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The Washington times., 1931-11-23
When The Feature Is
Shown On Screen

FOX-James Dunn and Sally
Eilers in lover the Hill" At
1888 a. M, 2:0S, 4:38, 1925 and
9:56 p. m. Stage shows at 1:18,
3:48, 6::36 and 9:06 p. m.
O-Colin Give in
"Frankenstein," 1902, 2:l3, 4:07,
6:O1, 1855 and 9:52 p. m.
EARLE-Joe E. Brown in Local
Boy Makes Good" At 1880 a.
m, 1850, ABS, 1928 and 10 p. m.
Stage shows at /, $3.50, $50 and
9:05 p. m.
PALACE-Bert Lahr in Flying
High" At 11:40 a. M; 2. 4:35,
7:10 and 9:45 p. m. Stage shows
at 1:2O, 3:55, $50 and 9:05 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Sherlock
Holmes Fatal Hour" At 11:05
a. M, 12:47, 1881, AIS, 5:58,
7:41 and 9:25 p. m.
R-K-O-KEITH'S-Phillips Lord
in Way Back Home" At 1923
a. M, las, 1927, 5:2s, 7:31 and
9:33 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Alfred Lunt and
Lynn Fontanne in THE Guards.
man." At 11:10 a. m.. 1:15. 3:20,
5:25, 1880 and 9:39 p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Barrymore Chuckles

Hollywood is getting a real
chuckle over Lionel Barrymore
winning the Academy prize for
the best acting Of 1881 in "A Free
Soul"
The reason is that when the pic
ture was previewed it was appar-
ent that Actor Barrymore had
raced away with the honor apple,
leaving Norma Shearer only a
well-chewed core. 1t so happened
that Norma was leaving for Europe
within 48 hours, but all production
schedules were tossed aside, the
studio was put on q 24-hour Sched-
ule and "retakes" began.
When it was all over Norma
Shearer had more to do and much
of Mr.. Barrymore's fine acting
went into the ash can. But in
spite of what went out in the cut
ting enough was left for Lionel to
grab Hollywood's most coveted
nrizo
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Burton Holmes S
Lectures on
Italy

In the cosmas Of bards and
artists there is no land this
world possesses, quite so charm
ing and beautiful as that strip
that lies between the Mediter-
ranean and Adriatic seas, and
so it was to this Italian penin-
sula that Burton Holmes. inter
nationally famed raconteur, Sc
lected as his subject for the
fourth of his current photo
graphic explorations at the Ma
tional Theater yesterday after
noon.
Matterhorn Scenes
The pictorial trek started in
the ethereal SUBMITS of the Mat
terhorn and Mount Blanc and
winding its way southwark into
the fertile valley of Aosta and
stopping for a brief pause at
the castles of the Counts of
Challant, Cogne and the ancient
city of Aosta, each furnishing
a wealth of material of photo
G9IIeA eIIqI9J 9U4 o4ul pIeMu4nos
graphic merit. Thence to Turin,
Milan. Time was allotted for
minute. sojournS about Padua,
Genoa, Verona and Urbino, all of
them rich in color and each con-
tanning a wealth of material that
should interest every tourist.
ViSkaS 0f FIOrence
Bordering both sides of the
River Arno, one beholdS the
b beautiful vistas of Florence.
where silhouetted along the blue
horizon is the Duomo, the world
famed leaning tower of Pisa,
the Ponte Vecchio, the Loggia,
and into the suburban hills, the
Villa Palmieri. Perugia, with its
unique architectural ensemble.
and the little city of st. Francis,
where is located the great mon.
aStery Of the Franciscan order,
containing in its upper and lower
churches richly colored frescoes
by that great Italian master,
Lorenzetti.
Venice, and the Grand Canal:
an abbreviated halt at the "Eter-
nal City, and few Sidelights
of Naples were a part of the in
teresting afternoon travelogue.
CWAR.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23

