Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1935, Page 38

AMUSEMENTS. And Now, George Arliss In Naval Academy Picture But the Grand Old Actor man—He Will Take th Seadog, Accordin BY E. de S. LTHOUGH sworn to secrec; A terday or today, it is un hat any more—especxally since t So, then, all the shooting is about the film that home plate. Will Not Bea Mids}fip- e Role of an Ancient g to All Rumors. MELCHER. y a couple of days back, this department feels that inasmuch ‘as practlcally every film magazine in the country exploded this “secret” either yes- ‘ fair to keep all this under its| he “secret” is so close to the Director Henry (“Lives of a Bengal Lancer”) Hathaway will make | this Spring at Annapolis—if th from what we have heard about and will say “yes.” ‘That, however, is far from all. In- stead this time of having either a Rudy Vallee or a Bruce Cabot—re- member “Midshipman Jack”? (if you | want to) idling about Annapolis as | the kingpin of the yarn, the chief “whoosis” will be a valiant old man, a warrior of Spanish-American War | days, a tough old bird *with a heart of | gold, who believes that battleships should be made bigger and better and, | as in his case, much, much tougher. And who will this rare old bird be? Why, if the cards say the truth, it will be none other than George Ar- | liss, who at this moment is casting his eye over the script to see if it is to his liking. 1If it isn't Old Man| Arliss it might be Sir Guy Standing —and if it isn't Sir Guy Standing | why it might be anybody on the| Paramount casting list, all the way | from W. C. Fields to Bing Crosby. ‘The Annapolis girl (there will have | to be an Annapolis girl) will be any- | body except Mae West and Marlene Dietrich. “Shooting” starts next month. * ok x % OST of the new films in town hav- ing been previewed already, here are some of the things to look for when you do your screen shopping this_evening: Fred Astaire’s feet in “Roberta”—a pair of feet that play rings about | those same pair of feet that vou saw in “Lady Be Good” or “The Band ‘Wagon.” Ginger Rogers. Miss Rogers should | be especially commended in “Roberta” for her deftness in following Mr. Astaire. After all, no one can dance | as well as he can. So to say that she is a darn good runner-upper is a compliment of vast proportions. The lady who wears that black dress in “Roberta.” Also Irene Dunn in that white “job.” Fred MacMurray in “The Gilded | Lily.” showing up all young actors by | his uncanny resou: cefulness in keing himself. Miss Colbert, frec from asps, doing & swell bit of acting. too. Edward G. Robinson accomplishing for Columbia what Gable and Colbert did last season—proving that it's wise to break away from the *“home” com- pany. In this case “The Whole ‘Town’s Talking” makes some of those ‘Warner Bros.-Robinson opuses iook a little silly. Otto Kruger looking “plenty” crazy in “Vanessa"—a stunt which he is mean to do—and does with splendid Testraint, Helen Hayes in “Vanessa”—which is, alas, her last picture. = Kok TH IS town should be spanked for the small audiences it gives the Phila- delphia Orchestra. * ok ok % WONDER what the Columbia Thea- | ter feels like now that it's gotten back to having stars on its stage? Yesterday it was a little wor- | ried lest Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson appear with a couple of baby giraffes or a cobra. Director Hathaway explained to us the other day that the cobra scene| in “Bengal Lancers” was accomplished with the aid of a glass screen. | “Life Begins at 8:40” is definitely | set for the week of March 25 at the National. And the New York cast will be intact. This includes Bert { to her role as the grandmother, mak- Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. Belasco—“Power,” at 11:44 am, | 1:43, 3:42, 5:41, 7:40 and 9:39 p.m. R-K-O Keith's—"Roberta,” at 9:32 and 11:3¢ am, 1:36, 3:38, 5:40, 7:42 and 9:44 pm. Loew's Fox—“Vanessa: Her ane Story.” at 10:45 am,, 1:25, 4:15, 7:10 and 10 pm. Stage shows at 12: 10 3! 