Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1933, Page 40

2 AMUSEMENTS. Hollywood’s Star Writer Decides to Leave the Job Frances Marion, Long Considered the Cinema's Outstanding Story P Through With the Motion Picture "Grind." By Mollie Merrick. OLLYWOOD, Calif., June 24 (N.AN.A.).—The same old pat- terns repeat themselves in film stories—the old formulae are used over and over again— sometimes expertly, sometimes badly. Producers sit for long hours about the conference table pleading for more “wham,” more ‘“zip” or “heave” or “pull.” Outraged authors have their flowering genius ground down under this jron heel. Directors have written added dialogue to Shakespeare. And some actors have loved their public too much for that sort of thing and have refused to be part of it. Frances Marion, most successful scenario writer of them all, has rebeled. For these reasons mentioned above she has mutinied and wil! make no more adaptations for the screen. She will write no more of the coutinuities that have brought her over $50,000 a year. Frances Marion has been the in-be- tween person of the motion picture world. She has sat at the crossroads, the least common denominator of mo- tion picture production. She has had the task of welding divergent and con- fused tastes into practical use. Hers has been the responsibility of saying what a lot of people have had in their minds. Whether or not they knew what they wanted to say, Frances Marion has had to find words to express preoisely their ideas. TUnless you've tried it, you cannot dream of the difficulties, the hopeless- ness and the monotony of the task. It actually meant telling simple stories very simply. According to Miss Marion, it has been very much like writing bugle calls. You had four or five notes and then when those were used, you had the same four or i!'lve notes hnll szrr again. If you require a symphony or= chestra to play what you have in mind, don’t bother, nobody would under- stand it. “T am tired, not of work, but of work that no longer makes me happy.” says| Prances Marion. Brown-haired, laugh- ing eyed, alluring, Frances Marion is one of the most attractive women in the local colony. She has been so suc- cessful and her triumphant way has been liberally scattered by all the joys of prosperity and popularity. “I had great fun making ‘Big House’ and ‘Hell Divers’ They had a swéeping, the-| matic background. Jails or the Navy demand work, authority, ideas, par- tisanship. But that great group of hits that include ‘Min and Bill,” ‘The Secret | Six,’ ‘The Champ,’ ‘Emma’ and “Blondie | of the Follies’ are part of the past.” That past is not going to be revived. roducer. Says She IS is doing a screen play that will be Anna Sten's second vehicle and will follow “Nana.” Frances Marion will write the original play. She doesn’t care who will adapt it. She hopes it will be a good job but she is through with adaptations. The screen play she will do is suggested by Herbert As- "bury's novel, “The Barbary Coast.” It is a story of that salty city where Prances Marion was born — San Francisco. Before Frances Marion came to | Hollywood she worked on a morning | daily in San Francisco. She knows that virile city thoroughly. But for a score of years she has lived in Gelatinland and ground out repetitive themes for the gelllln strip which has kept the (world laughing and crying and for- | getting its troubles. | How she has kept her youth and charm through that 20 years of grind is a mystery. She has started on vaca- tions only to be summoned back by telegram or cable to begin another adaptation. She had gone from one conference to another. She has cried out for rest, only to discover that her services were needed to keep some star before the public—a job that only Frances Marion could do. She is a musician of quality, a de- | voted mother, a charming hostess and a personality of consequence. She| wants to put some of all these varied things into a print that will be lasting —more lasting than the ephemera of the motion picture libraries. A few years ago Marie Dressler was sitting in her study with Frances Marion trying to persuade the writer to bundle away to Europe with her. Frances Marion just couldn’t. She had this story to finish, and she had her daughter's schooling to worry about |and some real estate developments to | watch. No, she really couldn’t go. Marie Dressler put her finger on the great terrestrial globe beside the desk. “Ipok,” said the actress, “there is Vienna, gay with music. And here,” pointing to another spot, “is Paris, city of lights. The boulevards! The Bois! The Quais! And look, Frances, here’s |, London and Ireland and then we could THE SUNDAY PHOTOPLAYS AT WASHINGTON THEATERS THIS WEEK l] WEEK OF JUNE 25 Sunday STAR, WASHINGTON, Monday Tuesday D. C, Wednesday Thursday JUNE 25, 1933—PART FOUR. Friday ; Saturday Dressier_and_Moran in “Prosperity. Esther Ralston in ““After the Ball.” Academy Sth and G Sts. 8E. Clark Gable in “No Man of Her Regis Toomey in * diers of the Storm. Dressier_and Moran in_*Prosperity. Esther Ralston in “After_the Ball.” Clark Gable in “No Man of Her Own " Regis Toomey in “'Sol diers of the Storm Noel Cowards ““Cavalcade.” Shows: 5:00._7:20. 9:30. Noel Cow: “Cavale Bhows 5:00._7:20. Buster Crabbe | of the Junel Maynard in ° Ranch n “King K yamite Se: Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent “Baby Face. Ambassador 18th & Columbia Rd. Barbara Stanwyck and Georee Brent n “Baby Face.” Barbara Stanwyck Robert Montgomery, and Madge Evans in “Hell Below." Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans in “Hell Below." Fay Wray and Gene Raymond in “Ann Carver's Profes- sion.” Two comedies James Dunn and Sally Eilers in ilor's Luck." Our Gang com in ‘Diplomaniacs.” Catlett comedy. Chic_Sale_comedy. Apollo 624 H Bt. NE. Wheeler and Woolsey Wheeler and Woolsey Edward G_Robinson In “The Little Glant.” n “Diplomaniacs.” Fred Waring short. Catlett comedy Chic_Sate_comedy. Mary Pickford and Edward G_Robinson in o § Leslte Howard in he Little Giant. Fred Waring crets. short. Pangborn_comedy. el and Hardy in e Devil's Brother.” Cartoon. “Three Mus- keteers.” No. 3 Mary Pickford and Leslie_Howard in crets. Pangborn_comedy. Dark. Arcade Hyattsville, Md. Tau Laurel and Hardy in ““The Devil's Brother.” Comeds. News rel_anc Hardy in “The Devil's Brother.” Jonn Barrymore and Diana Wynyard in “Reunion in Vienna.” Comedy. News. Sally Eilers and Ralph Bellamy in “Second-Hand Wife." Comedy. John Barrymore and ~Hurricane Horse- Diana Wynyard in “Reunion in Vienna.” Com “Infernal Machi nfernal Machine.” edy. News s(fllllc Ex Ashton Clarendon, Va. Dark. kford and Mary Pickford and Howard d Leslle' How n “Secrets. Pic lie in “Secrets." Mary Les! Richard Bartheimess Ben_Lyon. in Mary Brian and “Central Air- Peggy Shannon in port."” “Girl Missing.” Tim McCoy in “The End of the Trail. Serial._Comedy. Genevieve Tobin and Roland Young in “‘Pleasure Cruise.” Serial.__Comed: Mary Plckford and Avalon e Homara 5612 Conn. Ave. roteetai. John Barrymore Diana Wynyar in “Reunion in Vienna." Mary Pickford and Leslle Howard in “Secrets " Pictorial and d John Barrymore and Elissa Landi and Diana Wynyard David Manners in “The Warrior's Hus- band.” Sbort in “Reunion in Vienna Edward i Robinson I “The Little Giant " Bobby Jones golf short. No. 1. Robert Montgomery Ave. Grand ™oifudiee fou 645 Pa. Ave. SE. wHell Below.” John Barrymore and Diana Wynyard in “Reunion in Vienna.” Lopes_short. Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans in “Hell Below." John Barrymore and Diana Wynyard in “Reunion in Vienna.” 2 sl James Cazney and Alice White in “Picture Snatcher.” hort. Cartoon. Screen song. Richard Arlen and Mary Bri “Song of t n Bobby Jones golf sht.. 2. Caseooe Souvenir. Cart. Seri Cameo Dark. Mt. Rainler, Md. Joen Crawford and Franchot Tone in “Today We Live." Comedy. News. Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone in “Today We Live.” Comedy. News. Ernest Truex and Una _ Janet Gaynor and Merkel in “Whistlin in the Dark.” Comedy. _News. Janet Gaynor Ken Maynard in “Whistling Dan " Junior Durkin in “‘Man Hunt." _Serial Carole Tombard in “From Hell to Heaven. Phillips Holmes in “Men Must Fight Carolina 11th&N.C.Ave.SE. Mae West_in “She Done Him ong.” rone. Two_comedies, Carole Lombard in ‘From Hell to Heaven.’ Phillips Holmes in ‘‘Men Must Fight." Claudette Colbert and Frederic March in “8ign of the Cross.” Comedy. Mae West in “She Done Him ong. T Two_comedies. Claudette Colbert and Frederic March in “Sign of the Cross.” Comedy. John Wayne in “The Big Stampede.” Laurel and Hardy comedy. Wheeler and_Woolsey in “Diplomaniacs.” Pangborn comedy. Eddie Cantor comedy. Central 425 Sth 8t. N.W. James Cagney and Alice White in “Picture Snatcher.” Jack Haley comedy. James Cagney and Alice White in “Picture 'Snatchel ack_Haley comedy. Bette Davis and Gene Raymond in “Ex-Lady.” Clyde com. Souvenir. Ramon Novarro and yrna Loy in ‘The Barbarlan.” Bobby Jones golf sht.. 2. Adolphe Menjou in “Circus Queen Mur- der.” “Cartoon. Chase _comedy. Lionel Barrymore in “Sweepings.” Circle 2105 Pa. Ave. N.W. in Roland Youn “Pleasure Cri Comedsy. Genevieve Tobin and _ Genevieve Tobin and and Young in “Pleasure Cruise.” Comedy. Nancy Carroll and Frank Morgan in “The Kiss Before the Mirror.””_Comedies. Frederic March and Carole Lombard in “The Eagle and the Hawk.” _Comedies Ralph Morgan and Boots Mallory in “‘Humanity.” nnett_comedies. Chester Morris 1 “Clancey ~of the Mounted.” _ Fable. John Barrymore and e Ca. Ave. & Parragut " ReUNQD {011 Katherine Hepburn and Colin Clive in Dumbarton 1360 Wis. Ave. N.W. _oRLstoP!ies DR Colony John Barrymore and Comedy. “Last Ma! Mary Pickford, and Diana Wynyard in Leslie Howard in “Reunion in Vienna.” “Becrets. Radio Row. Cartoon. Ruth Chatterton and George Brent in “Lilly Turner.” Ruth Btting. Cartoon. Mary Pickford and Leslie Howard in s Radio Row. EdwardG_Robinson in Talig Little Glant. ‘axi Boyscom. ‘“Three Musketeers.” No. 2. Elissa Landi and David_Manners_in ‘The rior's Hus- band.” Pangborn com. Wa; Pa; Katherine Hepburn Eric Linden and and Colin Clive in Helen MacKellar in Christopher Strong. e Past of Mary Holmes.” _Comedy. Wheeler and Woolses. n “Diplomaniacs. Com.. ““Heave Twi Wheeler and Woolsey n “Diplo} Com.._“Heave Two." Charlie Murray and George Sidney in “Cohens and Kellys in Trouble.” Com. News. Randolph_Scott and Sally Blane in “Heritage of the Des- ert”” Comedy. . Wi T_Baxter and Fairlawn A s i Anacostia, D. C. George Atliss and Bette Davis in “The Working Man.” Comedy._Cartoon. ‘Warner Baxter and Bebe Danlels in “42nd Street.” Cartoon 0. ‘Maurice Chevaller and Helen Twelvetrees in “A Bedtime Story.” Cartoon. Maurice Chevalier and Helen Twelvetrees in “'A Bedtime Story.” Cartoon. Stuart Erwin in “Un- der the ‘Tonto Rim.” Comedy. Cartoon. Serial (mat. only). Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts in “Out All Night." MagicCarpet. Com. Broadw'y Gossip. >nd Street.” Hippodrome artoon. Is Atrica.” ity 8o This Ts Africa. Wheeler and Woolsey Wheeler and Woolsey Fast n “So This Is Africa.” Comedy. _News. . Gene Raymond in “Zoo in Budapest.” Comedy. “‘Compro- mised.” John Glibert in > Bou Gene Raymond in ©Zoo in Budapest.” Comedy. ‘‘Compro- ‘mised.” Kay Francis in “Street of Women.” Tom Keene in “Scar- let_River.” Cartoon. Comedy. _News. Laurel and Hardy Home “The Dflvfl“; Brother.” * 13th & C Sts. N.E. otk ek Laurel and Hardy n “The Devil's Brother.” Sport reel. Lionel Barrymore in “Sweepings.” Pred Waring short. George Brent and Kay Francis in “The Keyhole Bobby Jones golf sht., 1. Gene Raymon: Loretta Toung Serial. Maurice Chevaller Jesse 18thnr.R.IAve.N.E. n “A Bedtime Story.” “A Bedtime Story.” Comedy. Comedy. Ten MacKellar_and Eoic Linden in. ~The Comedy. Maurice Chevalier in Trene Dunne and Charles Bickford in “No Other Woman.” Comedy. _Cartoon. in “Employes’ Entrance.” Comedy. New: James Dunn and Lewis Stone in ‘' Thunderbolt.” )lltnlt?:x Palm Del Ray, Va. Dark. Frederic sign o g ERort Frederic March and Elissa Landi in “gign of the Cross.” Short_subjects. March and Landi in the Cross.” subjects. Pat O'Brien and Greta Garbo and ) Kennedy o) = George Brent and Zita Johann in Tl e “Luxury Liner.” Trail.” Short_subjects. ‘ral Serial. orge Princess 1119 H St. NE. “Cohens & Kellys in ~Cohens & Kellys in Trouble.” Ge: “Trouble.” George O’'Brien_in O'Brien in “Bsthy “gmoked _ Lightning.” “Smoked Lightning.” *The Fredric March in “Bign of the Cross.” Esther Ralston in ‘“The Rome Express.” Katherine Hepburn in “Christopher Strong.” Rin Tin Tin Jr. “TI Pride of the Legior Katherine Hepburn in “Christopher Strong.” Rin Tin Tin Jr. “ Pride of the Legion.” Tim McCoy in “The Whirlwind.” s Lill Damiti in ‘Goldle Gets_Along.” Adolphe “Circus _Queen ' “Mack Sennet Mur- Savoy 3030 14th 8t. N.W. Menjou in Adolphe “Circus_Queen M t der.” ST ey "Sport Thrills, _comedy. Sport Thrills. in Helen Hayes and oS Clark _Gable nett in Mioct Thn “The White Sister.” Boots Mallory and Alexander Kirkland in “Humanity.” Comedy. Helen Haves and Clark _Gable in “The White Sister." Ken Maynard in “Tombstone Canyon.” Maurice Chevalier and Charlie Chaplin i comedy. Bedlme Siors. > - Bobby Jones golf shi...1. Seco Silver Bpring, Md. Dark. Warren william and “Employes’ Entrance.” Com._Silly Smyphony. Katherine Hepburn and Colin Clive in “Christopher Strons.” Comedy. _Terry-Toon. Loretta Young in Bally Eilers and Ralph Bellamy in “Becond-Hand Wite.” Stuart Erwin and Frances Dee in “Crime of the Cen- tury.” Rev. Nov. Ber. Joan Blondell and ‘hester Morris in “Blondie Johnson.” ‘Buster Crabbe i “'Ki of the Jungle.” Tim McCoy, in ““The Whirl- wind" Serial. Mat.,1. run over here to Berlin- & Marie Dressler paused. Her finger moved—— “And here” she rested her finger, “here, in this tiny, tiny spot, is Holly- wood.” They left the next evening. And it set Frances Marion thinking. The re- sult of that thought is abdication from a work which is monotonous and limit- ing and a determination to say some Frances Marion is going to write only things that please her. She is working | on a novel, for one thing. Then she Current Attractions EARLE—“Baby Face.” | ARBARA STANWYCK, in “Baby Face,” s the current screen attrac- | tion at Warner Bros’ Earle Theater. | She appears as a red-headed vamp who | sets about deliberately to ensnare un- suspicious males. She is supported by George Brent, Donald Cook, Margaret Lindsay, Arthur Hohl, John Wayne and others of note. The new stage program features the popular radio wit, Walter ‘“Okay” O'Keefe, well known star. He offers 20 minutes of songs and stories. Other acts are the Keller Sisters and Lynch, I trio who have been heard at the Earle before; Three Swifts, novelty entertainers, and the Four Hearts, versatile dancers, in “Eight Feet of | Rhythm. | Short reel subjects, including the new | issue of the Graham McNamee news- reel and the Earle orchestral prelude, will round out the bill. LOEW’S FOX—“The Girl in 419.” 6THE GIRL IN 419,” starring James Dunn and Gloria Stuart, is the screen attraction now playing at Loew’s | Fox. This is the story of a girl who is brought into an emergency hospital badly beaten and unconscious and saved by the head of the hospital | POrtrays David Manners, Willlam Harrigan, Shir- ley Grey, Johnny Hines, Jack La Rue, Vince Barnett and James Burke are also importantly cast in the film. The Paramount picture was directed by George Somnes and Alexander Hall and was based on the story by Jules Furthman. The screen play is by P. J. Wolfson, Allen Rivkin and Manuel Seff. | On the stage are Col. Stoopnagle | and Budd, “The Gloomchasers,” in a comedy act; Vic Oliver, “Europe’s Gift to America,” with Margot Crangle in & piano novelty. Cherry and June Preis- ser as “Dixie's Dancing Darlings” and as an extra added attraction, Art Lan- dry and his Greater Victor Orchestra. Completing the show are selected short subjects and Phil Lampkin and another one of his overtures. PALACE—“Peg o' My Heart.” ARION DAVIES in “Peg o' My Heart” is the feature attraction at Loew's Palace Theater this week. Metro. Goldwyn-Mayer has screened this pic ture from the famous J. Hartley Man- ners play. Marion Davies plays the lit- tle mothetless Irish girl who inherits an ancestral estate in England and great things in her own way for herself. (Copyrisht, 1933, by North Ameri - vaver Alliance, Taey o News 1) B mopher Btrong. New_type musical, S0 This Is Harris.” Stanton 6th & C Sts. N.E. herine Hepburn in Katherine Hepburn in fetopher 5 “Christopher Strong.” “So This 1s Harris"" Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page and Norman Foster in N ‘musical et “Prosperity.’ Irene Dunne and Charles_Bickford in “No Other Woman.” __6:00. 7:50. 9:40. Lill Damita in Buck Soses in Bus- es in “Sun- down Rider.” " Serial. Dark. State Bethesda, Md. Sylvan 104 R. I Ave. N.W. Frederic March an Elissa Landi in “Sign of the Cross.” Frederic March and s Landi in “ign of the Cross.” Walter Huston In “'Gabriel Over the White House.” Comedy. News. ‘Walter Huston in ““Gabriel Over the Mae Clarke in “Fast_Workers.” ews. Comedy. Lllhln.‘ Harvey n “Congress Dances. Comedy. Richard Arlen in “Isle of Lost Souls.” Glenda Farrell in “Girl Missing.” Lee Tracy in “clear All Wires” Comedy. Serlal. Matinee. 