Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1935, Page 42

C—4 MUSEMENTS. Herbert Receives a Fine Reception in Washington A Screen Comedian Is Royally Entertained. Special Attractions at the Film Theaters for Week Beginning Tomorrow. BY E. de S. MELCHER. T'S pretty late to write about Hygh Herbert. Tomorrow he will be on his way back to Maxine Doyle-land, where it is said that Hollywood will keep him so busy that he will be glad to think upon those rosy hours when he made only four or five personal appearances a day and wish, perhaps, that he was back in the thick gloom of a cherry blossom season. Mr. Herbert is being written about, opens tomorrow at Loew’s Fox, is one even as late as this is, not only be- | Of those S. 8. Van Dine thrillers that cause he is Mr. Herbert, but because | Ke°PS the whole family from going last night he was giver one of the | Lykas is the chief player and others most unusual personal ovations ever | include Louise Fazenda, Alison Skip- recorded in this city. At the behest| Worth (rare bird) and Donald Cook. of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Lust, he was | The stage show features Ted Healy's tendered an after-theater party at heX-stooges, as also the “Girl in the which not only many a “heil Warner | Goldfish Bowl," who may take up her Bros.” was heard, but also the fer- |stand in Carter Barron's office if pres- vent good wishes of every “opposition” | ent_plans are completed. manager in town and the praise of “Star at Midnight” the new & “round table” that stretched nlmosL‘R -K-O Keith's attraction—no, “Rob- from Connecticut avenue to K street. | €rta” won't be there tomorrow—fea- Something like 43 speeches were | tures Ginger Rogers and William Pow- made and every speech had at least | ell in a fast-moving story that already 43 words of cheer in it for Herbert. |has been favorably viewed by many Mr. Herbert. too, made about 43 |an out-of-town reviewer. There are speeches, but this was only because | Other people in the picture, but Gin- he was asked. One of Loew’s Eastern | 8er Rogers and Mr. Powell ought to aivision managers, Carter Barron, got be enough to get you there anyway. up on his feet and said that Herbert | Hold-overs include “Mississippi” at was a good guy; Hardie Meakin of (he Palace—the Bing Crosby starring R-K-O fame got up and said that| vehicle,” with W. C. Fields walking Herbert was a good guy: Harry Hun- | 8Way with Ifirsl honors, mfl_“Rugglea ter of Paramount was pleased to boast | Of Red Gap” at the Metropolitan, with about him; the “press” got up and in | Charles Laughton running away with four and five different sizes and |most of the honors. shapes said that Herbert made the| “Life Begins at 40" comes back to press laugh; Vincent Lopez toasted the Columbia with honors pretty well him: ladies toasted him; Herbert |distributed between Will Rogers and toasted the ladies; and all in all, | & crooning bunch of hogs. when heads were counted along about | el ok 3 in the morning. there were still | MARTY RADIN, the Belasco's chief, 43 people present, 43 speeches on tap, is down here—for why? “Some- 43 toasts being celebrated. body’s going to burn” is his current If this isn't what is called “popu- [ motto! larity” then Warners ought to eat| John Shields, Arthur Godfrey ama- their hats. As it is we hope that|teur radio winner, will appear to- Hollywood hears what D. C. thought | night at the Fox. ebout this popular player. | Phil Lampkin’s overture next week * % % % will be “Dark Eyes.” Three guesses | Tm-: new week's films starting today | Why he’s playing that. include: Gene Lockhart, who gave a mem- “The Road to Life,” at the Belasco. | Orable performance as Sid Davis in This is the Russian film which has| Ah, Wilderness” (New York cast), attracted wide attention, due to its text, its cast (mostly children) and has an important role in “Star at Midnight,” new Keith's