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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL-"She
StOOps to Conquer"

DbODYS W SOh4hCAs
EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL will pre-
sent Oliver Goldsmith's "She
Stops to Conquer" as it Spring play
Thursday and Friday evenings of this
week in the auditorium of the school,
The cast is believed to be an excel
lent one, containing many seasoned ac-
tors. The part of Mr.. Hardcastle will
be played at both performances by
Newell Lusby, who has played a promi-
nent part in the schools dramatic pro-
auctions for the past three years.
Tony Lumpkin, the humorous char
acter Of the play, will be portrayed al
ternately by Richard Lewis and Theo-
dore Vincent; James Brown and Edwin
ing the hero, Young MARROW; Kate
Hardcastle, the heroine, will be played
by Madeleine Duncan and Ruth Heintz,
and William Wells and Chester Jones
will play the role of Hastings in the
two performances.
Miss Ella Monk and Miss Olivia Tay-
lor are in charge of the production,
and the stage setting is under the di-
rection of Miss Ethel Prince.
Thursday will be the alumni night
for the play.
Montgomery Players-Thursday.
THE last performances of "The Serv-
i ant in the House" by the Mont
gomery Players, will be presented on
Thursday and Friday of this week.
Thursday evening the cast, headed by
Ralph S. Fowler in the part of Manson,
will present the Kennedy play at pm.
in the auditorium of the Foundry M. E.
Church, Sixteenth and P streets north
west. The following evening the per-
Torrance will be repeated for benefit
at 800 pm. in Woodward Hall of
Calvary Baptist Church, Eighth and H
streets northwest
1.-THE Servant in the House" has been
the most successful of the eight plays
produced during the past two years by
the Montgomery Players. Two earlier
performances we're given before church
audiences following the original pres
entation by this same cast as part of
the Players season program.
The celebrated drama, THE Man
From Home" by Booth Harrington,
will be presented on April Is at the
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
When Feature Is
Shown on Screen

EARLE-Douglas Fairbanks, jr..
in Il Like Your Nerve" At 11:47
a. M, 2, 4:30, 7:17, and 9:52 pm.
On the stage, Fiji Dorsay at l:13,
3:43, 6:31 and s:O5 p. m.
PALACE-Warner Baxter in
The Squaw Man." At 11:15 a.
m, 1:49, 4:26, Z and 9:37 p. m.
Stage shows with Helen Kane in
person at 1:09, 3:46, 6:23 and
1857 p. m.
RIALTO-Leo Garlic In "Homi-
eide Squad" At 1850 a. m, 1:5O.
$50, $50, 7:5O and $50 p. m.
R-K-O-KEITH'S-Mary Astor in
Smart Woman" At 11:5O, las.
3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and 9:45 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Sylvia Sydney in
Street Scene" At 1910 a. M,
lis, 500, 5:25, 1880, and 9:40
p. m.
METROPOLITAN-George Ar.
liss in Alexander Hamilton" At
IL, 12:46, 2:34. 4:22, 6:1O, 1853
and 9:46 p. m.
FOX-Ruth Chatterton in '"The
Magnificent Lie" At 1850 a.
M. 2:O7. 4:22, 1929 and 9:44 p. m.
Stage shows at 1:29, 3:44, 6:51
and 9:06 p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Turn to Right
Is on List for
Revival
By HARRISON CARROLL

(COpyrlght, 1881, premier SyndlCate)
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Sept. 90.
Countless people have yearned
over Winchell Smiths drama,
Turn to the Right" Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer believes there still is
interest in the story of the faith
full mother, who put a lamp in
the window every night to guide
her erring son home.
They are busting off this old
hit, and, in all likelihood, will
use it as a picture for William
Hanes when he returns from
making personal appearances.
Jimmy Durante is another prob
ability in the cast.
Turn to the Right" already
has been filmed at least once.
I remember Jack Mulhall as the
black sheep son and George
Cooper as his crooked companion.
Rex Ingram directed the picture.
OF course the new version will
be modernized. just as the Wal
lingford stories were for Bill
Haines' latest picture.
With The Squaw Man" and
over the Hill," the fall and
winter will show a distinct lean
ing towards revivals.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Late Stage News
Direct From
Broadway
AS' .

