Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1933, Page 28

AMUSEMENTS. ~—~\_THE EVENING Miss Cornell Is Reported |EASTWINS HONORS Considering a Cinema Plum In Spite Her Many Refusals to Go to Hollywood, She Mfly Hlve Lead in “The Good Earth."” Arts Club Presents One-Act Plays. By E. de S. Melcher. HE GOOD EARTH” bobs up 144 agair So does Katharine Co:nell. This time these two are linked together. Further than thet, it is the einema which seems to be bringing them to- gether. That is something new under the sun. Particularly since Miss Cor- nell has for so long scattered to the winds all rumors that she would suc- cumb to the cam- cra muse. Also be- cause no one had thought that she might be interested in the Pearl Buck story. Nevertheless, a small item in a theatrical weekly has stated that she is considering play- ing the part creat- ed by Nazimova. If this is true, then the important firm of Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer will have another feather in its cap. ‘There is a certain surprise in this rumor, however, because many people had thought that Mme. Nazimova was more or less primed to play Olan for the screen. Although on the opening night in New York this talented lady is sald to have gone more or less to pieces, her performance was considered generally to be extremely fine—and certainly, when Washington saw her, she was at top speed. If Miss Cornell is considering this cinema plum, then great things may be expected of “The Good Earth.” A dif- ficult piece to translate into any flesh- and-blood medium, it may yet be ex- tremely effective, if tall, lean and per- haps a little flat-footed Cornell will undertake its heroine. * X x % Sad news for the burlesque fans— the Gayety is closing for the season on Saturday. Announcement has been made by Edna Buckler that “A Play with Music,” called “A Song in the Night,” will be presented Priday at the Belasco The- ater. This will be in the nature of a benefit. Smith Ballew, tallest of visiting ar- chestra leaders, is said by neighboring Baltimoreans to be—who? They think heuis either a duke or a prince in dis- guise. Katharine Corneil. Farrell, who will play in “One Sunday Afternoon? out on the coast, and Con- rad Nagel, who will play stock in At- lantic City this Summer. The most su ing theatrical an- nouncement of the season is that they will rty to make a play out of “Lady Chatterly’s Lover.” Miriam Hopkins does 2 splendid plece of work in “The Story of Temple Drake”—the screen’s “Sanctuary,” whmhmyou may see Friday at the Me Estelie Taylor will warble, shortly, over the air three times weekly—if a nice deal goes through. amilt has gone Hi lton Hollywood to play the role she created in “Another Language” on the stage. Out Where the Movies Begin Jimmy Dunn on Personal Appearance Tour—Gary Cooper Sings in Next Film—""Four Women” Praised. 3 BY MOLLIE MERRICK. HOLLYWOOD, Calif, May 24— nou!vnod grades faces in three cate- gories—A, B and C—according to the regularity of features, skin quality, and length of time required for a make-up. Grade A faces require 10 minutes’ time by a make-up expert; grade B, up to 25 minutes and grade C up to 45 minutes. Time is budgeted in making up large casts. Jimmy Dunn leaves for personal appearance tour of six weeks and vaca- tion combined; figure that out...Cecil B. De Mille still wears riding breeches, boots and carries a megaphone while directing. It's the identical costume he (and all other directors) affected in silent days...Whilhelm Dieterle wears 8 black sack suit and white kid gloves. Not so dumb—the actors know every movement of those white hands. Gary Cooper will burst into song in his next picture, six warbles being re- red of him during the footage... “Dinner at Eight” becomes “Lundi Huit Heures” in Paris and I like it fine... It took Ernst Lubitsch one year to sell his own story to the studio that gives him half a million to direct other peo- 's stories. ‘“Four Women” is good ubitsch admits it. Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable and Preston Foster all climbed into movies | through playing in “The Last Mile”... Colleen Moore's comeback is well on the way, with studios bidding frantically for her services...Miriam Jordan is in the middle of one of those Hollywood type changes: Long hair to short; smooth blonde coiffure to permanent waved carelessness. Changing names is one of the direc- tors’ and producers’ favorite sports. Adrian Samish has had five names in as many days and the boys are still undecided on a permanent tag for him. The most interesting name change was the one tried with Thelma Todd, who didn't go over with a serious part and a fancy name . . . Sam Goldwyn has had Anna Sten here for over a year just dieting, studying and preparing for the biggest boost campaign any new personality will ever receive; it is due to begin any time now. When