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Evening star., 1932-02-28
Owners to Convene.

THE twelfth annual Convention Of
Motion Picture Theater Owners OF
America will be held at the MayfoWer
Hotel, March IA, IS and 16. An out
standing feature will be the dinner
given in the ball room Of the hotel,
Tuesday evening, March IS.
Realizing the place for speeches Is in
the convention meeting, the committee
the theater owners, with A
Julian Brylawski chairman, is sponsor
ing and preparing a dinner program
such as only the facilities of the motion
picture industry are able to provide.
The stage and screen will be drawn on
for personal appearances of the stars.
The dinner will be short on talk but
long on entertainment"
It can already be announced that
Eddie Dowling, the musical comedy star
and producer, has accepted an invita-
ton to act as master of ceremonies and
he will be assisted by associates in his
musical successes. Every theater in
Washington will furnish entertainment.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
New York
Theater Notes
By Noel Thornton.

NEW YORK, February 81 (E).-Mak-
~ ing an unexpected thrust at the
drama, the films are forcing the closing
of a Broadway hit before expected.
This is Been Levy's THE Devil Passes, "
which has been play leader for II
weeks and must go on tour while still
attracting profitable audiences.
The comedy is peculiar one which
demands a group of 10 stars, especially
cast for their individual roles. Diana
Wynyard, Basil Rathbone, Cecilia
LOTUS, Robert Lorraine, Ernest CosSart,
May Nash and Ernest Thessinger are
among the players. Most of them en-
tered the play with previously signed
contracts which demand their early de-
parture for Hollywood So producer
Arch Selwyn is sending the company
cut on quick tour before releasing
them to the movies. The tour begins
in Boston March %.
The Group Theater, that coterie of
youthful stage eXperimenterS sponsored
last Fall by the Thester Guild, has
been set upon its own and is now an
independent theater. Having already
offered the successful The House of
Connolly" and the unsuccessful '1931-,"
they now have in production Maxwell
AndersonS newest drama, Night Over
Taos" 1t was first called City For
gotten"
Franchot Tone, a young actor from
Buffalo, who has become one Of Broad
ways outstanding leading men, has the
Leading role. He is constantly offered
very lucrative contracts by other man
ayers and movie companies, but he pre-
ters doing experimental work with the
Group Theater at lower salary.
Only three new plays are due to ar
rive next week, the first one being the
Theater Guilds production of the Irish
drama, THE Moon and the Yellow
River" On the following night, Peggy
Fears, former "F'ollies" beauty and now
the wife of a millionaire movie mag
nate, makes her debut as Broadway
manager. She will present Child of
Manhattan" newest play of Preston
Sturges, who wrote Strictly Dishon-
orable." Dorothy Hall and Reginald
Owen have the leading roles.
The Provincetown Playhouse resumes
the theatrical season in Greenwich
Village again with a play called Park
Avenue, Ltd"
Rosalie Stewart increases the ranks
Of woman producers on Broadway
when she places in rehearsal next
week Lester Coles new play, Still
Born" Several years ago Miss Stewart
was one of the towns leading managers
until she quit to become a vaudeville
executive. She also is known as the
one who discovered Harriet Hoctor, the
dancer.
Now that his production of when
the Bough Breaks" with Pauline
Frederick as star, is well on It's way,
Arthur Lubin is resuming his program
with two new plays. One is "a Trip
to Pressburg," which he purchased
from Max Reinhardt, and the other is
"Mardi Gras, by Flo Fields. Within
another couple of fortnights Lubin
will go to California, where he plans to
try out two other new plays in the
Pasadena Playhouse.
Evening star., 1932-02-28

