Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1933, Page 24

CB—12 xxx AMU SEMENTS Washington Is Assured é Series of Six Good Plays Theater Guild and American Theater Society Make Plans for the New Season—Each Organization to Present Three Dramas. By E. de S. Melcher. ASHINGTON is assured a subscription season of six plays next year in an an- nouncement made today by officials of the Thea: ter Guild and the American Theater Bociety in New York."” This is the most important theater news of the Spring. It puts to rest the sad rumors that, due to the somewhat shallow response of the cus- tomers, the local American Theater Society might have to fold . Mes- dames Thomas and Dunlap. agents for this undertaking. were reported last night to be cele- brating the sur- vival of their the- ater with proper Joy. ‘The six plays mext year will be divided Into two seasons of three plays each, one group presented by the Theater Guild, as a separate organiza- tion, and the other by the American Theater Society. Subscribers will be given an opportunity to subscribe for either series. or for both. While the plays to be presented by the American Theater Society are not as yet know—other than that produc- tions by the Messrs. Shubert, Gilbert Miller (who, by the way. is on his w: to London to direct Leslie Howard In a flim), John Golden and Max Gor- don will be offered—the Guild has al- ready promised that we will get Ina Claire in “Biography. the current New York success, as one of the early Fall attractions. Other plays which may very well be presented here include a new work by Eugene O'Neill (which he is sald to be working on very industriously - these days). a new play by Sidney Howard or Maxwell Anderson. and such plays ‘Sarah Simple” by A. A. Miln Winesburg. Ohio,” a dramatization by Sherwood Anderson and Arthur Bar- ton of Mr. Anderson’s book of*that name; “The Purple Testament,” by John Haynes Holmes and Reginald Lawrence: “The School for Husbands.” by Moliere, in an adaptation in rhyme by Arthur Guiterman and Lawrence | Native Ground,” by Virgil| ‘Gedde: = by “Something to Live For, O'Neil and his Side Idolatr ‘Talbot Jenning Rumor has it. too, that the Guild has recently acquired & play by a young man well known in Washington who celebrated his twenty-fourth birthday with the accomplishment of this well rewarded deed.* Ina Claire, * x Other than “Cavalcade,” “Zoo in Budapest” is the best film in town. We recommend it to you urgently. You will find in it: (a) the best photo- graphy of the year, (b) an extremely sensitive and well poised performance by Gene Raymond. (c) some striking animal pictures, (d) and a theme which is rambling but not by any means “MET” ENGAGES |MANY FREE ACTS IN CLAUDIA MUZIO| Coming Season Has Been Trimmed to. 14 Weeks. B the Agsociated Press. NEW YORK, May 3.—Claudia Muzio, one of the world’s leading operatic so- | pranos, has been engaged by the Met- yopolitan Opera for next season. | Muzio sang for several seasons with the Chicago Civic Opera. Another Chi- | cago Civic singer, Cyrena Van Gordon, American contralto, 0 comes to the Metropolitan next season. Other new engagements include: Paul Althouse and John Charles Thomas, as previously announced: Lot-| tie Lehmann, German lyric sopranc Charles Hackett, American lyric tenor; | Nino Martini, Italian tenor; Max Lor- enz, German Wagnerian tenor; Emanuel List, Austrian basso. Giulio Gatti-Casazza announced the production next season of Howard Han- son’s “Merry Mount.” an American | opera in three acts with liberetto b!ll Richard L. Stokes. i The coming season has been trimmed to 14 weeks. BRAZIL VOTES TODAY ON ASSEMBLY MEMBERS Election of 415 to Pave Way for Return of Normal Regime After Provisional Government. | By the Associated Press. { RIO DE JANEIRO. May 3.—Election | of a constituent assembly of 214 mem- bers as the first move toward resump- tion of a norman regime after provi- sional government for two and a half years was under way today in Brazil. The assembly in turn will choose & constitutional president to replace the provisional executive who has served oas “nulified b Tuts was nullified by a revolution. 