Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1935, Page 7

AMU SEMENTS. » Barrymore Celebrates 25 Years in Pictures Anniversary Brings Lionel New Contract and Lead in “Silas Marner”—Mystery Cards Arrive by the Pound. BY E. de S. 'T 18 almost 25 years to the day and l anniversary, Barrymore was given & Schenck and Louis B. Mayer, M- working these past 10 years. MELCHER. hour (8:45 am.) since Lionel Barry- more began working before’ the camera. Yesterday, in honor of this new starring contract by Nicholas M. G-M chiefs, for whom he has been Discussing these 25 years of celluloid endeavor Barrymore said: “It's & long way to look back—too long. I¢ prefer to look ahead.” Too bad that more of the flash-in- the-pan movie stars do not follow Mr. Barrymore's phi- losophy. Too many of them are | busy thinking how good they were yesterday tp realize that may- | be they won't be so young and healthy tomor- Tow. Mr. Barrymore was also notified yesterday that he . would play the lead in the M- G-M version of Ulonel Barrymore. o “\armery George Eliot classic. His first film, back in 1910, was with the old D. W. Griffith company. It was called “The New York Hat.” And speaking of those days, did you hear the Gish girls (nay ladies) and Rich- ard Barthelmess on the air the other night? Somehow Miss Lillian slipping around that waterfall in “Way Down East” will always remain as one of the high spots of melodrama. Mr. Grif- fith's ice back in those days was & darn sight more convincing than it was just the other day in the Fox versien of the same play. * x x x TA NOTHER series of baffling cards is upon us. The last batch, in honor of “Remember the Night"—and we rather not—had no sooner been put away than s new bunch began pep- pering the mail. This time the cards are even hand- somer, although not so funny. They sre white, formal and impressively written out in black ink against a se- | ries of pencil lines which are onlyi faintly discernible. On the left there is printed & photograph of the acad- | emy statue award. The remainder off the card is given over to such re-| marks as: “Dear Eddie—Two great performances, but only one award. Let's get the academy to give two. Bee why the night of December 5.” Yesterday this card had the local reviewing gentry in a frenzy. Even | the handsome new lady editress about | town, whose short, dark locks wiil now adorn row F on Monday nights at the National, was seen slicing off part of & fingernail in her despair at Dot being able to solve the meaning. In his office Napoleonlike Hardie Meakin denied that he knew any- thing about it. Warner Bros.’ Dan ‘ Terrell smiled a smile of complete frustration—and even Carter Barron | and Lu Brown raised their right hands | in sign of defeat. Nevertheless, if the last two aren't to blame we'll eat our shirt. And if | the film isn't “Ah, Wilderness” we'll | eat our hat, two predictions which, if they are wrong, should make to- morrow a very sad feast day indeed. * K Kk | NO THEATER in Washington has | more atmosphere than the Be- 1asco—particularly matinee time on a | Bunday. Just before those bjg red curtains are parted it's a little like old home week in there. Last Sunday, for instance, three ladies were discovered knitting away on some sort of woolies—and a po- | litical gentleman from Iowa was hav- ing a loud and amusing political de- bate with‘a political gentleman from | the East on the question of the Re- | publicans—standing right smack in the aisle. Pretty soon other people began to join in the debate, the knit- | ting needles flew faster and after a time we began to suspect that hot tea would come walking in on trays and other things. ‘The nice part about it is that every- body seems to know everybody else. And when the film begins the silence is practically deafening. Such a state of affairs is in strange contrast to those early morning shows at some of the other theaters—where the young people come in to make super eat-cplls and the hero of the day is he who can get away with doing the best imita- TA VISITOR from Hollywood drop- ped lterally from the clouds yes- terday en route to New York. Rob- ert Hussey by name, sage Paramount publicity demon, and one who has guided many an Easterner in and about