Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1933, Page 12

A—12 =» AMU “Real Danger of Too Much |P Music 21 the New Movies P At Least That's the Way SEMENTS. Young Dick Powell, Now Appearing on the Earle Stage, Looks Upon the Present Hollywood Cycle. By E. de S. Melcher. B HE denger is,” said Dick Powell, & a tall, niec-ooking young man who hoofs, sings and WS how to entertain, “that the movies are apt to overdo these musical films. Sixty-five are in pre‘?h - ation by various companies now. at should kill them. It's too bad.” “Sixty-five is a ood many,” interviewer. “Sixty-five is too many. There isn't enough good music to go around.” “What do War- ner Brothers think of that?” “Warner Broth- ers have made it & sald the star of “42nd Street” and jmmi- nent star of “The Gold Diggers of 1933, leaning back in a chair and fix- Ing his eyes or: a neatly prepared check- d, which he has been planing to use, “that they are not going to do a musical exce when they have a real plot that calls for music. No music, without & story—no music,” he added, “without 3 Dick Powell. ““Then there is music in the air in | Hollywood, isn't there2" “Plenty of {t.” said Mr. Powell, smil- ing suddenly up at a manager Who had come into the dressing room with an armful of pictures—“40 of them.” he said with a sigh, tossing them light- Iy onto a table—and admitting that before the week was over he would have to send out some 700 other photos to_feminine admirers. Mr. Powell is one of the few young men who, during the past season, has made good in Hollywood. Other than the popular Pranchot Tone, you can- not think of many newcomers who have crashed through cinema'’s portals with much fire. Mr. Tone got there because he is one of the best of Broadway's actors. Mr, Powell got there because he has what they call “poissonality.” * * k% An interview with any motion pic- ture personality is difficult. It is dif- ficult to get started. It is difficult sometimes to stop. You cannot ask them, “What do you think of Greta Garbo?” You cannot say, “Who is your favorite actress?” An actor may ot say whom he likes or whom he does not like out of his own company. Yesterday, therefore, Maxine Doyle, tite “diseuse” of the Earle Theater, g:!ped us out. Sitting much _closer than a stone’s throw from Mr. Powell, and frantically clutching three $7 orchids which had fallen on her lap from somewhere, she gave us her idea ©of what an interview should be. “What do you think of Hollywood?"” began Miss Doyle, adding with her standard giggle — “no — that's a dumb question. Well then —to begin over | sgain—you come from Little Rock, don't you, Dick?” Dick nodded. “And you like golf—and books—and Books and what else?” T ”?:k? cw".mwam d *And you » Dick nodded. “And—now—let me see—you've been the movies only a year, haven't you? nly s year,” Miss Doyle repeated with t good humor. “And you began in essed Event’— Out Where the Movies Begin Mary Pickford Believed Picture—Hollywood Hears Stokowski; Will Record Muisc There. BY MOLLIE MERRICK. Bvecial Dispatch to The Star. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 17 (NA. N.A).—Some Interesting production rumors say that Mary Pickford- is haunting the circus with s writer in tow making ready for her next story and that Leopold Stokowski will come to Hollywood for his vacation to show picture makers what recording of music can be like. Of all conductors Stokowski’s records are the best. * * ¢ Herbert Marshall will be lead man for Dorothea Wieck...Tristram Tupper writes- for an_independent studio be- cause it puts his stories on the screen isely as he does them and he feels ts worth the difference in the money to have his sensibilities protected. Eric Linden is an archery enthusiast. ...Betty Furness says every one Wil be wearing the e of white rubber bathing suits she is affecting now... Gail Patrick wears only black, white or red...Marlene Dietrich kissed Rouben Mamoulin good-by when their pic- ture was finished; his success with the German star will doubtless get him direction of Garbo's next... “Curvacious” is the new word they've developed for Mae West...Clark Gable is never seen outside the gondola of his airplane in his next picture, “Night Flight”...Out at Fox Stut they've sent a scout to San Francisco for s child with an Irish brogue... They've changed Jean Harlow's next Orange Blossoms” to “He Add funny Hollywood jobs: Buck Walters, 6 feet ¢ and weighting 250 Eundl. goes about sound stages tryin locate squeaks; when he finds one he fixes it...Some of Sylvia Sidney’s “Jennie Gerhart” are telephone numbers in Hollywood since January 1. He ssys solicitors drive his employes crazy and they can't get their work done. tage stare straight lly, and him- it “medi- gambled