Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1934, Page 69

AM USEMENTS. ‘We Live Again’Acclaimed As a True Russian Picture Said to Outclass Other Efforts of That Character—Ina Claire at National in New Play Tomorrow Night. BY E. de S. praise of the picture ‘We Live Again’ MELCHER, It is really the first true picture on Russia that has come out of ofl{'— wood. The settings, the spirit, the faces of the peasants, the simple country estate, the singing, is all authentic and not exaggerated. It is true Russia and not what the American thinks that Russia was. Although the plot is changed, it 5 8 A native-born Russian, I want to raise my voice in ublic not butchered like so many other novels have been in the past. “Ann Sten is perfect in the part, and please note that Frederic March’s scene when he recalls his youth with Katusha is one of the finest and most Tefined that has ever been my pleas- ure to see. “Let's give credit where it is due— but such pictures as Von Sternberg’s ‘The Scarlet Empress’ should never be let out of the studios—in fact, Von Sternberg is one of the most tasteless directors that ever existed. . “Of the other famous Russian pic- tures, ‘The Patriot,’ ‘Volga Boatman,’ the English picture in which Eliza- beth Bergner played Catherine the Great; ‘British Agent’ and all others through which I sat and squirmed— the less said the better! Appareatly, the low in bad taste, lles, exaggera- tions, stupidity and nonsense has been set and we are on the way to better Sussian pictures. “Very truly, “VLADIMIR B. GRINIOFF.” United Artists, Anna Sten, Fredric March and Tolstoy please note. * % ¥ % HATEVER the public thought of Sidney Howard's and Bob Lit- tell's “Gather Ye Rosebuds” last week hasn't dampened the enthusiastic at- titude that is being manifested toward Mr. Howard's new play (or rather the one which he adapted from the French), “Ode to Liberty,” in which Ina Claire will make her debut tomor- Tow night at the National. Mr. Howard having hit the skies with his scholarly adaptation of “The Late Christopher Bean,” has proved his knowledge of French highways and byways, and with Miss Claire in the leading role, his new work should gather great good therefrom. Personally, we are inclined to be- lieve that at the moment Mr. Howard 13 more secure in his skill as an adap- tor (witness “Dodsworth”) than he is as a strict improvisor. At any rate, he is one of the most distinguished fig- ures in our American theater today and anything that he does should be, and is welcomed not only with interest, but, in most cases, with respect. (P. 8—His “Gather Ye Rosebuds” was a mistake to which even such & man as he can easily succumb. Rumor has it that aiready he hss started to remedy his error.) * * ¥ % ’I’HI 10 best pictures of the year have come around again. The coony film daily’s questionnaire sits on every dramatic desk in the coun- try and pleads for recognition. It is nice to be able to sift back over a period of 12 months and pick the good from the bad. Surprising, too, to find how many bad films there were—and how few really first-rate ones. As you look over the list you wonder what you would do if you were asked to pick the 50 best films of the year—the answer to that being There weren’t 50 best. If we recall our choice it went something like this: “Little Women,” “The House of Rothschild,” “One Night of Love,” “It Happened One Night,” “Judge Priest,” “Dinner at Eight,” “Viva Villa” and “The Bar- retts of Wimpole Street.” The other two we forget—only that it was by no means an easy job to find them. With this fact to face it is no wonder that the censors felt that it was time to jump in and salvage a sinking ship. Not that it actually was sinking, but they thought it was—and their influence has not been as one- sided as many supposed it would. The only light they have really dimmed is Mae West—and she was beginning to dim her own light a little already. So—with next year's crop we hope that there will be more worthwhile material to choose from—and what we have heard from such films as “The White Parade” (we haven't seen it yet, “The Little Minister,” “Becky Sharp” (in_color), “Mutiny on the Bounty,” “The Lives of a Bengal Lancer,” “Oliver Twist,” “The Farmer Takes & Wife” (which Fox has bought for Janet Gaynor and Charles Far- rell), “Anthony Adverse,” Garbo' “Anna