Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1935, Page 29

USEMENTS “Crime and Punishment” One of Season’s Musts Von Sternberg Directs I"eter Lorre in Bril- liant New Film — Vincent Freedley Talks. BY E. de S. MELCHER. \ [{ RIME AND PUNISHMENT,” previewed yesterday, is one of the season’s “musts.” Put it on next week's entertainment calender up at the very top. It is bitter, tough, emotional and intelligent. Von Sternberg has taken the' Dostoievski classic and shaped it into an exciting epic which you should positively not miss if you have a hankering for originality—and direction that is not soft, velvet, lady-like. Peter Lorre makes the picture. His characterization of the man who tries to out-trick his own fate, against<s police, against society, against himsel. | pegpjes of the Community Center De- is as brilliant a " | partment may know. job as you will The Willard Hotel tickel bureau is find. Edward taking care of the seats for the Studio Arnold is excel- | of Theater Arts’ production of “Squar- lently cast, too— | ing the Circle.” > although some | Harry Essex was in yesterday to tell day we hope that | about Helen Hayes' new starring vehi- moment will ar- | cle, “Victoria Regina,” which comes to rive when at the the National the week of December 16. end of every | Better begin thinking about your seats scene Mr. Arnold right now. The seat sale in Baltimore does not throw is said already to be ahead of Kath- back his head arine Cornell's record, which she made and let loose a there last Spring. laugh. Laugh he And don't forget that Jesephine can — and very | Hutchinson, one-time Ram’s Club well — but Mr. | player, will be at Keith's Friday in Lorre could get “The Melody Lingers On.” the same effect with & grin. 1 on P Von Sternberg's cast is wel]l chos- en—surprisingly so. People who never SECOND WEEK OF ARLISS thought (and.this department was — one) that Marian Marsh had & grain (.00 Hobo' of acting ability will be fooled—so | will those who imagined that blond, | tall, comely Tala Birrell’s acting days are over: Both are splendid. And so “ » hi nd pic- i Mrs. “Pat” Campbell as the wizened |, “Jor G Ut Britsh, wil” be Tala Birell. * Held Over at Be- lasco Theater. EORGE ARLISS' latest film, old money-lender who-gets hit over | 18 o0 R0 Week at the | “CASTE” TO BE GIVEN National City Players Appear in Two Performances "CAST:." & three-act comedy, will be presented Priday and Satur- day evenings by the National City Players of the National City Christian Church in the social hall, 1308 Ver- mont avenue. In the leading role will be Frances Brunt, as Polly Eccles, saucy young ballet dancer. Others with impor- tent parts sre Ernest Johnson, Olga Dryden, Fred Fairchild, Ted Freter, The English comedy, by T. W. Richardson, is being done in costume of the middle Nineteenth century and is under the direction of Wilda Kil- bourn. Curtain time is 8:15 p.m. —_— BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band Symphony Orchestra in the audito- rium of the Marine Barracks at 8 pm. Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; William F. Santelmann, second leader. Grand march, “Heroique,” opus 34, Saint-Saens. 1835-1935 Poem symphonique, “Danse Maca- bre,” opus 40. | “Concerto No. 1 and orchestra, opus 33, Saint-Saens Soloist: John Auer. “Bacchanale,” from the opera “Samson and Delilah,” Saint-Saens “Symphony No. 5,” opus 82, Sibelius, 1865 Molto moderato. Andante mosso. Allegro molto. ‘Tone poem, “The Swan of ‘Tuonela” Symphonic poem, opus 26, No. 7 Sibelius the head with a poker. More about this anon—but get set to go to the Metropolitan. ok IN THE neatly decorated living room of Mrs. Curtis’ elegant 1925 F Street Club, Vincent Freedley, pro- ducer, author and good fellow, yester- day held small court. It was a brief interlude for him