Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1931, Page 60

AMUSEMENTS. f the Week H hailed as one of the thrilling dramas of the current cinema season, with John Gilbert doing his best work since “Thel Big Parade.” On the Palace Stage, Ted Lewis and his Musical Klowns are seei in an en- tire new show that features many spe- cialty artists. Everything is said to be new on this program except Lewis’ old high hat. KEITH'S—"Friends and Lovers.” EARLE—“The Honor of the Famil HE HONOR OF THE FAM- [0 ILY,” the Honore Balzac ro- mance of a he-man who tamed a tigress-woman, is screen attraction this week at Warner Bros. Earle Theater. Featuring Bebe Danlels, the picture also serves as the introductory ve- hicle for Warren William, Broadway the leading man, who SUDDEN switch in bookings for Jns been hailed as the R-K-O Keith Theater, | & new kind of management states, brings in an all-star | dashing screen cast in radio pictures, “Friends and hero. The _stage Lovers,” for this week beginning last | Friday. “Bad Company,” therefore, will | not be held over. | program is headed by Sammy Lewis and Patti Moore, That the claim for an all-star cast is | international mu- not unduly made, it is added, is sup-| sical stars, in a ported by the fact that Lily Damita, who reached stardom with “The Cock ! Eyed World”; Adolph Menjou, Eric von Stroheim and Hugh Herbert, have im- portant roles, while others of promi-/ nence include Lawrence Olivier, London . | stage star; Frederick Kerr, Blanche Fruderici and Yvonne D'Arcy. special song, com- edy and dance presentation. The plot of “The Honor of the Fam- ily” involves the efforts of a ro- mantic young philanderer summoned by his wealthy uncle to save the fam- Warren William, bArthur Schwartz, who wrote the ma- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 18 1931—PART FOUR. On the Stage “THREE'S A CROWD.” CLU'ION WEBB, Fred Allen and Libby Holman will be seen when Max Gordon presents the big revue, ‘Three’s a Crowd,” at the National ‘Theater next week, ..n beginning Sunday, ! October 25. : Three’s & Crowd,’’ it 1s claimed, has every- thing. In addi- tion to the three stars of “Theé Little Show” the mew revue has been de- vised by “the most talented group of authors and stage techniclans that ever collaborated | on a single stage presentation” Most of the songs were written by Howard Dietz and ~ . . Libby Holman. jority of the numbers in “The Little Show,” and Hassard Short, who directed the famous “Music Box Revues,” staged “Three's a Crowd.” Albertina Rasch, whose ballets and ensembles have been acclaimed season {ly from the intrigue of an alluring young actress. The man comes to his uncle’s home, tames the “vixen.” but ends up bv falling in love with her himself, Warren William is said to be a real find. Supporting plavers include Frederick Kerr, Alan Moubray, Dita Parlo and Blanche Friderict. Sammy Lewis and Patti Mpore, who head the stage show, are assisted by Barney Dean and the La Verne Sis- after season, devised and executed the dances. Albert Johnson supplied the striking stage settings, while the cos- tumes were designed by Kiviette. The whole revue has been compiled and supervised by Howard Dietz. The list of authors also is impressive. The sketches are the work of such experts in laughter as Corey Ford, Newman Levy, Groucho Marx and Fred Allen. | Y OUIS BROMFIELD'S novel, “Twen- i ty-four Hours,” showing the dr: matic confiict between two married cou- | ples, is ‘the current screen offering at Warner Bros.” Metropolitan Theater for | the week. Clive Brook, Kay Francis, | Miriam Hopkins, fresh from triumphs |in “The Smiling Lieutenant,” and | Regis Toomey are cast in the principal | roles. 