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2 AMUSEMENTS.’ Very Little to Attract the New York Theater-Goer Mae West's New Play, “The Constant Sinner.“ Not So Carefully Watched by Police—Guild Attraction Is Study of Life in Old South. BY PERCY HAMMOND. | OT so0 long ago Miss Mae West | p was a happy outlaw, making! merry with the shocked police. Ths sentinels who guard us from evil kept her under rigid surveillance and she found it well-nigh impossible to “express herself” without ‘being jailed therefor. It became neces- sary then for her to bootleg her per-| formances. ‘“Lookouts” were stationed | at her theater'’s doors to warn her whenever a ‘“dick” approached. In| case there was suspicion that enemies | were on hand she deftly omitted the dangerous elements from her play and | substituted items more cautious. I re- call that when I went to see Miss West in “Sex,” I was detained for a moment at the box office. It was explained to me next day that the watchdogs at the | ate, fearing that I was a spy, rushed| ose apprehensions backstage to Miss | ‘West. So she reformed her entertain- ment temporarily, and the “Sex” that I saw could have been gresenud at any | chapter of the Y. M. . Her man- | ager apologized to me later. | ‘But there has been a change in the | attitude of government toward West. No longer do her ex affront the forces that make for ‘They are still vigilant, but where once they were hostile they are now acqui- escent. “The Constant Sinner,” at the Royale, she is free to go as far as she likes, an artiste liberated. This she does, a little wistfully, perhaps, regretful of the good old days when an actress could be arrested for public misbehavior. The police are there, but they are interested only in the audience, The Constant Sinner” is an adept dramatizati of Miss West's widely read noval, “Babe Gordon,” the saga it is called, of a sexologist. I still be- lieve that Miss West is the world's worst actress. As a show-woman she is ex- COLUMBIA—“Monkey Business.” HE Four Marx Brothers are of- | fering their latest bit of non- sense this week at Loew's Co- lumbia in & production appro- priately titled “Monkey Busi- ness. An ocean-going liner is the scene of their latest hokum. They are found |UP a long burled skeleton—raises havoc | as stowaways who refuse to be caught. A situation of this kind should be an ideal background for the boys who run and play all kinds of pranks on the ship's officers and passengers, but the real fun is said to begin when they are hired as bodyguards for two gangsters intent upon killing one another. Besides the four ‘brothers, Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo, Thelma Todd, Tom Kennedy, Ruth Hall, Rock- cliffe Fellows and Ben Taggart are seen in the cast, The program is rounded out by s select group of short subjects. EARLE—“My Sin.” 'ALLULAH BANKHEAD, former | ‘Washington girl, is the star of “My Sin,” the Paramount picture at Warner Bros’' Earle Theater this week. The Boswell Sisters, noted radio favorites, head the vaudeville show on the stage. “My Sin,” which stars PFrederic March, tells s thrilling story of the regeneration of a man and & woman; one crushed by bitter eircumstances, the other demoralized by wild living. It is said to be filled with dramatic in- cidents that reach a smashing climax. ‘The supporting cast includes Scott Kolk, Harry Davenport, Anne Suther- land, Margaret Adams, Lily Cahill and Jay Fassett. The Boswell Sisters, who head the stage show, are known as “The Singers of the South.” They started radio broadcasting not so long ago, and by virtue of their harmonies and rendi- tions are now prime radio favorites. They will present a cycle of songs and novelty tunes. Other acts are Joe Browning, Broadway comedian, in “A Timely Sermon”, Betty and Jerry Harrison'’s Circus. a novelty, and M ine Doyle, mistress of ceremonies. Short reel subjects and the orchestral prelude, conducted by Freddie Clark, will complete the program. FOX—"Skyline.” “SI:Y‘LINE" adapted from the novel, “East Side, West Side,” is the screen attraction at the Fox this week. It