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The Washington times., 1931-12-28
When The Feature Is
Shown On Screen

R-K-O-KEITH'S-Wh Wheeler and
Woolsey in Peach O. Reno" At
11:15 a. M. 2:13. 1851, 7:44 and
1921 p. m. Stage show with
Harry Langdon at 1874, 1922,
$40 and 8:52 n. m.
FOX-Janet Gaynor in DE
licious." At 1923 a. M, 12:43,
1853, 5:13. 7:46 and 1901 p. m.
Stage shows at 1910, 2:25, 4:4O,
7:13 and 9:28 p. m.
PALACE-Buster Keaton in
'Sidewalks of New York" At
1880 a. M, 1855, 4:40, tbs and
9:55 p. m. Conrad Nagel in
person on the stage. At l, $40,
6:15 and 8 p. m.
EARLE-Winnie Lightner lin
Manhattan Parade" At 1875
a. M. 1855. 4:40, 77::30 and 10 p.
m. Stage shows with Joe F inner
at /, $50, $40 and 9:10 p. m.
METROPOLTTAN-Leon ranney
in "Penrod and SAM" At IL.
12:47, 2:34, 4:21, 500, 1855 and
9:44 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Joan Crawford in
Possessed" At IL. 1:5O, $50,
5:45, 7:45 and 9:40 p. m.
RIALTO-Lewis Stone and Sid
ney Fox in Strictly Dishonor.
able" At 1880 q. m, 1880, $3.50,
$3.50, 1880 and $50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28

Here Next
Monday

The Cosmopolitan Grand Opera
Company, Jacques SamoSSoud,
musical anC. artistic director,
comes to the National Theater
next week for eight pei >rmances
of grand opera in which the
worlds grea It oo ratic master
pieces will be presented by a su-
perb company of artists under the
direction of the man who brought
Deems Te RS Metropolitan
Opera success, "The Kings
Henchman," to Washington four
years ago.
There will be six evening per-
formances, starting Monday even
ing, January 4. with matinee on
Wednesday and Saturd- T.,
local engagement iss under the
personal supervision Of Mrs. Will
son-Greene.
Assorted Program
"Rigoletto" will be presented in
Italian on Monday evening, JAN
uary 4; I'll Trovatore" in Italian,
on Tuesday evening, January S;
Romeo and JUL - in french on
Wednesday afternoon. Jan. G.;
"Hansel cnd Gretep' in German
and "Pagliacci" in Italian, on
Wednesday evening. Janua 6;
Faust" in french on Thursday
evening, January z; Carmen" in
French OF. Friday evening, jan
uary 6; "Hansel and Grc 'ep' in
English and agliacci' in Ital-
ian on Saturday afternoon, jan
uary 9, and "Rigoletto" in italian
on Saturday evenin0 ia luary 8,
Splendid Singers
Such splendid artists as Dreda
AYES, soprano of the Metropolitan
Opera; Blanca Saroya. soprano of
the San Carlo and Philadelphia
Grand Opera companies; Dorothy
Dickerson, soprano of the Paris
Opera; Colette D'Arville, a new
colorful Carmen; Gladys
Mathew, soprano of the Dresden
Opera; Ralph Errolle. tenor. for
merly of the Metropolitan;
Dimitri Onofrei, Rumanian tenor
of the San Carlo and Philadelphia
Opera companies: Ivan Ivantzoff.
recently heard in the title role of
Alban Berg's ultra-modern opera,
"Wozzeck;;" Alexander Kurganoff,
tenor or the Paris Opera; Joseph
Roger, baritone of the San Carlo
and Covent Garden Opera COM
panies; Mario Vale. baritone. for
merly with the Chicago Civic
Opera Company, and many
others will be heard, the company
including a symphony orchestra
of 81 men and a chorus and ballet
of 40. The price scale will range
from 81 to So.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Ed Wynn Excellent

