Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1936, Page 36

A MUSEMENTS. Jean Harlow Plans Trip East Within Few Weeks Star Is One of Most Genial of Hollywood’s Penwomen. Joan Crawford and Bette Davis Arz Among Others Who Write Well. BY E. de 5. MELCHER. €« MAY be East within the next couple of weeks. However, that depends entirely upon Mr. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . . .” 80 writes “Libeled Lady’s” Jean Harlow in a jovial mood from her snug quarters in Bev- erly Hills . . . Miss Harlow is, by the way, one of the most genial of Hollywood penwomm . . Her letters are always original and amus- m...Janwwdhanmherwwhnmmwfll + She is apt to draw an ink cartoon of herself on the back<- of the envelope . . . Another good scribe is Bette Davis . . . Others who do more than scratch their names in- clude Rosalind Russell, Uns Merkel and Madge Evans . . . Bob Montgomery doesn’t answer let- ters, but Bob Taylor does . . . His let- ter to this department of a few weeks back is a nice example of a player's gratitude for a few kind words . . . Spencer Tracy, incidentally, was set to come to D. C. two months ago to go to the mat with a local reviewer who didn’t think so much of him in “San Francisco” . . . He thought better of it, however, being a nice guy and realizing that such things don’t make the grass grow greener . . . Tracy has been signed to a new contract by ‘M-G-M and is one of those people who 15 said to be going places . . . He's the most popular actor on the M-G-M lot. * % kX DAY before yesterday was tough sled- ding—until it came to that hour when 1t was time to select “Miss Hal- loween.” . . . Picture yourself sitting in a small room, surrounded by four walls, five nice people (Mrs. Edna Gasch was the chairman of the judg- ing committee) and 16 radiant young ladies all dressed as “queens.” There wasn’t a dull one in the bunch « « . tall, short, slim and slightly more hefty, they all had beauty, charm and wit, and they paraded around the small room as though they were run- ning off to Hollywood in another min- ute to become Hepburns, Shearers and Crawfords. . . . The winner (and your queen), Miss Ada Dameron, i5 somebody you will undoubtedly want to meet (we haven't had the privilege, but, then, neither has Mr. Kelly or Mr. Craig or the other judges). . . . She walked around that carpet with great dignity and skill, and we defy any town in this country to have & handsomer “Miss Halloween.” . . « (Where’s she been all these years?) * k¥ X ICHARD MANEY 5 in town, and that spells both good and bad. e « . “Dick,” as he is known to the world, Manhattan and the great Beebe and the smaller fry, is a veteran the- atric oracle, whose words are law on Broadway, whose fame is unparalleled and who was one of Percy Hammond's best friends. . . . In five minutes Dick can tell you more about the theater than 20 wise men all scrambled to- gether. . . . He took charge of the Billy Rose show this Summer in Texas, flew out there with seven newsmen, plied them with good humor and ginger beers and emerged as the greatest hero Billy Rose has known since he became a hero himself with & show called “Jumbo” (page I. W. Hill). Mr. Maney is on hand to acquaint newsfolk with a man called Coward and his play (titled “Tonight at 8:30”), which will be at,the National the week of November 3 . . » He spent the day yesterday racing around the town's gazettes and when last heard from had’ struck up enough courage to ask Betty Hynes if she would have & soda. LIS LocAL drama boards are in a frensy Productions by the Arts Club; the Plerce Hall Players, the Mont- gomery Players and such like have reached a new high and, of course, the fact that the Washington Civic ‘Theater has had a major success with “Caesar and Cleopatra” has driven most potential actors and actresses to their grease-paint boxes . . . Night before last, President Lewis Loften Moneyway of the Arts Club, and Mrs. Maude Howell Smith, were good enough to invite members of the drama desks to & performance of “No More Frontier,” on the small but sometimes potent stage of the club ... And there was revealed acting of the gfiger that augurd well for a red-hot People gaped and nodded and ap- plauded and approved and nobody was aware that Murray Sheahan was Murray Sheahan, or that Paul Alex- ander was Paul Alexander , .. They all said: “Now those are actors”— which is the highest praise any actor can get . .". And the scenes by Hugo Inden were colorful, and the inter- missions were not too long, and, but for the fact that we had to run out and listen to Joan Crawford and Fran- chot Tone on the air (and they sud- denly decided not to be on the air), $ TARTI NG TONIGHT 7:35 P.M. we are certain we would have enjoyed the whole performance . . . What was to be seen of “No More Prontier” was called “Romeo and Juliet” movies. . * % k% DONTmIIl“P!anP‘Me RS comes to the Capitol Friday and SOVIET SENTENCES 3 FOR MOVIE WASTE Extravagance in Producing Film Sends Studio Officials" to Labor Camps. BS the Associated Press. MOSCOW, October 29.—Three ex- ecutives who “went Hollywood” in Russia were sentenced to labor camps yesterday. The men, former executives of the Eastern Film Trust, were convicted of frittering away state money for the production of movies. ‘The accused men were charged with purchasing & bad scenario, counte- nancing excessive production expense, and with wasting money searching for talent. During their trial it was testified that out of 40 employes of the movie company, two were Trotzkyites, six thieves, one a murderer and two em- bezzlers. Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. National—“Plumes in the Dust,” at 8:30 pm. R-K-O Keith’s—"The Gay Desper- ado,” at 11:43 am, 1:43, 3:43 and 5:43 pm. “A Woman Rebels,” at 7:47 and 9:47 pm. Capitol—“The Devil Is & Sissy,” at 10:45 a.m,, 1:35, 4:25, 7:15 and 10:05 p.m. Stage shows at 13:35, 3:35, 6:15 and 9:05 p.m. Palace—"“Big Broadcast of 1937,” at 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10 and 9:30 pm. Earle—“Valliant Is the Word for Carrie,” at 10:45 a.m., 1:30, 4:15, 7:05 and 9:50 pm. Stage shows at 12:40, 3:30, 6:15 and 9:05 p.m. Metropolitan—“East Meets West,” at 11 a.m,, 12:45, 2:35, 4:20, 6:10, 7:58 and 9:45 p.m. Columbia—*"His Brother’s Wife,” at 11:15 a.m, 1:20, 3:25, 5:30, 7:40 and 9:45 pm. Rialto—“Morocco,” 7:47 and 9:48 pm. Belasco—"Les Miserables,” at 2:30 and 8:30 pm. Little—"The Constant Nymph,” st 11:38 am, 1:40, 3:42, 5:44, 7:46 and 9:48 pam. ““The Gorgeous Hussy,” at 5:45, 7:35 gnd 9:35 pm. Tivoli—-"The General Dawn,” at 2; 3:50, 5:45, 9:35 pm. Howard—"“China Clipper,” at 12:30, 3:50, 7 and 10:10 p.m. Stage shows at and 9:05 pm. LOANS 70 years of buying, selling and lendingondiamonds, jewelry, etc. Libera) Loans st Lowest Possible Rates CASH FOR OLD GOLD mvvemmt License) Eox "'Z-u 128 N E IIEIDE“EIHEB Established 1866 at 32, 3:53, 5:46, Died at 7:40 and THE EVENING STAR, -WASHINGTO. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, Shake‘speareqn Ffintfisy Returns Jimmy Cagney and Joe E. Brown are two members of the large cait the Warner Br pfO‘ vided for the Maz Reinhardt film production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which “played a road-show engagement here last season and which now returns to the Metro- politan, opening tomorrow. KEATON ASKS COURT TO QUASH WARRANT Pleads Lack of Funds to Pay Alimony and Says Divorced Wife Is Persecuting Him. BY the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 29.—Buster Keaton, the motion picture comic, pleaded in Supreme cuurt yesterday that he is & “poor man,” and said he/| was being “persecuted” over alimony arrears. He filed a motion to vacate a warrant of attachment for $4,500 filed by his divorced wife, Natalia Talmadge Kea- ton, formerly prominent in the movies. Mrs. Keaton based her warrant on & divorce decree she said required Kea- ton to pay her $300 a month for the support of their two sons, Robert, 12, and Joseph, 14. In his motion, Keaton said that when they were divorced in 1932 he gave his wife 90 per cent of their property and that subsequent losses had made him a poor man, dependent on his salary. His wife, he said, rents her town