Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1935, Page 42

AMUSEMENTS. Worestler and Bloodhound Star in “Swing Your Lady” New Comedy at National by Nicholson and Robinson Falls, However, Far Short of “Sailor Beware.” BY E. DE S. MELCHER. ¥ MARIAN MANLEY had had more to do with it, lady wrestlers would l probably have come into their own last night. In the new Kenyon Nicholson-Charles Robinson comedy, called “An Idyll of the Ozarks in Two Acts.” she investigated “grapevine’ holds and half-nelsons, and but for the fact that her gentleman wrestling partner suddenly became a prey to Jove and embraced her instead of letting her get a headlock on him, she might right now be queen of Madison Square. THE EVENING Ginger’s a Star Now Garden. As it is we are afraid Shubert’'s new production at the National, is not the sister or the & brother or even a remote cousin of the author’s “Sailor Beware. After the third scene it goes roll- ing down the mountain and only gets up a little way again when in the last act a sad-eved little | “bloodhound” comes onto the stage. Thep and then alone did it seem as {f these popular dramatists had made | their work worthwhile. PR IP‘ WE may hint at such a thing it seems to us that what the audience 15 most anxious to see, after the theme | of a scatter-brained “wrastler” in love with the “lady” he is booked to “wras- | tle” has been established. is something to do with & ring and with that mo- ment when a .ady Tarzan comes to clinches with her boy friend. While such a moment would, of course, oe utterly absurd, it is no more so than the play's now out of the ring and. too, when in # rehearsal of the bout that never oc- rurs the “Brooklyn Hercules” sweeps his muscular Brunhilde off her feet | and embraces her with an ardor that his trainer and possibly his mother had never suspected of him. The fact that the play moves along at a snail's pace, bobbing from an| Ozark smithy where first the heroine | (Miss Manley) is discovered ripping out horseshoes, to the club rooms of \ Ann Thomas. best inning, which occurs | | the Ora Pusey American Legion Post, to the Plunckett Jail, and never to the ring where the great battle is meant to be staged, will perhaps suggest to you what is wrong with it. There is never a genuine climax—never that burlesque kick which you expect to get when little Annie Wrestler appears in the ring. wreathed in tights, gloves and a winning smile. All that there is right now is a rambling account of a match that never comes off—interpreted by actors| who are made to speak some of the season’s least savory lines—as also & good many funny ones, too. x oK ok % [‘HE cast last night dispatched its| business with alacrity, considering | | that it was the first night. Miss Manley, after she had done away | with & soft Long Island brogue, acted | Sadie Horn down to a buxom “T,”| and John Alexander was just about | perfect as sleepy-eved Joe Skopaplous, | | Who never seemed to be of the earth except when he was in the ring or | reviewing some “skirt.” Shiner Ward and Popeye Bronson were ably handled by Horace MacMahon and Edgar Nel- son, Ann Thomas had a couple of good scenes and Mary Wickes' as Mabel was tops particularly because | she was reminiscent of Margaret Ham- ilton. A word for the bloodhound: It came | \ out on the stage as sad a looking puppy | as we have ever seen and left with a yip and a howl—something which some of the customers felt like doing. too—in spite of some previous hearty | and willing laughs. The play, how- | ever, needs to be taken by the scruff | of the neck and shaken out all over | again. With a great deal of work u‘ | has a chance. Right now we are| afraid that it hasn't. Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. National—“Swing Your Lady,” at 8:30 pm. Palace—"Mutiny on the Bounty,” at 11:10, 1:45, 4:16, 6:45 and 9:30 p.m. Earle—"Peter Ibbetson,” at 11 am, 1:25. 4:15, 7:05 and 9:50 p.m. Stage ghows at 12:40, 3:30, 6:20 and 9:05 p.m. Loew's Fox—“Hands Across the Table.” at 10:45 am., 1:25, 4:20. T:15 and 10 pm. Stage shows at 12:25, 3:20, 6:15 and 9 pm Belasco—"Evensong,” 12:08, ¢:08, 6:08, 8:08 and 10:08 p.m. Metropolitan—*The Last Outpost.” at 11:45 am, 1:40, 3:40. 5:40, 7:40 and 9:40 pm. Columbia—"Music s Magic." at| 11:55 a.m., 1:45, 3:50, 5:40, 7:50 and 9:55 p.m. Miss Adrienne at 3:30, 7:26 | and 9:34 pm. R-K-O Keith’s—"“Transatlantic Tun- nel” at 11:15 am, 1:20, 3:25, 5:30, 7:35 and 9:40 p.m. Tivoli—"Broadway Melody of 1936,” at 2, 3:45, 5:35, 7:25 and 9:15 p.m. Ambassador—“Peter Ibbetson,” at 6:15. 8 and 9:45 p.m. Little—"All Quiet on the Western Front.” at 10:18 am. 12:12, 2:06, 4. b:54, 7:48 and 9:42 pm. 