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The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Theater Jottings

Warner Brothers realizing they
have a knockout picture in "Tm
Fugitive From a Prison Camp"
will spend three times the amount
for newspaper advertising they
have thus far allotted to any Of
their Hollywood features Any
number Of regular fans are going
to Loew's Palace Theater this
week expecting to see that long
list Of radio celebrities in person.
OF course they're only in the
picture, "The Big Broadcast"
which, by the way, is doing more
business than Harold Lloyd's
Movie Crazy" did on F Street
Katherine Fields who reveals
one of the loveliest voices in
"Cat and the Fiddle" at the
National Theater this week is
an NBC radio vocalist who is
taking fling at musical comedy
to get stage experience.
I have been invited by Earl
Carroll to take a little trip into
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
"Faithless" is o. K.

It looked like a familiar face
when the act Of Carl Shaw
frolicked on to the stage at the
Fox yesterday. It was, for Frank
Gallagher, that Irish juvenile,
who was handy man in Charles
Emerson Cooks stock company at
the BelaSco some years back, is
Comedian Shaw'S straight man.
Incidentally my first glimpse at
Tallulah Bankhead in "FaithlesS"
was rewarded by a story much
better than those in which she
has recently been traipsing on the
screen. Every word and every ges-
ture seemed to have a genuine
ring and the Bankhead acting is
such it disproves for all time any
belief that she lacked the know
how, demonstrates that the Bank.
head trouble has been caused by
the embarrassments of poor au-
thorS.
To tell the truth was mildly
amused when they shut down
the window of the bread line on
poor Tallulah-Such obvious emo
tional hokum-got a good laugh
when they dug up the ancient
saw about a heather kissing the
crucifix, but apart from these
authorial lapses, "Faithless" is a
story which will hold you even
if you find it hard to understand
such a rapid descent from opu-
lence to abject poverty.
recommend "FaithleSS" for
those who have lost faith in the
Bankhead talent. Given smooth
direction by Harry Beaumont,
this M-G-M picture registers bet
ter than anything Paramount
served out to a fine actress.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Radio Opposition

It goes without saying that the
amusement industry will be tick
led to death to have the national
campaign out Of the way no mat
ter who wins next Tuesday. The
radio carrying the speeches Of
President Hoover, Governor
Roosevelt, AL Smith and other
big wigs on the hustings, CLUES so
many to the loud speaker that
box office business slumps.
The Actors Equity Association
has permitted companies to lay
off this week without paying sal
ary for such attractions as will
give bonded assurances of resum-
ing after election day.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Meader Was Boy
Vaudeville SINCE

George Meader's lyric tenor
voice, which is heard in The
Cat and the Fiddle at the Ma
tional Theater this week, was
widely audible at the age Of 8,
when he sang in church choir.
Such talent could not remain
long hidden, and soon he was
a boy soprano on the Keith and
Proctor circuit.
His serious training in music
was acquired in Minneapolis. He
did concert work in Sweden, Swift
zerland, Germany, France and
Ireland. Meader sang in the
Metropolitan Opera Company for
10 years, performing many Wag-
merriam roles.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Society Nj an in
Mae Vests
Picture
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright. 1882, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)

SynulCdLeB AhC.J
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Nov. l.
Arriving here today, John Davis
Lodge, New York society man,
will get his first taste of Holly
wood Showmanship when studio
officials inform him he is to play
opposite Mae West in "Honky
Tonk."
The teaming of these two
strutting, frank-talking Mae and
the ex-attorney, who not only is
Boston blue-blood but the grand
son of the late Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge-makes great ex.
ploitation stuff and is just an
other reason why we, in Holly.
wood, never have a dull moment.
From a professional point Of
view it also will be fine for Mr..
Lodge. New actors need to at
tract the attention of the public.
And Paramount has thus sup
piled a sure-fire way.
AS I wrote some time back,
Mr.. Lodge had a movie contract
more or less thrust upon him.
He came to the coast to visit his
wife, Francesca Braggiotti, and
ran into Al Kaufman at Malibu.
AL suggested a screen test and,
more or less as a joke, Lodge
went through it. To his infinite
surprise. the studio asked him to
sign on the dotted line.
Closing his New York practice
he had done some legal work for
Paramount-he boarded the S. s.
Virginia and headed for the new
adventure.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Versatile Ed