5:50 and 8:40 p.m. i Earle—“Whole Town's Talking,” 10:45 am,, 1:25, 4:15, 7:05 and 955‘ pm. Stage shows at 12:35, 3:25, 6:15 and 9:05 pm. | Columbia—“Baboona,” at 11:30 a.m. 1:40, 3:50, 5:45, 8 and 10:10 p.J * Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson in per- &on, at 1:25, 3:35, 7:45 and 9:55 p.m. | note. e Navy powers say Vcs"—and‘ the story they positively should Bolger, Louella Gefir. Lahr, Ray Earl Oxford and Frances Williams, others, The new Film Daily Year Book 15 out today—no yesterday. Tonight’s midnight screening of “Naughty Marietta” at the Fox is| really being given by Mrs. Mabell Walker Willebrandt. Marcia Bartlett, 11-year-old puppet | wizard, is giving a marionette show tomorrow at the Electric Institute for friends and relations. Other pup- | peteers will include Jack Millard, Bob Williams, Letty Warren and Patricia | Farrell. Michael Bartlett, who played here in “The Cat and the Fiddle,” has gone to Hollywood to play in the new Grace Moore film—lucky devil. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Berger are back in town after spending a couple of weeks sword fishing ‘(or was it flounder fishing) in Florida. DRAMA GUILD STAGES “THE HARBOR LIGHT” Owen Davis' Play Turns Out to| Be a Rather Poor Vehicle for Capable Actors. The Drama Guild of Washington had a bit of a tough time last night. First off, 20 minutes before curtain time two scenery “flats” which had been hung up in the flies on piano wire suddenly let go and crashed to the stage, narrowly missing several members of the stage crew. And then, after the scenery had been repaired and rehung, the acting members of the Guild found themselves faced with | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., Appearing Here in Person Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, who are making a personal appearance with the showing of their new film, They arrived in town this morning. Baboona,” at Loew’s Columbia. Philadelphia In Excellent Orchestra Performance Eugene Ormandy Conducts Organization in a Musical Triumph, His Leadership Calling for Many Encores—Brahms Is Featured. BY ALICE EVER HE last visit this year of the AN, Philadelphia Orchestra reached a proper climax of interest in the conducting of Eugene Ormandy, loaned for a .time by his own Minneapolis Orchestra to the Philadelphians. We are accustomed to the task of playing Owen Davis' “The | musicians who bend all their powers of thought and concentration Harbor Light,” which, before two to the interpretation of music. but it is rare to find one who gives hours were up. they found to be some- what of a task. “The Harbor Light” is one of Mr. Davis’ plays which never reached Broadway, for which it is not ex- tremely difficult to find a reason. In spite of the many clear-cut char- acter studies woven through the piece, the plot seems to miss fire contin- ually, and instead of being drama, turns out to be a series of melodra- matic events which amble aimlessly to no destination. It's all about the Bradfords and their family troubles. | About poor Minnie Bradford, who was neurotic; about her brother who was | in love with the cobbler’s daughter, | and who finally ran away with the girl| after almost going to the penitentiary; about Amy, Cora. Otis and Richard Bradford, whose marital affairs seemed to be more or less entangled:; | about Grandma Bradford, who was supposed to dominate the family, and | about little Hope Bradford. who. it seems, was the nicest of the crew. mainly because she thought right would live and wrong would die. There also is a light—the harbor light—which for some uncanny | reason which is of no help in understand- ing Mr. Davis’ motives. No fault can be found with Louis W. Currier’s direction nor with the acting done by the cast. Mr. Currier grouped the participants effectively and gave the piece motion, but he could not help the depressing theme. Frances Brunt, doing the sort of a| job she has not heretofore under- | taken, played superbly as young Minnie. Ailene Sanford gave much ing the elderly lady one of the few | likable characters in the play, and'| Ruth Perrott turned in an admirable performance. Denis Connell offered another of | his_ excellent characterizations, play-| ing very sympathetically and pre- | cisely the chap who was in love with his brother’s wife, and Harry E. Wes- | cott, neatly and with gusto, took the role of the self-centered brother. John Sikken came on for a few moments : and turned in_his usual finished per- formance. Jane Plummer Rice, | Helena Cook, Francis Koonce, Fred- erick V. Rand and Thomas M. Cahill were others in the large cast who did much in the way of making their minor roles stand out. One of Edith I. Allen’s sets, the living room of the Bradford home- | stead, is especially fine, and all the others she designed™ are worthy of All in all, the Drama Guild did much better by “The Harbor Light”| than “The