Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1932, Page 50

New Musical Production .nd Drama on the Stage Zicgfeld Brings Some Screen Stars in His Revue, While Ethel Barrymore Returns to the Capital With an Old Favorite. ‘There will be no talk on Wash- ington’s birthday. ELLERY WALTERS, Tuesday. A YOUNG man who traveled a quar- his newest | X ter of a million miles on a pair of | crutches, Ellery Walter, will be pre- musical comedy is the|sented by the Community Institute of work of Brown and Henderson, famous | washington at the audi orium of Cen- laborators responsible for “FIVINg | tra] Community Center (Central High School), Thirtesnth and Clifton streets, Tuesday evening. for a talk which he ‘m.e: “High Hats and Low Bow: NAITIONAL—Ziegfeld’s “Hot-Cha!” OMORROW night should be & gala night in Washington, for it brings Florenz Ziegfeld to| the National Thl‘?wr with the | ing. "Follow Thru” and gong hits_such as Poverty and_illness did not quench “Button Up Your | his courage as he went round the world Overcoat,” “You'e on nothing a vear—a hobo in Mexico, the Cream in My president of his class in the University Coffee, Thank AR MR | of Washingten, a stoker at sea, drifting Mother" Is down the Nile—always und palling Just & | difficulties, dangers and discourage- of Cherr o b= | ments. And yvet he has met and talked }'““ Is the Mrs with most of the world's great leaders— EDdUiB coxieapc Mussolini, Pope Pius XI. King Alfonso | others. ‘The locale of the new play is XIII, Lloyd George, Von Hindenburg— tand he tells of these interviews in an -musmg and fnsnmunl fuhlon Screen Stars in "Hot-Cha OME of the most fambus screen stars of the present day will embel- lish the cfst of Florenz Ziegfeld's musical eomedy “Hot-Cha,” which will have its world premiere at the, National Monday night. dy” Rogers, the juvénne “Hot- Cha.” is one of the most widely ad- mired of screen stars of the present day. and his singing voice is said to make him the ideal juvenile for this story of Mexico. Marjorie Bert Lahr, the toreador: White, petite and blonde, who won her fame in the ;mure ‘Sunny Side Up." and Miriam Battista, known just & few years ago as the marvel child of the screen, with Lynn Overman, English and American favorite, all have made noteworthy appearances in motion pic- ture productions. Wisdom and Girls. WLSDOI( among_girls? Don't laugh! Remember that some people call it just intuition. Maybe they're right. And when you see “Three t the Rialto, maybe you can give the answer. It's & wise girl, indeed, that knows her own man—and a still wiser lassie who knows how to get him and keep him. In “Three Wise Girls” it is a case of the three misses being doubly wise—. wise in wiseguys and wise in wise- cracks. And the three characterizations are wise, in addition, in acting wisdom, since they, in the hands of Mae Clarke, the platinumized Jean Harlow and the rollicking Marie Prevost. Mexico. and it has to do with the ®dmic exploits of a toreador. The “Buddy” Rogers. hr.\ t ¢ Bobby ic Thrills in “The Hatchet amous Scenic artist who made feld's Rita lies.” “Three N d Maive, ern de: Tt “Edw md Lill mes are by Charles Le one of the most gifted of med- | ners. Al Goodman will dire Business and FOX—Will Rogers’ the ‘meledious ‘score and will be in R harge of his own special unit of solo e g USINESS AND PLEASURE"| The cast is headed by the exuberant Will Rogers’ latest screen v Bert” Lair, recently achievement, is announced sh* “and “Hc m as the feature attraction at | Bote broad comeds the Fox Theater in its world and risible eccentrici mc premiere. It is a comedy satire adapted ! e i e {ahe | from Booth Tarkington’s “The Pluto- 1 cast specially crat The story finds Will Rogers in | il the role of = feid for yout h, wealthy razor blade manufacturer from the corn belt, on & tour of Europe. He is accompanied