Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
ACTORS TO APPEAR
ON RADIO PROGRAM
Roxy to Direct Broadcast To-
morrow Night-Beneflt
Movies Listed.

An extensive radio program to in
troduce National Motion Picture week
will be featured on the Columbia and
National Broadcasting systems tomor-
row night at 10:45 o'clock, 1t was an
nounced today.
ton picture producers and distributors
to assist unemployment relief by bene-
INT performances in theaters through
|out the nation, many screen stars have
volunteered to appear
S. L. Rothafel, better known as
Roxy" will direct the program.
Two 15-minute broadcasts from New
York will feature Roxy and symphony
orchestra of 100 pieces under direction
of Emo Rapee The orchestra will be
augmented by chorus Of 30 voices.
broadcasting from New York will in
clude Douglas Fairbanks, Nancy Car
roll, William Boyd, Ruth Etting. Eddie
Cantor, Bing Crosby. Paul Whiteman.
Amos "a Andy, Rudy Vallee, Harry
Richman and others.
A 45-minute program. broadcast
from Hollywood. will present Conrad
Nagel in the role of master of cere-
monies, together with George Arliss,
Maurice Chevalier Marie Dressler, John
Boles, Irene Dunno. Ann Harding, Tom
MIX, btDC OdLllclS, 1noIOOAi-
aid and others. Will Hays will speak
briefly from Los Angeles. urging sup
port of local unemployment relief ben
eft shows.
Benefit Day Wednesday.
Motion Picture Benefit day for I'M
employment relief in the District comes
next wednesday, with carry-over OF
benefit shows to Saturday
IN "Wednesday matinee benefit nnr-
formances will be given at all neigh
borhood theaters. The price of admis-
sion to these neighborhood benefit mat
inees will be IS cents. A universal
ticket has been printed which will be
honored at any neighborhood theater
giving benefit matinee performances.
The theaterS at which this ticket will
be accepted, and the hours during
which it will be good for admission. are
as follows: Tivoli and the Avenue
Grand. 1880 pm. to 6 pm; Central,
Leader, Hippodrome and Smoke Palace
IL am. to s pm; Takoma Park tone
show only $3.50 pm. to $50 pm; Am
bassador, Apollo. Avalon, Carolina,
Circle, Colony, Dumbarton. Fairlawn,
Home, Jesse, IN" Street, Princess,
Savoy, Stanton, State bethesda, Md
Sylvan, Victoria, and York Zone show
only, pm. to 5 pm.
On Wednesday at 80 pm. q mid
night benefit performance will be given
at the Fox, Earle and Palace down
town theaters. Price of admission to
these shows will be 60 cents. tickets
being good only for the theater speci-
field on the face of the ticket.
On Saturday at 1880 pm. midnight
shows will be given at the Rialto, CO.
Mmbia, RKO Keith's and Metropolitan
Price of admission to the midnight
shows at these houses will be so cents
Colored Theaters Join Move.
Colored theaters also have Joined in
the motion picture unemployment re-
lief benefit movement. A universal adj
mission ticket for colored houses has
been printed. Houses where these
tickets will be honored for benefit mat
inees Wednesday until 6 pm. are: The
Rafael, Lincoln, Jewel, Gem. Broad
way and Booker T. The tickets will
be honored for one show only. from
8 pm. to pm. at the Blue Mouse
Rosalie and Strand DeanwooO.
The Howard Theater, colored, viii
give a benefit midnight show Wednes-
day for which the price of admission
will be 81. A grand benefit ball will
be held at the Lincoln Colorado (col-
ored), Monday. November %. Price OF
admission to the benefit ball will be
so cents.
Tickets went on sale yesterday In
all theater Hobbies. They are being sold
by young women who volunteered theil
services for this work. The ticket SELL
ers are under the general supervision
of Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith and Mrs
BENJAMIN F. WeemS.
Proceeds from the benefit perform
ances will be turned over to the Dis
trict committee on employment, oil
which E. C. Graham Is chairman. The
committee will use the money thus OBJ
tanned to create jobs for the unem-
ployed Of this city.