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The Washington times., 1930-11-17
min and Bill" Checks

Marie DreSSler generally man.
ages to emerge from any movie in
which she appears with most Of
the honors. And so does Wallace
Beery.
What happens when they are
cast for the same picture? Well,
for one thing, they jam the lob
bies. Loew's Columbia came with
in $50 of beating the all-time week
end record held by Broadway
Melody" and turned out hundreds
of boosters for Min and Bill It
has every appearance of becoming
what the industry describes as
"box office natural"
Proving s.gain that the world
loves to laugh, as Harold Lloyd
and Charlie Chaplin can tell you.
Few realize now that Marie Dress
Ter was on slim rationS until the
coming of the talkies. Once a
great musical comedy comedienne
her usefulness for Broadway van
ished and she was definitely on
the shelf until Hollywood Revue"
started a new DreSSler following.
AS the IriShman said when he
looked at the grapefruit, ut don't
take many of those oranges to
make a Dozen" So it doesn't take
many Of the Marie Dressler $2.500
a week pay envelopes to run up
into a swell bSnk account.
The Washington times., 1930-11-17

gentleman of Helen TweIvetrees
wealth has designated that 20
years from the hour of his
death, his will shall be read in
the house in which he lived and
died. The interested members
Of the family are assembled.
Therein rests the action. Replete
with opening doors, weird noises,
strange movements, and disap-
pearing folk, the thrilling tale is
bound to interest young and old,
for who is there, who is not
intrigued by the unnatural?
Helen Twelvetrees, a lovely
young girl, assumes the lead, as
the beneficiary of the strange
legacy. Looking beautiful is her
greatest responsibility, which she
does without effort. An expert
cast assists.
Slim Summerville and Eddie
Gribbon are seen in another
comedy Of the front, which with
an Oswald animated cartoon
and a comprehensive news
survey, completes the program.
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

Earl CAROLS Sketch Book. !"
the first revue attraction to play
Washington this season, opened
at the National Theater to a
Sunday night audience of impos-
ing size.
Like most shows which bear
the Carroll label Sketch Book"
has a full quota of close to
Mother Eve costumes to intrigue
the eye, but its best remembered
moments are those provided by
Will Mahoney, the Three Sailors
and Will Demarest, a group OF
comics exceedingly capable at
producing laughs.
MahOney Rings Bell
It was given to viii Mahoney
to stop the show twice during
the evening. The first uproar of
applause came with his familiar
collapsible dance in which the
Mahoney gestures of dismay We'd
with his tumbles in stirring ap-
probation. Just before the final
curtain the newest Mahoney
trick is introduced, that Of play
ing a xylophone with a pair Of
nimble dancing feet, a stunt both
original and imitation proof which
moved spectators to noisy &C.
claim.
The Three Sailors are dancing
acrobatS whose comedy is rough
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
Arliss Gets Medal

George ArliSs, conceded by most
critics to be Hollywood's finest
actor has now received the gold
medal of the American Academy
of Arts, ard TIcc9ssserS for good die.
ton on the stage.
Accepting the award Mr.. ArlisS
said:
'The difference between the
English Of America and the
English Of England is mainly
one Of diction," said Mr.. ArIiss.
'It Is futile to assert that the
English Of the two countries
is not one language. There are
some differences in prOnuncia-
tiOn Of certain words and Oc-
CasionaIly q given word win
have q different meaning. But
as . rule it Is only the differ
ence between the English of
England Of today and that Of
$50 years ago.
America has frequently main.
tanned the purity of the Ian
guage which I'm course Of years
has become Vitiated In England.
We al know that many ed
The Washington times., 1930-11-17

