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AMU SEMENTS. New Scenario Ready For Swedish Star’s Arrival Greta Garbo Will Play the Leading Role in *Christina,” According to Present Plans—Kath- Ambassador arine Hepburn Proves Her Serious Rival. By Mollie Merrick. OLLYWOOD, Calif, April 1.— Greta Garbo is en route to Hollywood and Hollywood is all ready with a picture for Garbo. When the Swedish box-office star arrives here she will find her biggest opposition in public appeal will still be Katharine Hepburn, the g vho, after her firs. motion picture, “A Bill of Divorcement,” be- came the best runner-up on Garbo glamour of any one on the screen today. This may said despite the fact that a good deal of Katharine Hep- burn's latest picture, “Christophcr Strong,” is phonied up in an attempt to make the star a cross between Charles Augustus Lindbergh and Amelia Earhsri. In the scenes which depict Katharine Hepburn as the aviatrix first and woman second she is more spec- tacular and less appealing than in the truly emotional sequences, in which she breaks through with as fine a bit of poignance as has ever been given on the screen—the same thing which made the scenes with John Barrymore in the Clemence Dane play unforgettable. The careers of these two women have one slight parallel. Both came to| Hollywood under the cloak of a hokum; which in Hepburn's ng modern heiress ical in the spend- publicity campai case made her a —excessively whim ing of her five millions—and totally | indifferent as to whether or mot she would make pictures because of this five millions. The cloak of mystery which has kept much of Garbo's iden- tity from the public has been pierced to the extent that girls who knew her when she was a barber’s assistant in Sweden have written of the days when Greta mixed as fine a bowl of lather es ever graced & Swedish mug. My masseuse, a fine girl from that ‘country, whose varied career as mas- seuse and acrobat is worthy of a classic pen, tells me that Greta plied her trade and massaged the muscle-bound limbs of acrobats in the old days. Be that as it may, she’s a pretty silken lady today when the camera turns and shows a face of unforgettable carven beauty when she glides inconspicuously along in beret and sports coat on Hol- lywood streets. Watching that face in camera, the audience feeds on its own emotions into that mask, for aside fry an occasional light, which comes into an impenetrable countenance, there is little visible surge to go by. Miss Hepburn, in the love scenes in “Christopher Strong,” is a tempestuous creature with a flash of tears in her fine eyes and a sudden fire playing |, across a ocountenance that is half demon and half madonna—like the fire in an opal. Perhaps the most beauti- | sess. Because of it Katharine Hep- the flash of this girl in the closing scenes of the picture when, a suicide for love, she tears off her oxygen mask as the meter goes up and up, sets the stick which carries her to a whirling finish through 40,000 feet. I doubt if more exquisite imaginative play could be given this scene by any | other Hollywood actress. Seeing this fol-de-rol of a good deal of the rest of the picture—lhe deliberate and pain- ful whimsicality of its characters—the shallow, flibbertigibbet dialogue—the depressing sincerity of Billle Burke as the wife, a role they did not allow to be lightened by even the slightest flash of humor or life. When Garbo returns she will make & picture called “Christina,” unless this title is changed. It will be the story of that Queen whose eccentricities kept all Europe on edge during her span. De- spite rumors to the contrary, Obl.rzg is evidently returning on the same on which she left these shores, secrecy; avoiding of the slightest revealment of gllce, plan or purpose. George Bernard haw, conversing about movies in gen- eral and movie personalities in particu- lar, feels this is the only thing to do, in order to perpetually intrigue the public, In order to perpetually intrigue the public, an artist must reveal in his or her performances some of that price- less philter of temperament that the average man and woman does not pos- burn, who is not so comely from cer- tain angles, is exquisitely beautiful at other times. Because of it, there Dl.lyl through her countenance a flame which the average face is stranger. Be- cause of that sudden lighting of Gar- bo’s soul, thousands of people watch her through average footage, and some- times dull footage. Often they com- plain that they don't see what the pub- lic finds in her. Frequently they say they are not going to see a certain picture. But back they come—and sometimes three and four times—to catch that unforgettable moment. Katharine