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The Washington times., 1932-09-27
boulevard Topics

Film stars were grumbling about
being charged SIS a couple for
the opening night Of the club
New Yorker. Out at R-k-O
they're cauckling over the expert
ence of Scenarist Art Rothaphel.
Working late at the studio, he
stopped for a moments rest. The
next thing he knew was when he
woke up at a. m... Colleen
Moore will have the dreSslng-room
next to Norma Shearer at M-GM. -.
Many of filmdom'S elite saw Ten
mis- Champion Ellsworth Vines up
set by his japanese rival.
Glimpsed in the crowd were Mary
Duncan with Jack Holt, will
Andre with Willis Goldbeck, Ron
aid Colman entertaining a party,
Eleanor Boardman, Pauline Garon
and King Vidor in box. You
should see the Scotch Highland
evening costume worn by Gloria
Shea. 1t looks as if George M.
Cohan's own picture, "The Phan-
tom President" will refute his
charges that Hollywood producers
don't know anything about max
ing films. Eddie Cantor helped
AL Jolson work up material for
that recent broadcast. In return,
AL will give a check to Eddie's
New York Camp for boys. "A
revue headed by Karyl Norman.
well-known in vaudeville as "The
Creole Fashion Plate" drew
large crowd to the opening of the
La Boheme Cafe. This spot, just
outside the city limits, can fea-
ture dancing until the wee hours.
The Washington times., 1932-09-27
All In q Day
BY
MARK HELLINOER

NEW YORK, Sept. q.
Life was very pleasant proposition for Bill and Harry
Their of living the sort to strike envy in almost
any bosom They spent large portion of their time travel
ing They stopped at the finest and most expensive hotels
They made plenty of money without involving very much
brain work effort.
Their method simple one Every now and then they
inveged unsuspctng souls in what they declared
friendly little card game No doubt it will be no sur
prise you learn that Bill and Harry invariably the
winners by large margin when the last pot raked In
The Washington times., 1932-09-27

Theater Guild
will send THE
Good Earth" to
the N a tt onal
Theater for the
week beginning
october 10. 1t
goes direct to
New York after
t h is engage
ment.
There ought
to be a ready
made audience
of siZeable pro-
portions for this
play. Pearl s..
The Washington times., 1932-09-27

getting some of your own money
back"
Arthur was doubtful for a
moment.
What are we going to playa"
he asked.
Harry pretended to think for
a moment.
Another Proposition
Listen" he said. 1--WE haven't
got an awful lot of time now.
We're getting off pretty soon.
I'll tell you what We'll do. Are
you sport enough to bet what
ever money you get off Jour
friend that 1 can't pick the ace
of spades out of that deck?
I've got your $500 and enough
of my own dough to cover any
thing you can get that says I
can do it,"
Arthur's eyes widened.
do you mean to say that
you'll bet all that money that
you can pick out the ace Of
spades if I cut the deck?"
Harry nodded.
Gee, sure I'll bet on that. I
would like to win that money
back. Wait1l I see if I can get
a roll off my friend"
AS he got up, Bill and Harry
exchanged glanceS. Only they
knew that Harry had an ace of
spades concealed in his cuff and
that one little motion Of his arm
would slip it gently into his
hand.
Arthur was back a moment
later with a large stack of bills.
The eyes of the two gamblers
glitsened.
The other man counted out
the bills and asked, Can you
cover it?"
Just about" said Harry.
well, let's CO."
He shuffled the cards care
fully and handed them to Ar
thur.
cut 'em!" he commanded.
When Arthur had cut tn
deck, Harry made a motion of
drawing a card from the pack.
He held up his hand and the
ace of spades was lying in it's
palm. Arthur jumped to his
feet. His face had suddenly
become very unpleasant.
mo, you don't!" he Snarled.
, IT kinda thought there was
something phoney about you
guys. I thought you wouldn't
be betting your whole roll on a
trick, after you cleaned me,
unless it was a sure thing. So,
when I cut the cards, I slipped
the ace out myself"
Both men glanced down at
his hand. He was holding the
ace of spades.
AS he began to gather up the
money, Bill and Harry began to
sputter wildly.
Better not start any trouble"
Arthur warned, II can have
you biz S tossed off the train
for this. Yeh, and run in, too.
I'm taking this dough. and
you're gonna like It'll"
The Pay-Off
They fell back into their seats
with groans. And they were
far from happy when they saw
Arthur and his friend leave
the train at the next station,
taking with them every cent
they had in the world.
"Cripes!" growled Bill in dis
gust. How could we have been
such saps? How could he have
slipped that ace out of the pack
without us seeing it? Now what
are we going to do?"
Harry shrugged moroSely. He
gathered up the cards idly and
began to shuttle them. A card
fell to the floor, and he leaned
down to pick it up. AS he
Strengthened up, Bill was
startled by the strange expires,
sion on his friends face. He
looked down at the card. Then
his face changed suddenly. too.
The card that Harry held in his
hand was the ace of spades
The original one from the deck
Both realized what had hap,
pened. Arthur, too, had palmed
an ace from another deck!
The Washington times., 1932-09-27