Powell, three H by & uMSing Holland, Arthu wife and a lovesick Miriam Battista daughter. During his tour he becomes BELASCO—"The School for Scandal.” }j;;fi;:fmk“",l}mj l:‘rm;, BARRYMORE of the e who at- of the is with us tempts to extract n ¢ in the an_ classic the secret of his and going abroad. Com- v all plications grow this week. worse as his daugh- In assuming » popular and familiar ter becomes ac- role of Lady zle, Miss Barrymore 3 uainted with a is following in ps of her Will=Regers: Jophisticated ancestors, for a ago her Broadway playwright. The climax grandmother, the great Louisa Lane, comes when Rogers and his family find was hatled as one of the best Lady themselves in the midst of an Arabian ‘Teazles of her time, Wi her illus- tribal war. trious Drew, won glow-| The supporting cast includes Jetta the same role & Goudal, Joel McCrea, Dorothy Peter- son, Peggy Ross. Cyril Ring, Jed mong the popu- | Prouty, Oscar Apfel and Boris Karloff. | The School for The picture was directed by David remains the Butler. least “dated.” and because its subject.|” On ‘the stage Fanchon and Marco dealing with the foibles and foppertes present their “Haclenda” idea, featur- | of human nature, is ageless, the play|ing Sue Russell, with Hinky and Rinky, | is as up-to-date and applicable to the | Adriana, Mexico's swetheart: Doyle and | modes and manner of society today as | Donnelly, Five Juggling Gems and the | almost any current play from our con- | Five Gordonians, Al Mitchell, the pop- | tamporary dramatista, ular master of ceremonies and orches- tra conductor, again is back in the pit, \ offering one 'of his popular orchestra | novelties, and the Fox Moyietone News | completes the bill. GAYETY—"Hollywood Honies.” € JOLLYWOOD HONIES,” which o open with a matinee today at ne Gayety. are fepturing Rosamond | . n popular aubtrn-haired beauty, EARLE—The Hatchet Man | group of songs and | [JDWARD G. ROBINSON, one of the | n and his mad scre great character actors, in| h powered laugh- | First ional and Vitaphone's “The ew Columbia Circuit, ' Hatchet Man.” is the major screen of- just to make things |fering for the second leap year frolic | ers and Ace Brown, | week, now at Warner Bros' Earle by George “Red”| Theater, The stage program is headed a juvenile, coupled ' by three favorites of musical comedy ances Knight, diminutive blonde and vaudeville, the Three Sailors, soubrette, noted for their series of | eccentric exciters of glee. eccentric dances that are said to stop _“The Hatchet Man" was adapted the show. from the play “The Honorable Mr. Among’ the women who brighten a | Wong.” by the late David Belasco and | straight men, ‘Tom Day fast m book with the glamour of A”hm(-d Abdullah. Robinson portrays good ool and cntertainment are the feared member of the tong whose | Dorothy De Haven, “who was born, duty it is to carry out the edicts of | a silver voice” and a chorus that the secret society, even though it is his boyhood friend who must suffer the death penalty. The story is said to NEWMAN'S “LONDON LIFE” Today. be intensely dramatie. = = = | e Three Sailors, who_he e ¢“J OPON LIFE' B M. Newman's yaudeville. are Bert Jason. Bob Hobson e it trasclialic of his Scein | and Harry Blue, three pantomimic cc- ore I be presented this| centric dancers. Other acts include al ernmnnme National Theater, with | Hill and Hofiman, & concocuun of &n entirely new group of motion and | mirth and melody, entitled “Baby stil pictures, accompanied by 5"7“95‘(}1':md Larceny”; Cherry and June excels in youth and precision. ©f his recent impressions. : Described as a man’s town, London t’,.’;““‘gu,”‘;;dg,",‘;:y&fi‘?