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La gaceta., 1932-04-07

Fianza de $500 senal6 aver 81
comisionado federal Pinkerton,
a l.. F. Brambelett, dueno de
una estaci6n de gasolina situa-
da en- Sulphur Springs, al que
los agentes federales acusan de
possession de un litro de whiskey,
BrambcIett vigorcsamentc ne
90 que el whiskey fuera suyo
y dijo que un negro detenido en-
el garage por los agentes, no era
empleado, sino de un contra
bandista con ell cual no tiene
relaciones de negocios.
La gaceta., 1932-04-07

Hablaron en- favor de Ia abo-
lici6n, alegando que ell munich
pho Sc encuentra en- mala situa-
cion monetaria, dos concejales,
el Intervention municipal y Ell ST.
perintendente del acueducto.
Los concejales resolvieron de
jar la decision del case para el
martes pr6Ximo.
Argument6 ell Sr. Thrower.
principal oponente, que no pue-
de eXplicarse como la ciudad va
a pedir una rebaja en- la tarifa
del alumbrado Y ella a su vez
aumentar la tarifa del aqua.
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
Drama Guild Has
Its Own Workshop

The Washington public has for
a number of years enjoyed the
plays presented by the Drama
Guild. This year the Guild has
passed the scope Of an acting
company only and has come into
it's own as an active little theater
production group. They have es-
tablished a workshop at Ward
man Park Theater and here the
craftsmen who are seen but
never heard-the carpenters, elec-
tricians and artists-put in long
hours Of labor.
The workshop at present is a
hodge-podge of Spain. Time
worn cupboards, grilled doorways
and deep-silled windows are being
constructed for the set Of "The
Squall," a play laid in a small
village in Spain, which is the
production to be given by this
group on the evenings Of Novem-
Der "a, IS and 26.
Mr.. Hambleton, who is in
charge of the workshop, has an
able corps of assistants who have
had varied training in other lit
tie theater groups and in Prof.
Bakers class at Yale.
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
"SiIver Slipper
Stars KoIk

Operation of the Silver Slipper,
the Capitals newest supper club,
has been taken over by the group
of New York interests now operat-
ing the Paramount Grill and a
number of other Broadway re-
sorts.
The Silver Slipper will present
sequence of "big name" acts
under this new regime. Personal
appearances of popular Hollywood
stars and Broadway night club
entertainers will be a weekly
feature. Formal launching of the
new order at the Silver Slipper
will take place on next Wednes-
day, November %.
Scott Kolk, the young Wash
ingtonian who has won a place
in Hollywood as leading man,
will head the first Silver Slipper
revue. But many Washington
folk will also readily remember
Scott Kolk's pre-movie days when
he was walter Kolk," favorite
singer and entertainer at LIE
Paradis, then Washington's favor.
ite supper club and society rem.
devious.
The new Silver Slipper program
will include "Debutantes' Night"
on Sunday evenings, Sunday
afternoon teas and Thursday
Theatrical Nights"
The Washington times., 1932-11-22

