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Evening star., 1932-09-04
Directed Jolson.

A FTER viewing early 'rushes" Of Al
- Jolson's starring vehicle, THE New
Yorker" Joseph M. Schenck. Lewis
Milestone and other United Artists OIL
cials yesterday hailed Chester Erskin,
Hollywood's newest director, as "one OF
the great finds since the advent Of the
talking picture"
Erskin, prominently known upon
Broadway for his meteoric career in
the theater, Is declared to be in a fair
way of surprising his already enviabls
reputation. And the officials now pre-
dict, a greater success in pictures than
upon the legitimate stage. The new
director Is so enthusiastic over the
directorial end of pictures that he Is
seriously considering deserting Broad
way permanently. He went to Holly
wood few months ago to study screen
direction under Lewis Milestone, who
was preparing at the time to start pro-
duction on RAIN" starring Joan Craw-
ford. He journeyed to Catalina Island
with Milestone and his company and
remained there until the picture was
completed. Just as he was preparing
to return to New York Joseph M.
Schenck offered him the directorial as
signment en- the Jolson picture, and
now he feels that Broadway won't see
him for years.
Evening star., 1932-09-04

epileptic seizure on the part Of meme
Der OF the audience at the public pre-
view. Four studios have pictures right
now with profanity in the title. There
nave been several pictures showing men
or women In bathtubs or showers; In
one instance an entire police force in
the shower room. And there Is the
picture recently made by Paramount
which, aside from operations and show
ers, contains nearly everything else.
The stage name of this vehicle was
changed to one including the word
hell" The first scene gives a pretty
explicit illustration Of how to commit
murder. even though the murder Is
done with shadow outlines. A little
later. Eddie Lowe. in the role OF q
smart cracking police reporter, drops
cigarette ashes over the body Of the
murdered young woman and comments
on her appearance in dialogue which
certainly would not get into print In
any self-respecting newspaper The
picture director heightened the hurnor
Of the occasion by having Lowe fling
himself down on the bed where the
young wife had just been murdered.
eating from a box Of candy which she
mad lett there. and-as the final comedy
climax-sitttng down on the lap of a
oeao man TO telephone the sweetie over
whom, between drinks, he and Victor
McLaglen-in the role of captain of
police-had been contending. The pic
ture was Missed and booed at a Holly
wood preview.
Quite apart from fan magazines, it
looks to number of people as though
good Fall housecleaning, with plenty
OF soap, disinfectant and mouth wash,
might not be out of order in the cinema
capital.
Copyright. 1897
Evening star., 1932-09-04
Hampton $ Tour.
EDMOND RosTAND, Robert Brown

EDMOND ROSTAND, Robert Brown
ing and Shakespeare will provide
Walter Hampden with the plays in
which he will be seen from coast to
coast this season-"Cyrano de Ber-
gerac,' "Caponsacchi" and Hamlet. u
Many great actors have played Cyrano
and Hamlet, but none other than Mr.
Hampden has ever appeared on the
stage in the role of Browning's war
rior-priest," Caponsacchi, the central
figure in the great English poets mon
umental dramatic narrative, "The Ring
and the Book" "Caponsacchi" was
written to order for Mr.. Hampden.
fashioned for him by Arthur Goodrich
from the Browning masterpiece, no YER
sion of which ever before had been
presented on the stage.
"Caponsacchi" furnishes Hampden
with a romantic role The priest who
defied Rome and took up the sword in
behalf of the beautiful and cruelty
abused Pompilia, child wife of Count
Guido Francescini Of Arezzo, is not un-
like Cyrano in daring, devotion and
self-sacrifice, and the story provided
Mr. Hampden with a play that has We'd
in popularity with "Cyrano" itself. Like
the latter, It ran for season in New
York.
Hampden will confine himself to
"Cyrano de Bergerac" the first half of
the season, going as far West as Omaha
with 1t.
Evening star., 1932-09-04
Swanson 8 Picture.
WHAT is said to be the most imr