‘ Daghs differs from all other capitals. The| geceis™ s miniature dance revue with #treets of the world's metropolis. somber | ; "gajalyka Orchestra and four enter- n some respects, are in places filled| tainers, and Maxine Doyle, mistress of with scenes of pomp and splendor, en- | ceremonics, The Graham MacNamee livened here and there with men and | Newerel and an orchestral prelude women immaculately and properly clad. | complete the program. | | KEITH'S—"Panama Flo.” IILLIAN ROTH, whose fame is a blend of the stage. the screen and 12 radio is the headline of the vaude- ville bill at R-K-O Keith's this week. seen on the Embank- this colorful traveltal Mr. an savs, “we are to enjoy many phases of every-day life in a thorough Visit to the city. We are to join the | Miss Roth has shone in a long list of fashionable church parade in Hyde | Broadway revues by Ziegfeld, George Park and on Sunday morning see the White, the Shuberts and Earl Carroll. | Horse Guards offer a thrill at the|She also has won added laurals for her singing of “Sing, You Sinners.” On the same bill will be Hugh Skelly and company in “Honeymoon Trou- bles”: Nellie Atnaut and her brothers, Colleite Lyons and George Synder, and the Rath Brothers, whose studies in endurance have long been vaudeville offering. The screen, in the new R-K-O Keith trooping of the colors on the King's birthday anniversary; watch the cu ous antics of street singers and acro- bats who entertain the queues at the gallery entrance to a theater: sidewalk artists and numerous tvpes of costers and fishmongers, all of whom con- tribute unusual interest to a great city. » JANET RICHARDS, Tomorrow. ISS JANET RICHARDS in her t tomorrow morning on “Af- fairs Political and International” will | include. in her weekly survey of the ! vital quesiions of the hour, the present status of the Japanese conflict and the press reactions, both in the United States and Europe, to the Japanese proposals for revision of the nine-power | treaty: the nine points presented by | Ambassador Gibson for world arms re- | duction. as well as the proposals made | by the other nations mow meeting in | Geneva at the Arms Conference. and a | review of the progress of ngreumna.l‘ legislation for the past week. These talks are given in the Willard | Hotel at 11 o'clock each Mondsy morn- | [AFFORD FPEMBERTO! | - ACHER s\u-w MR. All Styles Stage ani Ball Room "In('( : . | LEWIS STONE Studio, 1124 Conn. Ave. Phone North § F_A HT‘ 10 h ME? OIE’O Erl Wflo AL HONE | LIONEL BARRYMORE nd Frid lessors oy lDDo ntment BATLROOM FOR RENT COLI A mosphere, charm, select da and card | utes' ride from city. High ele- tew. Phone Linc. 8890. 1 PHILHAYDEN Classes Now Forming in T ap Ballet now LAYINGs Acrob:tic \‘AFF we‘“ xugc =Y = Scneen=— KEATOM For Both Adults and Children | Six Dupont Circle NOrth 8594 William Rodonl, Formerly with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet Authentic instruction in all forms of professional dancing nz»c.u. Ave. Decatur 4610 A Offering Many Varieties " Of Screen Entertainment Man" and a Bit of Ro- mance in "The Passionate Plumber,” Perhaps. Stars of the Vaudeville Programs. program. feautres Helen Twelvetrees, supported by Charles mcuura lnd Robert Armstrong in “Panama picture said to rank with Miss T‘el\e- trees picture “Millie.” Peter Laurini, guest conductor and the R-K-O-Lians, with the Pathe News |and other supplementaries will round aut the program. PALACE:- 'he Passionate Plumber.” AFF WEEK" is being celebrated < at Loew's Palace. with the per- sonal appearance of Joe Cook, and with Buster Keaton, Jimmy (Schnoz- zle) Durante and Polly Moran on the screen in their latest production Passionate Plumber.” = The cast includes Irene Purcell, Gilbert R and Mona Maris. “'stooges Joe Cook brings his famous and other features on his vaudeville bill that. according to Managing Di- rector Carter Barron, is & $4 show | at regular Palace prices. RIALTO—"Three Wise Girls." HE adventures of three country girls in the old “battle of love, livelihood and laughter” in