Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1937, Page 29

AMU SEMENTS. Hollywood Cast in D. C. Must Heed Early Curfew Even Dinner Parties Must £nd Quickly When Christy Cabanne’s Troupe Is Given and Evening at Ease. BY JAY CARMODY. HE northeast corner of the Mayflower Hotel was strongly Hollywoodish last night cast in “Annapolis Salute,” to drama department Pharisees. ing the major masculine role; Dewey Starkey, assistant director; Ann Hovey, Arthur Lake, Marilyn Miller and Dick Hogan—all members of the cast of the picture now being shot at the Naval Academy. Approximate co-hosts of the occa- sion were Hardie Meakin, Keith man- ager, and Tony Muto, representing the Havs office The most profound impression of the ent left upon the non-professionals present was that picture-making is one of these early-to-bed-early-to-rise propositions. Come 10:30, when drama reporters and milk men are just con- templating getting around to work, and the cast of the picture was more than ready for bed. It was due to hear a | cacaphony of telephone bells at 6 o'clock this morning and it could not forget that fact. Certainly it couldn't the way Messrs. Cabanne and Starkey | were reminding it The reason for the early hour, if it &eems unreasonable to you, is that pictures are made with light as well as actors. The early morning provides the best quality of the former. Actors and actresses have te accommodate themselves to that cruel trick of na- ture. and those “on location” here are no exception to the rule. If that does anvthing to any ambitious youngster's desire to get into pictures, itis a truth ! that must be recorded here none the less Bven if they could not stay up late every member of the company from Mr. Cabanne south is glad to be in this part of the country, even though the weather is something all are writ- ing home about—and writing indig- nantly All except Miss Hunt, of course, who knew just what to expect In the next 20 days. which will be necessary to finish the work, they ex- pect to become accustomed to the weather, * ok ok % ’THE chaps who named Pullman cars were comparative pikers after all The real geniuses of the art of nomenclature are those, wha decide what ta call the different types of music now being plaved by the Nation's §az7 bands [ The Pullman namers, for instance. eould go anywhere. If poesv did not provide the right word, there was history. If history let them down they might turn to politics. After politics came geography. Approxi- mately the whole alphabet and the whole range of human and natural phenomena were theirs for the taking. | Consider, now, the case of the lads | who name the jazz fashions. They have to stick to the S's and J's. So they have developed Swing,” author unknown. Harvard Hasty Club creation. “Jam.” author unknown. *Jibe.” Benny Meroff. All of this, of course, was designed ®& A non-partisan prelude to the Announcement that as against Benny Goodman's swing next week, Benny Meroff will play jibe. It should be Ints of fun dashing between the Earle and Capitol Theaters to chonse be- | tween. respectively. the swing of Good- man and the jibe of Meroff | “Jibe,” it seems is ar off-shoot of | #wing. Both were born in, or of, New | Orleans, which ought to make the | Queen City the mother of one and | the grandmother of the other. | That, it strikes us, is quite a bit of mention for the trick musical forms of the moment in view of the drama de- | Pudding BIGW.J.S. V. BROADCAST DIRECT FROM THE BALLROOM e —— THEATRE PARKING | 6P.M. T 1AM. CAPITAL GARAGE gz x. % ave b & 11ty DINNER DANCE Dinner, $20u, Sat, 3225 55¢ Sat. $110 a1 Cover for Dinner Guests| call Cover 0. 