Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1933, Page 10

AMU SEMENTS. From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. By E. de S. Local Theater Managers Keep Vaudeville in Order. ET down as men of actions the theater managers of this city. Behind closed walls they arrange the little plays and playlets and the cinema diversions that you and I are tempted with each week. Astute gentlemen of very little time, they neither twid- dle their thumbs nor do they waltz around much in the public eye. To find them at all you must beard them in their dens —even then you may not always beard them This week one of these famed but often silent im- pressarios has done the theater a fa- vor—a favor which probably few of the local picture gazers know about —the kind of a fa- John J. Payette. vor which is responsible for the remark | which Morton Downey mades when he was last here. “‘Washington,” said Singer Downey, “is one city in the country which still has high-class au- diences—and where an actor has to do est—or else.” Not many actors have done an ‘“or else"—except this week—and that is why John J. Payette, district manager for the Warner Brothers and a man long at the head of these diversions, deserves the palm. Present at Warner's Earle this week was an “act” that might have flourished on the stage of Boston's smoke-ridden Howard Theater stage (that ancient burlesque hostelry so dear to Harvard sophomores). When it appeared, kindly ladies who had brought with them their “wee bairns” shuddered—and even salty | men of the sea blushed angrily. The act was rough, ribald and a gm{;p kind of a rough house—which put to shame those other artists who were trying to do_their best behind the bars. What happened? Temporarily re- laxing from his state of polite calm, Manager Payette stuck out an iron arm. waved it angrily over the stage, and ‘When nothing seemed to happen, pluck- ed these offenders off the boards and hurled them into a temporary oblivion. This kind of a benefit is seldom forthcoming in other provinces these days. Unless patrons shower their laps with pleas of disgust, managers are likely to see just how long suffering their audiences are. and to prevent friction with their home offices they sit quietly in their offices and plan loud campaigns for the better pictures or those which should be better. Visit, however, one of the local man- agers who are responsible for the de- corum of vaudeville performers. Watch, for instance, Carter Barron, chief Loew's mogul, and one of the few the- | ater managers who have heard the pleasant yowl of “Signals” on a foot ball field. Watch him at the first Friday performance of vaudeville at his theater. You will find him in the last row of the mazzanine (last seat on the left ll“snyriul g0 in). Beside him sits a gay, stute, secretary w i T Al ry with a pencil in As_the players come onto the stags Mr. Barron’s fist shoots up under his Jaw and his elbow rests bluntly against the arm of the chair. Looking, in pro- file, like Mussolini, he listens to every Hollywood Notes and BY MOLLIE MERRICK Bpecial Disoatch to The Star. HOLLYWOOD, Calif.,, April 19 (N.A. N.A) —Bicycling and beer have be- come the village craze. Constance Ben- nett and Arline Judge do their five miles a day. Rental stations for bikes are doing good business in and about Bev- erly Hills, where flat going makes riding pleasant exercise. . . . The three Ben- nett girls staged a successful family dinner with their respective husbands and their famous father.Richard, by the simple expedient (suggested by father) of no “I remember whens.” . . . “Midnight Lady” is a pretty good title for a crook melodrama. . . . Th organdie dress worn by Joan Crawford in “Today We Live” has already been copied by manufacturers and is on sale in boulevard shops for 25 bucks. . . . ‘Will Rogers has the brakes tested each morning on his car: he likes to drive fast, but is a stickler for safety also. . . . Tops for that 47-year make-up on . . . When Mervy Le Roy said he was a self-made man, Tony Gaudio replied: “That's one thing I like about you, Mervy: you always take the blame And when Edward G. Robinson said don't know the meaning of fear,” Clar- ence Muse replied: “Don't let that stop you from looking in the dictionary.” Gail Pattick, from Birmingham, Ala, is a young woman with a lot of person- ality and breeding: Yes, and good looks, too: Very much like Florence Vidor. . . . Samuel Goldwyn is both incorpor- ated and limited; I told this to a viliage wag, who said: “I knew about the lim- ited—I used to work for him.” . . Henrietta Crossman’s sons are automo- bile agency owners because she says “there is mothing in the world more horrible than a bad actor. . .Rou- bem Mamoulian has made five endings to “Song of Songs." Brian Ahearne brought here for Dietrich's lead man in | that picture, is very handsome. . . . Head of class to Darryl Zanuck for quitting Warner Bros.' Studio when it refused to return pay cuts, as advised by the Academy Emergency Committee. Zanuck said: “I promised employes their pay would be returned to them when conditions warranted and I ‘can’t look them in the face.” . . Also head of class to Lee Garmes for those exquisite close-ups of wild animals in “Zoo in Budapest”’—worth