Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1933, Page 38

AMUS Master Minds EMENTS. at Work on “Problems of Hollywood” Producers. Actors, Directors and Writers Put Their Heads Together in an Effort to Keep the Studios O By Mollie OLLYWOOD, Calif, March 18 (N.AN.A.) —The picture indus- try of Hollywood, most famous mushroom growth of big money return in the world’s industrial history today, stands in a fair condi- tion to come out of the dark cellars in which it has been fostered and into the light. If the attitude of workers— writers, directors and actors—who have been asked to take a 50 per cent cut in blind faith from men who have done but little in the past to build up any faith of any type whatsoever, continues at it present tempo, the mysterious “overhend” of the motion picture in- dustry niay come to light after all, with | the result thAt motion picture making | may be put on a sound scale. Bankers who have grown gray won- dering why they could not check this tremendous financial landslide in Hol- | OWD. lywood should put their ears close to the ground and listen carefully to some of the questions being propounded the movie moguls of Hollywood by some of the bright young men they have hrw‘m out here to write scenarios and Qo’flxe for pictures. The contention | oup, that there is nothing sin- cere behind producers’ request ior a 50 per cent cut co-cperation from studio workers unless those producers fhem- #elves take 50 per cent cuts on their ;wn salaries and on their percentages Iso, brings to light the general situa- tion of Hollywood's account books and gives the banker scme faint idea of | what type emolument the producer re- ceives for “risking his health” in his strenuous endeavor to “work night and day” making motion pictures. At & meeting of the actors' branch of | the Academy of Motion Picture Arts| and Sciences, the Emergency Commit- | tee, a group named to deal with the producers in their demand for a 50 per cent cut, was asked some very perti- nent questions by members present who sincerely wanted to be enlightened as to some of the methods of procedure of men producing pictures. The eight weeks' pay slash in Holly- wood is being done in an effort to put | the industry on its feet again in that length of time. Edward Sturges asked the Emergency Committee how they (the committee) were to know when a studio was on its feet through an ex- amination of its books in view of the fact that the books reporting on col- | lections from theaters are kept in New York. This question couldn't bring in a decisive and satisfactory answer. ‘When Jetta Goudal asked what per- centage of the overhead on a picture was represented by an artist's salary, pen and Busy. Merrick. nobody could give her an answer. Miss Goudal’s contention was that the centage was negligible in view of o costs and she wanted to know just what producers were doing regarding cuts on other overheads. There was no answer to this one. Neither was there an answer to Charles Bickford's request for positive information as to whether or not the studios would remain open following an eight weeks' pay slash or if they would then close for 12 weeks as has been rumored while a complete reorganiza- tion of movie methods takes place. Exhibitors who feel they have had more difficulty through the bank holi- day situation than motion picture pro- cucers could possibly have . are asking some very pertincnt questions also and making a few demands of their If exhibitors, writers, directors, cam- eramen and actors keep on asking ques- tions the mushroom which is the mo- tion picture industry will be brought out of its dark cellar into strong sun- light. It won't remain a mushroom. It will lose that succulent, rare, inimi- table quality. It will lose in juice, in | flavor and in size. I am not enough | of a horticulturist to tell just what it would become as an article of food but, robbed of its mysterious flim-flam of growing, it won't spring from & spawn into a food product overnight. It will take the same amount of time, patience and result that other growths require. | Thorough investigation of motion pic- true making methods might end with a decision on the part of bankers that gen- | tlemen