presents Thomas Meighan, in his sscond talking picture, starred with Hardie Albright, Maureen O'Sullivan and Myrna Loy. “Skyline” concerns an ambitious youth who hated his unknown father until he was brought to realize that he had come dangerously close to com- mitting the same sin of which he ac- cused his parent. It is a tale of vice and virtue combined with romance in a great metropolis. pert, and T suspect that she knows as much about life as Balzac, Theodore el or Eugene O'Neill. At any rate, she is wise enough to surround herself with a company of real actors, recruited from Heaven knows where. The boy who impersonates the sappy pugilist is good enough to act for Arthur Hopkins or the Theater Guild in any of their more natural pli And the vivid and veristic chap who appears as the prize- fighter manager belongs in a loftier en- vironment. Miss West, though she may be un- proficient as a player, is apt at writing the raffish dialogue prevalent in the wickeder territories. I am forbidden by the U. 8. A. and a fundamental timidity to repeat the franker remarks made by Miss West and her associates. One of her more printable observations, however, refers to the myriads of racketeers and %lnlsuu operating in nd around the Broadway hotels. ‘When 1 med my door this morn- ing,” says Babe Gordon, “five of them fell in. I wouldn't have minded, but two of them wassdead.” %k Miss | hibitions | ['HE first intelligently attendable play | of a so-far insane season is “The House of Connelly,” a study by Paul Green of the life in 1905 of the ebbing old South and its contact with the new. The play and its players are pro- teges of the Theater Guild, and that | institution may be proud of its sponsor- ship. In introduces Franchet Tone, & | remarkably veristic actor, and Miss | Barker, a legitimate emotionalist, to a wider and more appreciative pubiic | than they have met before. “The | House of Connelly” is recommended to | such visttors _as may enjoy excellent | acting in a picturesque theatrical and fairly good play | the greatest talking picture ever made.” The leading role in it is portrayed | by Edward G. Robinson, as the man- | aging editor of a “yellow” sheet, torn | between what he conceives to be his duty to his employer and compassion | for "the helpless victims of a circula- | tion-boosting policy. The paper digs in & good family and wrecks not only the lives of the parents but also a | young girl who is about to be married | Louis Weitzenkorn wrote the play from il‘hlrh this screen version was made by Mervyn Le Roy The supporting cast includes Marian Marsh, Francis Starr, H. B. Warner, | Anthony Bushell, Ono Munson, Boris | Karloff, Robert Elliott, Aline Mac- Mahon, Purnell Pratt, David Torrence, | Oscar Apfel and Gladys Lioyd Specially selected short reel subjects ‘-na the Graham MacNamee news reel complete the program. KEITH'S—"Devotion.” | ANN HARDING'S first picture since i “East Lynne” is now being shown |at the R-K-O Keith Theater. It is “Devotion,” and presents this popular star in & double role—as her charming self and as & dowdy, middle-aged gov. | erness—in the course of learning the | lesson, that you ean't love a married man. Leslie Howard plays the masculine lead, and in lesser roles are found Rob- ert Williams, O. P. Heggie, Dudley Dig- | ges. Louise Closser Hale, Allison Skip- | Worth, Tempo Pigott and little Doug- las Scott. Robert Milton directed. | The supplementary program includes | & Benny Rubin comedy, “‘Julius Stzzer." the Pathe News and a Tom and Jerry cartoon. | = | RIALTO—"Pagan Lady.” SWI’H‘-MOVING action, typifying bold and vivid drama flashes across the Rialto Theater screen where “Pagan | Lady,” Columbia Pictures’ production of the William Du Bols stage play, un- | folds itself under the direction of John Francis Dillon. The unusually strong cast is headed by Evelyn Brent, and | includes Conrad Nagel, Charles Bick- ford, Roland Young, Willlam Farnum and Lucille Gleason. “Pagan Lady” depicts the adventurous career of a social-borderline siren, who | lives, laughs and loves to a strange but inevitable destiny. | The