Harbor Light” did by the | shines on grandma when- | ever she comes down the stairs, and | himself up to music as does Mr. 0SS Ormandy, permitting it to take ssion of him and reveling in his role of communicator be- p tween the composer and the audience. Mr. Ormandy has the extraordinary power to liberate the potential ele- | ments of music, freeing them from the restrain of rhythm or musical | phrasing so that they come forth in the living manner of which the com- posers must have dreamed. One | feels the surge of harmonious sound, | the pulse of the idea. His musician- | ship and the tricks of his trade are subordinated to give out the essence | of the music, thinking first of the substance and then of the presenta- tion of the works he interprets. He is a musical dynamo charged with an emotional warmth that glows be- yond the confines of form and reaches out to inspire his listeners with the same enthusiasm he feels himself. In his reading of the Brahms | “Symphony No. 2 in D Major,” one| sensed Brahms the man and Brahms the musician. The human charac- teristics of this most human com- poser found an understading coun- terpart in this young conductor and his noble musical speech was repro- duced with rare clairvoyance. One of the major elements of Mr. Or- mandy is the great clarity with which he sketches the phrases, seeming to hold each one apart until all its meaning is definite in the mind of the listener. And when that is ac- complished the whole stands out in all its grandeur and beauty. It was most impressive rendition. deep, sensitive and full of a surging vitality. An excellent introduction to the Brahms symphony was provided by Zemachson's “Chorale and Fugue in D Minor,” a composition that harks back to Bach, yet contains the un- mistakable temper of these modern days. It is written in expansive man- ner, beginning with a sonorous chorale and reaching a majestic climax of nobly combined orchestral laranleed OlIL BURNERS, Guaranteed by the Marketers of BETHOLINE tone. The composer, & young R sian living at present in this coun! hns a gift that bears the stamp of greatness and not that of a simply | experimenting musician. In the latter half of th2 program Mr. Ormandy included one of his own arrangements, that of “Paginini's | the | ne plus ultra of violinists, was played | “Moto Perpetuo.” This work, by the violin section of the orchestra against a softly sustaining back- ground of the other instruments. By its length and continuity it is a difficult work to perform for a vir- tuoso, but the combined strings played it in dashing style and a con: The Istant fidelity to pitch which showed the individual artistry of the players. ‘ Needless to say, {t was received with the greatest enthusiasm and Mr. Or- | mandy modestly disclaimed any | credit, insisting that all should go to | the excellent performers. ‘Two Spanish numbers, Albeniz-Ar- | | bos’ “Navarra” and De Falla’s “The | Three-Cornered Hat,” concluded the | program on a note of rich artistry. | The gay and contagious Spanish | rhythm, the abandon and fire which these two composers have so cleverly expressed in musical terms, were matched by the virility of Mr. Or- mandy’s conducting. The audience was fired with enthusiasm and the applause brought out the conductor | for many acknowledgements. The orchestra gave one of the finest per- | formances of its long record and for the listeners it was one of the most satisfying concerts of this musical season. | CONCERT PIANIST DIES Mme. Marguerita M. Liszniewska Victim of Long Illness. CINCINNATI, March 8 (#).—Mme. | Marguerita Melville Liszniewska, 50, internationally known concert pianist Conservatory of Music since 1920, died | in a hospital here yesterday after a | long illness. Mme. Liszniewska, whose husband, | Dr. Karol Liszniewska, also is a mem- | ber of the conservatory faculty, was | born in New York in 1884 and a teacher at the Cincinnati | FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1935. OUSTING OF MOVIE CENSORS FAVORED New York Board and Others of Nation Have Failed, Con- ference Told. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 8.