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The Washington times., 1931-03-09
To End aCOugh
In aHurry, Mix
This at Home

To end a stubborn cough quickly, it
is important to soOthe and heal the in
famed membranes, get rid of the germs
and also to aid the system inwardly to
help throw off the trouble.
For these purposes, here is q home
made medicine, far better than anything
you could buy at times the cost. From
any druggist, get 21a ounces of Pinex.
Pour this into a pint bottle, and add
plain granulated sugar syrup or strained
honey to fill up the pint. This takes
but a moment, and makes a remedy so
effective that you will never do with
out, once you have used it. Keeps per-
fectly, and children like it.
This simple remedy does three neces-
sary things. First, it loosens the germ
laden phlegm. Second, it soothes away
the Inflammation. Third, it is absorbed
into the blood, where it acts directly
on the bronchial tubes. This explains
why it brings such quick relief, even
in the obstinate bronchial coughs
which follow cold epidemics.
Pinex is a highly concentrated COM
pound of genuine Norway Pine, con-
tanning the active agent of creosote, in
a refined. palatable form, and known
as one of the greatest healing agents
for severe coughs, chest colds and
bronchial troubles.
Do not accept a substitute for Pinex.
Il is guaranteed to give prompt relief
Or money refunded. =
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Three Comics IN
Gayety Frolic

Burlesque lovers could do worse
than journey down to the Gayetv
this week, where Harry Bently
and his Step Lively Girls" go
through their number, as the
show, while not anything to write
home about, is better than the
average.
It has three comedians in Bent
ly, George Levy and Charles
(Bimbo) Davis, and while the
whole trio is good, the laurel
wreath must go to Davis, whose
drou mannerismS are effective
and who does not have to resort
to the slapstick of his brother
funsterS.
Two Evelyns, both pretty and
talented. help to ease the eve
strain. Miss Whitney, a brunette
sings and dances to the tune of
vigorous applause, while Miss
Murray, Of the auburn tresses,
scores in several solo bits and a
musical duet with a man who
must remain nameless because of
the haphazard program.
Jean Lee, a clever dancer, with
q new concoction of her own
Edith Bates. songStresS, and
Hoover and Camp, speciality
dancers, who take a back seat
for none, help to while away sew.
eral pleasant moments.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Hardie Meakin
Is Ad GLIB King

Hardie Meakin, manager of the
Fox Theater, has come into a
kingdom.
The evening of Thursday, May
16, next, Mr.. Fox Theater
Meakin will be presented to the
Realm of Fortune of the Advertis'
ing Club Of Washington banquet
and ball as the master of
ceremonies of fun Of the realm.
Chairman Norman c. Kal of
the advertising club committee
for the annual spring gambol, in
making public the announcement
of Mr.. Meakin's forthcoming
accession, predicted that the
ceremonial would be the most
colorful in the history of big fun
paradeS Of the club.
All speeches have been barred.
Talent of moment of stage and
screen will be offered exclusively.
King Meakin went right to
work preparing a program for his
subjects. He held an impromptu
court and announced that
Maurice Kafka Of the Lido would
be Vice King, or whatever they
call the individual who aids and
abets the work Of a committee.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

COLUMBIA - Douglas Fair
banks, Reaching for the Moon, :"
at II a. M, l, $40, Sis, 1920
and $50 p. m.
FOX - Charles Farrell and
ELISA Landi in Body and Soul" :"
at IL noon, 2:35, 4:58, 1852, 1918
p. m. Stage shows at 1:54, AIT,
TIL and 9:34 p. m.
EARLE-Lewis Stone in Faith
er's Son." at 1850 a. M, 2:1O,
4:40, 7:30 and 10 p. m. Stage
shows at lis, $40, 6:35 and 9:05
p. m.
PALACE-Clara Bow in "No
Limit" at 1850 a. M, 2:16, 4:46,
7:34 and 9:57 p. m. Stage shows
at 1:25, 3:55, 6:43 and 9:06 p. n.
R-K-O KEITH'S-Jack Holt in
1.-The Last Parade" at 1882 a. m,
1882, 1892, 5:32, 1882 and 9:32
p, m.
RIALTO-Jeanette Macdonald
and Joe E. Brown in "The Lot
terry Bride" at 11:40 a. m, lao,
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
CHAPLIN WILL
DIRECT NEXT
PICTURE