has finally a Marie Dressler
part which reflects her true act
ing capabilities. At times fero-
cious as a sea COW, then tender,
now hilariously funny and then
again pathetically sad, she domi-
mates the story throughout.
Playing opposite her is Bill
(Wallace Berry, mate Of a fish
ing schooner and Minis sweetie.
When these two come together
sparks fly. In one rough and
tumble combat most Of the furni-
ture in the hotel is smashed
and Bill nearly annihilated.
Rambeau Clicks
In Minis care is young girl
whom she has reared since a
baby. All Minis hopes are tied
UP in the waif and she sends
her away. to make q lady out Of
q wharf rat. The child's mother,
a dissolute free and easy woman
of the streets, then appears on
the scene threatening to wreck
Minis hopes by revealing herself
to the child. The part Of the
mother is splendidly portrayed
by Marjorie Rambeau, an actress
of no mean ability.
These are the principal char
acters in this drama of the water.
front which one would do we'll
not to miss.
Supplementing the main pic
ture are several other features
which in themselves alone are
well worth the price Of admiS-
sion. One is q Charlie Chase
comedy about the A. e. F. in
which Charlie puts making the
world safe for democracy second.
ary to finding a good tenor in
the trenches. One is :Inally
shared from the Germans.
A technicolor film showing
some highly talented child Ler-
formers is also on the menu. A
5-year-old master of ceremonies is
the high light Of the entertain
ment.
That's about all folks. What
more do you waut7-L. J. ?.
The Washington times., 1930-11-17

francs, a mere Maurice ChevalieF
nothing to q millionaire, sticks
to his job to spite the old pro
prietor.
The forfeit clause goes a bit
further, though, and makes it
apparent that, should the pro-
prietor see fit to discharge his
employe, he shall be compelled
to pay the 100000 francs. ALI
of which gives rise to q heap Of
broken dishes and insulted pa
irons in Chevalier's blatant at
tempt to get fired.
Dorothy Is Vamp
Every good farce must have
it's vamp and its heroine. The
vamp here is played by Dorothy
Christy, and the d!munitive
heroine who saves her lover Is
Frances Dee, a newcomer with a
charming voice. And the dumb
dishwasher goes over big with
Stuart Erwin.
With the romantic setting Of
a pistol duel in the early morn
ing fog at Versailles and with
the hero placed almost inextrica.
bly, in a situation that requires a
skilled pistol shot, Chevalier al
most gets killed. But he is saved
by the opportune swooning OF
the lady.
So you see, the hero keeps
his life, saves the 100000 francs
and wins the lady.
All of which is carried on with
the inimitable gracing of the
English language by the French
accent of Partisan Maurice Che
Waller. And when he sings "It's
a Great Life IF You Don't
Weaken" maybe the girls behind
were justified In murmuring that
he is divine.
An Comedy Program
The entire program is a com.
edy. Louise Fazenda in q short
subject, TOO Hot To Handle" in
which she is a criterion on blue
book etiquette, can scarcely be
anything but comical. Eddie
Buzell, as a radio speaker who
tells his adult audience a bed
time story Of the ''Prodigal
Daughter" is also humorous. See.
ing Turkey with the Rambling
Reporter Is not altogether humor.
Gus. but it complete a full eve
ning's entertainment. ]. A B.
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
TOSUE
BELASCO ON
TICKETS
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

George M. Conan has been
signed for the movies. The mat
ter has been kept quite for vari-
Gus reasons. but when he is
through with the road tour of
'sThe Tavern" he win make
Gambling" for Paramount and
will be the star Of this talkie.
It was originally intended to
begin the production Of Cam
bling" at the Paramount studio in
November. but since Mr.. Cohan
preferred to take to the road for
another season. plans we're
changed TO permit shooting" in
the spring.
Quite a few Of the Cohan plays
have found their way to the
screen, both as silent and chat
tering features. But Gambling"
It seems to this calloused critic,
offers greater possibilities for a
movie hit than any Of its prede-
cesSors, and it will also mark
the George M. Cohan debut as
q movie actor.
The Washington times., 1930-11-17

