Evening Star Newspaper, October 7, 1936, Page 28

AMU \ SEMENTS. Unlovely Heroines Seize Honors in Two New Films Ruth Chatterton and Rosalind Russell Splen- did in Unusual Steps” Seen BY E. de S. not bad women so much as unfortunate women. Roles—*“In His at Preview. MELCHER. Or maybe Universal Pictures has come out with a magnificent film version of “Craig's Wife,” and too much cannot be #aid in favor of Mr. Sam Goldwyn's “Dods= Tfll screen at the moment is & boiling pot of bad women. worth.” Both will be with us in a very short time. The fact remains, however, that woman gets frustrated as the curtain comes down is not a usual theme for the cinema. may have erred here and there and taken the wrong man to Glen Echo Park, have nevertheless at most times squared themselves in the end. Few leading ladies in days gone by would have dared to be left in the lurch. If Valentino had said “fiddlesticks” to Nita Naldi way back in another era, the theater would probably have been | torn down. And as for Mary Pick- ford, if she had played Dodsworth's wife, the éntire population would un- doubtedly have risen up and brained | him. Nevertheless, two of the best films that have come out in some time Jeave their women in a pickle. Mrs. | Craig not only loses her husband, but | her maids, nieces and best china vases walk out. And Mrs. Dodsworth, as you remember from the play, is left quite alone in the veranda cafe of & steamer while her husband trots ‘back to his ideal woman, and the man she has been about to marry, and who is a good deal younger than she is, suddenly recalis that she is a grandmother. The topic of the moment, there- fore, concerns Rosalinde Russell—she lays Craig's wife—and Ruth Chat- {’erton, who plays the Lady Dodsworth. Both of them have surpassed them- selves in any work they may have done on the screen” And both of | them are said to have growled at the | assignments. * ok ok X Heroines, while they career, And Mary Astor is perfectly cast. You may recall that she was going through “diary” trouble during much of its “shooting.” * x %X w ARRY MacARTHUR went to a preview yesterday, and these are his words: “‘In His Steps’ first photoplay produced by Hollywood's new Grand National Pilms, previewed yesterday | morning at the Rialto Theater, is :(ur warning that that company is setting out in the motion picture business with full intentions of tak- ing a place among the top-ranking studios. “There are a number of things about this first G. N. production, which stars the two young lovers of ‘Ah, Wilderness, Cecilia Parker and Eric Linden, which indicate tWat Grand National very probably is go- ing places. “‘In His Steps' is an audience pic- ture if there ever was one. Miss Parker and Mr. Linden may not be top-notch attractions as far as the box office goes, but they turn in cred- itable performances in the picture, and once the customers can be en- ticed to see ‘In His Steps’ they will go out in & mood to help build its business by word-of-mouth advertis- ing. “It's indicated that the people out E S8AW Miss Russell while she | L still in a stew. Between scenes she | beath her brow and vowed that after | such a role she would have no more *public.” Which, fortunately, is not | the case. For after you have seen the film you will unquestionably have the | greatest admiration for Miss Russell's clear and forceful conception of the part. | at Grand National know their motion picture audiences by the fact that | B was playing Mrs. Craig. She was | they have taken, in ‘In His Steps,’ & frankly in a stew—a nice stew—but | story that almost reeks with thickly spread hokum of the first water if it is examined closely, and have con- structed the photoplay with such deftness that this hokum becomes not only believable but enjoyable. This is something that movie audi- ences like and something that makes little girls in box offices very busy little girls. “Any producer canny enough to 1t took a long while. too, for Mr. :hean and skillful enough to build Goldwyn to persuade Ruth Chatter-| g on 4nat tale a photoplay that runs Dodsworth wouldn't It | ton that Mrs. wreck her career. Wreck should certainly make it. role, treacherous as it is, has been built along the lines that Fay Bain- ter first drew, and it is a long, bitter, difficult role which Miss