1:30 p.m. ¢ e “From Hell to Heaven.” Varlety. News. Comedy. _Cartoon. Carole Lombard and _ John Barrym Oakie i Myrni Irene Dunne and Charles Bickford in “No Other Woman.” Variety. Cart'n. Nov. ore and Loy in “Topaze.” Com. Cart'n. Novelty. George Brent and Zita Johann in “Luxury Liner." Serial. Com. Cartoon. Bill Boyd in Kmerica Fom Keens “Variety. News. Helen Hayes and Clark_Gable £y Takoma : “‘White Sister.” Takoma Park, D, C. and e Gabie Clive Brook fn n “'Cavalcade.” “White Sister." Tivoli “Hery Ganat 1n 14th & Park Rd. rable. Travel talk. Souvenir. rable. Travel talk. Souvenir. Japet Gaynor and Henry Garat in Henry Garat in o7t & o e orable. “Travel talk. Souvenir. Janet Gaynor and Miriam Hopkins Clive Brook Ramon_Novarro in “'Cavalcade. " o in “The Barbarian Alison Skipworth in “A Lady's Profession.” oy ZaNE Grey's ‘Mysterious Rider.” Ramon_Novarro in “The Barbarian.” and n of Temple hase com. Mirjem “Hopkins and ack LaRue in “The Story of Temple Drake.” Chase com. Jack LaRue 1 ““The 8tory Drake.” Cl Robert Montgomery and Sally Eiler: “Made on Broadway. Bobby Jones golf shi Doug, Fairbanks, Jr. and Toretta Young in immy *_Cartoon. Serial. ris and Greta Nisson plus 40 “madden- ing maidens.” As an added attraction, “Krakatoa” is being presented. This shows the eruption of this little known volcano buried under the seas. Coming Attractions ULY FROLIC” will be pre- sented for the week beginning next Friday at Warner Bros. Earle Theater. Heading the “frolickers” will be Johnny Perkins, and other acts will be Ruth Petty, petite “blues” singer; the Eight- een Gertrude Hoffman Girls; Arnaut Brothers and Tommy and Betty Won- ders, “Heroes for Sale,” First National picture starring Richard Barthelmess, Loretta Young and Annie MacMahon has been selected as the screen attrac- tion. Bobby Jones’ third golf film, “Hip Action,” will also be shown. “Heroes for Sale,” the screen attrac- 4 1 1g | tion, written by the late Wilson Mizner, the career of a “forgotten man.” It tells of the efforts of a vet- eran to rehabilitate himself, which lead into many adventures and into a stir- ring romance. The cast includes Gor- don Wastcott, Berton Churchill, Robert Barrat, les Grapewin, Robert McWade, Robert Elliott and others. 'OMING to Loew's Fox Theater is “Midnight Mary,” on the screen, starring Loretta Young and Ricardo Cortez. “Midnight Mary” is a story ’nr life in the upper strata crook- dom. In the supporting cast are Fran- | chot Tone, Andy Devine, Una Merkel, | Frank Conroy, Warren Hymar, Ivan Simpson, Harold Huber, Sandy Roth and Martha Sleeper. On the stage will be Pat Rooney and Pat Rooney, 3d; Joe Morris and Com- pany; Medley and Dupree, and Paul Remos and his Wonder Midgets. | JTEAN HARLOW and Clark Gable are { J coming to Loew's Palace in “Hold Your Man” This is a drama of angland and a girl's devotion for er man. Supporting Jean Harlow and Clark Gable are Stuart Er- | win, Dorothy Burgess, Mauriel Kirk- |land, Garry Owen, Barbara Barondess, Paul Hearst and George Reed. The riches. Peg finds herself very unhappy in her new environment until she finds love and happiness with the lawyer. Onslow Stephens appears opposite the | star as leading man and others in the supporting cast are J. Farrell MacDon- ald, Juliette Compton, Irene Brown and ‘Tyrrell Davis. ‘The picture features two new son in the musical background, “Sweetheart Darlin’” and “I'll Remember.” The story has been adapted by Frances Marion and directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Added features on the Palace program | are 8 hilarious new comedy with Laurel and Hardy in “Twice Two,” a travel talk entitled “New Zealand” and the Hearst Metrotone News. METROPOLITAN—"Gold Diggers of 1933.” S OLD DIGGERS OF 1933, War- ner Bros’ musical hit, which broke all attendance records at the Earle Theater- where it was first shown and now at Warner Bros” Metropolitan Theater, is being held over for a sec- ond_week. “Gold Diggers” is a spectacular story of stage life, of producers, of show girls who had to turn to gold digging during the depression. In addition to the many stars and five great song hits, it s replete with comedy, with dramatic | action and with elaborate and impres- sive dance ensembles. Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Gi MacMahon, Guy handsome cl Paramount Sound the program. R-K-O KEITH'S—“Melody Cruise.” "THE passenger list of the §. S. Las Ondas, which is now gayly cruising at R-K-O Keith's under the title of “Melody Cruise,” includes one Broad- way playboy in the person of Phil Harris, noted bandsman from the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles; a giddy| husband in Charlie Ruggles, two gold- diggers, a schoolmarm, and an irascible wife. “The Melody Cruise” pursues through waters infested with music mirth, ecomedy, mix-ups and surprises. In the cast, under Mark u&.--mm e | in matters which they too often are The cast of stars consists of Warren Willilam, Joan er Rogers, Sparks and ‘othegs, in m& Nezg and man) y lon 280 Borus flrh. ews completes a gossiping spinster, a bevy of devastating damsels il Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer luction was | under the direction of ‘Wood and the screen play was by Anita Loos and | Howard Emmett Rogers. "WHAT PRICE INNOCENCE?” is coming to R-K-O Keith's next | Priday. Written by Willard Mack, fa- | mous playwright, the production pounds | home the wisdom of enlightening youth {left to learn for themselves. Willard Mack, the author, heads the large cast of featured players, which includes Jean Parker, Betty Grable, Minna Gombel, | Bryant Washburn, Ben Alexander, Mau- | rice Murphy, Beatrice Banyard and Louise Beaver. | A EUGENE O'NEILL film, “The Con- stant Woman,” starring Conrad Nagle, will be the attraction at Loew's Columbla Theater the week starting une 30. OLLOWING the current run of “Gold Diggers of 1933” at Warner Bros. Metropolitan Theater, “Forgotten | Men,” a motion picture record of the | World War, edited into chronological order from official film now being re- | leased by all nations, will be shown. “Forgotten Men” is a graphic, varied and original collection of authentic, actual combat pictures. The spectator is taken from the beginning of the World War right through the conflict to the bonus march on Washington. Short reel subjects, including the new issue of the Paramount Sound News, will complete the program. e e To Appear in “Cradle Song."” Wfl'fl production plans for “White Woman,” Dorothea