2 "irnout of ‘more than 1.000.000 was expected. a considerable drop from the 2,000,000 who voted in the 1930 balloting. The use of the secret ballot and women’s suffrage are appearing for the first time. Political observers predicted an 8s- sembly predominantly favorable to the Liberal and Moderate Socialistic gov- ernment blocs, united in a loose alli- ance called the Uniao Civica Brasileira | (Brazilian Civic Union). Hello Girls Fight Night Duty. Belfast, Ireland, is to try the experi- ment of having girls at telephone switchboards at night. At present men are employed. Through their essocia- tion the girls have protested against remaining on duty after 11 p.m. Lon- don girls have taken a similar stand. BAND CONCERT. ‘By the United States Navy Band this evening in the Sail Loft of the Navy Yard, at 8 o'clock. Charles Benter, leader; Alex. Morris. assistant leader. March, “Le Lion de St. Marc”. .Fabiani Overture, “Tannhauser” .......Wagner Xylophone solo. “Pagoda Beils". . .Cole (Louis Goucher, soloist.) “Carillon in Eb G Triumphal march, “Entry of the Bo) % Halvorsen Grand scenes from the opera, “An- drea Chenier” Giordano Suite— . “Liebestraum™ .+ Liszt Intermezzo from the opera, ‘Valse characteristique, “Al (Evening Bells.) “Caprice Italian” ...... Tschaikowsky “Anchor's Aweigh.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” | either shallow or unsympathetic. One of the surprise films of the year, with THE EVENING TALE OF SHIPS AND THE SEA IS REAL THRILLER iFay Wray Goes to Ocean’s Floor in Picture at Keith’s. Fay Wray, Hollywood's much-hounded young heroine, reverses the usual order of her latest films and does a bit of hcunding herself in Columbia's “Below | the Sea,” which had a midweek open- a title which is unfortunately not “box | jng yesterday at R-K-O Keith's, saving office,” this is nevertheless the kind of | her “emotional horror bit (minus the a picture which does the cinema in- " cd | finke credit and one which those who | Soreams so evident In “King Kong ) for are looking for something a little out | y of the ordinary and something really e e ity orth while should not miss. There | roughneck and the object of Miss 5 INEIIE, ative about it. It is|wrsy's hounding, perfcrms the rescue, original. entertaining and . exetremely yitich gives one excitement n plenty. [meliaaue Fantastic scenes of sea anemone in | koo color are woven into this adventurous | You will find in “Today We Live," tale of a $3000,000 treasure hunt, and | the new film coming to the Palace on | though they slow the action. are woven Friday, a rather subdued Joan Craw- ford, ‘the same gaunt and sometimes amiable Gary Cooper, young Robert Young. and the new Franchot Tone. |in so cleverly that they please rather | than antagonize. The slowness of the film's beginning in explanation of how the treasure came ; STAR, WASHINGTON, D, C SCREEN ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAWCETT. i LITERALLY FELL INTO ) PICTURES. WHILE SHE WAS REHEARSING WITH A VIENNA CHORUS , SHE TRIPPED AND FELL INTO THE ORCHESTRA PIT. A MOVIE DIRECTOR , (P WATCHING, GAVE HER A > CONTRACT. > PAT O'BRIEN FIRST STAGE: JOB WAS To An excellently well chosen cast in the | to be at the bottom of the sea near the | midst of William (“Sanctuary”) Faulk- Bahamas, is caught up after the treas- ner’s story of war and more war; this | ure hunt crew, consisting of Ralph Bel- !is a somewhat disturbing film—due to lamy, a deep-sea diver: Capt. Schlem- VAUDEVILLE _\ AUDIENCES A STRONG WEDNESDAY, MAY ¢ | TIBBETT MAKES CHICAGO DEBUT Diamond Horseshoe AMUSEM ENTS.” George Washington Glee Clubs In S pring Concert Filled for Twin |High Order of Choral Work, Showing Precision and Special Training—Oratorio Society's Debut—Mezzo-Soprano at Arts Club. Program. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 3.—The deserted opera lovers of Chicago poured into the old auditorium last night for another of those infrequent “at homes” to grand opera. “Emperor Jones” and Lawrence Tib- bett had their Chicago debut, and the glamorous old diamond horseshoe of the vast theater was filled. ‘The Gruenberg-O'Neill opera was the first attraction of a twin program in both ends of which Tibbett starred. After removing the mulatto complexion of the “Emperor,” he emerged in the rustic garb of Tonio in “I Pagliaccl.” It was not all Tibbett’s show. Mario Cahmlee, noted tenor of the Metropoli- tan and the Ravinia Al Fresco opera, also starred in “I Pagliaccl,” singing the part of Canio for the first time. To Chicago the event held particular interest in the return of Marion Claire from European opera. Miss