Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1937, Page 8

A—8 AMUSEMENTS. Harvard Club to Present “Come Across” on April 4 Hasty Pudding’s 91st Annual Production Is of High Entertainment Value, While Reflecting on Social Trends. BY JAY CARMODY. HOSE citizens who like to go to the theater just for entertainment and those more serious ones who view it as reflecting important social trends will have an opportunity to sit down happily together in Wash- ington on the night of April 4. The occasion will be the presentation of “Come Across” at the Belasco Theater by the Hasty Pudding Cldb of Harvard Universit: “Come Across” is the ninety-first annual production of Hasty Pudding. Advance reports of the extravaganza g = indicate that it is entertainment of [\ on4ine which will send audiences even higher than average Hasty Pud- | ;"¢ the theater laughing all the ding merit. It has been well received way home. Even if they live in Rock~ in the Nation's foremost centers of ville. culture, not merely for its entertain- * ok X X THE EVED White Rajah’s Wife Forces Warners to Change Script Ranee of Sarawak, Hired to Remove All Chances of Lawsuits, Calls Lawyer to Threaten Company. BY SHEILAH GRAHAM. OLLYWOOD, March 26. (N.A.N.A.).—When a studio nowadays makes & picture based on the life story of a living or dead person, it is custom- ary to place on the pay roll the nearest and most interested living relative to insure against lawsuits. With M-G-M’s “Great Ziegfeld,” Billie Burke, wife of the late producer, acted as a sort of technical adviser, And Warner Brothers, thinking to safeguard themselves with thelr forthe coming film, “The White Rajah,” writ-+ G ten by, and starring, Errol FIynn, ca= gy notes threatening to kidnap her bled a Hollywood offer to her highness daughter Maria . . . Dick Powell’s theger amielelol .« | stand-in has learned to speak French SaranE L RNI00 * |and Spanish during his three years the only living lof waiting around the studio . . . white Rajah, | Mervyn Le Roy is feeling tired, 50 NG STAR, WASHINGTON, ment value, but as reflective of the current collegiate mind’s ruminations | upon its disjointed times. Modern | and mocking are two of the words which seem to describe it. Politics, | science, radio, the movies, war, in fact, virtually all of the current phenomena of interest come within the scope of its satire, ‘The premise upon which “Come Across” has been created is the ex- tremely simple one that it is high time something was done about Europe. The Hasty Pudding Club, tired of wait- ing for the traditional agencies to act | in this direction, has undertaken to do the thing itself. Washingtonians who saw last year's show will remember the comedy of Gaspar Bacon. Bacon is back again. So is Arnett McKennan. For all the huskiness of his voice and his obvious masculinity, McKennan again is the heroine of the show. Then, there is Larry Davis who also sings, and Jack | Develin who juggles well enough to be & high-paid professional. The music of “Come Across,” as music has a way of doing, scorned to await the show's appearance in Wash- ington before becoming popular. Quite & few localities already can hum “Someday” without being too irritating about it. Others know both the lyrics and music of “The Heart of a Fool.” Still others, though fewer their num- ber, are familiar with “There’s No Wolf Around My Door.” Benjamin Welles, son of Sumner Welles, not only is press representa- tive of the show, but also a large con- tributor to the satirical quality of its music. He is the father, indeed, of an entirely new school of jazz. It is called, quaintly enough, “Swang" music and is designed to displace the | Easter egg-rolling Monday morning on 'I‘HE water buffalo which was sent here to M-G-M’s Norman Pyle to help him advertise “The Good Earth” was due to go on the air today. Jim McGrath was scheduled to interview Norman's pet over WRC at 12:45 pm. Jim ought to do a good job because he's talked with real snakes over the air and he once interviewed Osgood, the Dupont Circle duck. Mr. Pyle knows his animals, too. He took Leo, the M-G-M lion, on a| long cross-country tour a few years back and he has handled no end of personal appearances for movie stars. * ok ok X "’I‘HE GOOD EARTH,” incidentally, opens its local road-show engage- ment a week from Monday night at the National Theater. * ok ok ok 'THE Loew Theaters’ Boys’' Band, 50 strong, will be onr hand for the annual the White House lawn. It's an engage- ment the musical outfit has had for the past four years now. Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. National—“Jane Eyre,” at 8:30 pm. | R-K-O Keith's—"Quality Stree at 11:50 am, 1:50, 3:50, 5:50, 7:50 and 9:50 pm. ° | Earle—"The King and the Chorus | 1" at 11 am, 1:30, 4:20, 7:10 and | p.m. Stage shows at 12:45, 3:35, and 9:05 pm. Capitol—"A Family Affair” at 11 | am, 1:45 4:30, 7:25 and 1010 pm. which seems to have been a mis- take. - The Ranee ar- rived = here last week, took one look at the script, screamed for her lawyer, and re- layed through him a stern warning that, it *§ ;‘:fiv :z::’;s 1:5;)‘:: Shellsh Graham. into production, the studio will have | five lawsuits on its hands. At the same time, the Ranee, whose latest | book, an autobiography titled “Sylvia of Sarawak” was recently published in England, revealed herself as the author of a story on her husband’s ancestor. (P. S—Warners purchgsed the last- mentioned opus and have promised to | change the Flynn manuscript to com= ply with their distinguished employ='s demands.) Katharine Hepburn, expected back | in Hollywood during the first week in April, will make three pictures— “Stage Door,” “High Bridge in the Sky,” and “Violette”—before presente= ing herself and play—“Jane Eyre"—to Broadway in the Fall. Katie is feel- ing much happier about her film prospects as a result of her last pic- | ture, “Quality Street,” which, despite | the reception received at the Santa Barbara sneak preview, is excellent film fare and the best Hepburn offer- ing since “A Bill of Divorcement.” William Powell seen Kkissing Jean | Harlow's hand, greatly to the amuse- | ment of the diners in A La Quinta Restaurant . . . Marlene Dietrich’s | hair is graying rapidly. The first he has sent his wife to Sun Valley to recuperate for him. In view of Paul Muni's personal success in “The Good Earth,” it is | interesting to recall that, shortly after the Pearl Buck novel was put into production, Muni begged the late Irving Thalberg to release him from the film. “I'm going crazy,” Muni told the producer. “One day the di- rector makes me a gay Chinaman, and the next a sad Chinaman.” “Why don't you just play a Chinaman?” Thalberg asked. “I can’t. I've got to know what kind of Chinaman I am,” the actor replied. Fortunately, Muni was persuaded to continue with the role. And now that the picture is released, every one is happy except Muni, who still is displeased over his portrayal of Wang. But, then, Muni is never satisfied. After appearing in the stage success, “Counsellor at Law,” for a year and a half, he asked permission to resign on the score he was miscast. Ann Sothern is looking for a house Hills, which indicates her DARCS commuting trips to Chicago to see bandmaster-husband Roger Pryor are over . . . Johnny Farrow and wife, Maureen O'Sullivan, are hoping to join the cinema celebrities treking Londonward for the coronation . . . Actor Phil Huston is persona non grata with the Fontaine family—i. e., Olivia de Havilland and sister, Joan Fontaine. He started by wooing Joan. Then transferred his affection to Olivia, who returned it until she found he had transferred his courtship to a girl outside the family. She now re- fuses to have anything to do with him and & trifle cynically reaffirms her de- cision to remain a spinster for the next five years at least. ‘The producer heaved a sigh of con- tentment as he gazed at his latest ornate cinema palace. “It cost $3,000,~ 000,” he gloated, “and every