Karenina” and a few others. The New Year starts with gusto. There ought to be at least 11 best films in the next 12 months instead of only 8—which is all we really think there were this year, including such pleasant fun as “The Thin Man” and “Hideout.” Pictures of the Week Screen Attractions and Vaudeville Programs at Downtown Theaters. ORETTA YOUNG and John Boles have the leading roles in “The White Parade,” a dra- matic and richly human story that for the first time mirrors the life and heartaches of student nurses and which is the screen feature at Loew’s Fox Theater this week. De- scribed as one of the most touchingly human stories of the year and dedi- cated to that immortal founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, this picture is one of heart throbs, pathos and laughter and is the firs} picture to glorify the profession of nursing. Supporting Miss Young and John Boles are Dorothy Wilson, Muriel Kirkland, Astrid Allwyn, Joyce Comp- ton, Frank Melton and many others. In the headline position of the vaudeville is Jack Sidney and his latest “Samples,” a talented group, in- cluding Tom, Dick and Harry, the ‘Walker Sisters, Davy Kraft, Betty Kean and Elsa Greenwell, Charles (Slim) Timblin, Reis and Dunn and the Five Elgins. "COLL!GE RHYTHM,” the All- American musical romance, with Joe Penner, Lanny Rocs, Jack Oakie and Helen Mack in the van of a super- lative cast, is the current attraction at Loew's Palace Theater. It's & mirth- ful farce built around the ludicrous rivalry of two college boys for the same maiden’s hand. The principals in the triangle are Lanny Ross, Jack Oskie, the wise-cracking foot ball star, and Mary Brian, the source of conten- tion. They are supported by Lyda Robert!, Franklyn Pangborn and Rob~ ert McWade. GEOEG!; M. COHAN, recently seen n Washington in “Ah, Wild and acknowledged *‘Ameri first actor,” makes one of his rare ap- pearances before the screen and scores with one of his inimitable character- izations in “Gambling,” the attraction current on the Loew’s Columbia screen. “CANDIDA." by George Bernard Shaw, will be the second pro- duction of the season to be given by the Plerce Hall Players in Pierce Hall, December 19 and 20. It is being directed by Miss Ina L. Hawes. The role of Candida will be played by Dor- othy Dietz, a new member of the players. Other parts will be played by Edmund Evans, James Rawls, Eve- lyn Schweizer, Willlam Austin Davis and Charles Bell. Mary Foley Benson, a scientific artist for the Department of Agriculture, is lending her talents to the production of “Candida.” Strange things take place in “The Black Flamingo,” abandoned castle on the road fromgParis to the and these will be unfolded to audi- ences PFriday and Saturday nights, when the Montgomery Players present their second production of the season. This is the first all-costume play to be undertaken by this group and will be played on the stage of the Be- thesda-Chevy Chase High School. Under the direction of J. A. Bishop & large cast is this week doing the final polishing of the presentation sfter five weeks of rehearsal. The cast includes Margaret T. Buckley, Doris Dewey Day, Edmond 3 Russell Nicholson, Willlam J. Mac- Intyre, J. Mahlon Selby, Elizabeth Moore, Margaret Keyhoe, Ralph 8. Fowler, Walter Mclntosh, Clarence L. Click and Harold 8. Norton. Mr. Fowler has designed and built the set and Mr. Bishop has incidental music. The world's premier performance of “In Old St. Louis” will occur in Washington Friday and Saturday nights. The picturesque life of George Rogers Clark, Virginia ex- plorer and leader, interwoven with romance and song, is the basis for the colorful operetta, to be given by the Music Department of Western High School in the school auditorium, under the direction of Mrs. Gladys Sanders and Miss Lucy G. Lynch. cast of 100 students will Mle: L A s Wynne Gibson, Dorothy Burgess, Ted Newton and others comprise the large supporting cast. There is incidental g‘l;?lc, notably a new song, “My Little ,” composed and sung Cohan himself. & 'RANCIS LEDERER, matinee idol 83 a stage star, wins screen honors in “The Pursuit of Happiness” in which he appears as a shy but charm- ing Hessian soldler on the screen at Warner Bros.’ Earle Theater this week. As Max Christmann, Lederer deserts the British because the colonists prom- ise him life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Joan Bennett appears opposite him as a Colonial belle, and in the supporting cast of this comedy are Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Bar- bara Barondess, Minor Watson and ‘Walter Kingsford. Based on the stage play by Lawrence Langner and Ar- mina Marshall, “The Pursuit of Hap- piness” is a gay, romantic comedy of | P! Revolutionary time. Alexander Hall directed, from the adaptation by J. P. McEvoy and Virginia Van Upp. On its stage program the Earle pre- sents a varied vaudeville bill, headed by Pappy, Zeke, Ezra and Elton, “The ‘Westchester Hillbillies” of radio fame. Others include Don Ruix and Bontia, Eddie White and “The Four Franks.” R-x-o KEITH'S is currently pre- senting Claudette Colbert in the Universal picturization of Fannie Hurst’s widely read novel, “Imitation ?;nfit(ei;' Opened on Wednesday last, “Imitation of Life” is already setting box-office records at the Fifteenth street theater, with Miss Colbert and those of the supporting cast including Warren Williams, Ned Sparks, Louise Beavers, Rochelle Hudson and Fredi Washington being accorded unstinted praise. The picture was directed by John M. Stahl, who also directed the glt'evlmu Fannie Hurst success, “Back Sy variety of songs, the Negro spirituals and an old French song béing of especial interest. Nellle Strong and Alfred Stokes have the leading roles. Others include James Farquharson, Charles Miller, Robert Peridleton, Vic- tor Purse, Wiliam Keyser, Martha Ann King, Susan Pentz, Elizabeth Oleson, Margaret Eckloff, Edward g:nnhrd. Allen Patten and Marion “Candids,” the well known modern comedy by George Bernard Shaw, will be presented by the American Uni- versity Dramatic Club under direction of Will Hutchins, professor of art, at the gymnasium auditorium, on the campus, Wednesday, December 19. Re- hearsals have been under way for two months with the select cast of six THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 9, 1934—PART FOUR. Popular Star in New. Play at _tlie National Ome of Washington’s favorite citizens, is ref stage “Ode to Liberty,” which has been transiated from the French by Sidney Howard. INA CLAIRE, to the Lederer’s Biography \WENTY years ago & small boy, son of & poor leather merchant in Prague, was introduced to a new game by his playmates— the game of theater—and on that day he first voiced the ambition of becoming an actor. His parents ‘were furious. They threatened to dis- own him if he ever so much as spoke a line on the stage. And so Francis Lederer's hopes were all but crushed a8 soon as they were born. The tale of his eventual debut.in the theater, his quick rise to stardom and his inevitable entrance into mo- tion pictures is the story of a hard, mflnuou fight sgainst astonishing As & boy he lived in & crowded ten- ement in Prague. His father, at great sacrifice, sent him to public school. *You must study hard so you can learn to work with your head instead of your hands,” he said. And the boy studied and went to the gymnasium, an institution corresponding to the American high school. But there he falled in mathematics. Bitterly disappointed, his him he must choose a trade. Lederer determined to make one more effort—he got a job as & bank clerk. ‘There, too, he failed. His parents were separated, and the boy spent part of every year with each of them. He was staying with his father on his 13th birthday, and g0t as a present his first ticket to a lay. He hurried to the theater and there received a shock that again almost crushed his ambition to become an actor. Lederer was affiliated with a youth movement which put the great- est stress upon physical fitness; he neither smoked nor drank—nor does he yet—and the fact that one of the actors in the play did both was almost enough to turn his head against the theater. He ended by compromising with his prejudices. He would be an actor—but only pretend to smoke and drink. He got 8 job with ‘:‘,:nl‘l.lum'drnoodl store, sweeping up , ma- terial and finally decorating windows. Later he entered a school of cinema acting, but had to give it up for lack of money to pay the tuition. From there he found his way into the theater as & supernumerary. One night, in & shop scene, he was sup- posed to be cleaning up the place in the background, while the principals