Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1933, Page 24

AMUSEMENTS Givney and Munson Score In the Nati These Two Members of Mr. Cochran's Players Have Excellent Roles in “Another La.n- i’uade." Which Opene& Last Night. By E. de S. Melcher. HEN “Another Language” was first presented at the Belasco 13 months ago local play- fioen said: “This is a nice ittle play, but it will never get anywhere.” Whereupon it wn.hud; ‘r‘:fluw Mm’:x'{c wed uuquieu‘y on a Spring , AN next morn- wa itself famous. lucer Arthur Beckhard—then ting T\‘l"ezdlz Kathryn Givney and bickerini other because they had noth- grer each other becat™s tocn the small, Infi else to tion of an idealistic woman = m“ix‘:w a Hallam family and Mfl% ile’r world suddenly tightened nto confinement of family squab- bling—instead of being allowed the and the freedom Which, when married her husband, she had of. He has seen the possibmty[ ting to n}:lldlenc‘cs ;m;nuani must have faced in on¢ e noh er during their lifetimes— the i “mwm‘h!mdt?l:d d agree Wi ose - | e oo oy "‘r‘mly, that's just like | , isn't n?dshe 'llvgu;s eats before dinner doesn’t she?” now the Hallam family is im- mortal. Last season Dorothy Stickney, Glenn Anders, John Beal, ‘Hamilton and others reevaled it to en- thusiastic audiences. You may see it currently at the National as pre- sented by the National Players. * kX x fun of seeing what these players | u;mndnln'wlthlththemnnotonly of nndmsoynour "favorites”—The Leona Powers, ald Woods, Freddle Sher- , etc—in major Toles, but seeing players as Kathryn Givney and Munson rise up from out of their every night vision she had dreamed of ‘whis way or anoth d the fun onal Offering beyond what they have ever done down here and emerge as character actresses who shine quite @8 brightly as the stars” = Miss Givney is especially deft as Helen Hallam. Caustic and attractively frowsy, she manipulates herself gen- erously around that plate of grapes and carrot cake. Stamping about the home of her in-1aws as only a middle- class virago can, Miss Givney presents a picture that is truer than life, and one which you must be sure not to miss. Miss Munson, up until now a blush- ing ingenue, suddenly proves that she can tackle a battle-ax role and make it believable. Padded up and down be: yond recognition, stuck into a second- act dress that is quite as terrible as it is meant to be, disguised beneath a wig which only a Hallam would tolerate, she waddles around as she has never waddled before and gets out her laughs with a will that is scarcely recognizable. * ok ok x 7 ‘This is not to say that other players do not toe the mark. “Another guage” being a nicely balanced and well proportioned play each of these 11 Hallams has his or her inning. Miss Powers and Mr. Sherman give the play its weave of tenderness, Mr. Woods gives it its final note of loyalty, Adelaide Hib- bard shows how utterly selfish the head of a family may be, and the others round out the sometimes gay and always fundamentally drab picture of an ordi- nary middle-class family which is too lazy to do anything else but meet once a week to find out what the other fellow is doing with understanding and care. * koK % 3 One thing we missed and that is that particular moment when the gramo- phone is played and Helen breaks in with some kind of a comment or a gesture which throws the picture nicely out of joint. We can't remember just what Miss Hamilton did in the original, but we do remember that she was terribly funny and that the audi- ence laughed for almost three minutes steadily afterwards. What, now Direc- tor “Brookie” could that have been? * ok ok % The whole family should, however, enjoy this performance as much if not more than anything the players have offered. There is humor, pathos and a touch of everything that makes good theater good in it. There is Forrest Orr, giving his wife that eternal “bird”; Karl Nielson, providing amusing side- lights; Romaine Callender, in a brief but distinct character study, and a newcomer, Bernice Bartl, who is splen- did in the first act. All good—likewise the setting for the first and last acts. And then Miss Givney and Miss Munson better than they