Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1933, Page 6

" A6 2% AMUSEMENTS. From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. g By E. de S. MELCHER— ‘ Ann Harding and Arliss To Return to Stage Next Year ET down as the year’s most maltreated screen lady—Ann Harding. Miss Harding,blond, straight, stif and unemo- tional, has been one of the most popular celluloid heroines. A bright smile, a nice head, a way of making you believe that her eyes are very blue and her skin very white, he reached talkie” heights long before the Mae West-and- bustle-days. Miss Harding has, however,, been given a raw deal during the past year. She as miscast in “Animal King- dom.” She was completely snowed under in other films. She has, _in other words, suffered the fate of many noted stage ladies whose fame' came potently once or twice and then was tossed about by Hollywood so that her art became unrecognizable. Miss Harding is not alone in her BOITOW Other players: who have slid down the banisters of fame this year include George Arliss, Tallulah Bankhead (on the screen only) and Gloria Swanson. Miss Swanson took such a nose dive in last week’s “Perfect Understanding.” that she is said to be ready. for any company that will have her—and might even don one of those “Mack Sennett jumpers which she wore in the post gay 90s, if only the great Mr. Sennett would ask her. Therefore—at least we presume that it is therefore—Miss Harding, fresh from Bernard Shaw tears, will flee Hollywood, and in September will return to Broadway, where it is said she will take up her stand as an actress-manager. Mr. Arliss, sly, smooth, the per- fect screen diplomat and idol of middle-aged ladles, will also give up his Hollywood carryings-on. Re- alizing, perhaps, that all has not been well with him in his recent ‘Warner Brothers cinemas, he will see what the great White Way has in store for him after a shambling Summer of vacation in England. It would not be fair to say that the public has tired of Mr. Arliss. One of the world’s most persuasive actors, his admirers are legion and his methods known to drama stu- d to0 be beyond reproach. Never- theless, his gentle refined capabili- ties have been tried to the utmost during the past season. He has played wisely and well. He has all those things which he d have done—and—a good v things which he shouldn't have done—the latter, however, not being his fault N Miss Harding nor Mr. Arliss is the type who would weather well Hollywood's blisterings. They are too well mannered to stand the hurly- burly of cinema gyrations. Given one or two good stories, they were then left to browse around in rub- bish which didn't agree with their silken antics—and they wilted and wilted and were then furiously jllted by the fates who arrange such things. They are not, however, to be grieved over too much. They have had their fling. They have, as a matter of fact, given the screen some of its few real lady-and-gentleman moments. They have been courteous and deft, and sentimental and sad, and they have done things magnifi- cently. which others couldn't have done at all. The announcement this morning that they will return to the stage should not, therefore. be the cause for sorrow. They are as splendid “in the flesh,” probably more so, than they. ever were as their cellu- loid doubles. And, too, as soon as they have done their stage turn Hollywood will probably have found something suitable for them once more. At present, however, they do well to eschew the camera. This -ma- chine has not dene well. by .our Nell. Ann Harding. * ok % x This morning the National Theater was in'a turnioil. Downstairs, the “pit” was preparing for the gala opening tonight ot the Peggy Wood- Ernest Truex play, “Best Sellers,” and upstairs, without the gates of Manager Cochran’s office, the Na- tional Players (who arrived in town yesterday) were rehearsing for next week's “Riddle M» This.” A re- porter who ran in on these proceed- ings and - interviewed the players was rewarded with the following words: Leona Powers said, “I am delighted to be back in Washington again”; Ona Munson said, “I'm glad to be back in Washington”; Kathryn Givney said, “I am happy to be back in Washingion”; Donald Wood said, “It's grand to be back in Washing- ton”. Romaine Callender said, “Three cheers for Washington”; Forrest Orr