the price of admis- sion anv time. . . . Add red hot titles: “Black Orange Blossoms.” in which Jean Harlow and Dorothy Burgess battle for the love of Clark Gable. . . den walks to work every morning—not | that I care. Charles Mack of Moran and Mack, has_designed and built four houses. . Harry Langdon writes songs, draws cartoons and in- dulges in @ little clay modeling on the | side. . . . Katharine Hepburn arrived back in Hollywood wearing a dark gray flan- nel suit and a stocking cap of the same color on her auburn locks. . Here are some of the former great in movies now working as extras in cur- rent pictures: Frank Beal, ex-director and stage star; Jamcs Mason, ex-lead- ing man and heavy: Fred Peters, ex- Western lead, and Kit Guard. ex-com- edy star ... Johnny Engstead. who posed “stills” of the movie great on Paramount lot for six years, gets a break before the cameras in “College Humor” . . . John Barrymore signs a pleasant contract, which includes $50,- 000 for the picture and a percentage of the gross, which may run as high as one hundred grand. The producing head of a local studic had to write an advertisement for a Jocal benefit. In the first draft he forgot to say what the benefit was for. In the second. he forgot to put the date The third? That's all there was, there wasn't any more. By the way, he's a good guy and tells the story on himself . . . Kay Francis gets one of the Garbo roles in “Strange Rhap- | sody,” renamed from “Black-Stemmed Cherries,” d originally intended for wedish star. porary history. al | America. says: Sylvia Sidney in “Jennie Gerhardt.”| - |tiful face made up for the lacks. . Eric Lin- | MELCHER word, mentally absorbs every action— records the state of being of the the- ater'’s patrons. When someth: off- color reaches his ears he blushes like a 2-year-old, whispers to the lady beside him and her pencil tears off an angry word. At the close of the curtain you may see Manager Barron, wrinkles clouding /his very young face, roaring through the lobby and heading for the vaude- villians' sanctum. There, confronting the person who has made him blush, he will say: “See here—either you do thus and so—either you do as we expect ladies and gentlemen to do—or else—" and with that he becomes a_veritable thunder cloud (we have seen him) and charges out of there leaving his victim trembling and pale and shaking at the knees behind him. At the next performance the offending words have been deleted—or else— This is the kind of thing that does | the theater good. There is too much top-notch material hanging round loose these days to waste time on actors who will not play the game. Washington mangers are making them play the game. That is the reason they should be extolied. They ere a fighting lot, full of foot ball and thunder. The public owes them many thanks. Sometimes they slip—but then who doesn't? * X % % There will be an “International night” celebration at R-K-O Keith's Friday. Hardie Meakin pops up with the message that “official Washington, inciuding the Vice President, members of the cabinet, leaders of the Senate | and House, including the entire mem- bership of the two Foreign Relations Committees and the greater portion of the diplomatic corps will be on hand | for the opening of “Mussolini Speaks."” | Mussolini should speak pretty well be- fore such an audience. * ok ok ok We were wrong about Bette Davis. It seems that “Ex-Lady” is the kind of a story that suits her best. That, at any rate, is what the Warner Brothers think. Yesterday we were told that %0 happy is this company at the work of this slender and totally charming young actress that they are scouring around for another yarn of the same callylx’e. “We want something smart and bright,” said a member of this firm yesterda; “Our concern is very anxi- ous for another ‘Ex-Lady.’” “Well, maybe we were wrong. Maybe Miss Davis is fine in “Ex-Lady"—but, | for heaven's sake, is it “smart and bright?” Frankly, we think “no.” | * ox % % Tonight is the night when the George Washington University mixed chorus sings at Loew's Fox—Time: 7 and 10 pm. . . . This group is under the direction of Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. | Harmon . . . Incidentally, when the Mask and Wig Club comes to the Be- lasco Theater a week from Friday, there will be two Washington boys in the cast - . . These are Darrell H. Smith, jr., and Richard George Woolley . . . Monday night will be “base ball night” ! at (hf:- Fox . . It is true that Ian Keith's wardrobe (for the current “Best §E!ler5"7 went to Boston with the ‘Blossom Time” troupe by mistake . . . It was returned, however, in the nick of time for Monday's opening . Ladies will want to get ready to s “how cute” when they see the “babe in Maurice Chevalier's new film, “A Bedtime Story” . . . Whether they will want to say the same about the rest of the film is a question. Out W here the Movies Begin Cinema Personalities. | Roosevelt autographs are listed in New York as worth $3 apiece and Garbo autographs as worth $25 ... Marfe Dresle}: has intimated that “Tugboat Annie” may be her last appearance . , Interest in George Bancroft is once more being manifested, with two studios angling for his services. | Beulah Livingstone tells me tha Chanel is