ever have been before. What more could you want? | Current Theater Attractions’ and Time of Showing ~“Another Language” at 8:3 pm. " in per- ur‘—m Browning” -, 218 and 8:15 p.n. Pulaco— Héll Below,” at 11:15 am., 1:90, 3:25, 5:30, 7:35 and 9:40 pm. King of Jam"” at an, 12:87, 2:44, 4:81, 6:18, 8:05 and 9:52 pm. :-‘v. Fot—"Secrets,” st 11 am., 1:85, 4:25, 7:10 and 9:55 p.m. Stage shows st 12:40, 3:25, 6:15 and 9 pm. Columbie—“Terror Aboard,” at 11:20 am., 1905, 2:50, 4:40, 6:25, 8:10 and 9:56 pam. in—“The Working Man,” at 11 a.m.; 13:45, 2:30, 4:20, 6:05, 7:50 and 9:40 pm. R-K-O Keith’s—“The Silver Cord,” at 11:54 s.m., 1:46, 4:07, 6:01, 8:22 and 10123 pm. Gene Dennis in person at 1:12, 3:33, 7:48 and 9:49 pm. “The Little Giant,” at 11:15 am., 1:50, 4:40, 7:25 and 10 pm. Stage shows at 12:55, 3:40, 6:25 and 9 pm. Central—“Mysterious Rider,” from 11 am. fo 11 p.m. Tivell—“Looking Forward,” at 2:15, 4:05, 5:50, 7:40 and 9:30 p.m. Ambassador—“The Little Giant,” at €:15, 8 and 9:45 pm. PARTY FOR VETS Model Shows to Entertain Group at Walter Reed. The veterans quartered at Walter Reed Hospital will be treated to & lawn party Tuesday afternoon by mem- | bers of the Model Shows of America. ‘The shows will transport their para- from the Fifteenth and H| streets northeast show grounds and put | on an all-star revue of features. | Performances will begin promptly at 1 o'clock and continue for two hours. The Red Cross ladies will handle the erowd at the hospital HOTEL HEL6 BANKRUPT | Chicago Referee Files Report on | Owners of Drake. CHICAGO, May 23 (#).—A referee in b-nkrug]bcy yesterday filed a report | with the United States District Court recommending that the Whitestone Management Co., owner and operator | of the Drake Hotel, be adjudicated a bankrupt. | The company already is in equity | Tecelvership. The report showed liabil- | ities of the concern are $731,404 against mssets of $124,834. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Army Band -this’ evening at the Walter Reed Gen- eral Hospital, at 6:30 o'clock. Capt. Kendall J. Fielder, commanding officer; | Willam J. Stannard, ler; Thomas | i | ¥. Darcy, assistant leader. *“The West Point March”. 1l | Troop No. 209 and Girl Scout Troop No. r | Woodside Methodist Church and. are Waltz, “Spring Is in My Hes: Selection from “Maytime” . ... Romberg March, “The 6th Massachusetts,” “The Star Spangled Banner.’ By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at the bandstand, st 5:30 o'clock, John S. M. Zimmer- bandmaster; Anton Pointner, Beethoven Suite Roman! SEMI-FINAL WINNERS IN MUSIC ANNOUNCED Miss' Letitia Shenk of Baltimore Gets Second Place in Opera Voice Contest. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, May 23. — Semi- finalists i the music contests fostered by the National Federation of Music Clubs were selected yesterday. Gross, Pueblo, Colo., won first place in the violin semi-finals, with Miss Byrd Elyot, New York City, second. In the opera voice contest, Mrs. Lucille Fletcher Hart, Minneapolis, was first, with Miss Letitia Shenk, Balti- more, Md., second. Selection of semi- final winners in the piano contest was deferred until Tuesday. Finals for all contests will be con- ducted tomorrow n'ffiilh when the only two cello entries compete for the federation award. Awards will not be made urless winners achleve the standard set by the federation. If they do, $1,000 cash and the assurance of a concert ap- pearance with a major New York City orchestra will be given winner in each contest finals. They Are Champions Alfredo, Vera and Lalo, the Flying Codonas, who are champions all and| claimed to be the greatest of all circus acts. They are appearing with the Ring- | ling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, day, May 31 and June 1. by August also offer “ dance, “Amazon- COMPOSERDEFENDS| AMERICAN MUSIC Howard Takes Toscanini to! Task for Alleged “Dis- | crimination.” By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, May 23.