Christmas eve at Ed Wynn's
Laugh Parade" Imperial The
ater packed to the doors. Stand
ing room audience. The night be-
fore December Is and depression
don't mean a thing on Broadway
if you happen to have hit show.
Last time I was here Jack Dona-
hue was roaming the stage in
Sons O'GunS." Will there ever
be another Jack Donahue? Ed
Wynn never was funnier. He
makes even the sober faced movie
juvenile, Phillips Holmes, laugh
right out loud. Holmes attending
a gorgeous blonde. Imagine max
ing sophisticated Broadway roar
at the old time Punch and Judy
show. To see this happy half-wit
initiate the ancient juggler of
Tony Pastors day is to watch the
drollest fun ever offered by the
lisping Mr.. Wynn. The next big
geSt hand of the night goes to
Jack Powell with his comedy drum
ming. He has beautiful spot
and you'd never suspect that this
black-faced vaudevillan who is
such help to Wynn is the same
fellow who performed at our Earle
Theater couple of months ago.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
No Interviews

It was the manager Of the
Hotel Warwick (where the food
is the finest in the world, the
hospitality unsurpassedD who sug-
gested that I interview Lewis
Milestone. eminent director, and
E. c. Segar who draws Pop
Eye" for the Hearst newspapers
and many more. I told him that
on this trip I was just a play
boy and comforted his chagrin
by presenting a pair of seats for
"Of Thee Sing which John
Peter Toohey had made cut for
Monday night since Saturdays
premiere was a sell out five days
before the show opened. So
ended a Christmas trip that was
all wool, no rayon.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28

woman-like, has been entrusted
to the husband.
Success in Business
The husband defaults and Win.
ME is left with a bankrupt cos.
tune company on her hands; she
is fighter and by a little
strategy is able to pull the firm
back on it's feet and start all
over again this time with, pre-
sumably. the man who has been
manager of the shop.
The picture is not Winnie's
usual line. There are moments
when she wakes fearful and
moments when she is a bit too
capable, but it's all in fun and
there are many laugl S though
none of the racy lines or tricky
songs which generally embellish
a Lightner opera.
In support of Winnie are
Charles Butterworth, amusing as
the head of the research depart
ment and responsible for much
of the subtle humor, Smith and
Dale, who are given much too
much footage, Dickie Moore,
clever youngster, and Greta
Grandstedt who reminds one of
Anna @. Nilsson, the original inn
port from Sweden.
Joe Penner y Hit
The stage features Joe Penner,
laughable, likeable Joe of the
funny little hat and the funnier
little songs and stories; Wash
ington likes this boy and his
return engagements are actually
by public demand; there is also
the Roxy Ensemble, a treat for
the movie-goer, something a bit
different in presentation houses;
Joe and Pete Michon, tumblers
extraordinary; Taylor and Leon
and two assistants, in new
idea in adagio, and Maxine Doyle
minus the thank you.'
A Ripley Believe 1t or Not"
and Graham McNamee broad
casting the news events round
out a program befitting the gala
holiday SeaSon.-K. Y.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Garbo at Theater

Saturday matinee. All the neck
craning and lorgnetting of "The
Cat and the Fiddle" audience at
the Globe Theater is for a mys-
terious lady, unpretentiously
garbed and wearing smoked
glasses who slips quietly into a
rear orchestra seat. It's Garbo.
Jerome Kern has written a beau
tiful score and Bettinia Hall
sings divinely. I didn't fancy
Otto Harbach'S book which runs
to pun jokes, but "Cat and the
Fiddle" has a great cast and
Kern tunes make up for q lot of
things.
Philip Merrivale in "Cynara"
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Christmas Turkey

