Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1933, Page 45

Barrymores Rule Theaters With New Picture and Play Ethel in “The Twelve-Pound Look™ and Lionel in “The Stranger's Return'—A Bit of Praise for Other Cinema Players. By E. de S. Mqlcher. HE house of Barrymore is still very much with us. You will note that Washington is having something of a gala Barry- more week what with Miss Ethel Barrymore in Mr. Barrie's “Twelve-Pound Look” at the Earle. and Lionel in “The Strang- er's Return” at the Palace. formances heve beecn witre You will note, too, that no finer per- d by us this season, and that the subject in which the two stars are offered are dignified, worthwhile, interesting examples of the best that there is in this art. It is a pleasure to be able to greet Miss Barrymore so cordially again. We frankly growled when she was last here in “Encore” It seemed such a slight little comedy on which to pin her talents that it made many of her f lowers rather uncomfortable. We still admit that she 2 rare treal as 8 Wagnerian heroine. stending by that piano, gowned expensively as Brun- hilde and tossing that red mop of hair around as she gesticulated in the man- ner of temperamental opera gucens. She was a joy to the eve. and mo- mentarily & joy to the senses. But the play was such a forced contraption, so Joaded to the brim with impossibility that even the rarer moments were for- gotten before the evening was done, and Miss Barrymoie t0ok nothing so much as a good. old- fashiond “beating.” Now she is regal. sophisticated and quite charming agein in “The Twelve- Pound Look.” She revives the hope that the stage has always had in her, and plants herself quite logically on the boards as “the theater’s first lady.” Younger students of the theater will find much power in h work, and members of the old schocl will not be able to accuse her of having lost her fire. Across the street and up way from her she must be pl find brother Lio: did service in a little siderable treatment _at studios after it was finished. the reviewers at the pr v said that it was slow. dull and too long to satisfy average audience. So it was touched up and put together agan. That is the only fault we can find with it—the occasional sharpness of change in scquen: herwise it a serious and_ sincere piece of work and the kind of thing Hollywood should be congratulated for having done so well. Mr. Barrymores' work in it than convincing As some one has said, this is the first time you can imagine him as not being first a Barry- more. His fine performance is in- trinsically_the man he is playing—not the man Barrymore. He is smooth and simple and believable. and he sub- merges his own personality so that he may offer his creation to the audi- ence with all humbleness and humilicy. is more FURTHER member of the cast of “The Stranger's Return.” and one who is coming up in the world is Miriam Hopk Miss Hopkins is an actress who knows her stage and her screen. She is well enough of face to be able to brave the camera without flinching, and she is sure enough of talent to make the so-so player seem lopsided in comparison You will notice that whenever she has a scene with Franchot Tone’s wife, for instance, the wife. not cnly by in- tention of character, but the methods_used. is put completely in the shade. The dossn’t happen to be a bad actress—sh seems insecure in comparison with Miss A typical screen type, she Hopkins. stands around with her face overpainted about degrees and fumbles for actions that would be no effort at all for Miss Hopkins. We remember when the latier ap- peared n few years ago with Joseph Schildkraut in “The Affairs of Anatole” on Broadway. Rigged as a glittering lady of the theater, she did that supper scene with a force and bravado that almost knocked the audience silly. One minute sh> was smiling, coy and trim. The next. roaring. blatant and frousy. A short role, and. one which came toward the end, it was nevertheless one of those things you carried home with you and thought about long after some of the longer scenes had sped them- selves on their way Miss Hopkins can be rcugh as in the cbove. or she can carry off the farmer- ette type with a guilelessness and a charm that is both gentle and soothing. ‘When she arrives at the old homestead at the beginning