Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1936, Page 34

AMUSEMENTS. Henry Armetta Swamped With Invitations Here Scores of Capital Hosts Vie for Presence of Film Star—National Theater Academy Is Opened. BY E. de S. MELCHER. ENRY ARMETTA is the most popular visitor this town has seen in many a day. The man who receives mail addressed only with the picture of an arm and a hand pressed to his brow (you remember him recently in that Bobby Breen picture) and with no name on it whatsoever arrived in town some time Friday and left last night on the Presidential Special for New York. During that time 85 people had 1nvlud him to luncheon, 95 had begged him to g drop in for tea and 1025 had peti- | Beverly Hills. In other words—suc- tioned him for dinner. cess. So what does he do? He accepts | Nice people. They both deserve 3 everything good that has come to the invitation that the Mayflower Pollio'’s have given him, runs off to | them {Hope they, com',,b“k somn. * ok * the country and only returns in time | 'HE return of Adelaide Hibbard :'::s;h;{?:lt::fl IR sy ‘ T to town and the opening of Steve gave last night in his | Cochran’s National Theater Academy, honor at their estate, near Alex- | P o andria. with John McKee and “Addie” as the leading lights, was celebrated in Mr. Armetta, who has been in this no mean fashion Saturday night at country for 33 years, is one of the the school's headquarters on Con- glories not only of his country (yes, 'npecticut avenue. he’s Italian), but of Hollywood. A | The place was alive with celebrities, short, genial square-shouldered celeb- | good will, beer and fancy pretzels. rity, he cannot walk through the lobby Hibbard, according to of his hotel without polishing off a couple of hundred autographs. Fa- mous for both his good humor and the fits he springs in front of the | Mrs. familiar columnist, “never looked lovelier.” Which is true. Addie has lost 20 years instead of gaining 2. She bristles with fine humor, wit and camera, he has risen to vast heights | her usual friendliness. Those who at an age when most people are con- | come under her tutelage should be sidering retiring in 20 years or so. thoroughly glad. She received Sat- With him travels handsome, quiet, | urday night at one end of the large retiring Mrs. Armetta. She tells of | room, while Steve Cochran made his his plans: Back to Hollywood in a speech at the other. And the Kellys couple of weeks, a new picture in | and Whitneys and Grosses (where was which he will be starred with Charles | | Betty Hynes?) and many & handsome Winninger, the picture is being wrnh:wung potenial Dietrich ran around ten expressly for him by George | like mad. Jessel; sevenypiuurp: a year for Uni- . A great sul:*cfss—-:lhe party seemed versal (no more, no less); an occa- | to augur well for the future. (It is sional vacation out fishing somewhere | rumored that “Dutch” has enrolled off San Pedro, a new home out in | to take the course on Shakespeare!) OPENING OF RIALTO SET FOR SATURDAY ‘All-Washington *First Night” Is Planned—Grand Hotel” First Attraction. N ALL - WASHINGTON “first night"” is planned for the modern- | fzed and redecorated Rialto Theater when it opens Saturday with a guest performance of “Grand Hotel.” A | limited number of tickets will be on #ale at the box office from 8 to 9 that | evening; the regular showing will be- gin Sunday at 2 p.m. STAGE VETERAN DIES New Belasco Film In Preview Tonight ESSIE MATTHEWS' new film, “Friday the 13th,” will open at the Belasco tonight to replace the revival of George Arliss’ “The House of Rothschild.” “Friday the 13th” will be shown for the first time at a preview at 10:10 o'clock tonight, following the last showing of “Rothschild,” and will begin its regular run to- morrow. Edmund Gwenn has an impor- tant role in support of England’s popular motion picture dancer. r Stokowski Speaks. O ME it scems we have played as Mark A. Luescher Produced First| Success of Elsie Janis. these works before concert, radio