one that lasted a full minute
and there was generous applause
and curtain calls at the end of
three acts Of what impressed me
as feathery piffle.
Encore" from the pens of Vic
tor Wittgenstein and Sheridan
Gibney is continental farce with
out the piquancy and the risque
spice of the European imports,
without dramatic substance that
would give it the ring of reality,
without the accelerated pace that
would permit the patient play
goer to forget IT'S absurdities.
Becomes a Diva
The Barrymore role is that Of
prima donna whose maternal in
stinct finds expression in marry
ing husbands with ready-made
families. Andre Barteau, a pla-
tonic ornament, she forsakes for
painter with a few children of
his own. When the brush and
palette Romeo lags in his love
making, she drops him for Max
Won Klempe, concert pianist and
composer, whom she believes can
teach her to sing Isolde" with
more fire and passion if he is the
directing Tristan. With each new
marriage she adopts new offspring
until, as she says, the logical
maven for her stepchildren is a
commun1stic farm at Salzberg.
The solution Of her unfullfilled 70.
mantle yearnings is marriage to q
genuine bachelor, without chill
dren, her financial manager,
though it means forsaking her
professional career.
COlOrful Settings
For all of this Robert Edmond
Jones has provided some rich and
colorful settings and Producer
Hopkins expresses his facility for
congenial casting with a group of
actors who do their best to make
this matrimonial hodge podge
occasionally laughable. But a
prima donna who never turns
loose a high note, the continual
talk about children who appear
only as off stage voices, are no
great aids to illusion, and since
the dialogue is more often stodgy
than sparkling it was not until
the last five minutes of the play
that Madame Rosita'S love prob
lens captured my devoted in
terest.
Ethel Barrymore wears some
charming frocks and when the
playwrights permit her indulges
in airy persiflage, acts with the
extravagant gestures of the
operatic. stage in burlesque
Wagner. In the supporting cast
were such good actors as Sieg-
fried Rumann, Frank Conroy,
Josephine Hull, Alfred A. Hesse,
Georgia Drew Mendum, Sebastian
Braggiotti, Misha Ferenzo and
Iris Whitney. They did their
best for Encore" but I fear it is
not ennllgh
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
When the Feature Is
Shown On the Screen

MISUNDERSTANDING Dix in
''The Conquerors" at II a. M,
12:45, 2:30, 4:15, 600, 7:45 and
$3.50 p. m.
PALACE Marie Dressler, in
Prosperity" at 1880 a. M, 1870,
3:35, 5:35, 7:40 and 9:AS D. m.
EARLE-Herbert Marshall, in
Trouble in Paradise, at II a. m,
1:40, 4:35, 7:25 and 1905 p. m.
Stage shows at 1884, 1925, 6:15
and 8 p. m.
FOX-Will Rogers, in TOO Busy
to Work." at II a. M, lao, 4:25,
7::20 and 10:05 p. m. Stage shows
at 1885. $500, 6:15 and 1855 p. m.
COLUMBIA-CharleS Laughton,
In Payment Deferred" at 1850
q. M. 1850, S:45, 5:45, 7:40 and
$40 p. m.
RIALT O-Eric Linden in
"Afraid to Talk" at 11:04 a. M,
1851, 2:40, 4:30, 6:12, 1859 and
0:46 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Paul NUM-
in 81 Am a Fugitive From a Chain
Gang" At 1925 a. M. 1:25, 3:25
5:25. 7:25 and 9:25 p. m.
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
Leading Man One
of Famous FamiIv

Sebastian Braggiotti, who is in
support Of Ethel Barrymore at
the National this week. as the
star comes in Arthur Hopkins
production of Encore" belongs
to the famous Braggiotti family
Of Boston and Italy. One
brother, Mario, is a pianist heard
with Maurice Chevalier in con-
certS and on the radio.
Two sisters, Francesca and
Gloria, have achieved fame both
as dancers and actresses. The
former, who married John Davis
Lodge, son Of the late Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, is now in
Hollywood with her husband
Sebastian Braggiotti appeared re-
Gently with Katherine Cornell in
"Dishonored Lady" and with
Mary Nash in THE Woman De-
MED" He has also been with
several stars in pictures.
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
Those That Won

Just to give you an idea of the
motion pictures which got the
money during the month of Oc-
tober, Motion Picture Herald lists
these nine features as the win
ners in top box-office receipts:
Norma Shearer in "Smilin'
Through" George M. Cohan
and Jimmy Durante in THE
Phantom President" 3-John
Barrymore in "A Bill of Divorce
ment"; Sally Eilers in HAT Check
Girl" 4-Richard Barthelmess in
Cabin in the Cotton" 5-Greta
Garbo ct al. in Grand Hotel; !;
Harold Lloyd in. Movie Crazy; !;
Norma Shearer in Strange In
terlude"; Bing Crosby in "The
Big Broadcast"
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
RED Dust Next
Week At Palace

