Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1935, Page 38

AM USEMENTS. “Rain From Heaven” Takes Up the Ideas of the Day They Are Thoroughly Discussed, and the New Play Turns Out to Be Very Wise—Jane Cowl and John Halliday in Leading Roles. BY E. de S. AIN FROM HEAV ‘R and he has delved not MELCHER. ” may not be the best play of the season, but it is the wisest. Mr. Behrman’s brilliantly controiled words flow from a full and knowing heart, only into the why’s and where- fores of his characters, but he has ripped the current generation up and down the back and dissected its manifold idiocyncracies with unparalleled acuteness. He challenges thought from Russia and communism and & quiet English town all the way to the South pole, and whether he is discussing Admiral Byrd's triumphal march up the vaulted alleys of Broadway or a music eritic’s brief infatuation for = blond nitwit, he is both stimulating and in- telligent and makes a bulls-eve out of each chosen subject. Into this polite and impolite draw- ing room conversation he has brought an exceptionally attractive English lady (Jane Cowl), an exiled music critic (John Halliday), a boring finan- cier (Jay Fasset), a moronic siren (Lily Cahill) and & man who plays Bach. Each of these is drawn out of his shell by the intuitive genius of*his hostess, who not only succeeds in filching his true character from nim, but in so doing also unearths giant philosphies and lays them very plainly out in the open on the draw- ing room table. * ¥ % X 'HE play is not one of action or manners or humor. It is a straight and forceful summing up of conditions as they exisi today, and it may very easily not be the sort of entertainment for which you have been looking. It is our bellef that it would be played more advantageously in a very small hall wherein the audience could #it at the feet of the actors and study each word and inflection. No matter ‘how brilliantly it is played there is no denying that it is slow and curiously undramatic—that its distinction comes not from what is known in the theater as “motivation,” but from the fresh- mness with which the author has tacked ideas that today are prevalent all around us. The fact that the music critic falls in love with Lady Violet is not im- portant except for the chance that it gives them to exchange their distinc- tive brainwork. The fact that Lady Violet finds her explorer friend not the pillar of fire that she had anticipated is not a dramatic gesture of the first magnitude. The fact that the music critic goes back to his work is not the sort of thing for which Hollywood cries. . What does matter and whai makes the play a stimulating venture into both the known and the unknown is the vigor with which Behrman at- tacks all his beliefs—the vigor that makes each character a symbol stand- ing for something far greater than his own little self—a vigor that comes from clear thinking and immaculate writing. * * ox % MISS JANE COWL'S playing of the central role is quite as attractive as Broadway has warned us that it Where and When Current Theater Attraction and Time of Showing. National—‘Rain From Heaven,” tonight at, 8:20 p.m. Loew’s Fox—“Four Hours to Kill.” at 11 a.m., 1:35, 4:25, 7:20 and 10 p.m. | Stage shows at 12:40, 3:30, 6:30 lnd 9:05 pm. | Belasco—“The Iron Duke” at 12 noon, 2:02, 4:04, 6:06, and 10:04 p.m. Earle—“Go Into Your Dance,” at 10:50 a.m., 1:30, 4:15, 7 and 9:45 p.m. Stage shows at 12:45, 3:30, 6:16 and 9 pm. Palace“Reckless,” at 12:05, 2:30 4:55, 7:20 r "d 9:45 p.m. Metropolitan—“Unwelcome