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The Washington times., 1931-03-28
Morocco Talk By
Burton Holmes

Morocco, unchanged by the
passing of thousand years; Al
geria, marvels of Partisan luxur-
les in the midst of age-old splen-
dors; Tunisia, with its mosques
and mysteries, and then "O'er
mountain dunes Of golden sand"
to Biskra, that unSpoiled oasis
of mud-huts, date palms, Bedou-
inS and Ouled Nail girls, such is
the spacious itinerary over which
Burton Holmes is to lead his host
of auditor-spectators in the third
of his current season Of pictured
stories of travel at the National
Theater next Thursday afternoon
at 4::30.
The lecture-recital is lavishly
illustrated with the newest film
ings in color and a series Of as
toundingly vivid motion pictures.
On the following Thursday aft
ernoon, Mr.. Holmes will present
The Grand Tour of Europe" a
pictured story of a delightful
vagabondage through the capitals
and countries of Europe which
hold the most in touristic in
tereSt.
The Washington times., 1931-03-28
STOCK ROSTER
FOR SEASON
COMPLETE

Miss Roberta Beatty and Burke
Clarke are the two latest ad-
ditions to the roster of the Ma
tional Theater Players. These
two players we're signed by S. E.
Cochran, manager, this week, thus
completing the personnel of the
seventh summer company to
grace the boards of the National
Theater.
Miss Beatty has had an ex-
tensive career in the theater.
She played in the original New
York production of Aren't We
Alp" with Cyril Maude. She was
the original Princess" in "The
Student Prince" and was seen
in Washington with the drama
tization of Pepys' life, And So
To Bed" Later she played Mrs.
James Larrabee in the William
Gillette revival of Sherlock
Holmes" This was her last ap-
pearance in Washington. She
later appeared with Alice Brady
in Zero Hour" and with Laura
Hope Crews in Possession"
Born Outside d. C.
Burke Clarke is practically a
native-born Washingtonian, and
when he comes to take his place
with the National Theater Play
ers, it will be almost in the
nature of a homecoming. His
last appearance here was with
Ethel Barrymore in Scarlet
Sister Mary" Mr.. Clarke was
born and reared at Silver Spring
on the property now occupied by
the Indian Spring Golf Club.
After graduation from Swarth-
more, he organized and played
leading parts in many amateur
dramatic groups in and around
Washington. Then he took up
stage work in a professional way,
playing important parts in the
supporting companies of many
famous stars.
The Washington times., 1931-03-28
WESTERNTALE
ON SCREEN
AT FOX
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Emerson Hough's novel of the
rugged West, North Of SO" fur
nished the fiction structure for
"The laundering Horde" Para
The Washington times., 1931-03-28
Dennis King to Be
Star on Air SUNd1u

Dennis King, who has starred in
leading musical productions of
the past few years, will be the
guest artist of the Swift Garden
Party program to be broadcast
over an NB.C. network Sunday,
from $3.50 to4:00 p. m.
King starred in THE Three
Misketeers," "Vagabond King"
and Rose Marie" He also played
the screen version Of "Vagabond
King" King is a baritone, and is
a product Of the English legiti-
mate stage.
The Washington times., 1931-03-28

Hunting for apartments can be made
a very simple task by turning to the
Rental Ads in tOday's Classified Col
umnS.
The Washington times., 1931-03-28
500 P. M.

500 P. M.
wRC-The Lady Next Door.
wMAL-Farm Science Snapshots
WOL-Iva L. Guy, Soprano; Mar
garet p m Tremerne
wJsV-science and History.
WBAL-The Calvertons.
5:1O-WMAL~Leon Belasco Orchestra.
5:l5-wJsv-Along Route Fifty.
woG-one Time Opportunities
5:45-WMAL-News Flashes.
5:5O-WRC-Keeping Up With The
5:55-woL-Publc Service Men.
800 P. M.
wRC-High Rodes of Adventure.
WMAL-Correct time.
wOL-walter T. Holt. Mandolin
and Guitar Program.
wJSV-Alexandria Gazette.
WMAL~Vocalists.
8 O2-WMAL-Civic Talks by Wash
ington Chamber of Commerce.
6:15-wRC-Orchestra.
WMAL-Sunday School Lessons.
WJSV-Classified Hour
wBAL-Saltzman's Orchestra.
6:3O-WMAL-P aul Tremaine Or
chestra.
WOL-Aerial Columinist
6:45-WRC-Uncle Abe and David.
WMAL-Frank W. Wright, bari
tone.
wOL-Jerry Harp's Orchestra.
WBAL-Literary Digest.
TOO P. M.
wRC-Amos m Andy.
WMAL-Morton Downey
WJSV-Jay Hawks.
WBAL~Same as WRC.
7:15-WRC-Jesters.
WMAL-Armand Vecsey OrChes-
ira.
wOL-Musical Intarlude.
WBAL-Same as WRC.
7:20-WOL-News Flashes.
7:2S-WJSV-Time Signals.
1:3O-WRC-Ted Lewis and His Clowns.
WMAL-Chevrolet Chronicles.
WOL-Ralstons Orchestra.
WJSV-Meyer Goldmans Orches-
ira.
WBAL-Ensemble.
800 P. M.
wRC-weber and Fields.
wMAL-Arthur Pryors Band
WJSV-Time Signal.
WBAL-Circus Program.
The Washington times., 1931-03-28
BOB HAMILTON

