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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
Pola Negri in Hollywood.

pOLA NEGRI has returned to Holly
wood. At the R-K-O Pathe West
Coast studio. Charles r. Rogers, pro-
duction head, said he negotiated the
contract with the European star, closing
the deal by cable.
One Of the silent screens most bril-
liant luminaries, both in America and
abroad, Miss Negri is now ready TO make
her talking picture debut. Since mis-
over stories caused her
to leave American films and return to
Europe nearly three years ago. Miss
Negri is said to have completely
mastered the English language so that
the screens audibility will be no handi-
cap to her.
Before leaving New York, Miss Negri
unveiled. for the art critics and the
press, at the GainSborough Galleries.
New York, an oil portrait Of herself
painted by Styka, whose previous study
of the noted screen star won him world
wide acclaim.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
~WOONLleHT REvELs Fox
Mr.. Jolson and Others
By Percy Hammond.

it was time for every one in the audi
ence to be dressing for dinner at Childs'
or elsewhere.
I am one Of those who tip their hats
to Morris Gest whether he Is pros
porous or bankrupt. He Is more artistic
in his failures than in his successes.
but in both he is gallant Snowman,
ranking next to his father-in-law, the
indomnitable Mr.. Belasco, in ambition
and courage. The Wonder Bar" O
product of Mr.. Gest and Messrs. Shu-
bert, is the best that can be done in
the circumstances. 1t tries to resemble
the merry life led by Americans in
Paris, and 1t is as good a counterfeit
as any of its kind. Without Gests gay.
red Russian decorations and Jolson's
cordial patriotism. it would be just an.
other Broadway booth.
X y
I EO BULGAKOV, the distinguished
Russian actor. would have been
tempted to present AndreyeY's Devil
in the Mind" even II its purpose were
cloudier than it is. For the role Of the
fluent maniac in that essay In dementia
is of sort not to be resisted by .
player of his vivid temperament. In
one scene alone he has opportunity to
do more ground and lofty acting than
has fallen to the lot Of any artist since
Richard Mansfield performed in DIR.
Jekyll and Mr.. HYDE Here Is a Grand
eruption upheavinR in an or derby cats-
clysm all the hiStrionic material known
to stage delirium. Only a mime Of Mr..
Bungalows caliber could get away with
1t and not descend to the ancient vice
known as ranting.
In the drama at the Fulton ne Is .
learned doctor suffering from disturb
ances back of his forehead. His eccen-
trtcitieS lead him to companionship
character he makes q bond investiga-
ton. He is warned by a pSychiatri5t
that his habits of thinking win unSeat
his mind. and he is advised to pursue
more rational method Of existence.
But he persists in magnifying the con-
tents Of his Uranium until eventually
he murders Russian novelist, the hus-
band of the woman he loves. After
that deed has been accomplished he
ment begins.
He writheS and mutters, he Glnrieks
and groanS. He staggers to and fro,
now upon his ankles, then upon his
hands and knees. His lips, as
the saying goes, are fiecked with
foam as he gurgles the tncoherent raw
ings Of mailman IN Mysteries. Tor
rents of perspiration gush from his
pores and he sweeps the air with fists
clenched In the agonies Of derange-
ment. His frightened houSemaid fees
in terror from his gestures and he is
left alone to humble and shudder In
one of the most thorough exhibitions
of it's kind that this a1ienist has ever
observed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
Something of "Dirigible. .

ships destruction required four months
to Aim.
Before~the dirigible Pensacola sal
lies forth, the audience is treated by the
Lakehurst Naval Air Station to its best
bag Of stunts, of the death-defying va
riety, including the flying of a plane
through the hangar at Lakehurst with
out touching the undercarriaRe to the
ground; the hooking Of a Navy plane
to dirigible while both are in flight
some 5000 feet above the New Jersey
meadows, a Navy combat plane looping
the-loop around the midsection of the
dirigible and the spectacular finish of
a transcontinental record-breaking air
plane flight.
The crack-up Of the Pensacola is
followed by Frisky Pierce's attempt to
gain the South Pole by airplane. These
scenes and the unfortunate destruction
of the plane at the flyers very goal.
occupy the second half OF "Dirigible. -
The real climax arrives when Comdr
Braden on the Los Angeles comes to
the rescue Of his rival.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
For Aud Lang Syne.