Chatterton it! has studied to great advantage and | which she plays with an amazing un- derstanding of the ambitious old frau from Zenith who refuses to grow old. Both of these films we urge you to see. Huston's Dodsworth is one of the best things things of his For the | its course so smoothly that the story's | weaker points are overlooked is bound for success. | which shouldn't be overlooked. It's gles, told with an expert blending of drama and good human humor, and it shows that the subject of Chris- tianity and the application of the skillfully than it was, for instance, in ‘Magnificent Obsession.’” Super-Super Is Revived At Belasco P . . ) #Dinner at Eight"| Has Lost None of INNER AT EIGHT” is 8| smart, bright, encrgenc;' and soothingly empty | entertainment. that when it first foundered the cus- tomers dead in their tracks a few &ears ago, and the picture has lost mo luster in revival at the Belasco Stodgy people, greedy people, has- | beens, would-bes, bums in silver fox | collars, bums in stiff collars, roam | through the episodes of this George | dhe motion picture they are por- Rrayed by one of the most impressive | icasts ever collected together for a super-super, and it may be said on formers that they play their roles | with at least as much subtlety as was | written in the script. Because it evolved a stunt formula Its Luster. D It was $his week. Kaufman-Edna Ferber drama. In| dehalf of most the Hollywood per-| wevealing the tenuous, interwoven, | fpointless thread binding together the | lives of a group of supposedly im- portant people invited to the same dinner party, “Dinner at Eight” has | ‘mlways been regarded as a mere acro- | jatic bit of craftsmanship. As a‘ matter of fact, despite characteriza- #lons done in black and white, it | has in the cinema some really mag- Mificent moments—specifically John Barrymore depicting the last hours | e It will pay you to see SHERWOOD before you SHERWOOD 0IL BURNER Visit Showroom 1723 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N. W. Open Uniil 9 p. m. PHONE Decatur 4181 Di Special Thuwedsy DinsetSnee ?LOTOS LANTERN 733 17th 8t. N.W. | Harlow appears of a decadent matinee idol, the scene | between Karen Morley and Edmund Lowe in the latter's office, Billie Burke's endless and aimless flutter- ing, any and all scenes in which Jean (this was the best performance of that lady's career, and she should do it over and over again in preference to some of her later chores), the moments when | Marie Dressler is on stage, that won- derful exit of Lionel Barrymore's when he says “You're not fooling me” to the doctor who has been try- ing to conceal from him the fact that he is a dying man. Cynical, shrewd, clever a la the Kaufman style, sentimental in a nice way, “Dinner at Eight” is still re- quired reading. Frankly, I thought it better the second time than the first. R.B.P.Jr. WHERE TO DINE. MANCARYP’S Italian d American aurant 3459 14th St. Col. 10154 Dancneon 25¢ & up Dty 50 & up Dinners._ 75¢, $1 Sunday Dinners__ ® To Take Out ® Spaghetti or Ravioli ¥ Wine and Drinks of Every Variety . 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Golden Rule can be handled more | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON Brings Stage Role to Screen WALTER HUSTON, Who scored considerable success in the long run of the stage play adapted from Sinclair Lewis’ novel, “Dodsworth,” plays the same role in the motion picture version of the story, which comes to Loew’s Palace Friday. Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. National—“And Stars Remain,” at | 8:30 pm. | Loew’s Capitol—"Old Hutch,” at 11 am, 1:40, 4:30, 7:20 and 10:05 pm. Stage shows at 12:35, 3:20, 6:10 and 9 p.m. Palace—"The Great Ziegfeld,” at| 11:20 ,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! R-K-O Keith’s—"“My Man Godfrey,” | at 11:35 am, 1:37, 3:39, 5:41, 7:43 and 9:45 p.m. Warner's Earle—"Give Me Your Heart,” at 11 a.m, 1:40, 4:30, 7:20 and 10:05 p.m. Stage shows at 12:35, 3:20, 6:10 and 9 p.m. Metropolitan—“Seven Sinners,” at 11:20 am., 1:25, 3:30, 5:35, 7:40 and 9:45 pm. Belasco — “Dinner 11:39 a.m, 9:34 pm. Rialto—"Grand Hotel,” 7:06 and 9:36 pm. Little— Naughty Marietta,"at 11:18 am, 1:23, 3:28, 5:33, 7:38 and 9:43 pm. Ambassador—"Sing, Baby, Sing,” at 6:15, 7:55 and 9:40 p.m. Tiveli—“Dancing Lady,” at 2:15, 4:05, 5:50, 7:30 and 9:25 p.m, AMUSEMENTS. at Eight” at :38, 3:37, 5:36, 7:35 and at 2:16,4:36, "s @ FRIDAY ™= LoEw's | and one more play, {in the near future. GUILD LISTS OPEN Subscriptions Received Today for Remaining Plays. 