Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1937, Page 40

B—20 AMLU SEMENTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1937, Ann Mason Finds Friends Wherever Her Play Goes ‘“The Road” I< Lmed With Persons Who Remember When They, and You, Were Youngsters in Washington Schools. BY JAY CARMODY. NN MASON'S press agents will have to do semething about her. The Washington girl who plays the second lady to Jane Cowl's “first lady” in the play of that name is horribly ink-shy. She will talk. In fact, she will grow almost glib at moments. But whenever the conversation comes within a decade of the present, Miss Mason pushes it immediately “oft A the record.” That is to say, if any one nothing that is current. Except, of course, how much fun lt is to tour the Umu’d States in a successful play. That is a subject upon which the blond Miss Masoa | (whose photographers always make her look like Miriam Hopkins, who is only fractionally so nice to look at) | grows positively loquacious. When she deals with that topic, one feels acutely how temporary residence in Washington is for so many persons. No matter where you go touring with & play, there is always some one in the town who remembers you when You were a sweet girl graduate at Western High School. So Miss Mason found when ex-Washington residents popped into her dressing room in Yakima, Wash., Stillwater, Okla., and places like that. Some of them even remember when you were a much smaller girl in Georgetown and starred | as a daisy (or some other flower) at the age of six when you were a student | at Jackson School. * ok % X A ROAD trip, with so many former | Washington dwellers scattered | between the Coasts, is a constant suc- | cession of reunions. When for in- stance, the play goes to Madison, Wisc., | who turns up but Gov. Phillip La- | Follette! If vou happen to be Miss Mason—as Miss Mason does—you re- member Phil when it was inconceiv- able that he should be Governor. But | he is & Governor. And, so he gives & very large party for vou (if, again, you happen to be Ann Mason) and every one comes. And, you forget all the other guests and fall to reminisc- | ing about the parties you went to in Washington before you became an actress, or your host ever thought of being a Governor. Of course not all the people who are so glad to see some one they knew here when father was in Congress, or the Department of Agriculture, turn out to be governors when you meet them while playing one night stands somewhere between here and Cali- fornia. But they all are very nice people in spite of neglecting to become politically prominent. So Miss Mason says. She ought to know. She has Jjust met several dozens of them. And then, as a sort of climax your play comes to Washington. Your tele- phone starts ringing, your mail becomes heavier, and you discover that some of your old friends who knew you then are still in town. They remember you as an off-shoot | of the Barksdale-Reed family union. | stage than on. does not know, she is to be quoted on They remember that they lived across the street from you in &)!.»:n'ge!.ownl (where your mother still lives) or that | they went to Western witih you. They | are impressed that you have gone so far on the stage. They think, and | they are right, that you are pretty | marvelous. And you think the same of them and it is a great deal of fun to come back and see the years wiped out by memories of this, that and the other thing And, sizing up the whole thing, 1t makes you very happy. The rest, of which there is a great deal in fl‘ charming tete-a-tete lasting an nour and a half, is off the record. Except, perhaps, one may say that | Miss Mason is better looking off the And better looking than those photographs which look like Miriam Hopkins. And quite capa- | | ble of saying clever things which, | unlike those in the play, she drags | ! out of her own bright mind m%ll‘ad‘ of the work of George S. Kaufman and Katharine Dayton. * o ox X ‘7 S. (WOODY) VAN DYKE "d * who spent two of the busiest weeks ever recorded in Wmmnxmn.