who have drawn half a million and more a year out of this industry might like to invest some of that money in this industry themselves. In short, that a producer about to make a pic- ture which calls for a two-million-dol- lar budget might like to show sufficient faith in his expense “overhead” and his own production methods to invest say, half a million of his own money in the project as against the salary and per- centage he is going to draw from the finished product. The producer who draws a Hollywood salary from making a picture would rather see that picture box office. Nat- ura! Not only does it strengthen h! bank roll through the percentage he ob- tains on a box office smash, but if the picture is a failure at the box office, the Hollywood producer still has drawn suf- ficlent salary to make his remunera- |tion a good one. He has everything | to gain and no precious money of his | own risked. ‘There are no personal for- tunes lost in Hollywood. (Copyright, 1033, by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) Current Attractions NATIONAL—"Cavalcade.” AVALCADE,” the Fox Film’s production of Noel Coward’s famous drama, starting on its second week at the National Theater, tomorrow, forth the versatility of its composer. Coward runs the gamut of his talents not only as a writer of drama and comedy, but also as & composer of music and writer of lyrics. And he staged and produc- ed his masterpiece for its successful year's run at Drury Lane. ‘“Cavalcade” s more than a his- torical drama. In panorama, it covers the life of a British family, the Mar- Tyots, from the be- ginning of the cen- tury until today. As a background, Coward has used the major_move- ments of the cen- | tury, kritting his episodes closely together with the drama of the Marryot family. Other than Clive Brook, who has the male lead, the cast includes Herbert Mundin, Beryl Mercer, Diana Wsn)nrd.‘ who shares the lead with Brook; Una O’'Connor; who is seen as Ellen Bridges: | Ursula Jeans, Irene Browne, Merle Tottenham, Frank Lanston and John ‘Warburton. LOEW'S FOX-—-"BroIdW:y Bad.” LO!’JW'S Fox Theater is presenting “Follow Thru,” the Schwab & Mandel show. with Joe Penner. The cast of 50 also includes Helen Wl’lghl“ Jerry Rose and Bill Halligan. The screen attraction is “Broadway | Bad,” the Fox Film production, \nzhy Joan Blondell, Ricardo Cortez, Ginger | Rogers, Allen Vincent, Victor Jory, Adrienne Ames. Phil Tead, Francis| McDonald and Spencer Charters. Thirty | of Hollywood's most beautiful girls also add decoration to many of the scenes. Among these scenes are some filmed in the interior of a Pullman car. R-K-O-KEITH'S—“Our Betters.” BACK to sophisticated roles comes Constance Bennett in her new radio picture, “Our Betters,” currenlly‘ showing at R-K-O Keith's Theater. an American girl who marries a Bnt- ish peer, and becomes the center of a soclal whirl, Miss Bennett is the epi- tome of sophistication. Miss Bennett is appearing with a splendid support- ing cast, which includes Gilbert Ro- land, Alan Mowbray, Violet Kemble- Cooper, Minor Watson, Charles Star- rett and Anita Louise. The film is & Satire written by W Somerset Maugham. ‘The supporting bill includes an Edgar Kennedy comedy, “Art in the Raw,” several subjects and the Pathe News. COLUMBIA—“The Jungle Killer.” CARVETH WELLS, explorer and ad-| venturer extraordinary, never hunts or shoots an animal with anything more dangerous than a camera. He is | an unrelenting enemy of men and ‘women who go to the “jungle” and kill for sport, and never tires of debunking their supposedly perilous exploits. He says the most dangerous thing in Africa today is the big game hunter himself. He proves the point e and time again in the Century Protuctions’ [ Disns Wynyard. animal picture which opens tomorrow | ¥ at Loew’s Columbia Theater, called “The Jungle Killer.” Zetta Robart is co-talker in the film with Mr. Wells. PALACE—"“Rasputin and the Empress.” | ASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS,” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's drama of the tall of the Romanoffs, with John, Ethel and Lionel Barrymore together on the screen for the first time, is the curzent attraction at Loew's Palace Theater, where