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AMU At Least One Actress Fails to Leap at Role SEMENTS. THE EVENING She Is Ann Corio, B Questions Part of Belle in “Gone With the Wind.” BY JAY CARMODY. HANCES are that very few pel turn down an opportunity to Wind.” Yet right here in Washington this week is one person who | sych a role in Selznick’s big coming attraction who has a chance at thinks she will do nothing about it. The woman in question is ornamental Ann Corio, currently playing at Ool. Jimmy Lake's Gayety. Miss Corio, in the past 10 days awarded the honor of being the Nation’s number one bur- lesque queen, is being considered for the part of Belle Watling. Belle, as you probably already know, was the most unpopular woman in Atlanta as Margaret Mitchell's book told her story; most unpopular, that is, with the women of the Georgia city. The males of the town took a different at- titude on the subject, especially Rhett Butler. In spite of the importance of Belle in the book, and consequently in the coming film, Miss Corio is not sure about taking up any option she may have on the part. “I'm hardly the type,” she says, on the basis of having read the book. “And the part is hardly the type I want,” she adds with much more sa- gacity than you would think before meeting her. “But Belle, in the film, will not be the Belle of Miss Mitchell’s book,” the interviewer declares. “She will have to be softened to get by the censors.” “That's right,” Miss Corio agrees, “but will they soften her enough to Justify my taking the part if it should come my way? I doubt it. Maybe I am just a name instead of a person to those who are casting the picture & name identified with the more spec- tacular side of burlesque, the lady of the strip-tease. It does not follow from my job nor my reputation that I should be a good Belle Watling. And I'm not sure that I should like to start a film career in the part, even if I could do it.” * x k% T THIS point burlesque’s ranking queen paused with a reflective urlesque Queen, Who rsons in show business would dare to | get a major part in “Gone With the | man on the maternal side ... M. C. R, an Alexandria reader of this depart- ment and “Gone With the Wind,” is | going to be disappointed if Melvyn | Douglas is not cast as Ashley Wilkes. What is more, she does not like the | idea of Clark Gable as Rhett Butler. | She probably will lose both points, however . . . From Hollywood come denials, rather sharply worded, from friends of Norma Shearer that she has any intention of quitting the .screen.‘ She is not the kind to quit, they would | have you know . .. “One-Way Pas- sage,” with William Powell and Kay | Francis, and not George Arliss, playing a double role, will be the next attrac- | tion at the Metropolitan . . . “Servant of the People,” a two-reel creation of M-G-M dealing with the signing of the Constitution, will be the supple- mental attraction at the Palace dur- ing the premiere of “Champagne Waltz” . . . Maj. Henry Frank Hey- | wood. M. C, commercial secretary of the British Embassy, will introduce | | Lecturer Burton Holmes at Roosevel(‘ | High School tonight. The first of | | Holmes’ five talks in Washington will | ! be on “England, Wales and Scotland” Katharine Hepburn's “Jane Eyre,” | | sixth and final play of the Theater | | Guild and American Theater Society’s | 1ocal season, now is scheduled for an | indefinite date, “late in February” ... John Gielgud's “Hamlet,” that's the record-run “Hamlet.” of course, is due for the National Theater on Febru- ary 1. | Capital Friday t Kay Francis’ Next Role STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, . Boo! The Horror Boys Are Here The Ritz brothers look wild enough here to scare the populace even more than the Holly- wood “horror trio” they are representing—Peter Lorre, Charles (“Capt. Bligh”) Laughton and Boris (“Frankenstein”) Karlofi. The Ritz fooling is part of “One in a Million,” which comes to the o introduce Sonja Henie to film audiences. thored by Molnar, concerns a girl who uses a ladder of lies to climb from the dirt and hopelessness of & water front town. Joe Mankewicz, of | “Pury” fame, produces. MRS. ROOSEVELT LENDS CIVIC THEATER SUPPORT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1937. ‘| Who entreated him to read Belmonts| A solo voice gives the poetic version Rachmaninoff Evening Deligh_ts Music Lovers! 