from which it is derived won the
Pulitzer prize.
That experienced playwright
and director owen Davis, cap
tured both the screen and the
stage rights to the book. The
movie will be made by Metro
Goldwyn. The footlight produc-
ton bears the Guild label and
Mr.. Davis, aided by his son, DON
aid, adapted the drama from the
novels pages.
The Washington times., 1932-09-27
Sea Connmuter

When Herbert Marshall returns
to London next month it will
mark his tenth voyage across the
Atlantic.
The Washington times., 1932-09-27
Here's the Story

"The story of The Good
Earth is that of the farmer.
Wang Lung, who has inherited
The Washington times., 1932-09-27
Walker to Direct

Stuart Walker, former stage
director, will direct Sari Martha,
Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland
in Evenings for Sale"
The Washington times., 1932-09-27

Director Plays Bits
Frank futile, director of "The
Big Broadcast" plays a "bit" part
in every picture he directs.
The Washington times., 1932-09-27
Did You Know

That David Manners - real
name Rauff de Ryther Daun
Acklom-studied forestry at the
University of Toronto?
The Washington times., 1932-09-27
Chinese Drama
Has Nazimova
In Lead
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

Good news for patient Wash
ington playgoers comes in the
announcement that the New York
The Washington times., 1932-09-27

ALA NAZIMOVA
a passionate love for the land
that he tilIS and whose ambi-
ton ever is to add to his acres
and to SOW and reap in
plenitude.
"The narrative. in both novel
The Washington times., 1932-09-27
No Servant Problem

George M. Cohan, in Para
mounts 1.-THE Phantom Presi-
dent" has had the same chauffeur
IA years, same valet eight.
The Washington times., 1932-09-27
Bob Armstrong
Leaves R-K-O
Studio
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright. 1882. King Features
syndicate. Incl

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 27.-There
will be a friendly parting Of the
ways between Robert Armstrong
and RKO. The studio has agreed
to let him off the rest Of his
contract and he is signing with
Charles Rogers to play the lead
in THE Truth Racket"
Vic McLaglen was to have
played this role, but he and
Rogers couldn't come to terms.
The departure of Armstrong
from RKO ends a long aSsocia-
ton with this company. He was
originally signed by Pathe five
years ago and was one of the
stars who came over when this
studio was purchased by RKO.
Bob's contract wasn't up until
October 10, but now he'll join
the Rogers Company as soon as
he finishes his current picture.
The Truth Racket" formerly
was known as The Billion Dol
lar Scandal" It's an original
story by Gene Towne and Ora
ham Baker.
Jerry Horwin credits this one
to Eddie ElliScue.
The other day, one of the RKO
starlets got a call to report on
a set. It was her first chance
and she arrived rather breath,
less.
"Oh, yes" said the director,
II want to photograph your
hands for an insert"
Elliscue snapped: and that's
what I call adding insert to in
Jury"
The Washington times., 1932-07-21
Davis and William

