Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1937, Page 32

B—16 = ‘Road Back’ and ‘Saratoga’ EnterSecond Remarque Novel Softened in Its Narrative of Soldiers’ Return. BY JAY CARMODY. HAT war goes on being a kind of hell, sometimes an even more excruciating one, long after the last shell has screamed its death call is the thesis of “The Road Back,” which entered its second week at Keith's yester- day. It is based upon Erick Remarque's book of the same name and although it is not a literal tran- geription, it has moments of the same snarling disillusionment. Not all of the film is cast in this mood, however. It is the major weak+ ness of the picture that in one breath it agrees with Remarque (and Sherman) and in the next there are strong iniplications that conflict is amusing. The emphasis upon comedy is likely to be disconcerting to lhosr‘ familiar with the German author’s, work. Others undoubtedly will take it in their stride, willing to accept Universal's story as an effective substi- tute for its more gloomy predecessor. The film essays to narrate the diffi-| culty of soldiers setting their feet in | the paths of peace after the slaughter | ends. They want only normaley— the right to live, love, work and forget. And they have been unfitted | for living, loving, working or for- getting. Neither the Nation for which they fought nor their loved ones can do anything to help them. Re- | turned soldiers are an alien group in an unsympathetic world. Under the strain, one of them be- eomes & murderer, another goes in- gane, others join the revolution against established order. Peace, it seems, i @ kind of party at which a bad time s had by all. Universal has cast “The Road Back” with varying degrees of success. John King is a satisfactory idealistic Ernst; Richard Cromwell does well with the part of the embittered Killer, Ludwig; Slim Summerville and Andy Devine handle the comedy effectively. We did not like Barbara Read as Lucy, the girl whose duplicity put murder in the heart of Ludwig. The part looked somewhat too old for one of Miss Read's tender, unsophisticated years. Director James Whale, who makes all the camera translations of Remarque, it seems, has seen to it once more that the photography is superlatively fine. AMUSEMENTS. Week of Runs Harlow Valedictory Film Finds Blond Star in One of Better Roles. 1 HE special talent of Jean Har- low for comedy with a bite in it is used to full advantage in “Saratoga,” her final film, which today moved over to the Palace after a record-shattering week at Loew's Capitol. The picture *presents Miss Harlow in a characterization which gives her a large, if not her | largest, opportunity to convince her | public of the loss represented in her death. “Saratoga” makes up in entertain- ment values what it lacks in epic qualities. It is a film narrative en- dowed with unusual vitality; a tale of the race course embellished with comedy, and interpreted and mounted to the best of M-G-M's ability in such matters In addition to Miss Harlow, it offers Clark Gable in a role so much more to his liking and his qualifications than “Parnell” that you scarcely can believe it is the same man. As a book- maker, race-track variety you know, | with a penchant for taming recal- | citrant blonds and “taking” their aristocratic suitors in a series of fiscal | duels, Gable definitely is in his ele- { ment He has had nothing like it | since Blackie in “San Francisco.” Una Merkel and Frank Morgan are two others in “Saratoga” who have not been so happily placed in a long time. Miss Merkel devotes her talents to an interpretation of & turf- loving matron who speaks the lingo of the race track as only a Kentuckian | can. (Or & Marylander.) Morgan has & jittery, jealous-husband part with a laughable wistfulness about it. And, before we get away from the