Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in Vienna"
avAy1inC the Theater

NATIONAL@"ReuntOn in vienna.
T%OMORROw evening the Theater
Guild will present its first pro-
duction Cf its third subscrip-
u ton season, Reunion in Vi
enna," a gay comedy by Rob-
ert E. Sherwood at the Natl nal
Theater
Reunion in Vienna in which Alfred
Iunt and Lynn Fontanne Will con-
tinue their stage partnership, Is de-
scribed as a gay comedy laid In Vienna
10 years after the World War. At the
hotel of Frau Lucher, a hotel in which
the Hapsburgs of a former day did
much of their cavorting, is to be given
q party for the CID aristocrats. To 1t
comes an exiled archduke. There he
meets his lady friend OF former years
but now happily married to psyche
analyst Being an archduke with pro-
clivities for exploitation, he seeks to
revive his old affair, but the lady,
altered by years of marriage to sue
ceSsful doctor, has other ideas. She
has her spirit left, however, and the
spirit flames.
Alfred Lunt will be the archduke,
Lynn Fontanne the lady end Helen
Wesley, Frau Lucher. Minor Watson,
Henry Travers. Eduardo Cianneni,
and Edward Fielding also will be In
the cast
The production has been directed by
Worthington Minor, who last year di-
rected up Pops the Devil" and "Five
Star Final"
ment, Reunion in Vienna" is to be
presented in New York as part OF the
Theater Guilds New York subscription
season.
BELASCO-"RhapsOdy in Black"
T EW LEsLIE'S Rhapsody in Black"
~ a symphony OF blue notes and
black rhythm" which won much praise
here last Spring, will return to the
Shubert-B elasco Theater for week,
commencing tomorrow evening, headed
by the inimitable Ethel Waters. who Is
called the Ruth Draper of the colored
race"
Lew Leslie has strengthened the show
by the addition of several new numbers,
as well as several new players the most
notable being the Berry brothers and
Dusty Fletcher, with Bessie Dudley, con-
coded to be the finest dance team In
the Ethiopian theater.
Ethel Waters of course, heads the list
of hIminaries Her songs are not merely
popular melodies. but character studies
as we'll. One of the priceless come
diennes Of her race, she also supplies
much of the humor. Others include
Valaida, a newcomer; Cecil Mack's IA
nous choir the Berry brothers, Dusty
Fletcher, Bessie Dudley, Blue INGALLS,
ter, Geneva Washington, Avis Andrews,
Eloise Uggams and Pike Davis CONT
mental Orchestra.
GAYETY-"Step Lively Girls"
DLAYGOERS of another generation
L recall the late Sam Bernard, per-
haps the greatest and most polished
Dutch dialect comedian the American
stage has known. Present-day theater
cevotees, however, have a younger come
dian. who is said to essay shattered
German dialect with almost the adroit
skill of the lamented Sam Bernard, and
who makes up, uses the same geSticula-
tions and dresses much after the fashion
of the celebrated legitimate stage star.
He is Harry Bentley whose Step Lively
Girls" is the Columbia burlesque offer
ing this week at the Gayety Theater,
starting with the usual matinee today.
HOLMES Switzerland" Today.
A COMPREHENSIVE picture survey
"A of Switzerland, showing her ia
nous peaks, valleys, rivers, waterfalls,
lakes, picturesque towns, chalets, yodel-
ers and other points of interest, includA
ing the spot where William Tell shot the
apple, is the next offering in Burton
Holmes current series of phantom jour-
neys, to be presented at the National
Theater this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
In addition to intimate glimpses OF
world-popular resorts and cities Of in
ternational importance, Mr.. Holmes
hopes to convey through the medium OF
his pictures and informative comments
something of the stark grandeur OF the
High Alps, the Bernese Oberland, the
Ax1I H1aA erIn inrc
Lake Geneva, largest of the Swiss lakes.
at whose western end lies the city OF the
League Of Nations Basel, with its ter
races looking to the Rhine; Zurich, in
dustrially first among Swiss cities; Luz
cerne and her old bridges, the famous
Lake Of the Four Forest Cantons; Bern.
capital of the Swiss Confederation, and
Interlaken, lying in the shadow of the
mighty Jungfrau.
For his third topic, Sunday after
noon, November Is, the lecturer trav-
eler has selected 1.-The Capitals and
Countries of Northern Europe"
JANET ACCOMPLISHMENTS
MISS JANET RICHARDS tomorrow
Ava at her second talk in this seasons
course on Public Questions: Home
and Foreign" will bring up to date the
vital political developments in the
WOTlQ WOTk IOr Cne past week, lnCIuo-
ing the present status Of the contro-
versy between the President and the
Navy League; also the latest from the
Japanese-Chinese front in Manchuria,
and the results of the congressional
elections to fill vacancies in the Lower
House. The historic significance and
beauty of the Yorktown celebration
will also be mentioned.
The talk will begin at IL o'clock in
the Willard room of the Willard Hotel.
VETERANS BENEFIT WEDNESDAY.
OTHE FoLIEs BERGERES" is one
Of the many amusing features
planned for the Armistice day costume
bali and jubilee at the Washington
Auditorium, November Il, with stars
from the stage and the screen in the
cast.
Associated with Thomas Brahany,
chairman in charge will be Leon Brush
lon, as master of music. Others in the
cast Of the sketch to be produced "a la
Gridiron Club" by the newly formed
Flatiron Club" will be notables in
GLIDING Fred East, William Raymond,
George O'Connor and Mat Horne. The
sketch is called "A Revision Of the Peace
Conference"
Il addition there will be the Chesa-
peake a. Potomac Glee Club in uni
form as doughboys. with bevy OF
beautiful girls displaying fashion i'm