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Latest From the Big City.

to protest against new preparations be-
ing made all over the world for future
wars. 1t Is played amid such con-
fusion Of mob scenes, revolving stages
and incidental talking pictures that it
resembles more a Russian revolutionary
merry go-round than the sincere, seri-
Gus, restrained document that 1t real
ly is.
Jolson has an extremely novel show
in q musical-comedy-r drama taken
from the German Die Wunderhar"
The theater has been made over into q
huge night club and the audience Itself
Is part OF the scenery. JolSon Is mas
ter Of ceremonies and, working without
his usual blackface, he moves the per-
Torrance across the stage, into the
audience and through the smoking
promenade. A program of revue num-
bers is presented and interspersed Is
melodTamatic plot.
Jolson IS the same old jumping jack
actor and still king of the song sales
men. He dominates the whole sceee
and 1t becomes almost q one-man show.
Wanda Lyon and Dagmar Oakland Of
movie fame are his chief feminine sup
port.
Noel Coward can well afford his plan
10 work only six months q year and
spend the other six months in play
He Is now drawing royalties from three
different shows, besides getting divi-
dendS as star and co-producer Of his
Private Lives" now one Of Broadway's
smash hits. His two other shows are In
London. One is Bitter Sweet" which
reached its seth performance tonight.
Another new musical show of his. 1881
Revue" opened this week in Piccadilly.
It has Clark and Mccullough and Ada
May as Steks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

WASHINGTON tonight win have it,
first glimpse of Street Scene" the
Elmer Rice play which won the 1928
Pulitzer award and has record-break-
ing run of 600 performances at the
Playhouse in New York City.
The Pulitzer prize, it may be stated
is awarded annually by Columbia Uni
versity "for the original American play
performed in New York which shall best
represent the educational power and
value of the stage"
Winners Of the award since 1t wa
established in 1918 are as follows:
1918-Jesse Lynch Williams, why
Marry?"
le2O-Eugene ONeill, Beyond the
Horizon"
1e21-Zona Gale, Miss Lulu Bett."
1922-Eugene ONeill, Anna Chris
tie"
le23-Owen Davis, "Ice Bound"
1924-Hatcher Hughes, Hell Bent Tor
Heaven"
1925-sidney Howard, "They Knew
What They Wanted"
1926-George Kelly, "Craig's Wife"
1927-Paul Green, I'm Abraham'i
Bosom"
1928-Elmer Rice, street Scene
Eugene O'Neill, Strange Interlude."
1929-Marc Connolly, 1.-THE Green
Pastures"
1t is a significant fact that the last
three plays to win the Pulitzer honors
are classed among the greatest artistic
and financial successes in the history OF
the American theater, l. e., stree,
Scene" Strange Interlude" and THE
Green Pastures"
New York writer's on the theater who
profess an linking on the probable
choice for 1930-31 Pulitzer award mar
row the choice down to four plays cur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

Many Of the men who are considered
leading lights of their day were no
great shakes to the Elizabethans.
There was, for instance, Sir Walter
Raleigh. In Mr.. Anderson's drama he
is no fine gentleman. and neither was
he in real life. He was unpopular with
the public because of his enmity for
the glamorous Essex-hero OF the play
and at one time his philandering grew
so great as even to obtain the ofdcial
notice of the not entirely unphilander-
ing Queen. Sir Walter was cast into
the Tower for Offending" with one
Of the ladies-in-waiting at the court.
Essex himself, popular as he was, was
not exempt from condemnation by the
people. Although there were many
news pamphlets telling of the war in
France, reverSes and disasters were
naturally enough not recorded, and
there Is singularly little glorification of
the army led by the bright earl. Actu-
ally, there was very little chance for
glorification. Essex convinced the
Queen he had done a good job in the
warlike pastimes he loved so well, but
actually he barely got by, and the
pamphleteers, along with many others,
knew it.
Nor does the great Francis Bacon
come out too well in the play. Indeed,
the great essayist's apologists are still
explaining away his desertion Of ESSEX
In the earl's hour Of greatest need.
Even Shakespeare was far from being
free Of political bias, for pointed and
barbed illusions may readily be traced
to his famous plays. AS IN the theories
Of authorship, he was on opposite sides
Of the fence from Bacon, being q
stanch Essex man. This is certain
for his young patron, Of whom he makes
so much in the dedications, was the
Earl of Southampton, one Of Essex's
most devoted friends. 1t has beer
claimed - and the claim seems moi
altogether unjustiied - that Loves
Labour's Lost" was originally written
to satirize the enemy faction, including
Sir Walter Raleigh.
It was q strange semi barbarous time
Of which Mr.. Anderson has written
And in writing Of it Mr.. Anderson
brings out It's spirit and seeks to make
his rugged and passion-free character
act on the stage as they actually did
act when they fought and swore and
made unrestrained love in the brilliance
and dirt OF Tudor England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
New Leading Man.