Metro banned all dogs from the lot bscause some one was severely bitten a howl went up from its acting staff, nearly every one of whom lugged & pup to work with him . . . Charlie Farrell makes his first venture into legitimate acting with Henry Duffy in *“One Sunday Afternoon,” the part Gary Cooper is playing in cinema . . . now they have a comedy titled “A Farewell to Farms.” Lee -Tracy wouldn't go hi-hat for Metro, but insisted on staying at same hotel in New York he lived in when a legitimate actor. Greta Garbo's next—"Christine”—has become one of those all-author super features, with Sam Behrman the latest to be hired (at a sum) to whip it into shape . . . Irene Rich is back with Will Rogers in “The Last Adam” . . . “Zoo in Budapest” is flopping in some cities be- cause people are sick of animals—really the only actors left who give a good, sincere performance . . . Gloria Stuart is more frequently borrowed from one studio and another than any other young woman in pictures. Genevieve Tobin earthquake picture . . ‘wooden help designers, d own arches . . . Jean Parke to | ha autographed 45 brand-new red bricks when some fans found her working on & set for an . All stars have forms made of their figures to ressmakers and their er, Pasadena High School girl “discovered” by Ida Loverman, is getting to be a rage after one screen appearance in “Rasputin” Richard Dix i going in for jump- School Kathryn Givney is playing the same role here, this week at the National. * x x % When “Sis Hopkins” is presented at the National hext week the theater will crash out with an orchestra and a | quartct . - . Leona Powers, incidentally, | knows her Sis . . . A lady has written in to ask, “Did Miss Powers play Sis when it was last presented here?” .. . Certainly not . that was more than 22 years ago, when Rose Melville was singing her swansong . . . 22 years ago Miss Powers was but a babe . .. or & couple of weeks beyggd a babe . . . “The 'Party's Over” will not be pre- |.sented by the National Players . .. Too| many sets . . . So probably—and we | hope definitely—"The Late Christopher Bean"—the best of the Pauline Lord successes to date . . . Carter Barrog and Roxy serve lunchcon in_their offices . . Seen—Monday night, Hardie Meakin having a quiet chat with Gene Dennis in Ramon's popular Connecti: cut avenue new behind-the-lines be: garden . . . Wait till you see Janet Gaynor in “Adorable” . . . Incidentally, Johnny Mahin, ex-Harvard man, actor, advertising writer and now one of M-G-M’s best dialogue men (remem- ber his words in “Red Dust?”) has a small part in “Hell Below” . . . We don’t think they will give Edward G. Robinson another comedy . . . Nor Paul Muni . . . and now Marian Davies prob- ¢ ably will not be assigned to “The Good | Earth . . . hurray . , . Doesn’t Bernice | Bartl do a nice job in the first act of “Another Language”? . . . she should, however, change pace a bit in the last . . . That is not Ona Munson’s real waistline.’ * K X x * k% % It is a pleasure to be able to drop in of an evening and find short one- act plays of such a high standard as we found last night, for instance, at the Arts Club. Here in the small audi- torium, which, unfortunately, needs more icing than it has, plays were of- fered by local authors—Anne Darling- ton, Pearl Potter Etz and Miriam B. Hilton—plays with nice language and nice thoughts, and but for a slight straining for sentiment, phrased more neatly than many better known pro- ductions. Here we found popular local actors playing their parts with a will and popular local directors—Mrs. Wil- J. Peters, Maud Howell Smith (she will appear again with the Na- tional Players) and Miriam B. Hilton— telling them what to do with a will Miss Darlington’s play was “The Bugle Call,” Mrs. Etz's was called “The Mil- "AIIY House” and Mrs. Hilton's was b Night to Talk.” We missed the first play, but the second was nicely formed in spite of the stage's limi- tions (it was a joy to hear Mr. Keith say “Did you ever see such a mantle?”) and we heard that Eileen Fowler had ben particularly fine before that, and subsequently we enjoyed the work of Anne Ives, Ida Mattingly, Ida Clagett, Minor Ellis and Theodore Tiller, 3d. An extra word of praise should be given Helen Shields and Isham Keith, jr, for giving “The Miltrap House” such a boost. One of the handsomer local “teams,” they spoke their speeches wil.h;ertect Clifford Brooke diction, be- ved with ease and charm of manner and even did an embrace as though they meant it. it's autoblographical, I understand . . . Bill Gargan is getting near the top . . . Stacy Woodward, naturalist, who makes ‘battle for life” pictures, got chummy with a centipede and had to part with SiF Gy “Shanding o she. only keighi uy e only knight of the British Empire to act an‘ghe screen . . . Garbo has given Manager Harry Ec ton the go-by in favor of Salka Vi 1 and Mercedes d'Acosta, personal friends . .. “Wild walls” in movie parlance are sets which may be moved about at will. Head of class to the dance routines of Busby Berkeley in “Gold Diggers of 1933 . .. And the same to Joan Blon- dell's version of “My Forgotten Man,” the best spot in this musical and one of the best sales versions of an old - .