Hepburn has given us some such unrurgetlnble moments in “Christopher Strong"; because of them people will do the thmx which has made Garbo a box-office success. They will come back three and four and five times to watch that face under emo- tional conditions which make it some- thing not of earth. Garbo’s following is good for an av- erage of three attendances to each pic- ture. Other stars get one and have a wider circle of fans. ful shot ever made on the screen is Coming Attractions ITERALLY smashing into '.he] cinema firmament less three short months ago K.lthl- rine Hepburn scored so em- phatically that now she has be- come a star, The picture that brought this about was “A Bill of Divorcement” in which Miss Hepburn appeared with John Barrymore. ‘Hepburn's story. The final de- cision was “Chris- topher Strong.” a ;hy by Gilbert u with the screen adaptation by Zoe Atkins, Dorothy Hollywood’s feminine director, was chosen. for that important as- signment and the following cast of xqnarine Hepburn. excellent players selected for the supporting cast: Billie Burke, who also appeared with Miss burn in “A Bill\of Divorcement”; Colin Clive, Helen Chandler, Ralph Forbes and Jack La Rus. “Christopher Strong” comes to R-K-O Keith's on Priday next. 'OX FILMS' “Sallor's Luck,” fourth co-starring vehicle of James Dunn and Sally Eilers, comes to Loew’s Fox Theater as its next screen attraction. Besjdes Dunn and Eilers, the complete cast includes Victor Jory, Esther Muir, Sammy Cohen, Will Stanton, Frank Morgan, Lucien Littlefleld, Buster Phelps, Curley Wright, Jerry Mandy, Germaine de Neel, Phil Tead, Frank Atkinson, Eddie Dillon and Matt Mc- Hugh. The stage attraction will be the vaudeville production of that well- known stage and screen hit, “The Desert Song,” with Perry Askam in the role of the mask bendit. Others in the cast are Tanzi, Earl Askam and Nan- (Copyright, 1933, by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) younz couple who believe they have tained an understanding prior to their mmne. and who have many troubles after the unsuccessful honeymoon. The mpporung cast includes Laurence Olivier in the role of Miss Swanson’s husband, John Halliday, Sir Nigel Play- fair, Michael Farmer, Genevieve Tobin, Nora Swinburne and Charles Cullum. JONEL ATWILL and Fay Wray, L co-stars of “Dr, X" and “Wax fine work one becomes impatient at the | 5012 Conn. Ave. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. WEEK oF APRIL 2 Sunday Monday Tuesday C.,, APRIL Wednesday Thursday Friday 2, 1933—PART FOUR. Saturday Academy 8th and G Sts. sx. “The x4 prom ’ pain.”” Eddie Cantor Eddie Cantor in Geo, O'Brien i “Rob- bers’ Roos um- Derville va “They Jast Had to Get Married.” “The Kid From S\u’pnsz party. erville i They Just Had to Get Married.” Geo. OBrien i " Rob- bers’ Rs .S, Sum- < 5/ in_“Men of AmeNica." Ta Stamwyek 1n Bitter Tea of e, yen" W, Boyd in “Men of America.” Carole Lombard in “No More Orchids.” Tom Mix in “The Ter- ror Trail.” Ser. Scenic. Olenfll Parrell, Ben Lyon and Mary Brian in 18th & Columbia Rd. tr] Missing " Glenda Farrell, Ben Lyon and Mary Brian in “Gjrl_Missing." Bert Wheeler and Bert Whaeler and Robert Woolsey in *So This Is Atrica™ Gang_comedy. Trene Dunne and harles Bickford in, S %3 Conm. Nov. Radio Row. Lee Tracy in “Clear All Wires. Clark and out comed: il Will_Rogers and Janet Gagnor in e screen oddiiy. Apollo 624 H St. NE. il Rogers and anet Gaynor in “State Fair." Screen odaity. John Barrymore n "opaze. Souvenir_reel. Iou\enlr reel. Fay Wray, and uon-i Al'fll In M luseum.’ " le-‘rodd eonedv James Du X ts xandie With Qare.” Sennett_com. Serial. Arcade Hyattsville, Md. Dark. Tionel Atwill and Fay Wray in “Mystery of Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray in “Mystery of the Wax Musen “ Comedy. N Spe: in +20.000 Years in Siog Sing." mcer Tracy 1 ng. Cémedy. News. Comedy. News. art Erwin in E-S bnrmd Avout Comeds ™ Gartoon. ‘Tom Ke: in .l Saden ot role Tion-Doll Dark. Arcade while making an altitude record and,; Rockville, Md. McLaglen and Lowe McLaclen and Lowe and Lupe Velez in and Lupe Velez in “Hot Pepper.” Comedy. _News. Nutm- ehenn: and rk Gable in “sifnnive Tateriude.” Comedy. News. Norma Shearer and ar! “Strange Gaberiude.” medy. _News. James Dunn_in “Handle With Care."” Comedy. ‘Hoot Gibson in “Cowboy Cournsellor No. 6 of “Hurricane Express.” Comed: Ashton Clarendon, Va. Derk. Al Jolson in in “HplleJuiah, Im & “Hallelujah, Im & u wnnen Willlam and Ruth Chatterton in Loretta Young “PFrisco Jenny.” in “Employes’ Entrance.” Georee Atliss in ""The King's Vacation.” Pitts-Todd comedy. Sport_reel. Avalon Georse Arhss i ~The Nancy Carroll and n Boles in Sennett_comedy. "Chlld "ot Manhattan.” Robert