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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-20
George de L. Barra, who Is now IN
New York.

George de L. Barra, who Is now IN
New York.
The Undersecretary Of State and Mrs
William r. Castle, jr., entertained at
luncheon yesterday in honor Of Signor
and Signora Grand. The other guests
were the italian Ambassador and Donna
Antoinette de MARITIME, Senator and
Mrs. George H. Moses, Senator and Mrs
Tasker L. Oddie, Senator Simeon Tess,
Representative and Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon, Mrs. David s. ingalls,, wife OF
the Assistant Secretary Of the Navy;
Signor Augusta RoSso Signor Leonardo
Vitetti, Mrs. Guy Norman and Mrs.
McCook Knox.
Maj. Gen. Blanton winship was the
guest in whose honor Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs Edwin G. Mcneil entertained at
dinner last evening at the Chevy Chase
Continued on Third Page.
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when ''The Trial of Mary Dusan" viii

when "The Trial Of Mary Dugan' will
be presented.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic A. Delano are
among others who have taken tickets
Tor the event. The ushers for the &C.
casion Will be Miss Jeanne Richards,
Miss Betty Richards, Miss Sidney
Thompson and Miss PAMELA Castanedo.
Additional patrons include Mr.. and
Mrs. William Lee Corbin.
The Minister of Denmark and Nine.
Walsted have gone to New York to at
tend a reception and entertainment for
the benefit Of the Constantin Brun
Award to be held today at the Waldorf
Astoria.
have returned to their home at 2l23
Leroy place after an absence of several
months. They spent part of the Spring
and Summer season visiting in the
Orient and other foreign countries. and
have more recently been in their home
in Nevada.
The counselor of the Polish embassy,
Mr.. SokolowSki, has returned to Wash
ington from Bluemont, Va.
A new assistant military attache has
been added to the Japanese embassy
rived to AL the office and Is making
his home at the New Amsterdam Hotel.
The new secretary of the Bolivian
legation and Sonora Carmen Busta-
mantle de Lozada are established at
3700 Massachusetts avenue.
Senior de Lozada succeeds Senior Don
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-20

ten, Comdr Augusta Rosso, Conte
Marchetti di Muriaglio, Comdr. Leo
nardo Vitetti, Comdr. Guido Rocco,
Capt. Notarbartolo del Duchi di Villa
rosa, Col. Marco Pennaroli, Marchese
Piero Misciatelli and Cav. Alberto
Nonis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-20

The Secretary OF the Interior and
Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur were hosts at
a reception yesterday afternoon at the
Mayfiower, when they received members
Of the Interior Department staff and
accompanying ladies.
Assisting at the tea table were Mrs.
Joseph M. Dixon, wife of the First AS
sistant Secretary Of the Interior; Mrs.
Charles c. Moore, wife of the commits
sioner Of the General Land ONCE, and
Mrs. Horace Albright, wife of the direc-
tor Of the National Park Service.
Others assisting were Mrs. Frederick
H. Payne, Mrs. Ernest Lee Jahncke,
Mrs. Hugh Cumming. Mrs. Vernon KEEL
logg, Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong, Mrs.
Alex Baltic Of Tacoma, Wash; Mrs.
Warren Olney OF Berkeley, Calf. and
Mrs. Ernest Smith.
The Belgian Ambassador and Nine.
May will be in the large and repre-
sentative company attending the open
ing performance Of the Drama Guild
this evening, at Wardman Park Hotel,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-20

Secretary and Mrs. Adams Hosts
At Dinner This Evening.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs
Charles Francis Adams will entertain
O company at dinner this evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-20

The counselor of the Polish embassy
Mr.. Sokolowski, has returned to Wash
ington from Bluemont, Va.
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Continued on Third Page.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
The Dover Road
Is Under Way
With Big Cast
Bx HARRISON CARROLL

HOLLYWOOD, Calf. July 20.
A. A. Mines THE Dover Road"
winds on forever.
Paramount is producing it as a
talkie, with Eleanor Boardman
playing opposite Give Brook.
This will be Eleanor's second
role at her new studio home. Re
Gently she appeared with Paul
Lukas in Women Love Once" :"
The mediocre quality of the story
did not overcast her clever per-
formance. so there is every rea-
son to believe she will regain her
former popularity. People who
have seen Cecil B. De Mines
THE Squaw Man" say it will help
her along.
Oddly enough. the star will be
directed by William De Mile in
THE Dover Road" This will be
his first picture at Paramount
since The Doctors Secret" in
which Ruth Chatterton made her
talkie bow.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
When Feature Is
IShOWn on Screen