Strang- er,” at 11:50 a.m., 1:55, 3:55, 6, 7:50 and 9:45 pm. Columbia—“All the King's Horses,” | at 11:15 am, 1:15, 3:25, 5:35, 7:40 -“‘Star of Midnight.” am, 1:44, 3:44, 5:44, T:44 and 9:44 pm. Tiveli—“The Little Colonel,” 2:20, 4, 5:50, 7:40 and 9:35 p.m. Ambassader—“Go Into Your Dance,” et 2, 3:50, 5:45, 7:40 and 9:30 p.m. Howard—‘“Traveling Saleslady,” at 12:30, 3:05, 7:05 and 10:10 p.m. Stage shows ai 2:40, 5:50 and 9:10 pm. at Local Players would be. Her hands, somehow, are not quite as much about her as they used to be and her diction is still a major triumph. From first to last she gives Lady Violet just that drop of over-wiseness which the author undoubtedly intended she should have and when she falls in love with Mr. Halliday she refrains from the sort of assauli-and-battery love-making which distinguishes several of our other better actresses. If Miss Cowl makes every syllable count and takes that generally dis- jointed brood of week end guests under her wing with infinite wisdom and delight, s0 does John Halliday make every inch of himself believable. An actor lost now almost permanently to the films, he makes his return to the theater an event of importance and is ideally cast as that exiled German tration camp because of a pamphlet and because one-eighth of him is Jew. It is his summarization of what he (has been put through and what he believes and what that one-eighth of him stands for that gives the play much of its conversational power. He seems very much of a man and very little the actor in his characterization | of this wandering prophet. Other outstanding actors in an ex- cellent cast include Jay Fassett as the easily irritated money-man, Lily Cahill as his vapid blond wife, and Judson Laire as the arrow-collar explorer. Lesser roles are handled effectively by Jose Ruben, Marshall Grant, Hancey Castle. Alice John and National and the Theater Guild is responsible for it. MUSEUM EXTENDS TIME Lincoln Exhibltl to Be on View | Longer Periods Daily. The Lincoln Museum, 511 Tenih street, and the house where President Lincoln died, at 516 Tenth street, will remain open for additional hours dur- ing the Spring and Summer as an accommodation to visitors, the Na- tional Park Service announced yester- day. They will be open from 9 am. to 4:30 p.m. daily, including Sundays and holidays. The new schedule started yesterday and is o remain in effect through September. ARCHIVIST TO SPEAK R. D. W. Connor, archivisi of the United States, left last night for Co- lumbus, Ohio, where this evening he will address the Ohio Archeological and Historical Society at its annual meeting. He will discuss “Preservation of the National Archives of the United States.” 'J‘hu-rsdly evening Connor will go | to Cincinnati to address the annual session of the Mississippi Valley His- +ional Archives Establishment.” will be presented fomorrow evening utlum 1 Giant Size Tube Bay Rum Shaving Cream 1 After Shaving Lotion 1 Can Talcum 10 Double Edge Blades Al for 33c GIBSON CO. 917 G St. N.W. LANK BOOK A Complete Seléctin 1a ‘Stoek Phoebe Steffey and Harold Stepler, prominently cast in “The Doll's House,” which will be presented tonight and tomorrow night at Wardman Park Theater by the Studio of Theater Arts, of which Constance Connor Brown is direc- tor. PYUS ADAMS MARVELITE No Better Paint Sold Painters Kecommend Jt A Goed Painter--Marvelite—A Good Job 1 NW. N 74 WHERE TO DINE. at MACINA’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT LUNCH S50c DINNER $1.00 Wines and Drinks of all kinds. Free Parking. See Us for Your Blank Books E. Morrison Paper Co. 1009 Pa. Ave, Phone NA. 2945 music critic who is put in a concen- | Staats Cotsworth, .