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The Washington times., 1931-12-17
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Florida Ave. n. E.
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
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The Washington times., 1931-06-03
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

FOX-Elissa Landi in always
Goodbye" At 1855 a. M, 2:20,
4:35, 7:45 and 9:59 p. m. Stage
shows at 1:43, 1858, 1908 and
9:22 p. m.
PALACE-Ramon Novarro in
'Daybreak." At IL, 2:16, 4:48,
1886 and 9:56 p. m. Stage shows
at 1925, 1858, 6:46 and 9:o6 p. m,
EARLE-Winnie Lightner in
Gold Dust Gertie." At 11:24
a. m, 2, 4:36, 1882 and 1908
p. m. Stage shows at /, 1886,
6:32 and 9:08 p. m.
R-K-O KEITH'S-Mary Astor
and Ricardo Cortez in white
Shoulders" At 11:05 a. m, 1:10,
3:2O, 5:25, 7:3O and 9:35 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Norma Shearer in
Strangers May Kiss" At II
a. M, los, $40, $40, 7:25 and
9:35 p. m.
METROPOLITAN Spec e r
Tracy in quick Millions" At
II, 12:48. 2:36, 4::24, 6:12, 8 and
$50 b. m,
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Gandhi Grants His First
Movie Interview

meet England at this time will
give India full self.government?
A. That also is more than l
can say.
@. But you are hopeful?
A. am an OptimiSt.
@. You are an Optimist. In
the new Indian state as you
visualize it, Mr.. Gandhi, do you
expect complete social harmony
between the MOsIemS and
Hindu?
A. 1 should be severely diSap-
pointed if it were otherwise.
@. If you go to the second
round.tabIe conference, would
you appear in European dress?
A. 1 should certainly not be
found in European dress, and if
the weather permitted, 1 should
present myself exactly as 1 am
today.
@. And if the King of Eng
land invited you to dinner at
Buckingham Palace, would you
come in your native Indian
dress?
A. No, 1 would be most dis
courteous to him, because /
would be artificial.
Ready for Jail
@. If England does not grant
your demands, what course of
action will you follow then?
A. OF course, civil disobedi-
ence and all other phases of
satyagrah are always at our
disposal, but whether we shall
resort to those weapons Inn.
mediateIy or what other steps
we shall take, 1 cannot say at
present.
@. If England does not grant
your demands, are you pre-
pared to return to Jail?
A. 1 am always prepared to
return to Jail.
@. Would you be prepared to
die in the cause of 1ndia'S in
dependence?
A. II is a bad question.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Good Movies Missing

Because of q dearth of good
pictures" at the present time,
the Rialto Theater, one Of the
oldest of the first-run houses on
Broadway, will be closed tonight
for about eight weeks, it was an.
.nounced yesterday.
Representatives of the Para.
mount-Publix Corporation. which
has half interest with the
United Artists in the theater,
said the management does not
wish to mar the theater's repu-
tation by showing any bad"
pictures, and that at present
there are not enough good ones
to go around" While the theater
is closed. the management will
renovate the house.
The Rialto was opened on
April 81, 1915. It was formerly
Oscar HammerStein's Victoria.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03

The Hearst Metrotone "talkie'
interview with Mahatma Gandhi
which set all India gossiping with
surprise, is being shown on Loew'
Palace Theater and the Fol
screen this week.
Here is the text of the inter
view:
GANDHI: 1 appreciate all
that America has done during
the struggle for us, and 1 hope
that We shall he able to retain
the COOL will of America to the
end of the struggle.
c. When do you intend to
visit the United States, Mr..
Gandhi?
A. Much as I should like to
be able to give you the time,
1 have absolutely no notion ex-
cept this, that 1 would not
like to visit America till the
experiment in India has become
demOnStrably successful.
FaVOrS Prohibition
@. If England grants your de-
mandS, Mr.. Gandhi. do you IN
tend to have complete prohibit
tiOn in the new Indian states?
A. Oh, yes.
Q. Absolute prohibition?
A. Absolute.
@. And do you intend, also, If
India wins its independence, to
abolish child marriages?
A. 1 should very much like to,
even before.
@. Even before that time.
And do you expect to extermi-
nate the present caste system
which makes practically out
casts Of India's SO-called sixty
million untOuchables?
A. Most decidedly.
@. Have you given Lord Irwin
any message for the prime min
lister of England, Mr.. Gandhi?
FavOrs Native Dress
A. No.
Q. You have not given him
any such message. Do you ex-
The Washington times., 1931-06-03

