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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22

Y OLLYwoOD, Calf, November
2l.-The most sensational team
which 1881 has given the
a Il screen is the Greta Carlo
Clark Gable combination. In
Susan Lenox, Her Fall and Rise" they
have smashed box Office records, there
by proving Irving Thalbergs conten-
ton that the public likes personalities.
This picture, which has crossed over
half a million in 81 playing weeks, has
gone over the quota estimated Tor 1t
BY exhibitors IS per cent.
Yet the motion picture industry threw
IN its hands when Irving Thalberg
made his radical announcement regard
ing personalities and loudly shouted
that he could not do what he planned
without tremendous losses. In the
main, 1t has been the policy OF movies
to star one popular actor or actress and
chosen acting cast One Of the saving
graces Of the motion picture Is its abil-
ity to cast perfectly to the smallest
part. Occasionally we get this on the
New York stage, but the legitimate
throughout the country suffers pain
fully from mediocre performances of
the supporting casts.
eta Carlo has been the great box
chlce attraction of the screen. It is a
C. umph, then, of personality. Gable
will become, without the shadow of
doubt one of the great personalities of
the screen.
irving Thalberg is doing a clever
thing in allowing the public to become
acquainted with his newest star by
casting him with such favorites as
Carlo, Joan Crawford and Norma
Shearer. The following of each of
these stars gets an impression OF the
great coming male star. 1t takes a wide
acquaintance to make a box office
smash, regardless of your personality.
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Sherlock Holmes in Trouble.

UCHERLOCK HOLMES Fatal
~ HOUR" now at Warner Bros.
Metropolitan, depicts q battle to death
between Sherlock Holmes and DR.. MORT
arity, who has caused the great detec-
tive more concern than all the other
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle characters
combined.
Quite by accident. In this story, Holmes
discovers a plot that promises to have
dire effect throughout Europe. What
the plot Is and how Holmes deduced 1t
are said to provide one Of the most
amazing climaxes ever seen on the
screen.
Two murders, a kidnapping and q Sc
ries Of international bank robberies are
the crimes that Sherlock Holmes en-
deavors to solve.
The picture, made in England by an
all-English company, Is entitled "Sher-
lock Holmes Fatal Hour" but it Is
based on two Of Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle's short stories.
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Hollywood Is Anxiously
Watching Stanwyck Case

Of reason. without such cooperation
on the part of producers, salaries would
be so tremendous that there would be
no money left for production expense
at all. But when Columbia brings Bar
bara Stanwyck into court with an in
junction to stop her from working on
the other lot until she has fulfilled her
obligations to them, some interesting
things may happen.
A good many difficulties are going
to be smoothed out In production cir
cles by the Stanwyck decision. There
will be a flrmer hand on box -ofice
stars. And we'll find out one thing,
too. Well discover what a Hollywood
contract really is. So far it's been a
sort Of mystery.
(Copyrieht, 1881, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
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Getting Human.

