Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1932, Page 39

| Stage, Screen and Music Reviews ,~~AMUSEMENT SECTION he Sundny Star. Motor, Aviation, Radio Programs Part 4—8 Pages WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE e—————r— v ADOLPHE MENJOU *BACHELOR'S AFFAIRS Fox New Picture to Feature > T\ MORGAN GALLOWAY "+~ CHARLOTTE HENRY “LENA RIVERS” CoLUMBIA WARREN WILLIAM “THE DARK HORS % West, Guinan and Morgan ;Three Broadway Celebrities to Appear in Para- mount Film—This Will Be Mae West's ng Picture. First Talk: By E. de S. Melcher. NE of the cinema’s best services is being able to drag celebrities out of their corners and hold them up to the light for the edi- fication of talking picture patrons. | Kings and princes have been so0 | elevated. More recently the spot- | light has come to fall on such | popular luminaries as Mr. Swim- ming Champ Weissmuller, on the | animal aristorcracy that Mr. Buck filmed in Malay Land in his splen- did picture ’Em Back Alive,” and on such valued publi¢ missionaries as crooners, band leaders and Broadway columnists. The newest celebrity to be dubbed by the Hollywood wand | is Mae West. Miss West, whose | speedy entrance and exit into and from Washington this sea- son caused more than casual in- terest, is one of the flowers of thc theater whose fame has come, as it were, all in bunches. Although an hour or two beyond the in- genue age, she was not known to| Broadway as one of its climactic heroines until & few seasons back. Now, when a Mae West play is announced the world, in general, rushes to it—hoping to get there before the police. g Miss West is a stern believer in | that ancient and honorable code | which says that nothing is bad— | unless you think it is. In “The Constant Sinner,” for instance| (which was whistled from the Be- | lasco boards in Midwinter), she‘1 contended that since virtue was| triumphant in the end, it didn’t| matter what went on so long as| you finally got there. Those who | saw the play will probably recall | that much went on before the rosy finale and that virtue in its ultimate appearance was not quite what had been anticipated. Nevertheless, Miss West’s cur-| rent philosophies, her delving into ; “literature,” her brash methods of acting, and her crisp and some- | what harsh phrasing of words, | place her well in the front ranks | of personages of the day. Known | to the theater by some as an ac-| tress of great ability, and by others “Her Bill”; Miss Guinan may even scream “Give this little girl a| hand,” and Miss West should find that at least no one can shut up a theater on her as her film play progresses. e results of all this will be looked forward to eagerly. Not until Charlie Chaplin does his next silent (and it will be a silent) should there be an event of greater magnitude in the screen world—for one reason and an- other. > i K & X A NEW magazine has appeared in Hollywood, known as the Cinema Digest. Presenting its news in a pleasantly informal fashion, and yet with unusual dignity for a film magazine, this may be said to be the first “talkie” magazine which has opinions in- stead of mere chatter and gossip. In it you will find what reviewers throughout the country think of | curreni films, and also what vari- ous film magnates and those in- terested in it from outside angles are thinking. But here a suggestion. Why not include in it a players’ col- umn? Why, for instance, wouldn’t it be a novel idea if actors and their criticisms they read in this maga- zine in print? For example: If Miss Bankhead would be willing to write in and say, “I thought Mr. X. was quite right in his review of such-and-such—I was terrible,” not only the reviewer, but the ubl ge unusually interested. again, if Miss Garbo would say, “I know I did a swell job in ‘As You Desire Me’—but isn’t it nice to be told so?” wouldn’t that stim- ulate the imagination to great leaps and bounds. So it might go —but then, of course, it might not. * ok * K NEW generation comes along. The two young sons of Charlie Chaplin have signed a film con- tract. Lita Grey Chaplin has ar- ranged for them to make their debut together in a Fox film. We have forgotten the exact age of the lads, but somehow it seems opposites reacted to the| ic in general would be apt to| Then | DICKIE MOORE “NO GREATER LOVE” | METROPOLITAN largest theatrical producing organizations in the country, the Theater Guild, the Messrs. Enterprises, the American Theater So- HOllyWOOd Elite Caught | and is now making plans for its sub- Going to the Dogs| Washington of the year. The society will Openfng of Fashionable Culver City Kennel Club| Is Gay Event and Draws Screen Celebrities by the Score. the National Theater, Mrs. the Professional Players’ subscrip- By Mollie Merrick. OLLYWOOD, Calif., June 25.