The English conception of the
great detective, Sherlock Holmes,
may be seen this week at the
Metropolitan Theater. This con.
ception is considerably different
from the Hollywood idea of how
Conan Doyle's famous fictional
character should diSport himself.
The English Sherlock is por.
trayed by one Arthur Wontner.
who is evidently of some conse-
quence on the other side of the
water, but who is unknown here.
Give Brook heretofore enacted
the Sherlock role in this country.
Wontner approximates closer
the deucedly clever, annoyingly
self-sufficient character created
by Conan Doyle than does Give
Brook. He works in an unhur-
ried lackadaisical manner. He
is typically British and makes
seem most natural the aStound.
ing conclusions he deduces from
apparently inconSequential de-
tails.
He is thoroughly delightful in
his lodgings, sprawled in his
armchair, lighting his pipe with
a live coal from the fireplace
while mystifying the stupid DR..
Watson with his deductions. AT
the doctors expression OF amaze"
ment Sherlock invariably COM
ments "e-lee-mentary, my dear
Watson, elementary"
The story is an exciting episode
in Sherlock Holmes pursuit OF
the diabolic Prof. Moriarity, the
master mind of a gang Of des-
perate criminals. In solving the
murder of Allen Adair, a MEM
Der of the British foreign office.
Holmes has a highly exciting
time of it with Moriarity and.
of course, emerges triumphant.
The picture is at times a bit
draggy. but generally interest
compelling. Outside of Arthur
Wontner and the actor who
played Prof. Moriarity, the cast
is not up to the American stand
ard. This is particularly true Of
the parts played by DR.. Watson
and the Scotland Yard inspector.
Lighting effects also are not
comparable with the handiwork
of the Hollywood studios.
The picture is a little longer
than the average and permits Of
only a short cartoon comedy and
a OewSree1 A r NJ
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
AL Captures Maxine

When Maxine Doyle finished
her last show at the Earle Satur,
day night she didn't stop to rub
off her makeup but donning a
coat took a taxi to the Belasco
Theater. It was her first glimpse
of AL Jolson in person and she
was enraptured by the millionaire
minstrel. What a performer!"
was all Maxine could say when
met her leaving Mr.. Taylor's play,
house. Mr.. Jolson affects many
that way when they see s1iIs1 for
the first time.
incidentally Miss Doyle, flooded
with kilograms and presents on
her first birthday as a Washing,
ton fixture, was moved most by
a floral tribute from Freddy
Clark's musicians. Those melody
boys have a reputation of being
hard boiled but they like Maxine.
She broke down and cried. A
real emotional scene, not acting
Ethel Barrymore in School for
Scandal" will be one of the early
attractions Of the Professional
Players at the Belasco.
If the FollieS business next week
is as big as Mr.. Ziegfeld hopes il
will be, Washington will get the
premiere Of the new Ziegfeld mu
sical featuring Bert Lahr, sched
uled for late December or early
January.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Late Stage News
Direct From
Broadway

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-Ethel
Barrymote's engagement in "The
School for Scandal" will end next
Saturday night at her playhouse.
Miss Barrymore and her company
will continue their road tour,
opening in Boston on Novem-
ber 80.
Patterson McNutt's revival of
Noel Coward's comedy, Hay
Fever" with Constance Collier as
the star, will have its first per-
formance in Great Neck tonight.
Rehearsals of the Edward Childs
Carpenter-Laurence Cross play,
tentatively called "The Perfect
Crime" will begin on December z,
with the New York opening sched-
uled for January II. Alexander
McKaig, who produced THE
Racket" will present THE Perfect
Crime"
"This Weaker Sex" is the latest
title for the Leonard Ide play,
formerly called "Bundy," For
Arts Sake" and THE Weaker
Sex"
June McCloy has been engaged
by Florenz ziegfeld for the Bert
Lahr show, soon to go into re-
hearsal.
Wini Shaw will join the cast OF
the 'Follies" this afternoon at the
Ziegfeld Theater and continue
with the revue on its road tour.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23

