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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
About Ronald COlman.

stage, including in his repertoire THE
Live Wire" THE Great Day" and THE
Little Brother" In 1920, however, due
to general unemployment throughout
England, Colman decided to leave the
mother country. He arrived in New
York with $37, three clean collars and
letter of introduction in his pocket.
Thereafter, he was more or less in
the depths until Robert Warwick gave
him a part in THE Dauntless Three"
which was followed by important roles
in THE Green Goddess" with George
Arliss, THE Night Cap" THE Silver
Fox" and East Is West"
In the Fall of 1922 he appeared In
La Tendresse," playing opposite Ruth
Chatterton. There's fate for you. When
Henry King saw him he offered him the
leading role in THE White Sister" OPP
posite Lillian Gish. No sooner said than
done. Colman went to Italy, where the
filming was to take place and from then
on-presto-fame, fortune and what
have you.
Mr.. Colman this week at Loew's Co
lumbia is giving fine performance In
"Raffies," which, due to the force OF
public opinion, is running its second
week. ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03

THE most energetic actor in the world
Is the gentleman who appears to-
day, tomorrow and the day after-in
fact, up until Saturday-on the stage of
che Earle Theater-Eddie Cantor by
name. age limit SO, married and has
i've children, all girls, and whose home
Il now near the city of mimic but audi
bic Acknowledgment.
Mr.. Cantor is said not to have been
o we'll brought up child. That may
have been because he was born over a
Russian tea room, where possibly the
fumes of vodka dissipated the purity OF
his milk Furthermore, he is said to
have added considerable to the chaos
and bedlam of New Yorks East Side
BY dancing and singing and playing
Jokes all over the crowded streets.
At q tender age Eddie became a
stock clerk, and from then on life looked
at him with increasingly friendly smiles.
Not long afterward Eddie turned HIM
self into a singing waiter In Coney
Island beer garden, and shortly after
that Gus Edwards saw him and booked
him for his 1912 kid Kabaret," along
With other struggling artists, notably
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03

TWO brief years ago. during week
of rain the University of Harvard
disgorged upon callous world, 500 or
more youths eager to take the world by
storm Among these was an ardent de-
votee of the piano, Charlie Henderson,
whose soothing administrations on this
very instrument and his lyrical musical
compositions had done much to put the
Harvard Hasty Pudding Club musical
comedies or the map.
This young man who, as they say In
Holiday" could charm bird OF
tree" when bending low over the
ivories, sprang into spotlight fame
through the invention of an instrument
known as the "goofus," the playing OF
which brought him no less than eight
encores every time he appeared with it
on the stage.
It was the "goofus," Mr.. Henderson
eiained, when interviewed recently,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
Frinnl and a $40 Piano.

TP Rudolf Frirnl had not sfivered
i through the cold Of a Bohemian
Winter when he was 4 years old, he
might not be numbered today among
The worlds Vrtuosi composers Of light
opera.
The creator of an amazing list OF
Hight operate hits is now living In
hardened retreat in Beverly Hills, Calf,
writing original scores for Arthur Ham
nnerstein's series Of full-length musical
features for United Artists, the first OF
which is THE Lottery Bride"
About that epochal Winter back IN
Prague when Friml kept his 4-year-old
fingers warm by banging them on ivory
keys he says:
MY parents were very poor. The
weather was harsh, biting, and my
sister and 1 human huddles before a
diving fire. The family budget allowed
only $40 for coal and wood. Father
went out. determined TO drive the best
possible bargain for fuel. He came back
an hour Iater-with a piano.
1T was a battered piano and the
keys were yellowed. Ten dollars worth
OF piano Mother scolded a bit, OF
course. but father said he had always
cherished an ambition to play, and this
Was his chance He discovered 1t was
more dtfictlt than he had surmlSed
and so the piano became my toy.
vas very happy. The cold didni
matter"
prinal's childish fingers began to pluck
art xtunple little tunes. Neighbors would
drop In to applaud the infant concerts
% when he was z his parents, con-
Vinced they had q prodigy in the fam
Nv, scrimped to pay for lessons.
Their fond belief began to come true
n was q proud day when at the age o.
IL the boy was admitted to the Prague
Conservatory of Music. In the lorna
tive years that followed he made IN
credible progress, so that at ID he MADE
his debut as concert pianist with th'
great violinist Kubelik.
1t was in England that Daniel Froh
man, the impresario, listened TO a con
cert and signed Kubelik and F'riml 10
an American engagement. Fr1ml wa
10. His heart sang and his nnger
danced on the keys. Kubeliks wlzsrorJ
inspired him.
- His first piano concerto was played
for q few musicianly men. They praises
1t. Steinway engaged him TO appea
at Carnegie Hall, and, with waite
Damroech conducting his New Iorl
,Symphony Orchestra, FTiml mesmer
iZed a packed audience of music lovers.
The composer is high-sH3ng, rest
less individual. He longs to be con
ttnually on the move. II Is toldsna
Hamnerstein on many occasions had .
lock him In q room for weeks at a tins
virtually 0 prisoner, to get score
time.
Once anchored TO task, Frinl y
dynamo. He arises early, puncnes q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03

