Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1931, Page 46

Out-of-Door Resorts Lure ¥ Bummer Pleasure Seekers hi@er. Bay, Shady Woodlands and Gay Amuse- ment Parks Offer Swim Diversions for Warm Weather Recreation. GLEN ECHO PARK. the joys of the finest outdoor rk, with the added charm of its famous new Crystal Pool for bathers and swimmers, even in- cluding - symthetic | heaches of the-cseashore, are the boast of Glen :E¢hey Park, the big free admission /pleasure ground on the upper waters of “the Potomac, but within quick reach of by electric street car serv- «oe, or-by fine driveways for the motor- #st, who will find suitable parking space at-his journey's end. Picnioc parties are -atteacted by every facility and con- Maftence to park under the great forest saf-shade trees Everything needed by ‘one-day outer is hand to add to comfort as.well as his joy. ~Phursday, an outstanding event in ‘the .form of a great swimming meet, -sanctioned by the District of Columbia shranch of the Amateur Athletic Union “ofthe United States, is announced, with nts for men, women and boys, Wil- E. Russell, 1503 Nm;l" Capitol -#treet, being the registrar. o entrance fue ds- charged, but there wili be gold, Zallyer' and bronze medals for first, sec- “ond and thrd-pluce winners, as well as team trophies for winning relays. " SEASIDE PARK. “UA N. enjoyable outing for the day or . the week end may be had at Sea- | Park, at Chesapease Beach, where, | dlnc ng in the ball room to ickland’s Band, may be L urphne swings, automobile rac- #rs.and many other devices of enter \-bnent along with a fine rew swim- -ming 1 and, it is whispered, salt ¢ ide Park is reached from the Dis- Line station by a one-hour ride on _train_that .carries its passengers ough Maryland's rolling. hills _and Free parking space is offered Ahdse who prefer to motor down over 'm.new paved highway. #: MARSHALL HALL. W a delightful ride down the c—the steamer Charles r leaving Seventh street wharf “g¢ 10 a.m. (Sunday at 10:30 a.m.) and ’$% 2:30 and 6:45 pn. daily—the excur- 'FOX—“Young as You Feel” ROGERS, ambassador of joy and America’s foremost | osopher, with his gang ding ¥ifi Dorsay u!flefl:]d. are now huld‘ng the screen of the Fox Theater “Young as You #%}‘uclen in la(en latest plclure, " adapted from g .nmmu plny. the %wflmn by new Wil ’ is Touk § picture, in style, customer R e 5 it Wi , Ward and Pinkie, Ch uld Richard Stuart, Steve Moroni Pascinating Mermaids. Bob Bllnflm organist, plays an unusual organlogue and shows how the im ?_*Me can be done on the organ. The fourth episode of “The Vanish is the added attraction 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. shows daily, “Fhe Fox Movietone News also holds on the bill. FARLE—"“The Reckless Hour.” WO stars head the program at Warner Bros.' Earle Theater this Dorothy Mackaill is the screen in “The Reckless Hour,” a First atipnal-Vitaphone picture, while Nicl the crooning troubadour, is the of the stage program ~-"Fne Reckless Hour" is said to vivid- tray the emotional life of a mod- oy girl- who spends her days display- ing swanky clonm in a PFifth avenue tatelier—and her nights with her hum- tBle damily. This till what seemed to -é:love came her way, only to leave her eynftal toward all men. The story is sgaid to be very dramatic and leads up 16’8 tirilling €limax. Miss Mackaill is ted by Conrad Nagel, Walter , H. B. Warner, Joan Blondell, “Jos’ ‘Donahue and Dorothy Peterson #&lfiture was directed by John Fran Nick Lucas, & popular crooning siroubadour making his third appear- Tanee “by popular demand,” heads the Dbill, with three supporting vaude- acts, namely, Sidney Marion with T3arie Du Val, in “Bits of Musical Com- +&dy?, Ruiz and Bonfta, South Ameri- «Can dancers, with Sultana, Bivera and ZMarie. Patri, and the Gilbert Brothers \extraordinary sthietes. Maxine Doyle presents each of the acts. The eleventh Bobby Jones golf lesson. “Practice Shots"; the Graham McNamee Tallking Newsreel and an