Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1937, Page 44

C—+4 AMUSEMENTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY. JUNE 4 1937. AMUSEMENTS. Middie Movie Is Feature Of Middie Graduation Day Cast, Making “Annapolis Salute,” Virtually Steals Show From Ensigns Being Grad- uated Across the Street. . BY BUNCH of hard-workir show stolen from them T' WAs| dlfi a few sequences in mammas, p s, little ters and a lot of other relatives iown for the duation exercises fw~w what they were there for and stared wide-eyed at the art of motion picture making. They probably saw the graduation exercises. They must have. But they also saw how movies polis never has seen ompulsive double bill flight of imagin. no exhibitor ever of combining wthing gn-making with any- t (as to lighting) as e. Comparing the two ills. which is hide- comparisons go in this implication the gradu- the more when ¢ 1 fashion, final masque of the eventual re- sty Cabanne, f talent— be, the of-fact look- such a In the wildest s0 & cinema ‘Pq‘ features as to ously odio the exe fascinat one see "[HAT does not mean there was no drama in the work of Mr. Cabanne, reeked with drama for those to be thrilled by paraphernalia of the former were playing her first ywood lovely Marsha Hunt working) k Hogan, hey were lement made the Mo The latter men, cameramen and what must be t girl in Hollywood the 1ly on n. Yesterday afternoor on of it (no, nine-tenths) was g just what it was all about ‘We know because we talked to some of the spectators who had not, like the S pr been let in on the secret. They thought it was grand fun anyhow, maybe more than if they knew just what place it was to take in the story. The paraphe! lia of picture making imposing as Robert Taylor a Garbo. To set up that used photographing a few minutes JAY CARMODY. bronzed, healthy-looking young men became olls yesterday Naval Academy's graduation exercises, morning, but despite the hallowed they virtually it would not have happened, rent brrauw just across the street | hr\.\l hy young R-K- O Normally, scene in the lobby of the hotel was a task requiring more than an hour. When it was finished there were enough powerful lights scattered around the room to melt the plaster on the walls (Actually. however, the force of the lights was not enough to meit the crowd of spectators which in- sisted on sitting through the sequence | even if the floor collapsed.) Behind the lights reposed a single camera. In front of the camera, dan- gling at the end of an imposing piece | of plumbing (for want of a technical | vocabulary) was a microphone. As the camera caught the movement of | the half-a-hundred principals and ex- tras, the “mike” absorbed the sound of every one talking at once. It looked mechanical, but one knew there was a lot of magic in it. One saw machines making illusions and instead of feeling you can't fool me.” got ready to ac- ce K 1's or elsewhere. One just sat there watching Cabanne | check- | ing everything and correcting every- | (who was seeing eve! hing, that needed correction) and listening to Ruman be very mild through the megaphone an assistant director wields. hearsed and twice they shot the scene Then every one. as is usual, was given a long recess while the next scene was set. * O OUT and cool banne, a direc could have put X off.” said Ca- on that no direc- over more eflc iss Hunt got no lude, on her merry of commencement paper bags was spe phs on the k in fact . Ellison from their andid camera desire to get ead of going to Balti but Lake appe: he came to \\‘n»hmz-‘ old pal Phil Regan who greeted him on a “hot seat” wings of the Capitol Theater Dick Hogan was another c in the h partie: maybe the party was thrown by and Helen De Titta in Regan's 1 e pretty At any rate, k sandwiches the faces at Carvel terday was that of Ann Hove lis Salute member out of They tur ure cast will mov the Mayflower today. howeve: now that the scene of the pic- 1, nnc n[ :hn best lnnkmy young people at the American Thea- ter Council Convention in New York last week, was one of the best looking young people in Annapolis yesterday, She was there for commencement, caught the picture making on the run, 50 to speak. . . . In a wild splurge of | introductions she met everv one from Tony Muto to the visiting critics Hepburn Returns. JCATHARINE HEPBURN, who has | vacationing the East| ighly suc- | | Rogers camera | * shortly. epourn’s most recent picture ‘Quality Street,” and after fin- | ishing it she began