3 BY ALICE EVERSMAN. T IS seldom that a program is surfounded with an aura of special interest ] a5 was that given by the Philadelphia Orchestra last evening in Constitu- tion Hall. It was a Rachmaninoff evening, the composer as soloist and the program devoted to his compositions. Rare as it is in these days to have music interpreted by the man who Wrote it, there was the rarer attribute last evening of the performance consisting of two works which the composer considers his best® and which were conceived undsr cir- cumstances calculated to arouse ad- ditional interest in the listeners. conviction that incloses the whole work with a glowing color that flames into o tha clisen) s hich took | dramatic intensity in their movement, or choral symphony whic! | g up the first part of the program was | 1® SiVry white in the first, again | as Rachmaninoff tells, the result of | Warmly rose-tinted in the second and & letter from an anonymous admirer | gentle mauve in the last. translation of Poe's poem, “The | of each movement. ‘The Silver Sleigh Bells,” as, in the writer’s estimation, | Bells” was sung by Mr. Krueger, whose it was ideally suited to musical com- | fine lyric temor was admirably ex- | position which would appeal to Rach- | pressive in the part, while the beauti- maninoff. Of his reaction to the sug- | ful soprano of Miss Davis and her stion, the composer says, “This'artistry in projecting the tenderness omposition, on which I worked with ' of “The Mellow Wedding Bells” made feverish ardor, is still the one I like this movement the most effective. Mr. | best of all my works.” Hawkins' baritone was well suited to The “Second Concerto” is probably | the more somber meaning of the finale, AMUSEMENTS. To. tes $1.10 to_$3.30; Mat. 55¢ s Sat. Mat. DINNIUI fres HELEN et ERNEST KING BLEASON TRUEX In Fran: Lebar's New Operetta Staged and Directed by HASSARD SHORT American Adaptation by Edward Eliscu Choreography by Chester Hale Seltings by Watsop Barratt Two Weeks Only Beg, Jan, 18 SEATS THURSDAY D'OYLY CARTE Gsll-:!n [ Opera Co. from London ”““Il .. X . Eve., irates of Pen: Yeomen of t. and E atience”’; Sat. he Gondoliers.” the only composition in existence | which ended with one of the most whu_h is the outgrowth of auto-sug- uplifting sequences of phrases ever | | gestion. The composer had fallen | written for orchestra. | |into an apathetic mental state whicn ‘When the composer took his pIarel | lasted for two years and which made | at the piano for the concerto a storm it impossible for him to fulfill his| of applause swept the house. In this | promise to the secretary of the Lun-f work Rachmaninoff has let down all don Philharmonic Society to write & | the barriers and the poetry and lyric- second concerto especially for the|ism of his nature is given full rein. | English public. After many attempts | The adagio is of exquisite purity and to bring the composer out of his| warmth, while the allegro concludes enervating state of mind, the services | the number in brilliantly exciting of a doctor famous for his “magic” | manner. It is a work which should cures were sought. Under his daily | rejoice every pianist who understands suggestion that the artist could and | the “grand manner” as it soars should write a concerto, inspiration through arpeggios, lyric themes, son- final]yl came and the number on yes- orous chords and rippling passages to terday’s program was the result. |a glorious finish. Rachmaninoff For the performance of the sym- played it superbly, and supporting him phony there was in addition to the | was the splendid artistry of Mr. Or- | orchestra, the University of Pennsyl- mandy's accompaniment. vania Choral Society, Harl McDonald,| The young conductor of the Phila- director, and as soloists, Agnes ,| delphia