Armstrong and Constance Cummings 1n_“Billion-Doll Nancy Carioll and Sennett_comedy. Tim MeCoy in “Pighting for Justice.” Serlal. Spencer Tracy and Bert Wheeler and .Robert. Woolsey in This Is Africa.” “Taxi Boys: comedy. Ave. Grand 645 Pa. Ave. S.E. “So This Is Africa.” xi_Boys_comedy Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in Trene Dunne and Phillips Holmes in “Secret of Madame Bllnthr' Sp'ts. Cart. Trene Dunne and JEnillips ‘Holm et | of 8p' taeGart, Richard Arlen and the Panther Woman in d of Lost Souls."” Comedy. - Radio Row. Cameo Mt. Ralnier, Md. Dark. “¥ou Bald » Moutp- oe E. Brown in e E. Brown in “¥ou 8afd n Mouth- 1. ul. Comeds. News. _Comedy._News. Wlllnce Beery In Georee Raft in “Night After Night.” Carolina illh& N.C.Ave.SE. George Raft in “Night After Night.” Wallace Beery ia Clark Gable nd Norma Shearer “Strange Interlude.” Ruth cmuenon in “Frisco Jenny. Ruth Chatterton in “Frigco Jenny.” Constance Bennett in “Rockabye.” Comedy. Cartoon. Rich'd “Cabin in the Cotton 'Men Are Such Fools “Shadow_Eagle.” 6th. Gi nd etias Bhearer “The Cras) n “Strange Interlude.” Double comea. Willlam Hain “Fast Lite. Leo Carrillo in “Obey the Law.” Edgar Kennedy com. Tt Teel. Central 425 9th Bt. N.W. “The Great Jasper." Harry Gribbon com. Richard Dix in Richard Dix in “The Great Jasper.” Harry Gribbon com. Noble_Sissle_short. _ Noble Sissle_short. Jack Haley comedy. Cart'n. e West and” cary ack Wo George Raft in i Undercover Man." 3,98 ' Whispering Rex Bell in “Lucky Larrigan.” Bert Wheeler. -n&' Robert “8o This s Amn - Pitts-Todd_cor Circle 2105 Pa. Ave. N.W. WNancy Carroll asd Cary Grant in Nancy Carroll and Janet Gaynor and Cazy Grant in Will Rogers in “State Fair.” News. Charles Lt 'Beia Lugosi in .v.nu Gavnor and " ylaland of Lost Souls ™ rel-Hard: S d an.rlu huth:on md Bela Lus “Island of Lost Souls.” Laurel-Hardy comedy. t Truex lnd Um Merkel in “Whistling in the Dark.” "Juullt Mystery.” Colony Ga. Ave. & PATTagut gennett comedy. Lee Tracy n “Private Jones.” jon. Sennett_comedy. Sport. reel. n “Private Jones.” useum. Sport reel. Sennett _comedy. . Warner Baxter in gerously Yours. Jack Haley comedy. Buster Keaton and .Hmrnlz Durante 1n What. No Beer!” Charlie cnuun short. Dumbarton 1340 Wis, Ave. N.W. N " Souvenir. & Tobert Armstrong and Robert Armstrong and Constance Cummings Constance Cummings in -Bill Bill Jack Holt and Lil- lian Niles in “‘Man in ar inst W " Bouvenir.__* Janet Gaynor and ill Rogers in “State Fair.” Com._Shows. 7 and 9. Janet Gaynor and Will Rog Sidney Fox and Jack Oakie in “Once_in » Lifetime.” Fox News. Tom The Chevenne Kid: Comeds. Magic_Carpet. James Cagney in “Hard to Handle.” ot. t unnan Fairlawn Anacostia, D. C. xnzy Georee Raft and Nancy Carroll in “Undercover Man.” ‘omed: mes Cagney in ard to Handle.” Snapshot. Krazy Kat cartoon. Kate Smith in “Hello, Evervbody." Lagise Fazenda com. m 1d_cartoon. Irene Dunne in - “Thirteen Women." Moran and Mack com. Act. _Cart Randolph Scott in_ “Wild Horse Mesa." Comedy. n. Sfl‘lll (mat. only Hl drome "HElln :mybaoy:' aos K 8t. N.W. oy Home ALl nn cast n “42nd Street.” Sport_reel. m Pepper.” “The Theft of Mo Lisa.” Comedy. New: Kate Smith in “Hello, Everybdoy.” -y Ogmedy. mes Cagney in T o Handie Herbert Marshall in “Evenings for Sale.” James Ci ey‘m “Hard to Herbert Marshall “Evenings for Sale. " . joan, Blondell i n-nmfi ‘fsem. Cert: Georie Arliss in “The King's Vacation. Technicolor :hort. t_reel. All-star cast in “42nd Stree Sport_reel. George, Arliss in ““The Robert Armstrong and Constance Cummings illion - Dollar Comedy. King's Vacation. Technicolor short. Kate Smith malle I'veryhod!" 13th & C Sts. N.E. Wallace Beery and JCSSC Karep, Morley in iSthor.RIAveN.E. our Gang com. Cart. Wallace Beery and Our Gang com. _Cart. Norma Shearer and Clark Gabl ar) n “gtrange Interlude.’” Variety. _Cartoon. Karen Morley in Norma_Shearer and Clark Gable wgirange Tnterlude.” Variety. _Cartoon. Stuart Erwin and Susan Fleming in “He Learned About ‘Women.”_Serial. ) ldm\mll Xaw: lnd l flrfln‘ e Gibson wrhe Bevis Beving.” Serial. _Com P on, Farza: Se Palm Del Ray, Vs. Dark. ‘Herbert Marshall and “Evenings for Sale.” Eddie Cantor Sari’ Maritza n “The Kid From Spain.” Eddie Cantor n “The Xid From Eddie (Cantor “The, Kld From Spain.” Mt Z d B.nm i ;l! oBrlen =5 “Wild_Horse Mess.” “Alrmifl — : e Princess e ro TRpast " 110 H St. NE. “Undercover Man." George O'Brien “Robbers’_Roost. George Raft in Novarro in Son-Daughter.” O'Brien in “uu:hm in Hell.” Ramon Novarro in “Son-Daughter.” Pat_O'Brien in “Laughter in Hell.” Clark Cable in “No Man of Her Own.” Leo_Carrilio in ““Deception.” Clark Gable in “No Man of Her Own.” Leo Carrillo in “Dece, tion.” Mat. at 2 p.m. Bob Bteel “Riders of e