between breakfast and & train—and he was still basking in the fun of having his show, “Any- thing Goes,” meet with popular suc- cess—as it had the night before at the National. Mr. Freedley proverbial Virginia hunting gentleman than he does like a producer. He hasn’t the starved unshaven hungry look of a Jed Harris—or the nervous excited manner of a Max Gordon. He is young, excellentiy mannered and he has a good appetite—and he knows quite as much about London, Paris and the world as he does about the theater. He admitted, however, that it's tougher to be a producer today than it was yesterday. You have to be smarter, he says. There aren't so many Fred Astaires floating around as there were in those halcyon days when this | supreme hoofer was beetling around in his shows. Mr. Freedley's next move is London. It is probable that some time this { Belasco Theater. Arliss has a new characterization as a vagabond who becomes mixed up in the affairs of an | because his name is Rothschild. The supporting cast includes Frank Cellier, Gene Gerrard, Viola Keats and Patrick Knowles. insolvent banker, | | PETER LORRE AND MARIAN MARSH Are pictured in a tense moment in Columbia’s “Crime and Punishment™ film based on the novel by Dostoievsky, which opens tomorrow at the | Metropolitan, with & preview showing at 8:30 p.m. ‘Kubelik’Reveaflls Rare | Quality in Violin Recital looks more like the | His Own Personality nical Perfection—Plays Own Work. } Son Gives Brilliant Aid. { BY ALICE shows its age when more volume is de- manded of it. It was noticed last Spring at Constitution Hall, and yes- terday in smaller quarters it was more evident that the instrument is wanting in brilliancy and does not serve as an adequate means of expression. A large and distinguished audience filled the hall and greeted the artists warmly, recognizing in the combined playing of father and son a rarely beautiful ensemble. The artist re- ceived his many admirers in an infor- mal reception following the program. Combined With Tech- EVERSMAN. ‘ AN KUBELIK'S reappearance in Washington yesterday afternoon as the first artist on the Concerts Intimes course at the Shoreham, has been eagerly anticipated by his admirers, who took an actual part in the selection of his program. One found there such familiar numbers as the Hal 1 | from Bach’s “Polonaise in E Minor, Wieniawski, and “The Dance,” by Paganini, the last men- ’noned heard in Washington on his first American tour. The novelty on ‘Witches" “Sonata in E Major, No. 6,” the “Gavotte and Preludium.’ “Sixth Sonata” for violin alone; No. 2.” byg “Havanaise " by Saint-Saens: ACADEMY ©F Ferisst Sound Photontay g 8th at G SE. E. Lawrence Phillips' Theatre Beautiful Continuous From 4:30 P.M MARY ELLIS in “PARIS IN SPRING.” ERIC VON STROHEIM in “THE CRIME OF DR. CRESPL" 505 7th St. S.W, ational 4376. city. In it he disclosed the dimensions of his musicianship, and he has given to the world a work that will live for - the richness of its content and the Spring he will produce, in conjunction | the program was his own “Fourth with Mr. Cochran (not Steve—Lon-|Concerto.” don’s revue king) a musical comedy| Kubelik was and always will be a in which light fun will be made of |specialist, an artist who first made the successful revival of the ballet |evident the extraordinary technical schools and dances. Louella Geer and | resources of the violin, and whose Ray Bolger will be in the company— | special gift still lies in that direction. variety of effects it offered in true viloinistic style. | The continuity of idea from its first dramatic opening to the con- cluding chord, and the treatment of the work as a whole, were its most outstanding features, Kubelik had N PAUL MUNI and ANN DVORAK in “DR. __SOCRATES ASHTON CLARENDON. VA WARNER OLAND “CHARLIE CHAN IN SHANGHAL' CAROLINA THE MAN W MANHATT. 