—The Na- tional Board of Review heard from two speakers at its eleventh annual conference yesterday that motion pic- ture censors have fallen down on the job. Dr. Francis D. Tyson of the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh’s economics depart- ment expressed approval of a measure pending in Albany to suspend the New York censorship body and declared for | elimination of the Pennsylvania State censorship. The assertion that Boards of Censors throughout the country have proved ineffective was voiced by Dr. Worth M. Tippy of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. Dr. Tippy, executive secretary of the council's department of church and social service, said more effective cen- sorship lay in newspaper criticisms, the box office receipts and self-censor- | ship within the industry. e ANN HARDING ‘FRIENDLY’ DESPITE BANNISTER SUIT Home From Honolulu Trip, She Reveals Former Husband Still Business Aide. By the Associated Press, HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 8— | Blond Ann Harding of the films dis- closed she is “still friendly” with Harry Bannister, her former husband, THE GREAT CHALIAPIN Greatest of all Bassos MAR. 10—8 45 Tickets, Smith, 1 GAYETY BURLESK NOW PLAYING NORA FORD The Gal From Georgia NATIONAL THEATER T. Arthur ACADEfiY Of Pertect m-n& Fhotooiay E. Lawrence Pmum« 'rhum Buuum Continuous Fror GRETA GARBO in * THE PAINT!D VE]L o _TIM_McCOY in_“THE WESTERNI ('I RENDON vn s}: RY AMES. VICTOR AMUSEMENTS despite his attempt to gain custody of their 6-year-old daughter Jane. Returning to the film colony from & vacation trip to Honolulu, she de- clared he still manages some of her business affairs. Bannistew charging Miss Harding was not “a fit and proper” person to have custody of Jane, has on file an action through which he hopes to take Jane from her mother. Miss Harding’s good humor changed to something akin to wrath when asked about a recent film criticism which said her roles had “typed” her as a wistful herolne. 310,000 DRESSLER FUNERAL PROTESTED| Sister, Who Claims She Is De- pendent on Actress’ Money, Asks Cut in Bill. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, March 8—Formal | protest against the $10,000 expended for the funeral of the late Marie Dressler out of the actress’ estate was on flie in court today in an action brought by her elderly sister, Mrs. Bonita Ganthony, through her Lon- don, England, solicitors. Mrs. Ganthony said she was de-| pendent on $150 a month Miss Dress- | ler provided during her lifetime and contended that the funeral expense' was “extravagant” and should be re duced to $2,500. Miss Dressler left an estate, after cash bequests had been paid out, of $36,093. Claims totaling $35,800 are pending against this amount and Mrs. Ganthony contended little would be left for her if the claims were ap- proved. OPERA SIDETRACKED New York Not to Hear “Nerone” This Year. MILAN, March 8 () —Ottavio Scotto, who said he was speaking for Pietro Mascagni himself, declares the celebrated composer's lastest opera, “Nerone,” wculd not be produced at | the Metropolitan Opera in New York this year as had been previously an- | nounced “owing to a change in the | Metropolitan directorship and the nomination of Herbert Witherspoon.” Scotto was most cricical of Wither- spoon’s managerial capacity. G BELASCO 9 ngkWeek! Fnlll-h @awet” VEIDT NOW *IE 1 KISSED YOU NOW. . WOULD NEVER LET YOU ... LOVE RISKING ALL FOR ONE MOMENT OF HAPPINESS HELEN HAYES ROBER T MONTGOMERY Va N MG-MS lOVE STORY Qo170 KRUGER MAY ROBSON, Also Bud 'n’ Ben 1th & N. SE. Double nazun and “FLIRTING CAROLINA “BACHELOR & BAIT" 0953 Aoy Bat.. Bun “KID MILLIONS.” Mickey Mouse. New. 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MAZATLAN, Mexico, March 8 (/). | During the height of carnival fes- J tivities 18 prisoners, described by au- thorities as dangerous, escaped from the municipal jail. | pm Tivoli—“Devil Dogs of the Air.” at | 2:20, 4:10, 5:55, 7:40 and 9:30 p.m. Ambassador—*The Night Is Young,” at 6:15, 8 and 5 p.m. Shown at 11:15-1:00 2504:356:208:05:9:50 THE NEW LOVE TEAM i { ! & i nn. “Q. al wcKomies i Ny, RRISON UR Chache. c"r',.(e°é'£m§‘v° w. TFNTRAL ™ | sts. WALTER CONNOLLY | _BROWN._ DETECTIVE." _ COLONY o A &1 Matinee. 2:/ m “FIRST WORLD WAR.” Wfif—" and MAX: % BAB%‘A‘ Chu:“c‘omed;x‘! SAVOY""“W’-" ®a. N, RA wmmm BROS. THEATERS IN FIRST NATIONAL “VITAPHONE'S mRED m A STORY OF LOVE & LIFE WITH GINI RAYMOND Warner Bros. E'I'RODOI.ITAN Wheref all ofiher animal pictures ee MR.i'MRS.MART!N JEROME KERN'’S MIRACLE MUSICAL ROMANCE 2:00 JAMES A a0 R ‘O'BRIEN. DEVIL, DOGS_ OF THE IR YORK Anao tee St N.W PAT O'BI ki TH]NG" Cnmldy‘ ; | JESSE THEA Ste NE. GLORIA SWANSON. JOHN BOLES tn __“MUSIC IN_THE AIR. 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