Dinner at the Empire room OF
the new Waldorf-Astoria. AS I'm
leaving in strolls Eddie Cantor
and the family, George Jessen
and his folks. In for holiday
turkey between shows at the Pal
ace. Splitting $4,000 a week sal
ary they ought to be able to order
a second helping. Lawrence Tlb-
bett rushes through the lobby
smiling with a big box of flowers
in his arms. James Dunn is an
other who moves fast. A year
ago a ham actor. Today Mr..
Dunn stops in the Waldorf AS
toria's floSsiest suite. God bless
the movies and Bad Girl" IS Mr..
Dunn'S prayer.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28

investigate what becomes OF
investigating committees.
9. That all seats for all foot
ball games will be only on the
50-yard line.
10. That no attorney will be
permitted to sue on a bill that
a customer has been able to
dodge successfully for six
months.
ii. That-and this Is a wish
I expressed last year-Herbert
Hoover will forget, political
angles long enough to state
that, in his opinion, prohibi-
ton as it stands today is a
failure - thereby forcing Con-
gress into action, taking a
great load from the nations
shoulders, helping the farmer
immensely, putting thousands
of ,men in line for positions,
assisting the Treasury enor'
mously, doing away with speak
easies and child-drunks, putting
patrolmen back on the streets,
ending bootleg power and do
ing more to curtall the current
depression than anything else
that might happen. Once more
I express the same wiSh-and
once more I realize only too
we'll that Mr.. Hoover hasn't the
backbone to do any such thing.
But it's still a sweet dream,
isn't it9
The Washington times., 1931-12-28

hit comes when he initiates
Chevalier. It's a good imitation.
White has nabbed great
dancer in Ray Bolger. He may
be the answer to the question
about the Donahue successor. For
he's a dry comic as well as a
corking stopper. The real vows
of the Scandals" are Willie
Howard, who works like a truck
horse for laughs and gets them;
and Everett Marshall, Metropoli-
tan tenor, singing That's Why
Darkies Were Born" What a
rabble raiser is this first act
finale, although Marshall makes
faces and sings from the corner
of his mouth. You excuse 1t be-
cause of that glorious voice.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
By HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1881 King Features
Yer r@Ca. lmG.

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 28.-Now
Rose Hobart will have to say her
goodbyes at Universal all over
again.
just as she was packing her
makeup box and getting ready
to conclude her yearsand-a-half
stay at the studio. Carl Laem1nle,
jr., asked her to stay for another
picture.
She consented and will play
the feminine lead in Ambition, "
a newspaper story. Her part will
be the wife of a managing editor.
And Pat O'Brien, of course, will
be her viS-a-viS.
Director Russell Mack will spend
several days this week absorbing
newspaper atmosphere at the Los
Angeles Evening Herald Express
Can't somebody stop him.
Since Wall Street muscled in,
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Makes You Sad

In Longacre Square tens OF
thousands of flashing lights shine
on merrymakers. Across the
street from the R-K-O Palace is
a long bread line. What g con-
trast.' More than 500 shivering
men waiting for the sandwiches,
coffee and pie from the New York
Americans relief wagon. The
sight moves one big hearted
woman and she goes into a near
by cigar store and comes out
with five cartons of cigarettes.
Passes them out to the waiting
line. Are they grateful? That's
the real Christmas spirit.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
a Chance