+ . Claire Trevor has learned to ride a horse since arriving in Holly- wood to be George O'Brien’s leading | l]ady. The title of the picture is “Life | in the Raw” . .. 200 stories a week are | mailed into Paramount Studio. Most | of them are returned, since few people n:“v’lyz know the requirements for a movie. (Copyright; 1933, by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing National—"‘Another Language,” | 2:20 and 8:20 pm. | Gayety—"“Peaches Browning” in per- |son, at 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. | Palace—“Hell Below,” at 11:15 am., | 1:20, 3:25, 5:30, 7:35 and 9:40 p.m. ; Rialto—"“The King of Jazz"” at 11:10 am., 12:57, 2:44, 4:31, 6:18, 8:05 | and 9:52 p.m. Loew’s Fox—"Secrets” at 11 am., :35, 4:25, 7:10 and 9:55 pm. Stage | shows at 1 , 3:25, 6:15 and 9 p.m. | Columbia—"Terror Aboard,” at 11:20 |am. 1:05, 2:50, 4:40, 6:25, 8:10 and 9:55 p.m. Metropolitan—“The Working Man," at 11 a.m., 12:45, 2:30, 4:20, 6:05, 7:5¢ | and 9:40 p.m. | R-K-O Keith’s—"“The Silver Cord,” | at 11:54 am., 1:46, 4:07, 6:01, 8:22 and 110:23 pm. Gene Dennis in person at 1:12, 3:33, 7:48 and 9:49 p.m. Earle—“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—“Elmer the Great,” from 11 am. to 11 p.m. at INMUSIC CONTESTS Miss Rowe of New York City Scores in Woman’s Voice Division. By the Assoclated Press. MINI LIS, May 24—The East carried off thajor honors in the two remaining musical contests today under direction of the National Federation of Music Ciubs in biennial convention here. New York and Rhode Island each placed an entry in the finals of the woman’s voice division, with Miss Gene- vieve Rowe, New York City, winning ’ first in the semi-finals, and Miss Emma Beldan, Newport, R. 1., placing second. Miss Rowe is a coloratura soprano and Miss Beldan is a dramatic soprano. In the men’s voice division, a tenor, Edward Austin Kane, New York City, was_first. The winners in the semi-finals will compete in the finals tonight. Dalies Frantz, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Miss Marian E. Hall, Greeley, Colo., were named first and second place win- ners in the piano division. Marion Clayton, Brooklyn, was judged first-place winner in semi-finals for or- ganists., FAIRBANKS, JR., TELLS HIS SIDE OF SEPARATION “Playing A_round” Not Cause of Divorce. NEW YORK, May 24 (N. A. N. A) — “My only side in_this divorce is Joan's side,” says Doug Fairbanks, jr. “I have no ax to grind. I am terribly grateful for all the things I owe to her. “Until our marriage, I had been going around in a circle. The trouble all my life has been doing many things pass- ably well. The ability to draw and write and act came too easy. I never took it seriously enough to concentrate Joan made me settle down to business. “The entire memory of our marriage is pretty nice. I never said, however, I would try to effect a reconciliation— woo my wife again with flowers and daily telephone calls. That sounds too Hollywood! When ‘asked if we would remain friends, I said, ‘sure, I hope s0." They tacked on the rest.” He talked so fast that between trying to munch a chicken sandwich and take notes, an interviewer scarcely could keep up with him, “When we first separated,” he said, “Joan and I decided we would say nothing. So far as I am concerned, I have tried to maintain a discreet silence. I haven't attempted to deny any of the rumors circulated about me. ‘The more you deny, the less is believed. But I do want to ask you to correct statements that my ‘playing around’ with other women caused Joan to di- vorce Jme. “I don’t think I ever have done any- thing deliberately that would humiliat> any one dear to me. I don’t believe there are any sins in the world except those committed in bad taste. “I was literally born on Broadway. Keeping up a front was instilled in me. From the time I was three years old it was impressed upon me to keep away from scandal and gossip. My maternal ndfather was the cotton king; his flure was the biggest in the history of finance. My grandfather on my father’s side was a brilliant lawyer. Mania for Individualism. “I was taught never to anything that would reflect discredit on the family, that there was something to keep intact. I was so overcareful that it drew me into a shell; gave me a mania for individualism. “I have the most passionate love of living. This enthusiastic love of life, the natural buoyancy I feel, might be construed as ‘playing around’ I am extremely nervous, never sleep mors than five hours—that's all the sleep 