When fans meet Edward G.
Robinson on the screen, they
will encounter a new phase of his
ever-active versatility. In "Tiger
Shark" the First National sea
thriller which is now at Warner
Brothers Metropolitan Theater, he
will be seen as a Portuguese fish.
erman, adding another to his
growing list of racial characteri-
cations. Beginning with his sue.
cess in Little Caesar" Robinson
has been an Italian, a Frenchman,
American, Chinese, and, now,
POrtugCeSe.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01

day night performance Of "Vani-
ties" at the National Theater.
Honor awards to IA others will
be two seats for the performance
the same night.
The contest is now open and
will conclude Thursday at mid:
night.
The prizes will be awarded by
the contest editor of this paper in
time for the winners to get their
prizes and the names of the win
ners will be announced in this
paper, together with the winning
slogans,
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Ellington Is Famous
for COMPOSITIONS, Toe

The throbbing, pulsating music
which has made his original Cot
ton Club Orchestra world famous
is not Duke Ellington's only bid
for fame.
Even without the orchestra for
which his dancing fingers set the
tempo on the ivory piano keys.
Dukes name would be a familiar
one as a composer of the weird,
distinctive melodies such as
Mood Indigo" and "Black and
Tan Fantasy" which have be-
come identified with his band.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Bud Harris Band
In Midnight Show

Bud Harris and his Rhythm
RaScalS," known as Harlem's
hottest band. headline the cur
rent stage show at the Howard.
There will be a midnight show
tonight.
Prominent among the so enter.
tainers will be found Grooming"
Bert Howell. Bud Harris. jr., Billy
Cortez, who recently returned from
an engagement in Paris: Johnny
Hudgins, original "Wah Wah
Man." and others Of equal promi.
nence. These widely known &C.
lebrities insure exceptional en-.
tertainment.
Screen attraction is "The Wild
Girl" co-starring Charles Farrell
and Joan Bennett.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
All Ina Day
BY
BY
MARK HELLINGER

NEW YORK, Nov. l.
Life was Just sweet dream to Old Bill Just unend
ing chain of sunny days and quiet nights He never worked
Not Old Bill Work, he fet meant for horses and
women The last bit of honest labor he did occurred
summer day 26 years ago. On that day he lifted plain
gold band and placed it on woman's finger. Then he
wanted to sit down and rest
Old Bill went through life like that. Riddles came in
the normal course of Six the final total Three
were boys Three girls Bill loved them to dsrac
ton But he wouldn't work to feed them.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01

OaVleS, GSOrSe
M. Cohan, Nor
ton Dow n e y,
Bert Lytell, Ed
die Do W Ii n g,
Fred Stone and
his daughter,
Dorothy, Roxy,
N orm q T a J.
madge, Vincent
Lopez, Will Os-
b orn e. a n d
Harry HerSh'
field a m o n g
those at the
head table.
The G. o. p,
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Mitzi Green to Star
In Next Keith Film

The comic strip Little orphan
Annie" has now reached the
screen and with no other than
Mitzi Green playing the role Of
Annie. It is to be the next at
traction at RKO Keith's follow
ing the engagement of "13
Women"
It is a Radio Pictures produc-
ton directed by John Robertson.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Intimate Glimpses

AAkA0ANVV NAAAAPSGS
Wearing one of those old-fash-
ioned hoop-skirts, with wasp waist,
Mary Pickford was posing for
makeup tests yesterday for Sc
crets."
Styles" she confided to me,
weren't so comfortable in those
days, and besides where was a
lady to sit DOWN." Finally, she let
herself down cautiously on the
edge of a settee.
About to start picture, Mary
is always keyed up to a pitch of
enthusiasm. She is very doubtful
about being able to keep that
Yuletide tryst with Doug in st.
Moritz. The picture may not be
finished and if it is there is
"Shantytown." This time, Mary
insists, she will make two films in
rapid succession. And when Mary
is determined, that's that.
The morning after: Many Of
the stay-out-lates were on hand
W OCS VIC INV oA4OW AA4 VA4O 4NOOOO0
velt Blossom Room. The biggest
party of notables included Con.
stance Talmadge, Townsend
Netcher, Dolores Del Rio, Cedric
Gibbons, Virginia Valli, Charles
Farrell, Sondra Shaw and Gilbert
Roland. Slim, tall and wearing
severe white gown, this pretty
Shaw girl drew many an admir-.
ing glance. She danced all eve.
ming with Gilbert Roland.
Unusual features of all these
openings are the photographers,
who move in and out among the
tables. flashing their silent bulbs
and swapping celebrities with
candid cameras.
Look squarely at one Of these
/ brief flares for several minutes
and you see everything in a haze.
Even without contributing causes.
Did You Know
That Joan Crawford once swept
out rooms to earn tuition at a
boarding school?
The Washington times., 1932-11-01

