Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1931, Page 44

Broadway Rings Up Curtain Next Week for New Season : Eugene O'Neill's u}"lournind Becomes Electra™ That Takes Three Nights to See Is Outstanding Attraction. BY PERCY HAMMOND, NEW YORK, August 22. Summer hush now prevailing over Broadway is about to be rhed‘ and a week hence the the Theaters will be with the drama’s Autumnal “aheaves of at are *Mow but silent, lonesome detours and ~grossroads will sbon be brilliant boule- ‘Wards, presenting ‘ Trolic scene— ‘e work and mirth and play unite fes their charm> u* cheer the hours away. course, I know, withwut precisians lorming me, that Broauway itself r & gay avenue of amuse- | 8 tired old cowpath merely In |n nmru}z less picturesque, s bfuruu, invents another nick- drama’s market place, "7‘ vllleontlnuelobeuuw- and popular device. It is sug- . Miss Janet Grove, a drams from Toms River, N. J,, that since Yort‘s theater district needs a accurate trademark than “Broad- 7, it might be appropriate to give it e nlmg of some one or some thing has greatly distinguished it as a cl recreation. Her inspired but is to call it “The Green ?nd Wple have seen it,” shs writes. receipts have been $1, 60. it has paid its authors su X k ides,” she adds, “the title is descrip- “#ive of the comfort and refreshment af- ‘forded the drama. ‘Broadway’ is, way' fideed, Weary travelers. * ko “§/ETERAN New. Yorkers such as O. O. “Trumbull, 3 Lackay H H u 4 - " Te oy rco present their the Hollywocd . This program is filled with muric and extraordinary lighting flt:odt of “The Vanishing tuge st the 11 and m. shows only. The latest Pox Movietone News also is shown. B-K-0 KEITH" ‘The *Public Denfender. ICHARD DIX, star of “Cimarron,” 25 on the scfeen st the R-K-O Keith’s Theater this week in his first _picture under the new R-K-O Radio contract and called “The Pub- le & cndgr" in which he portrays a mystery, a public avenger, -wmg.‘ it wrong no matter what tnnw:ent have cause 1o m- because he is a modern in such s role Dix is thought to give his grea ve test per- dormance. i Radio Pictures under leading lady; Edmund M fame, Paul Hurst, Pur- Alan Roscoe and Boris Kar- | mma attaches to the debut here | Shirley Grey as it was James , once manager of the local f | mess. As one who is experienced in th green pastures for many 3 onconi; season is interesting and voluminous, proving that America's showmen, undismayed by the cosmic depression, are as alert as usual. Hun- dreds of dramas, plays, shows, revues, spectacles and musical preparing for exhibition, that the theaters will be the factories are closed. * % ‘What, one wonders, will be the new year's substitutes for “Grand Hotel,” “Onoe in a Lifetime,” “As Husbands Go,” “Tomorrow and Tonforrow"? Will there be something to take the place of "The Barretts of Wimpols Street” or “Precedent,” “The Vinegar Tre=" or the show, whatever its name was, that Miss Helen Ciahagan played so long fo: Mr. Belasco? Of course, there will You can discover 20 prospective “hits in the catalogues of the producers in cas? you have a drama lover's naive faith in the vague probity of show busi- comedies are assuring us open though unreliability of producers’ predictions, I read them carefully with an aim to de- tect the spurious items, thereby for- getting most of them. Among the im- minent plays in which I put my prudent trust is, of course, Eugene O'Neill's “Mourning Becomes Electra,” a trilogy requiring three nights to put its mes- sage over. the world hss been made better and | wiser by Mr. O'Neill's dramas, or these | of any other showman, I am willing to | expect that the performance of “Mourn ing Becomes . I look forward to a tly theatrical evening with Mr. Cohan, our first actor, in a cor- dial plece of his own construction called “Priendship” and to Arthur Hap- “The