HOLLYWOOD rumor has it that the
= screen is due for a wave of human
interest stories. Not impossible romance,
but stories that deal truthfully with
the softer sentiments of the heart as
are experienced by real human, flesh
and-blood people.
The first Of these with vivid incidents
of life was bad Girl" which rocketed
James Dunn and Sally EilerS to the
heights Of stardom.
Now comes the Fox drama, "Over
the HIP Cat the Fox Theater), with
the same romantic pair in the leading
roles.
"Over the Hill" also marks the re-
turn to the screen of that idol of silent
days, Mae Marsh, star of Birth of q
Nation" and Intolerance" who retired
to private life at the height of her
popularity IL years ago. Henry King,
who made Merely Mary Ann
"Lightnin'" and "Tol'able David. +"
directed the production.
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wolves around this central character
who, possessed Of beauty and irresiSt1-
BILE allure, Yields her feminine weapons
to further her many affairs, that help
to bring disaster to the lives and careers
of numerous men.
1.-THE Constant Sinner" requires 16
scenes and a cast Of so to unfold Its
vigorous story. Prominent among the
supporting players are Russell Hardle,
Walter Petrie, Arthur r. Vinton, Walter
Glass, George Givet, Adele Gilbert, Paul
Huber and Donald Kirke.
Sliding Billy Watson"
EAST-MOVING entertainment, with
l. lots Of pretty women. a long list of
specialties and carload of laughs Is
promised for Sliding Billy" Watson
and his big Fun Show" at the Gayety
Theater, opening today with a matinee
The comic star Is supported by Evelyn
Whitney, who can catch gag on the
fly, tap dance and sing with the best
Of them.
Sam Green shifts from character to
straight with marked effect on the
laugh apparatus of his audiences, as
his friends know who last saw him with
Bozo Snyder. Others are the Smith
Sisters in close harmony singing and
dancing pleasantrieS, Josephine Flint
blonde prima donna; Harry and Rose
Martini, who play instruments and
juggle things; George Monfred, sweet
voiced juvenile: the Kane brothers, a
high powered pair Of dancers. and q
chorus especially selected for youth and
grace.
Seeing Italy" With Holmes.
THE lure and romance of travel ir
IL 49, - 60
ised by Burton Holmes at the National
Theater this afternoon, when this
gifted traveller and picture maker
will display his colorful explorations
| thorugh Europe with q new travel re-
vue designed for those who know theiI
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r HOLLYWOOD, Calf, November
IL 21.-The contract situation in
Hollywood will have an un--
l. 4 usual precedent established
within the next few weeks
one that will revolutiontZe some attl-
tudes toward that little matter OF sign
ing on the dotted line.
The case of Barbara Stanwyck, most
sought after of the neteors to hash In
local heavens of late years, is absorb
ing all the local interest these days.
phenomenal box office reaction has be.
come gelatine history. She makes a
story and the public focks to see It.
But not once, for the Stanwyck fans
60 four and five times. They write
and tell me that here is a girl who
makes them forget it's silver screen
q girl who makes them forget she is
trying to act. In short, Barbara STAN
wyck gives talking picture goers the
same thrill they once got from silent
pictures, the thrill of genuine emotion
minus all the mechanical interferences
which sound tracks, diction, technique
and other necessitous items Of produc-
ton brought into being.
So popular became Miss Stanwyck
that she had contracts with two
studios. But it seems she changed her
mind some fifteen thousand or so on
the matter of the price per picture.
The studio in question, Columbia, is
haling her into court within the next
10 hours to find the reason why she
is not living up to their signed and
sealed agreement.
The other studio, Warner Bros, had
a contract with Miss Stanwyck be-
ginning September /. She stands
ready to fulfill that contract, so the
studio has to make good its contractual
obligations to her-or else. And that
''or else" might run into considerable
money for these motion picture gentle
men. There Is great sympathy be-
tween studios, tremendous urge to
stand pat against the entertainments
of over-ambitious actors and actresses,
q get-together spirit which tends to
keep picture salaries within the limits
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w ACeTlOO bIloSS
q n d Journeys
End" directed 1t,
with q cast that
includes Colin
Give, Mae Clarke,
Boris Karloh, John
Boles, Edward Van
an, Frederick
Kerr and Dwight
Frye.
era nkenstein,"
readers will recall,
Is that famous tale
Of o man who
made, from human
odds and ends pill
fered from grave
yards, hospitals
and diss e C tin 9
nI;,nina a monster
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Refused to Be Unemployed.

NONE other than Henry Ford is
credited with responsibility for the
stage career of Russell Hardie, who
supports Mae West in 1.-THE Constant
Sinner at the Shubert- Belasco
Theater.
Hardie, so the story goes, was secre-
tary to the manager Of the Ford ONCE
in Buffalo, his native city when the
automobile magnate issued instructions
to cut down the force. That was in
1926, and Hardie was one Of the first
to be dismissed.
With his two weeks notice money in
his pocket, he obtained a position with
the McGarry Players Stock Co. in
Buffalo. There he did so we'll that he
was discovered" by William Harris,
tr., and given his first chance on
Broadway in THE Criminal Code" He
scored a personal triumph in the role
Of the young convict. Then followed
an important part in support of Lenore
Uric in Pagan Lady" Now, it is
said, Mr.. Hardie is definitely intrenched
as one of the Outstanding juvenile"
players Of the theater.
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Coming Attractions