'The supporting cast includes ters. Other acts include Norman Fres- | George Barbier, Adrienne Ames, Char- cott, telepathic astrologer, who, it is|otte Granville, Minor Watson, Lucille claimed, has mystified millions through- | La Verne, Wade Boteler and Thomas out the world. Mr. Frescott, Who an-| jackson. swers all questions of past and future, | " The story of “Twenty-four Hours,” pro- is assisted by Bebe Stanton, “world's| quced by Paramount, is that of tangled youngest mind-reader.” Sylvia Froos, | lives and tangled loves in modern New “The Queen of Songland,” will offer | york, from the pleasure haunts of the some of her song repertory, while the rich to the hideouts of criminals of Six American Belfords offer new styles |loss fortunate worldly endowments. in juggling human beings. Maxine Twenty-four hours is the time covered The cast includes Tamara Geva, last seen in “Whoopee”; the California Col- egians, Helen _Ault, Joan Clement, Harriet Hamill, Fred MacMurray, Percy Launders, Lou Wood, Portland Hoffa, ‘Walley Cole and Alan Jones. “THE_VINEGAR TREE.” ENRY BERNSTEIN'S “Melo” is not to ccme to the Shubert-Belasco after all, at least, not next week A very brief note, recetved just before the closing of these forms, states that Doyle acts as mistress of ceremonies. | by the story, in which a wealthy scion : | of a prominent family, who has sought the solace of an affair with a night club girl to cover up the vold of a straying wife, finds himself accused of murd FOX—"Wicked" and Estelle Taylor. (QNE of the greatest bills of the cur- rent season is the announcement by the Fox Theater. On the screen the feature picture is “Wicked" starring Elissa Landi and Vic- tor McLaglen, supported by Theodore Von Eltz, Una Merkel, Allan Dinehart, Irene Rich, Mae Busch and others. On the stage, the perscnal appear- ance of Estelle Taylor, star of “Street | Scene,” “Cimaron’ and cther outstand- | ing pictures in a cycle of songs. Fanchon and Marcos “Broken Dolls” idea also will be on the stage program, | featuring Charles Bennington and His New Ycrk Newsboys Harmonica Band, Mowatt and Hardy, the Three Comets, Edward Hill, tier's Hot Dogs and the Sunkist Dancing Dolls. An added attraction, for the 11 am. and 5:30 p.m. shows only, will be the first episode of #The Galloping Ghost,” a thrilling foot ball serial starring Har- | old “Red” Grange, American fcot ball | Gulliver, star, supporied by Dorothy Gwen Lee, Walter Miller and Francis X. Bushman, jr. A special overture titled “Morning | Noon and Night” will be played under the direction of Al Mitchell. = | PALACE- ‘The Phantom of Paris (GASTON LEROUX'S “Cheri-Bibi" s been brought to the talking screen and is to be seen this week at Loew's | Palace Theater under the title of “The | Phantom of Paris.” In this production, the story of a man of two characters, John Gilbert has the | leading role in a cast which includes the notable screen character actors Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt and C. Au- | brey Smith, with Leila Hyams providing the love interest. “Tha Phantom of Paris has been | | Rialto “Melo” will be replaced by “The Vine- gar Tree” with Mary Boland. “The Vinegar Tree” is by Paul Osborn. Ac- cording to last week's advertisements in the New York newspapers, it was play- ing at Brandt's Boulevard Theater, and was being presented by Dwight Deere Wiman. It is described as a comedy hit. “PNKNOWN WARRIOR.” Oct. 25. Tl-m motive which guid& Mauri Browne in arranging with James B. Pond an American tour of “The Unknown Warrior,” the famous French war play by Paul Raynal, with Browne himself in the title role, which comes to the Shubert-Belasco for a single per- fofmance next Sunday, October 25, it is sald, was the desire to express his gratitude to the American little and ex- perimental . theaters for teaching him his job. Browne went back to England in 1927 after 15 years of little theater work in America, beginning with the foundation of the Chicago Little The: ter, with apparently nothing to show for his efforts. It is now an old story how success came to him_ abundantly with his dis- covery of “Journey's