Warrior Husband,’ H 2§ 3gEvEs ggffl:g PYY nmexnenthhweeknhnewq Columbia Theater in “’ghe | princess |the girl' friend follows her lover to his | |new home and they remew their affair. | Chevalier is seen, of course, lieutenant: Claudette Colbert sweetheart and Miriam Hopkins as the | 5 'much married and much-mlecwd princess. Charlie Ruggies and George | Barbier also have important parts. William Tilden, in the first of a se- ries of short tennis features. “Volleys | nd Smash,” will be a special addition | 0 the program. It was for this series of short subjects that Tiiden w! the ranks of the amateurs und became | professional. PALACE—"Silence.” " with Clive Brook, Mar- jorie Rambeau, Peggy Shannon and Charles Starreit, is the current| ccreen feature at Loew's Palace Theater. | Thr picture ¥ adaptation of the phw f the same name by Max Marcin and | was directed by the author and Louls Gasnier In “Silence” Clive Brook is seen as 4 man who, having suffered in his youth by the tricks of fate prefers death rather than to betray a friend and a lover. The picture is claimed to be one of the dramatic sensations of Al Wohlman | New York, | Stars of the! are Wil- | | | Future.” Featured in the ton Crawley, Frank Farnum. Queen Queen and Queen: Geraldine, the Broadwayettes and the Palace Synco- pators. o T T AVID LEGUM of 1300 Harvard street northwest returns to 'llh- David is the son of Jacob well known merchant. and until leav. ing the city attended Tech High School. Deciding that he was cut out more for ® musician than a technician, the boy gave up his school studies and con- fined himse M strietly to the study of the violin | instruction Within the Law. large barrels of “beer,” with the lleoholk: content of sods pop. mtiw?'”!or s one of its cemln AVOTET T Sundny AR, WASBHINGTON Monday Tuesday Wednesday ~ Thursday Friday Saturday Ambassador cepstagee menner: 18th & Columbls o Benpett b i - ‘—Tmr‘;fi;fi_— May Adojghe Mertion in' Adglghe ghe Mgniey, tn Ten." Apollo nuusen Arcade R fapce Benneii in Dous. Fairbanks, 7. 0y Jamen octic “Chances.” . Vitaphons nbm _ Comedy. _ “Yiiaphone “ibjeet. P Qui z‘u lr:nl“c-ll » Ho siic Hy T the 'r-mn “Never the Shall onm-rflu *Rews Hysttsville. Md. Ashton Clarendon._ Do, TR Lew Ayres in “Op for &urnr . els 1 BN Aval on Barbars Bta; Barbara | ltln'nk ™ gy e bbby Jonet o ;i Yo 5612 Conn. ave. Ave. Grand 645 Pa. Ave. BE. “Night n!\l'l' __⪚ = %l Forma hnn“ A gpas TR, R S5hen Vitaphone subject. D:rk Cameo Clara Bow in “Rier Mt._Rainter. Central 25 _9th 8t NW. " Circle e ~Kdoiphe, Meniou hone sublec e ’uu-‘a“n'-'n ol "uur ing Sinners. s in “Everything_Roste." 1Y S’Jfl"u Ames 1n Wi 2105 Pa. Ave. N.W. Colony Ga. Ave. & Farramnt » gy Adoiphe Menjou n JFront Page Bobby_J Ront. Montsomery in Ifialnne“ you ¥ Mériop ”Prbn.l' Pl(e A w.."‘ “Daddy ul,v ull Alice W) nd Bevia rfl.nn-n in “Sweet Mamma." .Yl;fl Ofl!mu All-comedy night. Anscostia. D. C. Hippod inson in ney.’ edy. Lan “T s Bound.” ._Ourioo Reis Comedie: 808 K St. N.W. Although I am not sure that | H eignt' Nus vitaphone 5 Nancs Oarren “Night A Comi Adgjphe Menjou '}nlnn,l n nt 1, Mlb;“i Jou: e‘lwfl:: 13th & C 8t NE. Jesse 18th nr. RLAY.NE. _ Elissa nd; “ATwabs Comedies. ~“Mary Asior and wi‘fifo Bhonllflmrl g - ouide Comedy. Ne d Winnie Lighiner and Dorot Winnie Lightner ,:n e Totion 1 T 8 v Mackal Sames Tennle 1 “Paiiy Husband. “Gald Dust ¥ Comedy. ‘Comedy. _News. _ ichard Atien TRIChA ghioke Prlncess Hnllyvood revt ~8ix siranse a3 2t ~ El_Breadel in Cylimder Love: Seems. “Gentlemen’s Pate." Vitaphons variety. 