Charlie Chaplin confided to
friends, just as he was sailing on
the Mauretania for England, that
he will produce and direct a talk
ing picture, in which he will not
appear, when he returns from his
current trip around the world.
He is accompanied by Ralph Bar
ton and Carlyle Robinson on his
present trip to England, Spain,
France, Germany, Japan and
Australia-with intervening points
as additional Stopovers.
Adolphe Manjou, then un-
known, came to fame through
Mr.. Chaplin's direction of him in
his first suave role, in "A Woman
of Paris" a silent picture writ
ten and directed by Mr.. Chaplin,
who did not appear in it except
in a character bit that no one
recognized; as an old porter, car
rying a trunk in railway station.
Chaplin to Direct
Mr.. Chaplin'S theories Of talk
ing pictures are not fully formed,
he says, because he does not un-
derstand the technique of making
them, although he has been
quietly studying it for several
years and has had more CONVEX
Sations with sound engineers and
technical men than most people
realize. He is not arbitrarily
prejudiced against dialog in talk
ing pictures, although it must
justify itself, he believes.
He believes that sound is i'm
portant as an extra arm, in that
it affords opportunity to go be-
yond and to supplement photog-
raphy, as he himself used it in
the score of "City Lights" nota-
bly, in the opening burlesque Sc
quence and in the whistle Sc
quence.
He would not film a stage play,
he says, but would construct an
original story, as he always has
for his own pictures. He would
probably call on a professional
writer for some dialog, but might
even tackle that himself, since he
is well read and believes in sim
pie, straightforward speech, any
way. Among writer's his good
personal friends are Waldo Frank,
Alexander Woollcott, George Jean
Nathan, Carl Sandburg and
Thomas Burke. J
The Washington times., 1931-03-09


cite in a New York theater mar
rieS a gentleman" millionaire.
The fact that she discovers his
real business, that Of profes-
sional crook, lessons not her love,
and thus the final fade-out does
rather abruptly give promise OF
happier days.
This slim material is utilized
with rather surprising success
through elaborate setting, excel
lent photography, and most i'm
portant, splendid portrayal.
Clara Is Pretty
The red-headed Clara is as
pretty as they come, and she does
a nifty bit of acting. Simmer and
lovelier than ever, she delights her
admirers. Norman Foster is her
leading man, in the role of a
two-timer, whose love finally in
spires to some of the better
things in life. Stuart Erwin, as
Ole OleSon, is clever as a big
hearted Swede, the unsuspecting
promoter of this whole affair,
while Harry Green shares hunors
with another characterization,
that of the manager of the the
ater. Each is immense.
Varied Stage Show
The stage show, entitled a
"New Vaudeville Revue" is
varied as the name may suggest.
washington critics are enjoined
by Bob Hall, punster, to say
good things that the show may
go on. His forte of telling cur
rent affairs in impromptu verse
is always amusing. King, King,
and King, tap-dancers, are ar
lists in their line, and the Ches-
ter Hale girls take first place in
the ranks in this presentation.
Costumed elaborately and beau
tifully, their dance ensembles are
high lights of the bill.
Hearst Metrotone pictures ex-
soldiers applying at Washington
office for loans as well as a
timely array of other current
happenings. Charlie Gaige and
Harry Borjes and the Syncopa-
tors round out with good music.
H, K.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09