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-Re'
hearsals OF the Norman Bel
Geddes production Of Hamlet
will begin at the Broadhurst
Theater, where 1t will open on
November S after a preliminary
engagement beginning in Phila-
delphia on october 20. Mary
ServoSs is a recent addition to
the cast, which will be headed
by Raymond Massey.
Mcgowan & Reed have set .
top price of So for tickets to
Lean Harvest" the Ronald Jeans
play which is expected at the
Forrest Theater on October 12.
A two weeks tryout engagement
will begin in Philadelphia tomor
row night.
Walter c. Kelly. known to
vaudeville as The Virginia
Judge" will be the guest star at
the Wednesday night perform
ance OF Shoot the Works." Hey
wood Broun's cooperative revue,
at the George M. Cohan Theater.
The second edition of "Varie-
ties" the new series of revues
which B. S. Moss is presenting in
conjunction with talking pictures
at his Broadway Theater, will star
Eddie Dowling and Ray Dooley,
beginning Saturday. Joe E. Brown,
now appearing at the Broadway,
will return to Hollywood at the
conclusion Of his engagement on
Friday.
A. L. Jones, instead of A. L.
Jones and Morris Green, as pre-
viously reported, will present
Louder. Please" which will be
staged by George Abbott, with Lee
Tracy and Robert Gleckler in the
leading roles.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

She was wife you couldn't for
get. Anyway not until that last
bruiSe had disappeared or that
black eye, painted by her dainty
fist as q farewell token of regard,
had resumed its normal color.
Noel Coward calls his show
Private Lives" which opened at
the National Theater last evening,
an intimate" comedy in three
acts. Two of 'em ended in a rous-
ing good brawl, so the description
stands. AS q mere fact of legal
technicalitieS in neither battle
we're the combatantS man and
wife, but that was a matter the
final curtain leaves you to under.
stand will eventually be arranged.
Briefly the story brings a for
mer husband and wife together
on their second honeymoon and
takes them, after deserting their
newly welded mates, to Paris
where they resume their kisses
and quarrelS.
Actress Is Vigorous
Madge Kennedy (of Fair and
Warmer" fame) as Anna d a
Prynne, the eloping bride, dis
played a hair-pulling technique
that was really superb. One hopes,
for the sake Of Otto Kruger (the
former husband and co-partner Of
the eloping escapade) that she re-
serves her fine touches for the
actual week of the performance.
A few weeks of rehearsal might
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
ZiegfeId Girl Lost
Family With Career

When Noel Francis, who is fea.
tured in Smart Woman" now at
R-K-O Keith's Theater, ran away
from a Methodist girls school in
the South and secured an en-
gagement with Ziegfeld's Follies,
her father, a direct descendant
of John Quincy Adams, disinher-
tied her. He died later without
forgiving his daughter.
But Noel, true to her pioneer
stock, succeeded in her chosen
profession. Critics everywhere pre-
dict for her an outstanding screen
career.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

GOmlng OF sound TO hOIlyWooC
PilIOries The Stupid
"Once In a Lifetime" consti'
Rutes Broadway's smashing and
Wisecracking assault on the in
dustry which has crippled the
stage. It abounds in merry
spoofing and takes almost cruel
delight in showing that dun
derheads and incompetentS can
stumble into fame and riches in
the realm of celluloid. The three
acts are so heavily loaded with
laughs that the undercurrent OF
bitterness is submerged in a sea
Of mirth.
Who's LOOny Problem
All of this is accomplished by
having a small-time vaudeville
trio set out on conquest of Hol-
lywood. One is strictly moron
who cracks Indian nuts, the girl
partner a sagaciouS and worldly
wise trouper who sees opportu-
nifty in opening a voice school for
the stars, Jerry, a glib take-a-
chance actor. Hollywood luck
eventually makes the imbecile a
supervisor and the others ride to
glory on his success.
Land of BurleSque
In the land of Kleig lights the
playwrights find the setting for
their best burlesque fun. There
is the screen archbishop who gets
his tips from Racing Form, the
army of Yes Men" who sur
round the magnate Glogauer,
the flunkies who serve as studio
Napoleons, the conferences and
the red tape which make long
distance reception room sitter
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