house in the Wiltshire district of Los Angeles for $470 a month. Keaton as- serted she has numerous servants, fhe cluding a cook and a chauffeur. His children, he said, are each benefici- aries of $35,000 trust funds. The application was set down for hearing Monday. = g % 5 _ALUMNI TO'MEET "' ¥ The District Alumni Chapter of fllfl ‘Georgetown University School Dentistry will hold its first monmly meeting of the season tonight at 8 o'clock in the school hall. Dr. Edmund Botami will resd & paper on “Fundamentals of Restora= tive Dentistry,” Dr. Joseph P. Man- ley, president of the alumni, will le at & business meeting. - ... TR Whiy 36t ths beit? « « « It cOsts no more* 1328-30 New York Ave. NAtional 6800 A WASHINGTON INSTITUTION Opposite U. §. Treasury oa St We sincerely believe you will declare with us that “A Woman Rebels” will prove to be the big- gest motion. picture avent of the year'. . . 1t 'h a Hoert-threbbinq drama of A WOMAN WHO DARED AS DES- PERATELY AS SHE LOVED! Kttorine HEPBURN MARSHALL SPECIAL MIDNIGHT SHOWS HALLOWEEN and ELECTION NIGHT in RKO Redie’s of Nette Syient’s pleturisation Bost Selling de “FORTRAIT OF A REBEL" " Woman Rebels"” with ELIZABETH ALLAN DONALD CRISP DORIS DUDLEY DAYID MANNEIS_ w mmmnommomurm.uuc ty ELINOR COX KARSTEN Plays one of the leading roles in the Washington Civic Theater’s production of Shaw’s “Caesar-and Cl tra,” which will be repeated tomorrow and Saturday nights at the Ward- . man;Park Theater,: CONT. FROM 2 P.M. GARY COOPER in “MOROCCO” MARLENE DIETRICH “THE THREE LITTLE PIGS” sad “THE BIG BAD WOLF" “Myriasd Velces” Searl Haver, Orsanish 53C Tt AF TOVPARKING SPECIAL SONG. PROGRAM Jubiles Chorus to Present Spiritual ‘Works. HE Young Men's Jubilee Chorus of the Friendship Baptist Church, will give a special program of spir- itual and gospel songs tomorrow at at the Vermont Avenll: board. Deacon George E. Onley, sponsor. MRS. CAFRITZ NAMED Elected President of Temple Sis- terhoods Federation. Mrs. Morris Cafritz, 1404 K street, has been elected president of the Na- tional Federation of Temple Sister- hoods, according to an Associated Press dispatch from Cumberland, Md. Mrs. Martin Mendelson, also of Wash- ington, was made corresponding secre- tary. Other officers elected were Mrs. Lee Whitlock, Richmond, first vice presi- dent; Mrs. Isaac Hursch, Cumberland, second vice president, and Mrs. Ben Paul Snyder, Norfolk, treasurer, Coma. Ave. At Newark St N. W. Performance DOORS OPEN 9:30 Lovers To the World But & Pain in the Neck to Each Otherl It's Fight ot First Love When These Twe Meet! MARION DAVIES CLARK Gllll 1 Wamer Bros, = Cosmopolitan’s” “CAIN and MIBII.' BLLEW i-m-m EARWE WALTER CATLETT DAVID CARLYLE® NOBART CAVANAUGN: Directed by LLOYD BACON Music and Lysies by Namy Wamen end Al Debin ON STAGE o : The Most Versatile Band on the Air DON BESTOR| EDDIE WHITE-ALLEN & KENT TOMORROW NO ADVANCE IN PRICES The 3220 Masterpiece First Time In Washiagton At Popular Prices e B presont RESGHARDTS produssicn of A MIDSUMMER 1936. Hepburn’s New Film At Keith’s Downtown Theaters Announce New Programs. ATHARINE HEPBURN'S new mn. “A Woman Rebels,” this evening at 7:35 o l:hck st R-K-O Keith's The- ater. Herbert Marshall is her leading man in the R-K-O Radio. picturiza- tion of Netta Syrett’s novel, “Portrait of & Rebel” and the cast includes Elizabeth Allan, Donald Crisp, Dorls Dudley and David Manners. “Pigskin Parade,” new comedy that has its fun with the “win-at-any-cost” brand of foot ball, opens tomorrow at Loew’s Capitol Theater. The cast in- cludes Stuart Erwin, Patsy Kelly, the Yacht Club Boys, Arline Judge, Jack Haley, Betty Grable, Dixie Dunbar, Tony Martin, Judy Garland and s host of others. Johnny Perkins head- lines the new stage show, a musical trivolity entitled “Collegiate Revue.” Marion Davies and Clark Gable are starred in “Cain and Mabel"” story of s waitress who wins stage fame overnight and the young prize-fighter ‘whose career is linked with hers, which comes to Warners' Earle for & week, starting tomorrow. Don Bestor and his orchestra have the feature spot in the stage show and there will be other vaudeville entertainment by Eddie White, the “Singing Comedian,” and by Alien and Kent. Warner Bros’ picturization of Shakespeare's fantasy, “A Midsummer Night's Dream,” which played here last season as a road show attraction, returns to town tomorrow, opening at the Metropolitan. James Cagney, Joe NATIONAL SYMPHONY AN TN HALL SUNDAY. 