AndFeW X heIIey plIgrlmage from
Broadway to the White House is
not on the calendar this cam
paign. Probably because it would
give the New York columniSts a
chance to point out that Presi-
dent Hoover has yet to. attend
the theater in washington since
he became tenant at 1900 Penn
sylvania Ave. It sets a. precedent.
The movie industry is represented
in the Hoover campaign by Louis
B. Mayer, of Metro Goldwyn, Will
Hays and George AkerSon.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Bankhead Movie
Gives Her Fine
Acting Role
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

They have already looked up
and discovered that Gov. Frank
ling D. Roosevelt is a theater-
goer, so that there is a bright
prospect the presidential box will
be filled occasionally after March
4 in the event of his victory a
week from today.
Broadway paid Roosevelt its
tribute last week at the Hotel
Astor with Joan Crawford, Marion
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Late Stage News
Direct From
Broadway

NEW YOECh, Nov 1ne 1aCe
Christopher Bean" opened last
night at Henry Miller's Theater
with Pauline Lord as the star and
Walter Connolly as the featured
player.
Beverly Bayne will have the
role of Mary Magdalene in Don
Marquis play, "The Dark Hours" e"
which is scheduled for the New
Amsterdam Theater on Monday
evening, November IA. Other
members Of the cast will be Ruth
Vonnegut, Georgia Graham, Paula
Verdin, Clora Mahr, Evelyn Este
and Estelle Scheer.
The revival of 1.-The Silent
House." which the Shuberts are
to present at the Ambassador
Theater, will open next Monday
evening, November z, instead of
the following afternoon. Gavin
Muir. Stephen Appleby. Raymond
O'Brien and James Macdonald
are recent additions to the cast.
"The Girl Outside" was with
drawn on Saturday night from
the Little Theater, where it had
opened the previous Monday. This
sudden closing brought the num-
ber of the departures over the
weekend from the Broadway play
houses up to six.
Additions to the cast Of Walk
a Little Faster" the revue which
Courtney Burr is preparing, in
clude Won Gronna and Leni Bou-
vier, Donald Burr, Katherine Hall,
Sue Hicks, Owen Coll and Irving
K. Gordon. The show will open
out of town in about two weeks
before coming to the st. James
The Washington times., 1932-11-01

the bowels Of the dinosaur which
he will erect on the National
Theater stage for one Of the pre-.
tentious spectacles of his Vani-
ties next week. But having no
desire to emulate Jonah my OBJ
servation perch will he from the
front row.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01


Bills Occupation
: So his wife had to do it.
For years she bent over a tub
full of clothes to earn a dollar
here and there. At nights, she
minded the neighbors' kids and
herded them in the kitchen
with her own.
Bills main occupation was in
walking up to Zeigmeyer's store
around the corner. There he
+, would sit most Of the day, dis
cussing politics, the Russian
revolution, and the hussy who
roomed at Frank Browns
house.
AS he talked, he would dip
his hammy fist into the prune
box now and then. Sometimes,
the hammer fist went into the
cracker box. And sometimes
the hammy fist went into the
pickle jar. Thus he saved him.
self the; trouble Of going home
to eat.
Zeigmeyer didn't mind. He
knew that Old Bill was worth
less old codger. But Zeigmeyer
liked to argue politics. And
without Old Bill he would have
felt lost.
Now you take Mussolini,"
Old Bill would drawl. There's
q guy what done something.
I don't mean he amt got his
faults, understand. Cause he
! has. But when he orders
things done, they git done and
no bones about it.
"Lookit the way them Eye
Italians is building up their
airyplanes. They got more
airyplaneS than the hull world
put together. And let me tell
you something, Zeigmeyer. they
amt amin to take no back
sass from nobody"
Zeigmeyer would slice a
pound of liverwurst before max
ing a reply. Then. wiping his
. hands on his greasy apron, he
would refute everything that
Old Bill had said.
Back and forth. Back and
forth. The argument would
last all day, with few inter-
ruptions. Now and then a Gus
!; toner would join in. Usually
the customer rot the worst Of
it, though. Because Zeigmeyer
and Old Bill would join forces
against anyone who tried to
butt in.
Wanders Home Late
Late at night, when only a
feeble light burned in the back
of Zeigmeyer'S store, Old Bill
would wander home, his hands
in his pockets, and his head full
of things he forgot to say to
zeigmeyer.
Old Bills wife never waited
up for him. She had given up
the idea of pleading with him
to get a job long ago. Within
recent years she gave up wash
ing because the three oldest
children we're working. The
others were too young yet.
Thus Old Bill went through
life. In the summer he sat out
side of 7eigmeyer's store. In the
winter he hunched his bony
knees close to the pot-bellied
stove. Year in and year out he
led a placid existence.
But recently the children had
avoided him. Old Bill needed
dimes and quarters now and
then for tobacco. And he had
found it convenient to borrow
from them. They didn't like the
idea at all.
So Old Bill had to beg and
borrow his tobacco from Zeig-
meyer. It worked for a week or
two, but his old friend had shut
down on him after that.
Thus, ne came home early
one night. He had no tobacco
and no money. He saw a light
in, the parlor. He stepped inside.
GertruSe's boy friend was sit
ting on the parlor sofa. Ger
trude was still upstairs dressing.
Old Bill greeted the young
man with outstretched hand.
"WelI, well, WELL" he said.
"Looka who's here. Just the
man I'm looking for" He drop
ped down on the soft beside the
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Real Antiques

