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Late New York News

theater Is that only 116 new shows
have been announced for production
next season. Usually at this time of
year as many as $50 to $50 new shows
are announced, and of this number
about four-flfths actually are produced.
Based on the usual average, that makes
forecast Of only 100 new shows for
next season, instead Of the customary
$50.
Producers. nevertheless, do not seem
to be worried They all feel that the
depression has merely made them eau
tious and the first September nights
Of the new season will bring forth an
increasing number of new premieres
and everything will turn out normal.
Unless the forecast seems too gloomy
1t also should be pointed out that ali
the flrst line producers are not letting
up in their plans. The absent an
nouncements are largely from the off,
ces OF those 1y-by might managers who
make business of persuading angels"
10 invest money in their productions.
THE single opening of the week at
tracted overwhelming attacks from
the critics. 1t is "Ebb Tide" from the
pen Of Harry Chapman Ford. The
plot has to do with the citizens Of the
Eastern Shore of Maryland and is
none too f1attering to them
Noel Coward. it is said, will play
the leading role in his new drama
Post Mortem" when it comes to
Broadway in October Jane Cowl may
follow the example of Katherine Cor
nell and act as her own manager next
season. Miss Cornell has proved ex-
tremely successful as a producer. Her
The Barretts of Wimpole Street" is
the most profitable drama on Broad
way. Incidentally, her husband.
Guthrie McClintic, will produce the
new Noel Coward play.
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ny sRoY P. GATES,
co-ProGsicer Of "rhe viking. /"


FROM the Ssaga Of the Newfoundland
seal huns:rs, THE Viking" one may
gain some idSA Of the dangers and hard
ships with sshich It's producers were
confronted, ..lost of the thrilling ex-
periences that were encountered are
known to bNt few except those cou-
rageous men who daily risked their lives
In order thaF o true picture Of sealing
on the treaSherous Ice fields OF the
Labrador co&et might be brought to
the motion tkcturr screens.
When the news Of the tragic wreck
Of the VikiI.K first flashed across the
front pages VI the newspapers Of the
world. not smany people outside Of
motion pictuse circles were aware that.
c0mpanied " company Of players,
cameramen end sound technicians. had
been fllming!i this. the FIRST all-uutdoor,
all-talking picture. having for its locale
the dramatic settings Of the vast ice
fields where seal hunting annually
takes It's ineSorable toll of lives among
the thn'sanSt Of hardy Newfoundland
fishermen WHO cheerfully, even eagerly,
face almost unbelievable dangers.
each March, % feet Of sturdy vessels
sail from 50. Johns. Newfoundland.
and battle tSeir way through immense
fields Of shifsing pan ice" to an area
of the Labrador coast. where all seals
pause for a& time IN their migration
North to whes2 their young. all Of which,
strangely enough, are born either on
the first day Of March or within one
or two days II that date.
The vesselN search for the seal herds
and when they have been located the
men ventures on foot on the pan ice,
(small foes of free ice, the largest
rarely more ;than IS feet wide) and,
jumping precslriously from one cake of
ice to anotSer, journey miles away
from their ships 1t is said that not
one in o huadred Of these fishermen
can swim, (aifact which is also true Of
the baby seaS until they are six weeks
odd. and yeE they frequently step On
deceptive hot$ which sink under them,
when they nflst be rescued with ropes
fiung by theiv fellow adventurers.
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Gets Mighty Good Breaks.
CYLVIA SIDNEY. whose debut In p

