Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1935, Page 32

B—16 *=» AMUSEMENTS. “Frisco Kid” at the Earle Stars Cagneyin Fine Role Drama of Barbary Coast Well Acted by Warner Bros. Cast— “Mutiny on the Bounty” Continues at Palace. BY E. de S. MELCHER. (San Francisco of 1854) continues to be plead m a blood-and-thunder chronicle of those gold-mining days called “Prisco Kid,” now featured THE case against the Barbary Coast and “the wickedest city in the world” at the Earle. Although Mr. Goldwyn and Miss Miriam Hopkins have taken some of the wind out of its sails, this second treatise on those big bad men of the city of seven hills, who shanghaied their sailors when they wanted a crew, and hanged their enemies tos lamposts, is & fast-moving story, well | | shown San Prancisco’s new bridge, s acted and im- measurably help- ed by the pres- ence of Jimmie Cagney. one amazng young men, brief of stature and small § of face, who nev- ertheless can make a role sing with crime if he so intends it. A .- far cry from his more Tarzan-like brothers in Holly- wood, he can clip & man on the jaw with greater accuracy, wrestle with a meaner clinch and order a woman or an army about with better results than many a mightier film giant. In “Frisco Kid"” his rise from mere sailorhood is accomplished by his fists, his ambition and the twinkle of his eye. The first of these light on a guy who is about to shanghai him aboard ship. The second geis him to the top of Barbary Coast. And the third wins him a wife and a future— when the latter was about to be cut short by a hanging. Mr. Cagney's theme song through- out these salty adventures consists of: «If you do something for somebody else, all you'll get will be a kick in the Rteeth.” This quaint philosophy seems des- tined to be true in his case at the time when he refuses to stand up against the Vigilantes and has most of the Barbary Coast cut out from under him. Nevertheless, in the end he is made to see the error of his ways and eventually Margaret Lindsay promises to marry him—even if she is a lady of the “haute monde” and he & reno- vated “mug’—and the dawn comes out bright and cheerfully as the cur- tains come to a close. Director Lloyd Bacon has injected plenty of fist fights into all this, much broken glass and furniture snd a whole bevy of mustachioed repro- bates. Donald Woods appears effec- tively as the righteous editor of a paper; Ricardo Cortez isn't around long enough, and Lily Damita is nice too look upon as Belle—the belle of the coast. Not so good as “Barbary Coast,” “Prisco Kid” is still good enough— and Jimmie Cagney continues to be a grand little actor. * *x % % TH'E Earle’s stage show this week, after an excellent short called “Popular Science,” in which you are James Casney | headed by the Three X Sisters, radio | favorites, who put on an excellent act. They sing about amateur radio broadcasts and repenting sinners, and | their material is 'way above the aver- age. The bill opens with seven skating sisters, headed by Helen Reynolds; continues with Edgar Bergen, in one of the most popular of the “dummy and Charlie” acts (the dialogue is swell), and has & further climax in Cherry and June Preisser, who are well known and extremely popular both here and on Broadway. Their last dance routine is pc.nlcuhfly good this time. * ok K X ‘MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY,” which continues at the Palace, also continues to be one of the best pictures of the season, as everybody in town seems to know if you've tried to get in to see it. The damage done to the members of the cast is slight, however, com- pared to the damage that has been done some of the patrons. Last Sat- urday, for instance, so great was the desire of a great big bouncing Bar- bara to see this film, that she crashed right through the lobby (which hap- pened to be filled with people), swpped on at least three important toes, jahbed one poor old man right smack in the nose and was about to overwhelm the doorman when Angle Ratto, fresh from a good night's sleep, caught her on the wing, gave her & good poke in the eye and fixed her so that she wasn't able to see the film when she got in an hour later anyway. At the gentle hour of 4 or 3 in the afternoons it is possible to get in to see “Mutiny” without such & fracas. But maybe