orchestral prelude complete the program sgen R-K-0 Keith's—"Dirigible.” JYJ)IRIGIBLE," a Columbia picture, with Jack Hoit, Ralph Graves and Fay Wray -featured, is now being Shown at R-K-O Keith's Theater at prices. The picture is an air with & background of human ““directed by Prank Capra and _made with the avowed co-operation of the Upited States Navy. Others of im- in the cast are Hobart Bos- Karns 'Wm and Constance characters. Jack Bradon pal ’mky Pierce, are played by and Graves. Bradon is the com- of » huge Navy dmfilb)e and :Plerce s the Navy's foremost flying ace & dpsedevil for whom no risk is too )fl- Wray plays the role of into action when ming, Boating and Other sionist .nds himself at Marshall Hall, a | famous old historic Tesort, with joys of the outdoor park, fishing, swimming, |and boating included. Returnihg the | steamer leaves Marshall Hall at 12:3 4:30, 7:45 and 11 pm,, stopping at Al- exandria en route, | Wednesday will be a gala day at {Marshall Hall, for then will occur the | forty-seventh ' annual grand tourna- |ment, winding up with a dress ball Bancing will be frec to_the music of Rob Boyd's Orches:ra. Gold prizes will be provided for the successful uniformed | knights who ride in the tournament. | Tilting starts at 2 pm. The queen will be crowned and the prizes awarded at 7:30 pm. A distinguished list of judges { will make the awards. The day orator will be J. Prank Parron and the e ning orator J. Royall Tippett. MORGANTOWN-ON-POTOMAC. OVTING parties who prefer quieter ‘ methods of recreation and enjoy- ment are being invited to Morgantown- on-the-Potomac, where Manager Crae- rin says bathing is at its best, while just a short distance away, but safely apart from the bathing grounds. de- liclous crabs may be hauled in for those who like a feast of julcy erusta- | ceans. Attention again is called to the fact that this new resort on the lower | Potomac is what was once known as | Lower Cedar Point, a famous excursion | ground in other days, but now. it is claimed. somewhat bet'er. The season here will close September 13. WILSON LINE OUTINGS. HAT with its moonlight dances on its 8:45 evening trip down the| Potomac, with delightful music for | | those who prefer to look on, as well as | for the dances, the Wilson Line steamer | City of Washington makes a daily round 'Yflp to Chapel Point, except on Mon- dlv leaving Washington at 9 a.m. and | Chapel Point, returning. at 4 pm. An added delight of the trip is a deck lh\lflle bourd usually found only on | l an n.thinq bolun. fishing and sports of all kinds are found at Chapel Point, along with other amusements. | COLUMBIA—"“Tabu.” ‘W. MURNAU'S South Sea romance, 4 “Tabu,” is the current screen fea- | ture at Loew's Columbia Theater. Mur- nau developed the story himself and | left- Hollywood, where he had for two | years been considered one of the 10 | best directors to film it. He spent 18 ‘monflu in the South Seas, and during the filming of this production he dis- covered Reri, who at the present time is being starred in Ziegfeld's “Follies.” ‘The story of “Tabu” concerns a young girl's love for a boy after she has been proclaimed as a goddess of the island. and is consequently unattainable by any man under fear of death. The you lovers defy the wrath of the tribesmen and elope. The climax of the story comes upon their discovery. A special added attraction will be the latest Laurel and Hardy comedy, “Our wue " which is claimed to be the best ering of this versatile pair to date. PALACE—"“Sporting Blood.” THNDUGH the efforts of Managing Director Cullen of Loew's Wash-~ ington theaters, “Sporting Blood” is the feature screen attraction for the current week at the Palace as hit No. 3 of 'w's August parade of hits. Manager Cullen, after seeing the pic- ure, made a special trip to New York order to secure what is said to be greatest picture of its kind since ‘Whip,” which is considered the dramatic of ;fl race track stories. :nd bew Cody in supporting roles. he