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Evening star., 1932-10-15
BUILDING MATERIAL COST
| DECLINES AT WHOLESALE
Index Number for Group of Com
modities Was 7O.5 on
October 8.

The wholesale cost Of building ma
terials showed slight decline for the
week ending October 8, as compared
with the preceding week, according to
the current study Of the United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The index number for October 8 for
this group of commodities was 70.5 as
compared with 7O.6 for October l, and
with TOT for September "a and 7O.4 for
September II.
The index numbers are based on
average prices of 1926 as 100.
The wholesale cost of housefurnish-
ing goods also showed a fractional de-
cline. The figure for this group was
TAI for October g. For the preceding
Evening star., 1932-10-15
COUNTRY HOME SOLD
Petersons Point Bought by Jeffer.
SON Patterson.

Special Dispatch to The star.
IEONARDTOWN, Md, October 15.-
Petersons Point, on st. Leonards Creek,
on the Patuxent River In Calvert County,
the home of the late DR.. George Peter
son of Southern Maryland. has beer
sold by his widow to Jefferson Patter-
son, brother Of Mrs. Mary Patterson
Davidson, wife Of Maj. Howard David
son. former commandant Of Boiling
Field In Washington.
The original house was burned some
years ago. A modern house stands on
the place now, with q. good water
frontage.
Mr.. Patterson is from Dayton, Ohio
He plans to have boats here at Peter
sons Point and maintain the place as q
fishing and hunting lodge and Summer
residence.
Evening star., 1932-10-15

Everything in silver and
green in this de luxe kitchen.
Porcelain sink with double
drain board, built.in cabinets,
Frigidaire, console gas range,
inlaid linoleum cemented to
the floor. Built-in dinette.
Evening star., 1932-10-15
Plans $500 House.

F. ]. Kennedy, as owner and builder
plans the erection Of a two-story bricR
house at 1912 Twenty-flfth street
northeast, having q building cost OF
$500, according to plans filed this
week with the District building in
spector.
Evening star., 1932-10-15

first nine months this year the permit
value was $9,833. 700. about half the fig
ure for the corresponding period of 1881
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1892, King Features
Syndicate, Incl

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. Tt will
be "The Lives of a Bengal
Lancer" in which Sir Guy Stand,
ing finally makes a Hollywood
debut that was to have taken
place 18 years ago.
Motion pictures were silent
when the distinguished English
actor first put his signature on a
Paramount contract in 1914. Al
Kaufman signed him and then
allowed the actor a month to take
a vacation cruise in a small yacht
along the Atlantic Coast.
But, like so many men, Guy
Standing shortly was to have his
life disrupted by a great war.
When he returned to port, it was
to discover that England had
been in the struggle for two days,
AS soon as he heard the news, the
actor informed Paramount that
the contract was off-that he
must return.
Return he did and before it was
all over, he rose to the rank OF
commander in the British Navy
and later was given a title.
Better known to Broadway than
he is out here, Sir Guy neverthe-
less won the acclaim of local play,
goerS for his performance with
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
Irish PLAYERS in The New Gossoon

''The New Gossoon," presented
as the offering of the Abbey Play
ers at the National Theater last
night, is a little comedy revolv-
ing about a lad coming of age
and a trifle mad, as lads are
likely to be at that time.
He will gamble on dogs, and
sell sheep off his mothers farm
to buy motorcycle, so that he
may roam the roads at so miles
an hour, with a pretty colleen on
the pad behind him. But he will
not work beyond 6 o'clock
though the summer sun in Ire
land is bright at ten-and he
shows little sign of settling down.
He reckons, however. without a
Free State Iago, one Rabbit
Hamil-an Iago, without great
malice, but with sharp cunning,
and Shrewd plotting, though his
plots sometimes miss fire. And
Rabbit, playing his own games,
eventually succeeds in bringing
about two happy marriages, one
of them that of his own daughter
to "the new gosSoon."
Delightful characteriZations are
given by the Abbey Players in this
quaint little comedy, redolent of
the soil Of the new Ireland and of
the old as we'll. For it is a
comedy Of a transition period,
such as was "Hindle Wakes"
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
Hollywood Parade