showing white silk swcking; on models for both day and evening wear. Quite hard on some of our Peasant ankles of Hollywood if that comes into vogue ... “Frivolous Sal” | is contemplated for Irene Rich . | Dorothea Weick, mewly arrived " in “I am terribly disap- | pointed in American Xndiam,”y W;lef'e | did she find 'em? . . . Hollywood can't | conduct a screen murder without Lionel Atwill . . . They are searching for a | double for John Quincy Adants and for Sir Joshua Reynolds, both of ‘whom appear in “Berkeley Square.” | Charles Rosher, cameraman 01 | Constance Bennett, says: "Mussulrl;\l; {may like them fat, but the world in general will continue to prefer them thin” .. . Carole Lombard, Mae West, | Sylvia_ Sidney, Miriam Hopkins and Claudette Colbert are all at grips for | possession of the famous “moderne” dressing room of Marlene Dietrich, de- signed by Jo von Sternberg. and one io! the show places of the Paramount lot which is never shown “on account of how Marlene doesn’t like people around.” "Scarpitta’s statue of Marlene Dietrich reveals that the lady has very I,tmck hands and short thick feet; other | body lines and an imperishably beau- 933. by North American News- (Copyright, 1 paper Alliance. Inc.) BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Marine Band, this evening at the auditorium, Marine Barracks, at 8 o'clock. Taylor Bran- son, leader; Arthur S. Witcomb, second | leader. | March, “El Capitan’ .Sousa Excerpts from “Wang' mxl | Cornet solo, “Oh Pr “Robin Hood” . (Musician, Wi Kemp. | Melodies of Victor Herbert pHe’l’befl Xylophone solo. “Umbrella _Dance” | from “The Mandarin” DeKoven (Musician, Wilbur Kieffer.) Selections from “Prince of Pilsen,” Luders, 1902 Saxophone solo, “Lover Come Back to Me” frcm “The New Moon,” Romberg | (Musician, Kenneth Douse.) Excerpts from “Of Thee I Sing,” Trombone solo, “Desert Song” Rl (Musician, Harold Bayes.) | “Old Man River” from “Show Boat,” Kern “Tea for Two” from “No No Nanette,” ‘Youmans Selections from “Music in the Air,” g Kern Marines' hymn. “The Halls of Monte- zuma. “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Soldiers'’ Home Band Orchestra, this evening at Stan- ley Hall at 0 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner. assistant. ... Btrauss March, “Radetzki” Overture, “Pique Dame”....Von Suj Entr'Acte, “Bedceuse’ .nmmm “Barcarolle—Hoffman’s Love Tales,” Offenbach Characteristic, “Auntie Skinner's; Chicken Dinner” .. ......Morse Scenes from the Opera “Il Trovatore,” Verdt ‘Widltz song, “Auf Wiedersehn.” Greenberg Finale, “Ole Virginny,” Zamocnik “The Star Spangled Banner.” — “The Heritage,” an old play from the pen of Eugene Walter, is consid ered as a vehicle for the English actor, Charles Laughton. But the first play for the actor, who is returning to country in June, i Whip,” with: Richard ‘Hangman’s Arlen in ihe cast. this Roses, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Movies Are Made In Ordinary Light By Speed Camera n’%“?&‘&.’xfll 19.—Twenty-five hundred pictures a second can be taken in ordinary light by a super-rapid mo- SCREEN ODDITIES tion picture camera shown here yeuur-l day for the first time. Its pictures showed the seemingly in- stontaneous flare of a photographer’s flashlight bulb lasting in “slow motion” for a full minute. More extraordinary, it showed one of these bulbs beating another to the flash, although both were wired on the same circuit, contfolled by a single switch and ignited by the self- same electrical impulse. ‘The burning end of a cigarette touch- ing a human hand was shown in slow motion. Although the flesh burned, the hand remained motionless for 26-100th of a secand before its owner “felt” the burn. Practical Use Shown. ‘The camera differs from anything previously made by taking its pictures in ordinary light, either daylight or ar- tificial. Lights flashing hundreds of thousands of times a second have been heretofore the only means of taking such pictures. But they could not show the action of a self-illuminating object, like the photographer’s flash. The camera was developed by Fordyce Tuttle of the Eastman Kodak Co. lab- oratories in Rochester. It was shown here by the Electrical Research Prod- ucts, Inc., to demonstrate its first prac- tical application, the recording of a timing clock on the edge of each “frame” of film. One hundred feet of film, which usually runs in four minutes, speeds through this camera in two and one- half seconds. N “Perhaps the greatest advantage of the extreme-speed cameras for practical use,” says a statement from the kodak company, “is the fact that extraordi- narily brilliant lighting is not needed, much less any illuminating mechanism. The only lighting necessary is the amount required for illuminating the subject for ordinary motion pictures, if the lens were well stopped down. Correction Possible. “The slightest aberration in machine operation can be caught and studied and corrected through the instrumen- tality of such pictures. Defects in newly designed machines can thus be caught at_the beginning.” ‘The camera has no shutter and the film runs continuously instead of being stopped for each “frame.” Inside the camera the continuous beam focused by the lens first falls into what a lay- man might describe