said ditto. Freddie Sherman said nothing. Others said other complimentary things. Also observed at the first rehearsal was the fact that Miss Munson has scat- tered a few pounds to the winds since she was last here. A nice troupe, gay, eager and full of spirits, they are preparing for a stiff sea- son—and & bright one we hope—and s0 do they. x x % * President's day will be celebrated here by the “Lambs’ Gambol"—that annual theatric event, which Man- hattan eulogizes each season. This is the first time that the Lambs have traveled outside of New York for 25 years. They have, however, decided to throw tradition out of the win- dow. and will appear here on Sunday evening, April 30, at the National Theattr. Two hundred Lambs will be in the party. The show (to be given at the New Amsterdam Thea- ter in New York next Sunday night) is being put together by Frank Crumit. Clifford Brooke Academy Where and When Pictures at Local Theaters and Time of Showing National—"Best Sellers,” at 8:20 p.m. | Gayety — “Sugar Babies,” burlesque, | at 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. % Rialto—"Bé Mine Tonight” at 11 3‘\ am., 1:50, 7, 5:44, 7:42 and 9:40 pm. | Columbia—"Humanity,” at 11:10 | am., 12:55, 2:45, 4:30, 6:20, 8:10 and | 9:55 p.m. Palace—"The White Sister,” at 10:35 | 8.m, 12:50, 3, 5:10, 7:26 and 9:35 pm. Metropolitan—"Oliver Twist,” at 11:30 am, 1:10, 2:55, 4:35, 6:20, 8 and 9:45 pm. R-K-O Keith's—"“Sweepings.” at 11 am, 1:07, 3:14, 5:21, 7:28 and 9:35 pm. i Earle—"Ex-Lady,” at 10:35 am., 12:50, 3:15, 5:30, 7:55 and 10:20 p.m.| Stage shows at 11:50, 2:10, 4:30, 7 and 9:20 pm. Loéw's Fox—"“Looking Forward, 10:30 a.m.. 1:20, 4:10, 7:15 and 10: P Stage shows at 12:10, 3, 6:05 and 8:55 pm. Tiveli—"“Rasputin and the Empress,” at 2:15, 5, 6:55 and 9:15 pm. | dent of the Motion Picture Producers | at | Central—"Rasputin,” from 11 a.m. to 11 pm. Ambassador—“Ex-Lady,” ot 6:30, - 156 pan, puplls will serve as program dis- pensers at this performance. PEER This week's excitements in and out of local, Manhattan and Holly- wood theaters include: The en- trance cf Dorothea (“Maedchen in Uniform™) Wieck to this country's cinema territory—it is to be hoped that Prau Wieck will be spared the sorrow-and-seagull dramas which Miss Bankhead was cursed with; the Loew's Fox Cadet Band playing for the girls and boys and the eggs within the White House regions; two of the better Brooke students | getting their first break with the National Theater Players in “Riddle Me This"—they are Theodore Ten- ley and John Sikken; Joan Craw- ford, Gary Cooper and TFranchot ‘Tone doing fine work in “Today We Live,” and the good news about for- elgn productions to be shown at the Hippodrome, starting Thursday | night. We advise you to see this week's “Be Mine Tonight” at the Rialto— for its music and its pleasantly dif- ferent way of expressing itself; “The White Sister,” because, swhile it is enother “Farewell to Arms” Helen Hayes is in it—and she could be in 20 “Farewell to Arms” and you would still get a kick and a cry out of it; “Locking Forward"—a slow-paced but effective bit of hurray-for-the- future propaganda, done superbly by Lewis Stone and Lionel Barrymore; Isham Jones' music at Loew's Fox, because it is presented in an orderly and un-rah-rah manner; and Charles C:llins' and_ Dorothy Store's dancing at the Earle—Mr. Collins being the winner. We mourn some of Al Traham's humor at Loew's Fox. A Fashion Note GINGER ROGERS, First National star, goes the fashion- makers one better and shows an “ad- vanced” advance Spring costume. She wears the outfit in her newest picture. SCREEN INDUSTRY | TO GET NEW DEAL! By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, April 17.