Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1936, Page 44

AMUSEMENTS. Photo of Jean Harlow . Lightens Cold Burden Screen Beauty Has Just Finished “Libeled Lady,” Supported by Powell, Myma Loy and Spencer Tracy. BY E. de S. HOUGHTS while having & cold: seems to be Lhaving one, too . . MELCHER. It isn’t so bad because every one else , and the mail just now brought a fine new picture of Jean Harlow sitting on the couch of her living room, which has such a nice autograph on it we'd willingly have a couple of ore colds if things lke this happened all the time. She's just finished “Libeled Lady,” in which her supporting cast includes ‘William Powell, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy (if that can be called a supporting cast) . .. and pretty soon she vows that she’s com- ing East and that she will accept that invitation which Mabelle Jennings and Osgood Roberts offered her when she was last here. . wants to see Carter “Chich,” better be around!) the postman also brings in from London with one of those new King Edward stamps on it which comes from Dorothy (Gilbert and Sullivan) Gill, in which she thanks the members of the bring-back-Dorothy-Gill brigade for its effort in wanting her back with the D'Oyly Carte troupe this season. . . . Wish she could have come over. . . . And then suddenly there isg a letter from his honor, the Mayor of Hyattsville, H. T. Willis, which asks us to serve as & judge at the “Miss Hyattsville” contest in connection with Hyattsville Fiftieth Anniversary Cele- bration . . . and we .accept with pleas- ure and hope that young Eddie Fuller ‘will be around to tell us a little more about these Hyattsville celebrations. «..And then, between sneezes and a couple of wheezes, the phone rings and it is a fine sounding lady who thinks Mrs. Charles Johnson is all wrong for | wanting Ronald Coleman to be Rhett Butler, and she says the only man in the world for the part is Duncan Rey- naldo, a young man whom we haven't seen on the screen since a month of Sundays, so we couldn’t say yea or nay. . . . But Mrs. Johnson says that she still sticks by her guns and that she'll cross swords with any one who gainsays her (hurray). * ¢ * * ok k% Tx-rz doctor having brought in one of those new inhaler things which makes breathing possible again (after & couple of more sneeges) we find near at hand &4 memo from Ramond (Loew's Capitol) Bell which i8 different from many other Raymond Bell memos in- ssmuch as there used to be a J in front of the Raymond . . . Raymond, who is by way of being ocue of the eooniest young press agents this town has seen in many a day, begs to ad- vise us that W. S. Van Dyke's pro- duction of “The Devil Is a Sissy,” is coming to town very shortly, and that 1t combines the talents of those super- urchins, Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney . . . and suddenly the radio booms out with excepticnal vigor and a refined voice begins to talk about styles and what- not, but since it is handsome Betty Hudson (just back from Paris and Jooking like a million) we don't some- how mind, and she tells us what Dickey Ingley said the other day as she walked down the hall in pale yellow that skirts are shorter and that you can neve®tell what is going to happen to dresses . . . which, of course, we ceq't. « « « Then the phone rings again and 1t is Pete Maclas who says he's all set for the opening of his Heigh-Ho,.and that Leo (not the lion) is going to be in charge of things all around, and since Leo has always been a most obliging host to all Heigh-Hoers, and particularly Bette Davis, Buddy Rogers and Joha Boles when they were, why then great things may be expected. .