HARKING back to what stars did be-
fore they were stars, in the days
when they had very little more than
ambition, is theme so common among
story tellers of this machine age that
1t seems as though one might find a
really eminent subject before beginning
again on such tack" What better
therefore, than Ronald Colman?
Mr. Colman's romantic tendencies
have been dwelled upon at length, the
suave, human genialities he brings to
all his roles have been eulogized to such
profound degrees that little family
history seems not at all out of place
historical beginnings In his grease-paint
professionals it were.
Like all great men, Ronald had a
beginning, and very low one, theat-
ricaily speaking. His first professional
role was a blackfaced role, a Jolson role,
but unlike Jolson he didn't have any
thing to say. In playlet by Tagore
called THE Maharanee of Arakan," he
was q black-as-coal herald who stood
around and around. That was in 1916,
after Colman had served with Kitch-
ener's "contemptibles," the first hun
dred thousand" of England's army to
wounded and finally discharged from
the army by the medical board.
Although Mr.. Colman began treading
the proVerbial London boards in a
slightly of1-color role, his next part
took different squirt upwards, since he
was cast opposite Gladys Cooper in
THE Misleading Lady" Following this
he had principal part in Damaged
Goods" and then, when everything
seemed especially rosy, he hearkened to
the call of the silent movies and acted
in a primitive two-reel comedy, which,
as a matter of fact, was never released
However, the taste for the cinema
seems to have gotten into his blood. for
from then on he had part in great
many, even appearing in one as a
Jewish pugilist.
In spite of the many films in which
he had appeared prior to 1920, Colman
considered himself q pretty unsatis-
factory screen actor and he continued
at the same time, to act on the London
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
The New Moon" Rising.

PRODUCTION is going on apace on
l THE New Moon" the screen YER
sion of the operetta of a season or so
ago, in which Lawrence Tibbett and
Grace Moore are to do the featured
singing.
Besides Mr.. Tibbett, who will be re-
membered as the first Metropolitan OPP
era star to transplant his talents to a
full-length movie, and Miss Moore, who,
besides being a Metropolitanite was
once stellar appendage of the Music
Box Revues," the cast will include
George Fawcett, Emily Fitzroy and Gil
bert Emery.
Jack Conway, who directed Lon
Chaneys recent picture, THE Unholy
Three" is welding the megaphone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
Eddie CantOr's Saga.

George Jessel, Eddie Buzzell, Lila Lee
and Gregory Kelly.
Nineteen hundred and furteen saw
Mr.. Cantor in love, married in
London and appearing in "Charlots
Revue" The war sliced the engage
ment practically in two and Eddie re-
turned to New York. Again he heark-
ened to the call of vaudeville. Ear
Carroll spotted" his act in Los Angeles
and reported to oliver MoroSco, who
with much gusto propelled Cantor into
his musical show Canary Cottage
Thence to the "Follies "-ziegfeld'T in
cidentally-was but jump, and then
Mr.. Cantor romped through more Fol
lies" THE Midnight Founders and
Make 1t Snappy."
kid Boots" was pleasant little In
terlude OF two years for Eddie. and II
was followed by stardom in the Fol
lies" Mr.. Cantor wound up in WHO'D
pee" which has kept him busy ever
since-its picture version has just been
completed.
There you have it, and If you don't
believe it. trot around to the Earle and
ask Eddie himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
Invented the "GOOfus."

