Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1933, Page 19

AMU Sheiks and the Desert SEMENTS ~ In a Revival at the Fox “The Barbarian,” With Cinema BaCl( to Other Days——Joan Crawford and Garry Cooper 1 By E. de S. Melcher. EMEMBER “The Sheik?” Valen- tino and a smooth wiite woman in a desert? “The Sewbarian” is a nice afterthougnt on the same subject. Ladies who enter the portals of Loew's Fox will find that deserts and their advantages have been revived. Ramon Novarro, one- time hairless hero of “The Son Daugh- ter,” returns to the screen with Egyp- tian bonnets and an Anglicized Afri- can theme song which will prob- ably be played in shady corners on dark nights by a million gramo- phones during the Summer, in this romantic yarn of a young prince (turned dragoman) who falls in love with a young wom- an who is about to be married to somebody else. It has been many a day since a cinema hero has turned sheik. The Valentino role has Ramon Novarro, Ramon Novarro. Takes n "Today We Live.” 1and more to the public at large, | her fine work in this film Closser Hale is also very, very funny— especially perched on and thrown off a camel. , after Louise * ok X The George Jessel-Norma Talmadge stage show, which, when viewed yes- terday, amounted only to a dress re- hearsal, will be reported on Monday— in fairness to all concerned. The lights yesterday just wouldn't go off and the acts wouldn’t ccme on. So, when all is in order, we'll try again. * X X x “Today We Live"—and presumably, “tomorrow we die"—is the William | Faulkner saga now playing at Loew's Palace, in which Joan Crawford and Gary Cooper are starred. Although the advertisements said recently: “Iinagine glamorous Joan swooning in the arms ot gallant Gary,” the pair actually have a rather platonic love affair, and Miss Crawford has a considerable fight getting much footage in the film at all. It is. really, a man's film. Miss Crawford somehow just doesn't belong. Although she plays her role well enough throughout, as a local drama scribe said, “she needs powder.” And she | does. She has long sequences in which THE EVENING COMEDY SHOWN WITH WHEELER AND WOOLSEY “Diplomaniacs” at Keith’s Reveals New Features. BmT ‘WHEELER and Robert Woolsey, in their most satirical frame of mind, tear sentiment and popular en- thusiasm into shreds with their new film, “Diplomaniacs,” which is offered at R-K-O Keith’'s. A little more smoothness has been put into their irresponsible and boisterous journey long the pathway of humor, and more spontaneous chatter gives the present| production an increase of sparkle. One | thing that contributes to the value of the entertainment is the fact that the public expects them to be the same team on every new occasion, and be- cause of their own type of stagecraft, | a subject that lends itself easily to dis- | tortion and touches popular thought gives a play which easily bears their accepted trade mark. Multiplicity of types in the eddying crowds of people, who are more notable for energy than for common under- standing, is the Wheeler and Woolsey ideal, and in the present instance thel have drawn upon the American Indian in primitive mood, ard the delegates to | a peace conference in their war-like | moments for the contrasts that set off | the fireworks of these highly developed exponents of the incongruous. That | the authors of their strange medley of | events have provided some acceptable material is good fortune for the team, and they travel through their scenes SCREEN ODDITIE BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAWCETT. =~ A'WAVE METER’ WAS USED TO TIME OCEAN WAVES SO TRE CAMERA SHUTTER COULD BE SYNCHRONIZED TN WITH THEM IN FILMING *HELL BELOW' 5 During the filming of “Hell Below” one man was detailed to “keep book™ STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, GEORGE ARLISS, AND BLONDELL ACT, AT EARLE Feminine Screen Star Appears on Stage. Wrrfl George Arliss appearing in one of the most human roles that he has ever presented, and with Joan Blondell on the stage in person, the Earle Theater has the kind of a show that appeals especially. to those who ap- preciate the development of stage and screen personalities. Evident intention to give full play to the unusual professional talents of Mr. Arliss has led to several variations in the kinds of selections made for him in recent months. In “The Working Man,” the real Arliss is disclosed, and he gives a brilliant performance in drama which places him high among those stars who are able to create on the screen the understanding of a leader of men, whose efficiency is matched by the ability to make a strong impression among associates, and to create an at- mosphere of robust sentiment. In the strength of the plot much depends also upon the aid that is given by Bette Davis, an actress who not only has the ability to' create the.outward impres- sion of vigor and interest in life, but also reveals the capacity for sincerity in the midst of intrigue. Mr. Arliss undertakes the unusual task of running two rival factories by the adoption of an assumed