Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1935, Page 51

AMUSEMENTS. Do the English Excel in Presenting Light Operas? One Writer Thinks the D'Oyly Carte Company Received Too Much Praise for Performances Last Week. By E. de S. Melcher. HE other stde of the fence: “My dear Mr. Melcher: I write to unburden a few opinions on the week of Gilbert and Suliivan operas which are being given by the D'Oyly Carte | Co. I may be ane of a small minority, but I believe you critics have gushed just a little too much about the excellence of this company. The D'Oyly Carte Co. is good, their scenery is | excellent, their costumes are the best, and they sing well. But I do not believe their principal singers are a bit better or even as good as those in our own American Gilbert and Sullivan companies that have visited Washington within the last three years. | “For instance, I do not believe that | far removed from American as the | Darrell Fancourt is the equal of Her- | Black Sea is from the Red. You, bert Waterous as the pirate king; I|either like it or you don’t. But cer- do not belleve that Martyn Green is | tainly as much as we have laughed at | as funny or sings as well as Frank | William Danforth, so much did we Moulan; I do not think that Sydney | laugh at last week’s Sydney Granville, Granville is as good as William Dan- | but for no reasons that are in any forth as the sergeant of police: nor | way identical. do I believe that the D'Oyle Carte| As for Martyn Green, while we are Co. has a Yum-Yum the equal of | told that he ranks very favorably with Hizi Koyke, the little Japanese | his predecessor, Mr. Henry Lytton, and soprano who sang that role (and also | are also told that he doesn’t compare | the role of Madame Butterfly with the | with him at all—so are we sure that Ban Carlo Opera Co. last year). “I believe that you critics have be- come fixed in the idea that because the D'Oyly Carte Co. comes from the 1and of Gilbert and Sullivan that they must be the best. What the theater- going public is finding out is that it is not so much that the D'Oyly Carte Co. is good, but that Gilbert and Sul- livan is good and always will be good. I, for one, will go to see pro- | fessional companies give Gilbert and Sullivan every time they come to | Washington. . . . | “This letter is meant in a kindly spirit, but I do feel that this English | company has got too much credit | and our own American companies | have not been properly appreciated. | I believe that English people often | ridicule us for the lavish interest and | praise we give to the works of Eng- lishmen when we ourselves have work which are equally good or better. Noel Coward is another who I think has been much overrated—but that is another subject, and I conclude as I go to enjoy ‘The Mikado' toaight. Yours sincerely, A. V. Smith: 'HE reason that “the other sxde\sl the fence" was stuck at the head ] of Mr. Smith's first paragraph is be- cause we cannot help but feel that he is right when he says “I may be one of a small minority.” However, the letter is written in such a cheer- ful mood, with such honesty, and with such a flow of genuine Yankee rah-rahism, that we be- lieve it should be recorded as a full- blooded American sentiment and one which should probably be preserved as a postlude to this first U. S. A. tour of a famous London company. We agree with Mr. Smith in one| respect: “I do not believe that their principal singers are a bit better or even as good as those in our own American Gilbert and Sullivan com- panies.” Miss Hizi Koyke is by far the most perfect soprano we have ever heard as Yum-Yum—and there are others who have undoubtedly tied such pleasant but not outstanding singers as the D'Oyly Carte's Tessas and Gianettas to the mast. Nevertheless, we have the feeling that it isn't the letter of the law that . we are loyal D'Oyly Carte enthusiasts we have never seen any one quite like him and shall like to recall his visit here in the dim by-and-by with all the joy of having witnessed a splendid actor in many splendid roles. Here we rest the decision. Frankly, | | from now until the grave. But