cent of it FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1937. HOLDS EASTER SERVICE Kiwanis Club Celebration Is Led by Rev. 8. B. Daugherty. Rev. Simpson B. Daugherty led the annual Kiwanis Club Easter service at a luncheon yesterday afternoon at the Mayflower Hotel. He was aided by Rev. John C. Palmer, Rev. Oscar F. Blackwelder, Rev. Edward H. Roach, Rev. John W. Rustin and James Asher. Musical numbers were presented by a choir led by Justin Lawrie and consisting of Miss Lottie L. Volk- mer, Mrs. Estelle Gates, Mrs. Lilly Garrett, Mrs. Evelyn Baird Long, DINNER DANCE ) Duaner shows.” (Copyright, 1837%, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) —_— Dr. Walsh Omits Lecture. Owing to Holy Week, Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, 8. J, vice president of Georgetown University, will omit his usual Friday lecture this evening on “The Constitution and the Bupreme Court.” The next lecture will be next Friday evening in Memorial Continental Hall. [TopAY! NEL 0HN BIN ! CAPITAL GARAGE 5 Ne Additionat | SaN ) Cover " 1 ROBER] 0. 0700, e 7\5/10 eham CONNECTICUT at Calvert " THEATRE PARKING 6P.M.TO 35, 1AM 1320 N. Y. Ave. Bet. 13th & 14th Rosier than “Bose. Marie™ . . . Naughtier then “Noughtie Marl- etta” ., .it's the Gayest son eooy 4 % BARRYMORE ITH AMUSEMENTS. Dr. Robert Harmon, John K. Althaus and Bill Raymond. Mrs. Lawrie was the accompanist. George P. Mangan1 presided. IGHT 8:30 ATIONAL ™Y Sharp!— Eves. 85¢ to Mat. Sat., 85c to $2.20, (inc. tax). —_— Prench rosin producers are increas- ing sales in Germany. TRANS-LUX 14th & H 5ts. N.W. Films of Headline News Travel, 8port, Comedy Cont. 10 AM. to Midnicht Programs Change Friday Admission (All Hours) 25¢ RIALTO Zhiovs) “THE FRONT PAGE" | ADOLPHE MENJOU O’BRIEN No Seating During First Scene THE THEATRE GUILD, INC., Presents Helen Jerome's Dramatization of Charlotte Bronte's Novel “JANE EYRE” With KATHARINE HEPBURN (IN PERSON) NEXT WEEK BEG. MON. SEATS NOW Mats, Wed & Sat. | MAX GORDON presents the drdkk Musical Production Con- coived & Directed by HASSARD " th ABOVE G Doors Opes 11 a. m. PHENOMEN- AL KUN AT THE CENTER THEATRE, PAT Adso Mary Boland and Charies Ruggles “MAMA LOVES PAPA” NIG EVENING SHOW ONLY DAVID MORLEY, Soloist SUN.—WILL ROGERS ia “AMBASSADOR BILL” RADIO CITY IN ROCK- EFELLER CENTER, N. Y. 2.20 & $2.75, .10, §1.08 Hail Sereens Newest Star TODAY Idol of Europe...... America’s Newest Film Sensation .. . Don’ t Miss Fernand lbravet As the Ex-King Who Likes to Play in “The KING and the CHORUS GIRL The King Can Do No Wrong But Look Out When The Ex-King Meets . . JAN CAREE EDWARD EVERETT HORTON RUSSELL BRow 4« ws ORCH {CHESTRA RD & CAskey i CRAWFQ type of which it is the past tense. * Kk ok % R. GROUCHO MARKX has talents | Stage shows at 12:25, 3:10, 6:05 and | White strands appeared a couple of 8:50 pm. | years ago, when she received anony- Palace—“Maytime,” at 11 a.m., 1:35, | g ——— = other than that of smearing his upper lip with a grotesque greasepaint moustache and cavorting about before cameras. The hand, if not the face, of | the Marx brother you always see be- | hind and wrapped around a cigar is | evident in no small degree in “The | King and the Chorus Girl,” which opened today at the Earle Theater. Mr. Fernand Gravet, the Continen- tal star imported to play the lead, is | going to make his mark in Hollywood, | too, if the reports about the picture brought in by a cohort are true. But | it is the Groucho Marx touch which caused the lad who saw the film pre- viewed to return to the office slightly ga-ga. The story was conceived by Norman Krasna and Groucho Marx and all the way through it has lines of mad dialogue no one but Groucho could turn out. And, he reports, it has an ending which could have been conceived by no one but one of the Mad Marxes— Starting TODAY. ! 