Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1937, Page 60

AMUSEMENTS, “Madame Bovary” Played In Cinema Techmque : Guild Product‘on Will Have 17 Scenes; France Sends New Queen to America. BY JAY CARMODY. “Madame Bovary,” the Theater Guild's first production in Washington this season, should be as interesting to watch As the dramatization of Flaubert's novel there will be 17 scenes before Emma’s primrose e number of them smacks of two things— backstage as it will be out front. has been worked out, path comes to its thorny end. a lot of work for the stage crew and a of the movies. & Further statistics on the same sub- Ject indicate that Miss Constance Cummings will be the busiest person about the National Theater next week. Of the 17 scenes, she will be missing from only one. The omnipresence of‘ | l’ THE statistics are correct, Miss Cummings on the scene (or scenes) goes to show that those re- sponsible for the adaptation let no extraneous matter divert them from | following o re fascinating ladie: , Who never v Aln seem, as the th\ d of the novel was written five long years of effort A timeless story with a universal locale, the Guild says. And it has 17 scenes and almost as many actors on the way down here to prove it. ks ART of Hollywood's sad side is concerned with what might be ‘termed “the foreign menace.” It is not the concern of every one out there. Just a few people who probably are naturally melancholy. These, however, are dejected now and then with the constant importation of alien actors and actresses. Grant you they will that a Luise Rainer is an asset to the art of picture making, they still worry about the trend. Because Simone Simon, Sonja Henie, Mary McGuire, Franciszka Gaal and other ladies like that get picture jobs, they figure some worthy and beau from one of the towns in the States Postal Guide w stay out of work. So they t. their hands and cry softly beer. Well, which is what all this was| leading up to, for some mor: into their ous to look at ' Dormitory” She is ma who saw “Gil Belasco last Winter will remember, She can act. She is rated at moment as France's best young actress. | Her performance as ) Vetsera in now being shown in| New York, has Gotham critics saying | it is no exaggeration, this report of | her skill, Darrieux is going to work er r which Deanna Dur- | bin also works. She promises to be | quite an asset to that company, to| pictures, in fact to every one except | those who feel sofry because they think some girl in Limon, Colo., could | have done just as well had she been | given the chance. Miss Darrieux, who is 20 and really | Fiim story-telling technique quite like that | Java has invited Katharine Cornell is Mbs. Jacques Decoin, will be accom- panied by Mr. Jacques Decoin. He writes plays and directs pictures, so he probably is a kind of menace, too. * ok X % 1\1ARCH OF TIME'S biographical episode in the next issue takes as its text the Hon. Fiorello La Guardia. . . . In it Mayor La Guardia plays Mayor La Guardia and lots of other public notables, many of them from kere pl “ e and how the peo- n are turn- bullets are the | ngle) and coming back to on October the la theater . . Her new play, “Leaning on Letty,” straight comedy, has worked its way back to this country after opening in . ‘Stephens College in Missouri must think it's Hollywood. At any rate, the current issue of Variety re- ports it is paying Maude Adams $10,000 for two months as head of its new drama department. “That Certain Woman,” with Bette Davis, was screened yesterday by Warner's. Loew’'s acted likewise in behalf of the critics in the case of “Life Be- gins at College,” screened Tuesday. + + . The latter has the Ritz broth- ers and a seasonal foot ball theme, Katharine Cornell Invited to Java PRESIDENT J. PH. VAN HASSELT of the Bond van Kunstkringen of and her company to appear in Batavia, Sourabaya, Bandoeng and Semarang if she makes her world tour next year. It is Melieved that Miss Cornell will | be the ~rst foreign actress to visit Java with her own company of players | and the first player to present Shake- speare n English in that country The Bond van Kunstkringen is a | non-profit organization which has its | own theaters, where it gives concerts | by internationally famous musicians and produces plays acted by its own members. It also sponsors art exhibitions and pictures. The society | is supported by subscriptions from leading Dutch and foreign residents' in Java, and is the center of the cul- | tural life of the country. Common Interest. SCAR HOMOLKA hails from Vi- enna, Barry Fitzgerald from Dub- lin. When the two met recently on the set of