Orchestra has given many in- soprano: Fritz Krueger, tenor, and stances of his sensitive musicianship Elwood Hawkins, baritone. at other concerts here, but last eve- The principal events of Russian ning the demands made upon him in life take place to the peal of bells| the symphony and the concerto found and their varied intonation and the | him the supreme master at all times. thoughts they awaken from the basis | Feeling with the artist in the con- of this magnificent work of Rach-| certo or as deeply understanding in- maninoff. The symphony is divided | terpreter of the symphony, he was at | into four parts—“The Silver Sleigh | once magnetic, vital and inspirational. | Bells,” “The Mellow Wedding Bells,” | - — = TOWN HALL Khoreham Hotel, Jan, 13th, 8 P.M. Margaret Sanger Over Population—A Cause of War Reservations, $1.00 Dist. 3983 GAYETY BURLESK The Epidemic Is Here I¥s An Epidemic of Beauty and Laughter THE BEAUTY IS A"NIGLAMOROUS conlo AND AND THE LAUGHTER HARRY J. CONNELLY AND MAX FURMAN The Season’s Best Burlesk Attraction expression on her face. “M it is true that you're typed in | Hollywood by your first perlormance,. or first few performances, Belle might | not be such a good character to por- | tray.” Smart, what? In her insistence that she does not 'To Be Mother in ‘Maz BY SHEILAH GRAHAM. OLLYWOOD, January 13.—Kay Francis returns to Hollywood the middle of February and immediately starts work in “Mazurka” for Warner Brothers, playing a mother who sacrifices her all for the urka’ ' look the part, Miss Corio makes an | excellent point. She does not; de- pending, of course, upon your concep- tion and Margaret Mitchell's descrip- tion of Belle. Burlesque's reigning queen is a svelte-locking person, with a voice, a vocabularly and a presence which would ornament a great many places other than the burlesque stage. Her non-professional and professional selves provide a contrast that would startle you if you are the kind that startles over that sort of thing. Neither of these selves seem to fit into the Belle Watling category. And, merely playing Ann Corio, Miss Corio seems to be doing well enough as the highest-paid actress in her field. She is young and wants a try at both the legitimate stage and pictures before she is through with show business. But she has her grave doubts about the part of Belle. * x k% 'A NOTE left in the drama depart- | ment typewriter says Sonja Heine is “stupendous” in the picture “One in a Million,” which was screened yes- terday afternoon as a prelude to its | appearance Friday on the screen of Loew's Capitol. Saturday’s drama page will tell . . . George Gerhart, R-K-O press representative from New York, was in town yesterday talking “The Plough and the Stars” to all and sundry. He talked about it not only as an R-K-O employe but as an Irish- Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. National—"Prederika,” at 2:30 and | 8:30 pm. R-K-O Keith's—"That Girl From Paris,” at 11:24 am,, 1:26, 3:28, 6:30, ! %:32 and 9:34 pm. Palace—"College Holiday,” at 12:15, | $:35, 4:50, 7:15 and 9:35 p.m. Earle—"Sing Me a Love Song,” at 11 am, 1:35, 4:15, 7:10 and 9:55 p.m. | Stage shows at 12:40, 3:25, 6:15 and | 9:05 pm. Capitol—"Garden of Allah” at 11| am., 1:45, 4:25, 7:20 and 10:05 p.m. Stage shows at 12:40, 3:25, 6:20 and | ®pm. Metropolitan—"The Jungle Prin- eess,” at 11 am, 1:05 3:10, 5:20, %:25 and 9:35 pm. Columbia—"“Born to Dance,” at 11 em, 1:10, 3:20, 5:25, 7;35 and 9:45 pm. Rialto—“It Happened One Night,” at 2, 4:40, 7:04 and 9:47 pm. “The Plough That Broke the Plains,” at 4:07, 6:27 and 9:11 pm. Little— These Three,” at 11:28 a.m., 1:31, 3:34, 5:37, 7:41 and 9:44 p.m. Ambassador—"‘Come and Get It,” at 5:45, 7:35 and 9:35 p.m. Tivoli—"Rembrandt,” at 2:25, 4:05, §:55, 7:40 and 9:30 p.m. Uptown—"Pennies From Heavel @t 2:27, 4:16, 6:03, 7:50 and 9:40 p.m. Howard—"“Gold Diggers of 1937, at 12:18, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45 and 10:15 p.m. H be Anita Louise. che-ild she loves. And s0 would you, if your daughter happered to It seems that, many years before the picture