it is showing for its| first time locally at popular prices. Based on happenings within the memory | of the presenz generation, the picture's episodes present a replica of the most 1.7rru| royal court in the world, thus incfuding the spectacle of a “period” picture, while still remaining strictly & modern story. Ethel Barrymore plays the empress, John is cast as Prince Chegodieffl and Lionel essays the role of the Holy Devil. | Richard Bolesiavsky, author of “The ‘Way of a Lancer” and former director in the Moscow Art Theater, directed the tacle. r‘ es includes Ralph Morgan, | Dhu Wynyard and Tad Alexander. EARLE—“King of the Jungle” W ING OF THE JUNGLE,” a Para- | mount production, with the lion map, Buster Crabbe, is the screen at- traction at Warner's Earle this week, \ - 1 The cast i support of the | This film tells the story of the lion man, who has fl-orn up in his jungle happy with his lion friends, and know- ing nothing of the outside "world, until he and four of his lions are captured art of a circus. At the landing the ion man escapes, breaks into an apart- ment house, and later falls in love with a beautiful girl. The role of the lion man is played by a newcomer, Buster Crabbe, swimming champion of inter- national renown. The cast also in- cludes Frances Dee, Nydia Westman, Sidney Toler, Irving Pichel and others. The stage program headlines “Ray Bolger, late star of e White's “Scandals,” who offers his rubber- | legged conception of the newest dance | steps. Other acts are Long Tack Sam, | with his famous company of Chinese wonders, assisted by his v.wo dlulhun. Mi-na and Nee-sa Long, rorr of songs, novelties and a0 e, dy and Zeke, “the Crackers’; Picard and u-l Maxine Doyle. Completing the program is & new Merrie Melody song cartoon, “Young | and Healthy”; a new screen souvenir: the Graham MacNamee newsreel and the Earle orchestral prelude. MET!!OPOUTAN—“A!M Street.” 'ORTY-SECOND STREET,” md the Warner Bros. musical sensation, will be held for an additional seven days | at Warner Bros.’ Metropolitan. - This will positively be the last week. The cast includes Warner Baxter, Bebe Dan- | ields. George Brent, Una Merkel, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Dick Powell, Gin- | ger Rogers, Ned Spu'kx. Allen Jenkins, George E. Stone and others. The supplementary program consists | “Bosco_in Person,” and the new issue of the Paramount sound news. RIALTO—“The Big Cage.” AS an authentic picture of circus life, particularly the life of circus peo- the Winter quarters session, “The Big Cage” is considered one of the finest films ever built around the “traveling jungle” idea. As it unfolds at the Rialto Theater during its second week’s stay, drama, its magnificent climax, with all | the vigor of a premier performance, Its| | featured player is Clyde Beatty, the | | famous young wild animal trainer, at | 27 ane of the greatest figures in circus- | dom. In the supporting cast are Anita Page, Andy Devine, Vince Barnett, Ray- mond Hatton, Wallace Ford, Mickey Rooney, Reginald Barlow, Wilfred Lucas and Robert McWade. Kurt Nuemann directed the film, which is adapted from the forthcoming book of the same name by Clyde Beatty and Edward Anthony. The Rialto completes its program for the new week with especially selected in the latest Universal news. GAYETY—"Jingle, Jingle.” INGLE JINGLE" comes to the Gayety Theater today, starting with the matinee. Three of the funniest comedians in burlesque are in command of the fun center—Billy Hagen, Jules Howard and Lew Costello. Other performers of note include Kitty Ellis, a blond with pleasing voice; Her-' man Ferber, juvenile; Jean Willlams and Ruby Foreman, ingenues; Jos, Lyons, character actor; Inez Marvin, prima donna; Helen Howard, talking comedi- enne, and Hi and Low, specialty danc- 5. Matineés will be given daily. | Ruggles Gets New Contracr. | CHARL!! RUGGLES, now_sppearing “m r:u tvjm;lll!