Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1932, Page 50

2 AMUS EMENTS. ‘Hollywood Searching fpr New Cinema Personalities Mhe New Year Will See Many Younger Folk Taking Leading Roles in Pictures—Better Stories for Established Stars. By Mollie Merrick. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., December 17. closing of 1932 in motion ple- ture annals s marked by & frantic hunt for new faces. Newcomers to the screen, ing the outstanding hits of the ear, have raised the value of screen “discoveries” to the highest peak it has yet attained in the history of the mo- tion picture industry. Producers travel on the assumption that each new face is a potential star, if that face is accompanied by talent and rsonality which registers and appeals. n view of this fact, newcomers to the screen are recelving the most careful consideration, in order that their initial appearance before the camera may be in a role best suited to present qualities for which the public 18 waiting and eager. & Paramount lot, for instance, while the closest attention 'is being paid to the selection of vehicles for such players as Marlene Dietrich, the four Marx broth- ers, Chevalier, Cooper, Colbert, Stuart Erwin, Sylvia Sidney, Miriam Hopkins, Frederic March, _Herbert Marshall. Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Carol Lombard and all others who have won their spurs, new players are considered more dangerous material, in that an es- tablised sctor or actress may survive an indifferent role where a possible star may be wrecked by not having the best precise “break” possible. George Raft and Cary Grant are out- standing examples of players, near star- dom, young in the industry and with tremendous_possibilities for fan follow- ing. Sara Maritza is considered a find and will be built in character leads, but studio does not feel that she is either a leading woman or an ingenue who can be made into a star. “Exotic, tal- ented and beautiful, she has allure and can sing and dance and her unusual character will be observed in casting her,” says Albert A. Kauffman, Para- mount executive. Adrienne Ames will be built along the lines used by the studio in making a famous player of Kay Francis. She will play leading parts in comlng ple- tures and will have those which will display her smartness, her sophistica- tion and her refined charm. She wears clothes exceedingly well and is the joy of the custume department. Randolph Scott’s possibilities are con- sidered unlimited. He has done two Western leads and is now ready for leads in other type pictures, according to Kauffman. He has a positive future in the field of virile action roles. Kauffman considers John Lodge the most unusual player now under contract to his firm. Lodge has background of culture and excellent education. He has poise and charm which attract instantly. Kauffman met him at a r\;y while he was vacationing in ollywood and induced him to take & acreen test which resulted in e's glving up his law practice for the mak- | Screen. Little has been heard of Kent Taylor to date, but the studio has its eye on this boy and feels that soon the world at large will have plenty tc ca» about him. He has been under Stuart Wii- er's training and in minor suppomns g:ru‘ He is like Prederic March an bert Montgomery and experience has taught motion picture officials that this type goes. Lyda Robert!, the beautiful un-beau- tiful girl of movies, is under contract to Paramount and will become, the studio expects, one of the most popular comediennes in motion pictures. When the blonde Lyda was hired for Eddie Cantor's picture “The Kid From Spain” the producers of Hollywood realized that here i3 a girl with something to talk about. Possessing few of the con- ventional beauty assets, she is still one of the lovellest women in the world. Her golden hair, clear skin and white teeth are mere nothings when you con- sider her personality—a personality worth a million any day. A contest which, years would end in a queen of beauty g ap: pointed and brought to Hollywood and forgotten, ends today in three contract players for the studio conducting it. When