Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1937, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS. NG STAR, WASHINGTO Captains Courageous Dims A Wew St obthe Hottog Famous Eyes With Tears Film Also Puts Lumps in Notable Throats When Shown to Guests at Woody Van Dyke’s Adieu Party. BY JAY CARMODY, T 10:07 NIGHT before last in A to his lips. Two hours and ten minu three things happened simultaneously. h first scenes of “Captains Courageous” flashed on the screen and Bill MacCracken lifted a glass (of icewater, ginger ale, or something) the Italian Garden of the Mayflower, The lights went down, the tes later, the picture ended, the lights came on snd there sat Bill MacCracken with the glass still poised in midair, its contents untouched. kind of attention which this tenderly beautiful screen story commands—and merits. It is one of the truly fine pictures Hollywood has made. M-G-M is proud of it. And Mr. MacCracken need not be ashamed of the unashamed exag- geration to which we have resorted in using him as a yardstick for measuring its power to hold an audience. Neither do the more than one hun- dred guests at Woody Van Dyke's farewell party have to feel ashamed “at the tears they felt in little puddles around the floor, nor the ruined make- up they carried into the rainy April “night. # (The only person who really needs to feel ashamed is the drama reporter, “who sat beside Mr. MacCracken and ~thought the latter was choking him, only to find the effect was induced by lumps in the throat raised by the performances of Spencer Tracy and Freddie Bartholomew.) “Captains Courageous” is not up for review. It was simply being shown st the Van Dyke adieu affair as a gracious gesture of the Hollywood director toward his many friends in | Washington. Both the picture and the man who brought it here for his party will be haunting memories for & long, long time. * % K % \IE.SSRS Tracy and Bartholomew 4¥1L %l nave to take their picture to Jots of places before putting tiny tears in so many famous eyes and lumps in s0 many notable throats again. It was impossible to say just how the tears and lumps were apportioned in that dark room. We would not know, for instance, about Mrs. Mabel Walker ‘Willebrandt, guest of honor. Nor the Soviet Ambassador, Alexander Troyanovsky; nor Senator and Mrs. Ashurst. Col. Marvin MacIntyre, however, came out of the adventure looking as if he still were trying to swallow & persimmon; whole, of course. Com- missioner George E. Allen wore a wist~ ful expression and so did Mrs. Allen. J. F. T. O'Connor obviously was deeply moved. It was the second time pretty Mrs. Carleton Duffus had a good cry over the same picture. have been for Mrs. Andrew R. Kelley, except that she did not stay to see 1t a second time. However, Helen and Arthur De Titta looked as if they had been through a pretty tearful moment together—as they always are—whether or not the moment is tearful. Pati- ently Rudy Berger has not felt quite like that since he was a little boy &nd his pet dog disappeared. | A very moving picture, “Captains Courageous!” * x ¥ x IT MAKES no difference who acts what part from now until Decem- ber, Spencer Tracy already has won this department's vote for the best masculine performance of the year. His “Manuel,” in “Captains Coura- | geous,” is one of the most triumphant interpretations of a simple heart ever | * achieved by any actor. When Woody Van Dyke came to | Washington almost two weeks ago, Tracy was one of his favorite sub- Jects. When Mr. Van Dyke said au revoir, with Tracy's greatest picture &s the party high light, he proved his | point as convincingly as man ever | has done. i * ok % % | HELEN HOERLE came back to town yesterday for further gilding | of that lily, Ruth Draper. It is Miss (she used to be Mrs. in this column) Hoerle’s contention that Miss Draper (who never was Mrs. in this column) is the supreme stage artist when it comes to the creation of illusions. She backs it up with a story of a sketch artist who once drew rockers on a chair in which Miss Draper was posing simply because the subject sat 8s if she were in & rocking chair. There were no rockers, of course. First Swingtime in 5 Great Orches SCREEN AYoung Doctor’s Code Meets Its Severest Test-Faced with the Desper- ate Need, of tii» Girl he Loves. BDARDBARA STANWYCK JOEL McCREA In The Paramount Drama TInternes lanf | That is the<- And would | ..