TORREST ORR, for several sea-
l. sons one of the outstanding
members of the National Thea
l. ter Players, has been signed by
the management to return and
play comedy roles during the eighth
annual Spring and Summer season,
soon to open.
A thespian of marked ability, For
rest OrrS experience in the theater has
carried him throughout the length and
breadth of the land as a supporting
member of many stock companies.
Years ago he was a member OF the
celebrated stock company which played
Polls Theater when IZetta Jewel was
leading lady and Van Buren the lead
ing man. Then Mr.. Orr played juve-
nile roles. That was the real beginning
Of his career in the theater, although
he had served an earlier apprenticeship
in his native State, Texas.
With an elder brother, Forrest Orr
started out in life as a rancher-a real
American cowboy. 1t was while throw
ing a lariat that he got his first glimpse
into showmanship. When the Miller
Brothers organized the old 101 Ranch,
they looked for material in Oklahoma
and Texas. Their scouts went all the
way down to the Rio Grande, and on
a thousand-acre tract they discovered
Forrest Orr. Mr., Orr had one year as
a rider with the wild west troupe. 1t
brought him into contact with an out
side world he had known nothing
about. Then was born a desire to go
on the stage. So, setting aside lariat,
sombrero and chaps, Forrest Orr went
to Dallas, and got his first speaking
part on the stage. 1t happened to be a
character role, that of a young
cowpuncher.
From Dallas to Broadway is a long
hop, but Orr made it by perseverance.
1t was not by any means a straight
line that brought him to the electric
lights of Broadway, for he trouped in
all the small towns of his native State
and afterward went to Louisiana,
where one season he played in New
Orleans. Then up the seaboard coast,
he came to Washington, where he
joined forces with the old Poll Players,
and after that it was easy sailing into
New York
Now he has signed the contract
which calls for his appearance here
with the National Theater Players in
their eighth annual season. He writes:
1T will seem like old times to get back
to Washington and all the good folks
! know In the Nations Capital: At
this particular time Washington h the
Evening star., 1932-02-28
In Comedy Field.

PRODUCTION is scheduled to start
today at the Hal Roach Studios on
the latest zasu Pitts-Thelma Todd
comedy tentatively titled Hot Har-
mony" The story is an original writ
ten by Paul Gerard Smith, noted
comedy scenarist.
With prospects of vacation in the
offing Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy,
comedians, are planning to leave in
June for London. England. They expect
to spend several weeks in and around
London possibly making personal
appearances, having already been
assured Of suitable bookings.
Stan Laurel, a native of London, is
making the trip essentially to see his
parents who reside there. He visited
them last in 1927. 1t is possible the
comedians will also visit Germany
France, Switzerland and other neigh
boring countries.
Evening star., 1932-02-28

lithography and I believe that 1t
entities Mr.. Woods to resume his
position OF opulence and power
among the Broadway dramas
overlordS.
THIS is the second time within a
week that the drama has made
New York the butt of its detrac-
tions. Although the authors of
"The Inside Story" MeSsrs. Bryant
and Verdi, say that it happened
in "a Midwestern City," I am not
to be fooled by that cautious dis
avowal and insist that it occurred
within walking distance of Long
acre Square Unlike Chicago
which prohibits the theater from
making libelouS pictures of it,
New York welcomes calumny. In
I ever looked at, Messrs. Irving
Berlin and Moss Hart revile the
metropolis IN merry quip and
caricature, and not a whimper is
to be heard from the residents or
their governors.
1t starts gayly with jokes about
the famine, showing the erstwhile
rich in glum celebration at an
automat. Actors are peddled along
Broadway in pushcarts, and Roxy's
advertiSeS four feature films and
room with bath, all for a thin
dime. BallyhooerS are stationed
at the doors of Fifth Avenue
shops, one of whom boasts that
his eloquence has persuaded two
beggarS to enter and spend the
day. The Palace Theater is a
nickelodeon with a bill including
DR.. Einstein, Ethel Barrymore,
Annie Mcpherson, Eddie Cantor
Al JolSon and a free lunch. "Is
the Empire State Building for
sale?" some one asks Miss Mary
Boland, NO" she answers, they're
still trying to rent it." None of
those present laughed more will
lngly at this jibe Wednesday night
than did the Ex-Governor, who sat
across the theater from the mayor.
And the mayor, too, proved his
ability to take it" when the sport
began to get rough with municipal
affairs.
FOR IL is the Whlm OF the libret-
lists to show that all the money in
New York is in possession of the
police. When Andrew Tombes, as
an insolvent impresario, fails to
get credit for his costumes, the
cltv'S richest man offers to back
nm; That benefactor played by
Hugh O'Connell is a quaint police
man with profitable prohibition
contacts and a collection of tin
boxes. He and his chorus become
the angels of THE Rhinestone
Girl" and the City Hall is also
lured into the investment. "Wh,
not?" inquiries the sheriff. "The
bankers put money into the mo-
ton picture business" 1t is all as
braSh and impudent as a dinner
OF the Gridiron Club.
Evening star., 1932-02-28

center OF all eyes, with the Bicenten-
nial celebration the talk of the entire
country. I consider myself rather
lucky to be able to cast my fortunes
again with the theatrical troupe that
members of the profession believe to
be the top notch among all existing
companies"
At present Mr.. Orr is doing his bit
with a Broadway troupe and will re-
main at his post until the curtain falls
ON performance one. week before the
opening here. Then he will turn the
reins over to an understudy, who hap
pens to be another young man raised
in the Panhandle country.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Barrymore's S New One.