Wieck's first Joan Orawford and Gary Cooper York Ga. Ave. & Quebec. “Today We Live.” Outdoor Attractions. GLEN ECHO PARK. THERE is never an idle moment at Glen Echo Park. Next Wednesday the 20th Annual Orphans’ Outing is scheduled. This event is under the aus- pices of the Soclal and Community Welfare Committee. A group of men, prominent in the civic and business affairs of the city, will arrange the pro- gram of entertamment for the children of every foster home in Washington. Glen Echo also announces free swim- ming lessons for men, women and chil- dren, from July 5th to July 28th in- clusive. Competent instructors will teach week days except holidays, with- out charge. Crystal pool also an- nources a special meet, arranged by Sergt. J. W. West, athletic director of the American Legion, Department of the District of Columbia, on July 6th, at 7:00 p.m., taking in all legion posts, with entries made by members of the American Legion Junior Base Ball team. Medals will be awarded winners of various events. TALKIES AT SEASIDE PARK. TALKING pictures will be shown on Tuesday nights throughout the sea- son beginning this week at Seaside Park Ball Room. The jnnovation is expected to appeal to Chesapeake Beach cottagers who now must drive a considerable distance to the movies. The first picture shown will be Maurice Chevaller’s “Bedtime Story” and each week the best of the recent releases will be exhibited. There will be two shows each Tuesday eve- ning including the feature, a newsreel and a comedy. ~ Seaside Park is enjoying unusually fine early season patronage due to the torrid weather. Now with the schools closed and the excursion season on in full swing the resort will be going full blast throughout the Summer, Without Rehearsals. 'OL. STOOPNAGLE and Budd are perhaps the only radio network | artists who go on the air regularly without rehearsals of any sort. They | read their programs from a script and always interpolate extemporaneous lines. Both feel that their unrehearsed lines, together with the addition of spon- taneous material, adds to the humor of the program. “There are absolutely no forced or acted laughs on our 'program,” the Colonel explains. “Unlike certain com- edy programs on the air, all of the laughter that goes into our microphone is not part of the script. This is true both on our part and on the part of the studio audience. When Budd and I laugh on a program, it is usually be cause of each other’s blunders or silli- ness in putting over the lines.” “Whatever success we have attained on the air has been the result of variety, absurdity and stuffed shirt- ribbing,” they say. “By ribbing stuffed shirts we mean kidding pompous, self- important characters in everyday life. “While we are endeavoring to tear down the big fellow who thinks he is such-amuch, we also are building up unimportant characters. We ' think of the most insignificant and unlikely job at which a man might become a na- tional figure, and then build a success story around this situation. A few of the little-known-men-of-industry we have interviewed are ‘the man who made good at putting the little pieces of tissue paper between calling cards,’ ‘the man who puts the third bend in hairpins,’ etc.” Baby Le Roy Signed. roslest screen future in Holly- I wood is that of Baby Le Roy, who celebrated his first birthday on June made his 1f to Te- “A mount contract. Baby Le screen debut and endeared millions of fans when he appeared cently with Maurice Chevalier in Bedtime Story.” He is next slated for | starring production for ~Paramount, under way, studio executives announce the selection of “Cradle Song,” the play | by Gregorio and Maria Martinez.Sierra, | as her second American picture. Marc | | Connelly, Frank Partos and Martinez- | Sierra are now working on the adapta- | tion. “Cradle Song,” which had a long | |Tun on the New York stage, is the| tragedy of a girl whose suppressed love | finds outlet in a small child left at her door. DANCING. Stadlo, 1745 F N.W.. ‘enn ¥ N.W. ? 4 Ioteet odern _ball o in, modern ball_igdin | will release this Fall. the Charles R. Rogers production, “The | Baby in the Icebox,” which Paramount Alr Conditioned—Carefully Cooled -a/ways 8 vetter show at.. Naughtical—Nuttical Screen Musical 14 by being signed to a seven-year Para- Hi Diana Wynyard and John Barrymore in “Reunion in Vienns.” Joan Crawford and Gary Cooper 1o “Todsy We Live.” Diana Wynyard and John Barrymore in “Reunion in Vienns.” Nancy Carroll and ul Lukas in ul “Kiss Before the Mir- ror.” Nugent comedy. NITED ARTISTS will make 20 feature pictures in the remain- ing seven months of this year. The company thus departs from its customary number of releases, which averaged about 12 & year, at a time when it should prove of greatest benefit to studio ‘workers, the company and the industry in gen- eral. Joseph M. Schenck’s decision means that United Artists will release over 30 pictures during 1933, an in- crease of almost three times the usual number made by this company in & year’s time. The increased schedule will put sev- eral hundred workers on the pay roll, and as production grows the number will have to be increased. The affiliation of Mr. Schenck with Darryl Francis Zanuck has resulted in one of the most ambitious production plans ever arranged by a major film company. Among other stars who will be presented under thelr Twentieth Century Pictures banner, a United Artists producing unit, will be George Arliss, Constance Bennett and Loretta Young, who will start work under their new contracts in September. Films now in production include the Samuel Goldwyn _musical, “Roman Scandals,” starring Eddie Cantor; “The Emperor Jones.” with Paul Robeson, adapted from Eugene O'Neill's famous stage drama, and “Trouble Shooter, stirring dramatic dromt::ce fl‘;:'ih '-nt‘eu r; hone background, glcture to use this idea. Ronald Col- man's “The Masquerader,” another Goldwyn production, will be a late