1ith & N. C_ Ave. S.E. Double Feature HO KNEW TOO MUCH" and N_MOON " in | which he hopes to bring to New York if it meets with Britain's approval some time in the Fall. From there Mr. Freedley doesn't know what his plans may be. Not Hollywood, however. He was there Jast Summer (when “Anything Goes” was about to be produced), given an office, ink, blotters and slaves. He “worked” for two weeks and by then began to get a little tired of sitting in & back row seat of the theater, during rehearsals, and having nobody say anything to him. After all, as he said | For that reason there could have been a better selection from the violin lit- erature than what made up yester- day's program, which would have em- phasized the brilliant execution for which he is famous. Em Ak “‘HAT was most impressive in his performance yesterday was the uncanny quality that sped forth the difficult passages with a lightness and facility almost quicker than the ear | could detect. It was only when some | measures of fleet runs, difficult double | 7105 Pa. Ave. something to say and said it well | g,!&wpgw%“:fi o o There was a definite message in the _ "SCHIPMATES POREVER." entire writing, the technicalities of | 1343 Wisconsin o Torm servig as » mentn 20 an end. | DUMBARTON | £5tt,0 cvisinty * ox % % | __Comedy. & FTHE first movement, “Allegro Appas-, FAIRLAWN sionata,” was grandiose in con- | ._"PAGE MISS G ception, powerful and glowing with LITTLE warmth. It was foliowed by the |“Quasi una Balatta” movement, a| lovely lyric interlude of gemlike | | melodic purity, which gave way to a| | “Rondo” of swift-moving passages, | brilliant and stirring. Ably assisted | " ANACOSTIA D_C. MARION DAVIES m T E RN e ¥ Uth Between F and G ART Dltflll“r;fl Fllh.‘ “DINNER AT EIGHT.” WITH ALL-STAR CAST. PRINCESS _craciit- S8 X D BOBS & little wistfully yesterday, “I was the | stopping or octave work was accom- producer—and they had asked me|plished that one realized their in- out.” So after two weeks he came |tricacy with astonishment, so easily home—after having a nice visit With | had they flowed from the expert fin- his friends the Astaires. And he Was|gers of the artist. His presentation of given eight week's salary—for doing | this type of playing is entirely differ- (so he says) “nothing.” ent from any of the violinists before Ak i .. |the public today, for it is so closely (:ARTER BARRON will give “a|ypijteq to his whole personality that it salute” to columnist Ed Sullivan, |joses all extraneous attachment. appearing in person next week at the At the same time, one missed a Fox, Friday afternoon at the Carleton. | modern note in his interpretation, & The new local “Dramatic Revue”|spinning out of phrases, which is §s out and it's even better than the the new advance made in violin play- first edition. Nice going, Editor Pres-|ing, Yet, for such a superb and un- cott (and thank you for the copy).| matchable master of technique as is “Journey’s End” begins its three- | Kubelik, his reading conformed to day run at the University of Maryland | his ideas, and left the musicians 1n‘ tonight. | the audience with much to ponder George White has signed Jane | over. Such easy control of the meth- Cooper for the “Scandals” which open | anism of the violin has been equaled here next Monday night. He stated | only in rare instances. yesterday: “Miss Cooper dances not| The interest yesterday centered only with her feet, but with her head | principally in his own concerto, which as well.” | was given its first hearing in this Good luck to author Frank Baer | Where and When end his new play, “That Guy Wink- ” which will have an out-of-town try-out in Riverdale, Md, Monday night. Theodore Field, secretary of the Current Theater Attractions Georgetown Players, writes in to ask, and Time of Showing. “When is the next local one-act play - tournament?” We'll bite. But Mrs.