Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1936, Page 38

AMUSEMENTS. Dancer Won’t Dance In Film at Belasco Jessie Matthews’ Fame Is Submerged in Plot That Dashes About in Sentiment and Character Studies. BY E. de S. MELCHER. N THE printed announcement that the attractive young lady at the door of the Belasco gives you this week as you enter, it is stated that “The Belasco Theater is pleased to present the unusual story by Sidney Gilliatt and G. H. Moresby-White starring England’s premiere danseuse, Miss Jessie Matthews, in ‘Friday the Thirteenth * " And then “England’s premiere danseuse” doesn't dance. But for the fact that she kicks up her heels once or twice in unison with six chorines, she is very much off her toes, giving | vent more to the dramatic than to the musical, and indulging in a ro- mance with a squat little literary man which seems to us unusually uninteresting. The film undoubtedly has its mer- its. But it lacks that deft musical- comedy touch, the light, airy, feath- ery dances, and the dresses which heretofore have shown Miss Matthews off to best advantage. A saga of a bunch of geniuses, dopes and morons who all congregate on top of a bus the night of Friday the thirteenth and then go, wham! into a store, the story pries into the lives of the other people., even more than it does into the doings of its star and the net result is a con- fused conglomeration of sentiment and character study which isn't by any means what we feel authors had intended it to be. Then, too, such excellent actors as Edmund Gwenn, Frank Lawton and Ursula Jeans have very little more than bits. ‘The fact, however, that we didn't like it shouldn't really keep you away —since yesterday's large audience seemed to enjoy it enormously—and the fact that Miss Matthews is merely around is a treat in itself. She isn't around enough, that’s all, and her “taps” are unfortunately silent. * % ok X PAUL DRAPER, popular young dancing star, will headline the Earle Theater's stage program for the week starting Friday. October 2, John J. Payette, day. Draper has completely recovered from the sprained ankle, which caused him to cancel a scheduled week at the Earle late in the Summer. He has arranged a special program of his own original tap dance routines for his appearance here. Roy Campbell’s Royalists, singing stars of the N. B. C. networks, will also appear on the Earle stage the week of October 2. This will be the first Washington appearance of this group of seven singers—four boys and three girls—who are heard twice weekly over the National Broadcasting | Co.'s stations. The Royalists come to Washington certain the | Warner Bros. | general zone manager, announced to- | Walt Disney’s Silly Symphony, “Who Killed Cock Robin"' ST WILL “The Greac Ziegfeld” be “cut” | when it is shown at Loew's Palace? That's the question being most frequently popped at the Palace man- | agement these days, where M-G-M's extravaganza will be shown, starting | this Friday. In response to the queries Loew's | division chief, Carter Barron, em- phatically insists that the very same picture Washington saw at the Na- tional many months ago will be exhibited on the Palace screen. Not an inch of the original footage will be cut. | | * ok o ok Day Tuttle, director of the new ‘Washington Civic Theater, will make his radio debut in this city tomorroW | at 6:35 p.m. over Station WRC. Lee Everts, “the old night watch- man,” will be on hand to ask Tuttle leading questions as to who and how and why for the benefit of the radio James Stewart plays Rowdy Dow, young Washmgton gallant w O’Neale in the M-G-M film, “The Gorgeous Hussy,” Melvyn Douglas, Franchot Tone and Robert Taylor returns to F street Friday to open at the Columbm also have fea starring Joan Crawford. Lionel Barrymore, | ho unsuccessfully woos Peggy tured roles in the picture, which audiences. Tuttle’s first regular speaking en- gagement will take place September 29, when he will speak before the | regular Tuesday luncheon meeting of the National Women's Press Club at the Willard Hotel. * ok K % "THdEY“[‘::‘“}‘;': u"“ e °‘:“"i INDIANAPOLIS, September 23— own at the Rialto, preparatory 5% - to offering Washingtonians an almost- | *7°f: Z- B. Knox surveyed his “fresh- | forgotten feature of picture presenta- | men” with circumspect eye and barked tion, the organ interludes,” says Kitty disapproval as Prichard. When the Rialto opens shoulders to & piano. this Saturday night with the guest | | performance of “Grand Hotel” tne| 1ne straining behemoths paused, looked up questioningly. By the Assoclated Press. they bent brawny | '‘Grace and Technique Taught In School for Van Loaders dwelling, is moved out and hoisted into a van, with accent on technique. That accomplished, the procedure versed. The furniture is moved back into the house. This sort of thing goes on for two weeks, interspersed with class room | studies of driving regulations and transport laws. is re-| 2,065 JOBS OBTAINED Jobs in private employment for 2,065 | young people between the ages of 16 and 25 were obtained n August through the efforts of the Junior Em- | ployment Service of the National | Youth Administration, it was an- | nounced today by Dr. Mary H. S. | Hayes, N. Y. A. director of guidance | and placement, in her monthly report. The August figure brings to 8,510 the | total of such placements in six months. Dr. Hayes stated that the number of junior employment offices had been in- from a record-breaking engagement at the Biltmore Hotel, New York, and |strains of such favorite organ num- | “The Blue Danube.” “Sweet and “Indian Love leave immediately after their Earle bers as engagement for an indefinite stay | Mystery of Life” &t the Drake Hotel in Chicago. Call.” During their stay in Washington| Pearl Hauer, well-known organist their regular Tuesday and Friday|and pianist, will be at the console. evening broadcasts will be made from | She has played the Shoreham Hotel's | here, one program over WRC and one | organ for their Sunday concerts dur- | audience will be ushered in to the Some sage advice from the professor about wasted motion and studies were resumed. Thus went a session of the school | for moving van loaders which is spon- | | sored by a local transit company. There is no place in the curriculum for foot ball, although the students Prof. Knox instills an appreciation | of proper arrangement. His grad- uates know, for instance, that a club | chair doesn't go in a dinette. Theory Put Into Practice. | When the erstwhile grad has mas- tered the ABC's of moving, he is placed on a truck with an experienced super- creased from 25 to 31 during the month. Additional offices are to be | established during September in sev- | eral cities and the District of Columbia Surpassing all our His- over WMAL. One of their feature numbers in their stage appearance | will be their popular burlesque of have the physical endowments of tackles. Neither have they time for campus fol de rol. ing the last two years, and was| formerly organist at the Metropolitan | ! Theater during the “silent” days. RATE STUDY SOUGHT Investigation of Freight Costs in South to Be Asked. CHARLOTTE, N. C., September 23 (#).—William S. Creighton of Char- Iotte said last night the North Caro- lina Traffic League would flle a peti- tion Friday with the Iterstate Com- merce Commission, asking an inves- | tigation of southern class rates on | freight shipments. ‘The first petition, Creighton saild, | will be filed in the name of the joint conference of Southern State Com- | missioners and shippers and over the | signature of Jud P. Wilhoit of At-| lanta, chairman of the Georgia Pub- lic Service Commission. r The joint conference petition, he‘ said, would be supported by similar | petitions, filed in the name of various | State commissions and shipper or- ganizations, 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 and 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, %:25 and 9:35 p.m. Columbia—“Charlie Chan at the | Race Track,” at 12, 2, 4, 5:55, 7:55 | and 9:50 p.m. ; R-K-0 Kelth's—“Swlnz Time,” at 11:54 a.m, 2:18, 4 6 and 9:30 at 13:24 am, | 148 