Summer release. ‘Wallace Beery has been borrowed Production Increase from M-G-M and George Raft from Paramount to appear in “The Bowery,” a story of early New York in the days when Chuck Connors was the mayor of Chinatown and Steve Brodie was & national hero. This will be the first picture to be filmed by the new United Artists’ unit, Twentieth Century Pro- ductions. It will be directed by Raoul ‘Walsh. Lupe Velez and Jimmy Durante, fresh from triumphs in “Strike Me Pink,” New York musical hit, will make “Joe Palooka,” from Ham Fisher's popular comie strip, production to start almost immediately. Stuart Irwin, Marjorie Rambeau and Willlam Collier, sr., will also be in the cast of “Joe Palooka.” “Shanghal Gesture,” from Florence Reeds’ sensational stage play, is also listed for early filming. Douglas Fairbanks will very likely be seen in a talking version of one of his most popular silent hits, “The Mark of Zoro,” while Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin are expected to make early an- nouncements concerning their coming screen activities, all of which will, of course, be released by United Artists. ‘Ten writers of national and inter- national reputation have been signed as the first step in forming the scenario staff of Twentieth Century. They are Howard Estabrook, Elmer Harris, James Gleason, Arthur Richman, Maude T. Howell, Leonard Praskins, S8am Mintz, John Huston, Graham Baker and Gene Towne. In addition, Walt Disney's popular “Mickey Mouse” cartoons and “Silly Symphonies” will be prominent on the United Artists’ program. OR the first time in her life, Alice Brady does not have at least two things to do at once. It used to be silent pictures and the stage at the same time. F Then it was traveling with one show and rehearsing for another. And one play getting ready to open as another was closing. And dinner parties and bridge luncheons between. But now she is in Hollywood—her first visit—and hasn't a single, solitary thing on her mind except her next pic- ture role—and she isn’t particularly concerned about that, she adds. “After all, I'm under contract now to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and what they do with me is their worry, not mine,” she says. “When you have to hunt parts to play, that's one thing. But when you are on a regular pay roll, that’s another.” Miss Brady, who was handed a long- term contract after making her return to pictures in “When Ladies Meet,” with Ann Harding and Robert Mont- gomery, declares her greatest worry is what to do with herself. “I am lost with all the time on my hands,” she laments. “This is the only time fn my life I have had a chance to sit down and relax, and, by golly, I'm having a terrible time doing it. “I sleep and sleep and sleep, just to see what it's like. Only it's too quiet and I'm not used to it, after New York. Now I put a radio in the bed room and I can leave it on and sleep better. a rest cure, but that is just about what it amounts to. You simply can’t find anybody to stay up late with. It just isn't being done. Even my dogs are getting so lazy they positively won't take the trouble to chase cats.” Miss Brady has closed her New York penthouse and taken a home in Beverly Is. “It's the only time I ever slept closer MOONLIGHT TR DANCING Wonderful dance fioor— excellent music. Mam. moth searchlight. Nightly ot 8.30 P. M. Boat stops ot Morshall SON LINE “MELODY CRUISE” CHARLIE RUGGLES ond 40 Maddening Girlg A ton™ 7TH ST WHARVES NA. 2440 Four boats daily fer Morthall Hall Perk daily (sxcant Sundeul tor Mi “I never dreamed that Hollywood was | A Hollywood Rest Cure. than 10 stories to the ground. Now I reach out of the bed room window and pick daisies.” —e Ayres Gets Contract. | LEW AYRES, popular screen favorite, has signed a long-term contract with Fox PFilms. His first picture Is to be “My Weakness,” in which he will be starred with Lilian Harvey. After this the new Fox player will be starred with Janet Gaynor in a film based on “The House of Connelly,” by Paul Green, Pulitzer prize winner. Following_his work in “State Fair,” and lonsn before, opposite Constance Bennett Fox's “Common Clay,” Fox executives, seeking a leading man for the Buddy De Sylva production for which Sid Silvers has already been an- nounced, decided on Ayres as the most personable of Hollywood's leading men. “My Weakness” will be Miss Harvey's second American production, Her first, E fv Lips Betray,” with John Boles, will be released shortly. The music and lyrics for the star’s next film were_written by Richard Whiting and Leo Robbin. Dave Butler will direct. Produce “As fiuubands Go." ADDED to Jesse L. Lasky’s important list of productions for Fox is Rachel Crothers’ highly successful play, “As Husbands Go.” No cast or director has been de- cided upon, but Mr. Lasky will in- clude star performers of the caliber he for “Berkeley Square” and “The Warrior's Husband.” July 31 is the date set for filming. Special Round-Trip Ticket Sold on Cars of W. R. & E. Co., Marked Cabin John or Glen Echo, at 25c for Patrons of [ FREE ADMISSION } LENECH() WSRMENT PARK | MORE THAN 52 FEATURES NOON TILL MIDNITE DAILY AND SWIMMING 9:30 A. M. TO 11:30 P. M. DANCE TO McWILLIAMS ORCH. OF 15 8:30 to 11:30 P.M. Week Nit Jack Holt and Lil- lian Bond in “‘When Strangers Marry. Bobby Jones golf sht., 1. Mack to Direct. MARCH OF TIME,” announced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a resume of theatrical days from the early period of Tony Pastor to the present entertainment era, will be directed by Willard Mack, veteran New York playwright, director and scenarist. ‘The story around which “The March of Time” will Center is an original by Moss Hart, co-author of “Once in a Lifetime,” and has been adapted to the screen by Edgar Allen Woolf. Jackie Cooper will be the youngest member in the cast, which includes Alice Brady, Frank Morgan, Russell Hardie, Madge Evans and Eddie Quil- lan, and will also include