and record audiences throughout the United States.” said Leopold Stokow- ski recently of the first motion picture work of himself and his symphony | orchestra “Yet I know.” SOUTHPORT, Conn., September 21’ () —Mark A. Luescher, 63, veteran! theatrical manager and press agent and the man who produced Elsie Janis’ first popular success, died at his home ' yesterday. One of his achievements was bmld‘ continued the world- | Iamed conductor, “there are people, | seriously devoted to the finest in ing up the public reputation of “Le mysic who will find it incongruous! Domino Rouge,” & mysterious YOUNE that Stokowski and his symphony or- dancer who never appeared in public | chestra appear in lights alongside without a red mask. She was Daisy | Benny Goodman and his swing band Peterkin of St. Louis. Subsequently | in theater marquees advertising ‘The | Leuscher and Miss Peterkin were mar- | Bijg Broadcast of 1937.' ried and divorced. “To both—the people who are He produced the play. “When We pieaced, and those who are apprehen- | Were Forty-One,” as Miss Janis’ first | sive at this news—I say: Wait! Let | Gl b the proof of the pudding be in the | eating. Let your eyes and ears judge the value of this venture for the fu- Largest Set. [ ture of music and films alike. I am TAFTER seeing the first complete re- | appealing to the record—the record | hearsal of the finale dance num- | Which will be seen and heard by mil- ber for “Born to Dance” at Metro. |lions of people throughout tae world. Goldwyn-Mayer, which brings more ! “Now I can say only what our debut | than 350 dancers and singers onto the | in films will show. We have chosen stage at one time, Producer Jack Cum- | from the best in music literature two | mings and Art Director Cedric Gib- | Works of the great master, John Se- bons ordered the foreground floor | bastian Bach. well as we have ever played in all | scores of times we have performed | THE EVEN In Film Version of “Dodsworth” NG _STAR, WASHINGTON D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1936. him & new starring agreement. He is currently Eleanor Powell's leading man in “Born to Dance.” ‘While on the subject of Miss Pow- ell, “the world's greatest tap dancer” —a title she earned by winning the championship award of the ‘Dancing Masters of America—was preparing to return to Broadway, after playing & minor role, when M.-G.-M. offered her a screen test for a aancing bit in “Broadway Melody of 1936.” When Louis B. Mayer saw the test, he said, “That's our leading woman.” ~The picture proved Miss Powell was made of stardom stuff. And there are countless others, proving conclusively the Hollywood adage that, while it takes three bad pictures to kill a screen player, only one good vehicle is necessary to make » star. ‘Cepyright. 1936, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) “THE GREAT ZIEGFELD” NEXT ON PALACE BILL Change in Bookings Brings Mu- sical Extravaganza After “The General.” SUDDEN change in Loew Look- ings will bring “The Great Zieg- feld” to Loew's Palace as the screen successor to the current hit, “The General Died at Dawn,” it was an- Walter Huston and Mary Astor play two of the Iemimg roles in Sam Goldwyn’s productwn of “Dodsworth,” which will come to the Palace in the near future. Ruth Chaltcrt:m is also ]zatured. New Personalities Rise To Hollwywvood Heights firmament to the film forefront. H untried players. her performance in her first American, | picture, “Girls’ Dormitory.” Her Sven- | gali, Darryl Zanuck, is planning & picture and publicity campaign guar- anteed to place the French actress as high as they go in the film heaven. The success of Mile. Simon has en- couraged Zanuck to hazard a gamble | with another newcomer—handsome, ‘6 foot Tyrone Power, jr., to whom he has assigned llendmg romantic role in his mam- | moth production. “Lloyd's of Lon- |don.” Power’s previous film ex- perience, during | the four months he has been un- der coptract to | Twentieth Cen - tury-Fox, consists jof a practical | photographic and make-up test in | “Girls’ Dormi- - tory” and an in- | significant role in “Ladies in Love. 7 Sheilah Grah, Three Bad Films May Kill a Screen Player, ! But It Takes Only One Good One to Make a Star. BY SHEILAH GRAHAM. OLLYWOOD, September 21.