Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1932, Page 44

AMUS In Capital Theaters NATIONAL—“Love Is AIL” OVE IS ALL,” the new musical | play which Vincent Youmans will present at the National | Theater this week, beginning | tomorrow evening, is an adap- tation of the famous dramatic hit in which Jane Cowl was starred so gla- | mourously a little more than 10 years Miss Cowl played it for over | 1,000 performances. The play made & fortune for the Sel- wyns, Who pro- duced it in New York, and also an- other comfortable fortune for Miss Cowl, for, in addi- | tion to the salary accruing to her for | services as its star, | she was with Jane Murfin, the authcr | Norma Terrls. Through” — | Is All” as it now comes—has & wartime background. The first act| 4s laid in England in 1914, while the second act has its first scene 50 years prior to act one. Then, in rapid succession, it returns to 1914, and ends in 1819. One of the most delightful and | heart-throbbing stories on the stage of its day, none of its former attractive- ness or sweetness of plot has been lost, it is claimed, through the musical adap- | tation made by Brian Hooker. Charm- | ing melodies were furnished by Vincent Youmans, who enacts the dual role of composer and producer. A fine produc- tion is promised, with costumes and set- tings artistic and colorful. Edgar Mac- Gregor staged the book, Jack Haskell put on the dances, the music will be piayed by a symphony orchestra of 40 men and Edward Heyman has fitted eplendid lyTics to superb music by Mr. Youmans, wWhose previous compositions include “No, No, Nanette” and “Hit the Deck.” An excellent cast includes Norma Ter- | ris. Charles Winninger, Ada May. | Reginald Owen, Dallas Welford, Michael | Bartlett, Nick Long, jr, and Marion Ballou. “Flapper Follies.” BURLESQUE'S latest contribution burlesque_amuse- ment is Nanette Dailey and her “Flapper Follies,” this week’s attraction in_the Gayety Theater, opening today with the customary matinee The star, Miss Dailey, is known as one of the popular brunettes who have an individual method of dancing and singing ditties. With her are some of | the talented present-day burlesquers, among them Harry levine, Hebrew comedian; Jack “Tiny” Fuller, “bulky” fun-dispenser; John @Quigg and his PALACE—“Tonight or Never.” LORIA SWANSON'S latest star- ring production, “Tonight or | Never,” is the current screen feature at Loew's Palace. | Based on_the Belasco play of | the same name, “Tonight or Never” is claimed by many to be the most suc- cessful talking pro- duction Miss Swanson has_yet appeared in. This picture also serves to introduce a new leading man who is headed to- ward stardom, Melvyn Douglas, | who plays the role 4 of the music scout ! lover of Miss Swanson, Allison Skipworth also is i | MY EMENTS.' THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 17, famous accordion; Harry Van, singing straight man; Gus Flaig, Connie Fanslow, Ruth Bradley, prima donna, and “Snookie” Woods. Among the scenic highlights of the show are the Hawalian sequence; the Spanish scene; a Chinese act; the Art Models and the finale, a rainbow effect. JANET RICHARDS, Tomorrow. NIISS JANET RICHARDS will give her regular Monday morning talk on “Affairs Political and International” at the Willard Hotel tomorrow at 11 o’clock. From numerous world prob- lems clamoring for solution Miss Rich- ards will select the most vital issues for discussion, including a review of the progress made by Congress in ‘“re- lief” legislation, the reasons for the recent cabinet changes in France, re- sults of Great Britain's strong arm methods in India and her offer of freedom to Burma with reservations, also the highlights of the week in Manchuria. STODDARD KING, Tuesday. “I ISTEN TO THE )&OCKING ~< BIRD"” is the alluring title of a talk to be given Tuesday evening of this week at 8:15 o'clock in the auditorium of Central High School, by Stoddard King, recognized as one of America’s outstanding humorists. Mr. King is popular all over the country. He reads his own poetry with the style of & born actor. He will draw, ad lib, from ample stores of material in his own books, such as the sheer non- sense of “The Canaries and the Whale: the human nature of “The Weaker Sex”"; shrewd criticism of American art and architecture in “The Fifty-seven Lamps of Literature”; satires of the fictitious West in “Cowboy Song: New Style.” Tickets and reserved seats may be had at the T. Arthur Smith Bureau, 1330 G street; the Willard and the A A A JOHN MARTIN, Thursday. OHN MARTIN, distinguished critic of the New York Times, will deliver the third in the series of four lectures which are attracting so much attention among dance and drama lovers here on Thursday_evening at 9 o'clock, at the Caroline McKinley Studio, 