Desert.” One hour of comed Serial. Mat. at 1 p.m. Richmond Alexandria, Va. Ramon Novarro and leon Novarro and Helen Hayes in “‘Son-Daughter.” Comedy. News. Helen _Hayes in “Son-Daughter.” Comedy. News. Wil Rogers and Janet Gaypor in “State Fair.” Comedy. Rogers_and Janet Geynor, in “State Fair.” Comedy. ‘Wil _Rogers and Janet Gaynor in “State Fair.” Comedy. = Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett in “Me and My Gal.” Comedy._Cartoon. Savoy 3030 14th St. N.W. asuers_comedy. Blchll’d Arlen and the her Wol i Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper in “Farewell to Arms.” Helen Hayes and Tee Tracy and Gary Cooper in “Farewell to Arms.” Cartoon. Burns and Allen short. Tom Mix in “Terror Trail.” Chatlie Chase comedy. FPrederic March and Claudette Colbert in oroisht 1s ours” harley Murray com. Seco Silver Spring, Md. , Dark. Wallace lee‘n’ and Eddie Cantor Stanton “The_ K?d From Spain."” Gth & C Sts. N.E. Eddie Cantor n “The Kid From George OB Maureen D!ulllv n “Robbers' Roost."” ._Va Wallace Beery and Karen Morley in o Flesh. 8iily Symphony. Gwill Andre and Prank Morgan in “Secrets of the French_ Police.” Comedy. Sketch. Wan,_Colller. IF.. and nck Holt in "Man Comedy. ParzoBx: " er. Mat at1. Sylvia_Sidney, Sury Grant and lie Ru(llelnln 7 Sylvia_Sidney, Sary, Grant and arlie Ruggles in Stadame Butterny.” Lupe Velez and Lee Tracy in “The_Half-Naked Truth.” B- -r. Stanwyck in “The_Bitter Tea of Gen. Yen.” Tom Mix in ““Terror Trail.” Serial. State Bethesda, Md. Sylvan 104 R. I Ave. N.W. Dark. Joel McCrea_and Fay Wray in “The Most s Game.” Dange var. Sty Symphony. Esther Joel Wrs var. Rumm and Conrad Veidt in “Rome Express.” Comedy. _News. Esther Ralston and Conrad Veldt in “Rome Express.” Comedy. _News. Clark Gable and Carole Lombard in “No Man of Her Own."” Comedy. _News. Catale Combard i "No Man of Her Swn. medy. News. Warren Willlam n “The Match King.” Comedy. Edna May Oliver and Jimmie ~Gleason in “Pen ool _Mur- der.” Comedy. Serial. Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Sullivan in “Payment Deferred.” Variety. and Fay e Most Dangerous Gam "Siity 8ymphony. Ann Harding and Leslie Howard in “The Animal King- dom.”_Comedy. aym. Sidiey and 'ary Grant in “Madame Butterf: medy. _New: Jack Oakie and Bhirley Grey in “Uptown New York." Serials. Eddie_Cantor n “The Kid Prom Spain.” Takoma Takoma Park, D.C. Helen Haves and Gary Cooper in “A Farewell to Arms.” Eddie_Cantor n “The Kid From Spain.” Helen "Haves and y Cooper in Qe nu-eu to Arms.” George, O'Brien n Zane Grey's bess’”_Roost. George O'Brien in Zane Grey's “Robbers’ Roost. k Holtin rting Age 'n? “cBoy 1 “Sian y_and_Lupe velel ln "l!ll!-lllled Truf Keene lmuon " _Serial. 15 Come on. Banter Bert Whultr and Robert Woolsey in Tis 1o Airica Novelty. Radio Row. Tivoli Robert w50, This Is Africs.” Novelty. Bert Wheeler .nd ‘Woolsey in Sally Elers and Ralph Bell amy ln Radio_Ro Ralp! "&cond -Hand Wi Lee Tracy in “Clear All Laurel and vy comedy. Sally Ellers and h lllhmy in Comedies. _Cartoon. Jolson i “xfildmh," !‘:1 - Serlal. _Cartoon. Tee Tracy i “Clear All Wires Laurel and Hardy 14th & Park Rd. Buster Keaton and Jimmie Durante in York ante I “What. No Ga, Ave. & Quebec. Ruth Etting short. Buster Keaton S i ante George Arliss in “The Kin's Vaca- at. No Beer!” Ruth Ettine short. Bing Crosby short. "Carole Lombard in o More Orchids.” Harry Gribbon y. tot Bing Crosby short. comed: Joan !londell and Cheste: rris in “Blondie Johnson.” Souvenir_reel. Serial. Cartoon. Short subject. Washington's Players Museum,” will be seen together again in the leading roles of another thriller, “The Vampire Bat,” which will be the feature attraction at Loew's Columbia Theater starting on April 10. Atwill will be seen in the role of Dr. von Niemann, a physiclan and scientist, and Miss Wray as his laboratory assist- ant. Others in the cast include Dwight Frye, Robert Frazer, Harrison Grey, Maude Eburne. Melvyn Douglass, mta Carlisle, Willilam V. Mong, Stella Adams, Paul Weigel, Willlam Hum- phrey, Fern Emmett and Clrl Stockdale. Prank Strayer directed the production under the personal supervision of Phil Goldstone. 'Edward T. Lowe wrote the story and adaptation. 