little old-as-the-hills New York constitutes the theme of Wilson Collison's “Three Wise Girls,” now current at the Rialto Theater, Mae Clarke, Jean Harlow and Marie Prevost are the featured plavers in this Columbia Pictures film. which was di- riected by Willlam Beaudine, and in- cludes in its supporting cast Walter Byron, Jameson Thomas, Natalie Moor- head Katherine C. Ward and Armand Kaliz. Three Wise Girls” is described as a smart, sophisticated comedy with laughs, heart interest and surprises, one that reveals new acting characteristics of the three actresses gracing the pivotal roles, The Rialto program includes also ie\'nl selected shorter subjects headed y Graham McNamee as the talking with the latest lssue of the METROPOLITAN—“West of Broadway. T'S triple attraction week at Warner Bros' Metropolitan. ‘The major screen feature is “West of Broadway." with John Gilbert, he of “The Big Parade” and other successes. The sec- ond feature is a new S. S. Van Dine mystery thriller, “The Symphony Mur- der Mystery,” 'and the third Rudy Vallee in a novelty song reel. “Musical Justice.” The entire program will be mo“ n up to and including Thursday. t of Broadway" is described a: k) f t-moving story which concerns a rich young man who returns from the war only to be jilted by a his fiancee. Disillusioned, he marries another girl only to discover he has gotten himself into a predicament. Lois Moran as the girl appears in her first “bad girl” role. Others in & bril- liant supporting cast are EI Brendel, | Madge Evans. Ralph Bellamy, Hedda Hopper and Gwen Lee. _In addition to the three big Attrac- tions the program includes the latest issue of the Paramount Sound News. COLUMBIA—“Mata Hari." "LIATA HARIL" the glamorous story of the German secret agent of the World War, with Garbo and Ramon Novarro, is held over at Loew's Colum- bia by popular demand for a second week. this production is “a four-star picture.” with Lionel Barrymore and Lewis Stone in important roles, others includ- ing Henry Gordon, Alec Francis and Karen Morley. The story has to do with the life |and loves of Mata Hari during her heydey in the French capital before her capture by the police Selected short subjects complete the Columbia pmgsnm On the Stage RKO VAUDEVILLE! LILLIAN ROTH in persin HUGH SKELLY IATH AROTHERS \ \ LYoNs =« sNVDim ol(hl! Screen TWELVETREES in “PANAMA FLO" RKO Pathe News NOw! Youll Gasp_and_Thrill! ROBINSON Warner Bros. Hit THE HATCHET MAN LoBBTTA YO[‘NG THREE SATLORS AND 3 BIG_ACTS M-G-M Feature With John Gfibert—Lols Moran 90 RUDY VALLEE Song Resl $. 8. VAN DINE Vitephons Thriller s ¢ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer claims | Scene from the newest thriller in the movie world, “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” which goes on the screen at the Rialto February 19. NATIONAL—Ziegfeld's “Hot-Cha!” BELASCO—Ethel Barrymore, “School for Scandal.” morrow evening. GAYETY—"Hollywood Honies” and evening. NATIONAL—Newman Travel Talk, “London Life.” noon. ON THE SCRE “Business and Pleasure.” Opens tomorrow evening. Opens to- (burlesque). This afternoon This after- FOX—Will Rogers, and evening. EARLE—"“The Hatchet Man.” This afternoon and evening. KEITH'S—"“Panama Flo.” This afternoon and evening. PALACE—"The Passionate Plumber.” This afternoon and eve- ning. RIALTO—“Three Wise Girls.” This afternoon and evening. METROPOLITAN —“West of Broadway.” This afternoon and evening. COLUMBIA This afternoon “Mata Hari.” This afternoon and evening, Coming Attractions ULRIC—in “The Social Register.” roles, among them Mimi, ENORE ULRIC in her newest suc- Glida wnd 9 oo = (r nacs ‘Romeo er work in cess, “The comes to the Social Register,” Naticnal Theater in ng parts MI Hood," next week, beginning with the “Robin Monday (Washington's birth- 1. ‘dix‘ matir.ee The play is by Anita Loos and John