Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1935, Page 38

B—20 AMUSEMENTS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, “Venus in Silk” Offers Good Stage Material Opening at National Presents Fine Cast but Amended Book Should Be Provided for Success. BY E. DE S. good show. I rest of them. Last night’s first audience at the pleased with the goings-on—giving the final curtain. The general feeling3: seemed to be, however, that the book isn't as good as the cast, and that Messers. Schwab and O'Keefe had best sit themselves down and rip out a few new whatnots before the show sails into Manhattan. Robert Stolz’s score, Willlam Hol-‘ brook’s dance direction, Miss Audrey Christie and the above-mentioned dance wizard, Gilbert Lamb, plus the | smooth singing of J. Harold Murray | and Nancy McCord are the chief busi- nesses in a show that one of these days should be a show. * ok Kk % THE fact that the plot concerns a | & portrait (and a nice one at that), & hunting castle in Hungary and a “Robin Hood of (we were going to say) Eldorado,” but that's the Hollywood | influence, and need not concern you 50 much as the music, which is sweet and true, and the company, which| works its head off. Miss Christie, who winked and blinked at her boy-friend in “Sailor, Beware,” is a happy addition to| musical comedy ranks, and Gilbert Lamb is an elegant hoofer, who by now has probably been signed up by most of the cinema companies. Be- | tween them they perform far too in- frequently, allowing the “book” to get ' MELCHER. P “VENUS IN SILK” gets a couple of new ideas it ought to be a pretty As it stands, it has an excellent cast, a good score, and a dancer who one of these days should land in Hollywood along with the National seemed, on the whole, to be principals a handsome ovation at the in their way whenever they have more than a couple of good moments. However, when they are around, and when Miss McCord breezes in, in a handsome white dress, trimmed with silver, and when Mr. Murray sings some of Mr. Stolz's interesting ballads, there is every reason to re- joice and to believe that with the proper trimmings and with a little of | this, that and the other, Mr. Schwab will have another prosperous operetta. * X Xk THEN too, as some one remarked between the acts, it is nice to hear a chorus that can really sing. The ladies, and particularly the gen- tlemen of the ensemble, open their throats wide and do their numbers with the zest that you remember in “Desert Song” ‘days. Mr. Stolz’s eloquent score is made up of such numbers as “Sweetly I Spoke,” “This Life Will Roll Along,” “Just for You,” and any amount of other lilting ditties. All of these, |and more, are sung the way they should be sung and played by an ex- cellent orchestra. Notice, too, the “Venus in Silk"” ponrm( In “Midsummer Night's Dream” language: It is a honey. Washingto Random Observati EVOLUTION. VOLUTIONISTS might believe the common dial telephone is E machine. One night recently a man dialed Emerson 3320 and was connected with & woman who said her number was Emerson 8320. The second attempt brought the same results. Next day the man dialed again with the wrong party answering. “You called me twice last night and here it again today,” “Please the don't you're doing woman exclaimed. bother me any more.” Fearing for his sanity, an explana- tion was sought from the telephone operator. It seems there are some ex- changes in town that are “strapped together” in such a manner that if a number is dialed which no longer | exists, the automatic selectors add | 5.000 or subtract this amount from the | dialed number. If the number is less than 5,000 it adds as in this case; if | the number is more than 5,000, this| number will be subtracted automati- cally and the party at the resulting | number will answer. k¥ TALLEST TIMBERS. A river resort popular to Wash- ingtonians is known as Tall Tim- bers, in mearby Maryland, but the tallest timber in that State is found in its westernmoést county—Gar- rett. According to Walter W. Simonds, Jforester for the University of Mary- land Extension Service, the tallest tree on record in Maryland is a white pine on the farm of John Merrill in Garrett County. The tree is 159 feet in height, 11 feet 6 inches in circumference at a point 41-2 feet jrom the ground and has a spread of 40 feet. * ok Kk MODERN SCROOGE. BTAINING stenographic help | the business district” might be the title