name and obtaining appointment as trustee of the estate of a man who has died. Not- withstanding the rivalry, he regrets the CONTRACLT TO WRITE TWO MORE been neglected of late. Strange as it| her peauty is not photographed to ad- may seem., neither Clark Gable nor| yantage She is, nevertheless, sincere Georgia Raft have worn desert boots| iy 4] her actions, and attractive when and whipped white ladies off ‘camels| she wants to be. As @ result, how- and hurried them to their sandy 1gloos. | ever, of a series of unfortunate dresses Novarro, disguised beneath an amazing array of African headgear, adopts these tactics. Further than that, he sings to them. While he is frank in his love- making and is neither bashful nor timid in his embraces, when he seems to be losing ground he opens his mouth and sings “Moon on the Nile,” a song that reduces all women to pulp. In this case, it is the tall and lovely Myrna Loy. Miss Loy has only to hear Novarro's soft voice, but she becomes transfixed into a stupor and does his bidding more than she had any idea that she ever would. While she pre- tends that she still loves her flance and even goes so far as to get herself into a wedding dress in his honor, she does a complete turn-about at sight of her sheik, and when he chants the theme song and whispers gentle words of what-nots in her ear, she becomes jelly again and allows herself to be carted away as his bride in the final fadeout. ‘The film is the sort of thing that will appeal greatly to romantic ladies. They will dream a thousand dreams about themselves as Miss Loy. They will want to whip Novarro the way Miss Loy does, and then be beaten by Novarro the way Miss Loy is. But in the end they will succumb to the lure of the desert and and bad make-up, we cannot imagine | that she will benefit much by this picture. |~ Muci better are the men concerned— | although Cooper slides back & notch | from his_excellency in “A Farewell to | Arms” He is helped, however, by Rob- |ert Young and Franchot Tone, two | actors of the ycunger school, who play their parts for all they are worth. Mr. Tone, particularly, makes you believe that he is a human being—a young boy caught in the midst of making the | best out cf what seems to be somewhat | of a mess. | In the story, Miss Crawford loves | first Mr. Young and then Mr. Cooper | —and furthermore she has a brother (Tone) who loves them all, as Mr. Coward would say, “very much.” This quartet of misplaced souls (misplaced rather gallantly in the war) fight their emotional battles together in a series of monosyllabic Faulkner sentences, and then run cut in the open and do their | flying and their motor-boat torpedoing | with nonchalance and abandon. ‘The latter scenes are better than the emotional battles. The air pictures are | fine, and the motor boating is fast and furious. It seems rather a shame, how- ever, t> waste Mr. Tone and Mr. Young i i | fancy themselves as being whisked to| by running them to their death while far-off tents and becoming the bride | Miss Crawford walks off in the end with a good amount of entertainment. Stage antics which put good humor into a gathering of world peace workers and a burlesque of feminine diplomacy are | incidents in glorifying the | | | effective | Wheeler and Woolsey brand of pictorial | wisdom. When they finally believe they | have created world peace, they have participated in some very striking cata- | clysms with the innocent use of ex- | plosives. | “Diplomaniacs” is a semi-musical show and has a good chorus, which| gives zest to the songs of the principals. The scenes have a certain degree of technical perfection. Marjorie White is an effective diplomatic charmer, and Phyllis Barry also contributes to the farcical developments. There is a large cast in addition to the chorus. One of those shouting incidents of the play | is the exhibition of the stars in the | task of solving jigsaw puzzles. A peace song in blackface, brought about by an explosion, is an excellent musical fea- ture. A tribal dance by the Indians is a bit of the picturesque. The Gilbert and Sullivan type of conversations in the form of lyrics is an interesting turn. The Keith program also includes James Gleason in a comedy, Tom How- ard in an amusing sketch of the new | proprietor of a drug store, screen map-l shot sand the news reel. c.C. | rym | 1s seen on the screen, its latest appearance being in “Th Eagle and the Hawk." ! Napoleon's career. | of inexpensive make. on the ocean waves. He worked with an instrument in which a float rose and fell, recording its movements on a moving roll of paper. just how waves “timed” each day. Cameras were mounted on pontoons, which rose and fell with the waves. The shutters had to be timed accord- ingly so that each day's filming would show the same relative movement be- tween cameras and floating submarines which they were filming. Shutters also have to synchronize with the alternations of current in incandescent lJamps now used in the studios. The alternations are invisible to the eye but are caught photographically unless the shutter