Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1931, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, DG SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1931. ¥ A3 T ot AR ARCHEOLOGY SRy DRONING SUGEES ¥ Southern Style 75 | Father Walsh Tells Geo- Fish—Lamb—Steaks 12 NOON TO & P.M p Week days Fookies 35¢ \ 818 Conn. Ave i Between H & Eve N.W .‘ graphic Society of Discov- eries From Planes. Dinners, 8 AM 50c-75¢ i Hours. to 8 P.M. Met. 3985 the archeologist of the secrets of shovel, th past buried cities with modern erche- goes up in the air, and digging later, Rev. Edmund Walsh, S. J., vice president of George- town University, told the National | Geographic Society in the Washington Auditorium last night. Airplane arche- ology, the ncwest form of exploration is revealing many forgotten town sites and temples in Mesopotamia whose in- tions may throw new light on the mning of mankind more Father took audier the rts of Syria H made his journey by motor bus and r car. but he came in contact with Poidebard, who is making an archeological survey of North- stern Syria_for the Fre govern- ment. Pere Poidebard told him that many weathered ruins of ancient citles are not noticeable from the ground, but from 4,000 feet up in the air every | main feature can be made out. 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One of the tenets SH A\NO:\ AND of their religion is that God has leased S | the earth to Satan for 10,000 years and that 4,000 years remain of that lease. LLCHS Jonsequently, they DEVELOPMENT keep on the good side of him until the i se expires. AT Father Walsh reported that he found : | an awakening sense of nationalism in » - g | the new Kingdom of Iraq, which in- RITTENHOUSE cludes ancient Mesopotamia and “the ST. AND BROAD | Garden of Eden.” T BRANCH RD. Chevy Chase.D.C. Was Named . EMPRESS OF n Memory of don't get me mixed up “]" 'Al‘lis Ori- . . ental pilgrimage Sir Christopher with the fellow W yd Gibbons / He is a war ren Y 7) man ard is over the World Famous English fok oo Architect of Colonial Days ain't my busi- g ness_over here at all. I am a peace man. I haven't got any use for wars and there is no more humor in 'em than there is reason for ‘em. Get your war news from Gibbons and your geisha girl news from Rogers. I am over here “scouting for Zieg- feld’s Follies” and I want to see where they train these Japanese diplomats that go to an interna- tional conference and bring home everything but the desk that the treaty was signed on, That's all we got to show for the Washington Disarmament Conference was the desk and we will perhaps lose it at the next one. man on Froatshing EW) INSTALLED hield TLL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE ath oling 5.0, D.C NOT BE BLE FOR ANY | E. BUSH. 1606 8th st. 1w, PUBLIC ION. DEC 426 Penna_ ave. nw _ N-742 ST._GARAGE. CHAIRS FOR REN1, SUITABLE BRIDGE PARTIES, banauets, we meetings, 10c Also_invalid ro UNITED STATE w._Metropolitan NEXT EXAMINAT I FOR ANY WINKLEF 5 pew chairs. | t or sale | . 418 10tn Stools HER DICL MEETING STORAGE CO. Novih 3342-93% 5 OF THE Title from | th dates Ir CHARLES E MARSH Secretary _ MODERNIZE YOUR HOME BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS ew 7 & new heating do the tinr We'll save " "BUDGET PAYMENTS if desired. 3. FLOOD ¢ 1411 V ¢ FLOOD ¢ 't % o Day._Dec, 2700—Evenine. 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But that is only the pre- liminary phase of the story. 1t is the soil in which upstand- ing characters grow. Around this shipbuilder, who worships success, appear the men and women of the type that makes up the greater part of the world, and who would be less admirable than they are, were it not for their struggle against the repellant personality that would suppress their natural traits. By contrast they illumine the play with the bright rays of devotion to family and friends The lights and shadows produce a moving drama, in which the sordid is forgotten in the enjoyment of the contrast. And the plot ends in the sllow light of a circle of partici- pants in a transformation that has reformed the master craftsman It i in the change that the real drama of “Rich Man's Folly” is dis- closed. Death strikes twice at his family without teaching its lesson, but when he finds that even in achievement he stands as a lone and despised figure, he first acts on the frenzied impulse to destroy the work he has created, then seeks to make amends for a career that has been wasted on selfish purposes. The story reveals a George Ban- croft who is new and hard and physically powerful, but whose rep- resentation of the character is a delight to the eye. The film places him among the creative artists of this form of entertainment Not until the breaking of his will has been achieved does he present a dif- ferent but still consistent type Contributing to the contrast which makes the story worth while is the sincere and at times buoyant acting of Prances Dee, with the added touch of human quality shown by Robert Ames, who found in this film one of his last contributions