that the public would accept him
as de Lord in celluloid version
OF Green Pastures" He is after
the picture rights to this Broad
way hit and would like to have
ID. w. Griffith direct him in it.
can recall a conversation with
Ethel Barrymore last fall at the
Hay-AdamS House. You don't
suppose" said Queen Ethel, that
the New York critics would COM
pare my performance in Scarlet
Sister Mary to 'Porgy' or Green
Pastures White actors being
compared for verisimilitude with
the native negro?" I assured her
that I was certain such a COM
parison would be made and that
she would not win when her Gull
lah character of "Si-Maye" was
placed alongside of the artistic ef-
forts of the Harlem theSplanS.
The Barrymore debacle is now
history.
Which reminds that Ticket
Broker Bill Mcbride saw Won
tler-Bar," the AL Jolson show,
when it opened in Washington
and pronounced twelve Weeks
on Broadway" wonder Bar"
has closed, making Mr.. McBride's
prediction substantially correct.
For AL Jolson's information
there is the experience Of King
vidor's "Hallelujah," a cracker
lack picture made with all colored
actors. Metro-Goldwyn told Vldor
1T would not make a dime. Vidor
countered with an offer to make
the picture for nothing and take
ghis chance on share OF the
profits.
The critics raved over Halle
1lliah," liked the cast and the
story. But it went into the book
as an artistic success and a tlat
financial failure.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Mr.. Crull .Entertains

Managing-director Harry Crull'
OF the Fox served ginger ale
coffee and a buffet lunch to
movie and other newspaper folks
hast night and then showed them
Janet Gaynor's new picture
daddy Long Legs"
In it little Janet plays the
role of Judy Abbott, a part which
brought fame to Mary Picktord
in the silent screen days ana
which launched Wesley Barry on
a career. Ruth Chatterton dld
it On the stage for one of her
greatest successes. The story has
been brought up to date and
Miss Gaynor has Warner Bax- x
her, instead of Charlie Farrell
Ss a screen sweetheart. The pic
fure opens at the Fox Friday.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Winnie Lightner Has
TIUin Sister Beauties

Winnie Lightner is supported IN
Gold Dust Gertie," the Warner
Bros. slap stick classic now at
Warner Bros Earle Theater by
Dorothy Christy and Vivian Oak
land, two Hollywood beauties who
look so much alike that they are
cast as the twin sisters who
marry and mar the lives of Olsen
and johnson, those clowns of the
talkies who are only second to
Miss Lightner in their ability to
make Staid citizens roll in the
aiSleS.
Others in the cast Of Gold
Dust Gertie" are Claude Gilling'
water, Arthur Hoyt, George
Byron, Charley Grape n.
Charles Judels and Virginia Sale.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
NEWS-GOSSIP
OF RADIO
WORLD
BY BROADCAsTER