The industrious Bill Ewing
jingled my telephone last night
to report that Warren William
and Bette Davis will arrive at
Union Station tonight at 7:45, if
the Congressional is on time.
Mr.. William is riding high and
handsome since he was plucked
from Villa A. Brady's play
house and "The Vinegar Tree" to
make movie test. His best per-
formance to date. as I see it, is
in "Skyscraper Souls" currently
at the Fox, for which picture he
was loaned to Metro -Goldwyn by
Warner Brothers.
Bette DaviS-born Ruth Eliza
beth-iS Melrose (MaSS0 girl,
who was also recruited from the
stage where she was playing a
small role in Broken Dishes" "
Universal discovered her but
somehow was unable to fit the
little actress into the proper role.
1t was when she went to Warner
Brothers and had the good luck
to be cast with George Arliss IN
The Man Who Played God" "
that the critics first noticed her.
Arliss showed her how. Her last
picture with Warren William.
The Dark Horse" was marred
by sloppy makeup for the dis
tinctive Davis eyes. She looks
The Washington times., 1932-07-21
What! No Drama?

Having gone for no less than
so days, no more, no less, with
out hearing a sound from the
family radio I must confess that
1 like the sensation and so it will
be continued indefinitely.
AS matter of fact, I've gone
all my life without visiting a
night club. And if they're any
thing like the gay resorts pic
tured in the movies I'm sure I
haven't missed much. Although
it makes it certain I could never
become a Broadway columnist.
Going so days without seeing
a play is something else again.
I miss the drama. So much so
that the Atlantic City bulletins
about mid-August tryouts of new
Broadway plays sound attractive
and it looks right now as though
the department will make the
necessary overtures to be placed
on the Apollo Theater's free list
for few of the shore premieres.
The Washington times., 1932-07-21
O'Neill Is Gloomy

doubt also whether Eugene
O'Nelll will ever become a sought
after movie author. For the very
good reason that most of his
plays are so tremendously moody
and weighed down with sorrow
they react to depress an audience.
OF them all, Mourning Becomes
Electra" probably has more of
the genuine movie quality than
any from his pen. There are
enough murders and suicides in
this one to supply a quota for
every reel, the drama abounds in
morbid action, . there is sacred
and unholy love, full rounded
characterizations and even a
touch of comedy. But six hours
of this gloomy adventure and for
even the most ardent O'Neill
enthusiast a breath of fresh air
is welcome.
So I say that Hollywood will
watch closely the box office re-
turns on Strange Interlude." Not
only because of its new technique
utilizing the "asides" as we'll as
the direct speech, but particularly
on how the neighborhood and
suburban movie-goers take to an
intellectual super-special: If they
buy Strange Interlude" in vol
une it will encourage other pro-
The Washington times., 1932-07-21

to any one at lunch, his fingers
are continually molding cubes of
bread. You can scarcely get into
the dancing places here on Satur-
dav and Sunday nights. Sebas-
tian'S Cotton Club and the Frolics,
being toward the beach, are ia
vcred spots. Saw Carole Lombard
without Bill Powell. But Bill was
up north attending the Olympic
tryouts. Estelle Taylor is taking
ocean dips these days with Ed
mupd Burns. They'll have you
believe that Ann Harding is recon.
ciled at last to playing in The
Conqueror" for RKO Robert
Murnau, brother of the late F. w.
Murnau, is in Hollywood planning
another picture with Reri, the
island girl who was featured in
"Tabu". Newest fl l recruit from
the society ranks is Eleanor Post,
niece of F. w. Hutton, of New
York. She's 18, blonde, and has
just graduated from Mt. Vernon
Seminary in Washington. Radio
has added her to their list of
StarletS.
The Washington times., 1932-07-21
When the Feature Is
Shown on the Screen