‘y fln::h 'P-ummme picture since joining that company | three years ago, has signed a new long-term contract. The former stage star made his film debut in “Gentle- men of the Press” and has devoted his talents to the screen ever since. He now heads the cast of the forth- | coming pictures “Murders in the Zoo” |and “Terror Aboard.” Although Rug- | gles’ former contract will n:v.utt com- ’plmd for two months, the new one | was_drawn up to 1 his services Insure on_a_number of future productions. COMPLETE DINNER 50c Scientifically Balanced Meals Club Breakfast Luacheon 18¢ to 28¢ 20c to 35¢ NATURAL FOOD CAFES New York Ave, New Y-k Ave. and shipped to America to become a | of a new Boscoe song cartoon comedy, | ple during the “staying put” days of | it repeats its thrills, its intense | shorter subjects and Graham McNamée | WEEK OF MARCH 19. Academy 8th and G Sts. B.E. Ambassador 18th & Columbia Rd. Sunday lara Bow in ,..,dmm.;;. A Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday nlo' ln *‘Come On. " 'm‘qui"u- T3 mfi:’{'ffi-% enture Harold Lloyd in inold Lloyd in “Movie 7. nn Harding i onturs ‘of ihe, Tim McCoy in ‘&m- londe c. tive.” rn Code.” uster, "Ilnl of Jungle.” Buster, “llnl ol e a"—»'fi"" 3% gu. "'rlv-u .Yom-" "Pflah -YM" e Ofi.' ’m. 5 : T—; osn mmunuu ui: ;f'.hz"é'.'e'n'e Tiwaame *Blondle Jonnson.” lanche.” Short sub. 8e! Apolle ™ 024 H 8t. NE Arca Hyattaville, Md. ”Y-l !I They Ti Oom!y, Cartoon. Dark. Rockville, Md. Clarendon, Vs. o 645 Pa. Ave. 8.5. !nnnn ty Cameo Mt. Rainier, Md. o, i “Tonight Is Ours. 2108 Ps. Ave. N.W. Comedy. B'.lnwni Tn Barbars !tlllw"k in Talk ey Talk “Ladies o “Embloyes, Entrahce " Comedy. Cartoon. e urTut Younx and iomu !mm: and EF ntrance” lmploi l Laurel-Hardy comedy. Laurel. Taushion & Hyams in Comedy. News ir onli: 7 In Bitter K heral Yon.' es_ant cy Oarroll in hattan.” * rial.__Comedy. 8 lflmund Tawe and rcer Tracy and in 'The b-vu 0 Dm. dy. Buck Jones in wSundown Rider.” . 4 of “Hurricane an Blond Dous. Pairoanks, Ir. Rufh :'Jn Ffhot. Parscuie Jumper.” u- ne ghort. hute g Pcres In. ndoloh !cou. n rt_Parads.” Comedy. n! lthO x!_Boys comldl. TR Eddie Cantor n “The Kid From Colony < O Eddie Gantor J:Fn u;c‘my an “The KIH From n rew ot et in "l!'l:l-re.-sm-n" 'Ivlvi‘zn “Dahierons Pemates.”_Ban Armsirons in ;Dollar @can- mu. Females. | 5 °--v:m D in ‘The lnllhi?l rontie e Mystery.’ mnm?fi&"—év Kid From pain.” hn Mack Brown and cuney and E Ten H n and mon Novarro in de. he 8on-Daughter.” ame arg 0} Comedy. Kate Sgith In “Hello, Evérybody." Dressler and Moran comedy. st ez ool rian Nixon in Face in the 8ky." Charlie Chase comedy. Ga. Ave. & Parragut Barl Wy Nm Asther in Dumkarton R SE" ot General Yen.'" . Co Victor Fairlawn mand Lgh Anacostia, ‘D, ©. pe u,c.'{.'r'y' e e, m. . General Yen." nd v Yictor Mc McLaglen and ck and lnhusm.-nk and rne Bitter -re. of Hand?" Last Frontier.” 10th. _Co cmnon George Raft and Nlncy St “"Undercover Man " hose Blues." _Com.. “Those Blues." Boris Karlofl and Tom Mix and Ruth Hall in 3 “Flaming_Guns." News. i Loye in “Hot Georte O'Brien n t Ho- L Com. ume Catpet. ‘artoon mund, ppe Bam_ Mystery " Edward G Robinson and _Bebe Daniels in lfl"r ar." Hippadrome 8 13th & C Sts. N.B. “The X Jrem Jesse 18thnr.R.IAve.N.EB. Palm Del Ray, Va. Princess 1119 H 8t. NE. Richmond Alexandria, Va. Edward G. Robinson and Bebe Daniels in No; atch King." llar.” areen Wil Tn— W 3 _fl‘ rren William In Tic March and Stusrt Erwin in “He dette Colbert in ht Is Ours.” Harry Langdon com. .vonu o ason.” f.'hlm! Illm’ly com. Berial (mat. only) nutgr Chatierton n Andy” &oan’ medy m"l". Bhearer and n Holt " in tranee Tnterlude Booriing_Ase”_Oharile Shabiin co ~8try N&dolu Colbert in *The Xid Prom 1s Qurs.” Busets munrwn lk-u allagher com. lnnrt Dol 08 X &% N.W. ody._News. Comedy. News. __*"The Bporting ‘Age T H idie 'Eu‘m"——mrm—'r'fir’—: fo Gantor "‘fi. iome i in sudstte Colbert in xie nt 1s Ours. ita, Jonsan Comedy. 9 ichard Dix and Ann Hardln o Thert Marshall in ings for Sale.” Tom Mix in “Hidden Gold." e Joan Blonde] “'Big City Blue: Marian Marsh in “‘Strange Justice ™ it Marif hinks, 107 Sale.” ject. _ Co ric March snd Herberi Marshall .nu wen h s Bicl A miomy v7.nn graadi 12 dy. ichard Dxx -nu Ann Harding T in v Btree! Blctoriat, rdo Cortez and Karen Morley in “The Phant Randolph Scott in by orse Mesa " a1 Kennedy com ll 8 rt rulx “Pari Joan Blondell in “'Big City Blues." Marien Marsh in “'Strange_Justice " The k Bundown Rider +vx One hour of e s 8hey mud “""!