Palace stage Ted Claire heads W& Clplml ‘Theater, New York, stage re- | vue titled “Happy Feet.” Wilton and | Weber, Three Brown Buddies and other Loew acts are included on this bill. On thc HOI’;ZOD Pictures Announced to Fol- low Current Attractions h/] ANAGER HARDIE MEAKIN of R-K-O Keith's announces as his screen feature for the new week begin- ning Friday, Richard Dix in “The| Public Defender,” whioh, he states. pre- | sents a new Dix, a new personality and | a picture entirely new in coneeption. but of the R-K-O brand and with a fine cast $«QILENCE," featuring Clive Brook, * Peggy Shannon and Marjorie Rambeau, is announced by Loew's Palace as the feature for the new week beginning next Saturday. A New York Capitol Theater revue will present “en- tertainment. in the flesh™ for the pro- gram on the stage. ¢T'HE BRAT." featuring Sally O'Neill, | Allan Dinehart, Prank Albertson | and Virginia Cherrill, will be the at- | taction st the Fox Theater for the week beginning next Fridey. That long heralded “All-Washington Revue,” with a company of 50 principals, including | a ballet of 12, and the Fanchon-Marco | “pep” idea, featuring the Hollywood Collegians and Dorothy Crocker, will comprise the stage entertainment. | weather VJAURICE CHEVALIER'S latest pic- ture, “The Smiling Lieutenant,” -mch has just closed a New York en- | gagement at $2 prices—so the an- | nouncement reads—will be the next| picture to be shown at Loew's Colum- bia Theater when a change of at- traction is made. “BO\ 'GHT.” a much heralded War- ner Bros. picture and the first exploiting Constance Bennett under her new contract. is scheduled for the Earle | Thester, starting Saturday. Joe Penmer, stuttering comic, will head the stage | program In “Bought” Miss Bennett is sup- | ported by Richard Bennett, her, father, | with Ben Lyon and a large cast. Harry Delmar's 1931 Vaudeville Revue, pre- sented by a company of 12, will be a strong feature in lhe stage program. ]na Clllre Retracts. AFTER completing the taiking pic- ture version of th» Donald Ogd:n Stewart play “Rebound,” Ina Claire has decided to bow her adieu to her beloved theater. “It took me some time to arrive at the decision to devote my entire time, to the screen’” Claire explained. ’I was not at all sure it was the medium o me. making - my third picture, T have gained the con- fidence and courage to make the leap. Ina’s big successcs on the stage wfldd when she flvc a burlesque in ' Revue of Belasco NDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D AUGUST 16, 1 PART FOUR PHOTOPLAYS AT WASHINGTON THEATERS THIS WEEKI WFEK_OF AUGUST 16 Monday Tuesday™ Wednesday Thursday F riday Saturday Ambassador 18th & Columbls Rd. H‘ ons i Mackalll in Dorothy Hour.” “The Regl 'Y Play Gol Robt. Monrgomery in in Pussession.” Rt M Mogieomery ih fnphum short, \Hllph:lu ot Tddie Quillen in weepstakes. nnu n ). non Robt. finmn in “Man in Possession.” Vilu-hg‘ne short Apollo 620 H St. NE. B MBSeon -datenine Sinners. Vitaphone short oy subject Hol 1 Pll! Javenas unners e DD fibflrl l.!H! Jeanette MacDonald edy. ‘Shori_subject Arcade Hyattsville, Md. Dark. L3 A C: . ‘omeds. News. Dark. Ashton Clarendon, Va. Trene Delroy and Jack Whlunl “Meb_of the Sky. Jdog E Brown in “Broadminded.” oon Jaget Gavnor and JAREt Gargor an ‘Warner Baxter ‘Warner !lx("d 'Annlbfllos Afairs T Pt v “afen Oafl 1y Fave.” meds. ' Fabie Winnle Lightner in~ ¢ Gertle.” N llchnrd Arlen ul nd Ry Franc i Vice Squad.” Serl and Howai a ““Never nul Meet.” Avalon 5612 Conn. ave. onncmu & Mon in “Never the T Shall Meet Noriis Sheaicr | ‘ DD PR 1es only Jones:saites, 1 '{ i t Sehilling & Bt Gregors In Children of Dreams.” “How 1 Plav_Golf’ Com-a; Jack Whiting and Irene Delroy in ““Men of the Sky " Laurel-Hardy comedy. Ave. Grand 645 Pa. Ave SE V\t!'.%?