the “Panther Woman” contest was held, not only was Kathleen Burke, the winner, put under contract, but two other girls, Gzil Patrick and Lona Andre, who came to the attention of studio officials through the contest, were brought to Hollywood and give promise of some day being ranked with the best of them. Some of this is undoubtedly due to the fact that producers are looking for something beyond perfect plastic beauty. Gail Patrick reminds one of Florence Vidor in her heyday—a lovely womanly _countenance, & sweet de- ndability in the eyes which makes mr riceless in these days of flinty- orl little girls determined to get along. She stepped at once into & lead role. Lona Andre is described by her studio as a sort of composite “Janet Gaynor-Clara Bow.” And there you are. You never heard of them a few months ago. But, if the men who make movies know, you'll hear plenty of them soon, Every lot has its serles of new faces each year. But this year the estab- lished’ stars are looking at the fresh arrivals_with questioning eyes. Kath- arine Hepburn walked off with the honors of Radio lot after one picture. ‘The public wants to see new faces as well ss new story plots. 2. by North i Alliance, merican News- nc.) | Seco | Takora THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D..C., DECEMBER 18, 1932—PART FOUR. PHOTOPLAYS AT WASHINGTON THEATERS THIS WEEK WEEK OF DECEMBER 18 Sunday And)assador George Raft and &TT—O”W—W_——“_WW jullivan in Deferred.” Loulse Fazenda com. Travel t roo Trene Dunne and Ricardo Cortez in ~ “M: Nancy Carroll 18th& ColumblaRd. «Undercorer Man.” Apollo o hark.” 624 H 8. NE. e Edward G. Robinson and Richard Arlen in and Richard Arlen “Tiger Shark.” = Monday Tuesday rge an Nancy, Carroll “‘Undercover Man."” iward Q. Robinson in ‘Nancy Carrol n “Undercover Man." ‘Warner Baxter an John Boles in T ix Hours to Live. Wednesday Thursday ey, h\'" "'Ilh.l T{It!un n - ngto - and GoRound ‘Comedy. S8idney Fox an Eric Linden in “Afraid to Talk.” Comedy. Travel talk. omedy. arner Baxter an John Boles in “Bix Hours to Live." Joe Penner comedy. Friday ureen O ayment, Cartoon. “Thirteen ~ Wome! Comedy. _hort sub; Saturday den ~West." ik, Ostioon. __ Tom Mix In y Pal. the ng. Donald Novis comedy. Sport_Thrills. Arcade Hyattsville, Md. Arcade Rockville, Md. Ashton Clarendon. Va. Dark. — e Marlene Dietrich fn “Blonde Venus." y. ert Will Rogers In ore “Too Busy to Work." “Too Busy to Work." Comedy. Comedy. News. News. Paul Munt in Paul “I Am a Fusitive.” “I Am & unt in sitive.”” 5612 Conn. Ave. o8, Kay Francis and erber. Mars! w Joan Crawford Joan Crawford in in Joel McCrea in “Most Dangerous ame. Comedy. _News. Joel McCrea in *“Most_Dangerous e ame. Oomedy. News. Clive Brook in “Night of June 13th.” Comedy. Cartoon. ell Sherman in “False Faces.” Comedy. News. Ricardo Cortez and ren Morley in “Phantom of Crest- Comedy. New: Ricardo Cortes an ren Morley in “Phantom of Crest- wood " ‘Comedy. News. Bl Cody 1 “Otlanoms Jim Towell Sherman in Richard Cromwell in “'False Faces.” “That's Boy.” suditorium. The __Frontier. . Montgom “Rain." in Kaithiess Cartoon. ‘Tallulah Bankhe: P O T T P A Prank Alberisoh com. _Jimmy Oienson com. Clive Brook in “Sherlock Holmes.” Comedy. Cartoon. Ave. Grand _ "% Ci 645 Pa. Ave. “Too Busy to Wark." d Avalon cfi'n 'fi“é’-fi-é in 1 2l in “Trouble in Paradise.” “Trouble in Paradise.” Cartoc Cart in Go-Round.” Fatty Arbuckle com. Tee Tricy B 7 “Washington Merry- Go-Roun Fatty Arbuc Lew Ayres | “Pitashone subjact Bldney Fox and akie in Lifetime.” Teel. Jack O “Once in & 8port. Boris Karloff in “The Old Dark Cameo. Mt. Rainier, Md. Dark. Joan Bennett and Charles Farrell in “Wild Gtrl ) at B Comedy. _News. Comedy. _News. y Eilers . Ne Comedy. New: Robert Young in Ralph Old.” becca of “New Morals for Comedy. Cartoon. “Last_Frontler.” 7th. Jackie Cooper “Divorce in_ the Pamily." Carolina 11th&N.C.Ave.B.E. Jackle Gooper n “Divorca in the Family.” ost. Barbara Stanwyck in L rice.” Ralph amy in “Almost Married.” “Sweepstakes. P “‘The Purchase Pr! Eddie Quill bara Stanwyck In oo gl i n “The Man From Arizona” Paul Muni in Central “1 Am & Pugitive.” 