as a glass-bottomed bucket. ‘The bucket is whirling and its mo- tion reflects the image to the film and does this in a moving path which is synchronized with the speed of the film. Between the film and the bucket is a | pair of rollers, resembling somewhat the “wringer” of a washing machine. Each roller is cut out on one side, so that as they rotate the pair forms a frame through which the light from the bucket passes to the film. For taking 1,600 pictures a second these rollers make 96,000 revolutions a second. Directs Play HANNAH STOLAR, ‘Who directs the play “Four Walls,” to be presented by the Dramatic Society of the Jewish Community Center to- night. MUSICAL AFFAIRS GET AIRING AT ARTS CLUB The Arts Club was given @ rare treat last evening when the program was a gentle satire on things musical in Wash- ington. The announcements read, “A Cook’s Tour Through Musiclandia,” ar- ranged by Helen Fetter Cook. The “tour” was a short talk on the prob- lems in the music field today, not only in the Capital but in all centers which have been known as “cultural centers.” The writer was introduced by Sallie V. H. Pickett, joint hostess with Susan Hunter Walker for the weekly dinner which preceded the program. In a serles of short scenes, “So This Is Music?”, the cast was composed of musicians and newspaper writers, their | acting and lines making them recog- nizable. The time was the “Recent Music Season’; the place, “Anywhere”, and the costumes, “Of a Period.” The lines in the various scenes were very pointed, members of the Arts' Club not being spared. The eight scenes were short and filled with dialogue that kept the audience laughing. The “ac- tors” were well cast in their various roles. The action moved easily and without long waits. The cast included Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Russell C. Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stans- bury, Abel Knowitall, Jessie Macbride, Charter Heslep, Marjorie Lowe, and ‘Theodore Williams. The eight scenes were “The Prima Domna Descends,” being her introduc- ing herself to the leading ‘“critics”; “Moments Musicale,” a realistic repro- duction of a typical audience at a fash- jonable morning concert; “Benefit- Conscious,” “Rehearsal,” in which Mrs. Stansbury gave a good picture of & singer more socially inclined than mu- sically; “Filling Boxes,” a reproduction of a scene in a house when a benefit is approaching; “Planting Publicity,” familiar to any newspaper man or woman; “The Concert,” heard from the outside; and the finale, “The Write- ups.” FRATERNITY TO DINE Phi Gamma Delta Will Celebrate 85th Anniversary Saturday. A dinner celebrating the eighty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Phi Gamma Delta college fraternity and at the same time Edwin L. and Erie, Pa., Mattern of Washin, who has been ritus of the fraternity for 20 years, will be held in the Univer- sity Club Saturday night. Assistant sallcl':ol James Oliver Mur- 3 grmdpnl speaker will be Horace I. Brightman of New York, president of the fraternity. Donald-A. Bolton is in charge of arrangements. ——— The Will Hays office is receiving & number of complaints regarding the vogue for “bad-girl pictures.” Among the new ones of this character sched- uled for early release are “Baby Face,” with Barbara Stanwyck; “No Bed of - Wil e Bennett, and o 7 Constancy “Iady of the Night,” Young.” - ON THE DAY SHE AND HEQ HUSBAND , CEDRIC GIBBONS, OBTAINED THEIR LICENSE TO WED, READ IN LOS ANGELES NEWSPAI OF HER ENGAGEMENT To JOAN FARROW. WRITER. HE LEFT (T BEHIND ON ATRIP YO ENGLAND HE CABLED HOLLYWOOD OQW . A ship whistles in New York Harbor. melody. whistles, which range in tone from a deep bass to a high tenor. skilifully by studio technicians, the whistles are made to produce an attractive WEDNESDAY, DOLORES DEL RIO, WPERS THE ANNOUNCEMENT For the sake of authenticity of the action and dialogue in “The Eagle and the Hawk,” a cablegram recently was sent from Hollywood to London to |service bureau. obtain a telephone number that was very well known 18 years ago. The number was Hounslow 240. It was an extremely important number during the war for | it was the call of the London Airdrome where fleets of defensive planes were maintained in anticipation of Zeppelin raids. aviation and features Fredric March and Gary Cooper. An interesting movelty will be introduced in “Maiden Cruise,” a new musical film. It is a natural symphony created by the varying notes of steam- Especial care was exerted in selecting the ‘The picture is a story of wartime T Manipulat>d Lionel Barrymore started his latest screen role, that of the leading char- acter in “Service,” by putting on a pair of slippers a dozen times. Filming of the picture was started with the scene in which Barrymore, who plays the part of an accountant in a large London department store, comes home after a day’'s work with the announcement Richard Dix is called “Pete.” that he has been discharged. Buster Keaton was given his name by Houdini because of the way in which the infant Buster took the bumps in vaudeville act. his parents’ rough and tumble Wallace Beery is known as “Sweedie.” Music and Mausicians BY ALICE University Club Presents Garzia Brothers in Recital. AST evening's concert arranged by the