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The Washington times., 1930-12-20
SIDNEY TOLER,
BELASCO'S
ICEMAN

Sidney Toler, in Belasco's "It's
a Wise Child" coming to the
National Theater next Monday,
December 20 has, in addition to
his interest in the stage, two
hobbies-mountain climbing and
secret service work.
He was one Of the hidden eyes
Of Uncle Sam during the war
and there are whispers that some
Of the most clever Of recent
magazine stories by a nationally
known writer are from plots pro-
vided by the comedian-good-bad
man. He has been a Belasco
featured player at intervals over
a period Of more than eight
years, and has owned stock COM
panies in several Of the larger
American cities. His friends say
that "Cool Kelly" is one Of his
most amusing roles. 49,
Has Funny Role
NOO4 AeAys I14G 4CSxO60I ~Vo4
Kelly, the bootlegger! And Cool
Kelly, natures gentleman, who
proves that there's gold in the
heart that beats under the water
soaked shirt Of the competitors Of
artificial refrigeration! Which Is
another way of saying that the
comedian plays the role Of Cool
Kelly in "It's a Wise Child" In q
way to bring Joy to the hearts OF
Toler fans Observation-Disclosures
the Scandinavian.
"Well, why not be an iceman?"
Toler queries. ''I've been every
thing else, and I said, Fine, Gov
ernor.' when Mr.. BelaSco told me
I wouldn't have to carry any ice.
"And, anyway, Cool Is o lot OF
fun. I'll take you out any night
and show him to you on any
corner. He's q wise cracker, . 10
minute egg, and he'n fight at the
drop Of a hat-but hit his tender
side and he'll pawn his shirt to
help q friend"
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
Met to Change
Twice Weekly

Starting Christmas Day and
continuing twice weekly there
after, Warmers Metropolitan Will
be devoted to the presentation OF
two motion picture attractions
weekly. Arrangements are now
under way whereby some Of the
outstanding products Of all the
producers will be presented.
Samuel Goldwyn and Flo Ileg-
fields production Of "Whoopee, :,
with Eddie Cantor, has the honor
Of being the first feature pre-
Sented under this new policy.
''Whoopee'' opens Christmas Day
and win be shown for two days,
December Is and 26. From Satur-
day to Tuesday, December n to
80 the feature will be Constance
Bennett in "Sin Takes a Holiday" I"
Appropriate short subjects will be
found on each program.
Changes of programs win take
place every Saturday and Wednes-
day Of each week.
Reduced admission prices viii
pce9au under the new policy
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
George Kelly's
New Play, Jan. J

Laurence Rivers, who Ia
sponsoring that sensational smash
hit on Broadway, "The Green
Pastures" will bring to the Ma
tional Theater for q limited en-
gagement Of four days only com
mencing Wednesday night, Jan
uary z, the new George Kelly
play. "PhiIip Goes Forth"
Undoubtedly, there will be an
unusually large demand for seats
for this attraction; and as the
engagement IS for but five par
formances, including Saturday
matinee, those who intend pur'
chasing seats are urged to do SO
at once by mail and avoid diS'
appointment.
Mr.. KeIIy's plays have always
been widely discussed and the
theme of his latest, judging from
advance reports. promises to be
Of unusual interest. From an
mixing Of its subject which has
come through it tells the story
Of q man who is cut out for the
world 81 commerce, but who ct
tempts to take UP an artistic
career.
The cast promised by Lawrence
Rivers was personally selected BY
Mr.. Kelly, and includes Thais
Lawton, ThurSton Hall, Dorothy
Stickney, Cora WitherSpoon
Harry Ellerbe, Madge Evans
Harry Gresham, Harold Webster
Ralph Urmy, Mary Gildea anC
DonlEA PasdeloUp.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
BRENT
AS A MOVIE
MADONNA