MANY Washington theatcrgoers will
remember May Robson as a ia
vortte star Of the stage who, a decade
ago.. played at the National Theater.
In late years Miss Robson has been
practically retired with the exception
OF stock company engagements on the
West coast, where she played Mothers
Millions" and THE Regeneration Of
Aunt Mary" alternating her work
with her ambition, and effort, to
break into the talkies.".
AS an actress May Robson is not I'M
like the popular Marie DRESSER. Both
are character condolences and both
have the benefit of many years of
stage experience. 1t will be remcya-
bered that Marie DRESSER, after her
playing Of Titles Punctured Ro-
nance" had little or no success until
she was cast with Greta Carlo in
Anna Christie"
Miss Robson's opportunity in Moth
eF's Millions" may duplicate the Dress
Ter success and give her q vogue, q re-
suit few will tegrudge che Of the grand
old ladies Of the stage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

T time when entertainers are
n more plenteous that entertain
"A ments the veteran Mr., Jolson
4 A again proves himself a necessity
to many theatergoers. Long a
distinguished hero Of the music halls,
he still exceeds most of the younger
men in popularity. though the roster
of his juniors is filled with names OF
funny fellows. saw him operating the
other day in THE Wonder Bar" the
show In which Morris Gest resumes
his occasionally neglected duties to
Broadway. His influence on the
patrons was that OF a mage reducing
his subjects to happy forgetfulnesS by
the Sorcery of his genial charms. Al
though the plays plot is almost as tear
full a triangle as that Of 'Melo," the
audience gave it no sympathy. so lost
was it in observation of Mr.. Jolson.
A little weary, a little gray, he yet
In this particular performance abounded
in magnetism and industry. AS the pro-
prietor of cafe for tourists in Paris,
he greeted the customers with lavish
welcomes, pausing every now and then
to sing a song or to manipulate his I'M
willing dogs in featS of rhythmic
alacrity. He worked as hard as II his
New York penthouse. his yacht, his
villa, his kennels, his trout streams,
shooting boxes, rookery, stables and
collection OF old masters depended upon
his pleasing that especial audience. OF
course, they did not, since Mr.. Jolson's
talents have earned him riches too
great to be increased perceptibly by the
titheS of drama lovers.
Why, I ask myself. does Mr.. Jolson
strive SO conScientiouSly TO produce
aladneSS in the lives of his nelghborsp
He has money beyond the dreams OF
avarice. Replete with fame, he knows
how shallow are the glories Of the stage.
He is not, like most performers, an
exhibitionist, contented only when dis
playing himself in public and mlser-
able when out of sight. I am told by
those who have studied his character
that his idea Of paradise Is privacy in
his California villa with Mrs. Jolson
and his memories: to be seen no more
upon the platforms except at occa-
sional Dement'S for charity. 1t Is. they
tell me, Mr.. Jolson's deep sense OF. 10y
atty to his public that urges him to act
in "The wonder Bar" feeling that
If he walked out on his following IN
his prime he might be suspected OF
inRratitude-a crime unknown, in
manner of speaking, to actors.
When left 1.-THE Wonder Bar" last
Wednesday afternoon Mr.. Jolson-or
al" as the audience called him-~was
suuatting on the footlights and telling
the world some details of his inner life.
It seemed that Miss Greta Carlo had
visited him in his dressing room the
night before and had left in his ash
tray the butt of cigarette bearing the
CARLOS purple crest. Mrs. Jolson, en-
terinR immediately after Miss Carlos
exit, discovered that evidence Of her
husbands hospitality. and-well. Mr..
,Tolson was still humorously describing
MIS-. Jolsons expressed enotion when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
From Cornet to Constable.

Guy OLIVER, who plays the part OF
~ Posey Need the sheriff, In Richard
Arlen's latest picture, Gun Smoke,
has appeared in more than 500 pictures
during his long stage career.
Nearly 400 of these roles have been
played with Paramount. with whom he
has been featured player longer than
any other actor.
He began his career on the stage as
a boy cornetist in the Oliver Musical
Troupe. headed by his father. He was
then six wears old. At 81 he joined
road troupe as a player of stock parts.
and subsequently found himself broke
in Philadelphia. There he joined the
old Lubin Company in 1908, beginning
an affiliation in films which eventually
brought him to California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
Columbia Pictures
most ambitious screen production,