'HE Theater Guild and American Theater Society with 4,500 sub- scribers for the 1936-7 season at the National Theater, will start today to reteive subscriptions for the five re- | maining plays of the present season. The remainder of the Theater Guild-A. T. S. season will present “End of Summer.” and Osgood Perkins; “Jane Eyre' with Katharine Hepburn: “The Chil- dren's Hour,” It is expected that the third play in the series will be given next month and the others in December and January. PAUL TREMAINE and His Orchestra Theater Restaurant 505 K St. N.W. Met. 0770 No_cover or minimum with dinner. AMUSEMENTS, with Ina Claire | “Lady Precious Stream” | to be announced | D. C, WEDNESDAY, MerleOberon Goes Abroad | OCTOBER 7, 1936. AMUSEME IERCE PLAYERS SEEN IN “ALIAS THE DEACON” But Picture Holds Niven |acomuuse ser compeny cor Shirley Temple Unable to Stay on Her Gift- Horse—Mae West Plots New Film, “Home Work.” BY SHEILAH GRAHAM, OLLYWOOD, October 7 (N.A.N.A.).—Merle Oberon sails for England October 21 on the Queen Mary, but David Niven, who loves the lady, must stay behind in Hollywood to take advantage of his biggest movie chance to date—an important role in Miriam Hopkins’ pic- . Julle Haydon is the latest of a long list of beautiful film stars on the receiving end of Jean Negulesco's attentions. ture, “The Woman's Touch” . . Elizabeth Allan has decided for O'Bryan . . falling off each time she mounts the Shetland pony given her by Joseph Schenck . . . Kay | Francis and Errol * Flynn narrowly escaped injury on location with “Another Dawn” when & heavy prop pslm tree fell between them. Alice Faye's hair has right- about turned from red to blond . .. Eddie Suth- erland is telling ~ intimates that, unless he marries Loretta Young soon, he will be a qualified inmate of & lunatic asylum . . . Ronald Colman injured his right elbow when he slipped the other day and will not compete in the men's doubles tourna- ment at the West Side Tennis Club. Mrs. George Kaufman lost 25 pounds worrying over the publicity given her mate with the publication of tidbits from Mary Astor's diary . . . When Simone Simon was hailed the other evening at the Trocadero by the sce- narist of one of her scripts, she turned to her companion, lisped, “Do I have to talk to writers outside the studio?” and swept past the astonished scribe. Mae West is working on a story idea with the title “Home Work.” 8he is also said to be working on squelching once and for all the as- sertion of Frank Wallace that he is | her husband. Strange how Mr. Wal- tlace always pops into publicity when a West picture is scheduled for re- lease—in this instance “Go West, Young Man.” . ., . The Earl of Warwick, expected shortly in Holly- wood for picture making with M-G-M, is planning a divorcé from his wife. Incidentally, directly word reached Lady Rose that her noble husband was actually on his way to the fiim | city she packed her bags and depart- | ed for England via New York. When | the divorce is a fait accompli she will marry Bill Fiske, wealthy American | play boy. According to J. P. Morgan, a per- son can afford a yacht only when he doesnt hnve to worry whether he | UPHOLSTERY CLEANERS Let the original Istery Sheilah Graham, cleaners elean your furniture, All work den in the b Call PO. 3234 TIRALLA PROCESS CLEAN!NG CO. 1410 B St PO. 3234 AMUSEMENTS. . Shirley Temple is emu- 4 lating the former Prince of Wales by | the third time to divorce husband Bill can afford it or not. So the follow- ing movie folk yacht owners must be in the million-dollar class: Warren William—Pegasus is the title of his ocean plaything; Allan Jones, whose yacht is named Alrene, a combina- tion of Allan and Irene; Lewis Stone’s Serena; Johnny Weismuller's The Santa Guadalupe; Lee Tracy'’s Adoree, complete with radio and tele- phone; Preston Foster's Zoa III, the fastest on the coast: Buck Jones' Sataris; Cecil B De Mille's Seaword, one of the most luxurious on the Pa- cific; Ann Dvorak and husband Les- lie Fenton, who can sleep six on their sallboat; John Barrymore's