Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1935, Page 6

AMUSEMENT Brilliant Audience Greets Navy Film ’sWorl(_l_Premier Sir Guy Standing Stars as Old Sea Dog. Local Loew’s Staff Makes General Exodus for Beach. BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, JR. EWSPAPER flash bulbs popped off & 21-gun salute last night to one of the most distinguished picture audiences ever gathered in ‘Washington, as the Warner Brothers forces staged a rousing world premier for “Annapolis Farewell.” It was i mpossible to turn around anywhere in the Metropolitan Theater without stepping on an admiral or a cabinet officer, and a whole fleet of midshipmen also vanned over from the United States Naval Academy to view the plcmre? they helped to create. Whatever the Academy's liberal con- tributions in settings and trim extras for this film (for a while there was & saying around Annapolls “Join the | Navy and become a Hollywood stooge,”) they were more than equaled | by Sir Guy Standing’s brilliant de. lineation of a retired sea dog living on his memories, and Alexander Hall's straightforward direction of the brisk story. EEE UNLIKE a good many of fits predecessors, “Annapolis Fare-| well” is without “oh yeah” sequences, | has no fatuous running gags and | accepts the whole spirit and tradition of the Navy with solemnity. There are patches of shrewd humor scattered through it, but in general the tale | £ticks to the theory that the Academy is a training ground for serious public servants, gentlemen of honor, courage and interity. The audience last night appeared quite willing to respect the curematic presentation of this theme, and while it culminated in & more tragic ending -than is customary in current films, not even the 325 bright young second classmen who attended seemed to feel that they had been sentimentalized or set up as little tin gods. The undergraduate roles in “Annap- | olis Farewell” are handled by Richard | Cromwell, Tom Brown, John Howard | and Benny Baker. Rosalind Keith appears briefly in a romantic inter- lude, and .Louise Beavers is Sir Guy's colored maid. | Its Kleig light debut finished, the | picture moved into the Earle this morning for a week's stay. | Almost the entire Loew’s staff around town took & sudden run-out powder this week end. Divisional Manager Carter Barron and his family | are off to Bethany Beach, Fox Man- ager Gene Ford, Mrs. Ford and their offspring have depaited for points North, and Publicist Lou Brown is packing up for a sojourn at Virginia Beach. Before leaving, the boys announced in a body that Norma Shearer will return to towa in a revival of “Smilin' ‘Through” at the Columbia on August 30, Local girl makes good. Lucie M.| Wiltshire is her name, she lives at | 3000 Tilden street and she has just won a brand new Auburn convertible phaeton, the prize offered by Screen- land magazine and Maricn Davies in a national Page Miss Glory contest, promulgated to discover just whose features film fans would endow upon | & “perfect star.” Miss Wiltshire constructed her “perfect star” after this fashion: Jeanette MacDonald’s hair, Irene| Dunue’s eyes, Marion Davies'’ mouth (a clever stratagem, Lucie), Kay | Francis' nose, Claudette Colbert's arms, Carole Lombard’s hands, Jean Harlow’s hips, Marlene Dietrich’s legs and Ruby Keeler's feet. Quite a girl. She forgot to add Shirley Temple's personality and Grace Moore’s voice. Tom Brown had to crawl about the lawn of the Naval Academy at night on his hands and knees intent upon the search for a four-leaf clover, | guided only by the meager light of | kitchen matches, for the making of | one scene in “Annapolis Farewell.” Furthermore he had to stay in that position for six hours two nights run- ning on account of technical diffi- culties. Like to be a movie star? The Rambling Theater sets out Bgain this afternoon, presenting W. 8. Gilbert's merry fantasy, “Creatures of Impulse,” in two areas in the south- east and southwest sections of the city not before visited. The playhouse on wheels will be at Garfield Park, Third street and Virginia avenue southeast, at 4 and at U. S. Reservation % RIVER TRIPS On the Beautiful Potomae *LIVERPOOL BEACH Buck in Washington st 1:30 Bathing -Aa\umc, hiking. Adults idren 3% | (now defunct). 