—John Tasker Howard, noted American critic and | composer, yesterday defended American music and composers and singled out | Arturo Toscanini in citing alleged “dis- crimination” against them by “con- ductors in high places.” Speaking before the opening session of the Eighteenth Biennial Conven- | tion of the National Federation of| Music Clubs, Howard said, Toscanini, | famous conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, has provided his audiences “with the finest perform- ances of master works they have ever heard. | Inconsistence Charged. “But on occasions, this greatest of conductors,” Howard said, “and he is| just that, willnot hesitate to place on his program some new work by one | of his own countrymen, which, in the | opinion of both critics and audiences, | is frankly mediocre. ! “Yet, in the seven years he has con- | ducted the Philharmonic he has pre- | sented only four American works. g(‘ Mr. Toscanini should adopt a policy of presenting only accepted masterpieces | that would be at least consistent. Warns of Blind Boosting. “But while he makes it his practice to offer an occasional novelty, a fair proportion of those novelties should be American, as long as the orchestra is supported by Americans.” However, Howard warned against “plind chauvinistic boosting of the mediocre just because it is American.” ““That is not only narrow and bigoted, it is extremely harmful the cause | of American music,” he said, in pointing out the federation, in com- bating® indifference and patronizing condescension, is urging. that on every concert program in this country, at least one American composition be played. * CHARACTER DANCES. Adolf Torovsky, whose new ballet, “Rehearsal,” will have its premiere to- night at Pierce Hall, when Lillian Moore, solo danseuse of the Metropoli- tan Opera, and William Rodon, assist- ed by Elizabeth Belcher, also of the “Met,” will present their trio recital, will be the solo pianist on the program of the occasion, playing Palmgren’s “May Night" as the opening number. In addition to a succession of sblo dances by the individual members of this trio, Miss Moore and Mr. Rodon will be seen in “Tyrollienne,” taken from Rossini’s “William Tell,” as danced by Miss Moore at the Met ltan Opera in New York at her debut as solo dansecuse with the Metropolitan two years ago. The dance was arranged Berger. Miss Moore will ‘Black Eyes,” a Russian Gypsy and two backstage sketches, —1880,” arranged by herself and depicting the little drudge of the corps de ballet as she goes through the monotonous routine of endless rchear- sal, and, by request, “Stage Pright,” ar- ranged by Agnes De Mille. It was in “Stage Pright,” danced here ! last year by Miss Moore, that this young artist showed her ability as a come-, dienne as well as a dancer. She will also be seen in two modern studies danced to music by Scriabin, entitled “Darkness” and “Prelude.” Both Mr. Rodon and Miss Belcher will offer solo numbers throughout the program, Mr. Rodon's being largely char- acter dances, and Miss Belcher offcring Del ’s “Claire de Lune,” Mokrej's “Valcik,” Ravel’s “Dream of a Naughty ,” and the cymbal dance from Pt .” In “Rehearsal” Miss Moore will appear as a ballerina, Mr. Rodon as a choreographer, and Mr. ‘Torovsky as a pianist. Tickets may bc had tonight at the door at 8 o’clock. Mary Pickford on Trip. LOS ANGELES, May 23 (#)—Mary | Pickford Jeft for New York by train last night on a business trip. The fllm star expects to make part of the joume{ by airplane. She will be joined later in New York by her husband, Douglas Fairbanks, s in Washington Wednesday and Thurs- REPEAT PERFORMANCE. The Woodside Players will repeat thelr | three-act farce, “Second Childhood,” which was given so successfully as their | Spring play on May 2 and 3, tomorrow | evening for the benefit of Boy Scout 37. Both troops are sponsored by the | housed in & new club house recently purchased and erected on the church | property. The. cast of the play includes Ray- mond Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin | Warfield, Mary Lehman, Valeria R. Leh- | man, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Collins and Charles Griffith. The performance will again be given in the auditorium of the ‘Woodside Methodist Church, which is located at 8814 Georgia avenue, Silver Spring, Md. tic, “A Day in Venige.” & cer ‘Waltz