Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1937, Page 40

B—20 Mr. Carmody Finds Stars Looking Toward the Stage S0 Happy and Content| With No Footlights in Their Eyes, No Audiences Before Them. But He Finds Them Al BY in this glittering, not to men vearnings of the hearts that beat in the torsos of the stars. a house divided in favor of itsel trick of the week) between the pictures out here have rather learned to zxpvcr every Interview, “Do you ever have a yen back East and do a play?” ask The answer invariably is one that would gladden the hearts of the sour- | pussed gents who look upon Hollywood as the headquarters of a bunch of barbarians intent upon ravaging and | sacking the living theater. They all | #ay they would like going back very much, indeed, thank you, but what ahall they do for plays. Take, for example, Franchot Tone | Tone is a much-respected actor ‘ these parts, and deservedly. He ‘ns‘ A respected actor on the stage be!nre’ he came, again deservedly. He would | like nothing better than to take a sab- batical year away from the make- believe of this for the make-believe of that. What is more, he has every intention of doing it. After another year. he intends to see what he can do in the way of finding a suitable ve- hicle in which to ride back before audiences whose applause you can hear, instead of having to read it in the morning mail When you talk to Tone over at M-G-M, where he is one of the more serfous and studious of the younger lights on the lot, you do not gather that his heart is breaking. On the | contrary, he is quite happy with what has been done for him, to him and with him out here. He is no exile from the homeland. Nothing like it But he would like to see footlights in front of him again x ok K x 'HEY don't get over the yearning. Herbert, Marshall, over at R-K-O, who has been out here so long now that his absence would be as unusual | @& the current weather, registers a handsome bereavement when the stage 15 mentioned. But he knows all the ebstacles to going back to it; the diffi- | culty of getting the right part in the | right play, the hard work involved, | the propositon of pay, and a score of | other impediments. | Similarly well informed on the sub- | Ject is Josephine Hutchison. Miss | Hutchison, who jumped all the way| out here to Warners, thence to M-G-M, from the old Rams' Head Players in Washington (with Broad- way in between, of course), does not regard her stage career at an end.! Circumstances or lassitude or money (lucky things) may get her eventually out of the mood, but it has survived them so far. i George Murphy, who, under the Jocal alchemy, has become a dramatic | part player after years of hoofing and | singing in some of the better stage musicals, regards his divorce from the stage as an interlocutory. He to go we always ®ays S0 in even fewer words with UPil is the M-G-M company which | characteristic Murphy verve and em- phasis Frank Thomas, stage veteran “ho played Washington so many times he feels like a member of the Board of Trade, is pretty forthright in his es- timate of the former stage piayi out here. i “It's <n easy life,” he says. “You have to work long hours, sure; but you get paid well for it. You don’t have to work as hard as on the stage. And certainiy you don't have to ac- cept as much responsibility. There's always the director between you and | the unimpressed public, although a | performer is bound to be caught up | with in time if he fails to come through.” Lovely Gladvs George, who still re- members that luncheon given for her | in Washington last year when iant Is the Word for Carrie” came there, 1so thinks of the stage as s mother to whom she could go home | should the going get rough. Her hus- | band, Leonard Penn, who is coming along nicely in pictures as his bet(kr‘i parts invariably prove, would be on | the same train going to the same| mother. * o ok X AKI‘M TAMIROFF, who handles Paramount's villainous roles with | 8 classic touch which he learned inj the Moscow Art Theater, is nnother‘ M.L.WEISS CO. | DECORATORS ! No Better Work Done Papering, Painting Prompt Service Most Reasonable | co. 6725 0] SINCI: uu? Bn?fij’amtfiore *@Wfi’mfi Consult Our Graduate Optometrist | A thoroush exami- nation will are Stop in M. A. LEESE OPTICAL CO. 614 9th St. N.W. { 0‘0“' & pessert et lec“s gnd uM\“’* JAY CARMODY. OLLYWOOD, August 16.