Entertainment Committee of the University Club presented Francis Garzia in the triple role of violinist, cellist and composer on the program which he shared with his brother, Felian Garzia, pianist. Francis Garzia, who is a musician of broad versitility, is equally at home in the different departments of music he essays. On last evening’s program, it him first. The tone which he draws than his cello tone, while his technic and intonation are better developed. | Mr. Garzia played the “Air on the G String,” “Legende” and finished the group with his own composition, ‘“Meditation.” This is a well conceived and well writ- and Mr. Garzia played it thoughtfully and with sincere feeling. His two cello numbers were Bach's “Sarabande” and Faure's “Berceuse.” The dignity of the Bach number was finely brought out while in the “Berceuse,” Mr. Garzia achieved a legato of special beauty which was given an admirable back- ground in the sensitive accompaniment of his brother, Felian Garzia. The three preludes of Chopin, which Felian Garzia placed in one group. | were well chosen to illustrate the variety of mood which Chopin could so skillfully embody in a short compo- sition. Mr Garzia passed from one to another with complete understanding, interpreting the prelude in E flat with singing tone and coloring the Prelude in D minor with sonorous power and viril emphasis. The two_ extremes of pianistic demands in which technic and psychic understanding must be combined, were demonstrated in the “Reflets dans l'eau” by Debussy and Listz’s “Eleventh Rhapsodie” which Mr. Garzia put together as if to point out, their extreme divergence. His ex- cellent musicianship could not have been better brought out than in his playing of these two numbers. He re- produced the delicate, iridescent beauty of Debussy as it has seldom been done, with something more than the light mechanical adjustment which is demanded, and did what is so often spoken of but rarely achieved—conveyed a sense of moving water. The “Eleventh Rhapsodie,” which is Listz in his most genial mood, was played with abandon and spirit that brought prolonged ap- plause from a thoroughly interested audience. The program concluded with Beetho- ven's sonata in “A Minor” for violin, and played by the two brothers. Orchestral Society Gives Scandibavian Program. TI-B ‘Washington Orchestral Society, under the direction of C. E. Chris- tiani, gave a Scandinavian program under the auspices of the Danish Club last night in the ball room of the Ra- leigh Hotel. Among the large and dis- tinguished audience were Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, Minister to Denmark, and Mr. and Mme. Otto Wadsted, Minister nmark. - fmt?‘ Dled Nielson, president of the Danish Club, made a short address, in which he introduced Mr. Christiani and his orchestra, Miss Bagge, singer: Marjorie Wilson, violinist, and Emanuel Wad, pianist, of Baltimore, who were the soloists. He explained that many of the numbers on the program were songs that their mothers had sung to them in their homeland and were rep- resentative of the finest of the folk songs of the Scandinavian countries. The m was divided into music of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and finished with “The Star Spangled Banner.” The beautiful old songs had been ar- ranged for orchestra and were selected from the best known composers of the five countries. Beginning with an over- ture, “Elverhoej,” by Kuhlau, the or- chestra played six folk songs of Den- mark, three songs of the Finnish com- posers, Pacums, and & Finish war song, “Bjorneborgenes March.” and three songs of Iceland by Sveinbjoerson and P. Schultz. The usness of the far north and the melancholy that per- vades the countries of long Winters were represented in this music which is the simple outpourings of the na- tional artistic sense and which is virile and free as the feelings of the singers who first voiced them. The orchestra’s interpretation of them brought storms of applause from the appreciative au- A group of Danish songs, not an- nounced on the printed program, was sung by Miss Bagge, contralto, of New Starting Tonite i| JOHNNY J. JONES Exposition New Show Grounds Georgia Ave. and Underwood St. | TEN DAYS ONLY Street Cars Direct Reviews of the Capital's Latest programs. was as violinist that one would rank | from the Violin is warmer and smoother | by Bach, and Wieniaski’s | ten work with originality of melody, | EVERSMAN | York. Miss Bagge, who came to Wash- | ington Monday to sing for the D. A. R. | convention, volunteered her services for this concert of the Danish Club and | her singing of the three Danish songs was the highlight of the evening. Pos- sessed of a rich contralto that is not too darkly colored, Miss Bagge sings with refined taste and imbues her num- bers with deep and sincere feeling. It was a rare treat to hear the fine old songs_sung with such artistic delivery. Miss Bagge was accompanied in sympa- thetic manner by Malcolm Boyce at the piano. Mr. Christiani deserves much credit for what he has accomplished with the orchestra in the short time it has been in existence d its fundamental goodl tone quality was especially evident in | the Peer Gynt Suite, by Grieg. When the different parts of the orchestra