Greek and Roman statuary pur-
chased by Cecil B. De Mile in
Europe last year was used in his
romance, "Sign of the Cross"
The Washington times., 1932-11-01

oSition with you.
Short of Money
I'm a little short Of money,
seeP And I'm gonna get a check
in the mail tomorrow or the
next day. And I was wonderin'
if you could let me have a dol
lar It'll I get the check. I'll pay
you back, a course. Could va
do it?"
The young man smiled.
Sure" he said. That's
easy"
Old Bill got into a lot Of
trouble over that. Gertrude,
when she heard it, had cried
and gone to her mother with the
story. Later, another visitor to
the house had confessed that
Old Bill had touched him for
small sums, too.
So the children put the mat
ter up to their mother. Shed
either have to put him out. or
they'd leave. The woman was
very much distressed. She had
no ardent love for Old Bill. He
had long since killed that with
his laziness. But there was a
certain affection in her heart
for the man with whom she had
spent the best years of her life.
Finally, she agreed with her
children. Old Bill would have
to go. The boys agreed that
they would each contribute a
sum each week to the support
of their father. He would not
want for anything. They would
see to that. But he would have
to leave the house.
The old man was very much
surprised when he walked into
the parlor the next day and
saw an old brown cardboard
valise all packed with his
clothes. He could not under
SGdI1u III dG AA10G.
His wife explained the situa.
tion. Old Bill listened in silence.
His oldest son stood near the
door and listened. Old Bill
turned to him.
"Is that the way you feel
about it, son?" he asked.
The boy nodded and turned
his head away. Old Bill grabbed
theEbag.
Two Dollar Loan
"It's all right with me-" he
drawled. If my own family
don't want me, why, okay. No
use getting upset about it. But,
son. will you lend me two dol
lars? I got a special reason for
asking for it,"
The boy reached into his
pocket and withdrew two dol
lars. He handed them to his
father. Then an anxious look
came into the boys eyes.
What do you want with the
dough, dad?" he asked. "You
don't have to tell me. I just
wanted to know"
Old Bill smiled grimiy. He
turned as he walked out.
"Just watch tomorr w's
paper" he said. You'll see."
That night the family became
frantic. What did Bill want
the two dollars for? What did
he mean by watch tomorrow's
paper? Did he want it for
poison? Would he commit sui
eide? Would he do himself
harm?
The children accused each
other of putting Old Bill out.
It wasn't right to do that. After
all, he was their father. Who
started the thing, anyway? Sup
pose he died? His blood would
be on their hands. Everybody
would know that Old Bill had
been thrown out of his own
house.
When the newspaper was left
at the door the next morning
there was a mad scramble for
it. Each member of the family
took sheet of it and scanned
it quickly. There were no items
about Old Bill. They looked
again. Still they couldn't find
anything. Then they saw it!
Away down in the corner of the
last page.
"Old Bill" it said, twill no
longer be responsible for any
debts contracted by his WIFE"
The Washington times., 1932-11-01

Did You Know
That Joan Crawford once swept
out rooms to earn tuition at a
boarding school?
The border vidette., 1932-10-01
WRIT BOWMAN HERE

Writ G.. Bowman, Democratic
national committeeman for the
state Of Arizona, and chairman
of the board of directors of the
First National Bank of Nogales,
accom- panied by his wife, arrived
here Thursday from Phoenix to
spend few days in their old
bone town - Nogales. Demo-
cratic national headquarters IN
Arizona have been opened in the
Hotel Adams building at Phoe
nix, where the national com
mitteeman will spend most OF
his time between now and the
general election. November 9Th.
Tomorrow Mr.. aud Mrs. Bow
man will motor to the beautiful
Circle (Z) ranch near Patagonia.
we're they will be dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee G. Il rs
meister.
The border vidette., 1932-10-01
Gambling opens tonight at the
Cavern Cafe, Nogales. Sonora.