End But the first evidence of the turn in his for- tunes came with the personal recognition he received for his performance in the first London production, in 1928, of “The Unknown Warrior.” The play has become to him a symbol of his suc- cess, and, therefore, the logical vehicle in which to make a sentimental journey along the little theater route which he had once blazed with “The Trojan Women" and other Chicago and Scattle productions. All that he has learned of the theater and of life, he has said, was learned in America, and he would like | to share his success with his teacher. “FRIVOLITIES OF 1931." 'HARLES (BIMBO) DAVIS and COLUMBIA—"Palmy Days.” FDDIE CANTOR is seen this week at > Loew's Columbia in his latest pic- ture, “Palmy that is said to be even funnier than “Whoopee,” which, when released last year, set & new high mark. Cantor appears as an efficlency ex- pert who attempts to run a bakery and at the same time evade the attentions of the physical director at the bakery, who is determined to marry the timid Cantor. Charlotte Greenwcod has the Tole of a matrimonially inclined physi- cal director. An added attraction is the first of & series of foot ball thrills, titled “Back- field Strategy,” depicting many of the fine points of the game for those Who do not understand the Fall pastime, and for those who know the game it is said to provide many exciting moments. RIALTO—"Spirit of Notre Dame.” “THE SPIRIT OF NOTRE DAME,” now in its second week at the Theater, has established itself ss an epic of foot ball and one of the season’s high lights. Lew Ayres, Sally Blane, J. Farrell | McDonald and the former Notre Dame heroes, Frank Carideo, the famous Four Horsemen, Bucky O'Connor (of that great Southern California. game of last year) and other gridiron notables are in_its cast. In addition, the Rialto offers & short comedy, -the music of Otto Beck and the Universal News, with the Traveling Reporter. ¥ | Recent Move The Movie Star System BY ROBERT E. SHERWOOD. | F all the major producing com- panies, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has clung most tenaaiously to the old-fashioned star system. There's more than a senti- | mental reason for this attachment. For Metro has been fortunate in the posses- sion of a group of stars of tremendous magnitude who managed to survive the transition from silence to sound and whose luster remains unmitigated. With such an array of box-office at- | tractions as Greta Garbo, Joan Craw- | ford, Norma Shearer, Marie Dressler, | and those two ascendant youths, Robert Montgomery and Clark Gable, and with | such possible come-backs as John Gil- | bert, Ramon Novarro, William Haines and Marion Davies, Metro could well afford to uphold the star system which its less fortunate competitors were com- pelled to renounce. Now, however, even this opulent or- ganization is showing signs of revising its policy. The alert young Metro studio czar, Irving Thalberg, has de- cided to give his customers some ex- traordinary stellar bargains in forth- | coming pictures. The screen version of | Noel ~ Coward's comedy, Lives,” will be acted by two of Metro's most_important employes, Miss Shearer | and Mr. Montgomery, with Reginald Denny and Una Merkel in support. In | “Susan Lennox—Her Fall and Rise,” | will be teamed Miss Garbo and Mr. | Gable; and in “Mata Hari,” Miss Garbo will be surrounded by Ramon Novarro, | Lionel Barrymore and Lewis Stone, The most dazzling prospect of all on & " 0N Pront Page” (Lewis Milestone) imar- advance Teports are _rorrech) Miss | (oser, VO Sternberg), and “Skippy KATHERINE HOMER Garbo, Miss Crawford, Mr. Gilbert and| *T'm not a member of the Academy, | presented by the ‘domimuntty Tnstitute at Cecil B. DeMille ran smok on ‘“The 503 therefore have no vote, but that| ~Gencral Commyplty, C'g‘“" 13th “and E ot g consideration wouldn't stop me from . 