Little Sidney Fox wants to stay
in New York and go on the stage.
Which leaves John Negulesco very
diSconSolate. Jeanette Loft, on
the other hand, tells me she will
make her permanent home in
Hollywood. Aimee Semple Nc
PherSon, Los Angeles famous wo-
man Evangelist, went out to Uni
versal the other day and asked to
see the Destination Unknown"
company at work. The film stars
stared as frankly at her as the
picture fans do at premieres.
Rochelle Hudson il no longer at
RKO. She has a new heart in
terest. too.
The other sundown, George
O'Brien bet the location troupe
he could hitch-hike all the way
into Los Angeles. Two hours later,
they had to send studio car to
pick him up. He had barely
reached the halfway mark.
Helen Twelvetrees and Frank
Woody will arrive December "a so
the baby can spend his first
Christmas in Hollywood.
Following an example which
Ruth Chatterton once set. Helen
Vinson is living in her dressing
room at Warner Brothers. She
has a three-room suite. The only
disadvantage is that the tennis
courts are right by her windows.
Some of the net-sharkS arrive as
early as $50 in the morning to
start their game.
Gary Cooper, who Is going quite
social these days, was a. weekend
guest at the Robert Hays Smith
home in Burlingame. The Coun-
tess Frasso and Elsa Maxwell were
along, too.
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
Too Many Hooters

Gone are the days of James
Richmond Glenroy. Frank Fogar-
ty, Walter C. Kelly, Jim Thorn
ton, John w. Kelley CThe Roll
ing Mill mani Johnny Ray, Pat
White and, come to think Of it.,
Jimmy Lake. Jimmy used to put
on the red whiskers and talk
like a Galway man in the good
old days. Now those who want
to hear a bit of Sim Fein and
Clan.Na- Gael dialect must look
to the Irish Players.
Outside OF a story from Jim
Barton and a few jokes from
that amiable minstrel. George
O'Connor, in the last few years
of browsing around the theaters,
have heard no delineators Of
the Celtic wit. Too bad. Nor
ton Downey is good at telling
Irish stories but he confines his
stage work to singing.
Young America, looking toward
vaudeville for a living, prefers
to take up tap dancing, Groom
ing, playing a saxophone Or
heaven forbid-adagio work. So
the woods are full of hooters
and hot bands, crooners and
acrobats, and vaudeville suffers
from a lack of variety and
novelty. If this little piece in
spires some of the talented to
practice with the brogue the
space will not have been wasted.
Of course. there's the Irish
Players. But they come here all
too seldom.
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
A Bogus Champion

Today's best news stories make
tomorrow's best movies.
There's a lot of truth in that
statement, for almost all Of the
motion pictures which have been
inspired by those prominent in
the big type of the newspapers
have furnished first-class enter
tainment.
To just hastily recall a few Of
the celebrities whose careers have
been the basis Of movie plots
comes to mind Mayor Jimmy
Walker, Arnold Rothstein,' Lawyer
Bill Fallon, Editor Emile Gauv-
reau, AL Capone, Walter Winchell,
Red Grange, and now Kreuger,
the match king.
I heard one cynical exhibitor
say yesterday that Financier
Kreuger left enough victims in
America to make this picture,
''The Match King" pay a profit.
More than $9O,OOO,OOO Of his
worthless securities are in Massa-
chusetts strong boxes alone.
These investors will probably be
curious to see how he was able
to perpetrate his monster swim
dies and the counterpart of the
man who was able to make the
Wall Street mighty look like help
less babies.
"The Match King" comes to the
Earle on Friday with Warren
William playing the part of the
worlds greatest confidence man.
The Washington times., 1932-12-07

Andrew r. Kelley ally extinct.
AS ]. M. Kerrigan might say,
"Whot a pity"
Probably that is why those
who saw the Monday perform
ance of the Irish Players got a
rare kick from that funny look
ing tad, Barry Fitzgerald. AS
he stands picked to the eye
brows in Flaherty's saloon in the
county Mayo, (Playboy of the
Western World, he is humor-
Gus if not elevating spectacle.
The wit he unlooses IS dry. there
is a roguish gleam in his eye
as. with the quickness Of the
wind, he contriveS to take a
hand in all the alcoholic argu-
ment. can't recall any actor
getting more on his entrances
than did Barry Fitzgerald Mon
day night. His makeup was per-
feet and he was such a happy
looking souse returning from a
wake that applause began and
continued before he had a chance
to speak line.
The Washington times., 1932-12-07

left Broadway. Variety reports
as the immediate cause of the
closing, refusal Of Norma Terriss
and Puck and White to take
salary cuts.
More than a coincidence is
that business for the show has
been off in every engagement on
Monday and Tuesday nights.
With good opening crosses
Show Boat" would have been
away out in front. There is a
considera BILE national audience
which can't be lured into the
playhouse in the early days of
the week. Why is it?
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
When the Feature Is
i Shown On the Screen