Madonna Of the Streets" the
film adapted from the story 1.-THE
Ragged Messenger" by w. B.
Maxwell, now at RrK-O Keith's
features Evelyn Brent, Robert
Ames and Josephine Dunn.
Madonna Of the Streets" pre-
SentS the talented and attractive
Evelyn Brent in what iS de-
Scribed as an extremely interest
ing Characterization which al
lows her to display her undiS-
puted acting ability. The story
is about an unScrupulous woman,
q character who went to every
extreme to satisfy her own self
ish desires, and her phenomenal
change in character and outlook
on life when she falls in love
with a man whose every thought,
deed and action is noble.
Brent Fits Role
Against the varying back
ground of the Barbary water
front, o luxurious San Francisco
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country cottage, this moving tale
is unfolded.
Evelyn Brent is considered an
ideal choice for such q role. Her
appearances in such productions
as Underworld" "The Last
Command" Fast Company"
and Beau Sabruer" have trained
her in every type Of characterize
tion. She is extremely versatile.
Robert Ames plays the leading
masculine role. Ames has made
rapid headway in the short time
he has been appearing On the
screen. He has played maScu-
line leads opposite screendom's
most famous women stars In
the industry's most outstanding
dramatic vehicles. His appear.
ances include, "a Lady to Love-
"The Tresspasser" and "Holl-
day" John Robertson, an out
standing director, handled the
production.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
Miss McCrOy in Hit
Remembers Six FLOpS

Mildred Mccoy, leading lady OF
'Tt's q wise Child" coming to
the National Theater Monday
night, December 20, for one week
only, declares this to be her first
really important role.
'I created the role in New
York, where the play ran a year" ,"
she says, "and we've been on the
road now for 20 weeks; but be
fore that I was with six Of the
best producers In their worst
flops in one year in New York
awful record"
Miss McCoy's father was John
Mccoy, Of stage fame, so l1er
destiny was easily decided. She
is q ,piquant brunette with a
pretty, slim figure. and only
about 40 years old. She has not
married yet-'but you'd be sur
prised how many times I've been
in jeopardy" she twipkled, with
fond reminiScence.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
LINCOLN FLED
ON DAY OF
WEDDING

A laborious research into the
life of Abraham Lincoln con
vinced D. W. Griffith, the
noted producer-director, that the
martyred President was q more
complex character than any Of
the thousands Of ficticiouS vii
lianS and heroes he has por'
trayed on the screen during his
20 years experience in making
motion pictures.
Griffith, who Is presenting
abraham Lincoln" an epic vocal
film built on the theme Of Lin
coins life, at Loew'S Columbis
Theater, discovered, for instance
that the great emanicaptor never
drank liquor, though he never
censored those who did.
On one occasion q COMMITTEES
Of temperance workers pleaded
with him to dismiss Ulysses s
Grant because the general was
drunk when he won a decisive
battle.
Fear Of Wedding
Lincoln smiled and said, "I't
like to get more Of the same
brand for some Of my other gen
erals"
Lincoln was as much q teetc
taller In tobacco as he was u
drink, though he frequented th,
numerous frontier saloons wherI
his RabeIaisian humor was at tt
best.
On his wedding day Lincoln be
came so panicky with fear tina
he fled to the woods and ther
he stayed until a party of search
ers discovered him five days later
Walter Huston plays the it'll
role with Una Merkel supplyinI
the love interest. Kay Hammond
Ian Keith, Jason Robards, Hobar
Bosworth and others have i'm
portant roles.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
BIRD In HAND
OPENS XMAS
NIGHT