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 &t 12:40, 8:30, 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—‘Friday, the 13th” at 12:03, 2:07, 4:01, 6, 8 and 9:55 p.m. Little—"The Informer,” at 11:16 am, 1:21, 3:26, 5:31, 7:36 and 9:41 p.m. Ambassador—*“Piccadilly Jim,” @, 7:50 and 9:15 p.m. Tiveli—"Girls’ Domitory,” at 2:40, at SACRIFICE PRICES ind sold by in order “”im Blue Ridge, Va., Hard Stove and Egg, $9.75 Special Furnace Size, $8.50 Special Stove Size, $8.50 Chestant, $9.30: Pes, $7.50 uckwheat Low Prices on Bituminous Coal Smokeless Egg, $9.00 Bituminous Coal Without Smoke or Soot, 80% L $8.00 BLUE EGG _ --$8.00 5% Lump, $7.15 50% Lump, $6.75 Hard Structure Pa. Bituminous Makes Oniy Thin White Smoke Delivered in bags to your Ml No ex- tra thln. for carrying. 20,000 ey i 8 years '8 Washinston. BLUE RIDGE COAL CO. Alexandria Rd.. So. Washington. Va. | G. A. R. parade. Grace Is Prerequisite. Snap courses simply do not exist Lifting capacity, plus a modicum of grace, is the prerequisite. In decided contrast to the erudite pursuits of their brethren in cloistered halls of learning, lessons for the boys who man the vans have a sweat-of- | brow flavor. Lesson No. 1: “laboratory,” a Producer full-sized, double Fountain Pens Thoroughly Cleaned and a New Sac____ Fountain Pens Repaired (GARRISON’S Nat'l 1586 COAL HUFNA_GEL COAL CO. MAX GORDON, Who has brought Washing- ton such hits as “Pride and Prejudice,” “Dodsworth,” “The Great Waltz” and others, is the producer of “St. Helena,” which comes to the National next Monday night to open the theater’s 101st season. MOKELESS—A without Smoke. Ecx Size. $9.00: 80% Wood. $10 cord. T GRADES OF G) HARD COALS. Library Closed Until 1 P.M. The central building of the Public Ubrlry and five branches were closed until 1 pm. today because of the The branches were Georgetown, Mt. Pleasant, North- eastern, Southeastern and Takoma. rison’s for all kinds of | Stop Blank Books E. Morrison Paper Co. 1009 Pa, Ave. Phone NA. 2945 POCAHONTAS — Smokeless: no ash, h"h"l ll’ldt bitu- Egz S $10.15: Stove, i : B, W. Dial w-uan-n K85 or Jackson 2000, AY OR NIGHT + looking elsewhere | - run right to Mor- DANCING. PEYTON FENN STUDIO, 1 Met 3050, Learn correct latest ‘in_one: THE | ELLEN WALLER SCHOOL OF DANCE MODEEN BALLROOM Chlaren—Adults Studio. Corner Conn. Ave. lni F( St. Phones: DEcatur 5061 and C DO you Jance If your dancing is just “so-so,” you may be missing all the real fun and pleasure of dancing. Songs and music have set 2 new fashion for dancing and the quickest way to learn the resulting new steps and rhythms is to have a Thayer course. Enroll now . .. the cost is little . . . the benefits many. You'll apolognu no longer for your poor danc- ing. Accept Mr. Thayer’s invitation for | a guest lesson and dance analysis. Studios ° \ open daily from 10 to 10. MEt. 4121 Leroyl.Tha 1215 CONNICTICUT AVENU er ME. 3545 Jack. 1900 Furniture from the | 25¢ 15ESt. NW. | STAGE | visor, who watches him put theory | into practice. C. W. Gentry, who operates the | transit company school, conceived the idea when too many truck drivers re- | sponded to his advertisements for mn\'mk men. “A moving man,” he explained, “is | a truck driver whose education has| been increased.” MADE FRESH 60-: 2 Fannie May makes a full line of Fannie May Candies are strictly every day right here in Washington. tory-Making Revues. Dinner, $1.00 Chocolates--Bon Bons--Nuts In fact, you have choice of our 70 varieties EVERY DAY Ib. box $ ] -00 all varieties throughout the year. homemade candies, made {resh You can't buy better candies. Get a Box Tonite. 