and the woman would provide
him with companionship and
a comfortable home. Wouldn't
it be better to marry her and
take his trip at some future
date? After all, he was still
a young man.
Gets Hard Bumps
At the age of SIS Adam was
a day watchman in one of
those huge office buildings on
the East Side of New York.
His job was simple-and very
boring. He had a desk at the
end of a long corridor and it
was his duty to see that no.
body walked past his desk with
out being announced. The job
and the desk had both been
instituted when the boss wife
walked down that corridor and
into his office without being
announced.
Adam was lonely now. More
so, I'm sure, than he had ever
been in his life. That marriage
Of his had turned out to be
an. unfortunate affair. His
wife had done nothing but nag
him. Her children had found
a strange delight in torturing
him. Because he lacked the
initiative to do anything about
it, he had lived on with the
woman until the day that her
two sons came to the house
and took her away. He hadn't
seen her since.
He brooded now. Day after
day, he sat back in his chair
and surveyed his life. What
had he accomplished? What
had he done? The one thing
he craved was now an utter
impoSsibility. That trip around
the world was not for him.
He could go now-because he
was free. But he was free
without money. And when
you're SIS being free without
money doesn't offer quite the
same romance as it might 80
years before.
Fatal Good Luck
The mail clerk stopped at
his desk one afternoon and
handed him letter. Adam
regarded it curiously. The en-
velope held a foreign stamp.
He tore it open. He read. He
rubbed his eyes. He read again.
He shook his head. He read
once more.
It was all true. Some six
months before Adam had
bought a ticket in a lottery.
His number had won a prize.
One Of the big prizes. The
letter told him he was entitled
to $4,000.
Ten thousand dollars! To
Adam, a fantastic sum! He
stood up. He tried to cry out
with joy. His mouth opened
wide. A strange expression
came over his face. He clutched
his heart. He fell.
And Life Goes On
Two patrolmen were sum-
moned from the street. One
patrolman was middle-aged;
the other very young. One
called an ambulance. While
they waited, they looked down
at the body of Adam.
Poor old guy" unused the
middle-aged cop. winning that
$4,000 was too much of shock
for him. Wish I had that
dough. What I wouldn't be able
to do for the wife and kids!"
The young patrolman shook
his head.
'Tf 1 won it," he cried en-
Enthusiastically, Il wouldn't bother
about any wife and kids. My
ambition is different. I'd run
right over to a steamship agency
and get me a trip around the
world"
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

out of a famous playwright, the
hurly-burly which results in the
making of a picture from the
wrong scenario and having it
turn out a sensational success.
Truly a kingdom of nuts, and
you have to be slightly cuckoo to
get the full benefit of its insani-
ties.
Original Cast
Brilliantly written, "Once in a
Lifetime" is cleverly acted by sub
Stantially the same cast which
played 406 New York perform.
ances. The choicest bon mots of
the script are allotted to Jean
Dixon who, as a callouSed Vaude-
william, whips over these sarcastic
sparklers with deadly precision.
She is a real mistress of the dirty
look and makes the little spark OF
romance glow appealingly. Hugh
O'Connell was quietly effective as
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Booth to Speak

Charles Brandon Booth, in ad
dition to being national field sec
retary of the Volunteers of
America and a noted authority
on welfare work, will be starting
a drive for a new record of some
kind when he speaks over station
VOL at 6:15 tonight. In the
five days he will be in Washing.
ton Mr.. Booth will make eight
addresses.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Beaao oOeN
Pa aFn nN
AuIn q Day
By
> MARK HELLINCER

NEW YORK, September 3D.
Meet Adam. You'll find him nice enough man. lie
never talked back to his mother and he robbed BANK
He was just the average person. suppose with the pos
sibe exception of the fact that he didn't think ne could
write good play. For that alone am compelled
to bow low in his direction
Adam did, however, have very definite objective in
life. His mind fastened itself that objective almost as
early the first day he tossed his bottle out OF the crib
AS he grew and struggled through fe he never lost
sight OF that objective. His aim very simple one
He wanted to around the world Nothing more nothing
lass
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

leave the genial Mr.. Kruger with
less hair than the sofa pillow that
first came under her busy fingers
Incidentally Mr.. Kruger may
have been remembering too
realistic rehearsals when he slap
ped the pretty face of the sharer
Of his love nest. Anyway it was
a good slap and given with an
unfaltering right" that left
Mandy measuring, her graceful
length upon the floor.
Kruger Is Excellent
In London, where Private
Lives had a long and brilliant
run, Mr.. Coward himself played
the role of the man-whoSe-h hair
is pulled. yielding the character
in this country to the capable Mr..
Kruger. Mr.. Kruger made Elyot
Chase everything that Mr.. Coward
could have hoped. The witty
lines of the dialogue are handled
with supreme skill. Miss Kennedy
was, of course, as always the
artist.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

the dumb DR.. Lewis, and Grant
Mills excellent as the third mem,
Der of the vaudeville trio.
All Help Merriment
Robert Barrett as the depressed
playwright contributed one of the
evenings acting gems and Mar
jorie Wood, Norma Butler. Ruth.
elma Stevens, Charles Halton
Walter Dreher and Graville Bates
were others in long cast who
performed competently.
If you're hungry for laughs
and 500 chuckleS, "Once in a Life.
time" is your menu. 1 doubt much
if the season just beginning will
bring a funnier play.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
RaqueI Torres Will
ADDear at Fox. Oct. 4