"nIRIGTBLE," Columbia Pictures
most ambitious screen production,
which invades Warmers Metropolitan
theater as road show" next Wednes-
day, has a love story which unfolds
against background OF authentic
scenes in the romance OF present-day
lighter-than-air craft.
A little more than year ago Dir
igible" went into production on the
Pacific Coast, with generous helping
hand in its making by the United
states Navy. From this branch of the
Government, permission was obtained
to use the aircraft carriers OF the Pacific
FLEET, and the naval stations of San
Diego, Anacostia, Pensacola and Lake.
hurst for location. This virtually placed
Sonne $225 900 900 worth of equipment
in the laps OF the producers.
The largest leading lady" ever to
esSav a role in a talkie was cast by the
Navy officials in the film-the present
mistress Of American skies, the U. s. S.
Los Angeles.
"Dirigible's" claim to pre-eminence
az an aeronautical spectacle arises from
the fact that 1t presents not only STIR
ring scenes but two climaxes, the first
coming quite early in the picture when
the crack-up Of the giant dirigible
PNflSACOlh
name assigned to what may readily be
ina0ined as the Inflated Shenandoah.
The stage for the crack-up sequences
is set by preliminary scenes establishing
the rivalry between the Nays promi-
nent airship commander and the out
standing naval airplane lace" To
further strengthen the situation be-
tween the two rivals, it appears that
both have loved the same woman before
her marriage to the daredevil Pierce.
or-then-air craft and the other heavier
than air-are to go together on an at
tempt to conquer the South Pole by a
dirigible, which carries as an auxiliary
craft q Navy plane. But through the
intercession Of Pierce's young wife, her
husband is left behind by Comdr.
BTsden when the aerial argosy starts.
On the way South, storm that sweeps
across the Caribbean Sea sn1ites the
great airship. The scopes OF the air
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
Better Sound Effects.

HAVE you noticed, perhaps, that the
Fox Theater's procession Of screen
players are suddenly developing better
voices?
Well, it isn't because OF any new
school OF elocution, diction or cnuncia-
ton out in Hollywood It's because of
the installation Of new type Of repro
ducing horn.
Heretofore the Fox has had the usual
set OF four fiber composition horns,
mounted on rollers and placed behind
the screen when in use and somewhere
in the wings during the stage show.
The new horns, made OF a special
metal, were installed TO effect q more
even distribution Of sound and a better
tonal effect.
They are said to have another ad-
vantage in that they are suspended on
the screen frame, and move I'D and
down with the screen itself, 80 that
they are always properly placed and
adjusted,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
MANAGER Turns Actor.

Jimmy LAKE, manager OF the Gay
) ETY. Theater, this week is taking the
part of an actor in Jimmy Lakes
Black and White Review"
Mr. lake is no stranger to an actors
role, having worked himself up from
that position. In fact, as a comedian
Jimmy played the Gayety the second
week it was opened, away back IN l9lO.
In the show business since ne was
q boy, Lake has toured the word IN
entertaining. He claims some OF the
greatest stars on Broadway as MS
friends, for he has watched burlesqu!es
comedians ascend the ladder until
some of them today are the acknoWl-
edged stars OF the stage.
Once in a while Mr.. Lake feeS tne
old urge to don the grease paint him.
self, lust to show his many friends
that the old knack OF bowling EN-
over" has not been lost because OF his
many executive duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
NAVY Plays Its Part.

ENSIGNS from the Junior officers
l. mess aboard the U. S. S. Colorado
donned formal full dress to appear in
the shipboard dance scenes in Ship
mates" now current at Loew's Palace
Theater.
The picture marks Robert Mcntgom-
ery's debut as star of the first magnl-
tude. Montgomery and Dorothy Jor-
dan, who has the leading female role
in the picture, were guests OF the mess
while on the ship during the filming
Of the feature, and as mark OF
friendliness the officers volunteered to
play in the dance sequence with them,
the Colorado's band furnishing the
music. Harry Pollard directed the new
Aim from an original story by Ernest
Paynter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
y TRADER
HOPN H.
CoIumbiia
Stage and Screen Attractions This Week
On the Stage.