carried out some important action, but he put 30 much comedy into his father told But . young man he had talent, and offered to teach him. 8o Léderer went dublously to his father for the A Vienna, and finally got the dramatic lead opposite Mme. Wohlgemut in one of her greatest successes, “Maria Stuart.” He attracted the attention of Alex. Fischer Marich and of Carl Meinhard, prominent producers; played opposite Kaethe Dorsch, one of Berlin's leading theatrical stars, in “Rain,” and finally won a motion- picture contract to play opposite Henny Porten, “the Mary Pickford of Germany.” Since then he has done Romeo in the Shakespeare play, under direction of Max Reinhardt, on the stage, and has played in all the chief dramatic successes on the continent. His mo- tion-picture career has extended through Germany, Austris, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, England d South Africs, as well as the United States. It was his success in the stage play, “Autumn Crocus,” in London, that paved the way for his coming to America, and his triumphal tour across the country to Hollywood. Next Week Film, g J’OAN CRAWFORD, Clark Gable and Robert Montgomery, cast together for the first time, are to be seen in “Forsaking All Others,” the screen feature slated for Loew's Palace Theater after the exit of the current attraction, “College Rhythm.” Charles Butterworth, Billle Burke, Frances Drake, Rosalind Russell and many others are listed in support of this latest hit directed by W. 8. Van Dyke. ‘With Claude Rains, who scored so emphatically as “The Invisible Ma: portraying the leading role, R-K-O Kelth’s will as its next attraction present “The Man Who Reclaimed His Head.” The picture is a Universal adaptation of the stage success of the same name and in addition to Claude Rains has, in the featured cast, such players as Joan Bennett, Lionel Atwill, Henry O'Neill, Henry Armetta and Bessie Barriscale ‘Warner Baxter has one of his most romantic and dramatic roles in “Heil in the Heavens, thrilling drams of thundering skies, which is listed as the screen feature for Loew's Fox Theater on the program for next Friday. On the stage program the Fox will offer Estelle Taylor, Helen Compton and her Brywn Mawr Or- chestra, Wills and Davis, comedy ex- perts, and the Great Yacopis. “The Painted Vell,” Greta Garbo's Iatest dramstic triumph, will be re- turned to downtown Wi on Friday, December 14, for a week’s run at Loew's Columbia Theater. Herbert Marshall and George Brent are cast opposite the glamorous star and a capable cast appears in support. 'amas song of the same name, “Limehouse Blues,” comes to Warner Bros. Earle Theater 3 i it Picture, directed by Alexander Hall and based on an original story by Arthur Phillips. In its stage show As| starting Fridsy, the Earle will present students, and the college community | tion already is looking forward to this as one of the high lights of the holiday season. It will be an invitation per- formance. Featured at went to Budapest and the Palace 23 headliners the famous black-face comics of radio, January and Molas- ses. known also as Pick and Pat, Signed by Columbia. TULLIO CARMINATI and Lilian Harvey have been signed to long- term contracts by Columbia Pictures, = Genemman” besiacing praduian 3 leman,” i almost immediately under m r’s direction. TODAY—4 P. M—TODAY 18th & O 8is. NW. 15" 0 AW, cuavoerre COLBERT in FANNIE HursT's “IMITATION of LIFE” with WARREN WILLIAM Coming [ “The Mz Who Rocloimpd Mis Noodt™ Claude Rains=Joan Benneit tomorrow night in Gilbert Miller production of Ina Claire’s Play. ’I'H.! complete cast of “Ode to Lib- erty,” in which Ina Claire will ap- pear at the National Theater for one week, beginning tomorrow night, in- cludes, in addition to the star, such well-known players as Walter Slezak, ‘who will be remembered for his telling performance in “Music in the Afr”; Paul McGrath, who played opposite Helen Hayes in “The Good Fairy”; Nicholas Joy, Katherine Stewart, Frank Conlan, Stanley Jessup, Colin Hunter and Allen Fagan. The play comes from the pen of the witty and distinguished Sidney Howard, author of “Dodsworth,” “The Late Christopher Bean,” “Yellow Jack,” “They Knew What They Wanted,” “The Silver Cord” and other hits. He has adapted it from the outstanding success of the last Paris season, Michel Duran's “Liberte