her tour in the Theater d's production “Jane Eyre sted fourteen weeks | and brought in more than $340,000 | at the hox office | “Stage Door,” by George S. Kauf- n and Edna me was a great success on Broadway this past season. Leona Roberts and Marjorie Lord, from its cast, will appear in the screen version, to be directed by Gregory La Cava. “Froze” to a Career. ECAUSE she suffered from acute camera fright 5 uncomfortable before even an ordi- h Y. Mason llywood's most ic screen writers. lens guccessful and pro Miss Mason, a native of Arizona, came to Hollywood 16 years ago as | leading lady in a Douglas Fairbanks | m. A beautiful girl, she photo- | graphed splendidly. but was never able | to conquer a nervousness before the | cameras which caused her to “rreeze.” As a result she gave up acting al- most as soon as she started and turned | her talents instead to writing. Since | then, with her husband, Victor Heer- man, she has written scores of out- standing screen plays. EXPERIENCED Frances Farmer, worki: MacMurray fitted for t's “Exclusive,” with Fred | her role in in which she & newspaper reporter, after studying Jjournalism and making a European tour as a correspondent for | and 9:25 pm. | at 2, 4, 5:55, 7:55 and 9:55 p.n. & Seattle newspaper, Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. National— and 8:30 pm Capitel—"Night Must Fall,” at 10:30 am. 1:15. 4:05, 6:55 and 9:45 pm. Stage shows at 12:30, 3:20, 6:10 and 9 pm. Earle—"Kid Galahad,” at 11:50 am. 2:25, 5. 7:25 and 10:05 p.m. Stage| shows at 11:05 am. 1:40, 4:15, 6:50 | Lost Horizon,” Metropolitan—*“Her Husband Lies," | at 11:40 am., 1:40, 3:40, 5:40, 7:40 | and 9:40 pm Keith's—"There Goes My Girl," at 11:25 am,, 1:10, 2:55, 4:45, 6:30, 8:15 and 10 p.m. Columbia—*“Cafe Metropole,” at | 11:25 am, 1:30, 3:35, 5:35, 7:40 and o—"“Carnival in Flanders,” at 12:10. 2:20, 4:35, 6:35 and 8:40 p.m | at 10:10 p.m “Abraham Lincoln,’ 4:55 and 820 p.m Little—"Life of Henry VIIL,” at 11 am, 12:55, 3:10, 5:25 , 7:40 and 10 pm Trans-Lux—News and shorts. Show runs 1 hour and 15 minutes, contin- uous 10 a.m. to midnight Ambassador—Waikiki Wedding,” at 7:45 and 9:40 p.m Tiveli—‘The Woman I Love,” at 2:20, 4:05, 5:50, 7:40 and 9:30 pm. | Uptown—"Love From a Stranger,” at 1:45, S e Set for the Summer. t the iliusions when they come to| Three times they re- | auto- | lair e | - | Joan Bennett Ar- | 1 g0 to the scene of the pic- | WAYNE | A newcomer to films Galahad,” G. Robinson. The picture | Theater. or bids for stardom in the in which he appears with Bette Another Star Is Born MORRIS “Kid ard Earle title role in Daris and E at Warners ened today ‘Difficult Role JOAN BENNETT GIVEN Scenarist Saw Marria { e as a “Mis- take” 4 Months After Cere- mony, Star Tells Court. the As LOS ANGELE d ociatec yeste! cenarist wrote Beverly him to ret after e le temper me, but spasms ef Ha-«\ approved a property settlement. terms of which were not announced. In Revival DIANA WYNYARD Plays one of the leading roles in the motion picture version of Noel Coward’s “Cavalcade,” which is to be revived for a week’s engagement at the Little Theater, starting Sun- day. THEATRE PARKING 6 P.M.TO 35:: 1AM CAPITAL GARAGE j; TERRACE DANCING — Dinner, $2.00; Set., 5225 Cover, 55¢; Sar. &: Hol., 3130 ‘o Addiflanal Cover fur Dinner Guest Sidney Lust's Milo Theater in Rock- ville, Md.. has been equipped to bfltxle\ Summer’s heat with a modern air- | conditioning system. This makes the Milo the only theater in Montgomery County, according to the management, and the only suburban theater in Maryland, that is equipped with an | air-cooling outfit which insures an always comfortable atmosphere, On Washington's Finest and Most Modern Excursion Steamer “Gity of Washington” MOONLIGHT Oruise Nightly Leaves 8:30 P. M. 5unday snd noud-n Seventy-Five Cents Free Dancingt VU] Biinzy Sidner's Orchestra—Added Features DIVORCE FROM MARKEY Ave. - 13th & 14th | BOAT TRIPS] ‘ ADDED TO “ANGEL" CAST. Ivan Lebedeff has bee Dietri Parar added to | RAYMOND * SOTHERN “THERE GOES MY GIRL" with FRANK JENKS Coming ... “WINGS OVER HONOLULY" Opposite White House BELASCO "Now Preview Tonight 8:45 P. M. See Two Features for One Admission! Back for a Return Engagement Originally Suppressed By U. S. Customs 11th Big Week in Washington! Last Times Today ““Carnival in Flanders” Accinimed by e the Nation's critics from o rom 10 coast as the best pirture COMPLETE ENGLISH TITLES ALL SEATS 250 TILL | P. M.m EVENINGS, BALCONY 40c our Opportunity ANCET FATS WALLER IN PERSON TWO CRUISES SATURDAY ON 8) Gable a Hit In “Parnell” At Preview Is Played With Feeling. BY HUDSON GRUNEWALD. OLLYWOOD, Calif., June 4.