is Yropefly timed. Like father, like son does not always hold true. Wallace Beery's father was & policeman; Ramon Novarro's father was a dentist and the paternal parents of both Clark Gable and Walter Huston were contracting engineers. The Barrymores followed in the footsteps of their actor father, Maurice Bar- ore, but Robert Montgomery’s dad was a rubber manufacturer. A French Baldaquein bed which dates from the time of Napoleon often The antique is inlaid with French marquetry symbolizing the highlights of It was used by Prince Murat, Marshal of France, for nearly a decade. After Napoleon's regime was ended, the bed was confiscatd and eventually it was brought to America. Peggy Hopkins Joyce has acquired a fascinating aura of glamour and luxurious living, but when it comes to motor cars she is contented with a model Ridiculing the extravagant, many-cylindered cars used by many, she personally drives her car and declares that she is expert in the changing of tires. Ely Culbertson was born in Russia. His father was American, his mother Russian. Francis Lederer is a native of Czechoslovakia. Chick Chandler is the son of Col. George F. Chandler, retired Army surgeon and founder of the New York State constabulary, and a nephew of Howard Chandler Christy, famous artist. Regis Toomey is “Pat.” Lois Wilson is “Loy.” Clara Bow is “Kid.’ | Sybil, he was thinking, Syon, my wire, |for whom I have lived. who was the | whole meaning of my life in the rose- The idea was to see | squandering of the estate of his old ccmpetitor, and nips the familiar scheme of permitting a business con- cern to deteriorate in order that it may be acquired by a holding company. Much strategy is employed in the plans of Mr. Arliss and it is explained that his interest is due to the fact that the mother of the two young persons who inherited the shoe factory was a youth- ful object of his earlier affections. Mr. Arliss is the man of action throughout, the man who carries’ with him at every point the sympathy of his audience, and the play may be set down on his roster of successful pro- ductions. A capable cast includes, in addition to Miss Davis, the names of a large number of known actors, some of the best of whom are Theodore Newton, Hardie Albright. Gordon Westcott and J. Farrell Macdonald. Miss Blondell was marked enthusiasm in the stage por- tion of the program at the Earle, and was aided by Bert Walton, who also had an odd contribution, in which he was assisted by the orchestra and a male singer. Miss Blondell dispensed some light entertainment. whose chief purpose was to introduce her to friends in Washington, and concluded with an amusing dance. Others on the program were the De Toregos, in an elaborate group of cos- tume dances and other displays of skill, and Harry Breuer, on the xylophone. D. C. { | | received with | Out Where the Movies Begin “The Warrior’s Husband,” a Story of the Amazon Kingdom, Will Provide Test of Audience Sophistication. By Mollie Merrick. Special Dispatch to The Star. HOLLYWOOD, May 6 (NANA).— The first and greatest test of audience sophistication will be experienced by Hollywood when “The Warrior's Hus- band” is released. Here, superbly di- recua and photographed, made with & production lavishness which gives it the usual ;rpnl movies must iuve, is a story of a humorous reversal of sex characteristics in a tale located in the kingdom of the Amazons, those female warriors who usurped the ways of men and who despised the weaker and (to them) less attractive sex. It would be hard to find any more eye-filling performance than Elissa Landi’s—or a more riotcus queen of the Amazons than Marjorie Rambeau, who, in sturdy beauty and imperiousness, contributed some priceless humor to this satire. Ernest Truex—star of “‘Whistling in the Dark"—is the lily-like husband of the Amazon queen, and David Manners has a small part as the boy with whom the young warrior, Landi, falls in love. Maude Eberne as a funny orderly of the Amazon troops and some priceless humor contributed of the warrior group, ladies of six feet or so weighing an easy two hundred, will give you an evening of fine laughs. There is a tendency on the part of ; Studios to get their new pictures off sound stages as often as possible. Per- haps some of this is due to unpleasant criticism won by a recent release made by a producer who feels that keeping the picture under a roof is the ideal way to make it—and save morey. Said pro- duction head showed a scene where a lad is in a field of corn with so many wrinkles in the sky hanging behind him that the audience rippled into com- fortable laughter. An entire farmhouse was built to “Stranger’s Retur: when he told please Philip Stong for his new picture, | M. G. M. that all his hunt for a farm was valueless since when he found the right physical setting with the correct trees, etc. the farm was impossible. They told him to go out and get his geographical location and they would built the farm to suit. ‘The newest development in movies is & tendency to turn back the clock on the principals—and that is precisely