FOX-"The Secret Call" at
1859 a. M, 2:15, 4:30, 7:35 and
$50 p. m. Stage shows at 1:12,
3:27. 6:32 and 8:47 p. m. Van,
ishing Legion" 1922 a. m. and
5:55 p. m.
EARLE-"Confessions Of a
Coed" at 1925 a. M, 1853, 4:26,
1929 and 1902 p. m. Stage
shows at 1852, 3:37, $50 and
9:O3 p. m.
PALACE-"Women Love Once" "
at 11:55 a. M, 2:10, 4:35, 1920
and 9:45 p. m. Stage shows at
1870, 3:55, $40 and 9:05 p. m.
R-K-O Keith's-"The Common
Law" at 1875 a. M, 1:40, $40,
$40, TAO and 9:45 p. m.
COLUMBIA-"Dude Ranch" at
II noon, 1:55, $3.50, $50, 7:50
and 9:45 p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
How Constance BennettM Entry
Into Front Rank Of Film World

Constance Bennett, daughter Of
Richard Bennett. famous stage
star, was not discovered" until
Samuel Goldwyn saw her at an
Equity ball, which she attended
with her father.
For some reason Mr.. and Mrs.
Bennett did not consider a stage
career for their eldest daughter.
In fact, Mr.. Bennett rather hoped
she would definitely choose not to
go on the stage. They sent her to
exclusive schools in New York
and Mamaroneck, and later to
Nine. Balsan's finishing school in
Paris. At the age of II. Miss Ben
nett was formally presented in
Baltimore and Washington So
ciety. Her beauty. and charm inn
mediately made her an outstand-
ing figure among the debutantes.
At one of the Equity balls
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
Magician's Stunt
In New Fox Show

Mystery will hold a key spot
on the Fox program beginning
next Friday when Fanchon and
Marcos Moroccan" Idea is pre-
Sented.
Ferdna, featured in this show,
presents a mysterious levitation
act-that of raising a girl four
or five feet into the air with abso-
lutely no support either above or
below her and then passing her
body through solid hoop.
Ferdna also features in his act
the hypnotic idea of having a
girl sleep with her neck on the
blade of a sharp sword while her
body is suspended in mid air.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
Lois Moran to PIav
With John Gilbert

Lois Moran has been signed to
appear opposite John Gilbert in
the latter's new ro-Goldwyn-
Mayer starring film, "West of
Broadway" now in production on
the coast. Harry Beaumont is di-
recting west of Broadway" and
the cast includes Ell Brendel, Gwen
Lee, Richard Carlyle and Ralph
Bellamy.
The story is an original by
Ralph Graves and Bess Meredyth,
with dialogue by Gene MarkeY,
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
Our New Drama Season
Opens In Month;
Looks Promising
Rv A. M. JAMESON

Take it from Stephen E. Cochran this coming in
the socaed legmate in Washington is slated to be
of the best years We not yet at liberty to paricu
larze about the bookings but venture the prediction that
when they disclosed the Capital will have something to
talk about far the theatergong public is concerned
The impresario of National Theater has returned
from New York where he nctoned in characteristic form
along Broadway, incidentally happening upon Andrew
R. Kelley, and thereby hangs tale the true inwardness OF
which expect to learn in few days We take it
that Mr. Kelley commended without the bookings
which Mr. Cochran bagged in the booking offices for the fall
tho Not
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
SOlOiSt in Concert

Beatrice Belkin, soprano, will
be heard as soloist during the
Goldman Band concert next Sun
day over an N.B.C.-WEAF net
work, from The Mall in Central
Park, New York. Miss Belkin
will sing THE Blue Danube" by
Strauss. Other selections will in
clude the overtures to "Sakun-
tala" by Goldmark, and to Poet
and Peasant" by Won Sdppe.
On Wednesday,, August S, the
Goldman Band will be heard
over an N.B.C.-WJz network. The
Grand March in F." by Fletcher
and the overture to Tam
hauser" by Wagner will be heard
in this broadcast.
Robert Fulton, who, 125 years
ago, made his memorable steam
boat voyage up the Hudson River
from New York to Albany, is the
reincarnated honor-guest at the
Birthday Party broadcast tomor-
row night. That voyage demon
strated the steamboat as a practi-
cal, commercial possibility. It
took 80 hours to make the trip
and terrified people and animals
along the route, but it neverthe-
less marked an epoch in the
ways of transportation-one as
important and exciting in it's day
as Lindbergh's is in ours.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
HOO A. M.
lie Paradis at Best
These Torrid Nights