(’h‘:fl Cllrt Brook wye L.um Naras comedy. Beiiy Compeon T Clive Brook and “Three Who Loved." Comedy’ Charles Rogers in Thelagye bvese: - Bill Bord and aret Schilling & ‘unc Goliver in e esgry in 4 chi'nre!n of i park. Cameo fllnT Lendi and bve.” Tallulan Benkhe ad Mt._Rainter. Central Md. Bill Boys June Coll and er in, jctory. Cliv and Chiaries Kovers n “TheLawyer §Beeret.” Robert Woolsey in ‘tv-rrlhlnl s s -mg screet " Vitaphone short Golortone Reel. subject. 425 9ih_St. N.W. Circle 2105 Pa. Ave. N.W. 7 wnfi? a.{m 1=‘nd 4: Lon Lews “Daddy Janet Gaynor. warner Baxter and Una Merkel in Long Less." mlve Brook d yoih B A kAT X anagh in res Giive Brook and uum Wulhnm -nn‘ Fay 'Wray in “The ary Astg ry T in, “The Sin Snip. ] Funny, é§ UST be fresh, saucy, tough, | rough — yourself, you know.” was the astonishing instruc- For Covered Wagon”—to_Sally O'Neil, be- | fore they started “The Brat’ at the Fox stodio. “Yes, sir,” was Sally's timid reply, as she wondered if the director was trying to be funny. Well, Sally did it anyway, and when the picture was finished she was im- __ | mediately signed to & new contract. Dunn, who is said to have ! James jumped from obscurity to stirdom be- fore his first picture was T afier being sent to the Park Row sec- tion of the Fox studio, to observe how | a real newspaper reporter looks, made A discovery. The group of newspaper men gathered there, he said, did not fit. his idea of the quest. “Theyre all right,” he was “They don't have that harried expres- sion when they don't have to make & deadline.” jorie Rambeau, in Metro-Gold- s new aviation picture, is to carry on a conversation in Panaman | with servants in th! Panama a«zuence ive Brook and Saries Hogers in Colony AR, Rt >hat ““TheLawser s Secret.” Comed: Clive Brook and Charles Rogers in Bobb; “How. Novm;?fium n 1. Bobby Jones_ series, “How Golf”" Play George OBrlm i, “The Holy, Terror." Berial. Comeds. _Short_rubject Ga. Ave. & Parragut Dumbarton Dous. r-mm-m and itelen Ghani n d_Bound." Goover 35l Clm{: Lombard in Take This T Woman. " Ricardo ortez and ay Francis Francis in n ““Transgression.” “Transsression.” Bper nd Uns Merkel in “8ix-Clinder | 1349 Wis. Ave. N.W. Fairlawn oAy il Warper Daxter in “Daddy Long Less." Com Janet Gavnor l.gn a Youns and ardo Cortes in, “Vigtor Mclaglen and vfiwr Mlagien and Women_ of All Na- Com. Cart'n Edmun mmn of ‘Al Na- tions." Cor t' Bebe Daniels in “The Maltgse | rmon 2 uoor e ORrien Tn error.” Hmy'wn%efley Serial (mat. oniy) Anacostis. D. C. Hippodrom= s0n Bt MW Cartoon. Norma Shester i Home Vllllhg’\e short 13th & C Sts. N.B. Normg, Shegrer in Vitagbone short sub; | Jesse i8th nr. RIAVNE Warner, sum and Lyric Gaithersbure. Md. Richmond Alexandria. Va Savoy 3030 14(h St Agzes in 05 Yo M Laurel ¥ NW un can:hnl Rdonteneero Sl in “Never the Twain Meet." Lew Arres in “Up for Murder." Laurel-Hardy *Comeds in __Shall_Meet Norma Shearer in “Stransers May Kiss." Vivaphone short subject BBt Mopigomery in 1 John Barrymore and ‘Svengali _Com. News. Novelty. Charlotte Greenwood —Chai n_in 'Ne- * Com's. Pable. __ti 7lvia Sidney and Philifps Hotmes 1a Confessions of & - Comedy .'ohn mmmnu and Marian Marsh in tions. ntgomery in a7 in Possession Rob M Vitaphone short Marian Marsh in all Comeds. *Noveltr. edy Oswald carioon rlotte Greenwood and Reginald Denny in_“Stepping Out ____Comedy._Cartoon. . Gloria Swanson in ginald Denny ‘Stepping Out omd rioo; __Com. Conrad Nagel and Cathering Dale gwen in Comeds. Fable. _ Warner Oland in_ ‘The Black Camel imund Towe and ighor Mebagipo oo e “wWhite Shoulders.” Snart sube Robb: ___Comea. Kav Johr Neil ‘Har o and Iton in The Comeds. ~ Se Buck Jones i “Men Wiihout Law ick In.” Cart'n. Serial. al Buck Jones in “Men Without Law." Serial Ken Mayn: “Alins the | short. subject. _ ard in, Jdoan Crawford d Man." in “Laushing Sinners.” Dark. Seco ‘oo1 Richard Arlen and - blb' svu‘:m . H!l’,%flln obby_Jones i “'Only Ilbl Work " in “Strapgers May n Rl “8KkiDpy.” Rirhlrfl B‘trvnflmrn in Bexe “Daniel 'n Lron in S awn Se! r Silver Spring, Md. State Bethesda. Sylvan Dark. T and G gflfl- Bines in ‘City Streets News. Md. rom. Cari'n Gom. Tallulah a.’