Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1936, Page 34

AMUSEMENTS.' Mr. and Mrs. Enteriai.n Ozzie Nelson a Visitor Stars of Stage Show at the Fox Discuss Hollywood and Miss Hilliard’s Deserved Success Before the Camera. BY E. de S. EET Mr. and Mrs. Ozzie Nelson. last stage performance at the Fox. Dapper Jay K'mmel (s good hoofer) has taken us backstage. the ground at the rate of one floor per week. At floor three (3) it M MELCHER. It is Sunday night, 9:50, after the The elevator rises sharply out of stops and the arrow points to that famous dressing room which has housed Eva LeGallienne, Rudy Vallee and Joe Penner. plano sits next to the wash bowl. To the right is the couch, where Eva has had a couple of snoozes. Straight ahead is a beautiful young woman mop- ping her face with cold cream at a dressing table. That is Harriet Hilliard. Miss Hillard is that particular woman who has Hollywood on its ear. couch sits Husband: Ozzie Nelson, the young band- maestro who has made his music hum through the world at an incredibly popular pace. young, both handsome, both agreeably at ease with the world, they speak of theaters, movies, radios and orchestras with the enthusiasm of those who know whereof they speak. As a matter of fact, they are darn nice people and it is fun to talk to them. Mr. Nelson, because of Miss Hilliard’s cold cream, does most of the talking. good in the movies because: “Maybe the husband bowing every evening to his wife on the idea is that the Nelsons don't believe so much in glad he is that his wife has made public is a little tired of a stage,” etc. Anyway, the & husband-and-wife “combo” on the movies will do right by his Nell. And why not? Even the cold cream cannot obliterate Miss Hilliard’s nicely etched features, and the eyes, which have done their stuff neatly before the camera. She speaks, too, with enthusiasm about Hollywood and her career. There is no trace of "bore- dom in her voice. Unlike a well- known dancer who went to the coast, made good in a single film, and now won't talk even to her mother, Miss Hilliard is grateful to her good for- tune and to those who helped her wangle her place in the sun. She will be back in Hollywood late, very late, in the Fall. No, Mr. Nelson isn't going to try the movies. happy in his own fleld. He'll be pepping up dowdy dow- agers, putting vim into seedy old nien, learning the youth of the land what the word “swing” means, and gener- ally doing the musical world a favor. Nice people, these Nelsons; you'd like them. * ok k¥ MESSRS. MARSHALL AND SID- MAN are in town. They met Sun- day in the Fox lobby, neither of them knowing that the other was around. Mr. Marshall is here to tell us about the Maj. Bowes unit which comes to the Fox Friday, and Mr. Sidman is here a couple of weeks ahead of time to do a little phenagling in behalf of Columbia’s “Counterfeit,” which soon will be seen at the Earle. Everybody meets in the Fox lobby. Sylvan Theater Program Tonight “Pierre Patelin,” thrice-post- poned production of the Theater Group of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will be presented this evening at the Sylvan The- ater. Curtain will rise at 8:30 on this fifteenth century Prench farce, offered as the third Sum- mer festival of the season’s pro- gram sponsored by the Commu- nity Center Department and the Office of National Capital Parks. A cast of 40 will take part in this the first show staged at the Sylvan by the F. B. L thespians, with a half-hour concert of pop- ular music by the Washington Gss Light Co. Band preceding the play. Tickets are available at the ‘Willard and Washington Hotels, the A. A. A. ticket bureau and after 7 o'clock this evening at the Monument Grounds. Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. Loew’s Fox—"Crime of Dr. Forbes,” at 11:15 am, 1:50, 4:30, 7:10 and 9:50 pm. Stage shows at 1:15, 3:50, €:30 and 9:10 p.m. Palace—"Private Number,” at 11:31 am, 1:34, 3:37, 5:40, 7:43 and 9.46 p.m. Columbia—“Fury,” at 11:15 am., 1:20, 3:25, 5:33, 7:40 and 9:45 p.m. Warner’'s Earle — “The Princess Comes Across,” at 10 a.m., 12:25, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50 and 10:20 p.m. Stagc shows at 11:40 am, 2:10, 4:35, 7:05 and 9:35 pm. Metropolitan—*“Hearts Divided,” at 11:45 a.m., 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and 9:45 pm. R-K-0 Keith’s—“The Bride Walks Out,” at 11:15 a, 1:01, 2:47, 4:33, 6:19, 8:05 and p.m. Ambassador—"“The Princess Comes Across,” at 6:15, 8 and 9:50 p.m. Little—“If I Had a Million,” at 11:51 am., 3:51, 5:51, 7:51 and @:51 p.m. “Man of Aran,” added feature. Tivoli—“Under Two Flags,” at 2:25, 4:40, 6:55 and 9:15 p.m. @ To the left of the room a warm-throated, soft-spoken young On the Both He says how stage, and Mr. is convinced that the It's & sort of eventual terminal for | happy, stray or lost souls. Not that | Mr. Marshall or Mr. Sidman are either | stray or lost. They are, in fact, very, {very happy. Mr. Marshall says that {the Bowes unit is a humdinger and ! Mr. Sidman says that there has never | been anything quite like “Counter- | teit.” So all is well. | * x X X | AND what did Gene Ford do when | he was on his vacation? He sat | himself down at the piano and wrote | out only ten (10) songs for a certain | Broadway production. Ome of them, “Sugarfoot.” 1s s0 good that it ought to be aired shortly on everybody's | highway and byway. * The manager of the Fox is a smart showman, a cagey song writer and & bear on the pedals. Yesterday for half an hour he made mincemeat out of his piano in his flat at Cathedral Park Mansions, while his blond, busy | wife (she writes, too) sat by his side | and Son Gigzy (aged 7) romped glibly about the living room. Gene played 10 songs and if they are not 10 hits, why then, George never won his Mar- tha and Pete Macias hasn't gotten himself a brand-new speed boat. The | songs are all tuneful, bright and easy to remember. There's one about a sailor, written especially for the Jun- ior League show, which should have | the Junior League in a panic. But | Gene's that way. He can panic any- body. Plays Tonight IRMA BARRY, Is featured in “Pierre Pate- lin,” French farce which the Theater Group of the Federal Bureau of Investigation will present tonight in the Nation- al Sylvan Theater at the Washington Monument. BALDWIN'S DRUG STOR Open All Night 7091. 16th & You Sts. N.W. [SWIMMING DANCING AMUSEMENTS Day In and Day Out At the 40-Acre Premier Roadside—"Under the Gaslight,” at 8:40 pm. ; We've a Big Stock of " BLANK BOOKS Let Us Sapply Your Needs. E. Morrison Paper Co. 1009 Pa. Ave. " THOMAS CIRCLE E N, NATIUNAL o3 Vernen 38e. MOONLIGHTS Y 8:30 N LINE STREET WHARVE S| THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1936. Colman-Hume Wedding Coming to the Earle HARRIET HOCTOR, One of America’s foremost dancers, will make a personal ap- pearance at the Earle starting this Friday. [PUNGENT FROTH GIVES CHIEF MERIT TO FILM ANY one of half a dozen brief vignettes could stand, by itself, as a recommendation for “If I Had a Million,” the current film revival at the, Little Theater. Say, at random, Richard Bennett's grand, garrulous old man; Alison Skipworth shouting “beaver” at W. C. Fields; Charlie Ruggles leading a white rab- bit on a leash; Jack Oakie's unhappy gasp in that fadeout; Charles Laugh- ton demonstrating that a good actor can create a complete characterization in 60 seconds flat: George Raft laugh- ing himself .crazy. In these frantic days, not many people have time to muse upon what they'd do if marooned on a desert island with the 10 best books of the year, or suddenly presented with a million dollars by an eccentric old man. “If I Had a Million” offers a few practical, humorous, occasionally {ronic suggestions for the latter