Metro Goldwyn-Mayer's "R e d
Dust" starring Clark Gable and
Jean Harlow, will be the offer
ing at Loew's Palace Theater this
Friday.
The film is, of course, vehicle
for Gable and Miss Harlow, but
two other performers of note
have parts in it. They are Mary
Astor and Gene Raymond. Tully
Marshall, veteran character actor,
has another one of the support
ing roles.
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
Will Osborne Fans

Rudy Vallee has done pretty
well with his fan clubs. I near
by that you have but to say one
word derogatory to the croonel
and your mail will be flooded
with protesting notes. It's a good
system for keeping in the public
eye.
Evidently Will Osborne's friends
are organizing for a similar pur
pose or why this note:
In connection with Will
OsbOrne's appearance at the
Fox Theater this week, / would
like to have advertised a ma
tiOnaI club, namely "Order Of
Osborne" in his honor and for
his interests, and urging his
fans to join. I would appreciate
it immensely If you would put
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
FIRST NIGHTERS

Observed at the opening Of the
new Ethel Barrymore play, EN-
cOre," at the National Theater
last night. Vice President Curtis,
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Gam, DIR.
and Mrs. william A. White, the
Ambassador of France and Nine.
Claudel, Count Stanislaus de la
ROchafOucauld, the charge de af-
faires of Rumania; Mr.. and Mrs.
Kirk Miller, Miss Mabel Board
man, Commissioner and Mrs.
Luther Reichelderfer, DR.. and Mrs.
Edgar Copeland, Mrs. Abram Lis
ner, Mrs. Eleanor Medill Patter-
son, DIR. and Mrs. w. c. Gwynn,
Mrs. Fulton Lewis, Mrs. Frank
Hogan. Mrs. Robert Lansing, Gen.
Pelham ID. GlassfOrd, Ethel Barry
more Colt, Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
w. Flynn, Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs. James
Douglas, jr., Mr.. and Mrs. John
j. DAILY, Charles Warren McClin-
tOck, Frank r. Morse, Mile. Refine
CIaudel, John Charles Thomas,
Norman Baxter. Mr.. and Mrs.
r. Golden Donaldson, Miss Grace
Hess, Mr.. and Mrs. John Poole,
DIR. and Mrs. Early, Mile. SOkO-
lOwska, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Walsh,
Mr.. and Mrs. william Harryman-
Rcpley and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
King.
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
By ANDREW r, KELLEY

For those who like a real
chunk of story plus fine acting
I say Payment Deferred" with
Charles Laughton, will fill the
bill this week. 1t is grim, it is
stark, it is relentless pounding
on a depressing theme, but it is a
tale that will capture your
fascinated gaze as it unwinds
on the Columbia screen.
Shakespeare said something
about conscience making towards
Of us all and it is worked out
in Payment Deferred" a pic
torial exposition of the psychol-
ogy of dread, of the terrible fear
which grips murderer with the
memory Of his crime constantly
before him.
Charles Laughton acts this out
with such visual emotion and
telling expressions the perform
ance is a real gem. An ironical
twist makes him the victim Of a
horrible injustice and it gives
Actor Laughton a rare chance
to portray a hysterical scene
which will shake you with its
horrors. It is the only hysteri-
cal scene that I have en-
countered on the screen which
seemed genuine. Maurene O'Sul-
ivan acts for the first time
under the skillful direction of
Lothar Mendes and Dorothy
Peterson contributes a brilliant
piece of acting as the unhappy
wife. Not very cheerful but for
real screen acting niche PAY
ment Deferred" with the best.
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
Passion Play Fails