—The mo- tion picture industry s to get & “new eal.” For the first time in its history, pres- idents of all the major companies sat at one table here for nearly a week. Plans worked out by them for econo- mies promise much, Will Hays, presi- | and Distributors of America, declares. “Free and frank discussions unal- terably established the fact that the good of one factor in the industry was the good for all; that none can afford. in his own interest, to endanger the opposition of others,” he said. The co-operative plans include: Interchange among studios of story | material, standing sets, interior and | exterior sets and props; also of stock shots and sound efTects Authorization of casting directors to encourage interchange of directors, | stars and other screen players Instruction of counsel to study the possibility of exchange between studios of process patents owned and developed | by the various producing companies, | with the formation of & process pat- ents pool considered. Formation of an artists’ service bu- reau, a central clearing house for ail motion picture actors, directors and writers. “The matter of salaries,” said a statement issued at the close of the conference yesterday, ‘requires indi- vidual adjustment, with each studio acting on its own problems. There can be no standard formula for meas- uring the value of unique ability or exceptional services rendered by many artists of the screen. | Weekly meetings will be held, it was announced, by production managers of the various studios to canvass their mutual requirements. A phase not discussed in statements | issuing from the conferences was a move to cleanse screen productions. Hays gave a considerable part of his opening addréss to the subject. Dis- cussions which followed called atten- tion to a tendency to purchase story material which must be radically adapted before it can be used, ma- terial capitalizing on title with a sen- cationally sexy implication. s & LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC. The orchestral concert held each Spring in the Hall of the Americas at the Pan-American Union in Washing- tion, will take place this year on the evening of April 26. The United Serv- ige Orchestra will present 12 selections by Latin American composers which ' have not previously been playea in the United States. This unique organiza- tion of 110 musicians selected from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps orches- tras, under the joint leadership of the conductors of the three service organi- zations, was created to play -exclusively music by composers from the Southern republics. The outstanding composenl appreciating the high honor paid them | by the conductors of the United States Service Orchestra, have accepted the invitation to have the first rendition of their works take place in the Capital of the United States. [ Lionel Barrymore ] ) "SWE?IIIGS" | telle Novak as the outstanding femi- {sings in a pleasing manner. | making the picture THE EVENING STAR., WAS Play Woodin Music Lieut Charles Benter, leader W positions, to have been played by the band next Friday evening, has been post- poned on account of the death of Secretary Woodin's mother. The original program will be - sented at the Band Auditorium, Navy Yard, Tuesday evening, April 25. The numbers have been se- lected for the program to show the versatility of the composer, his latest work, the symgxnomc suite, “Covered Wagon ys.” having been arranged for concert l‘:{-ng George Drumm New ‘ork. COMEDY, SONGS AND DANCES AT GAYETY| | Three comics and Tiny Huff and Es- | nine leads make “Sugar Babies,” play- ing at the Gayety this week, an inter- esting_ show. Heading the comedy are Joe Freed, Jim Coughlin and Lew | White. These boys yroduce some amus- | ing scenes, particularly Freed and Coughlin, while White comes in for & good share of applause when he offers several numbers on a makeshift violin | Freed takes the major share of the comedy in the cafe bit.- Flovd Hallisey and Eddle Akin handle the straight | work admirably, and Bobby Whalen, | the juvenile, does the vocalizing between | the “comedy acts. | Tiny Huff, the little blonde dancer, | pleases her audience with her special- ties. In direct contrast to Miss Huff is Estelle Novax, a tall brunette, who! Connie | Fanslau, with good musical scores, | makes a decided impression, and Flor- ence Naomi, the prima donna, does| well in the “web of love ballet.” Worth, | Bryant and Worth offer several tap dancing numbers that are well received. R. B. MOVIE STREET BATTLE BECOMES REAL FIGHT 1,500 Extras and Jobless Actors Attack Set Used in Filming “Les Miserables.” By the Associated Press. BIOT, France, April 17.