&33. ‘Norms Shearer and 'k Gable Kate umnh = It “Hello, By ‘Hillu erybody. ria Comedies_ Mat n Oouric Arliss in George Arliss in “The King's Vaca- Kine's “The King's Vaca- n Comedy. ' New: Comedy News Savoy S e Seco r Spring, Md. Stanton 6th & C Sts. N.B. State Bethesda, Md. Dark. oald_ Colman an Kay ‘Pnuneu o Dark. n Hardine | ln €. Covauerors Sylvan 14 R. L Ave. NW. vay e Tv.nu e J Richard Dix_and Richard Dix and ‘oiiy S¥mphony. _Vver Eyer: deit Kenneds comedy. Boencer Tracy and Bette Davis in “20.000 Years m llnl 8ing"_Cart ~Hellor Bvershe s nedy come Tim McCoy ii “Pighting for Justice.” uise nds . $im Summerville and Sidney an Cary Grant in Georee Raft STows nce Cul Edward G. nnblnun acket cu llcklurd I The u Man'~ Ser. Cart William Haines. dge Evans ane d Na hal Sal Mat.. Pareo Express rs “l'umnn o 0. - “Van_Dine Mystery." Comedy. _ News. Comedy. News. den: e. jon Jack o.kl- lr‘xd n “Big City Blues.” Comedy. Ssrian Nix dison Bauare Gar- Com. Mat., 3. Trederic March and b G Comedy. yBrien in Rob- T8’ Roost.” Wm. Col- i Jr. in “Speed De- mon " Com Mat..1:30 All-gtar cast In “The T) Mo i Variets. .4pn Harding in | ‘onguerors.” ‘ol omohony. Cartoon. Ann Harding and Leslie Howard Kingdom " Takoma Takoma Park, D. C. Jean Harlow and Clark Gable in \nneu Sportview. Variety. Spoi Jean Harlow -ni—chmo and Clark Gable in ke Meore in George Raft in “Undercover Mag Near the Trail's End. Ser Aun Harding and, Olaydette Colbert and Claydette Colbert, ani Leslie Howard edevlc March Carole Zombard “'No Man ofnnl' Own. ric March ““Tonight Is Qurs.” ed Dust ““Decept. Bob_Steele rtview. @erial Com. Cart'n. d ark Gable an: Clark Gable and Zane Grey Heritaze of the Desert " Stuart Erwin in ‘'He Learned | About_Wome Carole Lombard “No Man of Her O Lee Tracy in “Private Jone: Tivoli 14th & Park Rd. in “Anima) 'Kingdom.” _“Tonight Is Ours Lee Tracy Wancy Carroll and Cary Grant in ““Wom! sed.” in “Private Jones.” Comedy. George Arliss in King's Vacation.” Technicolor short. Cartoon. Nancy Carroll and Cary Grant in “Woman Accused.” Comedies. John_ Bumnon o s & Emneu York Ga, Ave. & Quebec, ancy Carroll and Cary Grant *Child of Technicolor short. Waricy Carrall and ary Snencer Trac Bette Dav cy ant vis in Sing." ‘Technicolor short ‘Comedy. “The o.un Anis 1n enhatthn.” “GNiIg of Manhattan “20.000 Years in Sing “With W ¢ Buster Keaton and Kine ion. Jimmie Durante in chnle e snsit. ““What! No Beer?" Serial. Comedy. = .vou Blondell i ney v Bri T3 to Handie.” neaththeSeas. Short. Serial Carioon Mary Boland Returns. ARY BOLAND, now in the East filling & stage engagement in “Face the Music,” will return to the Holly- wood studios March 27 to be featured with Alison Skipworth in “Don't Call Me Madame.” Leyland Hodgson, Russell Scott. Ken- neth Howell and Forrester llmey. veteran lbln and screen actors, and Capt. O. C. “Boots” Boutellier, Lieut. | Carlie Taylor and Maj. Russell | Scott, World War aces, have joined | the cast of “The Eagle and the Hawk,” a story of war aviation featuring Frederic March, Grant, Jack Oakie, | Carole Lombard, Guy Standing. | Capt. Sterling Campbell | Thomas Watton, also aces, are acting | | as technical advisers on this Jahn Monk Seunders story. Stuart Walker and Mitchell Leison will co-direct. Vivienne Oshorne, Harold Entwhistle and Alexander Pollard have been added to the cast of “Supernatural” now be- |ing produced by Vietor and Edward Halperin. They join a cast comprising | Carole Lombard, Randolph Scott, Allan | Dinehart, W]lu;gl Farnum, H. B. War- ner and Beryl Merce: Randolph Scott u ‘to &l-.y featured role in Zane ey’s i of Sand” after being co-featured with | | Kent Taylor in “Sunset Pass,” another Grey Western. Lionel Atwill has replaced Richard Bennett in Marlene Dietrich’s current production, “The 8Song of Songs.” Bennett withdrew becuuse of mneu Others in the cast are Brian Aherne, Alison Skipworth, Helen Freedman and | Hardle Albright. Leo Birinski and Samuel Hoffenstein adapted the story from the novel by Hermann Sudermann and the play by ldvlm Sheldon. Katharine Fron Plays. ]LAST Sunday evening Katharine McNeil Frost, head of the piano | department at the King-Smith Studio | School, played s program at the studio | for the students and members of the staff. The first part of the program was composed of Chopin