John Drinkwater's delightful
comedy, Bird in Hand" which
made London laugh for more
than q year, and recently COM
p1eted a record breaking run Of
more than 500 consecutive per-
formances in New York, will come
to the Shubert BelaSco Theater
commencing Christmas night, De-
cember IS, under the sponsorship
Of Lee Shubert.
Bird in Hand" q gay, blthe-
some production, is concerned
with a possible marriage between
the gentry and the yeomanry,
between the son Of a lord Of the
manor and the daughter Of an
inn-keeper. The theme has tragic
meaning sometimes, and has been
so treated by such authors as
John Galsworthy, Githa Sowerby
and Stanley Houghton, to name
q few.
Union Of Glasses
Drinkwater, however, has chosen
to look lightly upon this union
Of representatives Of classes and
masses, and has served up as
dainty q comedy dish as one can
find In q long search. It ripples
along deliciouSly, Sauced with
laughter Of the spectators, and
trimmed with all the sparkle Of
a poets wit. Bird in Hand" is
steadily witty and wise, and oc-
casionally robust in it" hilarity.
The author himself selected
and directed the expert band Of
English players who will be seen
here in Bird in Hand" several
of whom also participated in the
English presentation.
The action Of Bird in Hand"
occurs in a quaint wayside inn
in rural GlouceStershire, and the
settings designed by Rollo Wayne
are artistically alluring.
Prominent in the roster Of the
Bird in Hand players are Wal
ter Edwin, Daphne Warren Viii
son, Olga Slade, Frank Petley,
Eliot Makeham, John Warburton,
Ronald Dare and Arthur Ridley.
Needless to add, all Of them nave
made their mark on the English
stage.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
Roxy Will Tour

Roxy Is planning a three
months tour which will include a
Washington date late in Feb
ruary. He will take a company
Of IS headed by the 69-year-old
Nine. ErneStine Schumann-Heink
as prima-donna and including our
own 19-year-old Patricia Bowman
as ballerina. A two-hour per
formance will be given by the
Roxy stage and radio stars.
The New York Theater Guild
drama by Claire and Paul Sifton
which We saw last week as I'm
the Meantime" will be called
Midnight" when 1t opens in
New York on January 20.
Monta Bell, the Washington
director, did his bit for unem-
ployed newspaper men. He sounded
Q call in Hollywood for all idle
scribes to show up for city room
sequences in his newspaper
story, Fires of Youth" Two
score showed up and were hired
at $12 q day for four days and
plenty Of closeup views Of Lew
eyres.
When the dog bites a man it's
not news, ETC., but when a movie
theater goes legitimate it sets
tongues a wagging on Broadway.
Warner Brothers Hollywood The
ater on the Main Stem is dark
and looking for q musical COM
edy tenant. It's a brand-new
house equipped to handle any
stage show, and Arnold Van Lear,
the manager, is looking for one.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20

k. o. punch. His Victor MacLaglsa
favorite wallop is a straight right
to the vulnerable point on the
chin and the victim curls up un-
conscious, like baby being de-
posted in the cradle. Wottaman.
He leaves no opening for the cry
Of foul.
BOgart Is Foil
In Devil Among Women" the
MacLaglen wits are matched
against those Of Humphrey Bo-
CART and it makes one sigh .
little for the ribald and rowdy
scenes where Edmund Lowe was
the sly and highly successful foil
for Victor. Bogart is DIX, but, IL
the game of love and death, give
men the MacLaglen-Lowe team
anytime on any screen.
Director Irving Cummings has
managed to weave in a quota o.
laughs, and Mona Maris makes O
pretty love interest. But the
story is too clumsily told to sustain
interest.
Real entertainment value is
unreeled in the screen story of
Governor elect Clifford Pinchot Of
Pennsylvania and his adventures
in the South Seas, a travel trip
in which he was accompanied by
Mrs. Pinchot and his son, Giffy.
All three voices contribute to the
narrative. There are exciting
aquatic scenes showing the har-
pooning of sea bat, sword fish
and sharks, with any number Of
graphic shots taken in the nat.
ural tropic hauntS of animals and
birds. The screen log Of the
schooner Mary Pinchot Is good
movie stuff. ~
First Class Revue
On the stage a first-class bijou
revue. Leonora Corr displayed Q
lovely coloratura voice all too
briefly. Marsters and Boyce have
a good knockabout comedy act.
McGrath and Reed offered anus
ing nonsense and Ray Samuel
showed hey-hey stepping. The
Fanchon and Marco girls have
some effectively coStumed num-
bers, with one revealing period
gowns and intimate embarrassing
that keeps men folks at atten-
ton.
Leon Brusiloff's band with an
| appropriate overture put the
audience In holiday spirit, and
Ron and Don at the organ scored
heavily. The most engaging shot
in the Fox Movietone is one Of
the Hoover tots revealing that
her brother wants Santa Claus to
bring him policeman.
ANDREW r. KELLEY.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
GET
MUSICIANS
ULTIMATUM
By ANDREW n. KELLEY