| The piay, by the way, is ai the torical Society on “Plans for the Na- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.. TUESDAY, Latest Gangster Films Convey Moral Lessons Credit—=Stage Star Outguesses Greta Garbo BY MOLLIE MERRICK. | OLLYWOOD, Calif., April 23.—" clean pictures movement. H “G-Man” inaugurates the new type of gaugster picture which Hollywood is making under the aegis of the When the Hays office decided that gangsiers had been suffi- ciently glorified and passed a law against making any further pic- | tures adding glamour to their aaventurous careers most of us thought our | ‘most interesting type of film had come to an untimely finish. i “G-Man” (Govern- in case you haven't telling the story of the this eliminate-the- gangstgr movement. This film has perfectly cast gangmen it has ma- chine-gun fights aplenty, it has sawh excitement as all of our old favorites, “Little Caesar” and “Public Enemy,” “Baby-Face Killer” and ihe others, provided. But * * it has the constructive angle which the new regime demands. Tt carries the dramatic story of the | G-man and the ghastly odds under which Uncle Sam made him fight at the beginning. You see how thumb- prints are matched up: and, by the way, this was something I always wanted to know. In short, this pic- ture completes & cycle which the gela- tin gentlemen began superlatively well; it rounds out the gang history of America perfectly. European critics always insist that we reached our high in picture pro- duction with our gangster talkies. The pictures remain, a true record of an ' astounding time, for future genera- Along comes ment mah, guessesd its, real heroes of Mae Weyrich, Gardner Crabbe and Ruth Kopp, who play the leading roles in “The Count of No Account,” Roosevelt Community play, which in the Roosevelt High School Audi- ~Stu' sua Photo. WEDNESDAY 4PM—8PM. SPECIAL Roast Chicken DINNER 60c WALLIS CAFE 617 12th St. N.W. Don't let Boos vision hamper your Dot 15t B Yover. nre weak or have been giving you trouble Consult Our Optometrist For an Eye Examination ANNOUNCEMENT OPEN UNTIL 1 AM. VISIT OUR TAF ROOM Special for. Wednesday 15 S VALUE ON PLATTER Served From 11:30 AM. Until Midnight Maine Butter OR Minute Tnlnhll Steak, luln.- Sauce, including two Fresh Vegetabies, Salad. 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First morning Miss Collier worked the Garbo walked past her in 8 sort of dream cloak, through which filtered no slightest consciousness of the older actress’ presence. And so on, all through the first day, the sec- ond and the third. Miss Collier was a bit miffed. Then she said to a friend: “Oh, I really un- derstand Garbo; I don't know why I minded her complete lack of affabil- ity. You see, she was forced to be af- fable to a lot of people when she worked as a barber's apprentice in | Sweden and as a milliner’s girl. Now, that she is a star, she does exactly as | she pleases.” Whether or not this reached Miss “Tang o’ the Sza N.m O'Donnell’s * T SEAGRIL Wine, Beer and Drinks of All Kinds 1207 E St. N.W. JUST OuUT! IIUEYLDNG ALL NEW | | | | | | KING? SEE THIS EXCLUSIVELY IN THE MARCH OF TIME NOW LOEW’S PALACE THEATER COAL 2,240 Pounds to the Ton Blue Ridge Va. Hard Stove Coal, $11.25 b, TS TS E" Bev. 1138 Buckwheat, $7.00 Rice, $6.25 Smokeless Egg, $9. i, S, Tl Blue Egg, 38.50 N"W l!n. Thcnhlk—onwhy e e = | eyes from the director’s face. | did a nose dive into her dressing room