Claire, wife of Henry Weber, who at the time of their marriage was the Chicago Opera Co.’s youngest conductor, sang the role the fact that Miss Crawford doesn't seem to be as much of a part of it as she should be. Nevertheless, it is war mer, former commander of a German U-boat, which sank with the gold on it, | and Lilly, a sponsor of the treasurc RALDH »® FRANK MORGAN, BROTHERS, WEAR FAMILY CRESY and it 15 Fauliner—and that means hunt. join a scientific expedition spon- | that the language is brief and staccato | sored by Fay Templeton, (Fay Wray) a RINGS SO THEY CAN BE TOLD i APART. RALPH'S S GOLO . | —and that instead of saying, “Mrs. Z. this is my mother,” the actors simply rich girl, who doesn’t like gentlemen |and who accompanies the expedition say “mother—mine " and for the rest | looking for excitement. This gives Miss express_their emotions in a fleet of | Wray a chance to do some of that well- “quites.” earned hounding. and she hounds Bel- A lamy from piller to post all over the The lady you saw on the street yes- | ship This ship, for the exception of a terday in a bright red wig with dark glasses was Jean Blondell. Miss Blon- dell, as a matter of fact, has been queitly eluding the public gaze here since Monday. Tired of fuss and furor every time she stuck her nose out of docrs, Miss Blondell shopped for a re- spectable wig and nice black glasses, and has been doing a successful Garbo all over town ever since. One of the most successful of current comediennes, this normally blond and amusing young lady is getting prepared for her per- scnal appearance Friday at Warner's Earle. She was lunched and inter- viewed tocay, too. by local drama scribes. who found her bright, slight and completely charming. ‘Tomorrew ihese same press folk will get a look at Norma Talmadge.and George Jessel at a “tea” to be given in their honor. Incidentally, Eleanore Wilson has 549 different and distinct pcses of Miss Talmadge which she sa: she would like Miss Talmadge to autograph. Ought to keep Miss Talmadge busy. * ok % x The telephone calls have become angrier and angrier with this morn- ing’s announcement that Nino Martini will sing at the Metropolitan next sea- son. Reason for the anger is that Mr. Martini did not sing here a week ago Sunday. He positively did not sing here. - This, it is hoped. will put to rest the rumors that he did. Friday night Phil Hayden will pre- | sent his annual show at the Wardman | Park Theater. A polite but furious wire this morn- ing from “Daniel Webster Doyle.” Max- ine to you. “The Warrlor's Husband,” last sea- son’s Broadway success in which Kath- erine Hepburn made much hay, is com- ing to a Loew theater within the next three weeks. Elissa Landl and Ernest Truex are in the film. LEGION POST’S SHOW Carnival Starts Georgetown Today—Milkmaids to Seek Prizes. in ‘The largest midway and carnival ever presented in Washington will be sponsored by the Vincent Costello American Legion Post on the show grounds at ‘the corner of Wisconsin avenue and irty-fourth Georgetown, for 10 days, starting today. The big free feature attraction wiil be Beatrice Kyle. champion girl high diver. She will set hcrurt on fire, turn a complete somersault in midair and | the stage at the age of 21, starting his few melodramatic scenes in which Ralph Bellamy has run-ins with the wily Capt. Schlemmer, who is double-cross his two partner: semblance of a pleasure yacht on cruise, with a female, Clyde Beatty, try- ing to tame a playful, snarling lion cub in the form of a deep-sea diver. As the climax of tie picture, the diving bell carrying Miss Wray and a photographer is caught in the tentacles of a glant octopus. The air supply cut off and the hoisting chain broken, there seems little hope for her and her com- | panion until Mr. Bellamy dons his div- (ing suit, snatches an acetylene torch | and drops to the bottom of the sea to tackle Miss Wray's last monstrosity. This Is the scene which will give you the excitement. And Ralph Bellamy, who has been surly during the entire; plcture, does his best acting in this | fight and rescue. A Masquers release burlesqueing melodrama of a few years back, a | scrappy cartoon and the Pathe news | reel complete the bill. J. N. H. FREDERICK KERR, 74, i BRITISH ACTOR, DIES] Toured America With Mrs. Camp- bell and Had Worked in | Hollywood. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 3 —Frederick Kerr, | 74. stage and screen actor, died here last night. | Frederick Kerr, who had appeared on the stage and in motion pictures in America, was born in London, October 11, 1858. He studied for the bar at the Inner Temple, but gave it up for reer in New York. | He toured America with John Hare and Mrs. Patrick Campbell and worked in motion pictures in Hollywood. His last New York engagement was in “The | | High Road. MASQUERADERS ROBEED. ' DENVER, Colo. May 3 (®.—All| the peasant-garbed masqueraders who | | Ganced. 250 strong, at the Paul T. Mayo home here Saturday did not come to contribute to the Katherine Mayo milk | fund, which was the purpose of the ball. Police today had learned that four or! six of those who, disguised as Bavarian | peasants, frolicking with the socially ‘elite, made off with valuable cases. table ornaments. a horse show trophy |and an expensive bag containing valu- | able articles belonging to one of the | legitimate guests. | ca FRANK'S PLATINUM. | | Although born in Hornsey, a borough of London, Lilian Harvey was taken to Germany as a child and was educated there. While she was in Berlin, the war broke out and the family was unable to return to England. As a member of the Mary Zimmerman dancing troupe, Lilian was rehearsing for the Emil Schwarz Revie in Vienna when the opportunity to enter pictures came. Robert Land, a motion picture director, was watching the rehearsal and saw Lilian trip and fall from the stage into the orchestra pit where she landed on a drum He offered her a film contract and a week later she was playing in her first ! picture, “The Curse.” Many stars demand an exotic decorative scheme and lavish furnishings for their dressing rooms but Katherine Hepburn, who dotes on things cccentric, left her dressing room just as she found it. The only decorations in her private room are two grinning skulls. They look real but are papier mache. Used as properties in a recent picture, Katherine asked for them as soon as she saw | them. { Recently Marlene Dietrich posed five hours for a statue which is to be! seen in her latest picture, “The Song of Songs.” S. C. Scarpitta, jr. noted ! scultor who has just returned from Rome where he made a bronze of Mussolini, made the statue. In a dramatic scenz of the production the statue is broken. Betty Furness is Betty Fur-NESS. Eric Linden is EAR-ick LIN-den Diana Wynyard is DYE-anna WIN-yard. Louise Closser Hale, Hilda Vaughn “Father Noah's Ark.” silly Symphony in colo: Reel, “Bone Crushers News complete the bi “Goodby Again,” Broadway Rollo Llovd and Hit, at National. OODBY AGAIN,” a delight- [ ful and different sort of comedy that is still one of New York's present season’s s Walt Disney a Mctro Sports ard Metrotone Jessel and Talmadge: Novarro on Screen at Fox. ! S TARS of the first magnitude on both » stage and screen will join hands at Loew’s Fox Theater starting Friday. On the stage there will appear in person Norma Talmadge. who is co-starred with | George Jessel. in Jessel's own little revue. Assisting in the revue are Karre. Le Barron. Madame Ann th. Sam Bennett, Betta Dc Pasque, Dan Morgan. Three California Redheads and Madeline Kilecn ' Ramon Novarro returns to Washing- ton in his latest starring vehicle. h~ Barbarian.” a romantic story of Egvpt in which he is supported by Myrna Lov. | Reginald Denny. Louise Closser Hale | C. ‘Aubrey Smith and Hedda Hopper. ! “The Barbarian” also serves to intro-|{ duce several new songs, sung by No- varro. few real hits. will be brought to Wash- ington by the National Theater Players for the week beginning Monday night This is unusual for a stock company to be able to give lo- cal playgoers a glimpse of a Broadway success in the height of its career on th» “main_stem.” but the players have done it before and again they step tc the front to offer the best there is in the theater. “Good- by Again” is now current at the Masque Theater, New York, with . i ggwga”_‘_ Pfé‘;(‘ffA\ At each performance there will also| be the persoral appearance of various co-starre c orgart ety deals | local music organizations taking part, with a ladies’ club lecturer on tour, n National Music week. He gets as far as Cleveland and therc encounters a long lost and forgotten love. How the harassed man tries to keep out of the clutches of the very affectionate Cleveland lady and in the good graces of his