The little Latin heroine Of
White Shadows of the South
Seas" The Bridge Of San Luis
Rey." and The Bat" Raquel
Torres. will appear on the Fox
stage in person this Friday.
Unlike the personal appearances
of many screen stars, Miss Torres
is presented in an unusually en-
tertaining act, for she sings and
dances as well as many musical
comedy headliners. The act also
discloses that she has a very de-
lightful sense of humor.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Famous Mansion

A very famous home. the Glib
son mansion, near San Mar1no
Calf, was used in the making OF
the exterior "Shots" of Smart
Woman" now appearing on the
screen at the R-K-O Keith's The
ater, with Mary Astor and Rob
el0 AmeS co-Starring.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Saves His Money

That round the world crav-
ing, though, had not left him
by any manner Of means. AS
a matter of fact, the urge was
now stronger than ever within
him. And, after he had been
working and providing for his
mother for a couple Of years,
he had a serious discussion with
her one evening.
You see, NOM" he told her,
"I've got a different ambition
from most fellows. other chaps
speak about getting married
and things like that. I'm not
built that way. I want to
travel.
Look, MON. I guess 1 won't
be able to go around the world
for a few years yet, but you
can take your boys word for it
that he's going some day. I've
been looking over all the pam
phlets and booklets from the
steamship companies, and I fig
ure that I can do it easily on
$4,000. You know how I mean.
Not living too high, and things
like that.
I'D like you to save a little
money for me each week, MON.
If it's only a couple of dollars
or so, that'll be something.
Those dollars mount up. And
before I know it I'll be able to
make the trip that I'm abso-
lutely going to take before I
die.
Gee, nom. Around the
world! Doesn't that sound
swell to you?"
His mother nodded.
1T sure does, Adam" she re-
piled. I'll do my best to save
for you"
He Falls in Love
Adam hit forty without get
ting any closer to a round-the-
world trip than four vacations
in Atlantic City and a honey
moon at Niagara Falls. His
mother had died five years be-
fore and left him some savings
and insurance money that
might have been sufficient for
his trip. But there was a new
hitch now. Adam had fallen
in love.
The woman was a widow
with two children. He had been
seeing her frequently for sew
eral years and he had grown
very fond of her. After his
mother had gone on the long
est of all trips, her son felt
terribly lonesome.
He examined the bank book.
Yes, he would take that
Journey around the world and
achieve his ambition. But
what would happen upon his
return? His job would be gone
and the bank book would be
nothing but a memory.
On the other hand, there
was the widow. He didn't like
those two children-and the
dislike, he suspected, was quite
mutual. But he was lonesome,
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

"ALHAUE nEEHh covered they
had wandered away from Buster
Keaton's house four blocks away.
Wallie made Buster pay a reward,
which he turned over to the mo-
ton picture relief fund.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
About Absence

Does absence make the heart
grow fonder,"" or vice versa? The
question gets a brilliant answer in
Smart Woman" now at R-K-O
Keith's Theater. Mary Astor does
the answering, aided and abetted
by Robert Ames.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
7 TeIevision
Magic Is
Planned
By STANLEY BIGELOw
Here's a hot one!


Bill Schudt, Columbia's televi.
sion director, is going to find out
which is quicker, the hand or the
eye-the electric eye of television.
Bill is scheduling a series Of
sIeight.Of.hand programs with
well-knOwn magicians performing.
Speaking of teIevisiOn. some one
asks every day how the new magic
is progressing. Well, a friend in
Montreal has sent word to Andre
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

Baruch that he picked up his
image there and recognized II
clearly.
Will the television fans please
send me reports Of distance recep
ton and any other items Of in
tereSt?
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

Not long ago
this actor re-
nounced Holly
wood because
casting direc-
tors had typed
him as the
weak younger
brother. w a l.
lace Beery came
home the other
n i g h t a n d
found two set
ter puppies in
his yard. Call
ing the police
station. he dis
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

