Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1935, Page 32

Rk AMUSEMENTS. 'This, That and the Other About Popular Film Stars Brief Comment Concerning Players in the Public Eye, Including Fonda, Hepburn, Fields and de Havilland. BY E. de S. MELCHER. ENRY FONDA: Here is an H actor who, like Luise Rainer, makes a name for himself in his first picture. Local critics know him for his work at the Na- tional last Winter in “The Farmer Takes a Wife.” Cape Cod knows him for his work with & Summer theater there. Broadway knew him for & while as the less successful hus- band of the only moderately suc- cessful Margaret | Sullavan. Hg is! tall, dark and over 25. He s starred with Janey Gaynor in the Fox film ver- sion of “The Farmer Takes a Wife,” which was previewed yesterday at the Fox Film Exchange. He will be starred again in | *“Way Down East,” and would have played again with Miss Gaynor if she hadn’t suddenly had to quit the pic- ture. At a cost of $250,000 it was started over again with Rochelle Hud- son replacing Miss Gaynor. Marc | Connolly deserves the credit for “dis- | covering” Fonda. When he was fin- | ishing up the script hé saw the boy | and signed him up immediately as| “the farmer.” Miss Gafnor tries very | hard to be as good as June Walker in the role of the “wife.” She isn't. Bl e KATHAR!\'E HEPBURN: Word from the Coast today indicates that she repeats the triumph of “Morning Glory” in her recently completed fllm‘ for R-K-O, “Alice Adams.” While we could never muster up that same en- thusiasm for her work in “Morning Glory” which we did for “Little ‘Women,” if she is half as good as she was in the latter, she's plenty good enough. This should make up for “Break of Hearts,” a film which must have broken not only the pub- lic’s heart, but the star’s. In it she was what has been quaintly called “low-zay.” Henry Fonda. ko OLl\lA DE HAVILLAND: Accord- ing to the press boys, Miss De Havilland was born in Tokio, Japan. It isn't explained why she was born | there. She was just born there, that’s all. At any rate, you should watch her work in this week’s “The Irish In Us.” She’s short (that’s why they put her opposite Jimmie Cagney), she's dark, and when she smiles she might be Sylvia Sidney with a different kind of | a nose. She has an unusually at- tractive voice. She also knows how to speak her lines. We predict success for her. * X x X PEGGY WOOD: The popular star of | “Bitter Sweet” and other great London successes continues all too 'Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. Earle—"“Front Page Woman,” at 11 m, 1:35, 4:25, 7:10 and 9:55 p.m. Stage shows, with Leo Carrillo in person, at 12:45, 3:30, 6:15 and 9/ pm. ¢ Loew's Fox—“Shanghai,” at 10:50 | am, 1:25, 4:15, 7:10 and 9:55 p.m. Stage shows at 12:25, 3:10, 6:05 and 8:55 pm. R-K-O Keith’s—“Lady Tubbs,” at| 11:44 am, 1:48, 3:52, 5:56, 8 and| 10:04 p.m. Palace—“Curly Top,” at 11:20 a.m., 1:25, 3:30, 5:35, 7:40 and 9:45 p.m. Metropolitan—“Going Highbrow,” at | 11:55 am., 9:45 pm. Columbia—“Black Sheep,” at 11:. 55 1:55, 3:55, 5, 7:50 and 9:50 p.m. Tivoli—“Becky Sharp,” in new 1:55, 3:50, 5:50, 7:50 and Technicolor, at 2, 3:50, 5:45, 7:35 | and 9:30 pm. Ambassador—“Front Page Woman,” &t 6:15, 8:05 and 9:55 p.m. Roadside (Rockville pike)—“Trilby,” at 8:30 pm. Enjoy FINEST SEA FOODS In Schneider’s Air-Cooled Restaurant Always 10 to 15 degrees cooler Wednesday Only Special SEA FOOD DINNER Choice of Clam or Shrimp Cocktail or Clam Chowder, Deviled Clams. Q14 Virginia Crab c " Eun/thmg to Drink With Anything to_Eat” cmmmzn's ® CAFE o Since 1886 427 11th St. N.W. SACRIFICE PRICES 2,240 lbs. to the ton Order now before our surplus is sold. Coal carried from tru your coal [P SR K bl Special Furnace Size. . $8.00 Special Stove Size. . . .