10y &A4N0A3A1Wv @~a S@@@A~NA@~~~@
Serving an ultimatuIn on the
so-caIIed legitimate theaters that
new contracts must be signed be-
fore midnight, December ~, the
local Musicians Union has started
an excitement pot bubbling with
the National and Belasco manage
mentS.
Demands are that the BelaSco
orchestra be increased from four
i. to seven men, that the personnel
Of the National be maintained at
seven until May /. thus preclud-
ing any stock season unless O fun
orchestra is employed. The
answer to the u1timatum up 10
the present moment. Is mo-"
Stage hands have been notified
to back up the musicians. Along
e Street where the back stage
men are won't to gather there
are murmurings that the melody
makers picked q poor psyche
logical time to present demands
with few favoring q sympathy
''walkout." Parleys are being held
In an effort to adjust the differ
ences without disturbing present
bookings.
50 Both the National and BelaSco
Fheaters are operating under a
verbal agreement with the
Musicians Union to continue
terms in effect last season.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
375-POuH1d Actress
Was Once Real Star

There Ii plenty Of weight IN
the cast Of Charles Rogers latest
Paramount picture, "Along Came
Youth" which is now playing at
Loew'S Palace Theater. She Is
MathiIde Comont and she weighs
375 pounds. She began her the
atrical career In Europe, winning
stardom on the Paris and London
musical comedy stages. ..
Her first role was Mary Pick
ford's screen mother in "RoSita. ."
She has since appeared In many
films. In "Aiong Came Youth
she Is the wife Of . wealthy
Spainard who hires q baronaal
estate and engages Rogers,
stranded American, as Chef.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
Ann Gets q Raise

Winnie Lightner knocked the
Earle Theater's box office record
sky high, and has been promised
q return engagement whenever
she can get free from the studio.
She is due back in Hollywood for
picture work January 2.
Ann Suter, whose first Wash
ington engagement was at the
Cosmos Theater at $75 q week,
plays the Earle beginning today
FOR $2,5OO. In q confidential
moment she told one Of the
RK.O officials she would be glad
10 play Christmas week in Wash
ington for next to nothing be-
cause 1t gave her the first
chance in five years to eat a
turkey dinner with the folks.
She's been in Europe since 1925.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
Country Dances In
"Ahrnhnn1 Lincoln

The stately and graceful polka
Of the roaring forties, with its
gay, carefree music, features the
country dance sequence Of "Abra-
ham Lincoln" D. w. Gr1ffith's
film romance now being shown
at Loew'S Columbia Theater.
A special instructor, one &C
quainted with period dances, was
engaged to teach the more than
200 extras the elegance and In
tricacy Of the rhythmic polka.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
Barry Play Coming

Producer Gilbert Miller, highly
pleased over the $4,000 upward
business enjoyed by Helen Hayes
in "Petticoat Influence" has de-
cided to open his new Philip
Barry play at the Belasco the
week Of January 5. AS yet the
Barry play is without q name,
although there was some talk
about calling it Hail and Fare
well" Herbert Marshall, last
seen her in the The High
Road" and Zita Johann have al
ready been engaged for the cast.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
Morning Matinee for
Children on Dec. ~

A special school children'S
morning matinee, starting at $50
Saturday, December AZ, win be
presented by the Fox Theater for
the showing Of 'Tom Sawyer, !"
and win be under the auspices Of
Harriet Hawley Locher.
For this special showing, the
regular children's admission price
will be charged to all school chill
dren, regardless Of age.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
Spanish EntrY