—A moving picture set at this Riviera village was under guard today after some 1,500 clashing extras and unemployed actors | turned a staged street battle into a real one. Four participants were taken to a hospital and a score more were slightly hurt | While 1,200 amateur extras were en- acting the street battle yesterday for a film production of Victor Hugo's “Les Miserables,” some 300 jobless profes- sionals tried to tear down the set, which represented the old quarters of | Paris. ‘The directors of the Jrench company ordered former | Russian troopers, who were acting in | the movie as mounted police, to drive | off *he mwder | The melee Ysed an hour and finally | was quelled- by gendarmes and police rushed from the nearby towns of Nice, | Cannes and Antibes. | SPRING DANCE RECITAL. Miss Hawke will present a children’s | Bpring dance recital, introducing the | playlet, “Pandora,” at Wardman Park | Theater Friday evening, April 21, at 8:15 o'clock, and a special matinee ror‘ children Saturday afternoon, April 22. at 2:15 o'clock. A series of group and | j ensemble dances will be given in color- | ful costumes and lighting effects. cast will include Betty Bliss, Doris Rook, Nancy Knox, Jane Carl, Carola Manning, Shirley Trower, Carl Strong | Hellman, Peggy Thornton, Betty Harts Francis Crouch, Anjanette Crosby, Har- | riet Folger Hulfish, Rose Strong Hell- | man, Jane Poore, Jane Pennington Hul- | fish, Nancy Warner, Louise Carl, Jane | Malone, Esther Dick, Valarie Regardie, | Charles Strong Hellman, Doris Crouch, Mary Lou Howard. Tickets are selling | at Miss Hawke's residence, 1731 Q| street. and at the social bureau at ‘Wardman Park Hotel and box office on the days of performances. “The | HINGTON, D. C. MONDA} SCREEN ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAWCETT. BERT WHEELER AFTER 8 YEARS OF STARDOM, PLAVED HER FIRST MOTHER ROLE IN S CALL HER SAVAGE.’ No, ! 1w PREsicane) o :ROGERT WOOLSRY HAVE INCORPORATED THEMSELVES AS TME BOBERQT CORPORATION * TO PREVENT TEMI AGAN ITAL QUARRELS FROM SPLITTING THEIR COMEDY TEAM. Opens the Season Under the direction of CHf- ford Brooke the National Theater Players will inaugurate their ninth annual season next Mon- @ n"mqm' will be the pla; John Golden New York comedi; mystery, “Riddle Me This.” this play & new turn is given to the usual mystery story by allow- ing the audience “in on it” at the start and having the cen- tral character in the play not only riddle the cast but, in the end, riddle the audience for the real solution. As in all mystery plays, the answer cannot be given in_advance. what has In their opening of been termed h&u National's Little Season” the entire cast that made up last year’s com- pany will try to “Riddle Me This.” Leona Powers, Donald Woods, Kathryn Givney, Ro- maine_ Callender, Adelaide Hib- bard, Burke Clarke, Forrest Orr, Karl Nielsen and Frank Peck will be called on to take their welcome home bows. Unusual Music And Dancing In Local Concert ‘The Lester Shafer-Marian Chace dance concert to be given by the Com- munity Center Department at Central High School Auditorium next Wednes- day, April 19, at 8:45 o'clock will be divided in two parts, the first being composed of a series of unusual music | visualizations offered as solos, duos and Ramon Novarro should be quite popular with the feminine contingent of ens-mbles. Hollywood. The lighting system of his home dining room has been devised so | ‘The second part will be composed en- that the light is flattering to every woman guest, regardless of her coloring | tirely of the ballet “Paderborn.” a mod- and the gown she is wearing. Adjustment of rheostatic controls makes it possible | ern treatment of a medieval theme, to dim or brighten hidden lights to bring out the shades and tints of the gowns. f based on witcheraft in Northern Ger- Adrienne Ames has introduced a novelty that will enable the modern girl | many in the Middle Ages, in which the to prove more than ever her ability fo take care of herself. It is a swagger stick | entire group of 30 dancers of Washing- which consists of a leather grip to clasp securely about the wrist and a hickory | ton will take i vinsk | part. Music by Stravinsky handle at the end of which is a steel blade protected by a leather sheath. With | wi 16 Ak nne | (ealeatle 4o (Cove wILh Sny meriine y will form the background for this ballet, Clark Gable's philosophy: Denham. Marie Dressler's philosophy: friendship never.”—Colton. and rivals.