heavily on his d sel- dic e Joit game an 8 (was slways too tired to ride on it time & iyed | feature “Bill” S tolians. good way to begin,” sald Dick. ‘And you don’t always want to sing, do you?” sald Miss Doyle, somewhat embarrassed. “You'd like to play some nice, light, straight roles, wouldn't you?” “I would,” sald Mr. Powell, becom- ing momentarily quite serious. “I should like to do the kind of film Wally Reid used to do. As a matter of fact, they are looking for that kind of a story for me right now. That and a lady to be paired with. Ruby Keeler and I have done pretty well together so far. But husband Al Jolson won't let her do many more films. Wants her to travel and go places with him or something. So I'll have to get somebody else.” At that minute Miss Doyle, clutching the orchids, jumped up and out of her spacious dressing room, slapped on a small acre of rouge and lipstick, and bolted downstairs. “The gverture’s on,” she called after her. | ish the interview later.” Unfortunately, we didn’t have time, |for much more interview. Somebody | from Little Rock was on the phone for Mr. Powell. Eight gibbering young ladies had run up the steps to ask him breathlessly for an autograph. On the Earle stage the splendid team of Gra- cella and Theodore was already going ! through its paces. It seemed a good time to stop. Maxine's interview was over. What more was there to say? | What, incidentally, had been said? { * X % X NEXT WEEK, come Friday, you will see Janet Gaynor and the new French star. Henry Garat, in “Adorable™ at Loew’s Palace. . . . Executive Carter Barron was yesterday all agog with, it. . . . Says the music is swell. . . . So is Miss Gaynor . . . and Garat is about 100 per cent better than Farrell . . . which would be easy any- way. . . . Still, Parjs has found him good. and Hollywood is said to be find- ing him even better. . Joan Blondell will appear at the pital on Friday with Dick Powell in & new act which ‘Washington didn’t see. . . . Stanley (ex- National Player) Ridges has been signed by the New York Theater Guild to a year's contract. . . . Mr. Ridges received excellent “‘notices” for his work in the current “Mask and the Face. o The death of Ernest Torrence is a real blow to the cinema industry. . . . You will see Mr. Torrence playing his last role in “I Cover the Waterfront,” soon, at Loew’s Fox. . . . Incidentally. trust!| Hollywood to have unearthed a theme- song of the same name which goes with | the film . . . and there is a woman in the case, too. . . . As soon as Jeanette MacDonald gets back from Europe she | will be starred together with singer Nelson Eddy in “The Prisoner of Zenda.” . . . Russell Hardy, last seen here with Mae West in “The Constant Sinner” (which had a two-day run at the Belasco before La West was escort- ed out of town), has been signed by M-G-M. . . . One of the lovely Gale sisters is in town visiting Miss Doyle. . . . Tomorrow the National Players will be tea'd at the Georgetown Gwynn homestead. . . . And this evening Ted Church is throwing some kind of a function at the Willard. . . . Watch for Gene Dennis, the lady who knows what you will do as well as what you are doing . . . this amazing person comes to Keith's Friday. . . . If the National Players present “The Late Christopher Bean” you will see one of the cleverest of the season's successes. sl ‘They are bickering for it “right now!” to Be Seeking a Circus volubly, but had little to say. They had to beg people to take pictures of her since Mauritz Stiller was the big mem- ber of that imported group and nobody knew who the awkward girl A with straight legs and feet was. = Arnold Genthe, finally persuaded to photo- graph her, said: “It is one of the most mobile and expressive faces I have ever had before my camera.” His pic- tures of Garbo have since been fre- quently reprinted. Some interesting little facts about movies gleaned from Upton Sinclair’s “Life of Willlam Fox”: Theda Bara got $75 & week for her first picture and $4,000 a week for her last...Tom Mix hung around the gates of the Fox studio waiting to ask Willlam Fox for a job; one morning Mix saw him get out of his car and strode up to the g}:mr: magnate—asked for a job on lot and for $350 dollars week, including keep for his horses. He got t. His last job with Fox netted him $7,500 a week. ..During the year follow- ing the production of the first version of “Over the Hill” a canvass of poor- houses in the United States revealed that 5,000 inmates had been taken back into their families...Willlam Fox, & one-armed golf player (a broken elbow made his left arm practically useless) once got & hole in one and frequently Tan Up am: scores. He always Head of class: Marion Davies' per- formance as the little