Z " Ill e COLIL.
pletely immersed in a role.
The role is that Of John Au'
gustus Miller, played with some
distinction on the stage by Elliott
Nugent in the play, ''The Poor
Nut"
A HOwling Foot Race
As Hollywood has tricked it up
for Funny Man Brown, Local
Boy Makes Good" becomes
hilarious farce with its climax a
burlesque foot race in which Joe
E. Brown Sprints around the
cinder path to win the silver cup
for dear old Ohio. The Stimula-
tion which makes athlete Brown
run like an Olympic champion
happens to be found in a pint
Of grain alcohol so the comedy
here is both bibulous and noisy.
Two attractive goods as persona
fled by Dorothy Lee and Ruth
Hall contest for the romantic
favor of Comedian Brown. One
(Miss Leo tried to show him he
is an emotional introvert with an
inverted libido which causes an
inferiority complex.
It's all ever puzZling to Joe E.
who would prefer to cross cactus
with hyancinths and find out
what would happen.
When his flying feet bring him
campus fame, he sheds his un-
important obSesSion, gets a sporty
collegiate outfit and proposes hon
orably to the little girl in the uni.
versity book store.
They Liked 1t
Local Boy Makes Good" is one
of the better Hollywood coed series
since it has a connected, if ex-
travagant, story. It's scenes photo
graphed on the University of
Southern California athletic field
lend an air of veriSsimilitude to
the screen narrative. In the
adoption Hollywood has aban-
doned the entire third act of the
play, which is probably just as
well. Joe E. Brown followers will
probably find this picture a
scream. They howled a plenty
last Saturday.
Sister Act Scores
Little Jack Little's radio pres
entation has all the unevennesS
and unsatisfactory reception of a
poorly tuned in set. It was just
an annoyance in a stage box and
a mediocre headliner.
An air of class clingS to the
offering of Jane and Katherine
Lee, who will be recalled as the
juvenile stage and screen stars
of a decade ago. The blonde SIS
ter has developed into low COM
edy clown of the Florence Moore
Charlotte Greenwood type and
seems ripe for musical comedy
productions. Their blend Of fun
and melody was the best act on
the program.
Sylvia and Clemence with the
Andrini brothers have a fast in
strumental and dancing number
which features good guitar and
banjo music and Bob, Bob and
Bobbie, a comedy juggling act.
Maxine Doyle officiateS with the
usual graciousneSs.
ANDREW r. KELLEY.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Cayety Offers
Old VS.. New Types

sliding" Billy Watson and his
big Fun Show" offers perhaps
one of the best opportunities for
contrast between the old and
the new in burlesque that has
ever appeared at one time.
The old,timers who turned out
to welcome the return Of the
slider, got a great kick out Of his
every action. The reviewer, who
is but a novice when compared
to some of the old school, must
throw his vote with the new
blood of the circuit. Harry
Martin, who cuts up along with
Billy, while not rated as the out
standing comic of the wheel,
seems to outdo his more famous
partner. If, however, you crave
the real slapstick of "the good
old days" and a face, which for
contortions puts "Harpo" Marks
to shame, then Billy's you're man.
Outstanding in this weeks Of
fering is the singing of the sis
ter team of Pearl and Gladys
Smith. Equally as good is
George Monford, who has a rich
voice and excells in character
bits.
The billing features Evelyn
Whitney, and rightfully so. She
has that baby.talk voice in her
singing and delights the ear.
Mickey and Mamie Kane showed
some real hot" feet. Jimmy
Lake presents two of his proteges
who score as does the genial
manager with his wisecracking.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
big Parade" Again

Do you remember Laurence Stall
lings' story. "The Big Parade?
You ought to. for it launched John
Gilbert on the road to millions
and I think was the greatest of all
the war pictures. Well, Metro
Goldwyn has fitted it out with a
sound gland and in the up-to-date
version it will make another round
of the cinemas. The Roxy The
ater has already booked it and
Loew's Columbia will play it just
before Christmas. It has sound,
but no dialogue.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
All In a Day
-BY-
MARK HELLINCER