"You radio editors miss some Of
the finest air features If you don't
catch the afternoon features" P"
chirps C. B. B., in a memorandum
to the office desk. "I assume you
don't listen to these mid-afternoon
programs because you never COM
ment upon them" he adds.
c. B. B. is quite correct. The
middle Of the day finds very few
listening officially, and I am salts
fled to take his word for it that
such absence from the loud
speaker entails frequently the loss
Of enjoyment.
Rosa Ponselle, he states, was
one who came from London with
astonishing clearness, the Metro
politan soprano being in fine voice
for her broadcast from Covent
Garden.
A broadcast from the new
Canadian Pacific liner Empress
of Britain was also heard from
Canada. For the program, sent
out as the ship sailed up the st.
Lawrence on her maiden voyage.
prominent passengers were singled
out, including none other than
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fair.
banks. Former Governor Proctor,
of Vermont, also spoke.
Music was provided by the
ships orchestra and soloists.
The broadcasterS are not too
fond of innovations in spite Of
Their efforts to offer spectacular
programs.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Brisbane, June IL

Arthur Brisbane, internationally
known editor: Jessica Dragonette,
stellar soprano: Vincent Lopez
and his music makers, will feat
ure the National Electric Light
Association programs over a Ma
tional Broadcasting Company net
work Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, June 10 and II.
The broadcasts are annual high
lights of the N. E. L. A. conven-
ton. They will originate this
year from the stage in the grand
ballroom of the Municipal Audi
torium of Atlantic City, N. J.
The programs will be heard be-
tween 8 and $3.50 p. m. E. S. TO, ,
over an N.B.C.WEAF network on
both evenings. These are the
broadcast periods of Halsey Stuart
end Company and the American
Radiator Company. respectively,
who donated the time.
Lopez and an augmented or
chestra of 33 members, together
with featured American Indian
artists, noted for their rich
voices, will be heard on the
Wednesday night program. The
Indians are a part Of a large
cast imported from the West for
a pageant to be presented at the
convention Tuesday night. It
will not be broadcast. but the
featured ensembles and soloists
will be heard over the network
Wednesday night.
Thursday night Miss Drago-
nette and the Lopez orchestra
will be presented in variety Of
numbers. Mr.. Brisbane will de-
liver the principal address. He
will be introduced by P. s. Ark
wright, chairman Of the public
policy committee Of the N. E. L. A.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
LATEST TSTAGE
NEWS FROM
NEW YORK

Marc Connelly's Pulitzer Prize
play, "The Green Pastures" will
end a run Of 16 months on Sat-
urday night, June 27, at the
Mansfield Theater. where it was
presented on February 26, 1880,
by Rowland Stebbins. The play,
based on Mr.. Connolly on Roark
Bradford's book of sketches, "OP
Man Adam an His Chillyn, has
been one of the outstanding
Broadway successes of recent
years.
The remainder of the New York
engagement of The Wonder Bar"
the AL Jolson starring vehicle
which had been announced to
close on June 13, was abruptly
Cancelled by the Shuberts. The
stars recurring illness from laryn-
gifts was given as the cause for
the cancellation, following a con-
ference between Lee Shubert, Mr..
Jolson's physician and Morris
Gest, who has been associated in
the production. Mr.. Jolson last
appeared in the show on Friday
night.
The executive board of the
Theatrical Protective Union, Lo-
cal No. /, which comprises the
stage hands employed in the legi-
innate Broadway theaters, has re-
fused the application Of the
League of New York Theaters for
the summer wage reductions
understood to be in effect among
the union men in the motion
picture and vaudeville houses.
Gasoline Gypsies' will have it's
postponed premiere on Saturday
night at the Lyric Theater. The
production was originally sched-
uled to open last Wednesday
night.
Monday, August "a. has been
set as the date on which "Melo"
will reopen at the Ethel Barry
more Theater. Edna Best, who
will leave the cast on June 13
when performances are sus-
pended, is announced by the Shu-
berts to resume her role next
season.
William A. Brady has purchased
a play by John Halloran, cur
rently appearing in THE Bar
retts of Wimpole Street." tenta-
lively entitled EN- Famille." The
play is being considered as a pos
sible vehicle for Grace George.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Mr.. Rapley Is Back

william Harryman Rapley re-
h,rns to his E. Street desk today
Sfter a long European jaunt. And
Tmpressario Steve Cochran leaves
for New York to talk over the
npening of the regular season at
traction at the National. He
1opes to land a new play by My
ron Pagan called Peter Flies
High" with Glenn Hunter
starred. If all goes well it will
hDen on E Street Labor Day
week.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Mussolini Respect

irving Aaronson's Commanders
oaay Loew's Palace Saturday. Yes
ITS the same band which did an
limitation of Mussolini and the
Eascist salute when they played
the Earle Theater last winter
Did II Duce like it? I should say
not. The italian embassy re-
tuested that the number be cut
and it was.
What chance had ToScanini IN
She Mussolini country.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Swimming Pool Party

