Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

der the personal supervision of Louis
K. Sidney.
EARLE-"The Doorway to HELL"
1.-THE DOORWAY TO HE'LL" an
1 nounced as the first drama to
present the human side of underworld
life, with stage show headed by Ken
Murray and Rae Samuels, are the fea-
ture attractions at Warner Bros Earle
Theater this week.
Lewis Ayres, whose fine performance
in Common Clay" and "All Quiet on
the Western Front" will be recalled, has
the leading role in THE Doorway to
HE'LL" Warner Bros -Vitaphone
drama, in which he appears as baby
face gangster whose power for organi-
cation brings together all the rival rack
eteers in order to eliminate killings and
increase spoils. This accomplished, he
retires, but the gangs again break up
and hi-jacking is renewed. Ayres, how
ever, refuses to return, until his kid
brother is killed, and he then returns
to wipe out the stain in the only way
he knows how.
The cast includes Leon Janney, Dor
othy Mathews IA newcomer, William
Cagney, Noel Madison, Kenneth Thomp-
son and Robert Elicit.
Ken Murray, THE Original Funster,"
star of "Leathernecking," with a large
company of Murray-Makers, as he calls
them, provides comedy throughout the
time they are on the stage. Rae Sam
uels, THE Blue Streak" well known
character songstress, and Foster, Pagan
and Cox, Washington's own stars, are
others who will entertain.
The Earle Orchestra prelude, THE
Servant Problem" Vitaphone Variety,
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and Mary Stauber, and the Earle News
Events complete the program.
COLUMBIA-"Billy the Kid"
THE largest Western town ever built
for a motion picture, 1t is claimed,
was constructed for King Vidors Billy
the Kid" M-G-Ms tale of wild west
history that inaugurates the "Realife"
screen now at the Columbia.
This extensive construction was nee
essary to duplicate the town Of Lincoln,
N. Mex, seat of the famous Lincoln
County War;" in which Billy the Kid
was an active participant. The entire
town is said to be visible at one time
on the Realize screen. Third dimen-
sion, the impossible of a few years ago,
is now declared reality, to give the
moviegoers an added thrill.
Lincoln today, of course, is quite diff
ferent from what 1t was in the late sew
enties Therefore the town was built
complete, exactly as it was when the
Kid was rated the most dangerous
man in the entire West: The construc-
photographs of the New Mexican center
Of storm and strife
Vidor has assembled cast of excep-
tional strength for the production. John
Mack Brown won the assignment to
play Billy. Wallace Berry, fresh from
his triumphs in The Big House" and
way for Sailor" is seen as Sheriff
Pat Garrett, and the leading feminine
role is played by Kay Johnson. Karl
Simpson and Aggie Herring also have
prominent roles in the production.
Billy the Kid" is the first Realize |
production to be seen in Washington,
and Loew's Columbia is among the first
10 houses in the United States to in
stall this new device that is hailed as
the biggest stride the motion picture
hesh-and-blood attractions on the
screen.
RTALTO-"A Lady Surrenders."
ONE of the outstanding features of "A !
Lady Surrenders." which will con-
tinue this week at the Rialto, is the I
cast. Each player has been a success
on the legitimate stage. Conrad Nagle |
has the stellar role, and he is sup |
ported by Genevieve Tobin, Rose Ho-
bart, Basil Rathbone, Vivian Oakland. |
Carmel Myers and Frankling Pangborn. |
Miss Tobin is New Yorker by birth, |
Y1ll k.vyrw - tI1a
musical comedy route. She won bril- |
liant success In Fifty Million French |
men," and also in Polly Preferred"
in which she was starred.
Rose Hobart studied music abroad. |
Her father was conductor Of SYM
phony orchestra while her mother was
one of the stars in the San Carlos |
Grand Opera Co. However, Miss
Hobart turned to drama. One Of her
outstanding successes was Death Takes
a Holiday"
Basil Rathbone and Franklin Pang-
born both are products of the legitimate
stage, while Vivian Oakland was starred
for many seasons on the largest vaude-
vile circuits. She also had consider
able experience on the variety stage.
One of her successes in the talking
pictures was q role in The Floradora
Girl"
LITTLE-"Unguarded Girls"
"IINGUARDED GIRLS, which has
been running on Broadway for IL
weeks, will be presented at the Little
Theater this week to woman audiences
exclusively. In addition there will be a
stage attraction.
The picture, which concerns the police
departments bureau of missing per-
sons" pictures tragic experiences of one
Of the many girls reported missing in a
large city. 1t Is announced that al
though 1t Is propaganda for the better
ment of metropolitan conditions, its
story an original by a newspaper man,
is told interestingly.
ShoWings will be given exclusively to
woman audiences all this week, starting
tomorrow.
On the Dotted Line.
TALLULAH BANKHEAD, noted young