Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1935, Page 44

'TUESDAY, APRIT 30, 1935 AMUSEMENTS GREEK DRAMA = el PRESENTED BY | rko K E | T H S Starts _rouono' -w. WILSON GRQUP Teachers’ College Does Well With Modernized Version of “Medea.” Rssaying the Greek cothurnal drama- turgy of Euripides, the Wilson Teach~ ers’ College presented ihe Columbis University New College production of & modernized version of “Medea” last evening in the auditorium of Roose- velt High School. “Medea” is a tragedy charscteristic of the Greek drama in "AMUSEMENTS.” Simple Life of a Monster Not So Simple, After All Hollywood Describes What a Frankenstein Must Go Through With in Order to Hold Up His End of the Monster-ing Business. “A with other news such as that Miss Judith Allen has been wed to Jack Doyle, “Ireland’s fighting Valentino”; that Barbara Stanwyck will play rposm Gary Cooper in a Paramount icture and then do a film for R-K-O (since Warner Bros. gave THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.’ “Frankenstein” Sequel Here Tpniorrow BY E. de S. MELCHER, g MONSTER’S life is no bed of roses.” This is the plaintive message that Hollywood sends us this morning, along er the gate), and that Miss Laura Tuckerman, local belle, has been seen a good deal of late on the Warner Bros, set, lunching with “execs” and one Robert Hussey, Hollywood writer. According to & zealous informer, being & movie monster is no cinch. Ask Boris Karloff, the Frankeinstein of “Bride of Frankenstein” fame— ‘which Hardie Meakin would have you know opens at R-K-O Keith’s tomor- row. Here is what this poor little monster was required to do in an average day during the production of this picture: 4:30 a.m.—Awakend by butler. (Yes, apparently even a monster has a butler.) Cold shower. treatment for torn and dislocated hip —injured during the first week of filming. (Don't believe too much of this.) 5:10 am.—Black coffee. no orange juice?) 5:20 a.m.—Off on a 15-mile jaunt to studio. (Why didn’t he throw in that butler for a car?) (What— 6 a.m.—Begins make-up with Cos- |, metician Jack Pierce. 7 am. through 11 a.m—Still put- ting on make-up consisting of grey- ish-green grease paint, aluminum neck spikes, built-up cranium, false hair, blood wounds on scalp (that ought to be easy to do in Hollywood these days), burned hand, aluminum and steel braces for arms, burned and wrinkled facial and arm skin. 12 m.—Still putting on face and arm make-up. 12:30 p.m.—Begins putting on 21- pound shoes, padded legs and body, and compietes his “superstructure,” which increases his height to more | than seven feet—“in time to have luncheon.” 1:30 p.m.—Although lunch takes him a full hour, he eats only & sand- wich and a cup of tea ‘“before he begins to feel the intense heat of the arc lights upon his skin in which pores are closed by unusually huvy‘ make-u 2 pm—Begins to work with 62 pounds of make-up on him. Lies down and rests between scenes. “Has fistic battles with others on set and un- usual physical exertion. Continues until 7 pm.” (The fistic battles, too?) 7 p.m.—Begins taking off make-off with oil and acetic acid with aid of two make-up men. 8 pm—Has cold shower and tea and light dinner before driving 15 miles home. (He evidently did turn in that butler!) 8:30 p.m.—Infra-ray treatment and massage to aid circulation in legs and arms affected by heavy make-up, and | to relieve pain in injured side (well— he would have those fistic battles). 9:30 p.m.—To bed, but must study script for next day's work before going to sleep. 4:30 a.m —Starts all over again. That, my friends, is the simple life of a monster. * % % % “BETTY BLYTHE, Robert ‘Warwick, Gertrude Astor and Jean Acker are among the stars of yesteryear who are playing small roles in “Anna Ka- renina,” starring Greta Garbo. Clara Kimball Young is an “extra” in the new Cecil De Mille film. Wonder if Garbo will ever be a “small role” or an “extra?” * ok x % "DON QUIXOTE,” with Feodore | Chaliapin in the title role, will open Saturday at the Belasco. George Robey plays Sancho. Sydney Fox (re- member her?) plays Quixote's niece. The entire production, which was filmed in the Spanish hills, is in Eng- lish—both dialogue and arias. Yes, Chaliapin sings. * x ok % JF ANYTHING should ever happen to George Arliss, who would make history (literally) in the movies? Mr. Arliss yesterday in the Fox Film Ex- ehange screening room put on the robes of Cardinal Richelieu and twisted King Louis XIII and his echeming Queen around his little fin- | ger with that old Arliss finesse which has landed him on the top of the heap. Aided by a splendid cast, including our old friend Edward Arnold of Na- tional Theater Players fame as the Where and When Current Theater Attraction: and Time of Showing. Natfonal—“Accent on Youth,” at €:20 p.m. Earle— Private Worlds,” at 11 am,, 1:40, 4:30, 7:15 and 10 pm. Stage shows at 12:45, 3:35, 6:20 and 9:05 pm. Loew’s Fox—"“One New York Night,” at 10:50 a.m, 1:25, 4:15, 7:05 and 9:55 pm. Stage shows at 12:20, 3:20, 6:10 and 9 pm. R-K-O Keith's—“Thunder in the East,” at 12:03, 2:03, 4:03, 6:03, 8:03 and 10:03 p.m. Columbia—"Ten-Dollar Raise,” at 11:15 a.m., 1:05, 2:55, 4:45, 6:25, 8:15 and 10:05 p.m. Metropolitan—“Death Flies East.” at 1i:45 am. 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and 9:45 pm. Palace—"Reckless,” at 1#:10, 2:30, 4:55, 7:15 and 9:40 p.m. Belasco—“The Iron Duke” at 12 noon, 02, 4:04, 6:06, 8:02 and 10:04 p.m. ife Begins at 40" 15, 6, 7:50 and 9:40 p.m. —“Private Worlds,” at at p.m !mri—“flnwzloome Stranger,” at 12:30, 3:50, 7:05 and 10:10 p.an. Stage shows at 2:40, 5:50 and 9:10 p.m. Infra-red ray | rotund monarch, Mr. Arliss in this Hollywood product skipped glumly about in his clerical clothes and drew that magic circle about him as did ‘Walter Hampden earlier this season in the same play. A clever, typically Arlissian creation, “Cardinal Riche- lieu” is something that definitely should be seen. It follows Jean Harlow into the Palace. * * % % ONE of the battles of the century will take place tomorrow after- noon on the smooth green flatlands of the Ellipse. There the Shoreham Orchestra boys will engage in a game of base ball with the Mayflower Or- chestra boys. The Mayflower bunch did the challenging. An ambulance has been called—in case. * x x ok AR IS A RACKET” opens to- morrow at Ninth street’s Little Theater. Frank Mitchell and Jack Durant are starred with “Earl Carroll's Vani- ties,” which come to the Fox on Fri- day. A sign is being made for back- | stage which says: “Through these’ doors pass the most beautiful girls in the world,” etc. Mr. and Mrs. Don Craig sre on their way to Hollywood. “Naughty Marietta” opens Friday at_the Fox. A There is an angry sound going | around locally in official circles con- | cerning certain gangster pictures soon to be released—and concerning one that has been released. PIANISTS’ CLUB ‘ IN ANNUAL RECITAL Young Musicians Heard in an| Elaborate Program Last Evening. The Washington Pianists® opened its twelfth annual festival of piano music last evening in the Cal- vary Methodist Episcopal Church, when two outstanding pupils were presented. Each program was an ambitious undertaking for a student, providing compositions of Bach, Beethoven and Liszt, with several numbers each of the less ponderous music of Chopin, Schumann and De- bussy. Each program was tiring for the soloist and two such programs | taxing for the most seasoned concert- goer. | _ Katharine MacReynolds Morrison, | director of the club, explained the | principles of the organization and introduced the eight active members and two “substitute” members and told something of the work of the two young pianists appearing last | evening. Ann Sugar, presented by | Felian Garzia, will be graduated in June from Western High School at| the age of 15. She has played in | Washington for several years and was | soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra in 1932. Her recital last | evening, her first at these festivals, “Toccata” and . arranged by Tau- slg followed immediately by the first two movements of Beethoven's “Sonata Opus 22,” played without pause, al- though she reversed their original order. Miss Sugar plays with delicacy | | and good tone. Her scales and cad- enzas sparkled, s=nd in Debussy's “Voiles” she caught the spirit of the ! ! music and gave the vague illusion in- tended. She closed her program with | certo in G minor,” for which Mr. Garzia played the orchestral part on the second piano. The young pianist | | ing traditions in her interpretation: | technically. Leah Effenbach was the second | young