1 require. “Nervousness comes out in Joan and me in entirely different ways. She shuts up like a clam. I become over- enthusiastic. Out of sheer nervousness I might walk on a set and say to some ons who meant nothing to me: ‘Hello, darling!” Just for lack of something to do. Two hours later I might hear I was mad about that n! “Joan and I set up a high standard, with the agreement that if we fell below that standard, either as a couple or individuals, our marriage would be over. We thought it would be dis- honest to keep up a front just for = front’s sake—because there was nobody to protect. We didn't let it go so long it became rusty and corroded. Prefer- ring to retain the friendship, affection and deep respect one for the other, we decided to call it quits while it was still pleasant and nice.” “You are not blaming your failure on Hollywood, then?” Largely up to Individual. “Hollywood has a devastating in- fluence which makes it more difficult to succeed. But in spite of this, I think successful marriage is largely up to; the individuals.” “Joan said it took courage for you both to marry so young. What part do you think your youth played in your inability to weather the storm?” “It might not have played any par: if .it hadn’t been that we set this standard with this microscopic lens on us all the time. We broke under the strain of this constant thing on us. We had too much to do as ambitious young people. Marriage deserved more time than we ever were able to give it in this business.” “Do you share Joan's opinion that a career lasts longer than love?” “Again I think that's a case for in- dividuals. Nothing emotional can be set to a rule. But who am I to give out any theories in the cause of matri- mony? I evidently am no expert at it. I still think it is a grand institution— none better.” Father Fond of Joan. Referring to a statement of the trouble between this Darby and Joan— to the effect that in-laws at Pickfair were not exuctly fair to Doug’s wife— his comment was characteristic. “Dad is tremendously fond of Joan. I was aware of no unfriendly feeling But I'm a pollyanna. I trust every one. If some one stuck a knife in me I still think he was trying to tickle me As Doug talked, there was no in cation of real unhappiness or heart- break. The only admission he made was: “I haven't had time really to know what this separation will mean to>me. It's the first time I have ever been alone. There always has been somc- body arcund in my life. This alone- ness will get me somewhere by the time I am 30—if I ever am going to be a kingpin, I should begin to in- Tivoli—* 4:05, 5:50, Forward,” at 2:15, 9:30 pm. “Be Mine Tonight,” at pm. ‘Looking 7:40 and Ambassads 6:15, 8 and 9:50 SELECTING CHOIR. ‘The annual examingtion of voices for members of the boy choir at Washing- ton Cathedral 'lflmeld at the offices the year ' beginn! next Autumn, Irhlchymmlu Lhm‘ln& a scholarship in St. Albans, the National Cathedrsl for Boys. 2 Bl dividualize in earnest. I am 25 now. After 12 years in this business, I should be learning my trade. At my age, Nocl Coward is doing the thing I want to do—and doing it well. It's about time I struck out.” “Joan ul_g you never had any re- “She was right” said gentleman Doug. “I had it, but never really as- sumed it. If we didn’t have a dollar. somehow it didn’t worry me overmuch.” (Copyright. 1933, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) DANE;N64 o e nw s, 2> A Tos- STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SCREEN ODDITIES BY ‘'CAPT. ROSCOE FAWCETT. LEE TRACY USUALLY BUYS THREE SEATS FOR A STAGE PLAY, EACH N A DIFFERENT PART OF THE THEATRE, SO HE MAY STUDY THE PERFORMANCE FROM VARIOUS ANGLES. z two HOLLYWOOD STUOH | ! HAD TO LEARN TO PLAY A HARP IN THREE DAYS FOR A STAGE ROLE. NOW SHE 1S AN ACCOMPLISHED PLAYER - 2= e MEN DO NOTHING BUT WALK THE FLOOR OF SOUND STAGES AT A IO LISTENING FOR SQUEAKS. ONE,WHO WEIGHS LBS., LISTENS FOR BIG SQUEAKS, THE OTHER ., WEIGHING 102 LBS, STENS FOR LITTLE SQUEAKS. All day long Henry Barton and Billy tages listening for squeaks. When they u nails until the noise is eliminated. Squeaks have personality, they say. Because Henry weighs 250 pounds he finds only the big squeaks while Billy’s 102 pounds They have discovered that squeaks which respond to the light weight will not answer to the heavy weight and vice versa. One of Hollywood's favorite pastimes is listening to the impromptu re ‘When an actor forgets his lines or makes a faux pas, he invariably displays temper or does things not in the script before the recording apparatus is stopped. Often, if the exhibition is choice, the direc- locate the “pip” squeaks. of actors who go up in their lines. tor orders the take printed. The scene kind and run off as amusement for the embarrassment of the actors concern Nat Carr, dialect comedian in “ in a tent. - James Cagney’s philosophy: *“Make may be sure there's one less rascal in the world."