to the screen. David Durand’s work as the very young son of the ship magnate is different from the cus- tomary juvenile cffort in that it shows accurately the changes in emotional quality. Dorothy Peter- son, as the wife, and Juliette Comp- ton, as a gold digger, give sincere interpretations. The whole is an excellent contribution to the screen offerings of the week, The Palace features in its stage show Buster Shaver and his “Tiny Town Revue,” presenting a group of midgets in music and comedy, with additional acts of “Red” Dona- hue with his mule and the “Three Brown Buddies.” The chorus has more than the usual number of well drilled evolutions. D. C. C The Fox Has Mixed Melodrama. “ MARKS THE SPOT to Bed George Baneroft. might be called “Walter Winchell goes For, in the final sequence, a dapper columnist of a low-brow “sheet” is discovered bandaged and bruised after fighting it out with a bandit and after he has lJambasted a poor little Follies girl who got & chauffeur and a Rolls Royce out of $75 a week. Although _the title suggests mystery and a Fu Manchu atmosphere it is distinctly the re- verse. It is much more concerned with the blackmail industry in this columnist’s racket. There is little co-ordination about this film, which opened yesterday at the Fox, also a curlous lack of sin- cerity. It seems as though its spon- sors had started out on one track and then decided to switch to another Thus, while the “fowell” murder of Vivyan Parker was probably the be- ginning of the end, by the time the end is reached, the tear-bombs, gas- bombs and other kinds of bombs which have been let loose are all provocative of something else. The hardrhitting Broadway columnist is featured in this as a glorious fighwer who eats his shirt to help his little sister who was maimed by & truck. Glorifying the American B.oadway tatler is, however, just onc of the various sidelights, ~The newspaper itself—the king of & sheet in which the managing editor screams (now we ask you!) “The President’s proc- lamation? Cut it out. We've got to make room for the divorce!"—is pictured in the much-loved cine- matic satiric way—and Lew Cody, as this editor, is seen running around the town after stories accom- panied by his stenographer, who is, of course, the heroine All these strange things, however. need not divert you from attending this film, since there is considerable that is amusing in it especially the court room scene—meant to be seri- ous—in which the convicted gang- ster snatches a gun from his pocket and a juryman from the box and stands at the court room door defy- ing the world. The story is a little difficult to explain—but, whatever it is, it is played admirably by Wallace Ford, doubling for Mr. Winchell, Lew Cody and Sally Blaine. This week’s stage show is way below the average. Without benefit of so much as a_ tripping chorus, “The Five Races" Idea seems rather second-class vaudeville. _ Towards the end, however, Marjorie White appears, assisted by Eddle Tierney, and sings the way her admirers ex- pect her to sing, which is reminis- cent of “Sunnyside Up" days and other films she has graced. A small, blonde, nicely fashioned lady, she delights her audience—but should, pernaps, do more and more and mor E. de S. MELCHER. Keith’s Offers “Are These Qur Children?” DRAMA which depresses and stirs uncomfortably, yet loses the potency of its message through ex- aggeration, is to be seen in the lat- est presentation of “flaming youth,” “Are These Our Children?” this week's feature at Keith's It is unfortunate that the author of the story and director cf the pic- ture, Wesley Ruggles, permitted his worthy enthusiasm in “putting across” a splendid idea to sweep him to such dramatic heights. His story lacks conviction, Certain ele- ments, or the lack of them, which are said to be found among the young people of high school age to- day are bad enough, without hav- ing to paint them so that they lose the vividness of their real colors In the Wesley Ruggles produc- to Loan on MONEY L. W. Groomes, Imported directly from Bel- gium, in a large quantity so that it is possible for us to offer these handsome stools, with handmade needlepoint tapestries, at these exception- ally low prices. Wide selec- tion of colors and designs to harmonize with any furnish- ings. Mahogany and walnut finishes. GIFT SHOP, SEVENTH FLoOR Wa WodDWARD & [L.oTHROP tion we see the spectacle of an 18- year-old lad, discouraged by failure to win the oratorical contest at school, literally swept from the milk bottle to the electric chair. Eddie Brand, studious, home-lov- ing and ambitious, is pictured as the youth devoted to grandmother, enjoying his glass of milk and crackers before retiring at 9 o'clock, discussing with her his plans for the future. Almost over night, Eddie's character changes. False pride, injured through failure at school, Jeads him to bad companions. The desire for ‘good times” leads to thieving, drinking and dissipation Finally, murder shoves its ugly head into the picture and Eddie, already intoxicated, shoots and Kills old Heinie, his