EARLE-Claudette Colbert and
Give Brook in Man from Yester.
day" at 1925 a. M, so, 4:3O,
7:15 and 10 p. m. Loretta Young
and George Brent in person at
1855, $40. $40 and 9:05 p. m.
LOEW'S FOX-Warren William
and Anita Page in "Skyscraper
Souls" at II a. M, 1:40, APO, z
and 9:4O p. m. Stage shows at
1855. 3:35, 6:15 and 8:55 pm.
PALACE - George Bancroft in
Lady and Gent" at 1925 a. M,
1925. $3.50, $50. 7:35 and 9:4O
p. m.
METROPOLITAN - S he r | ock
Holmes story, The Missing Rem.
brandt" at 11:25 a. M, 1:1O, 2:5O,
4:3O. 6:15, 7:55 and 9:40 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Ken MAYNARD in
Hell Fire Austin" at 11:15 a. M;
l. 2:45. 4:30, 6:15, sos and $50
p. m.
R-K-O-KEITH'S-Edmond Lowe
IN Attorney for the Defense" At
11:49 a. M, 1;49, $40, SAC, 7:49
and 9:49 p. m.
The Washington times., 1932-07-21
Shearer Is Star

I saw Elizabeth Risdon, Pauline
Lord. and Judith Anderson play
Nina Leeds in Theater Gould pro.
ductions of Eugene O'Neill's great
est play, sitting through three of
the complete performances. I
also saw an act or two of Nancy
Sheridan's conception of the char
acter in stock production.
Against these vivid impressions of
a tremendously exacting role it
Will be possible to contrast the
art of Norma Shearer, in what
advance ballyhoo calls the great.
est performance of her screen
career.
Off hand, and without seeing
the, movie version of Strange
!nterlude," my prediction would
be that it is a picture about
which critics will rave but of
doubtful appeal on Main Street
l nave the memory of the lady
sitting behind me at the Metro
poIltan Theater premiere of Sut-
ton vane's outward Bound" one
OF the most beautiful and pro
vocative of screen plays. She
said They're all nuts" referring
to the screen characters. All of
outward Bounds" subtleties and
polished speeches went soaring
completely over her fall bonnet.
That was the experience else
where. Critics loved it but
Warner Brothers lost plenty of
money on the production for it
was distinctly too high brow"
for mass popularity.
The Washington times., 1932-07-21
Paramount Adds
Two Stars to
This One
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright. 1882, King Features

Syndicate. lnc.(
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, July 81.
The public wants stars and it's
going to get them.
Paramount plans to add Her.
bert Marshall and Claudette Col.
bert to the cast Of Lives of a
Bengal Lancer"-a picture which
already calls for the presence of
Richard Arlen, Gary Cooper and
Give Brook.
A best seller by Francis Yeats
Brown, this colorful story Of
Britain's soldiers in India will be
one of the big pictures coming
out of Hollywood this year.
Stephen Roberts will direct it
and the film will include shots
made by Ernest Schoedsack dur
ing an eight months location
trip to the actual scenes of the
story.
Some of this footage was OBJ
tained with great difficulty be.
cause of the natives suspicious
attitude towards the camera.
On one occasion Schoedsack
wanted to photograph 6 caravan
descending the famous Khyber
Pass. He had the interpreter ex-
plain to the natives that the
scene was for a motion picture.
When the caravan appeared a
little later, the director was
amazed to see the drivers all
armed with huge clubs and dart
ing fierce glanceS to the right
and left. He stopped the cameras
and sent the interpreter to find
out what was the matter.
The man returned laughing.
Only one of the natives had
ever seen a motion picture, but
it happened to have shown a
caravan descending similar pass.
And for the punch. moment
band of outlaws had Swarmed
down the sides Of the pass and
had beaten the caravan to pulp.
With Groucho Marx sitting in
the presidents cnair. the meet
ings of the Westside Asthma and
Riding Club develop some fast
repartee.
For instance the time that
Claude Binyon showed up with a
copy of his new book.
pass it around" someone sug-
gested.
We'll do better than that"
snapped Groucho, well pass the
author around"
The Washington times., 1932-07-21
Opera
at Stadium
August 2