..fima Tlmllhrd x hed finuui\n-nlhnn Eark.u‘m’d n:"" “Tar; Cograd Nagel in “Steppink Out.- chard An y Baps n in, Eddie Quillan in ork ight Work ek Mary Arfor and Totetta Youns Wajte: Hos r doer oot “Abfaham Lincoin.” Comear. News. ¥ Ig-- m&‘m he Glopia Sus and w “Whay 8 £ Widow. __ Comedy. Hul an Una Merkel in “Abraham Lincoin.” Comedy Louis Wolhgim in Sohn Wayne in “Three Gir &LQA}! > rif Comeay _Serial 104 R. I Ave. N.W Takoma Takoma Park.D.C John, Bar- “Svent John, Barrymore in Jean Hl{!a- in Public Enemy.’ Teon Errol i Jean Heglow in strong in Comedy. ne pieavenly Nient “Public Enemy." Bt x- Robt. 3 o1 n P 1t Possession. Vitaphone short subject. Tivoli 14th & Park R llnnllone‘n n Hefen Twelveliees i Sio of Expe- VR‘B"‘\I short. oman rience.” Com nce.” Com Bdbby Jones series--8. _Booby Jones series- 8. Helen Twelveirees In ug\on‘fimu n W f Vitaphone short um ct York Ga. Ave. & Quebec Clive Brook and Roers in ot ive Brook and aries Rogers L 2ening Simners.” tLanyer s ecret Vitaphgre short “Som. Short subject ford in | Bill Boyd and June Collyer in “Bevond Victory.” Comedies Myrion Davies 10 “Pive and Ten. Vitaphone short biect. ret Behillis Ty in c'flauno: Dreams Comeds. “Festival of Lan(ernl" Sylvan Theater. 'OUR groups of Washingtonians are going to vie each with the other next Friday night at the Sylvan theater on the Monument grounds in friendly song and dramatic competition in the “Lantern Festival,” which will be pre- YOUDE | sented under the suspices of the Com- munity Center Department, with the ! assistance of the Office of Public Build- ings and Grounds and the National Capital Civic Fund. Two silver cups are to be awarded, by two separate groups of judges, to the best singers and the best dramatic event of the evening, as presented by these groups. hu't' competing will be the Nel‘hn borhood House, Miss Erba Birney in | charge, who will wear Chinese costumes ‘ and present & Chinese Lanterns” in song and act; the Lido Club, Mr. Cantello, director, who will present a Venetian event; the Greek ‘Community Group, .Ylme- Mallos, dirgc- tor, who will t Greek costumed events including a ceremony to Athena; and the Americanization Asso- ciation Chorus and Orchestfa, in a “Melt] Pot” episode, under the direc- community singing in William “Washi l.uwn" and other numben u-‘ sisted by a group representin ‘ local musical organizations, nnd Louis Seits, leader of the 13th Engineers’ | Band of Fort Humphreys, Va., will give | a short program of band seiections, ~At | the conclusion of the events, and while | the judges are making their decisions, | Mrs. Lyons will lead all participants in | singing “Americ: Wicked Titles JOR a time the title-makers in the movies were marked for the low- est department in Dante'ss Inferno Whether it has been due to the warm or simply a pure and earnest effort to reform. the regulators of the hereafter have moved them & bit up- ward, although they are still credited with the “evil influence” and sometimes it seems deservedly so Fanchon and Marco, modern pur- eyors of what once was called vayde- ville when it “owned its own theaters,” however, do their stunts on the stages of the screen palaces. Their show at the Fox this week is called “the Stb- marine Idea " Learn a few of the things i | presented in it and then wonder who chose the title Comedy, dialogue, singing, dancing end plano playing are a few things done by Radcliffe and Bob, headliners of the show. Radcliffe. they sag, has a voice ranging from F_below middle C up to F above high C The Aerial Bartletts, the fastest trapezists in the show business, use electrical fixtures valued at more than | $3.000. Steve Moroni does the difficult neck spin four or five times a day, while Clair Lea, of Lea & Stuart, used to be premier danseuse of the San Carlos Opera Co.. end her partner danced in the Metropolitan Opera Ballet But where d've get that marine? “Sub- New Valentino “Festival of } 3 Meet ,the first woman President mxs the role she’s to portray in “The Woman of