}V COUNT BASIE, the colored band- man who once caught the ear of | Benny Goodman and has held it ever Isince, is the Howard's stage attraction this week. The “swell” which Mr. Goodman used when he heard the Basie boys for the first time since | has been echoed by tens of thousands of plain people who like fancy music. | His audience is composed of theater, radio and record fans. And concert- goers, too, for before he got in the band business, Basie was a pianist whose virtuosity was known both in this country and in Europe. * X K X \’FILM DAILY has begun its annual | survey of what's going on in the minds of the country’s motion picture critics. More than 1,500 question- naires have been sent out, the pur- pose being to learn what the critics think the movies have and what they need. Believe it or not, the industry has been guided in the past (and maybe | in the future) by what the survey | has disclosed. One of the best features of the quiz is the “squawk department,” in which those who go to the movies for money are allowed to speak freely upon the effects of their jobs. _— MUSICALE AND TEA A MUSICALE and tea will be given tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Jessie H. Hedges and Mrs. Arthur Ilsley, 102 East Kirk street, Chevy Chase, Md., for the benefit of the Rector's Aid Society of All Saints’ Church. The artists will be Ethel Pyne, so- prano, and Malton Boyce, pianist. Miss Pyne, formerly of New York City, has appeared professionally through- out United States and Canada in con- certs, recitals and as soloist with or- chestras. Mr. Boyce, organist of St. Matthews' Church, is well known in | Washington as a concert pianist. The | following program will be given by the two artists: wng”’ --------Bchumann ~_Beecher Cromweed Fleischmann e Clouds™ "~ = " (dedicated to Ethel vne) < “Fruhlingsreigen” Ethel Pyne. | “Scherzo In © Sharp Minor" | Etude known as “The Harp” Etude known as “The Bu Mall .Ritorna Vincitor, ERIAmEl S ce “Tes Yeux" | “Les Filles de Ca. Ethel Pyne. :Rondo_Capriccioso” alcik” “The Music Box"_ Malton Boyce. “Madrigal Espanol” 0 Call of the Hear Huart, ) MacMurphey Stridono lassu. Pagliaccl,” Leoncavallo BELASCO White Heuse ADULTS ONLY All Seats 250 Till { P. M, The Edward F. Miller Studio 814 17th ST. NATIONAL 8093 1t it Is Danced, We Teach It “America’s Noted Dancing Instructor” nvour 40,000 PumznnTv,ls»"I Waltz-Fox Trot-Tango —Dance Beautifully and Correctly— TALENTED TEACHERS PRIVATE LESSONS BEGINNERS—ADVANCED—LOW ' RATES NOTE: Practice Privileges With Other = Pupils at No Extra Cost. Drop In—Appointments Not Required 1811 H St. N.W. NATIONAL 3767 Don Martini Conducts This Branch Rumba-Tap | . Springtime Show in Su The Heidt of Entertainment HORACE HEIDT sHs AIEMITE BRIGADIERS with ALVINO REY—LYSBETH HUGHES ALYCE KING—4 KING SISTERS BOB Mc COY—IJERRY BOWNE LARRY COTTON—BURTON PIERCE ART THORSEN—CHAS. GOODMAN ERNIE PASSAIO—BERNIE MATTINSON GLEE CLUB—TRUMPETING TRID \ Take Money’ A\ \ »itt N\ LLOYD NoLAN - 30 Enter- tainers See Her in Her Greatest Role BETTE DAVIS IN WARNER BROS. oo ocoy | and his | SUGAR, BLLES | “A JAM_SESSION" POPEYE NEWS with Warner Bros. MARHKED WOMAN HUMPHREY BOGART Smoking Permitted - Mat. 25¢- Eve. 25¢ & 40¢ METROPOLITAN DANIELLE DARRIEUX, French motion picture star, who recently has come to Holly- wood to continue her rising cinema career, plays the leadin role in “Club des Femmes,” new French film.” The picture will have its American premiere at the Belasco when the current run of “Ecstasy” is ended. DR. STRONG TO SPEAK Society of Woman