Suite, “The Chocolate Sokga “The Star Spapgled Bann: DANCING. trauss | MOONLIGHT TRIP Nightly ot 8.30 P. M. = e WIISON LINE 7TH ST. WHARVES NA. 244C Soot leaves 9.30 A. M. end 1.30 P. M. dally ‘encept Sunday for M. Vernen P HARLEQUINS BANQUET. ‘The Harlequins, dramatic society at the Catholic University, will hold the| annual banquet closing the current aca- demic year tonight in the University Club. President William R. Hanraham, Jr., will preside over the activities of the evening and introduce to the members present the guest of the evening, Rev. Speer Strahan of the Catholic Univer- sity English Department. The feature of the evening will be the election of the new officers for the | academic year of 1933-34. Installation of the newly elected men will conclude the banquet. SCREEN ODDITIES ! BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAWCETT. RARRYMORE , WHO LIKES TO WEAR SHABBY CLOTHES, WAS GIVEN A DIME 8Y * A KINDLY GENTLEMAN WHO DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE STAR.. 2 PERMITTED A CLAY PIPE TO BE SHOT OUT OF MIS MOUTH TO CONVINCE A TIMID ACTOR. THAT IT COOLD BE DONE SAFELY- P o Bl CONSTANCE CUMMINGS TELEPHONED |, HOLLYWOOD FROM 'LONDON, ENGLAND, AND AT A COST OF $4 A MINUTE TALKED FOR A Despite the fact that John Barrymore is one of the wealthiest and most successffil actors on the sereen, he dearly loves to wear shabby old clothes, not at all in keeping with his prosperous station in life. One day an elcerly gentle- man, moved to sympathy by Barrymore’s shabby appearance, presented him with a dime. Barrymore accepted the gift, thanking his benefactor with a proper display of gratitude. You'll find a Goodfriend and Badd at Pox Studios, according to a telephone directory recently published by that company. Purthermore, there is Kash in the pay office; a Bow and Gunn for the Silver and Gold for the artist. are 1 in the book. hunter, and Pinck, Green, White, Black, More than 500 outlets of the studio switchboard Fans viewing “Looking Forward,” Lionel Barrymore's latest film, will have | some novel experiences through the unique photographic methods used in making | the picture. The camera takes the place of a passenger on an elevator in mak- | ing a visit to each of the seven floors of a London department store. Another | unusual effect is gained when the camera enters the store, moves among the | various counters and actually climbs stairs, Elissa Landi, who has published three novels and has a fourth nearly com- pleted, does all her writing in'longhand. When Dorothy Jordan applied for her first screen work she was refused because she looked so young producers Predric March is called “Lambie.” thought she had run away from school. FILM MAGAZINE WRITER IS AWARDERQ DIVORCE Marie Diamond Accuses Husband, New York Elevator Builder, of Cruel Treatment. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 23.—Testimony that her husband, James J. Diamond, New York elevator builder, once tried to_tear her evening gown from her at a Hollywood night club and was other- wise cruel, won a divorce yesterday for Marie Diamond, film e writer. Mrs. Diamond said her work some- times kept her away from her home until late at night and.that her hus- band was jealous of her and accused her of associating with other fnen, Concerning the incident at the night club, Mrs. Diamond said her husband became intoxicated, swore at her and after trying to tear her clothes from her, pushed her down a flight of stairs. The complaint said the fwo were married July 9, 1931, and separated December 5, 1932. [ERNEST LAEMMLE GIVEN SENTENCE OF 15 DAYS Film Diréctor, Worst Traffic Offend- er in His Court This Year, Judge Declares. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 23 —Ernest Laemmle, film dizector, was sentenced to 15 days in jail after he had pleaded guilty in Municipal Court yesterday to seven traffic complaints, ranging from speeding to disregard of boulevard stopa. & “You are the worst traffic offender who has been in my court this year,” said Municipal Judge Wiliam M. McKay. George Penney, Laemmle’s attorney, said the director would “take his medicine,” and would not appeal the case. Carl Leemmle is a nephew of Laemmle, film magnate. VALIANT DUST by Percival CHAPTER XVL The Jolly Kaid. HE Kaid Abd'allah Karim, seat- ed upon his cushions in the Lady Zainub's chamber, laughed merrily his famous laugh—that ed laugh which shook him from head to foot and which so rarely inspired a sense of amusement and inclination to laughter in the hearer. “Ha, ha, thou Desired of Emperors, thou Moon of My Delight that know'st no wane, what saith the Prophet Him- self (on whom be peace)—and he, Al- lah witness, knew something of w —what saith he?” “Well, what does he say?” inquired the Lady Zainub, humoring her lord with smiles and wondering whether, in |the end, he would stick a knife in her {or have her thrown from the battle- ments in a sack. Better that perhaps than grow old and wither in neglect. “What saith he on that interesting subject, my love?” chuckled the Kaid. “Listen and hear. He said: “‘Oh, ye assembly of women, give alms; yea, though it be of your ornaments of gold and silver, for verily ye are mostly for hell on the day of judg- ment.’ ” and the jolly Kaid again roared with laughter. The Lady Zainub sniffed. “Well, meantime, you listen to what I say, and so the further postpone your own day of judgment. Beware of this Jules Maligni, son of your servant and of your sister. Why has Pedro Maligni brought him here?” “To learn to be, in his turn, my trusted agent and servant and friend and those of Raisul, my son. As Pedro Maligni's father was to my father—on whom be peace—and Pedro Maligni has been to me, so shall Pedro Maligni’s son be to my son, a devoted and faith- ful . .. “Faithful perhaps,” sneered the Lady Zainub. “And when has Pedro Maligni been less than faithful; given me anything but good advice; true and full infor- mation; the best rifles that . ..” “At & price,” again sneered the Lady Zainub. “At a price, woman? And who does anything save at a price? Should he risk death or imprisonment for noth- ing? Did not Pedro's father bring Pedro here that he might know and serve me, even as Pedro has brought his sou that I...” “Beware of that son, I say,” repeated the woman doggedly. “I heard you—twice and thrice I heard you—oh, Delight of Mine Eyes. Do not become the Abhorrence of Mine Ears. A little you weary me.” And the Kaid Tose to E Teet. “It is not well to weary me” he added mildly, and the Lady Zainub shivered slightly at her kindly tone. Casting herself at his feet, she begged her lord to be seated, promising him amendment, obedlence and great en- tertainment. 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AT NOON hearty, deep-chested, full-throat- | Talib ‘husband’s | tiations Christopher Wren ‘lé‘l%’:grr Thus it was a moment not more than an hour later than the time appointed that he entered his council chamber, attended by his son Raisul; his friend and agent, the Senor Pedro Maligni; his agent’s son, Mr. Jules Maligni; his confidential scribe and secretary, Abu Zerhoun; mighty Ibrahim the Lion, his gigantic bodyguard, and the stern and stalwart commander in chief of his fighting men, Mahommed Ali el Amin, Mahommed the Trustworthy, Mahommed the Reliable. Seating himself on a handsome, if somewhat dirty, divan, the Kaid cour- teously signified his pleasure that the en | others should be seated also and bade Abu Talib, the scribe, go and inform the visitor who had arrived yesterday (on Senor Pedro’s recommendation and per- sonal guarantee) that the Kaid sat in audience and would receive him. “‘To strangers and wayfarers be kind,’ saith the Koran,” observed the Kaid and laughed meaningly. “He is undoubtedly a stranger—and something of a wayfarer by now,” smiled Pedro Maligni, “as he has come deviously hither from Germany by way of Egypt, Tunis and Algeria.” “And I shall undoubtedly be kind,” laughed the Kald again. A few minutes later the scribe re- turned, accompanied b'; a tall, thick- set, broad-shouldered ran, dressed as an Arab, his bearded face sunburned and weather-beaten. In Arab fashion and speech he sa- luted and greeted the Kaid and the as- sembled company. ‘The Kaid clapped his hands loudly. Servants entered at the signal and were bidden to bring coffee, mint tea and