Provisoire.” “Ode to Liberty” is being presented by Gilbert Miller, New York's dis- tinguished manager and producer of such plays as “The Good" % “The Late Christopher Bean,” “J¢ ney's End,” “The Animal Kingdom, “There’s Always Juliet,” “Berkeley Square,” “Our Betters” and others. Miss Claire was last seen in the Ththt’ur Guild's production of “Biog- raphy.” — Tlll'GB Sflfl at Work. “FORSAKINO ALL OTHERS” went into production last week at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios with & cast headed by three of the com- pany's best-known stars, Joan Craw- ford, Clark Gable and Robert Mont- gomery. ‘W. 8. Van Dyke, whose last two pic- tures were “Hide-Out” and “The Thin Man,” is the director, and the players include Billie Burke, Charles Butter- worth, Ted Healy, Edward Brophy and Louise Henry. The film was adapted by Joseph Mankiewics from the Broadway stage play of the same name by Frank Ca- vett and Edward Roberts. Bernard Hyman is the producer. Buys Bromfield Play. DARRYL ZANUCK, production head of Twentieth Century Pictures, an- nounces that he has purchased the film rights to Louis Bromfleld’s story, “De Luxe.” The story has been adapted for the stage by the author in collaboration with John Gearon, and will be brought to Broadway as a stage production early next month under the aegis of Chester Erskin. “De Luxe” was originally published as & magazine story and was acquired by Twentieth Century as one of four short novels in the volume, “Here Today and Gone Tomorrow,” by Bromfleld. Mr. Bromfleld’s play, “De Luxe,” is to be directed by Mr. Erskin, and will be produced in conjunction with Twentieth Century Pictures. At the Gayety. "HA-UHA-CHA" comes to the Gay- ety Theater for a cne-week stay beginning today. It is a production of the Independent Burlesque Asso- clation and boasts of a clever gang of funmakers, among whom are Frank X. Silk. Others include Billy (“Scratch”) ‘Wallace, tramp comic; Charles Goldie, Tom Bundy, , Jack Coyle, Edna Dee, “Darlin’ ” Lucky, Ethel Deveaux, Mimi Reed and Ray Parsons. Cinema Star’s Light Is Often Kept Under Cover Some of the Best-Paid Players of Hollywood Are Little Known to the Public—Character Parts Offer Plenty of Work the Year Around. BY MOLLIE MERRICK. OLLYWOOD, Calif., December 8—No man’s a hero to his valet. Or, he’s not supposed to be in real life. This theory doesn’t hold in the movies, where valets, old friends, and mere acquaintances from your home town develop into rabid fans the minute your face has appeared on the screen a few times. Because of loyalty motion picture producers have learned how to bill their films in certain localities. The customer is always n'h&llo audiences in certain towns are given the pleas- ure of seeing the names of their local favorites blazoned in bright electrics above those of the real star of the show. ‘When Lawrence Tibbett made a film | seilles, where he appeared in stock for that had Laurel and Hardy in it for | about four years. He then returned to comedy relief, for instance, his name | Barcelona, went to college, received his came second to theirs in the “ads”|B. A. degree, and studied law. But that peppered certain portions of the | the stage was still uppermost in his Middle West. mind and he went to Bordeaux and ‘Why? Because his studio knew that | got work with a company there. Paul the townsfolk would turn out to see | Armstrong, the American playwright, Laurel and Hardy, “their favorites,” | and Wilson Mizner, one of our greatest AMUSEMENTS. even though they remained to admire the genius of Tibbett. Sometimes tal- ent such as his has to be fed to the cinema public under the guise of & ted pill. he told me that in his home town in the East his name led all other players in the advertisements for the 3 Toomey has gained for himself in pic- it time he was just as any one that such behalf. All of which brings me to the real point of this story. The fact that in larger letters than Garbo, Dietrich or Charles Chaplin, in his own coun- try. His country happens to be Spain, and his name happens to be Luis Alberni. You've seen him in countless pic- tures during the last six or seven years, though you probably didn't know what his name was. He's one of Hollywood’s unusual free-lance play- ers, inasmuch as he works from 40 to 50 weeks & year—a record not to be scoffed at by the most