0700, On Washington's Finest and Mest Medern Excursion Steamer Mr. Cabanne was there, naturally. Marsha Hunt, the almost local girl playing the lead in the picture; Jimmy Ellinson, the very non-local boy play-« — = | that there is a fortune awaiting the “gity of Washingian”_ MOONLIGHT | Cruise Ni tly Leave 8:30 P. M. Sunday and Holidays | Fres Daneingt 1606/ Seventy-Five Cents Orehesira—Added Features | MOUNT VERNON | Le and Round Trip MARSHALL HALL Washington's Playgronnd On The Potomae River NOW OPEN New Rides—Free Pienic Tables Improved Athletie Field : §0¢| ,, moume v, [50¢ 0—8 P. M. ;:—4—.:“—- FREE ADMISSION Te Park Always :30—8:30 Lv. Marskall Rall 10:30 P. There, amidst the soft whirr of teeth against filet mignon, Christy Cabanne, R-K-O director, acted as host to members of his local R-K-Oites, society scribes and So was partment’s comparative lust for 3-4 time and the key of C. For us, Barnee’s Shoreham Band, and quite & few others always play Noel Coward, whose psychology may be complex, but whose Music isn't. And we cannot get it out of our heads band leader who plays air-cooled tunes when the weather is what it is! * ok ¥ % {OR what it is worth, we are willing to pass along to any listening the- ater manager the news that a lot of Washingtonians did not see the coro- nation news reels. Because they did miss them, it at least is a 1-to-2 bet that when the phone rings it is some one who wants to know where the pic~ tures can be seen. And each of the callers says he knows & dozen non- callers .who are in the same boat, full of a desire to see the pictures and with no way of satisfying that desire. Any one want to do anything about it? * ok ok PIECE on the drama desk (the doctor was out) tells about the close of the season of the Pierce Hall Players tomorrow night. It was writ- ten by Jack Aracey, who admits that it came close to being an essay on | the cosmic significance of the simon- pure amateur. “These players,” that's Aracey writ- ing, “with all the countless thousands of amateurs that make up the thea- ter's lunatic fringe, spend their davs as librarians, reporters, telephone op- erators, clerks, students or job hunt- ers and repair at evening to the Tem- ple of Thespis With no illusions | about approximating professional exe- cution, these people will work far into | the night drilling on lines, mending flats or collecting odd props, etc.” | And now, with no illusions, the Pierce Hall Players will quit for the season after playing “Holiday” to- | night and tomorrow mnight. Their | gain in the way of freedom from | hard tasks never shirked will be | Washington's loss. Until they come back in the Fall. FILM PRODUCER PICKS TYPICAL BOY FOR ROLE | 3 the Associated Press HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 2.