the Paramount studios, Mr. Hussey brought the glad tidings that Maxine Doyle is doing very well for herself in Canada—whither she has gone with Toby Wing and some other BELASCO ,THE SURPRISE OF THE YEAR! . .. . [A cinema celebrities to film a film for an independent company. * % * % 'HE boys out at the races yester- day would have it that Joan Crawford was one of the interested spectators. That, good sirs, we doubt —since a letter recently from Holly- wood said that she was very busy installing herself and Mr. Tone in the Brentwood house in which she has just rebuilt her kitchen. ] "MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY” will stay a third week at the Pal- 8. BENEFIT TO BE GIVEN Montgomery County Social Serv- ice League to Be Aided. SPECIAL matinee performance will be given tomorrow afternoon at the State Theater, Bethesds, Md., for the benefit of the Montgomery County Social Service League. The program will consist of Shirley Temple, in “Bright Eyes”; a Chic Sale comedy, the silly symphony, “3 Little Pigs,” and a Mickey Mouse cartoon. The theater will open at 2:45 p.m., with the performance starting af p.m. The showing of the film attrac- tions is through the courtesy of the Twentieth Century-Fox Film Ex- change and United Artist Corporation. s PLAY TO BE CAST Dramatic Society of Jewish Com- munity Center Meets. THE Dramatic Society of the Jewish Community Center is holding meetings every Wednesday in the Lit- tle Auditorium, and plans are under way for a big season under the able direction of Sidney Gottlieb. New members are welcome, and are urged to attend the next meeting, which will be held on December 4 at 8 p.m., when the cast will be chosen for the one-act play to be presented in the Community Center Department tournament in January. e Foreign Books. Publication of books in foreign lan- guages, notably English, French and Latin, is showing a large decrease in Germany. Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. Palace—"Mutiny on the Bounty,” at 11:10, 1:45, 4:16, 6:45 and 9:30 p.m. Loew’s Fox—"A Nignt at the Oper: at 10:35 am,, 1:25, 4:15, 7:05 and 9: pm. Stage shows at 12:15, 3:05, 5:55 and 8:45 pm. Earle—“Frisco Kid" at 11 am, 1:25, 4:20, 7:10 and 9:50 p.m. Stage shows at 12:40, 3:35, 6:25 and 9:10 pm. Belasco— My Song for You,” at 12:22, 2:24, 4:26, 6:22, 8:18 and 19:20 pm. Metropolitan— “Personal Maid's Secret,” at 12:05, 2:05, 4, 6, 8 and 9:55 pm. R-K-O Keith's—"“In Person,” at 11:25 am, 1:30, 3:35, 5:40 and 7:45 “Annie Oakley” preview at 9:50 | pm. Columbia—“Rendezvous,” at 11:15 am, 1:05, 3:20, 5:15, 7:25 and 9:40 m. Miss Adrienne at 2:55, 7 and :15 pm. Tiveli—“Big Broadcast of 1936, at 2, 3:50, 5:40, 7:30 and 9:20 p.m. Ambassador—“Broadway Melody of 1936,” at 6, 7:50 and 9:45 p.m. Little—"It Happened One Night,” at 10 and 11:50 am., 1:42, 3:42, 5:34, 7:3¢ and 9:34 pm. Gayety—"Rainbow Girls,” at 12 noon, 2:15 and 8:15 pm. Howard—"The Pay Off,” at 12:30, 8:15, 5:55 and 9:15 p.m. Stage shows at 2, 4:30, 7:15 and 10:15 p.m. 2—Great A“'"“‘.:;i;o': OPI%ITE WHITE HOUSE «ooAcompletely NEW personality... As @ happy- go-lucky rolling stone. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1935. Starred in a Drama of the Old South MARGARET SULLAVAN Hs. the leading feminine role in “So Red the Rose,” picturization of Stark Young's popular novel of the same nnne.rhlch opens Friday at Warners' Earle Theater. “MONEY MAD” OFFERED BY CHURCH PLAYERS Individual Acting Assignments Well Done in Play Which Deserves Praise. RAYMOND WANNELL placed him- | self under & cloud for the greater portion of “Money Mad,” last evening’s offering by the Parish Hall Players of | the Atonement Lutheran Church, but, true to the dramaturgic tenets relative to third acts, Old Sol finally had his way. In fewer syllables. Mr. Wannell played the lead, and well, in his own production. And a satisfying piece it is, possessed of nice people, funny people and one thoroughly disagreeable person. Guy Laudingham, jr., enamoured in uncertain degrees of two damsels, ar- ranges with his father to be accused of plotting to steal the pater’s cash 5 |and summarily disowned. The test begins to work. Marguerite, marital prospect No. 1, charges Guy with stealing her bracelet, and switches