the title of the piece which Ben Hecht and Edgar Selwyn are preparing. It is the story of a man who seeks to live life over again, profiting by the experiences of his present life. “The Power and Glory,” which Pres- ton Sturges wrote and which Jesse Lasky is producing with Colleen Moore and Spencer Tracy, is just such a tale. It opens with the funeral of the chief character and weaves out the story of his life, as told by a life-long friend who becomes a narrator's voice—skipping from early incidents to later develop- ments in & shifting panorama of times and emotions. It's a radical departure in production technique and the out- come will be most interesting. Mae West contributes this recipe for her famous coffee souffie—the only way you can fully appreciate it is to try it: One and one-half cupfuls of strong coffee—half cup of milk—two-thirds of a cup of sugar—1 tablespoonful of gran- ulated gelatin—one-fourth of a tea- spoon of salt—3 eggs and one-half a teaspoon vanilla. Mix the coffee, milk and one-half of the sugar and gelatin and heat in a double boiler. Add re- maining sugar, salt and the yolks of eggs, slightly beaten until stiff, and z:?]!ll !‘he ;’:nuxa’ Place in a mold and | n the refrigerator. ‘*Rfigeg iy gerator. Serve with you get to look like Mae, you're lucky—she’s the rage of the moment, curves and all. ; (Copyright, by the North Ne American T Alliance. Inc.) {CAGNEY’S NEW FILM FAR BELOW AVERAGE Red-Headed Star Fails to Impress in His Role of Tabloid Re- porter, at the Metropolitan. None of the men and women Wwho |had a hand in the making of “Picture | Snatcher.” the current attraction at the Metropolitan, knows anything about the newspaper business—not even James Cagney, the star of the picture, who is reputed to have served a brief term as a reporter on a city daily before he turned to the cinema as & means of livelihood. The probability is, of course, that Cagney’s journalistic experience ‘FIVE-STAR FINAL’ AUTHOR SUED BY FORMER WIFE By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, May 6—Maintenance of $75 weekly for her 13-year-old son is | sought by Mrs. Lily W. Giordon of Newton, Pa. in a petition filed here | yesterday egainst her former husband, Louis Weltzenkorn, Hollywood, Calif., moving picture scenario executive. The petition recites that she is now Teceiving $25 a week for the boy's sup- port. Weitzenkorn, former New York Dewspaper man, is described as earning $1.000 weekly 'and to have received $200,000 in royalties from the book and moving picture “Five-Star Final.” of a real, honest-to-goodness Holly- wood sheik. " with gallant, but spiritually dull Gary | Cooper. You somehow don't feel par- LUXURY LINER | covered .house over there on the other side of the ocean. was presented to him, neatly wrapped | and carefully bound 'round with pretty | Mr. Novarro looks as young as ever ticularly excited over how they feel and sings the way he is probably sing- | about each other. At least you never ing on his European concert uur right see “glamorous Joan swconing in the now. And Miss Loy should mean more | arms of gallant Garry.” COMEDY HELD OVER FOR A SECOND WEEK Pitts and Summerville Continue With Screen Farce, “Out All Night,” at the Rialto. Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts, Universal's duo of sad-eyed comedy, continue that prolonged and highly disturbed honeymoon, and handle the difficult problem of what to do when mother or mother-in-law decides to accompany a bridal pair on their wed- ding trip in true Summervillian-Pitts style this week in their latest comedy, “Out All Night,” which has been held over at the Rialto. The lack of a good comedy vehicle does not seem to matter much where this pair is concerned, for Miss Pitts’ wafting fish-like motion of her hand or Summerville’s blank physiogonomy inevitably produce that chuckle from their admirers whenever flashed on the screen. In some instances the dia- logue of this film is humorous, but for the most part it relies on the slap- stick antics of this “dead-pan” couple. It is these antics, coupled with those of Laura Hope Crews, that produc: the majority of those highly adver—j tised laughs ‘When ~ Mr. Summerville plunges around in that clumsy, lanky way so habitual with him, or just stands and looks forlorn. he is infinitely more gigzle-provoking than any of those shady lines. And it is when Laura Crews (a runner-up on Floyd Gibbons) talks or cries. or when Zasu Pitts swings that hand so gently to and fro and emits that peeping groan, that the film is at its most humorous mo- ments. As for the continuity, it is a series of embarrassing complications into which one might expect this couple to become involved. and ranges from being locked all night in a bed room display room in a store to getting their train and Pullman tickets mixed and vainly trying to rid themselves of Slim's mother (Laura Crews). who has | decided that her boy should not be without her care, even on the first night of his honevmoon. The feature, “The Fighting Presi- PATRICIA ELLIS, Who plays with James Cagney in | “Picture