cigarettes. | “Perhaps, being a foreigner, our | guest would prefer strong drink of the | foreigners?” inquired the Kaid cour- teously. The stranger signified that he would |be loth to offend his host’s eyes and delicate nostrils with the sight and Sc?n; of the forbidden and abhorrent rink. The Kaid laughed merrily and the s(}x;{mu eyed him thoughtfully the while. “Well,” said the Kaid, “as to that, I can bear it, I can bear it. In fact, to speak the truth—which is ever pleasant and natural to my lips—I have tasted it Yea, sometimes I drink it. . .. And yet, on the other hand, I do not drink it; I never drink it.” “A hard saying, Lord Kald,” mused the stranger. “A riddle, in fact.” “Yes,” agreed the Kaid. The solu- tion of the riddle being that my Holy Mullah, most pious and learned man in Mekazzen—yea, in all the counrty—yea, in all Mogreb—blesses it, and straighte way it turns to milk in my mouth! “Let us drink milk,” he added. In, the ensuing conversation and nego- the Kaid showed himself the keen man of business—the business of war—the heredity, training and environ- ment had made him. ‘The visitor or emissary, on the other hand, pfoved less competent and on the few points upon which they differed was, without great difficulty, outmaneu- vered, overborne and defeated. © (To be continued tomorrow.) P R BROS. ) THEATRES [ A s IN “LITTLE GIANT" with MARY ASTOR osus-NANCY GARNER LAST 3 DAYS CEORGE \But the Picture, WILD DOINGS AND MURDER AT COLUMBIA| “Terror Aboard,” Is a Good One. Ingenious and twofold murder reigned | aboard the yacht Dulcina after it had | sailed from port on Friday, the 13th, in Paramount’s “Terror Aboard,” which opened at the Columbia yesterday. Photographically, “Terror Aboard” is as ingenious a bit of work as each of the murders perpetrated by a murderer who may incite your curiosity by his clever- ness. Further, the film veers sharply and decidedly from the usual murder !tale, and thankfully it has no Philo Vance to solve the crimes. With its many murders—there are perhaps a dozen—the film never allows such events to become commonplace or Wwholesale slaughter. Each crime is planned and committed with such ingenuity that no two persons are murdered in the same | way, and only once is a pistol used.| The film flashback, usually so irritating and boring, is done in such a way here as to increase rather than decrease in- | terest. From this flashback the film gathers speed and creates much interest in its| story of a broken financier (John Halli- | day) who has sailed with his ncee | with the intention of marrying her at Sydney, Australia. Half way to this port he finds that if he lands he will have to face a grand jury and perhaps prison. He plans then to murder all on board except his flancee and to de- | sert the yacht and live on a secluded island with her. Shirley Grey, comparatively a new- comer to Hollywood, is the flancee and Neil Hamilton (formerly her fiance) an aviator who contrives to get aboard the yacht to effect the defeat of the mur- derer’s plan. There is also Charlie Rug- gles, with his usual drunken spree, af- fording a relief from the numerous kill- | ings; Vera Teasdale, doing little, but looking pretty, and Jack La Rue (dis- covered by Mae West), doing a bit of impressive killing for his own benefit. All in all, “Terror Aboard” is exciting, but not too gruesome, entertainment. J. N. H. Producers’ BY MOLLIE MERRICK. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 23.—Now that Hollywood is in the grip of the third producer move to straighten out its financial difficulties to the satisfac- tion cof all (producers). I am minded of a brief but meaty interview I recently bad with Harry Cohn, the one man who made money—a million dollars, (01 be specific—in this last fatal cinema year. The latest producer move deals with | cameramen —and _ with unicns —and with contracts offered to cameramen. The contracts are for cne year, With a slight increase on the option at the end of that time—they have been offered only to those extra-able men who are kept busy all the time anyway, and they mean very little on the face of | it and a good deal on the deep-sea | angle. If the cameramen sign