—The typical American boy, a movie pro-; ducer decided, is 12-y | Kelly of the Bronx, N. Y. | He has been selected and signed | to a contract to piay the title role in | the film, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” David O. Selznick of | Selznick-International ~ Pictures an- | nounced yesterday. Selznick said Tommy is one of five children, and his father, Michael A Kelly, has been on W. P. A. rolls two | years. | Master Kellv, who had never seen | a camera before, is 4 feet 9 inches tall, weighs 85 pounds and has light | brown hair and blue eyes. 111:35 a:m., 1:10, 2:85, Warner Bros EARLE LAST 2 DAYS “TURN OFF THE MOON" A Paramonat Pudure Woth CHAS. RUGGLES . . ELEANORE WHITNEY . . KENNY BAKER I CALIFORNIA“COLLEGIANS | LOUISE MASSEY & THE WESTERNERS | ! | ROBINSON DAVIS 1% Wernar Bioe Dramatic Woallop “KID GALAHAD” On the Stage A BENNY GOODMAN | \ & His Orchestra METROPOLITAN ' LAST 2 DAYS “PRINCE & THE PAUPER" A Warner Bros Hit With | o Fymn & Mauch Twins Coming Fridey Her #wlom/ les” THE EVENING S TAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, WEDNESDAY, . JUNE 2, 1937. AMUSEMENTS. There Goes the Girl ANN SOTHERN Again is tcamed with Gene Raymond in a new comedy-romance, this one titled “There Goes My today at R-K-O Keith's Theater. Where and When Current Theater Attractions i | i | and Time of Showing. National—"Lost Horizon," and 8:30 pm. Pala, This Is My Affair,” ‘at 12:05, 2 4:50, 7:10 and 9:30 p.1 Farle—"Turn Off the Moon.” at i1 am. 1:35 4:25. 7:10 and 955 pm Stage shows at 12:50, 3:35, 6:20 and 9:10 pm. at 2:30 Keith's— There Goes My 2 4:45, 6:30, B:15 and 10 p.m. | Capitol—"They Gave Him a Gun.” | at 10:30 am.. 1:25, 4:10, 7 and 9:55 | pm. Stage shows at 12:25, 3:15, 6| and 8:55 p.m. Columbia—"A Star 11:50 am,, 2:1 p.m. Is Born.” at 4:40, 7:05 and 9:35 | Metropolitan—"Prince and the Pau- per,” at 10:45 am,, 12:50, 3, 5:10, 7:20 and 9:30 pm. Belasco—"Carnival in Flanders,” at 12:05, 2:05, 4, 6:10, 8:15 and 10 pm. Rialto—"Abraham Lincoln,” at 1:45, 4:55 and 8:20 pm Little—"Life of Henry VIIL” at 11 | am, 12:55, 3:10, 5:25, 740 and 10 pm. Trans-Lux—News and shorts. Show runs 1 hour and 15 minutes, contin- | uous i0 a.m. to midnight. ACADEMY ©' "5y 2. Lawrence Phillips' Theatre Beautiful Continuous From 430 PM “CAREER WOMAN.” CLATRE TREVOR and MICHAEL WHALEN, “THE DEVIL DIAMOND.” FRANKIE DARRO and KANE RICHMOND. ARLINGTON, VA. WILSON H.via ASHTON Boulevard ROBT. TAYLOR WILL ROGERS and JEAN HARLOW in 'ERSONAL “AMBASSADOR Sound Photeplay G SE. in PROPERTY." St. S.W. ASHLEY \'lCTO’R’:&‘rLAGLEN in “SEA DEVILS."” ANN DVORAK in “MIDNIGHT COURT. CAROLINA '$hand ¥ Codee S5 Girl.” It opcned its local run SHOW AT ARTS CLUB Parody on Wagner Operas to Be Staged Tomorrow. "'l‘HF} RING OF THE NIEBE- LUNGS,” a light and hilarious musical comedy, will be bresented at the garden theater of the Arts Club tomorrow night, The entertainment is a parody based on Wagner's “Ring Operas,” written by Elizabeth Sypher and Ben Smart, | with original lyrics by Holl The cast is headed by Will: ington, Elizabeth Pritchard, William Holden, Marian Smith, Miss Sypher and Mr. Smart. Eric Reinert. who arranged the music, will provide the accompaniment for the musical satire. FINAL 1937 RECITAL Organist and Pianist Closing AGO | Series Tomorrow. “HE final recital of AGO 1937 series will be held tomorrow at 5 pm. at the residence of Mrs. Anne Aich- bold. 3905 Reservoir road. by Ruth Vanderlp. organisi, and Conrad Bernier, pianist Ambassador—"Waikiki Wedding,’ 6, 7:45 and 9:40 pm Tivoli—"Personal Property,” 3:55, 5:50, 7:45 and 9:45 pm. Uptown—"Top of the Town,” at 2, 3:55, 5:45, 7:45 and 9:40 p.m. HIPPODROME ctuoiF CAMEO Victor McLagler a1 ARCADE Brice Cab, __Peter Torre. " ALEXANDRIA. VAD RICHMOND ~*xssemis. Patricia_Ellis. “Step Lively, Jeey REED ALEXANDRIA, VA, Today Walter Winchell, Ben Bern Up and Live." Free Parking Space 00 Cars. ___Completely Air-Conditioned ~__ MILO ROCKVILLE, MD. Toda Lew Ayres. “Crime Nobody Saw." Starting Tomorrow— avs Bing Crosby, “Waikiki Wedding.” Free Parking Space for Theater Double Bob Burns, DIRECTION OF SIDNEY LUST Completely Conditioned and “THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS. CIRCLE Mgme of Mirrophonic Sound. Penna. Ave. at Zist St. Matinees Tues.. Thurs., Sat. Sun. JOE E._BROWN and MARIAN MARSH in “"WHEN'S YOUR BIRTHDAY?" Comedy. 