Snatcher.” poses for Ferenc, the Viennese photographer. {WASHINGTON AMATEURS IN ORIGINAL DANCES| i Phil Hayden's Revue at Wardman | —By Gin He held her with his hands, he saw her with his eyes—but just because he held her and because he saw her, he| knew that he had lost her forever. Not | a Kaus— Guest Conductor (OOPYRIGHT, 1933, BY GINA KAUS) INSTALLMENT XLIL HE fourth civillan who had come aboard found his way to the hospital through the labyrinthe Columbia. Franz Weber was a man of 55 and proprietor of & prosperous laundry business in Brook- 1yn. He hesitated until his rapid heart- beat had grown somewhat quieter. He had known for several years past that something was wrong with his heart. and that he had not much longer o live. But his mother must not know that! He had not seen her for 30 years, and he still thought of her as a sturdy woman. And now when he saw a per- | fectly strange wrinkled face lying among the pillows and covers, he hoped that he had opened the wrong door. The nurse said, “There he is, Mother Weber, your son.” Helplessly Mother Weber looked at the huge man she did not recognize. She took his hand; she was hunting for the scar two inches below the wrist which he had got in a fall when he was 2 years old. The scar was still there. It alone had defied the years; she put away her vision of the fresh complexioned, black-haired boy who no longer existed and her love wrapped itself around the aging bald- headed man who was sitting on the edge of her bed. | “You are not looking well, my child,” she said. “You are not {112 | Tears leaped into Franz Weber's eyes, | but he bravely kept them back and | | “A little louder, the in- spector said. Thomas had turned away. Sybil's undisguised fear was unbearable. He looked out of the window. He thought, here I am in New York with Sybil He had dreamed of walking with Sybil along Broadway at evening time when a thousand artificial lights glowed “Single—married, divorced?” “I—I am marrie usband’s profession?” Doctor.” That's me, thought Thomas. Every- thing else was a dream, a nightmare. “Purpose of your journey?” “I am visiting an ‘aunt.” “Name and address of your aunt, if you please.” At the very moment when Sybil was to pronounce the horrible name “Shropshire-Crawley” she lost her last remnant of self-control. In her mem- ory there was nothing but a mad agglomeration of letters. She was on the verge of breaking down, and so re- mained silent. The official's watery blue eyes sud- denly turned cold. “The name of your aunt?” And when Sybil, in her despair, remained silent. he said, “Well, then. I'll have to keep you on Ellis Island please,” | until we get some trustworthy infol mation—what are you laughing a This was directed at Thomas, for Thomas was laughing. Everything was so strange, so incredibly dreamlike that nothing surprised him any longer. “Sorry, Inspector—I'm laughing at said that he would be very happy if my wifethis lady is really my wife.” to Shortwell, not to her superficiality— he had lost her to the new life W)L\ch} he could no longer resist and in which | | there was no place for her. Even with | Sybil he could no longer return to the charming doctor’s viila, into the easy | existence he had inherited from hss| father. Not even if he could have for. gotten Sybil's faithlessness. At thi moment it seemed to him that Sybil betrayal was quite unimportant, some- thing he could forget without too much | trouble. | ‘What he could never forget was the glance he had had into the turmoil of | the larger world, its manifoldness, its ups and downs, its possibilities anc | problems. For the sake of this sweet! face he, an ordinary. rather timid man. | had begun to fight—and now it was; the battle he wanted, the battle he could not give up, even for the sake or' his face. | “What do you want of me?” she| whispered once more, softly, calmed by | his quiet attitude. “Wait a moment—I want—" He! let go of her. Sybil looked at him wita | helpless eyes and he went into the| flower shop. He had her passport. She! could not leave the ship without him. and woe unto her if she aroused his anger again. Was this the Thomas who for five years had been infinitely considerate toward her, always giving in to her. and whom she had considered a weakling? For her sake he had journeyed to the other end of the world: in spite of all difficulties he had overtaken her and got her back into his power. For the first time in her life she understood his { DR. HANS KINDLER, Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, who has been engaged to conduct a series of concerts of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, probably about the middle of July. The concerts, Iheld in a stadium, are made possible | through the Guggenheim philanthropies. —Harris-Ewing Photo, pink ribbon, by some highly imagina- tive press agent. Certainly, there is nothing in Cagney's portrayal of the Irole of a hard-boiled tabloid reporter to indicate he has ever been wWithin | two blocks of an_ editorial room. | Reporters of the type presented by | Cagney simply do not exist, not