cast, there’s Lionel Barrymore in a | crochety grandfather role, which is | done so well that you won't mind | having seen others do the same thing. If you haven't heard the story | of “Saratoga” it is all about a girl | Who inherits a heavily mortgaged | breeding farm which used to turn out | the country's finest horses, now down to its last decrepit brood mare. Cir- cumstance brings her into contact with the bookmaker (Gable) and from then } jon it is & matter of seeing how long | it will take to make her admit she | loves him. It takes 12 reels and into | them there has been packed a consid- erable burden of suspemse as well as merriment. i “Saratoga” is one of the pictures | that should be seen if only to dis- | cover once more that Miss Harlow | had something beyond a capacity to look alluring on the screen. THEATER HANDICAPS SHAKESPEARE PLAYERS Episodes of “Midsummer Night's | Dream’ Presented in Garden by ‘Washington Group. Y WAY of preview snatches of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer | Night's Dream” occupied the stage of the garden theater of the Arts Club last night, offered by the Washington Players. Specifically, the entertain- ment was concerned with the episode of “Pyramus and Thisbe,” involving the craftsmen of Athens, and Oberon's *I Sat Upon a Promontory” speech. The former interlude, despite treat- ment by virtually the same cast as/ last year, achieved but lukewarm | Epirit—though John Van Sikken, as- | suming a new role as the fairy king, | displayed the same aptitude which | has established him locally in the last few years. Perhaps the limited confine of the earden theater had a part in stilting the performance of “Pyramus’—at any rate, there was prevalent a con- | siderable degree of nervousness ard | frequently slacked pace in sequences. When confidence asserted itself, how- ever, action flourished and the atmos- phere of buffoonery was convincing. In these moments, the efforts of J. Edmund Veitch, playing the va- riable personality of Bottom, rate high | as the motivating force among the ac- tors. His clowning as Pyramus added flavor to the interlude along with the capers of Joseph Custer, who Thisbe-d about the other side of the “wall.” Herman Reiss, as the latter; Paul Murphy, who was jointly Starveling | and the moon, and Harry Crow, Snout and the lion—all three provided a ca- pable supplement. Quince, the direc- tor, became fogged occasionally, but otherwise performed acceptably. Frances Dewey, as Titania, took sev- eral agreeable scenes, and with Sikken | gave creditable readings. The feesque | surroundings in dance form were of- fered by Alice Louise Hunter, Mar- jorle McGann, Catherine Shea and | Carol Shea. At the piano and violin, respectively, Edith H. Hunter and Dr. Raymond Liebsohn lent bits of Mendelssohn’s incidental music to “A Midsummer Night's Dream.” The play in its en- tirety is slated for Sylvan Theater |— August 10. CHORUS CALL Auditions to Be Tomorrow for “Going Native" Girls. ANDIDATES for the chorus of this year's ““Going Native” revue will be auditioned at 11 o'clock to- morrow morning at the National Theater by Gene Ford, manager of the Capitol Theater. Ford, who produces the revue an- nually, has made no definite selec- tions yet of specialty acts or of girls for the line, and needs more of the latter. Girls who wish to try out for the “Going Native” chorus must be more than 18 years old. REVERSE. Reversing the usual procedure, Pauline Moore, lovely young Twen- tieth Century-Fox actress, now play- ing a featured role with Jane With- ers in “Wild and Woolly,” changed her surname of Love to Moore for screen purposes because she thought he real name was too theatric. THEATRE PARKING ¢PM.TO P& 1AM. CAPITAL GARAGE %t/ 3 A M-.o-\ -la | cis and a triangle in the desert, at 2:35, | 4:25, 6:15, 8:05 and 9:55 p.m. Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. Earle—"Exclusive," | newspaper city room, at 11:15 am., 1:30. 4:20, 7:15 and 9:55 p.m. Stage shows at 1245, 3: 35, 6:25 and 9:10 | drama in a Capitol—"Slave Ship,” the last| slave goes down to sea on a wave of | melodrama, at 10:45 am, 1:35, 4:25, 7:15 and 10:05 pm. Stage shows at 12:35, 3:30, 6:20 and 9:10 p.m. Palace—"Saratoga,” Jean Harlow's last film, stays a second week, at 11 am, 1:05, 3:10, 5:20, 7:25 and 9:35 pm. Metropolitan—“King of Gamblers," the -slot machine racket gets its due, | at 11 am, 1:10, 3:15, 5:25, 7:30 and 9:40 p.m, Columbia—“A Day at the Races,” the Mad Marxes at their maddest, at 11:50 a.m,, 2:15, 4:45, 7:10 and 9:40 | pm. Keith's—“The Road Back.” armistice Germany, at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Rialto—"Elephant Boy,” film trans- | lation of another Kipling story, for | children and everybody elephant- minded, at 11:50 a.m., 1:50, 3:50, 5:45, 7:50 and 9:55 p.m. Little—"Fury,” revival of the dia- tribe against mob rule, at 11:30 a.m.,, 1:35, 3:35, 5:40, 7:40 and 9:45 p.m. Trans-Lux—News and shorts. Show runs 1 hour and 15 minutes, con- tinuous from 10 a.m. until midnight. Ambassador—'Married Befere Breakfast,” madcap comedy, at 6:15, 8 | and 9:50 pm. Penn—“Another Dawn,” post- 11:30 am, Kay Fran- Sheridan—"Fifty Roads to Town,” light comedy with Ann Sothern, at 2:25, 4:10, 6, 7:50 and 9:35. Tivoli— “Manhattan Melodrama,” revival of a Gable-Loy-Powell hit, at 2, 3:50, 5:40, 7:35 and 9:30 p.m. Uptown—"Dr. Bull,” a Will Rogers favorite revived, at 2:15, 4:05, 5:55, 7:45 and 9:35 p.m. | Roadside—"“In Mizzoura,” pioneer | period melodrama by the local Sum- | mer theater group, at 8:30 p.m TERRACE DANCING =\ Dinner, $200, Sot, 5225 ) Cover, 55¢: Sat & Mol 5110 o Additional Cover fur Dinner Goest summer sun places eves under additional (Jstrain. Be prepared. Consult (") our graduate optomeirist today for_a_thoroush examination. Q ) * M. A. LEESE OPTICAL C0.> 814 9th ST. NW. | PORCH, noou | AND DECK $3.39 | ENAMEL Reg. Price, $3.95 Briggs Paint Store |ert | Learn,” | the Swedish recluse . . | Europe—a little awkward in view of | particularly golden-haired Joan Ben- | last directed in “Give Me Your Heart.” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Ever See a Nightmare Walking? Every time the Marx Brothers reappear on the scene there is the effect they have on their addicts in drama departments lovely portrait of the Marx Brothers Swing Tnu Har nize them. Columbia. Their latest, “A Da y at the Races,” D. FRIDAY, an additional manifestation of That’'s why you get today this Po, Grougho and Chico, if you can’t recog- ’ comes back downtown today for a week at the Tyrone Power Rebels As Sonja Henie’s Escort BY SHEILAH GRAHAM. OLLYWOOD, July 30 (N.ANA). wood in the Fall there will be no Mr. Tyrone Power to take her places For the last month the latter With the romantic bonds imposed on him by the studio publicity department. He considers himseif too i the skating champ. “I'd sooner be with Gaynor,” he is said to have told an < intimate at Twentieth Century-Fox— | because they are more famous than the little Henie. What a pity that Power has suc- cumbed to the prevailing disease of believing his publicity. The current rumor that Rob- Montgomery and Rosalind Russell are feud- ing is dispelled by the proof that both players are friendly on and off the set. Could the story have been started by production heads at M-G-M who had to give some excuse for the delay of “Love, Live and in which Bob and Rosalind are co-starred? . Salka Viertel, close friend of Greta Garbo, has refused $250,000 to pen a biography of . Robert Ris- kin and Ginger Rogers are a new romantic combination. Riskin was formerly the chief boy friend of Carole Lombard. Sheilah Graham. Errol Flynn did not go to Spain as