"STATE'S ATTORNEY" starring
John Barrymore, is in production
at the R-KO-Radio studios, with Irving
Pichel directing. Opening scenes were
filmed in metropolitan political club
setting with $50 players participating
and siX-piece Hawaiian orchestra pro-
viding music. Coincident with the
starting Of production, numerous addi-
tions were made to the cast Lee
Phelps, Robert Wayne, Harry Stafford,
r. H. Mitchell, Bernie Lamont, George
Reed, Nicholas Koblinsky and Leilani
Sherwood were given parts. Miss Sher-
wood, a native Hawaiian dancer from
the Island of Maui, was signed. Fea-
tured support for Barrymore in the pic
ture is provided by Helen Twelvetress.
Harry Bannister, Jill Esmond and
Mary Duncan.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Making Their Debut

THE new Washington Civic
L Opera Co., conducted by Al
fred Manning, is making its de-
but at the Belasco Theater in
the Gilbert e. Sullivan opera,
The Gondoliers," beginning to-
morrow evening. Among the
prominent local concert and ra-
dio artists who are members Of
the cast are Nina Norman, Has
seltine Dunn. Alma Harris. Leo
nora F'ague, Harriet Gunderson,
Beverly O'Brien, Ira Philip Meyer,
Henry Nestor, Kroon Bagranoff,
Edward Stock. jr.; Raymond Pig
oft, Paul CARRIER. Howard Severe,
Rita Reyos, Lorraine Bentley and
Gerald Flood.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Mouse Beat Him.

A MONG a recent arrival Of fan let
L ters from China addressed to El
Brendel, the character comedian, now
appearing at the Fox Theater, was one
from a newspaper man in Shanghai,
who informed El that, as the result of
a recent voting contest among patrons
of the cinema theaters there, Brendel
and Mickey Mouse topped the list with
Mickey winning by about so votes. Lau-
rel and Hardy, Harold Lloyd and Chap
lin were high up in the list when the
final votes were counted.
Imagine following mouse" was ELS
comment,
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Twin Beds" Cast, With
Madge Kennedy as Star,
Experienced Series of Dis
couraging Accidents Be-
fore Play Was Staged.

TINE coming to Washington next
week Of Madge Kennedy at the
National Theater in the comedy,
Il Bridal WISE" in which she has
part of the farcical type in
which she has scored so successfully
brings to mind her triumphs in the
play, Twin Beds" Apropos of that
play there is a story of its final dress
rehearsal, which was visited by a series
OF mishaps upsetting enough to have
discouraged any group of people, let
alone cast Of more or less super
stitious actors and actresses.
First, George Lawrence, playing the
part of the maid and having to lock
a burglar in a closet, found the busi-
ness a bit awkward and the actor play
Ing khe htggiaR 10 q frantic effoEt 10
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Stars Who Twinkle for
A Brief Period and Then
Fade Into Darkness
Promising Youngsters of the Screen Who Failed to
Measure Up to Audience Requirements.
Placing Blame Where 1t Really Belongs.
By E. de S. Melcher.