— Stars are shooting in the New names, new faces, new personalities, are zooming Producers are backing their hunches to the tune of $1,000,000 a throw, boosting the stardom stock of unknown, | Hollywood Simone Simon. the newest Hollywood sfarlet, was completely unknown to film fans & few weeks ago. She became top box office material overnight with oblivion of the extra player to star- dom and unprecedented popularity with his first big picture, “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” Negri was known as an indifferent ballet dancer and an occasional actress in German films before rocketed to the heights in her first film, “America.” Gloria Swanson made the tran- | sition from Mack Sennett's bathing | beauties to front-rank celebrity with her first picture for Cecil B. De Mille, “Don’t Change Your Husband.” Mar- | Pola | she sky- | M.-G.-M. Deciding he was a failure because of the studio’s reluctance to use him, he went to Louis B. Mayer and told him he wanted to quit and start another profession before it was too late, The producer cautioned him to wait. Three months later Taylor was assigned a leading featured role | in “Society Doctor.” Within s year he has risen to the dazzling position of romantic heart-throbber No. second only, and that by the merest fraction, to Clark Gable. ETTE DAVIS' first important pic- | ture was “Of Human Bondage.” with Leslie Howard. The actress re- ceived the 1935 Academy Award, sup: posedly for her work in “Dangerou: Hollywood feels, however, that cov- eted statuette was the Academy’s | apology for overlooking her splendid performance in “Bondage.” Allan Jones, ex-coal truck driver of Scranton, Pa., was marked out for stardom following his first important | role in “A Night at the Opera.” with | the Marx brothers. Film newcomer Mae West carried the entire burden | of “She Done Him Wrong” on her ample shoulders with fantastic, un- | dreamed-of success. Jimmy Stewart’s “bit"” as Jeanette MacDonald's brother in “Rose Marie” was his first major appearance in pictures, and revealed s0 powertul a personality that M.-G lene Dietrich was a plump, unimpoh‘ tant German hausfrau until her ex- plosive entry to screen recognition in “The Blue Angel.” appeared in one minor film, “Don't | Bet on Blondes,” | to fame with his first important pic- | ture, “Captain Blood.” In the same movie Oliva De Havilland, with the | small role of Hermia in Max Rein- hardt’s “Midsummer Night's Dream,” | her sole screen experience, soared to fame as Flynn's leading lady. Who in America had heard of Luise Errol Flynn had | before he lunged | | | Screen newcomers you will see short- | Rainer before her scintillating Holly- | ly in $1,000,000 productions include Don Ameche leading man of “Ra- mona”; Patric Knowles, English image |of Errol Flynn, for whom Warner | | Bros. have started starring ambitions; | wood screen debut as the feminine star in “Escapade”? Katharine Hep- | burn, with & few years of acting ex: perience on Broadway, made a sen- M. tore up his contract and awarded nounced today. “The Great Ziegfeld,” to be shown here for the first time at popular prices, replaces “His Brother's Wife,” which had been booked earlier. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Louise Rainer, Frank Morgan, Virginia Bruce, Fannie Brice, Ray Bolger and Harriet Hoctor are among the notables of screen, stage and radio in the cast of this M-G-M extravaganza, considered one of the most lavish and outstand- i ing screen hits of its type. CARD PARTY ST. JAMES CHURCH MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1936 33th St and R. I Ave. Mt. Rainier, Md. PRIZES Admission 50 CENTS COAL HUFNAGEL COAL CO. Yard and Office asb. Va2t Va. Hichlands We Dll’l'tr PA. BLACK DIAMOND—Bits- rhi Eae Sie. 20, (RATi Eegand Fea) SRD0! 