we, can quite easily see why some people | would still prefer the more frantic| clownings of some of our own per- formers. Unfortunately, one of the strongest; impressions of such U. S. A. doings had to do with that wonderful person, Mme. Schumann-Heink, who in a weak | moment not so long ago said she would | play Katisha for the Messrs. Shubert. If you recall her in “The Mikado” at| | the Belasco you will, perhaps, under- stand why some of us believe that the | | D'Oyly Carte people are just a mite | | superior. AFTER viewing “Sweet Music” this | £} week at the Earle it is fairly ob- vious that Rudy Vallee has overcome the faults he exhibited in his first | pictures and is on the way to be-, coming not only a sure, but a swift | getor. Gone is that wall-eyed expres- | sion of fear; gone is the adenoid look | of devotion, and the gazelle-like mo- | tion as he either enters or exits. In its place has come an average look, an average walk, an average being— | and a twinkle in the eye which, if we | jare not mistaken, was never there ! before. | ' Ann Dvorak, of course, may have something to do with this—since, as | you watch her work you become con- | vinced that she must be a nice per- son to work with. Not a strictly 100 per cent beauty by any manner of means, she is, nevertheless, some- times fairly reminiscent of Mass Crawford. at other times quite like nobody but herself, and always un- | usually free and easy in her man- nerisms. i Just why Helen Morgan gets such | potent billing, when she only sings the refrain of one song. is another matter. Miss Morgan is still dev- astating when she sits on top of a piano, wrings her hands, lifts her eyes to the wide heavens and yowls out of the left corner of her gen- erous mouth. should be observed in Gilbert and Sullivan, but rather the spirit, and if | But when she is left more or less voices have been sacrificed in keeping | cold in front of a “mike” some of to the straight and narrow which | that illusion is gone—she is still ar- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Ronald Colman and Loretta Young are the chief players in “Clive of India,” a British film, released in this country by United Artist, which will have its premiere showing at the Palace this Friday. Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan person- | ally gave this company ’'way, 'way back—then it seems reasonable enough to shove & few high C’s over- board and lyric tenors whose well- groomed tonsils can plunk out “A Wan- dering Minstrel I” with the ease of a Caruso. As to the humor—that is quite an- | other matter, since English wit is as resting, but, as one person recently said in a letter, “her vibrations are gone.” We like Miss Morgan whether she has vibrations or not. But we doubt if so much advance shouting about her, in a picture in which she scarcely appears, will do her any good. Her agent in this case must have been ga-ga. Next Week's Films. | JANEI' GAYNOR and Warner Bax- ter, the two popular stars of *Paddy.” and “Daddy Long Legs, - pear together again in “One More Spring,” a poignant and tender ro- mance of today, which comes to Loew’s Fox Theater on Friday, March 1. Walter King, Jane Dazwell. Roger | Imhof, Grant Mitchell, Rosemary Ames and Stepin Fetchit are cast in support. On the stage, Dave Appollon | will bring his own talent-filled revue for a diverting one-hour stage presen- tation. Combining the talents of the three stars best and most ideally suited to musical comedy, Radio Pictures brings to the screen “Roberta,” the Jerome Kern hit which proved a stage sensa- tion. With those three stars—Fred | Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Irene | Dunne—“Roberta” will be the next at- | traction at R-K-O Keith's following the current “The Searlet Pimpernel.” | | Earl Derr Biggers' mysterious but popular character, Charlie Chan, | comes back in the exciting “Charlie Chan in Paris,” which is slated as the feature attraction, starting Friday, March 1, for Loew’s Columbia Theater. Delayed by the unprecedented suc- | cess of “David Copperfield,” now in | its third week, “Clive of India,” that | compelling