Irish girl with a brogue you could cut with a knife in “Peg 0" Heart”...Dorothy Peterson hopes whoever stole her bicycle will keep it; the thing haunted her and she when she came home from the studios. ...Colleen Moore's brother has the bicycle concession at Ambassador Hotel here and is raking in a small fortune on local enthusiasts. The fad has the same standing as pee-wee golf courses a few years ago. Royalties on “Alice in Wonderland” proved something to reckon with, so two out of three studios which had it in The Mary for one North American News- iance, Inc.) o OPENING TONIGHT. Tonight will mark the start of a new season at Chevy Chase Lake, where dance lovers have gathered over a long m of yeu;ovndcr the direction of Carr, leased the park for the first year ago, the resort will trickland and his Capi- (Copyright, 1933, paper stul | th THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WET" SCREEN ODDITIES RAMA GUILD TO PRODUCE TRIAL STORY I Authorship, Design ! and Acting by W ashingtonians. In the presentation of “The Bellamy Trial” Thursday and Priday evenings, at Wardman Park Theater, the Drama Guild will offer, for the first time in this city, a play of professional produc- tion caliber by a Washington author and performed entirely by local talent. This marks a distinct step in the ac- complishment of one of the aims of the Drama Guild, to develop Wash- ington talent along the lines of play- writing. Patrons of dramatic activity in this city will see in this presenta- tion the initial effort to demonstrate that Wi can produce from among its own citizens all the con- tributing elements in a successful dra- matic. production—authorship, stage design construction, acting and direc- on. The author of “The Bellamy Trial” is Prances Noyes Hart, whose father, Frank B. Noyes, is president of The Evening Star Newspaper Co. Finishing her education in Italy and France, Mrs. Hart early indicated an interest in lit- erary accomplishment, and her Arst book, “Mark,” appeared in 1913. This was followed by numerous articles and storles in magazines. During the World War her familiarity with lan- guages resulted in several months’ service as translator with the Naval Intelligence Service. Later she en- listed as a canteen worker in France, where she spent over a year, and sub- ! sequently recounted her experiences in a volume entitled “My AEF.” ‘The Hall-Mills murder trial in New Jersey attracted her attention and she took her place among the ranks of newspaper reporters in the Somerville Court House, from where she sent daily accounts of the personalities who suc- ceeded each other on the witness stand. Her familiarity with the trial resulting from this famous murder, which still defles solution, undoubtedly provided the inspiration for “The Bellamy Trial,” which appeared in 1927 and was immediately acclaimed as one of the year's outstanding mys- tery stories. Its dramatic possibilities were recognized and resulted in her adapting it to stage presentation. At this time the talking pictures were just gaining wid production and “The Bellamy Trial” was one of the first to appear in this form. Its early presentation in Washington as a tal ing picture probably accounts for its never having been produced here on the stage. In her treatment of the mystery of “The Bellamy Trial"” Mrs. Hart has adhered strictly to logical court pro- cedure and indicates an hereditury newspaper instinct to preserve ac- curacy. The play will be directed by Denis E. Connell, who will also fill the role of the defense attorney. Opposite him | will appear Maurice Jarvis as the prosecuting attorney, while Frank E. Jamison will act as the judge. Other members of the cast include Grace Peters Johnson, Doyle O. Hickey, Mar- vin Downey, Naomi Worden, Joseph A. Haltigan, Thomas M. Cahill, Harold A. | ‘Weinberger, Steele Kennedy, James Otis | Porter, Paul E. Peabody, Lilla Lal Garde, E. Roy McKenzie and Wilma | Wright Flood. | After the opening performance on | Thursday night a reception will be given on the stage to the members of | the cast and to Mrs. Hart. On Screen EDWARD G. ROBINSON, Star of “The Little Giant,” the screen attraction at the Earle beginning Friday. Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing National—“Hay Fever,” at 2:30 and 8:30 pm - 1yt -Ann lesque, at 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. “Reunion in Vi 11 am, 1:05 3:15, 5:25, £:40 pm. Ito—*“The Kiss Before the Mirror, J ., 12:54, 2:39, 4:28, 6:20, :06 and 9:51 p.m. Loew’s Fox — “The band,” at 12:06, 2:05, 4:04, 6:03, 8:02 and 10:01 pm. Stage shows at 13:30, 3:10, 6:15 and 8:55 pm. Sister,” at 11:27 i 8:15 and Columbia—*“Hello, am., 1:10, 2:55, 4:45, 6: 10 pm. Metropolitan—“The Working Man,» at 11 am., 13:45, 2:30, 4:20, 6:05, 7:50 and 9:40 p.m. R-K-O Keith's—" The Btole,” at 12:06, 2:05, 4:04, and 10:01 pm. Earle—“Lilly Turner,” at 11:25 am., 2, 4:35, 7:30 and 10 pm. Stage shows, with Dick Powell in person, at 13:55, 3:30, 6:20 and 9:40 p.m. Central—“The Monkey's Paw,” from 11 am. to 11 pm. Tivoli—"A Bedtime Story,” at 32, 3:50, 5:40, 7:35 and 9:30 p.m. Ambassador—“The White Sister,” at 6, 7:50 and 9:45 p.m. . TENOR IN RECITAL. Kroom Bagranoff, tenor, is being presented in recital at the Washington Club, 1701 K street, this flmin’ 8:30 265 Vi Be ihe aceomparis and ing artist. Mr. Bagranoff’s program include selections from the works Wi , Doniset! Woman I 6:03, 8:02 ‘The park will look its best and an English taurant. garden has replaced the res- . DANCING Starts TODAY Strickland’s Capitolians Admission 10e—10s ajance ! increased amazingl ienna,” at| 7:35 and i BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAWCETT. v N *HELL [ONE COST $)O AND THE OTHER 4/ light through a glass tube in which a the density of the solution affects the to normal. “When Ladies Meet,” she had with her takes the dogs, three of whom are wire- for a period of 7,000 years. Una Merkel is U-n Joel McCrea is Jo-! What’s Wha “Another Language” National Players’ Next. NTERING the fifth week of their current season the National The- -ater Players will next Monday night bring us one of the most talked of and successful plays of the past few years, Rose Franken's “Another Language.” “Another Lar&; guage” comes Washington _ with the enviable record of a solid season’s run in New York in what has been generally conced- ed as the worst Jear the legitimate theater has ever known. ‘The play concerns the four Hallam brothers who, every Tuesday, drag their un wives to & family gathering at their mother’s {’Ao{u"l‘fi oods. The usual family et complications set in which all of us wil immediately recognized as having at one time or an- other happened in our own lives. While this accounts for the play's real appeal it is so well written that it narrowly escaped being awarded the Pulitzer rize for 1933. being second only to the eater Guild’s “Both Your Houses. The entire roster of the players will be called on to enact the piece in- cluding Leona Powers, Donald Woods, Kathryn Givney. Romaine Callender, ‘Adelaide Hibbard, Forrest OrT. Preddie Sherman, Ona Munson, Burke Clarke and Karl Neilsen. | complications “King of Jazz” Revived at the Rialto. o | ])OPULAR public demand gs | “King of Jazz” to the Rialto ‘Thea- ter for the new week, beginning Sat- urday. This super-musical revue, star- ring Paul Whiteman and his interna- tionally famous orchestrs, is an all- technicolor production. ‘When made in 1929, “ was several years in 5 film taste and Mr.tW‘hll t{;ml:lml,ere:: h great at the - et S e, SR radio. The same is true of e e ts in the picture, which features ohn Boles. % The cast includes Jeannette Loff, Sis- ters G, the Rhythm Boys, the Brox Sisters, Grace Hayes, Billy Kent, Stan- ley Smith, the famous Russell Mar- kert Dancers, Jacques Cartier, the Voo- doo Dancer; Norman, Charles Ir- win, Kathryn Crawford, Laura La | Plante, Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy, Slim Summerville, George Chiles and Paul Howard, dancers, and the Tommy Atkins Sextet. The musical numbers include “The ;fldll VGwM&cb ni‘g b Py o Tt Hap- " “The Melting Po;.; and his m'efi"mu terey, on q m George Gershwin's “Rhaj Blue,” played by Whiteman | orchestra. “The Little Giant” Coming to the Eari THE coming program at Warner Bros." Earle Theater will feature Edward G. Robinson in “The Little Giant,” his first comedy, and Nancy Garner head- lining s stage bill which includes Wil- llam (Mouse) Powell and orchestra, Forsythe, Seamon and Farrel and the Twelve Aristocrats. ‘When an underw;{ld big shot d‘c‘i‘.’nu to turn gentleman, give up rum-running for m‘::neu. exchange his machine gun for books on philosophy and futur- istic paintings, trade his liquor true for polo ponies; when he begins to talk road A, hfl:‘ into a bit of French now and and when he makes up his mind to “muscle in” on society, the result is likely to be hilari- ously funny. And Edward G. Robinson in “The Little Giant” is just that. Mary Astor and Helen Vinson have roles and the cast ton, Donald Dillo- rton Church- { the leading feminine ' includes Russell Hopt way, Kenneth Thomson, Be ill and many others. “Hell Below” at Palace, Submarine Adventure Film. “Hll-la BELOW,” a submarine film, | comes to the Loew’s Palace The- *“THE WOMAN | STOLE" JACK HOLT ¥FAY WRAY Raguel Torres Noah Beery Starting Fridoy The Most Amasing Girl of the age! In Person ASK GENE—SHE KNOWS 4nd on the Screem “THE SILVER CORD*™ with Joel MoCrea and the houses are their traveling