attractive free-lance hero or character actor. “Let the next guy get the girl in the film,” says Luis Alberni, with a know- ing smile. “I always get my check at the end of the pictures, which follow 80 closely one upon the other.” Alberni is famous for his dialects in this town, where it is possible to get people who speak almost any lan- guage. But he manages to give an English version of the accent that is pleasingly amusing. He's played Greeks, Italians, Mexicans, Russians, Germans, almost any nationality un- der the sun, and played them all suc- cessfully. He was born in Barcelona, Spain, October 4, 1886. His father is s famous Spanish judge, still on the bench in that city. Alberni is proud of the fact that his father is one of the few officials who not only served under King Alfonso, but also survived the revolution in Spain. Luis was early destined to become a lawyer, but he had the bright idea to 80 on the stage and ran away to Mar- Children's Plays. 'HE Children’s Studio of Speech and Dramatic Art will present its Junior Little Theater group in three one-act plays at the studio in the Burlington Hotel, 1120 Vermont ave- nue northwest, Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ‘This will be the first of a series of performances planned for the year by the junior Little Theater, which is made up of children aged 4 to 14 who are interested in juvenile drama. “Little Black Sambo,” one of the plays, will be played by Diane Coonin, Claire Sugar, Meurice Cohen and Gloria Jacobi. “The Birthday Cake” will be played by Elsie Russell, Marilyn Sirota, Marianne Lichtenstein, Shir- ley Dinowitzer, Doris Goldberg and Evelyn Cohen. Phyllis Frank, Mary Jo Hall, Barbara Lichtenstein, Doris Sirota, Edith Cohen, Mirlam Shapiro and Vivian James will play in “Ten Minutes by the Clock.” Teddy Bialex and Betty Hall will give impersona- tions between the acts. Marjorie Vesta Wilkins will be at the piano. Admission to the plays will be a new garment or toy, which will be be used in his| Luis thought quickly. humorists, saw him and made it their business to meet him. “Come to America,” they told him. “Look us up. We’ll help you.” And come to America he did, but without notifying his friends, who chanced to be out of town at the time. Not knowing what to do or where to turn, Alberni went to Adolphe Klau- ber, Jane Cowl’s husband, and told his hard-luck story. “But how do I know that you're an actor?” asked Klauber, “Bring me a glass of water and I'll die for you.” he said. Klauber brought the drink and Al- berni went to work. The water be- came poison under his anxious and as he sipped it, lttle by little, it began to take effect. He slumped to the floor, gasping, and Klauber was convinced. He gave Alberni his first chance in America. “Those first parts” Alberni says, “were learned parrot-like.” He didn't know much English and consequently was never quite sure of what he was saying. But he had the real acting ability that inevitably gains attentio “What Price Glory” came along, with Luis Albern! playing the part of “Cognac Pete.” This settled matters. He became famous in this part and Lawrence Stallings, who later came to Hollywood, sent for Alberni to write and supervise Spanish versions of films. Once in the cinema capital, Alberni's great acting talent became known above his ability as a writer or super- visor, and he has been in demand ever since. ° According to this successful come- dian’s ideas, humor has a philosophy all its own. “The secret of comedy is being as serious as possible,” he says. “The real comedian never shows aoff in public. He doesn't give his comedy away. He sells it.” One of Alberni’s sons said to kim one day, “Dad, you've got a bad Euro- pean accent. Why dont you go to night school or something?” “If I did,” the king of accents told him, “we'd probably not be eating now.” (Copyright. 