search of the desired article, for be b
remembered the premiere de luxe Of
the National Players Of 1891 win occur
Easter Monday evening ut the National
Theater, whether the SHOWS Of Winter
continue to fall or the green leaves and
budding glorieS of Spring are in EVIL
dence or not.
Nearly a whole valuable week was
spent in looking over the what-have-
you on Broadway, discussing the how
will-he-does and how-do-you-t think
they-will- like hims, and barely before
it was time to do the Sunday marketing
Manager Steve and his unnamed ad-
wiser sneaked back to the National Cap
ital with a natural-one Of those bright
and shining lights Of the halls Of drama
that would do honor to any mans or
ganization.
Stanley Ridges is the selection, and
everybody who thinks he knows any
thing at all about the matter says that
Stanley cannot be beaten for the job.
Was he not leading man with Leneta
Lane, our new leading LADY, back in
1928? Did he not play with her in
"The Baby Cyclone" "Take My Ad-
vice." Merton Of the Movies" "Craig's
Wife," 1.-THE Poor Nut" and EAST Is
West? What better test could one
want CIlSu LIldL!
Besides, he wont have to be intro
duced to the new leading lady, and he
won't have to snoop around night and
day to study her temperament, her
preferences, her dislikes and her gen.
eral what's-the matter wtth-her. He
knows them all already. Furthermore,
he is most congenial to the new leading
lady, and that means q whole lot In q
contented family.
But there Is much more to Stanley
than that. One can tell by his smile,
that is perennial and ineradicable, that
he is good natured and everybody should
be able by this time to comprehend that
he Is one of the best leading men in
Greater Manhattan or out Of it, for that
mater. Furthermore, again, he has APP
peared in washington many, many
times, both in drama and comedy, as
well as in musical comedy-for Stanley
Is also musical-with road companies
that have visited US. He is versatile,
accomplished, good looking as men go,
and has every known requirement for
a popular and effective leading man of
;he country's leading repertory company,
with the added asset of veritable host
Of admirers and well wishers who know
him well and like him much. Howard
Chandler Christie, who ranks as one of
the leading illustrators Of New York, If
you shouldn't happen to know, once
officially rated Stanley Ridges as
the ideal type Of American manhood
and beat that II you cant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
Movie Science.

DEVELOPMENT of the science of
perspective" in sound, along with
new processes in photography, is said
to have injected new magic in talking
pictures. The past few months have
seen some remarkable engineering feats.
Perspective" in sound, which is the
art of making the ear hear sounds as 1t
actually would in real life, with regard
to distance and direction, has been
worked out, 1t is claimed, to an amaz-
ing degree.
In 1.-THE Southerner," Lawrence Tib-
belts latest Metro oldwyn- Mayer pic
ture, now at Loew's Palace, the audi
ence hears both the approach and de-
parture of fox hunt. The process by
which it was worked out Is interesting
Careful tests were made to determine
the volume of sound in proportion to
distances to the actual nearer. But in
such tests 1t was necessary to remember
that the human being hears biaurally
or with two ears, so that the difference
Of volume In each ear permits the
judging of direction of sound.
In the case of the microphone, which
is a single ear. just as the camera lens
is a single eye, other elements had to
be considered. The sound as heard by
the ear was measured by an instrument
which recorded vibrations and which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
BY MARK BARRON.