'AB CALLOWAY and his Cotton Club Orchestra will head the stage show which will be presented at Warner Bros." Earle Theater for the week commencing Friday. The screen attraction will be “Air Hostess,” a Columbia picture with Evalyn Knapp, James Murray and Thelma Todd. Other acts on the stage will be Zeldl Santley in “Little Miss Everybody,” Lee Sisters and Downey, novelty entertainers, and Maxine Doyle. AEDCHEN IN UNIFORM” will be the attraction for the week commencing Friday on the Metropolitan screen. “Maedchen in Uniform” has been the sensation of London, Paris, Berlin and New York, where it ran for months. Plaved and produced in its entirety by women and based on a | stage success written by a woman, it treats with a theme of utter charm nette Vallon. b A PERFECT UNDERSTANDING.” the latest Gloria Swanson film, will be the next attraction at Loe Palace Theater. This is a story of lnd delicacy. The picture, although in rman, is clearlyggnderstandable with title* in English. ~ The cast includes Mflrthu Thiele and Dorothea Wicok, both now on their way to Hollywood with contracts. Radio Musicale Coming. An‘m more than three months of | preparatory labor including the con- | struction of elaborate settings, the | | “Ingenue Duchess” Wanted. HOLL\'WOOD is seeking the aristo- cratic type for films. With the prevalent practice in New York of composing of new tunes and the re- |casting debutantes and young society cruiting of an all-star cast, “Maiden | matrons in theatrical ventures, the Cruise,” R-K-O Radio Pictures’ inva- |idea is extending to Hollywood. Search slon of the musical feature field with a | at the moment has delayed casting for novelty production is under way. “The Power and the Glory,” Preston Phil Harris, singer, has the leading | Sturges' original screen story which romantic role in a cast which includes | Jesse L. Lasky will produce for Fox Charlie Ruggles, Wera Engels, Helen | with Spencer Tracy and Colleen Mack, Chick Chandler, June Brewster. Moore. Shirley Chambers, Florence Roberts and Marjorie Gateson. Written by Mark Sandrich and Ben Holmes, the film is being directed by Sandrich, with LouLs Brock suptr\ixlng Dix in Alr Film. R-K-O RADIO PICTURES has com- bined two popular artists for an lvh!.kln adventure story, “Birds Prey,” scheduled for early production. Richard Dix will be starred and John Monk Saunders is to write the original story. Both men have been unusually | successful in ay ton stories. Dix scored a hit in “The Lost Squadron,” dealing with stunt fiyers who risk their lives for the movies, Saunders won the Academy award in 1931 for his “Dawn Patrol.” It is planned to produce “Birds of Prey” as soon as Dix completes his| forthcoming film, “Ad Man.” Willlam Goetz will be associate producer on both productions. New Pitts-Summerville Film. LASKA-BOUND,” co-starring Za Su Pitts and Slim Summerville, | will be one of the first pictures to go| before the cameras at Universal City, | ‘when there four or five weeks hence, Laemmle, jr, announced this week. Written by H. feature comedy Summerville Pitts have made for Universal t Get Married” and “Out All Night.” BANCING. E yton Penn Stus 1345 F N.W. truction in lern ball room dancing. smma Toutine. Bat. evening dance. PROF, AND MRS. AC] T C'lli a ?‘. A .i :I.n h L5 WL XS of | M. Walker and Earle | Snell, “Alaska Bound” will be the third 'Qd Miss is year, | The other two were “They Just Had to| W, Met. 3050 William K. Howard, who will direct the picture, has stated his qualifica- tions, that remain, as yet, unfilled. He wnnLq “an ingenue durhus with the | disdain of & uniformed butler, the | friendliness of a hoyden and the grace Iar a gazelle” | Dreiser Novel Filmed. ENNIE GERHARDT,” Theodore Dreiser's sensational novel, | which _will be filmed by Paramount, | witii Sylvia Sidney in the title role, | will start production on April 14, | "~ According to the terms of the con- tract. Dreiser, author of “An Ameri- can Tragedy.” which Paramount filmed last season with Miss Sidney, will leave the responsibility for adapting his | novel entirely in the hands of B. P, Schulberg, who will produce it. | H. B. Warner, Cora Sue Collins have been signed for | important supporting roles, while | Marion Gering, who recently completed | Vina Delmar's “Pick Up” with Miss | Sidney, will direct. Louise Carter and | ‘What Various Organizations Are Doing and Propose to Do. ST. THOMAS DRAMATIC CLUB. HE St. Thomas Dramatic Club is now rehearsing the comedy, “Naughty Betty Ann.” It is un- der the direction of Helen Evans O'Neill. The play is to be given at Wardman Park Theater on April 24 and 25. A matinee for children will be held on Sunday, April 24. The roles will be enacted by Marion Ryan As Betty Ann Stewart, Shannon Baker as Polly Stewart, Malvina Burtz will be played by Lucille Hartnett, Annabel Spriggins by Adrienne Doyle, Nancy Prescott by Sidney McCeney and Mrs. Forrest by Marita Houlihan. The male roles are played by James Shinn as Bob Mat- thewl, Harry Ryan as Charlie Lawrence, Pat Grigg_as Spud McCloskey, Clarke as Mickey McGuire and Frank Kirschoff as Cal Perkins. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL PLAY. Sm JAMES M. BARRIE'S four-act classic, “Quality Street,” will be pre- sented by the students of Central High School in the school auditorium on the evenings of Friday and Saturday at 8:15 o'clock. The cast of 50 or more is un- der the direction of Miss Clem I. Orr and Miss Florence Murray. Adele Whiteside and John Sikken will play Phoebe Throssel and Valen- tine Brown, respectively, leads in this year's “Quality Street.” Charles Colling- ‘wood will play Brown one night, Sikken the other. Other principal speaking parts are taken by Edna Mae Miller, Louise Ro- bey, Nancy Kengla, Letha Ramsay, Min- ette Sherman, Adele Brossard, Lorraine Leon, Cynthia Michaelson, Wallace | Whitcover, Herbert Landsman, Graham | Luckenbill, Margaret Meyers, William | Bell, Evelyn Wynne, Virginia Capps and Frank Mitchell. PIERCE HALL PLAYERS. N election of new members of the A council of the Pierce Hall Players will be held in Pierce Hall on Monday evening, April 10, at 8 o'clock. The re- tiring members are Mabel Van Dyke, Ina Hawes, Mrs. Oliver Irish, Sedgley Thornbury, Paul Alexander and Wil- liam G Eliot, 3d. Those remaining on the council include K. Hilding Beij, chairman: Marjorie Brockett and Fred- eric E. Staebner. Following the elec- tion and business meeting there will be presented a humorous sketch arranged by Edmund Evans and Marvin Downey. Robert Cushman will sing. COLUMBIA PLAYERS. T}E COLUMBIA PLAYERS are changing their plans for the re- mainder of the season and will produce two full-length plays instead of one. Plans for production of Shaw’s “Andro- cles and the Lion” have been aban- doned, although it will probably be part of next year’s program, Instead the players are now working on Frederick Lonsdale’s “Spring Clean- ing” for production in mid-April, and a play, “Midnight,” by Claire and Paul Sifton, for presentation at an invitation performance early in May. The latter was played here under the title “In the Meantime by the Theater Guild. BELASCO THEATRE Sunday ~ Eve., April 23, 8:15 Gala - NATIONAL SYWPHONY | CONCERT OF THE ¢ SON Thursday, Apr. 6 at 4:45 PM. CONSTITUTION HALL nons, Crsnr France: ‘Le Roust 4 Omonek: ‘flnm Baens; Tannhalser Overture, Wagner. ! | noars Setiun Geranerey 3 Sor Qeea 3! @A . OAPPELL. MANAGER roduction activity is resumzd Carl mmu.. Conductor Sym- Grand Opera Performance RIGOLETTO —_— With Serrano— Marchetto NINO MARTlNl the tenor possesses the most begutitul vulu since, Caruso. 4 ment Prese spect of the Golumbla Broadcasting Sysiem Tickets, $1.65, $2.20, $2.. Players from the Children’s Theater which will be presented at the National oup in & scene from “Little Women,” ter Saturday morning, April 8. Orris Holland is directing the first play; Steele Kennedy the second. DRAMA STUDY LEAGUE PLAY. DRAMA woven about the death and resurrection of Christ will be pre- sented at Wardman Park Theater Mon- day and Tuesday nights at 8 o’clock by the Drama Study League of Washing- ton. ‘The drama is called “On the Third Day,” and the events take place in the home of Lazarus three days after the crucifixion. The chief roles will be enacted by Agnes Walter as Mary, Grace Sprucebank as Martha, Robert Trebor as Lazarus, Maurice Jarvis as Joseph of Arimathea, Miss Leveredge as Rhoda, Ramona Raley as Sapphira, John Don- | nelly as Cornelius, a disciple; Joseph Day as Reuben, Duke O'Reilly as Na- thaniel, a physician; Jean Gill as Mir- jam, Ethan’s playmate, and Robert Heath as Ethan. The drama is under the direction of Arthur Bradley White, assisted by Joseph O’Connell as stage manager and Harold Snyder as lighting director. Tickets for both presentations are on sale_at Wardm Park Theater. The DESTINATION MIRACLE m‘ruaill, 2 ! CREW 1L THIRST CRAZED MEN - SNARLING FIGHTING BRUTES...AND "M LONE WOMAN AY THE TODAY ! MERCY OF THEM AL Orchestra, S5c: Messawine. 35¢ Chicago Monday performance is a benefit for Court 212 of the Catholic Daughters of America, and the Tuesday performance for the benefit of the Catholic church at Gaithersburg. EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL PLAY. ASTERN HIGH SCHOOL will pre- sent as its Spring play a three-act farce, “Tons of Money,” by Will Evans and Valentine, Friday and Saturday, in the school auditorilum at 8 p.m. Jean Tolson and Eleanor Bergling- will alternate as the young wife who has “bright ideas.” Frank Waikart and PFrank Innocent! alternate as Aubrey | Allington, the husband. “Tons of Money” has been produced in England, where it had a run of 733 performances. Miss Louise M. Moore is chairman og t}l;l! Faculty Committee in charge of the U ’r‘é‘u'uoifiv 50 ZilbsTen MORRIS GENEVIEVE TOBIN OBRIEN SMOKE LIGHTNING “Lilly Turner” Completed. ILLY TURNER,” Ruth Chatter- ton's latest First National starring picture, has been completed at the com- pany’s Burbank studios. Miss