that made him ambitious. "It in
spired me with vim and vigor," said
this very modest young man, las well
as with Deep Night" 1t was just
about this time that he settled down and
wrote the popular melody, which has
been floating melodically on the breezes
ever since.
After that fate touched his pleas
antly on the shoulder. He enlisted in
Warnings Pennsylvania Orchestra to
make the world happier for democracy,
and since then he has been playing
composing and generally attending to
being famous.
Charlie is the author of 80 Beats My
Heart for You" the tune which is doing
more to make the torrid heat bear
able than almost any other on the
market He's at the Palace this week
too. where he'll tell you about the
"goofus," If you ask him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
Cyril Maude in Grumpy

4 FTER portraying Grumpy approx
"A mately 1900 times on the stage,
Cyril Maude is taking that character
to the audible screen for Paramount.
1t is Maude's first experience in talking
pictures, following almost half century
of stage stardom.
Maude made his first appearance as
Grumpy in Glasgow in 1913 The
play later was sensationally successful
in New York and London. Maude's
engagements in it have totaled four
years.
In 1915 in Hollywood for two weeks
he played the title role in film YER
sion of Peer Gynt." That was his
only other motion picture experience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03

~ NE OF the many odd Things
L. about the movie business i.
that, whereas you can have
~ films entitled 'Hell,s Angels
"Hells Heroes" Hell Har-
kor" or "Hell's Island" you cannot
permit q character on the screen tc
iIse the word hell" In the communi-
ties where censorship laws exist the
prohibitions against profanity in all its
forms are strict and definite. and the
eelluloid merchants are bound to re-
epect them.
This has caused all sorts of embar-
rassment to those producers who have
essayed to make pictures which repro
duce the talk of soldiers, sailors, Ma
rines and other varieties of red-blooded,
loose-tongued he-men. The dialogue
Of such rough fellows, to be realistic,
requires at least a sprinkling of salt.
"All Quiet on the Western Front" Is
generally conceded to be the most vio-
fently outspoken of ali screen dramas.
n presents the stark, naked truth. And
vet. even in the moments of greatest
stress. Of most unbearable horror, none
Of its characters can burst out with
any of the words and phrases that
provide the meat in every soldier s
vocabulary.
Similarly, 1.-THE Big House." which
deals with jailbirds, contains an amaz-
ing demonstration of understatement.
We see murderers, forgers and assorted
thugs running wild. but we never hear
one mildly ugly word escape their lips.
They can throw gas bombs at each
ether, but they mustn't use rough Ian
guage.
How different it is on the uncensored
stage, where the most brutal and I'M
printable epithets have become as usual
and therefore as innocuous as "Oh, stuff
and nonSense!" or You old silly, you'll"
TT is not the intention of this weekly
column to start a crusade in be-
half of more and louder blasphemy on
the screen, but it would seem that
certain improvements might be made in
the restrictions now imposed.
The trouble Is that the nimble-witted
Dialogue writers in Hollywood are man.
aging to find substitutes for all the
commonplace oaths and vulgarisms. and
these deceptive substitutes are apt to
Be far worse than the forbidden words
themselves.
should like to reprint herewith
some of the remarks that I have heard
recently on the screen, but don't care
20 do So for know that they would
be deleted by watchful editors before
they could possibly sneak into print.
ere. Editors are realists.
When a censor board is inspecting
elm In the privacy of a projection room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
Allies Signed by Radio.

VAUDEVILLE has again surrendered
a son to the talking pictures. Roscoe
Allies, vaudeville headliner Of the major
circuits for the past Is years, has afnxed
his signature to a long-term contract
with Radio Pictures.
In addition to the new contract, Allies
has been given an outstanding comedy
role in "Cimarron," Edna Ferber epic OF
the rise of Oklahoma. starring Richard
Dix Allies has already had considerable
movie experience. He has had promi-
nent roles in Caught Short" THE Big
House," Remote Control and other
films,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03

bag. plays medicine ball, eats a hearty
breakfast. and sits down to his piano.
He PLAYS for an hour to get himself in
the mood. Then he begins to concen-
trate. And" he explains, my sub
conscious mind does all my work.
have been able to concentrate for one
minute and write a melody in the next
five. Or 1 may concentrate before go
ing to sleep at night and awake the
next morning with the score in my
mind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
Five Pathe Talking Serials