even on the most unethical of the “yellow” | | tabloids. And the only way in which the city rocm depicted in “Picture | Snatcher” resembles a real newspaper | office is that it contains desks and type- | writers. ! Prom the first close-up to the last fade-out, “Picture Snatcher” is drivel. poorly written, poorly directed and, for the most part, poorly acted. Only Ralph Bellamy and Alice White suc- | ceed in turning in really first-class per- formances. All the other players, with the exception of Cagney, appear down- right amateurish. As for Cagney, his portrayal is ex- cellent in spots and pretty bad in oth- ers. Starting out as an ex-bandit anxious to turn over a new leaf after being released from prison, he lands a job on a s<nsational tabloid by stealing a picture that none of the other news- papers are able to duplicate. His rise, after that, is even more rapid than an express elevator’s. His big opportunity comes, however, when his paper, because of its unethical methods, is refused permission to “cover” the electrocution of a mur- deress. Cagney steals an “invitation™ | camera to his ankle and beats the world with an exclusive photograph of the woman being put to death in the chair. This “scoop,” incidentally, is one of the few episodes in the film for which there is any basis in fact, a representa- to the execution, straps a miniature | HONORING BRAHMS. In honor of the 100th anniversa: the birth of Johannes Brahms.ry(r?el Musicology Club of Washington, in co- operation with the Y. W. C. A. music department, will give a concert tomor- Tow afternoon in Barker Hall at 4 o'clock. Among the particfpants will be the Covenant Quartet, including George H. Wilson, director; Helen Howison, soprano: Richie McLean, con- tralto; Charles Wilfrid Smith, tenor; J. E. S. Kincella, bass, and Katherine Ellis, accompanist. La Salle Spier and Sade C. Styron will offer a two-piano selection, and preceding the program W. Oliver Strunk, assistant to the chief of the music division of the Library of S:mgrus. numm\e a brief address on e composer in whose honor - cert is being given. ‘g ACADEMY e E. Lawrence PP(‘A:'“DS Theater ntinuous from Matinee, SALLY BLANE IN “F __BUCK JONES i O'}}?HErADDE ASHTON CLARENDON_ V. JACK OAKIE. “SATLO} 'GOOD.” Serinl and_Gomery. ~ILOR. CAROLINA ..'%,% __HOOT GIBSON. [ A MAN'S inees Tues. JAMES DUNN. BOOTS MALLO] DLE WITH OARE MAhmch Fable Wisconsin Ave. DUMBARTON 1t i, o, EVALYN KN - EVALYN KNAPP in “STATE FAIRLAWN _ A¥ACOSTIA. B. € ‘Mystery. tive of a New York tabloid having per- his mother were half as well as he was. | Then he very gently stroked her hair. Thomas and Martha had left the cabin and gone to No. 3. Two can- dles were burning at Boris' head. “We And then he put all his papers upon the table. “There's my passport. my | marriage certificate. You will see all the facts are correct. As for myself, I am love, and Shortwell's brutal masculine power which had overwhelmed her and under whose protection she felt her- self so safe and secure—perhaps one day it might turn against her. JOINT RECITAL. Lavinia Darve, lyric soprano. and Maria Yurieva and Vecheslav Swoboda, ballet masters, will appear in a joint formed a similar feat. The execution “beat” lands Cagney in considerable hot water, of course, but he manages to splash his way out in true Cagney style. Between times, REGIS TOOMEY in “STATE TROOPER." Y GAITHERSBURG. MD. LYRIC o, cApfxasntng, . PRINCESS NE. the ship’s doctor on the Columbi 3 It was all like a dream. Everything that he had desired had suddenly hap- must go,” said Thomas, softly to Friederike. Never had she seemed so overwhelmingly beautiful to Thomas. Sorrow put the last touch upon this | noble human face. i She bent over her dead brother and kissed him on the forehead. as was the custom in her family on formal occa- sions and when one parted for a long time. Vladimir took her by the hand and led her outside. i “How ravishingly beautiful those two power; Shortwell was far away. the papers are completely in order— it's very funny. but your wife states for the purpose of a visit—" “Now assume,” said Thomas, “that there may have been certain disagree- e, ments between us. Women sometimes are,” whispered Sister M}artha. ‘And | have peculiar ways of doing things how they love each other.” when they are vexed. Anyhow, if my “And how do you know that tEey | yife has to stay on Ellis Island no one love each other so much?” asked ! could take her off.” Thomas, smiling. But it did not require | ““The “official shrugged his shoulders, pened as if by magic. Sybil was in his | The inspector said, “It’s very funny that she is sailing alone to New York} Helpless ‘and confused. swaying be- | Iecital tomorrow at 4 o'clock at the e ¢ - Carlton Hotel. tween fear and penitence, Sybil saw . Thomas coming t‘,’:wurd ber In his _ Mme. Darve, who has sung at the right hand he held a huge bouquet of OPera-Comique in Poris as well as in T Toses. in his left hand her passpors, | London, Milan and other music centers, He handed both of them to her, kissed Will render the following program: her