Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1935, Page 46

D-8 AMUSEMENTS.” English Actor Says Stage And Screen Work Together Edmund Gwenn of the Company Has Played "Laburnum Grove“ in a Number of British Films—New Shows at the National. BY E. de S. l Adelphi, where Shaw once li two glasses of orange juice else was drinking orange juice. which says orange juice for tea and nothing stronger until after | MELCHER. N THE yellow-and-red lounge of the Carlton Hotel Edmund Gwenn, popular English actor, resident of London’s famous ved and Barrie still lives, drank yesterday afternoon. Nobody But Mr. Gwenn, true to a motto working hours, tossed off his drink with jocund elegance, admitting that he liked Washington and then plunging into the theater. Priestly wrote “Laburnum Grove” for him. He wrote it after he had seen Gwenn play in the stage pro- duction of his “Good Companions.” And he is going to write another play for him. Mr. Gwenn, whose round and “beamish” face expresses nothing so much as one of Dickens’ nicest characters, might also have sprung from out of one of Mr. Priest- ley’s books. The kinship between the two is thus thoroughly understandable. Gwenn is one of those happy actors whose leve for the theater is not so one-sied that he cannot have the cinema, too. In England he has acted in a great many films. After the run of “Laburnum Grove” he will start | in on another. and the fact that he | has so far not been able to accept | Hollywood invitations—both the Fox | and the Universal companies having | asked for his services—has caused him no little chagrin. “Yes, I like both the stage and the films.” said Gwenn, looking straight out toward the White House and toward several score Carlton guests who knew very well who he was. “The trouble with most of us when we first go into pictures is that we forget that the camera is the master. We forget that we can't go right ahead and do a scene the way we do it on the stage. I had a good deal of diffi- culty at first. But now that I realize that it's the camera that is in com- mand, and not me, I don’t mind any more, I really like it.” Gwenn is convinced that the movies and the theater must go hand in hand from now on. “There’s no way of es- caping it,” said he. “The theater must teach us how to speak our lines and how to act—then the camera must come along and put us in our place.” | Last Sunday Gwenn took his first | train ride in America. Washington is the only city he’s seen outside of New York. Thirteen years ago he acted in a play for 12 nights on Broadway. Toronto is “Laburnum Grove's” next stopping place. Yesterday he got some | “fan mail” from Toronto via England. } He would like very much to go to| Hollywood. He hopes that Broad\!ny| will like “Laburnum Grove.” Monday night he played it for the 437th time, at the National. * ok ok % THINGS happened yesterday at the National. First there was word that the new Lawrence Langner play, “On to Fortune,” which was success- fully tried out in Westport last Sum- mer, follows the Abbey Players into the National (that would be January 14). Then came a wire from Charlie McClintock that Cornelia Otis Skin- ner will bring a new repertoire of characterizations here the week of the 21st. Then the Max Gordon office | said we could have Walter Huston in | “Dodsworth” the week of February 4. And finally word was rushed via phone that “As Thousands Cheer” gets here definitely on February 11. Miss Anne Grosvenor Ayres, known to Washingtonians, phoned from Manhattan about “On to For- tune,” which Crosby Gaige and Charles Heidt are sponsoring. The cast will have a whole batch of celebrities, ‘including Ilka Chase (hur- ray), Glenn Anders, Roy Atwell, Will Rogers’ daughter Mary (hurray again—she's a swell-looking girl), Ed- ward McNamara (last seen here in “Jayhawker”), Hugh Rennie, John T. Doyle and Myron McCormick, who recently made quite a stir in “Small Miracle.” Miss Ayres seemed to be particularly excited over the news that Worthington Minor (“Tony” to friends, and wife Frances Fuller, and mother-in-law Mrs. Fuller of Wash- ington, D. C., fame) is not only di- recting the play, but will appear in it himself. * ok %k 'HINGS to look forward to: Elsie Ferguson as the Duchess of | — Great Tap Dancer Lists Interesting Stage Stars Richmond in “Becky Sharp.” Mrs. Leslie Carter as Miss Crawley | in “Becky Sharp.” William Faversham as the Duke of Wellington in “Becky Sharp.” Billie Burke as Lady Bareacres in “Becky Sharp.” Miriam Hopkins as Becky Sharp in “Becky Sharp.” 