On the Stage.
NATIONAL PLAYERs-"The Royal Family" Opens tomorrow
GAYETY-Jimmy Show This afternoon and evening
On the Screen.
RIALTO-"Mothers Millions" This afternoon and evening
FOX-"Tarnished Lady" This afternoon and evening.
PALACE-"Shipmates." This afternoon and evening.
KEITHS-"Gun Smoke. This afternoon and evening
EARLE-"Publc Enemy" This afternoon and evening.
n
COLUMBIA-"Trader Horn" This afternoon and evening
METROPOLTAN-God Gift Women" This afternoon and
evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

TINE decision of the Pulitzer
prize judges, announced
during the week, that
sAlison's House." by Susan
GlaSpel. is "the best American
play of the year" rather leaves
the metropolitan critics gasping
for breath and the disgruntleo
producers. who were charging the
critics with the destruction OF the
fheater. hanging, as it were, on
10 the little end of nothing. II
the Judges did not fall down on
their lob. the critics and the pro-
ducers ought to have something
tn saw each to the other. AND
what about the general pubic!
1t also appears to have missed
the bull's-eye in its many gueSSes
throughout the year. Hence, as
far as the three outstanding ne
cessities of the American theater
are concerned, it would seem no
prizes at all will be required.
Some are saying that TINS ntCle
Pulitzer prize AFFAIR should OPEL
ate as q salutary lesson: FrSC
of all, if they haven't peen
careful and selected the best
American play Of the year,
the Pulitzer judges ought TO be
: penitent and not repeat their OF
Tense. although their act may
Rave operated more or less WIN
good results upon the critics and
( the producers who have been bit
fling each others ears with sting.
ling remarks for some time. II
the Judges are right, the critics
cannot be, and the good old gen.
eral public, which never knows
what 1t wants, apparently, Is q
moor gueSser on plays, Tor All
sons House" was not one OF the
Ynoneymakers of the year, and,
worse still, Broadway had no
room for it. Disgruntled pro-
ducers, although wrong In tnelr
conclusions about the critics, may
comfort themselves with the
thought that, after all the critics
cannot kill 1.-The best American
play of the year" no matter now
continuously they pound 1t. Eva
lie Gallienne, apparently, mas tne
laugh on all of them, for she saw
the value of the GlaSpel play ana
backed her faith with her money
by producing 1t. whether the
critics raved or not. furthermore,
She caught the disgruntled pro-
sducers entirely OF their guard,
nut one over on them while they
were sQuabbling with the crltlcs'
NT all goes to show, as Weber ana
Fields illustrated so beautifully
In their song of the long ago,
SWhen you're inside, you can't be
outside: when your outside, you
can't be in" The American
habit of passing the buck Is one
OF our most vicious sports. NO
fellow ever plays it better than he
who sits on his launches and
waits for George to do 1t, but
blames somebody else for trying
TO. Our American producers have
not been guided by the inSpira-
tional light Of Susan GlaSpel.
Like Mr.. Micawber, they have
been waiting in their tents Tor
something to turn up, or, perhaps,
ITO let George do It." The the
aters in the hinterland have been
permitted to slip out OF their
hands; the theatergoers whom
they once served have been per-
1nitted to drift to the movie for
entertainment, or go without;
bunch by bunch their favorite
stars. who could master that myS-
ferrous movie technique, have
been allowed to slide over TO the
rival bent upon the destruction
of the stage, and even the favorite
playwrights have been led TO be-
sieve that they must write movie
plsys or none at all. These are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
Home and Mother.

COME one recently asked Mrs. Hib-
- bard of the National Theater Play
ers If she grew weary OF playing on the
stage, II she didn't sometimes yearn for
home.
why" she replied, I'm at home on
the stage, and usually I'm the mother
of the family. so where's the catch?"
In every play but up Pops the Devil"
Mrs. Hubbard has been or Will Be O
mother III lAr part.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-23
Young Fishermen
Get Into Trouble

Their devotion to the principles
OF Isaac Walton, and unbounded
enthusiasm in the sport fathered
by that parsonage, yesterday after
noon made four Ell Centro BOYS
fish for the police net and gave
them a catch which consisted only
OF peck Of trouble.
II was not fishing to which po-
lice and city officials objected; it
was the site chosen for the hur~
after finny denizens of the watery
spaces. The city reservoir, police
firmly believe, is no place for a
fishing trip.
So the four youths scarcely had
dropped their baited lines into the
waters of the reservoir when the
bulk of Charles RosenqueSt burst
over the skyline, and boys and
fish poles were bundled into his
car for trip to the police station.
There, the boys, because of their
age, were lectured roundly on the
proper places in which to fish, and
released on their promise the city
reservoir hencefortn will be in
violate to them.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-23
Wounded Trusty
Will Recover