names rather more familiar to the older generation | of theatergoers than the younger one. :;nm% !hefn will g:v}welfw and Fields, y Templeton, olf He | Willam Collier, sr. el I wpre 10 - Kiddie's Day Tnpe. | BEGINNENG tomorrow, “Kiddie's day” trips to Marshall Hall Park will be inaugurated by the Wilson Line, and every Monday the round-trip rates will be reduced in price. Large shady trees in the free picnic groves protect the tables and benches from the Summer heat, while the large new sand beach beckons those seeking a sun or water bath. ‘Washingtonians are finding the New Marshall Hall Park an excellent place for church outings, roller skating par- ties and general get-togethers. The new and modern steamer, City of Washing- ton, together with a renovated and up- to-date amusement park are enough to make any picnic outing an enjoyable success. e City of Washington is carrying hundreds daily to the famous resort at Marshall Hall. Bill Boyd and Dorothy Wilson in ¢ Pernn.! Lucky 3 Our Gane com, Berial. New Long-Term Contracts. CONSTANCI BENNETT and Loretta ‘Young have just signed long-term contracts with Twentieth Century Pic- tures, the new United Artists produc- tion unit, headed by Joseph M. Schenck and Darryl Francis Zanuck. ‘This important announcement was made in Hollywood today by Mr. Zanuck, and is in line with the cur- rent expansion program of Twentieth Century. Both Miss Bennett and Miss Young, who have starred in many of the talk- ing screen’s outstanding artistic and box-offices successes, will start their first pictures for Twentieth Century in September. Miss Young will take s vacation in Europe, however, before re- porting at the Twentieth Century studio to assume an outstanding place in that company's ambitious produc- tion schedule. ——— Rains in Films. LAUDE RAINS, celebrated character star of the New York Theater Guild, has been signed to a long-term contract by Universal and arrived in Hollywood Sunday to prepare for his first screen role, that of the 90 pe rotagonist in H. G. ‘The Invisi- le Man.” James Whale will direct and Chester Morris, Dudley Di , Henry Travers, Una O'Connor and Billy Evans will have featured cast assignments in the imaginative screen tale. The lead- ing lady will be chosen this week. SIS TR Howard Sails for London. HAVING completed Berkeley Square,” his last picture in America for some time, Leslie Howard, who played the leading role opposite Heather Angel in the Jesse L. Lasky production, left Hollywood en route for London via the Panama Canal. NOW SHOWING BARBARA STARWYCR in "BABY FACE' WALTER (okay) O'RERFE AMUSEMENTS. Armyand Navy News Navy. Twenty-one captains of the Medi- cal Corps of the Navy will be considered by the selection board that will be con- vened at the Navy Department here July 17 for the purpose of recommend- ing two officers of that corps for pro- motion to the rank of rear admiral to fill vacancies which will result from the retirement of Rear Admiral Charles E. Riggs (Medical Corps) and Rear Admiral Arthur W. Dunbar (Medical Corps), on October 1, 1933. The of- ‘floels eligible for consideration by the board include Capts. Frank C. Cook, Charles M. de Valin, Theodore i Richards, Middleton S. Elliott, Dudley N. Carpenter, James C. Pryor, John B. Dennis, Eugene J. Grow, Edgar ‘Thompson, Will M. Garton, William H. Bell, Holton C. Curl, Henry E. Odell, Charles St. John Butler, John M. Brister, Charles G. Smith, Ulys R. ‘Webb, Charles M. Oman, Robert E. Hoyt, John F. Murphy and John L. Neilson. Of this group of officers, two will be retired for age within the next nine weeks. Capt. Cook will be placed on the retired list of the Navy on Sep- tember 1, 1933, while Capt. de Valin will be separated from the active list on August 1, 1933. ‘The retirement of Admiral William V. Pratt, chief of naval operations, on July 1 will be followed by a number of changes in high fleet commands. Al- though Admiral Pratt reached the re- tiring age of 64 years on February 28, and would ordinarily have gone on the retired list of the Navy on March 1, he was, at the request of the incoming President, retained on active duty as chief of naval operations with the rank of American Legion Auxiliary ‘The regular meeting of the George E. Killeen Unit, No. 25, was held at the Killeen Post club house, 3204 M street, ‘Wednesday night. Miss Ethel Hodges, president of Sergeant Jasper Unit, and Miss Lilllan Reagan, president of the Spangler Unit, were guests of the eve- ning. The annual election and instaMation of officers was held. Mrs. Mary K. Killeen was elected president to suc- ceed Mrs. Leon Arnold. Mrs. Margaret Carroll, Mrs. Blanche Buscher and Mrs. Della Barber were elected vice presi- dents; Mrs. Catherine Waters, chaplain; Mrs. Martha Witcomb, custodian; Mrs. Ada M. Riley, historian; Mrs. May Spedden, sargeant at arms; Mrs. Isa- belle Steinbraker and Mrs. Anna Hanna, color bearers. The officers were installed by the department president, Mrs. Marie er. The unit has adjourned for the Sum- mer; no meeting in July or August un- less a special meeting called beiore the department convention to elect the delegates and alternates. ‘The regular meeting of the Kenneth H. Nash Unit was held June 14 in the Thomson School with the president, Mrs. Lillian K. Urban, presiding. Elec. tion and installation of officers was held. Mrs. Marle Dyer, department president, installed the officers as fol- lows: President, Mrs. Ruth Turner; vice presidents, Mrs. Lilllan Urban, Mrs. Helen Parham, Mrs. Viola Bacon; treasurer, Mrs. William D. Mulkey; re- cording secretary, Mrs. Lewis Snider; corresponding secretary, Miss Anne Singleton; chaplain, Mrs. F. P. Nash; historian, Mrs. B. A. Y. Werthner; sergeant-at-arms, Mrs. Sarah Charles; color bearers, Mrs. Pearl Thring and Mrs. Lewis Kasdon. Delegates and al- ternates to the department convention were also elected. Mrs. Marie Dyer, Mrs. Ruth Turner and Mrs. Lillian Urban were presented with