Emerson and was fash- foned from Miss Loos' popular nov=- | .t WS 84 C00 el “But_Gentle- | S1UD awarded by men Marry Bru- New York merchant for neties ment of music, that Miss Reece In the Emerson- | g pupil of Mme. Sembrich for t. comedy Miss | years as & "V girl, 1to & Park ave- nue family, and, it is said. gives of the most inter- esting character- izations of her ca- The play is tter- e “The Girls From Jovland.” ittes™ 1 WEEK from this & A Gas e of ing tongue in cheek spoofing all chorvs gir Lenore Ulric. marry rich oung men Included in the cast of 35 are Sid- ney Blackmer, Teresa M. Betty Garde, Wilfred C! ‘Twcker, Hans Hansen. Trader, Jane Farrel Mary wald Yorke. Elizebeth BLOSSOM IME.” J SH0M. aih Baltimore Town Hall Series {ATHRYN REECE, the “Mitzi" in . “Blossam Time.” which is coming Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer to the Belasco Theater Sur eve- CHURCHILL Brilliant British Statesman and Orator The Lyric, Monday, Feb. 15, 8:30 Baltimore, Md. Tickets, $1.00 to $2.50 ning. February 21, hails from Durham, N. C. After a course of musical t ing at the Cincinnati Conservatory sic, for three years she was a vocal il of the celebrated Marcella Sem rich, one of the foremost teachers in America Albiugh's. % East Lesington St Miss Reece’s notable concert ap- snd:ithe Vierie pearances include several with the Cin- cinnati_Orchestra. under the artistic Fritz_Reiner. She has sung_many GAYETY-BURLESK “HOLLYWOOD HONIES” ROSAMOND MAY PEGGY WHITE “CHERIE” LIBRARY OF CONGRESS T}mrldly. Felm.ury 25 at 4:45 PM. CONCERT OF MUSIC FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Hans Kindler, Conductor The_plasers will be members of the National Svmphony Orchesira Tickets at T. Arthur th, 1% beginning _ Mondas, Febr) ice ‘charge for each ticket, 2 cents. MGMT. LI MONDAY Panctually t 8 Oreh. SHUBERT LAscO . AND J. J. SHUBFRT =it recise 1 ur.ng First A REAL OCCASION IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE LEE SHUBERT presents ETHEL \ » mm—-% NEXT SUNDAY FEBRUARY 21 % THUR. THE FOREMOST SUCCESS OF MUSIN STAGE NISTORY THUR MAT 500 $l .50 - Best Singing Ensemble in America— Symphonic Orchestra $1.50; Thurs. and Mats., Bal., ll. Gnl., B0 WEEK BEG. MON., FEB. 29 : Mez., $1.30 Prices—Main’ Floor & Mezzanine, MATINEES Punctually 2:15 Thurs- and_ Sa o to ¥ * cene 3 da £2.50% and SAT. MAT. 50c o:r MAIL ORDERS NOW 00 & ; Gal, Boxes, $2.00. 354 GILBERT and SULLIVAN The GONDOLIERS Comic Opera FIRST WASHINGTON CIVIC OPERA Special Low Prices to Reach All Opers Love send self-a mped envelope with remittance n uwua. Civic Opera Co., unlel-m Theater. Tickets will be mailed. ernoon Man- MYSTERY thriller surpassing even the dread “Dracula” and “Prankenstein,” no other than the screen version of Edgar ' Allan Poe's “Murders in the :Morgue,” is announced for the Riajte, starting Friday of the current Wi when the new _week's bill will be presented for the first time. Bela Lugosi, ney Fox, Leon Waycoff, Bert Roach, Brandon Hurst, Noble John- son, D'Arcy Cor- rigan and Betty Ross Clarke will illuminate the cast. If you haven't read the Poe story, one of his greatest Sid- thrillers, | it m\ght be wise to do L. OEW'! E PAMCE Sidney Fox. ~ announces the first showing next Priday of “Freaks,” sald to be something entirely new in the way of entertainment, along with “Frolics of 1832," Revue. KEITHS starting next Saturday, will presenv. Constance Bennett's latest picture, “Lady With a Past.” with Ben Lyon, David Manners and Albert Conti in the cast. Gus Van, “the melody man,” formerly of the team of Van and Schenck, will be the feature of the bill. “FI'REMAN, SAVE MY CHILD,” will the feature at the Warner Bros. Earle Theater starting Saturday, and Joe E. Brown will be the fireman, probably, for he is the star of the film. ‘Washington, the Man and the Cap- ital,” will be a special contribution on the screen to the Washington Bicenten- nial observance. EORGE ARLISS' newest “The Man Who Played God." Warner-Vitaphone production, will have its Washington premiere at the Warner Metropolitan next Friday, when also “Washington, the Man and the Capital, in honor of the Washington Bicenten- nial, will be a special contribution. It is announced as a Warner Bros.