show brings back to the stage Johnny Boyle, noted heel-and-toe | dancer and once the partner of Joe Cooke and the late Jack Donahue. Bope also sta the chorus numbers. music not outstanding, ex- cept for several numbers written by (H:llx and Nathaniel Lief and Michael Me Chisel in on Your Heart’ p Baby” are catching. ‘The revue boasts one exceptionally amusing sketch, depicting a radio an- nouncer who revolts. Discarding hise flowering speeches, he suddenly begins baw] out his invisible audience, then WASHINGTON'S TATION * BOOMING WITH EXCITEMENT, LOVE AND SUSPENSE QOLING SW A GE FANCHON & MARCO'S “ GOLDEN WEST"” IDEA BOB HAMILTON AL MITCHELL Extra Attraction “THE VANISHING /GION' criticises the performers and ends by uttering much profanity cver the air in deflance of the Federal Padio Commis- sion. WHEN he had finished production of “The Band Wagon,” Max Gordon gathered up his entire sta® and hurried away to London for the preduction of & new operetta over there. It is “Waltaes from Vienna.,” with music by Johann Strauss, adapted by Johanna Wolfgang Jorngold. Gordon will do the show on Broadway this Fall. Albertina Rasch is staging the dances with London girls, this being the first time she has not taken dancers from her own studio for an English show. Hassard Short is directing the work and Albert R. Johnson is designing the settings. Young Johnson, now only 21 years old, is rated as one of the world's major_stage designers due to his sets for “The Criminal Code” and “The Band Wagon.” MARSHALL HALL STEAMER Charles Macalester Warner Bros. AMBASSADOR .8, TR OB EReatit W PH! sz VO C I e ——— EDWARD G. ROBINSON. “SMART APOLLO Warner Bro ON EDWARD G. M T AVENUE GRAND %% %% I e D By "onG LEOET CENT "'i: b St Bet. D and B VICTOR McLAGLEN and wv;'!' “WOMEN Conn. 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