™ | to which will be added a unique series mbition is like love, impatient both of delays | of dium rhythms as accompaniment for the second episode, which depicts the “Friendship often ends in love, but love in | ritualistic ceremonies of the witches on | the “Witches’ Sabbath.” For the final | Janet Gaynor's philosophy: “He who has never forgiven an enemy has never | episod F ” Wl yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life."—Lavater, Y o e s e Giggling girls will find encouragement in the case of Merle Tottenham, W plays in “Cavalcade.” In the London stage version of the film Merle's giggle made such a hit that she was especially imported to Hollywood for the picturization, and Noel Coward, the author, purposely enlarged her part, that of the simper- ing maid, so she could giggle more. Now her screen future is assured. Anthony Jowitt is Anthony JOW-it. Music and Musicians Easter Concert Given by Members of National Symphony. A NOTHER of the many ad: vantages a chestra gives to a community was demonstrated yesterday symphony o vhen about 25 members of the National Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Hans Kindler conducting, gave utiful estramusic given in the auditorium of the United States Chamber of Cormerce Building (an ideal place for chamber music). and presented under the aus- pices cf Eliza- beth Sprague Coclidge, who has done so much to en- courage the music and mu- siclans of this country. The concert was given free of charge as the Easter festivities concert of chamber- ‘The concert was Dr. Hans Kindler. rchestra’s part in the in the National Capital and in spite of the inclement weather the auditorium was filled. The well balanced and well a ranged program begen with Vival- di's “Adagio,” “Suite in B Minor” The orchestra played with strings. followed by Bach's for flute and the precision, good tone and artistic shading_characteristic_of the Na- tional Symphony Orchestra _under the baton of Dr. Kindler. The pi- anissimo passages were frequently A Wong Family Reunion Jing Wong (center) of the Wong family of cinema players, returned to Hollywocd a few days ago after eight months with a company on location in the Arctic. May Wong. SHE MOCKED AT HI$ CAREER. ..SCORNED HIS AMBITION. .LURED HIM WITH DECEIVING LIPS..0 UMANIT RALPH MORGAN BOOTS MALLORY IRENE WARE ALEXANDER KIRKLAND At the left is brother, Richard Wong, and at right is sister, Anna | —A. P. Photo. like whispers, and the crescendos well developed to almost crashing climaxes wnich were, nevertheless, not too great for the size of the hall. The suite was particularly well done, the flutist of the orches- tra taking the solo part. At the close of the number Dr. Kindler mo- tioned to the player to rise and ac- knowledge the applause as he did for each of thos: who played solo parts. The program was built from the days of Vivaldi (1685-1743), through Glutk, Schubert, Wagner, up to the present time of Respighi, whose “Trittico_Botticelliano” dedicated to Mrs. E. 8. Coolidge, closed the pro- gram. Carelli's “Pastorale” was al its name implies, in the hands of these musicians under the direction of Dr. Kindler, and Gluck's “Mu- sette” which immediately followed, was one of the daintiest bits of work on the program. This group closed with Schubert’s dashing and colorful “Deutsche Taenze.” Wagner's “Sieg- fried-Idyli” gave opportunity for more dramatic effects in the develop- ment of the theme and its rich orchestration. The Respighi number was in three the English titles being The Adoration of the Mag1” and “The Birth of Venus.” The music is of the modern school *though not so extreme as to be offensive to those not attuned to the modern forms. It is descriptive, and as it was given yesterday, beau- tiful throughout ‘The enthusiasm at the close of the program was so spontaneous that Dr. Kindler was recalled several times and then announced that as he had had so many requests for the “Bumble Bee,” which has been one of the favorite short numbers played by the orchestra, they would play it as an encore. It was ex- quisitely dainty and was followed by another request number and then Dr. Kindler spoke of the orchestra’s concerts for next season. K. B. Church Choir Gives Haydn's “Passion” Music. 