BOB HAMILTON contrlVe TO
guide the cattle caravan across
the barren desert, foil some
scheming land grabbers, pacify
Comanche Indians on the war
path, aid the United States cav
airy, land the beef on the hoof in
Abalene, and win Fay Wray in the
final fade-out, provides the story.
Beautiful Scenery
"The Conquering Horde" has
some scenic landscapes Of genuine
magnificence, a quota Of thrills,
and the interest which thousands
upon thousands Of livestock on
the prairie and crossing rivers
provides, plus a fight Or two.
That it fails of greatness is due
to the fact that the dialogue is
pretty weak stuff and Director
Edward Sloman displays little
genius in building suspense.
Richard Arlen acts the heroic
role without distinction and Fay
Wray is just good to look at.
OIduuG NlAl111S WdOCA' AoA NA"C
Laren and James Durkin have
the other important roles.
Irwin Bosses Show
On the stage is entertainment
a trifle out of the ordinary.
Charles Irwin on runway that
extends into the orchestra is a
glib master of ceremonies. He
introduces the Carla Do1ney
aesthetic dancers in ballot and
acrobatic routines with Way
Back When" number gay in n ood
of the COS. The Six American
Beffords are excellent acrobats
and the Three Bennett Brothers,
good eccentric dancers. Madeline
DuVal is the soloist. Arthur
Turelly performs on the harmon
lea.
Leon Brusiloff's band is heard
In a spirit of spring overture with
a well-rendered vocal interpola-
tion by Wilfred Smith. Bob Ham
Ilton makes his session at the
console both instructive and
melodious and the Fox Movietone
with shots of President Hoover
completes the program.
The Washington times., 1931-03-28
'ParlOr Pet Is NeJU
HOlLylUOOd Slang

Do you know the latest in
Hollywood slang?
It's "parlor pet" and it refers
to a "kept" husband.
The Radio Pictures offering
at Warner Bros. Earle Theater,
"Kept Husbands" probably
started the use of the phrase.
A "parlor pet" is a married
"lounge lizard" hired and legal
ly sanctioned "sheik," a gigolo
purchased instead of rented! The
term first swept Hollywood, and
it is gradually spreading through
out the country. Dorothy
Mackaill is the wife in the pic
ture, Joel McCrea, the kept"
husband.
The Washington times., 1931-03-28
Don't Miss These

$50 p. m.-Keeping Up
With The Times. News
flashes by Paul KeOugh.
WRC.
6 p. m.-High Road Of Ad.
venture. WRC.
1880 p. m.-Ted Lewis and
his Musical Clowns. WRC.
9 p. m.-General Electric
Hour. WRC.
10 p. m.-Hank Simmons
Show Boat. WMAL.
The Washington times., 1931-03-28
Today's Radio Programs

8:OS-wJsv-Front Line of Politics.
8:15-WRC-Radiotr Varieties.
WMAL-Ben Alley, tenor; Ann
Leaf organist.
WRAL-Rin Tin Tin Thriller.
R:1T-WJSV-Gretta Ludwig.
8:3O-Harold Veo's Orchestra.
WMAL-Herbe Gordons Or
Chestra.
wJsv-Dr. William McDouger.
WBAL-The Fuller Man.
900 P. M.
wRC-Musical Hour.
WMAL-Atlantic City Entertains
WJSV-Rock Creek Boys
WBAL-Around the Melodeon.
0:3O-WMAL-Natio Radio Forum.
WJsv-Old Virginia Hoe-down.
WBAL-Muscal Doctors.
1000 P. M.
wRC-B. A. Rolfe Orchestra.
WMAL-Show Boat.
WBAL-The Masqueraders.
lO:3O-WJSN-Doug Orchestra.
WBAL-Clara Lue and EN-.
1O:45-WBAL-Memory Lane.
HOO P. M.
wRC-U S. Weather Forecast.
WMAL-Dance Orchestra.
WBAL-Slumber Music.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the Moon
11:15-WRC-Ping Pong Single Chap
pionship.
11:3O-WRC-Henry Busse Orchestra.
WMAL-Guy Lombardo Orches-
wBAL-sisters Of the Skillet.
II 11:45-WRC-Little Jack Little.
WBAL~Sumber Music
The Washington times., 1931-03-28
800 P. M.