kennels. and conform to regulations of railroad express companies, humane societies and transportation laws of every State in the Union and foreign countries. Within & few minutes’ time, technicians at Paramount studios were able to reproduce the famous Tuileries Gar i About 50 sculptors, wood carvers, model makers and molders are employed in the department, which has 334 molds representative of architecture and statuary DUPLICATES IN STYLE AND lggto‘: 8uT . SCRy At Metro studios is a machine that literally thinks. The apparatus works | continually, 24 hours a day, and its purpose is to keep delicate chemical solu- tions unvaryingly the same. An electric eye, or light cell, passes a beam of chemical solution flows. A change in light beam and the electric eye starts machinery which adds the needed water or chemical to bring the mixture back It is impossible for the machine to make a mistake. ‘When Alice Brady, famous stage star, arrived in Hollywood to appear in four dogs and four houses. She always haired terriers, and the fourth a Scottie, ‘The houses are built exactly alike dens for “The Eagle and the Haw] s MER-kel. Karen Morley is CARE-en MOR-ley. el Mack-CRAY. t and Where Attractions Soon to Be Seen in Washington Theaters Robert Montgomery heads the cast of this film. As the young lieutenant tated into a stirring series of occur- | rences in which he disobeys the orders |of his submarine commander in an |effort to save his friend adrift at sea and target for the guns of a squadron | of airplanes, is dishonorably dismissed frém the service after unwittingly causing the entire crew a narrow escaps from a horrible death at the bottom of the ocean, and finally vindicates himself before both his commander and the woman he loves in a heroic gesture in which he forfeits is life. Walter Huston appears as the sub- | marine commander. The remainder of | the cast includes Madge Evans, Jim- mie Durante, Eugene Pallette and | Robert Young. “The Working Man” Now at the Metropolitan. “THE WORKING MAN," starring George Arliss, after a record- breaking week at the Earle, has been transferred to Warner Bros.' Metropoli- tan Theater, where it is now the screen attraction, In this film Arliss plays the part of a shoe manufacturer whose biggest joy is his business fight with his old rival, | Hartland. After Hartland's death, Arliss loses his will to fight, and goes Hartland's son and daughter, a couple of wild kids cn the loose. Lool upon these chfldren as his own, he pro- ceeds to help them salvage the Hart- land business that is being willfully mismanaged by a man who is attempt- ing to gain control of the factory. The that ensue give the display his talent for comedy. Arliss is capably supported by Bette Davis, J. Farrell MacDonald, Theodore Newton, Hardie Albright and many others. ‘The supplementary program consists of a new “Rambling Round Radio Row with Jerry Wald,” which features Buddy Rogers, the Three Keys, Harry Rose and Uncle Don; Lowell Thomas in “Inklings” and & new issue of the Paramount sound news. Mary Pickford Film At Loew’s Fox Friday. LESLIE HOWARD plays opposite Mary Pickford, in “Secrets,” which comes to the Loew's Fox Theater on Friday. “Secrets” has four principal locales—Salem, Mass.; the desert coun- try of Southern California, Monterey, Calif., and Washington, D. C. With the exception of a few locations necessary for cattle stampede and “Chase” se- uences. all of the scenes were made in the studios. The cast includes C. Aubrey Smith, Ned Sparks, Blanche Frederici and others. On the stage the Loew's Fox Theater will present Smith Ballew and his radio mudnk recording orchestra, Harry and “Laugh Parade,” in “Something to Laugh About,” and Bernice and Emily, q‘n;ce‘-,x; ‘MA_J t:‘ne extra added n::tncmm. ‘eber, young st star of “America,” will appear. = “The Silver Cord”; Gene Dennis at Keith’s. A UNIQUE variation of the eternal triangle, picturing the selfish woman who intervenes between her son and his wife, is the dramatic theme of “The 8Silver Cord,” starring Irene Dunne, coming to R-K-O Keith’s The- ater as the screen attraction in con- junction with the personal appearance ©of Gene Dennis this Friday. The domlneennwrs. Phelps is the mother who is substantially the “other icks | woman” because her devotion to her two sons wrecks an engagement and almost mars & marriage. When David Phelps brings his wife Christina to his mother’s household, both immediately have to contend with Mrs. Phelps’ selfish regard for David. Christina not bearing Mrs. Phelps’ overwrought sentiment promptly leaves David, willing to face the future COMING FRIDAY LAUGH WEEK! N L iARLISS DRAMA | who falls hopelessly in love with a| | woman already married, he is precipi- | on a fishing trip incognito. He meets ' master actor plenty of opportunity to Seaman, late stars of Ed Wynn's | MAY 17. 