425 Oth 8t N.W. Vitaphone short Faul Muni in “I Am a Pugitive.” Vitaphone short subjeet. n Boles and Dt in e ‘Duni “Beck Btree Ray Cooks comedy. Jack Holt_in ‘Against Woman Andy Clyde comedy. Screen_song jonn Boles and o Dunne in “Back Btreet.” Ray Cooke_comedy. Farold Liovd “Movie Crazy. Bhort subject. Sport _Thrills George O'Brien 1 “The Golden West." Fatty Arbuckle com. Bhort subject. Mazy Quimby, ariofl and Circle == 2105 Pa. Ave. NW. ™ Magic_Carpet. wis Stone in ask of Py Manchu.” “Mask of FuManchu.” Boris Karlof and Lewis Stone in Harold Lioyd an Constance Cummings in_““Movie Crazy." Magic_Carpet, News. Comedy. Harold Lioyd and Constance Cummings in “Movie Crazy." News. Comedy. Mitzi Green and May Robson i “Little Orphan Annte.”” Mitzi Green and May Robson n § ~‘Little Orphan Annle ™ | wood—all Colony EaT, O Mot ‘Tiger Shark. On. Ave. & Farragut gnort subject. Cart'n. Short subject. Of Rob! £d hard Arlen in and Richard A7l ward G._Robinson n in “Tiger Shark. nd adise.” “Trouble in Paradise Short._8port_Thrills Tallulah Bankhead and Robt. Montgomery in “Faithless ichy Craig_comeds. y Francis and Herbert Marshall in ‘Short Lee Tri Tom Mix in Bimervile com. “Hidder 8lim Summervill Sport reel. Jack Oakie an ian Nixon in “Madison Square Gar- den.” _Comedy. Dumbarton 1349 Wis. Ave. N.W. Comedy. “The Circus. BarbaraStanwyck and Stuart Erwin and all- 5 t in and all- star radio cast in ‘The Big Broadcast.” News. Comedy. r radio cast in “The Big Broadcast.” News. Comedy. John Blllle “A_ Bl arrymore and Burke in of Divorce- ment.” News. Comedy. Buck Jones n “White Eagle.” Comedy. TRicardo Cortez in “Phantom o Crest- s Wi Comedy. _Cartoon. Fairlawn Anscostia, D. O. en. Ricardo Cortes in “Phantom of Crest- - o Comedy._Gartoon. Clive Brook an s “TneNight of June13.” Mickey Mouse. Buck Joan C,nwfard n “Rain." Cartoon. Ben Lyon an . Barbara Week: ¥ Comedy. d 1 Sport_reel Mix In Jackie Cooper and Conrad Nagel in ]ppcdrome . ce in the Fam- i 808 K 8t NW. yiy"*'Comedy. News. “Divorce in the fly." Sally Eilers in - “Hat Check Qirl." Jack lt in ‘War Correspondent.”” Jackie Cooper an Conrad Nagel in Comedy. Ne Ann Harding in ally Ellers in “Westward Passage.” Check Girl." Jack Holt in “War Correspondent.” Ann Hacding in | tarian Church. Joan rd in- Home > ; 13th & C Sts. N.E. i Cartoon. Short_subject. Joan Crawford in Boris Karloff and “‘Rain.” Lo Cartoon. Short_subject. Boris Karloff and L Hot_ Saturday. Louise Fazenda comedy. Bidney Fox and 2 in ea an “Most Da Game " Cartoon Joel Mo Wrey in gerous Com m. ce Reery and Beery and Towell Sherman and Peggy Shannon in Jesse o Comedy. Cartoon i8thnr.RIAve.NE. erman and Ruth Chatterton and - Wal Georse Brent in re: L .S Comedy._Cartoon Clark Gable in “Hell Divers.’ ._Novelty. 8ouy. ric Gable in ell Divers ™ Com._Novelty. Souv. Ben Lyon and Barbara Weeks in # oce Hand?" Comedy. By Be: Lila Lee ir_“The Ex- osurc " Buck Lyric Gaithersburs, Md. Palm Del Ray, Va. Dark. Dark. encer Tracy and eggy Shannon in inted_ Wom Comedy. Travelogue. ‘Walter Huston and Walter Huston and Lupe Velez in n: Maynard Gay Girl co “Last Prontier. Ke! in aWnistling Dan.* . 1ith. Ken Maynard | “‘Whistling Dan." Gay Girl comedy. “Laat Prontier.” 11th Lew Ajres and Mae Clarke in “Night World." of Consent George Mary_Astor “A_Succes: Calai rian Nixon in “Madison Square Garden. r in ul Bert Wheel d Robert Woolsey in 0 “Hold ] Richard Cromwell and Doroth:n Jordan “That's My Boy.” exander. iF s T R G Princess 1119 H 8t. NE. om Mix in “The Texas Bad Man.” “The Sally_Eilers 1o “Hat Check Girl." ‘Tom Mix In Texas Bad Man."” e reaster i R Cartoon. Comedy. Richmond Alexandris, Va. Dark. Clive Brook in Clive Brook in “Sherlock Holmes."” ! e “Sherlock Holmes." Comedy. News. New: Richard Atien in Savoy “All American.” 3030 14th st Nw. STk ARg) e rican.’ McCulloush Clark and McCulloush edy comedy. Richard Arlen in R e Comedy. Short subj't. Marsh and Marian St “Emma- Cartoon. Comedy. juth_Chatterton in “The Crash.” Comedy. News. “The Woman From arlo " fonte ° Zane Grey's Frontier.” _ C Karloft “Mask of Fu Manchu. Comedy. News Tane Chandier 1n “The Wyoming Whirl- wind. Boris Karloff in “Mask of Fi Manchu.” Cfilzx:!y. the leading rol Fairbanks in obinson Cru- soe. meds. Norman Poster in “8trange Justice." Comedy._Short subj't. T “The Charlie man om Mix in Fourth Horse- haplin_com. Marlene Dietrich n } “Blonde Venus." | Ocdity | Dark. Silver Spring, Md. ry “A Successful Calam- ity Cartoon. Lillian Harvey and Conrad Veldt in “Congress Dances." Comedy._Cartoon. George Arlias and Astor_in Com. t David Manners and Ann Dvorak in '‘The Crooner." Comedy. Novelty. Walter Huston and Kay Johnson in “American Madness." Berial Richard Dix and Tom Erown in “Hell's Highway."” Comedy. Serial y_Elers in “Hat Check Girl." Bob Stecle in “Riders of the Desert.”_8erial Stanton - Buhe Burke Divoree- 6th & C Sts. NE. IAoLirores John Burynwu‘lna John Bi n TYmo nd Billie Bui T “A Bill of Divorce- ment. Constance Bennett in “Two_Asainst the Karen Morley and Ricardg Cortez in *The Phantom of Crestwood.” Ken Maynard and rse. in “Between Fighting Tarzan. the ho: en.” d Mrs. M ‘Congorilla ™ “Hurricane Express.” State Bethesda, Md. Be show_ ‘Will Rogers in “‘Bul d Pl Com. News Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald in “Love Me Tonisht. Comedy _ Ne Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen in “Quilty as Hell.” Comedy. Eric Linden and Lee Tracy in “The Night Mayor.” Comedy. Cartoon. Joan Bennett in “Wild Girl " Tom Mix in My Pal. King artoon. | George M. Cohan Jimmy Durante in Sylvan 104 B. 1. Ave. N.W. dent.” Com. Cartoon 4 Georze M. Cohan and «he Phantom Presi- *The Marlene Dietrich and Herbert Marshall in “Blonde Venus Comedy._Cartoon Jimmy Durante in Irene Dunne and John Boles in “Back Btreet Comedy. “Cartoon. Comedy. Bally Eilers and Ben Lyon in “Hat Check Girl Serial__Comed: y i Mack Bro Vanishin Frontier. ‘George M. Cohan and Jimmy Durante n “Phantom President.”” Takoma Park, D. C. n “Phantom_President.” George M. Cohan and Harold Lloyd in Jimmy’ Durante 4 “'Movie Crazy.” Ruth Chatterto Harold Lloyd in " “The Crash.” “Movie Crazy. Ruth Chatterton in “The Crash. "Wl Rogers Rich'd Barthelmess in Will Rogers *Cabin in the Cotton.” Nancy Carroll in Tich'd Barthelmess 1n ‘the Cotton.” _ “'Hot Saturday. Nancy Carroll In “Hot Saturday " Mary Ellen Cato. es | way atone for his sin. takes place on Christmas eve in & Mid- dle Western farm house. Gillman wili direct the cludes in its cast himself, Laurence C. Staples, Ruth Snodgrass and Paul Al- Mabel van Dyke and William Waldenmaier are in charge of the setting, costuming and lighting. COLUMBIA PLAYERS. URORA POSTON, long leader and | = | moving spirit of the Columbia | | Players, and S. Allen Foster will play | . Jennifer and Prince | Michael, respectively, in the players’ | production of A. A. | Next meeting AMUSEMENTS. l Wash What Various Dramatic Orianizatiom Are mini ington’s Players and Propose to Do. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. HE Dramatic Club of American University will present an eight- eenth century English comedy, Oliver Goldsmith’s “She Stoops to Conquer,” at 8 o'clock in the college gymnasium tomorrow night play is a laugh- producing piece| that has been en- thusiastically re- ceived by each generation since 1772. The storyis told of a young man extrem ely | chan timid among women of his own class, but quite bold with those be- low him. Mistak- ing the daughter of Lis father's friend for a bar- maid and her house for an inn, he be- comes entangled in meny complica- tions. The cast for the performance includes: Mary Quim- by, Earl Kernahan and Harry Under- local students. formance will be the annual invitation performance of the Dramztic Club. Ad- mission will be free. PIERCE HALL PLAYERS. **T)UST OF THE ROAD,” a one-act drama by Kenneth Sawyer Good- man, will be presented by the Pierce | Hall Players on Christmas evening, at 7:30, in Pierce Hall of All Soul's Uni- The play is a dra-| { matization of the old legend that Judas is allowed to return to earth once a | | year to plead with some person tempt- | |ed to betray friendship and in this The per- The action Charles C. lay, which in- Milne's comedy, “To Have the Honor,” scheduled for next Tuesday and Wednesday at Wardman Park ‘Theater. These parts were played