SYLVIA SIDNEY, whose debut in pic
~ lures recently Is credited as 1.-The
result of good break gets another
boost up the ladder In her selection
by Samuel Goldwyn to replace Nancy
Carroll In Street Scene" Elmer Rice's
screen adaptation of his Pulitzer prize
play, which went into production last
week
Nancy Carroll, who had been chosen
for the leading role. 1t b explained,
will not be available upon that date,
being now at>work over in Astoria on
Personal Maid for Paramount"
Miss Sidney won her first prominent
part under her new Paramount con-
tract when she was substituted for
Clara Bow in City Streets" due to
Clara's Ill health. Another good break
landed her in the principal feminine
rcle in AN American Tragedy"
She was a Broadway stage actress
before going to Hollywood.
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DAINT the lily as you would like
1t to bel
Nobody. it seems, will take Charlie
Ruggles seriously
A few years back, before his leap
into prominence as q screen comic, 90
the story goes, Ruggles fell desperately
in love with girl. He proposed but
was turned down. Charlie, the girl
said. was being Just too funny for
words"
At another time. while playing in a
stock company somewhere out in the
provinces. Charlie persuaded the
manager TO cast him as Little Billee, "
serious role in "Trilby" He WAS
tired OF comedy. He wanted to do
something serious, something worth
while.
Charlie waS O bowling success. He
stopped the show His attempt at be-
Ing serious transformed the tragic
drama into ravishing comedy and had
customers rolling in the aisles.
Charlie Is now just completing "The
Girl Habit" farce comedy, ct the
Paramount New York studios. These
yarns from the studio seem almost like
irlsinuations that the "box-office" may
be doubling his ability to be comical.
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N YEW YORK, June Is RD.-A1ter
tryint her talents with black
face IN a native drama, Scar
4 let Saster Mary" Ethel Barry
more Is returning to the
classics. Lase this Summer she will
appear in thu leading roles OF revivals
Of "The School for Scandal" and
"Hedda GabEsr"
Miss Barrymore will try out the
Sheridan ansi Ibsen dramas first in
San FrancisCD and other Pacific Coes
cities. II t:1ey prove successful she
will take them on an extensive road
tour similar Ito the one she has just
completed. broadway will not have q
view OF Miss Barrymore in the plays
until she hai toured the remainder OF
The last tisne these dramas appeared
In New York, Mrs Fiske acted in THE
School for Scandal and Blanche
Yurka was aIedda Gabler.
1t is reported that these two classics
really will be the first two items for
the repertoxy company. which Miss
Barrymore, $1 an interview last Fall,
expressed hok,es of establishing IN her
New York tSeater.
ONLY 20 shows, six Of them musical,
~ are now current on Broadway. And
only a half dozen of these can be
classed as really hits. The Summer
season looks very lean, with producers
abandoning their customary plans Of
producing b. number Of inexpensive
shows for perely warm weather con-
sumption.
Only three outstanding premieres
are booked tpr this Summer, they are
the musicSl standbys; Ziegneld
"Follies," George White Scandals
and Earl Ca!roll "Vanities."s
Another oppressive forecast for the
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Long Term for Jackie.

GEVEN-YEAR-OLD Jackie Cooper
~ who had been playing in Hal Roach
Our Gang" comedies before he scored
such a hit in "Skippy." has signed a
lcng-term contract with Metro-G Gold
wynMayer.
The first thing Jackie did after
placing his signature to the new con-
tract was to make a personal survey
of the M.-G.-M. studio and start ne
gotiations with Wallace Beery and
Buster Keaton for Fall foot bali team
Jackie'S initial assignment on the Gull
yer City lot has not been announced.
Evening star., 1931-06-14

washington, There Is speclal poor
for kiddies, in addition to the main
swimming pool. with life guards, wa
ter as pure as drinking water rest
rooms for ladies, and every known con-
venience. .,,4
Also there are the "Old Mill" built
at a cost of $3O,O00 with novel scenery.
inside and out. and an entirely new
ride. the new "Dodgem" ride, the nnest
of shooting galleries and many other at
tractive features in the Midway house
bigger and better thrills have been
added to the Coaster Dip, the Deroy
Racer, the Ferris Wheel and the Aero
plans Swings.
Old time Southern hospitality Is ex-
tended picnic parties. Glen Echo mas
everything" for them.
In the ball room McWilllAmS, WIN
his enlarged orchestra, plays every
night except Sunday, from $50 until
1880 pm.
The car ride along the Potomac alone
is worth the trip to Glen Echo, wnere
the parking problem does not exist for
motorists. Free and paid space is avail
able.
Admission to the park always is free
SEASIDE PARK.
MO more delightful spot for an out
~ ing may be found than Seaside
Park, situated on high ground over
looking the waters Of Chesapeake Bay
Evening star., 1931-06-14