1731 T street The subject will be “The Fine Art of Acting.” The little theater movement is said to owe much to John Martin, for he was closely assoclated with Maurice Browne and Ellen Van Volkenburg in the first little theater in America, in Chicago, when more than 150 plays—from harley’s Aunt” to “Trojan Women" —were produced. Later he assisted Stuart Walker and, with the Port- manteau Theater, which became so famous throughout the country. Reservatigns for the lecture should be made at the Caroline McKinley Studio. ( { program are presented also the Dia-| mond boys, Joe Marks and the Case brothers and Marie. The screen program offers “Ladies of the Jury,” with a cast of comedian: headed by Edna May Oliver. The sup. porting cast includes Ken Murray. Ros- coe Ates, Kitty Kelly, Guinn Williams, | Kate Price, Robert McWade and Tom | favor for itself. Like ‘Timon of Athens | it was “born to do benefits,” and it Francis. The R-K-O Pathe News, a cartoon and a sportlight comprise the supple- mentary features RIALTO—"Secret Witness.” RDER, mystery and thrills punc- tuate the action of “The Secret Witness,” now at the Rialto Theater, giving audiences maximum enjoyment, plus a full opportunity to do a little de- ducing on their own. This new Columbia Pictures’ produc- tion was drawn from the novel “Murder in the Gilded Cage,” by Samuel Spe- | NOW A NEW | HE recent plays have not been of a kind to festoon the stage with joy's gay spangles, but TICKET TAX By Deroy! Himpronds thoughts to the more melan- choly aspects of existence. This is as it should be in a time when we are in- clined to view life as just a bowl of cherries and to follow the counsel of that immortal rhyme in Mr. White's “Scandals”: Dont’ take it serious. 1t's too mysterious. Last week's product was particularly fraught with sadness, including as it did some of the most pensive notes that were ever poured through the drama’s mellow bugle. Thus: “Lost Boy"—An uneven essay in ju- venile penology, illustrating the tragic fate of an honest lad who, persecuted by the law, turns homicidal ‘and wreaks an awful vengeance. The boy is acted by Elisha Cook, jr., with & fine appre- ciation of his faults and virtues; and, although the play is & wabbler in many of its scenes, it moves playgoers to temporary reflection 1f not to activity against the wrong it indicts. “Never No More"—In this you may see a troupe of Negro players in the most _faithful acting afforded by the Broadway theaters. They represent a family of colored cotton-pickers, the happiness of whose lives is destroyed by the lust of its black-sheep member for a white girl. He kills his victim and is burned to death in an off-stage scene full of linked horrors, long drawn out. The play. by James Knox Mil- len, is written with fidelity to character and speech, and you can believe what it tells, whether you like it or not “Black Tower”—~A somewhat gangre- nous melodrdma, exhibiting an oily lunatic in abnormal displays of mur- der. Among the aberrations of this miscreant is the belief that he is a sculptor, working in & new medtum. He snares models to his mysterious man- sion on the Hudson, and there plies them with petrifying flulds and freezes them to alabaster. Walter Kingsford impersonates the maniac embalmer with gracious urbanity, and all he lacks 1s squeaking shoes. Mr. Mellon’s proposal to fatten the Nation's depleted exchequer from the lean cupboard of the theater provokes passionate objections from the produc- ers. Already barefoot and out-at-elbows, the stage, they say, needs alms, not disbursements, and that if it is to carry on in its errand of edification it must be exempt from any further tolls. It is said that an extension of the ticket tax to include admissions costing $3 and less will retard the devotions of drama-lovers and may force them to seek solace at other less worthy shrines, The idea that the drama is an extrav- agance and, therefore, should be penal- ized by burdensome assessments is held by the managers to be an error in economics. It is a necessity, they contend, and its uses should be en- couraged rather than impeded. * X X X Since the theater has few friends among the statesmen it is improbable that Broadway's prayer will fall upon ympathetic ears. Although its own charities are willing and numerous they are often forgot when it asks a does them. So it seems that in these gray days of its own penury the stage should find its cakes returning on the waters of gratefulness, and be excluded from the hardships of cumbersome tithes. As an amateur student of the dramea’s finances I do not believe that Mr. Mellon's proposed exactions will deter many playgoers from going to plays. They may lament the veracity of ‘the ticket brokers, but seldom do they complain about the 10 per cent