Dancing, not in the dark, but
in a flatering twilight of dimmed
electric lights. to the seductive
rh"thms Of the LIE Paradis Band,
is the romantic pastime that
makes the LIE Paradis roof garden
the perfect summer rendezvous.
The crooring of Marty Reuben
supplements the dance music. And
Director Bert Eernath also MARBLES
a mean arol every now and then.
The distinctive quality of LIE Para
dis music has appeal to the amuse
ment seeker of sophisticated taste.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29

which she attended with her
father, Samuel Goldwys saw her
and suggested that she have a
screen test made. She took his
advice and accepted his offer to
feature her in "Cytherea," the
film version of the Hergesheimer
story. 1t was her first role, but
critics were unanimous in her
praise.
She was soon recognized as one
Of the most talented of the
younger players. She appeared in
Into the Net, )" THE Goose Hangs
High" and sally. Irene and
Mary"
She gave up her screen work for
a while after her marriage to the
young millionaire, Philip Plant,
because he objected to it, and
spent most of her time in her
home in Paris, her villa in Biar-
ritz, andron the Riviera.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
NewsGossip
or Radio
World
BY BROADCASTER

The Brox sisters-Kathleen,
Dagmar and Lorraine-a harmony
trio from the West, will broadcast
twice over an N. B. C.-WJZ net
work, tomorrow night and Friday,
July 81.
Their first New York appear
ance was several years ago in the
Music Box Revue" Since then,
they have been in two editions
Of the "Follies," with the Marx
Brothers in THE Cocoanuts," and
with Paul Whiteman in King of
jazz"
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
PIav Now Called
sporting Blood

sporting Blood" has been Sc
lected as the final title for Metro.
Goldwyn Mayors racing melo-
drama that was previously known
as "Horseflesh." The picture is
now being directed by Charles
Brabin, with a cast headed by
Clark Gable, Lew Cody, Madge
Evans, Ernest Terrence and
Marie Provost,
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
Sharks Are Tanned

Man-eating blue sharks infest
the waters of the lagoons about
the Polynesian Islands, but the
natives are not afraid of these
tigers of the deep as long as
plenty of fish are present. This
fact was revealed by the late F..
W. Murnau. producer of "Tabu," Z"
the Polynesian romance laid in
the Society Islands. The sharks
feed on the fish and thereby do
not bother the natives.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
Late Stage News
Direct From
Broadway

NEW YORK, July 29.-Walter
Woolf will have the leading male
role in Loves Out of Fashion, "
the comedy from the German
which the Shuberts will present
next week in Atlantic City as
their first production of the new
season. Mr.. Woolf has succeeded
Walter Petrie in the cast, which
further includes Verree Teas
dale, Leslie, Austen and Rudolf
Badaloni. Loves Out of Fash
ion" is expected on Broadway
about August II.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
Fact Versus Theory

An argument on the social sys-
tenn was raging at a Hollywood
gathering. Paul Bern proffered
the idea: IF child is started
correctly and properly fed until it
reaches the age of 10, the body
will take care of itself"
"Yea?" came a mournful voice.
You haven't been around Colun1-
bia, have you?"
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
Husband in Dark

But she never told her hus-
band that she insured them. :.
That was to be a surprise some
day. The other weekend the
husband suddenly passed on. =.
She needed extra funds for this
and that, so she went to the
vault to claim her jewels so she
could peddle them. Only to be
Informed by her insurance man
friend that they weren't worth
more than S.. She suspected
trickery-charged the man with
exchanging her valuable pearls
for spurious oneS-and had him
arrested. Only one or two per.
sons in New York know the in
side Of the story-how the hus-
band bought cheap pearls just
to be able to remember her on
her birthday. The insurance
man pal is as innocent as you
and IL mean, you. But the
judge may not believe his side
of it-and the poor fellow may
get a stretch. They don't want
to shatter her illusions
tell her that her husband
bought phonies for her-but if
you don't use this-I'u have
to-to keep an innocent guy
from getting the worst of it.
I guess I've bungled it up
all around. But that's the
story and I'm stuck on it
Wherever go people keep ask
ing me about you and why YOU
are keeping such good hours.
ETC.. L tell them that since YOU
and Gladys middle aisled it yo,l
got some Sense-and that YOU
go home early or out on boats
that explode. Yes, indeedy!
Just a big outdoor man!
The captain of your alleged
soul, that's what you are!. out
on the blue. With the fishes
MOT mel. Instead, I went
Tor a ride with Ruth Etting last
night. Along the Bronx River
Parkway all the way up to
White Plains. And Ruth cooed
Shine On, Harvest Moon" for
me-. And other listenahle
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
Script in Russia