after all if you have to do a little end running or tackle a few cronies, it makes the picture all the more worthwhile. Certainly once you get inside the Palace you won't regret all the fuss. For here is a solid two hours’ enter- tainment, rough and bold and daring and Dbitter—but withal the sort of stuff out of which England’s better navy has been molded. In it Charles Laughton reminds you of a Stevenson villain, 50 accurate is he in his characterization of the surly Bligh; Franchot Tone does the best acting of his film career—and Gable is there to make real love to a South Sea Island queen on a South Sea Island beach. Most satisfying withal—even with a broken nose! Capital’s Drama Groups College Groups Preparing Fall Plays. Willard Players Reorganize. THE college boys and girls seem | Mary Ellen Cato, Jared Rolston, Wini- to be the hardest working of the local amateurs right at the moment, what with the Foot- light Club at the University of Mary- land, Dramatic at American Uni- versity and George Washington Uni- versity’s Cue and Curtain all busily engaged in rehearsing thier first offerings of the season. R. C. Sheriff’s “Journey’s End” is to be done by the Footlight Club, with Fred Haskin, well-known local player and member of the Roadside group, in one of the leading roles. C. B. Hale is directing and the play will be pre- sented December 4, 5 and 6 at the school. The American University Dramatic ‘Club has set December 17 as the date of its Fall play, “Is Life Worth Live Ing?” Rehearsals are being held every Tuesday night at the gymnasium on the campus under the direction of Prof. Will Hutchins, who expects to make his final cast selections soon. ‘The comedy was done here last year by the Abbey Theater Players, under the title “Drama at Inish.” Cue and Curtain is whipping “She Looves Me Not” into shape. Marvin Beers is directing and the leading roles are to be done by Betty Craw- ford, Charles Hoyt, Sue Slater and Hamilton Coit. ‘The Willard Players are not going to rest on their looney and melo- dramatic laurels this Winter either, having gone into a deep brown study not so long ago and emerged, solemn of mien and serious of mind, with scripts of Sidney Howard and Paul de Kruif’s “Yellow Jack” clutched in their hands. The play is in casting now and will be done sometime around Christmas. In order to calm themselves down from the wild and ranting vagaries of “The Drunkard” and “East Lynne,” it has been necessary for the group to recrganize, and it now is under the guidance of a Board of Directors con. sisting of Donald A. Bolton, chair- man; Elizabeth Pritchard, Walter Studdiford, Hugo Inden and Rudolph Watson. Billboard handed the “Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl” revival, in which Ted Tiller appeared in New York, a merry old roasting such as the trade journals reserve only for the choicest turkeys. s Jesse Veitch, Ada Louise Townsend, ‘Virginia True, Charles A. Bell, Kent Dyer, Yerby Pannill, James M. Rawls, Willlam Milton, Esther Marshman, A. L. Diket, Stanley Karmazin, Milton Hirshfield, William Heintz, John Vic- tory, John Chadwick, Lewrence Gich- ner, William Victory, ‘William * Zeller, Ray C. Crowell and Joseph F. Harley are among the Shakespeare enthusi- asts rehearsing for “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” to be presented Decem- ber 2 by the Shakespeare Soclety of ‘Washington. ‘The Blackfriars’ Guild Hall will not be available for use by other drama groups in the near future, according to announcement by the guild. ‘The Little Theater of Alexandria is hard at work on Rose Franken's comedy-drama, “Another Language,” under the direction of Bess Davis Schreiner, which will be presented at the group’s playhouse Wednesday, De- cember 18. ‘The cast, announced today, includes ’ fred G. Greenleaf and Marshall Bag- gett in the principal roles of the fam- ily conflict play, and Keith Wade, Harry B. Caton, Katherine L. Bloom- er, Elizabeth Trueblood, Ethel Jane Bunting, C. Fred Schreiner and U. S. Lambert, jr., in supporting parts. Sets are being designed by Joseph H. Orendorff, architect member of the group. Adele Gusack, Norman Rose, Sonje | Nordholm, Robert Duke, Pryor Mc- Fadden and Ralph Howe have the leading roles in the Studio of Theater Arts’ production of the crack Soviet farce, presented December 