she was once acclaimed as "the loveliest
Juliet that ever graced the stage" This
time she will come as another OF
Shakespeare'S famous woman charac-
tiers, the wise and gracious Portia. It
should be great event, for Miss Adams
brings with her the finest traditions OF
the theater.
BOOKINGS FOR BELASCO.
MANAGER L. sToDDARD TAY-
AVA LOR Of the Shubert- Belasco
Theater announces three interesting
booking for his theater.
November 20 will come the latest
Shubert musical play, Marching BY,
with Mady Christians, Guy Robertson
Solly Ward and Leonard Ceeley fea-
tured, and F1orenz Ames, Ethel Norris,
Donald Burr, Kathleen Edwards, Vic
tor Casmore and Frank Lyman also In
the cast. The book was adapted from
the German Of Ernest Nuebach by
Harry Clarke and the music Is by
Joan Gilbert and Revel.
December z, the Professional Play
ers will present Crosby Cages produc-
ton Of Charming Pollocks 1.-THE House
Beautiful" and December IA, the new
Chauve-Souris will be presented at the
in his old familiar role as master OF
ceremonies" Its program, in three
parts, opens with a Mozart ballet, "A
Romantic Adventure Of an Italian Bal
lerina and a Marquis" devised by Boris
Romanoff, former ballet-master Of thG
Marinsky Theater In st. Petersburg
The featured number is THE Queen OF
Spades" by Alexander PuShkin, pre-
scented by an English company includ-
ing George Hayes and Marie Ault, and
the closing number an operatta, 1880
or an Interrupted Festival" a musical
buffonade inspired by the airs Of Of
fenbach and Lococq.
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,;,a.ivated bv a curious galvanic or
eIectric raw. It was without Soul'
and because Of such q horrible con-
dition turned upon its creator demoi-
ishing him. s.u...
book is declared one Of the wonders OF
the current MIN season. Dynamic,
vivid, startling productlon plGGnso ~ ~
the mood of Poe's Fall Of the House OF
fisher" or Ewers 1.-THE Sorcerer's APP
prentice"
Fox-aOver the Hin."
COVER THE HILL" modernizeo N
~ keeping with the tempo OF today,
1na,t. still the story immortal, IS the FOX
Theater,s screen attraction this week
This film brings to an end the IL, long
wears retirement of Mae Marsh, re-
membered for her .portrayals IN Inc
Birth Of a Nation" and intolerance,
but who now has the role OF ma
Shelby in this drama.
Co-starred in this feature are james
Dunn and Sally Eilers, sweethearts
again. lover the Hill" Is the story o.
a cross-section Of q home and family
life. The joys and sorrows Of children
and their mother. The fights anc
ioyalties within the family. The
ronnances through the years. The boy
who sacrifices himself for his fathers
honor. The girl who waits through thu
years that he is in prison and whc
helps him win again to victory ovel
life. James Kirkwood, Claire Maynard
and Edward Crandall enacted othel
important roles, under the direction o.
Henry King.
On the stage, Les Stevens, the new
master of ceremonies, Is accompanied
by the Diplomats, versatile group O
musicians and entertainers, and TN
Fanchon Marco "Limehouse Nights
idea presents the Wing Wah Troupe
Armando and Lita; Warren and Inman
Don Carroll, and the Sunkist Ensemble
EARLE-cLoeaI Boy Makes Good"
THE Earle Theater for Thanksgiving
week announces another hit show
the third of the Remember November
offerings, with Joe E. Brown, master O
laughs. as the star of the screen tea
ture, titled Local Boy Makes Good,
and a stage show headlined by two acts
Little Jack Little. the radio favorite
and Jane and Katherine Lee.
d, Local Boy Makes Good" is said to b.
an uproarious comedy Of ttn1id col
le9e student with an inferiority com
plex, writing secret love letters which
he never mails to a girl he has nevel
seen. One Of the letters, however, II
which he praises himself as famous
athlete, is accidentally mailed, and thu
girl comes to attend the intercollegiate
track events-and to meet the supposed
hero.
Brown is supported by Dorothy Lee
Ruth Hall, Edward Woods, Wad
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" VA AAA3 SAAS
beginning tomor-
row evening after a
long run on Broad
way.
B abe Gordon
the central figure
of the play, is saic
to provide every
thing needed fol
Miss Vests char
acterization, tn Z
infection OF hel
voice, her swagger
and. above all, the
nonchalance a n Z
b ed ON with
which she greets
everyb dy anc
everything.
rrAn efnrNy re,
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defense, Will Dill
Boyd, James Glea-
son and Robert
Armstrong furnish
ing the trough
stuff" and Ginger
Rogers the fem
mine appe a !, I"
which always Is
indissolubly asso-
ciated with the
fate Of the sea-
faring man.
X \ X X
DOLORES cos
TELLO, after
an absence of two
years, will again
be seen upon the
screen at the War
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arc dNdlldOlC dtId
requests have been
received from sew
eral producers ask
ing that their show
be put on" In
the endeavor, how
ever, to maintain
its ancient prestige
as 1.-The house of
first class attrac-
TONS" the manage
ment announces, 1t
was deemed better
to remain dark"
than to surrender
to anything below
standard.
Starting ext
M o n d a y evening,
November 40 how.
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THE CURLEY PLAYERS.