y n n y, LEWIS STONE
clever boy actor, takes the most
prominent role.
Lewis Stone is the father who
fails to appreciate that the ex-
uberances of youth are not al
ways punishable faults. Either
Author Harrington or his script
collaboration have done muc h
overwriting to accentuate severity
of the character and the result
is role which Actor Stone finds
difficult to invest with any
marked vein of sympathy. The
mother Qrene Rich) is an over.
drawn portrait of saccharinity,
but the boy is so thoroughly
human and clean cut, his mis-
chievous pranks are readily for
given and his manliness stands
out in appealing relief. Master
Janney impresses movie-goers as
a competent little actor, keen"
is the word I guess he would
use to describe his own effective
qualities. John Halliday plays
the other major role.
Ruth Etting Stars
Ruth Etting, singer best
known here via the phonograph
records, headlines the stage bill.
She is a vocal star with a world
of assurance, one who can take
the average inconsequential lyric
and give it a strange vitality
through the purity of her die
ton rather than through su-
perior voice quality. She sang
You're the One I Care For"
I'm Yours and for an encore,
Ten Cents a Dance" This
last song catapaulted her into
Broadway eminence when first
offered in Ziegfeld's Simple
Simon," and is easily the best
of her repertoire.
Sammy Cohen, who never gave
me high blood pressure as a
screen comic, is even less i'm
pressive in the flesh. He labors
too hard, much too hard, for his
laughs. For all his perSpiration,
only his boxing skit registered.
The Wallace Sisters have an &C
complished trio of boy friends
to help out an excellent dancing
act. Whitley" a trick human
horse, is strictly for the primary
grades. Maxine Doyle announces
with her usual cute effectiveness.
Graham MacNamee's efforts to
get a joke into every shot of the
newsreel are mite painful this
week. Ann Codee and Frank
Orth round out in a fair Vita
phone comedy round out.
ANDREW R. KELLEY.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09


Edmund Goulding (who gave us
'TrespasserD, with additional
dialogue by Elsie Janis and music
by Irving Berlin. That's COM
bination in itself interest-com-
pelling, but added to this lineup
is Bebe Daniels; not the roman
tic Bebe of Rio Rita" but a
modern, blonde Bebe who knows
all the answers.
Doug is an eager young Midas
whose every ounce of energy is
wrapped UP in the Wall Street
game; he and his continued eX-
ploits in the stock market are
the talk of the town and he is
much sought after by the butter
flies who crave luXuries and an
attentive man. Doug, however,
still has his illusions (believe it
or not) and has no time for
women, until a young aviatrix
comes into his life. It's a bet
with her but with him its quite
real and when she dashes off to
Europe he pulls a couple of
wires, has the boat held for him
and sails with her. Lots of ex-
citement on the boat, climaxed
on the last night out when he
tells of his love and believes she
is laughing at him. Trouble
deepenS when telephone connec-
tionS with New York tells him
the truth about his financial af-
fairs and life is pretty dark at
the moment, but such energy and
enthusiasm cannot be downed
and when the boat docks at
Southampton everything is on
the up and up!
It's a Gay Tale
It's a gay tale, presented with
lavish sets, sparkling dialogue and
plenty of action; the laughs are
not confined to Doug and his
antics, for Edward Everett Hor-
ton as Rogers, the valet, is no
mean comedian himself. There
is one hot" song number which
will probably be heard frequently
over the radio, THE Lower Than
Lowdown," certainly not a high
sounding title, but with catchy
rhythm.
Other than the featured players
we have Jack Mulhall, Claude
Allister and June MacCloy. ash
blonde nth a baritone voice!
Shorts" include a Burton
Holmes travelogue through the
lovely Dublin country; an all
barkie dog comedy and Para
mount neWSreel.
Great show! You'll have a
good time!-K Y,
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
STAGE
NEWS FROM
NEW YORK