picture. its veracity. We haven't seen it, but| , Glen Echo Park opens Saturday, according to earlier reviews it's worth more than a trip to the Belasco. | | April 27. Hope that that “Alladin” Easter (Note: “Lot in Sodom” is no longer | there.) festival, being sponsored here by the | Children’s Theater, will be supported “Car 99" (opens tomorrow) at the | in the manner in which it should Earle. The police department saw | this one yesterday—so if you want | [ | Unit of Women's Over- seas Service. be supported. —_— first-hand news call your favorite cop. Otherwise the cast includes Frea Mc- SOPRANQ IN RECITAL Murray, who first crashed to fame in “The Gilded Lily” and sir Guy| AT MAYFLOWER HOTEL Btanding, one of the best living actors, :}; s"ag:‘;gg“_ Eddie Peabody heads gonjs Troyano Entertains Local “The Casino Murder Case,” which Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. Sonia Troyano, lyric soprano, as- | sisted by Malton Boyce, pianist, were | heard in “An Hour of Music” last evening dn the ball room of the May- flowery -under the auspices of the s Rk A ‘Washington unit of the Women's Falace—-Mississippi” at 11:35 &0 | Oversens Service League. The singer Earle—"Traveling Saleslady.” at 11 | has a clear, light voice, a gracious and am. 1:40, 4:30. 7:15 and 10 p.m. unaffected manner and she sang her Stage shows at 12:50, 3:40, 6:20 and | program of songs of four nations with g lmm charm and ease. She chose for her A i R.li‘;’:o’::: :l;'es‘t fg";tfl{:}r‘éghss first group three Mexican songs, and | p.m. Stage shows at 12:25, 3:10, 6:05 | her colorful costume of that country and 8:55 p.m. | was musNtl bec?rmmg Forhthe fipatmsh e " | group iss royano change: 0 a Belasce — R“dz “’5,75119' ‘;% 11:54 | 1otive costume, equally becoming and SR 53, 3:52, 5:57, 7 graceful. Her singing of the Spanish O s iz and Mexican songs is particularly Metropolitan — “Ruggles of Red | effective, and, although the music Gap,” at 11:25 am., 1:25, 3:25, 5:25, | has much the same rhythm, she made %:25 and 9:30 pm. {a very definite distinction between Columbia—"The Little Colonel,” at | the compositions. Miss Troyano, al- 11:25 am., 1:30, 3:35, 5:40, 7:45 and | though a native of New York, has 9:55 p.m. | studied in France, Italy and Spain, R-K-0 Keith's—“Roberta,” at 11:32 | 8nd !hef h:d made : sngci*fll&mdy of songs of the peasantry, bringing many | ;2, 1883 36 SIS A AN to light that had beenhlong forsottenf oo o 3 = = Mr. Boyce played three groups of ccovoll—+David Copperfield.” at 2:10. | solos in_addition to the_accompani-| music, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 11, Players in the New Films Opening Here Tomorrow “RAIN FROM HEAVEN” COMING TO NATIONAL Jane Cow' and New York Com- pany Will Be Attraction of Easter Week. The Theater Guild's production of “Rain From Heaven,” with Jane Cowl and John Halliday as the stars, and exactly as presented at the Golden Theater in New York for a healthy run, will come to the National The- | ater with the Broadway cast for a stay | of one week only beginning Easter | Moncday, April 22, S. N. Behrman is the author and | on many sides the play is considered his best work. is described as a thoughtful positive and a most cleanly, probing adventure into the complex innards of those cu- rious creatures, eternal man and mod- ern woman. Reports have it that there is “suspense and power” in the play, best described as a comedy. Strange persons meet in a London home and strange romances develop. In the imposing line-up are such notables as Lily Cahill, prominent in i several Theater Guild successes and always remembered from the Cohan production of best character actors in the country; Jay Fassett, Judson Laire, Alice John, Hancey Castle, Marshall Grant and Staats Cotsworth. ANCIENT MUSIC. The Friday Morning Music Club will present a program of ancient arranged by Mildred Kolb Schulze, tomorrow morning at