The department is in receipt
nf an invitation to attend a spe,
cial entertainment called Work
STakes A Holiday" to be presented
at the Hotel Shoreham swim
mign pool at one minute after
midnight.
sounds ominous until further
ner1sal discloSeS that the cele-
hration will mark the wedding
anniversary of Stanley Ridges,
the Nationals leading man and
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Leneta Lane Assigned

Leneta Lane is out in Holly,
wood and has gone to work
paramount has assigned her to
SsMurder by the Clock" which
will be made from Rufus Kings
mystery novel.
Leneta's role will call for some
pmoting. Those in the cast with
her are William Boyd, Lillyan
freshman, Regis Toomey, Irving
Pichel and Sally O'Neil.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
About Rudy ValIee

A few things which maybe you
didn't know about Rudy Vallee.
=" He's always pulling the lobeS
of his ears 1" " Isn't that inter
esting? His favorite hobby
is making movies Of guess who?
Himself, of course! "
He'd rather do limitations than
any other kind of performing
He likes the plainest girls
He thinks "Vagabond Lover
was a great movie Taking
him feature by feature, he's no
better looking than you!
The Washington times., 1931-06-03

failed in his ef
fort to restore
the silent films
to favor and
more probably,
who are certain
Mr.. c h a p | l n
would be a com
olete waShout
as Napoleon"
or a n y t h ! n g
other than a
shuffling comic
with q cane.
Comedian AL
propounds the
question to as
sire himS elf
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Broadway Trained

Spencer Tracy, starring in six
Cylinder Love-" now at the Fox,
has played in countless Broadway
stage hits. He is probably best
remembered for his work in '"The
Last Mile"
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
JOLS0N FEELS
HE CAN BE
TRAGIC
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

Does anybody believe" inquiries
al Jolson, that Charlie Chaplin
would fail were he to try a sus-
tained role in serious drama? Or
Sven in tragedy?"
Well, Al, to be frank. yes"
There are quite a few of us who
believe that Pantaloon Charlie
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
DON'T MISS THESE

EVENING PROGRAM
6:00-"A Socialists Answer to
tho Pope" By Haywood
Brown. WRC.
6:O2-Hate Smith and her SwaRee
Music. WMAL.
6:15-Mme. Frances Aida. WRC.
S:45-MOFtOn D0wRoy. WIN Al.
7:OO-BObby Jones Golf Chat.
WRC.
S:30-Speeial Program to honor
Walter DamrOsch. WIZ.
0:3O-C1raHtIRnd Rice interviews
Rogers HOFnsby. WRC.
1O:lS-VinCent LOpez's band. WRC.
l0:i5-Will 0sbOFne's orchestra.
WMAL.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
1000 A. M.
HOO A. M.

wRC-On Wings of Song.
wJSV-Sa cred Hour.
WBAL-VocaI Varieties.
lt:lS-WBAL-Bree and de Rose.
II l:3O-WBAI-Your Daily Menu
5-WBAL-Organ Melodies.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
When TelevisiOn Comes

When televiSion gets around to
us, we'l probably be reading re-
views along these lines: Rudy
Vallee offered a swell program
last night but his pants were too
short. Jessica Dragonette was in
excellent voice, but she looks a
trifle thinner ." Vincent Lopez
needs a haircut. Nola, or no Nola,
and B. A. Rolfe swayed so much
while directing that our set fell
off the table"
The Washington times., 1931-06-03

his good wife, Dot, also the birth
day Of John Warburton, e ST.
juvenile.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
WAVE LENGTHS