of “The Stranger's Return,” she is typically “city.” You are apt to doubt then that she will be anything but a hard little victim of so- phistication—nice, but oversmooth. Be- forc the picture is done with, you have | been won over not only by the change ! to the country girl which she makes, but by the artlessness with which she has made the change. Try as you will, you can not put your finger on that) moment when she turns from cne to! the other. But as you leave the the-| ater you remember her best as landlord of the farm which she has fallen heir to. and which she seems to have drifted into as naturally as if she had been “to the manner born.” A pretty. graceful and talented 2c- tress Miss Hopkins deserves many lau rels for bringing a new personality and a new touch to the screen. shall not dwell on Mr. Tone's rformance beyond saying that surprise in overalls. As an ex- r of New York's dignified The- | ater Guild. he did not seem the type to lend himself to the rustic devices of Iowa's farmland. A further feather to his cap. however. is the fact that what- ever he does about what you would G young farm superintend- & who is able to wear a white collar on Sundays and other feast days. Whether you know that he is an e: Corgell graduate or not. you must ad: mit Yhet he fits the part very, very well indeed. Looking back since his debut in the films, you also have to admit that Tone’s roles have been varied. He is at present one of the few young actors who has not been hopelessly set aside and marked for certain types. He can play any type. and play it well. If you remember him as the sensible secretary in “Gabriel Over the White House s the brother in the somewhat stilted ““Today We Live.” or as the “head man” in “The Stranger’s Return” you must have been struck by the freshness and originality with which he fuses each of his characterizations. A bright. schol- arly actor, with a real personality. he brings real honest humanity to all of his roles. -one Coming Attractions "ANOTH’ER LANGUAGE,” the hiB]\ly! F successful stage play by Rose Franken. comes to Loew's Palace Thea- | ter next Friday with Helen Hayes and Robert Montgomery in the starring roles. Miss Hayes has the role of a bride who finds her love torn asunder by her husband’s relatives. Montgom- ery has the role of the boy who di covers that “romance” and “relati: do mot mix. Supporting Miss Haves and Montgomcery are Louise Closser Hale as the “mother-in-law” who causes the trouble; John Beal. a newcomer to the screen who played the original role of Jerry in the stage production: Heni Travers, Margaret Hamilton. Willard Robertson, Irene Cattell, Minor K. Wat- son, recently a member of the National Theater Players: Hal Dawson and Maidel Turner. The picture was di- rected by Edward H. Griffith . STUDY IN SCARLET.” = lock Ho!mes adv: tory the pen of Sir Arthur will be brought to Loew’s screen next Monday with Owen in the role of She June Clyde. Anna May Wong and Al Dinehart in the leading 1 The story deals with the murders of mem- bers of “The Scarlet Ring.” a band formed to dispose of certain Oriental jewels that have been stolen years be- fore. In the cast assembled for this icture are John Warburton. Warbur- on Gamble, J. M. Kerrigan. Alan Mov bray. Doris Lloyd. Billy Bevan. Jeila Bennett. Cecil Reynolds. Wyidham Standing. Halliweil Hobbs, Tetsu Kemai and Tempe Pigott. The piclure was produced by E. W. Hammons and di- yected by Edwin L. Marin. FOR the week of August 4 R-K-O Keith's will present the new mu- xical screen comedy, “Mconlight and Pretzels.” In addition to a hundred-odd irls the cast of this Universal picture ncludes Leo Carrillo, Mery Brian, ‘Roger Pryor. Lillian Bond, Herbert Rawlinson, Alexander Grav. Bernic: Claire, Bobby Watson. the four Eaton boys. Frank and Milt Britten Band. Richard Keene and Jack Denny and his orchestra. Sher- from n Doyle. Columbia Regineld Holme American History compiain tha! v too litt} tention to our na Ll a let them turn the pages of John Ford's cinematic WOIKs the: observe accounts of America—in the fullest dramatic portrs,\':\l_. In the space of a dozen years that film director has reconstructed great chunks of American history in eloquent profusion, enough, in fact, to warrant its inclusion in Smithsonian vaults with a label: “Minus the