Another attempt to sell New
York the story of the Passion
and Crucifixion as drama has
failed. "The Dark Hours" a
Don Marquis dramatic version of
the Saviour's tragic journey to
Calvary, was withdrawn after one
week of performances at the
New Amsterdam Theater.
It was an ambitious and digni-
fled presentation of the immortal
tragedy, done reverentially and
with a good cast of broadway
actors, but audiences found it
was too much like going to
church.
Morris Gest lost a fortune and
skidded to financial failure when
he tried to have New York like
"The Passion Play" in a remod-
eled Hippodrome that was trans
posed for the production into
something resembling a cathedral.
Oddly enough, the Freiberg Play
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
Roxy Nut" 100000

They say that the new Roxy
Theater in Radio City will re-
quire $4,000 a week for oper.
ating expenses. If this is true
S. L. Rothafel (RoxD must be
bracketed with the nations op-
timists. That's a tremendous sum
of money to take in weekly and
means that the attraction lure
must be compelling. Every first
run movie theater in New York
is preparing to meet the chal-
lenge of the new Roxy with extra
special programs.
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
RROADWAYS
OF The WORLD
BY Mark HeIIinger

ABOARD THE S. S. REX, GENOABOUND.-I'm feel
ing better today I'm happy to be able to write that be-
the way felt yesterday thought I'd be able
to begin another column. What made my recovery
rapid think, the fact that-some 20 minutes ago
into of the funniest experiences of my entire
Please have laugh me-
My stewards is Pietro He has last be-
he told it to But while it rolls from his lips
like so much honey can't get first base with it. So
I'll just refer to him Pietro from on and let it
The Washington times., 1932-11-22

he speaking
stage, at the
National Thea
ter last night
where she was
presented in a
romantic on
tinental farce,
Encore" u n
der the aegis Of
Arthur Hopkins.
1t W a S a
heart warming
welcome tn a t
the First Lady
of the theater
received on her
first entrance
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
Will Osborne Fans to Organize,
Laushton in Great Acting

a small insertion in your col
umn while Mr.. Osborne is ap-
pearing here-SOmething to the
effect Of
"AlI Will Osborne fans inter
ested in joining Order of
Osborne a club in his honor
and for his interest, will please
drop a note for information
concerning club to Helen r.
McIlvaine, 1920 Twenty-third
st. S. E."
The Washington times., 1932-11-22

Ends in Three Days." This was
all most unusual.
"Pietro," I muttered, to quote
myself exactly, what in hell
is the matter with you?"
His eyes were lowered. He
paved the floor uneasily with
his left foot.
Nothing to Say
II no like to talk" he re-
piled. II no say nothing. I
go now. /"
This thing was beginning to
be too much for me.
Listen, Petro,"I interrupted,
II don't know if you know what
nuts is, but that's where you're
driving me now. What's this
all about? You're acting like
Greta Carlo with the hives"
He looked up suddenly.
"You are good man." he cried.
"You are very good to Pietro.
Pietro like you all the time.
You must no do these things"
began to believe that Billy
Moore had planted this bird on
the boat just to annoy me. He
was slowly but surely driving
me screwy.
"Pietro," I almost screamed,
"if you don't tell me what's
happened swear I'll throw you
through that window. Come on,
now
He stepped toward the door
and bolted it. Then he stepped
closer to me.
Sometimes" he whispered,
I'VE read things we are not
how you say-curious. But I
suppose to read. I am not
could not help myself. read
that note-and now you under.
stand"
But I don't understand" I
replied weakly. what note did
you read-what was so terrible
about it?"
His voice grew lower.
"That note you give me-" he
murmured family. That note
of Raimonde. I am not-how
you say-curious, but I could
not help to read the first part.
have already tear him up"
NV eyes must have popped
like Harry Thaw'S.
THAT note to Rainonde?" I
repeated incredulously. why,
there was nothing wrong with
that. It was simply a note of
introduction from a friend Of
mine. What did you find that
was wrong?"
He waved a hand.
Secret Is Safe
Never mind" he said. "The
secret, he is safe with me.
promise I say nothing to some
body. We forget all about
him."
This was just q little too
much for me. I took a flying
leap and grabbed my steward
by the arm.
Look here, Pietro," I almost
shouted, 1--WE been kidded by
the finest experts on Broadway.
I took this trip to get away
from those mugs-and I'm not
going to have you start with
me. You're going to tell me
what you're talking about or
you'll never leave this cabin
alive"
What was wrong with that
message to the unknown Raj
monde? So far as can re-
member, it was a kidding note
to the effect that I was Amer.
ica's great columnist and
He placed a finger to his lips
in an excited gesture.
That's it," he whispered
nervously, that's it. They no
like your people in my country.
If they find out. they put you
in jail. You mu' say nothing
to nobody"
The truth suddenly dawned-
and I'm still laughing. Pietro
was merely trying to protect
me. He thought a colunn;st
The Washington times., 1932-11-22