Destiny, hawsky of Radio Pictures, to be Provjncetown, Mass., the week of August 24 of the United States—Mary Young. a drama by Sam presented by the Wharf Players at Paradise for the Aged. ’ HE American matron who clings to perpetual youth and celebrates her ‘20th’ birthday year after year would bs far from amused at the be- hind-the-palm whisperings if she lived in_the South Seas.” ‘Thus reads an ante-morted report of F.'W. Murnau, who turned his back on civilization for 18 months after he had become one of the outstanding directors of the present day through his work on “The Last Laugh” “Sunrise” “Four d other productions fact that age is unreckoned and unimportant in the Society Isiands, which lis midway between San Pran- cisco and Australis is one of the in- teresting things discovered by Murnau while making his picture “Tabu,” now at Loew’s Columbia. “When I asked the flan I had select- ed for the part of Hitu how old he was, he replied ‘18, * Murnau stated. “Yet he must be at least 85 for he was the Jast prime minister of the last Queen of these islands, and she surrendered her kingdom in 1880 “Hitu lives on Bora Bora, a tiny isiand where life is a pleasure without troubles or worries of tomorrow. No one seemed surprised or amused when Hitu told me he was 18. “So the most venerable of American matrons might live in peace until she died of old age and never be more than 18!" Trade School Filmed. 'HE trade school idea has reached | motion picture studios Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which elatms credit for inaugurating the idea, has | founded schools for advanced learning | {in its carpenter and electrical depart- ments. Other groups of learning. for which obtained | university professors are to be as instructors, Wil follow, it is said, governed by representatives of the new MISC}IICVCOUB A\‘ . JACKIE COOGAN, Eugene Pallette and Junior Durkin were playing & scene in “Huckleberry Finn” at the Paramount studios. Tom and Huck were supposed®o jab the rascally char- acter, played by Pallette, in the leg with an awl. Director Norman Taurog had ordered a leather pad for Pallette to wear under his trousers, in case the boys put too much enthusiasm and strength into their role After & careful rehearsal the scene was recorded. Pallette let cut a yell that could be heard all over the studio. “Excelient!” commented the director “It ought to be” roared Pallette limping off the set. “They stabbed me on the wrong leg! MORE THAN FIFTY AMUSEMENTS FREE USE OF PICNIC GROVES AND ONE OF THE FINEST, IF NOT THE FINEST UP-TO-DATE SWIMMING POOL IN ALL AMERICA IS FOR YOUR PLEASURE AT AMUSEMENT _P. Reri, “Tabu" Heroine. AFU'L.L ~-FLEDGED screen star with- out ever having seen the interior of a motion picture studio and not | knowing the difference between a Klieg | light and a microphone! | That was the position, it is said, in which Reri, heroine of “Tabu,” the late F. W. Murnau’s picture to bs released by Paramount, found herself when sh went to New York to become a feature | attraction in the current Ziegfeld Follies.” ‘Tabu,” it is claimed, was filmed al- most entirely in the open on the little island where Reri lived. Hence it was | practically as if she had never heard of | & motion picture when she visited the Paramount New York plant and got |her first view of a studio. Through interpreters; the studio executives ex- plained the intricate mechanics of mak- |ing & sound | silent as to her yeastions. When asked about her impressions of New York, she had something to |82y, however. She told the interviewers | that. New York didn’t seem much differ- ent from her mative village, except that |it had some bigger buildings and bigger fools. Americans, she sald, wore too many clothes, which gave some of them the aroma of goats. Five and ten cent stores, however, fascinated her, and it is said the major | part of her first days in New York were | | spent in those emporiums. [| sh 1 [Wmm the stage is saved and whether the theater