are better balanced and molded together it will be able to attain a still better qual- ill? and eradicate the rough elements which at present disturb its uniformity. | The talent and the training are there 1md need only more rehearsing to | smooth away the inequality of sound | and correct the, at times, faulty into- | nation. The Norwegian music for the | orchestra concluded with five folk songs. one of them, “Saeterjentens | Soendag,” by the Norwegian violinist, | Ole Buil. The two soloists in the second part of | the program were Marjorie Wilson, violinist, who played “Romance,” by | Svendsen, and Emanuel Wad, who gave | the first movement of the Grieg piano concerto and the “Ja Vi Elsker Dette Landet,” by NordraakX. The final group, | Which was played by the orchestra, consisted of six Swedish folk songs, | two of which had been arranged by | Prince Gustave. The audience was | highly appreciative of this evening of | rare entertainment. |OFFICER WHO RAIDED GREEK COMEDY PRAISED Judge Calls Police Captain a Mod- ern Ulysses and Denies Claims i of “Lysistrata” Cast. | By the Associated Press. i LOS ANGELES, April 19.—Describing Capt. D. McD. Jones, police vice squad leader, as a “modern Ulysses” and flaying the anclent Greek comedy “Ly- sistrata,” which he raided and closed in January, 1932, Superior Judge Henry M. Willis yesterday denied judgment of $226,000 asked in a dnmneej suit broug’gt :;g:!mst Jones by 23 members of the The_cast, headed by Nance O'Nell, New York stage actress, sued Capt. Jones for alleged false arrest. e court held if Jones, as a police officer, thcught he was doing his duty and be- lieved the play he was raiding actually | was indecent, as he charged, he had a |legal right to carry out the raids. “To revert to the ancient Greek lore, in fit accompaniment to the play here involved,” said Judge Willis, “Capt.! Jones, like Ulysses of old, was sailing between Scylla and Charybdis when he visited and viewed the play ‘Lysistrata.’ But unlike Ulysses, he failed to stop up his ears and those of his crew with :'l;t ,and he heard the siren call of uty. gt e | AUTHOR TO SPEAK HERE | Charles Edward Russell's Topic | “Jewish Homeland Move.” Charles Edward Russell, author and | lecturer, will speak on “The Jewish | Homeland Movement” tomorrow night ! at the Jewish Community Center. Proceeds of the evening will go to the Jewish National Fund, an organization for the purchase of land in Palestine for colonization. Tonight 8:45 CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL SHAFER-CHACE DANCE CONCERT Tickets 25¢ & 50c¢ n Wi Lionel Barrymore “SWEEPINGS" sraRTING PRIDAT BSpecial Added Attraction The Man of the Hour “MUSSOLINI SPEAKS” WitA TAis Featurs Drama MAE CLARKE—RALPH BELLAMY “PAROLE GIRLY, APRIL 19, 1933.° [Producers “Agree To Submit Plans In New Deal Row By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, April 19.—Hoping to clarify a tense situation arising from its decision to create an artists’ service bureau—a central clearing house for employment. of directors, actors and writers, the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors’ Association has agreed to present a skeleton outline of the proposal to a special committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Thursday night. Jesse L. Lasky and B. B. Kahane, producers named by Will H. Hays to work with Col. Jason 8. Joy in estab- lishing the bureau, yesterday promised the academy committee they would detail the work already accomplished. Creation of the bureau has been bitter- ly opposed in resolutions passed by three branches of the academy—the writers, technicians and directors—and by the Screen Writers’ Guild. Kahane and Lasky were among mem- bers of the academy’s special committee that was working out a code of prac- tices to govern relationship between actors, directors, writers and others who employ agents, but this work was superseded by the recent decision of I the producers to create the service bu- reau. . Frederick March and Jean Hersholt, representing the actors; Rol Leonard and Frank Capra, directors; Carl Dreher and Lee Garms, techni- cians, and Jo Swerling, writers, were other members of the academy com- mittee. Agents claiming to represent a large portion of the actors in the films passed a resolution refusing to deal with the LONSDALE’S PLAY IS STAGED BY AMATEURS Orris Holland. the undisputed star of the Columbia Players' presentation of Frederick Lonsdale’s “Spring Cleaning.” which was given last night at the Wardman Park Theater, imbued his co- artists with his own particular force ! and magnetism with the result that the | drama seemed on a par with offerings of the legitimate stage. Mr. Holland’s pleasant mannerisms and clear dittion were of a type that engaged the hearts of his audience in no uncertain fashion. [Even more credit is due him when you realize that besides acting the leading character he directed the play. Virginia True, the leading lady (and a very attractive one at that), surprised her auditors with her acting. From gayety to heartbreak and back again, portraying the many moods of the dis- appointed wife with an ability that was second only to that of her husband, Miss True promoted the worth of the drama in fine style. Every element of Bohemian society was portrayed excellently by members of the cast, with Martha Turner as the girl of the streets heading the group in a humorous way. 8. Allen Foster, ! Harold S. Norton, Helen Mead, Vir- ginia Bishop, James G. Rider, Harry Weatherby, Margery Rice and Vernon Lyden completed this unusually talented cast. F. L C. WOUNDED STUNT MAN HAS CHANCE TO LIVE By the Associated Press. i LOS ANGELES, April 19.