3k THE morning mail has been good to us. In it we find an autographed picture of Katharine Cornell—a re- minder that Miss Cornell's Juliet is the most brilliant thing on Broadway today—as also a picture that goes im- mediately to the top of our “rogues’ gallery” (begging Miss Cornell’s par- don). Miss Cornell is not only to be thanked very, very sincerely, but she is to be thanked again for one of the most memorable evenings we have ever spent in the theater—her “Romeo and Juliet” being something that once seen can never be forgotten. * X x x LAURA LA PLANTE and that new English actor, Ian Hunter, will ap- pear in “The Church Mouse” at the Metropolitan opening on Monday, * ok X % TEVE COCHRAN, who has not been so well, is back again in circula- tion. “On to Fortune” will be the fifth production of the local American | Theater Society. A change is being made in the cast of “Laburnum Grove.” You knew, of course, that Bert Ly- tell couldn’t bring “The First Legion” to town on account of the presence of an 8-year-old boy in the cast Addie Hibbard attended the Na- tional last night. Stoddard Taylor left his white gloves on our desk. - They were here yester- day—but they're gone today. Have you got them, Stoddard? Where and When| Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. National—“Laburnum Grove,” night, at 8:30 p.m. Belasco—“No More Ladies,” at 8:30 | pm. Earle—“Broadway Bill,” at 10:30 am, 1:10, 4:05, 7 and 9:55 p.m. Stage shows at 12:20, 3:15, 6:10 and | 9:05 p.m. | Loew’s Fox—"The Mighty Barnum,” at 10:45 am., 1:30, 4:20, 7:10 and 10 to- EMERGING FROM SLEEP Girl Afflicted by Unusual Malady Is Recovering. CHICAGO, January 4 (#).—Miss Patricia Maguire, the ‘“sleeping beauty” of Suburban Oak Park, is showing signs of a steady improve- ment, her mother, Mrs. Peter Miley, reports. The young woman, who has been suffering from sleeping sickness since | February 15, 1932, shook her head re- gretfully yesterday when informed that her stepfather, an iron worker, was in a hospital suffering from an | eye infection. p.m. Stage shows at 12:22, 3:10, 6 and 8:45 pm. Metropolitan — “Home on the| Range,” at 11 am., 12:50, 2:40, 4:30, | 6:20, 8:15 and 9:55 p.m. Columbia—“It's a Gift,” at 12 noon, 2, 4, 6, 7:55 and 9:55 p.m. R-K-O Keith’s—‘The Little Minis- ter,” at 11 am,, 1:11, 3:22, 5:33, 7:44 and 9:52 pm. Palace—"Forsaking All Others,” at 11:35 a.m,, 1:35, 3:35, 5:40, 7:40 and 9:40 pm. Tivoli—“The St. Louis Kid,” at 2:40, 4:25, 6:15, 8 and 9:50 p.m. Ambassador—"“The Painted Veil,” at 6:15, 8 and 9:50 p.m. —_— Cripple Loses Wheel Chair. CHICAGO (#).—The new year had & bleak outlook for Robert Volk, 28, a hopeless cripple. The wheel chair in which he has trundled himself about while trying to earn a living as a radio Tepair man disappeared from behind | an automobile after a friend had put‘ him into the car to go to a New Year celebration. And so the police are wondering if the “meanest” person in Chicago picked up the chair and is keeping it. Mrs. Norman Kerry Sails. LOS ANGELES, January 4 (P)— Mrs. Norman Kerry, estranged wife | of the matinee idol of the silent films, | sailed on a trip around the world yes- | terday with the assertion “there is| absolutely no chance for a reconcilia- | tion with Norman.” Rumors in Holly- | wood recurred recently that their | difficulties had been settled. Actress Must Leave U. S. HOLLYWOOD, January 4 Wera Engels, German motion picture actress, must return to her native country by February 21, immigration authorities said yesterday. Miss En- gels’ appeals to immigration authori- ties