begins, Miss Francis has been betrayed by a bad man—a famous concert pianist enough to leave well enough alone, but = must try the same thing on her lovel, | innocent aaughter. However, he gets what'’s coming to him—from the dangerous end of a gun, operated by the indignant Miss Francis. The ending is still in | doubt. Kay has |the crance of three punish- ments—jail, sui- cide, or general |all-rourd for- | giveness. The | action of the | story, an original by Hans Rameau. gy 1 Granam. takes place in | Austria—a good locale, due to the | current incarceration of the Duke of | Windsor. vho didn't have sense “the screen rights to “Dead End,” Sidney Kingsley's successful stage drama, and RKO-Radio's $125,000 | for “Stage Door,” Margaret Sulla- van's New York hit, were tops in movie spending megalomania. ‘ Dorothy Arzner. the only woman who has made good as a film director, has been signed to a term directing contract at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. | First assignment on her lucrative | ticket is “The Girl from Trieste,” in which Viennese Louise Rainer will be starred. Miss Arzner is noted for her success with temperamental feminine actresses. Her latest triumph in this fleld was with Rosalind Russell in the very successful picture, “Craig's Wife.” “The Girl from Trieste,” au- | RIALTO Rots The Greatest Prize Picture in Screen History! | PRODUCED BY FRANK CAPRA (Who has sinee made “Mr. Deeds”) C2od GABIE sl Clante COIBERT " Director Frank Capra can get any- | thing he wants—within or without | reason—from his Columbia boss, | | Harry Cohn. He wanted “You Can't | | Take It With You,” the George Kauf- | man-Moss Hart Broadway stage hit, very badly, which was all the incen- tive Mr. Cohn required to outbid | every other producer in Hollywood | for the goofiest comedy written since | “It Happened One Night.” The price | paid—$200,000—establishes an all- high record. Previously, Sam Gold- wyn's purchase price of R RESTAU RiNT PEYTON PE 1745 F St. N, et. 3050. Modern _Dancing, _Bailroom __a _specialty. GLORIA KAMP 607 15th st. N.W. District 7089 Fox Trot. Waltz, Tap, Tango. Rumba. 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N.W. ashington, nor the e just started, but we have es to give you a good print- of the specifications. We Id a reputation for friendly Phone WEst 1643 Alan Marshall, handsome British actor brought from the New York stage for “The Garden of Allah,” and who subsequently appeared as the dis- | solute, murdered husbend in “After the Thin Man,” continues his Selznick | international career with the role of Hentzau in “The Prisoner of Zenda,” | in which Ronald Colman stars. Fans with long memories will remember | Ramon Navarro found fame playing this part in the silent version (Copyright, 1937, by the North Americas Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) Yangtze River Low. Water level in the middle section of the great Yangtze River of China has reached a record low level, greatly handicapping shipping. 2" Week! LILY PONS GENE RAYMOND o JACK OAKIE ‘THAT GIRL fo~ PARIS™ S New Seag Hits + 1,000 New Laughs Heart Trouble Set to Music CCMING . BARBARA STANWYCK PRESTON FOSTER in Sean O'Casey’s “PLOUGH and the STARS” with ABBEY PLATERS of DUBLIN AND a new addition of “The MARCH of JIME" IN PERSON—LUPE VELEZ ‘ and JOHNNY WEISSMULLER @ STARTS FRIDAY at Loew’s CAPITOL @ Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has be- | “The Loud Alarum Bells” and “The come a patroness of the Washington | Mournful Iron Bells.” In writing under Civic Theater, it was announced at|the influence of Poe's poem, Rach- the theater office yesterday. The | maninoff seems to have immersed Civic Theater will present Sinclair | himself in the memories which his Lewis’ “It Can't Happen Here” for a | subject evoked, to have sought to week's engagement beginning Wednes- | depict some scene or impression close | | Comstitution Hall, Next Sun. Aft., 4 P. M. iPON day, January 20, at Park Theater. | Members of the cabinet have all | been invited to attend one of the! performances during the week's run of the play, and the last night of the run, Tuesday evening, has been set aside by the management as “con- the Wardman | gressional night.” when members of both Houses are expected to be present in large numbers. Warner bros Newest Theatre | SHERIDAN f Goorga Ave. A:.s-uu:pl w. Gala Opening Performance THURS. JAN. 14th at830pm WISO?D"ATN! M Attraction | oSl ME } Lovs HLLS o HUGH HERBERT -y TICKETS GO ON SALE TOMORROW AT3 P. M to his heart IN PERSON: Full-Len, $1.10. $1.65. Mrs. D Bras_ Theatres It is this strength and Last 2 Days Starts FRIDAY! 