SPANS newest delegate to Holly.
wood and film fame, Luana AL
cantz, makes her initial appear.
ance in Victor McLaglen'S current
laugh and thrill riot, "A Devil
With Women" at the Fox Thea,
ter. Miss Alcaniz plays the role
Of the bandits sweetheart in this
exciting picture Of q tropical reyC.
1ution, which Irving Cummings
direCosd for Mox Govietone.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
Flop. Now a Movie

One Of last seasons fIops was
the English farce. THE Middle
Watch" which opened at our
Belasco Theater. It has been
made into a movie over in Eng
land and evidently John Bull has
made Q good job Of it, for Roxy
was playing the feature, the first
altEngliSh film to enter a Broad.
way first-run house.
Helen Gahagan's Tonight Or
Never" seen here a month ago
has clicked as. q solid Belasco hit
predicted as certain to run well
into the hot weather season.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
Likes Baseball

Paul Page, leading man In
Naughty Flirt." at Warner Bros.
Metropolitan Theater, was promi-
nent on the varsity baseball team
when he was o student at ST..
Johns College, Annapolis.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20

revolutions and
rebels are as
C m m on a S
cactus. When
h e vigorous
Mr.. MacLaglen
Is not leading
q poly o t
soldiery, he Is
knocking ou t
his rivals in
love and war
with deadly
precision.
I like the
way MacLaglen
administers the
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
MACLAGLEN In
QUEST OF
ROMANCE

Victor MacLaglen continues his
petticoat hunt in Devil Among
Women" new screen featue which
opened at the Fox Theater yes
terday.
This time his romantic con-
quests are set in those mythical
South American countries where
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
McLaglen's Chase

The "chase" that Victor NC
Laglen started in what Price
Glory" and continued through
"The Cockeyed World" continues
through Central America in "A
Devil With Women" now being
shown at the Fox. Scores OF
beautiful Latin-American girls. In
cluding Mona MariS and Mona
Rico, are seen in this picture.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-15
SOLUTION TO MONDAYS BATTLE, MYSTERY
Thursdays Caller

The thing that made Detective Arnston believe that Johnson had been alive as late as Sunday morn irg was the cuckoo clock.
 The clock was going. lt struck eleven while Arnston was there and the position of the weight : showed that It wasn't much more than half run down.
 The clock was one of the daily wind sort, wound by pulling up the weights on the chain. A late test proved that the clock would run only about thirty hours with out winding, II didn't stand 70 reason that the murderer would como back later and wind tho clock.
 Arnston thought fl queer tha- Lawton could remember instantly inc day and hour when he saw Bruce call on Thursday-hc be- lieyed this was because l.awton was more than ordinarily interest co in Johnson,
 After long and nulet work II was found that Law1on had a mas ter key. It was also found that the murdered man did have on" lady friend, and she was Mrs. Law ton,
 There were two trials of Law ten: each time the jury was hope lcssly at odds and refused 10 agree. He will probably never be triel again.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-15

sumption of tobacco, spirits. beer and one or two food commodities"
 Not "Elcction Budget
 The Liberal Daily News draws de- auctions that Mir. Snowden was not contemplating a so-called election eering budget for 1881 and that he desires to impress upon his own party as well as upon the nation the seriousness of the present economic position.
 Lord Rothermerc's Daily Mail vents criticism as much against the conservatives for past ''misdeeds' as upon Snowden's present efforts. The Mail reaches the conclusion that we are burning the candle at both ends and the middle as we'll"
 lord Beavcrbrook' s Daily Express, like the. Liberal newspapers. singles out fiscal references, but with to- | tally different conclusions, the EX- press says: The budget, which strikes not only at the idea, bat at the essential ways and means of 1 empire free trade. is the heaviest blow the country has suffered since | the war"
 If the budget is essentially un- l imaginative, if has attractive ! features says the London Times. The budget is honest in presentation and Snowdcn has set himself grim ly 10 give yet another turn to tho familiar screw. Moreover. judging from thhe deliberate exemption ot smaller incomes, 1t looks uncom- monly like a carefully calculated bid for support of the 'Black-C cd vote at the next election"
New Britain herald., 1930-04-15

