Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1936, Page 40

AMUSEMENTS, Preview of “Dodsworth” Triumph fo r Mary Astor Popular Star Wins Ov: ation at Debut of Film in Hollywood—Shares Honors With T aston and Chatterton. BY E. DE 8. mllll.uy'm = Miss Sheilah Graham, whose newsy Hol comments a len{ly in other corners of these columns, who supplies us today with the best report on the opening of “Dodsworth” in Hollywood. As this is a special feature, sent in by special request, we can only print it with our thanks and continued admiration—since Miss Graham is very, very popular out in those Hollywood hills. Here's what she says: “Mary Astor stole the show—as Wishers. Tears streamed down her fac “I sat next to her during the pe: to the ovation she received from the pearance in the film as Mrs. Edithe- Cortright, the woman for whom Sam | Dodsworth, brilliantly portrayed by Walter Huston, leaves his wife fran (Ruth Chatterton). “She was very nervous, fingered her | spectacles and continuously smoothed imaginary creases in her blue satin evening gown. Her screen future was on trial, If the audience booed her | film image, she was through with | motion pictures. But it applaudeaq, | 80 loudly and continuously that Miss | Astor became embarrassed. She smiled self-consciously and sank lower | in her chair. Then she settled down to enjoy the picture, laughing with | the loudest at the numerous comedy ! situations with which the movie abounds. “He's a great actor,” she said of | ‘Walter Huston, “and a grand person as well,” she added to Goodrich. The same praise was given for the truly excellent performance of Ruth Chat- terton, hiding her good looks and real- life charm behind the shrewish mid- | dle-aged Mrs. Dodsworth of the pic- ture. “Miss Astor’s performance is the best of her screen career. As Mrs. Cortright, she is sympathetic, dignified and a lady in the true sense of the word. It is difficult to believe that the major part of her role was shot ARMY BAND ‘THANK YOU’ Final Summer Program to Be Given Tonight. FOR the final concert of the out- | door season the United States Army Band, Capt. Thomas F. Darcy, | Jr., leader, conducting, will present a “Thank You” program on the east | steps of the Capitol this evening, at %7:30, in appreciation of the loyal pub- lic support given the band during the | current season. This unique program | will feature only the numbers that| have won the greatest applause from the public during the year, and will | bring to a close the band’s most suc- cessful season since its organization in 1922 by Gen. Pershing. ‘The various soloists who have played individually during the Summer will | be heard again, singly and in groups. | Among the ensemble numbers to be | presented will be “Headlines,” by Carleton Colby, a modern composi- | tion with rhythms and and harmony | comparable to Debussey, and reflect- | ing a cross section of life from the | standpoint of the press room—head- | lines of war fire, crime, love, hate, life, death—humanity’s never-ceasing struggle with itself. Another composition of special merit is “An Appeal to the Great Spirit,” of which the United States Army Band has the only score. It represents the redman, portrayed by the cornet, pleading to the Great Spirit to save his tribe. The Great ! Spirit, portrayed by the trombone, | with a second trombone for an echo effect, becomes offended at a too per- sistent plea which turns into a de- mand, and answers in thunderous | tones from afar, while the band en- semb’s provides an excellent back- groun., ‘The “Evolution of Dixle,” by M. L. Lake, with the heroic “Dixie” in va- rious guises, will be presented, as will the “Showing Off Before Company,” & number featured very successfully by the band, in which each section is shown as & “solo group.” Brilliant marches, which are an integral part of every military band program, will @lso be featured. STRAW VOTEIS2TO 1 Mrs. Whitman Only Member of Family for Roosevelt. NEW YORK, September 18 (#).