313 Wisconsin Ave ANETTE MacDON- NELSON EDDY in “MAYTIME." Comedy. " Shows, 6:30 and 8:50 P.M. FAIRLAWN et NbaRis™ “I PROMISE TO TRANS-LUX ... ALL THE NEWS-REELS s and “MARCH OF TIME” 3iivs SHORT SUBJECTS stiecres SIRESESEEEECSEEEEE T Ty MOONLIGHT CRUISES! Every Nite un The S. S. POTOMAC AND HIS ORCHESTR. Playing en Twe Crui Saturday, June §th ular Cruise, 8:45. night Cr 5 A cruises. Refreshments R B ervations—Please! Tickets Lim- 200, Cruises every night 3:45 with Bernie Jarboe's “Night Hawks” oo The Swing Band ef Waslington COLONIAL BEACH Tripe Every Sunday, 9 A. M... .. RIVER LINE Tth & WATER STS. §. W N g \ 3227 M St. N.W lar Request, the Return Enzacement of SHIRLEY TEMPLE HE LITTLEYT REBEL." with BILL ROBINSON JACK HOLT. JOHN BOLES. Comedy. Sport Reel El-i-TLE 608 5th N “Private Life of Henry Alsy “WAR'S END,” Compiled by Col. Dixon, Senior Chaplain, 1st Div. PRINCESS 1119 B St NE Double Feature FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW in “LLOYDS OP LONDON." “Also “WERE IN THE LEG] edy. Cartoon. Lpo .. W. VIIL” Continuous From 6:00 P.M “GARDEN OF ALLAH, MARLENE DIETRICH. CHARLES BOYER %0 “Mind Your Own Business,” C!!_ARL!E RUGGL;!‘.S AuC_!: BRADY. STANTON ;.55 322, §iiu® fpment, Continuous From Do 30 P.M. ble Feature, VICTOR MOORE. HELEN BRODERICK In “WE'RE ON THE JURY.” RPGINALD DENNY, ESTHER RALSTON in “We're In The Legion Now.” 6930 Wi STATE-BETHESDA ot & SIMONE SIMON and JAMES STEWART in “SEVENTH HEAVEN.” COMEDY AND NEWS. TAKOMA «th and Buiternut 8 Ne Parking Troubles. EDWARD ARNOLD in “JOHN MEAD’S WOMAN.” JOE E. BROWN in “When’s Your Birthday?” FALLS CHURCH, VA. . NO_PARKING STATE oy Z0RERE ey 1 : in MR AT “UNDER COVER WEDDING.” OF NIGHT." & Ll BERNHEIMER'’S | AMBASSADOR '&r &, %S BING CROSHY. MARTHA RAYE __“WAIKIKI W APOLLO o0, BARBARA = STANWYCK and MCcCREA | INTERNES CAN Also_Shorts. AVALON 56! Gonn. Ave N.W Clev. 2600 CALL IT A DAY."” with OLIVIA DE __HAVILLAND, News and Short AVENUE GRAND &7 %r Ave DICK POWELL _and \iinEL;‘,INE __CARROLL ON_THE_AVENUE." CALVERT == miegiy aw Matinee. 2:00 P.M. PAUL MUNI “THE WO! 2] Ninth St. MIRIAM HOPK! 2= AN 7 CENTRAL 432N S5 BING CROSBY. MARTHA RAYE In VAIKIKI WEDDING.” C: COLONY s JOSEPHINE HUTCHINSON, G! __BRENT | OUNTAIN JUS' HOME Phone Linc. 10206 JEAN ARTHUR CHARLES BOYER in ‘HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT.” Also Short_Subjeci Matinee, 2500 P M. JEAN HARLOW.' ROBERT TAYLOR in_“PERSONAT, PROPERTY." Also __"Servant_of the People” Short SAVOY- 3030 11th 8t. N.W. s Phone Col_ 4968 'ONCE A DOCTOR." _with JEAN MUIR _and DONALD WOODS SHERIDAN G Awr- & Sheridan St. N.W. Ran. 2100 Matinee. 