ers, imported by Impresario
Gest, took the production in tow
and toured it throughout the
country after the. New York fail
ure. They made money every
where else and are still touring.
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
Debuts At Six

Helen Hayes, who is working in
"a Farewell to Arms" made her
theatrical debut at the age of
in stock company financed by
friend of the family.
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
Intimate GIimpses

An imperious gesture brought
me over to the table where Lupe
Velez was eating lunch in the
R-K-O commissary. Obviously
there was something wrong. I
inquired about her health. She
was seek" working with the flu.
I pointed out that she ought to
move out of the draught and
that, perhaps, spaghetti and Ital-
ian meat balls weren't the proper
things for her to eat.
Nothing can kill me-" she
snapped, "but I am mad at yOu."
Suddenly, she lifted up a tiny
Mexican hairless dog from her
lap-the same dog I recently re-
ported as expecting six blessed
events.
Lupe looked at the dog and
pointed to me: There" she said,
S;'is the man who has been start
Ing those stories about you"
We looked at each other, the
dog and I, and then Lupe gave
one of her hearty laughs. "Naver
mind" she said. "it was true,
only it was my other dog"
Did You Know
That, at the age of IL, Mar.
lene Dietrich could speak Ger.
man., English and French?
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
|ETHEL BARRYMORE PLAY OPENS = E1%s or sn" Il rSps
Star Plays Role
Of Famous
Singer

BY ANDREW r. KELLEY
Ethel Barrymore, but recently
bathed in the Kleig lights of Hol-
lywood, returned to her first love,
The Washington times., 1932-11-22
Bankhead Quits
Movies For
Stage
By HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1882, King Features
Syndicate Incl

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Nov. 20.
Tallulah Bankhead's intent to
quit the film colony leaves Holly
wood with the baffled feeling of
having failed to capitalize upon
a strong personality.
Some attribute her half-success
to the lack of quality of SYM
pathy. They argue that if Para
mount. in the first place, had
featured her as a modern Theda
Bara-in a story like Cobra" for
instance-she would have been a
sensation. But when they de-
picted her as a neglected or mis-
treated wife, the sympathy went
to the man.
Wherever the fault lies, Miss
Bankhead's experience bears Uut
a point that 8. f. Schulberg
made to me the other day: That
the big screen personality-to-he
almost invariably registers in the
first picture. And that if it
doesn't in the first four, the SituA.
ton is pretty we'll beyond repair.
For example, he points to Cheva-
lier, Sylvia Sidney, Gary Cooper
and more recently Katherine Hep
burn. Among the exceptions he
names Joan Crawford.
Regardless of this theory, if
Tallulah will consent to come
back she will find several studios
eager to have another try to un.
locking her real screen personal
ity. AS a personal suggestion.
why not try sophisticated comedy
even if they do say that there
is no film audience for Phillip
Barrys outside of New York.
The Washington times., 1932-11-22