The actual shooting script of
Paramount's "City Streets" has
been mailed to Moscow to serve
as a text book for Russian stu
dents studying the technique of
talking picture building. It was
sent by Reuben Mamoulian, di-
rector of the picture.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
Thomas Career

John Charles Thomas, baritone,
will be heard as artist tomorrow
night over an NB.C.-WEAF net
work.
After progressing from light
opera to the concert stage. this
American-born, American-trained
singer made his operatic debut
during the summer months of
1925 in an organization famed for
it's traditions and discriminating
audiences, the La Monnaie," in
Brussels.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
Del Val Signs

Jean Del Val has been added to
the cast of Radio Pictures "The
Sphinx Has Spoken" wherein
Adolphe Menjou, Lily Damita,
Erich Won Stroheim and Lawrence
Olivier are to appear under direc-
ton of Victor SchertZinger.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
"A Shade Too Dark

Fred Toons, colored actor,
played Snowflake" in Eddie
Dowling's Honeymoon Lane" a
Paramount release, without re-
sorting to grease paint. but when
he saw the first rushes of the
picture he enjoyed q laugh at
his own expense.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
In "Penthouse''

Joel McCrea, handsome and
rugged young film player who
has been steadily headed star
ward, has been cast to play op-
posite Hope Williams, Broadway
stage star, in Penthouse, !"
authored by John Howard Law
son for Radio Pictures.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29

ChuneS. And I was in a mood,
believe you me-. 1t was a lovely
and romantic night, too. But
that husband of hers had to
park himself in the front seat
and you certainly must re-
member how that it is.
About Robert
You might be able to get
something out of the fact that
LYDIA Roberti, the talented
comedienne with Mr.. Holtz,
was trained at the Russian
Ballet School in the Old Coun-
try and she is a grand dancer
but she got by on Broadway
and hoW!-without tapping
a tootSie. . In fact, LYDIA hasn't
danced on Broadway yet. L
see where several of the boys
who are doing columns are
groaning in their departments
about needing a vacation. >.
Listen, monkies, there never
lived a columniSt who needed
a vacation. :. so much as his
leaders need one from him. E.
Miss Guinan is back in town
up at Woodmansten and she
opened to a capacity house.
But what an exhibitionist she
isl. She's afraid they won't
know she's back in the city, so
now she has an amplifier on
her armored car. She keeps
the car going up and down the
streets all day so that a Spe-
cially-made record in the ma
chine keeps yelling: Hello,
suckers! Come and see me at
WoodmanSten Inn!" You
can't get away from Guinan,
kid. She now. gets in your
hair via the air!
See if you can guess what
producer this is: He has a
special office in his building
which may be reached through
a tiny door leading from back
stage. When one of his girls
in the show gets a summons to
come up to that office she
obeys or else. Well, the other
day at rehearsal one of the
beautiful but not So dI1roh
ones got the summons. And
ignored it. Which cost her
the job, of course. She ex-
plains it this way: You either
go through that little door to
his office or you take the back
door and stay out!". I'd pray
for a flop on his next show,
Mark, but 1 usually get my
prayers answered, and then all
those other gals would be out
Of jobs. I'm going to ask
Floyd Gibbons to exclude him
out of Floyd's nightly closing
line, to wit: May a gooseberry
cover all your troubles!
A Column an Hour
Well, sir, here it is 4:25 in
the morning, and I started do
ing this at 3:05. All the lights
in the editorial rooms are
doused except the mazda over
my head. The phone operator
next door is probably being
disturbed by my typewriter
keys, and everything is as quiet
as an opening night at Wal
lacks. The porter has cleaned
the floors-the presses quit
groaning over an hour and half
ago, and the only other buzz
around here is the electric fan
in my office. But it is nicer
being here alone, Mark. No
phones ringing, no pasS-askers,
no aggravations or irritations
and I just. ran out of
Cigarettes!. . There is nothing
else to do-except start worry
ing about IL or IA paragraphs
for my own corner. Faithfully
Yours,
WALTER WINCHELL.
Thanks, Walter. Only a real
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
WAVE LENGTHS

WMAL-175.9 meters. $50 kIIOcy-
cles.
WRC-315 meters. $50 klIOcy-
cles.
WOL-229 meters. 1910 kilOcy-
cles.
WJSV-2O3 meters. 146O kiIOcy-
cles.
WBAL- (BaltimOrel-1O6O kilO-
cycles.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
All In q Day