— | bows and a funny little hat of the same | Hollywood went to the dogs | shade pressed down tight over her eyes. | whole-heartedly with the open- | To my knowledge she is not a movie, | ing of the Culver City Kennel [and she made the other gals look a Club, which brought out more | trifie pale and what-have-you because movies than any event staged this year | of her certain air of being some one. in cinemaland. Minna Gombell, all in white, was Belasco ‘Theater during the tWo years, are now Alla Nazimova. Washington or- | ganization, have established offices at the National and are already engaged in arranging subscriptions for the new uite the reverse, she has at-| ! | gagced great attention to her-|as though Mrs. Chaplin had start- | self, so that one wonders why | ed a mite ahead of time cashing Holiywood has passed her by up |in on the old family name. gala affair. When the electric rabbit until new. | Jean Haflow wires in from Losfnsn'z hot-footing it around the oval At the moment Miss West is| Angeles: “I do not know whether | track noted beauties of the silver screen fanning herself in the cool cur-|you prefer blonds or brunettes, |and their escorts were sprinting through ts of Hollywood breezes. Ar- 1 1x:iewl"led in the yr.v:nema citadel, she | Headed Woman | is about to start on her first mo- tion picture. This is to be known as “Night After N ht The piece has been written by Louis Bromfield, David Burton will di- Tect it and it will include the serv ices of two other ladies wh names have not appeared to an great extent in Hollywood annals. These two are Texas Guinan and Helen Morgan. And their in- | clusion in the cast, and the fact| that Wynne Gibson is trying to get out of the part allotted her by Paramout in the same pro- duction, makes speculation on t_};us film—as has been said—‘rife The team of West-Guinan-Mor- gan should be a strong one. Those Wwho have not tired of Miss Mor- gan’s piano, or the wistful gesture she makes with the little finger of | her left hand, or the droop of her eyelashes, which are usually at a landslide angle, should find her a | welcome third of this interesting| nucleus. Then again, Miss Gui- nan’s unusual humor, her meth- *ods of entertaining patrons, should | be welcome in the cinema—since, | at long distance, she will not be able to frisk ties from embarrassed | males, make them play “leap-| frog” with her sister entertainers, or cause them to blush scarlet by | subtle, but not too subtle, in-| nuendos. | These three almost lengendary | sisters of what might be called | “the subway circuit” should prob- ably find their talents well placed | before the screen. Miss Morgan in “Night After Night” will per-| Appearing this week at the Jraps mope and moan and bemoan Thneater with Benny Davis. . A warm night, some hot dogs (grey- hounds), very live betting and 25,000 enthusiasts made the opening a pretty in the betting stalls. And the sports clothes constituted the best fashion show of the year. Veree Teasdale, New York beauty brought here by M.-G.-M., showed them what a tall titlan blonde may do on a warm evening to hold honors for her type | It was of navy blue rough silk crepe |and cut with a little flaring jacket so tight about the hips that the occupant would seem to have been blown into it and topped by a tiny beret of white straw . . . right on one ear. Sally Eilers, who came with Husband “Hoot” Gibson, wore a tiny hat of Nor- man green felt, with a loose sports coat of white. She is still blonde and not s0 stunning as in the days of her nat- ural dsrk hair, although most girls would admit her to be a pretty deadly rival. Maureen O'Sullivan chose a range of | blues for her costume, although her | chatter with Jimmy Dunn, her escort, | was anything but that. And Ginger | Rogers’ fiery curls, glimpsed over Mer- |vwyn Le Roy's shoulder, were back- | grounded by brown jersey exquisitely | cut and very simple | A strange beauty, tall and svelte and | intriguing, wore a’ soft almond-green | suede-cloth topcoat with a couple of | red foxes twined amusingly over the el- Dancer EARLE—“The Dark Horse.” | | | | | | ning. PALACE—“Red Headed Woman evening. but T do hope you will like ‘Red | the subways to get their options placed | Screen Attractions This Week This afternoon and evening. LOEW’'S FOX—“Bachelor’s Affairs.” KEITH'S—“Bring 'Em Back Alive.” This afternoon and evening. METROPOLITAN—"“No Greater Love.” COLUMBIA—"Lena Rivers.” This afternoon and evening. season. Subscribers, as heretofore, will receive reduced rates and proference in thelr choice of seat locations. Six | the spectacle. But every one was. It |plays will be presented by the society. | became quite profesisonal, what with Five years ago the Theater Guild | trips to the shew stand and inspection | established a subscription season in of the doggles before betting. Washington and last season invited I chose a delicate dark hound with a | other producers to contribute plays to | stunning green blanket (my color weak- | the program. ~Two years ago the ness). His tail curled beautifully at the | Messrs. Shubert established the Pro- tip and he had a lovely neckline. A |fessional Players' subscription season, hard-boiled bezo in a guinea-hen suit | And this year an agreement has been being escorted by Irene Rich's ex- | husband, David = Blankenhorn, and seemed to be very much fascinated by where | under consideration Sidney|M. Harwood an Thomas and Miss | Philip Merival a Katharine Dunlop, | dramatization by Owen and Donald who have handled | Davis of Mrs. Pearl S. Buck’s Pulitzer tion seasons at the | York's latest hit in charge of the |bot Jennings. | plication. CHESTER MORRIS “RED HEADED WOMAN" PALACE FRANK BUCK BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE KEITHS Current Pictures Offer Diversified Entertainment Authentic Jungle Film of Unusual Merit, the LOEW'S FOX—“Bachelor’s Affairs.” “BACHELOR'S Affairs,” which has been called one of the most amusing comedies of this year, is the screen offer- ing at Loew's Fox Theater this' week. It stars Adolphe Menjou, | Minna Gombell and Joan Marsh. ‘The stege show is anotner produc- tion from the Capitol Theater, New York. It is headed by Benny Davis, popular song wril and new star “discoverer” of the stage. He is presenting sev- eral of his newest finds in original songs and dances and musical mo- ments. Wesley Eddy, popular master of cere- S a result of the recent co-oper- | effected to eliminate conflicting book- | ative agreement of the three | ings and to assure a fuller season of plays of high standard. Present indications are that the 1932- 33 season of the society will open on or Shubert and the Erlanger Amusement |about Octgber 10, the date will be de- | finitely announced shortly. The first | ciety of Washington has been formed |play will be the presentation of the | Theater Guild production of “The in Heart,” by John Howard Lawson, which will bring to | with June Walker and Osgood Perkins some | The remaining five plays will be chosen of the finest plays by a National Play Selection Commit- | tee of seven members, with the object | in view of a balanced program of present its plays at | varied entertainment. The following plays are among those R. G. Browne, with ‘The Good Earth, Prize novel, with Alla Nazimova; “An- other Language,” by Rose Franken, New utumn Crocus,” by C. L. Anthony with Francis Lederer, past | who appeared in the play for a year in London; “This Side Idolatry,” by Tal- omething to Live For," by George O'Neil, and “A Trip to Press- burg,” by Leo Perutz. Additional plays will be submitted to the committee by the producer mem- bers of the soclety and by other pro- ducers who have signified their willing- ness to co-operate,. including Arthur Hopkins, Sam H. Harris, Gilbert Miller, John Golden, Brock Pemberton, Mac gowan & Reed, Eva Le Gallienne and others. The subscription books, in charge of Mrs. Thomas and Miss Dunlop, are now open. Seating allotments will be made strictly according to the date of ap- and stiff straw sailor said “Give him the air, lady . . . the dog with the heaviest hocks. in that, always follow a goo ; | name . . . this here now , ©. ) Db et "ablp,' that’s a fine hunch to fol | tures’ epic of American pioneer | I thanked him and put my two-fifty | life, which has already been awarded I dog with the green blanket, | the highest motion plcture honors and | Vi only dark one and it was losiy o Tollow: il becenss “he” hawt| Tk us fox 18 (ARSI Epeoductio, |a good 20 yards behind the pack all |has been awarded the Photoplay Maga- | the way around the track. A dog|zine’s gold medal for the finest film named “Remarkable” came in. I took | produced during 1931. & good look at him and his hocks | chosen