and to Secretary of Labor Per- kins for a permanent stay in Amer- | — ica were denied. TAKE CARE of YOUR EYES Don't let poor vision hamper your progress. If your eyes are weak or have been giving you trouble Consult Our Optometrist For an Eye Examination M. A. LEESE Optical Co. 614 9th St. N.W. WHERE TO DINE. OOKING FOR A Good Place to Eat? An Atmosphere You'll Enjov. Try 17th CAFETERIA Pa. Ave. 324 17th St. N.W.. Bet. H & Pa. Ave. “She's beginning to remember | things,” Mrs. Miley said, “we're all | hoping and believing she’ll soon be | with us fully again soon.” Bridge Builder Dies. NEW YORK, January 4 (#).—Wil- liam Rily Coppage, 57, general super- intemdent of construction at the Bear Mountain and George Washington Bridges, died of cerebral hemorrhage yesterday after six months illness, w Play MARY ROGERS, Daughter of Will, who is coming to the National the week of Janu- ary 14 in “On to Fortune,” the new Lawrence Langner play, which is heading for Broadway. Every ‘Wednesday, Sat- urday and Sunday, Be- ginning at 9:30 P. M. to Meyer Davis Music. Phil O’Brien, Director.® Breakfast Luncheon 25e¢, 3 "M. 35¢. 50c___50¢, 65¢ 25e, 35¢ ALSO e YoTE well | THE EVENING Ann Dvorak, Rudy Vallee, Alice for Mr. Vallee's new starring picture, . STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, Complete Vallee’s First Warner Bros.’ Film White and Director Alfred Green are having a recess after the final shots “Sweet Music,” have been made. Phil Regan, also in the cast, looks on. Ten Vauclevme Artists | OLLYWOOD, Calif., H I began dancing when I wa: take me for more than 40. Looking back over these years, it | occurs to me that you might like to | know the 10 most interesting peoplei with whom I have appeared. I name them as they come to my mind, with no preference, but rather in the order in which I met them. There was Robert Hilliard. I don't think I ever met & man with more of the qualities of a real gentleman | than Mr. Hilliard. He had grace, | poise and gentleness of manner to | | & marked degree. I remember a sketch in which he | appeared years ago, in which he| | played a scene with a little child. His charming manner with that youngster showed his real spirit more than any | bit of acting he ever did. Roberts Considerate. Theodore Roberts comes to my mind | as being a grand man. I have ap- | peared on many variety bills with him | and always found him a considerate, kindly person and one of the happiest men I have ever known. And I never knew & man who could get as much Ppleasure out of smoking a good cigar. I have been on the same bills as Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, when she toured over the old Keith and Orpheum circuits. They said I made a good contrast to her, and I guess I did if they meant the difference between good and bad acting. Mme. Bernhardt was truly divine. There was no star of the day who could equal her acting. She had the most wonderful hands I have ever seen. Many a time I have stood in | the wings of the theater just to watch | her move her hands as she spoke her lines. It was a lesson in acting to me. Leonard Great as Darky. Eddie Leonard comes to my mind as being one of the finest men I ever knew. He never had a mean thought about any one nor did a mean thing to_another person. He was in a class by himself as a delineator of the true, lazy, planta- tion darky and sang his carefree 60ongs as no one else could. He was also good at singing the sad songs and was really the foremost crooner of his day, though they weren't called “crooners” at that time. 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There Is a Reason Why World’s Largest Retailers of Va, Anthracite BLUE RIDGE COAL CO. Miners of Virginia hfilulum Coal Alexandris Rd.. So. Washington. Va. Me. Opposite Texaco Oil Wal. 4401 Distributing Plant 8475 Show Outstanding Character and Ability as Actors. (With Bill Robinson, the greatest tap dancer of them all, substituting for Mollie Merrick.) BY BILL ROBINSON. 2 January 4.