WMAI-47S.S meters, SS0 kIIO-
cycles.
WRC-51S meters. SS0 kllo-
cycles.
WOL-22S metsra 1910 kiIO-
cycles.
WJsv-sOS meters. 1880 kiIo-
cycles.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. klIo-
cycles.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
12:00 MIDNIGHT

WRC--LaSslle Dance Orchestra
WMAI-Weather report.
WJSV-Weather report,
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
NJ R. WHEELER
WILL QUIT
MOVIES
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright. 1881. Premier
EvndicaIn Inc

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, June 3.
January is long while off. but
Bert Wheeler says he will not re-
ne his Radio picture contract at
that time.
The comedian, who was a Fol
lies headliner and vaudeville star
before he entered the talkies and
teamed up with Robert Woolsey,
expects to go back to the stage
under the auspices Of George
White. His vehicle will be a mu-
sical comedy.
Several things enter into
Wheeler's decision. In the first
place, he believes with Eddie
Cantor that every actor should
constantly renew his direct con-
tact with audiences. Then, he
has an idea if he stays on the
screen he may wear out his vel
come. The prospect Of five pic
lures in 1882 Che says this is
Radios proposition) fill him with
misgivings. With a good deal Of
logic he argues you can't make
five good comedies in a year.
The net result for the moment
at least is the proposed vacation
from pictures. AS to whether he
would go through with the idea in
the face of a sufficiently hand
some offer from R.-K.-O., your
guess is as good as mine.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
1000 P. M.
HOO P. M.

WRC-Weather report
WMAL-Hollywood Gardens Or.
chestra.
WJSV-Rudy Schramm's Or.
chestra.
WBAL-Hal Kemp Dance Or
chestra.
1l:O1-WRC-The ContinentaIa
Il:SO-WRC-Larry Funk's Dance Or
cheStra.
WMAL-Ann Leaf and Ben
Alley.
WRAL-Verns Buck Dance Or
chasfro
The Washington times., 1931-06-03

Latest Gossip
The romance between Fiji Dor
say and Terrence Ray is on again,
or was when this was written.
Fiji still talks about returning
to the stage or going to Paris.
Or she may accept an offer with
some other company than Fox.
Speaking of this studio, Edmund
Lowe already is negotiating for a
new agreement. His contract Is
up in the fall. Last time, Fox
had to snatch him away from
Pathe at the last moment. The
Thalberg beach mansion will be
completed in August. It has a
nursery for the baby and pro-
jection-room --latest cinema IA
vorite to plan a trip to Honolulu
is Warner Baxter. Dorothy
Mackaill already has sailed and
ribbed reporters by introducing a
new boy friend. Strange things
happen in Hollywood.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
TODAY'S RADIO PROGRAM

5:1S-wRC-Mae ouestal, dissnsa.
WMAL-Barbsrshop Quartet
T:20-woL-Ths Clone Trottsr.
7:30-wRC-Nathani shilkrst Con-
cert Orchestra.
wMAL-Frsddie Rich Dance Or
chestra.
woL-Lee Sims. pianist.
wJSV-Rebia de Ssye.
wBAI-Musical Cruisadera
7I5-wMAL-Frank W. Young, plan.
list.
wOL-Under Southern skies.
wJsv-Full Gospel Tabernacle
Revival Service.
500 P. NJ.
wRC-Old counselor.
WMAL-Fast freight
woL-With the composers.
WBAL-The first tighter.
e;SO-wRC-olive Palmer and Paul
oliver, with orchestra.
WMAL-Desert play.
woL-Guy Lambardo record.
wBAL-studio program.
900 P. M.
wMAL-Lee Morse with Freddie
Rich Dance Orchestra.
WJSV-Halua boys.
0:1S-WMAL-Symph interlude.
s:3O-wRC-sport interview by Grant
land Rice and orchestra.
WMAL-Sam Lanin'S Dance Or
cheStra.
wJsV-studio players.
WRAL-Clara, Lu, and EN-,
O:45-WMAL-NeEro quartet,
WBAL-Poems
1000 P. M.
WRC-"The Voice Of Radio Di-
gest."
wMAL-Don Bigelow Dance Or
chestra.
WJSV-Harmony songsters.
WBAL-Slumber music.
1O:1S-WRC-Vincent Lopez Dance Or
chestIa.
WMAL-Washington Musical ART
Gallery
1O:3O-WJSV-Blue guitarist
WBAL-Songs of the Homeland.
1O:4S-WMAL-Will Osborne Dance Or
chestra.
WJSV-Hit and Miss
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Stage Sends Another