The In- fanta, and the contraption belonging to W. C. Fields, called a yacht, but which follows the form of a rowboat. William Powell is probably the most delicate of all masculine film stars, and has been on the sick list several times within the last few months, An eye infection is the latest malady to confine him to his home . , . Esther Ralston and Tom Moore, old-time stars, are playing small parts in Twen- tieth Century-Fox’s “Reunion” . . . Miriam Hopkins is bringing back from | England a Bedlington terrier and & Persian cat named “Goody Goody.” Eddie Lowe and his wife again re- | ported near the parting of the marital | ways . . . Carole Lombard and Clark Gable are reconciled for publicity pur- poses only . . . Dixie Dunbar is called “Beetle-Puss” by Ned Sparks .., . Dorothy Parker was asked for her opinion on a recently previewed pic- ture. “It's a saga by a guy who ‘wrote an epic,” she replied. (Copyright. 1036, by the North American Newspaper Alliance. inc.) GREET SCHOOL CREATED| Philip Ben Greet was for the es- tablishment of a school of classic | drama in his favorite city, Washing- | ton, and the establishment by his | nephew, Maurice Greet, of the Great | Academy of Dramatic Art, in the | La Salle Building, is the fulfillment | T I3TH FRIDAY DODSWORTH WALTER HUSTON e NOW o GREAT ZIEGFELD WILLIAM POWELL | MYRNA LOY @ LUISE RAINER o NOW o Fredrie March—Warner Baxier | “ROAD TO GLORY” | FRIDAY—“GENERAL DIED AT DAWN" | CAPITOL o NE of the last requests of Sir | & | Ruth Chatterton o Mary Astor | § ries Mounting Standard of Unit Into New Season. 2 AUAB THE DEACON,” comedy- drama by John B. Hymer and LeRoy Clemens, occupying the initial spot on the production schedule of the Pierce Hall Players, has been intrusted to & new but accomplished company which carries the mounting standard of the group into another season and raises hopes for “things to come.” Paces new to the Harvard street corner take this story of the affable card shark in cleric’s guise and make it the entertaining evening that the piece itself portends. Charles C. Barry is the deacon—the suavely predatory man of the cloth who comes to a small Kansas town for his health, financial er than physical, and remains to utilize his artistry in bringing happiness to the boy and girl in love who met him and each other first in a refrigerator car some time before; succeeds, too, in removing the boy from suspicion of robbery. Barry endows his character- ization with the utmost in authenticity. A fine performance, marred only by an undisguised call of “Line!” Arthur M. S8ammeth, in the role of one Mr. “Bull” Moran, pugilist, and R. Truitt Miller, as his manager and the ultimately exposed crook, turn in two superb efforts, to which any in the sudience familiar with such gentry will attest. Sammeth's simulation of inebriation prompted applause that was fully deserved. Rogers Albritton displays fine stage presence and accomplished reading for his years in playing the son of the hotel keeper, with the mothe: bly done by DeVee K. Fisher. The helper who fights for love is not p-ld | off and goes to work on the promoter, sees Charles Stofberg acquitting him- self in fine fashion, while Stanley | Rider, well cast as the business man, finds the task to his liking and per- | formed it well. Other worthy efforts are those of Harry Bozof. Peggy Bell (the girl in the case), Bernice Kay and Carol Hogan. “Alias the Deacon” will be repeated this evening in Pierce Hall. Curtain at 8:30, —C.A. M. AMUSEME! Tonight 8:30 Mats. Today & Sst. st 2:30 The Theatre Guild Presents First Play of erican Theater Soclety “AND, STARS JREMAIN" Julius J ll‘ hllll G lllull WITH CLIFTON WEB N HELEN GAHAGAN Staged by PHILIP MOELLER NEXT MON,, SEATS THURS, The Theatre Guild Presents Second Hly of IM A-mu- Theater “END_ OF SUMMER” BEHRMAN'S Comedy Hit WITH INA CLAIRE 0SGOOD PERKINS 4n¢ » Distinrished Theatre Guild $taged by PHILIP MOELLER § Nights 85¢ te $2.75. Mats. Wed. & 1 Sat. 88¢ to $2.20 Positively One Week Only Beginning Mon. Oct. 19 AN Tn The Naw York Comedy Success ARTIADY DIRECT FROM AN ENTIRE SEASON AT THE MUSIC BOX THEATRE ON BROADWAY MAIL ORDERS NOW! $1.35, Bale. lnn uu Eves., Oreh, Wed. eh. $2.20, B This Sunday Eve, NATIONAL ™ Sumias £re William A. 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