PALACE-Janet Gaynor in
''Tess Of the Storm Country" at
11:15 a. M, 1:20, 3:25, $50, 7:35
and 9:4O p. m.
EARLE - Loretta Young in
"They Call It SIM" at II a. M,
1:40. 4:30. 7:20. and 1904 o. m.
Stage shows at 1887, 1928, $40
and 900 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Richard
Barthelmess in Cabin in the
Cotton. at II a. M, 12:45, 2:3O,
4:2O, sos. 7:50 and 9:4O p. m.
COLUMBIA-Joan Blondell in
''Big City Blues" at 11:45 a M,
1:25, sos. 4:50. $50. 8:15 and
9:55 p. m.
FOX-All-Star cast in IF /
Had a Million" at 10:45 a. m,
1880. 4:20, 7:10 and 10 pa m.
Stage shows at 1885. $40 sos
and $50 p m.
RK.O.KEITH'S - Constance
Bennett in "Rockabye," at II
o. M. 12:48, 1885, 4:24, 6:12, 8
The Washington times., 1932-12-07

some years ago, with older and
younger generations more or less
at odds, but managing to stand
together at the finish.
F. J. Mccormick is splendidly
cast as Rabbit, and Eileen Grove
makes of his daughter Sally
clever and appealing chit.
Denis O'Dea as the motor
cycling Luke gives straight
forward Characterization of lad
none too straightforward, and
Michael j. Dolan is excellent as
his Uncle Peter. These are par
ticularly skillful portraits, but
the principle of the Abbey Play.
ers is effective teamwork, and
not role in the group is not
we'll played.
Today two plays are given
"The White Headed Boy" at the
matinee, and Juno and the Pay
cock" this. evening. The New
Gossoon" will be repeated Friday
eVening.-R. T.
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
About Molly Picon

Molly Picon, who comes to the
Fox Theater on Friday is the idol
Of Hester Street. AS the greatest
young star Of the Yiddish theater
she has a tremendous New York
following. For quite a few seasons
she played in Yiddish musical
comedy and it was not until
Broadway managers learned that
anything in which she appeared
could be Immediately bracketed
a success that they tempted her
with contracts, caused her to
move up town.
So far as this department has
been able to discover this is her
first appearance on any local
stage. She does a speciality
which includes character songs.
The Washington times., 1932-12-07

CadleuX and Maxine Doyle.
Selected short subjects, the news
reel and Freddy Clark's music will
complete the program.
HOWARD-"Hot Chocolates of
1882" a new sepia musical
comedy will open a weeks en-
gagement Saturday. 1t is a hot
confection on it's way to Broad
way and starring the torrid king
of the trumpet, Louis Armstrong.
Comics chorus is said to provide
the limit in fast stepping and
jazz rhythms, On next Tuesday
and Friday nights extra mid
night shows will be given. Duke
Ellington's band and revue will
present the entertainment at this
Friday midnight special perform
ance.
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
Bennett Tried Many
Professions and Eobs

Richard Bennett, veteran stage
and screen star, made five false
starts before he finally found his
proper niche in life.
Bennett starred with a dozen
other screen celebrities in IF I
Had A Million" a drama center.
ing around an eccentric million.
aire who distributes his fortune
to nine persons picked at random
from a city directory. and now
at Loew'S Fox Theater had a little
difficulty getting his career under
way.
He started out as a professional
boxer, then tried to be, success
lively, a tailor, a singer. medi-
cine-show spieler and a gambler.
Then he went on the stage, to
discover that he had at last
landed in the right spot. His
rise was rapid.
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
Stage Veteran Has
Small Role in Picture

Effie Ellsler, old-time stage
star, who created a stage char
acter after which thousands of
children were named, plays a sup.
porting role to Gary Cooper,
Wynne Gibson, George Raft, Jack
Oakie, Alison Skipworth, Charlie
Ruggles, Richard Bennett and
nearly a dozen other stars in "If
I had a Million" drama center
ing around an eccentric million
aire. now at Loew's Fox Theater.
Miss Ellsler played the title role
in Hazel Kirke," the stages big.
gest heart-throb hit before East
Lynne" During the two-year
run of the play, she rode the crest
of a wave of popularity that made
her an outstanding figure of the
time. Thousands of babes were
named Hazel Kirke."
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
.ROADWAYS
OF The WORLD
BY Mark HeIIinger-
EXCELSIOR HOTEL, ROME, Italy.