‘ directed “Personal Property,” the Jean | Harlow-Robert, Taylor picture which | is listed for the Capitol starting Fri- | day ... And Art Shaw, whose orches- | tra headlines the stage bill during the | same week will have Dorothy Howe | as vocalist. She sang, don't say you | forgot, with Eddie Elkins band during his first days last November at the | Raleigh's Pall Mall room . . . All in all | it is going to be quite a tuneful time | next week what with Roger Pryor's | band—and a lot of specialists—playing ‘ between pictures at tne Earle . . “Thunder in the City,” a picture m which Edward G. Robinson is a press agent in frock coat and topper, is next at the Metropolitan . Sidney Lust's Father and Son banq\m guest list | reads like a Yankee-Nationals box score, plus a roster of the theater | business, the sports and drama de- | partments of the local newspapers . “Vanessa: Her Love Story” with Helen Hayes being Vanessa is coming back to the Little Theater Sunday .. . And “Private Worlds,” that unrorgellable study of psychiatrists who get caught ! in their own researches, will be at the Rialto. | FARM CREDIT CHORUS SELECTIONS PLEASING Creditable Small Compact Group's “Con- | Beveral Singers in genial” Concert. IRECTED by Robert Frederick | Freund, the Farm Credit Chorus accentuated its Spring concert with | selections seasonally congenial, being thoroughly “light concert,” last night | in the departmental conference room. | to be mentioned, featured a quartet | selected from the ensemble. The small but considerably com- pact voice group contains several creditable singers among its numbers | who carry the bulk of duty and leaa the way in such a fashion as to en- courage the remainder. Because of this the general results were not as pacific and well balanced as could be desired. Earnest spirit and attention in consideration of the renditions nevertheless prevailed to establish the chorus favorably. Response was ample in testimony of this fact. Mr. | Freund's management of the group | warrants commendation. | Too, in assuming solo status, the director evinced a notable amount of vocal training and ability of his own. In a separate portion of the program his display of resonant voice com- bined with creditable fullness for all the range of a tenor proved note- worthy. An effortless manner of ren- dition is to his favor, as well. Tann- | hauser'’s “Evening Star” song (Wag- ner) and a reflective “Nocturne” of Curran were the singer's best media, well taken advantage of. | Popular among the choices of the ¢horus were “O Lovely Night" and “As 1 Went A-Roaming,” by Offen- bach and Brahe, respectively, with | the topnotch offering proving none other than a musical setting of Whit- comb Riley’s “Little Orphant Annie.” | Two Negro spirituals, t00 well known | Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. National— First Lady,” at 2:30 and 8:30 pm. Earle—"Internes can’t Take Money,” at 11 am, 1:35 4:25, 7:10 and 10 p.m. Stage shows at 12:35, 3:25, 6:15 and 9 pm. Capitol—"The Hit Parade” at 11 am, 1:35 4:15, 7:05 and 9:55 p.m. Stage shows at 12:40, 3:20, 6:10 and 9 pm. Keith’s 11:45 am, 9:45 pm. Palace — “Waikiki Wedding,” at 11:15 am, 1:15, 3:20, 5:25, 7:30 and $:30 p.m. Metropolitan—“Marked Woman,” at 11 am, 1:05, 3:10, 5:20, 7:20 and 9:35 p.m. Columbia—'‘Maytime,” at 11:15 a.m., 1:50, 4:20, 6:55 and 9:25 p.m. Belasco—"Ecstasy,” at 12:05, 2:05, 4:05, 6:05, 8:05 and 10:10 p.m. Washington Civic Theater—"Lysi- strata,” at 8:30 p.m., at the Wardman Park. Rialto—"Star of Midnight,” at 1:40, 4:20, 7:10 and 10 p.m. Little—“Mr. Deeds Goes to Town,” at 11:05 a.m,, 1:10, 3:15, 5:20, 7:25 and 9:35 pm. Trans-Lux—News and shorts. Shows run 1 hour and 15 minutes, continuous 10 a.m. to 12 midnight. Ambassador—“On the Avenue,” at 6:15, 8 and 9:45 p.m. Tivoli—‘The King and the Chorus Girl,” at 2, 3:55, 5:40, 7:40 and 9:40 pm. Uptown—“Quality Street,” at 2, 4, 6:55, 7:50 and 9:50 p.m. Howard—"Love Is News,” at 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8 and 10:20 p.m. Stage shows 8t 2, 4:30, 7 and 9:20 p.m. J s—"“The Woman I Love,” at 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and | members of the class. At the pianos Riethel Grim (with chorus numbers) and Edna Lee