| National—"Anything Goes,” at 2:30 = | and 8:30 p.m. { Earle—"So Red the Rose,” at 10:50 am. 1:40, 4:30, 7:25 and 10:15 p.m. Boy Actors Recite Lesso'ls Dailv tO 1‘Qst:’gr:l-shows at 12:25, 3:15, 6:10 and Ba(‘k-Qt(lge Tutor Loew's Fox—“Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo,” at 11a.m., 1:45, By the Associated Press. 4:30, 7:15 and 10 p.m. Stage shows NEW YORK, December 4.— New |8t 12:45, 3:35, 6:20 and 9:05 pm. York's oddest school room is back- | |~ Belasco—“Mr. Hobo,” at 12:08, 2:04, stage in a midtown theater, where 14 | 4:06, 6:05, 8:05 and 10:03 p.m. boys daily recite their algebra, gram- Palace—"“The Crusades,” at 11:15 mar and history lessons before scam- | a.m., 1:45, 4:20, 6:55 and 9:30 p.m. pering to the footlights as “tough| Metropolitan — “The Rainmakers,” kids” in a gangster drama of the East | at 11:40 a.m., 1:40, 3:40, 5:40, 7:40 Sl% Lt s |and 9:40 pm. e boys—their ages range from 10 | co1umbia—“Tw " o / - . —“Two Fisted,"” at 12:25, into the ‘teens—appear in Stanley | ;.99 415, 6:10, 8:05 and 10 pm. Kingsley “Dead End.” Like all child | ‘ ; = actors, they have to go to school. | R-K-O Keith’s—“Annie Oakley,” at The producers employed a Columbia | 11:40 am,, 1:44, 3:44, 5:44, T:44 and graduate, George Milton, as their tutor | 9:4¢ p.m. and disciplinarian. Tivoli—“Way Down East,” mHe conducts {;;gulat:' clns}s]es—a.s reg- | 3:50, 5:45, 7:35 and 9:30 p.m. ar as is possible where there are no bassador—* ” ¥ows of initial-carved desks, o §10bes, | 7.45 wad 9040 pum. - o & ency;l;:pedia.s, or other class roomi .thUh"bim;r '“ Aot 10 Ve paraphernalia. v s Before each performance the boys i 12:06, 2:20, “4:43, 7:06 nx}d 9:29 pm. gather for their lessons in the scanty, | , GaYetY—"Big Revue,” at 12 noom, ragged costumes which they wear op | 2:15 and 8:15 pm. o the stage as street urchins. Some ap- l‘lonr.i— ‘Shipmates Forever,” at pear clad only in the swimming trunks | 12:30, 3:45, 7 and 10:15 p.m. Stage in which they clamber over the edge | SROWS at 2:30, 5:45 and 9:15 pm. of the orchestra pit (the East River). | _ = - They sit on the floor or pull chairs | close to the blackboard, the only for- | mal piece of educational equipment in | the room. When they recite there's none of the sidewalks-of-New-York | accent or lurid vocabulary of their stage roles. Milton sees to that. at 2, GAYETY BURLESK (NOW PLAYING WAUSAU” Also LILLIAN DIXON and IRVING SELIG |by his gifted son, Rafaeal, at the | | piano, whose handling of the orches- tral accompaniment was full of fire | | and vitality, it was an unforgettable | performance, one which could be heard again with distinct pleasure. | Kubelik's priceless Stradivarius vio- |1in, the instrument which created so much excitement at the time of its | purchase a score of years ago, seems | ito lack the power of resistance and | | #5 KEITH’S > A Washington Institution BARBARA STANWYCK AS BUFFALO BILL'S SHARPSHOOTING STAR “ANNIE OAKLEY” OMING . ... A PICTURE YOU'LL WANTTO SEE WITH SOMEONE YOU LOVE “The MELODY LINGERS ,.‘ Inc. tax). FREEODLEY, W%VI.IA?—F Wron 'GAXTON ~MOORE lay ! MUSICAL HIT b | J| = BENAY VENUTA- IRENE DELROYawd KX CAST Box Office Tomarro ONLY—Before Broa Beginning MON. EVE., DEC. § * GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDAL’S 35 Dassling_ Scenes—Cast of 100 with l Bert Willie & Eugene VALLEE- LAHR HOWARD Clff (Ukulele Tke) EDWARDS — Gracie BARRIE—Jane COOPER. 75--George White Beauties--75 See it Here at Bargain Prices Eves.. $1.10 to $3.30. Wed. Mat., $1.10 to $2.20. Sat. Mat., $1.10 to $265, Tax inc. | Seats at | § ONE WEEK WARNER BROS. THEATERS S FOX xS, AND OTHER ACTS nmgwé’f:‘u Zx SPLENDORY age. A0 SULLIVAN & WIS REVUE FIRST uavummem - CRUSADE T ERUSABES: OF THOUSANDS Lia. micksy mQuse CARTOON] HANKS A MILLION® oW FRI L L. COLUMBIA MARRIED HER SECO _Comedy. Fox News with Lowell Thomas. E. STATE 60:0'Wisc ave. Betricnda. Ma Once Again! Our Patrons Request Another Return Showin b “NAUGHTY MARIETTA.” ‘With N _EDDY. J. Mac] INALD. 