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TERRY McPHEARSON of the Play- ers' Club, announces recent changes in the cast of “The Poor Nut.” which the club will present tonight at 8:15 o'clock in Roosevelt High | School Auditorium. Thirteenth and Upshur streets northwest. The role of Col. Small will be pl by Robert Morey, who has hurried from the hospital after a case of ap- pendicitis to fill this part; Hub Smith will be played by Charles Grunwell, |and Grunwell's former role will be | plaved by Kenneth Peterson. Harold | Tracy Martin will appear as Prof.| | Deming of the botany department, { Marjorie McGann and Gertrude | Elmendorf have also been added to the | | cast among the group of attractive co- | eds at the university, where the three | | acts of the comedy are laid. | Heart Twice Normal Size. | At the Stockport, England, inquest | on Thomas Duffy it was stated that the man’s heart weighed two pounds two ounces instead of the normal | weight of 10 to 15 ounces. " SEE MORRISON'S For Blank Books. 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PAUL'S PLAYERS IN “ADAM AND EVA™| Fortune Hunting Is Mingled With Contrasting Traits in Family Story. IN‘ SPITE of a slow start. the St Paul's Players mana:ed mccm\rullx to unravel the story, “Adam and Eva,’ at the St. Paul's Academy last night A more self-complacent bunch of young snobs than his family of the | Kings, who live on papa’s money and hard work as though it were their rightful due. would be difficult to imagine. They are finally face a bit of reality by a starry-eyed young idealist. who has lived all his life in the Amazon, and who got his | ideas of family life from the “Elsie” books. The exasperating elder daughter of Mr. King and his son-in-law are] —_— SAVE YOUR EYES Don't neglect eve trouble. You sh ely Somsult our eraduste optometrists fo horoug! examination That'is ‘the 'way to learn the truth about your_eves. “Lease Glasses Cost No More Than the Ordinary Kind made to| __ M.A. LEESESOptical Co. 614 w. Sea Food Dinner Wednesday Special c Choice of Clam _or Shrimp Coekail or Clam Chowder, Lyonnaise Potatoes. w. Coffee. Tea or Rolls and Batter. OYSTERS &, STYLE “Everything to Drink With Anything to Eat” CHNEIDER' s © CAFE 427 11th St. N.W. Coles| Beer: Since 1886 AMUSEMENTS. which opens to= played by Margaret Collins and Rich- ard Harvey, respectively. But perhaps the best characterization of the eve- ning is given by John Wilson as a fortune-hunting young English lord, whose half-cockney accent and clip- ped phrases are a delight to her. Op- posite him is Charlotte Knott, as the younger King daughter, who event- ually is made to realize the worth of the more sterling American virtues. The other parts are well handled by Stephen Trodden. as father, and Ar- thur Harvey. as the young Amazonian who brings about the final salvation. The sets are well done and are smoothly handled. R. D. AMUS LEADING WASHINGTON'S GREATEST PARADS (OF SNTERTAINMENT ON STAGE & SCREEN i ABLE RANCHOT ” A%LRUSADES-‘ TORTTA YOG - wor Ilh would fill e book ’3 many ch-plm - ;vmn LAYE| NOW PLAYING The Greatest Show to Play This Theater in the Past Eight Years. FEATURING JOE FREED AND TOOTS BRAWNER RKO RADIO Pictre " The DAZZLING CO-STAR OF THREE SMASH HITS ... STARRED ONHEROWN ... A MORE DAZZLING CHARMERTHAN EVER! b STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, Variety Club To Be Host On Saturday Stage, Screen, Radio Stars to Appear at Annual Dinner. ITH the second annual Variety Club dinner ready to take place next Saturday night at the Willard Hotel, Harry Somerville, general chair- man, announced yesterday that every arrangement had been completed, vir- tually all tickets had been sold and that the opening guns of the affair would be sounded at 6:30, with the guests being seated at 7:30. Those desiring the few remaining tickets can obtain them from Joe Morgan at the Arcade Building, Fourteenth and Park road northwest. Gene Ford, chairman of the En- tertainment Committee, has returned from New York, and annpounces that| a tentative list of those stars of the stage, screen and radio who will enter- tain has been drawn up. Ed Lowry, who is appearing at the Fox that week, will act as master of ceremonies and will introduce the following artists from the Earle, Fox, Loew's Century and Hippodrome in Baltimore, and from the Howard in this city; Three X Sisters, El Brendel, Norman Prescott, Al Norman, David Bines’ Girls, Eleanor Reynolds, skaters; Three Slate Brothers, June Carr, Cherry and June Preisser, Lou Duth- ers, with Joan and Jean, Allen and Kent Foursome, Libenati Trio, Proc- tor and Merit, Edgar Bergen, the Bubble Girl, Chic Webb and His Or- chestra and the Four Ink Spots. Direction of the orchestra for the entertainment will be divided between AMUSEME! OVEMBER 19, . 