« . As there may be of “St. Helena” in the future .. . Max Gordon calls from the Carlton and says that start- ing tonight the play will have three acts instead of two, and that the first | curtain will drop on that splendid | earthquake scene, * k kX |HOPE these sneezes will have stopped by this afternoon in time to see the tug-of-war between the Follies girls at the Capitol and the Elida dancers . . . the battle, which will be staged outside of the theater, starts at 2 . . . and we'll bet on the Follies gals for the simple reason that they've been out in the world a couple of years longer than the Elidas and you can't be out long in the world without . gaining a couple of extra pounds, and pounds count, as you know, in a tug-of-war . . . Scmebody has suggested that Gene Ford is go- ing to help the Elidas, but you know that isn't fair, Gene! . . . We hear that George Carrington is going to play Caesar in the Washington Civic Theater’s first play and that Miss Kushner will be the Nile queen . . . and at the same time we recall the story of an encounter that that excel- lent director, Day Tuttle, had with one of our best actresses; after he had talked with her about the new activi- ties of his theater for a time he turned to her and said, “By the way, do you act?” at which the good lady blanched, but stood her ground and said weakly, “A little” . . . Well, if all ladies in town could act as well as this good lady the place would be alive with Mary Bolands—which, alas, it isn’t . . . Finis: Rose Robison Co- hen says over the phone, “My chil- dren’s studio of speech and dramatic art opens tomorrow morning at the Grafton instead of at the Burling- ton,” and we don't know whether that’s & hint for us to attend or not « « « Afiyway, the school opens. Traffic Convictions DRIVING WHILE DRUNK. Percell Garnett, 902 Third street, southwest, 60 days. LEAVING AFTER COLLIDING. Berley Littlejohn, 1622 Tenth street, 60 days. COLLIDING. Al Lewis, 1822 Florida avenue, $15. | SECOND-OFFENSE. SPEEDING. Mayne B. Tollinger, 529 G street southeast, $15. FIRST-OFFENSE SPEEDING. William L. Walker, 2909 Cathedral avenue, $10. Leon Harris, 1110}, U street, $10. Herbert V. Carroll, 528 Gresham place, $5. Bitlet W. Porterfield, 5010 Seventh Street, $5. Oliver A. Lindros, 318 Maryland avenue northeast, $5. George K. Coiner, Place, $5. Stanley J. Hudex, 1814 Kilbourne Place, $5. PERMIT SUSPENSIONS. Leonard Abrams, 3117 Legation street, 15 days. Merton B. Anderson, 1858 Third street, 30 days. Anton Benesh, 23217 O street, 135 Gays. : Charles H. Blachly, 4323 Cathedral avenue, 30 days. Charles M. Blackburn, 1918 Cals street, 15 days. . George H. Bode, Alexandria, Vs, 15 825 Somerset Lindsay B. Branson, 629 F street Dortheast, 15 days. Charles H. Brooks, Annapolis Hotel, 80 days. Andrew O. Brown, 1734 Corcoran Street, 15 days. Edward E. Brown, Blue Plains, D. |- C., 15 days. William *J. Brown, Beltsville, Md., 30 days. Rex M. Cain, 606 A street north- east, 30 days. Wesley W. Chiles, Silver Spring, Md,, 30 days. Raymond Dandridge, 210 Morgan street, 15 days. George C. Edler, 5428 -Thirty-first street, 15 days. - Stanley G. Gray, 3051 M street, 15 Inez M. Lambert, 2428 Monroe street northeast, 15 days. ; Henry F. Larman, 1326 G street Dortheast, 30 da; M ‘.Auxunul Moore, 1529 Q