1118 H Bt Rlchmond ‘ Foras, Sheerer and e Fue Gapie i John nu “and Lols, Wilson in {onn %‘Xn and " John Gilbert i Victors Eomedy. ns. Jmucuneyln “Smart Mong il Rogers in Polics melodrama, i “Defenders, of the Lnkrur Tushers' jn Tas _Comeds. Srial Mita Mitzi Creen in oibiden Adven- “Forbigoen_ Adven- ure. Co _Cartoon. ure. Comedies. “Deddy_Long Legs.” Fleanore Boardman “Women Love Onee.” * Comedy. Fieanore Bosrdman w onee O™ Bomeds. Trene Deiroy and ack Whiting in, Men of the Vitaphonesublect Dark. Tiifie and O&FFick “Are You There?” Cartoon. Bebe Daniels “The ‘Maltese lcon.” Clara Bow xgice” I Short_subjects. Dark. Gloria Swanson in “Tndigereet " Bobby '-u'-ml Tawys 48 rman Stanton s the 'l-u = jars ) o "0“ - Tagher_and e Lombara I “Up_Pops the A!er\nl oth & C Sts. NE >hn Iolu - 3 ] les’ I Comedi Junnu r& gmy nnc Comedy. Janet Gaypor an Warner Baxter ‘Daddy_Long_Less Cparigite Qreenwesd Charigite Greenmood “'Btepping Out.” Joe E Brown in “Broad Minded.” “Vigtusis Ko -b-ndn 14th & Park R, ing Out.” %»-m n Vi oo Adolhe Mgniou in Oonglne- Bepnett in Law. “Jeanette n Teel. “Annabelle’s Affairs. artoon y vfu' el Vitaphoge sub.ect. Worms -nlr York & Quebec -A."J:... Yesl. Ga. Ave, Werma Shearer “A Pree Soul.” Bobby Jones reel. hiacDonald Jer Al ns May ohvu and zi Green Newrs Rich. Vitaphore subject. George O'Brien in~ “Holy Terror. Vitaphone. wmm Gloria Swanson “Indisoreet.” Crooks "Going Straight.” ] T !m convicts, says & studio n'pwt o lurnwmn debuts in anip. resilted in e demen et Gucer and several of the tfoupe. On the Horizon Pictures Announced to Fol- low Current Attractions xmve‘lmlryt b:m ‘Monk lwnl—;‘ o cerni bitter experiences ex-war_fiyers, is announced for Warner Bros.’ Earle Theater for the nu-mm r- BILL GRIFFIN Apparently just got tired carrying his giant tuba around, so he sat down to rest | awhile between peflornmncex at the Fox, where he is a member of the versatiie | band, the Hollywood Collegians. Things With Music Due. | uscnm comedies, with music, songs | and dances due for an over- whelming comeba: 8o writes James | | Starr, a critic of the Pacific Coast, whose writings reach a wide eirculation. A lot of stage and screen stars are | taking and getting the credit for the re- vival of musical films. Al Jolson is credited with being the “daddy” of the tuneful picture. (Incidentally New York reports that the Shuberts are to revive “Wonder Bar, with Joison) t | Eddie Cantor, however, it is claimed, is | Riehard Barthelmess. “This Modern include Neil l-l-nxlum and Marjorie Ram- for the | urday in All | support w | Monroe Owsley beau. Tmmnenurmn«m_ new week, starting mam"wum really going to bring the musical film again into vogue with his latest scresn product “Palmy Days.” At its first preview in Santa Barbara, at which were gathered not only the fllm magnates actively interested, but # | large audience of others more or less | | affected by the outcome, everybody ‘watched with bated breath until sud- SWIMMING 9 A M to11:30 P. M. AHU’E“ENTS 1P. M. to 11:30 P. Make-! Up of Film berury. AT the Culver City studios of Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer, a film library has been assembled which at the present ime comprises more than 25,300,000 feet of celluloid. Its index includes more than a quarter of a million sub- jects, and hundreds of mew ones are being added weekly. In the encyclopedia store room are found not only thousands of strips from the silent pictures of the past three decades, but a separate and rapidly ex- panding sound division, More than clusively with the lon _of noises, These embrace such wi ferent sounds as a cat sneezing, a uzzing, beats, 27 varieties (al- most a Heintzlan miscellany) of steam boat and factory 'hlfilu, the e;unchlnl reproduc 's Good Times Show Month 'S +18¢h AND G STRE | | | | 1,000,000 feet of film are concerned ex- | pi ely dif- | a bee | $the | Ginia reel, £ribu | ning’s fun. Authentic 'urld of art. | and stcel. Sylvan Theater Playground Festival |© FESTIVAL of folk dancing with | from mzn'nooclocx , on the Mon! at the Sylvan ment Grounds. sore by the Gommunity Gonte Depart mem and fihl Office of Public