as the best film of 1931 in the | were so heavy that you'd think he'd|film daily national newspaper critics’ | never get anywhere at all. I'll know |poll; it was given the highest award by | what to do with my two-fifty next time. | the Motion Picture Academy of Artsand Now it's Sylvia Sidney for “Sign of | Sciences, and now tops this all with the |the Cross” And De Mille has ordered | distinction of being the choice of mil- a sort of early Roman blues to be | lions of readérs who voted in the Photo- written for it. But Sam Coslow turned | play Magazine award. down the job because he couldn't think | This is the twelfth annual award of of writing a symphony on two weeks’ |the Photoplay gold medal. Other dis- notice, when Beethoven took nine years. | tinctive films awarded the prize since But Author Prank Partos, not being |its inception were ‘“Humoresque,” s0 sensitive, turned out the script for [“Tol'able David,” “Robin Hood,” “The “Riddle Me This” in scven days' time, | Covered Wagon,” “Abraham Lincoln,” although he admits there wasn't any |“The Big Parads | sleep to be had in the so doing. enth Heaven,” “Four Sons,” “Disraeli” and “All Quiet on the Western Front.” bet on | Failin’ | hunch | Remark- low “Cimarron” Wins! AFTER a serles of personal appear- ances, beginning in New York, | stretching ucross the continent and end- |ing in Los Angeles, Bing Crosby has arrived in Hollywood to head the list of radio stars who will appear in Para- mount’s story of radioland, “The Big Broadcast.” In the cast will be the Mills , Burns and Allen, the Boswell Bisters, Cab Calloway, Arthur Tracy and Donald Novis. The plg!!l who will appear in the include Stuart Erwin and Lyda rtl. This afternoon and eve- " This afternoon and evening. This afternoon and The film was | | film | films, whom Kroll placed on Double-Barreled Value. 'HERE is a double-barreled value to a picture that the audience knows is based upon historical or scientific fact, according to Courtney Riley Coop- | er, interviewed recently on Broadway | after a preview of “Bring 'Em Back | Alive” as the guest of his friend, Frank Buck. “In Frank’s picture,” said Cooper, “he has the stuff that absolutely can’t be faked. You simply can't get a 30- foot python and a Royal Bengal tiger to rehearse a fight. Any one who gets even the slightest lock at that black panther knows that you have a tem- peramental actor that can’t be coaxed | to walk off the lot, unless he carries | you with him.” | Match King William. WARNER BROS. have just an- nounced the purchase of the screen rights to “The Match King,” the novel by Sinar Thorvaldson, which will be published on July 8. Warren William will be the star. According to the publishers, this is the most sen- sational story of the century. In it you meet Paul Kroll, the match king, who outwitted the world’s shrewdest financiers and used the world’s most beautiful women as pawns in his dar- ing game. Here you meet Ilona Vet- sera, a Mata Hari of peace time, who| flitted between nations, unlocking their financial secrets with the key of her irresistible beauty. Here you meet Marta Molnar, enigmatic queen of the the first TXI‘ of the ladder that reached the stars. “Cynara,” by H.| monies, is holding forth in another § week of popular song presentations, and Phil Lampkin, conductor of the Fox Concert Or- chestra, is offering an overture called “Atlantis.” “Bachelor’s Affairs” is a comedy throughout. It begins on an ocean liner. One of the characters is a millionaire bachelor. Another is a flapper who is traveling with an older sister. The sister chooses the wealthy man as the logical mate for the younger girl and then complications begin. The picture is regarded by Menjou as the best of his many | comedies. He was so enthusiastic about the story that he made the trip to Hollywood from England to do this one production for Fox films. Minna Gombell. | KEITH'S—“Bring 'Em Back Alive.” “RRING 'EM BACK ALIV] that is Prank Buck’s job—his profes- sion—and he is the foremost member of that profession. About a year ago a publisher prevailed upon him to set down his experiences in bringing ’em: back alive for the z circuses an menageries throughout the country. Buck did so and his book immediately became a best seller. Then the Van Bueren Corporation, producers of mo- tion pictures, in co-operation with Mr. Buck, sent an expedition to the British Malayan jungles and there filmed those experiences of the animal hunter with | the result that now R-K-O Keith's is showing