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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
NEW YORK, August %,

NEW YORK, August %.
A T least two OF the new plays EN-
. " phasize the long chances that
A managers will take In the pur-
4 \ suance of their pious duties to
the Theater. Both Suspense"
and Through the Night" were notable
for their lack Of entertaining quality,
and many who saw them at their first
performances were amazed that pro-
ducers could have faith in enterprises
so unpromising. Yet they were pre-
sented at considerable labor and ex-
pense, only to be received by more or
less expectant public with testimonials
Of scorn. Suspense" q British war
play, shrunk back to England after q
weeks unhappy visit, and Through the
Night" an American nondescript when
last heard Of it was groggily licking
Its first-night wounds. It would be like
a show Of its miserable kind to turn
on me and run prosperously for years.
~ #*
When specialists of the expert class
Of Charles Dillingham; and Lee Shubert
sponsor such hopeless things as "Sus-
pense" and Through the Night" mere
amateurs, such as you and /, fear that
the drama is not in safe hands. US
ually trust Mr.. Dillingham;, for he Is
O1lG Vi bA1C 44ACabCA 4CW Gus,
an informed, If not q learned, man,
witty, sophisticated and intelligent. His
record as an impresario Is remarkable
for its numerous hits and its infrequent
misses. He has added to the drama
lovers gayety. Why. then, did he Inn
port Suspense? A reading Of It's
manuscript must have told him that it
it was not right. That, compared to
the credible valor, sentiment, romance,
cowardice and drunkenness OF Jour
ney's End 1t was but a cheap and
shoddy vaudeville. Where Mr.. DiIling-
ham, the experienced Snowman, was
blind to its faults, the none-too-brillian
first-nighters saw them at once, and
walked out on them.
y n
If Mr.. Dillingham; had taken the
idea" of the play to one of Broadway's
relentless realists and had said to him,
''rewrite 1t and make 1t true" he might
have found drama in Suspense"
Here were q troop of humble British
soldiers bivouacked in q dugout be-
meath which what used to be known as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
WOdehouse Comedy.

said, 'that 7 am sure should have
my hero walking about with his arm
in a sling" Chances are that Mr..
WodehouSe figured that hero With his
arm in sling, pursued by fanciss. Of
two quarantined Peckingese bowling fos
relief, wouldn't furnish . sufficiently
light and airy plot. .
Mr.. Wodehouse said that amone
character actors he particularly fkel
George Arliss, and that In the field q
light comedy he most AdmireS MMxicI
Davies. He thought Miss Davies wa
especially good In mot So Dumb" and
added that he would like very mucl
to do q story for her while ct tn
studio
This English author Is round facsa
and amiahle, rs flll Of merTiment ant
good cheer as any Of the characteri
made familiar to the public throual
his novels. short stories and plays
The English humorist's reputation u
musical comedy circles dates back b
his association with Guy Bolton ana
old-time favorite entertainments a.
ooh, Boyi" ooh, Lady, LADY," anf
"Oh, My DearI" Mr.. Wodehoslse's as
ISOLATION with the stage also comprise
the recent. adaptation for English
speaking audiences Of MoinaIrs "Th
Plays. the Thing" "Her CafdboIf.
Lover and Candle Light" He WORKED
on the book of ziegfeld's Resale aiis
wrote the lyrics for ''The Three Mtaske
teers."
None of these achievements, however
serve to dim his outstanding accom-
plishmentS as short story writer an,
novelist, with the popular NAr. MtiI.
liner Speaking" Leave It TO pNnifh.s
Fish Preferred !" ~.Teaves y ssRI1I -
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under contract at the First National
studio. The single number retained
from the original stage production is
the tuneful ''Who2" which also was the
work OF Mr. Kern.
Joe Donahue plays in Sunny the
role that was enacted on the stage by
his elder brother, Jack. Lawrence Or
has the part formerly played by Paul
Frawley. Inez Court ey replaces Mary
Hay, and o. p. Heggie plays the Joe
Cawthorne character.
The selection Of sunny" for Miss
Miller came as pleasant surprise Be-
fore leaving New York for California
last Spring she confided to friends she
would rather do Sunny" next than
anything else she could think Of. At
that time 1t seemed settled she was to
appear In 1.-THE lad Good Girl" Nego-
tiations for Sunny" were successfully
concluded after she had been on the
Coast for .everal weeks.
Sunny" in its screen edition will be
shown in New York in the late Fall or
Winter, concurrently with the stars
stage appearance in the new ziegfeld
show.
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New La Caffeine Season.