WHAT is said to be the most impress
w sive cast ever assembled in Eng
land Is hard at work today with Gloria
Swanson making Perfect Understand
ing" the stars new United Artists pic
ture. Three additions were made to
the cast yesterday, and the roster now
lines up as follows: Miss Swanson.
Genevieve Tobin, Sir Nigel Playfair,
John Halliday. Laurence Olivier. Nora
Swinburne. Peter Gawthorne, Rosalinde
Fuller, Evelyn Bostock. Charles Cullum.
o. B. Clarence and Mary Jerrold. The
names Of Miss Swanson and Miss To-
bin and Mr. Halliday and Mr.. Olivier
are well known in America, but those
Of the remaining players are as cele-
brated IN London as are the former in
Hollywood.
The story of the picture, which is
the stars own idea, deals with COM
panhDnate marriage and tends to show
that this so-called perfect understand
ing between man and woman can only
be successful when there Is present that
love and mutual respect essential to
ordinary marriage. Miss Swanson as
the heroine portrays the role of an
American girl who falls in love with
the son Of an English peer ON a visit
to Europe.
Evening star., 1932-09-04

OLLf WOOD, CaL1., september
- &c. p. AIN Hollywood. as
elsewhere. 1t makes a big differ
Il Il ence whose OK Is gored For
example. the case Of Tallulah
Bankhead. Tallulah and the Paramount
Studio are all worked up over an article
In the current issue of a fan magazine
which represents Tallulah as saying and
doing things which she says she didn't
say and doesn't do.
The result Is that the Paramount
Studio is planning to ask the Hays or
ganization to fling wet blanket over
certain of the too daring fan magazines.
Without going into the merits of the
case, the impartial bystander naturally
wonders whether the Hays organization
intends to fling a wet blanket also over
some of the more daring studios, tnclud-
ing Paramount, now that strict propriety
Is in order.
There is q document, promulgated
nearly three years ago with blowing Of
trumpets and beating Of drums, called
the Hays code. Every major studio
subscribed to it at the time. 1t forbids.
among other things, any offense against
public decency and good taste, such as
the unpleasant showing Of hangings
and other executions, surgical opera
tions except when vital to the plot,
ridicule directed toward the clergy and
forces of law and order, and any scene
which might instruct any one in COM
mitting any crime. Scenes in bath
tubs were, likewise. out, as well as the
undue use of profanity.
At the moment two studios have pic
lures showing surgical operations In
nearly complete detail. Neither oper-
alton is vital to the plot and one OF
them was so realistic that 1t caused an
Evening star., 1932-09-04
Another Favershan.
BY MARK BARRON.
LIZ 1skEAAkAb
Lncnciahad prASs