such| contracts, thereby throwing down their | unit as & whole and plunging into in- dividual competition, producers will be | able to diciate terms to them at no long-distant day- The first move was 50 per cent wage cuts—the sesgnd a central casting bu- reau run by and for producers. The | third—to smash the wage scale of the| lesser, or technical, employe of the cinema world. Yet one man made a million profit| last year after all expenses were paid— and made it under these same condi- | tions which put . other studics in the red. Made it with cameramen getting their union wage and with actors and | | Out Where the Movies Begin Harry Cohn, Who Made Million in Depression Year, Reaps Success by Using New York actresses being paid what they asked— writers given what they were worth and | his executives getting a fair proportion of profit. | “How come you:made money when | every one else failed to do so last| year?” I asked Harry Cohn. | Blunt, nervous, more temperamental than any of the actors and authors he | :mploys, Harry Cohn jumped to his| eet. “Two things,” he roared. “no-long list of ccntract playegs and no the- | aters.” Every one works on the Cohn lot— there are no 15 authors to a story, no long list of relatives sitting around try- | ing to lock important while they col- | lect enormous salaries, no elaborate shenanigans and flimflam. Story con- ferences often sound like dog fights— | every one hollers at the top of his| lungs and the fellow who yells the loudest often gets heard because he'’s | surs of his idea or he couldn't get up | the nerve and the strength to bellow about it. The Crooner BING CROSBY Singing the “Learn to Croon” number in his new picture, “College Humor.” | yesterday. AMUSEMENTS. Ann Sugar pla;ys Works of Famed Composers. Spring Concert at Catholic University. Program at Ten O'Clock Club. By Alice Eversman. HE recital by Ann Sugar, which took place les. eveniag at the Arts Club Auaitciium, dis- clcsed a rare pianistic “talent | reminiscent of the kind shown in the youth of some artists who have written their name firmly in the history | of art, Miss Sugar is so young, and | already so advanced, that the way to | development into an art:st of the first wate: sesms to_ lie cmoothly before her. She is gifted by nature with | the material that | needs only ma- | turity to fashion | it into the larger | acccuirements that | an artist must | wear. [ Fine musical | feeling, strong, supple hands and careful training are the advantages | she posseses _at | this moment. She has been given, beyond the tech- nical requisites, a true insight into the style and depth of a composition which her rich musi- cal nature has grasped and reproduced. A dexterity of exscution gomes easily to her and there is strength and light- ness combined in her playing. What one might wish for, in the way of sing- ing phrases and sustained interest 1s only f question of time and develope ment? Her rendition of the “Chopin “F Min- or Etude” and Debussy's “La PFille- aux cheveux de lin” showed more com- pletely how true is her musical feeling. Although placed on most pianists con- cert programs, the works of these two composers cannot be successfully in- terpreted unless the understanding of Ann Sugar Methods. ‘When Cohn wants to make a picture he casts it exactly as a New York pro- ducer does. He goes out and gets such players as are available frcm the un- employed under contract and the un- employed free-lance players of Holly- weod. ‘There are thousands of them— the world’s greatest entertainment market—and he always manages to find some one to fill the bill. Because he makes money. the studio which he directs can pick up scme pretty high- class talent on some of our most portant lots hereabouts. His directors aren’t hampered by the old cry, “You've got, to use so-and-so because we have him under contract.” Or “I know she doesn’t fit the bill, but she’s getting $800 a week and we've got to use her.” These are a few of the reasons why a man who was, a few years ago, & humorous figure in Hollywood’s poverty row to his smug super-producer broth- ers is getting some notice from them these days. He has just gone to Eng- land