pany. Miss Friebus played Tootles in
Peter Pan" last season.
In addition to the new productions,
REVEALS will include THE Cradle Song
Sierra; THE Master Builder" Ibsen;
John Gabriel Borkman," Ibsen: La
Locandiera," Gold nj; Three Sisters %
Tchekov; "Inheritors," Glaspell; "The
Good Hope" Heijermans; 1.-THE First
Stone" Ferris; "Improvisations In
June" Mohr; "Hedda Gabler," Ibsen;
Twelfth Night" Shakespeare; THE
Would-Be Gentleman" Moliere; Tin
vitation au Voyage" Bernard; 1.-THE
Cherry Orchard" Tchekov; Peter
Pam" Barrie; 1.-THE Lady From Alta
queque," Quintero, and "Katerina,"
Andreyev.
The company this year will include
Jacob Ben-Ami, Donald Cameron, Paul
Beyssac, Egon Brecher, Sayre Crawley,
j. Edward Bromberg, Walter Beck.
Robert H. Gordon, Josephine Hutchin-
son, Leona Roberts, Alma Kruger, Bea-
trtce de Neergaard, Florida Friebus and
Mary Ward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

THE Civic Repertory Theater, Eva lie
Gallienne director, and her COM
pany, will open its nth season Monday
evening, September 20. in Romeo and
Juliet"
Five new productions viii be made
during the coming season-"The Nobel
Prize" modern comedy, by Hjalinar
Bergman, translated by Herman Bern
stein; "Alice in Wonderland" with
Josephine Hutchinson as Alice; Ibsen's
"Rosmersholm, with Miss lie CALI
eI1ne as Rebecca West; "Gruach," a
new play by Gordon Bottomley, will be
presented with "Ardvorlich's Wife" a
one-act play, also by Bottomley, as q
curtain raiser. and one other play, to
be announced later.
Gordon Bottomley is a new figure in
the theater for Americans. Well known
in England, he gained his first success
as q poet.
The adaptation of the Carroll story Is
by Florida Friebus. one of the acting
members of the Civic Repertory COM
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yarn Of side show ventriloquist who
becomes involved with q circus giant
and midget In an amazing criminal
plot. The ventriloquist fools the police
by running pet shop In the diGuise
Of an old woman, while the nl~Set
smpersonates baby. The clerk in the
store, knowing nothing of their activi-
ties, is framed" after q murder, but
the ventriloquist's love for a girl who
pleads for the boys vindication finally
prevails In dramatic court room scene
Interesting scenes in the production
include the pet shop, where a wide
variety Of animals and birds Is shown.
and the circus sideshows, In which
actual circus freaks play prominent
parts.
The short subjects include Benny
Rubin, the BroX sisters, Marion Harris
and the Albertina Rasch Girls in Hits
of M. @. M" the famous Our Gang
In Pups Is Pups" and the Hearst Met
rotone News. The Columbia Orchestra
renders popular overture, comprising
hits from the latest Metro pictures.
METROPOLITAN Bad Man"
"THE Bad Man." screen version of
Porter Emerson Brownies well
known play. is the feature at Warner
Bros Metropolitan Theater, where it
Is to be seen this week, with Walter
Huston In the title rloe.
The story concerns a pleasant-man-
nered but determined bandit who
thrives upon villainy. He comes to rob
an Arizona ranch, where he finds
young girl and her husband, guests Of
the ranch owner. The girl, 1t seems,
no longer loves her husband, but re-
enains faithful to him. The husband,
on the other hand, treats her rather
badly. This Is the situation Pancho
Lopez finds when he comes to raid the
ranch. He determines to take the girl
Tor himself "personalle." What makes
him change his mind and decide to
make the girl widow in order that
she may be happy with the man she
really loves. and how he settles his own
affairs, will be found to be interesting
Grama.
Walter Huston, recalled for his finely
etched characterization in THE Viz
rinian," has the role created by Hol-
brook Blinn in the play. Supporting
players include Dorothy Revier, James
Rennie, 0. p. Heggie, who played on
the stage with Holbrook Blinn; Quinn
williams, Arthur Stone and Johnny
Arthur.
A two-reel comedy, 1.-THE Boss Or
ders"; Vitaphone variety, Yacht Club
Boys" and The Evening Star Universal
Newsreel, with Graham McNamee as
the talking reporter of news events Of
lie world. viii comr'ete the n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
Film Rumors.