current Rialto program includes also & Universal News, Graham McNamee in his familiar | traveling reporter role; a short comedy | and Otto Beck's weekly organlogue. | PALACE—“Daughters of the Dragon.” | ANNA MAY WONG and Sessue Ha- | vakawa have returned to the screen, joining Warner Oland in Para- | mount’s screen version of Sax Rohmer's novel. “Daughters of Fu Manchu,” un- | der the title “Daughter of the Dragon,” | at_Loew's Palace this week, The story of “Daughter of the Drag- on” carries the doings of the insidious Fu Manchu, who, in his declining years, passes the work of revenge along to his | daughter. Hayakawa is seen as the | Scotland Yard man assigned to cope with the plans for revenge and to avert On the stage are presented the Mexi- | the destruction destgned for his friends. On the Palace stage a unique offer- iser, Victor Hugo, Samuel Shipman ! | are being. brought back to the film | native lands or entered other fields now ; | | presenting | can star of picture successes such as | “Shadows of the South Seas” and | IN& In the way of stage revues from «Bridge of San Luis Rey,” Miss Raquel | the Capitol "Theater, New York, is ‘Torres in person in an act in which she | titled “Splashes.” It features a diving sings, dances and displays that she 1s | NOVelty, said to be different from any- quite & humorist. Fanchon and Marco offer “The Great | ton. The Chester Hale diving beauties | Raymond.” Idea featuring Raymond, k into a huge tank and disappear one of the world's great magicians, with | {rom sight. Many other acts are fea- thing offered heretofore in Washing- | ti a_versatile group ‘of Sunkist Beauties | {Ured, including Pritz and Jean Hubert, assisting, who dance and play trum- pets, cornets and snare drums. | Al Mitchel presents a novelty over- | ture, and the Fox Movietone News and a new episode of “The Vanishing Legion,” at the morning and supper shows round out the bill. METRBOPOLITAN—"Five Star Final” «RIVE STAR FINAL® which s being shown this week at Warner's | Metropolitan Theater, has been de- scribed as “one of the greatest, if not THE T. ARTRUR S| Announces 1 PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA in & series of Four Evening Concerts OOCT. 18, JAN.12, CONSTITUTION FEE.9, MAR.1. HALL. 8:45 BUREAU Leopold STORKOWSKI. Bernardine [ ondacions. KO! MOLINARL e tors, PROGRAM. il MONTEVERDI, L'Orfee; LULLI_ Ballet Suite: PURCELL. Trumpet March; VIV, concerto Grosso; RAMEAU, “Castor_et Pollux; HANDEL, ‘Water Music; BACH, Pugue in G minor, prelude in B dat minor. - o SYBSCRIPTION SALE CLOSES OCT. & 12.00. $10. ), .00, S W0 B et L % ™ PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY .00, L conduetors. SUBSCRIPTION TICKETS Now READY 00, $7.50, $5.00. $3.75, $3. 10 & B ttoe Mayer, and Carl Emmy's pets. The schedule of attractions of neighborhood theaters, a feature of the Sunday Star, appears on Page 4 of this section. Electrifying—Glamorous Tallalah Bankhead MY SIN 4 Paramount Drama With FREDRIC MARCH —On Stage— BOSWELL dio Favorites IN PERSON And Other Acts The Dramatic Smash That Wil * Never 'Be Forgotten Warner Bros.-Vitapnones STAR FINAL with Ed. G. Ro Marian_Mersh B.'B. Warner Also select_Shorts Come Early son THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Fate of a Barrie Play. INCE 1903, when Charles Frohman presented Willlam Gillette in its title role, the fate of J. M. Barrie's “The Admirable Crichton” has been left to dramatic groups, little theaters and occasional stock companies, chiefly be- cause of the difficulties of casting and | of expensive production. Revived by geor(e C. Tylor, it has magnetized New ork. Mr. Tyler's current cast includes the distinguished ~Walter Hampden as Crichton, and Fay Bainter as Lady Mary, while Effie Shannon and Sydney Greenstreet are among the large and important mpfomng cast. The Barrie play, which followed close upon “Quality Street,” had its first per- formance on any stage under Mr. Frohman, at the Duke of York's Thea- ter in London, November 4, 1902, with a cast heared by H. B. Irving and Irene Vanburgh. Produced under the direc- tion of Dion Boucicault, the cast at the | London premiere also included Henry Kemble, Gerald du Maurier, Clarence Blakiston, Carter Pickford, Sybil Car- lisle, Muriel Beaumont, Fanny Coleman and Pattie Browne. Its success was instantaneous, and Mr. Frohman entered into arrangements | with. Willlam Gillette, then electrifying | this country with “Sherlock Holmes,” |to make a New York premiere Novem- | ber 17, 1903, Crichton's single bow to | Broadway prior to its present revival.