Buildings Parks, the Nluonll By | c-mul Civie Puu. will close the Sum- s Sybil Baker, newly appointed ', ap supervisor ci playgrounds, is in general charge of this event. Miss Ma: Par- ker, direstor of all girls’ activities for inds, is directing the pro- United States Marine Band, , leader, will give vnu be presented by -i00 Wi ‘The final dance will be the lf— as the United Stites’ con " A circus, in which the dance-s will be costumed to nt different .animals, will clcset he eve- national cos- tumes will be copled for the folk dance | numbers. Art Hnndleu. | D‘Ulll heads and rough hands have spofled many & masterpiece in the hrhl one of the most artistic bits ever sent over the radio, “aumuy Night at Seth Parker's,” came duwemuly near beln. iled for nll itly, when, e tly to ad- uu ptculn that Phillips compantons are Setn aband- Urfilndhh now engaged in making. onéd his familiar piety and its holy | melodie uoomunlnunt by under- taking to tell how to cure the world of its present financial depression. | Neverswas such an undertaking more absolutely out of place. Se result will whether the is at fitting & medium for Seth and little crowd as the radio. watching with come. “Miracle City" Arising. «]\VIRACLE cITY" But this * and '0 be. l-hl d, s it o inative " effort iotures o present the hecmchu uu lars and the laughter of the movie capital, Holly- | * ood. Within its glamorous of the cinema world, who scatter star dust over the earth. | They are to be presented in true col-; |ors by an author who knows his movie ople, Howard Estabrook, writer of ores of screen plays and ndnpm n! Clmarron.” Estabrook’s story - | clared all feady for the diractorial pana of Wesley Ruggles. Among the illustrious film citizens robably Mary Astor and Ricardo Cor- tez. e o Residents of Jail Square, Glasgow, Scotiand, have petitioned the city o change the name to “|to banish care and send the spirits on will be Rosco Ates, stuttering star, and | 8 movie industry be suf- fering from sclercsis of the box- offce; but the fact remains that the sudiences are flocking (and ying) to see Marie Dr-kt “Politics,” Junior “Huclb— berry Pinn,” Edward G. m “Young as You l" Izhu-nn.e Imnntoopwunt f the successes of this ‘.'AZ.“.L”."’ ":"&.‘l".‘;.p;fiea‘”“‘m ’ nt o Add to those nenllmefl above "The. names of - heroines. This odd situation is causing a great deal of comment in Hollywood these days, ond mln actresses who have been laboring nuht and day for years to appear young are now admitting Out of-Door Resorts River, Bay and Shady Wood- lands Invite to Recreation. GLEN ECHO PARK. and candy beaches, wif of the latest mold, will cocl off warm victim, while more varieties of dcvices and amusements than any | pick.e maker ever had are to be found t0 the top notch. Alrplane swings fly through the air, IIASIDI PARK. R the week end, -dly,or"m- Beaside Park, the new resort at Chesa- | bly the fat part. and yet in rther Tuesdays and Pridays, “children’s m r;dueed rates are granted the sters. » “Smoke Brigade” Efiec'. -m»mmmu.mmmm and then dart out of camera range just before a scene is hed. winSALLY ONEIL SPRANK ALIEKYSQN ity grea They are constently -nuu around in outer offices, while such as Marle gigd 5 EERME? K g e passed on, he is now technically a star. But still willing and even Ild to play sec- ond fidd'e. In “Stlence,” hh is ostensi- a succession scenes with of Mar ‘Rambeau, 3oEE woray ¢ s the subardinate e Wray it is the subordinate rather thnn thfl:l‘ who scores. A more self- 4 o’Clock. [t B IR T 0 G EY RS CONCERTS, 1031-32 Constitution Hell and National Theater ARTISTS’ COURSE, 4:30 P T 3 “MFM mfll'&lfl&nh““ PHILHARMONIG COURSE, 4’ “Warrer Bres 62 B St NE L&m & ARD AND cancm Ave. and siokinier Bt Brc. A, STANWYCK IN NIGHT ARA STANWYCK & wionT i\ & Col. R&. N.W. ih & Pare 4. W, Anw MENJOU IN “PRONT mt:.....—-.uu.