— The First Voters League, which is supporting Gov. Alf M. Landon for the presidency, announced last night it had polled the family of Charles 8. Whitman, former Republican Gov- ernor of New York, and found two votes for Landon and one for Presi- dent Roosevelt. The results: For Gov. Landon—Charles S. Whit- man and Charles 8. Whitman, jr. For President Roosevelt — Mrs, Charles 8. Whitman. Mrs. Whitman previously had an- nounced her support of the Presi- an individual and as an actress—at the world preview of “Dodsworth,” the Samuel Goldwyn screen pro- duction of the famous novel by Sin- clair Lewis. “Her arrival at the theater, ac- companied by Marcus Goodrich, screen writer, was the signal for a swarm of enthusiastic fans to break through the police cordon and wooden barriers to wish her good luck. The actress was extricated with some difficul’y from her we!l e as she was led to her seat. rformance and watched her reactions publizc when she made her first ap- in the intervals of her fight for the custody of her 4-year-old daughter, Marylyn, from her divorced husband, ! Dr. ‘Franklin Thorpe, in the unwel- come limelight accorded sensational anecdotes in her publicized diary. “The scandal in which Miss Astor was involved will help her career,” Producer Walter Wanger, who was in the capacity-house audience, informed me. “She was extremely courageous to )eopardize her career by the action. She has won through as a woman and a performer. She is a great actress at the beginning of a new career in motion pictures. “According to Mort Singer, district manager for Warner Theaters in Southern California, Miss Astor's troubles have transformed her into a better actress than she was before. She is a new personality who will, I predict, enjoy great- popularity with the film-going public. “Prominent members of the audi- ence, whose applause agreed with the | sentiments voiced by Wanger and Singer, include: Mr. and Mrs. Gary | Cooper, Ginger Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Astaire, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lu- bitsch, Robert Taylor, Rosalind Rus- seli, Fritz Lang, Simone Simon, Wal- ter Huston, Jesse Lasky and Ruby Keeler.” } Here Soon Leo Carrillo, popular motion picture player, will appear in. person at the Earle Theater as the headliner of the stage show starting next Friday, TWO DIE IN PLANE Transport Pilot, Instructing Pilot, Is One of Victims. IRONWOOD, Mich, September 18 (A).—Charles Rawn, 26, transport pilot of Ironwood, and George Smith, 25, of Ashland, Wis., were killed yesterday when their airplane fell and burned. Rawn was giving 8mith instructions in flying. The bodies were burned almost be- yond recognition. T MGHT a the season—tomor- row might at P. M. plans now to Dance to Washington's ewn PHIL O’BRIEN and his Swanee Swing-o-Pators fresh dent and is now on a speaking tour in his behalf, L ENEW IT 8O DID WE Qw('ns °KEITH'S = e o ey A WASHINGTON INSTITUTION ALWAYS COMFORTABLY COOL # 35¢ Opening ‘#il 5:30 P.M. " WEEK AS USUAL TAIRE # JEROME KERN Hit 1u VICTOR MOORE HELEN a, . BRODERICK. GEORGE METAXA ¢ ERIC BLORE “The MARCH of TIME” “THE LUNATIC PRINGE" “U. S. MILKY WAT -unmn:mqur 2 “-THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Sleuth and His Proverbs Here Again Charlie Chan, in the person of Warner Oland (right), famed for the calm wisdom of his Chi= i nese proverbs, is pictured here with his son, Keye Lu. e, in a scene from his latest cinema adven= ture, “Charlie Chan at the Race Track,” which opened today at Loew’s Columbia. MINISTER LOSES HAND ON RAILS AFTER ATTACK Weakened, He Fell Near Track Signal, He Tells Texas Constable, Finally Reaches Aid. By the Associated Press. ROCKDALE, Tex., September 18.—A minister told a rural constable yester- day of being be ' 1 so severely by three unidentified assailants Wednes- day night that he collapsed on an electric railway track, where a train severed his hand. Rev. J. L. McRae said three men attacked him on a highway near here. Dazed, he crawled to a railroad signal and fell with one hand across the rails. His hand was cut off when the motorman of an electric car failed to | see him, he told W. C. Colvin, the constable. Finally McRae said he crawled to his automobile and drove to a filling station. He was taken to a hospital. Colvin said no motive for the attack has been learned. L AL 1T (3 R BELASLO N fl;m A 1% HO He Stood Alone Against Millions One of the out- st 1t will pay you to see SHERWOOD before you buy SHERWOOD OIL BURNER Visit Showroom 1723 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N. W, Open Uniil 9 p. m. PHONE DECATUR 4183 TWO MURDERS CHARGED ABILENE, Tex., September 18 (#). —Clarence L. Duncan, 28, a Trent farmer, was under two murder indict- ments yesterday. At Sweetwater yesterday a grand jury billed him for the death of G. H. Jones, filling station operator, whose battered body was taken from a lake August 15. Authorities claimed Dun- can signed a statement saying he killed Jones after the latter tried to get his present wife to leave him. A grand jury here indicted Duncan in the death of his first wife, Mary, whose charred body was found in the smoldering ruins of their home in April, 1935. YTON PENN STUDIO. 