—One phase of keeping vour loyalties straight, | That, of course, might not be so good | for the theater as an art, for one sus- | just as a tentative specimen of what | | come 11, for instance, and the picture SMARTLY AMUSEMENTS. tion humid, city is investigating the 8o, being 1f (sometimes it looks like the neatest and the stage, players from Broadway one question as a definite feature o( Hollywoodite who would take a New York address again under the right | conditions. Tamiroff, who is very much a stu- dent of everything connected with the theater except possibly the box of- | fice, has investigated the effect of one kind of acting upon the other. He was extremely thorough about it, as a | matter of fact \ ‘Wondering recently if kleig lights had dissolved the stage artist in him, whether he had lost his knack for ! playing before audiences, he took a whirl at a part in the Pasadena Com- munity Playhouse. Everything seemed | to be intact, just as it was in the days before he came out here and waited nine months for it to dawn upon film makers that Tamiroff was one of the things for which they had been waiting The mere fact that these players, and others, cannot forget there once was a peculiar glory in hearing ap- plause for a good performance is not going to mean their return to Broad- way. It seems doubtful that many of them will even if it suddenly dawns upon producers in the East that a the right stars in any kind of play. pects that Clark Gable could pack them in playing Simon Legree in “Un- cle Tom’s Cabin.” Not, to be sure, that Gable would take the role, but might be done. ! Players out here generally are too smart to be caught in any scheme like that. They know that different stand- ards prevail in other respects than | the weekly pay. Let a performer be- | stops. Let the same thing happen on | the stage where “the show must go on” and an understudy may step in THE - EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. ¢ cinema city. “Paraduse Is a Hard Place to Leave” Hollywood's stars look favorably upon a return to the stage, but there are drawbacks, such as obtaining the right roles and the fact they’d have to leave the pleasant life of the Johnsons’ lot of money can be made by getting | Last Made ‘In Borneo Film Coming to Keith’s. HEN you think of jungle ad- venture you think of Mr and Mrs. Martin Johnson. Their names stand at the and knock the spots off the perform- ance of the sick man. When box of- fice is the criterion, you don't have to worry about such things. Where art is involved, it is not the same thing at all. We can report, therefore, that while many players out here are dying for a chance to get back to the theater, they also are well aware that they might really die if they made it. Some of them undoubtedly will return, but paradise is a hard plate to leave, ON LOCATION JOR the firet time in e history of pictures an English motion picture unit is on location in Hollywood. The ‘will film “Yank at Oxford” in London | studios. The scenes, which require two days’ work, show Robert Taylor, star of the film, receiving his scholarship to Ox- ford and leaving an American univer- sity. background and bit players. | Taylor, Director Jack Conway and | Maureen O'Sullivan leave for London | next week. BLANK BOOKS Our large, affords the aelection _in complete mest. varied Washingten. E. MORRISON PAPER CO 1009 Fa Asc Phone NA. 294 DANCI A School With a National Repufa o W llorm Reputation Don Martini Studios Those who dance interestingly never meed worry about their popularity. waltz, foxtrot, tango, rumba, tap. 1¢u Patient Talented Trlulwn Beginners Advanced: Private Lessons -Conditioned! Low Rates! 1811 H St. N.W. __“Don_Marfini_conducts t graph exploration and the adventures of plunging into wild lands. Martin Johnson, as you know, was recently killed in an airplane crash, but his wife, Osa, is carrying on. At present she is off on another filming expedition in Africa, and her cinema chore was the supervising and editing of the Johnsons' last joint effort, the photographic record of their trip to Borneo. “Borneo” is the title, and it comes to R-K-O Keith's Theater next Friday. | The late Martin Johnson had his first film experience many years ago. When he was 16 he was taken to the South Seas by Jack London, London filmed his picture, “The Cruise of the Shark.” the crank of the primitive camera with which the expedition was equipped. Careers Recalled By top on the list of those who photo- | | sailboat for the Island of Jast | when | Where and When Current Theater Attractions] and Time of Showing. Earle—"Mr. Dodd Takes the Air,” a | new mad comedy by the fellow who wrote “Mr. Deeds,” at 11 a.m., 1:35, 4:25,7:15 and 10 pm. Stage shows at 12:45, 3:25, 6:20 and 9:10,p.m. Caj ‘You Can't Have Every- thing,” bright musical with & lot of Ritz madness, at 11 a.m. 1:40, 4:25, don Johnson settled In Independence, Kans., where he met and married Osa Helen Leighty. moon on London’s ranch the John- sons journeved to Svdneyv, Australia, and from there set out in a 28-foot Malekula, i the New Hebrides, for pictures