—Carlyle. Lewis Stone's philosophy: “Like the amusement.”—Goldsmith. Myrna Loy's philosophy: “Next to ‘Thackeray. What’s What and Where Attractions Soon to Be Seen in Washington Theaters “Sis Hopkins” To Be Revived at National, EXT week, beginning Monday night, the National Theater Players will offer their annual revival of a famous stage classic. This time it will be one of America’s foremost rural comedies, “Sis Hopkins,” which served as a starring vehicle for Rose Melville for 12 years and has not been presented in Wash- ington since 1911, when Miss Melville made her farewell tour. The play revolves around “Sis,” a de- lightful little coun- girl with all hor philosophy and | art quaint humor, ging- ham gown and hair done up in pig tails, Needless to say, that in all her stage career and the many parts she has been called on to charm audiences with, “Sis” is her favorite and she is anxiously awaiting next Monday night. The demand for seats for the two matinees, Wednesday and Saturday, in- dicate that this will be the first play of the players’ present season to call for an extra matinee to be given. Gene Dennis, New Film at R-K-O Keith’s. ENE DENNIS, psychic wonder, is to remain for a second week at R-K-O Keith's Theater. The holdover engagement for Mis§ Dennis will be given added interest, however, in a change of the feature picture with the presentation for the world premiere ql the Columbia production, “Ann Carver’s Profession.” The screen play is from the novel, “Rules for Wives,” by John Riskin, who also prepared his story for the screen. Featured in the cast are Fay Wray, Gene Raymond, Claire Dodd, Frank Albertson and Jessie Ralph. “The Eagle and the Hawk” Come to the Earle Friday. WARN!.’R BROS.’ Earl Theater will t Paramount’s “The le and the Hawk,” featuring Fredéric March, Cary Grant, Carole Lombard and Jack Oakie. The new stage bill will be headlined by Welcome Lewis, radio’s 5 feet of melody, in a return engagement. Miss Lewis will present an entirely new act, “The Musical Scrap- book,” 1n which she will be assisted by Calvin Keech, N. B. C. announcer. Other acts will be Chester Frederick with Selma Damis and Artley George, in a comedy dancing skit; Wilbur Hall and Loretta Dennison, “The Tickling Tunesters”; Ben Dova, inebriate funster, and Maxine Doyle, mistress of cere- monies. Faulkner Story On Metropolitan Screen. 'EMPLE DRAKE, outstanding figure in William Faulkner's famous novel, “Sanctuary,” comes to life on the screen in “The Story of Temple Drake” & Paramount picture which opens Friday as the featured screen attraction at Warney Bros. Metropolitan Theater. “The Story of Temple Drake” is that of the curious make-up of Temple Drake, last of the line of an aristocratic family. Her personality is a weird com- posite of conventional traits and reck- less abandon. Rather than ruin the life of the young attorney she loves, she re- fuses to marry him, runs off on a lark with a member of the younger set, and a-wild ride through the night is cli- maxed by an automobile smash-up. They find themselves virtually prisoners of a city gangster in a desolate country hideaway where they have taken refuge. The events that follow bring the film to a startling climax. Miriam Hopkins plays the title role and the cast includes Jack LaRue, Willlam Gargan, Irving Pichel, William Colller, jr., and Sir Guy Standing. Collegiate Humor Week At Loew’s Fox Friday. INEXT week at Loew's Fox Theater s Collegiate Humor week, and every night will be dedicated to one of the| local colleges. On the screen” Laurel | and Hardy will appear in their new full- “ length comedy, “Devil's Brother.”, On the stage “Herb” Williams with some more nonsense and Aunt Jemima will be_featured. Laurel and Hardy co-star in this story as two friends who turn bandits in re- | 7 = e = Leona Powers. -a/ways & detter show at. P IN PER3ON ASK GENE—SHE KNOWS ip Zip Hoora; .| actor in the world who was started on a successful stage career by an earth- quake. Before the San Francisco earthquake in 1906 he says he was just a ham actor who couldn’t get a real part. Then the quake scared many of the actors out of the city and he got a leading role in a musical comedy staged Douglas do nothing but walk the sound find a squeak in the floor they drive in arks is assembled with others of the same director and his friends, much to the " declares he is the only yourself an honest man, and then you bee, we should make our industry our excellent is the appreciation of it."