Next ‘Attraction at the Earle Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea and Claudeite ‘Colbert, prominently concerned with “Private Worlds,” the new | Paramount film, which will make its local debut Priday at the Earle. Garbo, it would be hard to say. But, a few days later, the famous Con- | stance Colller was chatting with the director when a voice behind her sald: “Miss Collier, are you cold?” Miss Collier recognized that Swed- ish contralto, and never turned her { head. Foes of Outlaws in Federal Ranks Given Due| “Not at all,” she replied brightly, “I am most comfortable, thank you.” “1 thought you might be cold,” insisted the voice. “Everything’s quite all right,” said Miss Collier, still not removing her Garbo and remained there for quite some time, (Copyright. 1945, b Newspaper Alli BICYCLE CONTROL ASKED Women's Salety Group Sees Dan- North American | iance, Inc ger to Riders. Strict enforcement of laws which compel bicycles to comply with regu-' lations governing vehicular traffic was urged in a resolution adopted vester- day by the Women’s Safety Commit- The resolution stressed the prob- lem created by the large number of bicycle riders who “dart in and out of traffic lanes wtih little or no regard for ‘stop’ lights or other traffic con- trols.” The resolution also struck at the failure of most bicycle riders to provide any lights at night. A plea for better enforcement and tee of the A. A. A. District Motor Club. | | APRIL 23, 1935. BILL AIDS THEATER Wagner Measure Would Charter American National Academy. In & move to revive interest in the legitimate theater, Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York, yesterday introduced a bill to give a congres- sional charter to a group of prominent individuals under the name of “the American ~ National Theater and Academy.” m those associated in the Leopold Stokowski of Phllldelphh, Mrs. Pelix du Pont of Wilmington and Mrs. Larz Anderson and Miss Mabel Boardman of Wash- 'l'he.blll would carry no appropria- tion, but merely would incorporate the group. JOHN J. DALY TO SPEAK Will Address Shakespeare Society at Banquet Wednesday. John J. Daly of the editorial staff of The Star will speak tomorrow evening at the annual banquet of the Shakespeare Society of Washington, set for 7 o'clock in the Mayflower Hotel. Dr. E. V. Wilcox, president, will preside. Members of the society will present scenes from the “Taming of the Shrew” and “Two Gentlemen of Verona” after the dinner. AMUSEMENTS. “THUNDER IN THE EAST.” R-K-O- Keith’s is announcing a change in pictures for Priday. Due to & delay in production at the West Coast studios, the originally booked :I:.h;le.d"'l“‘l:e :flde oe‘d Prankenstein,” moved back following Friday, May 3, mu:nx week the Keith management an- nounces a United Artists production, “Thunder i the East,” starring Merle Oberon and Charles Boyer. e BAIID CONCERT. By the Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra in Stanley Hall this eve- ning at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, associate. March, “Sons of Uncle Sam”..McCoy Overture, “Tambour de Garde”..Titl Entr’Acte, “Traumerei” “The French Mill” Potpourri, “Old Time Plvorltu - Barnard Rag oddity, “A Russian Rag"...Cobb Popular waltz song, “Laugh, Clown, Laugh”....Fiorito Finale, “Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet” ................Wenrich “The Star Spangled Banner.” AMUSEMENTS. At 1:30 pm. 