NEW YORK, Nov. %.
GONE 20 years ago-perhaps just wee bit less-a
- rickety old frame house stood in that section OF
New York which was known as the West Thirties. A
strange couple ran the house And strange people
lived in that house Which made it great combina-
tion
The couple that owned the house Mr. and
Mrs Boussout. He was tall thin with eyes that
were sharp. And she was thin little woman with
eyes that kindly and with hands that were always
red from difficult work. A busy couple were Mr.. and
Mrs Boussout. Very busy indeed.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Ina Claire Returns

Ina Claire is another Broad
way star who will be reclaimed
for a time from Hollywood. The
play which has been prepared
for her is Second Honeymoon"
by Rita Weiman and Elwood F.
Bostwick and George Nicolai will
present it.
Robert Ames is mentioned as
her leading man, another
prominent equity actor whose
efforts for the past two seasons
have been confined strictly to
the screen,
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Versatile Chorus

Every member of the Fanchon
and Marco Sunkist Ensemble of
"Limehouse Nights" Idea at the
Fox Theater steps out of line
to do a speciality number. These
boys and girls are members of a
chorus, yet featured in tl.eir own
right.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23

others.
Criffith's Lament
Suddenly, from out of the cold,
came Dave Griffith. He looked
disappointed about something.
They gathered around him and
begged for an explanation. And
he finally told them the trou-
BILE.
They don't understand me, !"
he cried. They don't under
stand what I'm trying to do"
He has, it appeared, at last
perfected something he had
worked on for some time. 1t
was the closeup. The camera
was so employed that the face
of the actress was shown en-
larged to the audience. The
rest of her body could not be
seen.
Griffith had used his close
up idea in directing his first
picture for Mary Pickford with
her new company. 1t had
proved successful. And he had
that day thrown it on the
screen for the benefit of the
president of the company. The
president of that company was
a little man named Laemmle-
Carl Laemmle.
Laemmle looked at the close
up. And he had suddenly
thrown up his hands in horror.
Why He Objected
Griffith had asked what the
trouble was, and Laemmle had
grown red with excitement.
Whats the matter?" the
president had screamed. Cant
you see what's the matter?
You've cut her off. I'm paying
that Pickford girl $125 a week
and you throw nothing but her
face on the screen. Are you
crazy?" /"
Since that winters day many
winters days have come and
passed. The little frame house
has long since vanished. And
in it's place stands huge build
ing-the home of a great mag
aZine.
In the very spot, perhaps,
where D. w. Griffith dreamed
of his first closeup, a little
stenographer is taking dicta-
ton from a fat boss and
dreaming of Adolphe Menjou
In the very spot where Mary
Pickford celebrated her first
success, a humble filing clerk
is throwing the wrong cards
into the right cabinet and
dreaming of Clara Bow.
Dream House Fades
Mr.. Boussout is dead. He is
on equal terms now with Mar
Gus Loew and Rudolph Valen-
tino. His worries are a thing
of the past.
But Mrs. Boussout, who
laughed at the movie dreamers,
is still alive. She is selling
flowers, they say, in a Brooklyn
cemetery.
Copyright, 1881. King Features
Syndicate, 1nco
The Washington times., 1931-11-23

at 5000 a week
with few takers
when she vert
into the talkies
and made a re-
S ou nding hit
from the start.
Now Warner
Brothers have
the actress un-
der cont r a C t
but no story
r e a d Y. s o
Broadway pro-
ducerS are ang-
ng for 10
weeks of her
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Horrible Mask

Boris Karloff, who plays the
monster in "FrankenStein," now
at the Rialto Theater, guarded
his facial makeup during the
actual filming by wearing mask
over it when compelled to go
beyond the limits of the studio
stage upon which he was work
ing. It is that horrible.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
The Pickford Girls