—Physicians said Hurd McClellan, motion picture | “stunt man,” had a2n even chance for recovery from an abdominal wound he | received Moncay when a bullet from the | pistol of Marian Semmelmeyer pene- trated a “bullet-proof” vest during fiim- ing of a scene. Earlier the physicians had said they ll}?d little hope of saving M«:Clenan'sJ e. Miss Semmelmeyer, pistol expert, at- | tributed the accident to weakening of the steel vest under repeated shots. She said that during the day she fired 48 bullets into the vest while McClellan wore it. Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing National—"Best Sellers,” at 2:30 and 8:30 p.m. Gayety—“Sugar Babies,” at 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. Rialto—"“Be Mine Tonight,” at 11:53 am., 1:50, 3:47, 5:44, 7:42 and 9:40 p.m. Columbia umanity, at 11:10 am., 12:55, , 4:30, 6:20, 8:10 and 9:55 p.m. Palace—"“The White Sister,” at 11:50 am., 2:20, 4:45, 7:10 and 9:40 p.m. 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., , 3:14, , 7:28 and 9:35 p.m. Earle—"Ex-Lady,” at 11:15 l.m..' 1:46, 4:34, 7:27 and 10:05 p.m. Stage shows at 12:42, 3:31, 6:19 and 9:01 p.m. Loew's Fox—"Looking Forward,” at 10:45 am. 1:35 4:25, 7:15 and 1 p.m. Stage shows at 12:25, 3:15, 6:05 and 8:55 p.m. Tivoli—"The Keyhole,” at 2:35, 4:25, 6:10, 7:55 and 9:45 p.m. Central—“Ladies They Talk About,” from 11 am. to 11 p.m. burlesque, DELIGHTFULLY Different | T WARNER BR 5 LAST 2 DAYS "El-ll“":"'n oame Tstene COMING FRIDAY JOE E. BROWN LAST 2 DAYS DICKIE-MOORE. gt COMING FRIDAY IMnZicltn." and mcre recen! AMUSEMENTS. What's What and W here Attractions Soon to Be Seen in Washington Theaters National Thester Players Open Season Monday Night. N Monday night the National ‘Theater Players will launch their ninth annual season at the National Theater, with John Golden's New York mys- tery-comedy, “Riddle Me This." The company will again be under the banner of S. E. Cochran and Clifford Brooke. “Riddle Me This,” ranked as one of the outstanding hits of the New York theater's present season 1is being brought to Wash- ington for the first time by the play- ers. In the opening scene we see Dr. Tindall commit a murder and ar- range evidence to entrap an inno- cent man. One may be mystified by the trick of evidence by which the innocent man Teons Powits: is freed, for the doctor is a clever psychologist. After arranging the evi- dence craftily, he craftily coaxes the detective into chasing up the wrong scent. The rest of the plot will have to be left to the audience to “riddle.” The entire cast of the National Theater Players will be seen in the| opening play—Leona Powers, Donald | ‘Woods, Kathryn Givney, Ona Munson, | Freddie Sherman, Adelaide Hibbard, | Burke Clarke, Forrest Orr, Karl Neil-| son and Frank Peck. Clifford Brooke | will personally direct and stage the production. Members of the Clifford Brooke Academy are zlso in the cast. Chicago Opera Co. Presents “Rigoletto” Sunday. THE Chicago Opera Co., with Maestro Alfredo Salmaggi conducting, will present Cerdi’s “Rigoletto” at the Belasco Theater on Sunday evening. | Among the artists who will appear in the leading roles, will be Nino Martini, famous operatic star of the Columbia Broadcasting Co., whose lyric tenor voice will be heard for the first time in opera in Washington: Joseph Boyer, | baritone, and Maria Serrano, American | coloratura soprano, who has just re- turned from Italy. Mary Verdi, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Giuseppi Verdi of this city, will also have a minor role in this opera. Miss Verdi is a lineal des- | cendant of the graet composer of that name, and has lived in Washington from birth. only after a series of side-splitting lugh, Claire Dodd, Sterling Hollo- way, Emma Dunn and 35 professional ball players support Joe E. Brown in this Ring Lardner comedy. Other stage acts will be Al Abbott, comedian, presenting “At the Old Town Hall,” and the Pive Arleys, novelty per- formers. Completing the program will be two special Vitaphone short subjects, “World's Champ,” featuring Jack Demp- sey, and “Organ Grinder,” & Merrie Melody song cartoon. Maurice Chevalier Film Coming to Metropolitan. MAUH.ICE CHEVALIER and his lat- est pal, 1-year-old Baby Leroy, are the stars of “A Bedtime Story,” com- ing to Warner Bros. Metropolitan The- ater on PFriday. In this film Chevalier 1s seen as a man-about-town who sud- denly discovers that home and fireside have their charms. This awakening comes to nim on his return from a voyage when he finds a baby abandoned in his car. He calls police to take it away, but by the time they come he has grown so fond of it that he had de- cided to keep it and rear it himself. Helen Twelvetrees, Edward Everett Hox;mn and Adrienne Ames head the cast. _Completing the program is a two-reel Vitaphone subject, “Yours Sincerely,” based on the