liam Boyd Cthe Wesley Eddy
stage Boyd furnishes the oppo-
sition. These two worthless are
introduced in the play as ancient
rivals of many a shore leave
fight. Each mate on freighters,
they meet in Havana.
Bancroft outgenerals Boyd IN
winning the love Of q New York
girl who is singing in a Havana
cafe. This part Is played-and
better still, is sung-by Margaret
Lands. There ensues consider
able skullduggery over q cap
taincy, a break in the budding
romance, brave deeds at sea and
the reward Of virtue.
Cast Is Capable
'Derelict" is carefully built for
Bancroft's purposes, but is not q
one.man show by any means.
The cast is universally capable
and breathes life into a play
that would have suffered dis
mally in lesser hands.
The stage show, "off Shore"
besides bringing the popular
Eddy back to his Washington ap-
plauders, also offers Mitchell and
Durant, whose comedy falls and
dances are truly sensational; Ann
Greenway, a pretty singer; Vir-
ginia Bacon, slightly and sprightly
in a toe strut; Allen and Kent.
fast tapsters, and one Of the best
groups Of Chester Hale dancing
beauties the Palace has seen for
some time.
There are, Of course, Harry
Borjes and the Palace Synco-
pators, who raise the curtain
with a spirited musical interpre-
tation of a Virginia fox hunt.
The Hearst Metrotone News
offers a trip in the clouds with a
flying ballroom. I. M.
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
BelascO Quits League

Some of the New York ticket
agents journeyed down to Wash
ington fortnight ago for the
opening of Helen Gahagan in
Tonight, or Never" They were
sufficiently impressed with its
possibilities to offer an eight
weeks "buy" to Producer David
Belasco. That means they would
take 800 orchestra seats nightly
for the first two months Of the
Broadway run and pay cash for
them.
Since Impresario Belasco was
q member Of the League Of New
York TheaterS, he was restricted
from accepting such an attrac.
tice offer. Accordingly, he for
warded his resignation to the
league and proceeded to do busi-
ness with the brokers. The league
has retaliated with a court action
to be entered today restraining
him from withdrawing, since he
signed up for one year. It's a
test case which all Broadway is
watching closely.
william Dubois, who wrote LIE.
more Ulric's Pagan Lady" is
still working in the New York
Times reference department at
$50 week. But he is also col
lecting royalty check weekly
on the play which averages $40O.
It need hardly be added he is
working on another play.
The Washington times., 1930-11-17

sembles Commission, is an amiable
sort of person, without q sense Of
humor. When Keith returns to
the military headquarters in the
place Of Commission, who died of
a frosted lung, only Pat, the
guide, knows, though the entire
post remarks about the change
in the sergeant.
She Gets Her Man
The daughter OF the inspector
loses her heart to Keith and
things take a bad turn when it
is necessary to disclose to her
his true identity: however, all
the rough spots are smoothed out
and the little lady gets her mani
Charles Bickford, who has
made a reputation for himself
in the past year for his por-
trayals Of he-men, plays the dual
role and the illusion is very good.
Evelyn Knapp does well enough
as the girl in the case and the
support is made up Of j. Farrell
Mcdonald, Junior Cog1lan, Wal
ter McGrail and Zazu Pitts, the
latter contributing one Of her
small but pric ..ssS performances.
Lillian Roth Stars
On the age there is Lillian
Roth, who sings some of her hit
numbers from Honey" Para
mount on Parade" and others:
the slim, dark-haired Lillian
wears q different frock at each
performance and is a decided hit
If one judges from the way her
songs go over. though she regis
tered annoyance at some orches-
tral timing on Sunday afternoon.
Featured also is a troupe of
Chinese acrobatS and dancers, un-
der the capable direction of Long
Tack Sam; a trio Of dance Spe.
cialistS, Wilson. Keppel and Bet
ty, who do sand dance that is
a delightful novelty. and Lewis
and AmeS, Of whom little is to be
said.
We are glad to see Mr.. Bree.
skin back in the orchestra pit
and enjoyed the tuneful over.
ture. We missed the newSreel at
the Sunday show but are assured
that it will be on during the
Week.-K. Y,
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
ROTH
STARRING
ON STAGE

With Lillian Roth. who sang
her way to popularity in Para
mount productions, as the stage
attraction and James Oliver Cur
woods best loved story Of the
great Northwest, Rivers End" !"
on the screen, things are very
much on the UP and up at War
ner Brothers Earle Theater this
week.
The story Of Rivers End" is
another chapter from the history
Of the Royal Northwest Mounted
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
Shaw Obdurate