originally planned because estranged Wife Lili Damita was planning to rejoin him directly he arrived in the fact that Errol now prefers blonds, nett. . . . There is no tween Kay Francis and Director | Archie Mayo. The latter makes no secret of his feeling for the actress he love lost be- .. . Robert Taylor and Roy Del Ruth received one dozen roses from Robert Benchley as an apology for “blowing up” in his lines during a Sunday workout for “Broadway Melody of 1938." With typical Hollywood contrariness, Miriam Hopkins has deserted her $42,- 000 mansion (once occupied by John Gilbert), and spends her days and nights roaming around the coast in her trailer . . . Gary Cooper tells me that the only way he can gain weight You're sure to find what you want in_our massive stock. Shoo and save at the E. MORRISON PAPER CO. Phone NA. 2918 SEASIDF CHE-AFEALE BEAUH On the Bay—One Hour Drive Mile Boardwalk and Pier Swimming—Dancing Amusements—Free Parking Frequent Bus Service From 403 11th St. N.W. FOR INFORMATION CALL NAtional 0213 W. M. & A. Motor Lines, Inc. Passenger and Freight Service Washington’s Playground on the Potemae River — FOUR ROUND TRIPS DAILY 10A. M., 2:00, 5:30 and 8:30 P. M. 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Pogey K School of The Dence feee nfl'uu o 'nw, or sene emoter of the silent days is threatening to commit suicide unless his recently acquired youngish wife pays him a little attention, When Norma Shearer moved from her Santa Monica Beach home to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, and then to Lake Arrowhead, there were the usual stories that she was qyitting . the home in which she lived with the late Irving Thalberg. But the simple truth is Miss Shearer is adding & new play room to the beach home and dislikes the noise of building . . . Incidentally, she has just signed a long-term con- tract with M-G.M., her first with the company for several years. The rea- son--to protect her large holdings in the company. (Copyright, 1927, by the North American New:paper Alliance. Inc.) LOOK PLEASANT. Allan Lane, now appearing before the cameras at Twentieth Century- Fox, formerly made a living behind them when he headed the company of New York photographic illustra- tors known as “Allan Lane, Inc TRANS-LU News, Under-Water s Romance, Cartoon, etc. iticis SHORT SUBJECTS stcio THEATRE Hasuan CAPTIVE LOVERS “ 4 s H one of the greatest of all sea pictures . . . with a grand love story told against a back- ground of mutiny on the high- seax. Adventure .. Powerful Drame WARNER WALLACE JULY 30, 1937. Dedicated Capacity Crowd Is Present for Ceremony. T'S A mighty attractive cinema house, this new Newton Theater, opened last night by Louis Bern- heimer. Ultra modern in design, both ex- ternally and internally, the Newton's streamlined contours bear the definite stamp of the hand of its designer, John J. Zinc, the architect who plan- ned the Uptown, Calvert and a num- ber of other theaters in the Washing- ton vicinity, Walls are a warm brown tone and the seats are comfortable and well spaced. The sound is good, too, with the auditorium rounded so there aren’t any corners to present acoustic problems. The house seats 1,007 persons, Dedication ceremonies last night, presented before an S. R. O. audience, got under way with a screen trailer wherein Mr. Bernheimer pledged him- self and the Newton (the fourth in his theater chain) to the comfort, pleasure and entertainment of the peo- ple of Brookland and other neighbor- ing communities, The theater was welcomed to Wash- STREET © MOTOR MA ROAD IN THIS WEEK & NEXT—K:10 P.M. IN MIZZOURA SURVED SUATS-854-AT THE BOK OFFXE Mr. MacArthur—you “—LOOK AT IT! Starting TODAY! ON THE STAGE A NEW note in modem entertainment . . ..., JESSE CRAWFORD / The Poet of the Organ and 2 ORCHESTRA { BERT NAGLE & co. Midnight Serenaders