hand £nd turned to leave. | “Revenez, Amours, Revenez” from Lully’s “But—what do you want of me?"luper_n""l‘hesee." which will be a first she repeated. “You didn't board this | rendition in the United States; “Pleurez, !ship just to"—she looked helplessly Mes yeux,” from Massenet’s “Le Cid": | at the roses in her hand—"just to give | ~Un Bel Di” from Puccini’s “Mme. me some flowers?” | Butterfly” and several numbers by Thomas, who was already two paces Debussy, Vidal and Cimara. away, turned round and saw Sybil wj { Maria Yurieva and Vecheslav have the roses in her arms, a creature lfke| been ballet masters with the Imperial those made for fleeting admiration ana| Opera ai Moscow, the Grand Opera of a short-lived joy. | Paris and the Chicago Civic Opera. Their “That's exactly what I did.” he said! program_will include Chopin's “Noc- (Matinee. 1:00 BANKS in KEN MAYN STANTO RICHAR LAND P M) DOUG! F A UGLAS FAIR- MR, ROBINSON o} . MR CRUSOE. he is kept rather busy repulsing the advances of beautiful girls (including | Miss White), which is just another | thing that does not ring true. Imagine | anybody giving Alice the cold shoulder! “Picture Snatcher” falls far short of the standard set by Cagney in his last starring vehicle, “Hard to Handle.” If not regarded seriously, however, it offers a form of light entertainment, | and Miss White is worth looking at, too. A musical comedy in technicolor, with Snub Pollard, old-time movie and | | vaudeville favosite. in one of the lead- | |ing Toles, and & newsreel complete the program. P. H. L. Fine 1'3(1 Feuismen est_Soan D ARLEN. "BELA LUGOST ime is- OF LOST SOULS ' Matinee only— d_McCOY in “WHIRLWIND. T STATE _BETHESDA. MD, Home of Western Electr “WILD HORSES *with RARDOLPH ‘SEORE MEN OF AMERICA™ with BILL BOYD QTHY WILSON. Comeds. Serial. ‘ 4th and Butiernut Sts. Parking Troubles ‘ORGIA 4312 -t 1~ 1 LEE TRACY “CLEAR ALL WIRES” LEO CARRILLO “DECEPTION” any answer on her part. stamped the passports, and then hand- “And what lovely children B:fllw: ed Thomas all his papers and Sybils, o1 theirs,” sald Martha. with a smile. “You see, I didn't want . to let you go without saying good-by." “Thanks.” Thomas stuffed the two 0'Brien's Mother Dies. BOULDER, Colo., May 6 (#).—Mrs. | turne,” Tschalkowsky's “Fall.” Walden- felt’s “Waltz,” Archangelsky’s “Polka,” period 1840, and a Russian folk song.| Near 9 ble Fe | o |HIPPODROME o%, grateful to her for these words, for they | Richard Dix tn showed her good intentions to say yea E: {CAMEO ARCADE_‘ YATTSVILLE, MD, » Kate O'Brien, 83, mother of Eugene The recital is under the auspices of | G'Brien, film actor, and pioneer resi- | S | = the International Art Forum, Mme. - . dent of Boulder, died yesterday of a |Amella Conti, bresident. T i TUUF|stroke of apoplexy. She was & former | 83 i mith has tickets for the recital national officer of the Woman's Relief Fa Corps. | “Great_Jasper. nd of the Trail” Park Theater Last Night. dent,” a series of newsreel chots, with | THE END. n C. Hill acting as narrator. is J.N. H. Ed | passports into_his coat pocket. then also held over. to life and to love. . |took Sybil's arm. It was all like a “If you'd like me to, I'll help you pack | dream. Who couid prevent him from iyour trunks,” she said, and he Was jeaving the ship with Sybil? | Suite content to accept her offer. 50 %Y think," ssid Sybil hesitantly, “we | e “VALIANT MT. RAINIER. MD. Double Peature >~ “Wom: 5 Washington theater-goers witnessed Passenger Agents Elect. |one of the season’s best and most CHICAGO, May 6 (#.—C. F. Palmer of Boston, assistant general passenger agent of the Boston & Maine Railroad, vesterday was elected president of the American Association of Traveling Pas- serger Agents. D. L. Rogers of Chi- cago was named vice president. and C. A. Melin of New York and the Nickel | Plate road, secretary-treasurer. Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing National—"Grounds for Divorce,” at 2:30 and 8:30 p.m. Gayety—Stock company, burlesque, at 2:15 and 8:15 pm. Palace—"Today We Live.” , 12:55, 3:05, pm. Rialto—"Out All Night,” at 11:52 a.m., 1:52, 3:52, 5:52, 7:52 and 9:52 p.m. Loew's Fox—"The Barbarian,” at 9:30 am, 12:05, 2:40, 5:10, 7:45 and 1 pm. Stage shows at 11:10 am, 1: 4:20, 6:5¢ and 9:25 p.m. Columbia—"Bondage,” at 11:30 am,, 1:15, 3, 4:45, 6:30, 8:10 and 9:55 p.m. Metropolitan—"‘Picture Snatcher,” a! 11 a.m., 12:45, 2:30, 4:20, 6:05, 7:50 and 9:40 p.m. R-K-O Keith’'s—“Diplomaniacs,” 12 N% 2:14, 4:14, 6:14, 8:14 and 10:14 at 10:45 m. Earl am, lrfza 2:58, 5:25, 7:55 and 10:! m. Stage shows at 11:25 am., 1:55, 4:25, 6:55 and 9:25 p.m. Tivoli—“Cohens and Kellys in Trou- ble,” at 2, 4:05, 6:10, 7:55 and 9:40 pm Central—“Soldiers of Fortune,” from 11 am. to 11 pm. “Pick Up,” at 2:15, 4:15 Ambassador—* 6:10, 7:55 and 9:45 p.m. 5:15, 7:25 and 9:35 at “The Working Man” at 10 original dance reviews last night wlth; | the precentation of Phil Hayden's revue | intime, “Dancing the Blues Away,” at the Wardman Park Hotel Theater. Hayden's_studio pupils, showed a sur- prising cleverness throughout the per- | formance