| To support Mr. Gillette, Mr. Frohman | imported four members of the London cast. Henry Kemble retained his role of Lord Loam and Pattie Browne her.!' of Tweeny. But here, Sybil Carlisle played Lady Mary instead of Lady Cath- erine, and Carter Pickford played Ernest | Woolley instead of Lord Brocklehurst. Others were Harold Heaton, sddenel Powell, Frederick Morris, Beatrice Irwin, Rosalind Coghlan, Kate Meek and Sybil Campbell. It ran for 26 weeks at the Lyceum Theater and the following sea- son Mr. Gillette took it on the road for another 30 weeks. It is & very delightful, if profound, comedy. AccentsNot Bad Now. ACCEN'IS bave changed from iiablli- ties to assets in talking pictures, according to a news report concerning | Hollywood's foreign-born screen players. | A recent check on box office returns | is sald to show that Maurice Chevalier, | Marlene Dietrich and Grea Garbo head the list of players who attract fans to theaters. All are foreign-born and speak with marked accents. Foreign players who remained in Hollywood to fight for their places on the screen now rank among the leading | personalities in sound films. Many who accepted the consensus of | opinion that accents would doom players | to film oblivion and returned to their colony. Others have made their fiim debuts in | talking pictures, their accents having { brought them into a field which many | considered closed to such speech. A report prepared by Fred Datig, Paramount casting director, is said to show surprising popularity’ of foreign | players today. { ing pictures came in Holly- | wood shor its head over the fate of {foreign players,” Datig comments. | /Those with accents did one of two things—left pictures or remained to | fight and to study English. The latter proved the most fortunate choice. A careful study of English and hours of | practice each day made foreign players | easily understandable and left them with charming accents.” ) _ I JERRI McCAULEY, Star of “Rumba Girls,” at the Gayety. | Rauge and Lipsfick. JFACIAL make-up for women, com- monly regarded as a_comparatively new art in female adornment, was | common practice in China more than | 4.000 years ago, according to Anna May Wong. the Oriental actress, who ap- | pears in Paramount’s “Daughter of the | Dragon.” | “The somber expressions of Chinese women,” Miss Wong declares, due to the thick white lacquer with which | they covered their faces. The lacquer would crack if a woman indulged in real smile. Orfental women always have used cosmetics more freely than Occidental women. Face powders, lip rouge and coloring have been common in China for untold centuries. “I was not allowed to use cosmetics until I entered motion picture work at the age of 15 years,” interestingly continues the Chinese lady, “but when my mother was a girl, her | toilet required three hours each day. | She was awakened by a servant with a bowl of water perfumed with a water lly. This was used for the bath. Then came & massage with perfumed oils, followed by the lengthy facial make-up. Two servants assisted in dressing her and arranging her hair. Her numerous undergarments of hand embroidered silk were tied in place, and then she donned the trousers and tunic which composed the outer cos- ume. “Until recent years, Chinese girls were taught the two paramount duties of the carefully reared Oriental girl— | to_be obedient and to be beautiful.” Tangled lives at grips with life and love OCTOBER 4, Current Attractions Walter Hampden. NATIONAL—"“The Admirable Crichton.” HE distinguished actor Walter Hampden and Fay Bainter wiil head a typical George C. Tyler cast for five nights