WHILE Mary has packed her grip for
W the metropolis to return to the
stage, news comes from Hollywood that
R.K-O to play opposite Douglas Fair
banks In Reaching for the Moon.
Fox Is to cofeature Warner Baxter
and Edmund Lowe in 1.-THE Cisco Kid, -
to be made under the direction Of John
Ford. The kid" has gone well In the
past, why let him go?
Premier openings of Ufa's first talking
German English production, THE Mel
ody Of the Heart" Is scheduled for Au-
in New York. where the English-speak-
ing version will be shown, and at the
Eighth Street Playhouse, where the Ger
man dialogue will be displayed.
Three notable United Artists produce
lions are announced as ready for release
In the near future-"Du Barry: Woman
Of Passion" starring Norma Talmadge;
What Widow" starring Gloria Swan
son, and "Whoopee," starring Eddie
Cantor.
Bran Stoker's vampire story will find
its way to the screen, under the direc-
ton of Tod Browning, In q production
TO be made by the Universal Picture
Corporation.
Terry Ramsaye has completed two Of
six foot ball shorts for Pathe. 1.-THE
Last Yard" and THE Hidden Ball, i"
which were directed by Clyde Elliott,
with the famous Knute Rockne Of Notre
Dame assisting.
Young Carl Laemmle, IT,, has sounded
the alarm about marquee names" in
pictures. That means names that will
attract when Illuminated by electricity.
He contends strongly for the develop
nlent OF players within the ranks"
whose names are familiar in a degree, to
drafting new talent, utterly unknown.
And maybe he is right.
Film Daily, the movie Bradstreet, says
Mary Pickford hasn't deserted the screen
entirely. She Is merely going to try 1t
pictures. Mary feels that q brush on
the stage will improve and freshen up
her screen abilities.
William B. Fraser, general manager of
the Harold Lloyd Picture Corporation,
!. authority for the statement that
$225 ZOO, 900 will be spent the coming
year In making motion pictures. This.
he adds, is $50,000,0 900 more than the
previous year. The movie seems to be
up and doing anyway.
Joe e. Brown is going to make six
personal appearances with Maybe It's
Love-" but none Of them In Washing
ton, 1t appears.
Janet Gaynor has ironed out her dis
agreement with Fox, so says Film
Daily, and appropriately she will re-
turn to talking pictures in THE Man
Who Came Back" with Charlie Far
rell as her vis-a-vis and William K.
Howard as her director.
The report that already the motion
picture producers have bought the
screen rights for % novels and plays
would seem to indicate that "the great
writer's" recently engaged In Hollywood
had fallen down on their jobs.
Hollywood is said to be sharply re-
scnting criticism Of its methods, which
writer's for the films are charging do
not help the art Of motion picture
making
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

Chaney not only
assumes two dis
guises, but gives five
vocal characterize
tons and also
makes a dummy
sing by the art of
ventriloquism.
The new Metro.
Goldwyn = Mayer
production was di-
rected by Jack
Conway and the
cast includes Lila
Lee, Harry Earle,
John MILAN, Ivan
Limo W, Clarence
Burton and Crau-
ford Kent.
The story Is based
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

UFA, the German producing corpora
ton, is said to have Invested $4,000, 900
in equipping and preparing UFA the
aters with and for sound pictures. Let
1t not be forgotten that UFA is devoted
to that Schufftan process of filming hui
man and other action against back
ground prepared In advance from mod
els, photographs and with optical mir
rors and lighting effects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
BEBE DANIELS ono EVERETT MARSHALL In
In ~2/xi97a [2kO.kei+hS
Stage and Screen Attractions This Weel

COLUABA-The Unhoy Three This afternoon evening
METROPOLITAN Bad Man." This afternoon and eve
ming.
PALACE-LetS Go Native" This afternoon evening.
EARLE"Love Among the Mlionaires" This and
evening.
FOX-"Common Clay" This afternoon and evening.
R-K-O KEITHS-"Dxiana." This afternoon and evening.
GAYETY- Broadway afternoon
and evening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
Sce0e from LETS 90 NATIVE
Palace g
Photoplay Attractions

COLUMBIA-"The Unholy Three"
r ON CLANCY makes his first
speaking appearance on the
screen In THE Unholy Three"
IL the talking version Of one Of his
silent successes, at Loew's Column
oia. This feature Is declared vastly
different to the earlier hlm in that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