— taliation for being robbed of their life savings just when they meant to retire. “Trick for Trick” Coming to the Columbia, ¢/TRICK FOR TRICK,” the new Fox mystcry melodrama, in which se- crets of magic are revealed as two ma- gicians vie with each other for superi- ority, comes to the Loew's Columbia ‘Theater next Monday. The film, direct- ed by Hamilton MacFadden, is said to show in a simple manner just how two adepts practice the black art. One of them suspects the other of a murder. The other, guilty or not guilty, wants at least to throw the first one off the track. In this parry of wits and magic they reveal to each other the utmost in their ‘The romantic elements of the plot are depicted through the characters por- trayed by Sally Blane and Clifford Jones. Clifford Jones is a newcomer to the screen, having already made a success as an actor on the New York state. The supporting cast includes Tom Dugan, Luis Alberni, Ed Van Sloan, James Bur- tis and Adrian Morris, Gaynor in “Adorabile” Featured at the Palace. ROIIANC!, beauty, laughter, charm and musjc are said to be the chief qualities in “Adorable,” the rcmance of a° make-believe Cinderella and her Prince Charming, which starts Friday at Loew's Palace Theater. ‘Janet Gaynor and Henry Garat are featured in this operetta. Other players iriclude Herbert Mundin, C. Aubrey Smith, Blanche Friderici and Hans von Twardowski. Selectea short subjects, Movie-tone news and comedies top the bill. “Seventh Commandment” To Be Next Rialto Feature, “THI SEVENTH COMMANDMENT,” said to be an unusual and most powerful drama, will be the next feature to be presented at the Rialto Theater, following the “King of Jazz.” This picture, which will be shown to adults only, makes no great pretense -at production values. There are no star names. Not in any sense a preachment, “The Seventh Command- ment” is said to tell a dramatic story —a story that carries a definite mean- ing to every young person. Pool Opens Saturday At Glen Echo Park. THI big crystal pool at Glen Echo Park opens for the 1933 season on Saturday next, with enlarged sand| beach, and many other improvements. This year Capt. Edward H. McCrahon, who has had wide experience as judge and starter in swim meets in many States, will be in charge of the pool. DAVIS GROUP DANCES. A varied succession of original dance numbers will be offered by the Evelyn Davis senior group at Roosevelt High School = Auditorium tonight at 8:30 o'clock, directed by the Community Center Department, and sponsored by the Washington branch of the Ameri- can Association of University ‘Women | end the Zonta Club of the District of | Columbia. The program will open with a “coun- try dance” to music composed by Alden Finckel, followed by “Dance of the Masks,” composed by Martha Stevens. “The Storm” will be a repetition of mnlons of the Bal Boheme pageant t Winter, and “Midday” is from the Harvest Festival last Autumn at the Sylvan Theater. By request, Miss Davis will give her “satire of an amateur,” entitled “Six, Sixteen and Sixty,” re- peated from a previous program. “Four Exaggerations,” three of which will be danced by the ensemble- to music by Alden Finckel, and the fourth, “Boredom,” danced by Miss Davis without music, are featured in the pro- gram, which comprises also Debussy’s “Waltz Lente,” Boutelle'’s “Pan,” Finck- el's “Incantation” and “Threnody,” a three-part sculptural dance, composed'| also by Alden Finckel. “MERRY MAC” “PEPPY PHIL” 'AND ENTERTAINERS at SPANISH GARDEN BALLROOM TONIGHT AT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1933. IEGFELD'S WIDOW TOPRODUCE FOLLIES Billie Burke Says Show Will Open in Broadway Theater August 1. R By the Associated Press. | HOLLYWOOD, May 24.—Billie Burke, | widow of Florenz Ziegfeld, sald yester- | day she will produce and present the! “Ziegfeld Follies of 1933" on Broadway, | opening at the Winter Garden about | August 1. i ‘The production, she said, will be in | association with Ned Wayburn and Bobby Connoly, long-time associate of thx" late husband in his stage produc- ons. “Mr. Ziegfeld had mapped out this production with Wayburn and Connoly before his death,” the screen actress said, “and we are going to try to carry out his plans as far as pessible.” Asked if she plans to make the Follies a permanent institution, Miss Burke said that depends upon its re- ception in the first revival. The actress said she will not give up | her screen career, but will go to New York within a month, when rehearsals begin, and spend as much time there as necessary. She said she will come back to Hollywood as soon as her work is finished. She said she will not ap- pear in the Follies and that her con- nection will be strictly that of producer and consultant. She said the programs will read: “Billy Burke Ziegfeld presents the Ziegfeld Follies of 1933.” SCENES FROM OPERAS. ‘The Zalipsky Opera Club, an amateur operatic group of Washington, will pre- sent its annual public performance at Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and streets northwest, tonight at 8:30 o'clock. Scenes from four operas will be sung, presented in costume and with simple stage settings. There will be ballet