NEW YORK, March Fl (P).-As the
last curtain lowers on this theatre
cal season, review lists only half
dozen new faces which became famous
on Broadway. The crop Of stardom-
bound new material was simmer than
at any time in a score Of years.
Of these six, the only startingly me-
morable performance of a newcomer
was that of Eugene Leontovich In
Grand Hotel" For nearly five years
this Russian actress had been trying
for an opportunity on Broadway with
out avail. All that time she trouped
in one-night stands, and 1t was only
the excessive praise she receives in
Chicago that brought her to the atten-
ton of New York managers.
Ethel Norman. a pretty stenographer
from Brooklyn, was sensation in Gre
ating a new type of blues singing In
Girl Crazy" That one performance
gave her stardom, which viii come
when she appears in her next part in
Singing the Blues" with q Gershwin
score.
Hal LIE Roy, a lanky Cincinnati
youth, achieved short-lived triumph
in 1.-The Gangs All Here" which ran
for only two weeks. However, so en-
thusiastic were the critics about the
manager in town is Offering him con-
tract.
Two other musical comedies brought
forth new star material In LYDIA
Roberti and Hannah Williams The
former Is a Polish girl and her comic
dialect has made you Said tt a hit
Miss williams of Sweet and Low" sang
Cheerful Little Earful" with such
charm that she was about to be rewarded
with her name in big lights. Then
along came Roger Wolfe Kahn, who
career just as it reached its apex
Barbara Robbins, a graduate of the
Jitney Players, did such an excellent
job in Bolitho's Overture" that she
could have chosen her next role. Their
the stage lost her to the movies.
Ethel Barrymore Colt should be IN
this list of new star material How
ever, her part In Scarlet Sister Mary
was such minor one that the critics
have not yet had fair view Of her
talents.
The week brought out only two new
shows, but both were gala opening
nights One was the Theater Guilds
Miracle at Verdun" and the other
marked the return of Al Jolson to the
stage in Wonder Bar
Miracle at Verdun" was q distinct
disappointment and most of the critics
laid the blame directly at the Guilds
door. Hans Gutenberg wrote a poetic,
dynamic play which possibly was too
tdealistic ever to have become a popu-
lar success. Nevertheless, it deserved q
better fate than the mistaken produc-
ton given 1t by the Guild.
The drama has $4,000 900 soldiers
killed in the war rising from their graves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
Fox's New Organist

COME years ago a kid of Il. who
hated his piano lessons as whole
heartedly as any other boy in the
neighborhood, found himself dragged
unwillingly to an organ recital. He
didn't care q boot about it. 1t made
him pretty sore to have to squirm about
In q musty old hall and listen to some
guy do cadenzas while the gang out in
the back lot were playing baseball.
Bored as he was, however, he fell to
watching the organist's feet tromp over
the pedals. That fascinated him. It
looked like q good trick. So forthwith
he decided to become an organist.
Today that kid Is the featured organ
ist at the Fox Theater, after successful
engagements in New York. Philadel-
phia, Los Angeles and other large cities.
His name is Bob Hamilton and 1t was
Pietro Yon, whom he considers the
greatest organlst in the world, who first
reused the boys interest in the organ.
His Introductory program at the Fox Is
billed Meet the Organ" 1t Is a re-
cital illustrated by motion pictures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

THE increasing inclusion Of pajamas
in the wardrobe Of the well dressed
woman Is strongly upheld by Mary
Pickford, whose new United Artists
picture, "Kiki," is now at the Columbia.
Far from being immodest," Mary is
quoted as saying, ''pajamas are ex-
figure than even the present modish
long-short skirts, and having the added
advantage of falling into far more
graceful lines than is possible for the
narrow skirts of the day."
Costumes were for a time uppermost
In Mary Pickfords mind, for as pro-
Queer as well as star of "Kid" she as
sumed the responsibility Of the ward
robe for the entire female cast Of the
COMPANY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
arts Color Mad.

PARIS is color mad this Spring, ac-
cording to Travis Banton, Para
mount stylist now in the French capital
studying the fashions.
mo woman can afford to ignore
colors this year, because they are the
salient features Of the entire seasons
mode," he declares.
The message indicates that the selec-
ton of shades and tones Will not be
easy, since there are no fixed rules for
color contrasts. Every costume must
display two colors, preferably three.
The dress Is light or dark and the coat
is, accordingly, dark CT light, but in
another color.
Examples of last-minute color schemes
discovered in the smart salons of the
continent by Banton are warm brown
and copper red, deep blue and ripe
corn yellow. dark red and ink blue,
navy blue and maize. brown and bud
green, brown and rusty orange, and
dark blue and gray.
No one will escape plaids this
Spring" continues the styliSt. They
are everywhere, on street frocks,
blouses, pajamas, beach wear, sports
attire, and are found even creating
smart evening gowns"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
Tudor England.