of this informative Wayside ex- pose. About once a week the head of a small downtown business concern tele- WEDNESDAY 11:30 AM. to Midnight Fried oysters. shrimp, clams, liops, crab cake, ‘fillet of haddock, tartar sauce, French: fried potatoes, cole- slaw. Home-made rum buns, bread and butter, Softee, tea or glass of * * Beer, and Drinks of all O'Donneli’s Never Closed, 1207 E St. N.W. TOBY TAVERN 1509 H St. N.W. Next to Shoreham Building Sunday De Luxe__$1.00, $1.25 Dinner, 5 to 8:30 Famous for Food Dancing Nightly Entrance to Grifith Farms ‘magni] t 100-acre Maryland dtare e Maribare. Pike, ihree miles from the District Line. Regular Dinners from 11 a.m. descended from the adding | n Wayside ons of Interesting Events and Things. phones an employment bureau and | asks for several stenographers from | whom he may select one for a perma- nent position, stating that the test | will require a full day's work. L Perhaps three are sent for the trial. | The firm's head dictdtes letters as fast 1 as he can and clears up his delayed correspondence, teliing the applicants he will notify the agency of his deci- | sion regarding a secretary. A week later he tries the same scheme again, saying none of the ap- plicants was quite satisfactory. By the third time, however, the employ- ment office is wary, refusing further assistance. Then he calls another agency. * kX % FULL-TIME JOB. One person would have a real job viewing the 13,000,000 different specimens housed in the National Museum. At the rate of one spec- imen ¢ minute, working eight hours a day, it would take more than 74 years to see them all. * % ok % BASE BALL MEMORIES. JACK BENTLEY, former star pitcher of the Giants and Sam Rice, Wash- ington’s star outfielder in the days of | its pennant winning, were sitting be- fore the fireplace in an old log cabin | out Silver Spring way Sunday night | when a visitor arrived: | “How'd you like the game today, | boys?” the newcomer inquired. “What game?” Bentley and Rice asked in unison. A radio in the room, the visitor eyed it with a certain degree of curiosity: “Isn’t that think workin’?” “Certainly,” they said. “Well, then, didn’t you listen in on today’s game—between the Cubs and the Tigers?” “No,” they both replied. The surprised visitor wanted to know why. Bentley explained: “You see,” he said, “Sam here and I both played in world series games. It's just too tough to sit by a radio YES We Have the BLANK BOOKS A Big Stock at Popular Prices You Want free” or “the latest racket m|' Mo"lsOn Paper CO. 1009 ‘Pa. 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If you can't be in there playing why listen to it2” “Another thing,” Bentley went on, “an old ball player understands too well just what those fellows on the fleld are going through—and it sets his heart pumping too fast.” Sam Rice nodded: “Yeah, bo'.” * ok Kk ok PLAYTIME AT THE Z0O0. The 7-foot Komodo dragon lizard at the Zoo is nnt such a bad fellow as it would seem from his serpent- like, threatening tongue, his claws and bright, fierce eyes. As a matter of fact, the smaller monitor lizards from Australia often take advantage of the old fellow’s good nature as he scram- bles about over the rocks of their natural habitat cage. They often climb on the “drag- on’s” back, and he takes them for a ride, docile as any grandfather playing “horse” for the younger generation. * X X % DOES THE TRUTH PAY? N APPLICANT for appointment to | the police force lost the oppor- tunity to be one of the 48 to be added to the department's pay roll October 16 because he told the truth. The man had passed a civil service examination and the physical test as well as the customary character in- vestigation. He had only one more hurdle to leap into & job—to satis- fy Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown | that he believed in all the laws and regulations. But that's where he failed ignominiously. It seems that this particular candi- | date had received a number of tickets —that help ellmlnlle a lot of worry ca curately and eco printed by the CAPITAL, \TBES ang Eleanor Powell, Buddy Ebsen and his sister Vilma, a trio of dancers, burst into song over a light breakfast in “Broadway Melody of 1936,” M-G-M’s musical successor to “Broadway Melody,” which comes to the Palace for traffic violations. Maj. Brown called him in to explain the reason. He frankly admitted he was not in sympathy with some of the traffic rules. Then