added love interest in these films, which is completely authentic. these pictorial sagas of our Middie West.” Those productions would include ta rotable “The Iron Horse.” the motion picture showing the first laving of America’s steel ra : *orling monsier, iolled; “Cameo Kirby rich backgrounds cf America’s Missis- sippl in the early days were depicted: “Arrcwsmith,” Sinclair Lewis’ famous story of a Middle West physician. and now “Pilgrimage.” in which Arkansas comes in for a full share of lens exploration. In “Pilgrimage,” as in the other pro- ductions, Ford’s camera not only_tells the story as written by I. A. R. Wylie and acted by Henrietta Crosman, Marian Nixon, Norman Foster Heather Angel, but ventures into the te OR many years George Arliss has searched for a satisfactory play | based on the life of Voltaire. often called the father of the French Revolu- | tion. Now, after 20 years of gradual | preperation. he brings this famous; Frenchman to life on the talking screen in Warner Bros.’ picture, “The Affaires of Voltaire.” which will have its world premiere starting Friday. Augusi 4. at Warner Bros. Earle Theater. The fea- tured stage attraction will be Nick Lu- cas. the: singing troubador. Supporting Mr. Arliss is a brilliant cast led by Doris Kenyon, Margaret Lindsay. Theodore Newton. Reginald Owen. Alan Mowbray. David Torrence. Dcris Lloyd, 1van Simpson and others of note. Other stage acts will be Ralph Olsen and company of six in “Broadway 1s. Hollywood,” Al Gaby, funster. and Gwynne, the Oriental wonder worker. FOR the week starting Friday. August ‘. Warner Bros. Metropolitan The- v.1l present a second rcpeat en- 1t of the most phenomenal mo- ure hii of the season, Mae West She De Him Wrong.” This is an rd-of feat in Washington motion pic h y. bringing back to a downtown theater a picture which has slayed every theater in the city. but so ny requests were made by patrons that the manragement had to accede to ‘he demands LOEW'S Fox Theater will present on its stare starting next Friday the Mills Brothers, noted radio singing quartet: Don Redman and his orchestra, another radio band. and a gigantic revuc. On the screen will be seen Clive Erock. George Raft. Alison Skipworth and Helen Vinson in “Midnight Club.” With the Mills Brothers and Don Red- man and_his orchestra will be seen Pete, Peaches and Duke, a novelty danc- ing act: Myra Johnson. blues singer: Harlan Lattimore. singer: Red and Struege and others. “Midnight Ciub” is an exciting crook story taken from an original story by E. Phillips Orven- heim. The picture. directed by Alexander Hall and Ge Somnes. has in the supporting cast Sir Guy Standing. Alan Mowbrav, Billy Bevan and Rita Carlyle. up the general nature of the country, the character- i s of Arkan. dirt farmers and the feel of the ruval scene. Real Arkal s scenes reproduced in exact duplicate dot the film which has 2 scenic range from Three Cedars, Ark., to the battlefields of France, and Ford has not stinted detail. And country types, varying from the yokel, who is a legend in farming com- munities, to the cracker barrel philoso- pher. are all seen in the photoplay, Ing the opinions of the great Amer- jcan majority. One of these, Lemuel Samuels, a middle-aged gentleman, who had com> out of the West only a week before to scttle in California for the 1 found himself accested i Hollywcod by a Fox vackground. pi A t ce, Samuels turned out to be a full-voiced. cultured | gentleman, graduate cf the University Minnesota and a developer of an Utopian community in Ohio in the y ! hopes of promcting the welfare of the human race. Nevertheless, he simulated the home- ly philosophy of Arkansas, whatever that may be, and did & good job in the picture. ‘The others of the cast were all true to form and not & single false pair of sideburns or whiskers were pasted on. Ford wouldn't permit that, anyhow. | Current Attractions. THEL BARRYMORE, appearing in person for the first time in any | Washington picture theater, and a | world premiere showing of Warner Bros. “Mary Stevens, M. D." starring Kay Francis, are the companion at- tractions of the current program at Warner Bros. Farle Theater. “Mary Stevens, a Warner Bros. picture, is said to give Kay Fran- cis one of her most unique roles. star is seen as a woman doctor who is forced to