affections to brother Melvin. Barbara, however, remains true. 8-0-0-0, Guy marries her, another guy marries Mar- guerite, Melvin marries the original| object of his attentions, and a sheriff | marries & serving girl, which may convey an idea of what Mr. Wannell | accomplished in his effort. ‘The vitriolic vituperations of Mar- guerite, as handled by Thelma Mc- Donald, merit top awards, closely fol- lowed by William E. Trible, the “other | sl guy,” who takes pity on her. encomium also for the performances of the brothers Wannell as the broth- ers Laudington, and for the efforts of Thelma Thayer. and Laura Waugh, included in the complement of girl friends. Saisfac- RROREITH’S Catherine Schmidt | tory were the bits of Charles K. Hoover, playing Sheriff Brickhead, and Robert Volland in the dual roles of the elder Laudingham and Jeeves, ROLLER SKATING RINK Every Night, 8-11 P.M. Exeept Thurs., ‘10 to 12 P.M. Silver Spring, Md. A WASHINGTON INSTITUTION Opposite U, S. Treasury on 15th St PreView Opening TONIGHT 9:50 p. m. RKO-RADIO PICTURE The amazing life . butler. A uniformly pleasing presen- tation, enacted before an excellent set. C. A M. Of Perfect 8th at E. Lawrence Phillips' The ntinuous Pr o equest. (By R SHIRLEY TEMPLE. “OUR LITTLE GIRL" Comed: 00} d M CAROLINA 11tha X, “THE LOVES OF A DICTATOR CRIME OF DR. CRESP] (NEW) CIRCLE )N EDWARD ARNOLD and “DIAMOND JIM.'" 3 ) y OTTLE o2y “It Happened One Vi g CLAUDETTE COLBERT. CLARK GABLE. PRINCESS '3 R85 NE. B LAGE TALE ™" JA Cartoon. STANTON g5 Continuous From EDMUND LOWE in_“THU NIGHT.” MAY ROBSON, ALL. “THE GIRL Also JOAN MARS] NLBI;.':': 150 ARSH. E Al ", “Champagne for hreakfaa’tq’ itern: No Parking Tro “King Sofomon of ‘h’wny." JOHN BOLES 1 “Redheads on Parade.” HIPPODROME _ ™3 Chester Morris. Sully Bilers. - MT. RAINIER, Toda Eiissa_Landl, “Without, Regret.” A n‘"'!!‘u- MD. Charles Boyer. ““Thunder in the East.” Ji enny, “nrnndnm.erod’ of Direction of SIDNEY LUST and love of Buffalo Bill's sharp- shooting star . . . from the back- woods to the courts of Kings . . | Out of the glories of the past they come ... mighty hunters . . . fearless fighters . . . a riding, shooting dare- devil crew . . . headed by a woman! - “(:}'_Tho world was at her feet and she was head over heels in love i H . i PRESTON FOSTER ® MELVYN DOUGLAS MORNI OLSEN « PERT KELTON « ANDY CLYDE C - MD. EOCKYILLE. ¥D. om| R 25" 85 %805 JACK BENNY, ELEANOR POWELL. __BROADWAY MELODY OF 1036." APOLLO 2 JACK OAKIE and “BIG_BROADC; AVALON Ca™ o 8345005 RUB 3 i) L0 TEE ST W40 WARNER BROS. THEATERS 5 6.“! in ., Ave. & bee SE TER *%.2 5™ “Shipmates For:z;el;-,’ DIOK POWELL snd RUBY EXELER. PALM THEATER Poipfa” - DIX. ?ahh Feature W Xovelty. ~PEMBERTON STUDIO OF D, Simplified Methods—Reasonable Rates in Stage and Ball Room Danein 1124 Conn. ‘Ave. Phone Nat. 5038, 20° PEYTON PENN STUDIO, 1745 F St. N.W. Met. 3050, Private lesso: pointment. Botiat dencing = spectaity. = EDWARD F. 14 1700 B Sanced, we teach & °*° MAE DAVISON ,2m M ww. n—%fi KAY Bowes. AMUSEMENTS. ‘Bounty’ Offered Problems ‘WO years of intensive research were required to prepare Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s, “Mu- tiny on the Bounty,” for the screen, From the first inspiration to bring to the acreen the thrilling James Norman Hall-Charles Nordhoff novel about the famous mutiny ship, Irving G. Thalberg insisted that no stone should remain unturned to make the picture authentic in every detail. The first step was to invite the ald of the British admiralty, which enthusiastic earthed the aged copies of the deck end rigging plans of the original Bounty. These were photostated and forwarded to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. Under the supervision of Dr. Leslie Hotson, who knows his British Mu- seum as if it were the lining of his own trousers pocket, every scrap of pertinent evidence directly related to the Bounty and its expedition was copied by able record workers. Photostatic copies of every page of the report of the Bounty mutineers’ court-martial, handwritten on beauti- ful copper plate, also were made and forwarded to America. In addition to collecting data on the ship, engravers’ collections were searched for illustrations of Capt. Bligh and every member of