WRC-weber and Fields.
wMAL-Arthur Pryor's Band
WJSV-Time Signal.
WBAL-Circus Program.
The Washington times., 1931-03-28
WAVE LENGTHS

WMAL-475.9 meters, $50 kiIO-
cycles.
WRC-315 meters, $50 kilOcycles.
WOL-229 meters, 1910 kilOcycles.
WJSV-2O5 meters, 1850 kilO-
cycles.
WBAL-(BaltimOre) 1860 kiIO-
cycles.
The Washington times., 1931-03-28

mount picture
which provides
the main screen
menu at the Fox
+ h e a er this
week.
It is the semi
historical tale of
primitive hard
ships and cour.
age which mark
ed the opening
of a cattle trail
from Texas to
Kansas in the
late COS. How
Richard Arlen
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04
WHAT THE PRESS A CENTS SAY

are in conjunction with the open ing of the new talkie sensation Platinum Blonde" starring Loret- ta Young, Robert Williams and Jean Harlow.
 Much enthusiasm has been aroused by the announcement of this blonde beauty contest and also the giving away of the Kay dia- mond ring so that the management looks for 8 capacity house this eve ming.
 Contestants have registered eag- erly and from present indications the judges are going to find 1t diff. ficult to select winner from the bevy of blonde pulchritude that steps onto the State stage before them tonight.
 Blondes, the kind gentlemen pre-. Ter. are by no means rare in Wa. terbury, We've tall blondes, shorj blondes, bobbed blondes and un. bobbed blondes and they are all out to Vie for honors and the judges favor tonight. The prize to be awarded the winner is a gorgeous one and some faminine heart Is go- ing to fiutter when she hears her name announced as the winner :. and sees the gift she is to receive.
 State patrons will be acting wisely in arriving at the theater early this evening so as to be sure of getting a seat. It looks like the old s. R. O. sign will be hung out early tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04

lead, all but runs away with the picture.
 What 0 choice sense of humor this boy has. Every movement and every bit of dialogue he utters contributes to what may easily be considered one of the seasons per- feet screen characterizations.
 The charming and beautiful Lo- retta Young and the glamorous Jean Harlow are the two young ladies who get Williams into and out of complications in story of how a delightfully."- independent persona genuine free souP--- gets caught in gilded cage and Is pretty nearly smothered.
 Jean Harlow is the society heir ess who marries the careless, care free. happy reporter because he is so different from any of the men pattern him after them. Loretta Young, the sob sister on Williams paper who has loved him all along has to stand by and content herself with being his sympathetic pal Eventually, however. the young man rebels and breaks out of his cage and, but theh that is the story.
 Loretta Young Is exquisite and adorable as the sob sister. Beauti' full. as always, she is also charm ing and capable actress. Jean Harlow, Louise Closer Hale. Don- aid Dillaway, Claude Allister. Ed. mund Breese and Walter Catlett all do their part to make Platinum Blonde" the happy success that 1t is.
 A marvellous surrounding pro- gram adds to the supreme enter tainment value of this show.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04
COMMISSIONS OF A COED" AND BEHIND OFFICE
 DOORS" AT NEW GARDEN

At last the screen has college story that is a college story. Con- fessions of a Co-Ed," which opens at the New Garden today projects dramatic situation and tells a highly entertaining story. It deals with phase of American life, heretofore too much cluttered up with football heroes and meaning less shouting. |,
 The screen story has followed faithfully the revelations of the anonymous so-ed who, in her dairy, told the day-to-day experiences or her college days. A brilliant cast of young people, headed by Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney and Nor man Foster, give believable per. fromances. And "Confessions Of Co-Ed" gives one true insight into the lives and loves, hopes ana ambitions of the most interesting people in America today, the young college students.
 Do business girls lead more of a love-life in offices than chorus girls behind theater wings and dressing room doors?
 The answer Is contained in Ra-- dio Pictures highly dramatic and entertaining talkie. Behind Or flee Doors," which is also on this hill
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04
His Lifelong Associste,
Copyright 'ssl NEA Service. Inc.