choose bstween a woman's privileges in life and competition to be found i a purely masculine profession. In support of Kay Franc's are Glenda | Farrell. Lyle Talbot. Thelma Todd, George Cooper and others. Ethel Barrymore, who is the stage headliner, presents for the first time in any_motion picture theater Sir James Barrle’s one-act playlet, “The Twelve-Pound Look.” Miss Barrymore has made this vehicle so much & part of her dramatic repertoire that the | Barrie playlet has come to be identi- fied in America as one of Miss Bar- rymore’s finest character mediums. Also appearing on the stage ars Major. Sharp and Minor, well known harmony trio. presenting a_cy of popular songs; Goss_and Barrows. Broadway | comedians, offering 15 minutes of jests, { and the Four Trojans. intercollegiate | athletes The_short subject program includes | “The World's Greatest Thrills,” a Uni- | versal special featuring Graham Mc- Namee noted radio announcer: the new Bobby Jones golf film. “The Impact.” | and the latest issue of the Universal | Newsreel **QAMARANG.” a United Artists pro- duction. is the current offering at Warner Bros. Metropolitan Theater. The film has for its locale the pearl- | diving country of Malaysia and & pearl | diver is the hero of its adventures and romance. All the thrills and dangers are not. however. on the floor of the Indian Ocean. Tigers, pythons. tapirs | and other strange denizens of the jun- appear. William Ward directed amarang.” from the story by Lori | Bara. and B. F. Zeidman produced it. “Pie a la Mode,” Vitaphone's latest two-reel musical comedy, is the added attraction. Completing the program is the latest issue of the Paramount Sound News. ‘“THE nitwits of the networks.™ George Burns and Gracie Allen. stars of the Columbia Broadcasting System. are the featured stars on the stage bill at Loew's Fox Theater this week Edmund Lowe. co-starring with Wynne Gibson, is to be seen on the screen in “Her Bodyguard.” a story dealing with the adventures of a gold- digging chorus girl who is obliged to have Lowe follow her around as her bodyguard. The supporting cast is composed of Edward Arnold, Johnny Hines. Marjorie White. Alan Dinehart and Fuzzv White. William Beaudine | directed the picture. while the story was furnished by Corey Ford | The remaining portion of the siage bill presents the Lee Twins and Com- pany. with the Ambessador Sextet, dancers; Serge Flash, the boy wonder. and Fred Zimbalist, noted harmonica plaver. Phil Lampkin's overture in “Ladies I Have Met.” in which Joan Moss is featured as the soloist. LIONEL BARRYMORE returns this week to Loew's Palace Theater in “The Stranger'’s Return.” in whic Miriam Hopkins is ico-starred. “The Stranger's Return” is a story of the roil. Written by Phil Stong. author of “State Fair.” The supporting roles are taken by Franchot Tone, Stuart Erwin. Irene Hervey. Beulah Bondi. Grant Mitchell, Tad Alexander and Aileen Carlyle. Barrymore has the role of Grandpa Storr, a lovable old farmer. King Vidor directed this picture for | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. | The bill is concluded with a new | Laurel and Hardy comedy, “Me and My Pal”; an Education “Hodge-Podge” reel and the Hearst Metrotone News. "BF.ST OF ENEMIES" marks the re- turn to the screen of Buddy Rog- ers. co-starred with Marion Nixon. The picture opens Monday at Loew's Co- lumbia Theater. This is the story of a romance between two youngsters whose personal lives are inextricably bound up with passing events. Thev are kept apart by their parents be- cause of the differences of cpinion on prohibition. | Tue Paramount News, selected short subjects and comedies will complete the il OR the second time R-K-O Keith's is offering a two-star combinaticn of players that heretofore have not ap-| peared together. These are Lew Ayres »nd Ginger Rogers. The picture, “Don’t Bet on Love,” is the third film of the R-K-O Midsummer festival and tells of a youngster who learned more from slow horses end fast women in an hour than most mortals garner in a lifetime. Ayres, it will be recalled, gained star- dom following his performance in the nnow famed “All Quiet on the Western ont.” E | Donald Cook With Carroll. DONALD COOK. who has just com- pleted an important role opposite | Carole Lombard in Columbia's “Brief | Moment,” yesterday was assigned to ! share the leading honors with Nancy Carroll in the companys “Goin’ to Town.” The story, which deals with the rise and fall of a radio crooner, was written by Brian Marlow. Wallace Ford was s'gned recently for a featured role. Victor Schertzinger is directing and also composed the musical num- bers to be sung in the feature. Cook, considered one of the brilliant young actors on the Broadway stage. made his cinema debut a little over | three years ago in “Unfaithful.” Then followed featured roles in “The Public Enemy.” “Private Jones,” “Frisco Jen- ny,” “Penquin Pool Murder.” “Trial of Vivienne Ware.” “Safe in Hell.” “Baby Face” and “Jennie " His previous* Columbia productions were “The Circus Queen Murder” and “The ‘Woman I Stole.* Left to right: Ka Talbot in a scene from “Mary Stevens, M. D." currently playing at the Earle, and Miriem Hopkins and Franchot Tone as they appear in “The Stranger's Return” at the Palace. Below is a cketch of Mary Brian. who is one of the many stars cf the new musical film, “Moonlight and Pretzels.” which comes to R-K-OsKeith's Friday. thre and Whfien Francis and Lyie | | in LOCQ] Theaters. EARLE—“Mary Stevens, M. D..” today at 2, 4:35, 7:15 and 9:50 p.m. 6:25 and 9 p.m. LOEW'S FOX—“Her Bodyguard,” at 2, 4:48. 7:26 and 9:56 p.m. Stage shows, with Burns 9:04 pm. R-K-O KEITH'S—“Don't Bet on Love,” at 2, 4, 6. 8 and 10 p.m. Stage shows, with Ethel Barrymore in person, at 3:45, and Allen, at 3:56, 6:3¢ and PALACE—"The Stranger’s Return,” at 2:15, 5:05, 7:20 and 9:40 pm. COLUMBIA—“Reform Gir] METROPOLITAN—“Samarang,” * this afternoon and evening. | Beatty’s Thousand Scars PRESS agent once called Clyde Beatty. famous wild animal trainer, “the man with a thou- sand scars,” and he wasn't ex- aggerating much when he said so. Any onc who thinks that Beatty isn't taking his life in his hands every min- ute he’s in the big cage at Hagenbeck- Wellace Circus with more than 30 mixed lions and tigers should look at his scarred body. Mr. Beatty, who is as unassuming as he is courageous. is literally covered with scars from head to foot and each one tells the story of a battle with one of the big cats in the course of his hazardous wild animal exhibition. The two largest scars on Beatty's body are six inches long in the inside of his right leg and one five inches long on the outer side of the same leg. These | scars resulted from an attack by Nero. | a 650-pound lion that attacked him in ‘Winter quarters at Peru, Ind. The daredevil trainer was laid up in a hospital for 16 weeks on that occa- sion, and after 16 specialisis. including two from New York. predicted death a: a result of the lion attack he pulled through. All the specialists advised that the right leg be amputated, but Beatty refused. “He won't live until morning.” the youthful trainer heard one specialist y. but he recovered to tell the tale. At the time of the attack he con- Stage Star ETHEL BARRYMORE, Who is making a personal appearance this week at the Earle in Barrie's one- act play, “The Twelve-Pound Look.” WASHINGTON—2 DAYS WED., AUG. 2—THURS,, AUG. 3 A Ave, Nk UNIUS Y ARKET Twice Daily- n1&7 GENBECK-WALLACE Presenting HUNDREDS OF AMAZING NEW FEATURES THIS YEAR — AND IRON NERVED Tiekots On Sale Cireus Days At Ameriesn o N o o L4 tracted jungle fever. the only case ever known to have occurred in this ccun- try. His temperature rose to 107 for a 12-day period after infection set in from the teeth of the big cal Another of Beatty’s numerous ‘“‘med- als” received in combat with jungle beasts is a scar on his right forearm. measuring two inches long by three in width—the reminder of an attack by Trudie. a tigress. in Kokomo. Ind. On this occasion his life was saved by Nero, the lion, which later nearly killed him Trudie put Beatty in a hospital for two weeks and would have ripped him to shreds had Nero not intervened. The intrepid iron-nerved star of the steel arena carries a three-inch scar on his upper right arm muscle caused by Jiggs. a black leopard that attacked him in Detroit. A smaller scar on his right shoulder is another souvenir of that same argument. Additional major scars on Beatty's body include three on the back of his right hand. one on the bridge of his nose. another over his right eye. two on the back cf his head. one on