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The Washington times., 1929-12-23
BUDDY ROGERS
TN CARNIVAL
DRAMA

The Earle has an excellent
bill for the holiday week, one
certain to appeal to young and
old as an entertaining and en-.
joyable performances. The fea-
ture picture, Half Way to
Heaven is q thrilling and
human story of big tent
team, starring Buddy Rogers
and an exceptionally well
chosen supporting cast. The
film, adapted from H. L. Gates
play Here Comes the Band
Wagon" lends itself admir-.
ably to sound production.
Young Rogers shows q forth
tude for acrobatics and q YER
satility for acting, not to men
ton q remarkable ability for
setting the hearts of the femi-
nine delegation to fluttering
rapidly. However, the picture
is especially notable for the
unusually good supporting
cast. Jean Arthur Is the
charming young girl who plays
the fair member of the aero
batic trio and who falls In love
on sight with the youthful
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GH BELLS CHIMES AND CAROLS ON MERRY CR7MAS PROGRAS.
When the Feature
Is Shown On
the Screen

RIALTO Laura IaPlante
and Walter Scott Kolk in Hold
Your Man" At 1850 q. M,
1850. $3.50. $50. 1850 and ESQ
p. m.
PALACE-Gertrude Lawrence
In 1.-THE Battle Of Paris" At
1905, 2:40, $40. 7:45 and 9:55
p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Ted Lewis
in rs Everybody Happy?" At
1889 q. m, 1889. $3.50, $50,
1889 and $40 p. m.
EARLE - Buddy Rogers IN
Half Way to Heaven" At
1885 a. m, 1885, 2:25, 4:20,
sos, 3 and 9:55 p. m.
FOXGeorge Jessell in Love,
Live and Laugh" At 1855
q. m. 2:29, 4:44, T:44 and
1850 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Jules Verne's
Mysterious island" with Lionel
barrymore. At IL q. M, i:O5,
3:15, $40. tao and 9:4O p. m.
RK-O KEITH's - Eric Won
Stroheim and Betty Compson
In "The Great Gabho." At,
1I:l2 q. m. i:1S, 3.i8, 5.12, tbs
and 9:15 p. m.
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trenches and sings "Stillige
Nacht," for there Is no bitter:
ness In Luigi's soul. The Aus
tralians take up the refrain
across mo mans land" lsiich
incidents did occur during the
war). Luigi Is gassed, losses
his eyesight, becomes 8 prisoner
or war and is reported dead.
Margharita. finally consoled,
weds q great surgeon.
Years later Luigi returns to.
The United states to look for
his sweetheart. Though the
efforts of his good friend
PasQuale, he Is brought to the
great surgeon, Marg1arita's
husband, and, In the course of
time. regails his vision, When
Luigi sees that his sweetheart
has, found happiness, he goes
away with q smile on his face
but with an aching heart.
George JesSel plays the role
with q great deal Of earnest.
ness and fire. Unfortunately his
personality does not project
through the celluloid as well as
it gets across" the footIights.
The lovahle an sweet Lila Lee
plays opposite. The picture Is
filled with children, harmonica
music and pleasant songs about
baby arms.
The stage preSenta ton
Dance Moods features the.
Hirsch-Arnold girls Ia 3 beauti.
full ballet number. Vince silk
introduces the acts and sings
Is heart throb piece. Gus Muicay,
Betty and Roman, AL Kapp
and Tish and the Robbins
trio entertain diversely The
Brusiloff orchestra does q med
ley of carols the leaders own
arrangement.
Two colorful Christmas trees
adorn the stage.
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LOLA PIERCE
STARS AT
GAYETY

"The FIapper Follies,. with
that talented young women,
Lola Pierce, leading q company
Of clever players through 9
Joyous program Of wit ind
melody, opened the Christmas
week festivities at Jimmie
Lakes Gayety Tneater yester-
day to crowded houses.
Miss Pierce ranks top high
among the star entertainers Of
the Mutual circuit. Possessing
q voice Of unusual beauty and
q charm Of personality, her
numbers brought down the
house and had the boys wildly
acclaiming their approval. Jack
Montague, q tramp comedian,
Is just as good ia his own
particular field.
Billie Ia Monte. vivaci0tis
vocalist: Jack Fuller. come
dian; Madge Vincent, Earl
Root, musician; Peggy White,
soubrette, and George Stellar
are the other principals Of the
production who during the
course Of the program, come
through with offerings that
help to make this one OF the
most entertaining bllr1esque
attractions seen in washington
IN many moons.
A chorus Of good looking
young women flash on and of
In song and dance ensembles
and win honors in ARTS Revue
Petite" q delightful creation
with q dash Of beauty and
color.
Jimmie Lake promises his
fans q joyous treat ia D mid
night matinee and froIic Of
syncopated song. whirlWind
dance and Jazz huraOr starting
at 1880 o'clock Thursday
night. December rs. THE pro-
duction viii be entirely new
In every detail.
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JESSEL STARS
IN STORY. OF
SENTIMENT