secretary‘at the same time is a problem that will keep you laughing the whole night through. Members of the cast will include Leona Powers, Donald Woods, Ona Munson, Adelaide Hibbard, Forrest Orr, Ro- maine Callender, Freddie Sherman and others. Ona Munson, To Follow “Below the Sea.” -K-O KEITH'S is now presenting Co- lumbia’s “Below the Sea,” with Fay | Wray and Ralph Bellamy for an in- definite stay. This picture is having | its premiere showing at the Fifteenth | street theater. Following “Below the | Sea.” with the date not yet announced. R-K-O Keith'’s will offer the new Wheeler and Woolsey picture “Diplomaniacs.” | Wherein these two comedians are in attendance at a European peace con- | ference. Not attending to their diplo- they get all messed u ndes, bruncttes, ete.. with ture- ful music 2nd some of the deep-down laughs which always accompany a | Wheeler-Woolsey Film | George Arliss Film; Joan Blondell at Earle. EORGE ARLISS and Joan Blondell will share headline honors at Warner Bros. Earle for the week start- Wheeler and Woolsey picture. ing Friday, with Mr. Arliss in “The | — Working Man.” a Warner Bros. picture, | “After the Ball” and Joan Blondell, m’ person, headlining | Monday at the Columbia. the stage program in a special song-| ¢« A FTER THE BALL” Sha-dace orfering. Arliss s supporied | ATGER THE Sond et by Bette Davis, J. Farrell McDonald. | hone opens at Loew’s Columbia Thea- Theodore Newton, Frank Albertson and | ter next Monday. The story revolves many others in his new film. Ot 1T | around the misadventures of a suave stage acts will be Bert Walton, the | jegation courier who mingles his diplo- Broadway funster: * the De TOregos; matic duties with the perogatives of & dance speclalists in a colorful offering. | hangsome and charming man. His foil "Enchantment,” and Harry BIEUET, g the beautiful wife of a legation at- radio’s newest musical mnmNB!wm tache whom he meets at a mask ball Short reels, the Graham McNamee g5 never forgets. The sparkling at- | newsreel and the Earle orchestral Pre-| traction between the two leads them | lude will round out the bill. into a situation that almost causes in. = ternational difficulties and just misses | Cagney in “Picture Snatcher” playing a serious prank on’ their own | Coming to the Metropolitan. «PICTURE SNATCHER,” Warner Bros. latest picture starring James Cagney, will be the attraction for | the week starting Friday at Warner Bros. Metropolitan Theater. The film is based on & newspaper story by Danny Ahearn, which treats of a little known phase of the work on a tabloid of the | more sensational type. Jimmy, in the | title role, is the go-getting picture man | hearts. The cast in support of Miss Ralston a;nd R:téfl.;one include Maric Burke, | Jeane rienne. Geor Curzon Clifford Heatherley. o e Glen Echo Park Opens Saturday. (GLEN ECHO PARK. Washington's popular amusement resort will oj Saturday. The new ball room contain- | Screen star. The election of that year | | B | Wheeler and Woolsey, stars of the Radio comedy “Diplomaniacs.” | are Phyllis Barry and Marjorie White. POLISH VISITOR IN U. S. The girls | dive into a blazing tank of gasoline. This act will be presented twice each who, gets photographs of people and news events by hook or crook, regards less of ethics. Patricia Ellis, a 17-year- | old Broadway ingenue. plays opposite | Cagney. Others in the cast include | Ralph Bellamy, Alice White, Ralf Har- olde, Robert Emmet O'Connor and | George Pat Collins. “Today We Live” Coming to the Palace. ¢T'ODAY WE LIVE" opens at Loew's Palace Theater Friday with Joan Crawford and Gary Cooper in the star- ing 7.500 square feet' of dance area. and permitting comfortable dancing for 1.800 persons will be ready at this time. The Crystal Pool opens,on May 27. The big coaster dips are capable this year of giving more spine tickling sen- sations, and considerable money has been spent on illumination for this fea- ture; new illumination and a new stucco front has also been added to the Dodgem rides. Picnic grounds have been beautified and renovated. Mac- Williams will be on hand with an en- larged band in the new ball room every oodhart | day during the engagement. One of the special features will be the Hollywood public wedding to be held Fridav n'git, May 12. On Monday night, May 8, there will be a milkmaids’ contest, | open to girls under 25 years of age Dr. J. Thomas Kelley, jr., will furnish | |some of his prize-winning Holstein | cows for this interesting contest. Rules of the National Dairy Show will gov- ‘ern the milking. which will be in three-minute periods. On Wednesday night, May 10, will be the butter- churning contest for women over 50 vears of age and girls under 25 years. Three silver loving .cups go to winners in each class, Contestants will be | judged by time taken and quality of | the butter. Other special events will be announced later. | oil | Passenger Elephant Popular. MELBOURNE (#).