Washington music lovers will
have an opportunity of hearing
the opera III Trovatore" on
August 2 when Maestro Alfredo
Salmaggi will stage it at the Grlf.
fifth Stadium with brilliant cast
of celebrated grand opera stars.
It's rich harmonies, its dramatic
heights, its swift movement af.
fords great opportunities for the
widest utilization of the artistic
talents of the cast, some Of whom
won Washington's enthusiastic
recognition in the performance
of Aida" presented by Maestro
Salmaggi in June.
Anna Leskaya in the leading
role, is one of Russia's greatest
dramatic sopranos, possessing an
astonishing vocal range and
power and an exotic dramatic
personality which sweeps her
audience along from start to fin.
lsh. Agnes Robinson, Contralto,
formerly with the Chicago Opera:
Pasquale Ferrara, tenor, from La
Scala, Milan, who received much
applause in Aida; Pasquale
Amato, baritone from the Metro
polltan, who is greatly loved Dy
Washington music lovers, and
Nino Ruisi, bass, from the Ha.
vana Opera, are the cast.
The Dance of the Hours"
from the opera, La Gioconda,"
will furnish a pleasing added at.
traction. Twenty-four girls, spe.
cially trained by Lisa Gardiner,
will portray this feature in dar.
ing costumes with special lighting
effects. Maestro Salmaggi will
conduct the orchestra.
The Washington times., 1932-07-21

ducers to go in more for the So
called arty stories. If they snub
it as too literary and ponderous
in theme it will discourage fur
ther ventures along serious lines.
For it is in the small time thea
ters, and not the first runs"
that the producers must rely on
their eventual dividend.
The Washington times., 1932-07-21

something like Constance Ben
nett and is overcoming a habit
of jerking out her speeches.
Warner Brothers feel that a few
weeks of stage experience will
also help an actress they regard
as among the most promising Of
HOLLYWOOD prospects,
The Washington times., 1932-07-21
Boulevard Talk

Strange place Hollywood. No
sooner had Harry Bannister taken
off for the East than producers
began to wire him picture offers.
If Harry wants to fly back here
he can go to work at two diff
ferent studios. Sue Carol named
her baby daughter Carol Lee after
herself and her best chum, Dixie
Lee. When Gary Cooper talks
The Washington times., 1932-07-21

play, codnenS-
ing into about
two hours the
d r a m a which
the stage took
five hours to
perform.
Metro Gold :
wyn-Mayer has
not trifled with
the playwright's
d i al o g ue al
though I will be
curious to see
how they con-
trived to get
Leeds famous
Snench q h01t T.
The Washington times., 1932-07-21

MY Three Men," which calls for
about four minutes of soliloquy.
-Four minutes of straight speech,
minus action, would put the aver.
age movie audience to sleep or
at least make them restless, so
we can feel almost certain it has
beNn whitfield down into crisper
and shorter expression.
The Washington times., 1932-07-21
All In a Day
BY
BY
MARK HELLINCER

d NEW YORK, July q.
Well, out of a clear sky, the man called me up
Mark" he said, "this is Buddy Jones You remember
me- dont you? We to school together-and we re-
newed old times out at Will Oaklands Hunter Island Inn
the other night. Had great time, didn't wei"
agreed ranidlv. You can't wrong doing that.
The Washington times., 1932-07-21
|O'NEILL IN THE MOVIES
Prod ucers Hope
For Serious
Audiences
BY ANDREW R. KELLEY

On how the movie masses &C
cept Eugene O'Neils Strange
Interlude" will probably depend
much the future of the intellec-
tual stories and plays with Holly
wood.
For according to Coast bulle-
tins the industry has made a
thoughtful and thoroughly adult
adoption of O'Neill's marathon
The Washington times., 1932-07-21
Mark Is SkepticaI