If, after seeing Love, Live
and Laugh" at the Fox this
week, you can still pass a blind
beggar on the streets without
emptying your pockets into his
hat or refrain from purchasing
Christmas seals: you are indeed
q heartless scrooge.
For Love, Live and Laugh"
Is lush with holiday sentiment
and the spirit Of good will and
self.sacrifice. There is not q
william or an evil thought In the
picture. True at time, 1t lapes
into sticky sentiInentality but
one. can stand q little hokurln
at this season.
Here is the story Of Love,
Live and Laugh" Read it and
weep.
Luigi, q sweet-singing Italian
boy with a heart as big as him.
self, loves Margharita, the
niece Of his employer, and she
Is very much in love with him.
Luigi's philosophy Is "anytheeng
can happen In one 1eedle
meenoot so love. live and
laugh" He returns to Italy to
visit his dying father and Is
forced TO enter the Italian
army. On Christmas eve Luigi
stands up In the front line
The Washington times., 1929-12-23
BLONDE LAURA
IN CHUCKLING
CO M EDY

Laura La Plante, the spark
ling blonde star Of Show Boat"
will be seen at the Eialto
through Tuesday. in 1 domestic
comedy named Hold Your
Man." which, as the title sug-
z gests. Is q lesson In love and
laughter.
Laura portrays chic and
capricious wife who yearns to
paint apaches In Paris. Hubby,
however, absorbed In the more
serious art Of earning bread
and butter. has turned from o.
lover into q lawyer and refuses
To be impressed by Wifey's rush
Of noise, stllks and threats. So,
just for spite. she sails for
Europe.
IN gay Paree. Laura learns
her talent is made Of tinsel
and meets with an alarming
adventure. that causes her to
see the sweet safef1ess Of apart
naent life In New York. Then
to her dismay, q telegram ar
rives. advising hubby Is coming
to Paris for q divorce. Realizing
that II you don't Hold Your
Mar" somebody else will, WHEY
wages 8 witty battle Of wits
that brings hubby and his
fiancee TO her apartment, dur.
ing 3 rain-storHn that weaveg
the tangled threads Of the play
into an extremely comic climax.
After reels Of nnerriment. the
knot that has slipped just
bit is retied quite securely, and
while the siren snores to the
tune Of sleeping powders and 4
taxi-driver honks all night for
his fare, Laura. beside herself
with happiness. holds her
man" beside the flaming fire
side.
Walter Scott Kolk, as the
laWyer.husbande makes q young
and handsome hero who Be-
hevcs Ia being himself, and
Mildred Van Dorm plays one
Of those beautiful but dunno
young things you read 80 much
about.
Laura IA Plante as the wife
Is pert, pretty and petite with
devastating dimples, 4 charm
ingly contagious smile and 81
will Of her own. that makes
Hold Your Man, !" 4 speedy
story Of smiles offering refresh.
ing pre-huliday entertainment.
Some sample scenes from
The Shannons Of Broadway.
the Universal comedy special
coming to the Rialt6 Christmas
day, explains why the STAGE
stars James and Lucille Gleason
have won such extraordinary
popularity, and promises WasI1
1T1gtoll fans d feast OF fun
well worth looking forward to.
The current program con
cllldeS with 3 talking Mack
Sennett comedy chuck fslll of
chuckles, two added novelties
and 8 Universal newsreel offer
ing = vivid variety of world
events. photographed from III.
teresting and thrilling angles
ALICE
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JAZZ DOCTOR
IN HIT AT
MET