goes to the demnition bow wows of Mr. Dickens or not, Washington may fecl assured {that “Peter Flies High” Myron C. | Pagan's new comedy, with Glenn Hun- | ter es its star, will inaugurate the new theatrical season at the National Thea- ter the evening of Monday, Septem- | ber 14. The company has now been com- pletsd and, headed by charming Mary Loane, Mr. Hunter's leading woman, will include Dulcie Cooper, Adelaide bbard, Ha'ry Gresham. Brian Don |levy, Efleen Wilson, Kathryn Givney, | Burke Clarke, Willlam T. Hays and Forrest Orr, Because of the appear- ance in the list of several real Wash- ington favorites, in the past as well as in the real present, doubtless there will | be greater interest in the production. Rehearsals will start August 25, un- | der the direction of the author. Fol lowing its Washington engagement, “Peter Flies High” will go to Phil delphia and thence to the Galety Thea- ter, New York, thus insuring, with some degree of certainty, one fixed metro- | politan engagement, at least. ing Our Premiere ONE PROGRAM o o, ~ON THE STAGE NICK LUCAS Croouing Troubadour IN PERSON A Selumite Pietare FAY WRAY First Time at Popu.ar Prices! Children to 12 Years, 15¢ Coming RICHARD DIX In “Pablic Defender” s Good Times Show Month! icture, but Reri remained |y WYLL!AM BOYD didn't tumble into the theater by chance. That is to say, the man the movies call Willlam. (Stage) Boyd. A bright Paramount pub- licity writer explains as follows: Boyd has a theatrical background linked to the foundation of the Ameri- | can theater. His mother was Florence | Richman, star of 20 years ago, who trod the boards in the dul days when Shakespeare was played with brocades and gestures_instead of georgette and | cigarettes. Both father and grand- Iather were stmilarly labeled william | oy But for all the advantages given a star’s son, Boyd didn't escape the brutal di picking a career in the commer- cial world. " Wearying of the theater | that gave him only “super” work, the climbing youth chose a job as hotel clerk to send him toward a goal of fame and wealth. He passed out the wrong key one night and that job ended. His flair for theatricalism sprouted again— this time as a circus rider. his way admirably and got by three months at the cost of a few bruises. Boyd next achieved a small but cov- eted part in “Peter Pan" supporting Maude Adams. 14 years later to return to “Peter Pan” in the luminous role of Miss Adams’ leading man. Then he we to work. eleased, | told. | that uncovers a chain of ancestors | He faked | Wl He was destined some | If You Think So Panaman, the vernacular down thay way. is described as “a hybrid variation DK Spanish, rather difficult.” Marjorie Celtic patois of | wondering if the m‘cnma will be of help to her. One of the big thyills of “The Notre Dame Four Horsémen” when they reached their studio was in meeting | Jim_Thorpe, the (‘Irlule Indian ulbd Rockne himself “the s: Ball player of all time ™ Was nc gaged in “Battling With Buffalo Bm* and “the horsemen” on “The Spirit of Notre Dame.” Carl Laecmmle, senior, believing that “President Hoover’s moratorium™ will quickly restore prosperity, is sald to have authorized the expenditure of an sadditional million dollars in produc- tion on the Universal lot. Young Carl Laemmle, Universal's supreme operations boss, says “the gangster vogue” is over, and he has banned future racketeering films. The | studio, however, is expediting t pletion of “Homicide {to the peace officers of America and showing the uncanny operation of a police m net. This ‘“Stage” Boyd | For three years he was under contrach to Cohan and Harris. He was with Charles Prohman for four years, and three more with Arthur H Mrml in the outstanding of those The P-r-mnunt featured player found steady employment and an ever in- creasing demand for his services from the most glamorous ladies of the drama, | not excepting the one and only Mrs. Fiske, the late Emily Stevens, Margaret | Anglin, and Ethel