impost of the Federal ' Government. The patrons of entertainments such as Coing Attractions | i 1| “THE HOUSE OF CONNELLY.” N_important production for_th National Theater season, Pau Green's play, { Connelly,” by ct- | ing company of the Group The- | ater, sponsored by the Theater Guild, | which comes direct from a fine run in | New York, will arrive a week from to- morrow evening— January 25, to be| exact. “The House of | Connelly” was the first play of this season to be greet- ed with cheers on Broadway, partly | because of the dis- | tinguished nature of the drama and also because it rep- resented the first production of a new and worth- while organization. The Group Thea- | ter may be said to| 3 ave sprung from | Franchet TORe {he Thenter Guild, | since its three directors and various of its more important actors have all been | identified with the guild, but it emerged as an independent unit with this play. | At the same time, because the Guild | held producing rights to the Green | drama and in other ways had extended a helping hand, the parent organiza- tion sponsored this offering, somewhat proudly. Its friendly mantle still ex- tends to “The House of Connelly” as| brought to Washington intact by the | Group Theater. Mr. Green's drama was hailed by critics in New York as an epic of the | South, It deals with the dying splen- dors of an old family in his native | North Carolina, and in its last act in- | dicates the risc of a new agrarian class n the company presenting it are Franchot Tone, Margaret Barker, Mor- ris Carnovsky, Stellar Adler, Eunice Stoddard, May Morris, J. E. Bromberg, | Ruth Nelson, Dorothy Patten, Art | Smith, Fanny De Knight, William | Challée, Lewis Lerevett, Walter Coy, | Clement Wilenchick, Philip Robinson, Clifford Odete, Friendly Ford, Gerrit Kraber, Robert Lewis, Herbert Ratner | and others, The production has been directed by Lee Strasberg and Cheryl Crawford. Its settings were designed | by Glenn Throckmorton. “THE STUDENT PRINC! THAT glovious musical hit “The Student Prince” comes to the | Belasco Theater for a week's engage- | ment beginning Sunday night, January | 24, according to positive announce- | ment. “The Student Prince” one of the most_successful operettas ever staged, admits only one possible rtval, “Blossom Time.” The cast and_chorus present such noted Broadway figures as George Has- sell, Allan Prior, Gertrude Lang, Charles Chesney, Lee Beggs, Gus Alexander, Hollis Daveny, Margaret Cantrell, Mar- ion Weeks, Robert Long, Edwin Fros- berg and Belle Sylvia. There will be | also an orchestra of 25 people together | with the famous Student Male Chorus of 45 voices. Based on the story, “Old Heidelberg,” this famous Sigmund Romberg operetta was- first staged in New York by the Shuberts in December, 1924. It is mem- orable for its songs, including “The | Drinking Sof “The Serenade,” “Deep | in My Heart” and “To the Inn We're Marching.” Of further interest is the announce- ment that the forthcoming engagement here will be at “popular prices.” | NEWMAN TRAVELTALKS. 'THE new series of Newman Ti talks will be given at the National Theater on the five consecutive Sunday afternoons, beginning January 24 five talks are European subjects which | include many places usually visited by | the traveled American. The first takes | in a part of France noted for its in- terest and beauty, with a comprehen- sive visit to the Exposition Coloniale. |an .t they canceled important radio racts to appear with him on this ) riwind tour. Mail orders are now being received at the theater. «SETH PARKER"—January 29. usm PARKER” in person, this time, is returning to Washington with his “Jonesport Neighbors” to give | another benefit performance for the! co wl 1 1 | | Central Union Mission and its Emer- | gency Home for Children, the evening of January 29, in Constitution Hall. It was just a year ago that the Cen- tral Union Mission introduced Phillips H. Lord, the young man who created ' the role that has become a byword in millions of homes, in his first Washing- ton appearance. He came for one per- formance and _remained for three, bringing with him the last time his| whole radio cast. Since then, Lord has filmed “Way Back Home,” which is said to be one of the season’s successes, and he has been touring with his “Jonesport Neighbors,” making personal appear- ances in more than 70 cities. When the Central Union Mission invited him to appear here, he readily accepted, remembering that his first real triumph away from the “mike” was in Wash- ington_last Winter. His local performance will be in two acts, with new songs and incidents Tickets and box seats are on sale at the Central Union Mission, 624 Indiana | avenue. FRED STONE ANNOUNCED. JFRED STONE and his sumptuous musical comedy, offering “Smiling Faces,” are announced by the Belasco Theater for the week commencing Monday, Pebruary 8. The Shuberts, sponsors of entation, are said to have for Mr. Stone's support a headed by Mr. Stone’s delectable daughter Paula, who made her stage debut_in her father's piece, “Ripples,” and has won for herself a host of admirers, “Smiling Faces” is described as the merriest sort of musical melange, with highly humorous plot complications, with “an_entirely fresh act of typical stunts and tricks involving & motion picture director, who develops laughs fast and furiously when he and his entourage invade, in the course of their “shooting,” 'a stald domain on Long Island. The book was written by Harry Clarke, with numerous lilt- ing numbers composed by Harry Revel and lyrics by Mack Gordon. “THE BAND WAGON,” February 1. MAX GORDON'S massive revue, “The Band Wagon,” is now ending its triumphant New York run. Owing to its magnitude the intention was not to send it on tour, as there are few stages of legitimate theaters that can accom- modate the 26 settings, the double re- volving stages and the vast mechanism necessary to present it as it has been done in New York. Owing to insistent demands from out-of-town playhouses, however, Mr. Gordon decided to send the show t> five cities only—Boston, Washington, Pittsburgh, Detroit and Chicago. “The Band Wagon” will therefore be seen here at the National Theater for one week only, beginning Monday, February 1, with Fred and Adele Astaire, Prank Morgan Helen Broderick and the 100 others who have added to its luster at the New Amsterdam Theater, New York. Max Gordon calls “The Band Wagon” a revue for want of a better title. But it is as different from and superior to other Tevues as it is possible to be. In the first place, it starts out by satirizing revues and musical comedies and putting them in their place. It then becomes necessary for the authors and directors to show what a musical en- tertainment, up-to-the minute, should really be. And this, according to New York reviewers, it proceeds to do. It is all extremely funny, and accom- plished with good taste and decided charm. The revue Is the work of George S the pres- assembled fine cas 1932—PART FOUR. Gayety Star | written some of ot \ \\ hgl PN ;% ey NANETTE DAILEY, Star of the “Flapper Follies,” playing at the Gayety. now Washington‘s Players What Various Organizations Are Doing and Propose to Do. COLUMBIA PLAYERS—Thursday. “LADY ‘WINDERMERE'S FAN,” the famous ‘comedy of Oscar Wilde, will be presented by the Columbia Players at the Wilson Auditorium, Elev- enth and Harvard streets northwest, Thursday evening, with Mary Ellen Cato, the youngest member of the cast, in the role of Lady Plymdale. Frank Jamison, with 50 years of acting experience, came out of his retirement to stage the play. More- over, it was Mr. Jamison who, rev- erently be it said, undertook the task of modernizing the | 'Wilde play for the forthcoming per- formance by the Columbia Players. And, with a keen appreciation of his responsibility, Mr. Jamison has deemed it proper to explain what he did and why he did it. “When I began my professional career some 56 years ago,” Mr. Jamison says, “the dialogue of most plays was very precise and often stilted. The dramatic writers of the period were ex- tremely fond of long speeches and used plenty of ‘asides’ as the only way of | imparting to the audience things meant | for their ears alone. The world has taken long strides forward ce then and the theater has kept pace with it. “You don't hear ‘asides’ now at all nor do you have to listen to long-winzed harangues. What I have tried to ac- complish (in the version of ‘Lady Windermer's Fan’ now used) is to bring up-to-date lines peculiar only to the period for which the play was written and so make it more easily under- standable. I found I could not elimi- nate some of the long speeches, so I condensed them to quicken the action | and make it easier for members of the cast to remember and to deliver them. “I would not_dream of meddling with the plot of such a classic in the slight- est degree. I can only hope that what Frank Jamisen. AMUSEMENTS. N Fine ¥ Craftsmen All THE “Smilin’ Through” eretta which Vincent Youmans is now offering at the National Theater under a new title, “Love Is AlL" have all been breveted for distinguished con- duct in musical phases of our native theater. Each is an accomplished craftsman, whose reputation is based on meritorious works, and not remote past. as is frequently the cas First, because he has not only w ten the music for the play under the new title, but has likewise produced it. is Vincent Youmans, who also has greatest song hits, even in the pre-war era. “Tea for Two” and “I Want to Be Hapj for 0, No, Nanette’: “Hallelujah” and “Sometimes I'm Happy” for “Hit the Deck.” and “Time in the| gentlemen who have remolded, which punctuate the ensemble num- into an op- | bers. Mr. Haskell has performed a similar service for “Sweet Adeline.” the Artists and Models” series for the Shuberts and the Lew Fields musical carnivals at the Vanderbilt Theater in New York The lyricist is only two years re- moved from the academic halls of the University of Michigan. H: is Edward Heyman, who also is responsible fop the dramatic words in “Body and Soul” in “Three’s a Crowd” and the songs in Peter Arno's “There Goes the Bride.” His first song hit was in the musical picture of that well known crooner, Rudy Vallee, “The Vagabond Lover,” and it was called “Then Il Be_Reminded of You.” These are the gentlemen who h: on My Hands”| devised, assembled, directed and re- | for Mr. Ziegfeld’s recently produced | hearsed “Love Is AlL" “Smiles,” all are products of Mr. You- mans' musical mind. His production activities include “Hit the Deck” and “Great Day.” Eight musical plays of consequence have been mellowed and glossed with Mr. You- mans' lilts, starting back with “Two Little Girls in Blue.” and it requires no daring as a prophet to say that “Kathleen Mine.” “Kinda Like You,” “Thru the Years’ and, surely, “Drums in My Heart” will soon be rooted in the national musical consciousness “Love Is All” is an adaptation of the play by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin. It was an outstanding dramatic hit 10 years ago. Its present adaptation is the work of Brian Hooker, who wrote the memorable book and lyrics of “The Vagabond King.” Impressive, too, is the record of Edgar MacGregor, who staged the pro- duction for Mr. Youmans. MacGregor who routined, maneuvered and staged the many Schwab and Mandel _ hits—'Queen _High,” Desert Son; Through.” “New Moon" responsible also for the I blies seen in Earl Carroll’s last three “Vanities.” Jack Haskell, one of the most skilled and imaginative of the dance directors, has drilled the young men and women who do the gavottes and pedal caprices ‘The —NOW— YOU'LL LOVE JAMES DUNN SALLY EILERS In “DANCE TEAM" Panchon & Mareo's “ON PARADE” IDEA & Diplomats €7 vat MBIA MONTGOMERY ‘PRIVATE LIVES" HOW PLAYING UNTED ARTISTS ON THE STAGE A APFTOLTHEATAR M.y AEVUE *LIGHTS aud SHADOWS -\ | 8 BIG ACTS and FEATURES 8 | Same Ads May. OCAL theater patrons no doubt re member little Ada May, who is listed as one of the featured players in Vincent Youmans' “Love Is All" at the National Theater. Miss May was quits a stock favorite in this city some years ago. She also had a stellar role of Henry W. Savage's musical play, “Lolly= pop,” and was featured in ‘Tisten Lester,” “The O'Brien Girl” and ‘Jim Jam Jems.” BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA It was Mr.| DR. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Coaductor Constitution Hall, Tues. Seats Mrs. Green: Droop’s. 1300 G st Aft.. Feb. 2, 4:30 s Concert Bureau, Dist. 6193. GIGLI World's Greatest Tenor. Met. Opera. Constitution Hall, Tues.. Aft. Jan. 19, 4. Wilson-Greene's ~ Burea. Seats Mrs. Droop’s, 1300 G st.j Dist. 6493, PADEREWSKI Benefit UNEMPLOYMENT FUND of the AMERICAN RED CROSS CONSTITUTION HALL MON| Pricy Seats Mrs. reau, Droop’s, TODAY 4:93 CONSTITUTION HALL NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF WASHINGTON. D. C. HANS KINDLER, Conductor Guest Conductors, AV STRUBE and KURT HETZEL —ELIZABETH WINSTON PIANIST Prices, $1.50, $1.00, 75¢, 50c. Boxes $10.00 Seats on sale at box office, hall, after 11 & m. Met. 2061 NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF WASHINGTON, D. C. HANS KINDLER, Conductor CONSTITUTION HALL Thursday, Jan. 21, 4:45 s ZIMBALIST EFREM VIOLINIST Prices $2.75, $2.00, $1.50, $1.00, 7S¢ Mrs, Wilson-Greene's Concert Buread, Droop’s, 1300 G street; District 8403. BEGINNING ONE WEEK ONLY ATIONAL -owcrmow | Kaufman and Howard Dietz, the music |is by Arthur Schwartz, the dances by Albertina Rasch, the scenery by Albert a notable cast sup- I have done will be acceptable to the spectators and send them hcme feeling they have spent an enjoyable evening.” | wack, and was directed’ by Thornton |Freeland. Una Merkel, William Collier, jr., and Zasu Pitts head the cast and Mr. Wynn's “The Laugh Parade,” Mr. Carroll's “Vanities,” Miss Cornell's “The Barretts of Wimpole Street” The second is “Spain the Republic,” for which Mr. Newman will bring in port On the stage a Nights: $1.00 fo §3.00. Wed. Mat., 50c to $2.00. Sat. Mat., $1.00 to $2.50 / Capitol ‘Theater (New York) revue 18 to be seen under the title of “Lights and Shadows.” It boasts of 10 acts and features, with | Gordon Reed and King heading the bill. Gloria Swanson. FOX—“Dance Team.” HE two youngsters who Tose to fame in fimdom in “Bad Girl” are