59 Affairs of Anatol ther uch | 5 Tuesdey, October 2 15 3 Affalrs of Anaicl” has there been such | casting a ballot or two if T could only | Admickion #1060 . Reserved Seat. 5¢ extra. Garbo would have the role of Grusin- skaya, the aging prima ballerina, and | Miss Crawford would be the compliant | stenographer. Mr, Gilbert, as Baron von Gaigern, would have the | opportunity that he has been waiting for ever since he was first bitten by the germ of microphobia. I don't know just what part Mr. Gable would have in “Grand Hotel,” but in case the Metro officials are crav- ing suggestions for casting the other roles. T should suggest Wallace Be: for Preysing, Lewis Stone for the muti- | lated doctor and Lionel Barrymore for | Kringelein. ‘With Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer admit- #ing that one star is not enough in one | plcture—that even the great Garbo | DANCING FEVTON PENN STU] Private lessons & dance Sat. eve. 8 to 12. 1745 ¥ st. n.w., Ist fl. Met. 3050, MR STAFFORD PEMBERTON. FX-PARTNER TO MAE MURRAY Al Siyles Stage and Ball Room Dancine | ecial Aftention Given Children's Class tudio, 1124 Conn. Ave. Phone North 3 Troom dancing. o Darnce Smartly! Learn to lead well, follow easily. De- wyelop poise, balance and confidence in a lew private lessons. | Class for adults Tuesday evenings. In- | struction in new steps. 8:45 to Danc- th orchestra. 9: 1 in :30 1o 11: ©inas for high school students Friday eve- | nings. 8 to 9:30. | The THAYER STUDIOS 1226 Connscticut Ave. __ Decatur 5 PHIL HAYDEN Mr. Hayden ha studied with such artists o Awvertina Rasch; Ned Wasburn. Con- antin Kobeleff, Chester Hale, Billy Pierce, Jack Manning_and many others. 'ap, Musical Com Ac Ballfoom and Reducing for Aduits and 'Child . Booklet Upon Reauest. 6 Dupont_Circle. _North PROF. nw. Cl ACHER, 11 Street nce with oichestra every to 11:30 p.m. Private by appointment, Met. 4160 Est. 1900. w. Class dai {donday and Pridsy, & essons EGARE STUDIO in' by [ ernoons to a limited mdmber For interview call Decatur Speel: M. 2035 P8 h !D t of chilk ) S90-4, Margie Bartel will head a lively | cast in “Frivolities of 1931,” the naw | burlesque attraction which is scheduled | for the Gayety Theater next Sunday. | CIVIC LIGHT OPERA COMPANY. | TTHE CIVIC LIGHT OPERA CO. will open its Washington engagement | at the National Theater in January, when music lovers in particular are promised an opportunity to see the most celebrated Gilbertian cast ever assem- bled on one stage. Manager Cochran of the National will be pleased to receive suggestions as to ! the repertoire. May End must_be augmented by more than just an efficient leading man—then one may say that an end has at last been made to the top-heavy star system which was the cause of the movie industry's | first prosperity and also of its subse- quent decline. The solitary star, whose name monopolized all the space on the elec- tric signs, is happily a thing of the ast. The movie people have been forced to learn that the mob wants to see good pictures rather than glamorous individuals. Charlie Chaplin can still draw crowds, without aid of any co- stars, because he long ago realized that the continuance of his fame depended entirely upon the maintenance of the quality of his comedies. ‘The Hollywood organization which | staggers under the name, Académy of | Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has, announced the nominations for its 1931 | awards, A vote will be taken Novem- | ber 10, and then. the academy will pre- | sent an incredibly ugly statue to each of the lucky winners, The actresses under consideration are Marlene Dietrich for her work in “Morocco' Marie Dressler for' “Min and Bill”; Irene Dunne for “Cimarron”; Ann Harding for “Holiday,” and Norma Shearer for “A Free Soul.” The favored actors are Lionel Bar- rymore for “A Free Soul”; Jackie Cooper for “Skippy”; Richard Dix for “Cimarron”; Frederic March for “The Royal Family,” and Adolph