1933, OF ACTION HAS Second Engage- ment. G!ORO! ARLISS' new motion pic- ture, “The Working Man,” has been opened for continued showing by transfer to the Metropolitan Theater. Its success at the Earle last week made the new arrangement desirable to meet t‘h‘:‘lpomundemndlwumdnmof on. in Washington and in this new pro- duction arouses unusual interest, pressive _performance are Theodore cott and J. Farrell MacDonald. The i opening at the Metropolitan took place yesterday. Mr. Arliss may be said in “The Work- ing Man” to have cut loose from those restraints which were imposed upon him under the period of his perform- ances as a_dignified and masterful | strategist and diplomat. He is still the {man of shrewdness, but in undertaking ito run two rival manufacturing con- cerns, with the secret purpose of setting a few things right, he is the man who | dives into a big task and achieves re- I sults, with all possible evidence of de- | termination and capacity in meeting the hazards and requirements of the business world. ‘There are numerous surprise develop- ments in the play, all centering in the personality of the star, and he has several dramatic incidents to engage his very high talents as a stage figure. Miss Davis also contributes a lifelike picture of the young woman who is willing to accept the hardships, while hoping for the rewards, of an unavoid- able fight against the forces of n- trigue. | theatergoers of the city as it continues its course here. The theater also offers the usual series of short films. D.c.C. She Tells ’Em | i | L GENE DENNIS, Who has been engaged to answer all sorts of questions from the RKO-Keith stage, beginning Friday. DANCERS PERFORM. Mae Davison's Spring revue, “The | Dancing Master’s Dream." was pre- ! sented before an appreciative audience | last night in Barker Hall of the Y. W. C. A. The specialty dances were given between general dancing by the spec- tators. Perhaps the most inieresting number jof the evening was the demonstration by Mrs. Davison and her ball room € | class of the old and new dances in the tango, fox trot and waltz steps. Prank Masti and Mary Massino per- formed very well in their tap and acro- batic number, as did Eddle Reeves and ‘William Jones in their personality buck dancing. The Irish washer woman and waltz clog by Nettie Livingston also proved entertaining. Others participating in the revue were Virginia Lewis, Freda Banks, Joe Simmons, Charles Cartright, Gladys Hitsler, Kelvin Shevers and Catherine P. N. J. i alone with a forthcoming ba thus bringing on a crisis. Irene Dunne is forcefully dramatic in her splendid characterization of Chris- tina. Able support is lent by Joel Mc- Crea as David, Frances Dee fiancee of Eric Linden, the other son, and Laura Hope Crews, who created Uie mother role in the original stage pro- duction. John Cromwell directed from Jane Murfin's adaptation of Sidney Howard's play. “Terror Aboard” Monday at the Columbia. - 'ROR ABOARD," a murder drama pictured aboard a yacht in the tropic seas, is opening next Monday at Monday at the Loew's Columbia The- ater with a cast featuring John Halli- day, Charles Ruggles, Neil Hamilton, Shirley Grey, Verree Teasdale and Jack La Rue. John Halliday, in the role of Maximilian Krieg, crooked financier, sails with his guests and his flancee for a voyage to Sidney, Australia, where their marriage is to take place. The boat sails on Friday the 13th—and trouble thereupon became thick. An interesting climax sends the story on to a smash finish that sustains your in- terest all the wa “Peaches” Browning Sunday at the Gayety. b ’ACHES” BROWNING will open a week's engagement at the Gayety Theater, starting with this Sunday matinee. The stage show for the week is entitled “Beauty Revue.” It is headed by Wanda De Von, a fa- vorite with Gayety Theater fans, and Conchita, a Spanish beauty also well known to burlesque lovers of Washing- ton. Others in the cast are Joe Yule, Bimbo Davis, Charley LaVine, Bob Sandberg, Lee Hickman, Nora Murray, and Joy_St. Clai etfis:ified “MAC” AND HIS FIFTEENPIECE BAND OF ENTERTAINERS . TONIGHT GLEN ECHO SPANISH GARDEN “HIT OF HITS” BALLROOM ‘Cum Out’ £ | | EXTENDED RUN{ !At Metropolitan for' Recently Returned From Triumphal Tour, She Is Guest Artist at Annual Function of the Newton, Hardie Albright, Gordon We:t-[ There is no doubt that the play will | continue to win the attention of the | as thel AMUSEMENTS. mma Redell, Star, @gs Local Opera at Luncheon ‘ Federation of Women's Clubs. By Alice Eversman. HE canuai luncheon of the Dis-| tri ¢ of Co'umbia Federation of Women's Clubs at the Mayflower Hotel yesterday was the occasion of