situa- tion. Thus: A clerk in a china shop should throw plates. A bedeviled driver should hire large, heavy auto- mobiles and grind road hogs into bits. A check forger should try to get his gift delivered in cash. (It would be a pain in the neck other- wise.) The other helpful hints are designed to alleviate the prinicpal human woes, and incidentally, to supply very excellent light entertain- ment on the screen. To counterbalance this pungent froth, the Little also offers a con- densed version of “Man of Aran,” Robert Flaherty's photographically enchanting study of rugged indivi- daulism among the Irish fishermen. A simple and beautiful achievement in realism, this episode is acted by the natives whose lives it depicts. “If I Had a Million” is a rather perfect sample of what the cinema can do to divert tired minds. “Man of Aran” expresses its talents as pictorial artist and historian, -—R. B. P, Jr. Visit Our New Cocktail Lounge IRVIN TAVERN 1005 E St. N.W. SHRIMP FEAST Every Tufsday Night Large Stein Cold Beer PICNIC! EVERY TUES. AND WED. Tickets on Sale st Terminal Only. Only on Busses Leaving Washington Goc st 10 A. M. 1-Day Round Trip No_ Half Fares Busses Leave 403 11th St. N. W. FOR INFORMATION CALL NAtional 0213 W. #. & A. Motor Lines, Inc. o % O “Enjoy the Finest S Wednesday Only Ghoice of ktail or m Chowder, Dévi Clam: Qia Virsinis Crab Cakes. Fri iter. Au ml.h eoxlnluruhl:mn?o’: g:ldg’fl: iz Conditioned e. D in tomorrow. “Everything - to Drink with Anything to Eat™ SCHNEIDER’S 427 11th St. N.W. PLAY IN SECOND WEEK “Under the Gas Light” Holds Stage at Roadside. HARDLD STEPLER, ace of the local i file fo fummers, Janet Coons, Jack Wells, Howard Wierum and a large supporting cast last night began their second week in “Under the Gas Light,” the Augustin Daly melodrama currently in a state of revival at the Roadside Theater. The Stepler villainy is aimed this time at a sweet and exceedingly simple lass he swiped from a Park avenue cradle, intending later to blackmail the baby left in her place. The babies are all grown up and tull of love for dashing Ray Trafford (Mr. Wierum) when “Under the Gas Light” begins, and ere the curtain falls, the right girl has won his gallant heart. Mr. Stepler, who measures the success of his perform- | ances by a boorometer, is thoroughly | hissed and heckled for his lavish | deviltry, and Miss Coons enlivens the |entire act with a wicked rondelay entitled “Experience.” Ann Garrett is the heroine, Joan Bates & poor | but quaint but honest servant girl and | Jack Wells goes under the fancy title of “Snork: B. P. HAVE YOUR* EYES EXAMINED impaired _visio: ‘onsult eur lua Here's a Real Treat Sea Food Platter Pried oysters. shrimp. clams. scal- lops. crab cakes fillet of haddock. tar sauce. Prench fried potatoes. Homemade rum b and butter. . ten or glass CLOSED $. 5. POTOMAC CHAPEL POINT WEDNESDAY U pionicki: at “ehavel . Point, ihe Potomac.” Trips Nightly Tovase oo oo ks = to Berzle Jarboe’s . Night- hawks. Ly, 8:45, ret. 11:45. Week nights, 60c; Sundsys, 78e. | POTOMAC RIVER LINE ‘Tth & Water St. DI. 5611 Scheduled for This Fall Marriage Ceremony Will Be in England. Anna Sten and Husband Sign M-G-M Contract. i BY SHEILAH GRAHAM. place in England. . . H themselves as chaperons ofe Tomance. . . OLLYWOOD, July 7.—The marriage of Ronald Colman and Benita Hume is said to be tentatively scheduled for the Fall and will take . Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone have hired the Robert Taylor-Barbara Stanwyck « Wendy Barrie, now in New York, is hoping to bag a Broadway stage assignment, and Woolworth Donahue, at whose behgst the lady went lar Goldwyn girl, has been signed to a picture contract by M-G-M. Her husband, Eugene Frenke, is included in the contract. The' Earl of Carnarvon—his father was supposedly “cursed” for opening the tomb of ‘Tutankhamen — is returning to Hollywood to make a countess of Mrs. Tanis Montagae, Eng- lish millionairess living in Fay Wray's house for the purpose of peddling scena- rios to the studios. In the meantime, Eddie Goulding is acting as escort. ® «.. Talking about titles, Howard Hawks informed the Countess of Warwick she must change her name for picture purposes. “Why?” de- manded the youthful brunette. “Be- cause,” replied Hawks, “in the movies they always change the titles any- way!l” Eddie Lowe and his recent bride are planning a finale of their mar- riage already. . . . Marlene Dietrich sails for Europe July 14 on the Normandie. . . . Is Greta Garbo financing the new Swedish restaurant | in Hellywood's exclusive “strip” sec- | tion? , . . Director Rouben Mamoulian | and Actress Michael are on again | after being off agaip, on again and | off again—if it make any sense to| you. . . . Paramount studio has been losing stockholders’ money at the rate of six and seven million dollars a year. But the new set-up, headed by Barney Balaban, is expected to change all thats ' A keen-eyed gentleman at the pre- Skeilah Graham. PICTURES LYRIC THEATER Gaithersburg, Md. Todsy thru Thursday. every hour from 7 to midnight Gallery for eolored patrons . Anna Sten, the million-dol-4- [view of “The Last of the Mohicans” | complained that Philip Reed, playing | the part of a late eighteenth century Indian, was vaccinated on his left | arm—which is strange, as yaccination | was' not introduced until very much Illuer. | Dolores Del Rio has been sick ever | since her arrival from England. ... | Preston Foster spent the Fourth shoot- | ing sharks—there’s no accounting for some people’s taste. . . . Paul Muni {will go to Alaska to recuperate from the severe illness he expects unless “The Good Earth” is concluded at an early date. . . . Bette Davis is furious with her ftudio for publicizing the | amount of her salary—$2,000 a week. |+ . . Isabel Jewell has announced her engagement to Allan Crump, program director of KFWB. ... Wallace Beery's | brother is doing so well in British pic- tures that Hollywood executives are | seriously considering sending scouts to | rediscover him. Jean Harlow’s legalization of her | screen name should be proof that she | will not marry William Powell, or why should she go to all that trouble? . . . Jimmy Stewart is almost rivaling Ce- sar Romero in the number of different | | GIANT METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PRODUCTIONI...It's the biggest thrill Clark Gable ever gave -youl ++. Frisco’s wildest days pictured on the screen in crashing climaxes! R ‘ GREAT CAST includes AMUSEME girls he beaus in a week. His latest is Eleanor Powell, with whom he danced till dawn the other evening at the ‘Trocadero. Did you know there are 84 Bing Crosby fan clubs. The largest is in London and has a membership of 500. . « . Gracie Allen, who celebrates her birthday July 26, ssked husband George Burns to buy her a little house for a present. So George went and leased one of the largest estates in Hollywood. . . . The United Artists convention set the company back about $35,000—train fare for executives and entertainment, in which the ever obliging Goldwyn girls figured promi- nently. 5 Dorothy Parkers agent wrote, asking |- for her itinerary of the next few months. Replied Dotty: “My time will be divided traveling from the bed- room to the sitting room, from the sitting room to the dining room, and from the dining room to the bar!” (Copyright. 1936, by the North American Newspaper Alliance Inc.) Mother and Children Drown. HAMPTON, Iowa, July 7 (#).—Mrs. Alfred Koch and -her three small children were drowned in Beed Lake near here yesterday when they waded into the lake to rescue a toy boat which had drifted away. The children ranged in age from 5 to 9 years. All the bodies were re- covered. 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