—Quesnie, veteran | elephant. of the Melbourne Zoo, has given a 1ide to her 1,380,000th passen- | ger. She has walked 21,000 miles in 23 | years and earned $75,000. 15 ; fiATIONAI. N g Mats Today mnd Sat., 2:20 N '8 E. Cochran and Clifford Hrooke wtfer A revival 0{ INA CLAIRE'S Famous . Stage Success -“GROUNDS FOR DI ORCE” A Delightfal Comedy of Law & Love $1.00, S0 B -} —_ DANCING. iday, te [ ] Studio, 1127 | wiek “Good-Bye Again” Gen. Gorecki, Leader of Veterans’ Organization Fidac. NEW YORK, May 3 (#).—Gen. Ro- man Gorecki of Poland, banker and president of Fidac, international or- ganization of World War veterans, ar- rived today on the liner Majestic for a visit of two weeks, ‘The principal object of his trip is to present the Fidac educational medal | of peace to Georgetown University. This is hfs first visit to the United States and he expects to visit American Le- gion units in various parts of the country. COSTELLO American Legion Post CARNIVAL ‘Wiscensin 2d to for distinguished service in the cause | ¥ & 34th St 13th Beatrice Kyle FREE 101-Foot High Dive on Fire into Fire ADMISSION 10 Cents ring roles. Miss Crawford plays the role of an aristocratic English girl who bravely tries to do her part at home while her father is on the battlefields. Forced to sell her home to a young American studying in England, she finally falls in love with him, only to have him leave to go to the front. The film was directed by Howard Hawks. The story was taken from a novel of the same name, written by William Faulkner. A notable cast support Miss Craw- ford and Mr. Cooper, including Robert ng,_Franchot Tone, Roscoe Karns, evening from 8:30 until 11:30 pm. If the light from all the incandescent lamps sold in one year would produce sunlight over but one square mile of the earth's surface, it would produce maonllghz over an area of 400,000 square miles. SAT. SEASON STARTS AT [FRFEABMISSION ] LEN ECH() [ AMySSMENT Pan | AY SPANISH GARDEN BALLROOM With McWilliams® Orch. OF 15 STAR ARTISTS AND MANY NEW AMUSEMENTS All at Old Popular Prices of Nedda in “I Pagliacci Opera has been a rare visitor in the last year. The pink and gold civic | opera house, monument to the erst- while Insull operatic regime, sits dark and gloomy on the Chicago River bank. Missing from the boxes they were i wont to occupy were Mrs. Edith Rocke- feller McCormick. now dead. and her former husband, Harold F. McCormick, ill at his home on his sixty-fiftth birth- day. But other soclety leaders were in their places. among them their son, Fowler McCormick, and his wife, the former Fifi Stillman. 1PROSE-CUT0H'S DEATH DELAYS SLAYING TRIAL By the Associated Press, EUGENE, Oreg.. May of a prosecutor has del: trial of Llewellyn A. Banks, editor, and Mrs. Banks. Adjournment was ordered until 1:30 p.m. (Pacific standard time) today after news was received in court yesterday of the sudden death from a heart at- tack of William S. Levens, 60. assistant | State attorney general, assigned to the | case. A jury ha® been selected. Ralph Moody of Medford. former assistant United States Attorney General. was | hurriedly sworn in last night as special | assistant State attorney general to as- sume charge of the State's case. Banks and his wife are on trial for the slaving of George Prescott. Medford constable. fatally shot when he at- tempted to serve a warrant on Banks. The former editor had been indicted with more than a score of others for the theft of several thousand ballots from the Jackson County Court House on the eve of a recount of votes for sheriff. At the Earle JOAN BLONDELL, who will be featured in the stage bill at the Earle next week. Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing National—“Grounds for Divorce,” at :30 and 8:30 p.m. Gayety—Stock _company, t 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. Palace—“Cavalcade.” at 11:50 am., 2:15, 4:45, 7:10 and 9:40 p.m. Rialto—“Out All Night” at 11:52 am, 1:52, 3:52, 7:52 and 9:52 pm Loew's Fox—“Zoo in Budapest” at 11 am. 1:43, 426, 7:09 and 9:53 p.m. Stage shows at 12:52, 3:35, 6:18 and 9:02 pm. Columbia—"Hondage,” at 11:30 am. 1:15, 3. 4:45, 6:30, 8:10 and 9:55 p.m. Metropolitan—"A Bedtime Story,” at 0, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30 and burlesque, 's—"“Below the Sea,” at ., 1:38, 3:39, 5:40, 7:41 and Earle—"Central Airport,” at 10:2¢ am, 12:50, 3:16, 5:42, 8:08 and 10:36 pm. Stage shows at 11:44 am., 2:10, 4:35, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Tivoli—“Pick Up,” at 2:25, 4:15, 6, 7:50 and 9:35 p.m. Central—“Sign of the Cross,” from 11 am. to 11 pm. Ambassador—“Sign of the Cross,” at 5:15, 7:25 and 9:40 p.m. LAST 2 DAYS RICRARD BARTNELMESS i “CENTRAL AIRPORT* ING'S PENNSYL! L] COMING FRIDAY ‘MAURICE g!.E_«".““ “A BEDTIME STORY™ ° Coming Fridey LANES CAGNEY n Warner Bros “PICTURE SNATCHER" METROPOLITAN HE annual Spring concert of the George Washington Glee Clubs took place last evening at the Willard Hotel. The clubs were directed Robert Howe Har- T i mon, with Grace Ruble Harmon as ac- companist, and had as assisting artist Nils Falkman, operatic and concert tenor. Every box and seat in the large ball room was taken, and the audience equaled its size by the amount of en- thusiastic applause that greeted the performance of the clubs. Por clear-cut work it was decidedly the outstanding choral concert of the season. The clubs attain a concentrated tone and combined effort that result in an effect as of one grandiose instru- ment. The precision, neatness and care, while of especially high order, was not permitted to interfere with the real joy of singing. The singers sang from well- opened throats, and as if the marked rhythm and fine shadings were entirely their own idea rather than the result of hard training and drilling by their expert conductor. It is a real achievement that Mr. Harmon has accomplished in acquiring the mellow, free-tone quality which held not to the border line of pitch, but firmly placed upon it throughout the harmonization. It was this high pitch that gave a gay, fresh coloring to the entire program and kept away any feeling of monotony. Mr. Harmon has also succeeded in making the chorus arrive at the desired shadings with alertness. There were infinitely minute attacks, difficult to train a large group to accomplish. that came with decision and an exact calculation as to the duration of the effect that was most satisfying. Mr. Harmon has the singers well in hand, knows what he wants and gets it, which is not an easy task when handling 75 individuals. the Men's Club was of superior quali An organ-like richness and fullness was a fundamental characteristic that lent itself with elasticity to whatever de- mands were made upon it. Thus the magnificent “Prayer of Praise” which opened the program on a sublime note, Sullivan's “The Long Day Closes” or “The Merry Frogs.” by Speiser, or Can- dish’s “The Jolly Roger” were equally well done with delightfully well worked- out contrasts. In the sacred music. which made up one group. Palestrina’s “Terebrae factae sunt” was sung with nobility and solemnity. The “Benedic- tus” from Gounod's famed St. Cecelia mass, however. was taken too quickly to be impressive and it was further marred by the off pitch of the soloist, the first and only transgression of this kind the entire evening. The Women's Club sang. unaccom- | panied, a new arrangement of “Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes,” Rober- ton's “The Bells.” and the “Cachuca” and finale from Sullivan’s “The Gondo- liers.” Their voices blended excellently and the pure, fresh quality was pre- served throughout and not sacrificed to any striving for powerful climaxes. The high sopranos_particularly were un- usually fine. They soared to the high tones easily and retained the proper | balance necessary for the deeper quan- tity of sound of the men’s voices. This was excellently illustrated in the combined singing of the clubs. Here the careful training which had been given them stood out predominately and the balance maintained, the nuances and the dynamic control were above criticism. The “Praise to the Lord” of Christiansen and the Czecho- slovakian folk song arranged by Kibal- chich were the two extremes