his left hand and another on his left wrist Those on the back of his head, over his right eye and on the nose were caused by Nellie, a leopard, in Mont- gomery. Ala. “I had trained Nellie to leap on my back from a high pedestal” explains 2atty. “and then I'd carry her across | the cage in that position. One night | when she leaped on my back. she drove | her teeth into the back of my head and clawed by face with one paw. I | must have squeezed her paw too tightly | when she landed on my back. or maybe rshe wasn't feeling well. I thought I would lose my right eye at that time. I recovered, however, and continued to do the same trick with the same animal.” “No wild animal can be trusted, no| matter how much training he may have | {had. They revert to jungle instincts| now and then, as has been proved byJ the ways in which I have been at-| tacked. Clyde Beatty will present his big group of jungle-bred lions and Royal gal tigers Wednesday and Thursday" afternoons and evenings at the Union Market show grounds in Washington. | = e | Back in Hollywood. i HERBERT MARSHALL, English stage and screen star, who arrived in New York July 17 with his wife, Edna [ Best, is en rcute to Hollywood, where |he will play opposite Dorothea Wieck in her first American film, “White Woman,” for Paramount. Marshall and Miss Best went to London in the Spring to play “Another Language” on the stage, after which Marshall made a pro- duction, “I Was a Spy,” for British Gaumont Pictures. NOW SHOWING KAY tn MARY STEVENS MD. = the Stagem | METROPOLITAN 1933—PART FO Outdoor Amusements. GLEN ECHO PARK. THE Gien Echo Park management has ennounced a special added atirac- | ticn for tomorrow evening. namely, the | Four Dots, night club entertainers from Harlem, stars of the National Broad- casting Co. The Four Dots will put on their act in the Spanish ball room. | in conjunction with Mack Williams and his band. and they will be on hand every night in the week. Their spe- cialtles consist of songs. dances and in- strumental rendition of popular num- bers on specially made banjos. as well AMUSEMENTS Wide Experiences Help Jory Play He-Man Roles in Films New Type Player Was Hobo, Boxer, Ham Aetor Il’ld Nomad Before He ..Clicl(ed“ in Motion BY MOLLIE HOLLYWOOD. Calif., July 20.—New types in the stars and leading men of other days. one of these examples of rich experience into his screen characterizations. Pictures. MERRICK. ictures differ radically from lctor Jory. he-man star of Fox, is which has enabled him to breathe life Virile he-man, runaway boy, day laborer, hobo. professional fighter and wrestler, ham actor, rough. tough and ready, roaming the country and takirg his fun where he found it: sunshine and sorrow, joy and jail . . . that's Jory. Jory never forgets ‘the lean and hun- | gry days: he never seeks to gloss over | come of the experiences in his life that | lesser men put out of memory. He is proud that he was born in an Alaskan road house—"60 below bonanza.” as he calls llvg:oud of his past and happy that he has truly lived. And he's a man—every inch of his 6 feet 1 and every ounce of his 188 pounds. Kicked From Freight Train. He has brown eyes that twinkle like the eyes of a mischievous little bo! has a mop of black hair. and a wistful. infectious smile plays frequently on that intriguing countenance. They tell a siory around the lots about Jory that pretty well shows the kind of a fellow he is. One day in the Winter of 1926, Jory crawled out of a snowdrift close to the railroad tracks in the Snake River Valley of Montana. felt carefully of his bruised body and gezed after the freight train from which he had just been kicked off by an unfriendly brake- man. He was unkempt and hungry, and his tattered clothing far too thin for the near-zero temperature. Just before darkness fell he found =2 hobo jungle in the timber close to the right of way. There was a big fire and a stew of sorts was brewing in a battered bucket. “What you bin in- doin’, Buddy.” “Oh. a sissy. huh?” There was a struggle. and Vic Jory, the young wanderer, knocked out the boss tramp with a righi-hand punch to the chin, Father Had Gold Fever, ctor comes by his restlessness and spirit of adventure quite naturally This as several jazz numbers orchestrated for piano rendition. broadcasting the Spanish Garden