$8.25 STOVE, $8.95 CHESTNUT, $8.75 Egg, $8.95 Pea, $6.90 Also Low Spring Prices on Soft Coal BLUE RIDGE COAL CO. Alexsndria Rd., So. Washington. Va. Me. 3545 Wal. 8475 rarely in the films. The news there- fore that she has a role in “Jalna,” the wew picture opening at Keith's tomorrow, is very good news. While Miss Wood is not what is known as the “Hollywood type” she isan actress of marked and pleasant characteristics and the small bits she has done in photoplays have invariably been to her credit. We should like to see more of her. * ok ok % C. FIELDS: The funniest man in ¢ the movies now has to sit on the sidelines while he qurses himself back into health. There are those, of course, who can't see Mr. PFields' humor. Women think less kindly of him for some reason than men. By the same token a good many men think that he is playing rings around all the Chaplins, Keatons, Harold Lloyds, etc., that were ever created. As far as we are concerned he can juggle an egg on his breakfast dish and we will roll on the floor. His new picture, “The Man of the Flying | Trapeze,” is said to be his best. We'll tell you abdut that tomorrow, after today's screcuing. * Xk X X AT O'BRIEN: Mr. O'Brien has gone along quietly enough in Holly- wood up until now playing second- string roles with first-striag excel- | lence. Never considered the matinee- | idol type by his bosses, the Messrs | Warner, he was politely but firmly thumbed down for all major assign- ments. When “Oil For the Lamps of China” was being thought about, O'Brien was also smart enough to realize that here was his chance. Like Mary Gordon, who plays the mother in “The Irish in Us,” he marched into Jack Warner's office, sat himself THE EVENING Latest Photographs of Popular MIRIAM Becomes Spanish for the moment in is co-starred with Gary Cooper. HOPKINS “Barbary Coast,” a film in which she STAR, WASHINGTON, 'D. ¢, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1935. Hollywood Stars Copyright, A. P, Wirephoto, AMUSEME NTS. BAND CONCERTS. By the Soldiers’ Home Band at the bandstand, at 5:30 pm. John 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, associate leader. By the Marine Band at the Veterans’ ‘Hospital, Mount Alto, at 7 p.m. Capt. ‘Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur 8. ‘Witcomb, second leader, conducting. By the Navy Band at the east “ront | of the Capitol at 7:30 pm. Lieut. Charles Benter, leader; Alexander Morris, assistant leader. By the Army Band at Walter Reed‘ FOSTER SEEKS DIVORCE Plans to Wed Sally Blane When Free From Claudette Colbert. HOLLYWOOD, August 6 (/). —Nor] man Foster, film actor and I of Claudette Colbert, said yesterd that as soon as he is divorced f the actress he will marry Sally B! the sister of Loretta Young and Polll Ann Young of the movies, At Miss Colbert’s studio it was sald that 'she was now on a vacation “somewhere in Mexic).” Hospita! &t 6:30 pm. Thomas F. Darcy, leader; Karl Hubner, assistant leader. AMUSEMENTS. Foster said that he and Miss Coi- bert probably would seek their divorce | in Nevada or Mexico. A'Vll fiEM'EVTS 7% KEITH'STm S'alfsTOMORROW. KATHARINE HEPBURN Has had her hair cut off so that she can play the role of a girl masquerading as a boy in ber new motion picture for R-K-O. down, and didn't get up until he'd | gotten the role. Mr. Warner said: | “You can have a try at the job if you take some of that fat off you.” In a month most of the O'Brien fat had disappeared. Since then he hu‘ | learned to keep it under ccatrol From now on things are looking his way. He and Jimmie Cagney scrap it out in “The Irish In Us"—coming | to the Earle Friday. * * k% CLAEK GABLE: Out in Hollywood, Gable is known as the spirit of youth, kidding and good fun. If you called him a “Peter Pan” he'd prob- | ably sock you. He is, however, just | that. He will never grow old. His | language is, of course, not like the Peter Pan you learned about from ‘Maude Adams. Only a Hecht or a | MacArthur (not “Hamlet”) could re- |cord it as it is. In his latest film, “China Seas,” he shares top honors with Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery. One of the strange