'HE choir of the National Uni- versalist Church, under the able direction of Dr. Albert W. Harned, distinguished itself on Good Priday evening by its excellent rendition of Haydn's “Passion” music. Soloists and chorus rose admirably to every exacting demand of the organist-director. The careful fin- ish of light and shade given each phrase, combined with a constant flexible vitality, resuited in electri- fying effects. The climax was in- spiring. Admirable taste was demonstrated in the unusually difficult organ ac- companiment. Dr. Harned has succeeded in com- municating to his singers much of his own enthusiasm for the music and the greater cause which the music subserves, The attitude of the assembled throng gave evidence of a great tribute to this music and fostered the hope that the future may hold more such programs. J.C. —_— ERNEST TORRENCE ILL Film Actor Forced to Delay Sail- ing Because of Rheumatism. NEW YORK, April 17 (#)—Suffer- ing from muscular rheumatism in his back, Ernest Torrence, the motion pic- ture actor, left the liner Empress of Britain two hours before sailing time yesterday to enter a hospital. ’ Dr. Walter I. Galland, his physician, said Torrence’s fllness was not serious, however, and that he and Mrs. Tor- rence probably would resume their trip to Europe within a few days. The Tor- rences came here from California on 'a‘l“-’ o ¥ onemier | LIONEL’ | place in the cathedral, the pipe organ ho | will be used as accompaniment and will be played by Victor Neal of this city. Costumes and stage sets for the en- tire concert are being designed and ex- ecuted by Lester Shafer. Harcld Snyder will assist with the lighting effects. ‘ A New Star KATHERINE HEPBURN, The newest star of the cinema firma- ment. The frock, by the way. is really not a frock at all. but a coat—white, with tight cuffs and a long, long row of silver dollar-size buttons. et s PRESENT “FOUR WALLS.” : The closing production of the current season of th: Dramatic Society of the Jewish Community Center will be held Wednesday evening, April 19, at 8:15 o'clock, when the former Bioadway stage success, “Four Walls.” will be presented. It was in this piay that Paul Muni made his first English-speaking | success. | ‘The society has jlist completed one of the most active programs in its history. In addition to competing in the Com- munity Center Drama Guild Tourna- ment, it has produced more than 15 one-act plays during the year. The production Wednesday night is the an- nual major play which closes the sea- son, and the choice is in conformity with a precedent set a number of years ago to stage an annual un | each year. It was th> same g | brought to Weshing'on the the “Golem,” “The Ha I Were You” and a nu Peaductions. The cact is under the direction of Miss Hanah Stolar. » BEST SELLERS By EDOUARD POURDET with ian Keith and George Couiourls N Next Week, Beg. Mon., Seats N Now—National Theater Players | Offer JOHN GOLDEN'S N, Y. Mystery Comedy Success ‘RIDDLE ME THIS' Nights, B3¢ to $1.10. W Mats., all seats (Prices A NEW FORM OF MOTION PICTURE ENTERTAINMENT! AEMMLE “Delightful entertainment, par- ticularly for music lovers ap international sitcess.” ELEANORE WILSON oheu. _ B of the serious consi Worthy o devotees of screen e FiLsoN BBELL Pt 25¢ -l AMUSEMENTS. Out W here the Movies Hollywood Notes and Cinema Persondliies, ‘ By Mollie Merrick Special Dispatch to The Star. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 17 (N.A. N.A).—George Arliss, always & stickler for fidelity to detail, has given Warner Bros. many & headache during the preparation of “Voltaire™ The story, which must be reproduced in the extravagant manner of the time of Louis XV, calls for a reconstruction of one wing and an inner court of the Palace of Versallles. Easy enough to get pictures of the Versailles of today. alr. This is quite in accord with War- ner Brothers' program. They make pictures at a furious pace throughout the year and then shut down each 12 months for a three months’ period dur- ing which time there is not a single camera turning on the lot. The Warn- ers go off to Europe to recover from a strenuous nine months. The small em- ployes go into a period of borrow and privation; the larger employes get a Wwell-earned rest and the return to work is heralded joyously by all classes, each for a different reason, as you can see If this general shutdown occurs, it But to find accurate records of the Ver-| will leave ‘the Warner Brothers witl sallles of 1765 is another thing. dozen times the studio staff found what they thought was ideal, and as many times the inscrutable