—During the 50 years in which I have been appearing time has been spent in vaudevill with the greatest performers of their day. s just past 7 years old, so you can figure my age out for yourself, though most people don't ing man I have ever met, and one of the greatest comedians. Though I have only met Lionel Barrymore recently, I must include him in this list of interesting people. He has taught me more about acting and diction than any other player. And last, but not least, among these 10 may I put Shirley Temple, that sweet little peach-blown lady with whom I dance in “The Little Colonel.” Shirley knows more about timing her speeches than most adult performers, and it has been a real inspiration to work with her. (Copyright. 1935 by North American Newspnprr AA'JnN Inc.) of Fifty-Year Career Sherman Esme to Mother. LOS ANGELES, January 4 (#)— Lowell Sherman, Hollywood movie di- rector and actor who died last Fri day of pneumonia, left his entire estate to his mother, Mrs. Julia Louise Sherman, in his will filed for pro- bate. The estate was vaiued in ex- ofessionally, most of the! where I have been billed lpl that amounted to genius. The white race admired Florence Mills and gave her great applause and acclaim, but her own people adored her. Bert Williams was another member | of my race whom I consider an in- teresting, worth-while person, and with whom it was always a pleasure to | work. Flo Ziegfeld himself told me | he considered Williams' death a great | | loss to the American stage. To my mind, Bert was the greatest of all droll comedians of all times. Forecast Rogers’ Success. I have played on vaudeville bills | with Will Rogers when he was doing his rope-spinning, gum-chewing act. We other performers used to stand in the wings and laugh our heads off nv.w the jokes he would think up as he | 1935 Diaries Stock at went along. I take great pride in the 'opular fact that T predicted his success long | & Calendars rrices before he was discovered by the gen- ‘ eral public. Eddie Cantor is another fine man HEPBURN in Sir JAMES M. BARRIE'S “The LITTLE MINISTER” Coming GINGER ROGFRS FRANCIS LEDEAER “ROMANCE in MANHATTAN® We Have (Blank Book s Have | E. Morrison Paper Co. to work with. He is the most refresh- ‘ 1009 Pa. Ave. Phone NA. 2945 * % ¥ * * % Going the LIMIT! Sol HERZOG'S SEMI-ANNUAL Clearance and a CLEARANCE at HERZOG'S means SA VIN GS on regular stocks CLERMONT Suits and Overcoats WARING Suits & 0’coats WORSTEDTEX SUITS DINNERTEX TUXEDOS Reduced to 261 l:‘lne Garments in the First Group — 375 Fine Garments in the Second Group The Budget Buying Plan ° We originated it for Washington Take 12 Weeks or Longer to Pay Sol HERZOG E.2t.3th A Corner in Men’s Wear JANUARY ¢4, 1935. SPEAKS ON SCIENCE “Christian Science: A lecture on God's Message of Hope and Healing, was delivered yesterday in the Na- | tional Theater by Robert Stanley ' Ross, C. 8. B, of New York City. Mr. Ross is 8 member of the Board of Lec- tureship of the Mother Church, First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Bos- ton. Quoting from “Miscellaneous Writ- ings” by Mary Baker Eddys Mr. Ross declared man’s real need is not ma- terial things, but spiritual-minded- ness, He was introduced by Mrs. Eleanor P. Croft, second reader of the Inm Church of wumnxum [ Hunt Gold by Plane. Search for new gold mining districts | in Western Australia is being made by airplane, Nights, 83c to $2.15. Maginee Saturday, $2.21 Gl.lhri 'Iull l-l Lee Shubert Present a Comed, burmnum e i fnen ‘B;J.l.'llis'l‘l.!‘l o "™ G000 CoMMROR RG0S oM Next Week, Beg. Mon. Seats Selling. ELBERT A. WICKES Presents Abbey Theatre Players Mon.. Tues.. Sat. Eves. and Wed _ AMUSEMENTS. INATIONAL Tonight at8:20 | 2 N Mat. “The Plough and the Stars” Wed Eve. “Drama_ At Inish” Thurs. Eve. *Jun{. and the Pay- ock” Fri. Eve. - “The Coiner” an “The Playboy of the Western * World” Bat. Mat. “The Whiteheaded Boy” Onh”ul Bal. $1.65 & S Sl S $1.10; znd IlL lu ///// Ty PETRI Famous Dutch Pianist Sunday, Jan 6, ////// Y 8th at G S.E. E Lawrence Phillips Theatre Bedutiful Continuous From LL ROGERS. ANIITA LoUIsE, PRIEST JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT and DOROTHY BOUCHIER, ENETIAN NIGHT. “The Rflum of Chlndu CLAII:NDO‘I, VA. ASHTON. TOM, TYLER in “RIDE RS OF THE PLAINS." comedy and Pobere CAROLINA M3k £.h 5% “GIRL IN DANGER'™ and ONEY EANS NOTH! CIRCLE "ko.p P- Anh,u:m ; 0953 WILLIAM Povr!:LL and MYRNA LOY in “EVELYN PRENTICE.” Comedy. New DUMBARTON 2%.