George Bernard Shaw, author
of ''The Apple Cart" the Theater
Guilds presentation which 1S
coming to the National Theater
Monday, December !, never al
lows his plays to be cut in any
way. When one American man
aCer cabled him, asking permiS-
sion to take out a few lines be-
cause the play was so long that
the commuters failed to catch
their trains, Shaw cabled back:
run trains later"
The Washington times., 1930-11-17

English words and phrases are
now regarded in England as
AmeriCanismS.
"The chief fault in speech in
America is sloppiness and the
outstanding defect In England
as snipplness.
''The English Of England has
been distorted by people who
really ought TO know better.
Oxford University, for instance,
rather prides itself on the fact
that you can always tell an
Oxford man.
"The American is never
guilty Of straining after supe-
riOrity. But in my opinion he
errs ON the other side. He is
so afraid of being meticuIOus
in his speech that he allows
himself 70 become careless"
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
Hits for Warner Bros.

You can't always tell about
pictures. Take Doorway to
Hell" It's a very good under.
world feature, as Earle Theater
patrons can testify, but was not
q Washington sensation at the
box office. In New York and
on Broadway it took in $4,000
the first week at the Strand,
cracking all existing records for
that house, had a great second
week and is the first picture to
be held over for a third seven
days. A good many are in
clined to believe that Lew Ayres
is better in this AL Capone role
than he was in "All Quiet"
The Washington times., 1930-11-17

week as fine a
film as Wash
ington has seen
in many a day.
What a pity it
is being sold to
the public as a
+ arce W h e n
in reality it
is drama Of
the gu lit ~
of "A n n a
Christie"
Marie DreS-
Sler, as Min,
the waterfront
hotel proprietor,
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
ON
SCREEN, EDDY
ON STAGE
With George Bancroft on the
screen and Wesley Eddy on the
stage again, Loew's Palace The

ater S no u d
q n d undoubt-
edly will have
a crowded and
profitable week
B a croft t
lends his big
fra m e an d
rufnbling bass
to an adequate
program picture
entitled ''Dere-
lict." AS Ban
croft would be
lost in any
opus lacking
conflict, Will
The Washington times., 1930-11-17

the waiter who
becomes h cir
to a million
I an cs and
paints Paris red
with his night
club visitations.
o n ! y this
waiter, bound
by q contract
providing that,
should he break
faiGh with MS
proprietor and
quit, he shall
be obliged to
forfeit 400, 900
The Washington times., 1930-11-17

mlngS, py popu,
lar demand re-
mains for a
second week at
the Rialto.
Adapted from
q favorite stage
play, THE Cat
. n d t h e
c a n a r y
Rupert Julian,
director ha
DrOugnC 10 the
S cr en- this
exciting mys-
terry drama.
An eccentric
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
CHEVALIER In
SMARTEST OF
COMEDY

When girls seated behind you
at Keith's Theater remark that
Maurice Chevalier is divine, 1t
seems a bit hard to give his pic
ture, "Playboy Of Paris" any but
a favorable criticism.
The picture, as far as plot goes,
Is nothing to rave about. You know,
The Washington times., 1930-11-17

Police, whose
slogan is a by
W ord every
place: I'VE al
ways get our
mani" This
time the man.
hunt has taken
Sergeant Con-
niston and his
guide, Pat, up
into the frozen
wastes, where
they find Keith,
who is wanted
Tor m ur d err.
Ta{k1A thna1nkn
ne strongly re-
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
DR.. Cornell's Child

Katharine Cornell, at the Shu-
bert-Belasco Theater in her latest
play, is the daughter Of DR.. Peter
Cornell. q famous amateur actor
The Washington times., 1930-11-17

Old Friends Meet
The man who gave Gloria
Swanson her first chance in the
films now works at Pathe as assist
ant director.
His name is =. J. Babille.
In the days Of the old EsSanay
Studio in Chicago. he was cast
ing director. Gloria, then a stu.
dent at the art institute, applied
for a job and Babille gave her q
chance.
Passing years brought the for
mer casting director to Pathe,
where he worked with Gloria on
"The TrespaSser."
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
The Cat Creeps'
Is Creepy Film