DATHE, erstwhile maker of scores Of
serials, will re-enter the continued
in-the-next field with five talking pro-
auctions.
Plans are being completed so that the
first 1930-31 Pathe serial will be ready
for release in September. These plans
call for detective, animal. railroad and
outdoor serials, the kind that Ruth Bo-
land used to break her neck In.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03

the earth--it has
had one ambition.
T hat ambition,
long since de-
veloped into a hrm
determination. has
been to knock
out" all rivals.
When first it be-
gan to flicker, 1t
walked along the
favorite crowded
street or highway,
and picked out the
most crowded spot
in sight. 1t might
be a clothing store,
a popular drug
store, a jewelry
store, or even q
dono rkt11oY1t store
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03

y ONE folks have an idea, perhaps,
that the radio is going to hurt
talking pictures. Well, there are
. some who are equally sure it is
not.
Ever since the movie first crept out
Of nowhere and planted itself in aban-
doned stores to the tunes of tinkling
piano-even now after it has conquered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
Straus Music for Jenny Lind

OSCAR STRAUS, noted Viennese
composer Of THE Chocolate Sol
der" and other operettas, who was re-
Gently placed under contract to Merto-
Goldwyn- Mayer, will contribute original
numbers to Grace Moore's first screen
vehicle, a story suggested by the career
of Jenny Lind This picture is now in
production under Sidney Franklin's
direction.
The Washington times., 1930-10-03
SGHACH HERE
TQPUT son
IN BANK

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 UNs0. /.
DR.. Hjalnar Schacht, former
.president Of the German Reichs.
bank, arrived yesterday on the
Hamburg-American liner Resolute,
accompanied by his wife and son,
Jens. He win remain eight weeks,
making q study Of the u. s.
financial situation and to talk on
economic subjects In general.
Or. Schacht expects to place
ms son in q bank In Chicago.
Military Appearance
Germany's financial wizard has
more the appearance Of a mill
ry man than that Of q staid
banker. Although he is So years
old. he is tall, erect, vigorous,
with steel-gray hair and closely
cropped muStache:
He speaks English well.
!. DR.. Schacht is q StaItnch sup
porter Of the Dawes Plan. He In
dicated It was impossible for Ger
many to meet the heavy interna-
tiOnal obligations foStered by the
Young Plan. He said:
Everywhere / heard that
a Germany must be reasonable.
! say that the world must be
reasonable"
When asked If the German
people take Hitler, leader Of the
German Fascists. seriously, he.
said:
II am surprised that every
body is surprised about Hitler.
The chief thing should ask
10: Does Hitler take himself
seriously? Why shouldn't he?
Not . Socialist
4 R Germany starves, you viii
find not one, but many HitIers.
I am not . Socialist, but I say
there Is . lot Of truth in It. /.
II people are treated for IL
years IS the German, people
have been treated, it Is foolish
to. think they win go on being
quiet and smiling"
He was met by the German
consul, DR.. Paul Schwarz, who
greeted him warmly, and both
conferred in low tones for sew
eral minutes.
, DR.. Schacht win be the guest
Of honor ct the welcoming
luncheon tomorrow given by the
Institute Of International Educa-
ton.
The Washington times., 1930-10-03
GROH IS FACING
D|SDARMENT

HAGERSToWN, Md, Oct. 3.
DIsbar1nent proceedings brought
against Garland =. 0roh, 32-year-
old HagerstoWn attorney, by the
washington County Bar Assoctar
ton, were heard yesterday IN
court here by Chief Judge p.
Lindley Sloan and Associate
Judge Albert A. Doub.
The prosecution was conducted
by States Attorney Harper Bal
lentine and former States At
torneyS D. Angle Wolfinger and
Ellsworth n. Roulette, who were
appointed by the bar association.
GrOh was represented by former
Attorney General Alex. Arm
strong and former States Attor-
ney Scott M. Wolfinger. The
proceedings are the outgrowth Of
q real estate transaction In 1928.
An equity suit followed and the
facts alleged to have been dis
closed, together with Groh'S teS-
timony in the suit, resulted in
his indictment by the May grand
Jury. which also indicted his Ia
ther, d. Webster Groh, wealthy
72-year-old resident, on the same
charge.
When arraigned at the May
term Of court, the Grohs entered
pleas Of not guilty and were
granted q change Of venue. The
cases were removed to Frederick
county for trial and are sched-
uled to begin next week. An
opinion in the disbarment case
is not expected until after the
trials. ,.---- -
The Washington times., 1930-10-03
Drinks No Water;
Passes IOOth Year