Arliss turned it down as “absolutely incorrect.” Th> studio staff retired with their sentiments amounting pretty much to, “If you're so smart,” find it yourself”—perhaps not publicly expressed. Arliss found what he wanted eventu- ally. theatrical performance before the King and his court played upon an upper level of an inner terrace against the facade of the palace proper as it looked 160 years ago. “Voltaire” has proved the atmosphere players' paradise in these trying days. | Five hundred supernumeraries went to work a few days ago in those palace scenes. And if you could see their happy faces! Another picture, “The Power and the Glory,” is giving a chance to hundreds of pathetic souls who live like prairfe | dogs on the vast flat stretches of land | near the railroad yards in Los Angeles. The $3-a-day wage these men earned for working from early morning until late at night was such a godsend that the air was rent with their cheers when they were paid. “It was one of the most pathetic sights I've ever seen,” said Spencer Tracy, who told me about it. “It made a fellow ashamed to go home in a com- fortable car to a comfortable home and good food. I drove some of those poor guys to the hovels the company allows | A quaint old etching showed a most of the pictures for exhibitors during the coming months. They have 19 ready to go. Therefore other stu- dios—notably 'M-G-M _are against ihis procedure since they have not oot sufficlent products ready to carry them through an enforced vacation. Salary cuts are being returned right and left. Sam Goldwyn and United Artists will pay back all the voluntary cuts taken by employes during the past | five weeks. Radio will pay back as |of April 6 and M-G-M as of next Monday. This leaves Warners, who are distributing over some items—Fox and Paramount, whose reports have not come in from the East Coast—Co- lumbia, which has announced restora- tion of full pay some time since—and some smaller studios to be adjusted. Work has been dilatory under this regime, it is said by producers, with creafive artists giving but a sluggish portion of the vim they put into efforts in_pre-cut times. ‘There is no doubt, however, that sal- ary slashes on new arrangements will prevail and that contracts will only be drawn with a smail group of big box-office stars. “Today We Live"” is the name M-G-M has given Willlsm Faulkner’s war story, “Men Must Fight,” which has Joan Crawford and Gary Cooper, Pran- chot Tone and Robert Young, all in its | cast, ‘with Roscoe Karns and Louise | Closser Hale carrying the humor. Magnificent air and water sequences will make the picture popular, since them to live in free of rent until things some of this work under Howard Hawks’ pick up. It was terrible “The company gives them a dollar’s free gas when it rains and they can't cook their poor longer. The city gives them five dol- lars’ worth of groceries a month. They've forgotten what whole shoes or entcrtainment are like, | direction is very masterfully done. Joan Crawford gives one of her best per- formances, although the Faulkner di food outdoors any logue is a handicap to thé emotional march of the story. ‘Pronouns are clipped out of the conversations of the tobacco or | brother, sister and fiance until one gets | the impression that a trio of African it's so long since they've had anything | savages are trving to make themselves of the sort.” understood. 1t possibly read well in And they were able to cheer when | the Faulkner novel but it is not so hot they were paid for a strenuous day's work! Director Howard became worried | hen a series of mechanical difficulties kept them longer than he had planned. He called the foreman and said: For heaven's sake tell these fellows I'm not trying to wring the last’drop of effort out of them. but_things are going wrong for me and I've got to get this scene tonight.’ The foreman grinned: “Let 'em alone boss, they're happy. Say. they haven't thought ebout food like those box lunches for a long time now. And you're givin’ em coffee and sandwiches ain't you? This is a picnic and a ance to work . . . and don't we love Strange depression etching lit by the klieg lights of Hollywood! Something about Dorothea Weick, star of “Maedcken in Uniform,” will arrive in Hollywood any mome! now. She pronounces her name “Veal and she brings to her work the best continental footlight experience. She is a sort of brunette Lillian Gish. Her first performance, at the age of 16, was in the Joseph Staedter Theater in Vienna under the aegis of Max Rein- hart This girl comes from five genera- and actresses. She is ect d dant of the composer mann and of Clara Schumann- one of Europe’s greatest women ists. When Marion Gering ordered 10 kegs E cf near beer for the beer-garden scene of “Jennie Gerhardt” he found to his dismay that there was no such thing to be had. No near beer has been manufactured during the last month and the brewery stocks of this com- modity were exhausted. So Paramount players will do the scene with the real article—which should give it a whoosh hitherto lack- ing in some of our near-beer pictures. ‘The battle of the movie moguls goes on flercely behind closed doors. How to best direct the limping industry through the coming months is their problem—and how to get general accord who | cn a set program is their impasse at | this moment. Talk of a complete shutdown for two to three months’ times—such shut- down to be gencral—has been in the 8 STAGE on TODAY AT 1130 — 200 — 430 — 645 - 910 TO FIRST. 1500 KIDDIES foLIVER THIST ANSY BARS QICKIE MOORE \lio-Bing GuanbxSing Bing KIDDIES B5¢ANYTIME METROPOLITAN “Last bt hight's first plause h Sudi fnlo” enthixestc ey freshiiess " ang. n';?u'zi;h o dinard: Polish tenor extraor. Gt apahthould. remove M. ulets and plant on himself, His, l" e E.deS MELCHER 53, nd words o praise and con- “t is difficult to with which adequately the music. . . skillfu tently entertaining. MABELLE JENNINGS Aomald “Nothing - simee Tibbett " delivered fm’"‘}am Jouch this picty, cture f i entrancing it ANDREWR KgLL £y Dimey, n us | WARNER BROS. THEATERS orally. It is the screen public's first glimpse of Franchot Tone, a young man who combines the gift of bing a sirgularly fine actor with that of having rare sym- pathetic quality and (how I hate that word “whimsical,” but it's inescapable) a whimsical appeal for women. This quality will mean more in a story where the adaptors haven't taken so much “whimsy” on their own shoulders. It's difficult to face death continually with 8 “cheerio snd a chin-chin.” Nev | theless, T think you'll like this pict | in spite of its flaws. Mae West sa; ‘N | come in, girls with mv type figure will get a break.” Fromr the box-office re- | celpts T can’t see where girls with Mae | West's tvpe of figure bave had any dif- | ficulty in pre-beer days. (Copyright, 1937. by North Americhn News- | paper Alliance, Inoy | Tontzbt at_¢ Que Sis. N.W. HOTEL EMPLOYES' Annual Easter Ball. Bru siloff and hls music masters. ~Entertainment eourtesy. Clul Madritlon. Russian Trofka. Admis: ice n ba_carte._ ACADEMY o et Srupa Fhotoias Thy “PENGUIN POOL IS TOOMEY in MURDER." _and STATE_TROOPER ASHTON CLARENDON. VA. Matinee, 2 P.\ BARRY- MORE. MYRNA LOY. "TOPAZE. Al | __Chaplin ‘Comedsy. B o N. C. Ave. SE iCAROLlNA Double Feture M K FROM SPAIN - FROM. | and “LITTLE ORPHAN | ‘CIRCLE 05 Pa. Ave. Ph. W. 0953 Matinees Tues.. Thurs., Sat.. Sun. LEE TRACY, GLORIA STUART. ~PRIVATE | —Jon Silly_Symphons Wisconsin Ave. ANCY CARROLL ard THE WOMAN AC- Comedy. “Bum_Voyage. | THE KID FrOM ‘SPAIN.C ORI | LYRIC GAITHERSBURG, MD. RICHARD DIX in “THE GREAT JASPER" PRINCESS T 9 i VICTOR McLAGLEN and "EDMUND LOWE “FLAMING_GUNS b e = o HELEN HAYES in_‘THE SON: STATE ETHESDA. MD. Bi 2 Doiay o Home of Western Eleetrie Sou: ARM! Tomorrow — “FAREWELL With GARY COOPER and HELE! The Voice of the Vatican. nd Butiermut St No Parking Troubles GEORGIA 4312 OVARRO and HE] N-DAUGHT HIPPODROME ~ * ¥53.,°* CLARK GABL DIRECTION SIDNEY LUST MT. RAINIER, Y CAMEQ | gy ARCADE HYATTSVILLE MD. Today-Tomorro John Barrymore, ““Topaze.” e l AmANl‘llmr iA. RICHMOND g~ “TAMBASSADOR m“..%.;m u.ll! :% VIS, GENE RAYM 24 H St. NE Matinee, 2:00 M. “42nd STREE oking Permitted hl “KING OF JU} COLONY O Are 4 p» Matinee, 2:00 P21 “42nd STREET®’ 1230. ¢ St NE L. “ ;wngun and WOOSLEW, | IS AFRICA.” Comedy. _ % [SAVOY it st & Cou ugw. | Matinee, vm(. - TLOR Bl Matinee, 2:00 P.M. EIGHT GREAT STARS in “STATE 18tk & Irving R C “STATE _FAIR:> ERS, JANET GAYNOR. Laurel and Hardy Comedy._Cartoon. et st & R L Ave. N.W. 8 WALLACE SYLVAN - '3.8.% BEERY. KAREN MORLEY. Variety, SECO .y tXRE SR Solirin UGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR. Com-