Drama, according to William Faver-
sham, Is dead In Australia. All OF
which would probably indicate that his
been as successful as anticipated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

October IA is the date set by Jane
Cowl Of her repertory season under the
management of Mcgowan and Reed.
when Hell Froze" viii be the first
play and three days later Twelfth
Might" win come to light. Needless to
say Miss Cowl will be the star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

Dancing Partners" the new David
Belasco tidbit, is pronounced hit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

After weeks of mulling and milling
to find the right lady for Joe Cooks
imminent production, Pine and
Dandy" the new musical farce which
will soon be launched on Broadway,
Alice Bouldon Of Hold Everything
fame has been chosen as the epitone
Of all that a leading lady should be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

Rumor has it that Zoe Atkins is In
New York keeping an eye on the re-
hearsals of her new play, THE Greeks
Had q Word For It." which William
Harris, jr., will bring to Broadway Sep
ternber is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

What seems to have attracted the at
tention of the London critics more than
anything during the past week is the
Wimpole Street." which is the first Sc
rious attempt to dramatize the lives OF
Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

WHILE Mary has packed her grip for
w the metropolis to return to the
stage, news comes from Hollywood that
Bebe Daniels has been borrowed from
R-K-O to play opposite Douglas Fair
banks in Reaching for the Moon"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

TINE first casualty Of the New
York theatrical season has
occurred. Suspense" noted
Il London war play, has bitten the
dust after an almost minimum
Of performances. TOO tame" said the
critics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

Bran Stoker's vampire story viii find
its way to the screen, under the direc-
ton OF Tod Browning, In production
TO be made by the Universal Picture
Corporation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

'"ropaze," the past winters comedy
success, which was sent to the ware
house during the Summer months, has
fruitfully. The cast Is pretty much the
same, except some of the children hav-
ing grown up since the play began, ju-
venlle substitutes Of proper linear meas
urelnents have been added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

Terry Ramsaye has completed two of
six foot ball shorts for Pathe, 1.-THE
Last Yard" and THE Hidden Ball"
which were directed by Clyde Elliott,
with the famous Knute Rockne Of Notre
Dame assisting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

Lee Shubert has announced that he
will transplant his current success,
Ladies ALL" cast and everything, onto
the screen. This Is the first time Mr..
Shubert has contemplated branching
Off into the films. According to run1or
he will employ new recording device
invented by Oscar Lissau in making his
talking picture productions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

Hollywood is said to be sharply re-
scnting criticism of its methods, which
writers for the films are charging do
not help the art Of motion picture
making.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

Film Daily, the movie Bradstreet. says
Mary Pickford hasn't deserted the screen
entirely. She is merely going to try it
out on the stage legitimate between
pictures. Mary feels that q brush on
the stage Will improve and freshen up
her screen abilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

Young Carl Laemmle, jr., has sounded
the alarm about marquee names" in
pictures. That means names that will
attract when Illuminated by electricity.
He contends strongly for the develop
ment of players within the ranks"
whose names are familiar in a degree, to
drafting new talent, utterly unknown.
And maybe he is right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

Three notable United Artists produc-
tons are announced as ready for release
in the near future-"Du Barry: Woman
Of Passion" starring Norma Talmadge;
What Widow" starring Gloria Swan
son, and "Whoopee," starring Eddie
Cantor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

Premier openings Of Ufa's first talking
German-E English production, 1.-THE Mel
ody Of the Heart" Is scheduled for Au-
gust 20 at the Fifth Avenue Playhouse,
in New York, where the English-spea
ing version will be shown, and at the
Eighth Street Playhouse, where the Ger
man dialogue will be displayed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

The report that already the motion
picture producers have bought the
screen rights for % novels and plays
would seem to indicate that 1.-THE great
writer's" recently engaged In Hollywood
had fallen down on their jobs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

Fox Is to cofeature Warner Baxter
and Edmund Lowe in THE Cisco KID"
to be made under the direction Of John
Ford. The kid" has gone well In the
past, why let him go?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

Janet Gaynor has ironed out her dis
agreement with Fox, so says Film
Daily, and appropriately she will re-
turn to talking pictures in THE Man
Who Came Back" with Charlie Far
ren as her. vis-a-vis and william K.
Howard as her diracfnr -
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-15
CHAOS REIGNS
In HUN VOTING
Government Changes Seen
AS Result Of Balloting
For Reichstag