II develops that Jill Esmond
will come out here to play in
Every Grip instead of Strange
Women" for which she originally
was signed by radio pictures.
An attack of appendicitis came
along to detain her in New York,
just as she was due to start re-
hearsals on the latter film. But
it's an ill wind that blows nobody
good, for Betty Compson grabbed
the part.
Every Girl" is an original by
John Howard Lawson about a
country lass, who comes to the
biz city and innocently skirts its
pitfalls until her lover can come
to the rescue.
Ricardo Cortez plays a bad boy
of the skyscraper canyons.
Incidentally, Miss Esmond'S
husband, Laurence Olivier, has
preceded her to Hollywood to
take part in The Sphinx Has
Spoken"
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
ZOO P. M.

7:OO r. M.
wRC-Bobby Jones golf chat.
WMAL-Pryor's Military Band.
WOL-Strickland Gillian pro-
gram.
wJsV-Abilio Martins Dance
Orchestra.
wBAL-Moments Of Adventure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-15
The Auto Killer

In spite of better streets, better automobiles and
better safety laws, the auto remains this nations
deadliest weapon.
Last year 80 900 Americans lost their lives in auto
accidents and more than 100000 were injured
Meeting in its twentieth annual congress in Chi
cago this week, the National Safety Council is try
ing to devise means of abatng this continuous mas
sacre It's president, C. w. Bergquist remarks upon
the underlying cause of the slaughter, unsocial
indivdualsm of pioneer days let loose in a suddenly
complex society.
Given a powerful machine in a crowded street
or highway, certain type Of American turns
criminal He must realize that reckless driving is
as murderous as reckless gun shooting
AS President Hoover said in his message to the
council the $4,000 annual auto deaths are "a chal-
lenge to the efforts of the safety organizations and
to the cooperation of every motor vehicle operator
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-15
Alvin B. Powell

AVN o. Powell, once strappng stevedore now is
cripple Tor life as the result of the bomb outrage
IN san Francisco on July o. 1916 But never did he
join the rabble that cried for the blood of Tom
Mooney and Warren Billings.
They grabbed the wrong man." Powell told the
doctor from his hospital cot "Tve known Mooney
Tor years and I swear he wasn't around when that
oomb went off. Even if he were capable of such a
CRIME he'd never be such fool as to plant bomb
IN sight OF fellow he knew"
Powell hobbled to the witness stand and testified
III FAVOR OF Mooney. Once he was warned to keen his
mouth shut and threatened with withdrawal of the
plGtance ne drew monthly from benefit fund for vic
inns OF The explosion He replied he'd rather starve
IMAM keep quiet and let an innocent man hang He
turned news vendor and now sells papers near the
explosion scene On Oct IL he was one of the MANY
speakers to plead for MONEYS freedom at the big
Tom Mooney Pardon convention in San Francisco
Broken and forced to peddle newspapers. Powell
Il any one, would be entitled to indulge in blind
vengeance In choosing to follow truth and Justice
this humble man has set an example to presidents.
governors, judges, and other Americans in high nlaces
VINO pass by on the other side.