drama co-starring Ronald | Colman and Loretta Young, will defi- | nitely be seen at Loew’s Palace Thea ter the week starting Friday, March 1. Colin Clive, Francis Lister, C. Aubrey Smith, Caesar Romera, Ferdinand Munier and many others are in the | capable supporting cast. “Devil Dogs of the Air,” a mighty fomance of the flying Marines, re- turns downtown Friday for a special Tepeat engagement at Warner Bros. Metropolitan Theater. Popular de- mand by those who did not see this film at the Earle has brought about | the new presentation. The picture, | which is the first Cosmopolitan pro- duction to be released through ‘Warner Bros., again brings together the inimitable trio who appeared in “Here Comes the Navy,” James Pat O'Brien and Frenk Margaret Lindsay has the leading feminine role. “Living on Velvet,” a First Na- tional picture, will have its world premiere at the Earle Theater next FPriday. On the stage, the Dorsey . Bros. Orchestra, with Bob Crosby, Bing's singing brother, will be fea- Wed,,Feb.27,8:45, Willard Hotel SEGOVIA World's Greatest Guitar Virtuoso Seats $1.63. $2.20, $3.30. on sale Mrs. Hotel Tieket Atenes. Secieié. des Con- certs Elena de Sayn, 1705 K St. Starting This Sanday Matinee MAXINE De SHONE A Ravishing Beauty Don’t Miss Her Comp]cte Roberta." "ROBEHT . R-K-O Radio Pictures’ @ orate musical-fashion ex- nza. starring Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, vas completed this week after- several months of intensive production and is now being cut and edited. This picturization of the famous Jerome Kern musical success is the most ambitious effort in R-K-O Radio's royal line of hit musicals, which includes “Flying Down to Rio” and “The Gay Divorcee,” both star- ring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Two brand-new Kern numbers, writ- ten especially for the film, are in the score, as well as all the big song successes of the stage show, which ran for 250 performances on Broad- way and has made a triumphal big- city tour this season. Randolph Scott, Helen Westley, Victor Varconi and Claire Dodd head the supporting cast, which includes a dozen of Hollywood's most graceful beauties, who are cast as mannequins in the fashion pageant. Virginia Reid, chosen to head the parade, has won a term contract. EQUOIA,” the current screen [0 excitement ai Loew's Fox Theater, radiates scenic beauiy, arresting adventure and romance. Out of the high Sierras of the Sequoia National Park, where it was in production for two years, this amazing romance be- comes a living drama of wild animal, maid and man and offers abundantly Jean Parker and Russell Hardie are seen as two refreshing young people who find love amid the grandeur of the Sierra wilderness. Samuel Hinds, Paul Hurst and Edward Brophy are other principals in this M-G-M pro- duction that is based on “Malibu,” famous story of American wild life by Vance Hoyt. Diversification is the theme of the current stage show that is headlined by radio’s popular golden-voiced fa- vorite, Frank Parker. The inanities batics of the Honey Troupe corapiete the program. UDY VALLEE, radio’s best-known personality, at the Earle Theater in the latest Warner Bros. musical, “Sweet Music.” Vallee sings half a dozen catchy songs written especially for this new production: Ann Dvorak written in blank verse by George | sings and dances in spectacular num- Eliot, and rearranged for acting by | bers and a third vocalist in the pic- Dorothy Lawrence, will be presented | ture is Helen Morgan, famous torch at the Arts Club of Washington on | singer who made such a hit in “Show Thursday and Friday evenings of this| Boat.” Rudy Vallee's Connecticut week. The title role will be played | Yankees appear in the picture, as does by Miss Lawrence. Supporting her)the Frank and Milt Britton Band. will be a cast selected from the lead- | The picture, which carries a definite ing players of the city, composed of | plot, is filled with romance, drama Maurice Jarvis, Richard Midgley, Wil- | and hilarious comedy. There is a liam J. McManus, Martin Scranage, | large and talented cast in support of Murray Sheehan, John