the first authentic animal pic: ture without one single foot of i “Hollywood treated.” The picture discioses fights between these jungle beasts that put to shame 90 per cent of every thrill picture that ever came out of Hollywood. In ad- | dition to the Buck feature R-K-O | Kelth's is showing a Mickey Mouse Comedian HERMAN TIMBERG, Whose “Laugh Factory” heads tho stage this week at Warner's Earle Tale of an Auburn Adventuress and Political Satire Among Attractions. , cartoon, a Maspuers comedy produced by this motion picture player club in Hollywood with a long list of stars par- | ticipating and the Pathe News, - 1 EARLE—“The Dark Horse” AN, all-laugh program is being of- fered this week at Warner's Earle Theater, where First National's satire |on the political parade, “The Dark | Horse,” featuring Warren William, Bette Davis and Guy Kibbee, is having a first-run showing. This was adapted | from a story by an anonymous Wash- ington political writer and tells of difficulties encountered when a political | party cannot reach an agreement on its d |of the promoter the story is said to move rapidly, with comedy and melo- | drama mixed in liberal portions. Heading the stage program is Her- man: Timberg, well known comedian, Wwho is assisted by Herman Timberg, | jt.; Leo Chaizell, Audrey Parker and | Oliver Harris in a miniature revue of singing, dancing and comedy. Other |acts are Charlie Jordan and Johnny | P7oods, known as “Radio’s Ballyhooli- gans”; the Four Queens, offering syn- | copeted rhythm; the Kitaros, Oriental | wonder workers, and Maxine Doyle, mis- tress of ceremonis Specially selected short reel subjects, “Hollywood Beauty Hints,” the Graham McNamee News- reel, and the Earl orchestral prelude complete the entertainment. No Greater Love.” METROPOLITAN THE picture that has been awarded the blue ribbon for the month of June, “No Greater Love, tion at Warner | Theater this week. 1s the attrac- Bros! Metropolitan It tells of the drama of a little crippled girl left to the mercies of her environment. This child is taken into the home of a kindly | bachelor. After long investigation, the |law decides that she should be taken from him. How this little girl's heart is torn and the many kind and gener- ous people made temporarily wretched | by the lJaw’s “good work” is the basis of | the drama, which is said to be a second Daddy Long Legs.” Enacting the ading roles are Alexander Carr, Dickie Moore and Beryl Mercer. Others in the cast are Richard Bennett, Hobart Bosworth, Betty Jane Graham and Alex Francis. Completing the program is a series of short-reel subjects which include Ruth Etting in her Vitaphone tw reeler, “A Regular Trouper”. y' ewest “Believe It Naggers” comed; | Dumb,” and Paramount Sound News. LOEW’S PALACE—"“Red Headed ‘Woman.” EAN HARLOW'S first starring pic- ture, “Red Headed Woman,” is the current film at Loew’s Palace Theater. | Taken from Katherine Brush's well | known novel, this is the story of the | titian-haired adventuress who left a | stream of broken-hearted men in her march to power and riches. Three days after she had finished & personal appearance in Washington, Miss Harlow was called to Hollywood to begin work on this picture. She worked day and night on it and its showing in Washington is one of the first stops in the country. Supporting Miss Har- low is Chester Morris and others in the cast are: Lewis Stone, Lelia Hyams, Una Merkel and Ray Robson. COLUMBIA—"“Lena Rivers.” 'MARY J. HOLMES’' romance “Lena Rivers,” is this week’s attraction at Loew’'s Columbia Theater. Heading the cast of the picture is Charlotte Henry, a newcomer of the films, who has been called one of the most talented young actresses in Hollywood; Beryl Mercer, James Kirkwood, Morgan Galloway, Joyce Compton, Betty Blythe and John St. Polis. Miss Henry appeared in “Huckleberry Finn"” recently. Woven through the main theme of the play is a love story between Lena Rivers and a youth of her small town. Forced to accept charity from unsym- pathetic relatives who frown on the love affair, she turns to her lovable grandmother. Short subjects and comedies round out this blll at the Columbia, which is lnl;?.s third week of the new low-price policy. 1 Una With Jimmie. UNA MERKEL, popular screen comedienne, has been added to the cast of the Fox production “Walking Down Broadway,” which will feature | James Dunn and Marian Nixon in the | leading roles. Wallace Ford has also | been added to the cast which Director Alan Crosland is now assembling, s A