Or- chestra on next Monday night, which is the final broadcast of the season. from 10:30 to 11 o'clock, the Four Dots will appear immediately following the broadcast. but it is emphasized that during the rest of the week they will appear at 10:45 pm WILSON LINE. NE of the most famous and his-| toric river trips in the world is the Potomac River trip to Mount Ver- non or Marshall Hzll Park on the Wil- son Line steamer City of Washington Capt. John Smith would stare with amazement at the sights along Potomac now familiar to all water lovers. Such outstanding landmarks as the Arlington wireless towers, the Naval Air Staticn. the Army War Col- lege. Naval Submarine Station., A andria, Fort Hunt. Fort Washing.on, can be seen from the decks of the City of Wash! on, Miss Minnie Lowther. a well known | has | historian cn the Potcmac River, seen engaged to lecture on the 9:30 and 1:30 trips. about the historic landmarks of the Potomac. SEASIDE PARK. HIS is circus week at Seaside Park | and record crowds are expected to | " at2:55,4:40,6:25,8:10 and 9:55 p.m. | | e Niskie ne spectacular feats cof the De Rizkie aerialists who opened a week's engagement st the Chesapeake Beach resort yvesterdav. There is no admis- sion cherge to the performances. which are given twice daily on the Midway between the ball room and the blue streak coaster The program includes: 1. Sensational head-balancing cn the , fiying trapeze. finishing with a head- balance on revolving ball on swaying trapeze. The only finish of its kind in the show business 2. Balancing stunt in a chair on the swaying trapeze. 3. Clown capers on an unsupported ladder. followed by juggling oddities 4. Forward foot slide down an in- clined wire. 5. The Great De Rizkie ascends an almost perpendicular wire to a lofty | vedestal without the aid of a parasol or balancing red. He is said to be the only performer in the country able to perform this feat. Having gained the pedestal De Rizkie slides down the wire while balanced cn his head. Headliner GRACIE ALLEN, Who. with George Burns, are the fea- tured players on this week’s stage bill at Loew's Fox. | CUDALACE SYRYRE 3P YI¥ SYARTS! "“OGIRL FT;ACPE(I\ By reason of WRC | the | His father, Edwin Jory, was a prune grower in Salem, Oreg.. until the gold ver got him. His mother. Joanna I Snyder, was a newspaper writer until | Jory took her to Alaska to prospect for 1gold. They were frozen in one Winter {on the Little Salmon and almost died | of starvation. They packed over Chila- | koot Pass only a few weeks before Jory | was born in the road house. Jory was brought up in a sleeping bag. His mother returned to civilization only long enough to get a divorce, then | she went back to Alaska. She bought a salted gold mine, tried prospecting, Union of Arts. | THE motion picture is not an art in itsclf. but the union of literature, i drama, music. architecture and the | other arts, according to Rouben M moullan. director of Mzrlene Dietrich’'s latest Paramount picture. “The Song of Songs.” Seidom. if ever, has Hollywood pro- uced a film which blends so many of | the fine arts as does “The Song of Songs.” Mamoulian declares. The histrionic art is represented by | Miss Dietrich. Brian Aherne. Lionel At- will. Alison Skipworth, Hardie Albrieh and Helen Freeman, all talented per- formers, who have won high ccmmer dation for their work on the stage screen Mamoulian himself is one of th screen colony’s outstanding exponent of the drama, having been consider one of the geniuses of the Ameri | theater while he was directing pla { for the New York Theater Guild. The literary world is represented | “The Somg of Songs” by its autho: Hermann Sudermann, who ranks wit Goethe as Germany's foremost novel: and playwright of the past centur: Samuel Hoffenstein. who collaboratcc with Leo Birinski on its screen adapt: tion. is a poet of note as well es a play- wright. Music is another art profusely drawn upon for embellishment of the picture., A classical score includes selections from Wagner. Bach. Tschaikovsky. Bee- thoven, Haydn, Schubert. Brahms. Mo- zart, Chopin. Mendelssohn, Ivanovici . and Johann Strauss One of the most provocative features of “The Song of Songs” is the statue of Miss Dietrich by S. Cartaino Scar- pitta_one of America's most celebrated sculptors. His art works adorn many great public buildings. Recently he won fame by executing an heroic equestrian statue of Mussolini in Rome | The architectural settings in the pro- | duction. which were designed by Hans | Dreier, head of the studio art depart- !ment. include a baronial castle of { medieval days. with interiors to con- form to its grim exterior. 