ways promptly back in his seat for the
beginning Of the second half Of the
play.
Each performance starts promptly at
$50 O'Clock In the afternoon. When
five acts have been played, at TAO,
there Is q dinner intermission until y
pm, when the remaining four acts are
played. the final curtain descending at
ii o'clock.
The story of Nina Leeds and her hus-
band. her lover and her friend is told
on two planes, so to speak. First there
Is the ordinary dialogue Of each char
acter, then there are the voiced mental
Evening star., 1931-06-14
NJ. G. NJ. Buys Old Timers.

METRO-GOLDW has ac-
Avn quired talking picture rights to two
well-known dramatic properties. Turn
to the Right" and Three Wise Fools" 4"
Turn to the Right" was written by
Winchell Smith and j. Z. Hazard, ran
for three seasons in New York City and
later proved an extremely popular play
with repertory and stock companies.
Three Wise Fools" Austin Strong's
play. was produced in New York by
John Golden, and after a season on
Broadway played throughout the coun-
try. with many subsequent revivals.
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In Capital Theaters

reactions and soliloquies. This repre-
sents q distinct theatrical novelty, In
troduced and said to have been success
fully handled by O'Neill.
The National Theater Players. In pre-
senting Strange Interlude," have step
ped out Of the path of everyday dra-
mates and entered into the fleld OF
highest drama.
When the play was produced by the
Theater Guild twice In Washington.
prices three times those now charged at
the National were exacted. The best
seats here are selling for 81 SO.
Clifford Brooks. director of the Play
ers, says he looks for the best per-
formance ever given by This superb
company. which has been called the
best resident stock company ever as
sembled In Washington. Interest in
this production has been very great,
and Manager Cochran looks for an un-
precedented seat sale. No matinee per-
formances will be given. An extra per-
formance. however. has been tackled
onto the end Of the week and is sched-
uled for Sunday. June 81.
GAYETY-"Rumba Girls"
noances q great shcw with Gypsy
Rose Lee and her "Rumba Girls" d.
rect from the Republic Theater. New
York. The offering bears the stamp of
originality and is described as a unique
conception of the essential elements
required In the unfolding of many spe-
cial acts. for which the scenes have
been designed along extravagant lines.
This burlesque production is credited
with fine achievements of fun, singing
and dancing. all modern in the ex-
treme. The entire cast Is said to be
of stellar character and the chorus
notable for beauty and talent.
Amateur night Is celebrated Friday
evening at the Gayety.
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this epic OF a wom-
ans struggle for
happiness. Many
have called her
selfish because Of
her complete en-
veloplnent of the
lives Of her three
men, as she styles
them. Others de-
clare she is o faith
full e expon e n t OF
women's deepest
instincts. But how
ever much disa-
greement t h er e
may have been
among playgoers,
the comment has
been passed that
ayarvi,ndy Ia al.
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Found and Renamed.
NEW Hollywood personality

A NEW Hollywood personality was
christened last week when judith
Wood was added to the contract list at
the Paramount studios.
Formerly known as Helen johnson,
Judith Wood" became her "ofdcial
film name" when executives Of the
corporation urged her to select "a
more appropriate one" after they had
witnessed her performance in "The
Vice Squad" and announced that in
her "a potential star" has been found.
"Judith's" next will be an important
role in Women Love Once" with Paul
Lukas and Eleanor Boardman.
Evening star., 1931-06-14
Peggy Shannon Now Filming

F1EGGY SHANNON, tltlan haired
beauty from the Broadway legiti-
mate theater, Is now with Paramount
and has been cast for "Silence" as
her next picture. She obtained her
first big opportunity on the screen in
THE Secret Call" after the collapse
Of Clara Bow. who was originally
scheduled for the picture.
Silence" which Is an adaptation of
the Max MARGIN play, will be directed
by MARGIN, in association with Louis
Cashier. The leading male roles will
be played by Give Brook, John Wray
and Charles Starrett
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KID" to Direct Gloria.