Freund, assisting the vocal solos, per- | formed with praiseworthy respect for | the singers. There was no instru- mental “drowning-out.” J. 8. ONE-ACT PLAY TOURNEY TOMORROW AT TRINITY 'I HE four classes at Trinity College will stage their own intramural one-act play tournament tomorrow night, each presenting a short play produced and directed entirely by The senior play, directed by Marita Houlihan, will be the dramatization of a romance, “Madame La Guillotine.” The cast will include Frances Mag- gione, Peggy Rover and Nancy Kengla. The sophomores will enter Lewis Beech's “The Clod.” The players will BLANK BOOKS A most complete stock to satisfy vour every demand. Stop in and SAVE 7 E. Morrison Paper Co. 1009 Pa. Ave. Phone 2945 We Saferaard Your Health With Quality nnell’s ——D—%:?.r..r NEVER CLOSED Wine, 1207-9- § Tane Beer. 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O'Brien is directing and the cast in- cludes Peggy Gonzales, Frances Sulli- van, Rosalie Barbieri, Dorothy Swee- ney, Kate Gaffney, Eleaine Wubbold, Pom Daly and Barbara Moriarity The freshman class will present * Valiant,” by Percival van Dyke, vluh‘ Dina | Delalle, Mary Ellen Degnan and Vir- | | ginia Lee are the players. Polly McNamara directing. Cmnelh s Role. FDUARDO CIANELLI, outstanding ! character player, has been added to the cast of “The Girl From Scotland It looks as though Jean brings out’ the:agimal in Bob!Hold that tiger! will | Charlotte | Yard” now before the cameras at Major Pictures, with Robert Vignola directing. THEATRE PARKING 6 PM. TO 35e 1AM CAPITAL GARAGE 42253 % i ——DINNER DANCE JOINT SONG RECITAL IS WARMLY RECEIVED Pearl Williams, Mezzo-Soprano, and Frank Williams, Baritone, at Good-Will Church. An interesting song recital was pre- sented jointly last evening by Pearl ‘Williams, mezzo-soprano, and Frank ‘Williams, baritone, in the auditorium of the Good Will Baptist Church, Although the inclement weather lim- ited the attendance, the singers were warmly received by those present and generously applauded after each number. Mr. Williams, who opened the pro- gram with Schumann's *“Ich grolle nicht,” Schubert'’s “Was ist Sylvia” and Bohm'’s “Still wie die Nacht,” gave a second group comprising Tschaikow- sky's “None But the Lonely Heart,” Handel's “Hear Me, Ye Winds and Waves” and Huhn's “Invictus” and other songs in English, including | spirituals. In spite of a holrsenesq that intruded occasionally, Mr. Wil- liams' voice is admirably adapted to these numbers and is of rich texture, especially in the lower register., He sang with feeling and understanding, his rendition of the lovely Handel aria being particularly noteworthy. Tschai- | kowsky's famous song and “Still wie | die Nacht,” in both of which the full resonance of his voice was heard to advantage, also were finely interpreted, his excellent diction in both English and German deserving special com- mendation. He was warmly applauded and responded with encores. | In three Broups of songs, including | 5 “Summertime,” from “Porgy and | | Bess,” Miss Williams disclosed a fresh voice of sweet tone and wide range. Outstanding was her singing of Coan's | “Cargela,” Bowers’ “Chinese Lullaby,” | | Lgrenfritz’ “As We Part” and the | pe “band” will be directed by Mrs, | Gerschwin number. The singers Were | yonn 1. Fahrnbach, president of the | well supported by Les Williams at the | ;uiiq and the instruments will be | piano, who also sang two numbers, cooking utensils and kitchen neces- | The program concluded with a duet, | Gioies. “Some Dayr” by Friml. A E Another feature on the program will = s = be the cooking school, with rare cake | . recipes presented. | Boles Wins Role. | Kathryn Beck will be the prologist, | JOHN BOLES' work in the recent | accompanied by Dorothy Linton at the | “Craig's Wife” is now reaping | pian large rewards for him. = Samuel Goldwyn has signed Boles for the leading male role in the forth- | coming production, “Stella Dallas,” slated to start about March 15, | Boles joined Barbara Stanwyck and Anne Shirley in the cast of the pic- ture, which will be directed hy King Vidor. This is the role which first brought