"The Cat creeps," an eerie
story Of a haunted house, a
peculiar viii, and all the trim.
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
DRESSLER HAS
BERRY In A
FINE FILM

Handicapped by the comic
strip title Min and Bill" there
is showing at the Columbia this
The Washington times., 1930-11-17
; GIRL LEADS
In PATHE
FEATURE
By HARRISON CARROLL

kCOpyrlSuI, 45OV' 1TSu1leT oyuuICdlSJ
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 15.-They
all come back. Laura La Plante,
who hasn't made a picture since
last January, will play one of
the three feminine leads in
Pathe'S Lonely Wives"
Strange as it may seem, M. G.
M. wouldn't loan Marie Dressler
for a part in this picture. Pathe
got it's wish however, about Ed.
ward Everett Horton. He reports
for work as soon as he finishes
Reaching for the Moon" with
Douglas Fairbanks.
The last film work Laura La
Plante did was at Universal.
When her contract ran out. she
decided to content herself with
being Mrs. william Setter. But
like so many others, she couldn't
resist a comeback.
Russell Mack directs Lonely
Wives"
The Washington times., 1930-11-17

Flood Victims
AL Boasherg called up during
Thursdays rain to report that
Sunset Boulevard was clogged
with miniature golf courses float
ing down to the ocean.
BY the way, APs play, Cradle
Call" recently got a tryout in
Atlantic City where the proud
author claims it broke a 22-year-
old kissing record of the house.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-03-07
SLOVENSKA KNIZKA o ROTH
MEROVEJ AKCII.

Este pred desiatym vyrocim
podp1sania a prijatia trianonskej
mierovej smluvy s Mad 'armi, wy
sla objemna kniha ma 24O stra-
mach: "Slovensko proti. revizii
mierovej smluvy." Publikacia je
sborn1kovou pracou nasich cu-
dz1ch odborn1kov a obsahuje od-
povede na vsetky namietky Ma
d arov proti mierovej smluve,
zvlast' ako sa vyskytly V posled-
nEch troch rokoch znamej akcie
lorda Rothermerea. Tato akcia, a.
lo je znamo, skoncila sa pre- mas
pred rokom, ale bude mat pre-
silsednG Mad 'arsko vyznam este
vel'm dlho pri jeho prechode k
Observation-Disclosures vnntorn6mu sria
deniu. Kniha je p1sana Pudove,
prehPadne a je svojho druhu ole
dinela, lebo shrnuje al prevaznu
ciastku miestnych prejavov z ce-
leho Slovenska. Nasledkom toho
je pntayou pre- najsirsie vrstvy a
pre- vsetky kraje Slovenska. v
tomto roku budeme sa tymito O.
tazkami zaoberat' zas castejsie,
preto musi znat' tito knihu ka-
zdy. Dielo sostavila Narodna rada
a vydalo no vydavatel 'stvo No
veho Sveta. Knihu dostat' okrem
rozoslanych kusov "a % kcs V
Bratislave, Puskinova ul. 5.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-03-07

niu slovenskych mensin treba We.
novat' nalezitu pozornost'. Hospo.
darsky slaby l'ud je vzdy hrac-
kou V rukach hospodarsky silnej5-
Sieho, zial', ze slovenske mensiny
ma mad 'arskOm pohranici nacha-
dzaju sa dnes V hospodarskej 81
tuacii vel mi neuteSenej. Poem
kova reforma sice tn vykonala
prospeSn6 dielo ked' bolo mera-
ne rovnakou mierou gazdom slo-
venSkym i mad 'arskTm. Je po-
trebn6 organizovat' predovset.
kym Uver, poskytnIt' pohraniG-
nym obciam slovenskym financn6
prostriedky, ably sa mohly upev-
nit.
TO su ovscm vSetko ilkoly. kde
ncpomahaju len reel, ale kde tre-
ba pristupit' lined k cinorodym
Skutkom. Ochrana a povznesenie
sIovenskIch mensln ME je len "a
ujmom tIchto menSln, je to / "a
ujem celeho Slovenska, ba celej
republiky. ct. o.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-03-07
VYHL'ADY MA STAHOVANIE
DO KANADY. ~,