Menjou for “The Front Fage.” The best jobs of direction cited are “A Free Soul” (Clarence Brown), “The CHICKIE WELLS = “LA BOHEME GIRLS"-GAYETY | LOUISE HOMER STIRES make up my mind. It's difficult to On Bal make a selection between Irene Dunne, | —_ Joan Crawford, Ina Claire and Miriam Hopkins among the actresses. Jackie certainly deserves the actor's second, and James Cagney Public Enemy”) a strong third. Easily the hest director of the year, in my opinion, was Willlam Wellman's of “The Public Enemy.” Lewis Mile- | stone is pushed back,into second pla only because his one 1931 production, | “The Front Page” was necessarily something of a routine job, (Copyright,_1931.) WARNER. DBROS. THEATRES T. Arthur Smith 3 rihur Smith Buréau, Willard ELISSA LANDI VICTOR. A‘A“c LAGLEN WICKED A Great Story of Mother Love The Screen's N Taming a Tempt hysical e, BEBE DANIE in A Warner Bros.-Vitaphone Comedy with WARREN WILLIAM s‘“”;on the Sta, ’\—m LEWIS AND MOORE NORMAN FRESCOTT A Lifetim Drams in 3 Turns of the Clock Louls Bromfleld's Great Novel AYLOR sHags, Fanchon¢ Marco's BROKEN DOLLS $peR sation With CLIVE BROOK K, S REGIS_TOOMEY Rath Etth and o Suooumh. LEW AYERS “THE SPIRIT OF NOTRE DAME.” HELD FOR SECOND WEEK 5 § 3 Rialto BELASCO—"The Mikado.” opera, as Katisha, the Shu- berts will present at the WI’I'H Mme. Schumann-Heink, Shubert - Belasco Theater, the grand old lady of grand commencing tomorrow evening, a pro- duction of Gilbert and Sullivan’s pic-| turesque and me- lodious comic yera, “The Mi- kado,” staged by “rank W. Shea and with settings designed by Wat- son Barret. The supporting com- pany includes John Dunsmure, Robert Pitkin, Charles Galagher, William C. Gordon, Marian Palmer, Berta Donn and a chorus of 100. There is but one Schumann - Heink, and the glory of her art can never be put into words. Her impending visit. therefore, for the first time in a Gilbert and Sullivan opera is a matter of unique interest. In the comical role of Katicha the great singer should prove a sensa- tion. Requests, addressed to “Mme. Schu- mann-Heink, have been received at the theater, pleading with the great diva to include’ one or more operatic selections in her present program. and if such in- terpolations can be arranged, Mme Shumann-Heink wili graciously consent A low scale of prices is announced for the engagement. Schumann-Heink. NATIONAL—"Fine and Dandy.” OE COOK'S latest, and some say. V" greatest, musical success. “Fine and Dandy,” will be the attraction at the National Theater for one week, start:ng tonight. It is a huge and hilarious ex- travaganza, with a Broadway run of 25 weeks to its credit. Mr. Ccok’s last appearance in this city, incidentally, occurred two years ago as the star of the popular circus musical, “Rain or Shine.” ‘The book of “Fine and Dandy” is by Donald Ogden Stewart, noted humor- ist. playwright ard novelist. The music and lyrics are by Kay Swift and Paul James, and the outstanding sor e “Can_This i LIBRARY OF CONGRESS October 30, at 4:30 P.M. SEVERIN EISENBERGER, Pianist WILLIAM KROLL, Violinist ALEXANDER BARJANSKI, 'Cellist Tickets at T. Arthur Smith's. 1330 G St. N.W.. beginning Monday, October 19. Serviee charge for each ficket, 25 cents. Tomorrow d Nightly it 8:30 50c to $2.50 SHUBERT BELASC Breaks My Heart” and the title num- ber, “Fine and Dandy.” Settings have | been designed by Henry Dreyfuss, cos- tumes by Charles Le Maire, and the entire production has been staged un- der the direction of Morris Green. Mr. Cook’s supporting company num- bers more than 100 persons, and in- cludes Nell O'Day, Alice Boulden, Elea- nor Powell, Ethel Wilson, Dave Chasen, James Howkins, Herman Ergotti, Paul Brack and Buddy Goodrow. Too, there are the Merriel Abbott Dancers, the ‘Tommy Atkins Sextet, the Four Horse- men, and a beauty chorus of 60. “Fine and Dandy” is especially famed for its | comedy. No less than six comedians assist Mr. Cook, the