59,351 Nut. | $9.50: VIR Furnace. Dial National 5885 or Jacks, DAY OR NIGHT It Costs a Trifle More-But Worth It! DUPONT’S Perfect DRY CLEANING o o | sational appearance on the film map | space increased 3,000 square feet. | This increased photographic area makes the set the largest theater set | yet built for an M-G-M picture and | stage 6, largest and tallest stage at| the studio is now so completely filled with set that the singers and dancers | have to “park” outside when not en- | gaged on the stage. There isn't enough spare room to permit visitors | or sitting around the set. Roy Del Ruth is directing “Born to | Dance” and in support of the star, Eleanor Powell, are James Stewart, Una Merkel, Sid Silvers, Frances Langford, Buddy Ebsen, Ray Walborn | and Juanita Quigley. Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. Loew’s Capitol — “The Road to Glory,” at 10:40, 1:30, 4:20, 7:10 end 10 pm. Stage shows at 12:30, 8:20. 6:10 and 9 p.m. Palace — “The General Died at Dawn,” at 11 am, 1:05, 3:10, 5:20, 7:25 and A:35 pm. Columbia—"Charlie Chan at the Race Track,” at 12, 2, 4, 5:55, 7:55 and 9:50 p.m. R-K-O Keith's—"Swing Time," at 11:54 am,, 2:18, 4:42, 7:06 and 9:30 pm. “March of Time,” at 11:24 am,, 1:48, 4:12, 6:30 and 9 p.m. Warner’s Earle — “Nine Days a Queen,” at 11 am., 1:35, 4:25, 7:15 and 10:05 p.m. Stage shows at 12:40, 0, 6:20 and 9:10 p.m. Metropolitan — “Anthony Adverse,” at 9:30 and 11:50 a.m,, 2:15, 4:45, 7:10 and 9:30 p.m. Belasco—"The House of Rothschild,” @t 11:30 a.m., 1:20, 3:15, 5:05, 7 and 9 p.m. “Friday, the 13th,” preview at 10:10 pm. Little—"The Informer,” at 11:16 em, 1:21, 3:26, 5:31, 7:36 and 9:41 pm. Ambassador—"Nine Days a Queen,” at 6:15, 8 and 9:50 p.m. Tivoli—To Mary, With Love,” 8. 3:50, 5:40, 7:30 and 9:25 p.m. —_— at | It will pay you to see SHERWOOD before you ' buy SHERWOOD 0IL BURNER Visit Showroom 1723 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N. W. Open Until 9 p. m. PHONE DECATUR 4181 “The slender sound track at the side of “The Big Broadcast of 1937." carries’ in light and shade a portion of the best performance nearly 120 musicians and myself can give, “Then comes the important ques- tion of the camera. What is there interesting to see in the spectacle of a full symphony orchestra at work? There is music in itself to watch. “Remember that in the finest sym- phony halls, only a few fortunate members of the audience are so sit- | uated that they can watch the musi- cians at work. Then know that in our scenes in ‘The Big Broadcast of | 1937’ the camera does what the eye of an eager, interested listener would do. It follows the music from one sec- tion of the orchestra to another. “I believe that even the musically inexperienced among film audiences will be able to follow the absorbing structure of symphonic playing better than they could otherwise do, thanks to the insatiably curious camera, which can see where it will, when it will.” . Ayres to Paramount. EW AYRES has signed a long- term acting-directing contract with Paramount. The deal is the di- rect result of exhibitor and public demand for the young player-director following his recent success in Para- mount’s “Lady, Be Careful,” with Mary Carlisle, Larry Crabbe and Benny Baker. Miss Carlisle, now abroad, also accepted a term contract with Paramount as a result of her own work in the same picture, g Thirty Days for Biting Wife. Robert Murray of Dundee, Scotland, was given 30 days for biting his wife and daughter because he did not like what they cooked for dinner. H Margo, who stars w!h Burgess Mere- dith in “Winterset,” and Skater Sonja | | Henie, whose motion plrture star debut for Darryl Zanuck in “One in a Mil- | | lion” will be her first appearance on the screen. Zanuck, in conjunction with other | producers whose policy it is to give un- knowns a chance, has nothing to keep him awake nights. 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