1 et. 3050. 'arn correct Intest in ofiestep. fox tret. w ent trie trom s gol Adoiph Zokor prasents. GA RY COOPER MADELEINE CARROLL "THE GENERAL DIED ot DAWN" NOW! /o COLUMB - CHARLIE ] Never has Charlie Chan, f"’,d, f)lc Never Kas he You Deon't See This Romancets . . . You The Year's Most Impressive Cast in a Great Drama . . . Of the Fury of Conflict . . . The Heart-Break of Love . . . The Glory of Courage! FREDRIC MARCH F-AT-12TH RACE TRACK § LUKE WARN!ROE\A# u"“uu WO0D NEH ’L"‘Ls—lefi - ALLAN DI FEA Glorious LIVE IT! WARNER BAXTER ttone: BARRYMORE ~THE ROAD TO GLO with RY JUNE LANG GREGORY RATOFF A SPARKLING ANNIVERSARY l!VUli ELIDA DANCERS 12 "DAZZLING GIRLS" A. DUYAL and CO. SOMETHING NEW IN MAGIC ® STUAR T & MARTIN COMEDY AND SONGS e RED DONOHUE & U-NO A COMEDY OF ERRORS FLORENCE and ALVAREZ DANCE SENSATIONS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1936. NORMA SHEARER WILL CARRY ON Friends Deny Tragedy of Husband’s Death Will Halt Career. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOCOD, September Priends of Norma Shearer, film star, widawed by the death of Irving Thal- berg, expressed certainty today that Norma would “carry on” with her screen career. Thalberg, 37-year-old producer, who died Monday of pneumonia, was stricken at the zenith of his own and his wife's career. 8o closely were husband and wife allied in their fllm work that Holly- wood, upon his death, asked itself whether Miss Shearer, in her grief, would close the book of her career along with the brief volume of her marriage—rated in Hollywood as ideal. The answer, from her friends, is her “boundless energy,” her “need, more acute now than before, to do things.” Miss Shearer always credited Thal- berg's guidance for her screen success, but in her own right, another pointed out, she is a painstaking and meti- Today Bo0RS OPEN 10:30 JOAN CRAWFORD Says ... “One of the Most Beautiful Productions 1 Have Ever Sun."l FREDRIC MARCH ( ‘A Truly Magoificent Picture.” FRANCIS LEDERER in the Development of f Motion Pictures. HOLLYWOOD SPEC- TATOR Says . . . Picture—Rich in Heart Interest . . . One of WARNER BROS. MASTERPIECE AMUSEMENTS. Where and When Glory,” at 10:40 a.m., 1:30, 4:20, 7:10 and 10 pm. Stage shows at 12:30, 3:20, 6:10 and 9 p.m. Palace — “The General Died Dawn,” at 11 am, 1:05, 2:10, 7:25 and 9:35 pm, Columbia—“Charlie Chan at the Race Track” at 12, 2, 4, 5:55, 7:55 and 9:50 pm. R-K-O Keith’s—“Swing Time,” at 11:54 am., 2:18, 4:42, 7:06 and 9:30 . “March of Time,” at 11:2¢ am., 1:48, 4:12, 6:36 and 9 p.m. ‘Warne: Earle —“Nine Days a Queen,” at 11 a.m., 1:35, 4:25, 7:15 and 10:05 p.m. Stage shows at 12:40, 3:30, 6:15 and 9:05 p.m. Metropolitan—“Anthony Adverse,” at 9:30 and 11:50 a.m,, 2:15, 4:45, 7:10 and 9:30 pm. Belaseo—“The House of Rothschild,” at 12, 2:05, 4, 6, 7:50 and 9:55 p.m. Little—"“The Informer,” at 11:16 am, 1:21, 3:26, 5:31, 7:36 and 9:41 pm. | Tivell—“Rhythm on the Range,” at 2:10, 4, 5:50, 7:40 and 9:30 p.m. 3 " 40p culous actress who has missed no op- portunity to perfect her work. Instances of Miss Shearer’s initia- tive, resourcefulness and self-reliance were cited to prove that “she will miss Irving—as who will not?—but she will 3rd and Last Week Starts Sunday. Seats Now Selling GAYETY—BURLESK NOW PLAYING Suber Atiraction “ANN CORIO” Added Features BEE KELLER and MANNY KING carry on.” READ WHAT THEY SAY ... Then See It “One of the Best Pic- tures Ever Made_in Any Country” Sas... LOUELLA PARSONS WASHINGTON Husiealm_llslilule Maintaining hich standards of musieal training, Degrees authorized by Board of Education Met. 2511 831 18th St. N.W. TheLove Stovwof Lady Game Shey NINE DAYS a QU A Gaumont British Masterpiece wm{ Cedric HARDWICKE Nova PILBEAM Sybil THORNDIKE A Colorfyl Mad.Pageq Sha AN FOLLIES featuring & ChA I0F ARgyy o & —SOUTH AMERICAN pegypis _ I ANTHONY ADVERSE THE TRIUMPH OF THE SCREEN AFTER BREAKING ALL RECORDS AT THE EARLE . CAN BE SEEN TODAY AND'FOR ONE WEEK AT WARNER BROS. METROPOLITAN * K % DOORS OPEN TODAY—9:15 A. M. FIRST SHOW—9:30 A. M. 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