numbers.: Nocturne in F Minor, Etude in G Major, Etude in G Minor, Revolutionary Etude and Ballade in G Minor. The second part of the program featured modern composers: “Daphnis and Chloe” and “Jeux d’Eau.” of Ravel: “Jardin Sous La Pluie,” by Debussy: De Falla's “Rit- ual Fire Dance”; “Polichinelle,” by Villa-Lobos, and the same composer’s “Little White Donkey,” and a march by Prokovieff. Leslie Howard to Star. LISL!I HOWARD is to star in Somerset Maugham's *“Of Human Bondage” for R-! Radio Pictures. This eminent English actor was signed this week by Merian C. Cooper, execu- tive vice president in charge of R-K-O Radio production. Cooper declared that Maugham's finely drawn characterization of the young portrait painter in “Of Human Bondage” will offer Howard an oppor- mnlty for one of his finest film portray- Hownd has previou:ly pla; R-K-O Radio in “Animal and “Devotion,” shari honors with Ann Harding in both vehicles. NOW! 2v BIG VEEK for om” ) H Washington’s Players What Various Dramatic Organizations Are Doing and Propose to Do. “OUTWARD BOUND"” THURSDAY. o UTWARD BOUND" which € the Pierce Hall Players will present Thursday and Friday evenings, concerns | & company of shipmates, | mystified by an oppressive feeling of - | unreality and uncertainty, and as their | ship, unmanned | and without lights, {5 gliding | noiselessly ~ across the River Styx,| one of the charac- ters in terror asks| the sole mendum whether they are| bound for heaven | or hell. The an-| swer is “Both . It's the slme‘ place, vou see.” Marvin Downey, | will play the part of Scrubby, “the sole attendant” Myrtle MacMahon, the part of “Mrs‘ Midget”; the scrub | woman, Mildred Curran, will appear as 'Mrs. Clivedon-Banks”; Olga Helms, as ne,” and Paul Alexander, as * ry.” Richard Harr will play “the Rev. Duke,” Frank Jamieson, well known Washington am.>teur, “Mr. Lin Col. und Sayre, the “Exal and Charles A. Bell, farmerly s mem- ber of the Cue and Curtain Club of George Washington University, will play “Frank Prior.” Olgs Helms. DRAMA STUDY LEAGUE. THE lenten drama, “On the_ Third | Day,” to be given at Wardman Park Theater by the Drama Study League on April 3 and 4, will be a benefit per- formance on each of the two occasions. The first presentation will be a benefit for District Court 312, Catholic Daugh- ters of Amencl. and on Tuesday eve- ning the performance will be for the benent of ‘the Ghurch of Our Lady of Victory, of which the Rev. Mihm uffl tor. The drams is being direc by Arthur Bradley White, ll'ld included in its cast are Maurice Jarvis and Grace Sprucebank. ANOTHER “OUTWARD BOUND." TH!.‘ Montgomery Players have select- ed fcr their fourth ce this season Sutton Vaness' three-act play, “Outward Bound,” as was announced | A last Fall. Try-outs for this play were held last week and the cast, which will be under the direction of E. Barrett Prettyman. Converse, Eleanor Teitman, Ailene San- ford, Stanley ’rnn Irving Day, Ralph rbwlsr, Thomes P. Dowd, Capt. Kin- Quinn, This piay will | ! in '.he Bethesda-Chevy Chase High The ‘players have also decided to of- fer a series of work shop plays. it was! announced last week. e first of this series will be presented on Satur- day night, March 25, in the Bethesda- | Chevy Chase High School. G-SMITH DlAlA'l'le. A close of the Winter term was marked by two events in the dramatic art department. Under the direction o( Caroline McKlnley two evenings ys were presented. Last Satur- d y, “Turtle Doves,” by Margaret, Scott Ouver featuring Katharine Dudley, Eleanor Williamson, Mary Patterson, Daphne Humphrey, Betty Sleeper and Mary Mauldin, and “When the Whirl- wind Blows,” by Essex Dane, with Jane McCaskey, Lillian McMillan and Betty | Lord, were presented to a large and enthusiastic audience. The plays were preceded by a brief program of piano music by Jane El- lison and Rosanna Smith, and a group of French Bergerettes by Margaret Hlnby ednesday night, “The Veil Lifts” by Phillip Johnm with Georgia Hi- den, Lallage Feazel, Mrs. Daniel Bor- den, Betty Sleeper, Jane McCaskey and Martha Moore, and “World [thout Men,” by Essex Dane, with Anita De Coppet, Elizabeth Biedenharn, Carol Wentworth and Nancy Newton in the cast, marked the close of the Winter term of work. Some unusual and new presentations are being planned for the Spring after the students return from vacation. PLAY WRITING CONTEST.