7 FANNIE MAY 1010 E St. N.W. 3305 14th St. N.W. 1704 Pa. Ave. N.W. 621 F St. CANDY SHOPS 1406 N. Y. Ave. N.W. 1354 F St. N.W, N.W. 1317 E St. N.W. A cruise just now on the sparkling old Atlantic will prove a tonic suffi- forthe busiest winter. Life on board the luxurious M. & M. liners is 1 delight. Sailfrom Baltim 1400 MILE SEA TRIP s3g8 to Boston and return, including meals and regular stateroom accommo- dations while on ship. 2100 MILE SEA TRIP #54 to Miami and return, with calls at Savannah nd Jacksoaville, including meals and regular stateroom accommodations while on ship. 3400 MILE SEA TRIP 873 Around the M. & M. route, from Boston to Miami and back again, about 17 days, including meals and regula on ship. teroom accommodations while Also, all expense tours through New England, also to Nova Scokia, Canada, Florida and Havana. For information, apply Travel Bureau, 1418 H Street, N. W., Washing- ton (Tel. National 4612)--or authorized tourist agents. . Cresm shrimp SERVED FROM pertection—Shred of Asparaf¥ ENU: M ot o Ool Con j1—Temate Julee et MIEROL: 'g-fln;l,EL ocktail—" c ded Carrots en- ot _ grange © Cxamia. o read snd BUer ot or OV AMUSEME Jean Arthur in High Demand by Studios Actress Has Reputation of Appearing in Money-Makers—Three Britishers in Kay Francis’ Next. BY SHEILAH GRAHAM. OLLYWOOD, September 23 (N.A.N.A.).—Jean Arthur is more in de- mand by the major studios in Hollywood than any other screen actress—and that includes Garbo, Dietrich, Hepburn and the rest. The reason is simple. Every picture in which Jean has appeared | within the last 18 months—"The Whole Town's Talking,” “Mr. Deeds Goes | to Town,” etc.—has been a financial success, and money, not glnmour, is uhu makes the studio wheels go round. k3 The low-voiced actress, who recently | completed her Calamity Jane roie| K8Y Prancis has appeared with so opposite Gary Cooper in “The Plains- | many British actors in her recent men,” has com- E - | films, it will not be surprising if soon | mitments to make she develops an authentic English ac- pictures for three | - " “ studios — Colum- cent. Her next picture, “Another bia, to which she Dawn,” provides her with three is under contract; Britishers, Errol Flynn, Ian Hurfter and Comedian Herbert Mundin, who R-K-O, for which i | has been seen all too little on the two for Para- . screen since his comic butler portrayal in “Cavalcade.” As usual, Mundin, orderly to Hun- ter. is the butt of ridicule in the story revolving around a British army post in Iraq. He redeems himself, how- ever, at the cost of his life, as does | individualistic | his master, when he realizes that the modern girl in the | girl he loves (Kay Prancis) loves an- Katherine Brush story, “Free Woman,” | other (Errol Flynn). Hunter goes to continuing her sophisticated charac- | his death in heroic fashion, blowing | terizations. Jean, should she appear in | Up a dam at a strategic pout—and the Brush story, will be seen as a himself—when the outpost is threat- leader of society who defies all con- | ened with native attackers, ventions and sets up her own school | of ill manners. Claudette Colbert will follow “Maid By the way of compensation for | Of Salem” with top spot in “I Met the loan of Miss Arthur, Paramount | Him in Paris.” Fred MacMurray is has lent Columbia Cary Grant, who 28ain cast as her opposite. will play the lead opposite Gmcel (Conyright. 1936, by the North American Moore in “Interlude.” Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) mount. The first picture on her ' schedule is “Easy Living.” The sec- ond is tentatively scheduled as the Sheilah Graham. THE SENSATION OF THE CENTURY! Virginia Bruce, anlr Morgan, Fannie Brice, Nat Pendleton, Ray Bolger, Harriet song bits! Hoctor, Reginald Owen, Ernest Cossart Y M-G-M'S SPECTACULAR DRAMA suggested by episedes from the life of the World's Createst Showman | Loew's PALACE STARTS FRIDAY NTS 3RD_AND LAST WEEK SEATS NOW ON QUEEN 3 Pature Weth tm On Stast Cedric CUBAN FOlLlES s O GHRAL 00K ZE0 COMING FRIDAY TEXAS RANGERS A Paramount Picture With FRED MickURAY & IACK OAKE LEO CARRILLO METROPOLITAN Warker Bros Production of Hersy Allen's ANTHONY ADVERSE Shown ot 9.3 5 BOORS 0PEN TOIAV—I 150 I i A Gaums Warner Bros FIRST WASHINGTON SHOWING! ESSIE MATTHEWSZ EDMUND GWENN e 'FRIDAY < THIRTEENTH ALL SEATS 25¢ BALCONY UNTIL T 7. M. ®WEEK DAY MATINEFS 25 e ONY 40c ACADEMY or Pcrlrrl sonaa Pn! E. Lawrence P ntinuou Co JEAN HAPLO\( —— _RAFFe ASHTON Y oU L m’f\n}w _ROBERT TAYLOR. 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