! b. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 5.
DESPTTE admonitions Of his fatner
II to have nothing to do with the
| theater, young Philip Faversham Is 20
become an actor. The son OF William
| Faversham, famous matinee idol OF a
generation ago, attempted to obey that
| warning for several years. After ms
graduation from Middlesex School In
| Concord, Mass, he spent year travel
! ing IN Europe and Africa
| Returning to Boston, he became asso-
ciated with a brokerage firm. but
when that business encountered stormy
| weather in 1929 it left young Faver-
! sham among the unemployed He
| looked toward the profession in which
| his father had distinguished himself,
but again the elder Faversham stopped
| this
DO anything but act," he warned
| his son. I'm fact, try not to be in any
profession, but stay in business and
have sense of security and continuity
about your work"
Looking back at his brokerage career,
young Faversham didn't see much Sc
curity' about that phase Of his business
life, and during the following IL months
he discovered even less continuity"
During that time he held nine different
jobs, among them being hosiery sales
man. grocery clerk. deckhand on Bos-
ton Bermuda liner, squash instructor
and assistant basket ball coach. On a
stopover at West Falmouth, Mass. he
ran into a group of amateur actors and
right there ended all hopes OF the man
who played Romeo to Maude Adams
Juliet of keeping his son out of the
theater
At a performance given by this group
there happened to be in the audience
one Arthur Beckhard. producer OF An
other Language" Broadway's current
sole dramatic success. He was amazed
by the young actors almost intuitive
gift for acting. a mystery which was
satisfactorily explained when he learned
the young mans identity.
On next Thursday evening in Roches-
ter young Faversahm will make his
professional debut in the theater Play
ing opposite Patricia Collinge, he will
have one of the leading roles IN a spe-
cial company of Another Language"
on its way to an engagement In Chi
cago.
ERED STONE and daughter Dor
othy brought their new musical
comedy, Smiling Faces" to Broadway
this week after a complete season OF
touring it last year. Like all Stone
shows. it is an intimate family affair.
The humor of the book is the vintage
that was used effectively By Stone in
1915, but now is trif1e outdated, and
the music does little to help.
One bright facet Of the evening Is the
dancing. Daughter Dorothy and her
husband, Charles Collins, are techni-
cally perfect in their several dance
numbers, and they do work unsparingly
to add elan to their routines. So ex-
cellent is their dancing that one wishes
, they might imbue their numbers with
less technique and with few more
| imaginative improvisations.
As he did n his previous show,
"Ripples," Stone again makes capital
of his well publicized airplane accident
of few years ago. His entrance in
! Smiling Faces" is made in a small air.
, plane. He also does a good imitation Of
Will Rogers trick rope act.
Evening star., 1932-09-04
Screen Comedians Reign
In New Pictures of Week
The Four Marx Brothers, Will Rogers and
Wheeler and Woolsey Offer Their Newest Films.
Vaudeville Prosrams-Gayety Opens Season

back at R-K-O Keith's in their --latest
picture, this time with the drawbacks
CT prison foot bail team. And II
Wheeler and Woolsey we're not guaran-
tee enough of laughter. then Radio Pic
lures had added Edna May Oliver
Roscoe Ates and Edgar Kennedy to thf
cast for good measure. Also Warren
Hymer and Paul Hurst For love in
terest there is a new find in little
16-year-old Betty Cradle. To that Is
added a dozen-o famous foot ball
players from the California colleges
But never did those foot ball players
take part in a game quite as 'goofy' as
that in which Wheeler and Woolsey are
the principal players.
Hold En-. JAIL is the fourth attrac-
tion of the R-K-O greater show season
On the same program are Getting the
Killer" an authentic and unsual short
subject depicting the capture of lion;
Pathe News. Ten Minutes With Mo-
zart" and an Aesop fable, wild Goose
Chase"
EARLE-"Two Against the World"
CONSTANCE BENNETT, dramatic
star, in picture that surpasses any
of her previous vehicles, Two Against
the World" is the featured screen Of
fering of the program now at Warner
Brothers Earle Theater The stage
portion Of the program is headlined by
the international dance favorite, Le-
dova, assisted by Leon Varkas, in a
colorful dance presentation.
Constance Bennett as the heroine of
Two Against the World" is given an
opportunity for dramatic expression of
feeling in what is said to be her finest
screen portrayal. She is seen as a
spoiled daughter of the rich, dragged
through a criminal court trial. All this
is done in the presence of the man she
loves, who Is compelled by his legal
position to prosecute her brother.
The excellent supporting cast is COM
posed of Neil Hamilton, Helen Vinson,
Allan Vincent, Gavin Gordon, Maude
TruaX, Clara Bendick, Alan Mowbray,
Oscar APPEL, Eulalie Jensen and others
The vaudeville program is headed by
Ledova, assisted by Leon Varkas. with
Buster and John West. dancing come
dians, in a moment of nonsense; the
Original Honey Boys, old-time min
strels; Martin and Martin, offering a
novel idea, and Maxine Doyle, mistress
Of ceremonies.
Harry Richman in "T Love a Pa
rade," song novelty; Ted Husing's
"Sportslants." the Graham MacNamee
Newsreel and the Earle Orchestral pre-
lude will round out the program.
GAYETY-"Girls From Dixie"
THE first of the seasons burlesque at
fractions, Girls From Dixie" opened
at the Gayety yesterday. and will con-
tinue throughout the week. Ann Corio
heads cast of well known burlesque
players. among them John Barry,
Bimho Davis, George Levey, Lew Denny,
Irving Witt, Bee Keller, Dot Alexander,
Evelyn Brooks and Joy ST. Clair.
Evening star., 1932-09-04
Plays Third Season.
THE third season of "The Green Pa