\ 'I'H! Bartfleld Players are holding a one-act play writing contest for amateur authors in Washington. All manuscripts submitted in accordance with the rules will be read by e judges and the four best plays will be chosen as well as the four honorable mention plays. Anncuncement of the winning plays will be made on or about the 7th of April, 1933. There will be no cash awards, as this is not a commer- cial contest. The four winning plays will be staged by the Bartfield Players at an early date. The flve judges of the contest be Mrs. Kendrick Phil- ips, Miss Whitford, Howard ‘Whitfield, Carl Carlson and William All manuscripts “must be in the hands of the judges not later than March 31 g will include Anna Moore | dress all EN Mors Glamorovs Then Ever & “OUR BETTERS” T the King-Smith Studio-School the | care of Mr. H. W. Smith, 1457 Park |road northwest, Apartment 403, Wash- ington, D. C. All manuscripts must be Gpewritten. In order to maintain & strictly amateur standing in this con- test, no one who has received money 23 years of age may enter a play. All plays must have no less than 2 nor more than 10 characters. The plays may be divided into scenes, to show the passing of time, but must require | but one setting. . LOW'E.L SHERMAN, who alternates between starring and directorial as- | signments, returns to tge R-K-O Radio | Studios to direct Kathafine Hepburn in her next vehicle, “Morning Glory, under arrangements announced today by Merian C. Cooper, executive vice production. See and Hear Real Ter- rific Fights Between Beasts of the Jungle CARVETH WELLS Makes You an Eye-Witness in COM. MAT. TODAY at Fox Film presents Nights S8¢, 83¢, $1.10, $1.65. for a writing is eligible, and no one over | i5 Sherman Directs Hepbur. | president in charge of all R-K-O Radio | NEXT WEEK, BEQ. MONDAY (Fourh Flay of the AMERICAN THEATES SOCIETY'S Subseription Sessen) AND HIS OWN COMPANY OF PLAYERS, AMUSEMENTS. HE theme of Beauty and the Beast reaches new proportions in the extravagantly imagina- tive story depicted in “King xnnl" with the aid of processes production photog- raphy ellcuhhd to baffie audiences at R-K-O Keith's, civilization if Fay Wray. : e Lhropoi left over from the Jurassic Age, W to run thrpugh the streets of New York Fay Wray is the beauty. Robert Arm- strong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher. Sam Hardy, Noble Johnson and mmy other prominent players are slso in the cast. TH! week beginning Friday will bring to Warner Bros.’ Earle Theater Kay Francis and George Brent in “Thi Keyhole” and radio’s “Singing Sam,' headlining the stage activities which also include Maria Gambarelli (Gam- by); Josephine Harmon, the grea Wallenda Troupe and Maxine Doyle. | ‘The film tells a gay and romgantic story of a beautiful heroine who falls in love with the private detective hired to spy |upon her by her jealous husband. Unique in plot and highly seasoned with thrills and comedy, it is said to be one of the most stimulating ro mantic dramas of the year. In lddx- tion to Kay Francis and George Brent, the cast includes Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Monroe Owsley, Helen Wase and Henry Kolker. 'ECIL B. DE MILLE'S “The Bign of the Oross,” & vivid picture of pa- gan Rome in sll its glory, opens a| popular price run for the first time Fri- day at Warner Bros' Metropolitan Theater. The cast is led by Prederic March, Elissa Landi, Charles Laughton and Claudette Colbert and consists of | Vivian Tobin, Ian Keith, Nat Pendle- ton, William V. Mong, Tommy Conlon and scores of others. Completing the program will be a selection of short reel subjects which include the latest issue of the Para- mount Sound News. GRACE MOORE, Metropolitan Opera star. will be the headline attrac- tion starting this Priday at Loew's Fox Theater. Allison Skipworth will be featured in “A Lady's Profession” on he same program. Roland Young and Sari Maritza carry the chief leading roles in this Paramount picture, which is centered around two titled English people who have more ancestors than money and come to United States to |open a speakeasy. Others in the vaude- | ville program are Dave Harris, who |is assisted by Frankie, Carrol Sisters {and Ethel Rhea; Art Frank with Viv- ian Peterson in “Old Man Whoopee | Himself,” and “Sensational Whirls and | Twirls,” by the Three Cossacks. VINA DELMAR'S “Pick Up." featur- ing Sylvia Sidney and George Raft, is coming soon to Loew’s Palace Theater. Paramount has assembled such players as William Harrigan, Lil- | tan , Clarence Wilson, George Meeker, Louise Beavers, Florence Dud- ley and many others in support of these two young stars. (GEORGE O'BRIEN is being featured in another one of Zane Grey's famous novels, “Canyon Walls.” which | cor on Monday, March 27, to Loew’s umbia Theater, under the |name of “Smoke Lightning.” “Smoke tning.”_the new Fox film_con-| ‘ JANET RICHARDS | XTRA TALK WILLARD HOTEL MONDAY, 11 AM. TTe_to $1.10-Tax Included PADEREWSKI IN AN ALL-CHOPIN PIOGIA‘ Benefit l-d c..-. Unemployment red. Aft. Mar. '3 a e Consert lmn. Droop’ lm Gy mwm “os, TOMORROW / An expose of African Bu n / (E MORAN & MACK <" TWO BLACK CROWS 10 RFRICR" NATIONAL 2nd & LAST WEEK 3 P. M.—TONIGHT 8:30 will be hnlu-hl this year—er probably Iln-. 88e, 83¢, $1.10 (Incl. Tax) SEATS THURSBAY COHAN IN THE FUNNIEST PLAY IN AMERICA, “PIGEONS AND PEOPLE” Acclaimed by the New York Press as Mr. Cohan’s Finest Perform- ance end One of His Best Plays. “Mr. Coban's performance is & remarkable plece of acting and the slsy IHeelf is one of the most skiliful pleces of areund snd Bave & wew—some tim: “It Is & vemsrkable fest and m wlaywriting seen here in s long time. Go '—GEORGE JEAN NATHAN, ia JUDGE. ks Ges. M. Colan &5 & superman tn the thester."—ROBERT BENCHLEY, in THE NEW YORKER. “Georse Coban has wrillen semething of surpassing merit, semething to fur aisk you with mere sheesr enjoyment {ham & Malt desen erdimary plars.* ~—RICHARD DANA SKINNER. in THE COMMONWEALTH. Nights, 80 to $2.50; Wod. and Sat. Mats,, §0¢ to $2.00, Plus Tax % | Rocque, Affairs r.,x.m.l and International | tains much of the daring horsemane ship and breathless moments that have made George O'Brien the outstanding Western star that he is today. Nell O'Day, Betsy m&lflm and Prank Atkinson are chief _supporting roles o( thu production which was di- rected by David Howard, — La Rocque in Film, FTER a long period of retirement from the movie lots, star of “Feet of Cla “The Ten Commandments” and other silent successes has decided to don the grease paint again and resume his [A - | work before the motion picture cameras U This week he was signed by versal to play one of the leading male B. | roles in the English version of -8 O. § | Iceberg,” a large part of which lmed in the Arctic Seas off the | Greenland coast snd the exteriors for | which are now being completed in a | Berlin_studio by Director Tay Garnett La Rocque’s assignment to the part came gbout in an interesting manner. | It seems that last year he accompanied his wife, Vilmy Banky, to Germany to be. with her “while she enacted the | principal feminine role opposite Louis Trenker in the English ver fon of Universal's forthcoming special, “The Rebel,” shortly to be released in this country. “The Rebel” ha!f completed, the “S. O. 8. Iceberg” expedition re- turned to Berlin and Tay th’\ett arrived from Universal City, Calif. complete the Greenland epic. He be- gan searching about the continent for t| 8n actor with the looks and ability |to play the hero in the English ver- sion, but without success. La Rocque, in a joking way suggested that he play the role, Garnett took him up and ordered a test made which turned out so well that La Rocque was signed immediate! NATIONAL SYMPHONY Thurs. Mar. 23 4:45pm. CONSTITUTION HALL FELIAN GARZIA Renowned Planist, Soloist G Minor Symphony, Mozart Symphonic_Variations, Cesar Pranck: En Baga, Sivelius: Rosenkavalier Waltzes, Strauss, | \ Tickets, $2.35. at Box Office_on First Floor, .. Na. 3330 to Garfinckei & Co. " €. Cappel. Manager “KING OF THE JUNG * THE LION MAN 2,,smm with 14 STARS BILLY HAGEN KITTY ELLIS and JEAN WILLIAMS ALL NEW ROAD SHOW ACADEMY ox 5 GLARA BOW LL HER' SA\'\O! o | WLt ANDRE in “SECRETS OP THE FRENCH POLICE" ASHTON CLARENDON. _vA. 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