That Alexandra Estrada, county
jail trusty who yesterday morning
slashed his own wrists and arms to
the bone in an attempt at suicide,
will recover from his wounds, was
the report from the county hospital,
received in the sheriff's office to-
day.
The Mexican who had been serv-
ing 80 day sentence for reckless
driving is still weak from loss of
a great amount of blood, but other
wise his condition is reported as
satisfactory.
Estfada's attempted self -destruc-
ton was first discovered yesterday
morning when he leaped from his
bunk In the chain gang tank of the
county Jail, ran against wall and
fell to the floor, blood streaming
from his wounds.
He had slashed himself with d
razor blade, and covered up with
blankets SO that he might bleed to
death without being noticed, it is
believed. Az
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-23
Shannon Dispute
Under Amusement

Judge Vaughn N. Thompson to-
day had under consideration the
question of whether his court has
jurisdiction to hear evidence in the
legal battle between Mrs. Florence
MonSeeS and Mrs. Alta Shannon
over the estate of James B. Shan
non.
Attorney Dorsey B. Whitelaw had
argued Judge Thompson had no
jurisdiction to hear the case, since
Mrs. Monsees. who petitioned tc
have letters of administration grant
ed Mrs. Shannon revoked, was not
proper party to the matter.
Judge Thompson yesterday after
noon continued the case until jan
uary 81. meanwhile considering the
arguments submitted on the matter
Of jurisdiction.
Mrs. MonseeS, mother of two
children by an early marriage to
Shannon, petitioned to have letters
of administration granted some time
ago by Judge A. c. Finney to Mrs.
Shannon revoked, and also to have
letters OF guardianship over the
children set aside. She contended
Mrs. Shannon never was legally
married to Shannon.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-23
ENEMIES SLAY
LEADER OF WAR
AGAINST CRIME

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 90. UP
Harry Lapidus, Jewish manufactur-
er prominent in the reform element
of the Nebraska Republican party,
was slain by enemies who resented
his constant war against crime
and vice, Omaha police believed
today.
Lapidus died at the wheel of his
automobile shortly before midnight
when an unidentified asSailant fired
three times with a shotgun. the
slugs penetrating his brain.
The 49-year-old Russian immi-
grant who had risen by his own
efforts to become head of the Om-
aha Fixture & Supply Company,
one of the largest of its kind in
the west, and a power in Jewish
circles throughout the nation, had
spent the evening at the Jewish
Community club.
Police believed his assassin had
waited outside the club while Lap
idus talked and laughed with friends
within, then had followed his car
TO the lonely spot beneath via
duct where it was found.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-23
Calipatria Host
To Canal Club

Questions asked by several of the
more than 200 persons present at
the All-American Canal club meet
ing in Calipatria last night and an
swers by Charles L. ChilderS, dis
trict chief counsel, and M. j. Dowd,
chief engineer, brought to light
many interesting facts concerning
the canal contract.
The meeting was opened with a
talk by j. Rupert Mason, bond ex-
pert who recently returned from a
world tour of irrigation projects.
Childers explained that the ALL
American canal was a part of the
Swing johnson bill as introduced in
1918 and by contract the valley
will receive an abundance of de-
silted water after the canal is built.
The contract has taken years to be
drawn up and if rejected it will
take years to draw up another"
Dowd gave history of the water
system in Mexico and explained
that Mevico set the water rate
every five years and had a habit
of reducing it.
IF the new areas were left out"
said the engineer. 1.-The canal would
cost practically the same with no
new revenue to help pay the bills"
The next meeting will take place
at club headquarters in El Centre
Monday night, December %.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-23
CRUEL PARENTS
GIVEN MAXIMUM
JAIL SENTENCE

WASHINGTON. Dec. %. W.p-
The father and stepmother OF
Edith Riley, the l3-year-old girl
who lived for four years a virtual
prisoner In a small closet, were
each sentenced today to serve two
years in Jail.
Harry N. Riley and his wife,
Elsie, also were fined $3.50 each by
Justice Let's in the District OF
Columbia supreme court.
The Rileys We're convicted last
week on charge of cruelty to the
child. The maximum penalties
were imposed.
Justice Let's, IN finding the
couple guilty, said 1t was almost
unbelievable that such treatment
had been accorded a human being
in modern city. Testimony at
the two-day trial placed Edith's
mental age at four years. Wit
nesses said she hac peen fed on
discarded scraps of food while be-
ing confined in an unlighted,
poorly ventilated cupboard.
The only defense offered was the
testimony of the parents that they
thought the child queer" could
not afford medical treatment and
wanted to hide their trouble from
neighbors and fr.ends. Boarders
at the Riley home testified they
had lived there for years without
knowing Edith was in the house.