go at that.
Early this morning - about
noon, I think it was-I sum-
moned Pietro to my cabin He
Is the perfect servant and he is
more than anxious to please.
But about him there is an in
explicable air of sadness. His
eyes reSembled those of a Great
Dane doggie that has been
smacked without cause. He
seems always on the verge of
tears. It has already cost me
SIS in an attempt to get a
smile out of him.
Letter from Jack
"Pietro," said, "'here is a
letter that is addressed to a
gentleman named Raimonde. It
comes from Jack, who is one Of
the proprietors of the Jack and
Charlie Rest Room, on West
Fifty-Second Street. Jack recon-
mends me very highly to this
unknown Raimonde and asks
that I be given the best of serv-
ice.
"Raimonde must be somebody
Of authority on this boat. I
want you to gi;t him this 'et-
ter when you learn who he is.
Then come back here. Do you
understand me?"
Tears appeared in Pietro's
eyes.
mot a word" he replied
I gulped. That was permiSsi-
bic, I guess, because we were
just crossing the Gulf Stream.
"All right" asserted care
fully. II try again-and I speak
very slow. This letter here. You
take him. It is to a man named
Raimonde. You find Raimonde
on ship. You give him letter.
You come back. See?"
Pietro nodded. read the
letter over before I handed it
to him. There was very little
TO it. Jack had merely stated
that I was Americas greatest
columnist; that Shakespeare,
Kipling and Jack London were
noVices compared to me; and
that I should be given the best
on the boat for the smallest
cost. Outside of these things,
it said nothing.
I gave Pietro the letter.
go ahead, my boy" I told
him. "I'll be here when you
get back. Good-by, and God
bless you"
Some 20 minutes later, Pie
tro returned to my cabin. His
entire demeanor had changed.
His eyes were, if anything, more
fearful than ever. But his
speeches were short and abrupt.
No Rainnonde
'I could not find this Raj
monde" he stated. Sorry.
GASuoC 1uCS pICdOC'
He turned to leave.
'Wait a minute. buddy" I
said. Don't be in such a
hurry. Did you look all over
the boat? And are you sure
there is no, Raimonde among
the ships officers?"
Pietro was most certain.
mo" he assured me def
nitely. "No Raimonde. Sorry"
And with that he left. slam.
ming the cabin door behind
him.
I had just about determined
to start a column when Pietro
walked in again. His arrogance
was gone. A look of absolute
disaster was in his mournful
eyes. He looked at me without
speaking.
'Well, Pietro," I chirped.
''What's on your mind now?"
He began to mutter some
thing in Italian. He stopped
abruptly. He shook his head.
He walked toward the door
again. He sighed.
Meanwhile I was watching
the performance in amazement.
I began to nave visions of the
headlines: Mad Steward Kills
Unknown Writer" Or, HELM
gers Round-the-World Trip
W IL El1.
Evening star., 1932-09-12
SOUTHERN LOOP FLAG WIN
SETS CHATTANOOGA WILD
PLAYERS Under Option to Nationals Do Much to Get
Lookouts Their First Pednant, Garnered With
Two-Point Margin Over Memphis.

Perhaps the greatest and certainly
the most pleasant surprise of the en-
tire season, in so far as the local man
agement is concerned, has been the
showing of Cecil pie" Travis, the 18-
year-old third baSeman. Travis has
not only led the entire Chattanooga
club in hitting with an average well
over the 1855 mark all season. but has
fielded his position like veteran.
Critics and experts who have seen
this Georgia youth in action brand him
the greatest prospect produced by the
South in many. many years. He Is
natural hitter, II ever there was one.
Bolton. Boss, Gill and In fact prac-
ticauy all the players sent to the Look
outs under option by the Nationals have
name Of "Pie" Travis Is on the lips Of
each and every Chattanooga fan who
attempts to pass out bouquets to the
individual members Of the club.
Just when the Dixie post-season
series will open here Is yet to be de-
termined The Beaumont and Dallas
clubs, first and second half winners in
the Texas League. open a series We'd
nesday to determine the championship
of that circuit and in all probability
the Southern classic will get started
the following week.
As Chattanooga has passed last years
attendance record of 172000 by more
than 1000, officials have reason to be-
lieve the opening game of the series
here will draw throng Of 10000 or
more