of the cannibal inhabitants “Head Hunting in Malekula,” “Can- nibals of the South Seas” and “Cap- tured by Cannibals’ were among the films the pair made on succeeding voy- ages in the South Pacific area. Dur- ing this same period they also paid their first visit to Borneo, fiming “Jungle Adventure.” The Johnsons made additional pic- | tures in the Malay States. Egypt and Ceylon, then turned their attention to the interior of Africa On their return visit to Borneo, the | land where they went two decades Young Martin John- | ago as & happy young couple, Mr. and son was allowed occasionally 1o turn | Mrs. Johnson flew far up the mcm-u of the muddy Kinebatanaan River to | bring back a sound film record of the | animals and life in the land of the | Returning from the jaunt with Lon- | descendants of the head hunters. | Hence the need of an American | Relax While You Dance 'O DANCE well you must have confidence and knowledge of the dance. Ethel M. Fistere, formerly with Arthur Murray, will take you out of the “guessing class” with a few lessons. Peggy Kelly School of The Dance Studio, 1018 1Rth St. 8T. 9888 DANCE Learn new steps now at low summer rates Don't sit on the sidelines of popu- larity because your dancing is not | up-to-date. Visit Leroy H. Thayer's studios. Expert instructors will brush up your dancing—help you overcome awkward faults—make you a smart dancer in just a few enjoyable lessons. | Call today for a guest lesson and dance | analysis—without obligation. Studios | open daily from 10 to 10. | LEROY H. THAYER 1215 Connecticut Ave. MEt. 4121 Yoii've never tasted @ more sat- istying, delicious meal than our 50c dinner. Dine with us tonite—air-cooled—convenient —cafeteria ond table service. special CAFETERIA National Press Building 14th AT F STREET N.W. » After a honey- | 5 and 9:50 pm. Stage shows at 12:55, 3:35, 6:20 and 9 p.m. Keith's—"The Toast of New York,” Jim Fisk makes and loses millions, at | | 11:35 a.m,, 2, 4:30, 6:55 and 9:25 p.m. “March of Time,” at 11:15 a.m., 1:40, | 4:10, 6:35 and 9:05 p.m. Palace—"The Good Earth,” superb | | transiation of Pearl Buck's novel to | | the screen, at 11 a.m., 1:35, 4:10, 6:45 and 9:30 pm Metropolitan—"Marry the Girl,” | farce on a slightly insane plane, at 111:50 am, 1:50, 3:50, 5:50, 7:50 and 9:50 p.m | Columbia—-Saratoga,”, Jean Hars low’s last picture, at 11:40 am., 1:40, 13:45, 5:45, 7:45 and 9:45 p.m. | Trans-Lux—News and shorts. Show | runs 1 hour and 15 minutes, continu- ous from 10 am. until midnight. Rialto—""The Man Who Could Work Miracles,” Roland Young has fun| in an H. G. Wells' thesis on society. at 11:20 am, 1:25, 3:25, 5:30, 7:40 and 9:45 p.m Little—"Rose Marie.” popular |11 am., 9:40 p.m Ambussador—"Mr. Dodd Takes the Air,” at 6:15, 8 and 9:55 p.m | Sheridan—"The Singing Marine,” Dick Powell's latest musical, at 1:30, 3:30, 5:35, 7:40 and 9:45 pm Tiveli—"'A Day at the Races” the mad Murxes at their maddest, at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30 and 9:35 p.m. Uptown—"The Singing Marine," 2:35, 4:55, 7:20 and 9:40 pm. Roadside—"The Haunted Mill,” an- | other old-time melodrama, is brought | | to life, at 8:30 p.m. revival of the MacDonald-Eddy musical, at 1:05, 3:15, 5:25, 7:30 and at Victor Kilian, noted actor. now at Warner Bros., is one of the best ama- | teur archers in the country. I C ARUSO'S flawless voice, al- most unparalleled for robust rich- ness, endowed with already exalted har composers . . . Your wise proclaim the taste and thirst appeasing refreshment that endow o Choice grains and Time’s mellow aging are the great composers of harmony in Senate flavor and the Senate body that “Holds Its Head High in Any Com- pany.” CER. NEVRICH BREWING COMPANY | includes | to be given Gene at | Hotel | leaves ere long. you know, ENRICO CARUSO MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1937. Roland Young at Rlalto AMUSEMENTS. In Photoplay by H. G. Wells BY HARRY MacARTHUR. R. H. G. WELLS does not hold man in very high esteem. His mo- tion picture, “The Man Who Could Work Miracles.” now at the Rialto, while spiced considerably by the good wit of Roland Young, is devoted principally to the contention that there is a lot of room for improvement in the human mind, books. “The Man Who Could Work Miracles Mr. Wells, concerns itself with an ob-+ scure clerk named George McWhirter Fotheringay, picked at random by the | giver of power as the guinea pig in an experiment to determine what hu- mans would do if granted an almost infinite power to fashion their ends. You know what happens. Power is too much for the little people on this earth; the mind is not advanced to the stage where it can control it. As the giver of power says to his brothers who scoffed, when his experiment