Then, too, there were those
two little girls who always came
in with their mother. Pickford
their name was. One was little
Lottie. The other was little
Mary. How silly, thought Mrs.
Boussout, was Mrs. Pickford not
to put her daughters on the
stage instead of plunging them
into that very stupid thing, the
moving picture!
How much better off, Mrs.
BouSsout felt, they would be if
they had a chance to make
something of themselves on the
stage. Look for instance, at
her star .boarder-little Mayme
Guinan. Mayme, known to a
few of her friends by the nick
name Texas" was in the
chorus of that popular success
at the Criterion Theater. She
was a chorus girl in 'The
Snow Man." And she earned
a salary that netted her $1S a
week!
That, Mrs. BousSout told the
neighbors, was something to be
proud Of. Griffith, the dreamer,
would be better off if he would
drive a horse cab like the man
who had the room on the Sec
ond floor back True, the cab
driver didn't make much
money-but his income was
steady. Sennett was the cab
drivers name. His first name
was Mack. And Mrs. Boussout
liked him. He was so jolly.
Gets $125 a Week
And if those little Pickford
girls couldn't land a good job
in the chorus like Name
Guinan-surely they would be
better off selling papers on the
Bowery, like that little chubby
girl named Mabel Normand,
who dropped in for a meal
every now and then. OF course.
selling papers wasn't much of
an occupation-but the Nor
mand girl was good company.
She was jolly, too.
But those movie people. They
were so foolish!
The days Of winter were at
hand. Somehow, in the face
of many difficulties, the mov-
ing picture business was forg-
ing ahead. Little Mary had
just been signed by a new
motion picture company. And,
believe it or not, she was to
receive the vast and unheard
OF sum of $125 a week.
On this particular night the
boarding house of Mr.. and Mrs.
Boussout hummed with activ.
tty. They were giving a little
party to Mary in honor of her
success. Mrs. BouSsout couldn't
quite grasp that $125 salary
business, but she decided to ask
no questions. Perhaps the world
was going mad.
The little Normand girl was
there. And a young fellow
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Hero-Vocalist

Don Carroll is doing drsmatic
work as we'll as singing in Fan.
chon and Marcos Limousine
Nights" Idea at the Fox Thea.
ter. He is seen as the hero of a
romantically tragic inter!ude, dur.
ing which he sings "Limehouse
Blues"
The Washington times., 1931-11-23

ing much upon
an diversified
mouth for his
laughs.
In oc a |
B oy M a k e S
Good" he dons
a curly wig,
thick-l e n S e d
glasses, tn e
shy inferiority
manner of a
botany stud
ent and be-
80 nr RAnN
The Washington times., 1931-11-23

ANDREW KELLEY time TO play IN
a Sada Cowan drama, Defiance"
If the plan goes through the Chat
terton salary will be $4,000 week
applied, of course, to her Warner
Brothers contract.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Whale Directed

James Whale, who made
waterloo Bridge" and Jour,
ney's End" is the director who
created "Frankenstein," now at
the Rialto Theater.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
ToAppear
In New
PLAYS
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

AS an example Of what movie
reputation can do to a salary
there is Ruth Chatterton. She
was available for stock companies
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Joe E. Brown
Makes EN-
Roar

Joe E. Brown has been accus-
toned to leap from gag to gag
to lubricate his pictures, depend
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Movies Worried Her

At the particular time Of
which I write, Mrs. BouSsout
was none too happy about her
clientele. All of them paid, of
course, but the lady was none
too sure that they would be able
to continue to pay. And her
husband agreed with her.
The patrons that Mrs. Bous-
sout worried about were all en-
gagged in that new and very
silly business called the moving
picture. A foolish way to earn
q living, thought Mrs. Boussout,
and Sheawas only too happy to
say so at every opportunity.
That very lean and lanky
gentleman, for instance. His
name was Dave Griffith. and
he seemed to consider himself
a very important person in the
business Of making motion pic
lures. To Mrs. Boussout, as she
watched him put away his eve
ming meal. he looked like a
great deal of a dreamer. Surely
he never would amount to
much.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Clever
This British
Sherlock
SHERLOCK HOLMES FATAL
HOUR"