begioning ‘Tuesday, with matinees Wednes- day and Saturday, at the National The- ater in “The Admirable Crichton, delectable Barrie fantasy that can be looked upon as a comedy or & Mr. Hampden will, of course, play the role of Crich- ton, the butler who becomes ruler over his former aristo- eratic employers when they are all wrecked on a pi turesque South S island. Miss Bain- ter has the role of Lady Mary, whop falls in love with him on the island, only to revert tof the conventional life of the daugh- ter of a peer when the party is res- cued. Effle Shan- non has the role of the Countess of | Brocklehurst; Sydney Greenstreet is the rotund and superficially domocratic Earl of Loam, and others important in the cast are Maurice Wells, as the Hon. rmest oolley; Esther Mitchell, as | ‘Tweeny”’; J. Colvill Dunn, as the ath- letic young clergyman, and J. P. Wil- | son, as Lord Brocklehurst. | ‘There are 26 acting roles in “The Admirable Crichton.” which, with the expense of the productfon required, is probably responsible for the fact that | it has never been revived in this cous try before. It is 28 years since William Gillette was seen in the original Ameri- can_production. The revival had unusual success at the New Amsterdam Theater, New York City, last Spring, and broke several rec- ords in a brigf tour that followed. BELASCO—"The Improper Duchess.” h AURICE BROWNE, under the auspices of the Professional Pla; ers of Washington, will present Irene Bordon! in_“The Improper Duchess,” by James B. Fagan, at the Shubert' Belasco Theater this week, opening to- morrow evening, prior to its Broadway opening. In London at the present time, this sparkling comedy is said to be one of the biggest hits in years. ‘Told with a delightful mixture of wit and satire,” with its action laid in our own Washington, “The Improper Duch- ess” recounts the efforts of the King of Poldavia to float a loan for his coun- try. In his entourage is the lovely Duchess of Tann, wife of the old chan- cellor, but the personal companion of the King. At the height of the negotia- tions, a prying preacher and a hard- headed senator discover the relations of the King and his fair mistress and threaten to have them ejected from their hostelry. From this point on, the play is concerned with the ef- forts of the duchess to avold scandal and yet complete the desired business arrangements. Miss Bordini, in the title role, is said to call into play her most bewitching style, adding another superb character- ization to her long list of fine stage por- traits. In her support will be seen Walter Connolly, Charles Bryant, Thomas Findlay, Reginald Carrington, Royal Beal, Florence Edney, Befty Byrne, Jefferson Hall, Hal Clarendon and several others, Not only is the authorship of the play credited to Mr. Fagan, but also the designing of the artistic settings and the direction of the production. GAYETY—"Rumba Girls.” EVER\’ feature of the ‘“new bur- lesque” is promised in “Rumba Girls” with Harry Steppe and Jerri McCauley, the burlesque attraction coming to the Gayety Theater for next week with a matinee Sunday. Steppe is noted for fast-moving He- brew character comedy. and the beauti- | ful titian-haired Jerri McCauley for an inimitable stvle of singing and dancing. In the company also will be Ned Dandy, character comedian; Jim Hall, | who seems to know how to do every- | thing: Palmer Cody, singing juvenile. and Tim Benson, character artist, along with Gladys McCormick, a singer and dancer of personal beauty; Arda Kar- lova, “high voltage” dancer, and Sally O'Donnell, prima donna, with a chorus l&:llq“w match good looks with dancing abllity. Next Week’s Plays “THE SEX FABL | the National ‘Theater next week, open- HE SEX FABLE a comedy ing Sunday evening, with matinee Sat- by Edouard Bourdet, will be | yraay only. morning | [ presented by Gilbert Miller at the Shubert - Belasco Theater next week, begin- ning Monday evening, October 12, prior to its New York opening at Henry | Miller's Theater | ““The Sex Fable” was first produced { in "Paris, achiev- | ing & run of more than a year and a half, and