-Vita- phone “'scoop.” ’l‘HE Fox Theater will present “She Wanted a Millionaire.” with Joan Bennett and Spencer Tracy on the screen, and with the Fanchon-Marco idea, “About Town,” as the highlight of the stage program. described as “an with Walla epic of the ai in the lF!dl Beery and Clark Gab! Held Over G'o'q Garbo and Ramon Novarro. in 4 Hari" held for a second \\uk AWON CLARENDON. VA, Monday, _ Tuesday — JOHN ~ GILBERT. BIG PARADE. 1B B St NE PRINCESS me. ‘2600, ‘THE SIDEWALKS BUSTER KEATON in * OF NEW YORK.” LAUREL-HARDY Jsth o AMBASSADOR Rd.N.W. EDWARD G ROBINSON. - HATCHET MAN Warner Bros." 624 H Bt. N.E. JAMES DUNN & BALLY EILERS, _mNcs TEAM Conn. 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ARCADE 'FEnciov Charles Rogers in “Road to HIPPCDROME .= Neac2, Today, Tomorrow— Eddie C-ntor in “P-Il:y Days”| CAMEO Tomm Tueldué!ynyl MAYX QUITER 10 EXANDRIA, VA. RICHMOND 3iicrrow. - Tiesdsy— JOAN BLONDELL in “UNION DEPOT." CAROL]NA 1 8 N C At SE ATTAN PA-| RADI with ALTGHTNER. eTlect_sound.) TAK uh ternut Bts. Troy GEORGE BANGROFT in “RICH MAN'S FOLLY" gT A’ BETHESDA. iy = --: «‘nY-"rl -Elee! TR S “BALMY DAY tric Sound IE CAN- a Capitol Theater | picture | ol | But the Play Fails to "Click,” Accordmg to This Lincoln Drama Is Staged For New York Audlences Cnnc—character Studxes Are Large part Of New Work, “If Booth Had Missed.” Bv Pe rcy Hammond. N his new drama at the Royale| bility and the eloquence of the role Arthur Goodman assumes that if (Much of the speech is gleaned from Booth had missed Lincoln, another | Lincoln’s more dramatic utterances, in- and more deadly marksman would | cluding the Gettysburg address and bhave killed him at the end. The | the second inaugural, both of which are play, therefore, is an expression of the |introduced without obtrusive eflort. author'’s faith in predestination rather | Mr. Poole delivers these naturally, with than a flight into the loftier spaces of | full value of their beauty and import conjecture. Few extravagant fancies| Mr. Goodman ransacks the traditions are begot in the ventricle of Mr. Good- | with fair success and Gen. Grant is to man’s imaginings and he merely shifts be recognized by his cigar and his pre- =vents and their courses from one chan- | dilection for Bourbon liquor. Mrs. nel to another. The result of Booth's| Lincoln is ex in her fam:liar alm is just a postponement of the Pres- | displays of je and it is her the- ident’s murder, leaving him in place of lousy. atrical meddling that enables the con- his successor, Mr. Johnson, to wrestle | spirators to make trouble for her iong- with the troubles of reconstruction. suffering husband Little Tad alse Even 1f th ‘had_missed. according 1sly while to Mr. dman, history would no he arm of his father's chair, have been' changed except in its rela- ton to individusl characters The nion would be preserved, there would be no North and no South. and the | Another Premier Blue and Gray would be entwined, as| now they are, in amity’s fraternal em- braces. It might have been a more in- teresting feat of speculation had Mr Goodman written “If Graut Had Sur- rendered,” or “If McClellan Had Been Elected.” Then he would have had a ONORS are falling thick and fast for Washington ith the rain that drifted into the came the ational Capital on Frida real opportunity to exercise his some- news that Pegey what slothful fancy sapd her b rodu Other dramatists, one trusts, will T 2 “@QP1id of Manhatt Prston profit by Mr. Goodman'’s