And now for some prophecies
for the coming year. I do not
guarantee them by any manner
of means, but it's even money
that they will actually come
to pass. So:
/. Forty.eight judges in 48
States will give interviews on
how to deal with marriage
problems from the bench. They
will tell the public just why
they have been successful in
Strengthening matters between
husbands and wives and give
their rules for marital success.
The 48 judges will all be
bachelors.
2. Henry Ford will state that
prosperity is just around the
corner.
3. Peggy Joyce will marry
again. Peggy Joyce will be di-
vorced again.
4. Henry Ford will state that
prosperity is still around the
corner, but that he doesn't
know exactly where the corner
is himself.
S. Florenz ziegfeld will an
nounce that. because of the cost
involved, he will never produce
another Follies. During the
summer. Mr.. ziegfeld will pro-
duce another Follies.
6. There will be seventy-one
new Broadway columns, each
of them containing exactly the
same material. The seventy
one new Broadway columnists
will then fight with each other
about who first wrote the line,
"Mayme Glutz and Joe Finger
nail are being seen together"
Readers will write in and com.
plain to the editors. AS a re-
suit, in 1888, there will be I'll
new Broadway columnists.
z. Henry Ford will state that
he looks for prosperity around
1896.
8. Mr.. Herbert Hoover will
make a campaign speech in
which he will ignore prohibition
as something of a minor matter.
It is to be hoped that the
voters will not ignore Mr..
Hoover on a similar basis.
More Investigations
9. Any number of commit.
tees will investigate football
conditions and hit the front
pages when they tell the world
that the football situation is
deplorable. They will point
out that colleges are buying
players and that these things
cannot go on. The various
committees will then go out
and root like the devil for
their favorite teams.
10. Henry Ford will state
that maybe he was wrong
about prosperity.
IL. It will be discovered that
vice is rampant in all of the
big cities. The voters will
grow indignant and elect a new
set Of officials. The follow.
ing year, it will be discovered
that vice is rampant in all the
larger cities.
X X
Thus does the game go ON
and on. The least I can do
at the end of this column is to
extend the greetings of the sea.
SON. Good luck to you, my
friends.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Helen Hayes Show

Christmas night. With Helen
Hayes in THE Good Fairy" An
other S. r. O.. audience at the
Henry Miller Theater. This time
Helen is a Molnar madcap in q
high class farce that gives you
plenty of Hayes and glib dialogue
but not a great deal of action.
Glancing about you can observe
that Miss Hayes draws a class
audience. A girl with oceans of
charm, a magnificent talent and
very little "it." Right now she
has her name in lights twice on
Broadway. For she divides the
Illuminated sign calling attention
to Ronald Colman in Arrow
smith,"
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
All In a Day
By
MARK HELLINCER

... NEW YORK, Dec %
THIS is the time of the year when every coumnlst in
every city in every State must say something about the
year just past If you do not comment the season and
offer resolutions of your in danger OF
being expelled from the coumnsts union And that doesn
appeal to at the moment.
Accordingly, might well fashion such column rlght
here and now The it's done and out Of the way,
the better we all feel The column then, will be In three
parts why year just past unusual what hope the
New Year will bring, and-as sort OF dessert-some pro-
phecies for the coming trust you will be able 10
Alo
The Washington times., 1931-12-28

Warwick. Scandals" also plays
to ;tanding room. After you see
it you understand why. I think
it is the best Scandals" he ever
produced. Ethel Barrymore Colt
works with ease and a polished
assurance in just one skit, feeding
Willie Howard jokes. She has a
rich contralto speaking voice that
makes you think Of her mother,
the divine Ethel. The lass is
coming along nicely. Rudy Vallee
gets a great hand singing This
Is the Missus," with a girl who
must have been selected by his
wife. One of the plaineSt of the
White collection. Rudy's biggest
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Joe Penner
Stars at
Earle

1t is a wellknown fact that
those who live by laughing yearn
for the chance to arouse deeper
emotions in some dramatic role.
Winnie Lightner is no exception
to the rule. Manhattan Parade"
shows us Winnie as a successful
business woman, mother of a
small boy, and as much in love
with her husband as she is with
the interesting business which
they Jointly own but which,
The Washington times., 1931-12-28

has a bigger hit than Death
Takes a Holiday" The movies
have already paid $4,000 for the
talkie rights. It's melodrama and
ought to make a fascinating
movie. From row AAA Of the
Morosco Theater 7 can almost
reach over and touch the actors
Saturday night. A few more like
this and the financial cares of
the Shuberts will be over.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28

found a brisk demand for their pasteboards on
Friday and Saturday. l found more evidence
of returning prosperity in 72 hours Of lobby
rambling amid the bright lights of the nation 5
Main Stem than is now observed in one of
Charlie Schwab's occasional optimistic bull
letins.
My diary of Christmas holiday on Broad
way must begin with being stuck in the middle
of Mr.. McAdoo's tunnel under the Hudson
Only half hours delay, but long enough to
make you think what might happen if leak
should spring in the roof Fine place to spend
Christmas Eve. Eddie Melcher passes through
the Pullman and treasures this Washington
oo,,nl:nn Mo I'll ho ,,nnx,;ran onnir,
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Winnie Lightner Is
Aided bY ButterWorth