it was | later _staged by Max Reinhardt in | Berlin. As the | title suggests, it is a refutation of the fable are {outworn | that ~ women the weaker sex. | Tne cast in- cludes many_cele- brated players, among them Mrs. ‘Pamrk Campbell, | the noted English |actress; Ronald | Squire, Helen Have Mrs. P. Campbell, | (not the American Helen Hayes), Margaret Dale, Derek | williams, Helena d'Algy, Ethel Borden, | Constance Trevor and Anthony Ireland. “Eliza,” Bernard Shaw's “Pygma- | lion,” was written for Mrs. Patrick Campbell, and she played it in this country. ' She is generally spoken of as one of the trio of the great actresses, Bernhardt, Duse and Campbell. ‘ EARL CARROLL “VANITIES.” JEACH year Earl Carroll produces a “ new “Vanities” The elghth edi- tion of this annual revue will come to | ON THE FF with the old and on with the | new is a favorite aphorism in the realm of talking picture theaters. And so the following announcements proclaim the | offs and the ons at the downtown | palaces for the new week starting at some houses on Friday and at others on_ Saturday “Sob Sister,” featuring Linda Watkins | and James Dunn, is booked for the Fox | Theater, starting Friday, with_ the Fanchon-Marco “Once Upon & Time" idea for the new stage show. | A new version of “Get Rich Quick Wallingford,” with William Haines as its star and Leila Hyams opposite, will | come to the Palace Priday, with “Blue | Echoes” ‘as the New York Capitol | Theater revue for the stage. The Marx_ Brothers in ‘“Monkey Business,” at Loew's Columbia, may not | | depart_Friday, but when it does it will | be replaced by Eddie Cantor in “Palmy Days” some other PFriday. d Company,” & new Jack Lait with Helen Twelvetrees and o Cortez, is booked for R-K-O Fr tarting a ne GAYETY - BURLESK JERRI McCAULEY OPENS HERE This Sunday Matinee story, | Ricard | Keith® % After more than seven months in New York this eighth edition of “Van- ities” 1s on tour “in its entirety with the original New York production and company of 100 people.” “Vanities” is staged in 60 scenes of comedy and lavish spectacle. Three stars head the company, all comedians, Herb Williams, Jack Benny and Chaz Chase. All types of feminine beauty are represented among the 36 girls of | the ensemble. The song hits include “Hitting the Bottle” and “Love Boat.” “The Ter- race of Color” with the 56 daneing prisms, “A Field of Daisies” and “The Curtain of Splendor” are high spots of elaborate scenic novelty, and “Strange Inhabitants with costumes designed by C. Boehm of Germany and made by the Kauff- man studios of Berlin, is said to rank high for artistic beauty. “PARISIAN BEAUTIES.” EORGIA SOTHERN and her “Pari- sian Beauties,” with Harry “Boob” Myers as s strong background, is the thrilling but brief announcement of the Gayety burlesque house for its at- tractions next week. The music and Iyries are by Jay Gorney, E. Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen and Ted Kohler. s by Domenico Savino and is played ;\' ghurles Ruddy and his “Vanitiez” and. HORIZON Saturday will bring Willlam Powell in “Road to Singapore” to the Warner Earle Theater, with the Lovejoy dancers heading a great stage show Lew Ayres in “The Spirjt of Notre Dame” will be the new offering at the Rialto Theater, starting Saturday also. * DEVOTION o Coming Helen Twelvetrees Ricardo Cortez in “Bad Company.” 5 DAYS 2% ] ONAL .00, $2.50. $2.00, $1.50, 50¢, $1.00, $1.50, §2.00 ONLY BEG. TUES D NATL WALTER HAMPDEN .. BAINTER ALsO EFFIE SHANNON SYDNEY distingu! ’!'HEWADMIRABLE CRICHTON all the excellent plays o most excellent.”"—William J. M. Birecton—George C. Tyler, in_ Assi (By Arrangement With C! MNEXT WEEK ATTRACTION BEG. % 77 1 Z of our en Lyon Phelps. BARRIE With Erlanger Productions, Ine. les Frohman, Inc.) SUN., OCT. 11 SEATS THURS.