the first a;pezrnncc in Wash- on of Emma Redell, celebrated opera u | tour of Soviet Russia. Sharing the pro- played for Miss Redell. ‘ The guest of honor was Mrs. Frank- | lin Roosevelt, whose short but signifi- icant address to the women of the | country brought forth prolonged ap- | plause. The large ball room of the otel was tastefully draped with flags ! while the 650 guests were seated at| | flower ladened tables. After the intro- | ductory speech of Mrs. Harvey W. Wi- | ley, president of the District Federation, | and the stirring talk of Mrs. Roosevelt | greetings were expressed by Mrs. Edgar B. Meritt, General Federation Director |of the D. C. Federation of Women's | Clubs and a response given by Mrs. Eu- i gene B. Lawson, first vice president of ) the General Federation. Mrs. Wiley then introduced Miss Re- | dell, who began her program with Liza's aria from Tschatkowsky's “Pique Dame” sung in Russian. For funda- mental loveliness of vocal quality, few | singers heard in Washington this Win- !ter can equal Miss Redell. Her voice is luscious and full, produced with | case, and reveling in a perfect legato which was more noteworthy than the | dramatic ability which is said to have { won her fame. When a call was made | on this dramatic power, the voice lost its distinguishing color and became just another good voice. The same can be | said of her singing in the higher reg- ister which was much more labored and more harshly brought out than the lower tones with a corresponding sac- | rifice of tonal beauty. A group of Eng- | iish songs were delightfully chosen for melody and contrast, but Miss Redell's| poor diction rendered the words unin- telligible. This was decidedly a pity for she sang them with thoughtful care and deep feeling which proved what a fine artist she is. It would be a pleasure to hear her in recital where she confined | herself to a program that gave full play to her lovely, lyric tones and the rich sentiment she gave glimpses of yester- day. Replacing the last number of her group with the “Visi d'arte” aria from | Tosca, she was recalled several times | by the enthusiastic applause until she added Mrs. eBach's “Thz Year's at the Spring,” which had been intended for the closing number of that group. Many beautiful flowers added a welcome home to the enthusiastic greeting extended Miss Redell by the audience. | Mr. Lawrie displayed a voice of fine timber which is capable of much more bravura singing than his program yes- terday permitted. In fact, considering the vast literature at a singer's disposal, it was nct a happy selection of num- bers either as to sentiment or their musical interest. O'Hara’s “Forward to Christ” is a good song, but there are many more of this type better suiied | to yesterday's audience. Also Lwt “Old Russian Hymn" could not be tached from its national character b i cause the words “God Save America had been set to it and with so many songs in which Mr. Lawrie’s voi would be more than usually effective, it was to e regretted that these two numbers should have been chosen. His voice is colored with a quality usually connected with Italian tenors and therefore appealing and! lyrical and ! smcothly given out. He did all that was possible with his songs putting cnergy and vim into the O'Hara num- ber and singing Lwoff's hymn with much sentiment. He returned several . times in response to the applause and | could have given more than the one encore “Keep on Hoping” had the broadcasting time permitted. i THE Washington Choral Society gave i its May Festival Concert last eve- | ning at the Central Community Center | under the leadership of Louis A. Pot- ter. The chorzl group was accom- panied by Gertrude Nash, pianist, and Walter Nas<h, organist. and had as assisting artists the Washington String | Quartet and a chamber orchsstra com posed of members of the National Sym- phony. | Mr Potter proved himself a skilled conductor of orchesta as well as of | chorus and, in the two opening num bers, “Prelude du Deluge,” by Sain Saens and Corelli's “Pastorale,” gave attention to careful shading and dy- | namic effects. The volume of sound | was augumented by the combined use of | lcrgan and plano, which added consider- ably to the quality of sound as well. | In the last grcup, comprising Moussorg- | sky's “Chanson Russe” and Iwanow's | | “Procession of the Sargar,” they played | with freedom and abondon, working up | to an inspiring climax. With a little more power in the string section to counterbalance the heavier brasses, | this small orchestra should be a valu- able asset to the musical undertakings |in the city. | | The Bach cantata, “The Four Sea- | sons,” was one in which the union of singers and music was ideally effected. The