numbers in two of the scenes, the open- ing one, from “Orpheus and Euridice,” by Gluck, and the closing light opera of Viennese type, “The Dancing Princess,” by Kalman. Briefer scenes will be given from “La Tosca” and “Il Trova- tore.” Mme. Marie Zalipsky, director of this operatic group, is a former prima donna of the Imperial Opera of Rus- sia. Theodore Bekefi, diregtor of the ballet and in charge of stage arrange- ments, also comes from Russia, where he was a dancer in the Imperial Ballet. Singers who will have leading roles in the four scenes are Sola Holmen, Marjorie Isaacs, Melba Osmond, Vit- toria de Andreis, Giuseppe Bruno, Dom- enic Baiardo, Eugene Swygert, John Kierman, Nathan Bachrach and Mel- ville Slaughter. Milton Schwarus, violinist, and Richard Bell, pianist, will have instrumental roles. The ballet will include 15 girls and small children from the Bekefi Institute of this city. S s PIANIST FEATURED. Helen Corbin Heinl, Washington pianist, will be the guest soloist with the United States Marine Band Orches- tra at the last symphony concert of the indoor season in the Band Auditorium, Marine Barracks, tonight at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Heinl will play Liszt's “Hun- garian Fantasia” with orcnestra ac- companiment. The “Covered Wagon Days” suite by the Secretary of the ‘Treasury, William H. Woodin, will be-‘a feature of the program. Haydn's “ - g,l]lfing'm ]l‘)yxnjor"d(!'gndon Symph?ny ) pl " and the program closes with the overture and bumue from PO SR “Tanhauser.” BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at the bandstand at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “National High School”..Mader Overture, “A Calm Sea and a Happy Voyage” Mendelssohn Ballet music from “Rosamunde,” Schubert Excerpts from musical comedy “The New Moon” ... By the United States Marine Band this evening at the auditorium, Marine Barracks, at 8 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, second leader. “Symphony in D Major” (“London Symphony, No. 7).... ... Haydn Andante. Minuet. Finale, allegro spiritoso. “Hungarian Fantasia,” for piano and orchestra . ‘Willlam H. Woodin “On the Prairie.” “Trudging Along.” “Journey’s End.” Overture and bachanale from hauser” . Marines’ Hymn, ] zuma. “The Star Spangled Banner.” The Marine Band will give its last indoor concert Friday at the Marine Bgracks at 3 pan. The open-air concert schedule of the Marine Band will begin with a concert Monday at 8 p.m. at the Marine Barracks. BETE FI N A STUDIO RECITAL. Elizabeth Bernheimer, violinist, as- sisted by Clara Moran eimer, planist, will be presented in a studio recital by Helen Ware tomorrow eve- ning at 8:30 o'clock at her studio, 1501 Connecticut avenue. DEGREES PLAN PASSED House Adopts Conference Report for Service Academies. A conference report composing minor differences between House and Senate on a bill to give bachelor of science de- grees to graduates from the Naval, Military and Coast Guard Academies was approved yesterday by the House. The Senate has not yet acted on the compromise. WARNER BROS. THEATRES LAST 2 DAYS LAUGH d forte .. Liszt “Tann- .. Wagner EON. 6. $ IN “LITTLE GIANT -Ou Suar NANCY GARNER COMING FRIDAY FREDRIC MARCH EAGLE il HAWK On' Sgre WELCOME LEWIS [ FREE ADMISSION § G LEN ECH [AMUSEMERT PARK | AND ALL THE MORE THAN 50 FEATURES IN.“WORKING MAN" couING FRIDAY HOPKINS n‘-_:'a-- Faulkners OF TEMPLE DRAKE AMUSEM Washington Singers Give* ENTS. | Thomas’ Melodic Cantata Dancers 1 NDER the direction of Charlotte Klein, A. Goring Thomas’ can- tata, “The Swan and the Sky- lark,” was given last evening Mrs. C. C. McDonnell, soprano; Vera Neely Ross, contralto; Dr. George An- derson, tenor, and J. Edgar Kidwell and Erbin G. Thomas, bass, in the solo parts. ‘This noble work, which was found the composers death, has a text taken from poems by Keats, Shelley and Mrs. Hemans and is representa- tive of the fertility of Thomas' talent for melody. The music is a lyrical expression of the poetic text and ¥ soars with the Charlotte KI freedom and vital- to Kiels. 47 of trus inspira- tion. Many of the musical phrases im- press with the sheer beauty of har- mony which runs through accompani- ment and vocal part alike, and the graceful, easy form of composition, In construction, it is a series of soli for sages and interspersed with melodic rhapsodizing in the accompaniment. The tenor solo, “Summer I Depart,” could stand alone as a masterful bit of, composition for the voicc. From a restrained beginning, it brings into free pliy a variety of expression and rises to a broad, mighty climax sustained by the chorus in the “O Sunshine and Blue Skies, O Life and Love, Farewell.” Dr. Anderson’s pure, lyric voice was highly expressive throughout and, in the dramatic finale, the quality of his voice dominated although the music called for more power than is his. Less