repeating in “Dance Team.” the current attraction at the Fox Theater | this week. The youngsters are, of [ course, James Dunn and Sally Eilers. | The picture is a screen version of Sarah Addington’s novel, the romance of a boy and gir whose dancing feet were their fortune and who yearned to scale the heights of success on Broad- way Minna Gombell heads the supporting cast, which also includes Edward Crandall, Harry Beresford. Nora Lane Ralph Morgan and Claire Maynard The play was adapted by Edwin Burke and directed by Sidney Lanfield. Fanchon and Marco, the brother-sis- ter team, are celebrating their tenth anniversary this week. Their “Idea” at the Fox is “On Parade’ featuring Natacha Nattova, Four Flushers, Paul Sydell and Spotty, Joe Rose and the Sunkist Beauties. Les Stevens and tne Diplomats in an overture and Movietone News com- plete the bill EARLE—"“Under Eighteen. HIS week, at Warner Bros’' Earle Theater, Duke Ellington, “the Har- Jem aristocrat of jazz,’ and his famous orchestra are headlining the stage pro- gram and Marian Marsh is to be seen on the screen in “Under Eighteen “The hottest band in the world” how they describe Duke Ellington and his orchestra. The band was formerly featured at the “Cott 4 lem, in Ziegfeld's “Show Amos and Andy's “Check and Double Check” Twenty enterts from Harlem contribute t : jazz jamboree to new thrill Under Eighteen and Vitaphone pi Marsh as a_new Tecent months has been leading lady for John Barrymore, William Powell and Edward G. Robinson. “Under Eighteen” is the story of a young girl Who yearns for the life of the rich, as glimpsed by her in _the modiste shop Where she works. She has her long- awaited opportunity, but makes a mis- take that nearly wrecks her life. The supporting cast includes Warren Wil- liam, Regis Toomey. Anita Page, Nor- man Foster and Joyce Com . Completing the stage show is Britt Wood, “the boob and his harmonica” Bayes and Speck, “assassins of gloom Marcus Sister lton Brother a dance revue ime Doyle. tress ceren subjec and orchestr ' out the entertainment R-K-O KEITH'S—"Ladies of the Jury. fTHE current vaudevilie program at R-K-O Keith's Theater has “Koran,” & mystic, as the headline at- traction. Koran is said to have won s a Warner Bros with Mar " The blond and in and M of international recognition for his fore- | casts of world events, such as predict- ing the President's re-election, etc. An added attraction s the Broadway singer, Charles King, and on the same DANCING. CATHERIN BALLT All styles of stage and ball room dancing s _dance Thursday and orchestra. Call 7213. 1341 Conn. ave. . D MRS. ACHER. 11 Ciass and dance with orchest Honasy and Frida.'s to 1130 pm essons by appointment. MEL. 4180, Esi Miss Ellen Waller Member Dancing Masters of America, Inc. MODERN BALLROOM & STAGE DANCIN Stud! J4th Private t. 1900 21° Tel. Adams 25: ament; 1745 F E. F. MILLER Reducing Classes. ] olllitt it ds mees. . (T — “Builtine. N. 707 { Ball Room, Ti batlc, Body 1208 18th St. are supported by Greta Granstedt, Ralf Harolde, Purnell Pratt, Rita La Roy and Paul Hurst. “The Secret Witness” is described as a bafing and hair-raising drama, adroitly adapted to the screen and in- terpreted by an unusual cast. The Rialto rounds out its program with a short comedy, the Talking Re- porter, with the Universal News and se- lected subjects of interest. METROPOLITAN—"The Mad Parade.” | AN amazing picture, in story treat- | ment and in camera technique is | promised in “The Mad Parade,” a Para- mount picture, featured this week at Warner Bros. Metropolitan. It is a story of women, written by a woman and’ enacted by women only. With all the featured honors being usurped by women, there is still “a terrific roman- ( tic story” showing, no matter under what circumstances, even in the face| of death, a woman's thought always| centers on love. Evelyn Brent, Irene Rich, Louise Fa- zenda, Lilyan Tashman, Marceline D: Fritzi Ridgeway, June Clyde and Eliza- | beth and Helen Keating are members of the cast. COLUMBIA—"Private Lives.” JORMA SHEARER and Robert it | Montgomery will be seen a second ek at Loew's Columbla Theater in eir first co-starring production, “Pri- vate Lives,” which has been entertain- ing_capacity aundiences the past week. Taken from Noel Coward's romantic farce of the same name, “Private Lives” offers for both the principals and for Reginald Denny and Una Merkel, in prominent supporting roles, fine oppor- tunity in the comedy-drama field. elected short subjects support the feature attraction. | | | | | i “Lysistrata” Over the Wa\y.l "['OMORROW evening the “Lysistrata” | cf Aristophanes, as translated and adapted by Gilbert Seldes, will make its first_appearance south of Philadelphia ay the Maryland The play, a stir in Phi cago and most recently in Los