fresh, unrestrained vocal color, which characterizes the chorus, inter- prets exactly this most happy of Bach's chorals. Revealing as it does, the true, free-flowing of his inspiration, it needs a correspondingly spontaneous singing, such as the chorus gave last night, to bring out its beauty. The contrasting choral, sung unaccompanied, was par- ticularly well done with infinite care | for the deep, religious feeling, which Bach has introduced so fittingly into this song of rejoicing. The chorus sings naturally and with harmonious tone quality. They are ex- —_— | Loewifm €5 3 The GREEKs WAD A ven ror it/ |} i SGA LANDY ‘ SACINCTAL OF T FRIDAY THE Joews PAI.ACE the STAR! SHE WANTED O KISS WiM ONCH MORE FOR OLD TIMES SAKE < cellently trained in ths cetai’s that ala in muripreuz:on \;z.lh;u: sacrificing l‘ht sense of spontaneity znd joy of singing, which aads so greatly uf {he ]mmgr of the listener. A cpecia! word shoulc be said of the soft and unusuall 2 ingt Mr. Arliss has always been popular | star, since her return from a triumphal | beautiful quality of the bass voices Their mellow tores gave warmth anc be- | gram with Miss Redell was Justin Law- | character, while blending melodious's cause of his own expert acting and that | rie, tenor of the Foundry Methodist | In unison with the other voices anc of Bette Davis, who is associated withiChurch, who was assisted at the piano, Were responsible in great measure fo him. Others who contribute to an im-) by Mrs. Lawrie. Mildred Kolb Schuitze | the freshness and unaffectedness o the group singing. Four Madrigals, sung a capella, dem onstrated further the musical feelin of this choral group. Mendelssohn “The Nightingale” and Arkhangelsky : “Dusk of Night" should be mentioned particularly for the complete contra:t they offered and the wider demand. they made on the interpretive power: of the chorus. Cesar Pranck’s “150th Psalm” concluded the program in mag- nificent fashion. The voca] volume could have been greater for this stir- zx‘:xfinnumber. hm’n what was lacking in y was balance e by d by the spirited ‘The Washington String Quartet was ;:‘e::d mt nnrlythbnebnumb:r. the first ement of e Debusssy " which was substituted fs(;? "g\u"l:;lc_ turne” of Borodine printed on the pro- gram. The Debussy number, which the String Quartet played at one of its concerts this scason, is specially well adapted to show the fine ensemble and artistic work of this group of players. The auditorium of the Centra] High School is not an ideal place for a string quartet to demonstrate any finesse of execution and the Debussy number was better suited for the hall. The popularity of these young perform- ers was shown in the enthusiastic ap- plause and several recalls they received. Myron W. Whitney, president of the society, made a short address of thanks for the co-operation extended the Choral Society and at the end of the program presented Mr. Potter with a larxe! bolx, concuxllng ax gift from the society, in recognition of his fine we this Winter {m’ggle chorus. e CURLEY CLUB'SS*HOW‘ The second performance of the Cur- ley Club's production of George M. Cohan’s theatrical hit of other days, “Broadway Jones.” was given last eve- ning to an overflow audience in the auditorium cf the Recreation Building at Walter Reed Hespital. Although greatly hendicapped by in- ad-quate staging arrarg=ments and poor sets. the performance reflected credit on the members of the cast, and par- ticularly on the coach. Miss Angela Keir. The title role was played by John Donnelly with good understanding of the part. The very personable Ruthe Rice played the rcle of Josie Richards, the feminine lead. She gave a re- strained but convincing interpretation of her part. Her change from the effi- cient business type to the romantic type of girl whose charm wins the affections of * “Broadwa:" wes effected with smoothness and naturalness. Dick Fih- rin, juvenile, rollicked through the part { Sam Spottswocd. The work of Ed ward McGreevy as the butler, Paul Buckler as the friend of “Broadway” and Luke ORellly as Jucg: Spottswood vould have reflected cred® - sional troup. s 2 NA:’IONAL g;:uyv:, -::’-2-":{ & E. Cochran & Clifford Brooks Otfer National Theater Players fa NOEL” COWARD’S “ 7 4% FEVER” ts. $1.00, Tic. 50c. 25 Wed & 'ADEMY ©f e Lawrence P AC E. CAROLINA CIRCLE ;! BUSTER CRA] 3 OF THE JUNG! DUMBARTON 3 EQ" CAl VIVIEN, SEVIENNE | QSBOENE i L} RRILLO ~ an _ S 2 ks FAIR| ANACOSTIA. D._C. HgL!‘A?rY:’NHzfl% LOAKIE 'in"“FRaM PRINCESS TP S NE FEE Double Feature_JOAN CRAWFOR RAIN." 5 e FEoARP _TLING 1% THE DARK STANTO! T ST Jo IN_THE DARI N h Finest Sou HN BARRYM TopAsE T (MORE. M ) | L nd_Equipment YRNALOY n BETHESDA. MD. . 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