Winnie Lightner. most rowdy-
ish of screen ROSTERS, and Charles
Butterworth, most abySmally sol
emn of all funnymen, is seen
at Warner Brothers Earle The
ater in Manhattan Parade" the
most dramatic and at the same
time the most amusing Of their
films.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Scandals Is Glorious

Christmas day. George White
is in !, e box office of his Apollo
Theater selling tickets when I
arrive. Gives me my choice of a
box or two on the aisle, sixth
row. Well, why not, I'm his
apartment neighbor at the Hotel
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Come What Nav

happen III CQG NSW 4GdE aEG.
/. That some millinery ex-
pert will return women's hats
to normalcy and not permit
them to sit on the top of the
head like a peanut.
2. That Greta Garbo will get
married.
3. That one or two prize fight
ers are developed who are actu.
ally willing to go in and prize
fight.
4. That garlic will be dis
tributed to BARRIERS only by Gov
eminent permit.
5. That somebody will come
along and stop the columnists
from turning out columns like
this.
6. That morons who chirp,
"It's great weather for ducks"
and "Is it hot enough for you"?
will be thrown into solitary
confinement for 20 years and
made to look at a picture called
"The Struggle Over and Over
Again"
7. That people who return to
Broadway from Miami and
Palm Beach in the dead of win
ter will not be able to show
themselves until they look
healthy.
8. That somebody will appoint
an investigating committee to
The Washington times., 1931-12-28

ups now are listed as bank clear
ings.
Here's Scotch PesSimiSt
Hollywood's nemesis, Jim Mitch
ell, tells about a fellow who tore
Christmas cards in two and
mailed out the halves to his
friends.
eff times don't get any worse
he wrote, "I'll send you the other
half next Christmas"
He'll Grow Up to Be Censor
Here is one Fredric March tells
or himself. When Paramount
previeWed "Dr. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde" a number of mothers in
the audience sent their children
outside to keep them from seeing
the grueSome transformations.
Soon the children grew restless. A
ringleader appeared and took his
stand by the door. Theater at
taches noticed him peering into
the theater and whispering to the
other children. Then they would
all crowd around.
Two ushers approached. They
heard him whisper: "All right, you
can look LOW. He's a gentleman"
Lloyd Youngsters Have Sane
Christmas
The three kids at the Harold
Lloyd home had less presents this
year than many children Of par
ents in moderate circumstances.
Harold, jr., who will be IL
months old on Christmas Day, re-
ceived some woody toys and a few
other gifts.
Mildred Gloria and Peggy re-
ceived duplicate gifts. These in
cluded rubber dolls, garden sets,
porch swings, miniature violins
and a wardrobe for their dolls
clothes.
The children's old toys were
sent out to poor youngsters.
Did You Know
That Charles Farrell won the
light-heavyweight boxing cham
pionship at Boston University?
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Boom Business Enjoyed
By ootIisht Shows
On Main Highway
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

For the passionate pilgrim who sought Broadway drama
Yuede period there all about cheerful signs of
turning prosperity.
The hit shows played of turnaway business Even
sisters ordinarily nourshed by the agencies
The Washington times., 1931-12-28

17" ~ 7 the Pullman and Teassures TINS ashlngtOn
customer it's only broken coupling. Wen be moving again
in another 10 minutes He happens to be right
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Rose Hobart Signs for Another
Role With Universal

says Russell Mack, studio shake
ups now are listed as bank clear
ings.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28