0ELIzABETH THE QUEEN" the
Maxwell Anderson play that
comes to the National Theater
this week, deals with England as it was
Just emerging from human barbarity
The Elizabethan era was one Of salty,
rough SHINING. and, as far as the COM
mon people were concerned, a bestiality
Of life hard TO conceive today. Except
for the oasis Of the court. where the
mire OF general living was bridged over
with a gittering coat, much in the man
ner Of the famous incident of Sir WAL
ter Raleigh and the queen, Elizabethan
England was q desert of barbarity.
The common folk followed their bet
ters." for wherever the court went.
there also went an army--and not q
small army either-of sightSeers. for
tune . hunters, entranced adolescentS
and hangers-on. When the court moved
TO windsor one year, for instance, the
accommodations were so crowded by the
onrushing horde that the Queen had TO
pass a bill limiting the number OF per-
sons who could obtain lodgings In each
OF the houses.
Outside the immediate court, England
was q uuagmire of dirt, disease and
primitive methods Of living. The
plague roared in London all through
Elizabeth's reign, and nothing was done
to alleviate II. No one knew how.
During the single year Of 1898, 1888
people died in London and the suburbs
and Il must be remembered that Lon
don was then Just . very small town
according 10 modern standards. And
OF these 1888 who died, 10,676 were
victims of the plague.
The mental processes OF the inhabi-
tants were as benightsd as their ways
OF living The great break between the
life of the court and the life Of the
common people was sedulously foStercd
by the government, much in the man.
ner Of the suppression Of intellect In
Czarist Russia more recently. The
commoners and the bourgeoisie were
not allowed to ape the mobiles even In
the matter Of their magnificent dress
Real insight into the events Of the
Elizabethan era and reign Is hard "a
get, for there was an extreme paucity
OF printed news during the period
There were $40 new books entered IN
the Stationers' Register (the ofiicial rec.
ord) over Q four-year period, and Of
these l25 were concerned with news
items.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
University Indians

A MEXICAN INDIANS, representing
eight different tribes, who consti-
tute part Of the audible potsntiality Of
the United States Indian Band, wear
ing their full tribal regalia as well, viii
be one Of the eye and ear sights of the
Fox Theater program the current week.
This band has had recognition from
the United States Government, and two
years ago it escorted Vice President
Curtis into the inaugural ball.
These Indians, be it remembered, are
neither wild Indians nor sons Of the
wild jackass that Senator Moses has
spoken Of, but for all that, 1t IS said,
they are university men and trained IA
the ways Of the collegiate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

has a very fine sensitivity. The hounds
were then placed at different points and
their baying tested, until points in the
distance we're found which registered
the same vibrations on the instrument
that the sound did to the ear.
In actual filming of the picture the
baying dogs were placed at these sue
cessive points until the final point
where they appeared before the lens.
The departure was worked by the same
method of mathematically calculated
points for each successive scene.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

office, and the an
swer 10 problems
that have become
increasingly i'm :
portant with the
Q a c T o a o h :
ment of women in
the world of man
the profile m S
being girl secre-
tarieS.
Centering about
q young business
woman, who with
unsel1isll devotion
and rare ia C t
makes possible the
success of the man
she loves only to
face losing him to
--G1-1. =. :. -. =. -
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shrewd character drawings and the at
mospheric touches of Gotham speak
easy in the wet 40's. the play has proved
an outstanding hit 1t recently con-
cluded a 75-week engagement in New
York.
A romantic tenor of the operate
stage, an innocent but naively adven-
tllrous mixl from Mississippi curious
about fc.e, an overbearing and bossy
lover from a small town, a judge who is
given to friendly inbibing during ex-
officio periods and a ise-cracking po-
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Pulitzer Prize Winners.

rently on Broadway. They are George
Kaufman's and Moss Harris "Once in a
Lifetime" Charming Pollock's THE
House Beautiful" Phillip Barry'S ITO
morrow and Tomorrow" and George
Kelly's Phillip Goes Forth" On the
other hand, there is the possibility that
the Pulitzer judges may award this COW
eted laurel to what Broadway knows as
q dark horse"
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complete WlIlioub u
leading man.
It doesn't matter
very much If he be
a new leading man
or an old leading
man, but it does
matter a great deal
II he isn't a young
man, gifted with
all the talents,
poise, charm and
skill that q sea-
soned career in the
theater Of living
creatures can pro-
vide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

word that it win be
presented this time
by the newly or
ganized and widely
prai s c d Philadel-
phia com p a n y,
which, containing
FL / "a b c I h Love,
hailed as this sea-
sons BIZ o a d W a y
find" and Cesar
r o m ero in the
leading roles, es-
tablished a new at
tendance and long
run record in the
40-year-old Broad
Street Theater in
the Quaker city.
An adroitly writ
ten comedy with
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asrRIcrLY nIsHoNoRABLE.n

r NSISTENT requests for repeat en-
gagement of the successful comedy,
Strictly Dishonorable," the man
4 agement of the National Theater
announces 1t will bring this Preston
Sturges stage play back for the week
Sunday evening March %.
Brock Pemberton, the producer, sends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