George Jessel, who has oc-
casionally esSayed the role of pro-
ducer in addition to his other
stage activities, will stand sponsor
for IN. c." a comedy which he
has written with Edward Childs
Carpenter. Mr.. Jessel will also
be seen in the leading part, that
of a master of ceremonies. The
play will be tried out in July and
probably come to Broadway early
next season.
Julia Hoyt, G. Albert Smith and
Godfrey Bryant have been added
to the cast of "The Wiser They
Are" the Sheridan Gibney COM
edy which Jed Harris is produc-
ing. AS previously announced, Os-
good Perkins and Ruth Gordon
will have the leading roles.
Percy Waram will resume his
original role in elizabeth the
Queen" when that play begins it's
tour in Boston on Monday. He
will succeed Moffatt Johnston,
who will enter the cast of Men
Must Fight" which Sigourney
Thayer is producing.
William Faversham will appear
in a revival of "The Squaw Man"
the week Of March 16 in East
Orange, N. j. Later Mr.. Faver-
sham is planning to devote a con-
siderable portion of his time to
directing productions.
Two large Broadway musical
productions will conclude their
road engagements on Saturday
night, March IA. George Whites
Flying High" the cast of which
is headed by Bert Lahr and Oscar
Shaw, will be withdrawn in Chi
cago after a tour Of 10 weeks, and
Nina Rosa" will close in Boston.
AlthoughN Mr.. Whites musical
show enjoyed a long run in New
York, the production was not
favorably received elsewhere, par
ticularly in Philadelphia, where it
lasted only two weeks.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Show Goes Broke But
Garrick Gets Rich

John Garrick, called the Prince
Of Wales of Pictures" made his
fortune when the show he was
with went broke. He was playing
the lead in "The Wishing Well"
on tour from Australia. 1t closed
after four days in Los Angeles, but
that was long enough for film
producers to see him and sign him
to a contract.
After several pictures for Fox
ne was borrowed by United Artists
for the male lead in Lottery
Bride" Arthur Hammerstein's
first lavish dramatic operetta for
the screen, now showing at the
Rialto Theater. He plays opposite
jeanette Macdonald.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Clara BOIU Seen as
Usherette Heroine

An entirely new and different
atmosphere is provided for Clara
Bow in her latest picture "No
Limit" now playing at Loew's
Palace Theater. In this play Of
big city life, Miss Bow is seen
as an usherette in a great movie
palace.
She attains sudden wealth by
a sudden trick of fate-and by
the same token loses it all, only
to find happiness at the finish in
a romantic, if lacking in riches
adjustment. Norman Foster and
Stuart Erwin are also in the
cast.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Joe E. Brown Laughs
His Way Into a Job

Joe E. Brown, stage and screen
comedian, laughed himself into
the stellar comedy role Of one Of
the years most pretentious musi-
cal productions, Lottery Bride"
now showing at the Rialto The
ater.
Arthur Hammerstein, New York
stage impresario, selected Brown
when he displayed the exact brand
Of humor Hammerstein was seek.
ing. Rudolf Friml wrote the musi,
cal scores for Lottery Bride"
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
TRADER HORN
AN AMAZING
PICTURE
By ANDREW r. KELLEY