matter of fact, he may almost be
said to have kept strictly to one
Mr.. Holmes fate is not quite 50
lugubriouS as Miss Carroll's, since
he never was as near the top. But
the public wonders why their LOT
has not improved, andswhy espe-
cially this handsome lady of the
amber locks has not clinched Suc-
cess. Is it the company'S fault
as some one said, or is it her fault
and ditto with Mr.. Holmes?
In Miss Carroll'S case the blame
may be divided half and half be-
tween the studio and herself. In
Mr.. Holmes case, the blame must
be set primarily and absolutely al
his own door. While Miss Carroll
has tried more than half-hearted-
ly, Mr.. Holmes seems not to have
tried at all. Or, if he has, he hai
set a false Standard for himself
While the lady has been given
poor stories and directors wne
have not brought out her best
Holmes has had even such
wizard as LubitSch to work for
and the results even then have
been negative.
So while one may say that this
or that actor is ''let down" by a
certain studio, only to go someI
where else and be given the boost
that seems to get him where hs
belongs, the fault very often Lies
in the man himself. Certainly
neither of these two have done the
extraordinary things that were
predicted for them. Holmes
bungled one of the finest roles oi
the year in "The American Trag-
edy," and that certainly wasn't
the company'S fault. Even though
then, the studios may make them
or break Chem," the breaking poini
it would seem lies often with ths
actor himself. After all, a man
with "two expressions" can't be a
great actor-and is it the studio3
fault If he hasn't three?
THE three pictures which are be-
ing held over this week in the
cinema houses are Interestingly
diversified in topic. Hell Divers'
is glorif1ed by the United States
Navy and by Berry'S excellent per,
'ormance. THE Man Who Played
God" Is a Second-rate picture
made eloquent by the acting oi
George Arliss, and Murders in
the Rue Morgue" is a hodge-podgs
Of horror, for which somehow this
sees little use.
The latter may be set down al
a first cousin of "Frankenstein,p
but thoroughly inferior in treat
ment to it and so chuckfull OF
actions and unpleas-
that one is inclined to
wonder why the ghost of Will
Hays didn't rise up and strike Il
dead in its infancy. AS it stands,
it Is a garish series of hideous
deeds which makes any spectator
feel uncomfortable. It is neither
pleasant nor relaxing entertain.
nent. The best that can be said
Tor 1t Is that it is one notch better
'han Freaks" last weeks picture
at the Palace, which definiteIy
struck the rock-bottom level OF
,he year.
Evening star., 1932-02-28

Stage and Screen Attractions This Week
BELASCO-"The GondolierS" Opening tomorrow evening.
NATIONAI,-No attraction this week.
GAYETY-Innocent Maids" This afternoon evening.
ON THE SCREEN
KEITHS-"The Lost Squadron" Afternoon evening.
PALACE-"Emma" Afternoon and evening
EARLE-"shanghai Express" Afternoon evening.
FOX-"The Gay Caballero" Afternoon and evening.
RIALTOMurdeS in the Rue Mogue" Afternoon and eve
ming
METROPOLITAN Who Played God" Afternoon and
evening.
CoLUMBIA-"Hel Divers" Afternoon and evening
Evening star., 1932-02-28
New York Stage Goes in
For Series of Thrilling
Plots and Murder Yarns
Producer Woods Is Back With The Inside Story,
Which May Entitle Him to Resume His Place
In the Drama-Other Theater News.
By Percy Hammond.

WOODS casts defiant ihography and believe that 1t
" eye direction of enteS MI WoGoS 10 resume ms
4 Y. renewing
his struggles behalf OF overIoTds ~ N' ~
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Forrest Orr Returns.

ORR, for several sea-
l. sons one of the outstanding
members of the National Thea
l. ter Players, has been signed by
Evening star., 1932-02-28

~ EOPLE are always saying,
- What's happened to So
/ and-so? You never hear
of him or her any more.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22

are approached, but surely no
body expected constructive lead.
erS to have the upward path al
groomed and ready for their ar.
rival.
Still, some ground must be per.
mitted to give the sceptical fac.
ton an opportunity to speak their
piece, just to see if there might
not be something in the picture
to warrant caution on the part ct
traders aligned with the bull
side.
From the technical side, men.
ton is made of the fact that the
market, as measured by the Dow.
Jones industrial average, has not
yet broken through the previous
top on the advance established OF
January IA.
Even a whirlwind campaig-
built around United States Stes.
and selected rails has failed 10
instill sufficient buoyancy in the
constructive cause to bring about
the hoped-for advance into new
high ground on the recovery.
And, finally, yesterdays reaction
in Auburn Auto was taken to IN
dicate that the line of least re-
SiStance in the near future was
again to be in the direction Of
lower levels.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
COLLEGEHEADS
BLAMED

CINCINNATI, Ohio. Jan. %.
Responsibility for overemphasis
and other vices attributed to
Americas outstanding fall sport,
football, today rested squarely on
the shoulders of university presi-
dents and other officers who were
blamed for the athletic programs
maintained by institutions at the
Association Of American Colleges
convention here.
The principal proposals made
by an investigating committee,
which urged immediate adoption,
were:
Shorten schedule to six or seven
games, elimination of spring prac-
ticeS, abolish recruiting and
proselyting, ban substituting, elimi-
nate training houses. reduce
coaches salaries to the general
faculty scale, greater equality in
the choice Of opponents.
Intersectional contests between
teams Of widely separated geo,
graphical centers were disap,
proved. Games with only mat:
ural' rivals of equal physical and
mental powers were advocated IN
order that the sport be returned
to the boys"
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
NeLU Life Insurance
Business Increases