Paramount’s technicolor production, “Ebb Tide,” in which they enact prominent roles, they found a common interest. Both played in “Juno and the Paycock” simultane- ously, each in his native city. England. | | for the first time with Henry Fonda. | The film, directed by Edmund Gould- | supporting artists EV Bette ADazn is paired /or the first time with Henry Fouda in her new starring film, "Tlml Cer- which comes to the Earle Theater tomorrow as the photoplay attiraction for the tain Woman,” coming week. New Pictures Appear at Theaters Downtown Cinema Scene Changes Tomorrow. ARLE—"That Certain Woman" | gives Bette Davis a role that| provides full scope for her dra- | matic talents and teams her ing. boasts a supporting cast which | includes Anita Louise, Ian Hunter and | Donald Crisp. Xavier Cugat and his[ orchestra will present Latin and American rhythms as the headline at- | traction of the stage show, with Song- | stress Carmen Castillo heading the| Keith’s—The cinema's technicolor fashion parade moves in as Holly- | wood's bid for the fashion setting | crown that was Paris. It's a gay| splash of color, with Joan Bennett, Warner Baxter and Mishca Auer in-| volved in the story and with hundreds of gorgeous models wearing the clothes. | Capitol—College goes haywire or haywire goes to college in the film fare here. It's the Ritz Brothers' first star- ring vehicle, titled “Life Begins at College.” The mad freres are sup- ported by Joan Davis, Gloria Stuart, | Tony Martin, Nat Pendleton and| others. There also will be a variety stage show on the program. Metropolitan—"Bulldog Drummond Comes Back,” latest in the series of adventures of the suave British sleuth. John Howard has the Drummond role and John Barrymore comes through with a character part that calls for him to hide the profile in some sur- prising disguises. Louise Campbell and Reginald Denny are in the cast. DINNER DANCING Dinner, $200. Sot, 32.25 . Cover, $5¢; Sat G Hol, 31.10 o Additional Cover tor Dinner Guest e 1 <SAO‘C€ am F™ne. sonsers roorae 4 CONGERTS N. SERIES (8 Aft’ 4:00): Ponselle, Iturbi. Heifetz. nish Chorus, Fons, Nelson Eddy. 2nd SUN. SERIES (6 Sun. Aft'ns): artini, k_Chorus. Menuhin, @ Grace Moore, Tibbett, Brailowski. ries tickets (20% deposit accepted $4.95, $6.60, $9, $12, inc. tax. Mrs. 7151, Ask for circular. TIIEATHE 'PARKING 6P.M.TO 3 s c 1AM. | CAPITAL GARAGE 333, % &% WHAT DOES AGING DO TO BEER? 'WHAT IS MEANT BY “BUBBLE-LOCKED” FLAVOR? It means that the flavor is locked in tiny bubbles like you find in Senate. Large bubbles mean that the life will quickly £0 out of the glass—because the bigger the bubble the bigger the amount of flavor that escapes. 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TO INSURE the “camera appeal” of his dances, George/ Balanchine, famed ballet master of the American | ballet, is using a 16-millimeter movie outfit in creating the choreography for Samuel Goldwyn's “The Goldwyn Follies.” After he has worked out a dance idea, Balanchine has his per- formers execute it and photographs them with his own home movie outfit, He views the results on his own screen, makes the improvements that suggest themselves, or occasionally discards the idea altogether. “Since becoming acquainted with " LOANS 71 years of buying, selling and lending on diamonds, jewelry, etc. Liberal Loans at Lewest Possible Rates CASH FOR OLD GOLD (Government License) Established 1866 LOAN OFFICE 5603 King St, Alex., Va. WASH. STORB 1215 H Bt. 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Carrier " Air-Conditione “SLAVE SHIP ARNER BAXTER. WALLACE BERNHEIME 'S Direclion of SlDNEY LUST SYLVAN i.r2 & 5 e i “EXCLUSIVE,” FRED McMURRAY. FRANCES FARMER PALM THEATER %1% “CONFESSION, " B, KAY FRANCIS, BASIL RATHBONE. | in NO_PARKT: WORRIE KE! ASIL RATHB “MAKE & W —m‘cfififl_\m— STATE - tircus of vy, 't Have Every. veln the merri- s, tuniest Century- + with this glo-roarious cast! JOAN DAVIS TONY MARTIN GLoriaA STUART FRED STONE Even in "Pigskin Pa- rade,” football wos never like this! But then the Ritzes never played football before ! $°a j NAT PENDLETON - DICK BALDWIN JOAN MAR SH+JED PROUTY. MAURICE CASS-MARJORIE WEAVER ROBERT LOWERY*ED THORGERSEN Directed by William A- Seiter Associate Producer Tunberg and Don Enfinger * stories by Darrell Ware - Harold Wilson - Screen Play by Karl Suggested by o series of Ritz Brothers Specialty Routines by Sam Pokross. Sid Kuller and Ray Golden Darryl F Zanuck in Charge of Produchon BIG APPLE REVUE /216 JNING M5 AMERAAS int The yoars dance sendaton Last Day: JAMES GAGNEY In “SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT” . . . o BOB CROSBY’S ORCHESTRA 4 )