1t opened the dramatic season at the
BeIascO Theatcr last night and for contlnt-
Gus laughter supplied by a constant bar
rage Of barbed shafts heavily tipped with
wit, the play about sets an alI-tlme comedy
record
When the screen found a voice or the
industry suddenly discovered that talking
pictures were the thing, it is told that con-
sternation and turmoil ruled California.
Cracks the Movies
Plavwrights kaufman and Hart have
oOll11lnid dilannnna for the
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Hobart ASSIGNED

Roland Brown has chosen Rose
Hobart to support Lew Ayres in
Browns first picture for Universal.
At present it is entitled "Gallows."
1t Is an original story by Brown.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Faces"

Ronald Dawson, director of the
Northern Dramatic Company,
dropped into the office to tell me
his aggregation of radio actors
will put on Dream Faces" Friday
night over VOL.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
"OSCE IN A LIFETIME"

"ONCE IN A IIFETIME'
At the Shubert- -BelascO Theater.
Sam II. Harris presents a COMEDY
in three acts and seven scenes by
Moss Hart and George F. kaut-
man, Staged by Mr.. kaufman.
THE CAST
George Lewis......H Hugh OConnell
Jerry HylaDd. Grant Mllis
The Porter r............ oscar folH
Helen Hobart. ..... Marjorie WOOD
Susan Walker, ....: Norma bu.leI
Pbyllis Foutaiue.. Kathleen Ardell
Florabel Leigh. Ethel Tborseh
Mrs. walker. E. Edna Won BueloW
Herman Glogauer Charles Halton
Miss leighton. Ruthelma stevens
Lawrence Vail. Robert Barratt
Weisskopf ........... Ben Laugh.ln
Meterstein ... william McFadden
Rudolph Kammerling. walter Dreher
The Bishop. Granville Bates
Supported by an acting assemble
OF %.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Supports Family

Keep that little fact tucked
in your mind as we go back
and take look at Adam when
he had reached the tender age
of IL. He told his father that
he was tired Of school and
would like very much to go to
sea as cabin boy, or some
thing equally distasteful. His
fathers immediate reply was to
throw all magazines out Of the
house and send his son to bed
without so much as a cold po-
tato for company.
Adam cried that night as he
had never cried before. The
spirit of adventure was high
within him. And when sleep
finally came, he dreamed con-
tentedly of being the leader OF
a million painted cannibals who
warred on just such tyrants as
his father. ..
When his high school days
were over, Adam went to work.
His father had died a short
time before, leaving little be-
hind except some good men,
cries and some bad debts. His
widow was alone in the world
and. as a dutiful son, it was up
to Adam to support her to the
best of his ability. This, Of
course he did
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

TOscha, and he likes to know it's
safe when he's carrying it around.
So he carries a gun simultane-
DuSly with the violin, though heI
never fired one in his life.
Amt that SOmep'n?
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
'Once In a Lifetime Pokes
Satirica| Fun at Films
With Their Makers
Bv ANDREW R. KELLEY

This business Of debunking the moves when george
Kaufman and Hart have accomplished IN the Singing
satire In a Lifetime, to quote hollywood faVorlte
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Diplomatic PaIaver

Big doings scheduled over
INB.C.-WJz Monday morning,
folks!
A lotta morning coats and top
hats will gather in the Hall of
the Americas to attend the fourth
Pan-American Commercial Con
ference. National will broadcast
speeches by Secretary of State
Stimson, Secretary of Commerce
Lamont. Silas Strawn, president
of the United States Chamber OF
Commerce, and several distin
guished representatives of Latin
American countries.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Latest Gossip

Monroe Owsley, who played the
part of Ned in Holiday" is in
the Glendale Sanitarium suffer
ing from a nervous breakdown.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29

Your rental worries room. mouse
or apartment, can be solved TODAY
through the Rental Columns of the
Classified Section
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Coward Play
Scores at
National
PRIVATE LIVES"

"PRIvATE LIVES"
Arch Selwyn presents Madge
Kennedy and Otto Kruger in an
intimate comedy in three acts by
Noel Coward. At the National
Theater.
The Cast
Sybil Chase Helen Gillig9n
Elyot Chase .........Otto Kruger
Victor Prynne 800. Hugh Huntley
Amanda Prynne ..Madge Kennedy
Louis Ia maid) Marjorie Clark
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caustic ingredients of play which rips and tears the ex-
ravagences of the film magnate the wholesale hokum OF e
studos the posture and sham of the newly made stars the
saturnaa of bunders and confusion which accompanied "
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On the Level

It's no bOIOney that Toscha
SeidePs fiddle cost him $4,000
sInackers. That's a lot of money,
even to q fiddler and artist like