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Evening star., 1931-06-14
No screen Pastures" Al!

| "taat its subject, and the treatment ac-
corded 1t, have created for The Green
Pastures status In public affection
similar to that enjoyed by Hen Hur' in
the long ago, and that people cheer
fully will wait season-or two or
three, for that matter-to enjoy the
production just as it was originally
given.
THE play has established a unique
position in public esteem through its
simple, reverential, almost inspired de-
nneatton OF the characters Of sacred
history. A sort Of halo has been spread
over this group of players as a public
reaction TO its conduct In handling a
subject that may be said to be without
precedent in American amusement
annals.
"Our decision will operate to post
pone European presentations, which
have been under consideration, and has
been made In difference to a large NUM-.
Der Of civic bodies and cultural organiL
cations throughout this country, which
have requested the play consequent to
visits Of representative groups which
have viewed 1t at the Mansfield Theater.
Some Of these are arranging under
writings to guarantee local appearances
precisely as they do for the major opera
companies. Such deep interest is not
to be ignored in favor OF Mr.. Jolson's
plan. no matter how alluring from O
monetary Gtandpoiut.S
Evening star., 1931-06-14
Stark Realism in Viking

THE tragic details of the wreck oi
l. the Viking, a sealing vessel that
had been chartered as a film ship ano
which was destroyed by an explosion
near Horse Island, off the northern
coast of Newfoundland, last March, are
still vivid perhaps in the memories OF
many Of us. That this stunning d1sas-
ter took the lives of 26 men Is too well
known to need repetition.
When Varick Frissell, promising
young motion picture producer, en-
barked upon the realization Of the am
bition of q lifetime - to visualize the
hazards and hardships in the lives OF
Newfoundland sealers in motion pic
tures-he little realized that this en-
deavor was to cost him his life. He
had spent several years ION the Ice
with the seal hunters and realized the
dangers which he and his company
were to confront.
The history of the filming of "The
Viking" which is the screen feature
this week at Warner Bros. Metropoli-
tan, is said to be narrowing, due to
the fact that the picture was complete
in its original form, but Mr.. F'rissell,
always critical to a fault where his own
efforts were concerned, felt that he
should include the thrill of an over
turning iceberg in its sequences, and
it was for this reason that the second
expedition was equipped to go to the
frozen North. The company was
searching for berg of sufficient size to
provide a subject for this final shot
when the Viking was destroyed by an
explosion
Evening star., 1931-06-14
Coming in the Fall.

EARLY next Autumn when the pro-
~ fessional players again unfurl their
banner for a second season at the
Shubert- -Belasco Theater, it is an
nounced, one of their most notable at
fractions will be the much discussed
mystery drama, 1.-THE Silent Witness" !"
in which Lionel Atwill is starred. With
the advent Of this play, Washington it
is promised, will have its first honest
to-goodnesS glimpse of real revolving
stage, upon which, 1t is said, the actors
life becomes as hazardous as that Of
the pedestrian endeavoring to make a
safe crossing on busy thoroughfare,
for like the pedestrian he must observe
the trafflc signals, If he hopes to reach
the other side without disastrous results
Both the first and third acts of THE
Silent Witness" contain three scenes
and each set Is attached to its corner
of the stage by giant hinges which
swing 1t into place on rollers with a
minimum of effort. AS one scene takes
its place in the center of the stage, the
other rolls back out of the way so accu-
rately is the whole process timed that
there is only a fraction of an inch
clearance at each change.
The players who appear in the on
coming scene jump aboard before the
merry-go-round starts for the foot
light zone, and those who have just
appeared remain in their places to be
trundled away back stage. II, however,
the same players a1pear In two consecu-
Evening star., 1931-06-14

tive scenes, they change platforms In
midflight, and are carried once more
into the arena.
During all this strenuous activity the
actors voices are heard carrying on
the theme of the play, as the scenic ad-
justments are made on the darkened
stage. The stage crew takes its cues
from signal lights operated by the stage
manager, who Is in q position to watch
the entire action of the play. Not a
word Of direction can be uttered as the
actors voices must be audible at all
times, even while the stage Is COM
pletely blacked out. Each operation
Is timed with the regularity and pre-
cision of clockwork-minus its many
complexities.
The technique Of moving scenes in
this manner, 1t Is claimed, establishes
new record for swiftneSs of achieve
ment, for the stage is never darkened
for more than the brief space Of Is
seconds at a time. Only two men are
required to execute the shift OF scene,
and because Of the ease Of operation
their exertion is negligible little
push and the platform glideS smoothly
on its way, while the play goes on.
THE Silent Witness" has recently
closed its New York engagement that
Lionel Atwill might fulfill picture
contract on the Pacific Coast. but
about September the traflc lights will
be signaling again for the players viii
resume their seasons tour under the
sponsorship Of the Professional Players.
Evening star., 1931-06-14
lN.DlsCREET'
Columbia
New Ideas at the Fox