-By-
MARK HELLINCER

COLNmniSts Pal JOts DOIUn FeW Notes
Dear Mark have been reading your column for several
weeks now, and feel though almost know you. so
when read In the papers about that awful explosion aboard
Harry Richman yacht and how all of you got burned
thought perhaps you wouldn't mind if did column for
yOu l have always wanted to be cOlumnist. You
certainly cannot feel in the mood to want to do column
after that horrible experience please accept this Oh
know there will be people who will fool to let
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
'sNikki" to Omen

"Nikki," the James Dyrenforth-
Philip Charig musical adaptation
of the John Monk Saunders short
stories, is expected to open at
the Longacre Theater about the
middle of September.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
Film Gossip

EdWina ("Trader Horn'O Booth
is one star who can't get tan.
Though she has been back from
Africa two years, she still has to
be careful about exposing herself
to the sun. Dick Barthelmess is
chartering q yacht to meet the
returning honeymooners, William
Powell and Carole Lombard, 200
miles at sea. They will be trans
ferred from the liner and will fin
ish the trip among a gay party of
their friends, whom Dick is invit~
ing on the expedition. This is
supposed to be a surprise, so
Honolulu papers please don't
copy. .Pathe is selling Marian
Shilling to the public by having
other players call her by her right
name in comedy series. Hope
Williams has been notified by
radio to report here August IS in
stead of September 25. The shoot
ing date of Penthouse" is being
pushed forward. Clark and Nc
Cullough are Broadway bound.
They'll appear in show. my
story about the four Scotchmen
who sat down to a 25-cent-a-point
bridge game and passed 492 nands
turned out to be bread on the
waters. Charley Grapewin sends
me his amusing book, "Squawk
Bridge" and points out similar
joke on its cover. Only Charley's
version had it 200 hands. In de-
fense, Charley, may I point out
that screen stories, with less
changes, are getting by every day
as originals.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29

Defiance" the Sada Cowan
melodrama which is on Arch Sell
wyn's schedules, will be tried out
by the WeStchester Playhouse. Mt.
KiSco. the week of August 10.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29

Claiborne Foster will be seen
under the management of James
w. Elliott in The Widow in
Green" a play by Lea Freeman.
Mr.. Elliott's first production of
the season, The Death Ray"
will open at the Majestic Theater,
Brooklyn, on August 81, before
coming to Broadway.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
A Whiteman Find"

"A WHILeman "FInu'
Jane Froman, newest Paul
Whiteman find" will be intro
duced over an NB.C.-WJz net
work, tomorrow night, in a pro-
gram Of blues" songs broadcast
from the N.BC. Chicago studios.
Beginning August S, Miss Fro
man will also be heard Wednes-
Gay nights.
The Washington times., 1931-07-29
Films Ready

Slipping back to the movies,
this column hereby presents a list
of Hollywood attractions, done
by the major producing COM
ranies, which are now completed
and awaiting distribution. 1t
shows just about what Washing
ton can expect in the next few
months:
Paramount H o neymoon
Lane" Caught" 'Hucklebefry
Finn" "An American Tragedy"
SILENCE"
Fox-"Young as You Feel"
TRANSATLANTIC" Merely Mary
Ann" bad Girl" wicked"
Skyline" The Spider" The
Brat"
M-G-M-"sporting Blood" Par
don U.s." Guilty Hands," This
Modern Age" The Squaw Man"
Susan Lenox, Her Rise and
Fall" Phantom of Paris" "Side-
walks of New York" THE Lul-
1aby."
R-K-O Pathe-"E Eddie Cuts In,"
'"The Big Gamble" THE Mad
Marriage" Devotion" Shutdown
Trail"
United Artists: "The Unholy
Garden" "Palmy Days." Street
Scene" 'Scarface," THE Age for
Love-"
Universal: "Lasca of the Rio
Grande," Waterloo Bridg e."
East of Borneo," Heaven on
Earth" The Homicide Squad"
Radios Group
Radio Pictures: "Helga," TOO
Many Cooks" The Public De-
fender" The Woman Between" :"
travelling Husbands" Run
round" Smart Woman" :"
Caught Plastered," "The Wo-
man Pursued" High Stakes" {"
Fanny Foley Herself" THE
Spinx Has Spoken"
Warner-First National: "The
Star Witness" Larceny Lane"
THE Last Fight" Alexander
Hamilton" THE BARGAIN" The
Road to Singapore, "Penrod
and SAM" Five Star Final"
Expensive Women" The Ruling
Voice." side Show" "The Mad
Genius"
The Washington times., 1931-07-29

Jane Seymour has been en-
gagged for the role played by
Helen Flint in the New York
company of THE House Beauti-
full" which will begin a road
tour in Philadelphia in Septem-
ber Mary Philips and James
Bell will continue in the cast.