best friend ensues Eddie In the trial which 15 shown confident and arrogant, one of his com- until at the end panions, Nick Crosby, “squeals” and Eddie is sent to the electric chair The acting is good and intro- duces several young men and wom- en from whom great things may be expected. Eric Linden as Eddie brings his audience to tears by his pathetic appeal to his young broth- er at the end to not “crash” as he has done. Rochelle Hudson as Mary, Eddie's first sweetheart, pre- sents all that is desirable in the right sort” of girl, whereas Arline Judge, as Florence Carnes, the tle flapper, who sings Eddie's first siren song, presents a truthful por- trayal of a product of mode: n times. Mary Kornman as Dumbel Roberta Gale as G les, Ben Alexander as Nick Crosby and Robert Quirk as Bennie Gray complete the characters of Eddie's gang. Beryl Mercer as Grandmother Mor- ton takes high place as an inter- preter of mother roles. Short reel comedies, includil Tom and Jerry cartoon, a n‘:\‘\]gk‘. sue of the Pathe News and a Cla and McCullough comedy, x\z()i;;‘lr‘)f ment the feature 8.8 rankenstein’ Still Frightens at Rialto. ¢¢JFRANKENSTEIN" stays on and on. The public does not tire of blood and thunder. The mon- ster continues to launch the un- happy little girl 'midst the water- lilies, and threatens to tear the un- suspecting bride, happily garbed in tulle and orange blossoms, to mis- crable shreds. In other words—as every one now knows—the Rialto is housing that nightmarish legend of the doctor who assembled a man out of a Ford body and a Capone brain, and who very nearly got him- self chewed to death by a windmill in_the climax thereof. _There is little question that this film has donc more to promote slecplessness and a feeling of in- security throughout the city than any within the memory of mah Many ladies with weak insides have been’ observed resting miserably out- side and debating whether or not they had the courage, like Oliver Twist. to ask for more. Some of | them have asked and gone home limp as butter. Others have stood the strain well. And some, too, have .~axdf t}:at they dlfin't mind it at all, in fact, were rather dissappointed. ‘Whether you like this pf\)rm of sport or not, there is much that is admirable to be found in it as well as much that isn't. James Whale has directed the first part with con- summate skill, and for the rest, there is the monster roaring around the country, Colin Clive doing a splendid job as the nerve-harassed doctor, and Mae_Clarke and John Boles looking s%eet, but simple throughout. E.de S. M “The Champ" Draws the Crowd at Columbia. JACKIE COOPER Wallace " Beery, the son-and-father team of “The Champ,” which is contin- uing for another week at the Co- lumbia, are the reason for all the tear-tugging in this film of a prize- fighter who could never quite seem to get there. Mr. Beery is the gloved valiant who is always about to win the fighting crown of the kingdom when a glass of beer, or something equally tempting, waylays him. He is a shaggy tragedian who midst shaggy surroundings tries to make something of his little boy by fool- him abcut himself. Nir. Beery is good as the punch- ing father, but Jackie Cooper is even better as the gallant son. This 8-year-old prodigy conducts himself with the ease of a National Theater trouper and is mainly responsible for causing the utter woe which the story eventually reaches. When at the end, Mr. Beery is prostrated by a heart attack and is about to be whisked off to the other world, the skies open with sorrow and the most globular tears to be found any where come raining from all side This, in fact. is even a more com- plete tear harrower than Helen Hayes' picture or the dolorous “Over the Hill" The rest of the cast includes Irene Rich, who is always her capable self. E. de S. M. and BEST CAT IS SELECTED | Eastbury Trigo, Connecticut Entry, Scores in Tabby Club Show. ‘Winning over 37 entries, | | | Columbia Cat Fanciers in House, Fifteenth and L streets. the Judging of the various other classes of cats will be completed today at the The tabby contest was judged by Miss Ger- close of the fanciers’ competition. trude E. Taylor of Detroit, Mich. Many farmers in Manchuria are re- ported deserting their farms without harvesting their bean crops. Eastbury | Trigo, red tabby cat of Arche E. Horne | | of Ridgefield, Conn., was adjudged best | | cat yesterday in the American Tabby | Club show, held in conjunction with | the annual exhibit and contest of the | Lee | TRACES GRAIN RUST Harbor Canadian Blight. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, (). —Responsibility for grain rust | Western Canada, nadian Society of Agricuituris day, was traced to raspberry b | the' upper Mississippi Valley | Southern Texas. source of local rust epidemics. in Texas. | rust, he added, 9 were to resictant to them all. Sails to Film Gorillas in Africa. | NEW YORK, Decemver 5 Comdr. Gatti expedition to Africa | Gatti plans to make sound | the gorilla in Africa. December 5| i B. 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