Chatter- ton appears in the title role of the story, which was based on the Phillp Dunning-George Abbott play with Dor- othy Hall. The others in the cast are George Brent, the star’s husband, Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee, Ruth Donnelly, Gordon _ Westcott, Marjorie Gateson, Robert Barrat, Arthur Vinton, Grant Mitchell, Irving Bacon, don, Mayo Methot, Mae Busch and Ethel Wnles Gene Markey and Kath- ryn Scola made the screen adaptation of the original play and William A. Wellman directed. German Film Today. “Dm FORSTERCHRIS' (“The Forester's Daughter), a German sound picture, will be shown at Plerce Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard mfi. under the auspices of All Unitarian Church, today. This ll a Viennese operetta with melodies from the music of Mozart, sung by Irene Eisinger and a cast of all star German players. Because of the interest fin foreign language productions already shown and because this film not been previously seen in Washington there will be a special presentation at 3:15 pm. and again in the evening at 7:30 o'clock. GAYETY -BURLESK IRVING SELIG LADYS MeCORMICK DEVINE W and JOAN LEE 0 NATIONAL—"“When Ladies Meet.” ‘ NE of the most successful com- edies produced on Broadway this season will open at the National tomorrow night. This | is the John Golden success, “When Ladles Meet,” one of the most popular of Rachel Crothers’ plays, which is being brought here under the | auspices of the American Theater So- clety. This play opene¥ in New York last September and played there for seven months at the Royal Theater. The | same cast which helped to make this | comedy one of the outstanding com- edy hits of the season will be seen dur- ing the Washington engagement. The company is headed by such well known players as Prieda Inescort, Walter Abell, Spring Byington, Selena Royle and Herbert Rawlinson. The play was staged by Miss Crothers. GAYETY—"Beer Brew Girls.” ‘*REER BREW GIRLS” burlesque company is billed to appear all of this week at the Gayety Theater, start- ing with a matinee today. Among the leads with the incoming show are| Sammy Spear and Irving Selig. It will | be the first appearance of Spear and Selig together. Others of prominence are Mildred Adair, prima dona; Murra: clnr-cter actor; Joan Lee Harry Cornell, juvenile; Gladys McCor- mack, ingenue; Lou DeVine, Dutch comic; Gertie Foreman, Margie Lee and Ray, Really and Roy, “hoofers” extraor- dinary, Matinees will be given daily. PALACE—“Gabriel Over thé White Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, is This picture was adapted from a story of Washington political life by an anonymous author. Headed by Walter Huston as the President who overnight is transformed from an insincere, back-slapping poli- tician to a man of iron, the cast in- cludes Karen Morley, last seen opposite Wallace Beery the Broad- way stage star, Franchot 'hme Arthur , Dickie Moore, C. Henry Gordon, David’ Landau, Samuel Hinds, William Pawley, Jean Parker and Claire Dubréy. Carey Wi adapted the anonymous novel to the screen with additional dia- logue by Bertram Bloch and a musi- cal score by D. William Axt. The pic: ture was directed by Gregory La Cava. LOEW'S FOX—"“Men Must Fight.” LOEWS FOX THEATER is offering this week the Metro-Goldwin-Mayer | drama, “Men Must Fight,” with Lewis Stone, Diana Wynyard and Phillips Screen attraction. The stage presenta- tion is being headed by that comedy star of Earl Carroll's recent “Vanities,” Milton Berle. ‘What will America be like in 19402 That is the question asked and an- swered in this Froduchon, “Men Must Fight.” The film covers developments in America from the end of the last ‘World War to the period of 1940 in an effort to picturize what the next war will be like. The picture is based on the play by Reginald Lawrence and S. K. Lauren. Others on the stage this week are the Italian comedian, Harry Burns, in a new skit, “Pardon Me,” with Helen Lockwood; Ottilie Corday and Tony De Lucs; Owen McGivney, the quick-change master of characters; and Bryant, Rains and Young, “Dancers Decidedly Different,” with Jack Parkhurst and Dera Vernon. Phil Lampkin is conduct- 1n¢ the Loew’s Fox Concert Orchestra. 