10 and 11 at the ‘Wardman Park Theater. The play has been running since 1828 in various parts of Russia and still is holding up on Broadway, having Octo- ber 3. It is described as one of the funniest pieces of writing that has come out of Russia. Others in the studio’s production are Ethel Cottlieb, Jean McClellan, Elinor Evans, Florence Morin, Louise Shaw, Jehanne Burch, Dorothy Bol- ton, Consuelo Tellez, Margery Rice, Frank Westbrook and Vernon Lyden. The play is being directed by Con- stance ‘Connor Brown, with Frank ‘Westbrook acting as musical director. The Marjorie Webster Players will present their first production of the season, “Caste,” by J. W. Robertson, December 6 and 7, under the direction of Miss Florence McCracken, dean of dramatic arts of the Marjorie Webster Schools. The play is double cast and all of the players, according to report, are young women of definite dramatic talent . . . T. C. Gardner, Charles C. Gillman, Lois Alexander, Yerby Pan- nill, Felice Lloyd, Mary Garretson, Evelyn Schweizer, Edmund Evans, Francis Koonce, Roy Poole, William Austin Davis, Shirley Lake and Charles A, Bell are in rehearsal for the production by the Pierce Hall Players of Frank Baer's latest, “That Guy, Winkler” . . , Vera Smith and Jarvis Butler will have the leading roles in the three-act play “The Lit- tle Clodhopper,” to be performed by the Senior Dramatic Club of St. Paul's Church, under the direction of Hilda E. Smith, December 6, as & benefit for the junior choir . . . the Blackfriars’ Guild will do two plays for the Blessed Sacrament Parish December 10 . . . the children’s class of the Studio of Theater Arts is working on “Little ‘Women,” to be done early next month “Squaring the Circle,” to be | THE FVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1935. “Annie QOakley” Coming Barbara Stanwyck will appear life, which opens at Keith's Theater as the greatest markswoman of all time in “Annie Oakley,” R-K-O picturization of the riflewoman’s colorful on Thanksgiving day. SUCCESSFUL CLIMBING IS COMEDY FOUNDATION Film at Metropolitan Puts Two Plots Into Maid's Secret.” ALL you have to do to insure success is to hire yourself a sagacious maid, who will, without even being asked, take over your affairs and spread the contents of your bank roll about in such a canny manner that they will be returned to you a hundred- fold. At least this is the theory ex- pounded in “Personal Maid's Secret,” a very pleasant little domestic comedy which opened yesterday at the Metro- politan Theater. The maid of the piece is Miss Ruth Donnelly, and the family she cannily brings to social and business success is the Smiths, played by Miss Mar- garet Linday and Mr. Warren (“To- bacco Road”) Hull When Lizzie comes to the Smiths they are prac- tically poor white trash, what with living on the West Side, not owning | any “best” silver, and ail that sort of thing. Lizize soon remedies all these defi- ciencies, however, spending Mr. Smith’s money with enthusiastic prodgality, causing him to entertain on a large scale, to rent the proper East Side apartment, to take an immense coun- try place for the Summer, and to do other such things. She arranges all this by first insinuating the idea into Mrs. Smith’s mind, and then letting 1ife take its own course, what with Mr. Smith liking Mrs. Smith very much indeed, and being inclined to listen to “Personal and pleasant and entertaining. ‘There also is another story mixed | up in these light domestic pleasantries, ter Anita Louise, who is brought up as 8 Miss Abercrombie, because the Abercrombie’s son had married Lizzie just before he was killed in the war. secret,” Miss Louise being kept in the dark about the identity of her mother | until it is necessary for Lizzle to save Anita from & guy from whom she must be saved. This interferes at times with the other plot, but it does not get too sentimental, so it's all right. The whole affair is performed in a light and natural manner by Miss Lindsay, Mr. Hull, Miss Donnelly, Miss Louise, Arthur Trescher, Frank Al- bertson and some others. ‘The Metropolitan’s bill of short sub- Jects is an extensive one. There are a Paramount Pictorial, which is very entertaining; a new piece by the Voice of Experience, in which he deals with an adopted baby and the question, “Should the foster mother tell