3:00 P.M. GEORGE MURPHY. DORIS NOLAN __in_“TOP_OF THE TOW ’"vou L1th St. & Park Rd Phone Col. 1800 Matinee, 2:00 P, JEAN HARLOW, ROBERT TAYLOR in “PERSONAL PROPERTY.” Also _“Servant of the People” Short. WARNER BROS. THEATERS 00 P.M. MURPHY. DORIS NOLAN OP_OF THE_TOWN." ‘;‘ lN W. ng L 4618 HARBARA STANWYCK ' and’ SOEL McCREA in KE_MONE Aromtey INTERNES CAN'T JESSE THEATER '“i5.5 g “MARKED WOMAN,” BETTE DAVIS and HUMPHREY OGAR SYLVAN 't and & L Ave Now. “MAYTIME,” NELSON EDDY. JEANETTER MacDONALD PALM THEATER PERRAT- “SEVENTH HEAVEN" SIMONE SIMON, JAMES STBW. 4 Hollywood Audience ~Within Show Stage Presentation of “Idiot’s Delight” Brought Every One but the Tones and Chaplin. BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN. Is Show OLLYWOOD, June 2 (N.AN.A) across the continent to Los Angeles, but when they do arrive—often & year or more late—the colony lavishes upon them all the pageantry of & movie first night. to the undenied talents of two of its. most respected stage contemporaries, | Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Almost everybody who is anybody was there—that is, with the exception of Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone, without whose presence any such event seems to lose luster and authenticity. The Tones had reservations for first night, and the curtain was even held half an hour. But Lunt and Fontanne finally decided it best to struggle along without Hollywood's nominal social leaders. Audience Is Show Itself. However, the remainder of the au- dience exhibition was first class, as it couldn't help but be—what with scores of gorgeously gowned creatures and their tuxedoed escorts, whose vearly salaries are checked by the | Government at around $5,000,000, sauntering into the auditorium in the | gayest of moods. - Regular theatergoers, who took seats in the rear of the house half an hour before curtain time, were treated to a show which the subse- quent platform performances of Lunt and Fontanne couldn't hope to tie for color and thrills | Appearing in Highlander's full dress, | with kilt, plaid, brooch, sporran, Glen- | ®arry bonnet and dirk, the visiting Sir Harry Lauder stole & march on the | celluloid crowd when he ambled down the aisle with his niece, Greta Lauder. A wave of applause broke from the audience. Sir Harry took two bows before sitting, Producer in Pickford Party. The two processions causing most Rasps were those headed by Mary Pickford and Marlene Dietrich. They were judiciously timed and spaced for audience appreciation Miss Pickford's party consisted of Buddy Rogers and Mr. and Mrs, Cliff Reid. The presence of Reid, one of Hollywood's top producers, gave cre- dence to a rumor that, after marriage | to Buddy, Mary will appear in at least one more picture, Shortly after her arrival from Europe, Mary con- fided to friends she might make an- other st. -provided she could get Reid, a shrewd judge of show values, to engineer the enterprise as pro- ducer. Mary was youthfully arrayed in a combination red cape and bonnet —to be stamped at once by the crowd as Little Red Riding Hood In the Dietrich party were Douglas Fairbanks, jr, her official escort for | | Hollywood went to the $5.50 premiere performance of “Idiot’s Delight” in its traditional star-studded, ermine-decked style | wife, | Dietrich’s charms were faded. Dolores’ —Neu York Heral, —Stage hits are & long time weaving | honest, if flamboyant, tribute | | months, and Cedric Gibbons and his | Dolores Del Rlo. For once dark beauly is now enhanced by a | striking sun tan, and a few added ! pounds have rounded out her figure, A widely ruffled, vari-colored gown completed the most fascinating picture | in the house. Both girls chewed gum as they strolled back to the lobby be- | tween acts, an old Hollywood custom that no function, no matter how | swank, can erase. And here again | Dolores had an edge. She chews gum | 85 if to the manner