star, as the mad marager of a gadget factory. ‘There will be no mid-week matinee but popular prices will prevail for thy Saturday matinee. GAYETY—"La Boheme Girls.” RIGHT, brisk and breezy is the promise of the Gayety Theater for the new Columbia Burlesque attraction “The La Boheme Girls,” headed by Billie Shaw, with Ann Corlo, the ”teoddess of Beauty” as an added guest star. The “La Boheme Girls” is also peo- pled with fine leads in Harry Stratton, Hal Rathburn, Chickie Wells, Lew Denny, Dot Alexander, Allen George, and Garrigan and De Muth, a team of versatile players, whose fip chatter and whirlwind dancing is_a highlight of ¢the entertainment There is o chorus of 18 girls. Friday is Amateu night. AN ALL NEW SHOW EVERYTHING NEW. BUT THE OLD HIGH HAT fotunrg - A"NIS MUSICAL KLOWNS " LEWIS STONE JEAN HERSHOLT C.AUBREY SMITH | CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD &:?fli’m'mmuu THRILLS ¥l (7] GRETA GARBO-(LARK GABLE SUSAN LENOX 253 7ass. - Matinees Thur. & Sat. at 2:30 50¢ to §1.50 The Messrs. Shubert have the honor to present The World Renowned Operatic Contralto MME. SCHUMANN-HEINK As Katisha In a Notable Revival of GILBERT AND SULLIVAN’S MASTERPIECE “Tue MIKADO” Supported by a Distinguished Cast, Including ROBERT PITKIN, JOHN DUNSMURE, JAMES R. LIDDY, MARIAN PALMER, CHAS. GALAGHER, WM. C. GORDON AND A SPECIAL CHORUS OF 100. s STAGED BY FRANK W. SHEA NOTE singing organization, it has Despite the presence of Mme. Schumann. Heink at the head of this extraordinary been decided, in order that all may be able to enjoy this splendid revival, that this exceptionally low scale of prices be maintained. Mme. Schumann-Heink has graciously consented, tomorrow night, to sing one of the famous operatic “favorites.” D —— e — SUNDAY EVENING ONLY, OCT. 25—MAIL ORDERS NOW A DRAMATIC EVENT Mr. Browne, befors return. ing o Nis London theatres, 18 making & Rasty esast-to. eoast sentimental tour out of gratitude to the Ameri. ean Little Theatrs, which he JAMES B. POND Presents MAURICE BROWNE PRODUCER OF “JOURNEY'S END,” IN “THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR" asterploss of the WITH ROSALINDE FULLER TICKETS, $2.50, $2, $1.50, $1, 50c i a2 b T i e NEXT WEEK—Mail Orders Now—SEATS THUR. Second P:ofeuiannl Players Offering Henry Bernstein’s WORLD FAMOUS MASTERPIECE “MELO” With Sebastian SHAW Helen FLINT ‘Walter ARMITAGE Adapted by Arthur Polloek Eves. B0c to $2.50; Wed. Mat. 50c to $1.50; Sat. Mat. 50e to $3 | Qn ‘the Horizon | | ILY DAMITA, sometimes called “the flaming lady of Hollywood,” Wwith her new picture, “The ‘Woman Between,” is scheduled for the Rialto screen for the new week starting next Saturday. Lily is the lady who is credited with saying that women are ruled by their hearts and men by their heads, whatever that may mean. Fox announces for the week starting | Priday, “The Cisco Kid,” illuminated by Edmund Lowe, Warner Baxter and Conchita Montenegro, while the stage program will present the Fanchon-Mar« o “North-South-East-West” idea. theme for elucidation on_the screen, and the Warner-Earle Theater an-| nounces that it will be shown beginning | next Saturday, with a cast featuring| Lilyan Tashman, Buddy Rogers, Peggy | Shannon, William Boyd, Irving Picnel, Skeets Gallagher and Tom Douglas. Shaw and Lee, musical comedians, for- merly with “The Five O'Clock Girl” and :’?;'tllu Model,” will head its stage w. “Beloved Bachelor” will bring to Loew’s Palace Theater next Friday a cast including Paul Lukas and Eleanor | Boardman. The stage show will feature “Going, Going, Gone,” a New York Cap- itol iter revue. Hardle Meakin hopes to have at the | R-K-O Keith, starting Friday, a mys- | tery farce called “A Dangerous Affai with Jack Holt and Ralph Graves fea- tured and Sally Blane helping out. The story has a new twist, says Manager Meakig, and therein lies its charm. “Susan Lennox, Her Rise and Fall” with glorious Greta Garbo