THE third season of THE Green Pas
lures" Marc Connelly's classic,
based on Roark Bradford's Southern
sketches in "Of Man Adam and His
Chillun." will get under way at the
Colonial Theater, Boston, Monday. The
Boston premiere will mark the 1,027th
performance Of this play since 1t
opened at the Mansfield Theater, New
York, February 26. 1880.
THE Green Pastures" registered a
run Of $40 consecutive performances in
New York, following that with 100 per-
formances at the Illinois Theater, Chi
cago Early this year tour to the
Pacific Coast was started at Milwaukee,
Wis, and "a cities of the Far West
were visited during a period of six
months. ending July 80 at Denver
Colo. Since the closing in Denver the
company of more than 100 Negroes has
enjoyed its first vacation in more than
two and half years.
The production and cast at the start
of this third season is intact as of the
Broadway opening night, back in 1890
with one exception. The role of Ga
briel. created by Wesley Hill. who was
killed by an automobile early in the
New York run, was given to Samuel
Davis, who died Of heart disease last
FEBRUARY. Doe Doe Green succeeded
Davis and is currently playing the part
Evening star., 1932-09-04
NEW YORK
| PLAYS
By the Consolidated Press.
NEW YORK, September 3.

By the Consolidated Press.
NEW YORK, September 3.
TWENTY productions. approximately,
will reach Broadway during Sep
tember. Important offerings, both mu-
sical and dramatic, are on the list. The
prominent producers of the month in
clude Ssm H. Harris, Arthur Hammer
stein, l. Lawrence Weber. Herman
Shumlin and Arthur Hopkins. Among
the name. players are Ruth Gordon,
Clifton Webb, Paul MUM. Thomas
Mitchell, Dorothy Hall, Lynne Overman,
Lenore Uric and Hal Skelly. The Sep
tember lineup includes Here Today"
comedy by George Oppenheimer; staged
for George s. Kaufman; Ethel Barrymore
Theater next Tuesday night; Sam H.
Harris, the producer: Ruth Gordon
heads the cast
"Ballyhoo of 1882" a revue. with
score by Lewis E. Gensler. Opens at
the Forty-fourth on Tuesday. Willie
and Eugene Howard In cast.
Best Years." play by Raymond Van
Sickle. Katherine Alexander has the
leading role. Goes into Bijou next
Wednesday. Produced by Elizabeth
Miele, in association with j. j. Shubert.
1.-THE Man Who Reclaimed His Head"
by Jean Bart. Arthur Hammerstein
and L. Lawrence Weber, the producers.
For Long Acre next Thursday night.
Evening star., 1932-09-04
GAYETY-"Girls From Dixie
A Film Grand Duke.
DORTRAYING a Russian gra

DORTRAYING a Russian grand duke
of the old regime might be diff
cult task for some screen actors, but 1t
offers no difficulties to Theodore Lodi.
who enacts such part in VIII Rogers
Down to Earth currently showing at
Leew's Palace Theater
A general in the imperial Russian
Army Until the revolution forced him
to America, Lodi. or Lodjimsh. to give
him his full name, was a prominent fig-
ure in the court life of St. Petersburg.
Irene Rich again plays the part of
Rogers wife in this hilarious produc-
tien, and Dorothy Jordan, Matty Kemp
and Mary Carlisle head the supporting
cast. David Butler directed the film
from the original story by Homer Croy
Evening star., 1932-09-04
Make Few Changes.