the real mother?”; a Vitaphone short, which displays some good entertainment but mixes it with some typically terrible Vitaphone short material, and news reels galore. —H. M. e BURLESQUE AT GAYETY “Rainbow Girls” to Open En- gagement Tomorrow. "RA!NBOW GIRLS” will be the next Independent Burlesque As- sociation attraction at the Gayety, opening at the Sunday matinee. It is stressed in advance notices that not a line, scene or situation from any pre- vious show, flaunting the same title, remains. Herby Faye, light comedian, tops the list of imposing burlesque names in the cast. The featured feminine artist is the popular brunette dancer, Lolita. Others in the cast are Mur- ray Barton, Lew Brown, Jack La Mont, Jeanne Wade, Barbara Janis and Zuleka. As the extra added attraction, Man- ager Jimmy Lake has obtained a sen- sational Chlnele importation, Princess . ... Get one of the Roadside’s “Murder | Ch! in"the Red Barn” cast to tell you about the performance they.put on in Bal- timore a few days ago. MARCH IN GAS MASKS' MOSCOW, November 23 (&).— Twenty workers, among whom were seven women, completed yesterday a 750-mile march during which they almost cdnstantly wore gas masks. Removing the masks only when they slept and ate, they came from Stalino, ldl;thenomumin,touuwwlnfl ys. SEE MORRISON'’S For Blank Books. Big va- riety . « . Popular prices. We have what you need. E. Morrison Paper Co. 1009 Pa. Ave. Phone NA. 2945 1 her wishes, and it all is unassuming | this being the tale of Lizzie's daugh- | ‘This, it seems, is the ‘personal maid's | “Scandals” Coming Announcement is made by Manager S. E. Cochran of the National Theater that George White's “Scandals” will be the attraction at this theater begin- ning the week of December 9. The cast includes Gracie Barrie and other well-known stars. This revue follows “Anything Goes,” and will in turn be followed by Helen Hayes in “Victoria Regina,” the new Houssman play which had a successful run in London last season. M’KINLEY DRAMA CLUB GIVES WODEHOUSE PLAY “Leave It to Psmith” Offers Much Comedy for School Players. THE amusing lines of the inimitable ‘Wodehouse gave an enthusiastic | audience many a laugh last night when the McKinley High School Dra- matic Club gave its Fall play, “Leave It to Psmith.” Everything could be left to him with complete confidence, even a string of valuable diamonds, and it was his effort to protect same or may- | hap to swipe them, that provided so | many occasions for laughs. George Hayes played the part of the slightly mad Psmith, while opposite him was Mary Anne Frazier, who was | just the proper balance to this slightly | dafty young man. Librarians are sup- posed to be good balancers anyway. The rest of the cast did their parts with almost equal competence, par- ticularly John McNeil as the too, too | suspicious Baxter, who furnished a | good many of the laugh lines. Ray- | mond Wannall played opposite Judith Greenwood as that estimable young | 1ady’s slightly “useless” husband. It is unfortunate that the Tech stage reverberates as it does, for some of the lines come near to being lost in the echoes, but more than enough | comes through to give the audience a most pleasant evening. The Tech Sfmphony Orchestrs played several numbers before the play and between the acts. The Glee Club quartet also conttibuted to the en- tertainment, R.D, Traveltalker E. M. Newman will speak on “Italy,” the first of his series of three traveltalks, at the National ‘Theater tomorrow afternoon. Sunday, November 24— 8:15 P.M. Closs Wednesday, 8:15 P.M, Library Open Tues. and Thars., 5 to 6; Sat., 2t § UNITED LODGE OF THEOSOPHISTS Hill Building 17th and Eye Sts. N.W., Ne Dues, Fees or Collections, AMUSEMENTS. The Marxes Arrive in Best||Where and When Picture of Their Careers “A Night at the Opera” a Superb Comedy, Supplemented by Good Fox Stage Bill. mmmmmhmmummtmymefly a screen comedy, preparatory A applied to to using them on “A Night at the " we have decided to toss the book of adjectives to the fellow in the next cell and adopt instead & simpler policy. We'll merely tip you off that this is the best of the Marx Brothers' cinemas, perhaps the best vehicle ever supplied those bemussed zanles in all the years they have roumed untamed over the rich flelds of idiocy. g————————————— It should be marked “must” and “double-must” on your list of film ex- cursions for November. The picture at the Fox this week presents only three of the original Four Marx Brothers. The fourth has become an agent in Hollywood, where he gets jobs for actors by threatening to rejoin the fraternal troupe if his clients are not favorably mentioned in fat contracts. The absence of Zeppo is no loss, particularly since his cus- tomary role as the romantic lead is filled by s personable young man named Allan Jones, whose singing volice is one of the major pleasures of the season. Groucho, Chico and Harpo continue to be collectively and individually three of the really first-rate comedians of today. Their only peers are Mr. Charles Chaplin and Mr. W. C. PFlelds, and there are certain moments, par- ticularly those which cause Harpo to be seized by that gleefully demonaic expression, when we'd almost trade in both Fields and Chaplin on another edition of the Marxes. ‘There are wild rumors rampant that certain people do not like the Marx brothers at all. Well, there is no use in arguing with that belligerent sector of the public. Some people also do not like Brahms, Moliere, Salvini, thunderstorms and salt on potatoes. Since the Marx brothers represent all those in one way or an- “RENDEZVOUS” RETURNS FOR WEEK AT COLUMBIA Most Polite and Intelligible Spy Story of Recent Times Is Powell Success. I 'HE spy. and invisible ink business has a pleasant outing in “Ren- dezvous,” a tebonair tale of intrigue, which reveals Mr. Willlam Powell, the parlor Pinkerton, in the role of a brave and somewhat harassed decoder of indecipherable messages. Returned to the Columbia Theater yesterday to begin its second week on F street, the picture outlines Mr. Powell’s droll adventures in breaking up an espionage ring, getting some American transport ships safely past a lot of horrid German U-boats and pacifying the amorous yearnings of a niece of the Undersecretary of State. In each of these divers and devious endeavors Mr. Powell exhibits the same laconic suavity which has made him the favorite hero of today's civilized whodunits, and if “Ren- dezvous” is not another “Thin Man,” it is at least the most polite and intelligible spy story in recent history. Occasionally the plot is wont to be- come laboriously involved in the intricacies of secret codes, invisible handwritings and the *complicated psychology of trained spies, but in general it moves along swiftly, humor- ously and with agreeable good sense. Miss Rosalind Russell, a young lady \ and Catherine PFreeman, who por- whose diction is so pure she was once | trayed Claudia at the ages of 6, 8 and | 18 The refreshing spontaneity of the threatened with a cinematic career of high-minded sacrifice, exhibits a surprising talent for light comedy in this film. As a meddlesome, pert and | slightly scatter-brained Washington lass, she adds just the proper dash | of romantic spice to Mr. Powell's slightly grim career. ‘The old fiicker tradition of beautiful lady spies receives due attention here, with Binnie Barnes cast as a hand- some and inimical sort of Mata Hari, but it must be said that while Miss Barnes looks like a million dollars, she acts like minus 10. The others in the cast are better favored, particularly Lionel Atwill, Charles Grapewin and Cesar Romero, one of the few herolc villains of this or any other age. The Columbia also features short subjects. R. B. P, Jr. Sullivan Beats Dempsey. SAN JOSE, Calif. () —Jack Demp- sey lost to John Sullivan—in the court room. Dempsey and Sullivan are law- yers, no relation to the famous fighters. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. Jhon S. M. Zimmer- mann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assoclate leader. March, “George Washington Cen- tennial” Overture, “Vaudeville Suite Chinese, “The Willow Plate,” Herbert 1. The mandarin’s garden. 2. The little garden house. 3. Chang the lover. 