pianist on the program, giving the last of her recitals as an active member of the club. Miss Effenbach was first presented by the late Artnur D. Mayo of Washington, in whose memory she played Schumann’s deli- cate “Vogel als Prophet” last evening. The young pianist is now a scholar- ship pupil at the Peabody Conserva- tory in Baltimore and was presen last evening by Alexander Sklarevski. She will graduate in June from a local normal school, and already has started teaching young piano students. Her program also opened with a Bach- Tausig number, the “Organ Fantasie and Fugue in G minor,” which she played with clarity and traditional phrasing. The second number on her program included three compositions of Chopin, the “Mazurka in C sharp minor,” the “Etude in F minor, Opus 25” and the “Fantasie in F minor.’ Her playing of the etude was a partic- ularly beautiful performance. She closed her program with the Lisst “Concerto in E flat major,” for which | Mr. Sklarevski played the orchestral | part at the second piano. The four movements were played without pause and Miss Effenbach gave them with apparent ease and enjoyment, her rich warm tone showing to advantage and her well developed technical hack- ground standing her in good stead. The second concert of the festival will be given this evening at 8 o'clock in the same place when Fanny Amstutz Roberts, president of the Washington College of Music, will pre- sent Elizabeth King in her first recital, and LaSalle Spier will present Helene Finnacom in her fifth recital. Club | | gave a creditable performance follow- | R-K-O Keith's tomorrow. ELSA LANCHESTER, Wife of Charles Laughton, who plays the title role in “The Bride of Frankenstein,” which opens at speeches, resulting in a not infrequent static quality, the audience withal re- eclat, worthy tribute to the capable 'GUILD GIVES FINAL PLAY OF THE YEAR Has Two Acts of Near- Comedy and One of Tragedy. The Drama Guild last night, at the Wardman Park Theater, presented its last play of the 1934-35 season, Mordaunt Shairp's “The Crime at Blossoms,” playing it in a thoroughly acceptable manner in & completely | natural setting. At the hands of the Guild players | Mr. Shairp’s two light acts which in- fringe upon comedy and his one act of tragedy make good entertainment. | Directed with a sure hand by Denis | E. Connell, the play starts off at &/ walk, picks up after the first inter- mission, then closes at & high pitch of | dramatic interest which drives home the point of the piece—that the prac- tice of displaying the scenes of fa-| | mous crimes for morbid curiosity | seekers is a rather odioug one. Merryman (Clarence W. Moore) just | wander around the room discussing | the horrible crime in their home when they leased it last Spring, talking ||bout the bills they ought to pay but can't, talking about Charles’ lack of | affinity for work, and just talking. | Mr. Connell could not do much here | but'let them talk, but in the second | act, when Val has decided to make | money out of human curiosity, much vicar and other good citizenry of the community, things liven up. The di- rection of. & crowd scene here when a | group of tourists go through the house is excellently done, as is Mrs. White's Stephen Saltis and John Tressick for | | Fi part in the proceedings. Mr. Con- | nell gets in somie neat satire on the | folk in that crowd. It is in the final act, however, that the tragedy comes in and some real | drama enters in the person of Thomas | Throughout the first act Valerie| Merryman (Isobel White) and Charles to the disgust of her husband, the‘l In “Rope’s End” | | RICHARD KREUZBURG, One of the leading players in the “horror” play, “Rope’s End,” which | the Columbia Players will present tomorrow and Thursday nights at Plerce Hall. maid who found the bodies and who eagerly assists in Mrs. Merryman's | show, and so is Mary G. Minnix, who puts the only life there is in the first act into it. Harold Allen, Prederick | V. Rand and Prancis S. Koonce are | three of the others remembered for contributing some of the better mo- | ments. The single setting used, the | interior of a British country cottage, was designed by Paul B. Walter. ‘Winners in the Guild's one-act play tournament were announced at last | night's performance, first place going to Anna Gallagher for her “Just We | | Four.” Second place was divided by “The Practical Joke” and Anna Jaffee | for “Job.” and third award went to | Ruth Perrott for “Little Open Gate.” | “The Crime at Blossoms™” will be re- | peated tonight at the Wardman Park Theater, H. | the | & movement from Saint-Saens’ “Con- | :’:."c‘:ninew::.da t:zn::‘:nhl:;nnd | {and in a calm, soft voice, completely | in contrast with -some of the melodra- | 2hill had last night's audience in the palm-of his hand during that lit- tle speech, wherein he shows Mrs. Val the error of her ways. Numerous supporting players distin. guish themselves in the drama. 