HOLLYWOOD costumsrs make little
money on the -Four Marx Brothers
It's been six years since three of the
four comedians, currently to be seen IN
Horse Feathers" at Warner Brothers
Metropolitan Theater. have had a ward
robe change for stage or screen pur-
poses. In all that time Groucho, Chico
and Harpo have used the same general
outfits, though they have adopted
changes of shoes and a new shirt when
action destroyed these articles Groucho
wears baggy trousers. an impressed
frock coat, a stringy four-in-hand tie
and glasses. Chico wears a corduroy
coat and trousers, a striped shirt and
tiny hat. Harpo is clothed in an
assortment of odds and ends, most i'm
portant features of which are trousers
with an enormous waistband, a gaudy
shirt OF many colors and a red wig.
They have been appearing in the
same costumes ever since Animal
Crackers was first presented on the
Broadway stage.
Evening star., 1932-09-04
A Big Cast.

TWO HUNDRED players, selected
from movie and stage players in
Hollywood, appear in the cast of "C'est
Paree," a Vitaphone Teehnicolor musi-
cal comedy which is being shown at
the Metropolitan Theater on the same
bill with Horse Feathers"
They include mioinettes, flower and
dancing girls, singers, girls Of the cafes
OF Paris, civilians, officers of all nations
and American doughboys. besides the
principals and speciality performers.
Evening star., 1932-09-04
Charles Raw Returns.

CHARLES RAY, delineator of rustic
~ youths, who has confined his act
ing talents to the stage Of late years,
will return to the screen in The Brides
Bereavement" one of the all-star
Masauers comedies being made for
R-K-O Radio release. Others in this
de luxe two-reeler, to be directed by
Robert Hill. are Lew Cody, Aileen
Prtngle Montague Love and Jed Prouty
Evening star., 1932-09-04

muSlcal QlTeCuOI ,
special stage men,
costumes and set
tings nd a
chorus of "a. 1t
has all of the
music of the orig
inal produ C t ion
and runs for an
hour and a half.
The cast is headed
by Kitty Carlisle
and Allan Water
Gus of THE Desert
Song" Other prin-
cipals are Joyce
White. David Mall
len, Earle Hamp-
ton, Caryl Berg
man, Charles Mast,
Charles Pittinger.
Evening star., 1932-09-04
Real Bullfish.er.

SIDNEY FRANKLIN, the only Ameri-
can to become famous as profess
sional bullflghter, has been in Holly
wood giving technical advice to Samuel
Goldwyn and his staff on bullfighting
and the construction of the arena for
Eddie Cantor's soon-to- ne- released THE
Kid From Spain"
Evening star., 1932-09-04
Fox-"Diyorce in the Family"

FOX-D1vOrce IN the ramhg
TIME most pretentious entertain
ment bill yet offered by Loew'S
Fox Theater is on display this
L week with the musical comedy
Rio Rita" holding forth on
stage and the picture, Divorce in the
Family" starring Jackie Cooper, oc-
cupying the screen.
"Rio Rita" is a full-sized musical
comedy, with cast of 62, a special
Evening star., 1932-09-04
KErrH'S-aHoId 'Em, jail"

DERT WHEELER and Robert Woolsey,
- screen comics, with long list Of
outstanding successes to their credit, are
Evening star., 1932-09-04
DANCING

PEYToN PENN STUDIO, Is45 ST. NV
Met. 3050-1nstruction In modern ball room
dancinR; private or class; latest dances.
Evening star., 1932-09-04
Studios and Magazines
Set for HOusecleaning
Certain Portions of Hollywood Aroused Over Pub
ilcatlon Concerning Tallulah Bankhead.
Studios Violating the Hays Code.
By Jessie Henderson.