Ignacio Mendivil. former man
ager Of the F. F. Rodriguez
hard ware store on Grapd ave
was named minister to Peru, re
placing General Juan Cabral
present mayor of Mexico City
according to reports received
here Wednesday. Minister Men
divil is we'll known in Nogales
and Sonora where has a wide
acquaintance and many friends.
Last night there was a joint
meeting of the Democratic cen.
trail committee of Santa Cruz
county. and the Roosevelt Gar.
ner Club. held at party head.
quarters in the Hotel Montezuma
buildings. presided over by
Judge Frank J. Duffy. chairman
of the county committee. and
Harry Narcotic, general chair
man of all Roosevelt-Garner
clubs now being organized in
the various precincts throughout
Santa Cruz county.
Under the management Of
Nick Kerson, games of amuse
ment, with the sky the limit, will
open tonight in the Old Jail part
of the Cavern Cafe ia Nogales.
Sonora, Mexico. The Old Jail
part of the Cafe is the south por
ton of the Cavern, the beautiful
quarters formerly used by the
Nogales Rotary club members
for their weekly luncheons. Mr..
Kerson has obtained the conces
sion for gambling in Nogales,
Sonora, which until last night,
was held for the past 18 months
by Cicero Martin, owner of The
Casino.
Following the address of Writ
G.. Bowman, Democratic national
committeeman, Monday after
noon before a packed Masonic
auditorium in Phoenix, Arizona's .
Democracy arose and vociferous.
Iy applauded his ringing appeal
for the gooC of the grand old
Democratic party and prediction
that every Democratic nominee
on the ticket from President to
constable would be elected on
Tuesday, November 8. It was
in the Masonic auditorium on the
9th of May, last. that Writ Bow.
man was loudly acclaimed as
Arizona's Democratic national
committeeman and Mrs Isabella
Green way as Democratic nation
al committee
The border vidette., 1932-10-01
DUFFY is GIVEN SIGNAL HONOR

Judge Frank J. Duffy of No
gales, chairman of the Santa
Cruz county Democratic central
committee, was one of the out
standing figures at the r oosevelt
reception in Phoenix yesterday,
says Mondays Herald.
Duffy was one Of the tive men
on the Roosevelt automobile dur
ing the time the nominee was
addressing the Arizona audiance.
After Roosevelt concluded his
address be cbatted With Duffy
for several minutes. Duffv rode
for a short distance on the Roose
Welt automobile at the invitation
of Senator Carl Hayden. Ia the
car was Roosevelt, Governor
Hunt and Senator Hayden.
The Santa Cruz county chair
man was applauded by the crowd
| following his falk with the nomi.
nee. Duffy was accompanied tc
Phoenix By bis family and
party Of friends.
The border vidette., 1932-10-01
SILLY TALK

A few, very few, are dredg.
ing up fantastic explanations,
for the Moeur victory and con-
cocting equally fantastic reasons
for predicting win for Jack
Kinney in November.
One story being spread by
these mourners is that Moeur's
nomination was due entirely to
1900 Republicans who register.
ed Democratic. Just how this
figure was arrived at is obscure.
but it is being widely quoted.
Nor can anyone tell just how it
was that all the Republicans
who participated in the Demo.
cratic primary voted for Moeur.
Surely, a few of them must have
supported each of the other can.
didates.
It is obvious that if there we're
a Republican conspiracy afoot, q
movement so widespread as to
involve 1900 people. some hint
thereof would have leaked out
and the whole state would have
been ringing with it weeks be.
fore the election.
In the last several elections q
few Republicans have voted as
Democrats. But there never
was any general program of that
kind and such tactics have al
ways been discouraged by lead.
ers of the G 0. P. ;let that much
be said to their credit.
This year, however, there was
less incentive than usual for Re.
publicans to register as Demo.
Gratis.
The Democrats are united 100
| per cent behind Dr.. Moeur, and
any chance of Republican
triumph has gone glimmering.-
Danoar's Weekly.