1935. Fred Clarke of the Earle, George Wild of Loew's Century and Phil Lampkin of the Fox. In addition, local entertainment will be presented during the dinmer. This program will consist of the Uptown- ers’ Quartet, composed of H. W. Buck- ingham, Ben Thomasson, Paul Fox and Horace Strickland, Miss Mar- jorfe King, Bert Granoff, Miss La Nelle, Avery, Talbott Haslett and Eve- lyn Tyner and, in addition, the full revues of the Shoreham Hotel and the Lotus Club. The orchestra for dancing will be under the personal supervision of Pete Macias. SHOW BY EASTERN HIGH “Parade to Radio City” Has Gen- erous Proportions. HE EASTERN PARADE TO RADIO CITY, NEW YORK,” show at Eastern High School, will be presented next Thursday and Friday | | nights at the school auditorium, The big musical revue will be in two parts, the first representing an amateur radio a night club. The amateur show, which will be introduced by Eastern’s “Maj. Bowes,” Wayne Kniffin, and will be complete even to the gong and its custodian, | will feature a number of vocal selec-| tions, musical instruments, solos, duets, trios, imitations, recitations, dancing | and orchestras. As a part of the amateur broadcast a melodrama entitled “A Shreik, a Shot and a Smile,” or “A Little Bit Goes a Long Way,” will be produced on the stage by its authors. ‘The second half of the show, staged in Radio City’s roof garden, will pre- sent dancers. featured singers with or- chestras, instrumental solos, Hawalian music and a dance orchestra, . Aviation Craze. Central Asia has an aviation craze. EVERYBODY’S SAYING IT! The Laugh Riot That Took a Year to 'Make, Cost $1,000,000! at the Opera’ will EANETTE MacDONALD “'A Night at the Opera’ is one of the greatest as well as A NIGH'I' dth. OPERA GROUCHO -CHICO - HARPO ¢ MABX BROTHERS »ith KITTY CARLISLE - ALLAN JONES Screen Play by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind Authors of “Of Thee I Sing™ and other big hins » CA Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Picture et LG STAGE—ED LOWRY AND BIG REVUE LOEW'S FOX Directed by SAM WOOD ., EDDIE CANTOR “They're three of our foremost comedian .my wife can nam the fourth!” JACK BENNY: "“'A Night at the Opera’ is great en- tertainment!” WALLACE BEERY “Threetimesasfunn as anything I've ever seen!” IRVIN S. COBB: “l predict ‘A Nigh have 1,000 first the funniest | have ever seen.” this years edition of the annual Fall | | show and the second taking place tn|. AMUSEME MME. BORI'S PROGRAM® SLIGHTLY AMENDED Costume Feature to Include Ve- netian Songs—Aria Added | to List. SLIGHT change in the previously- announced recital program that| Mme. Lucrezia Bori, Spanish soprano| of the Metropolitan Opera, will give | at Constitution Hall this evening at | Hodgkin Dorsey, local concert im-| presaria, who will present Mme, Borh as the second attraction of the eve-| ning concert series at the D. A. R.| Auditorium this season. | Instead of appearing in the costume | of a French schoolgirl of the eight-! eenth century, singing a group of French songs, as previously announced, | | Bori will appear in a Venetian cos- | | tume of 1700, singing a group of | | three Venetian songs: “La Pavane,”! | by De Leva; “Caro, caro il mio bam- | bin,” by Guarnieri, and “Invito a la danza,” by Respighi. Additidbnally, Mme. Bori has added another aria to har program, the lovely Depuls le jou from Charpentier's opera “Loui: All other parts of her program, as announced -earlier, in- cluding the group of Spanish songs in Spanish gipsy costume, will be includ- | ed in Mme. Bori’s program at Constitu- tion Hall this evening. | " Bori has not been heard in Washing- ton for two seasons, and a capacity | crowd is expected to greet her return to the Capital. Seats will be available at Constitution Hall after 7 o'clock this evening, as well as at Mrs. Dorsey's Concert Bureau, 1300 G street north- | west, during the day. —_— Congregation Policemen. The Parish Church of Ash, England, suffered much from collection-box pil- | fering. 8o the rector, the Rev. B. J. | Scott, has appointed all regular mem- | bers of the congregation unofficial vil- hge policemen, |The biggest event in this City’s Show History! S It’s the Greatest Comedy & Since Chaplin’s “Shoulder Arms”! e | PRINCESS SECO Y t WARNER BROS. THEATERS STARTS FRIDAY FAlRLAWN‘ ‘m-:kunflmn's NTS. AMUSEMENTS. AT. MILTON: muanf‘fi 4_zousing new 8:30 o'clock is announced by Dorothy | LAST 3 DAvs GARY M)PER * ANN HARDING §§ --u. Reci I onstnanion Hall. LJSPALDING A ACADEMY hat G 8 ot ?ultfl St s eautiful q HARL v \usERmLfi s CAROLINA HEES ESCAPE 'ME VE _and s ROADS = DOLOP!S DEL K10, EVERETT MARSHALL n 1 LIVE Comedy. FOR_LOVE. wMBARTON 1343 Wisconsin_Ave. oKHARLES BOVER il [ Ao ANACOSTIA. 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