NTERVYN LEROY, the kid director,
A'A responsible for Little Caesar"
has been signed by Samuel Goldwyn
to guide Gloria Swanson in Tonight
or Never" the adaptation of the David
BelaSco play now running on Broad
way.
Gently on the lie de France, but will
return to Hollywood in time to begin
work on this picture In August.
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Mum to Be "Scarface. :

pAUL NUM- has been selected by
Howard Hughes for the leading
role In "Scarface," the underworld
thriller by Armitage Trail.
Paul NUM-, who changed his name
from Muni Neisenfreund when he left
the stage for pictures, has appeared in
two films for Fox-"Seven Faces" and
The Valiant"
Evening star., 1931-06-14
Coming Attractions
HOLLYWOOD HONEYs."

NEXT weeks show at the Gayety
Theater bears the title Of Holly
wood Honeys." and the management
states II the cinema capital boasts any
performers that can equal th@r looks
1t must be some place" for ehe femi-
nine leads and the chorus In Holly
wood Honeys," with ell their stunning
looks. do not rest their laurels on pull
chritude alone, but give q performance
wherein talent of the highest order is
displayed in snappy dancing and sing
ing, fresh jokes and elaborate scenes.
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Debut of a Star Overnight. ,

CANAN BARNES, schoolgirl author,
- who became q Paramount star
overnight" will make her film debut In
The Road to Reno" In which she will
be co-featured with Charles Rogers.
Richard wallace will direct the story
to Reno for the severance Of their
marital ties, ana who hfzds love IN
the divorce colony. 1t is ak original"
by Virginia Kellogg, former script girl.
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NATIONAL PLAYERs--"StranEe
Interlude."

" UGENE ONEILL'S famous nine
L act drama, Strange Interlude." :"
with which he won the Pulitzer
IL price in 1928, will be presented
at the National Theater this
week, beginning tomorrow at $50
o'clock.
There are many who disagree vigor-
Ously with some OF the high lights in
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Flashes From the Screen
News and Comment of the Photoplay.
Bv c. E. Nelson.
Bv c.. E. Nelson.