truths about Ga- | ble is that as popular as he is, he| can never be starred alone. Some- | how without Harlow, Crawford or Myma Loy he “dies.” Personally, however, he's far from dead. The same may be said for his work in “China Seas.” We haven’t seen it— | but the West Coast is already con- siderably excited over it. (Ask Gable about that tea party he was given last year in Baltimore? He says he wasn't there.) o Marland Turns Crooner. OKLAHOMA CITY (#)—Gov. E. W. Marland has turned crooner. At his press conference Marland sang for | newsmen what he described as the theme song of a recent meeting of State politicians and influential busi- ness men. The song ran: “The more we get together, get together, get to- gether, the more wet get together, the happier we will be.” A Complete Selection in Stock See Us for Your Blank Books E. Morrison Paper Co. | 1009 Pa. Ave. Phone NA. 2945 ;Tomorrow is the } v @ “Kiddies’ Day” — Boat Trip POTOMAC Leaves 9 A M — Back at 1:3 P. 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Added attraction, 7-piecs orchestra every Saturday eve- ning. Telephone Hillside 0112, “TRILBY,” AT ROADSIDE, GOES INTO SECOND WEEK | | Company Is Well Equipped to|their tasks with a vim and vigor. Assure Interest of City's Playgoers in Classic. OHN P. RAPPOLT, JR.'S cleverly executed portrayal of the pathetic character of Gecko, the pitiful, Sven- gali-driven violinist of “Trilby,” in its second week at the Roadside Theater, will remain in your memory as one of the best of recent local theat- | | rical chores. now | her best, though, in her last scene, where she fights the spell of Svengali's evil eyes, which live even in a photo- | graph. There are others, too, who go about Ralph H. Thayer, for instance, con- tributes some grand comedy. And Ruth Perrott has the best French ac- | cent of the piece, along with another of her well-conceived characteriza- tions. Veitch and Milton O. Hirschfield are three of the many others who give| able support. Last night’s performance of the Du | Maurier classic looked for a while as though it was not going to come off, | Charles Grumwell, L. Edmond | * | day mights at the church’s recreation | len’s sets. She has even surpassed her- ! self this time, and that is something | which takes a lot of surpassing. And | don't miss Ada Bills' merry can-can. H M. MYSTERY PLAY. ‘The Mutual Improvement Drama uild of the Mormon Church will| Remote Control,” Thursday and Fri- hall, Sixteenth and Harvard streets. The play is under the direction of | Mrs. Veda Richman.® The cast in- cludes Garland F. Smith, Edita C. | Reynolds, Estelle Cooley, Garth Ed- The whole play, in fact, is marked For an act and a half, or so, there,wnrds Le Foy Richman, Frank Miller, | by the presence of numerous adeptly | limned characters. Denis Connell does | a Svengali which should set him up as a local combination of Bela Lugesi and | Boris Karloff. Last night he didn’t seem to be quite in tip-top form at times—he probably has done Svengali better on occasion, last week, and will | again this week—but, even not quite at his best, Denis Connell is one of the finest of the local actors and his work is worth your attention. Another grand job is done by Walter McIntosh, who plays Sandy in the classic, with | a burr which fairly sings of Edinburgh and a Scotch personality to match the accent to a T. Cary Lucas, as Trilby, is neither lsj cold as she was in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” of last Fall nor as slightly out of swing as she was in the Roadside’s | first melodrama this season. She’s at' — OPEN were just a bunch of people on the | stage doing good jobs of acting, but| not getting anywhere. This may have | been the play, the people or just Monday blues, but whatever 1t was, along in the second act somewhere things got into gear and “Trilby” took a hold on its audience, and kept i \ns a show worth seeing. 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