Put clarinet In the nervous
hands Of Ted Lewis, set q bat
tered silk hat on his head and
he becomes The Medicine
Man for the Blues as he
sings so ably In his first star
ring picture. rs Everybody
Happy?n at the Metropolitan
this week.
Lewis is the personificati0n
Of jazz, as he Wiggles, struts
and sQuir1ns through 4 hot
number. Every word. every
gesture. carries q world Of
meaning IL Is made q com
ponent part Of 3 carefully de
signed whole.
But, Invested of his familiar
accessories and told to get up
Ia front Of that nlicrophone
and act. DR.. Lewis, be ii said,
is no Barrymore. He has his
own style; 1t is true: he in
vests every scene with bis song
ambulance personality, but III
doesn't tally with the accepted
standards 81 histrionic art BY 4
little bit.
Is Everybody Happy" ought
to be a success, IL only for the
numerous pleasant moments
which Lewis affords. when he
steps out in front Of his band
and Marbles brand-new, red
hot numbers. puts clarinet and
saxaphOne through tricks they
never knew they had and car
rieE his audience With him on q
whiriWind excursion into the
land of Jazz.
The story Is about b young.
Hungarian violinist, who emil
CRATES to America with his
father, q brilliant musician In.
the good old pre-War days, and
his mother. Unable to find
concert work III New York, Ted
pawns his fathers invaluable
violin and buys i clarinet and
saxophone.
With the help Of 3 beautiful
blonde goddess, IN the person
of Alice Day. Ted Is enabled to.
climb the ladder 81 success.
Ann Pennington, as d child.
hood friend now famous as u
Broadway dancer, furnishes q
good Characterization and IS
seen Ia some good dance num-
bers. She is also the menace
In the plot.
Lawrence Grant, julia
Swayne Gordon and Otto Hoff-
man. good troupers all, also are
\ In the cast.
The short films and newsreel
. proved exceptionally interest
ing and amusing, and there was
also a gorgeous color trailer on
Show Of Shows" next attrac-
ton at the Metropolitan j n.
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GREAT GABBO
In FIN AL
DAYS

with Corbin Shields handling
the crowds with the skin of.
an r Street traffic officer and
the box office boys working
with both hands, THE Great
Gabbo packed them III atl
every performance at RK-O
Keith's yesterday. This fea-
tilre remains till Christmas
night. when Rudy Vallee and
his Connecticut Yankees ar
rive Ii The Vagabond Lover
Art has had many servants.
but It Is doubtful If she ever
had d more devoted one than
Won StrOheiiIl. The man fairly
revels III realism and his re.
cord Is rich In instances Of
that devotion. Here we have
him as q great performer and
q greater egotist. Subinergiilg
every human sentiment To the
one idea Of his own greatness,
he loses the girl he loves. With
her loss, the bubble bursts,
greatness fades and the mutter-
iIlgs Of ambition become the
rawlings Of a, madman.
A splendid story every mo
ment Of it-but without the
art Of Eric Won Stroheim it
would end there. AS 1t is, we
are treated to 4 brilliant char-
acter study that often rises
superior to the plot in holding
the attention. Betty Compson,
Is still the clever and beautiful
actress. She gives the star
admirable support In a sympa.
thetic character. The Others
in the cast are Of uniform
excellence.
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Gillette Wins Place
With so I1nInortals
OF Academy

William Gillette, who says
farewell to the stage In Ser
lock Holmes" ct the National
Theater the week Of january
8, Is the only actor who Is q
member Of the American Acad-
envy Of Arts and Letters the
Fifty InlInortaIs." as the insti-
tuition Is called.
Mr.. Gillette. however, did not
win this honor as an actor, but
on his record as q drAmatist
and 9 " ter Of fiction.
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Ned (Rogersl. Miss Arthur is
given the leading feminine role,
which she handles very well, at
least in so far as the play allows.
Paul Lucas, as the jealous lover
of the girl, who stops at moth
ing, not even murder. to win,
does perhaps the best bit of
acting. Helen Ware, as the
fortune teller member Of the
troupe, is scream, and Oscar
APPEL does splendidly In q lesser
part. A youth, Eric hester,
gains q first place with this.
reviewer, as presenting one Of
the most human and amusing
performances seen in 8 long
time. The boy plays the part
Of the younger brother, aged
shout IL, and how he does it.
well have you . younger
brother?
The story itself Is probably
Just like one you saw last
year or maybe this, but it's sim
cere and honest and clean and
good, one Of those which sur
fers none in repetition.
The subsidiary features are
as usual varied and entertain
ing. A diversified neWsreeI Is
instructive and extra films are
satisfactory. just d word con
corning the forerunner for the
Earle's next picture, cOstarring
Dolores Costello and JACK Null
hall. for these previews are
, certainly intriguing and I'M
usual.
The Earle concert orchestra
rounds out the program with
IN appropriate overture or
fGshffgkn4an sn1a0e n
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STAR
IN FEEBLE
TALKIE