EXCELSIOR HOTEL, ROME Italy.
WE'LL your humble correspondent is full-fledged
movie star. Nobody heard of upon the screen
and it's thousand to that nobody will. But
gardess of that nobody take the fact that for
the past two days have been outstanding in
the Roman world.
Right here and I'm going to promise you that
will not write often about my movie experiences. If
something happens that particularly amusing, I'll send
it along you. Mr.. Cozne, my director, and Sgnor
RomognOli my camera man, are going with me through
Northern Africa France But if combined picture
experiences do provide interesting material you'll hear
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
Film Shows Place
Where They Sell 1t

Congress, so tits said, is sched-
uled to have plans that don't
sound so good for the speakeasies.
Anyhow whether the speaks"
are on their way out, or not,
there is familiar New York set
ting in the new Constance Ben
nett picture. "Rockabye," now
currently sho ving at RKO
Keith's. It is not skyline view
of the Battery from the harhor
approach, a hot of the Brooklyn
bridge, nor view of the Empire
State Building.
It is, instead. an authentic du-
plication of one of Manhattan'S
most exclusive speakeasieS: a
busy little room cleverly disguised,
from the street side, as a not
to-proSperouS drug store.
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
Comedy, Six Pictures Are Listed
For Theaters Next Week

NATIONAL-"There's Always
Juliet" John Van Druten's light
comedy with Roger Pryor and
Violet Heming co-starred comes
for a weeks engagement opening
Monday night. This play enjoyed
109 performances on Broadway.
Pryor was last seen here as the
star of Blessed Event" There's
Always Juliet" has enjoyed re-
markable success abroad, and is
now being presented in London.
There will be matinees on Wed
nesday and Saturday.
LOEW'S FOX-"Me and My
GAL" with Joan Bennett and
Spencer Tracy comes as the main
The Washington times., 1932-12-07

and the latest G"lLI ANDRE
issue of the Paramount news reel
will complete the program.
GAYETY-As an extra added
attraction beginning Sunday matt.
nee Buster" Phillips, called the
new comedy sensation of bur-
lesque, will appear. The regular
burlesque revue attraction Is
Auto Girls" described as high.
gear entertainment, with a large
cast of principals. Monday is
country store night. Wednesday
is gift night, and on Friday the
amateurs will entertain in addi-
ton to the regular program.
EARLE-Warren William and
Lii Damita are the stars of "The
Match King" which comes as the
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
Italian Film Tactics

The scene may be two old
women who are arguing over a
piece Of meat. Mr.. Cozine keeps
punching Rummy in the ribs in
order to hurry him along. I
am supposed to come between
the two women and settle the
argument. When everything is
finally ready, Mr.. Cozine yellS,
"Okay. Shoot"
Whereupon Rummy, instead
Of taking the scene, raises his
right hand and says. Howl"
The two old women walk away.
I say. Nuts" A policeman
turns the corner-and we're fin
ished in that locality for the
time being.
Oh. we'll. guess it all comes
under the head of experience.
It's really remarkable, though,
how practically everyone knows
a motion picture outfit imme-
diately. Yesterday afternoon,
for example. we drove about 20
miles out of Rome in order to
get a few scenes in the rural
districts.
During the drive we turned
the corner Of a mountain and
came upon a large Italian fam
lily in one little donkey cart.
The scene was an amusing
one, so we stopped the car and
I walked over to the gentleman
who was driving the cart. I
asked him if he spoke English.
He said he spoke a little.
Good" I returned. II want
make little picture of you and
family. Drive donkey back there.
Turn donkey around. Drive
donkey back here. Tell family
no look in camera. Thank you"
The farmer did exactly as he
was told. He was a better actor,
In fact. than half the leading
men in Hollywood. After the
scene had been taken. stepped
up to the gentleman and
handed him 10 lire. which was
a big tip for the service he had
rendered.
Here you are, buddy" I said
Jovially. Buy cigar"
The Washington times., 1932-12-07

opening FRIDAY.
In this SenSu-
GUS drama of
Indo-China, the
p ! a t / n u m
charmer h a S
an exotic role,
a nd CLARK
Gable is cast
in one Of his
r o u G h "a n d.
ready he-pan
c h a r a cteriZa-
tions. The sup
porting cast in
cludeS G. e n e
Raymond, Mary
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
Cornelia Otis Skinner