Sikken, Jesse | Vallee, including Ned Sparks, Rcbert Veitch and John Victory. Armstrong, Allen Jenkins, Alice White, —_— Joseph Cawthorn, Al Shean, Phillip o e g Reed and Russell Hicks. Beautitul Deitrich's Next. girls are seen in the dance numbers, [PARAMOUNT has definitely decided g"g‘ed by Bobby Connolly. ~Alfred upon “The Devil Is a Woman” as | £+ Green directed the production the release title for Marlene Dietrich's | _Carmela Ponselle is making a per- nal appearance on the Earle stage. new starring vehicle. Up until now | 3% s the picture has beén known as “Ca- oe and Jane l\'d'cKenna in ‘Mu.,h o price Espagnol.” About Nothing” and the Valors, who E present “Balance and Odd Flexi- Arts Club Play. SCENES from “The Spanish Gypsy,” more thrills than even “Trader Horn.” | of Harry Howard. novel dances of | Gordon, Reid and King and the acro- | Pictures of the Week Screen Attractions and Vaudeville Programs | | at Downtown Theaters. bility” are also on the bill. As a spe- cial added attraction, Peggy Tavlor, “the top” of adagio dancers. appears in her dance creation, “Kitchen Pirates.” “SOCIETY DOCTOR," a novel drama of hospital life that features Chester Morris and Virginia Bruce, is | being shown at Loew's Columbia Theater this week. Within the walls of the metropolitan hospital where this actign takes place, there is crowded a series of exciting events and absorbing drama. Billie Burke, as the neurotic but attractive wealthy patient; Robert Taylor, a newcomer to the screen; William Henry, Dorothy Peterson, Donald Meek, Robert Mc- ‘Wade, Raymond Walburn, Henry Kol- ker, Louise Henry and others appear in support. OEW'S PALACE THEATER is cur- rently presenting “Clive of India,” the first million-dollar film from Twentieth Century studios since “The House of Rothschild,” gave Ronald Colman one of his greatest roles as the dashing, spirited and brilliant | Robert Clive, one of history’s most inspiring heroes. Loretta Young is| seen opposite Colman. Richard Bole- | slawski directed “Clive of India,” which is taken from actual chapters in the life of Robert Clive, who rose to greatness and became Lord Clive, only to be attacked, dragged down and broken by his enemies. “RED ROT TIRES, First National's romance of the automobile rac- | ing tracks, is the feature attraction | at Warner Bros.’ Metropolitan Thea- ter. Based on a story by Tristam Tupper, the picture is a dynamic drama with dare-devil speedsters as its central characters. Breath-taking racing scenes were made at the Amer- ican Legion Ascot Speedway in Los | Angeles, in which a score of na- tionally famous drivers participate. Lyle Talbot and Gavin Gordon enact the roles of rivals on the tracks and rivals for the love of the daughter | of an auto manufacturer. Roscoe ‘Kams plays a comedy role as the pal of Talbot, and Frankie Darro | appears as Talbot's protege. A SWEET MUSIC S STARSY Zm 20 Gmst Greatest of All Soviet Films, Dialogue Titles in JEnglish Coming Friday» DORSEY BROS. & BOB CROSBY On Scres « KAY FRANCIS in” Living on Velvet” “Too good to miss for any reason.” —N. Y. World-Telegram. “A Soviet Wow.” BELASC Tel. NA. 0149 Never Such Thrills RED HOT TIRES A Warse Boo. Adion Dvema with LYLE TALBOT=MARY ASTOR — - — ~SEE AMERICA.FIRST~ C., Two Hollywood Stars in New British Film FEBRUARY 24, 1935—PART FOUR. AP RPN e YRR AMUSEMENTS. F-$§ New Shaw Play Reported “A Bit of Brilliant Decay” “The Simp]eton of Unexpectec‘ Islea‘" Staged in New York l':y the Theater Cuild. Draws Shafts of the Drama Critics. By Percy Hammond. FTER one of Mr. Shaw’s bouts with civilization the average playgoer feels like a Little Peterkin, wondering what good comes of his famous victories. He gets a neck-hold on nearly all of man’s enemies, from lamb chops to politics, and talks them down with ease. But they arise again to thwart and torment. It is possible that notwithstanding his brilliant battles against the foibles of the time, they are as mocking as they were before he set his heel upon them. And that love, hate, war, peace, riches, poverty, life, death, ignorance, learning faith- fulness, infidelity, bishops and beefsteaks still