street, 15 ys. ‘.Lwn B. Murphy, 12¢ W street, 15 ys. Louise Peterson, 601 Pennsylvanis avenue, 15 days. 5 Ernest Price, 39-A O street, 15 days. John A. PFurinton, 1425 Rhode . Island avenue, 30 days. Manuil G. Réyna, 310 C street, 30 days. Clarence L. Roark, jr., 1306 H street, 1148 188 SLNW. Jessie P. Bhankle, 611 M street, revoked. Jacob, B. Shapiro, 3225 Walbridge place, 15 days. James C. Swearingen, 3323 Four- teenth street northeast, 30 days. Joseph A. Walker, 1728 Seaton place, 30 days. days. Oscar William, 1112 Fourth street southeast, 30 days. Developing Footwork. TUCSON, Ariz. (#).—There they are, big, beefy foot ball players and boxers tap dancing on clumsy feet in time with a tambourine and a piario. Miss Genevieve Brown, director of rhythmics at the University of Ari- zona, says proudly she may use the boys in mixed chorus dancing later on, but they insist vehemently they merely are developing their footwork for the gridiron and the ring. ALL SEATS 25c BALCONY UNTIL 1§ M. ® WEEK DAY BRATINFES 25¢ EVENING SALCONY 40c Continuous From 1:30 Daily Jonn Snd Liongt Barryaors. Jean Hetsholt—Wallace Beery N “GRAND H " ALSO 4 BPECIAL TREAT 35-Year-0ld Newsreel Including Scenes With THIS SUNDAY MA' FRIVOLITIES OF 1936 Featuring: GAYETY BURLESK SHERWOOD before you buy SHERWOQD 0IL BURNER Visit Showroom 1723 CONNECTICUT AVENVE, N. W. Open Until 9 p. m. PHONE Decatur 4181 Herbert White, 2222 G street, 15| CONSTANCE CUMMINGS, Who gained a stage reputation on Broadway and a film reputa- tion in Hollywood, makes her latest screen appearance in an English motion picture, the Gaumont-British photoplay “Seven Sinners,” which opened today at the Metropolitan Theater. OPERA FRESHENED BY YOUNG VOICES Metropolitan Season Also to Have Four English Productions. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 2—Ti.e old Metropolitan Opera House will ring with fresh young voices—and four productions in English, the largest number ever offered—in the coming season. General Manager Edward Johnson of the Metropolitan Opera Associa- tion disclosed last night that in addi- tion tq the two operas offered last season in English — The Bartered Bride and Gionni Schichi—there would be two newcomers. They are Caponsacchi and the Secret Marriage. Johnson, smiling broadly, said the notion of giving operas in the lan- guage of the people hearing .them was gaining ground all over the world. New Group of Youngsters He told, too, of a new group of talented youngsters of the “Met” is going to introduce. They include the young New York-born American so- prano, Marion Clark—although now she calls herself Franca Somigli for reasons the general manager said smilingly had persistently escaped him. Others he named as under contract are: Vina Bovy, a young woman from Brussels, who, Johnson said, was about as glamourous offstage as on it. She, he said with a wave of the hand, “has jewels, beautiful -clothes—and all those things!” Mme. Kerstin Thorborg, the Swedish contralto and mezzo-soprano; Mme. Cigna, of the Paris opera; Mme. Gertrude Ruenger, engaged for Wagnerian roles. Three in Bori’s Place. Because, he said, he was unwilling ever to allow any one singer to try to take the place of Lucrezia Bori— the “Queen of Opera”—Johnson has signed no less than three young Warner Bros. The Love Story Of A Modérn Woman . . . Faced With The. Problem Of Giving Her Love To Her Child . . . Or To Her . Husband . Tn Warner Bros Cosmopolitan’s with GEORGE BRENT Roland Young women to