4:10, 6:45 and 9:25 p.m. Metropolitan—'No Man of Her Own,” at 11:40 am, 1:40, 3:40, 5:40, | 7:40 and 9:40 p.m. ‘ Columbia—"The Last of Mrs. Chey= ney,” at 11:10 am, 1:15, 3:25, 5:30, 7:35 and 9:45 pm. Rialto—"The Front Page,” at 12:35, 3:35, 6:40 and 9:50 p.m. Little—"King of Kings” at 10:30 am, 12:25, 2:40, 5, 7:20 and 9:40 pm. Trans-Lux—News and shorts. Shows run 1 hour and 15 minutes, ccvm.inu-1 ous 10 am. to 12 midnight. Tivoli—‘Green Light,” at 2, 3:55, 5:50, 7:45 and 9:50 p.m. | Uptown—"“You Only Live Once,” at 2, 3:55, 5:50, 7:40 and 9:35 pm. * Ambassador—"“The Plainsman,” at 5:15, 7:20 and 9:30 p.m. Howard—“Penrod and Sam,” at 12:15, 3:35, 5:35, 8:15 and 10:35 p.m. Stage shows at 1:25, 4:45, 7:05 and 9:25 p.m. You can learn a lot of tricks from this bewitching minx who got her man! KA “S;Ilhk IN J. M. BARRIE'S KEITH'S Yk BELASCO THEATRE . Opposite the White House Besionine March 29 Week Monday Evening Maicolm L. Pearson and Donald E. Baruch Present “HITCH YOUR WAGON” (A SKY-ROCKETING LARK) . By Bernard C. Schoenfeld Prior to New York Opening GAYETY BURLESK P T s s o] FTARTI.!\;G SUNDAY_ MATINEE EASTER GREETINGS FROM | AL (HIMSELF) GOLDEN and His All-New Show MAX COLEMAN and HARRY LEY D FEATURE DIANA (TITIAN TOP) LOGAN Ireland's Ravish! Beaut: PP s A T S T S TS 151’H ATG BINE HEPBUBD ol FBANCHOT TODE LITY STREET AN RKO RADIO PICTURE WIT] ERIC BLORE ¢« CORA WITHERSPOON ADDED. .. the NEW issue of WINNER cTURE ¥ OF MOTION P ‘"'::" AND SCIENCES SPECIAL AWARD ( e for its significance tO tiop pictures and ::vin‘ puvohxliomzed oneof themost ingpomu braanches in the industry _the newsreel o o ¢ ); FAY BAINTER * ESTELLE WINWOOD @O”Ltlf CHARLES BOYER JEAN ARTHUR uHistory is Made. at Night* Station STORE YOUR CAR in the Heated CONTINENTAL GARAGE Attached to Hotel Continental Entrance on D St NEAR UNION STATION Guard Against Theft, ing Bans and Freezing Weather Telephone Met. 4612 DA;\'CI;G,V i The Edward F. Miller Studio 814 17th ST. NATIONAL 8093 1f It Ts Danced, h It TOD - . @f {2 o 7 SMASH SONG HITS ° A Rousing Male Chorus of 70 ORCHESTRA OF 100 G« TOM BROWN/S A METRO-GOLDWYN- 4,// Z, MAYER PICTURE . . . THAT GRAND DELICIOUS COMEDY ROMANCE Ce:COLUMBIA GET GAY WITH JOAN AND BOB AND BILL F-AT ‘N Wankisizitrr GRERTEST 24 A THRILLING INDOOR CIRCUS . . GLORIOUS UPROARIOUS SCREEN HIT ... FOR A REAL EASTER TREAT ... Bring the whole family... @Z/W ¢ Swell b7 b\ Y] \ov° o Stars © jderne’ 'y Ah ' ) Happl y .o Tome L i].nilc‘{! a0 nought e Mt the f03 U% i stor™, he b of ¢ FAT 14 TH ME.5001 WARNER BROS. EARLE ] REVIVED For Your Enjoyment 3 TODAY ROMANCE WAS JUST A GAME UNTIL HE MET A GIRL WHO PLAYED IT FOR KEEPS CLARK GABLE CADEMY Of Perfect Sound Phot 8th at G S.E E. Lawrence Phillips’ Theatre Béautiful Continuous From 4:30 P.M. “LOVE_LETTERS OF A STAR’ wit HENRY HUNTER. POLLY ROWLES WARNER OLAND vs. BORIS KARLOFF in “CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA. ASHTON wre SN2 30, hovn “THREE ON A TRAIL." e CAROLINA UBdat M ofed ® BEVERLY ROBERTS _in COUNTRY AND THE WOMAN." with and CIRCIE Penna Ave. ) Free Parking 2009 K St. BARBARA BSTANWYCK and PRESTON FOSTER, “THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS.” Comedy. DUMBARTON &3 Breopinnbis BARTON ~ MACLANE in - R T D ANE SMART BLONDE."” News and Comedy. FAIRLAWN ANACOSTIA. D_ C. LARRY CRABBE in “ARIZONA MAHONEY." LIDO 3227 M St. N.W. Two Features “A _MAN BETRAYED,” also AMERICAN CHUMP.” LITTLE 9th Between ¥ and G CECIL B DeMITLES “KING OF KINGS.” Sunday. “ESCAPE ME NEVER. PRINCESS 1119 H_St. N.E. Double Feature DORIS KENYON, “ALONG CAMI “ALL- E LOVE. LLOYD HUGHES., “NIGHT CARGO.” SECO 8244 Georgia Ave. Silver Spring. Md. Continuous From 6:00 P.M. “MAKE WAY FOR A LADY,” HERBERT MARSHALL. ANNE SHIRLEY. 50 “MAD HOLIDAY,” EDMUND LOWE, ELISSA LANDL STANTON nSh 308G S, NE, st Sound Equlpment. Continuous From 5:30 P.M. “SWORN ENEMY.” with ROBERT YOUNG and PLORENCE RICE GEORGE AR- LISS in “EAST MEETS WEST.” are d. STATE-BETHESDA ‘2% Bethesda. BOBBY BREEN in “RAIN- BOW ON THE RIVER.” Mickey Mouse and News. MATINEE GOOD FRIDAY. TAKOMA 4th and Butternut Sts. No 'Parking Troubles. 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