exist. There are indications in his newest " ragere around. A partisan of “The play, “The Simpleton of the Unex-| Children’s Hour,” he fears that they pected Isles,” that Mr. Shaw realizes| will be misled by the pleas of less the futility of his campaigns and is|deserving nominees; and he warns ready to make an end to strife. Sim-|them that the community is in no ilar signs were to be seen in its prede- | mood to bear another case of thwarted cessor, “Too True to Be Good.” This| justice. “I stand for judgment!” he one emphasizes the idea that life | quotes. “Shall I have it?” Accord- is unpredictable, that the only certain | ing to Mr. Maney, three fugitive and thing is uncertainty, that the incon-|anonymous gentlemen, clanking and stant moon is less variable in n.sfrusumg with measuring tapes, levels, changes than the quicksilver earth.|litmus paper, telescopes, graphs, “What's the use?” he seems to say,| meters and thermometers, are a- | i while still tongue-lashing his old foes with a somewhat reduced vigor. Des- | perate about conditions on “the mean- est of planets,” he makes a final ef- fort to improve them. He removes from its ugly face nearly all the cit- jzens of the British Empire on the grounds that they are worthless. In a Shaw judgment day a Shaw recording-angel floats down upon the stage, full panoplied with wings and a chartered accountant’s inquiring disposition, prepared to take stock of Britannia’s doubtful assets. After he has finished his audit and returned to the skies the English characters begin to disappear. He is, as the play‘ says, “weeding the garden.” Of the population of the Un_expected Isles only a pair of eery Orientals remain, a priestess (Nazimova) and a priest (MacKay Morris). It is, as the rhet- oricians phrase it, interesting to note that the first victim of this whnlc-’ some erasure is the newer generation. Mr. Shaw and his angel (who is BlSD‘ an elderly person) estimate it as a noisy. foolish and arrogant nuisance, |and they exterminate it ruthlessly The medical profession dissolves into space, statesmen vanish, the captains and the kings depart for purgator: along with the journalists. Charon’s | skiff is rowed with members of the | stock exchange, the Oxford and Cam- bridge faculties, worshipers at West- | minster Abbey and butterflies from | Mayfair. Oddly enough, novel-read- ers are doomed to extinction while playgoers are saved. Among others immune are dramatists, critics, law- | yers and clergymen, Mr. Shaw having | decided, with no explanation, to let| them live a little longer. HE Unexpected Isles is the author’s symbol for the world as a fre_ak of creation inhabited by surprising| worms and hippogriffs. Their irreg- ularities, to Mr. Shaw, are dismaying. The scene is a red spot somewhere on the British map where two respec- table Englishmen and their wives are engaged in a eugenic adventure with a dusky prince and his princess. prophets of an Eastern faith. The consequence is a litter of four mon- grel and obstrepercus boys and gxrls.“ unused to any kind of discipline, East prowlin’ in our midst. “And,” he adds, “if you ask me, Mr. H., they're 4p to no good.” This clandestine trio is successor to Walter Prichard Eaton, Clayton Hamilton and Austin Strong, three strong and fairly silent men who resigned in a huff and a body from the Pulitzer prize play jury last Septem= ber after “Mary of Scotland” rec- ommended by them for the laurel. was openly jilted by the advisory board of the School of Journalism of Co- lumbia University in favor of “Men in White.” This was in May, and all Summer the repudiated jurymen licked their wounds and sulked. ACADEMY Of Pertect Souna ¢ 8th at G S.E E. Lawrence Phillips' Theatre Beautiful us Prom Matinee. () P. A i; “THE FIGHTING TROOPER * ASHTOM onCLARENDON VA —— A orrow — JOE PENNE! __LANNY ROSS in “COLLEGE RHYTHM CAROLINA CIRCLE 5" f JOAN CRAWFORD & “FORSAKING AL DUMBARTON BING CROSBY KITTY KN ARLISLE 1o FAIRLAWN Avacos — ~BROADWAY BILL." 1119 H 8. N.b PRINCESS . ~REsms B e VIR ST RonkRT 1ith & N C Ave. SE GINGER ROGERS and in “THE GAY DI- 1343 Wisconsin and HERE 19 MY . D. C. AXTER in I B, ING_KELLY. U. 8. 