do the sort of thing Miss Bori has done. They are Bovy, Bidu Sayao, from Rio de Janeiro, and Miss Irene Jessner, a Viennese artist. Only one new tenor was an- nounced—Johnson remarked they were “as scarce as hens' teeth”—and he is a German, Karl Laufkotter. John Brownlee of Australia comes on as a new baritone. Two newcomers, also young in music—each 35 years old—are to join as conductor and stage director, re- spectively. They are Maurice de Abravanel, a Portugese by birth, and Dr. Herbert Graf, a Viennese. Johnson said the “Met's” Wag- nerian wing would be particularly strengthened, and that he was going to put more than usual stress on correct diction in French and Italian | parts. Where and When Current Thester. Attractions and Time of Showing. National—“St. Helena,” at 8:30 p.m. Loew’s Capitol—"Old Hutch,” at 11 am., 1:40, 4:30, 7:20 and 10:05 pm. Stage shows at 13:35, 3:20, 6:10 and 9 pm. Palace—"“The Great Ziegfeld” at 11:20 am., 2:40, 6 and 9:20 p.m. Columbia—"“Road to Glory,” at 11 am, 1:10, 3:20, 5:20, 7:30 and 9:45 pm. R-K-O Keith’s—“My Man Godfrey,” at 11:35 am, 1:37, 3:39, 5:41, 7:43 and 9:45 pm. Warners' Earle—‘Give Me Your Heart,” at 11 am, 1:35, 4:20, 7:10 and 9:55 p.m. Stage shows at 12:45, 3:30, 6:20 and 9:05 p.m. Metropolitan—"“Seven Sinners,” at 11:20 am,, 1:25, 3:30, 5:35, 7:40 and 9:45 p.m. Belasc agnificent Obeession,” 1:38, 3:37, 5:36, 7:35 and 9:34 pm. Rialto—"Grand Hotel,” at 2:16, 4:36, 7:06 and 9:36 p.m. Little—"“Naughty Marietta,” at 11:18 am, 1:23, 2:38, 5:33, 7:38 and 9:43 p.m. s Ambassador—*“To Mary With Love,” at 6, 7:50 and 9:45 p.m. Tiveli—“China Clipper,” at 2, 3:50, 5:40, 7:35 and 9:25 p.m. KAY FRANCIS | ON STAGE % % & PAULDRAPER America’s New Dancing Stare N. B.C’s Roxalty of Song ROY CAMPBELL'S ROYALISTS ¥OX & WALTERS — BARBETTE Caument British's A Sari Fiend Wrncks Trs o e B Gimes . with Lowe Wiscrackin s Way o the Sotion Wainer Be METROPOLITAN £, PRCES 25cia §200. 1. 25 O Tt~ b | D¢ FRIDKY, OCTOBER 2, 193. Fonda’s Bride Stranger To His Film Personality Constance Bennett and Gilbert Roland Invited to Pig Sticking by Maha- raja of Indore. BY SHEILAH GRAHAM. H OLLYWOOD, October 2 (N.A.N,A.)—Henry Fonda’s brand-new socialite bride has never seen Ther actor husband on the screen . . . Rochelle Hudson wept when X2r boy friend, Lieut. C. C. McCauley, departed for Honolulu . . . The Maharaja of Indore, and his Maharanee, current visitors in Hollywood, have invited Constance Bennett and Gilbert Roland to a pig sticking joust in India. Gladys Swarthout shows her devotion to Husband Frank Chapman by wearing “C-h-a-p-m-a-n” in gold letters round her neck . .. At a recent party Lili Damita combed her hairé and powdered her nose at least once every 10 minutes . . . Loretta Young, in addition to Bing Crosby, is delayed in Honoluln " due to trouble among longshore- men—and Eddie | Sutherland, who makes no .secret of his adoration for the lady he hopes will be the Shellah Graham. is vacationing with her daughter, Marylyn, in Santa Barbara . . . Eleanor Powell owns & white car with red stripes, plus full name in letters of gilt at the back . . . Lois Long (Lipstick of the New Yorker) startled Paramount executives by writing an original story or Carole Lombard in the record e of three days. Mrs. David O. Selmick is searching for a suitable home for Jock Whitney, who arrives next month with the in- tention of spending the Winter months here, horse racing, polo-play- ing and picture makin . Director Willie Wyler