1 Returns to the Screen. NN DVORAK. who has been absent from the screen for over a T, most of which was spent in traveling abroad with her husband. Leslie Fer ton, will play opposite Richard Barthel- mess in his next starring picture for “irst National. “Srangh: chid.” Her ole in “Shanghai Orchi will offer 1er an opportunity for one of the ro- mantico-dramatic performances, which brought her popularity before her mar- riage and subsequent travels. In addi- tion to casting Miss Dvorak in the most important feminine role of the film, First National also announces that Robert Barrat. who has appeared in many of the compeny’s recent features, | has been cast for cne of the most re- | sponsible supporting roles. Another announcement relative to “Shanghai Orchid” is to the effect that William Wellman, instead of Willlam Dieterle, is directing_the picture. [FREE ADMISSION | LEN ECH ALL THE MORE THAN FIFTY AlUSEMENTS FREE PICNIC GROVES AND SWIMMING IN WARNER BROS. THEATERS WITH SAND BEACH ADJOINING STARTING TOMORROW NITE AND EVERY NITE DURING THE WEEK IN THE Spanish Garden Ballroom IN ADDITION TO MacWilliams’ Star Band SPECIAL ENTERTAIN- MENT BY THE © FOURoo® DOIS o SENSATIONAL HARLEM NITE CLUB JAZZMANISTS AND N.B.C. BROADCAST- ING ARTISTS —— \ then bought the road house in which little Vic was born and converted it into a hotel. When Vic was 11 years old his mother sold the hotel and’ they moved to Pasadena “Then the fun begal says Jory. “I managed to get through grammar schocl and went out to Pasadena High, where I was kicked out with regularity. The climex came when, just before a dress parade of the R. O. T. C.. which was to be reviewed by a iot of Regular Army big wigs, I was again expelled. I vowed that if I couldn't parade there would be no parade. They wouldn't let me par- ticipate, so I borrowed an automobile and. just as the parade was assembline, I drove out onto the field and chased 1.500 kids to cover. They arrested me. but there was no parade. Led School Strike. “When I was at last reinstated I 1r! a school strike and was kicked out again. Organized a student council, g ! back in, and then moved to Victoria and I won the British Columbia light- heavyweight and heavyweight boxing and wrestling titles. 1 went in for pro- fessional fighting and won eight bouis before a real professional made o monkey cut of me and I decided I wasn't'a fighter Beforc trying his hand at the stag Vic Jory taught boxing in high schoc Joied the National Guard., attendc! Fullertou College and then took to th- footlights with stock bits in Pasaden:. Vancouver and Hollywood. In 1922 ho was broke and hungry on Hollywood Boulevard His companion, Herbert Soliars. is now his manager. and 1tk 1#wo worked in stock in Salt Lake Citr, then a season in Denver and then the theaters closed down and they had $29 between them. They invested in gro- cerfes and moved into a mounts cabin. Followed hobo jungles and stre (ngagements. Then Jorv got a job 2 leading man in Minneapolis. And from then on it was e He's done a re- vival of Berneley Square in New York-- written a play, {wo successful songs and a year ago came to Hollywood to do “Louder Please” for the Pasadena Com- munity Playhouse. His first bit wes the carnival barker in “State Fair™—a film crammed with stars. His per formance was so outstanding that toda he is pretty close to them all, up in the gelatine heavens. (Covsright. 1 paper Alliance. by North American New: - Ine ) Conditlor Atr—Cs ly Cool . a/ways a better show ot.. REO'S Midsummer Festival Again 2 Siars Together LEW AYRES GINGER ROGERS In “Don’t Bet on Love™ SHALL HALL PARK park on the Potomac. Picnic Gioves. Amusements. Fare Schedule —Doily tound Trip Lv.Wash 9.30A M.1.30,5.30, 8. 30 P.m. Ly Mcr. M PK.12M.,3.45,6.4510.259. ¥ MAR Lv Mount Vernon 12.20 and 4.05 P A inexpensive lunch may be hod on boat. Moenlight nightly 8:30P. M Boat stops of Mcr. WIISON LINE . 7TH ST. 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