'OLUMBIA—“Infernal Machine.” TBx Fox Films production “Infernal Machine,” with Chester Morris and Genevieve Tobin in the starring roles, opens tomorrow at Loew’s columhh Theater. Marcel Varnel directed thi Elizabeth Patterson, James Bell Edward Hohl in the supporting cast. ‘The story concerns the reactions of message from Scotland Yard is received that some one is presumed to have planted an infernal machine aboard the ship and all are in imminent peril of being blown to perdition. Zane Grey's “Smoke Lightning,” with George O'Brien in the leading role, is the Columbia. RIALTO—“Destination Unknown.” D!ATB-DRA!JNG intrigue on a drift- | ing rum ship that has just passed throug] ltromcll.stom is the dra: matic d known,” fll&ylng at the Rialto Thuter. a strange, uncanny film of realistic a picture that matches 12 inst one woman under the an equatorial sky, with the water running low and the elemental natures of the virtually trapped group coming to the surface in flery gusts. Tay Garnett has directed the film from an original story by Tom Buc the rting cut The Eighth Wonder of the World! Original N. Y. Adult Cast ImIN'II 0’ THE CLIFFORD BROOKE A e By EDOUARD u.m. w-q..uw;’wu"'fl'g X PRICES m Joun GOLDEN Cresents. WHEN LADIES MEET FIFTH PLAY OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE ~ SOCIETY SUBSCRIPTION. § Gomedy Hit by RACHEL CROTHERS After 7 capacity months at eatre i New York- Original Cast lntaaf/ 3 MATINEES WEDNESDAY +FRIDAY & SATURDAY ® EVENINGS... 55¢ TO $2.20 @ MATS. . WED,FRI. § SAT..55¢ T04165 WEEK BEG. EASTER MON,, APR. 17 MR. LEE SHUBERT Presents (Bixth Play of the American Theater Soclety’s Season) the Royal wOoO0D ™ THE FIRST AMERICAN PRESENTAT! “BEST SEL With IAN KEITH and"GEORGE COULOURIS BOURDET. Auther of “THE -u-nl -'2 l- retura of FROM THREE OMITANDB“] H-A" SON | TRUEX LER” CAPTIVE.” Adapted DOROTHY (Mrs, Armeld lfllfil) » HOUSE,” the new Cosmopolitan- | now playing at Loew's Palace Theater. | Holmes in the leading roles, as its|,, screen version of Carl Sloboda with Victor Jory, the new "r% passengers on & boat when a wireless | — includes Alan Hale, Tom Brown, Wil- lard Robertson, Rollo Lloyd, Russell Hopton, Stanley Fields and Noel Madi- son. The Rialto completes its current program with the new Universal News, | with Graham McNamee as the ulkin‘ reporter and selected shorter subjects. R-K-O0 KEITH'S—“King Kong.” TO have something on which you have worked for almost two years prove nn outstanding success is indeed grati- | fying. That is what has come to Mer- ‘hn C. Cooper, now producing head of R-K-O Radio Pictures. It was just & little over two ycars ago that Mr. |Cooper had an idea—that idea was worked on with the late Edgar Wal- |lace in the framing of the story, and then with Ernest D. Schoesdack ‘in the actual production of the picture, That Is “King Kong,” which is now wzil into its second week at R-K-O Keith's. The story of “King Kong” takes & motion picture party to an uncharted island where the natives have erected a mighty barricade to ki a 50-foot | ape from destroying their village. Each | year these natives sacrifice their most | beautiful maiden to Kong. With the | arrival of the motion picture party, in- cluding a beautiful white girl (Fay | Wray), to make a picture, the natives y|steal the girl and place her on the Jlaltar to Rong. Then the excitem<zt commences. On Priday R-K-O Keith's will ter- minate the run of “King Kong,” bring- ing in the new Katharine Hepburn production, “Christopher Strong.” EARLE—“Girl Missing.” ORTON DOWNEY. headlines the Earle Theater program this week, which has among its other offerings Warner Bros.' comedy, “Girl Missing, featuring Mary Brian, Glenda Farrell, Ben Lycn and Lyle Talbot. Pa'm Beach, the playground of wealth and beauty, and the hunting ground for cpportunists of both sexes, is the locale of the film, and the central figure is a quick-witted golddigger whose nim- ble mind and hunches solve a love mys= tery that has baffled experts. The stage show is headed, by Morton Downey, one of radio’s greatest singers, who presents a_program of song hits of 1933. The Rimacs, Cuba’s newest sensations, with the Havana Rumba Orchestra featuring Ciro Rosary and Charley Boy Rimac, are also seen on the stage. Others are Jack Pettet and Buddy Douglas, “Two Gobs on Leave”; Georges Campo, international panto- mimist and mimic, and Maxine Doyle. | Completing the program is a selection of short-reel subjects, which include the Graham McNamee newsreel and the Earle Orchestra prelude. ‘METBOPOLITAV—"The Sign of the Cross.” SIGN OF THE CROSS,” Ceeil B. DeMille’s spectacle, which has been playing to large audiences at ‘Warner Bros. Metropolitan , will continue its current run through Thurs- day night. The film is & le of pagan Rome, reaching its fullest sion in a Roman holiday at the Maximus, where the gladiatorial contests and all the brutal games that ‘delighted Nero serve as a prelude to the sacrifice of the Christians to the lions. The cast is led by Frederic March, Elissa Landi, Charles Laughton and Claudette Colbert, and consists of Vivian Tobin, Ian Keith, Nat Pendleton, Willlam V. Nong, Tommy Conlon and scores others. 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