onlv a minimum of talk. After
all, speech is but a bare means
of pictorial drama, and it can
too easily be made point OF
oUersGturdtton."
4% -
ON account of recent 1lare-ups
among the players, many Of
the new movie contracts have
behavior clauses" some of them
being quite rigid. Contracts drawn
to At individual cases are usually
kept guarded. but some of the con-
tract stipulations have leaked out.
One of the screens well known
players has q contract which re-
quireS that she conduct herself
always with due regard to public
conventions: that she not be
guilty of an act which would
bring either ridicule or degrada-
ton on herself or studio; to play
in any story selected for her, make
no fuss about her costumes, not
talk back" to the director. to
work as hard and be as agree
able when lent to another studio
as on her own home lot, to make
personal appearances when re-
Quested, have as many still photo
graphs taken as the publicity de-
partment demands, give interviews
when the studio says so, be on the
set promptly at each morning,
remain sS long as the director re-
QuireS. go on location when sent,
and take her 10 weeks vacation
without pay when the exigen-
cies of picture making admit. If
she is injured at work, or the
studio burns down, she IS the SUI
ferer and the contract Is broken.
She Is bound for five years, but
she can be discharged with one
months notice.
AS regards peculiar contracts,
there was clause In Mollie
O'Day's signed paper which speci-
fled her weight limit. Jack Gil
bert'S million dollar contract was
so worded that he was permitted
a two-month rest. Ramon NOvar-
ro Is given three months for musi-
cal study. Marlene Dietrich is al
lowed three months to visit in
Germany each year. Mary AStor's
contract gives her a two-week
vacation between pictures, and
George Arliss' contract Is unique
In that it allows him to leave the
set before being officially dismissed
by the director. John Barrymore
can arrive on the set each morn
ing at 1890. according to his con-
tract. Adolph Menjou, by his
signed paper, Is required to act in
any one Of five languages. Joan
Crawford receives an extra check
II one Of her pictures goes over
well with the Cash-paying public.
The tUriting end of the moUfe
game is turning out to be one
OF the most profitable angles of
the industry. For instance, some
OF Holly,oood's imported scrtb-
blerS are receiping enormous
salaries, many of the authors
merely adapting their stories to
screen ideas. Hans KrGly tUrOte
sir film scripts last year at
$25, 900 each. Frances Marion
earns $4,000 i0eek, NTH
q contract 1Uhich eTtendS
throughout the year. other
1OriterS tUh0 double the PreSi-
dents salary are John Monk
Saunders, Barney Gldser, Jules
Furthman and George Marion,
T. Many of the best seller
nOUelS are purchased outright
by the film companies, the du-
thOrS being gfUen a nat sum
for all motion picture rights.
Evening star., 1931-06-14
Estelle In Street Scene. "

ESTELLE TAYLOR has been assigned
- the coveted role of Mrs Maurrant
in the perturbation Of Street Scene, -
Elmer Rice's Pulitzer prize play, which
is being screened under the direction
Of King Vidor. 1t Is the character
whose indiscretion precipitates the
tragedy Of the play.
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Tallulah Bankhead's Next.

TALLULAH BANKHEAD'S next pic
ture, MY Sin," is scheduled to
go into production at the New York
studio tomorrow, Paramount announces.
Fredric March under the direction Of
George Abbott.
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- -
DANCING.

PEYTON, PENN sTUDIO-BALL ROOM
DANCING-Private lessons By appointment
l74B r 81. NV, LIST door. Met. 3050
L'E0ARE STUDIO.
Private lessons in SalI.reoa 1aaeine, Q. .lsg.
sons IS. Glass .Tuesu Inst. \ praetiees 81 !.
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charm for women to garner q living.
and An American Tragedy In which
the hero Is q weaklinE,"
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Short Flashes.

| CdoI arc JdilcS Odkucy, JOdLl
Blondell, Guy Kibbee and Louis
Calhern.
Turn to the Right" one of the
popular old stage plays, has been
purchased by Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer.
Bobby Jones has finished his
motion picture work and declares
that he Is through with the
studios.
1t Is said that Dorothy Mackaill
is to marry Horace Hough, an
actor.
Mary Brian and Noah Beery are
late additions to the cast of Uni
versars Homicide Squad"
Jean Del Val has role in the
new Ruth Chatterton picture,
THE Magnificent Lie"
The man who does all the ma
chine cunning in the gangster
pictures has been discovered. He
Is George DAILY, for many years a
member of Uncle Sans Marines.
Every actor who works in a gang
Ster picture makes himself close
friend Of Daily before the shooting
starts. Sort of a Safety-flrSt ar
rangement.
Paramount is reported as dick
ering for the voice of Morton
Downey, radio crooner and night
club entertainer. However, Dow
ney'S musical movie of two years
ago. Mothers Boy" failed to click
at the box office.
Tom Mix may leave the life of
a circus and return to his first
love, the movies. It Is said that
Universal Is angling for his serv-
ices, planning a series Of West
ernS. Mix may receive a per-
centage of the profits.
Trader Horn" has just COM
pleted long run on Broadway.
Jean Harlow, the platinum
blond of the movies, denies a re-
port that she is to play in either
the ziegfeld "Follies" or Earl Car
rolls "Vanities."
Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin
and Gloria Swanson are all that
remain of the old star producer
school who are now Star-heads of
their own companies.
Gloria Swanson left June 5 for
a vacation in Europe. In about q
month she will start work in a
picture called Tonight or Never"
produced by United Artists.
Russia is reported to be produc-
ing pictures on a large scale, with
500, ,OO0, 900 already appropriated
by the government to carry on
the work for the next 18 months.
Three gigantic studios are under
construction, and efforts have been
made to sign some Of our Holly
wood players.
Due to frankneSS in dialogue.
censorship cuts during the past
month are reported to have in
creased Is per cent.
Radio Pictures announces that
it has 35 stars on contract. This
is one Of the largest star lists In
the movies.
Evening star., 1931-06-14
GLEN ECHO PARK.