113, Seventh and C streets southwest, at 6 pm. Yerby Pannill, Adele Whiteside, | Shirley Rowe, Marjorie Beall, Dor- othy Manning, Richard Midgley, George Farrington, Robert Duke, Terry McPhearson and Howard Whit- field are the players in “Creatures of Impulse.” The play will be presented by the Rambling Theater Monday, Wednesday and Friday next week, in & new group of park areas. Any old stocks and bonds around the place you haven't torn up in a good white rage as the stock ticker knocked out another low? If you do have any—of the variety whose value is some 10 cents less than the paper they are printed on—the Roadside Theater can at last make them useful. For the “barn theater” is reviving Bronson Howard’s Wall street comedy, “The Henrietta,” next week and the script demands that the people of the play toss innumerable gilt-edged se- curities about with the utmost abandon. They're begging you to get into that trunk in the attic and drag out those pretty certificates denoting ownership in thus-and-so many shares of stock in the Sure-Fire Fly Swatter Co., Ltd. Send them to Rich- ard Creyke, 3525 R street, or drop them by the Roadside Theater in time for dress rehearsal Sunday. George Bernard Shaw’s fable play, | “Androcles and the Lion,” will be pre- | sented by the Washington Community Community Center Department and the Office of National Capital Parks. The production of this drama is made possible through the co-opera- tion of the publishers, Dodd, Mead & | Co.; the Theater Guild of New York | and Samuel Frenck, Inc. Robert Halsted is directing this performance of Shaw's diverting com- edy of early Roman days, before foot ball replaced tossing Christians to the lions as a popular stadium sport. The cast includes Paul Murphy, Ted + | Preter, John Sikken, Howard Whit- field, Herman Reiss, Adele Whiteside, Dorothy Reiss and a yoke of oxen, as yet unfound. Tickets for “Androcles and the Lion™ are at the A. A. A. Ticket Bu- | reau, the Willard and the Washing- ton hotels. Much Sugar in Candy. More than 500,000 tons of sugar | were made into candy in England in | the last 12 monml ACADEMY °* E. Lawrence Phillj ¢ Theatre auumul Continuous ANNE SHIRLEY “in CHASING YESTER- DAY Also BN WAY BROWN in )umow '?! S A HTON GEORGE 2, 1% ROCK HA.RRJ'O Ecggg‘llyxr:nd S:rklnnl CAROUN 11th & N. C. Ave S.E. Double Fear: o e Feature DUM MYSTERY. BARTON 1343 Wisconsin Ave. LEO, CARRILLO 1 AR S P ORY FMRLAWN ANACOSTIA. D. C. RALPH BELLAMY in_“THE HEALER PNNCESS 1110 B St N.E. Double Feat; ANNE_SHIRLEY in "ffilAseN“ V}‘?rrln DAY KERM BLOOD OF COUMO FRARD 0 RRD) SECO LEN. MARGOT GRAHAME, “THEOIgF(d)RMER i STANTON Y T T [ Continuous, From b STBT Y Panrr e “OUR LITTLE GIRL.” STATE o oes e HOGRAT RO LOVEY 0. A —LYLE “CHINATOWN SQUAD"" TAKOMA 4th and Butternut Sts. No_Parking Troubles RYMORE and Tuesday and Thursday Tripe 10:50 6. m. Return at 6:30 p. m. % COLONIAL BEACH ! S. S. SOUTHPORT SATURDAY at 2 P. M. From 6th urn trip tickets on 8. —Aduits Aguits $1. Children S. S. POTOMAC SUNDAY at 9 A. W. Am. 118 =Ly, 3:30 — Ayt Washington 145 One-Day Bound Trip—Adults $1.36. ren @ StopOver Bound Trip—Acuits 50, Chiidren. The. 2 | ‘kMOONLIGHTS POTOMAC "o Tth and Water Sts. S. W. Sls'r.allnua TOURNAMENT MARSHALL HALL PARK Wednesday, August 28th 1. MARSHALL HALL 2:450c Lv. Dally 10 A, M.2 P. M.-5:30 P. M. lu KIDDIES DAYS 2& CHILDREN . ADULTS Round_Trip. Every MONDAY and FRIDAY MARSHALL HALL ONLY 10 A. M. and 3 P. M. Trips Only DIRECTION OF SIDNEY LUST | Tomorrow, Continucus From, 1:00 M SPENCER "TRA ‘I8 A BMALL ORLD " B RIEN YEARD ROCK RARRIGAN 2 ‘Todsy and Tomo George Brent and ey Pancls in LEADER 5 Today, Tomor., and Sun. His Latest Picture WILL ROGERS in “DOUBTING THOMAS.” 10 A M. to 11 P.M. Cont. CAMEQ * RaTvpx Paul Muni. “Black Fury.” ARCADE FYATTEVILLE. M. Richard Arlen. “Let 'Em Have It” RICHMOND ‘%5‘,%"&' Mirlam_Hopking _“Becky Sharp.” JAMES CAGNEY ln '-'u MEN." Cartoon -na AVALON °g» WARREN WILLIAM LA % DOD! 'T_BET ON. m.ofi.l; o Math "Sande;s"allthe River » CEN'I'RAL ‘fl... el SH gmnm‘m! B MT.VERNON cRouna 50c . Dally -2 P. 5 A D 8. MOONLIGHTS iishtly gge and Holidays, 1lo Round . !l‘:l) M.