SOMETHING has turned entirely over
at the Fox theater, at least for the
current week. The habit may continue
and then again it may not. One
never can tell what will be the outcome
of innovations.
First. there is a featured master of
ceremonies, Al Mitchell by name, who
is said to be genius in his line, and
the line Is itself new one. Mitchell
Is said to be the only master of cere-
monies who ever mastered a turbulent
galaxy of collegians bent upon smash
ing the show" Washington, however,
has not been very strong recently for
masters OF ceremonies. It has had some
unpleasant experiments.
Next, 1t looks very much as if the
Fox management is engaged in a pre-
tentious effort to restore vanished art
vaudeville. to be exact. And this all
occurs through the medium of Fanchon
and Marco. whose ideas" heretofore
have been the feature OF what has been
called "the stage program" Instead
OF new Idea" there is to be AN
old-time vaudeville show of five out
standing acts" Count 'em and analyze
'em. Wouldn't it be great, If this, expert
Aheut resulted In the return 10 our
daily stage of the famous old acts that
used to pack ChaSe'S and later KeithS
theaters in days gone by. Some might
consider it eninently proper that this
should occur on the stage of a motion
picture theater. for many have blamed
the movie for the humiliation of odd
time vaudeville"
But to get back to the Fox innova-
tions. The Fox Is now exploiting a
featured organist, whose numbers thus
far have pulled out complimentary and
pleasing comment from his admirers,
and Organtst Bob Hamilton is promised
m something, II not new, at least novel
In the entertainment. It may be that
that novelty-but why speculate?
Manager Crull says Everything is
new but the feature picture, and that is
q record breaker" which is going far,
very, very far.
Evening star., 1931-06-14

nest Truck and others, she makes the
frolic at the Music Box worth whatever
you think it ought to cost you.
Xxx *x
THE difference between these two
rival revues is spacious, 1.-THE Band
Wagon" is fast, modern, beautiful and
smartly rough, while 1.-THE Third Little
Show" is made from an old-fashicned
recipe. 1t is full of juvenile love solos
and duets, sung by aSsiduous baritones
and sopranos to an accompaniment Of
chorus boys and girls in the cute and
naive poStures that were popular in the
days Of Edna May and Julia Sanderson.
This tendency may or may not be to its
advantage with the harder revue-goers,
but other ingredients in the show eStSb-
lish it, for time at least, as 'frolic
scene where mirth and play unite their
charms to cheer the hours away"
Included in these is Ernest Truck, who
in his bantam fashion runs in and out
of the program effectively. In a droI
skit by Marc Connolly, hurleSquing the
fatuous conversation of travellers in q
smoking compartment, he is as funny
as Edward Arnold, who represents with
bland humor genial conductor on the
New York Central. Carl Randall, the
dancer, also Is satisfactory, and he plays
card tricks while engaged in intricate
and rhythmic hoofing. The leggy vestalS
Of the choir wear their tights enthusi-
astically, and when they humble the
ballads of the play their words are
pleasantly unintelligible
II you can't enjoy yourself at 1.-THE
Band Wagon" or "The Third Little
Show you are different from the ma
iority of your friends and companions.
Both of them strive successfully to
please. However, In the improbable
event that you find them wanting, there
are other Broadway relaxations. You
might try Cray Quilt" wherein Fanny
Brice, Ted Healy and Phil Baker romp
with their habitual gaiety, or "I Told
You So," typical Broadway hot-dog, in
which Lou Holtz, potrraying a Jewish
freshman In a Presbyterian seminary.
whiles away the vacant moments be-
tween o'clock and IL. Wherever you
may venture in the revue precincts, you
will find the show folk anxious to serve
you Good luck!
Evening star., 1931-06-14
: Jhe VlkING1 Metropolitan
Summer Musical Affairs
By Percy Hammond.