VIC HYDE Ambidextrous Symphonist nan'l’t'rsou Singing Star of £ E'RE 3REA§//V5 N mtmmv Wlcohinglon Smnhnml is the ‘o sing response Cily's rousing - Those who've 08¢ ain. onan immedia d picture of ‘lhl:‘cu“-. demands are so insistent we're moving SARATOGA to Loew's PALACE ho've misse te view ol t the year. Cant Wad. d for this SARATOGA. it want to d it insist { the most Because WITH Licnel BARRYMORE AMUSEMENTS. ington and to its community by El-|McLean, president of the Brookland wood 8eal, corporation counsel, speak- | Citizens' Association, and John J. ing for Commissioner Melvin C. Ha- | Hurley, president of the Michigan sen, who could not be present; M. M.! Park Business Men’s Association. —_— e WARNER 8R0S TODAY SHE GOT THE STORY “EXCLUSIVE" BUT SHE NEARLY LOST THE MAN SHE LOVED ... THE ACE NEWSPAPER YARN OF ALL TIME . . . TOPS FAMOUS “FRONT PAGE" IN THRILLS ... . HEART SOCK ..., . M Moy | EXCLUSIVE’ A PARAMOUNT PICTURE FRANCES Javmer CHARLIE R LLOYD NOLAN The Dance Favorites GINE, DEQUINCEY & LEWIS STEVE EVANS BROWN & AMES LIAZEED TROUPE RKO 14 2 ISTH AYG ALWAYS COMFORTABLY COOLED ERICH REMARQUE'S Sequel fo “AN Quiet . on the Western Front” CAST OF THOUSANDS A New Bnivesal Pictue (vsie... "THE TORST OF NEW YORE" with CARY GRANT @ FRANCES FARMER ¢ ]Ac! OARE lnd EDWARD ARNOLD 0 Wis, STATE-BETHESDA a8 & CHARLES RUGGLES in “TURN OFF THE MOON.” LARRY CRABBE in “ARIZONA MAHONEY.” AMBASSA OR 505" Bd_Coi. 5505 T YOU FLOR| RI MARRIED, BEFONT. BREAKS ST, lso_Short Subject 621 B St. Phone Line. 3 LAY BONDIL (ICTOR MOOR! MAKE WAY FOR T¢ AVALON o Eie " Lawrence Phillips’ Thentrs Brnu Continuous From 430 P M ‘“California Straight Ahead,” '..hu‘ln( JOHN V«AYN! ‘g‘éBETIl‘,AL}}\; THEGDORE VON ELTZ § RCLAY. S.E. ,\1\5 18th 8t ROLINA A ERROL FLYNN and the VlAl/(.H i in “THE PRINCE AND THE PAUP! CIRCL nom K “Mirrophonic Sound. at 2lst St s oSum: BE! ONDI _in VAT FOR MoMORROW! Popeye. DUMBARTON JEAN MUIR_BEV *HER HUSHAND S SECRETAR and_Comedy 1343 Wisconsin Ave. gE-Conditioning OBERTS _in News TIA- D_C. GNALD WOODS Alr-Conditioned __and_ANN BYORAR " Short GIRL FROM _SCO’ 2324 Wisconsin Ave. Chur. Chase. Comedy. CALVERT Cley: %315 p! __Sport_Reel. L CENTRAL MADGE _EVANS 1 NCES NGFORD. and "“THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR COLONY “o35.0a Avs, N ROEERT MONTGOMERY and ROSA- \D RUSSELL in “NIGHT } GOR_ Oth Air-Conditi, LE B SPENCER TRACY and SYLVIA SIDNEY in “FURY.” 1119 B St. N.E Double Feature CLAIRE TREVOR, MICHAEL W TIME__OUT FOR atine KAY mwcx: o E _in_“ANOTHER_DAWAY SAVOY 3030 14th 8t N.W. Phone Col. 49GR BOB STEELE in * SHERIDAN § oy Doy, AVMECHE FIFT Tlvou 14th st M:llne 5 Gendiioned. CLARK GABLE MYRNA LOY and WILLIAM POWELL in “MANHAT- TAN MELODRAMA.” Short Sub- rects UPTOWN b WILL ROGERY “MARTON NIXON tn BULL."™ Short Subjects. Ga. Ave. oo P1 N HARRY CAREY. TRADER HOR Ge lver Spring. M. Continuous From 6:0( P.M “THE WOMAN I LOVE,” PAUL MUNL Mnu HOPK!NS STANTON Finest s.nm: !u-!nmenl. 51 SRR u%\u e vnh MARGARFX' DE. WARNER BROS. THEATERS P?HLIP HUST TAKOMA _ ;.:.':."*r “Prince and the Pauper.” Selected Short Bubiects ‘Tomorrow. Ons;'(nu?ul hel:"r‘u;sw - B PETER LORRE, __DONLI . “CRACK- PPODROME o555, 2 H R Wallace Beery. ak. __Loretta Younl EQ0 MT lANmn. MD. C. CLAUDETTE COLBERT “I MET HIM IN PARIS.” ARCA_DE 'n'ntho‘;n.u.’ MD. Ray Milland. “Wings Ovr:yflonolulu o8 GE: AMATEUR SHOW, 8 P.M. RICHMOND AL5XANDRIA™ vA. Today-Tom. Bine Oros “Walkiki in nl N M.— MAKES BRIAN OOTH in mm -man. tier Alr-Conditioned “GOOD OLD SOAK i _WALLACE BERRY. ERIC LINDEN SYLVAN dztme s rier Alr “A8_GOOD "AS with __JOHN_BOLES Doms NOlAN i PALM THEATER vt~ B2 1 uenry PONDA r-AT O'BRIEN BERNHE]MER’S\ Bob Burns in Colnnul\ GABLE and MYR! NELL Clarendan, DICK CHEROKEE STRIP Al XANIIIIA. VA, ‘oduy-Tomor in D MARX BROS. “DAY AT THE RACES." 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