salls for pe on the Queen Mary October 21. The British ocean queen plays an important role in “Dodsworth,” Wyler's last picture « Forty prize-fighters, friends of ae West, acted as extras in her current movie, “Go West Young Man.” Shirley Temple has three teachers on the set of “Stowaway'—her regu- lar teacher, a Chinese girl, who is teaching her Chinese, and a French instructress . . . Jack Oakie is taking dancing lessons preparatory to his ap- pearance with Ginger Rogers in a movie . . . Gary Cooper has received a fan letter from the Gary Cooper Club in Texas stating the club will support him for the vice presidency in the forthcoming election because “you don't talk too much.” Adolph Menjou had to send his chauffeur home to get the number of his newly changed private telephone . . . Two suits of story plagiarism are | pending against the Walt Disney stu- dio . . . Robert Taylor receives more fan mail than any other actor in Hollywood . . . Binnie Barnes' hus- band, Samuel Joseph, came to Cali- fornia to discuss a divorce with his wife and is remaining to stage a re- ciliation. name Zeni Vatorl, appearing ‘McLaglen in “The Mag- " hides the identity of formerly a telegraph Broadway plays and some short bits in film studios on Long Island he bought a second-hand car and, with his bride as passenger, headed toward the mecca of his dreams. Shortly after arriving in Hollywood Vatori land- ed a seven-year contract with Uni- versal, and from all reports is headed re’s chickens have been the best of their kind on m— X0 15th Now KEITHS .2 WILLIAM CAROLE POWELL LOMBARD 1N THE NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE “MY MAN GODFREY” with ALICE BRADY . NEW AND EXCITING EDITION “THE MARCH OF TIME" cee . NINO MARTINI LEO CARRILLO o 1DA LUPING® in “THE GAY DESPERADO™ SCREEN'S MIGHTIEST MUSICAL MASTERPIECE | 7 GREAT ZIEGFELD William Myma Luise POWELL-LOY-RAINER Fronk Fannie Virginis | MORGAN - BRICE - BRUCE Ray Ernest Reginald BOLGER-COSSART- OWEN M-C-M PICTURSE [ :30 P. C‘bsl)ltlsDIEN 35¢ ALL DAY h mmm" packed. ?vrvaml of om anda ;nq ES (sc NIGHTS AMUSEMENTS. the French Riviera . . . Ralph Bel- Springs . . . Toward the end of a re- cent party Host Harpo Marx went into the garden and asked his carrier pigeons, “Are there any messages for me?” (Copyright 1936, by the Norch American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) BEREN. llm‘ ARTISTS CONCERT Constitution Fri., Oct. 9 MARTINELLI Metropelitan Opera r B5¢ SEASON'S TICKETS now on sale National Symphony HANS KINDLER, Founder and Conductor Good seats X ble for Sunday and Bog office on main inckel & Co. Bto; treets N.W.—NA. C. C. Cappel, serie: floor, Julius Gar- 14th and P . Dorothy Hedskin Dorsey’s Constitution Hal THE EVENIN B Kreisler, off, ~ Flass ) Rethbers & Pinza (Joint recital). B st ?IY-'DAQ' B‘l.llllv 4 . m.—M 0 in Quartet (An mu.u “r... toine. Oelh o 8 . 1300 7151 @ Tel. NA. Even thot man Barnum (and what @ way he had with our language) would be stumped « « « It's almost impossible to adequately describe this staggering M-G-M movie! . But more potent than adjectives is your response to this monument of cheer... which we’re holding , . . for A SECON THE SAME AS FULL 3 HOUR ROAD SHOW Loews COLUM B,’A 2/ CH - -BAXTER Lioxe/ BARRYMO : ' 4 RE Tonight at Mat Sat. st 2:30 iThe Great Walls® Presents “ST. HELENA” | 67 B. C. Sheriff and Jeanne do oy, NEXT WEEK SEATS SELLING PP TR O R - “AND STARS REMAIN" CLIFTON WEBB HELEN GAHAGAN And a Brilliant Cast Staged by