5214 Geor SECO Silver Sprine. Md. LAUREL and HARDY in “BABES IN TOYLAND.” Cartoon. News. Comedy. STANTON 6th and C Sts N.E. Finest Sound Equipment o \Erem Matinee, 2:00 PM. i Ave. The Modern Theater 6970 Wisc. Ave.. Bethesda. Md Todav at PM EDDIE CANTOR in Charlie Chase comedy, “Fate’s Fat- head”; the latest of the “See Amer- ica First” travel reels and the usual 15 minutes of news events complete the program. ALEXANDER KORDA'S production current attraction at R-K-O Keith's Theater and stars Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon. Howard is seen in the titie role ot Sir Percy Blakenly. who sacrifices the love of his wife and the respect of London socicty by mas- querading as a fop and a foo! at heme so that he may con-uct the dangerous secret activiti>s as the leader of the Scarlet Pimpernel Society. Merle Oberon, in her first starring role is the beautiful French wife, Margaret, who innocently betrays him to the tribunal and through this dreadful deed learns the truth about her hus- band, who is the unreachable scarlet pimpernel. Released through United | gehut at Tony Pastor’s, in 1880, and Artists and directed by Harold Young, who has -assembled a distinguished supporting cast headed by Nigel Bruce, Raymond Massey, Joan Gardner, An- thony Bushell, Walter Rilla and Bramwell Fletcher portray the re- maining roles. “T)AVID COPPERFIELD" is continu- ing at Loew’s Palace screen for a third week. Preceded by the high- est of praise, “David Copperfield” has exceeded every expectation. Its 65 formidable characters bring to throb- bing life each immortal read and reread by miilions. W. C. Bartholomew, a new juvenile sensa- tion; PFrank Lawton, Roland Young, Herbert Mundin, Madge Evans, Eliza- beth Allen, Maureen O'Sullivan, Basil Rathbone, Edna May Oliver, Una O’Conner and other screen notables are seen in the large cast. New Star Duo. 'YLVIA SIDNEY and Herbert Mar- shall will be co-starred in the screen version of “Accent on Youth.” Paramount recently secured rights to the Samson Raphaelson play. character | Will cause as much favorable com- frem the Dickens novel that has been ment as Hinda Wausau, or the charm- | Fields, Lionel Barrymore, Freddie given daily, at 12 noon and 2:30. | 4 “KID MILLIONS.” EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION. “THE MARCH OF TIME.” | or West. Into the laboratory is intro- | duced a simpleton minister of !h!. Church of England (Romney Brent). A timid little man, he is not equipped At National Ton;g}lt. (OROTHY SANDS will be presented here tonight at 8:30 o'clock in the National Theater by the T. Ar- thur Smith Bureau as the third event in the five Star series, and her “bill of of “The Scarlet Pimpernel” is the | the show™ offers & wide variety in | stage entertainment, beginning with the Post-Revolutionary Theater and the first American comedy, “The Con- | by Royall Tyler, in 1787; the Frontier Theater, and “Ade'githa.” or “The Fruits of a Single Error.” in 1820: followed by the Theater of the Gold Rush and the Mining Camps, featuring Lotta Crabtree in “Little Nell and the Marchioness” in 1860. Proceeding on her wazy down the | years in the history of the American | stage Miss Sands then shows us Ethel Barrymore, as Mme. Trentoni in “Cap- tain Jinks of the Horse Marines,” a play of the early 70s; Lillian Russell’s revives memories of Frances Starr in “The Easiest Way,” in 1909. Finally she invades the movies and Hollywood is used as the background for her impersonations of three famous movie vampires, Greta Garbo, Theda Bara and Mae West, as she is today. New Star at Gayety. 'HE Gayety this week offers the talented Maxine De Shone. Col. | Jimmy Lake states that this lady ing Ann Corio. Two matinees are NOW 15" G L Y LESLIE HOWARD and MERLE OBERON in “THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL® C oming FRED ASTAIRE GINGER ROGERS IRENE DUNNS TONITE—8:30 NATIONAL THEATRE —DOROTHY SANDS— In Her I essions of The American Stage from 1787—TODAY Including Impersonations of Lotta Crabtree—Lillian Russell—Ethel Barrymere Theda Bara—Greta Garbo—Mae West Tickets 50c, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, plus tax. ——————————————————————————————————————————— 1 DAY ONLY--SUN. MAR. 3--2.30 and 8.30 Thrilling—Col. W. e Basi's—Glamorous BALLET RUSSE NEW PROGRAM De Monte Carlo Company of 100 With Symphony Orche: ra New York, London and Paris raved.