Angeles, will be produced from the original script, unaltered and unabridged An’ attractive feature of the an- nouncement is the fact that prices for the evening performances range from 50 cents to $1.00 and for the matiness, | Wednesday and Saturday, all seats are | 50 cents. | It is perhaps of interest to Washing- tonians to know that the ballet for the production has been staged by Miss | Marian Chace, director of the Den- ishawn School of Dancing in Washing- ton. Washington dancers of this school will form the nucleus of the ballet JANET RICHARDS Affairs Political and International * Every Monday Morning at 11 Willard Hotel Admission— Terror by night! Thrilling you .. chilling] UNA MERKEL coulltR s ZASU DITTS | Devil Messrs. Ryskind and Kaufman's “Of Thee I Sing,” or Mr. Selwyn's “The Passes” pay the prescribed bounty without objection and presum- ably without depriving themselves of any of the other necessities of life. If a theatergoer attends a good play he does not mind the extra 60 cents, and 1f he invests in a bad one he is consoled by the fact that he has con- tributed a mite to his needy Nation. But Mr. Brady, Mr. Hopkins and their embattled associates are reasonable men. They know more about it than I do, and when they rise up in opposi- tion to what they believé to be a hurt- ful embargo, I withdraw my super- ficial impressions. Still, ever desirous to be constructive, 1 submit a sugges- tion. It is known that the drama is powerful in propaganda, and that it can reform abuses by the exercise of its strength. Why not, then, have a tragedy constructed, setting forth the ill that overhangs the play houses, and warning the legislators that if they do not desist in their persecutions the art will have an unhappy ending. Such an exhibition, if performed by Miss Anglin and Mr. Hampden, for instance, on the steps of the Capitol before an audience of the lawmakers, might save the institution from its impending disaster. — = Censormg Gags. R-E-O. the Billboard states, is be- ginning to drastically censor its| own pictures and shows with an eye to removing all that is offensive to morals, manners and matters spiritual Offensive gags and quips, insidious and innocuous, have been banned, and be- | fore the movement reaches its climax, it is said, the State need concern itself no longer as to the culture of the| §-K-O houses_and_products. PHILHARMONIC- SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK BRUNO WALTER, Conducting JA‘ 26__4.’0 Constitution g 1 Hall Program — PROKOFIEFF, Prodl, Son;” STRAUSS, Juan;” BRAHMS, Symphony No.2 Tiekets $3.25, $3, $2.15, $2, $1.50. §L. T. Arthur Smith, 1330 G st.. in Homer L. Kitt Co., Nat'l 3700. he knows! Ask him DIAMOND BOYS Joe Marks Case Bros. and Marie And the Screen's Broadway Singer CHARLES KING On the Screen EDNA MAY OLIVER “The Grand Duchess of Comedy” “Ladies of the Jury” RKO Pathe News Frr=<mUc)>< ORN motion pictures the thrilling drama of | the overthrow of the former monarchy and also many of the romantic spots not shown_heretofore. Berlin, the city on which the eyes of | the world will be focused for some time to_come, is the subject of the third talk. One of the most remarkable sights on the continent is the new Pergamon Museum in Berlin, where after 60 years of labor, the stones and tiles of the gate to Babylon, built more than 600 years B. C., have been brought piece- meal to the German capital and there reconstructed. “London Life.” which differs from that of any other metropolitan city, will jllustrate in still and motion pic- tures the fourth subject, and the charm of the English countryside with glimpses | of Wales, will furnish the theme for the | fifth subject. | TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY. JRIENDS and admirers of Maurice Chevalier, “Idol of the Parisian | Boulevards,” who has_elevated himself to stellar heights in talking picture pro- ductions, according to announcement by Charles Dillingham, who is blazing the trail ahead for the popular Frenchman, | will catch a glimpse of the star in this city at “two performances only” at 6 and 9 o'clock, at the National The- ater, Sunday evening, February 7, when Ghevatscawil siofhisfsongs it Ereuch and in English Chevalier will be assisted in this en- tertainment by Jacques Fray and Mario Braggiotti, who assisted at a concert given at Carnegie Hall in New York City last season. At Chevalier's re- GAYETY—BURLESK Two Double Features MORAN and WISER and JOHN QUIGG THE ACCORDION KING R. Johnson and the costumes by Kiviette and Constance Ripley. The production was staged by Hassard Short in a manner that is said to approximate perfection. BILLY ARLINGTON SHOW. ILLY ARLINGTON and his own show, featuring “Diana and Cherie,” will be the attraction next week at the Gayety Theater, ~following "Flapper olli ‘WARNER BROS. THEATRES The Hottest Band in the World DUKE ELLINGTON and HIS ORCHESTRA 15—Sensational Entertainers—1S an, 3—Other Acts—3 on Screen Marian Marsh In Warner Bros.