by Mary Elis and Basll| Sidney during the comedy's New York run in 1929. Foster, a native of London, can re- member _the fa- mous English actor, Sir QGerald du Maurer, as Prince Michael Mr. | MIRACLE PLAY TODAY. T}E Religious Drama Committee of the Washington Federation of Churches will present the Chantilly miracle play of fifteenth-century France entitled “The Nativity” at the Church of the Holy City this afternoon at 4:30 o'cloai Translated and adapted by Eduarda | Sanchez and Donald Fay Robinson, it was presented by the Harvard Dramatic Association several vears ago. The committee will present the play here in the manner of miracle plays of the Middle Ages, with accompanying ts of the period. The public is invited to attend this presentation, as well as the succeeding presentations, to- night at 8 o'clock in the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, Chevy Chess Cir- cle, and on Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in New York Avi Chureh, enue Presbyterian “THE OTHER WISE MAN.” *“THE STORY OF THE OTHER WISE_MAN," written by Dr. Henry Van Dyke, will be given for the eighth season at Luther Place Memorial Church beginning Monday even! December 26, and continuing for Yous nights. As presented in this city, the dramatization by Bess Davis Schreiner follows closely Dr. Van Dyke's story, and is played in five brief episodes. For ;r;leo‘nnu‘;v plime Maurice Jarvis, ~well : shington actor, will assu the Tole of Artaan, 7 " Msume THE WORKSHOP TUESDAY. A DEMONSTRATION of the meth- ods of presenting play studies will be given Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in Roosevelt Auditorium. Thirteenth and Webster streets northwest, when the Workshop presents its second program of plays, directed by Ruth Harsha McKenzie. Five short plays will be given without either settings and props or costumes, the theory that “the play is the thing” being carried out completely by the members of the group. Among those taking gn in the series of plays will be Mrs. Willlam J. Peters, Mrs. Ruth Snodgrass, Lenore Romney, Alice Louise Hunter, Wilma Wright Flood, Paul Walter, Marvin Beers, Naoma Warder, Hsther Baitz, John Lamney Stewart, John Ande; E. R. McKenzie and Edith Hayden. Great Books for Their Spiritual Message By Wanda Orvnski, S K 8t N.W. L P.M. Those interestéd are welcome, _January 8. Sl GAYETY -BURLESK e SMOXE IF YOU LIKE GIRLS DE LUXE “MARGIE” THE MOST “Beautifully Formed Girl in the World” Tivoli lAllh & Park Rd. York Ga. Ave. & Quebee. “cgpinin im Summerville comedy. Borls Karlof in “The Old Dark | LeRoy and M i ““Too_Busy to Work.” fair short s Screen_sons. 8lim Summerville comedy. Borls Karlof 1n “Tne ‘Dark when the play first appeared at Wyn- dam's Theater, London, in 1924. Other important members of the cast are Mary Ellen Cato as Imogene, Dorothy M. White as her mother, Mrs. Faithful; May Cole and Philip Cole as ! Capt. and Mrs. Holt, Frank Jamison a$ Simon Bsttershy, host to the prinog | Dorothea Lewis as his daughter. gela Battersby: Jane Garlick as Exlby, B. A P. Dochrer as Oliver and o | | Bourne as Dr. Ainslee. Orris HoWend | “Too Buss to Work." Screen_song. Joan Criwford in “Rain. et Mayfair Comedy._Car:oon. Sidney ¥ox and Oakie opposite Mr. Colman are Kay Francls, #s sleek and finely groomed as ever, and Phyllis Barry, & newcomer, in the dual feminine roles, and Henry Ste- phenson in the part he created ! the| - " D e tiise Dot s vawie | 'She Done Him Wrong. IKE DONLIN, Wade Boteler, Tom | ville performance on the same bill will | be headed by Lina Basquette and her | McGuire and Arthur Housman company. Arthur and Florence Lake | have been assigned supporting Toles in IRST NATIONAL'S “Silver Dol- lar,” & motion picture based on historical events of the early West in the making, will be the attraction for the holiday week, starting_Friday, at Warner Brothers Metropolitan Theater. It tells of the adventurers who swarmed into Colorado during the richest silver strike in his- tory. With the bigness of “Cimarron” in its panoramic Clive Brool “Sherlock Holmes." Charlie Chapiin com. Short subject. Jack n “‘Onee in a Lifetime " icardo Cortes