—Back 11:45 P. M. Trip shphen Le Sieur’s Orchestra FREE DANCING LINE T WHARVE S WILSON DANCING rfifi 108, nu'i i Bocial dancins 3 »ee y. - W in art dance B e za-g,.f.._. .,..‘i'. Siliout O A 15 S TA WARNER BROS. THEATERS mi 5t 3 Fai RS AW, Matinee. 2:00 P.M, Air Conditior NOEL < DRELY " Podd b id_gnd Kelly YORK axmel it A% 4o Players next Tuesday at the Sylvan | Theater, under the auspices of the Robert Benchley, noted as one of the country’s leading wags, has turned actor and speaks somebody else's gags in “China Seas,” which begins a second week at the Palace today. He is seen above bending an elbow with Wallace Beery, villain of the piece. AMUSEMENT PARK On The Bay NORTH BEACH,k @ CHESAPEAKE BEACH PICNIC AT THE SEASHORE Shady Groves—Sand Beach Daily Excursions 4 Bus AOUND TRIP FREE PARKING | DAY ONLY Bathing 25¢ After 7 P. M. For Free Dancing Wednesdsy ynfor- and Thursday Evenings ALL AMUSEMENTS ROUTE: One Hour Drive Via Marlboro W. M. & A. MOTOR LINES, Inc. Frequent Service From 403 11th St. N. W. PHIL LAMPKIN O\/ERTI’RE oo SCREEN » ¢ Lips enticing..smile exgiting.. s infriguing..no wonder m rcmanhc thrili hunter !fell for her) 'CHIIA "SEAS' N 'IOSALIIO RUSSELL L ’&‘i?ll'l" BENCHLEY WILLARD PLAYERS Tonite at 8:45 P.M. “EAST LYNNE” s CLUB Press Bl 8 Tiekel $1.65 Willard Ticket u—NAt. Beer and Pretzels Free l.tlvflh Pike Past Georgetown UDITORIUM 14th & F Ste. 5575 Beginning Monday, ? t Nij "ul"nnl: l'l THE . D Dnn.ll ) D BARN.” 23, 1935. METROPOLITAN GUILD LAUNCHED BY JOHNSON Move to Make America Opera Conscious Headed by Mrs. Belmont and Others. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, August 23.—The Metropolitan Opera Guild, designed to make America opera conscious, was launched last night by Edward John- son, general mangger of the Metro- politan. ‘With Mrs. August Belmont as gen- eral chairman and other prominent women jonding active support, the guild is expected to bring the music- loving public and the management of the Metropolitan into closer co-opera- tion. Assisting Mrs. Belmont in the or- ganization work will be Mrs. Myron C. Taylor as vice chairman, Mrs. Herbert Witherspoon as secretary and Harvey D. Gibson, president of the Manufacturers Trust Co., as treasurer. A Peremevat Plctere with IDA LUPINO KENT TAYLOR GAIL PATRICK Smoking Pormitted- Prces, Mot. 33¢ - Eve. 28¢ & 20¢ Warner Bros. Cool METROPOLITAN AMUSEMENTS. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Army Band af the Capitol at 7:30 pm., Thomas F. Darcy, leader; Karl Hubner, assistant SHERWOOD olL BURNERS ; by the Marketers of BETHOLINE anp RICHFIELD SHERWOOD BROS, Inc. 1723 Conmectiout Avenus, N W. Phome ECATUR 4183 Cornet solo, “Twilight Dreams”_Clarke Ralph Ostrom, soloist. Group of three Latin American com- positions: (a) “Flor de Brazil”__ (b) “Prayer at Eventide’ (¢) “Ml Nata”. : Novelty, “Old Mother Hubbard”_ Polla Waltz, “At the Palals de Danse, March, “Gate City.. Selection from “Bitter Sweet”_Coward March, “Colt’s Armory”.......Smith “The Star Spangled Banner.” fRoKEITH/S = roows N 0 W Again the Screen’s Most Electrifying Ster Brings o Puformance of Senuhwl appes! HEPBIlRN Twenty-two . . . end Glorious She Springs from the pages of ... BOOTH TARKINGTON'S Pulitizer Prize Novel “ALICE ADAMS" The most dynamic heroine of modern fiction | AN RKO RADIO PICTURE WITH FRED Mac MURRAY FRED STONE Coming « « o FRED ASTAIRE o GINGER ROGERS nTOP HAT* Maic and Lyrics By IRVING BERUN AJ. BOWES Amatesr Theater of The Air! Maj. Bowes perone in this wne festurette FERREEER S T R T B R Annapolis on Parade...two thousand midshipmen in action glamorous June Week... actual battle manoeuvers...all the romance, adventure, heroism of Uncle Sam’s Naval Academy W ANNAPOLIS A FAREWELL A Paramount Picture filmed with the coopera- tion of the United States Naval Academy and *$IR GUY STANDING TOM BROWN : ROSALIND KEITH *RICHARD JONEN NOWARD + Directed by Alexander Hall (# St GuyStanding and Richard Cromwellare the fathe? and son combination of “Lives of A Bengal Lancer” The "BENGAL LANCERS"of the U.5. NAVY The picture acclaimed by officials of Navy De- partment. Annapolis midshipmen, and public at last night's gala pre- miere at the Metropol- itan. EARLE THEATRE TODAY At 10:30 A. M. TEXAS plus the sensational MUSTANGS ¥ mse s 35 —Entertainers—35—and other aets