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LEESE Optical Co. “WORK OR PAY,” EDICT Citizens to Be Forced to Aid in| | High School Student’s $20 Car ON POLAND’S PROGRAM Public Works Plan Needed in Country. WARSAW (#)—Poland is com- pelling citizens who refuse jobs on public works to pay an equivalent in cash. Parliament approved a bill permit- | ting rural and city communities to | force residents to help build roads, construct schools, plant forests, im- | prove the soil, and so on, all of which has long been neglected. Community councils will decide how many days each year citizens will have to devote to these projects. BUILDS MIDGET AUTO Runs 40 Miles Per Gallon. SAN BERNADINO, Calif. (#) —Six | months’ labor by John Velardo, San Bernlrdino high school student, was | was devoted to building an automobile 5 feet long and 3 wide out of seéond- hand parts and scrap metal. It runs w miles an hour on a gallon of gaso- | N\ N The total cost was $20. b g BAND CONCEBT By the Soldiers’ Home Band Or- chestra, in Stanley Hall, this evening | line, at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmer- | N man. bandmaster; Anton Pointner, | associate. Mareh, “Imperial Edward”... | Irish overture, “I Koppitz | Entr'acte, “A Hindu Dance” | Harry Rowe Shelley | | “A Love Song” Paderewski txcerpu from musical comedy, “The Cat and the Piddle” Kern | Paraphrase, rry Me Back to Old Virginia” .. .Hosmer | Waltz song, “When the Harvest Moon is Shining” ..Von Tilzer | nale, “The King,” | Arthur Pryor “The Star Spangled Banner.” Trish 2,240 lbs, to the ton rifled large s T VAt A Rt ol E Ordor mew before eur surplus is sold. Special Furnace Size . . $8.00 which the emotions of scorn and hate are paramount. The B. C. playwright having incorporated numerous lengthy warded the effort with substantial handling of the New College group. Medea, creature of woe, is deserted for another by Husband Jason, and the piece concerns itself with her lamentations upon - being ordered to leave her home and city with her two | children, and with her revenge—harsh | and consummate. The finale finds Medea, her children slain by her own hand that they may not know exile nor live to be Jason’s heirs; her hus- band’s new love having found death in a poisoned robe, gift of the vengeful one, standing in a chariot, hurling final vituperations at the thoroughly unhappy Jason and vanishing | flames. As done Jast night, this scene | ;" high point of “fire-and-brimstone” | ts. Jeanne Reilly played the role of Medea with understanding, proving herself adept at both the weeping and wailing and the vicious gnashing | of teeth which the part calls for. And Medea is no 'small evening's work for any actress. Jason was intrusted to‘ the capable handling of Paul Wil- liams, while Creon, King of Corinth, ! who orders Medea’s banishment and whose daughter is the new object of Jason’s affections, was excellent as portrayed by Charles Roberts. Aegus, King of Athens, found Victor Jacoby displaying -his histrionic wares. The production included two inter- vals of interpretative dancing to the| accompaniment of a muffled beat| direct from “Emperor Jones” and a Chinese (or Greek) gong. This chore- ography was not, however, the Greek classical dancing of popular concep-| tion, the flowing motions being ab- sent. The entire presentation, never. theless, reflected a uniform meticu. lousness on the part of the players and production staff. The one set utilized throughout was impressively simple. C. A M. . U. S. Tourists Increase. American tourist traffic to Mexico is increasing. Crosby Gaig Plymouth Theater. N. ¥.. 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