Barker Hall. The artists are.Carolina Ran- dall, violinist; Stuart Moore, cellist, and Mrs. Schulze, pianist. There will be no program on Good Priday. . Dr. Simon to Speak. Dr. Abram Simon will speak at the “Rain From Heaven” | “So This Is London”; | Jose Ruben, considered one of the | Inctor first seen here in support of “ALADDIN" TO DRAW ! Walter Hampden in “Cyrano de Ber- CH".DREN NEXT WEEK gerac,” and remembered by Children's | Theater audiences for his “Rip Van Wonderful Lamp Will Be on Dis- | Winkle” of last year—and more re- cently for his “Dick Whittington” of this season—is to have the title role of Aladdin. He will be supported by a fine cast of notables—favorites of “Aladdin and His Wonderful | past and the present season. Lamp,” most popular in the Chil- Tickets are now on sale at the ‘drens ‘Theater repertoire, promises a | Women's International League, Wash- capacity house when it will close the ington sponsor of the Children's The- | current season of the Children's The- | ater season, at 532 Seventeenth street. | ater of New York in Washington, Sat- | at the National Theater bpx office | | urday morning. April 20 (the day' and the agencles. The league will before Easter Sunday), at the Na- make telephone reservations over tional Theater. Metropolitan 3834, which should be Wendell Whitten, popular young | taken up by April 12. play at the National Theater April 20. DOORS OPEN | | LIVE on o0 e “'"““‘ lovE from Day to Doy ir Nocks Boct n‘-:'"..h .lobl < Fred McMurray (at left) is the young man who made a hit in “The Gilded Lily” and who now is being featured in “Car 99,” which opens tomorrow at the Earle. Wil- liam Powell (at right) is with Ginger Rogers in “Star at Mid- night,” the new R-K-O Keith's film, and (below) Rochelle Hudson, Louise Fazenda, Ted Healy and Paul Lukas appear in a scene from “The Casino Murder Case.” which comes to the Fox tomorrow. Electrification Pushed. Electrification of the Knndnlashl-f Apatite-Kirovsk section of the Kiroy Railroad in Russia is nearly com- plet.e ACADEMY of Perfed !llnl PI-“I E. Lawrence Phillips’ Thnue,ne-unlul Continuous From ANNA MAY T CLARENDON. VA: ~SEQUOIA." 11th & N. C. Ave. Double Feature JEAN PARK:R in CAROLINA cnumcmn CHOW” and “BEHIND THE Ave. Ph. Thurs., WE. 0953 Sat.. Sun. LORETTA YOUNG INDIA" | CIRCLE 3i° | RONALD COLMAN and CLIVE_OF FAIRLAWN _#4¢ “THE FIRST WORLD WAR." PRINCESS 1119 H St. NE. Double Feature CONRAD VEIDT in “POWER." __LOWE in "THE_ BEST SECO 8241 Georsia A Silver Spring, Md. Continuous From 6:00 P.M. .vox MORRISON. VETREES “ONE HOUR LATE.” ____Comedy. _News. __ STANTON Finest o Continuous From 5:30 P.M BING CROSBY Pathe News. EDMUND | MAN WINS." AMUSEMENTS. IN FINAL PLAY. | The Montgomery Players will pre- sent for their final production of the season, “Counselor at Law,” by Elmer Rice, April 26 and 27. The play 15 under the direction of Jane Plummer | Rice and the large cast, headed by Ralph S. Fowler and Martha Williams, includes Betty Chase, Dee Shannon, Harrison R. Hathaway, Doris Dewey | Day, Hubert L. Teitman, Elizabeth Moore, Marjorie Keyhoe, Howard Bandy, Harold Norton, Donald Pol- lock, Richard Westwood, Pauline Whitacre, Irving M. Day, Edward Soper, Russell Nicholson, Ann Hath- away, Howard Bryan, Taylor Chewn- ing and Pred Perkins. As usual, the performances wil! be given in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Fourth and Elm streets, Chevy Chase, M¢ GudeBrosCo tavites you to attend then oAAnnual cfpring FLOWER. JHOW Greenhouses-Bladensburg Road -.and Mount Olivet Cetnetery PALM SUNDAY APRIL 14™ 1105 P.AA. ) "’ g f‘ 3 4 FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE Phone NAtional 4278 / the Marketers of BETHOLINE and RICHFIELD SHERWOOD BROS.,INC. 1723 Consecticut Ave,, N.W. DECATUR 4181 GAYETY BURLFSK Now Playing LOLA PIERCE FOSTER and KRAMER Coming, Sensational Ann Winn FOUR STORES The Startling Drama of Russia’s “WILD