4 o Howard Barlow, Guest. Conductor Program: Dvorak, “New World” symphony, Works by Wagner, Berlioz, Stravinsky, -haikovsky. fekets: 5OG. 15¢, 81, $1.50, 92, Season m slse on “SMILES” SLAYNE Bionde Ann Corio THE GUEFAW GO ¥ GLEE Benay “Wep" Moors & Bates & Hunt m&l“lll.m Nov. I.IP.. OPERA nm uu. $2.20; Mps. Derser's. 1300 G e ] AMUSEMENTS. E. Brown, Dick Powell, Jean Muir, Victor Jory, Verree Teasdale, Hugh day for a revival engagement, opening at the Rialto Theater. The Little Theater's next revival sttraction, starting today, is “The Constant Nymph,” with Brian Aherne and Victoria Hopper in leading roles. Shirley Temvle- latest picture, “Dimples,” which recently played & ‘week at the Palace, returns to P street tomorrow, opening at Loew's Columbis. “The Big Broadcast of 1937, with Martha Raye, Jack Benny, Bob Burns, George Burns and Gracie Allen, and a host of others, continues another week at Loew’s Palace. ARTHUR HOPKINS presents IIEMM A HULL 'Plumen'v’.fitsi 4y SOPHIE TREADWELL NEXT MONDAY—SEATS SELLING MAX GORDON Presents PAULINE LORD = “ETHAN FROME” EDITH WHAR- ADAPTED FROM TON'S NOVIL !Y owm AND Wit EIIILE LAHIHOHE '.I.-l‘l. Illl.lm uo h $1.68 BELASGO Yow BIG THREE AND HALF HOUR SHOW Franco American Films in Ass'n With Pathe-Nathan Presents THE AMERICAN PREMIERE of Victor Hugo's “LES MISERABLES”’ Photographed on the Original Locales Made Famous by the Book. Starring the Famous French Star HARRY BAUR Complete English Dialogue Titles Because of the Length of This Production Thers Will Be Only TWO SHOWS DAILY Matineo st 2:30 Evenings 8:30 NO ADVANCE IN PRICES ALL SEATS RESERVED FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT ONLY. Seats Now on Sale at Box Office Smoking Permitted in Baleony and Loges Qo 2 THS AL QWEEN SN ATURDA)’ NIG#T' Imgo midnig .f CAPIm’L Loews CAPITOL NG lar Pro, M!nd- INCREASE IN PRICES F-AT-1th ME.S001 .. lean Laugh rlot ¥ oo Hiled with C.u-—-...m TOUCHDOWN ! STUART ERWIN o PATSY KELLY ARLINE JUDGE - BETTY GRABLE JOHNNY DOWNS * JACK HALEY DIXIE DUNBAR « YACHT CLUB BOYS Piechhn- Troup® in a Dance Recital WARDMAN PARK THEATER) Sunday, Nonmbev Ist, Also” B sadquarters, 17th & G 8ts. E u-mm Phillips’ p— lmlcomm%oul mm &?t BW h’ CHESTER and 18 STONE. “EASY MONEY,” with ONSLOW STEVENS. ASHTON s ONEL " 30" pa PATERSON in -smbm CAROLINA -HEA#%8 Didicks-Sha “THE VOICE or nuau ANN. CIRCLE ». &%k PR-IDRJC HAR-CH lnd WARm mm “THE_ROAD GLORY." News. DUMBARTON c‘.i:?..'fl:‘&.mmu HAVILLANI mmlc MARCH and O. DE ANTHONY ADVERSE. Fime of Snows, 8: 00 _and # FMRMWN AHAcosm D. b “YOURS FOR 'mz Asxmo 8th Between Acousticon Equlo “THE CONSTANT NYMPH" lt‘l. LE. tioned PETER LORRE ET JED PROUTY in “ !'DUCATING PATHIE SECO 8241 Georgia AVI- Silver Spring. Co_x_xunuoul F!gm 8: nn Pu. ROBERT YOUNG and BELTY. 8. | Also “HIGH TENSION. GLENDA FPARRELL and an All- Bllr Cast STANTON .0, 254 C,8is. N.E. Finest Seund Eaovipment Gontinuous from 5:30 P.M. “EXCLUSIVE STORY,” with FRA NCHOT ‘TONE and MADGE EVANS. “TICKI TO PARADISE wiin ROGER PRYOR and WENDY BARRIE 24 6D30 Wis. Ave. STATE-BETHESDA Reinsia it GENE RAYMOND in “WALKING ON AIR.” GLORIA STUART in “36 HOURS TO KILL.” FALLS CHURCH, VA s'r ATE NO PARKING LEE WOREIES KAY PRANC!! in “GIVE ME YOUR HEART.” JANET GAYNOR and HENRY FONDA_in TARES A WIFE:" 4th and Butternut Sts. No Parking Troubles ROGERS and JANET GAYNOR in ‘STATE FAIR.” Selected Short Sub: HIPPODROME m.,,:'-,.. e Wendy Barrie. “Soeed ' Ronald Col- man. “Man Who ‘Broke ‘Bank ‘st Monte cmn E MD. M oday-Tomor: MARC CONNOLLY'S “GREEN PASTURES.” ARCADE F¥iImsviuie wo. BING CROSBY AND BOB BURNS in “RHYTHM ON RANGE.” Prancis Lederer and Ann Sothern 1a __“My American Wife.” Ml LO ROCKVIL] Podsy Tomor: Warner Oland, Track. 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