WATERTOWN, Wis, Oct. 8.
Henry Bassiner, 100, the city's
Oldest resident. has passed the
Sixty-Seventh year that he has
|refrained from drinking water.
During the civil war Bassinger
was commissioned to get some
water, and when he found the
stream polluted by the bodies Of
four decayed mules he made q
vow never to take a drink Of
water.
The VOW has been faithfully
kept for nearly three-quarters Of
q century.
The Washington times., 1930-10-03
PuOtLess AirplGvae
OUeTt1eTlas in Field

HERKIMER, N. z. Oct. 8.
Pilot Bart" Bartholomew mar
rowly escaped serious injury when.
the propeller Of his plane sud-
denly started while he was turn
ing It over at Seymour Field,
near here.
The pilotless plane careened-
down the field, left the ground
and then overturned. 1t was be-,
neved the throttle was acciden.
tally left open.
The Washington times., 1930-10-03
Tries Three Times:
Can't Kill Himself!

ROCKFORD, H., Oct. 3.--Fail-
ing to kill himself with poison,
Charles Lante tried to down him.
self in abathtib. Again thwarted,
he turned on Illuminating gas,
but was found and revived. He
win live, his physician said.
The Washington times., 1930-10-03
Hit by Golf Ball,
Horse TIarOUs Girl

CHICAGO, oct. 3.--Miss Ger.
trude Meidke. prominent debu.
tante, cf 1882 orrington Ave-,
Evanston, was thrown from q rid
ing academy horse near the North
western golf course ct Morton
Grove and bruised, when q ball
driven by . golfer struck the
animal.
The horse stampeded over the
golf course.
The Washington times., 1930-10-03
Huge Wolf Caught
In Trap By 2 Toes

wASHBURN, Wis.,, Oct. s~-Held
In the steal Jaws Of . trap by two
toes Of one forefoot, Big Lupe,"
giant Bayfield, county wolf that
ranged the surrounding country
side for years, finally met death
when rifle bullet fired by the
owner Of the trap pierced his
brain.
The Washington times., 1930-10-03
Helps 10000 We'd;
Retires O. Bachelor!

BOSTON, Oct. 3.-After "a
years. service at city hall, adj
vising some 100000 prospective
bridegroornS, jeremiah j. Leary,
assistant city registrar. aged IS.
retired-a bachelor. His explana-
ton was:
II guess I was too much Of
Q sport to get married"
The Washington times., 1930-10-03
Parrot Quits Perch
To TGke O. Cracker

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Oct. 3.
Tony, pet parrot, wanted q crack.
er so badly she gave up her six
hours Of tree sitting and fol
lowed 1t down to the hands of a
fireman below when the bait was
raised on Q fishing pole.
New Britain herald., 1930-06-27
NE0NATAL DEATH RATE DEPLORED
Span Of Life of Elders Not
 Long Enough

Detroit, June 27 UP) - Little 25 years toward reducing premature and neonatal deaths, although the infant mortality rate has been re- duced notably, Dr. Harold V. Stuart, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, told the American Medical association yesterday.
 Dr. Stuart based his statements on $50 infant deaths studied in Boston in 1929. but he said he believed the Boston situation to be typical of the country.
 Of the $50 deaths, Dr. Stuart found 43S which he considered due to antenatal causes, of which tox- emias were the most important. Other causes include nephritis, con- genital syphilis. heart disease, ane- mia and accidents. He also found from the records that the use of for ceps is highly dangerous, 129 deaths having been traced to this cause. Il also was found in most instances good prenatal care had not been given.
 Longevity of life, according to Dr. Morris Fishbein. editor of the Jour- nal of the American Medical asso- ciation, is not a matter of serums and gland transplantations. The real fight for a longer span of years con- centrates on reducing the infant mortality rate. and inducing men to make physical examinations a part of their regular life after they near the 50-year mark.
 Doctors have been able to do more with the death rate of infants thar with aiding the elders. A hundred years ago. Dr. Fishbein said, the death rate of infants was so high that life's expectancy was 25 years Today it has been raised to 55 years but men who lived to be 55 a hun dred years ago even now will live little longer, though they should reach 70 years.
 Use of tobacco or liquor in mod eration has TO effect on longevity Dr. Fishbein said. Women in the past have averaged longer lives thar men. because, the doctor said, they lived queter lives. But with then entering a greater field of activities the average expectancy of men anc women may be made equal