At the Metropolitan Theater.
Directed by Leslie Hiscott. Based
on a Sherlock Holmes story OF A.
Conan Doyle, The Empty House"
A First Edition Pictures, Inc.
THE CAST
Sherlock Holmes. Arthur wentner
DR.. Watson n.........,.Jan Fleming
Mrs. Hudson. Minnie Rayner
Ronald Adair ....... Leslie Prrrins
Kathleen Adair r........ Jane Welsh
| Col. Henslowe. Norman MCKinnsil
| Thomas Fisher. 80. William Frazer
Tony rutherford. .. Sidney King
Inspector Lestrade Phillip Newland
Marston. on........,....G Gordon Begg
Colonel Moran Louis Goodrich
No. 16. 6.........,......H Harry Terry
J. J. Godfrey. Charles Patton
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Had to Keep Busy

Had to Keep Busy
They had need to be busy
for the house that they ran was
a theatrical boarding house.
The people they catered to were,
in the main, poor people. These
folks could not afford to pay
much. But, for what they paid
they wanted the utmost. And
it was up to the busy couple in
the little frame house to see
that they were not dissatisfied.
The price Of a room in this
theatrical boarding house was
So a week-pluS your board.
Should you merely drop in for
q meal-the price of your din
ner would be 35 cents. And,
believe it or not. Roscoe, that
35 cents included all the wine
you could drink.
That, then-some 20 years
ago-was the establishment of
the energetic couple, Mr., and
Mrs. BouSSout.
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DEVLIN FOR KETCHIKAN

G. A. Devlin, shoe merchant, left
Juneau yesterday on the steamship
Northwestern for Ketchikan. He
has a store there.
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DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY
NOTICE OF HEARING ON
FINAL ACCOUNT

c. A. Lindholm having on the
9th day of December, 1881, filed
his final account as administrator
of the estate of George w. Hinch-
man, deceased, in the United States
Commissioners Court for Haines
Precinct, Territory of Alaska, no
tice is hereby given to all heirs,
creditors and other persons inter-
ested in said estate, that Saturday
February 20, 1882, at two O'Clock
in the afternoon of said day, at
the office of the United States
Commissioner, in the Town and
Precinct of Haines, Territory of
Alaska, is the time and place set
for the hearing of objections to
said account and settlement thereof.
Dated at Haines, Alaska, De-
cember 9, 1881.
E. E. THINNER,
United States Commissioner and
Ex-Officio Probate Judge.
First publication, Dec. IA, 1881.
Last publication, Jan. 4, 1882.
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SCANDAL SHEET
TO SHOW LAST
TIMES TONIGHT
Misbehaving Ladies = TO r
Midnight Matinee and
for Tomorrow

With Scandal Sheet" having
George Bancroft and Kay Francis
in the leading roles, showing for
the last times tonight at the Coli
scum theatre, ''Misbehaving Ladies'
featuring Ben Lyon, Lila Lee, LOU
Use Fazenda and Lucien Littlefield,
will headline the new program to-
morrow night, and this program
will be the subject of the preview
at l O'Clock tonight.
Bancroft Is Newspaperman
Scandal Sheet" is a newspaper
story in which the principal male
character. played by Bancroft, is
an editorial chief who dictates to
his own staff for his own paper
the account of the wrongdoing OF
his wife, played by Miss Francis,
and his Staying of her male COM
panion.
Some Scenes In Italy
In "Misbehaving Ladies'" the
scenes are laid in an American
small town and in the medieval
vastness Of an italian castle. 1t
is hilarious comedy drama. An
American girl weds an italian
prince, and an italian princess
weds an American boy.
On the organ, Rex Parrot will
play Anchors Aweigh," and ION
the Road to Mandalayv '3