in, nirteen Women. Joan Crawford in “Ral 2 Short subj't DEC. 20, 8:45 <uy= LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI. Condueting. WAGNE R: ¥ Hi House. Billy Bevan comedy. Billy Bevan comedy. Comeds. Cast Announcements. | ERLE €. KENTON will direct “Eleven Lives,” from Lawrence Hazards stage play. sweep of historical happenings, it is said to be even more powerful in its throbbing drama that pulses with the heart- beats of those sturdy ploneers who built the Nation. Edward G. Robin- son has the title role with Bebe Daniels snd Aline MacMahon in the feminine leads. Others in zg: cast ward G. inson, ©Of thousan are Bdward G. Robinseh. 3 ma Howland, De Witt Jennings, Harry Holman, Robert Warwick, Russell Simpson, Mar- jorie Gateson, John Marston and Charles Middleton. Specially selected short-reel subjects will supplement the feature attraction. screen attraction for the week starting Friday, at Warner's Earle, will be & new comedy romance, “Law- yer man,” starring William Powell and Joan Blondell. Others in the cast are Claire Dodd, Helen Vinson. David dau, Allen Jenkins, Allen Dinehart and Kenneth Thomson. The stage show will be headed by Billy Jones and Ernie Hare, the orig- inal “Happiness Boys” of radio fame. Other acts will be a return engagement of Nevilie Fleeson, in a tunetul {antasy, “‘Musical Eplaodes,” Vith Helen Denizon and Charlotte Murrie; Collette Lyons and George Snyder; Violet, Ray and orman, famous Furopean athletic en- rtainers, and Maxine Doyle, mistress ceremontes. ~JN[ADAME BUTTERFLY” comes to Loew's Palace Theater this Fri- @ay, With a cast headed by Sylvia Sid- ney, Cary Grant, Charlie Ruggles, Irving Pichel and Helen Jerome Eddy. Miss Sidney, playing the title role, Takes her appearance in an_entirely new type of characterization—eyebrows and eyes slanted, hair lacquered, her steps mincing, draped from head to foot in colorful Oriental robes. “Madame Butterfly” is a Paramount production and is directed by Marion Gering. It has in the cast, besides the principals, Sandor Kallay, Edmund Breese, Louise Carter, Judith Vosselli and Shiela Terry. Short subjects and & Metrotone News reel will complete the bill. 'OEL SAYRE'S hilarious book, “Rack- ety Rax,” has been transferred to the screen by Fox Films and comes to Loew's Columbia Theater Friday. Victor McLaglen heads the cast, with Greta Nissen playing opposite him. This is a comedy from beginning to end. It shows what happens when a group of gangsters take over a college and de- cide to put out the toughest foot ball team in the country. Others in the cast are Arthur Plerson, Allan Dine- hart and Vince Barnett, who played the role of the secretary in “Scarface.” Short subjects and a Paramount News reel complete the offering. ONALD COLMAN in “Cynara” filmed by King Vidor from the international stage success, is opening Friday at Loew’s Fox Theater. Playing DANCING. Frof. & Mrs. Acher—Studio, 1127 101h_Bt. N.W. Class ai ing Fri, 8 to Dancing. Every Type. T T Also_Balirpam. * Free Audil 25 13th St. N.V. _Sterling 9680. Feyton Penn Stadi FNW. M truction in modern ball room dancin -Private_or class. _Saturdey evening_dance. PHIL HAYDEN TAP, BALLET., ACROBATICS. BALLROOM, STAGE _DRAMATICS CIRCLE NORTH_8504 Al CAN BECOME AN LAR PARTNER. OPEN 0 P.M. LQOV H. THAYER STUD|0S 22326 Ter nnecticut Ave, STerling (854 * attraction. Bubbles in late stars of Ziegfeld's Frohman, “The Prince of Pep. Gaurler’s animated “Toy Shop.” “Rhythm For Sal will be presentsd as an extra added Paramount’s “She Done Him Wrong,” starring Jiag Yest. Lowell S8herman is Others on the stage are Buck and | directing and Merold Hecht, noted stage " the | and screen d: Follies”: Bert | signed to stage the dances of the gay and | nineties, which will be seen in the pic- ~@ce director, has been ture. avocation in Hollywocd, says Donald Henderson Clarke. Actors and actresses whose faces are familiar to thou- sands of screen fans are now trying to win audiences with the written word. One is the industrious Eddie Cantor, who writes tirelessly of the stock market and political activities. Then, of course, Rogers. While these two literateurs may | win no doctors’ degrees when the col- leges hand out honors, their aggregate bank deposits, aside from their pay as actors, show they write in a language which s golden, in its own paying way. At the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios cility with pen and typewriter. Marie Dressler has to her credit “The that book, an autoblography, issued from the presses in 1924. reviev.ers of serious Tepute found Teason for admir- g adjectives. Louise Closser Hale has written 10 books. The quality of her output is attested by the fact that the house of Harper has sponsored some of her works. Her short stories also bring acceptance checks. John Gilbert of late has shown an inclination to favor his typewriter as much as_his make-up box. He is au- thor of his last picture, “Downstairs. He previously had written a novel-length autobiography, published in a film magazine. John Barrymore has added to both there is that noted grammarian, Will | can be found varfous stars of equal fa- | Life Story of an Ugly Duckiing.” When | | the gayety and information of nations has his nose to the literary Hollywood Writes RITING has become a popular | with his _entertaining autobiography, “Life of an Actor." In Robert Montgomery’s trunk repose manuscripts of stage plays he has writ- ten and which he expects some day to produce and direct himself. Richard Boleslavsky, director of “Rasputin,” with John, Ethel and Lionel Barrymore, - won literary fame with his “Way of & Lancer.” His sec- ond book, “Lover's Dawn,” is now cur- Tent. May Robson, who was a grand old lady of the stage before she became one of M-G-M's finest character actresses, coliaborted with C. T. Dazey in writing & successful pli “A Night Out.” Ramon Novarro is writing a sto with a Mexican background in whici he may be seen on the screen. Jackie Cooper's first ambition was to write, and though things like syntax and spelling are as yet skittish for him, he has turned out a column which ap- | pears in several newspapers. Johnny Weismuller is the author of a brochure on the science of swimming. Those who trip the metric measures of poetry are not lacking. Verree Teasdale has had verses published in magazines. Karen Morley and Maureen O'Sullivan confess to occasional dalll- ance with cadenced lines. Douglas Fairbanks, jr., and Elissa Landi, with four novels, also crop up when the literatti of the screen are mentioned. The record would not be complete without reference to the fact that in all his spare moments at the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer studios, Jimmy Durante grindstone. ECEMBER on the Fox lot in Hollywood witnesses a host of new faces in almost every de- partment of the studio. Addi- tions to the roster of actors, directors and writers being made al- most daily, Fox Movietone City has be- come a stamping ground for introduc- tions, and a commons for the renewal of old acquaintances. Seventeen players, some newcomers to the screen, will be brought to the public’s attention soon. Of this num- ber 11 are women. Two are being brought from Europe to be featured and new directorial talent, writers and technicians are also included in Fox's immediate production program. In the ranks of those already estab- lished with the cinema-going public are Ricardo Cortez, Gene Raymond, Nor- man Foster, Clara Bow, Loretta Young, Genevieve Tobin and Henrietta Cros- man. Frank Tuttle comes to Fox with many successful films to his credit as a director. New writers include I. A. R. Wylie, John_ Kirkland, Melville Baker, Marguerite Roberts, Charlotte Miller, Willlam Lipman, A. W. Pezet and Noel Coward. previous motion picture experience in- Nell O'Day, selected by Albert Varges, a famous artist, as an outstanding blonde Greta Nissen Lew Cody 8Skeets Gallagher Added “The Devils’ Rope” RKO'S GIFT PARTY Write a Slogan Today's Best Wins & Gruen Wateh Buy RKO Thrift Books fer Christmas The newcomers without benefit of | clude Marion Burns, who was sent off | to Penang for work in “Man Eater”; | | the “Follies’ New Faces Everywhere in the annals of American beauty his- tory; Irene Ware, the “Miss New York" at Galveston and