Mark Is SkepticaI
Sure" I replied, heartily,
even as I was trying to recall
who the man was. "Oh, sure.
We had a fine time. Lots Of
laughs, and all that. Ha, ha."
My voice, evidently, was not
completely convincing.
why, Mark" he asserted, ac'
cuSingly, Il do believe you've
forgotten. l trust you weren't
tight. Don't you remember how
we discussed Alan David and
Jerry Ullman and Muriel Hep
ner and all the other folks? OF
course you do, old man."
hated to admit it to myself,
but if some mug was phoning
me and calling me old man
after all these years, I must
have been tight during our last
meeting. However, believing in
the old saying that it is better
to be tight than be President,
/ lied in what l considered
most satisfactory manner. :.
why, Buddy" I gave out,
show can you say thing like
that? / was never more sober
in my life. It was a decided
pleasure to have seen you again.
But - er - what's on your
mind?"
Silence for a few seconds.
We'll, Mark" came the hesi-
tating voice, I'm very frank to
tell you that you worried me.
No, don't you stop me. You
absolutely did worry me. AS a
matter Of fact, you didn't look
like the same chap I knew
during the good old days."
He Decides to CO.
Considering the fact that it
is at least 80 or 90 years since
I attended school, I hardly
thought that strange. I tried
to explain that fact, but Mr..
Buddy Jones was too fast for
me.
you've changed somehow"
he hastened. You're not the
same kid I used to know. I've
worried about it since you left
me that night. And that's why
I'm calling you now.
Mark, you're going to spend
an evening with me. I've got a
perfectly swell penthouse in
the West Fifties-and you're
going to spend the evening with
me and my wife.
"All this Broadway stuff is
a lot of nonsense. It'll do you
a lot of good to get away from
1t for an evening. Well sit
down after dinner and talk
about Gertrude and Hilda and
Leonard, and all the old boys
and girls. Remember I'm your
pal.
You're going to do this for
me. Mark, and for yourself. I'll
be over for you in my car
around 6 o'clock. And if you
don't thank me for it when the
evening is over, I'll be very
much surprised"
AS he waited for my reply, a
t h ousan thoughts leaped
through my mind. This Buddy
Jones wasn't exactly clear in
my mind, but from the names
he mentioned 1 knew that he
was quite certain about the
things of which he was talking.
More, I was more than positive
that an evening in the old sur.
roundings wouldn't do me any
harm.
Jones Apologies
"All right, Buddy" I said.
"Tll be happy to dine with you
and the charming lady. I'll be
waiting for you at 6. And
thanks. very much"
Promptly at s Mr.. Jones
called for me in his machine.
AS climbed in he was duly
The Washington times., 1932-07-21
Did Ynn Knnw

Did You Know
That Claudette Colbert uses
jade decorations instead of pic
lures in her home?
The Washington times., 1932-07-21
Jones Apologies

"All right, Buddy" I said.
"I'll be happy to dine with you
and the charming lady. I'll be
waiting for you at 6. And
: thanks, very much"
Promptly at 6 Mr.. Jones
called for me in his machine.
AS I climbed in he was duly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-10
CHILD HEALTH
WEEK SLATED
Institute to Be Held at
Winona Lake July 8.

By Times Special
WINONA LAKE, Ind, June g.
Child health institute will be held
here the week Of July in connec-
ton with the annual Winona Lake
chautauqua. The institute will be
under direction of the child hygiene
division Of the state board Of health.
TOPICS for each day Of the week
will be as follows:
Sunday, The Children's Char
ter; Monday, safety and sports;
Tuesday, better homes and nutri-
ton; Wednesday, all club day;
Thursday, hope for the handicapped;
Friday, medical service, and Sat-
urday, social service.
Among the organizations Coop
Grating for the institute are the
following:
American Legion, League Of Women
Voters, Womens Christian Temperance
Union. Tri Kappa and Delta Theta Tau
sororities. Altrusa Clubs. women's Ro-
tary Clubs. American Legion auxiliary.
General Federation Of Womens Clubs,
arent-Teacher Association, American AS
ISOLATION Of University Women and Bust
ness and Professional women's Clubs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-10

in the current issue OF the Indian
apolis Times Universal Newreel
now being exhibited at leading
theaters here.
other pictures at Washington re-
veal the steadily mounting numbers
of veterans arriving from all parts
Of the nation to demand their
bonus.
Graham McNamee. ace radio an
nouncer of the National Broadcast
ing Company staff and the talking
reporter of the screen, comments on
this tense story and others in the
reel.
Beginning of the fight from Bar
rem Island, N. Y, which Stanislaus
Hausner hoped would take him to