NO repertory company, not even an
ordinary stock aggregation, and
much less the National Theater Players
Of 1881, could possibly be considered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

Accordingly, Manager Steve Cochran
last week early grabbed a conf
Dental adviser from the ranks Of the
dramatic writers Of Washington and
hied him to the Great White Way in
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PALACE-"The southerner. !"

0ITNHE SOUTHERNER, with Law
renee Tibet as the star and a
supporting cast featuring Esther Raj
ston, Roland Young and Cliff Edwards,
Is the attraction at Loew's Palace this
week.
The story, written by Bess Meredyth
and Wells Root, presents the Metro
politan Opera star in his first modern
screen role, that OF the son Of an aristo-
cratic Southern family who breaks the
home ties to become a hobo. This is
believed to be the first time that the
devil-may-care tramp" and more
particularly the laconic species Of
hobo" which roams the South, has
been depicted on the screen.
Tibbett's Characterization Is far cry
from the roles he has played in the
past Picture the Tibet Of the re-
splendent uniforms and trappings of
THE Rogue Song" and New Moon"
in the torn dirty garments of q hobo!
Visualize the arrogant cayalryman and
oficer playing the jolly leader Of band
Of tranpsl
The story Is said to furnish him with
enough color TO bring him out at his
best. On the Palace stage Ted Claire
holds forth as master Of ceremonies in a
Loew unit titled Rolling Along" Spe-
cial numbers by the Ted Claire girls on
roller skates are the highlights Of the
production.
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"TRADER HORN, CLOSING.

SCTRADER HORN ends its Washing
ton stay at the National today,
with two final showings. matinee at
5 and an evening showing at $3.50
o'clock.
Undoubtedly this filmed version of
the narrative that has made Alfred
Aloysius Horn one Of the most noted
Of modern adventures could have re-
manned over for an indefinite stay had
not previous bookings made 1t necessary
for the National to terminate its en-
gagement tonight
Harry Carey Is seen as Trader
Horn, Edwina Booth as the white
goddess Of the blacks" Duncan Re-
naldo as the youthful Peru, with the
native Omoolu being more or less him
self as the courageous gunbearer.
The Metro-Gold Mayer picture
teens with thrills, and the animal
shots are the most stirring imaginable.
The scenic backgrounds of the African
landscape are beautiful. All told, Di-
rector Van Dyke performed a difficult
task with admirable restraint and
finesse. Whether viewed as a trave-
logue or strictly as entertainment, the
first made-in-Africa talllie, Trader
Horn" sets q high mark for those who
might try to match 1t.
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EARLE-"Beau Ideal.n

HQEAU IDEAL, Herbert Benon's
sequel to Beau Geste," and Lita
Grey Chaplin are the screen and stage
attraction this week at Warmers Earle
Theater. where they will remain until
Friday night.
Brenon again has transcribed to the
screen Perciyal Vren's novel Of adj
venture under Arabian skies. The story
concerns John Geste, who joins the
Foreign Legion in order to clear his
brothers honor. Isabel his childhood
sweetheart, pines for him, and Johns
best friend determines to bring him
back to her. The thrilling adventure
that befau the friends and their
eventual success in helping route the
Arabian hordes is said to make q
thoroughly dramatic photoplay.
Ralph Forbes. who appeared in Beau
Geste," has the leading role, while
Loretta Young Is the sweetheart. Others
in the cast included Irene Rich, Lester
Vail and Myrtle Stedman.
Lita Grey Chaplin, who headlined at
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NEXT weeks attraction at the Gayety
Theater, beginning with Sunday
matinee, March 20, win be California
Beauties" with l. B. Hamp, Gertrude
Beck, Georgia Southern and Virginia
Wright. Many specialties are promised,
and q large dancing chorus.