ONE of the strongest casts ever as
~ sembled !, for an amateur produc-
ton is promised in the 18th Chair"
auditorium, Fifteenth and v streets
northwest, Monday and Tuesday eve
nings, November 80 and December /,
with q matinee Sunday, November 20.
when sisters of the schools and other
institutions will be guests.
Arthur Bradley White, a former
member Of the National Players, has
been coaching the cast for six weeks.
The cast includes Misses Pomona r.
Raley, Anne Marie Ambrose, May Emily
Hodges, Grace Sprucebank, NJ. Ruth
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"TALLY-HO GIRLS" Coming.
BOOKINGS FOR BELAsCo.

MANAGER LAKE of the Gayety
AVA burlesque temple on Ninth street
announces, for the week starting with
a matinee on Sunday, November 20, o
joyful aggregation Of "Tally-Ho Girls, !"
Angeles Lee as the chief joymakers.
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CoLUMBIA-"The Guardsman."
KEITH'S-Split Bill.

r -K-O KEITHs THEATER is con-
tinuing the showing of Seth Par
ker and his Jonesport neighbors in
Way Back Home" for an additional
five days, the engagement terminating
at IL pm. Tuesday.
Beginning wednesday, the attraction
will be Suicide Fleet" featuring Bill
Boyd, James Gleason, Ginger Rogers
Pathe's story Of the Navy. A thou
sand-odd fighting gobs, supplied by the
United States Navy, served as extras In
this episode of the countrys first line
of defense.
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BELASCO-"The Constant Sinner"
KAE WEST, whose artistry, con-
M centrated in playing one-type
wv role-that Of a hard-boileo
supersophisticated wiSe-crack-
ing woman of easy morals-is
now displayed in 1.-THE Constant SIN
ner," dramatized by Miss West from ner
own novel of the same title, will be
presented by the Constant Productions,
inc, at the Shubert- Belasco Theater
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STELLAR PLAYERS.

THE Stellar Dramatic Players will
= present THE New Poor" tomorrow
and Tuesday nights in Holy Trinity
auditorium, Thirty-sixth and o streets
northwest.
The show is a hilarious farce, in
three acts, concerning a newly rich and
socially ambitious family, who engage
four Russians of the nobility (the new
pp)r) as their servants.
The play will be directed by Miss Sue
u. Murray. Those taking parts are
Sesame Roach, Anna Heath, Ruth
Popkins, Marie Rowan, Mary Murray,
Paul Kinnahan, A. B. Brault, Joseph
Kearney, Ed Lane. Bill Chamberlain
and Lawrence Duvall.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."

RIALTO-"Frankenst
Z/THE epitome of thrills de-
- scribeS in a phrase tbs Sey-
note to "Frankenstcn,"
i which Universal Pictures has
evolved from Mary Shelley's
famous novel, and is now on the Rialto
Theater screen. James Whale, who did
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ANNOUNCES HIGHLIGHTs.

r. OR the first time in its ancient
- and honorable calling the Ma
tional Theater in Washington
L announces that 1t will be dark"
during Thanksgiving week, which
starts today with the profession.
This, 1t is explained, Is due to point
# policy, for many plays and attractions
iInlAln and
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Pictures for New Week
GAIN the new week" in the
~ talking picture palaces finds a
4 new starting point, this time at
49, u ~ - Lraifb Srhaafer IN

wednesday Of this week, when
Seth Parker and his pious band OF
popular radio artists will give way to
the United States Nays Suicide
Fleet" a picture which Manager Hardie
Meakin says was made with the CO.
operation of Uncle Sans first line of
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This Weeks Pictures