|* AMERICA'S AT. SAT. ONLY ORIGINAL NEW YORK CAST AND PRODUCTION DIRECT FROM NEW AMSTERDAM THEATRE MAIL ORDERS NOW Engios Shock orgdiones Orger yitn : All Nights, Orch, $3.85; Bal, $2.50, $2.00, $1.50; 2d L el . Bal, L, $2.00, $1.50; 2d Bal,, $1.00. COMPANY OF 100 WITH of the Skies.” | The orchestra score | 1931 —PART FOUR. Pioneer in Dramatics. DESIRE to “pioneer in dramatics” and to produce new plays in his own little theater is said to have led Irving Pichel to decline one of the most coveted stage directorships America has hat of general director of all lays presented by the Theater Guild of ew York City. Pichel, who recentl; signed a long-term contract with Pas mount, at the time was a member of the advisory board of the guild and stage director for the Shubert company, is in his middle twenties and one of the youngest men ever to hold two such important positions in the theater. After declining the offer Pichel went to Berkeley, Calif., where, in associa- tion with Sam Hume, he produced the first plays presented in the Greek Thea- ter at the University of California. Later his hopes were realized in the foundation of his own theater in Berkeley. Pichel, who is sald to be a capable ctor as well as director, resorts to no make-up even in portraying the most g:ouaque character roles. He is a firm liever in pantomime and “studied de- livery” as the two most important | reguisites to a finished performance. e made his screen debut as the hide- bound husband of Ruth Chatterton in “The Right to Love.” and appearcd also in “An American Tragedy,” “Murder by | the Clock” and “The Road to Reno.” | He will have the title role in Para- | mount’s “The Man With Red Hair.” & IS playeu of the Stage. N entire cast selected from stage players of national reputation was chosen to support Ann Harding in “De- votion,” the picture now at the RKO Keith Theater. Miss Harding herself comes from the | speaking stage, as does Leslie Howard, | who plays the masculine lead, and so do Robert Willlams, Dudley Digges, Allison Skipworth, O. P. Heggle, Louise Closser Hale and Olive Tell. To make it complete, Robert Milton, who has di- rected many stage productions, was given that assignment for “Devotion.” The career of Miss Harding is too fa- miliar to patrons of the worth while, Leslle Howard has appeared in “Berke. ley Square” and “Her Cardboard Lover with Laurette Taylor, both pla that had their first performance in a local theater; “Mr. “The Green 'Hat” and “Outward Board." Dudley Digges first came into promi- nence with the Irish Players, and O. P. Heggle is & name that has graced many a theater program. Fun From the Newspapers. ["WO well known cartoonists and one mad wag are responsible for the hilarious story and gags of the Marx brothers’ latest picture, “Monkey Busi- ness,” now current at Loew's Columbia Theater. “WORKSHOP.” LITTLE group of people has been meeting at the Arts Club of Washington during the last | several Winters to study the writing, acting and producing of plays. They are known as the | “Workshop.” Some evenings they have | |read their ovn plays for eriticism. | Sometimes they have produced these | plays or others, as if in the class room —without scenery or costumes. Agnlnj they have staged complete and fiA- ished performances of selected one- | act plays, choosing from the best of the work done by their members, ‘This year the Workshop will open its season October 17 with the pro- duction of two one-act plays, “St.| ?eorg! of the Alley” and “Veils,” both | rom the pen of Mrs. Alfred Schaublin, | who is better known to some by her pen names of Andre Dorynoss. Mrs. Schaublin will direct “St. George,” and "BV;HA" will be directed by Willlam F. aker, ‘ COLUMBIA PLAYERS. ¢[JNCLE TOM'S CABIN" has been | selected as the annual melodrama to be presented this season by the Columbia Players, who held their first meeting of the new season at the Wil- | son Teachers’ College last Tuesday | evening. | ‘The first offering of the players, how- ever, is likely to be “They Knew What | They Wanted” and it will be directed | by Orris Holland, who directed “Hell Bent for Heaven” last year. | LANTERN FESTIVAL, OCTOBER 21. | "THE colorful Lantern Festival, orig- | inally planned last August for the Sylvan Theater and postponed twice on | account of inclement weather, will take place October 21 at Central Community | Center, under the auspices of the Com- | | munity Center Department. The event | | will be under the direction of a com- | mittee headed by Mrs. Elizabeth K.