Miss Lillian F. Williams, of th1 city, senior student in the Episco. pal church training school, in Phila- delphia, will spend the Easter re- cess in Alexandria. Va, as the guest of Rev. and Mrs. C. P. Shelton, of Norfolk, Va.
 Lovisy S. Moore tent, daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War will hold regular meeting We'd nesday evening at 7:5o at Odd Eel lows hall.
 The monthly meeting of the Hart ford County Optometric Society will be held on Wednesday at the City Club, Hartford, with dinner at 7:00 p. m. and meeting at s.
 Additions to the rate-book were made today at the request of Chair man Thomas Linder of the board of assessors, covering taxable pro- perties left off the grand list when it was drafted last October. The to- tai of tax to be collected through these additions is s722.S0.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-15

by the street committee, consisting i of Councilmen Charles k. Anderson , chairman; William A. Hayes, and Homer H. Judd.
 At a meeting to be held in the council chamber this evening the , committee will make an announce { ment as to the name of the winning contractor. Work on the avenues mentioned will be commenced with in a week or so, it is believed. Trains Going on D. S. T.
 To become effective on Sunday, April 27, at o'clock in the morn- ing, to September 2S, the train schedules of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. daylight saving time, it has been made public.
 First Major Practice
 The first major baseball team to practice in Bristol will work out at Muzzy field at 6 o'clock this after noon. The team, the Maple Ends of the City baseball league, will be comprised of the same players as last season. Manager Ray Bachman has announced that Eddie Good ridge, famed southpaw twirler of last and previous scasons' Endee hines, will coach.
 Committees 10 Report
 The committees in charge of the drive for funds to build a new St. Anthonys church on School street will report tonight at a meeting to be held Tn the office of Attorney Anthony J. Rich, who is chairman.
 Those under Attorney Rich are Dr. F. l.. Coroso, pr. Raoul A. Siii- ciano, Ector Bolzoni, Edward Riccio, Joseph Caratola, Sperry Mastrobat tisto, Louis J. DiMeo, Cosmo Vacca. Antonio Colapinto, Nicola Sasso. John Battista, Joseph DiMeo, Pas quale Dettori, Joseph Poinatale, Joseph Raffaniello, Pelligrino Barril- la, Michael Roudie, John Massi Frank D'Aprile, Sattulo Fucini Amadco Covcrty, Dionigi Catena, Virginia Morroco, Angelo Ricc, James Cari. Eugene Ghis, Henry asionc, Nicholas Cavalicri and Eduardo Nentatori.
 Library Sets Record
 The Bristol Public library set Q new record during March, Librarian Charles L. Wooding reported at a meeting of the board of library
New Britain herald., 1930-04-15
Goat Eats Up Census
 EnumeratOr's Records

Madison, April 15 (UP)-The taking of Madison's farm census is not task to be relished, Miss Gertrude Bassett, enumerator, vowed today.
 Calling at the farm of Frank Hald, she left her data book on the running board of her auto mobile and approached Hald.
 How many goats have you?" she asked.
 That's the only one" replied Hald, pointing to a bewhiskered animal standing beside the enumerator's automobile with a scrap of paper projecting from his jaws.
 The census book had disap- peared.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-15

E. Wilson, who has been associated with Boy Scout work for many years and is a registered scout mas tier, will attend. Every scout is asked to attend.
 Word has been received here of
 the marriage of Miss Lillian Wes- colt Medd of Island Park, N. J., to Charles E. Neu of New York city on Saturday in the home of the bride. Miss Medd Is the daughter of Mrs. Henry Medd, who formerly resided here
New Britain herald., 1930-04-15
BRISTOL NEWS
To Award Contracts

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