Cornelia Otis Skinner will play
the National Theater New Years
week. She has been tentatively
booked. AS all good playgoers
should know Miss Skinner pro-
vides an entire evenings enter
tainment. The first part of her
program will offer wives of
Henry VIII" Her newest con-
ception in character sketches en-
braces Empress Eugene" and
fills the last half of her enter
tainment.
The Washington times., 1932-12-07

screen attrac-
ton beginning
Friday. In the
supporting cast
will be found
Marion Burns,
Henry B. Wal
thall, George
Walsh and j.
Farrell M a c.
Donald. Molly
Picon h e a ds
LIlG SLdSG SHOW.
She is a star
of the YiddiSh
Theater, a n d
will be seen in
The Washington times., 1932-12-07

HALL SCreen al
traction begin
ming Frid a Y.
Others in the
cast are Glenda
Farrell, Juliette
Compton, Claire
D o d d, Hardie
Albright, John
Wray and Har-
old Huber. On
the stage Sid
Gary will head
line in a song
speciality. Other
acts: George
WeiSt and Ray
Gtonfnn Dnnl
The Washington times., 1932-12-07

Crisp, Tully Marshall and ForreS-
ter Harvey. Victor Fleming di-
rected. A Charley Chase comedy,
a Mickey Mouse and the latest
issue of the Hearst-Metrotone
news will complete the program.
COLUMBIA-Chic Sales latest
picture, Stranger in Town."
comes as the main screen attrac-
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
To Light Up Belasco

To those who are wondering
when the BeIasco Theater will
light up again the answer is
January 4, when the Princeton
University Triangle Club will
present its annual musical pro-
duction, "It'S A Valet" For one
night.
There is talk, too, of Grace
George and Alice Brady in
"Mademoiselle," playing a weeks
engagement there in late Febru-
ary,
The Washington times., 1932-12-07

never features
the Irish come
dian.
There's a rea-
son for it says
Guy Wonders
and OF h e r S
who book the
stage programs
which feature
acts. There are
no Irish come
dians to book.
This species Of
funmaker in the
American thea
ter is practi-
The Washington times., 1932-12-07

ClOn opening
Friday. It is a
small t o W n
comedy with a
supporting cast
which includes
A nm Dvorak,
David Manners,
N o a n Beery,
Raymond Hat
ton and Lyle
Talbot. On the
S u pplementary
program will be
selected short
subjects a n d
the latest issue
The Washington times., 1932-12-07

METROPOLITAN - &c oona a.
Goona," a love drama of the
South Sea Islands with an all.
native cast, comes as the main
screen attraction beginning Fri
day. The story concerns a prince
of high caste madly in love with
the bride of a coolie. On the
supplementary program will be
Vitaphone short subjects, includ-
ing out Of the Past" filming
many notables, a William Dema-
rest comedy, The Run-Around,"
and the latest issue of the Para.
mount news reel.
R-K-O.KEITH'S-"Secretso of the
French Police" will be the main
screen attraction beginning Fri.
The Washington times., 1932-12-07

song and char JOAN BENNETT
acter studies. Other acts, the Lee
Calls, James Kirkwood, Man
geans Internationals. A Phil
Lampkin overture, the Movietone
and selected shorts will complete
the program.
PALACE-Clark Gable and
Jean Harlow in Red Dust" will
be the main screen attraction
The Washington times., 1932-12-07

day. It features
the new Danish
star, Gwili An
Dire, with a sup
p or tin g cast
which includes
Frank Morgan,
j oh n Warbur-
ton and Greg
ory Ratoff. On
the supplement-
ary pro G r a m
will be a special
short, Isle of
Desire, " filmed
in Tahiti. A
cartoon comedy
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
Sir GUY Standing to Make Film Debut

Jane Cowl in "The Road to
Rome"
In his first film, he will work
with such Hollywood celebrities
as Fredric March, Richard Arlen
and Gary Cooper. The picture,
featuring very few feminine char
acterse, is aimed to be a second
Beau GeSte."
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
WHERE ARE THE IRISH COMICS -
World Champion
Fraud Serves
The Movies
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

The coming Of the Irish Play
ers serves to emphasize that
vaudeville as it is served from
the stages of the movie theaters
The Washington times., 1932-12-07
"Show Boat" to Close

ziegfeld's "Show Boat" will
close in Cincinnati on Saturday
night. The big musical comedy
has been a failure on the road,
having dropped $4,000 since it
The Washington times., 1932-12-07

''If at first you don't succeed. trv.
try again" An age-Old SAYING. but ever
true. IL you haven't been able to To-
cate the apartment you want, read the
timely selection offered daily i'm the
WANT AID SECTION Of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1932-12-07

Did You Know
That Norman Foster was a
grand opera singer before enter
in pictures?