fails, “Well, only yesterday they were apes; come around in an age or tw Mr. Wells’ knowledge that greed and avarice are two of the major items keeping the world from the Utopia it seeks is not his alone, but he is the first to have put it into a photoplay | script. At least the first to put it into | & script that has, underneath it's humor, such telling effect. Mr. Fother- ingay's first thought, when he au-v covers he can work miracles, is of | the music halls and the career open to him there. Then there is a succes- sion of people who attempt to use him | to further their own seifish pians. It's| bewildering to him and when he emerges from his bewilderment he is drunk himself with the sense of power | and attempts to pattern his own | Utopia, without any pattern. Mr. Wells has been careful to point | . . out that this power to perform mir- acles is a physical one and does not get inside the human mind. Power | over the human mind, in the fight | hands, leaves open all sorts of possi- bilities for that betterment of life | which no one concerned with the awry could achieve. It is interesting, too, to | wonder what might have happened ‘wlth this power o work miracles in another mind than that of an obscure clerk. Of course, if you are not disposed | in the middle of August toward seri- | ous thought on the fate of humanity in an sge or two, or thought about | its present state and condition, you still can enjoy “The Man Who Worked Miracles.” Interwoven in Mr. Wells' social thesis is considerable fun, fur- thered by Mr. Roland Young, hiding under a toupee, but not far enough, under it that his considerable comedy talent is hidden from view. Mr. Young, as usual, is & very funny fellow and the direction, by Lothar Mendes, and the manner in which the production has been handied by Alex- ander Korda, lre toynotch. x % OSE MARIE. the Jeanette Mac- | Donald-Nelson Eddy hit, con- | tinues for a second week of its revival at the Little Theater, the first film | 0 hold over there in many a moon. * o ok x {VERY one who knows and likes Gene Ford (and that probably just about everybody who | is anybody) will be on hand Monday, August 30, for the farewell testimonial the Willard the Variety Club. Gene to take up important duties having to do with the Loéw-Metro radio station, WHN, in New York. Hardie Meakin of by rare qualities the monies of great palate will like- rare qualities of WASHINGTON, D. C. | men, | STANTON ,,%:% and we don’t mean by reading good dapved (rnm hh own story by Keith's and Harry Lohmeyer of War- ners are co-chairmen of the commttee arranging the farewell | | SHOOTING Trom the Feurt: “Brother | Rat,” the George Abbott comedy success, which closes its Broadway season September 4 after 308 per- formances, comes to the National the week of September 13 . . . “Artists | and Models” is only the beginning . . . Warners have booked a number of other films which Paramount plans to be outstanding, for showing at the Earle and Metropolitan . . . “Souls at Sea,” with Gary Cooper and George Raft, and Marlene Dietrich's new | ilm, wherein she has Herbert Mar- | shall and Melvyn Douglas as leading | will be here soon The Dietrich item has been titled “Angel” |in shooting, though it may be some- thing else by now . . . “Going Native” { Will be previewed over WMAL at 6:30 tomorrow night . . . the George Wash- inglon University vocal ensemble, | Gordon Hittenmark, Claire Gregorie, Jane Zernia, Jerry Hess, Jimmy Mul- roe, Dick Leslie and others of the cast contributing to the 15-minute broad- | cast . . . Robert Taylor seems to have become a full-fledged musical comedy star in “Broadway Melody of 1938" . A bulletin from Ray Bell an-| nounces that he “not only acts and dances, but he sings” . .. The Question mark is ours and not Ray's . Mr. Taylor is a personality and 1ot an actor and we'll argue about it - Melodrama comes right downtown | tomorrow night, “The Drunkard” be- ing staged at the Sylvan Theater by the Langly Lambs Club as the tenth | Summer Festival of the season . . . The Gayely Theater reopens a week | from next Sunday, according to an- nouncement by Jimmy Lake . . . and the “Mayor of Ninth Street” says further that there will be new scenes by newly engaged writers from all the flelds of entertainment, a situation which will be very tough indeed on those critics who used to sit in H 1 and 3 and solemnly repeat under their breath all of the skits, line for line, Just & jump ahead of the comics NOW PLAYING H.G.WELLS COMEDY WAN WHO Courp| | TRk M| ALEXANDER KORDA product iore TNRONE OF TNE GODS™ Narration by LOWELL THOMAS _AIWRILLING TAUK 10 THE 107 OF 1L mORLE CE P LR Y] TERRACE DANCING = $200. Sor. 32.25 55¢. 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