Did You Know
That Charles Farrell won the
light-heavyweight boxing cham
pionship at Boston University?
The Washington times., 1931-12-28

Year Unusual
Let's tackle the first angle.
The year of 1891 has been
highly unusual because:
/. A chorus girl in the Follies
borrowed $100 from an elderly
gentleman to take care OF
sick sister and spent the 500
to take care Of a sick sister.
2. A newsnc '-er in northern
Ohio permitted two days to go
by without printing gag on
the depression.
8. Peggy Joyce did not marry
so much as one man.
4. In a dentists office in
Nashville, Tenn, a patient
found a magazine that was
only a month old.
S. Two All-American football
teams were chosen that ac-
tually agreed with each other
s. Mussolini appeared in the
newsreel programs only 8,798
times, falling behind his pre-
vious record by exactly 1000
appearances.
Z. A hat was stolen. in a Los
Angeles department store and
the police failed to suspect the
hand of AL Capone.
8. A columnist in Milwaukee.
Wis, failed to write an article
in which he said he loved his
dog.
9. A radio master of cere-
monies in Oakland, Calf spent
an entire evening on the air
without once referring to a
10-cent joke book.
10. In Montgomery. N. Y, a
husband and wife arose from
q bridge game and compli-
mented each other on their ex-
cellent playing.
II. One of the smaller Euro
pean nations owed the United
States $64.50 since 1919-and
this year paid half of it!
The Washington times., 1931-12-28

WARNER BROS. THEATRES
The Washington times., 1931-11-18
P. 7. A. HEARS
FIRST LADY

BALTIMORE, Nov. 18.-Mrs.
Herbert Hoover addressed the
first dinner-conference of the
joint three-day session of the
Maryland Congress of Parents
and Teachers and the Middle
Atlantic States Council of Par
ents and Teachers at the Emer.
son Hotel last night.
Mrs. Hoover told of her active
interest in parent-teacher activ-
tiles in California and of her
participation in child welfare
work in Washington.
The principal address was made
by DR.. William F. Snow, an asso-
ciate in the White House Con-
ference on Child Health and Pro-
lection who spoke for DR.. Harry
E. Barnard. director. who was de
tained in the Middle West and
unable to be present.
The dinner marked the six
teenth anniversary of the Mary
land Congress. Greetings were
extended by Governor Ritchie,
Charles E. Moylan, judge of the
appeals tax court representing
Mayor Jackson, DR.. Albert S..
Cook, State superintendent of
education, and Miss Marguerite
Collins, president of the Public
Schools Teachers Association.
The Washington times., 1931-11-18
County Voting Areas
Remain UNCHANGED

Efforts to change three election
districts of Prince Georges county
failed yesterday when the board
Of election supervisors met in Up
per Marlboro, and decided to keep
the present boundaries in force.
The districts of Chilluum, Ber
wyn and Bladensburg had been
considered too large for quick
ballot-counting. 1t was found by
the supervisors, however, that the
proposed changes would cost ap-
proximately $A4O0 in the next
election.
The Washington times., 1931-11-18
Cash and Free Tickets
Offered Winners
ofContest

Who can draw Mickey Mouse
or Minnie Mouse? There are
some nice cash prizes and four
guest tickets to the R-K-O-Keith
Theater for the boys and girls
who can draw either of these
funny folks best.
In the sketch above Artist Perl
mann shows just how to draw
Mickey. Anyone can do it, he
says. Get some paper and a pen
Gil and start right now. Here
is a chance to have a lot Of
fun and also win a cash prize.
Just read and follow the few
simple rules here. then mail your
sketch to the Mickey Mouse Con-
test Editor at The Washington
Times, Washington, D. C.
Amy boy or girl, under IA
years of age, is eligible to COM
pete.
2Send in as many sketches
as you wish, but be sure that
each one is on a separate sheet
The Washington times., 1931-11-18
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