Maj. Brown asked him if he would enforce the rules if appointed to the force. “Yes, I would have to,” the candi- date replied. “But I still don't believe in them.” His application went into '.he dis- card promptly. —— ORGANIZER CHOSEN J. Drufus Griffin to Direct Young Democratic Clubs. J. Drufus Griffin of Easley, 8. C., has been appointed organizing director of the Young Democratic Clubs of America, President Frank Wickhem announced yesterday. Other posts also were filled in prepa- ration for next year's presidential campaign. Lawrence B. Fenneman, Baltimore, was appointed chairman of ihe Executive Committee; Acey Car- raway, Orlando, Fla., executive secre- tary, and Hampton Robb, Greenwich, Conn., chairman of the National Fi- nance Committee. Kappa Beta Pi Officers Named. ‘The following officers were elected Saturday at an installation meeting of Kappa Beta Pi, international legal sorority: Dean, Miss Sara Talbert Mero; associate dean, Miss Georgia Alexander; recording registrar, Miss Marian E. Poole; corresponding regis- trar, Miss Elizabeth J. Stratton; chan- cellor, Miss Mary E. Cavis, and mar- shal, Miss Margaret H. Earley. Henry Fonda’s Father Dies. OMAHA, Nebr,, October 8 (#).—W. | B. Fonda, 56, of Omaha, father of | Henry Fonda, motion picture star, died | at the home of his daughter here yes- | terday after an illness of more than a | | year. should be attended to at once. They may lead to serious eye t our graduate optom- mine your eyes now. e_brescribed only when ome in today! ecse Glasses Cost No. More. Than® the Ordinary Kind" = M A. LEESE Optical Co. AMUSEMENTS. 614 9th St. N.W. ] E5aEE! AMUSEMENTS. FALSE ALARM COSTS MAN INJURY AND FINES | Must Pay $40 for Calling Fire- men and $10 for Intoxi- cation. Andrew Minnick, 29, of 305 E street smashed a firebox glass at Fourth and E streets early Sunday morning with the following results: He was cut so badly on his left hand that he required treatment at Casualty Hospital. He was jailed. He was fined $40 by Judge John P. McMahon in Police Court yesterday for turning in a false alarm. He was fined $10 in the same court for intoxication. ACCUSED OF GAMBLING D. C. Man Forfeits $25 After Ar- rest by Vice Squad. George Thompson of 1803 Biltmore street forfeited $25 collateral in Police Court yesterday on a gambling charge after his arrest Saturday night by four | vice squad members who said they sat in on his weekly poker game. Four other persons arrested along with Thompson forfeited $5 collateral on disorderly conduct charges. They were Roger Chaine, 28, of 1939 Calvert street; Charles Terry Evans, 28, of 2371 Champlain street; Dellie Cotton, 35, of Anacostia, and Joe Turner Hen- drick, 35, of 3429 Eighteenth street. [ WEARLEY'S SEA FOOD GRILL 418 12th St. N.W. WE HAVE cozy BOOTHS EXCELLENT WINE LIST WEDNESDAY SPECIAL ______ SOC 11:30 AM. UNTIL MIDNIGHT Gombination Sea Food Platter: Fried e Piar h Fri es. Coleslaw, Rolls and Butters c-flu. Tea or Beer. Creamed Oyster Platter Served Crisfield Style. Includ- 50 ing Clam Chowder, Creamed IC Oysters, Steamed Rice, Spiced Beets, Saratoga Potatoes, Bread and Butter. AMUSEMENTS. 'OCTOBER 8, 1935, New Stage for Television Will Honor Will Ro_gers Fox-Twentieth Century Pays Modern Tribute AMUSEMENTS. to Star—Korngold Sees Hollywood Influence in Music. BY MOLLIE MERRICK. H OLLYWOOD, October 8 (N.AN.A.).—The first television-equipped stage in Hollywood will be built on the Fox-Twentieth Century lot and dedicated to the memory of Will Rogers some time late in October. ‘There will be nothing like this ultxa-modern structure in town and the exact plans for it are being kept a secret. ‘We do know, however, that the television nd of the building will be constructed with a stage that permits?- a tremendous concentration of light| within a confined area. Thus, if or when television becomes a practical medium, Darryl Zanuck will be the first to be ready for the new work. Of all the memorials that could have been built in honor of Will| Rogers, as one who knew him, I am sure that this would please him most. He was ever in the vanguard of progress. He mastered stage-craft, the silent films and then the talking pic- tures. And I am sure he would have been one of the greatest stars of tele- vision had a kind fate left him with us. Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Viennese composer and an outstanding world figure in the modern musical world, answers & much debated question when he tells just why musicians of the highest standing can work in Hol- lywood for the motion pictures and not lese the sense of creating new Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. R-K-0-Keith’s—“Dijamond Jim,” at 11:15 am, 1:21, 3:27, 5:33, 7:39 and 9:45 p.m. Loew’s Fox— “O'Shaughnessy’s Boy,” at 11 am., 1:40, 4:30, 7:20 and 10 pm. Stage shows at 12:45, 3:35, 8:25 and 9:05 p.m. Earle—“Special Agent,” at 11 am., 1:25, 4:10, 7:05 and 9:50 p.m. Stage shows at 12:35, 3:20, 6:15 and 9 pm. Metropolitan—“She Married Her Boss,” at 11 a.m., 1:05, 3:10, 5:15, 7:25 and 9:30 p.m. Palace—“Call of the Wild,” at 11:2. am, 1:30, 3:30, 5:35, 7:35 arnd 9: pm. Belasco—"Nell Gwyn,” at 12:18, 2:18, 4:18, 6:18, 2:18 and 10:18 p.m. Columbia—*“Steambost 'Rourd the Bend,” at 11:55 a.m., 1:55, 3:55, 5:55, 7:55 and 9:55 p.m. Ambassador—“Special Agent,” at 6:15, 8 and 9:50 p.m. Tivoli—“Anna Karenina,” at 2, 3:50, 5:40, 7:35 and 9:30 p.m. AMUSEM! \TS. Locs F@X WALLACE JACKIE COOPER OSHAUGHNESSYS BOY b o é‘i’nun‘ ND OTHER CRAND ACTS! 7 LAMPKIN OVERTURE in knon MTHUI WDFREV Alul M‘DONALU' GREAT VARI Cusow, “MERES 10 ROMANCE ik NINO MARTIND CENEVIEVE TOBIN & MME SCHUMANN-KEINK. FAT-i4TH ME s 35 | | music, which must be essential to modern composers. “There are two types of motion picture music,” according to Erich Korngold. “One, the vocal, must defi- nitely be kept within popular bounds. The other, the instrumental sort that accompanies the story itself, may be as modern and as high-class as the | musician is capable of writing. “In vocal music,” he says, “there is already an indication that movie audiences will oon accept novelty and innovation. At the present time, however, if such stars as Jan Kiepura, for instance, were to appear in a close-up, singing modern tonalities which have heretofore not beea heard by the popular ear, we would doubt- | | less scare people out of the the:urs.! “But when there are sequences in a story in which the eye, and not the ear, is the primary object, then the composer has his fling in the com- posing of incidental background music. “In this branch of music there have been some of the finest examples of | orchestral music which our age has | produced. There have been some ordinary program pictures released which may be forgotten in three months, but which will be long re-| membered by musicians as containing some rare musical writings.” It's a great honor for Hollywood 6 have Korngold in its midst, writing | his exquisite music and arranging the | musical classics into form fit for the pictures. And who knows but he may be able to achieve that ideal of which | all true musicians dream—he may be able to make a modern audience like good music. (Copyright, 1935, by the North Amermn Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) AMLSE‘VIE TS. "ll.l mflVAl L GREATER SH( SHOWS GEORGE IJA\‘IS * BRENT "COMING FRIDAY WITHOUT REGHE] Paremesnts Drems wib SA LANDI ":v';,; cnnm' xant TATE Mat. 25c-Eve. 25¢ & 40c¢ N e s ——— e GAYETY BURLESK NOW PLAYING A Sunburst of Loveiiness “SUNYA (Smiles) SLANE” The Form Divine With BATES and HUNT happy JACK BENNY ° he's swelll Starts _FRIDAY So crammed with with stars of: with JACK ELEANOR NOW....tbe musical ever produced z lorious music . . . so packed with fun, mmnnese, spectacle . . . so mmng screen, stage and radio, it sets “ws" a2 new High in screen musicals. .. From now on all musical shows will be judged by this!!! She can dance— She can sing — She’s & darling— ELEANOR POWELL b 6 Here’s anather M-G-M hit! You loved “China Seas” and “Anna Karenina” but ‘wait until you see what Metro-Guldwya- . Mayer has for you — greatest ROBERT BENNY POWELL TAYLOR UNA MERKEL * FRANCES LANGFORD * SID SILVERS BUDDY EBSEN * JUNE KNIGHT * VILMA EBSEN HARRY STOCKWELL * NICK. LONG, JR. Oirected by Roy Dol Ruth * Produced by John W. Considine, Jr. A Metro~Goldwyn-Mayer Picture LOEW'S PALACE Land Can Stray. In the world-famed Vale o. Cash- mir, between the Middle and Outer Himalayas, are many floating islands where it sometimes happens that a man’s land may be lost, strayed or stolen. [ENTS. Tonisht ATIONA Wile Eves., S110 to $3.30. Wed. 556 t Mat. to_$2.20. 5be to $2.75 (ine. tax) URENCE SCHWAB u sy, New Musical Play VENUS IN SILK By, Leurence Schwab and Lester OKeele, Music by Rovert TEAND ENSEMBLE OF 100 e NEXT MON.—SEATS THURS. KATHARINE CORNELL « ROMEO ... 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