OLLYWOOD, Calf, September 3
&c. p. AIN Hollywood. as
elsewhere. 1t makes a big differ
ence whose OK Is gored. For
The Omaha guide., 1932-10-01
Contract Bridge
knoWs No CoZorZine

are
not allowed to take part in national
tennis or golf matches, but contract
bridge will know no color line if the
plans of the Musolit Club here to
enter a team in the National Bridge
tournament mature. AL
ready Nh. Ely Culbertson, president
Of the association, has invited the
Musolit Club to hold its local tourna-
ment as a part do the American Bridge
Olympic to be held all over the coun-
try on October 10 and the club has
accepted. DR.. r. B. Pearson, a mem
Der Of the club, has been made game
captain and will be in charge of the
arrangements.
Some 40 or more players, who took
part in the Musolit Club Round Robin
tournament last spring, will
compete in the Olympic and winners
Of the club competition will then com
pete with white teams for State and
national honors. 1t is likely also that
there will be colored players in the
The Omaha guide., 1932-10-01
Paragraphs
by Capillary
"a Capital News Service Feature)
You Must Register

If you want to be treated like a
citizen, you must act like one. If you
are discomfort with the way things
are being handled in local, State or
Federal Government, there is no use
complaining unless you intend to back
up that complaint with your actual
vote. For the business of politics is
one of put up or shut up" And,
one OF the reasons why the Negro
electorate in many large centers is not
given its fair share Of patronage, is
not considered in matters of civic
improvement, is because the men and
women who carries that electorate
don't care enough about their fran
chise to exercise it.
There is today hardly a city north or
South where Negroes may not vote.
In the South intimidation still per
sists, it is true. But there is little
question that in the larger cities of the
South the Negro can vote in general
elections. In the North and West
there is not ever a question Of this
right.
But you cannot vote unless you reg
lister. Above all things the Negro bal
lot holder should register and conform
to the necessary requirements Of his
State election law. 1t is all very we'll
to decide which candidate you will
support and to be able to give pro-
found a for your choice. But
that mental effort will be fruitless. if
on election day you find that you have
neglected to register. Not only is it
your duty to do this, but you ought
to see to it that your family and
friends are also registered.
1t doesn't matter SO much how a
man votes as that he does vote. Once
you get people in the habit of voting,
they will learn soon enough not to
waste their ballots by voting foolishly.
Election day comes in November We
all know that. But how many know
when the period for registration be-
gins and ends. This is the more i'm
p~ortant date to find out, to remember
and to act upon. The campaign slo-
gan all Negroes can agree upon is,
Let US cast every vote we can in the
November election" 1t is useless to
grumble about not being treated like
a citizen, unless you act like one.
The Omaha guide., 1932-10-01
Police Summoned 10
Legion Meeting

Police officers jenkins and Ma
thews were called to American Legion
Meeting last Friday night to quell an
argument over the refusal of the Com
mander and his staff of officers to
audit the books Of the Post, and show
how the shortage alleged to exist
came about. The Officers came on
complaint of the Commander, that
there was a gun in the room. How
ever, no such weapon was in evidence
as they could not find it when officers
arrived. Neither could they find out
who placed the call, until the Sgt. at
Arms was pressed for a statement.
He finally, Chris Cochran, admitted
that Coleman had transmitted him
the order from the Commander of the
Post. 1t vas generally admitted to
be one of the most colossal blunders
of the season. John T. Fields made a
strong plea for an audit of books for
the protection Of the Post Charter and
its members. A motion was passed
upon to APPOINT an auditing Commit
tee but the Commander refused to ap-
point the committee The meeting
was adjourned. y Next meeting night
nomination of officers.
The Omaha guide., 1932-10-01

first annual Contract Bridge Cham
plonship tournament to be held in
Chicago during the Worlds Fair.
A number of colored persons
throughout the country have qualified
as teachers Of the Culbertson con-
tract system. An interesting story
has recently been told with regard 70
one such qualif,e ed teacher in Lynch
burg, Virginia. The report is that a
white woman in that city wrote to Mr..
Culbertson, who is a Russian Jew.
and asked that he recommend a teach
er Of his system. A colored lady, who
had qualified under the rigid gilbert
son rules, was recommended; and the
white lady sought her out. only to dis
Y that she was colored. Then she
wrote a bitter letter to Mr.. gilbert
son complaining in fine Southern
style. His reply according to the re-
port, was short and sweet. It simply
said: "Dear Madam, Contract Bridge
knows no color Iine."