PHILIP MOELLER Nights 83c to $2.75. Mate. Wed. & Sat. 85¢ te $2.20 ACADEMY O* Feriggt ndst S onier E. l“cl'!n"t‘! Phillips’ 1’4“58"' utiful ontinyous %30 B AL “THE GE FRON LOTISIANA® with EDDIE QUILLAN, ROBERT TA¥ LOR and LORETTA YOUNG IN “PRI- VATE _NUMBI ASHTON sinfE4 N2 Y00 LITTLE RICH GIRL.” _Gang Comedy, CAROLINA ,31%* ExSulr™ fie TRAVIS in “EARTHWORM TRACTORS.” CIRCLE 2105_Penna Ave. N.W. Free Parking, 2000 K_St. ‘WARNER BAXTER and M A LOY in “TO MARY—WITH LOVE.” Cartoon. DUMBARTON .3 M gen LIONEL BARRYM! MA LIVAN in “THE DI FAIRLAWN “M'LISS."” LITTLE O tomiicon Basioped NELSON EDDY. JEANETTE MacDONALD, “NAUGHTY MARIETTA.” With _Prank Morgan, PRINCES 1119 B St. NE . York Air Conditioned Double Featur ANACOSTIA. . C. ANNE SHI] in | e FRANCIS DEE in "HALP ANGEL " GENE STRATTON in “THE HARVESTER" 8244 Georgi: e Silver Spring. Md. Continuous DE SECO “THE BRI ALKS OUT." | BARBARA STANWYCK, GENE RAYMOND. so“EARLY TO BI CHARLES RUGGLES. MARY BOLAND. STANTON % %4.G 8tz NE. Equipment Continuous From 5:: 2 JOAN CRAWPORD in "I LIVE MY LIFE. “TRAPPED BY TELEVISION." _with LYLE TALBOT and MARY ASTOR._ GTATL-3ETHESDA goibis sa RICHARD DIX in “DEVIL'S SQUADRON.” EDWARD E. HORTON in “NOBODY’S FOOL.” News and Silly Symphony. LOUIS-ETTORE FIGHT. Shown at 6, 8:45, 11:30. FALLS CHURCH, VA.LE NO_PARKING r7 n] BUCK JONES'in "Sonant oF POWER.” tternut 8 R e Troubies . C. FIELDS. “POPPY."” Tomorrow, Continyous Brom 1 PM. Joan Blondell in “Miss Pacific Fleet. Rxcfl-m Dix in_“Special Investigator.” E |HIPPODROME oot Bea Double Feat: Warner Oland. ‘‘Chap in !hlnt'h Preddie - Bartholomew ietor B in_“Professional Soldier;’" cLaglen fl 9..‘,".52,. vumumxln::y- ARCADE Fraripyus »o. RICHMOND “£Xyo%e., > Adolphe Menjou. "mfla fi" 8iny MILO o Today Bette Davis, “Satan Met & Lady" and March of Time. AMBASSADOR 23" & %58k WARNER BAXTER and MYRNA LOY in “To Mary—With Love.” APOLLO i Phone Line. “SATAN MET A LADY" with BETTE __DAVIS and WARREN WILLIAM AVALON oz 85 4o AVENUE GRAND &% I2-A%s Matinee 2:00 “JAILBREAK." 3 P.M. *_with JUNE TRAVIS and_CRAIG REYNOLDS. CENTRAL__#eea FRANCES _LANGFORD in __SPRINGS.” COLONY % Wnwdlms: FAYMOND MASSPY in C*%iINGS TO_CO! 2 a B - HUNT 1" “ARIZONA RAIDI PENN Penna. Averiue 8.2 6th and 7th Sts. Li. 2179 Matinee 2 P.M. “CHINA CLIFFER. PAT OBRIEN ROSS CATEXANDER © SYVERL ROBERTS. _March of Time. SAVOY 14nSt &Col Ra. N.W SAVOY e BLK TIM McCOY in “LIGHTNING BILL CARSON.” TIVOI] I14th8t & Park RA. N.W. TIVOLI ™ot iy 15 cuma CLIPRER " AT omRIEN ROSS CALEXANDER. - SEVERLY ROBERTS. Mickey Mouse. YORK Ga. Ave_and Quebec Place N.W. Col 4616 —_{ANNE_SHIRLE! __‘1“‘“-‘53_._ = JESSE THEATER '3&24E™ Carrier Air Conditioned. “SATAN MET A DAVIS and W, rial. _Comedy. WARNER BROS. THEATERS LADY." Novelty. £ M. SYLVAN Jtsnd B L Ave. Nw. Carrier Air Conditioned “BORDER FLIGHT." PFRANCES FARMER and JOHN HOWARD. Serial. _Comedy. PALM THEATER P2+ “FLORIDA §PECIAL" with .Meg! OAKIE SALLY ELDERS. Comedy. Novelties BERNHEIMER'S DANCING. TUD 174 “The Jack Roliins Studios Ballroom Instruction Under the personal and private direction of Mr. Rollins. 1611 Conn. Ave, "Decatur 5770 DON MARTINI *“ Ameril ted Instructor” DOCA IAL“,AN‘D";T.AGE DMUD:O 1811 H St. NW, NA. 3767 __HALF R, £ 3= Kathleen Wright Assisted by George LeClaire ANNOUNCES THE OPENING of Her School of Smart Dancing Reducing and Tep Dancing Class for Beginners 6-Week Course, $5 Starting Tuesday, Oct. 6 7:30 P.M. Baliroom Instruction, Private 6 Lessons, $10 1000 Qonn.Ave. h u...“%o%'fi‘ "'“kd. o’