-Vitaphone's “UNDER 18” With Warren William Women Tossed Iuto a Man-Made Inferno! “MAD PARADE” Paramount’s Roaring Dram, Wit 7 7 celine Day—June Ciyd Fritsl Bidgewsy " AHUBERT BeLascO DNE WEEK BEGINNING MATS. THURS, € SAT. (Special Atten. 1932 BROADWAY CAST COM )~ NIGHTS: NOTE Next Sunday, Jan. 24 SEATS NOW SELLING — tion o Qut-of-Town M/a/'/ Orders) GEORGE HASSELL- ALLAN PRIOR-GERTRUDE LANG PRICES WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL ! Oreh., §2.50; Mex., 82, § THURSDAY AND SATURDAY MATINEES, 80c to $1.50 Mall orders filled aa receivs accompanied by selt-addressed regret. ORDER NOW. ENLARGED ORCHESTRA PLETE including \ 1.50; Bal., $1.50, $1; Gal., 506 ed and returned as once whes stamped envelope. BSave CIRCLE 5.7 & LPHE MENJOU. VON STROHI DIRECTION SIDNE ARCADE HYARTSVILLE. "M, Tomorrow -Tuesday HELEN HAYES in “Sin of Madelon Claudet” CAMEO MT. RAINIER. MD. Tormorrow -Tuesday— LIONEL BARRYMORE in “Yellow Ticket” HIPPODROME .5 th o ‘Today-Tomorrow GRETA GARBO in “Susan Lenox” Lady Attending Will Receive an bo. LILY DAMITA. EIM, “FRIENDS Each "Autographed Photo of Greta Garl Vi RICHMOND ~ Alcxanari Tomorrow Jackie Cooper. Robt. Coogan. CAROLINA 28 ¢ . A “SECRET SERVICE, with RICHARD DIX. (Perfect Sound.) 4th and Baute: ts. No “Farkine Troublen PHILLIPS LORD (SETH PARKER) In #Way Back Home” ASHTON cuarevow. va. Tomorrow — WARNER _ BAXTFR _LEILA HYAMS, “SURRENDER.” PRINCESS 119 H St NE > Line. 2000 PHILLIPS LORD as “SETH PARKER" 1A 1 WAY BACK "HOME." Cartoon STAN T Gth C st and STANTON st Finest Sound E paSoptinuous. trom Matinee. 3P H UARDSMAN." DNTAIY 4oy AMBASSADOR cfpmast, B s “UNDER EIGHT- g, 621 B B NE WINNIE LIGHTNER. “MANH. RARADE" TSPORTSLANTE 0 “Warner Bros.’ *c onn. Ave. AVALON \Gihie s " BUSTER _ KEATON, 81 _OF NEW YORK. ok Warner Bros. AVENUE GRAN BERT WHEELER and WOOLSEY. PEACH O’ BOY_FRIEN ¥ Warner Bros. CENTRAL * 5t Bet. D ana & BORIS KARLOPF and JOHN BOLES, VITAPHONE - SHORT nd "HELEN KANE_COMED} Warner Bros.’ COLONY €= Ave. & Farragut st BUSTER _KEATON, _“SIDEWALKS OF NEW_YORK." = PHONE SHORT. TirueY VITA " Warner Bros. 1230 © St. N.E. and CHARLES CIQUS." HELEN ANET ~ GAYNOR FARRELL, “DELI . ._VITAPHONE SHORT. _ RRELL, __ BRODERICK ros. Tith & CoL R4 N.W. JOHN _BOLES 1 KNS, Bo0D BeoRiNPA WAT “Warner Br TIVOLI 't & Park ra. N.w. JANET _GAYNOR ARL PARRELL, - DELICIOUS *T ARLES Warner Bros.” K G Ave. & Quebee 8t N BORIS KARLOFF and < rflANxtEréa\;mfi"' NS RS 1343 Wisconsin Ave. DUMBARTON, ¢ v = JH ( iIn_“WAY BACK HOME." W ES DE - i B SHOW." Com JESSE THEATER %, % {7 Sts. . C. A. Ph “WAY BACK 'HOME, phone. Comedy. News._ Cartoon. ¥ A SYLVAN 58554 i, BALLY ETLERS. Oomedy. oon VINCENT YOUMANS % 2 7 NICK LONG, JR. 770, 2 Aruefl.t’ WONEIS Book by _Baian Hooker. Lyrics by Eowano Hexman Music by Vincent Youmns NORMA TERRIS C(HAS. WINNINGER-REGINALD OWEN NEXT WEEK BEG. MON. ™% THE THEATRE GUILD sponsors (The Fourth Play of the Guild's Third Washinston Subscription Seasonm) THE GROUP THEATRE PLAY Vi ADA-MAY THE NEW MUSICAL MICHAEL BARTLETT AND A NOTEWORTHY COMPANY OF 75 STAGED BY EDGAR MAcGREGOR - DANCES & ENSEMBLES BY JACK HASKELL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF FORTY ORDER! NOW SEATS THURS. as it presents a notable play “THE HOUSE OF CONNELLY" By Paul Green With the Group Theatre Company of Thirty A Distinctive Success of the Currept New York Season. Nights: Oreh.. 3 2d Bal, $1.00. Wed. Mat. . Sn Mat Oreh., $2.50) (-adiressed and stamp will be hel PERFECT REVUE EVER PRODUCED MAIL ORDERS NOW! MAX GORDON PRESENTS FRED GADELE ASTAIRE stamped ope is inclosed. tickets will De matled. 772 NEXT SUN. n, the Republi and Wales. NATIO Beats Now: National Th Theatre Ticket Burea FRANK MORGAN HELEN Oy AT THE NEW AMSTERDAM THEATRE,N TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH MAURICE CHEVALIER -..... Mail Orders accepted. Orch., $3.00: Bal.. $2.50. 8%.00 and $1.50¢ s It ‘self-addressed and stamped envelopo is enclosed tickets will be matled. NEWMAN SEEING EUROPE JAN. 24 France and Colonial Exposition c: Feb. 7th, Berlin, 1931; Feb. 14th, London Seats Selling: Orch., $1.50; Bal., $1.00; 2d 6 AND 8P M 24 Bal TRAVELTALKS Exauisite Color Views Wonderful Motion Plctures IMPRESSIONS OF 1931 Life; Fob. llllA.“A WASHINGTON DEBUT OF MARTHA GRAHAM AMAZING AMERICAN DANCE ARTIST with her own company of 20 dancers L THEATRE, Friday. Jan. 22, 4:40 P, M. Theatre Box Office. u in Willard Hot . A. A. A and Talbert el NAtional 5575 THE WORLD'S GREATEST DANCER wws KREUTZBERG THURSDAY, JANUARY , $3.50, $2.00, $1.50, $1.00, at T. Arth Fabas in Homer L. Kitt Co. and his DANCING GROUP Smith