and the originality in the composition of the dance numbers by Washington amateurs. “Lei’s Walt: dance interpreted by Mr. Hayden, who a'so wrote the accom- panying music, and a sophisticated in- terpretive number, “D proved out- standing in the evening’s selections. Happy smiles were seen upon the faces of many proud mothers as their sons eni daughters performed. Little | Thelma Pierce in her “vals2 mignon” | | did exceedingly well, as did 5-year-old | Shirley Allman in her tap dancing; routine. Betty Johnston, Kathryn Dengler and | Mary Eller proved to be three of the most outstanding dancers of the adult group, with a professional naturalness in their dancing. | Bij'y Woodward, a little man himself, | interpreted nicely his role as “Big | Business Man,” one of the five songs, | created by Mr. Hayden for the review. | | " Not to be forgotten either is Pearl! Houer, the director of music, and Miss Hayden (sister of Phil) for her efforts in_directing. i All in all, a display of real talent on | the part of both children and adult' | dancers was shown. P. N. J. a/ways 8 better show at.. '@ 157X ITH'S 2¢ LAUGH WEEK—AND HOW! BERT ROBT. WHEELER WOOLSEY in “Diplomaniacs” [ Jume SisasoocTom Howard Ted Hualy's Gng | content that he was wondering whether | sha]] have to go into the main hall | it had its origin in the pleasure of her ' where there is a medical inspection— company or the fear of being alone.!gt jeast so I have been told.” Early in the morning they had "“Her clear, birdlike voice was veiled talked with Krieglacher when he cBme | yith fear and she had only spoken to 2 Ito have a look at Mother Weber. HiS preak the uncanny silence. But she hnd! A cast, composed entirely of Phil!gatisfaction at having secured a most |sajd “we.” “We )t’mve to go into the | “competent assistant,” and a “mOSt main hall” And this “we” had awak- competent nurse.” both at the same | enel Thomas out of his dream. time was very great. They had decided | that Thomas should enter his name on | py the shoulders and held her at arm's brought forth a talent rarely produced |the medical register in New York at | jongth This happened in the very once, so that he might lose as little center of the arcade, in front of a won- time'as possible in securing his Ameri- | Gerful florist'’s shop. He held Sybil can medical certificate. But his con-| firmly by the shoulders and, for a long tract compelled him to return on tac | time. looked Intensely into her face. Columbia; he would sell his house and | It was infinitely lovely in its helpless try to persuade old Irene to accompany | fear, white as snow, and charming him to the West. | against the luminous background of Sister Martha had decided to spend | roses and camelias. It was like a won- the six days before the return of me{deflully beautiful flower upon a long, Columbia on bocrd. New York, without | slender stem. anything to do. frightened her. | ¥ What do you want2” she sobbed They sat chatting upon the trunk | finally, frightened to death. “For God's when a steward opened the door.|sake, Thomas, tell me what you want “Doctor, the inspector is waiting for of me.” ou!" | Indeed—what did he Thomas leaped up, shook Martha by | ————— — both hands somewhat brusquely but for | a long time. [ Qo Side-Splitting- 0 ’Ib'he inspector was turning to the - "o mmi | @& A RIP-ROARING, RIOT OF FUN / “Cabin number?” “Thirty-fiv ‘The offici: ran through his list.| Sybil. like a timid bird, peered right and left. Her eyes remained fixed upon Thomas, tremendously huge eyes in a | pale, nerve-racked face. MIDWAY & CARNIVAL Auspices Costello Post, American Legion Wisconsin- NOW & 34th St. BEATRICE KYLE REE 101-ft. High Dive on Fire into Fire, J?IEYHOONERS’WM FALLS + MOTHER-IN-LAW TAGGING ALONG = THE LONGEST LAFF ON RECORD F ‘Suddenly he stood still, took Sybil | Engineer Heads Purdue Club. i|! NEW YORK, May 6 (#.—R. M. || Gates, vice president of the American | Society of Mechanical Engineers and |a 1907 graduate, last night was elected president of the Purdue Club of New York City. He succeeds E. M. Allen, '96, presi- dent of the Mathieson Alkali Works. NATIONAL ¥GaTS. s10. 5e & 508 MATINEE TODAY AT 2: 8. £ Cochran and Clifford Brooke Arevival of INA CLAIRE'S Famous Stage Success “GROUNDS FOR DI ORCE” A Delightfal Comedy of Law & Love NEXT WEEK. v DUST” A New Serial by PERCIVAL CHRISTOPHER WREN Author of “Beau Gueste” Begins In Monday’s Star | WARNER BROS. THEATRES B STAGE swows TODAY AT 11:30 - 200 - 420 - 648 ~ 910 JOAN BLONDEL IN PERSON 3 Other Acts GEORGE ARLISS Rides and Attractions OPEN TODAY at 1 NEW $50,000 SPANISH GARDEN BALLROOM FIRST TIME TONIGHT AT 8:30 ; THE B!G EVENT OF WASHINGTON AND VICINITY ' METROPOLITAN De Luxe Stage Shows Today Doors Open 9:15 A. M. owplace of the Worldi Mout Reauti 5 wiBnee ‘ VAR 2 o 1:35—C ?’-l Nc(.. Boys’ Gles Cl antra ; A3t When orenastra, Double Feature Spencer Tracy, “Sk | Junior Duvkin: “Man Hen KANDE! To r RICHMOND A:ex ‘Ou Constance Bennet AMBASSADOR ¢, 24, SYLVJA SIDNEY, * 624 B St. NE. APOLLO ts. 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