CHILDREN” ‘““ROAD TO LIFE” With Complete English Dialogue Titles “An outstanding subject” —General Federation of Women’s Clubs. A magnificent record of a great historical episode— the regeneration of War derelict children. LOEW'S CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL Hit Show No.3 in our unending parade of entertainment cew s F @x Mm Ve oy % F STREET | AT 14TH MURDER Case: A METRO- MDWW'MAYIRM PAUL LUKAS Altsion SKIPWORTH ROSALIND RUSSELL-TED HEALY+LOUISE FAZENDA ..New York's new musical , ments, and showed a warm, clear | o Ambassador—*Clive of India,” tone, playing with delicacy and dex- | Washington Hebrew Congregation. 816 | H 1 %:50 and 9:40 p.m terity, particularly effective in such | Eighth street. on “The Clean and the 3 3 Howard—"Gold Diggers of 1935, at compositions as Liebich's ‘“Music | Unclean,” Saturday at 10:30 a.m., as g B 3 12:30. 3:50, 7:05 and 10:10 p.m. Stage | Box™ and Liszt's “Liebestraum.” | an address in a series entitled “Some | shows at 2:40, 5:50 and 9:05 p.m. Y K. B. Eternal Questions.” rko KEITH’S A WASHINGTON INSTITUTION OPPOSITE U. S. TREASURY ON I5TH ST. TOMORROW A Breathless New Adventure in Screen Excitement [ ] in at 6, ‘SHE LOVES ME_NOT." Also_One Hour of Comedy |STATE oo T “The Modern_Theater” Wlle Ave.. Betl ) 5 M. 'NOVARAO & fié"’m M Show 2t 5 4tp snd Buiternut Sts. "“THE NIGHT 1S YOU! TAKOMA ing Troubles ROBERT MONTGOMERY. ANN HARDING. “BIOGRAPHY OF A BACHELOR GIR = & |HIPPODROME Dick_Powell. Ruby_Keel CAMEO ™% James Cagney e HYATTSVILLE. MD. ARCAD Today-Tomorrow Warner Baxter, Myrnd Loy in 0y in “Broadway Bill.” RICHMOND *i=awwmss va. Lionel B""’Eg{' and Shisles Temple ARCADE T James Cagney in * Navy.” 'SPICES of |6" cou BERNI.VICI AND ms e ALLURING SYMPHONKTS Ted Healy's SRR WS °"""“°|°<“r'hs BOB CAR N EYSC DE COUNTI & ROMAINE - ISABELLE DWAN - JDE COWAN LESTER HARDING - MLLE.CAROLINE Ik | On Stage . Redio, Stage Star EDDIE PEABODY Offering All Nn. Melodies LEW DUTHERS & JEAN & JOAN . CASS, MACK, OWEN & TOPSY Held Over— All New Songs— GRACIE BARRIE Warner Bros F.G15- Last Day-o “TRAVELING SALESLADY" On Stage HUGH HERBERT HELD OVER Final Week CHARLES LAUGHTON :» RUGGLES OF RED GAP Pictvre with H l RY BOLAND CHARLIE RUGGLES - ZASU PITTS ROLAND YOUNG ¢ LEILA HYAMS Also Select Shorts’ METROPOLITAN Direction of SIDNEY LUST -~Tomorrow vil Dogs of the Last mm..WALI.ACE BEERY .n'wssr POINT of the AIR Day * * .{’gfi..cu CALLOWAY & ORCHESTRA * + eunt Pisture " fred MocMurray whecraatedo sonition n‘TheGildedlly" Sir Guy stonding Ann $heridan . MD. ay-Tomorrow ‘Here Comes the You have never seen them together before! Williom POWELL 18th &t & Col. RONALD COLMAI fl DORS’!T YOUNG. “SLIVE OF INDIA T Cart. APOLLO SniFf XN JANET GAY] T GAYNOR, WARNER AVALON, o5 5 ek RUDY v vAu.n: Snd ANN DVOR.AK in ET_MUSIC.” _Pope! AVENUE GRAND £ 5% Matinee, 2:00 P. _ “SEQUOIA: CENTRAL ‘B RUDY VALLEE. ALLEN H‘Kfll! WEET MUSIC - Shirley Temple Comedy. medy. Our Gang COLONY [ Gs. A 8i. N.W. ‘Ge. 922, Matinee. 2:00 P.M. “SEQUOIA.” HOME 1230 © [N ING. St. NW. e, D1 RKO RADIO PICTURE "STAR OF MIDNIGHT" From the novel by Arthur Somers Roche with PAUL KELLY GENE LOCKHART RALPH MORGAN LESLIE FENTON _J. FARRELL MACDONALD ® LAST DAY “ROBERTA"” with FRED ASTAIRE * GINGERROGERS e IRENE DUNNE Phone Li. P‘R )‘ RIL un st & Sel. B . Phone Ce. 4968. MAY ROBSON in ‘GRAND oLD "__Hal Leroy Comed: NE 9he qrandedcamedyoffieldl : the’sweetest crcom? Crasby ina semnc{ old Dixie in magnolia time / .‘}za‘a[fl&amona...-sunup I.OOT' MICKEY MOUSE CARTOO WARNER BROS. 'I'HEATI:'.RS l(ltlnee, 2: ‘DAVID coppzirmw ’ [ ‘"im“c: "go1o: ~ cmodv Novelty. Ist & . L Ave. N.W. FRID AY, «BIGGRAPRY OF A BACHELOR GIRL.” __Musical Comeds. PALM_THEATER »*=™ GARY COOPER. mlfi:fi%‘ “LIVES OF A LANCER.” Comedy. Novelty, DANCING. * EDW. F. MILLER STUDIO lulun ..m 04 nn‘ o N Warner Bros SLIM SUMMERVILLE ROCHELLE HUDSON-Richard CROMWELL % JANE DARWELL- GEORGE BARBIER