1934. by the North Newspaper Alliance, Inc. Pulitzer Play Wednesday. ICHARD KREUZBURG, who Te- jAmerican Players’ production of “Moonshine and Honeysuckle,” will be in the cast of that group’s next production, “Allison’s House,” to be presented at Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard street north- west. Others in the cast will be Eileen Fowler, Prank Jamison, Virginia True, Helen Mead, Ida Garrett Mattingly, George Edwards, Robert M. Miller, Kathryn Logan, Oliver S. Anderson and Bess Dyer. The play is based on the life of the New England poet, Emily Dickinson, and was a Pulitzer Prize winner as pre- sented by Eva Le Galliene at her Civic Repertory Theater. This will be its first presentation in Washington. Steele Kennedy is directing. Jane uhnwwr Rubey has designed the set- Wooda GC‘! Bl’gflk BECAUS! of his work in “Sweet Adeline,” First National has award- presented to a children’s institution. Star Howard and Muir. FMT NATIONAL PICTURES, Inc.,, announces that it is planning to team Leslie Howard and Jean Muir in a production to be entitled “Glori- ous.” Howard is currently to be seen with Kay Francis in the First Na- tional screen play “British Agent.” Miss Muir's most recent appearance was in “Desirable.” The studio, which has ambitious plans for “Glorious,” is | signed to Ray Enright. scheduling Frank Borzage, who re- cently completed “Flirtation Walk,” as director. Howard's assignment to the picture is still somewhat indefi- nite, pending his return from Eng- land. Rida Johnson Young, who wrote “Maytime,” is the author of “Glori-~ 4 Marx Brothers Signed. ETRO - GOLDWYN - MAYER an- nounces the signing of the four Marx brothers for an original screen comedy, tentatively known as “A Night at the Opera.” This will be an Irving Thalberg production, and is expected to get under way within the next few weeks. James K. McGuinness is now at work on the story, in collaboration with Harry Kalmar and Bert Ruby, who are preparing musical sequences. BURTON HOLMES AMERICA’S FOREMOST TRAVELER AND RACONTEUR NATIONAL THEATER TODAY AT 3 ALLURING FROM THE ALPS TO THE SEA VIVIDLY PICTURED GILBERT ODE TO ITALY © m:ue.gan.u.ue.m Mmuglr.l. MON il NIGHT = & WEEK Nighis at 8:30, Oreh., $3.75; $2.20, $1.65 $1.10; Mats., Bal, 58e. Wed & Sat. ats oresents. . America’s Foremost Comedienne MISS INA CLAIRE Adapted by SIDNEY HOWARD from Michel Duran's “Liderte Provisoire™ ed the romantic masculine lead in “While the Patient Slept” to Donald ‘Woods. The cast of the picture is to be headed by Aline MacMahon and Guy Kibbee. “While the Patient Slept” will be their third co-starring venture, “Babbitt” and “Big-Hearted Herbert” having preceded the mystery story. Mignon G. Eberhart wrote the novel on which the next MacMahon-Kibbee film has been based. Borwn Holmes and Robert Lee wrote the screen treat- ment and the direction has been as- “The Search for Santa Claus” Exclusive Pictures of The Evening Star's Expedition to the Far North SEE SANTA CLAUS IN HIS OWN HOME Today, Monday and Tuesday at The Avenue Grand TONIGHT AT 8 Mr. Holmes will repeat for the third time his most interesting talk om SOVIET RUSSIA COLOR AND MOTION . ad $2.20; Bal., $1.65 & $1.10; MILLER BERNHEIMER’S LIBERTY cently made a hit in the Columbia | 7~ 1745 F_St. slow Fox Walts, Tango, B F—5 GAYETY-BURLESK Starting This Sunday Matinee A “ROSE BOWL” LINE UP FRANK X SILK—EDNA _DEE— TANGARA_MIMI REED_RAY FPAR. SONS_— BILLY WALLACE D BISHOP—GREAT CHORU! CURRENT TOPICS GEORGETTE ROSS HOWARD SULGRAVE CLUB ‘Tuesday Morning, December 11 11:30 to 12:30. For Reservations: Mrs. Boykir. North 9537. " National. Friday Afterncon, Jan. 18 TED The only distinct of Constitution Hall, Sunday. Dec. 16, 4 P.M. ht in G of Spain” with BLANCA RE- NARD., Chilean pi. soloist. 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STANTON Sromens Continuous Prom Matinee. 2 3 GERTRUDE MICHAEL. LEON ERROL and FREDRIC MARCH in % Street. “Barretts of Wimpole @th and Butternut Sta TAKOMA i, %3 Buiter HAROLD LLOYD in “CAT’S PAW.” HIPPODROME =% NORMA SHEARER. FREDRIE ARCi, “Barretts of 8 Peatures Appro | - WILL ROGERS. TUDGE PRIEST.” AR Conlmuo\:'fl‘m 11 P Qm Today-Tomorrow RUBY KEELER. Cl )WEL] “DAMES» O ircction of SIDNEY LUST ROCEVILLE. Todl]-Tomorrfl‘ “SHE LOVES ME NOT. 624 H St NE GINGER ROGERS. F] AIRE, ~GAY DIVORCEE"“D . AVALON oS8 . Matinee. 3:00 P.M. e DIVORCEE.” AR A HEInGn 3 DPH‘G": [ i AR CENTRAL *® g, 2% 2 » Double Feature. FIX IT JACK HOLT i ADOLPHE MENJOU 18 VHUMAN COLONY Ga. Aye & Farraent JACK BE] in_“ ATL MERRY-05- ROUND: 1230 C St N.E HAROLD LLOYD. UN! RKEL “THE CATS PAW . Bapdresr ™ SAVOY 14 st & CoL Ba. NW. RIS, AR 1. 19D TIVOLI =& Fark B4 N.W. Matinee, 3:00 P.M. WARNER BROS. THEATERS Comedy. » m‘m—mm “Charlie Chan in London,” ‘WARNER OLAOP:‘%B‘DFUI LEYTON. 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