that called these qualities into relief and were Another composition of Christiansen, “Beautiful Savior,” the “Sanctus” from and the rousing “Kammenoi Ostrow” of | Rubenstein, especially arranged for the |'chorus, were the finishing numbers of the program. In the last the clubs were | accompanied by the Brusiloff Concert Orchestra. The soloist of the evening was Nils Falkman. who gave the “E Lucivan le Stelle,” from the last act of “Tosca,” as his first number. This aria is not par- ticularly well suited to stand alone on a concert program and its moving and dramatic character was somewhat lost. Mr. Falkman, a Swedish tenor, has a lyric voice of true Italian color, which his Italian pronunciation unfortunately did not match. It is a voice that, in the proper surroundings, could make much of just such an aria as this one from “Tosca,” for it is appealing and warm and well managed. His real ar- tistic feeling was better demonstrated in his singing of the “Traum Durch Die Daemmerung,” by Strauss: Katherine Glen's “Twilight” and Russell's “I Hold Her Hands,” in which he spun out his tones so as to make the natural beauty of his voice evident and which he in- terpreted with refined understanding. He was ably assisted at the piano by Sarah_Stulman, who accompanied him with discretion. * ok ox % 'HE Washington Oratorio Society, George F. Kortzenborn, conductor, entation of the first two parts of Haydn's “Creation” in the auditorium of Central High School. The cho- rus sings with good tone and pre- cision, though it is weak in the tenor and contralto parts. The soloists were Esther Ingram, soprano; Dr. George Anderson. tenor, and Neel Parrish, baritone, who sang the bass part: Mar- jorie Davis at the piano and Gertrude Dyre at the organ were the accom- panists. The performance would have been more effective had the accompani- by piano instead of the reverse. Miss Ingram and Mr. Parrish have voices of good range and quality, and, with proper study will make good sing- ers, Neither showed any knowledge of tion between recitative and aria. Dr. Anderson, however, showed more familiarity with the art, and sang the recitative’ and aria, “in native worth and honor,” with nice shading and style. and good enunciation. The singing last evening showed cene RAYMOND. As to natural beauty of tone that of | justly rewarded by a generous applause. | made its debut last evening in a pres- | ments been of the organ, augmented By Alice Eversman, | earnest wurk, but not after the. tradi- tions, beauty and majesty of oratorio. K. B. | * X x % THI Arts Club enjoyed a rare treat last night when it listened to the | radiant voice of Henriette Bagger, mez- | Zo-soprano, originally of Copenhagen, Denmark, more lately of New York, and A& newcomer to Washington. Previous to her visit to this country, Miss Bag- ger sang in soio in Germany, Holland, ;'ndkin ;ur nlm-el Scandinavia. In New ork she was soloist with the Manhat- w;‘g!rcrfimn. Fp agger's four groups of songs last night included “XlanoDsBel Fbco‘." by Marcello; “Statue dr Czarskoe— | Selo,” by Cesar Cul; “Auf dem Kirsh- l!'lofe and “Madschenlied,” by Brahms; | “Standeken” and “Zucignung” by Strauss. In clear and sympathetic Eng- lish she rendered charmingly three songs based on Chinese poems, by Granville Bantock. Miss Bagger's final group included four Danish songs, “Herr Konge.” by Peter Heise; “Vinden Flyver i Verden Her” and “Svarta Ro- sor.” by Sibelius. Miss Bagger brings to Washington a voice not only young and sympathetic, but of unusual range and perfect con- trol, with the simpilicity of the great- est in art. She reveals also a re- strained dramatic gift and finesse in her interpretations. Mildred Kolb Schulze accompanied Miss Bagger in her songs. S.H.W. CAREWE AND VAN LOAN PROFESS BANKRUPTCY Veteran Director and Writer File Voluntary Petitions at Los Angeles. By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, May 3.—Two figures famous in the film colony. Edwin Carewe, veteran director, and H. H. Van Loan, short story and scenario writer, filed voluntary petitions in bankruptcy in Federal Court yesterday. Carewe scheduled liabilities of $440.- 661. and assets of $328.580. Van Loan listed debts of $62,223 and assets of $75,200. _ Among his debts Carewe placed taxes due totaling $199.475. He said he had no cash on hand. 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