flowers by the unit. The Executive Committee, Depart- { ment of the District of Columbia, held !its regular meeting June 15 with the | department president, Mrs. Marie Dyer, presiding. The appointment of Mrs. Edythe Landvoight of George E. Killeen Unit, No. 25, as chairman of entertain- ment was ratified. Mrs. Ruth Pritchard, radio chairman, gave a report on the two radio pro- grams sponsored by this department and advised the committee the mmeedm of getting a program Mrs. B.'A. Y. Werthner, Am: chairman, requested the unit presidents ericanism chairmen submit to the department. Dull, unit activities chairman, unit activities reports. A letter was read from the national secretary, Mrs. G. W. MacDowell, giv- ing instructions relative to the com- piling of the report of the department president, which will incorporate the outstanding achievements of the de- partment during the past year. It is understood that the reports from the departments are printed and distributed to_delegates at the national convention. Letters of appreciation were read from National Comdr. Louis Johnson, National President Mrs. Alford Black- burn, and Eastern National Vice Presi- dent Mrs. Clemency H. Schall The department president ‘appointed a committee consisting of Miss Ethel Hodges, Mrs. Marion Martin and Miss Evangeline McGroarty to make arrange- ments for department convention quar- ters. The tentative convention dates have been set for August 28 and 29 next. Mrs. Rose E. Levy, chairman of trophies and awards, has suggested that a di y of American Legion Aux- illary eml be obtained from the emblem division at national headquar- ters for the department convention. Mrs. Julia Brown, president of James Reese Europe Unit, No. 5, has invited Department President Mrs. Dyer to in- ;?umnnomunoxmzmnm Mrs. Dyer introduced to the Execu- tive Committee Miss Alice Costello, chairman of national defense; Mrs. Edythe Landvoight, chairman of en- tertalnment; Mrs. Ruth Turner, presi- dent of Kenneth H. Nash Unit, No. 8, and Mrs. Mary K. Killeen, president of George E. Killeen Unit, No. 25. | admiral, the retirement law having | interpreted to apply only to officers | the grade of rear admiral and below. Admiral Pratt's duties at the Navy De- partment will be taken over by iral | Wiliam H. Standley, who is now in |command of the battle force. The other changes in high naval commands | have been announced. | Army. | Maj. Gen. Robert U. Patterson, sur- | geon general of the Army, will deliver | the principal address before the 1933 | class of dieticians and aides, the com- | mencement exercises of which will be | held at the Army Medical Center at |11 am. June 29. Brig. Gen. Albert E. | Truby, the commanding general of the | medical center, will present the di- | plomas. | Before July 1, the the 1934 fiscal year, a number of | of the Regular Army | Washington for duty in various offices |at the War Department. new arrivals will assume new duty in tr‘:e ugmrn:t m’r’h quartermaster general of the Y. ey are Maj. Sydney S. Winslow, C. A. C. (with Qulrwmlm’ s T | Corps), who has been on duty at Phila- | delphia quartermaster depot, and Pirst | Lieut. Homer W. Jones, Q. M. C., who likwise has been on duty at the Phila- delphia depot. Two officers will report not later than June 30 for duty at the War Department in the office of the chief of ordnance. They include Maj. | George W. Graham, and Capt. Fred A. McMahon, both ordnance department officers, both of whom will graduate | from the Army Industrial College this month. The office of the surgeon gen- eral of the Army will receive a new | officer in the person of Maj. George A. | Rice, M. C., who has just completed the | two-year course at the Command and General Staff School. He will relieve in the office Maj. Herbert De W. Porter= fleld, M. C., who is on duty in the per= sonnel division. The latter will become a student in the 1933-34 course of the Army War College, the institution in this city, which will begin in August. Y. W. C. A. News- Mrs. Rodney Bean and . Corbit have Béen lected.to the Board of Directors to fill unexpired terms. Miss Ann Guthrie, former continental secretary of the Y.W.C.A. for South Amirlcn, is visiting Washington this eek. “Camp Stay-at-Home,” the Girl Re- serve Summer program, will open at Seventeenth and K streets Monday at 9:30 a.m. for senior lfifi1 school girls. The grade and junior high school m open all over 10 years old, will program Tuesday at 9:30 am. At Kamp Kahlert this week end there is to be a special pre planned for business and industrial girls. Sev- eral members of the.Blue Triangle and silverelle clubs will be present. the guests from Baltimore are Miss Dorothy Guice, Miss Ethel M Miss Ruth Gibbs and Mrs, Ma: to the regular opening of camp for ‘vacation people on July 3. The newly elected officers of the Greek Mutual Aid Society are F. G. Dracopoulo, president;. Mrs. Radi vice president Knight in the featured DuPont from Hurlbut script. Sally O'Neil tiohs o s Targs, supporting a U includes Carlisle, Edmund Richard Carle and Oscar Apfel. Hamilton has the male lead Miss Knight. \ Several songs for the picture were written by Lynn Cowan. e Ed By AT o N 11t & N.E‘ 5 3 T Jg, v Tovie =1 | CIRCLE flfl‘iu’-‘hfl"&\-n% E ’aumum?niux'x“u;’ 3 1 DUMBARTON o125, 755" “LAST ARNER _BAXTER in “42] PRINCESS . DEEBae ‘Double' Feature (Mat; gun. 3 P. . _SIDNEY RALP] STRONG.” cal Comedy. ___ “WHITE SISTER” HIPPODROME .%o Wheeler & W%‘c;l'sey o “SO THIS IS AFRICA” CAMED MI._EAINEEE. MD. CAMEO o i gty HYATTSVILLE. MD. ARCADE e LAUREL & HARDY in | “DEVIL'S BROTHER"” 18th and muuu:m» STAN ;Afit;.'%lm' APOLTW]‘]T:T—' P ATAGs" e’ 8ete. Comedy. - Ave. and AVALON sS5E B8, “SECRETS.” _Plctorial. AVENUE v . Ave. “HE. DIRFCTI SIDNEY oEUg"l tinee 3:00 P.M. LL BELOW” —_——___"ENTR AL "™ st _Bet D and csmun ru}mul 12'?;1“5.&.,.;' a , “DIPLO= MANIACS.” die_Cantor Comedy. cOLoNY Ga. 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