Kanada, ako znamo, pripust'a a
z CSR. len zemedelskych robotnl-
kov, rol'nikov a sl1zky.
Robotnikov sl1ziek pripnst'a
kazdeho roku len urcity pocet, po
kial' je pre- Mich miesto; "a to
rol 'nikov, st'ahujucich sa nodi-
nou ureitym kapitalom,. pripu-- q
Sta neobmedzeny pocet, lebo- ma
pre- mich dost' vol 'nej pody. Do
sial' nebolo organizacie, ktora by
pecovala Q to, aby xsa nasi VISTA
hovalci usadzovali spolu poma-
hall 81. ceskoslovensky zahranic-
ny lstav zahajil preto akciu K
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-03-07

Minuleho roku, ked' "Bremen"
najchyyreenejsi parnik North Ger
man Lloydu preplaval Atlantik
ma svojej prvej ceste, jeho rych-
lost zariadenie a vseobecny
vzhl 'ad sposobi na vsetkych stra
mach senzaciu. Vsade bol uznava-
ny ako div transa satlantickej s1uz-
by prfjemne cestovanie a re-
kordna rychlost' postavily no ma
vrchol.
Druha .rodobna lod' Europa
spustena pred niekol l'ko mesiacmi
ma vodu, pride o lzratky cas- do
New. Yorku ma prvej svojej ceste.
Tieto mohdtne dvojcata bud1 py.
chou oceanskej plavby. S pricho-
dom parniku Europa" North
German Lloyd zapoene riadnu
tyyzdennd expressn1 sluzbu do
Europy jei tromi parnikmi a
s1ce: Bremen, Europa a Colum-
bus. ~ " ~'>
De Luxe kabinova sluzba bude
zapocata v ten isty cas- ma sty-
roch parnikoch, ktore s1 zname
slovenskej verejnosti a sice:
Muenchen, Berlin, Stuttgart a
Dresden.
BREMEN a EUROPA 81 mai
rychlejsie lode ma svete, kazda 0
$4,000 tunach a preplavaju At
lanticky ocean New Yorku do
Europy "a menej ako pat dni );
dorazia do Bremen "a ME celych
sest' dni, take celia cesta az do
Prahy vezme ME celych sedem
dni, ked' cestujete ma jednej. z
tyychto mohdtnych dyojeat'. =.
Vezmeme "a priklad;; ze memo
zete 81 what dlhsie vakacie, nez
diva tyzdne a radi by ste ISL do
Europy-LondIna, alebo Pariza:
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-03-07
JRODA OVOCIA MA SLOVEN-
SKU 49, 10000 VAGONOV.

Jednou Z najsiInejSfch sloven-
skych hospodarskych sloziek Je
ovocinarstvo ktorG odhadnute MI
nimalnou sumou, tvori vySe pol
biliona Kcs rocneho priJmu.
PodI'a statistiky, urobenej po.
mologickym odborom pri sloven-
sEej zemedlskej radc, je na Slo-
vensku vyse II milionov stromov
ovocnych, take na jedn6ho oby-
vatel a pripadaj1 Wac ako 3 stro-
my. Lanska nroda ovocia bola
vel'mi dobra ako kvantom - Wy
Sc 10000 vagonOv ovocia - tax
kvalitou, lebo slovenske ovocie a
menovite jablka sd najleps1mi V
celej strednej Europe Teraz je
pripravena akcia, ktorou bude
produkcia ovocia zintenzlvnena, a
to venovanfm vsetkej peclivosti
pestovaniu produkcn6ho stromo-
via tax, aby kupci mohli nakupo-
vat jednotlive druhy vo vel 'kom
V jednotllvEch krajoch.
Akcia je pripravena ma jar t. +.
a bude mat velky vyznam pre-
hospodarske povznesenie Sloven-
CLIO -.