1 ZSING ME A LOVE Sowg” IN PERSON! James Melton -« Patrica A L0 Cosmogoltan Product.on wih t i s 1 AN FIVE_COMEDY STARS 1 3 On Stage SN Gronee ARTHUR * BRENT SCREEN with SONJA HENIE Starts FRIDAY ceeoltsa sure to ring back e merriest it in years Last 2 Days hy Lamour s Newest Find In i “JUNGLE PRINCESS" i A Paramount Picture With Ray Milland & Lynne Overman Wikan POWELL %, Kay FRANCIS Rapesting Their Greatrt Trivm, I WAY PASSIGE A Warne Bros Picture otk Frank el A£ ADEMY ©f Periget Sound Photonlay Lawrence Phillips’ Theatre Beautiful ‘ontinuous From 4:30 P.M. “THE MAN_ WHO_ LIVED TWICE' with RALPH BELLAMY and MARIAN MARSH IAN K o4 TALA BIRELL in ASHTO " CLARENDON, VA. WILLIAM POWELL. MYRNA LOY and JEAN HARLOW in “LIBELED LADY.” CAROLINA itz and N_C. Ave. SE. WILLIAM POWELL and MYRNA LOY in 'THE GREAT ZIEG- FELD"; Feature Shown at 5:30 and 130 P.M. VT hi Tee Parking, 2 . BING CROSBY and MA EVANS in __“PENNIES FROM ! Av%%:iqo@em-f DUMBARTON 1343 Wisconsin Ave. MYRNA LOY WIL. LIAM POWELL. JEAN HARLOW l{,nd SPENCER TRACY in “LIBELED LAD' Comedy. LUPE VELEZ ../ JohnnyWEISSMULLER BORRAH MINNEVITCH AND HIS HARMONICA RASCALS ‘ONE IN A MILLION” Washinglons Biggest Inaugunal Show G °f,fl'~ldn SALTc; p uPPH"s William with ASTA (The Pooch) w 18th §t. & Col EDWARD ARNOLD and FRANCES FARMER in “COME AND GET IT." Mickey Mouse. 621 H St. NE. APOLLO ef3lfiie %8 MAE WEST and RANDOLPH SCOTT in "GO WEST. YOUNG MAN March of Time 615 Pa. Ave SE Li2406 F] HAVILLAND. Silly Symphony. CENTRAL 433 Ninth st. Nw. Phone Met. 2811 EDWARD ARNOLD and_FRANCE: FARMER in "COME AND FAIRLAWN _ficosme e e __“"ADVENTURES IN MANHATTAN." 9th Between F and G ' 1119 H_ sn.. e “LIBELED LADY." 1 Georgia A Silver Spring. Md. Continuous From 6:00° P.M. “I STAND CONDEMNED," STAR CAST. Also ALL “LADY BE CAREFUL,” LEW AYRES MARY CARLISLE and BUSTER _CRABBE STANTON .. M FREDRIC MARCH, WARNER BAXTER and LIONEL BARRYMORE in “THE ROAD TO GLORY." “AUGUST WEEK END.” with VALERIE ) ROBSON. 6970 Wis. fi': STATE-RETHFSDA %720 BARBARA STANWYCK and JOEL McCREA in “BANJO ON MY KNEE.” Cartoon and News Events. 6th and C Sts. N.E Equipment. FALLS CHURCH. VA, __ STATE No.gampc LEE WORRIES T | 4th and Butfernut Sis. No Parking Troubles MARION DAVIES and DICK POWELL in “HEARTS DIVIDED.” JUDITH BARRETT in “FLYING HOSTESS.” AN osp. G . ROADCAST . BURNS Cartoon. SYLVAN st snd & L Ave. NW. “LIBELED LADY,” WILLIAM POWELL JEAN HARLOW. PALM THEATER PEizA™ “REMBRANDT,” CRARLES LAUGHTON. Cartosm. A OF 1037." JACK and ALLEN. BERNHEIMER’S WARNER BROS. THEATERS Direction of Sidney Lust obert_Benchley Comedy. COLONY % A'§ MAE WEST and RANDO! in' “GO_WEST. YO! 1230 C St. Phone Line. MULLER & LIVAN in h of Ti i Matinee. 2:00 P.M. CHARLES 'LAUGHTON in “REM- _BRaNDT SAVOY W33is ol s ROBERT YOUNG bLORENCE RICE in “SWOR! EMY." R SHERIDAN - &% a 0 P.M, One Performance Only, Attraction — ME_A' LOVE 5. wil ELTON and . All seafs. 35c. ‘Tickets on Sale for_ This_Perform- Y 3:00_ P.M. and NI onn. Ave. 4 Matinees Daily at 200 P.M. BING CROSBY and MADGE E' in “PENNIES FROM HEAVEN." YORK WARNER BAXTER an, in_“WHITE HUNTER." HIPPODROME e, 2t Double Feature, atsy Kelly in “Kelly_the Second.” Lyle Talbot, “Murder By Aristocrat.” Tom.—Return “Engagement—Popular mand—Shearer, March, Howard in “Smilin’ Thru.” MT. RAINIER. MD. gé!&g-qd; “Son Comés Home.” ARCADE =vregyaie- s Gertrude Michael In “Return of Sophie Lang." RICHMOND *-2xwoeis VA. ‘oday-Tom. Jane Withers. “Can This Be Dixie?" MILO Ay Tom:-Pro: MAE WEST in “Go West, Young Man}”

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