But a few years ago Aloysius
Horn, an intrepid and veteran
trader who had spent a lifetime
along the rivers of Africa, spun
an engroSSing narrative which
encaSed in covers soon became
the best seller book, Trader
Horn"
It was Metro Goldwyn-M Mayer
who conceived the ambitious idea
5 Of sending motion picture COM
pany with modern sound equip
ment into the jungle country to
photograph this story in its
native tropical background.
Out Of it all has come the
most exciting and uniformly in
teresting of the travel pictures,
one in which the element of ro-
nance has been neatly woven
and one in which the hunter for
thrills will find a solid delight.
Some Stirring Shots
Trader Horn" has the most
amazing "shots" of the untamed
deniZenS of the forest that have
ever fallen under the eye of the
camera, and they are made
weirdly impressive by the graphic
sounds which come from enraged
animals bent on the kill"
Hungry l. rs and leopards forage
Tor food and the lense has cap
tured pulse-quickening scenes
where the rulers of the forest
leap upon their prey with en-
ragedNfury. Snorting hippos are
seen frolicking in the river waters
OF the Dark Continent, huge
gorillaS drumming on the trees.
great herds of elephants roaming
the African wilds, snakes, alli-
gators. balloons, zebras, giraffes
and other denizens of the un-
tanned country.
Fine Photography
From a purely pictorial stand
point, Trader Horn represents
an achievement, but Director Van
Dyke also injected a clever story
romance which makes this tropi-
cal film adventure distinctly un-
usual. 1t tells of Trader Horns
party meeting with the safari of
q widowed missionary who tells
them that she is on her way to
the village of the bloodthirstv
!Sorg1. Twenty years before she
had lost her husband and a baby
girl in a native raid and had al
ways clung to the idea that the
oaby was still alive. Now she had
heard that white girl occupied
the position of tribal goddess in
the 1sorgi village. So the Trader
Horn" trip becomes one to locate
the missing girl. They find her,
a Wild, ignorant and brutal saw
age, and after a series of perilous
incidents bring this white girl
back to civilization.
Edwina Booth Stars
Edwina Booth, novice in pic
cures, was given the important
task OF creating heart interest for
Trader Horn" She succeeds
beautifully and as the strangely
fierce queen of the savage black
1Sorgi offers a performance inn.
preSSive in conviction. Harry
Carey is the Trader Horn" and
makes this experienced traveller of
the dark country an engaging and
appealing figure. Duncan Renaldo
Is excellent as Horns companion
ana the hunter who hits Nina's
heart with a cupid's arrow.
Trader Horn" will be shown
twice daily at the National The
ater this week. For those who
Ike a blood-tingling session with
the screen and as an exhibit of
what the modern camera and
mlcrophoneS manned by fearless
explorers can find in the rnenac-
ing wilds of the jungle, Trader
Horn is a picture that should not
be missed. .......,.....- ~.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Girl of the Future?

Goodby, hips! Hello, ears! The
girl of the future now in the pro-
cess of evolution, will be tall,
broad-shouldered and narrow hip
ped, according to the conception
of her in Douglas Fairbanks new
United Artists picture Reaching
for the Noon, now showing at
the Columbia Theater, with Bebe
Daniels playing opposite the dy'
manic Doug.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09

one knows not
W h y. P ar a e
mount is for
tunate in hav-
ing an excellent
cast for a per
fornance which
might otherwise
fall by the way
side.
A trite plot,
not to mention
hackneyed, lar
from elevating
has found its
way to the sill
yer sheet. A
LLa,.4;e,,I YY1hA~
The Washington times., 1931-03-09

provides t h e
keystone of the
Earle Theater's
program t hi S
week.
That it Is a
generally inter
esting fic t ion
with consider
able appeal is
due to the
wholly en- g a g.
ing peri o rm-
a nc eS contrib
uted by a ster-
ling ca S t in
W hich Leon
L - a II
The Washington times., 1931-03-09

flowing ro b e S
and comes back
to the talking
screen in a
ra pi DIP a C e d
com e dy titled
Reaching for
the Moon" in
m o d ern garb
and with very
modern sets.
The S ry
was writ t e n
and directed by
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Rope Jumping Dance

Although It looks easy, ''Whitey"
Roberts tap routine while jump
ing rope in the Fanchon and
Marco New Yorker" Idea, at the
Fox Theater, is extremely diff
cult. While skipping rope he does
the waltz clog, fast tap. rhythm
dance, fast tYirlS and double
twirlS. a..
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
GOOD PICTURE
AND ETTING
AT EARLE

Booth Tarkington's story Of
the juvenile who was completely
misunderstood by his father,
filmed in the silent days as boy
Of Mine" is back on the audible
screen as Fathers Son" and
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Ten Years Ago Today

Ina Clare was appearing in a
silent version of Polly With a
Past"
Jack Coogan. ST., was acting
in two-reel comedy with AL st,
John.
Douglas Fairbanks was appear
ing in modern dress in '"The
Nut"
THE Four Horsemen Of the
Apocalypse" had just opened in
Los Angeles. One of the screen S
immortal performances was greet
ed by a local critic: valentino,
a good-looking youth, impresSes
with his natural acting and
spontaneity of characterization" ."
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
FAIRBANKS in
GAY FARCE
STORY