NJ ORE than SO amusements on
M land and water sports In the
N new Crystal Swimming Pool
make Glen Echo Park de-
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BY MARK BARRON

YEW YORK, June IS R1.-After
tryin,. her talents with black
VI face IN a native drama, Scar
let saster Mary" Ethel Barry
Nogales international., 1931-09-02
Tenth Annual
Egg Contest

The tenth annual egg laying con-
test held under the sponsorship Of
the University of Arizona will sur
pass any previous competition in
the number of out of state poul-
trymen entered in the opinion of H.
B. Kinds, associate professor of
poultry husbandry.
Because of the exceptional out of
state interest, Arizona breeders are
being urged to get their entries in
before September /, as state poul-
trymen will be given preference in
the contest up until that date. The
competition will begin October l
and close September %, 1882.
Twenty pens are available for the
new year and it is believed that
these will be taken long before the
close of September. The Arizona
egg contest has been high in COM
pars with the competitions spon-
sored by other experimental sta
tons. The state has always finish
ed in the upper six, it is pointed
out and placed second in 1926-27.
This years record points to a con-
tinuance of the high standing rec
ord.
Nogales international., 1931-09-02
Rotary Picnic -

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and Mrs. Charles Smith and child
rem, c. G. Crenshaw, Henry Prec.a-
do, Mr.. and Mrs. L. I. Bennen, DR..
and Mrs. A. L. Gustetter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Chatham and children,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. K. Cumming, Mr.
and Mrs. A. j. Mitchell and child
rem, Mrs. G. R. Michaels and daugh-
ter, Miss Tota Pima, James Man
son, Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. .Odle, Mr.
and Mrs. w. Macgregor, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Phillips, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. j. Harris, Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Pat
terson, Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Frazier
and daughter, Mrs. Minerva Howell,
Robert Howell, w. E. Jackson, Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Hennigen, E. A. Wes-
sell, Allen Stewart, j. B. Bristol,
Charles Jones and members of the
baseball club and their families.
Nogales international., 1931-09-02
Paper Treated
With Copper To
Preserve Fruit

Every day new uses for copper
are being discovered, according to
officials of the Arizona Industrial
Congress, who are extending their
efforts to promote the use of this
metal as an aid to the states min
ing industry. The latest use re-
ported to the industrial congress is
that of copper.zed paper wrappers
for pears boxed for shipment in
Washington and Oregon. Use of
paper treated with copper, the
United States department of agri-
culture experts have determined,
will prevent the spread of grey
mold" in storage. The department
has applied for public-service
patent on the new process
Approximately 10000 boxes of
pears were packed with the fruit
wrapped in this paper last year, it
IS learned. The experiment proved
so successful that many times that
number of boxes will be handled in
the same manner this year. In
dustrial congress officials are in
terected in hearing of every new
and unusual use of copper that has
been developed in order to pass the
information on to other potential
consumers of the red metal.
Nogales international., 1931-09-02
Albert L. Miller
Notary Public.

Albert L. Miller, Notary Public,
Appointed Aug. 81, 1929, Term
Years, Delaware.