Although Gertrude Lawrence,
the English musical comedy
star. is exploited to the hilt
in 'aThe Battle Of Paris" the
current attraction at the Palace.
It Is Charles Ruggles who saves
the day.
Charlie, the delightful drunk
Of Gentlemen Of the Press"
and THE Lady Lies" gets but
fitting opportunities to exhibit
his prowess In portraying an
inebriate In the picture. But
he makes the most Of those OPP
portunities.
You should Just hear his
French accent, It's perfect. And
he Is Just as comical in broken
English as ever. Everytime he
arrives on the scene the fun
starts all over again.
The inimitable Ruggles has
but to lift his perky little eye
brows to arnuse thiss reviewer,
but regardless Of personal rap
lures, you must not miss him In
this vehicle, which without him
would be q genuine FLOP"
Miss Lawrence does not wear
as well on the screen as the
stage. Her voice breaks loose
at frequent intervals and Gre
GteS noticeable nlicrophonic
blasts. Neither does her sing
ing reproduce to full advan
tage.
She adds pep to the feeble
script, however, and since It is
essentially d presentation of
war Whoopee," one might over
look those dramatic attempts
which failed to make the grade.
Al story involves two street
singers in Paris, hungry and no
immediate prospects Of q meal.
The singers are Charles and
Gertrude. While doing 8 mum
Der for d crowd, two prosperous
Americans stop to listen. Enter
the Gendarfnes 10 arrest all
women On the streets alone.
Charlie, or zlizu, tears away,
but the girl, Georgi, pleads
With one 81 the Americans to
pretend he is her escort. Walter
retri, In the Yankee role, comes
TO her rescue and In the furry,
Georgi relieves him Of his wal.
let.
Of course, the next morning
she returns Il to him st his
apartment, where she learns he
Is 3 struggling artist and con
sents to pose for him. They
fall in love. The World War IS
declared and he leaves for the
front. Georgi stays IN his apart
11aert.
The war scenes are tiresome
fillerS-i11, but no more sense.
less than the idea Of GONZALES
cent soldiers singing &C the tops
Of their lungs. in 8 hospital
ward.
Well anyway. Georgi's lover
comes back On THROUGH and
falls for another woman.
Geurgi Is heartbr0kerl, but
through bl1e medium of stolen
clothes and innunerable songs
and scenes III b cafe, topped
OFF with kidnapping and .
fight 81 four soldiers against
40 or so Eangsters, to say moth
Ing of armistice being signed
Just In time TO save the hero
from court martial, everything
gets Strengthened out and they
live happily ever after.
Allan Rogers Is the genial
master Of ceremonies for the
stage presentation of Fan
Fancies. b spectacular prOduc-
ton featuring the Chester Hale
girls. Emile Boreo and the
dancing team 81 Sunshine
Sammy" and his two duslxy as
sociates adds much to the en-
tertail1fnei1t. Hearst Metro
tone News. and Christmas reels
round out the program.
M. r. q.
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accompaniment goes on the
fritz.
Frank Gallagher. who viii Be.
remembered as the bright sing
ing juvenile of Charles Enner-
son Cooks musical stock which
was busy at the. Belasco
Theater 3 year ago. has signed
up with the Shuberts Tor the
Victor Herbert REVEALS. He
has q prominent role In !. Babes
in Toyiand, " which opens at
the JolSoli Theater this week.
Previously be was out With
George ChoOs' Hello Your.
SELF which folded up after
poor road business.
These Herbert operettas are
scheduled 80 keep Poli's lighted.
and it Is hoped prosperous, for
at least eight weeks Ia jan
lIary, February and March.
The cycle includes Use Mar
Venga III Naughty Marietta, =
"Sweethearts, The Fortune
Teller, anad Among the nom
Herberts. The Merry Widow, =
Robin Hood and '.The Choco-
late Soldier"
Lon CLANCY, who with Charlie
Chaplin IS the last 81 the die
hards on the talking pictures,
has finally consented to make
q clattering celluloid. CLANCY
dropped from q best seller for
the exchanges TO a star whose
recent silent pictures had to be
peddled at cut rates. It was
either make taIkies or go with
the second rate companies.
The Washington times., 1929-12-23
Marco Unit
Has Recital Dancers

Fanchon and Marcos stage
production ut the Fox this
week, Dance Moods, Is featlr-
ing the celebrated TirscE Arnold
ballet. This announcement takes
on particular significance Us It
brings for the first time artists
and dances Of the concert stage
70 the stage Of the motion pic
tgire tlleater.
Moods Of the Sea- Is an
original dance creation BY the
founders of the ballet. and has
received much attention from
audiences and critics wherever
the offering has appeared.
The Washington times., 1929-12-23
Battle Of SUBS