| | Peeples, director of the department, and ( The mad wag is S. J. Perelman, gag- maker emeritus of Judge and other magazines. The cartoonists are Wil- liam B. Johnstone of the New York World-Telegram and J. Carver Pusey, the creator of the ““Benny” comic strip. Tt . Pineapple Realism. ERE'S realism. i They tied real pineapples en trees for & replica of a Cuban jungle in “The Cuban,” Lawrence Tibbett's new picture, at’ the Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer studios. Ever since then the company has been feasting on pine- apples between scenes. Finally t) erty department put up a sign, Pick the Fru 'CONCERT COURSE 1931-32 Under Management Mary Frances Ward Constitation Hall and National Theater WORLD-FAMOUS ARTISTS 8. MARY GARDEN. Soprano. 13. CLARE CLAIRBERT. Beigian Coloratura. assisted by Carl Achatz, Flutist Jan. 8. WARALD KREUTZBERG (with alier) 2. DORIE KENYON. Soprano in Lyric Silhouettes. h AL- FREDO SAN MALO." Vio- inist Feb. 5. MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY OR- CHESTRA. Henri Verbrug- Conductor. and WA £ and 5. 860 Reservations. e Oct. Nov. Jan. gen. TER GEIS Season Tickets. £1. S Boxe: Mail Order 1 Dumbarton Av: apist. 810, PARACE ANNA MAY WONG WARNER OLAND SESSUE HAYAKAWA T WAFF . 18 Gy I(-“Do/;' N\ EOANER s Dutun, Y ghtly at 8:30 80c to $3.00 5 ‘I 445 SHUBERT BELASC CHAS. BICKFORD ROLAND YOUNG . from enone uics densatuomal R LTO. WILSON GREENE ONCERTS, 1931-32. Constitation Hall and National Theater ARTISTS’ COURSE, 4:30 Nov. 16. LILY PO! Sensational Soprano. Met. Opers. Dee. 11, MARY WIGMAN. Noted German Danseuse. . LAWRENCE TIEBETT, Barstone. Met. Opera. 9TH CEE Course. $16.30. $13.50, $11. $9. $6.50. :NILHIRMOIIG COURSE, 4:30 5 )7 5. Dr. Se R Feb. 17, % 00, Met - Opere Ceurse, $16.50, $13.50, 11, $0. 86.80, WILSON-GREENE ‘EYENIIG”QO"IIIISE 8:30 Nathfiil"SymBhén}' ‘ ORCHESTRA | HANS KINDLER, Conductor | CONSTITUTION HALL, EIGHT SYMPHONY CONCERTS "Cloek. a7, Nov. 21 Th an. 21. Feb. 1 ason tickeis, $18, g Coneert Bureau, District 04 Matinees Chur. at 50¢ ‘to $1.50 Sat. 50c to §3 MAURICE BROWNE Presents Under the Auspices of the PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS Directed and designed by Mr. Fagan AFTER 8 MONTHS LONDON STILL LOVES IT 1t s one of the cleverest and wittiest comedies produced In ."—LON~ DON SUNDAY NEWS. L years.”—LO! ‘ontinuously entertalning comedy, which I unhesitatingly recommend.”— GILBERT WAKEFIELD, LONDON SATURDAY REVIEW. = ost_brilliant satire on American life The most brillians satize on n life and manners which I bave wittiest play N8I ever seen.”—] “Without & doubt ‘The Improper Duchess’ s the cl 3 in Ll JUNDAY everest, I_ have seen London for many months.”—LONDO! CHRONICLE. “This play ean hardly evade popularity.”—-LONDON SUNDAY TIMES. NEXT WEEK—MAIL ORDERS NOW—SEATS THUR. GILBERT MILLER Presents HESEX FABLE A Comedy by EDOUARD BOURDET WITH MRS. PATRICK CAMPBELL Staged By Mr. Willer Oreh., 82.50; Merz. $2. hq:""’"'q“‘imu Washington’s Players What Various Dramatic Organizations Are Doing and Propose to Do. including Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, Mrs. Edith H. Hunter, Miss Maude Aiton and Madame Vasa of the Americanization School; Miss Sibyl Baker, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons of the District of Columbia Feder- ation of Music Clubs; Miss Erba Birney of Neighborhood House, Dr. Raphael Man- ganaro of the Lido Club, James Mallos of the Greek Community, Curtis A. Hodges of the Greater National Capital Committee of the Washington Board of Trade; Harold Snyder, technical expert of the Community Center Department, and others. Warner Bros.’ AMBASSADOR c2rsans _EQWARD G, ROBINSON in “FIVE Warner Bros. i APOLLQO ~ ©* ® st N JANET _GAYNOR, FARR] T ANN." and CHARLES FLL MERELY MARY Warner Bro. Ave. and VALON iinie s "5 ;@ MAURICE CHEVALIER in “SMILING ___LIEUTENANT." Conn. ner Bros.' AVENUE GRAND 2% %% 1 A R R T oR “Warner B AR5 CENTRAL " s Bet. 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