Ronald Colman to screen fame in 1925, when Goldwyn produced a silent version of “Stella Dallas.” | At Rialto DAVID MANLEY, Well-known local tenor, makes two appearances nightly this week at the Rialto Theater. He is accompanied by Pearl Hauer at the organ. PROGRAM AT CHURCH Kitchen Utensil Bnnd Will Be One | of Features. | “QUSIE'S KITCHEN CABINET | BAND" will be one of the features | on the program to be presented Friday | night by the Women's Guild of Incar- | nation Lutheran Church, Fourteenth and Gallatin streets AT GLORIOUS GLEN ECH() TONIGHT ANOTHER DAVID McWILLIAMS SIMONS FANFARE OF FUN AT THE BIG BALLROOM DANCING. The Edward F. Miller Stu Studlo 814 13th ST. NATIONAL 8093 1 1f it Is Danced. We Teach It Peyion Penn. Stud 15 F St. N.W. Met . _Modern dancing, baliroom Epecialts, " Please felephone” evenings for appointment. Noted Dancing Inxtructo Lot Punils in Dinner, $200, Sat,, §2.25 $1.10 Cover Nightly No Additional Cover for Dinner G Gayly'teamed for the first ‘time!' What a_happy somanticrSpring tonic! ON STAGE ART SHAW & ORCHESTRA AND OTHER BIG ACTS LOEW’S STARTS e & TTSBU CINCINNATI) DON MARTiNi Waoltz-Fox Trot-Tango Rumba-Top | —Dance Beautifully and Correctly— TALENTED TEACHERS PRIVATE LESSONS | | BEGINNERS— ADVANCE! W witn Other | NOTE Prastiee Priv Pupils at tra Cost. Drow li—Aperintnent Bt e 1811 H St NW! NATIONAL 3767 | Doun ducts This Branch '(;AYET\"BVRLEGK‘ OW PLAYING MADGE CARMYLE 3 JOLLY TARS GUEST STAR THE ONE AND ONLY ’Hmda Wausau’ S HER re: (3 AMUSEMENTS, MARIAN CHACE DANCERS TO DO ‘SLEEPING BEAUTY’ Choral Version of the Original Tschaikowsky Music to Accompany Ballet. ARIAN CHACE will present her dance group in the dance panto- mime, “The Sleeping Beauty,” May § at Woodrow Wilson High School. The music section of the Chevy Chase Women's Club, under the di- rection of Louis Potter, will provide the music for the pantomime, 45 voices in a choral arrangement of | ‘Tschaikowsky's music for the onginal‘ ballet. This, of course, is a eonmd(‘rably" simplified version of the original music, ‘ 50 Miss Chace has composed a dance | in keeping with the arrangement. It | follows more closely the familiar fairy | tale and is not the choreography or‘ “The Sleeping Beauty,” as it was per- formed many years by the Russian Ballet. | Karel Veya will be the Sleeping Beauty, Jack Wilson the Prince Charming, and Mary Williams the | Evil Fairy who imposes the curse. One | of the interludes will be danced bv three members of the junior group, Vilda Renee Goyette, Nancy Riley and Marian-Lester Shafer. Frances in “Vogues.” JRANCES LAI\GFORD diminutive | contralto, is the first performer to be selected for an important sup- porting role in “Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938.” w KEITH'S: PAUL MUNI MIRIAM HOPKINS "THE WOMAN | LOVE" with LOUIS HAYWARD NG L FRED GINGER ASTAIRE ROGERS w “SHALL WE DANCE" et PARADE mances " LANGFORD REGAN and Stars! St Sge...in person LENORE ULRIC Little JACKIE HELLER |.. other acts Loew: CAPITOL F.AT-14TH ¢ ME. 500! BING CROSBY B0B BURNS - MARTHA RAYE wHlikik Weddiag' | | with SHIRLEY ROSS '8—Tues.. May 4 “The Greatest Farce Ever Written” LYSISTRATA “A rousing. rollicking. side-sp comedy of men. women, and w At Wardman Park Theater Prices, $1.50, $1. T5¢, 50c. Eves. st 8:30._'Reserve by ‘phone. District 1600. On Sale Daily. Hotel Raleich Lobby. ACADEMY Of Perfect . Lawrence_Phillips” Fh Double Feature "We Who Are About to Die,” RESTON FOSTER and DVORAK. WITTIAM POWELL and MYANA LOY “AFTER THE THIN MAN.” AQHI 505 Txh St. S.W. und Photoplay G S.E o Swell fun (just a teeny bit ‘rowdy!) showers the screen as handsome Bob Taylor finds a new gal-friend_to.have and to hold in a romance directed by the fun genius who gave you "After the Thin_Man"| JEAN HARLO ROBERT 'TAYLO PROPE A, Metro'Goldwyn-Mayer|Picture with REGINALD OWEN Directed by W. S. VAN DYKE PRODUCED 8Y JOMN WICONSIDINE IR, CAPITOL e FRIDAY ASHLEY JEAN ARTHUR ¢ BRENT in TARY.” SHIRLEY ROSS an EOMMINGS T HIDE ASHTON o CLARENDON ELORENCE RICE in VA. JOSEPH CALLELA and CAROLINA “MAN OF THE MAN." and CIRCLE DOUGLAS, __Comedies. 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