and Clark Gable featured, will move into Loew's Columbia when Eddie Cantor’s “Palmy Days” wears out its welcoms — maybe some day after next Friday. Follows Marilyn. JELL O'DAY, the lithe and lustrous young blonde who accomplishes the amazag dance exercists in “Fine and | Dandy,” has been nominated by no less | than a dozen drama prophets as the | most likely successor to Marilyn Miller, | whenever that star shall have need of a | follower. Miss O'Day, for the sake of the rec- ords, was born in Prairie Hills, Tex. At the age of 16 she migrated to California |and without further ado set about be- | coming & dancer, alded by Ernest Belcher, who is something of a Ned | ‘Wayburn of the Pacific Coast. Her first feint in the direction of the curtained arts was in vaudeville. Trav- eling the variety routes of the territory at that time was the Tommy Atkins Sextet, a group of young men whose skill and precision in projecting their feminine helper through space was ex- citing vaudeville devotees no end. i i _ It was in Portland, Oreg.. on or about September 1, 1927, that Miss O'Day and he sextet crossed paths, with resulting negotiations for a merger. Her duties then consisted, in the main, of being tossed around like a medicine ball, a {routine that was accomplished with a |great deal of grace and rhythm. to say | nothing of high voltage thrills for the spectators and a large measure of peril to_herself. Signal work in the recent Paul White- man picture, “King of Jazz,” brought ‘(he act additional picture contracts ! Morris Green saw their antics in a film {and issued Miss O'Day and her e¢om- panions an invitation that resultea in outfitting Joe Cook with an addition t~ his supporting cast in “Fine and Danuy.’ KEITH '® _~xow— TA—AWL?II MENJOU LY A von STROREIN WFRIENDS Ax0 LOVERS” WOOLSEY WHEELER & totna” «HELL BELOW ZERO” CORALPH GRAVES CK HOLT RALPH GRAVI “"A DANGEROUS AFFAIR THIS WEEK—MAT. 2 NELL “O'DAY ALICE_BOULDEN ELEANOR POWELL “THE TOMMY SHOW %%.BUT | | A GRAND AND | GLORIOUS ONE" | r Ny, EVE POS 8- BEAUTY . SUN. NITE £2.00 ana £2.00, 8 Conceived & Comiled, by- _\ g Moty by, HOWARD DIETZ & BURTON 1931 TRAVEL AMAZING Course Tickets, All § 1= OCT. 21 | the forthcoming program of the Com- | the best that America offers in youth- AMUSEMENTS. Washington’s Pl.ayers What Various Dramatie Organizations Are Doing and Propose to Do. COMMUNITY INSTITUTE. UNUSUAL interest is likely to be aroused by the announcement of lovers who remember that Mrs. Patrick Campbell, who this last week appeared at the Belasco in “The Sex Fable,” on her last previous visit to this city played in it as “Eliza,” the cockney flower girl. Miss Anne Ives will act the part of “Eliza,” and “Pygmalion” in Shaw's famous satire on tne English language— Center. . and other things—will be played by This program, it is stated, “will pre- | Murray Sheehan. sent & group of people who represent | PIERCE HALL PLAYERS. i munity Institute for the new season, which will begin Tuesday evening, with the recital of Louis Stires and Kath- erine Homer at Central Community 8 the result of try-outs, the Plerce Hall Players have cast the three | one-act plays to be presented November rznd;{ed to Washington by the Com- |12 and 13, as follows: “The Lover,” by munity Center Department. It ap- | G. Martinez S'erra, will be played b peals for and unquestionably merits the | Laura Stockton Voorhees, M}P G’:‘u‘hui most generous support. | and Alice Cushman, under the direction There will be 12 events in all, each | of Catherine Palmer Mitchell; “The Lost occurring on Tuesday evening of the | Elevator,” by Percival Wilde, will be week, at 8:15 o'clock, and all of them |icted by Edith Adams. Prances Dolmage. a Central Community Center, | Walter Mitchell, William G. Eliot, Wil- ‘Thirteenth and Clifton streets north- |liam T. Betts, Phoebe Kent, Waldo west. The course is divided into three | Abbe, Stockton Voorhees, Helen