Barrymore. It was his ‘association with Miss Barrymore that led to pictures. y This son of Broadway Boyd, in the movies, eschews sheik roles. He pree |fers his cinema characters dlslmcllV bad . . . not frothing heavies but solid | characters that spring forward with | out bacl und and represent what & | tougl life teaches; roles approxie | mating his memorable creation of the snarling Sergt. Q\Hfl in “What Price Glory” on the s characterization brought mm the national Iimelight. ~ | Notable among Boyd's nafe | since the record-| run of * { Price Glory” are “Tenth Avenue” and \"‘_My Lady ll.lesm “The ch Murder | Case” marked actor’s third picture | jince, definitely abandoning thé stage ! for the audible screen. ARIAN MARSH is herel Or at least she was here Friday! Who is Marion Marsh? Well, the fair Marian is 1io less than the young lady who was personally selected by !ing lady in “Svengall.” Her real name is Violet Krauth. | tober 13, 1813, in the British West In- dies and was reared in the United States. In her veins flows the proud | blood of four | Irish, French and German. So ther is no cause for commotion on that score., Also she is a product of the Hollywood High School. Getting down more closely to_the business of this section of The Star, Marian (or Violet, as you will), after a parts in' “Hell's Argels,” “Wh and “Fifty Million Frenchmen.” The turning point to her career, however her selection for the feminine leas Young Stnners,” | cause of her work in Warner Bros. executives xunelted her with Mr. Barrymore in gali. This information was received The Star just as the forms were about to be closed and before there was scarcely the opportunity to ofl up a | typewriter for a fresh start. There is no .mention of the role which Miss Marsh will play in “Sven-| 1" It s pru\lmem homer. lhe as been assigned to very im tant part of Trilby m “Du. Maur famous play, now transferred to che screen, with John Ba ore in the mystic role of the great Svengali, which Wilton Lackaye made famous on the speaking stage. Press agents have such a way of doing things that in the pres- ent instance they itted aleo to say :when and where vengali” will be shown in Washington. ON THE POTOMAC LOWER CEDAR POINT | Best Salt Water ; Beach Am...a Washi FISHING, annqu BOATING | in the M'OONLI(HT Young, As You Feel® ~ith FIFI DORSAY svace Fanchon £ Marcoé SUBMARINE % a/ Bot. MITCHELL » HAMILTON nax o o TN NOW PLAYING oottt Buth foq, A RERS ” !Marinn Marsh Is Here!l | | the great John Barrymore as his lead- | She was born Oc- | PaIts nationalities—English, | screen test. played a series of small | by | fMORGANTOWN- MANAO!NO DIRECTOR HARRY W. CRULL of the Fox Washington Theater has assembled a mammoth cast of local Kerformen who will take ur: in the Revue” to a;:czm l!t tnl;e lhntz;‘gurm( the w.fi of Auj slre-dy its .eonmd week of rehearsals and the prlnclp-h ere likewise perfecting their | | | Those who have been selected are as follows: James Mulroe and Sam Seger, |a comedy team: Bernice Stevens, a | whistler; the three Yates sisters, Jerry, Carroll and Lynn Yates, rated as ex- ceptionslly fine dancers; Bobby Bond |of Walter Reed Hospital, & singery Tereta Schaeffer, a dancer and singer; | Ruth Hudlow, acrobatic dancer; Marga- ret Ogden of Alexandria, Va., si Mildred Cherot. singe: Kumey, and Belt, tap dancers; Romeo G md Hlflln Randall. singers. Nasa, former leading tenop of thl Ym‘k Civie and now a resident of this city. Nadine Brownfleld, blues singer, and Margareg | Licarioni, dancer, will complete the | prineipals. mrevuehnmmlndmhmd the most up-to-date Washington has | seen in many years. A special set g being designed and the enun show will be costumed by onme of leading theatrical costumers in mw York. Tvvir Distureq by Birabiny (CHARLSS BRABIX, who gave screen e idge “THE _LAWYE BROOK, FAY RS SEORET. Wra¥ Gomeds, N [ Mount Rainter, Tomorrow and PUSTR BOREY onEs R% NO. ABOLLO R.?m'l’ \lgNTGOHIRY 62 B 8. NE MAN IN RN AR aDT SSBTR" e SRR g, uan o