Geographers will meet tomorrow at the home of Mrs. Lawrence Martin, 3215 R street, to hear Dr. Helen M. Strong, soil con- TRANS-LUX 14th & H Sts..n.W. New Program Today WORLD NEWS PICTORIAL and Super Short-Subject Films—First Washington owing. ADMISSION, 256 GAYETY BURLESK STARTING SUNDAY MATINEE We Present Our Feature Guest Star *“HINDA WAUSAU” The Garbo of Burlesk LAST TWO DAYS—""NADJA" OPEN DAILY 1 TO 12 P. M. FUN FROM NINE THRIL RIDES MIDWAY ATTRACTIONS MOTOR BOATING MCcWILLIAMS' ORCH of 12 DAVID DIRECTING AND EITTY SIMONS SINGING IN SPANISH GARDEN BALLROOM 9 TO 12 ON WEEK NIGHTS ONLY servationist of the Agriculture De- partment, discuss the work of the _ | Soil Conservation Service. The Wasnington branch of the Dr. Strong will give an {llustrated lecture dealing with the cycle from original vegetation through its de- struction by soil erosion and its res- toration possibilities by correct land |§ B. DONAT and M. CARROLL la “THE 39 STEPS” =ad JESSIE MATTHEWS im “FIRST A GIRL” wnll‘:[TA‘:KTlSfl SUNDAY rowerr “STAR OF MIDNIGHT” and VICTOR MeLAGLEN “THE LOST PATROL” GINGER ROGERS MORRO D. C. FRIDAY, APRIL COLLEGES ARE PRAISED FOR TRAINING LEADERS Unselfish Greatness Lauded by Bridgewater President as Balance for Dictators. The rise to prominence in the world of dictators and “men of the hour” vindicates the conviction that col- leges render their greztest service to mankind by turning out personali- ties which develop “capable and un- selfish leadership and an enlightened citizenship.” This was told to a group of alumni of Bridgewater College by Paul H. Bowman, president of the institution, in an address last night at a banquet at the First Church of the Brethren. “The more I see of human institu- tions and enterprises,” the speaker RD AND POSITIVELY FINAL WEEK! by Folitrer Prize Winning Nove THE GOOD Prices Include Tax NATIONAL WEEK BEQ, NEXT MONDAY BETURN VISIT BY POPULAR DEMAND SAM H. HARRIS PRESENTS JANE COWL R_SPARKLING HIT “FIRST LADY” SEATS SALE NOW Eves. 53¢ to $2.75 Mats Wed. and Sat.. 55¢ te $2.20 Prices Include Tax. Su NATIONAL "0, Direct from its great N. Y. success. MORDKINBALLE choreographer & director ikhail Mordki; TWO NEW BALLETS "Giselle’” and ‘“The Goldfish” Large cast of 50, Including Lucia_C| Viola, 1 imi WOMEN'S RIDING ifTUGS Shirts __59¢ . Jodhpur Shoes _$2.94 Gabardine Breeches or Jodhpurs ., $2.94 3 Gabardine 11- Riding ” Coats_ $3.94 A. & N TRADING CO. Formerly Army & Navy Trading Co. 8th & D Sts. N.W. Free Parking @ Few Doors Up 8tk St.! Two G:‘éat Stars gloriously rise to new 23, declared, “the more I believe in the | Association, presided and acted as| importance of men and genuine | toastmaster. greatness in human society. Social forces have counted in & large way in history, but social forces are not everything.” F. P. Myers, attoriney and presi- dent of the District Chapter of the Bridgewater-Daleville College Alumni 1937. AMUSEMENTS. Episcopal Benefit April 30. The annual benefit bridge party sponsored by the Episcopal Church Home will be held in the Willard | Hotel at 2 pm. April 30, it was an- nounced today. Mrs. J. N. Saunders is chairman of the event 4 CAPITOL:E NOW If this isn‘t the BIGGEST < all-star parade . . . it will do until the BIGGEST comes along — 200 Frightened S8heep Drown. ‘Two hundred sheep, frightened by dogs, rushed down a slope and were drowned in the River Galster, near Cassel, Germany. It's a glor-roarious GIANT OF STAR-BRIGHT HITS FRANCES PHIL LANGFORD-REGAN VOICE OF EXPERIENCE ON THE STAGE ANOTHER #appy HIT PARADE W"LENORE ULRIC Famous Stage and Screen Star In a scene from the Broadway triumph, ‘Lulu Belle’ MELLS, KIRK and HOWARD Mischievious Mirthmakers SAUL GRAUMAN CO. °d s Musicol Extra Added JACK HELLER Attraction Radio’s Dynamic Singer of Songs . going to laugh and love . .. IF you don’t attend this festival of gayety-. . . song ... comedy . . . and romance! BING Downtown Week of Maytime ... Spring- time . . . Lovetithe w JOHN BARRYMORE F-AT 12TH COLUMBIA