—Garland, N. Y. Times. ‘Tickets. $1.10. $1.65. $2.20, 3$2.75, $3.30—T. Arthur Smith, 1330 G. in Kitt's. PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA EUGENE ORMANDY Conducting MAR. 7th, 8.45 constitution Hall Brahm’s Sympheny Ne. 2. D Majer Tickets: $1.00, $1.50, $2.00. $2.50—T. Arthur Smith, 1330 G. in Kitt's. The Great CHALIAPIN Greatest of all Bassos National Theater Mar. 10, 8:45 $1.65, §2.20, $2.75 Greatest Violinist Since Paganini : KUBELIK Constitution Hall Mar. 19, 8:30 First time st pepular prices, S5¢, 83¢. $1.10, $1.65, $2.20. to further the blending of Oriental | flesh with Occidental spirit, or Ori- ental soul with Occidental sex. The experiment is therefore about to come to a discouraging conclusion when heaven sends a feathered adjudica- tor down to make a reasonably satis- factory settlement. THE above is but a superficial ap- proximation of the “meanings” of the lecture. It wculd be easier to review a seed catalogue than to write a record of “The Simpleton of the Unexpecied Isles” As a practical drama it is in the deva-tatinz epith of the show-goer, terrible. It wande: around the stage of the Guild Thea- ter, mumbling to itself about this, that and other gypsy what-nots, more | like a Shaw preface than a Shaw play. If the Guild's good actors did not endow it now and then with a sem- blance of animation it would be just a talking carcass, shining only in its evidences of brilliant decay. It seems to prove that Mr. Shaw thinks as deeply and humorously as ever he did, but that he has lost, for what one hopes is only a moment or two, the knack of the dramatist. Even if he isn't able to come back to the theater, he can look with comfort over his many achievements. ICHARD MANEY, showman and scholar, already has begun to worry as to whose shoulders the new Pulitzer jurors will loop their four- Constitution Hall, TODAY. 4 P.M. NATIONAL SYMPHONY HANS KINDLER, Conductor. SOLOIST. MISCHA ELMAN. VIOLIN- IST—Tschaikovsky Concerto No. 1 for chestral works a_and Dvorak. Tickets. 5 Box ofiice at Hall opens at 11 a.m. MET. 2661. Thursday, Feb. 28, 4:45 All-American Program New works by Daniel Gregory Ma- kets. 7 Garfinck 3 el A, 77 C. C. Cappel, Manager. TAKOMA AgENN _“IMITATY HIPPODROME “COUNTY CHAIRMAN.” Contmuousizito 11 P.M. CAMEO Todav-Tomor -Tues. WILL ROGERS in “COUNTY CHAIRMAN.” Cont. 2:30 to 11:00 P.M. i ARCADF * v_;nsuu.!funf oday-Tomorrow RA‘.}I NOVARRO ‘THE NIGHT 1s Buster Keaton Comeds’ RICHMOND ALEXANDRIA VA PAUL_MUNIL_“BORDERTS wN “COLLEGE RHYTHM.” Direction of SIDNEY LUST R in __ “SWEET MUSIC."' Arofio‘—dfi_l—lffi& ifl&fiflg HEPBURN in “LITTLE AVALON M‘il(lnm St N Matinee. 3:00 P. WARNER BAXTER "in “BROADWAY BIL VENUE GRAN BiNG CHOSSY HIMA: BY KITTY ¢ _in_“HERE IS MY EAB;-ARUSLI CENTRAL ** %, Aobie gt N ouble Feature. VICTOR McLAGLEN in “CAPTAIN HATEY THE SEA " R 1 ER VENGEANCE " Cart. VARNER BAXTER 434 YN Lo¥ SAVOV 4 st & col ma Nw. NORMAN . ;zvmsnsosm e ‘rlvoll 14th 84 & Park Bd NW. pl CThe PIETURE THAT YOU WILL LOVE AND ADMIRS | Stage HARRY HOWARD GORDON, REID & KING HASLETT & TYNER FRANK PARKER R- -’ N ..DAVE APOLLON Yon’x 58 Ave & Quebec 81 N.W WILL ROGERS in “COUNTY CHAIR- MAN "~ Musical Comedsy. TESSE THEATER "3, “The County Chairman,’ WILL lROGERBv “FLIRTATION WALK,” DICK POWELL. RUBY KEELER, Cartoon. Tomorrow — “WE LIVE AGAIN. FREDRIC MARCH. ANNA STEN, and MRS. ACHER—34th Yr. Studie, St. N.W, Ciass and Dancing every Orchestra. Met. 4 EDW. -F' MllLLER it Thubelivabte! Held over for JROWEEK seais® DAVI : COPI’IIFIII.'! it W.CEIELOS LONEL SARRYMORS - i WAy oLV D YoUNG fe °| dance analysis Open untll 10 Leroy H. Thaye Learn to dance the newest steps In the FOX TROT. WALTZ and TANGO. *“And Insure Against a Dull Evening.” Call for 10-minute guest lesson and D.m. 1226 Connecticut Ave _ MEtrovolitan 4121 THE ELLEN WALLER SCHOOL OF DANCE Ball st e .'loo- and Stage