his mu- tinous crew that sailed with him. Old book shops were ransacked for other books, for illustrations of Portsmouth harbor in 1787, of other ships an- chored in the harbor at the time—the Pandora, the Duke, the Illustrious— and for costumes, household articles, Christmas customs, sea chanties, etc. Item by item, & most unusual li- brary was collected, boxed and shipped BROTH S GROUCHO- CHICO, & HARPO in A NIGHT/Z OPERA" ———— gy p G § —— ED LOWRY 30! REVU Gridey . RONALD COLMAN | OO MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK of MONTE LAND" Linge 308 MORRISON and oicts with CLARK GABLE + CHAS, LAUGHTON FRANCHOT TONE.. A(-G M pictiar | 1L § ’ 12 ~"RENDEIVOUS'CZ) i Yold over ADRIENNE i Bovaoe APPEARING AT 2:55°7:00 SHE LIVED in true Cinderello fashion to Hollywood—and not until then were the replicas of the Bounty and Pan- dora built, the wardrobe designed, the authentic settings constructed. ‘The research project produced many unusual stories. Director Frank Lloyd unearthed in s mouldy London book- shop & complete text book of the Brit- ish admiralty’s reguiations of the eighteenth century published in 1757, which served as & valuable ald to training the crew of the Bounty. In “Mutiny on the Bounty,” Charles Laughton wears a complete, authentic wardrobe tailored by the original Capt. Bligh's talloring firm—Gieves. Laughton was strolling through a London street when he saw a weath- ered name, “Gieves,” over & tailor shop. He vaguely recalled reading such a name in Capt. Bligh's blography. He entered the shop, bent upon playing a joke, and inquired: “Did you happen to make some uni- forms for my good friend, Willlam Bligh?” “When were they tallored?” the tai- lor's clerk asked. “About & hyndred and fifty years 2go,” Laughton chuckled. “I'l look in the books,” sald the clerk and disappeared in a rear room. He emerged a few minutes later, cas- ually to inform Laughton that his irm had made Capt. Bligh's wardrobe 150 years ago—and produced the original patterns, with complete instructions for every stitch, every insignia, and every button. Laughton ordered a duplicate of the original Bligh uniform, even to boots, cocked hat and gold-hilted sword— and brought them back to use in role in the picture. L A few research problems were by accident. The most notable one concerned the whereabouts of Capt. Bligh's original logs. Director Frank Lloyd had hunted two years for them without success. ‘While filming the South Sea sequences in Tahiti Lloyd and Author James Norrian Hall were discussing the logs in the Blue Lagoon Hotel in Papeete. A little white-haired woman arose from a nearby table and introduced herself to Director Lloyd. She had overheard the discussion and informed Lloyd she was the librarian of the Mitchell Library in Sydney, Australis, The missing logs reposed in the vaults of the library in Australia! And to prove it, the librarian sent photostat copies of the original pages to Director Lloyd when he returned to Hollywood. Coffee for U. 8. Ecuador is now shipping most of its coffee to the United States. O X S E Y WS X 8 Week nd. Begin. Mon. Dee. SEATS THURSDAY wm.ma sl CAXTON=MOORE x AMERICAS D ot BEMAY VEMUTA RENE DELRYamd WY CAST X U M O S 2nd Bal. §1 Mats. Wed. and Sat.—Orch., $2.75: Bal.. $2.20, $1.65; 2nd Bal, $1.10 (ine. Mail Orders Now. $3.85: " Tomorrow THERES A LAFF IN EVERY RAINDROP AND A ROAR IN EVERY CLOUDBURST! BERT WHEELER / &, ROBT WOOLSEY| Warner Bros METROPOLITAN LASY DAY * Personal Maid’s Secret HER LIFE . ond found her Prince Charming! Reod this romantic life story of the screen’s fa- mous “Dancina Lady HOW JOAN “MAKES-UP” HER EYES In “Beauty Brevities," Martha Leavitt fells how Joon Crawford brings out the nefurcl luster in her large, violet-biue eyss. And in the same column: Some beauty seerets of ELEANOR POWELL JUNE KNIGHT and GRETA GARBO MADGE EVANS IN OUR SUNDAY MAGAZINE Jim Tully gives you a brilliant “moving picture” of Joan Crawford’s coloriui career; of her long struggle for suc- it's almost as cess; of her loves, her hopes, her fears, her failures, and her meteoric rise to stardom ...You'll enjoy every word of this inspiring close-up—for good as a personal infro- duction to the glamorous Joan herself. ORDER YOUR SUNDAY, PAPER NOW. ¢