time was spent in receiving no- tables at his West Orange labora- tory, in answering parts of a pro- digious correspondence, and in re- plying to a considerable number Cf multitudinous queries that poured in on him from reporters, mag azine writers and a generally inter- ested public.
 It was at this period of his life that Edison began to make his jaunts with other great men. Fire stone, Edison, Ford became annual cronies, and On these trips Edison was widely heralded for his un- usual comments upon almost everything
 Edison, also, in these last days. became intensely interested in ed ucation. He still sniffed at college degrees, and began to think out more effective ways for improving the college product. This resulted in the famous Edison examination, given to youngsters all over the nation, the winner being allowed his tuition and living expenses in any college he cared to enter.
 The end of long and useful life came suddenly. Up to last summer Edison had not seemed failing. He had appeared at times not up to his usual self. But there was little intimation that the end was near Four diseases laid claim to his sturdy body that had pounded out so many sleepless hours of vigil al the altar of his beloved science.
 Last August the first break came The vitality of that marvellous phy- sique fought back and Edison actually resumed work in his lab- oratory. But 1t was the last and, indeed, the first defense. In his long life Edison had known the most unbroken and buoyant health. When the first determined assault of disease came, it found body practically scuttled of energy.
 The end came quickly but peace fully. For three weeks world followed every bulletin from the bedside. Then a deep and unpain- full coma-and death.
 Even in those days of stupor. Edison, the optimist, smiled. The doctor said he did not recognize anyone by those smiles. But then. you see, Edison had smiled all his life at every hard problem and even death was perhaps no more fearful to him than just another problem.
 THE ENn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04
THE END.

politics in an American city and a newspapers fight against the sin ister forces on the eve of an i'm portant election, and with the pa- per's efforts to get the news and to print 1t before 1t is too late. The adventures of cub reporter in running down a murderer are filled with excitement and dramat- ic suspense, and the picture reach- es its climax in situations of the most thrilling description.
 Regis Toomey and the Carol play the leading roles. and supply the love interest as well as forming the center of the major part of the pictures stirring events. Both are excellent in their roles, and their pleasing personalities are well known. Also especially good are Dorothy Revier as the discarded sweetheart of crooked politician. and Boris Karloff as .one of his henchmen. Others who do good wor kare Richard Tucker, Will lard Robertson, William Davidson. Carmelita Geraghty. Harold Good win and George Irving.
 The companion feature is Ivan Lebedeff's first starring venture. It is a tale of the foreign spy sys-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04

shells, he contributed more than 40 war devices. Here are 12:
 A listening device suspended over the sides of merchant vessels for detecting submarines.
 An oleum shell for binding sub marines.
 Adevice for detecting enemy air. planes.
 A system of telephonic commu- nication for ships.
 The night glass.
 A device for reducing the pitch of battleships.
 A fire extinguisher for coal bum kers.
 A mirror reflection system of signals.
 A way to turn ships about quickly when his listener had de. tected the approach of a torpedo or submarine.
 An underwater searchlight.
 A steamship decoy.
 A coast defense system of sub- marine buoys.
 "I made about 45 jnventions
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04
LAST DAY OF 1.-THE CISCO KID" AT FOX.POLI PALACE
 TEIIIRCn E nIII

1nOktSDAI b1IllI
 To-day is the last day "The Cisco Kid" with Warner Baxter and Ed mund Lowe at the Fox-Poli Palace. To-morrow will be all new program of two big features The leading feature vii be Paul Lukas in "The Beloved Bachelor"
 Paramount introduces a new talkie personality in "The Beloved Bachelor" Paul Lukas' newest pie ture, which comes to the Fox-Poli Palace tomorrow.
 Ihe face that has never before been seen on the cutting room floor is that of Vivienne Osborne. And of course, the voice is hers too.
 In "The Beloved Bachelor" she plays the part of Elinor Hunter, the actress who falls in love with Lukas, then forgets him, then comes back again.
 Her beauty and talent and her fine work in theatrical productions in New York brought her to the attention of Paramount executives and resulted in her contract as a featured player.
 Miss Osborne created the title role in "Aloma of the South Sea-" which she later played In London for Belasco. She scored in "The Three Musketeers" with Dennis King about three years ago-and in other plays with William Faver- sham, Ernest Truex and Sidney Blackmer.
 The co-feature James Dunn of Bad Girl'' fame with Linda Wat kins in "Sob Sister," James Dunn made his second screen bow to local Andfannaa nf fha EnY.pnlt Palace theater yesterday in the leading male role of the Fox drama, Sob Sister," and after list ening to their applause and com ments this reviewer feels safe in saying that Dunn has done it again repeated his Bad Grip triumph.
 Fox movietone news and novel; ties will complete the program. Saturday night will be amateur night. bigger and better than ever.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04
Little Theatre Has Precious Goods
Procured Four Trunks Be- longing to Old Actor,
 Russ Whytal