with Gilbert’ Miller to produce a plf!ure with Leslie Howard in the lead role. If there’s any money to be made in American _pictures made in the Brit- ish Isles, Cohn will open a studio. of his own there—no doubt about that. But he's ma-e no statement about it, either, and he’ll come to no decisions until he looks the ground cver for himself. And when he does—he’ll act quickly, and the studio will be run on. the same practical basis that the Hollywood studio is run on. (Copyright, 1933. by North American News- paper Allience. Inc.) LEW CODY WINS SuIT BASED ON DOG BITE 0ld California Law- Holds One Attack Does Not Mean Animal Is Vicious. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 23.—The old California law allowing any dog one bite before he could be adjudged vicious and his owner held liable, proved an aid to Lew Cody, film actor, in court Municipal Judge Ida Mae Adams gave judgment for Cody after trial of. the $1,500 suit brought against him by ta Goodwin because his fox terrier bit her. Judge Adams pointed out that the old law, since changed, was in effect at the time the acter’s dog took his bite in April, 1931. the performer Is very keen. Miss Sugar proved that she could enter into the peculiar style of thought which characterizes these compositions and catch their smallest nuance, giving it out egain with the proper subtletry and delicacy. Considering that the Grieg A minor concerto cc.atains many stumblng points for artist players, Miss Sugsr's playing of it was a remarkable achieve- ment. Het chords are powerful and sure, the passages of agility fleet and the trills clear, the pedalling adequgte. ‘The cadenza was played with accuracy and repose. The broadness and sweep of execution and the consciousness of the composition as a whole will come later and when the proper fire which one senses in her is freed, this con- certo should be a glorious number in her repertoire. The orchestral accom- paniment was played on the second piano by Felian Garzia. The introduc- tion of the cello, played by' Francis Garzia, as an obligato accompaniment to the second piano was a disturbing element, the one instrument being in- adequate to aid in a real orchestra effect and the intrusion of its tone quality detracting from the perfect blending of the two pianos. In the first part of the program, Miss Sugar played a prelude and fugue by Bache“ and the “Sonata No. 3” of Beethoven. The auditorium was filled to overflowing with a thoroughly in- terested audience which applauded with enthusiastic recognition the excellence of Miss Sugar's performance and the revelation of her unusual artistic gifts, TB:: annual Spring concert of the Catholic University Glee Club took place last night in the McMahon au- ditorium on the campus. The concert climaxes the musical activities at the Catholic University for the current academic year, The choristers were directed by Dr. Leo Behrendt and ac- companied by Frank J. Brennan on e Spictal, 1 ¢ the pro al feature of the program was the rendering of three solos by Mr. Brennan, who now retires as stu- dent accompanist of the organization after four years of service. Mr. Bren- nan played Scarlatti's “Pastorale,” Sibelius’ “Valse Triste” and Debussy’s “Jardine Sous la Pluie.” John McMa-~ hon, jr., president of the glee club in 1926, gave three baritone solos, :“The Trumpeter,” by Dix, Schubert’s “The ‘Wanderer” and “Homing” by Del Diego. A PIANO recital was given, st the Ten O'clock Club Sunday -after- noon by Edward Dawson. The pro- gram, which was a somewhat exacting one, gave Mr. Dawson omnumty to prove that his technic i fully equal to the demands made upon it. Opening with three numbers Scarlatti, the “Cappriccio,” “ Minor” and “Sonata, F Minor,” Mr, Dawson turned to the Liszt arrange- ment of the “Pugue in A Minor,” by Bach, to complete the first group. ‘The remainder of the program cone ;i_’ctedb the “sann:n.‘&,pplnhmu. Op. ,” by Beethoven, the MacDowell “Concerto in D Minor.” i Splendia. rendition, eieiting. e ren eliciting much ll’\ne, u'fxe n«&f”mn seemed B satisfactory, being played with the fire and abandon- this sonata demands. 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