BERLIN, Sept. i5-UPl-A parha-
mentary chaos, in which no govern
ment will be able to s.-vive. loomed
in Germany today as a consequence
of Reichstag elections Sunday.
So extensive may be the results
of the polling. in which Facists and
Communists. themselves bitterly an
tagonistic. received almost a land
slide in votes. that fall OF the present
Bruening government - now almost
a certainty appeared the least
serious of the developments which
now threaten.
The social democrats. one Of two
bases for the defunct government
OF Chancellor Mueller. remained the
largest single group in the Reichstag
as a result of the polling, with a
probable 143 deputies elected. a loss
OF ten under their 1923 figure.
The FaciSts OF Adolph Hitler, the
young Austrian responsible for the
notorious 1923 Munich putsch. made
astounding and sweeping gains In
virtually every section OF the coun-
L1t G4A4 I1AA4RL4 4A6AAA $3.50
in the 1923 elections TO lot, a fig
IRE which surpassed even the claims
of their campaign managers.
New Government Seen
Communists, at the opposite enc
OF the parliamentary arc from the
FacistS, but with them opposed Il
the republic and 70 the peace treat.
les. gained q new seats in The
Reichstag. jumping from 81 to rs *
become the third largest party II
the body.
Other totals, estimated by the fed.
eral election supervisor on the basis
OF total votes cast were CentriSt:
50. Nationalist Al. Peoples party Is
Economic party %. States party p
Bavarians 10. Farmers league Is
Christian socialists II, Peasants par
ty 0, Hanoverians 5, Landbund 8
Conservatives 2: total 573 agains'
491 seats in the 1923 elections.
Chancellor Bruening's fall nigh
almost be taken for granted unless
he car enlist the collaboration o
the social democrats who preceding
the elections refused continually h
ally themselves with him in mos
Of his important moves.
A new government, 1t would ap,
pear, will have 10 be built arount
Continued OH page 81
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-15
Hope Held
For Wreck Victim

GEORGETOWN, Sept. 15.-ePl-
Little hope remained today for the
recovery Of j. B. Cousins, Jr., g,
who was injured yesterday when his
father, mother and two brothers
were killed as a Missouri Kansas
Texas passenger train demolished
their automobile at a grade cross
ing near here.
The dead were j. q. Cousins. Sr..
"a: Mrs. Cousins, 80; Archie, 6 and
Harold z.
Cousins, a farmer OF Talpa, Run
nels county. had left his home
there because Of drought conditions
and brought his family to South
Texas to pick cotton.
They started out Sunday after
noon for a ride and were driving
along an unfrequented country road
when the a came upon a grade
crossing. just as the train emerged
from a cut through the side or the
hill. The four persons met death
instantly, as the train struck the
a and hurled the wreckage along
the track.
The engineer halted the train.
then backed 1t to Georgetown to
bring the dead and the injured
child here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-15
Mother Grieving For
Children Is Killed

LOS ANGELES, Sept. i5-P-
Mrs. Ruth 3. Weimer was under
arrest today for the Staying OF her
sister. Mrs. Mabel Agnes Steele. Al.
whom she admitted shooting. po-
lice said, to "cure her OF a broken
heart"
Grieving over the kidnapping OF
her two children. allegedly by her
estranged husband, Mrs. Steele at
tempted suicide several times. and
was placed in a psychopathic ward
police said Apparently recovered
she vas released recently.
Yesterday she returned TO weep
ing bitterly for her children.
A niece OF Mrs. Weimer said her
aunt told Mrs. Steele:
IF you don't stop crying I'll shoot
you"
Il want to die. Please do" the
niece quoted Mrs. Steele as replying.
Five bullets pierced the grief
stricken woman's body.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-15
Utah Visitors Find
Valley Startling

DR.. N. #. Beer and H. M. Din
woody. both Of Salt Lake City. Utah,
the former one Of the most prom
inent physicians in Salt Lake City
and the latter owner OF the largest
furniture store there. are visitors In
Brownsville. DIR. Beer Is visiting his
son Kenneth. who lis connected with
the Pan-American Air Lines here.
The two men drove to Browns
vile. and explained that the trip
TO this section followed publicity the
Valley had received in Utah.
We expected nothing like what
we found the man said. The
country is absolutely marvellous,
both as to soil and climate"
They expect to continue to Mex
leo City some time this week. and
will return to the United States
through Brownsville.