effective musically, by reason of a cer- taln awkardness of poetical and musi- cal accent, was the contralto solo, “Thus Flowed the Death Chant On,” although the warmly coloréd voice of Mrs. Ross gave life and strength to the music. The cantata opens with a bass solo, “A Grecian Poet I, but Born Too Late,” full of dignity, in which the music laments with ‘the pcet over the lost glories of antiquity. Erbin G. Thomas sang the music with feeling and gave the audience the pleasure of hearing every word of the poem. The chorus took up the theme in full, four-part harmony, in which the voices into perfect unison. The final develop- ment of the cantata into a joyous mood was left to the soprano, and Mrs. Mec- Donnell’s clear, free voice came out gloricusly in “The Summer Is Come” and “There Is Joy in the Forest.” J. Edgar Kidwell sang the final solo, “So Those Two Voices Met,” and was joined ', but \dmul number, ue special commendation for artistic effects the singers realized l‘t‘: the smoothness and vitality of the entire ‘The audience appreciation and atten- tion and gave vent to their enthusiasm program. at the end of . ILLIAN RE, William Rodon and Elizabeth Belcher gave a gram of dance intes ning ‘at Plerce n:flr in were assisted by Adolf Torovsky plano number, “May Night,” by Pajm: gren. Miss Moore and Mr. Redon also Pecially wrtten tox tham by M Torey Mr. sky from a story by Mr. Rodor formance. bers, ‘“‘Amazon—1880," and “Stage Fright,” in which she de- picted the feelings of an insignificant member of the corps de ballet back of the scenes. The serious side of her art was expressed in an fine manner in her rendition of a “Pre- g‘xge," by Scrhb};zz; Debussy’s - “On- & ality of subject, as well as interpretation, but as yet does not go far enough to make his ideas of great value. A sameness of gesture was further rendered ineffective by a lack of elasticity of bodily movement and a complete co-ordination of the whole. In the “Tyrollienne” to music from Rossini's “William - Tell,” which he danced with Miss Moore, he- showed greater variety and more suppleness. “The Rehearsal,” com by Mr. Tor- cbert MONTGOMERY. R HUSTON ADGE EVAR Jimmy DURANTE and produced after A | piauded. s | PRINCESS « WARNER BROS. THEATERS o) Soloists Give Unusual Expression to Famed Work in Presentation at St. Margaret's Church. n Recital. By Alice Eve-umln. by' Mr. and the " by Miss Moore, . Torov- sky assisted at the at St. Margaret’s Church with | Belcher “Cymbal 5 Belcher is graceful and dances with enthusiasm. The was erous in appiause and recalled the cers repeatedly. The 10 ac- companiments were provided Sylvia Kaplowitz and Doris Kolb' Ehlers. ‘WELL balanced program exhibiting representative_contributions of sév- eral of the outstanding eomposers now alive, as well as familiar selections from the classics, was given in the organ recital at All Souls’ Unitarian Church Monday night by Miss Florence E. Re; The program, which was presented under the auspices of the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, included “Sketch in F Minor,” Schumann; “Pil- grimage of St. Anne la Palud,” from Saint Saens’ “Rhaj on Breton Melodies”; “Passacaglia,” Bach; “Star- light,” Karg-Elert; “Scherzetto,” Vierne; “Andante Cantabile” (Symphony No. 4)iuwldor; “Cantilene Pastorale,” De- Reynolds' rendition of the exacting masterpiece of Bach was as effective as her light and skillful treatment of Vierne “Scherzetto.” Colorful the four voices joined by choral pas- | tae istration marked her by H‘;‘l‘nl:ly brief b e a surp: gram unusually worth ro’k‘; night at the Church of the Covenant. direction ‘;‘s‘;’: pIes Tmmmwlfihtme o 10C] . of fretted instruments. The was sponsored by the Business en’s Council of W: L. In the Columbia Symphony Mandolin Orchestra Mr. Papas has created a truly unique organization. The mandolins, mandolas and mandolin-cellos play the part in symphonic works that usually are allotted to the stringed choirs. The banjos replace the brasses and a small sf:uh? in:‘ wilr_l'd tI;Is:lrumems fll sz ;c,; m pa ve a extremely delicate and ini color to this unusual present the orchestra is literally infancy, and last night the works played were very simple, chiefly Russian in ¢l er. However, it is Mr. Papas’ plan to enlarge and develop his 18 in- strumentalists into an orchestra ca blended | Phon: “Gypsy Sweetheart,” led by the diminutive Wal- ter Howe, won whole-hearted applause from the audience. ‘The one soloist on’the Joan O’Connor, who t of He C. banjo and mandolin in two duets which were popular in nature and much ap- 8. T. NATIONAL STy ot 8. E. Cochran & Clitford Brooke offer The National Theater Players “Another Language™ s N.Y. res E" Sis Hopkins m! A::A Lawrence :‘.Ill St Becutitu : b e T ASHTON _ cuswoos. va— CONSTANCE CAROLINA| THEY K TALK' 11th & N. C. 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