Besides the thrill Of being
photographed underwater THE
Mysterious Island" now playing
It Loew's Columbia shows an
exciting battle between two sub
marines helpless on the bot
tom Of the ocean.
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Lawrence Debut

Gertrude Lawrence. who re-
Gently appeared IN Washing
ton In Candle Light" makes
her talking debut ct Loew's
Palace in "The Battle 81 Paris.
q conflict Of fun behind the
lines.
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First Cruze Taklie

James Cruze, whose first all
dialogue production, aThe Great
GObbo, is now current &C
R-K-O Keith's T.heater, makes
his debut as a talking picture
director with this picture.
Betty Compson and Erich Won
Stroheinl are the stars. and
Maggie Babe) Kane and DON
Douglas appear In featured
roles. The picture has q spec
tacular musical background and
q large cast.
The Washington times., 1929-12-23

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02
INTERIOR BUREAUS
FACING EXPANSION
Wilbur Lists Geological Sur
vey, Reclamation, Parks and
Education in Huge Plan.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Stepping from the halls of Stanford
University into the cabinet, DR.. Ray
Lyman Wilbur, famed diagnoStician and
educator, has informed his old friend
President Hoover that changing en-
phasiS" is the need Of the big and busy
Interior Department.
Some of the great bureaus of the de-
partment, he said in his annual report
today. have overtaken the peak of their
administrative load, while others have
large tasks ahead for completion. EN-
phaSis, therefore, he reasoned, should
be transferred from these whose duties
are on the decrease to those showing
constantly increasing fields of ac-
tivity."
The Pension Bureau and the Cen
eral Land Office were cited as two bu-
reaus the duties of which are on the
decrease. The Geological Survey, the
Bureau of Reclamation, the National
Park service and the office of educa-
ton were listed by the former univer-
sity president as the branches of his
department called upon to carry out a
huge expansion program planned in the
reorganization of the department.
The Indian service, troublesome for
over hundred years, was presented in
the following paragraph:
service, has before 1t a definite and
unique goal-that of working itself out
of job. Its program calls for large
economic saving to the country by in
creaSing present expenditures to enable
the Indian population eventually to be-
come self-Supporting.
Administration of the public domain
DR.. Wilbur reported to be of prime
Importance, with great emphasis needed
on the necessity of conservation.
From Nebraska West, water, and
he said. Homestead thinking must be
replaced with watershed thinking"
The difficulty of understanding and
controlling problems growing cut of the
administration of the public domain
has caused the appointment of a COM
mission to study the possibility and
feasibility of transferring public lands
to the public land States. This COM
mission is now studying this question,
involving more than 190,000,000 acres
of public lands.
Secretary Wilbur desires to see the
Government participation end when
reclamation projects have been COM
pleted. The community affected, he
said, should administer the completed
work. This policy, he added, will be eff
fective as far as possible in the con-
Structlon and administration of the
Reclamation Bureaus greatest under
taking, Boulder Dam.
DR.. Wilbur deplored the present
methods of obtaining oil from the
ground, characterizing it as "wasteful
overproduction of fast dwindling re-
source" Efforts of the department and
Federal oil conservation board to bring
about an oil conservation program were
pointed out with satisfaction and with
the statement that the present con-
servation policy will be continued"
The Presidents movesto stop pros
pecting for oil on the public domain
was supported on the grounds that
until the present day of wasteful over
production is over the potential supply
of oil in the public domain must be
Safeguarded."
Plans for the reorganization of the
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Office of education have been completed
DR.. Wilbur reported, and are now in the
process of execution. This Office should
be a research organization, he said,
rather than an administrative agency
An educator himself, Dr. Wilbur saw no
place in the Federal Government for a
department of education, maintaining
that local government in education is
the keystone of proper training for cit
izenship by universal public education
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SIX KILLED BY BOMB.
Mexican Merchant and Sons Vic
Tins of Unidentified Slayer.

MEXICO CITY. December 2 (P).-A
dispatch to Ell Universal from Tlaxcala
City yesterday said the merchant Seve-
riana Flores and his five sons were
killed by bomb which an unidenti-
fed man tossed into his store at Tepe-
yanco, in the state of Tlaxcala. Several
other persons were injured
The dispatch said police had been
unable to learn the reason for the
bombing. The explosive was thrown
by one of group of men, who fled as
it exploded. The family lives in the
store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02

N|OU can go right on with
your healthful, slenderizing
diet of luncheon salads with a
wide variety of winter salad in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02

gradients. Of course you'll use
only Gold Medal Cooked Salad
Dressing-it's long on favor and
short on oil-and so delicious!