Steele ful achievement and adventure, in artistic accomplishment and literary | ability, in wisdom and broad culture,” and is presented as a part of the service groups of four events each, with each event independent of the others, so far #s tickets of admission are concerned. | Subscriptions may be made for one group for $1.50, for any two groups for $2.75, or for all 12 events for $4. Single admissions wili be $1, with an extra fee for reserved seats. | ‘The events, in part, are as follows: October 20, the Stires-Homer recital; | and James C. Rogers, under the direc- tion of Frank B. Steele, and “The Stoker.” by Harcld Brighouse, under the direction of Ino Hawes, has been cast with Barbara Sinclair, Sally Stewart, Laurence Duggan, Paul Alexander, Oscar V. Jones and Segley Thornbury. This group hzs established a high standard for the past two years. December 7, Walter Damrosch, Conven- tion Hall (not in regular course); De- cember 22, University Quartet; Janu- ary 5, Ted Shawn Dancers; January ' 10, Stoddard King; February 2. Sylvia Lent; FPebruary 16, Ellery Walter; March 1, Henry Adams Gibbons; Msarch 15, Clara Clemens; March 29, Albert WILSON-GREENE | CONCERTS, 1931-32, Constitation Hall and National Theater '.MITIST!’ COURSE, 4:3 Squier; April 12, John Erskine, with others’ to be announced to replace Aeitonet Sanaans. Metopera, Francis Hackett and Alfred Noyes, who | | Dee. 11, MARY WIGHAN: Yy g Y have been obliged to cancel their en- gagements for personal rezsons. ATIONAL NIGHTS, $1 TO $3.50—SAT. MA' GREATEST OF ALL YiéE MERRIEL ABBOTT DANCERS . 01 MAT, HOWARD DIETZ --+ Staged by HASSARD SHORT — Dlances by AUBERTINA RASCH s SUNDAY AFT’S AT 3 WILL BEG ALL NEW The Real Hollywood, New Trails in Switserland, O over Tualy, Paris—The Coloniat Brpor Tours, $6, 34, $3.00, and $2.50. MAIL ARTS CLUB “WORKERS.” WO one-act plays given by the “Workshop” at the Arts Club of Washington last night will be repeated by request on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings this week as regular club pro- gram entertainments. A third one-act Cot 3 7 .50, . 89. 84.80. PHILHARMONIC GOURSE, ‘430 Nov. 5. SERGE RACHMANINOFF. 1. PRI LEK. A s A rob. 17 BOSTON SYMPRONT OR- Course. £1650. %13 80, S11. 50, 86.80. ON-GREENE EVENING COURSE. 8:30 A popular-priced series of € evening b s artists. Course. $8. $5.50. COSSACK RUSSIAN MALE CHORLS. play may also be given. Interest in the production of George Bernard Shaw's five-act drama, “Pyg- malion.” scheduled fcr performance on | November 3 and 4 by the Arts Club Players under the direction of J. Milnor heightened among drama Dcrey, is PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY Soclety of New York no. Met. Orera THREE AFTERNOON CONCERTS GALLI-CURCI. Dic. 5T AN 3 Joms CRARLES THO Tonductors: SUBSCRIPTION TICKETS, NOW READY L ol R R R Y at 1330 G St. in Homer L. Kitt's, GAYETY--BURLESK ANN CORIO (The Gorgeous) BILLIE SHAW (Miss Loveliness) NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA . of WASHINGTON, D. C. HANS KINDLER, Conductor CONSTITUTION HALL SYMPHONY CONCERTS 4:45 O'CLOCK. * CHILDREN'S CONCERTS Central Hish School Auditorium . 1. Dee. 10, Jan. ack. 9. Feb. 6, Feb. m $i and 52, All course tickets mow on sale at Mrs. Wilson-Greene's Concert Bureau. Droop's. 1300 G st. District 6493. TONIGHT AT 8:20 2 AND $2.50 T.. 81, $1.50, §: MUSICALS SAT. ONLY JESSE THEATER "8.% 1™ R.C. A. Photophone. HUCKLEBERRY, FINN. JACKIE COOGAR, MITZ1 'GREEN. _Oona wews. SYLVAN ™ NORMA SHEARER. L MORE. Laurel T A FREE SOU! BARRY- aurel Hardy Comedy HIPPODROME KTy, Lowe-Lofs Moran. “Transatiantic.”” CAMEO MT. RAINIER. MD. Tomorrow-Tuesday Marie_ Dressier-Polly Moran, -Polities.” | YATTSVIL. 5 [JARCADE MATCsoa'iieedsy | [ Barbara_Stanwyck “Night Nurs CAROLINA "8 X6 Avs,® FSKIPPY." with JACKIF_COOPER. _(Perfect _Sound.) TAKOMA &, and_Butternut No Parkine Troubles. 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