The Little Theatre of Waterbury was fortunate enough recently to be able to procure four trunks of theatrical costumes, trappings and valuable material that belonged to an old trouper who lived up in Bethlehem. This same old-timer, who was associated with Edwin Booth, Ellen Terry, Dion Bouci- cault, Richard Mansfield and others, died about g year ago, and left precious cargo of theatrical stuff in these four trunks.
 Many of the costumes and ap- purtenances are of another day, as Russ Whytal. the actor concerned, belonged to the old school of act- ing that boasted of such famous names as those mentioned above. The Little Theatre expects to make good use of some of the trunks contents in a series of scenes from Shakespearean and other old-time plays for the January works-shop production. This Is to comprise ten-minute sketches from famous
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04
NEWLYWEDS FURNISH
 LOVE INTEREST IN NEW
 BOYD FILM AT LYRIC.

Holly woods newlyweds, Bill Boyd and Dorothy Sebastian. car,y the romantic interest of "The Big Gamble" the new RKO pathe pie ture now showing at the Lyric theater.
 Boyd Is starring in this tense drama, and Miss Sebastian Is his leading woman. With them in the cast are Warner Oland. William Collier, Jr. Zasu Pitts. James Glea- son, June MacCloy. Geneva Nit chell and Fred Walton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04

and Tom Tzushey. Hailed in toHfi after a backyard argument. ik NAt found that. after Mrs Nichols had piled rocks against Hughey's fence and he had warned her not to. slte turned a water hose on him. Iul retaliation. Hughey threy water on her. Word led to word and the quarrel nearly led to blows before 1t ended in court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04

tenn and presents this romantic actor at his best. He Is capably supported by Genevieve Tobin and Betty Compson. The picture inter- est is centralized about the ,charac- ters of these two beautiful women both suspects. and concludes with the sensational exposure of one Of them as the spy. Splendid work Is done By the Misses Tobii. and Compson and by Lebedeff. who, in- cidentally, furnished the plot for the story out of his own war ex- periences.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04
"GRAFvTs' AND 1.-THE GAY DIPLOMAT, TWO ACE PIG
 TURES ON STRAND BILL

Warner Brothers Strand theater has done 1t again! Two more ace feature pictures that present en- tertainment value plus. The bill. which opened this afternoon Is headed by quite the most interest ing newspaper drama that has come to the local theaters this season. It is entitled Graft" and boasts a marvellous cast
 The story deals with crooked
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04
PLATINUM BLONDE" ACE
 HIT OF THE YEAR, OPENS AT WARMERS STATE TO-DAY

Brightly audacious, romantically dramatic and cleverly and gener- ously humorous Is Platinum Blonde" current talking screen smash hit, which opened a three day run at Warmers, State this aft ernoon. Robert Williams, smale
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04

during the war;" he once said "They were all perfectly good ones but they pigeonholed every one of them"
 Naval officers, he declared, re- sent any interference by civilians The system he described as a closed corporation"
 The war over, Edison had one inventive problem left. This was the problem of how to extract rub Der from goldenrod. On this he lavished his remaining strength. but he went to his grave still some- what baffled by it.
 These latter days saw no dim mutton of work on Edison's part. He merely changed one kind of work for another. He still lived in his beloved laboratory. But his now worldwide fame exacted new duties from him. Much of his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04

old plays, and 1t Is expected the costumes left by Russ Whytal will come in handy.
 Among the many fine things contained in Whytals collection are Shakespearean costumes with accompanying swords, daggers, hats, boots and gloves; velvet great-coats, knee-breeches, 1890 costumes, Mexican and oriental costumes; wigs, whiskers, and toupees also are represented; and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04
DIAMOND RING TO BE GIVEN
 AWAY AT STATE TONIGHT;
 BLONDE BEAUTY CONTEST

Tonight is the night. All roads lead to Warner Brothers State theater where the contest to de- eide waterbury's most beautiful blonde will be held and also the drawing to find out who wins the beautiful diamond ring donated by Kay Jewelry company of 15 East Main street.
 These two big added attractions
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04

much important reading matter in old pfo6rams and press clipplngs.
 The purpose of the January workshop sketches will be to il- lustrate costume wearing, and fin this matter Miss Schoent finds that the trunks of costumes will be ,as great asset.