pioneering and present their ideas of what would have Sturges. who ippened. for tustance, hud Smith beon to the N elected nstead of Hoover. or Champ Clark instead of Wilscn. Would Smith T e pErmicre: [ oh have saved us from famine an 9 from war? The field is extens Hall, who will be remem- ripe with probabulities beyed for excellent ac in “Flying Among those present at the first per- P 3 . formance was Edgar Lee Masiers, a ‘1,"‘1 "’:fi‘g,,‘:?f\ ;},Lh‘" 3 Name student of the period and the author of | 4 plaved the role of the C \ a trenchant biography of Lincoln. »i8-gigi oG Belng nene too steeped in_knowledge (‘5 “d,‘ of the time and its dominating figures, | 't d o I sought Mr. Masters and asked him | po.ter” J E if he regarded “If Booth Had Miseed” | [2€4%CH (o0r a good play. He said "No." Althol 15 a1 not & drama critic, Mr. Masters prob- Y ably was right. The piece flaws that I, myself, can see. ing John Nicholson. who acts Stephens with forcefu he cast borders on medioc iR A JANET RICHARDS Affairs Political and International roles, will follow Garbo and “Mata |the power to give g L . Hari” when and if the program 1s|Then l(x)(‘ the stage dire Monday Morning-at 11 O'Clock changed at Loew's Columbia. puny. and some proach the ridicul WILEARD HOTEL . P There it e po alk F-22 Booth. has bungled his « tienlarly hostile to credibil But “If Booth Had tunate in the fxct th by a player skillful the character more than traces of sheer mimicry in that imperson: an artist of wh theatergoers are nd, are par- “B.»,\R'I‘I‘ZR” 1 Passion Play Dominic’s Hall Sixth and F Sts. S.W. Tuesday, February 16th Admissin " is for- €no: eral erved Seats He resem- unawzr bles the Lincoln of portrait and sculp- ture. and he has a benign stage per- = sonality calculated to disarm those ROBA who suspect such endeavors to be des- ecrating. He comprehends and is able to communicate to the audience the traditional Lincoln qualities. cially_is he apt in the the S aline o Grean's. + Dist. ITURBI clebraied Spaniah Fianis (nn)lln.lmn Ven. 20 e Relson Greenc's Concert reau. Droop’s. 1300 G st.i District 8493, TODAY 4:00 CONSTITUTION BAL: NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF WASHINGTON. D. HANS KINDLER, Concuctor Soloist YELL! D’ARANYI Violinist Prices. ll .50, $1.00, 75¢, S0c. Boxes $10.00 Seats t bex office, hall. after 11 s m BT VETNRTY T JEPR 4 TR YR R 8:15 IV 14 TY7 1B DRI EYT PR 8 —pmipe 3] W. 75,50 Dpyp LETPINIEL6 BERNARDINO MOLINARI, Conductis MAR l " rnmmnnnn all &l : $1 e miib, 130 G st et 2661 \ ENGAGEMENT \ LIMITED POSITIVELY N TO ONE WEEK TOMORROW NIGHT, FEB. 15 I¥s Great to Be Alive! I GALA PREMIERE—FIRST TIME ON ANY STAGE ZIEGFELD Production of BROWN & HENDERSON Musical Comedy Laid in Mexico HOT-CHA! -+ BERT LAHR MARJORIE WHITE, LYNNE OVERMAN, JUNE KNIGHT, REVVA REYES, TITO CORAL, JUNE MacCLOY DE MARCOS, VELOZ & YOLANDA, JACK HOLLAND, BOB GLECKLER, MIRIAM BATTISTA, ELEANOR POWI‘JJ. MARJORIE LOGAN and Mewy Others BUDDY ROGERS Book by LEW BROWN, RAY HENDERSON and MARK HELLINGER Suggested by the play, N OLD SPANISH CUSTOM." by H. S. Kraft Words and Music LEW BROWN and RAY HENDERSON Dances Staged by BOBBY CONNOLLY Dislogue Staged by ED D LILLY es by CHARLES LeMAIRE Srenery by JOSEPH URBAN AL COODMAN, Musical Director 75—~GLORIFIED GIRLS—75 BEGENNING MONDAY MATINEE. FEBRUARY 32, MALL ORDERS NOW. Nights, B6c te 32.50; Mon. & Sat. Mats.. S % 7 T 2 2 \ Z%, % to §2.00. In Her Grestest Success SIDNEY BLACKMER SEAT SALE THURSDAY TRAVELTALKS Exquisite_Color Views Wonderful Motion Pletures NEWMAN Do TODAY AT 3:30 P. M. OPEN AT 1 P. M. “LONDON LIFE” ry 21st, England and Wales. Seats I‘lnl. Onl $1.50; Bal. $1.00: 2d Bal. 5c. “090 of the mest semeations! sccasions other season""—N. Y. Harsid-Triduly I E AT GrPey DAaCE e ESCUDERO Afllrlmr February 16. 4:40 l‘ Talbert Ticke: Ageney & Heddguariers. ang BOX Ottice,