— Parnell, the uncrowned King of Ireland, who lived, loved and died with the freedom Emerald Isle in his heart, new Clark Gable to the of his brings screen The which a :arge and colorful packed Grauman's Theater to capacity to witness a special preview of M-G-M's version of this great Irish romance Wednes- day night saw Gable performing a difficult role with tenderness, unusual feeling and rare dramatic ability, His death scene at the close of the picture is by the most dramatic of acting the star has done before camera great love desertion of to have leader audience Chinese the Myrna Katie O'Shea, for Parnell withstands his own people only whose the has s al grew she at his death, upon to reve depth, which »m been called ter emo- them acclaim him their sole | does with fine | tal(‘m in a really excellent perform- ance throughout. Although the pace lags in a few scenes which might well have been shortened, this historical film based on the play by the late Elsie Schauffier and dealing with a period still within the memory of many persons now living, is a picture of fine quality, accurate in detail and elaborate in setting. Edna Mae Oliver, who heads the supporting cast, does cne of the finest bits of character acting in her career in the role of “Aunt Ben.” But the real high light of the pic- ture is the scene played by Brandon Tynan in the role of J. F. O'Brien, oldest member of the Irish Party, Only a bit, but with one magnificent moment | The settimg is committee room \h(\lduhm\ms of the Irish Party in | the House of Commons. This is a | dramatic incident in it was in history | the 86 members, he shouts, Pandemonium breaks room goes mad. There are cheers for Parnell, cheers for Ireland, cheers for Gladstone. In a rich Irish brogue one of the THEATRE TRANS-LUX [0 NEWS (6 In 1) REELS FRANCE —MICKY MOUSE | s SHORT SUBJECTS | Gable addresses “Home rule is here, loose. The DANCING. The Edward F. Miller Studio K11 13th ST NATIONAL %093 It It Is Danced. We Teach It ¢ from the most dynamic startling drama the screen ever dared to show! Nothing in years romantic or melodramatic has created v DRAMA .. ciminany brilliant psychopathic gigolo insinuates himself into the affections of every woman he meets...never a character like him on screen before! ROMANCE :coveer this thnll-crazy boy and sensitive girl who finds in him a strange fascination she is ashamed to admit and unable to co M-G-M’s Melo “NIGHT M these real-life sweet- hearts achieve their true greatness... together... in the most important story cither one has ever had! Drama of love unashamed . .3 it was fated to happen! ROBEFRT TAYLOR- in the picture the Rote:z MONTGOMERY ROSALIND RUSSELL - dromatic Smash! UST FALL” with Dame Moy WHITTY—Alan MARSHALL Stage. BENNY MEROFF Ammu: Most ‘Vemtih Band: _dack MARSHALL - Benny's Bad Boy world is talking about! the picture as | members shouts from O'Brien.” There is a silence for him. Tynan's knecs shake as he is helped to the | table, where he kneels on a gnarled | shillalah. Tynan looks into Gable's face “Mr, Parnell, begins in a low, tremor in it “As the oldest member of the Irish Party, one whose father fought with Robert Emmet—who as a mere gosoon himself was with O'Conneli and had served a term in prison and even been sentenced to death in the service of Ireland—all my life I've dreamed and waited for this day. “It has been long almost too long for me. I've carried in my e more haunting than any harp of Ireland ever phrase, ‘Home r /0 ot it for Ch: and I B :a):“\;ng old n‘.h:\“ n past RANF CAPRAS'** ' RONALD:COLMAN time—Lord, now leitest thou thy servant depart in peace, for 1 eyes have seen the glory.” 3 Others in the supporting cast “O'Brien. Let's hear | Bi] Marshall Crisp, zgerald and others, (,w\l nn, Neil ity ed in ti st modern garage Greece install 0 be operated with sir- soft, Charlie voice, he a THEATRE NATIONAL /s, LAST |2| DAYS 2:30—TWICE DAILY—8:30 500 SEATS 50c¢ All Seats Reserved Mats. 50c, 75c, and some at $1.00 Eves. 50¢c, 75¢ $1 and some at $1.50 (Plus Tax) in coming— For 80 years one phrase melody the played—tt for Ireland’ his are A SHOW SO WONDROUS YOU FORCE US TO GIVE EXTRA SHOWS * Stage Show at II'DS-HU-HS»BED~925 Feature at 11:50 - 2:25 - 5:00 - 7:30 - 10:05° Doors Open Today a! 10:30 a. m. 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