New life insurance production
in December made the most favor
able showing since June, 1890,
and the first to show an increase
over the corresponding month of
the preceding year. Sales were
O.5 per cent above December,
1880, the Association Of Life In
surance Presidents reported.
New, paid-for business. of a
member companies, having 50
per cent of the total volume of
life insurance outstanding in all
United States legal reserve COM
panies, was $1,117,187,00O, as
against $1,112,173,000 in Decem,
ber of 1880.
The Washington times., 1932-01-22

that both Maryland and v. P. I.
are related to Alabama, according
to intercollegiate acceptance, while
no one OF the three is related, 80
to speak, to George Washington
University.
The &c 1rge Washington Bicen-
tennial Celebration really must be
considered. This brings members
Uf Congress into this intercol-
legiate affair.
A Pretty Mess
Thus we have a real, neat in
tercoLegiate football problem.
Scrambled up in the puzzle are
intercollegiate institutions of high
er learning, an intercollegiate con-
ference, a professional baseball
comp any; intercollegiate con-
tracts, contentious, contempla-
tions and considerations; inter-
collegiate boosts, boasts and bick-
ering; intercollegiate football fan
tastes, foolish jealousies, flippant
remarks, foolhardy promises and
funny situations; George Wash
ington's Bicentennial celebration,
members of Congress and many
public-Spirited citizens; intercel-
legiate studenS, faculties, almuni
bodies and friends; intercollegiate
determinations, desires, diSmayS
and delu ions; intercollegiate
faith, hope and some charity
and ch haStity; intercollegiate
money motives, emotions and
emolumentS; intercollegiate ex-
plantations; intercollegiate this and
that: intercollegiate so and so;
intercollegiate such and such,
and-intercollegiate what have
you!
If Catholic University could
only arrange an intercollegiate
game with Notre Dame for Oc-
tober s, 1882, wouldn't it make
the intercollegiate situation per-
fectl
The Washington times., 1932-01-22
e. CLUB MEET
LISTED MAY q

The Central &c" Club meet. to
be held this year on May 81,
promises to be the largest event
since the inception of these meets.
If plans Of the Central &C" Club
materialize.
At an important meeting held
last night at the home of Eugene
Casey, it was decided to try and
get the affair sponsored by the
Chamber Of Commerce. This
would make 1t part of the BIZ
centennial program and naturally
would attract many out-of-town
entries because Of its national
fame.
Dual Chairmanshiu
The meet will be headed by
two chairmen this year, namely,
Parkins Birthright and George
Norris. Members of the subcom-
mittee are: Program, Richard
Newly, Robert Newly, Albert
Stern, and Albert Conradis; Off
cials, Jim Sprigman, Allen Min
nix and Sidney Kent; Tickets,
Donald Iglehart, Edward Swaine,
and Edward Dunlap; Field and
Track Arrangements, Charming
Walker, Edward Jones; Reception,
-Dr. Robert Maurer, John Flem-
ing, William Molster, John Little
page, Randall Buckingham, Mar
vim McLain, L. v. Lampson, and
Principal Smith; Medals and
Trophies, Norman Oyster; Police
and Passes, Robert Acorn.
CogginS Elected
Burt CogginS, athletic director
and coach of football and bas-
ketball, was unanimously elected
to the Central &C" Club at the
meeting. The following activity
chairmen we're appointed: Foot
ball, Irwin Porter; Track, George
Norris, ParkinS Birthright: Base
ball, Charming Walker; Basket
ball, Richard Newby: Rifle, DR..
Walter Stokes; Swimming, Ed
ward Dunlap; Tennis, Lawrence
Phillips; A. A. U. representative,
Richard Newby.
A committee comprising Irwin
Porter, Burt CogglnS, George Nor
ris, John Littlepage, L. v. Lamp
son, Marvin McLain and Eugene
Casey, was appointed to meet
with Principal Smith to discuss
the rules pertaining to the re-
quirements, qualifications an d
standardizations of awarding ath-
letic letters, certain sections Of
which are not in tune with the
c Club.