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Sy (S KERLER 60 INTO YOUR ) \ +s DANCE <% i3 JACK HOLT A Calumbia Puctane UNWELCOME = STRANGER JACKE SEARL « FRANKE DARRO Coming Friday THE “TERROR” RIDES THE SKIES DEATH FLIES EAST A Columbie Mystery Drema with CONRAD NAGEL « FLORENCE RICE - Also Slct Shorts- 25 te S P.M. + Eve. 25¢ & 40c SPEND “ONE NEW YORK NIGHT” AT THE HOTEL 'DIPLOMAT [m y,w:‘m’s 15" G | | SECOND WEEK . .! { = ‘STAR OF MIDNIGHT | COMING . ‘THUNDER in the EAST" MERLE OBERON CHARLES BOYER “HOTEL DIPLOMAT . . . SOMETHING HAS HAP- PENED IN 309” [ FREE ADMISSION Patk GLEN Opens Next SAT. | ECHO 27 APR. New PRETZEL Ride and Many Innovations DANCING Week Nites 9 ‘Tll Mldmu 7 727) AMUSEMENTS. ATIONAL =% Eves., 83¢ to 32.75 Mats. Wed. & Sat., 83¢ to 82.90 The THEATER GUILD Presents RAIN FROM HEAVEN Jane with John COWL HALLIDAY NEXT vugmuu SUN. SEATS NOW Plamouth Trecter N ¥.. Sucosss “ACCENT ON YOUTH” EVERY KEYHOLE'S A SEN- S ATION IN “ONE NEW YORK NIGHT” RICHARD MRTHG\MESS ‘BTHEL SHUYY .—~“ONE NEW YORK NCHOT TONE—UNA PLUS GREAT STAGE NO ONE KNOWS THE AN- SWERS TO “ONE NEW YORK NIGHT” Hv DAPHNE’'S DEBUT 4 Musical Satire on Society Life Lyries and Music b: Dorethy Radford Mayfiower Bnllroom lfld Wed., ril A M. ey's Orenestrs Tlelfl! $1.. 50 lnd .l 00 THERE’S MIRTHFUL MYS- TERY IN “ONE NEW YORK NIGHT” ACKDEMY ot nrst;-au Photeslay E. Lawrence Phillips’ Theatre Be-num Continuous P{om 4:30 PM. IENNE AMES and RA GGLES OF CCARdLlNA 11th & N. C. Ave. B.E. Double Feature and “ MILLS OF xu. ALICE BRADY and ALL-SI‘AR DUMBARTON & 33’01’ VIRGINIA By 1313 _Wisconsin_Av HESTER _MORRIS JAL." 1119 H St. NE. Matmee Today, 2 00 P.M. RICHARD DIX. “WEST OF THE PECOS. __MAY ROBSON in S GRAND OLD GIRT. | SECO | RopERT 8214 Geor; Silver Spi l. I't Continuous Prom MERY and ARN HARD- NG in B!CK.‘;‘I’%APHY OF A BACHELOR STANTON CONRAD VEIDT, 2 NORMAN FOSTER. and C Sts. l'lnfi !onnl llll.--l Continuous From 5:30 P. d_BENITA Koz 1 SHEILA MA) in “BEHIND THE DENCE T STATE o0 “The Modern Theater” Wise. A Bethesda, Md. Matinee Today 2:00 P.M. Today Through Priday SHIRLEY TEMPLE in “THE LITTLE COLONEL,” L BARRYMORE. nd_Butternut 8ts, o Parking Troubles ath JAMES CAG! in “Devil Dogs of the Air.” HIPPODROME * Yexr% First Downtown Showing at Popular Prices. Gary Cooper, Anna Sten, “The Wedding Nl§l;t"” Now Playing, “Camlval of Girls” Joan Lee, Bubbles Yvonne and the Carroll Sisters Coming Sunday HINDA WAUSAU LEGAL NO’I'ICES RGE C GERTMAN & WALTE = STIAN, Attorneys. n.nm CQURT OF THE DIS- | THE SUP f Columbia.—BRADLEY H. .Yun.lor tt al., Pl.llntlfls vs. The Unkna'n Heirs, ' Allenees and Devisees of: JOHN MARK 'BURGEN. (Deceased. et al De R TION he; oblect ¢ of this sult 1s the unkno‘v‘n l-aln alienees an deceased. Chet?ap; B e entered herein on ir appearance & the Sy occurtiny goe or before flrlt l'\lla‘ g oo aw At ther Dllhlll:luflnl A with Tor satistactory 'WHEAT. Chief r.hmlce (Seal.) mm Test; Clerk. By C. n. true copy. NN E. wzs :m-mrl HAM, SR S Asst. Clerk. IN THE sm'nnn COURT O] —In the lllttel‘ °°""‘"’"‘m£2mr i the ympany of Washi iy :‘ %olhml ton. D. Basar "Wa. T oy 58 ORDER = Direction of SIDNEY Lusr Continuous 00 _to 11:0 CAMEQ ™FiotyTomorrow Gary Cooper, Anna Sten, “The Weddmg Night.” Continuous ARCAD Tomor LESLIE HOWARD 'in “The Scarlet lepemel L _Continuou to 11 Today-Tomor.-Thurs. WILL ROGERS in “LIFE BEGINS AT 40.” Matinee, 2: JOLBON and RUBY ‘GO_INTO AMBASSADOR &3 coi 5. %ee” Al OBy Rewren Matinee, 2:00 P.M. SHIRLEY TEMPLE in “LITTLE COLONEL.” _ Cartoo! CLARQYG 14th lk‘:bc:l.mu N.W. ’ gnAluldennon of e mm’ Hardee. of the Fe and " Trust Com lm mm‘xlto:.duly urmefl nnd nled hemn Reeel WARNER BROS. "THEA-TERS s danced, we teach