4TH ENGAGEMENT! _Enjoy This Pine Picture Again! TAKOMA 4th and Butternut Sts, No Parkine Troubl GINGER ROGERS .nf{ra'm::l«nfinf'm TOP HAT. HIPPODRO Miriam Hovkins, * Edmund Lowe. K Near 9th Double Peature ‘Becky Shi 53 nder_Press: CAMEQ o Fotorces. RUBY KEELER in “Shipmates Forever.” fim.— ‘Today-Tomorrow ARCAD JOAN CRAWFORD in “I LIVE MY LIFE RICH"MOND ALEXANDRIA, VA. Henry Fonda_“Wav Dows Bast Direction of Sidney Lust AMBASSADOR 328,452t JOAN CRAWFORD in “I LIVE MY __LIFE” short. AVALON Sz N.W . 2600 KAY FRANCIS. GEORGE BRENT in GOOSE AND THE GANDER.” JACK BENNY. - COLONY _ & ¢ & KAY FRANCIS, GEORGE BRENT in ‘B“Ogbsl“AND THE GANDER.” PRESTON FOSTE! WILSON in POMP] WALLACE BEERY 1h" “OSHAUGH Al XL NESSY'S BOY.” _Cartoon. JESSE THEATER **,* == ‘BROADWAY MELODY,’ JACK BENNY, ELEANOR POWELL. &R L Ave, N.W. SYLVAN “ANNA KARENINA, GRETA GARBO. FREDRIC MARCH. Cartoo: THEATER ° PALM o “SPECIAL AGENT,” BETTE DAVIS and GEORGE BRENT. Comedy, Carioon. BERNHEIMER’S ANCING. EDWARD F. MILLER STUDIO_ 814 17th St. N.W. Na. 8003 71%5% Nitnced. we_teach 42 MAE DAVISON i3 M K3, ST “The Star Spangled Banner.” ‘A’ SLIPERB IHLUUMAN EMOTIONS TAKES iT$ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Laney Payne Sadler and Harold Minor. | PLAYERS ASSIST BAZAAR Pierce Hall Organization to Pre- sent Programs. Tl-l!: Pierce Hall Players are co- operating in the Unitarian bazaar, to be held under the auspices of All Souls’ Church, Sixteenth and Harvard streets, on Thursday and Friday, by presenting two 1-act plays at an en- tertainment to be held each evening in the Alliance room. Under the direction of Miss Ina Hawes, “Rosalie” will be given, with Ruth Hansford Snodgrass, Howard Hosmer and Wenona Baker in the | cast. “The Still Alarm” will also be pre- sented, under the direction of George Farrington, and includes in the cast Howard Wentworth, Edmund Evans, Francis Koonce and David proffit, Elinor Cox Karsten will give a number of selected readings, and Jeanne Bate- man an impersonation. “The Family Album,” s series of living pictures of the 1890s, will be pre- sented by Miss Helen Nicolay, with the following taking part: Frances H. Downes, Mrs. D. P. Edgerton, Barbara Beij, Mary Brombacher, Mary Hack- | staff, William Eliot, Oma Hackstaff, Hetty O. Wright and Florence Spof- ford. Mabel Van Dyke will be, the reader, MADRIGALS ON PROGRAM THE Madrigal Singers, directed by Mrs. John Milton Sylvester, will sing three groups of madrigals, folk and Christmas songs on Saturday eve- ning at 8 o'clock in the vestry of the Metropolitan Memorial M. E. Church. Following the music the Wesley Heights Players will present three one-act plays — “Neighbors,” “Pam iGPls ‘Took” and “Lady Pingers”—di- rected by Annette Ladd. DRAMA OF PLACE AMONG THE 9t h AMUSEMENTS. BELASCO OPP%ITE WHITE HOUSE ... Acompletely NEW personality. .. As a happy- go-lucky rolling stone. W THE SURPRISE OF THE YEAR! . ... . Dostoievsky's novel of primitive * passions rocks the world anew .. - blazing into life with terrific emotional impact . . . & powerful _ _entertainment to make pulses “feap—bhearts threb—as it unfolds - to its amazing climax! (RIME~PUNISHMENT -+ PETER LORRE Marian Marsh - Robert Allen and Mrs. Patrick Campbell Directed by JOSEF VON STERNBERG 2 B. P. Schulberg production * A COLUMBIA PIKTURE Warner A Prediction . . « « When best ten pictures of 1935 are selected—this picture is sure to be included. Read what your favorite critic said, after seeing it at a preview. "’One of the Season’s Musts’ . 7 7 says E. de 8. 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