later selected “Miss America”; June Vlasek, who fiies planes and likes to crochet; Boots Mallory of Miriam Jordan, drafted from Skinner’s School for Young Ladies, in England, to enter a beauty contest, later to be chosen queen of the Wembley Exposition; Joan Gale, the comeliest of a quartet of sisters who became famous in Geol ‘White’s “Scandals,” and Janet Chandler, who was taught voice culture by Nance O'Nell and early in life wanted to be- come & policewoman. Lilian Harvey, due in America early in 1933, is the winsome blonde of “Con- gress Dances,” the European tal plcture success. Henry Garat, who will arrive in this country soon, became known in continental films before he was acquired for American pictures, —_——————— Occupants of municipal houses in Limocady, Ireland, are to receive prizes for_cleaniiness, cultivation of gardens and_keepin, houses in Z New Showins GEORGE RAFT in_“Under-Cover Man" Wi rrell ith Naney —ON .sngfi— SYLVIA FRQOS & OTHER ACTS ETROPOLITAN voge. FrESTNe. o MNOTRE DA Voo U. §. CALIFORNIA Gertrude Lang, who has s leading role in “The Student Prince,” returning | to Washington and the National Theater during the week of December 26. | Who Is This “Skeets™? HERE has been secn on the local screen considerably of late one Richard “Skeets” Gallagher. Without much in the way of the usual fanfare, this comedian, sad faced and droll, has appeared in many productions and clicked each and every time, until now he has almost secured a “corner” on all parts in his particular fleld of en- deavor that Hollywood has to offer. He started as the male half of a dance team in vaudeville, as Gal- lagher and Irene Martin. Then some- body saw him and he flashed into comedy roles in the Broadway musical comedies. These included “No, No, Nanette,” “The Magnolia Lady” and “The City Chap.” ‘This splurge into musical comedy was followed by more R-K-O vaudeville | “time,” and then the movies. His frst was “Honey,” and since then it has been “The Night Club Lady,” “Bird of | Paradise,” “The Conquerors” and now “The Unwritten Law.” JANET. RICHARDS Affairs Political and International | Monday at 11 AM. WILLARD HOTEL 0, including tax 025 WEST M | (fililgflgcg &Emnnfi Ng G18SON~MAE Warner Richmond is the latest actor to join the cast of “King of the Jungle.” Buster Crabbe and Frances Dee are featured. | Paul Cavanagh replaces Roland Young in “The Queen Was in the Par- | lor,” due to Young's illness. Others in the cast are Clay Clement, Ethel Grif- fles, Alison Skipworth and Arthur Byron. Frederic March and Claudette Colbert are co-starred. Stuart Walker is directing the adaptation of Noel Coward's play. By special request of Kate Smith, her manager, Ted Collins, will play the role of her manager in “Hello, Everybody,” the picture in which she is being starred. Others in the cast are Ran- dolph Scott, Sally Blane, Charley Grape~in and Jerry Tucker. Willlam A iter will direct. Joyce Compton, Jane Keith and Bar- ry Norton have been signed for roles in “Luxury Liner.” They will support George Brent, Zita Johann, Vivienne Osborne and Alice White, under Lothar | Mendes’ direction. Cora Sue Collins, the child prodigy of “The Strang Case of Clara Deane" will be seen in the film production of Theodore Dreiser's “Jennie Gerhardt,” | which B. P. Schulberg is producing with Sylvia Sidney starred. Marion Gering directs. Edward Sutherland will direct “Mur- | der at the Zoo.” In the cast are Charlie Ruggles and Lionel Atwill. | 1s directing. At Gayety “Margie,” one of the featured play- ers with I this week. “Girls De Luxe,” at the Gayety | TONY SARG’S MARIONETTES Jan. 7—SINBAD THE SAILOR Jan. 21—CAPTAIN KIDD 4—TONY SARG (him e One to the Kiddies for Xm Tomorrow - PAUL MUNI 1 AM A FUGIe TINB s CAROLINA 11th & N. C. Ave. S.E. “DIVORCE_IN_THE_FAMILY 2105 Pa. Ave, Ph. W. 0033 Fome of the ‘Mirror Screen. BORIS KARLOFF. LEWIS STONE. MASK OF FU MANCHU."_Magic Carpet, DUMBARTON '3 ha- ain OAKIE_ and MARION NIXON in RE GARDEN " _Comeds. ACK. MADISON SQU. Caddie.” STIA, D. C. CORTEZ in PRINCESS __ 'yn Double Featiire_iatinee LY ETLERS NATIONAL THEATRE BEG. 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