TINE revues this Summer are un-
usually bold, but their valance
has changed its ways. There
4 was time when it was sus-
pected that musical shows, like
the moon, bred mischief. The inf1u-
ence of their beauties and their mpu-
dent dissertations of the sanctity of sex
was feared as menace to unwary
youths OF all ages and genders. But
since the public'4s taste in amusement
has changed, the revueS present few
temptations. They are still brave and
intimidating, but they threaten US with
vulgarity instead of vice. This Is a
reformation that has the approval OF
Mr. Sumner ana other powers that
dimpled surfaces as harmful, they rattfy
as wholesome disgusting joke.
In THE Band Wagon" at the New
Amsterdam, Mr. kaufman and Mr..
DietZ, the librettistS, have assembled q
tart, speedy and sly sideShow. Both OF
them are endowed with the grinning
cynicism of the better Times Square
sophisticates, ant, whenever they crack
a wteeze about tnis. that or the other.
it is sure to be fairly good. Their play
is a feet and laSghable essay in urban
insolenee, and it IS performed magicaly
by company that seems to have been
born for it. Mr., and Miss AStaire de-
port themselves perfectly throughout the
exhibition, whether the incident be
clean or soiled, and they both prove
themselves to be good actors as well as
good clowns and dancers. The cast OF
1.-THE Band Wagon" contains Miss Helen
Broderick, a subtle satirist, whose quiet
travesties are ms.tvels Of acid fun. II I
were a Judge In q competition between
her and Miss Beatrice Lille, should be
embarrassed. feel, however, that
am not chauvin1stic when hint that
Miss Lille never. underdoeS joke and
that Miss Broderick never overdoeS one.
Miss Lille is, cf course, the sun about
which the othef stars in THE Third
Little Show rerolve In customary or
bits. She is established by tradition
and the force OF, her accomplishments
as the premier btSrleSquer-one who can
by the mere lifting Of her witty eye
brows send us INTO what are known as
gales of merr1ma1t. No artistic, except
Miss Broderick, ferhaps, could be more
humorous. In TWO or three deftly flinsy
sketches by Noek Coward aided by Err
Evening star., 1931-06-14
TRANSMISSION
Kei+hs
Exquisite DEPRESSION.

D Ado PICTURES claims another
AN two-way, doub!e-action triumph In
the gripping drama "Transgression,
now at Keith's.
Directed by Herbert Brenon, un-
folded by stellar cast" featuring Kay
Francis, Ricardo Cortez and Paul Cava-
nagh, 1t is described "the paradoxically
beautiful, sordid tale of woman who
though prosperous and happily mar
ried, nevertheless longs for and seek;
one mad moment"
"Transgression," under the art di-
rection of Max Rec, it is added, beasts
also Of more than mammoth settings
charming glimpses of Partisan bou'
doirs, rich hangings, soft rugs, gay bal
rooms, cafes, with all the authentic
flavor of the Continent, and Span
ish villa, perched Overwhelmingly on
the crest of precipice amidst gnarled
trees, winding paths, clothed in vines
and MOSES and backed by the silver
glow and seductive sheen of. a moon
light night in Old Spain"
With the press agent in5such a rap
turous outburst of descriptive ecstasy,
what need Is there to sayAmore?
Evening star., 1931-06-14
Politics and Pictures.

NICARAGUA and the ticklish politics
= involved in the American Marines
episode hasn't hindered' the ambitious
screen producer ever.
Paramount is now engaged on "pic-
turization" designed to make the audi
ences yell with patriotic fervor, no
matter what else happens.
The picture is titled 1.-THE Marines
Have Landed" and it is described as
"a postwar story of the Devil Dogs
carrying two-fisted action into many
ports Of the world" Richard Arlen,
William Boyd, Charles (also Buddy
Rogers and Eugene Palette are going
to help the rafters ring in it.
But how about Secretary Stimson of
the United States Department of State?
Evening star., 1931-06-14
Glen Echo Announces.

A LII the cashiers at Glen Echo Park
have been provided with brand
new uniforms to add dignity to the
resort, In line with the policy of the
management
Other "planks" in the management
platform, it Is announced, are:
To, provide clean and wholesome
amusement and recreation during the
Summer months in outdoor surround
ings devoid of Objectionable features.
To pledge to the public place where
the utmost courtesy is assured patrons.
To truthfully state facts regarding
the merits of Glen Echo and its
presentations
To make patrons feel "at home" in
the 40-acre Glen Echo Park play
ground. and to cater to the wants of
the public in every possible way.
Evening star., 1931-06-14
Vagrant Cogitationo
By w. H. Landvoiigt.