Boteler, william Burress, Edward J.
Nugent and John Harrington.
The stage program, headtned by Two
acts, Little Jack Little, the radio per-
sonality. and Jane and Katherine Lee,
singing and dancing darlings OF the
screen and stage, includes also SYLVIA
and Clemence and Andrini Bros. IN
stepping OUT; Bob, Bob and Boboie,
testing jugglers, and Maxine Doyle
mistress of ceremonies.
The usual short reel subjects, In
GLIDING the Graham McNamee Talk
ing Newsreel and orchestra prelude by
the Earle Orchestra will complete the
program.
PALACE-"FIying High"
RERT LAIR is presented in his first
- starring production at Loew's Pal
ace Theater this week In an adapta-
ton Of George Whites musical success,
Flying High"
This production, brought to the talk
ing screen after months Of negotiation,
is said to mark q new era in the pro-
duction Of musical comedies on the
screen. Charlotte Greenwood Is seen
in the chief supporting role, with Pat
O'Brien and Kathryn Crawford also
included in the cast.
On the stage Hal Yates is seen In
a Capitol Theater, New York, revue,
titled Going Places" Many well
known Loew acts also appear in this
production, including Maddox and
Max. Rio Brothers, Larry Adler, the
Chester Hale Girls and other features.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hour"
ONE Of the most startling Of all Sher-
" lock Holmes detective adventure
stories Is promised in Fatal Hour, +"
the screen attraction at Warner Bros.
Metropolitan Theater, which Is based
on two most unusual stories from the
pen of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator
of the worlds greatest detective. Un-
like the usual Sherlock Holmes tales,
this new adventure begins without a
murder or a crime. There Is merely
the assumption that things are not go
ing. well. Then a murder Is committed
and q series Of bank robberies take
place. Into the picture comes DR..
Moriarity, who has been Sherlock
Holmes greatest enemy and cleverest
opponent in the entire series Of mys-
| terry stories. Holmes builds UP q chain
Of evidence against his enemy which
enables him to blast the scoundrel high
and wide, and TO unmask him before
the tncredulous eyes Of DR.. Watson and
Inspector Lestrade.
COLUMBIA-"The Guardsman."
A LFRED LUNT and Lynn Fontanne
appear in 1.-THE Guardsman, u
which is held second week at Loew's
Columbia. 1t marks the debut Of these
famous players of the New York Thea
ter Guild in talking pictures.
1.-THE Guardsman' is the tale Of q
jealous husband who DISCUSSES himself
In order to have an affair with his own
wife to test her fidelity. Everything
moves along nicely until the husband
accuses the wife. Fortunately q mu-
tual friend hobs up to make things
turn out as they should.
AS an added attraction Laurel and
Hardy are shown in their latest COM
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DANCING.

- MR.. STAFFORD PEMBERTON.
All styles Stage and Ball Room Dancing.
strrdi0' ll2A Conn. Ave- Phone North S $Ss2'
FROF. AND MRS, ACHER. ll27 10th Street
p:w. Glass and dance with orchestra every
lessons by appointment. Met. ALSO. Est. 1900.
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Adam and Eva" Tomorrow.
A PLAY that has had success both
Y on the legitimate stage and in
n the movies is the selection of the
a Stella Maris CLUB of St Gabriel'S

~ Oil lSRlClIldLc cGdSC dllN Al
"A the movies is the selection OF the
4 4 Stella Maris CLUB of st. Gabriels
Church as its first offering OF
the season. It is Adam and Eva, "
which will be presented tomorrow and
Tuesday evenings in st. Paul's Audi
Urium, Fifteenth and v streets north
west.
1t Is q sparkling three-act comedy,
written by Guy Bolton and George
Middleton and presents one of the time
lest Of subjects dressed in a fashion to
amuse its audience. Depression" is
presented, but in the most important
phase, the solution of depression, that
grips the King family when a good
natured father who always has been
used for the sole purpose of signing
checks passes the job on to stronger
hands in the form Of a business man
ager. His manner of doing it is unique
and fetching, and the cause OF many
spirited situations.
The role of Adam Smith, who saves
| the day, will be taken by Justin Wrinkle.
remembered for his delineation OF the
Cat In The Cat and the Canary" last
season. Opposite MIR. Wrinkle will be
Miss Eleanor Hopkins, who Is making
her initial appearance with the Stella
Maris Club. Others include Miss Peggy
Fallon, Margaret Singerhoff. Rose Rus
sci. MesSrs. Ralph Collins, Francis
| Schwoerer. Arthur Van Heukeroth
Joseph ODonnell and George Wrinkle
Mr.. Charles A. Russell is directing the
play,
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The Innocent Victim.

The suicide Of any child is tragic, but
there are elements which enter into the
death Of the sixteen-year daughter
Of Vivian Gordon that wiring the heart.
She was so clearly the innocent victim
and she was so much alone When she
was nine years old her father and
mother were divorced. The thoughtful
attention Of kind relatives could not
make up for a loss which, despite any
thing they could do, set her apart from
other children. And at the age of six
teen, that most impressionable of ages
she found herself the daughter Of q
woman sensationally murdered and the
investigation Of the murder led to sordid
and dirty revelations that were Haunted
to the world.
When she went on the street children
pointed. Some Of them laughed, for
children can be most cruel. And what
the children and the neighbors did not
do were done thousand times over in
her own brooding imagination. The big
busy world outside her own room had
stopped to point her out, to sneer and
stare. so she retreated, as any one
would want to retreat, along the only
road that offered her shelter. One can
only hope that she has found 1t. She
was never to blame. Are we, whom
she left?