musical success, “Spring Is Here.” Lanny Ross, popular radio tenor. is starred, with Pearl Osgood, Nancy Welford, Janet Velle and Dudley Clements in the cast. *‘Prosperity Girls” Sunday at the Gayety. “PROSPERIW GIRLS” is the title of the new burlesque production coming to the Gayety Theater, starting with the regular Sunday matinee. Head- ing the male principals will be found the old favorities, Joe Yule. “Bimbo” Davis, Lee Hickman and Charley La | Vine, ably assisted by Bob Sandberg. The female contingent is headed by Reggie White, Tangara, Nora Murray, Joy St. Clair, Conrie Fanslau and the dancing trio. Wroth, Bryant and Wroth. Matinees will be given daily. ESTELLE TAY.LOR TO GIVE JURY ACCIDENT VERSION Owner of Auto in Which She Was Injured Says He Was Look- ing at Her at Time. | By the Associated Press. “Humanity,” at Columbia, With Morgan and Mallory. “ UMANITY,” the new Fox Films production with a cast headed by four stars, including Ralph Morgan, Boots Mallory, Alexander Kirkland and Irene Ware, is currently showing at Loew’s Columbia Theater. John Francis | Dillon, who directed Clara Bow in “Call Her Savage,” transferred the story to the screen. Miss Ware, who. like Miss Mallory, came from the New York stage, made her picture debut in “Chandu the ; appeared varner Baxter in “Six Hours to “Pleasure Cruise” | Friday at Loew’s Fox. | “PLEASURE CRUISE,” with Roland | Young and Genevieve Tobin, is the screen attraction starting Friday at Leew’s Fox Theater. The vaudeville bill vill be headed by Benny Davis and his | “Future Stars of Broadway.” | ‘The film, said to be a gay, romantic | comedy centering about a young wife's| adventures during a marriage holiday. | is the second production of Genevieve Tobin's since she was signed for a Fox Film contract. The cast includes Ralph | Forbes, Una O'Connor. Herbert Mundin, | Minna Gombell, Theodore von Eltz, Frank Atkinson, Robert Greig and Arthur Hoyt. Others on the stage bill will be Col- | lins and Peterson, Gracie Schenck and, as an extra added attraction, “radio’s newest comic sensation,” George Givot. | “Mussolini Speaks,” | At R-K-O Keith'’s Friday. | “« 'USSOLINI SPEAKS!" will be the special added attraction at | R-K-O Keith's starting this Priday. The Italian man of the hour is taken | from his humble beginning to his pres- ent position as one of the outstanding werld characters. The film is inter- preted by Lowell Thomas and is stated | to be one of the most interesting as well ; as entertaining film documents yet to‘ reach the screen. Keith's Is also presenting as its main | feature attraction Mae Clarke and Ralph Bellamy in “The Parole Girl.” “Elmer the Great”: ‘Waring Band at the Earle. ON friday Warner Bros.' Earle The- ater will present Joe E. Brown in “Elmer the Grezt,” his latest First Na- tional comedy. and Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, famous stage band, leading the stage portion of the pro- m. gr;n “Elmer the Great” Joe is seen in the role of a base ball rookie who knows he is a great base ball player and tells every one else about it. He finally wins the world series for his team, but NATIONA TONIGHT AT 8 » BEST § By EDOUARD BOURDET lan Keith and George Coulouris Next Week, Beg. Mon., Seats Now—National Theater Players Offer JOHN GOLDEN'S N. Y. Mystery Comedy Success ‘RIDDLE ME THIS' Nights, 55c to $1.10. Ved. & Sat. Sats., all seats S3c. (Prices incl. tax) Nights 50¢-82.580 2227 2 DIRECTION OF SCREEN WORLD Ged ‘Washin, Mixed Chorus n‘”;lll at 7 & 10 P, Lows PALA now / 78 i VS U GABLE Goming ke WHITE SISTER® A LOVE sTORY A cLor © e b LOS ANGELES, April 19.—Estelle Taylor, screen zctress and former wife of Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champion was to tell a jury in Superior Court today her story of the automobile acident in which she was injured and for which she seeks $150,- 000 damages. Sue C:rol, actress. yesterday testified Miss Taylor has “not been her vivaci- ous, gay self” since Christmas 1931, when che was injured while riding in an zautomobile owned by Frank Joyce, theatrical 2gent, and driven by ch>uffeur, Noel L. Scott. Miss Taylor is suing both Joyce and Scott. Joyce testified he had attended a dinner dance with Miss Taylor. He admitted he paid no particular atten- tion to the manner in which his auto- mcbile was driven. “To tell the truth,” Joyce said, “I was Icoking at Miss Taylor.” BELASCO THEATER Sunday Eve.. April 8:15 Sh CHICAGG OPERA COMPANY ~ RIGOLETTO Nino Martini—Maria Serrano—Lilll Marchetto Rover o RulsisSimeont Tickets From $1.63 to $3.30 Now at Box Office ACADEMY ©f Pertect Souna Photoplay. 8th at G SE. E. Lawience Phillips Theater Beautiful s From 5 MAE WEST in “NIGHT AFTER s Aiso’ HERITAGE OF THE l?zsf:&qr‘.{'t ASHTO! CLARENDON. VA. GEO. ARLISS. “THE KING'S VACATION." CAROLINA otk %t 2iabhiee BUTTERFLY' and “AMERICAN MAD- CIRCLE 3 &t ri. % es.. JOHN BARRYMORE. ) PAZE " Comedy. News Wisconsin Ave. “NO OTHI ANACOSTIA. D. C. JANET GAYNOR in “STATE FAIR PRINCESS TIg B St NE L MURDER CASE." LOIS WILSON. “DRIFTING som.%"s" KATE_SMITH in ¥ by Fannie Hurst STATE e PREER 2D, Todsy and Tomorrow— STATE FATR. . JANET GAYN( LEW AYRES. . Comedy. News: Ms # P.M.._ Continuous. TAKOMA 4t pd Puiiemut sue. 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