demoralizing nights. For up Man
| haitian way, reports now indicate,
unusual interest is being mani
| tested in more wholesome things
| in the theater, while from far
across the sea the unsavory is be-
ing sent.back to us to be canned,
or not, as we will.
TT seems more than passing
strange that the Negro, upon
whom many sometimes look with
a repellant eye, should appear
among the pioneers of a move
ment designed to distract the
white brethren from the ways Of
wickedness to the things that
smack of the true and the good.
Among the outstanding plays of
a fast dying, if not already dead,
theatrical season, are numbered
two shows" with all-colored
casts; diametrically opposite in
type and yet both with never
taint of the unclean. The one is
THE Green Pastures" in which
one of the race won the famous
Spingarn medal and later a COL
lege degree for fine and reverent
Characterization" as "the out
standing achievement of the year
by an American citizen Of African
descent" Few American citizens
of other descent need to be re-
minded that THE Green Pas
lures" has stirred as probably
never before the soul Of the
pleasure-loving New Yorker in
audiences that have packed the
tlreater to overhowing continuous
ly month after month and run
ming well into a second year. The
other show with an all-colored
cast is Rhapsody in Black" rich
in melody, harmless humor and
attractive dancing, but with never
a hint Of the unpleasant strong
points" which fairly pack our the
aterS when the mammoth white
revueS are the attraction. Wash
ington had a first glimpse of
Rhapsody in Black" when the
wiseacres were predicting it would
never reach the outermoSt bound
aries of the big city with a tele-
Scope-and our critics spoke we'll
of it. 1t left our fair city bolstered
by hope and backed by grim de-
termination-and New York gave
it welcome. Not only that, it bade
it linger with the best, and it still
is lingering, well patronized and
selling its admissions far into the
future. One crouch is reported to
have said of 1t that Rhapsody in
Black" was among the few "re-
forms" Of which the metropolis
might boast as reason for not
being insulted at the French congo
given a famous night club hostess.
A LONG with the late news comes
the report that the owner and
producer Of 1.-THE Green Pastures"
won't sell the picture rights to our
once own AL Jolson, who had be-
come an ambitious aspirant for
skypilot honors in the movies.
Deep as may be the disappoint-
ment of the versatile JolSon, many
will feel that it came as blessing
from heaven, for never yet has
the white man, in song or story,
been able to cope with that elusive
charm of pathetic reverence which
the Negro has ever been able to
impart when religion is stirred in
his soul. It is simply something
that will not be initiated, and
nothing establishes the fact more
completely than the modern at
tempt to sing the Negro spiritualS
with an all-White cast
Evening star., 1931-06-14

THE daring bls generous cash offer
Of Al Jolsons for the picture rights
Of "The Green. Pastures" the 1890
Pulitzer prize play. has been definitely
but positively &eclined by Rowland
Stebbins, the Producer Of the play
which has liftedk Richard 3. Harrison
lowly colored secturer and dramatic
reader, to emine,lce as Aistrionic star
for his creation sof the role the Lawd.
It also won hiins the famous Spingarn
Medal and thes honorary degree OF
master Of arts frhm Howard University.
While expressing his deep personal
appreciation Of NJ. JolSon's unfathomed
depths as a Serioels actor, Mr.. StebbinS
has informed hir'.a that the acceptance
Of the offer wodld seriously interfere
with his own ambitious plans TO make
an extended touh of the United States
with "The Gre(,a Pastures" and its
original cast.
Mr.. Stebbins' Theatrical enterprises
are conducted uzder the trade name,
Laurence Rivers Inc, and the plans
for the Nation W. sde exploitation of the
famous colored play appear to be some
what extensive iis execution as well as
In the time which they require, for the
preliminary announcement by Charles
G.. Stewart, general manager, talks
about years TO cover the itinerary, with
the original comEany' emphasized.
I'VE feel" READS the. announcement,
Evening star., 1931-06-14
Identifying a Star.

KAY FRANCIS, now the star at
n R-K-O Keith'S in 'Transgres-
sion," in less than two years has won
q proud position among the screen
stars, with her voice, personality and
intelligence as contributing elements to
reinforce her pulchritude.
Miss Francis was winning q name
and reputation in Broadway legitimate
productions when her opportunity
came TO appear on the screen in Gen
tlemen Of the Press" one of the sue
cessful talkies of its season. She also
appeared In supporting roles with VIII
liam Powell In Streets Of Chance" and
FOR the Defense" and featured roles
In Let's Co Native and 1.-THE Virtu.
ous Sin" a13png other big productions.
Evening star., 1931-06-14
New Screen Bad Man.

EDWARD G. ROBINSON, whose
~ name, despite his resolution to lose
himself in great variety Of different
kinds Of stage and screen bad men
isn't q bit gangster in real life.
He is Rumanian by birth, small
lively, genial and, it is said, very
fine artist.
His value was disclosed in divers roles
and stage parts in THE Kibitzer," THE
In THE Racket"
In First Nationals Smart Money
he is seen as small-town gambler
This thrilling Aim is this weeks screen
attraction at Warner Bros. Earle The
ater.