born. Simone in White. Simone Simon wore white and secemed to enjoy the presence of three escorts, one for each trip up the aisle between acts. . . . Allan Joues limped in, supported by a crutch. Sprained an ankle that morning filming riding scenes for “The Firefly.” . . . The blond Marie Wilson wore & chiffon | bandanna wrapped about her head to icw, CAPITOL o ™ Spencer TRACY Gladys GEORGE fmnchol TONE the Thiill © How £ PHIL REGAN POPEYE 7z.5% F-AT 13th ROBERT BARBARA TAYLOR STANWYCK THIS IS MY AFFAIR vicrorRMcLAGLEN & OLUMBIA lanet Fredric GAYNOR-MARCH in & S 4s Botn" IN_TECHNICOLOR FoAT 127H d Tribune M-G-M, which gives you the greatest hits of the screen— plus a superb cast-of stars— plus Hunt Stromberg, pro- ducer of “Great Ziegfeld” and “Maytime”! Here is truly the most daringly startling thriller the screen has ever known! hide bandages covering a skull frac- | ture she suffered in a recent automo- | bile accident that almost took her life. . . . Elissa Landi liked the show well enough to pause in the lobby on her way out and buy four souvenir programs—Nino Martini paid the bill . . . Paulette Goddard was there in a party that failed to revezl Charlie Chaplin, which may or may not mean a thing. Gail Patrick embraced an old friend just before taking her seat. Here was drama behind the scenes. Four ears ago Gall, & beauly contest winner from Alabama, stood in that same lobby, only a thin little wrap pro- tecting her from chill January winds She was under the chaperonage of a studio employe’s wife, who was warm and magnanimous in & beautiful new fur coat. As the glamorous preview sights were pointed out to the wide- eyed newcomer, her teeth chattered and she danced on the sidewalk to keep her feet warm Now they met again. Gail wore sa- bles and diamonds and was hailed by the crowds. The studio man's wife wore the same fur coat Proving again that you never know | W.10's going to be who in Hollywood— nd that the wise pr ce to every one you me Remem- ber: The office boy of today may be the producer of tomorrow—and vice versa! (Copyright, 1937, by the North An Newspaper rican tance, Inc.) British Like Air Conditioning. Although temperature extremes in the British isles are not so great as in the United States, the British are showing widespread interest in conditioning. T TODAY...! HE's shouting it from the house tops . . . painting it in letters a mile high . . . telling it to the world . .. 1 “Tis another romantic spree with GENE RAYMOND ANN SOTHERN aided and abetted by FRANK JENKS Added A COLUMBIA PICTURES SCREEN SNAPSHOTS e Hollywoss Stare o Play . THEATRE NATIONAL Jrmeeee LAST |2 DAYS 2:30—TWICE DAILY—8:30 500 SEATS 50c¢ All Seats Reserved Mats. 50c, 75c, and some at $100 Eves. 50¢, 75¢ $1 and wome at $1.50 (Plus Tax) LOST HO “INALT COLMaN RIZON OPPOSTTE WHYTE BOE K MERMBRIAT Wack PROCA WALTER HUSTONuw D.w. GRIFFITH'S 1:47-4:56 == KEITH'ST AYG Coming—"WINGS OVER HONOLULU" WENDY BARRY & RAY MILLAND | THE Amazing. suspinse-JAMME DRAMA THAT SHOGKED in M-G-M's Production of the stage Drama that Stunned New York and London for 80 Thrill-Packed Weeks! DAMEMAY ALAN MERLE nqv 2 CONTINENTS MusrFac KATHLEEN 'WHITTY - MARSHAL - TOTTENHAM - HARRISON rodvont sy HUNY STROMBERG wheie Graat Ziogfelt won the Academy Awind a5 the Sent 4 Pictore 421928 & Diticied by Richard Therps o AN M-G-M Pictura based on the ploy by Emlyn Wittiems PLUS BENNY McROFF AND HIS SENSATIONAL JIBE ORCHESTRA Starts FRIDAY ot LOEW’'S CAPITOL )