% 4nd, VICTOR. JORY BARRY.” Metro New. FAIRLAWN _ #vvcosmic oe— DICK POWELL in “HAPPINESS AHEAD " PmNcEss 1119 H St. NE. Doublc Feature l RICHARD CR( “NAME THE WOMAN.""_ "D OMWELL _in “DEVIL 1 ri8er SECO CAROLE Lo, “LADY BY CHOICE o ‘Burn lln Up Barnes.” No. 5. News STANTON 5 26,2 E. Finest Sound .‘I yment Continuous From 5:30 P. M. WEST. ROGER PRYOR DUKE ELLINGTON'S ORCHESTRA. 7. “The EL RIO “MADAME DU 4th and Butternut Sts, TAKOMA_* 'No Farking Troubies w7+ WILL ROGERS in 'JUDGE PRI Tomorrow. Continuous From 1 JAQKHOLT in “ILL FIX IT. CLYDE in r HIPPODROME. x Jean Parker. “Have a Heart." Starting Tomorrow, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Anna Sten, Fredric March, “WE-LIVE AGAIN.” First showing downtown at popular prices—Admission, Adults, 25¢c; Children, 10c. PM JUNE Near 9th Today Jeanette MacDonal, Last Times Toy Fredric March, Anna \ten “WE LIVE AGAIN.” Features at Approximately 7:35 and 9:35. RICHMOND *45x2psie va Today-Tomorrow James Cagney. ‘“ ARCADE l.ocKLvon.l.: ™MD, od: —| Sidney Fox, “Midnigh 18th St. & " |AMBASSADOR %% cn&ma’l«kao in “PAINTED VEIL."” | Direction Sidney lmt 624 H St. NE. APOLLO FRANCHOWONE In GSENTLEMEN AVAI.ON m HELEN NAYES | WOMAN KNOWS.” W Con d 3 AVENUE GRAND 2 o5 Matinee. 2:00 P-M. RANDOLPH SCOTT in “WAGON _ WHEELS.” D Lette Clnn. A". and St. N.W. SALLY BLANE. “SILVER STREAK.” Ben Blue Comeds. JACK BENNY in ‘“TRANSATLANTI( __MERRY-GO-ROUND.” Cnmed! WARNER BROS. THEATERS medy. YORK Ga.'Ave. & Quebeo St. N.W. ¥ ROBSON, CAROLE LOMBARD, MALEY [OICE.” _Comed: MacMAHON and GUY xmnn AL{:‘"'B!‘G - HEARTED HERBERT.” Musical Revue. _Serial. NW. SYLVAN iAmntw TRACY and BABY l.IROY in “LEMON DROP KID.” __Serial. Comedy. PALM THEATER ®< 2% RD snd W, C. e A MRS *WiGGs. O OF THE CAB- DANCING. ACII!I—‘MIh Xr. ltfll l rl ¥ EDW. F. MlLI.ER STUDIO 1jth St—NA. 8083.,, 'EROY H. THAYER FokerTd Pehvate Lesons Clasies and, Frivate Le i | 'E "AMUSEMENTS. Bow! Brings $300. At a sale of old English pottery in London a punch bowl, known as the Isaak Walton minnow bowl, was pur- chased for $300. AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS. e knew them all ... . from queens to bearded ladies . . . from glori- ous Jenny Lind to little Gen. Tom Thumb. ‘-7 ! "RAR UMM 20 TH CENTURY n:v%” Stuge WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRLS Miss England . . . Miss Sweden ... . Mi Ohio and 36 Eddie Cantor "Kid Mil beauties in a dazling array of mirth . melody and pulchritude. NI.G'S NEW YORK :PARADISE CAFE REVUE | JAY C.FLIPPEN® N+36 NTG.GIRLS VANESS! ® MAY JOYCE ® FRANK CONVILLE EARL, JACK & BETTY @ SENSATIONAL KADA WASHBOARD SERENADERS @ SUNNY DALE Q JUNE EARLE Eaha-WINNER OF KATE SMITH-WJSV AUDITION MARIE FOWLER-JERRY FARRELL wm-’-fi B= ADOLPHE MENJOU @ "BAILEY" IT1S REMAINING, M VUYYHlS Toke o dash of*Th ThnManGIfHa ened O l?x’flr:x:dgomusmqlond jou mgPP al 1..0he world. ! fim ..the grandest New Year Gl (RAWFORD %+ GABLE Aot MONTGOMERY il Others N M-G-M§ Ynbaise Wit OF THE YEAR. ! CHAS.BUTTERWORTH- BILLIE BURKE +FRANCES DRAKE i /Toyland Broadcast’ Qtbraction SHIRLEY TEMPLE See Feature at 10:30-1:15-4:10-7:00-9.58 The Romantic Comedy- Succes- sorto ‘It Hape pened One Night.”” . Two brilliant stars in a story of love and joy as two hearts beat in love- time. A FRANK CAPRA PRODUCTION Walter Comwuy Helen Vinson MARK HELLINGER Columbla Picture The Genial Giant of Jazz PAUL ASH In an All-New Gala Show Variety Revelsof1935 with DAVID & HILDA MURRAY JACKIE GREEN BARBARA BLAINE STANLEY BROTHERS 16 - PAUL ASH GIRLS - 16 Coming Monday Laura La Plante n Werner Bron “CHURCH MOUSE” With IAN HUNTER METROPOLITAN Zane Grey's RANDOLPH SCOTT JACKIE COOGAN EVELYN BRENT Warner and Select Shovts N Bros