4. Kong Shee. 5. The wedding pro- cession. Excerpts from musical comedy “The Vagabond King”. --Friml Two old-timers: (a) “When the Swallows Home- ly” bt ‘ward (b) “When You and I Were E Young, Maggie”._ Butterfield Valse, “Valse des Fleurs” (Waltz of 2,240 Pounds to Blue Ridge Va. H-rd Stove Coal,’ 510.75 lud-l Furnace $9.50. _Nat, 10501 Pea, “b 3 no.'lu okalus LI Birminer: 75% Lump Coal, $7.50 50% Lump c“l $6.75 other, it is inevitable that they should the only disappointment we ever suf- fered at their hands was the realiza- tion, at the end of one of their pic- tures, that we were not going to be able to take them home with us and have the nonsense keep on forever. ‘The Fox stage bill this week is also particularly pleasant. We long ago reached the conclusion that tumblers and acrobats know more sbout their business and practice what they know better than any one else in the show racket, and the program opener this week lends strong support to that theory. - The Pive Jansleys present a really superb divertisement. There Carr, the Allen Kent fourseme, an invariable show-stopper at any house, and the fine, frantic antics of the Three Slate Brothers,.who also brought the show to a dead halt yesterday. This is not & new turn around town, but it seems in better shape for this appearance than ever before. Ed Lowry is the master of ceremontes, and he joins in & pair of rather aimless in- terludes with Miss Carr and Norman Frescott, who lampoons the stage psychics. The finale of the show is not to be recommended, or even coun- tenanced for that matter, but with a few deft eliminations the vaudeville portion of the card could become one likewise have enemies. Personally, | P follows a dizzy fan dance by June |P. Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. Nztlonal—“Swing Your Lz2dy,” at! 2:30 and 8:30 p.m. Palace—"Mutiny on the Sounty,” at 11:10, 1:45, 4:16, 6:45 and 9:30 p.m. Loew’s Fox—"A Night at the Opera,” at 10:35 a.m.,, 1:25, 4:15, 7:05 and 9:55 p.m. Stage shows at 12:15, 3:05, 5:55 and 8:45 p.m. Earle—“Prisco Kid,” at 11 am., 1:25, 4:15, 7:05 and 9:55 pm. Stage shows at 12:35, 3:30, 6:20 and 9:10 pm. | Bolasco—"“My Song for You,” at 12:22, 2:24, 4:26, 6:22, 8:18 and 10:20 .m. Metropolitan — “Personal Maid's Secret,” at 12:05, 2:05, 4, 6, 8 and 9:55 p.m. ~K-O Keith’'s—“In Person,” at 11:25 am.,, 1:30, 3:35, 5:40, 7:45 and 9:50 p.m. Columbia—“Rendezvous,” at 11:15 am., 1:05, 3:20, 5:15, 7:25 and 9:40 pamn. Miss Adrienne at 2:55, 7 and 9:15 pm. Tivoll—"Freckles,” at 2:05, 4:10, 6:15, 8 and 9:45 p.m. Ambassador—"0O'Shaugnessy’s Boy,” at 1:45,3:55, 6, 7:50 and 9:40 p.m. Little—"Whoopee,” at 10 and 11:56 am, 1:52, 3:48, 5:44, 7:40 and 9:36 .m. Gayety—"“Record Breakers,” at 12 noon, 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. Howard—"“The Pay Off,” at 12:30, | 3:15, 5:55 and 9:15 p.m. Stage shows 5 p.m. “POOR NUT” NEXT WEEK Players’ Club of Community Cen- ter to Repeat. SECOND presentation of the com= edy of college life, “The Poor Nut,” will be given by The Players Club of Central Community Center in Roosevelt High School Auditorium, Tuesday night of next week, Novem- ber 26, at 8:30 o'clock, because of many requests for the repetition of the play. following Tuesday night's performance. The same cast of players will again enact the roles in the comedy, and John Mann, who was highly success- ful in the title role, will remain in Washington to appear next Tuesday in the play, canceling his own plans to spend Thanksgiving week in New England. This play is the first full-length ever given publicly by the club. Lucy Ann Rogers is the director of the group. Canute Remembered, ‘The ancient English town of bury recently celebrated the 3 cmunlry of the death of King Canute, AMUS!MEN . 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He be- | friends a former model, from whom an unfortunate marriage has snatched beauty and health, and finds himself promising to care for her baby daugh- ter as death takes the mother. Another pledge, this one of trans- cendant affection to .the orphan, Claudia, loses for him an American fiancee. The girl's growth to woman- hood brings a transition from parent- child affection to ordinary man-and- woman love. The sculptor marries his ward. Individual panegyries must be di- | rected toward Jane and Betty Fadeley | tiny Misses Fadeley merits the adjec~ tive, “remarkable,” while Miss Free- |man is an ebulllent snd promising | | ingenue. Lucy Allen did a fine job in her | brief appearance as Claudia’s mother. | So also James Oxenham in the role of her repulsed artist suitor, who continues to be loved as “Uncle Jack,” and Marion Hulbert, playing a chore girl. 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