Douglas Fairbanks, after 10
years or more of swash- -buckling,
has discarded his sword and
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
CLARA IS GOOD
BUT STORY IS
FEEBLE

Clara Bow, the "It" girl, comes
to Loew's Palace this week, in
light play, mo Limit" SO called
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Prize OntimiSt

Prize OptimiSt
One of Hollywood's leading
comedians was refused a 5000 ex
emption on his last years income
tax, so he is listing it this year as
a bad debt.
Latest Gossip
Mary Nolan has quietly disap
peared from Hollywood, and
Philadelphia reports she is to be
mistress Of ceremonies at the
Mastbaum Theater Florence
E1dridge CMrs. Frederic March)
was brought to the Coast with a
four weeks guarantee to play in
Rebound" with Ina Claire. Be
fore she arrived. however, the
studio decided to replace her
with Myrna 10y. Now, Miss
Eldridge is collecting her salary
for the four weeks, but the studio
won't let her go back to New
York. Herman Mankiewicz, who
has risen to the rank of super
visor, will appear for one night as
the New York playwright in the
local production of "Once in a
Lifetime" His friends, led by
Carey Wilson, are planning an in
tereSting reception. Hollywood Is
acutely tennis-conScious. Half
the film colony plans to attend
William Tilden's exhibition match
here. Following the match, many
will go to the Biltmore for the
Mayfair ball. Each of the Marx
brothers brought his personal gag
man from the East. There will be
the four comedians, their four
gag-men, two Paramount writer's
and a supervisor sitting in on
story conferences.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
CLARK GABLE
TO ASSIST
SHEARER.
BY HARRISON CARROLL

Copyright 1881. Premier Syn niicste)
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, March 8.
Hollywood's grapevine reports that
Clark Gable, young stage actor,
is worth watching.
After one picture with Joan
Crawford he has been signed to
play "Ace" Wolfang, the gambler,
one Of the two masculine leads
in Norma Shearer's next film,
"A Free Soul"
This story is taken from Adela
Rogers Hyland's outstanding novel
to date. Metro Goldwyn Mayer
has named Clarence Brown as
director, and has engaged Leslie
Howard, Lionel Barrymore and
Gable to support Norma Shearer
Gable is a heavy. He came out
here to take the role Of killer"
Mears in the Coast production Of
"The Last Mile" His first pic
ture was Dance, Fools, Dance. ."
One Of Hollywood's feminine stars
described Gable to me as the
most menacing man she had ever
met. He Is attractive" she said,
but has an indifference towards
women that makes them uneasy"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-10
CLASS NIGHT AT
 LEAVENWORTH HIGH
Will Be Held This Evening At Crosby High
 Auditorium
STARTING AT 8 O'CLOCK

The class night program of Leav- enworth high school will be con- ducted tonight in the Crosby high school auditorium at o'clock.
 The program follows:
 Recessional. .Leavenworth Orchestra Professional. .Leavenworth Orchestra Address of Welcome. Ethel Johnson Class History
 Morris Tyler, Helen Kirschbaum Selection-one, Two, Three-Ha-
 waiian Melody. .... Boys Chorus First Tenors-Tyler, Brodeau. Sak-
 alas, Costello; Second Tenors,
 Somers, Bellmay, Mulcahy, Famig-
 lieti, Thompson. First Basses,
 Kear1, Parker, Koslosky, Gilbar,
 Semeraro Second Basses, Barnum,
 De Vines, Simaitis, Vilciauskas,
 Root, Redman.
 Class Statistics.
 ..... Stanley Kearl, Evely Trask Class Prophecy ................
 Earl Hallock, Domenic Semeraro,
 Mary Hannon, Hedwig Glosky. Class Will ................. ....
 Loretta Mancini, Edward KosIosky Selection-The Little Soldier-vin-
 cent ..............B Boys Chorus Class Treasure Speech .......... Address to Lower Classmen ...... Reply from Lower Classmen. .....
 Albert Atkinson Country Gardens'-Morris Dance
 Tune ....... Kenneth Thompson Alma Mater Song .......... Glass