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Evening star., 1932-02-28

TT seems to be the impression OF
those who are attending Billy
Bryant's show boat performances
4 that the actors are troupe OF
countryjakeS, unused to the ways
of a great city: that their interpre-
tation of Ten Nights in Bar Room"
is the innocent effort Of rustic ham"
who realize their Incompetence and ac-
cept the jeers of their audiences With be-
coming humility. In that opinion the 10
cal drama lovers err. Mr.. Bryant ana ms
companions are sophisticated traYeSty
artists. more at home in Broadway
playhouse than they would be in
iowly town hall on the lark and linnet
circuit. In Cincinnati, where their
boat is anchored. they are recognized
as expert spoilers, as they are In Chl-
caeo. another haven Fresh from the
polishing influences Of those urban cap
itals, they burlesoue poor old Ten
Nights in a Bar Room with all the
glee of a city slicker batting a hay
seed. The night I was there they turned
Simon Slade's village beer saloon into
a cabaret.
In Mr.. Bryant himself New York has
found a refreshing comedian. 1t Is he,
after the first act. addresses the audi
enca in a confession Of his company's
liabilities, admitting that they are "a
bunch OF Cld-fashioned, tall-grasS
hams" With a guile learned through
selling corn salye and electric belts
from the tail-gate of a medicine cart,
Mr.. Bryant hypnOtizes his hearers INTO
the belief that he is in earnest. He
invites the city folks to eat cheese and
drink near beer on the stage hospl-
tality accepted by every one in spirit
of biu town rDrar1kinaSS John Golden.
under whose aegis Mr.. Bryant visits
us, finds IN his monolOgue a resem-
blanCe to, but not an imitation OF, VIII
Rogers in the days before Mr.. Rogers
became a lay statesman, specializing
in world politics.
The former show boaters make a
funny play out of Ten Nights in a
Bar Room" although the usual COM
plant may be offered against their
stressful ribaldry. 1t is laughable, OF
course, to hear falSetto noises come from
beneath the villains grUh muatachloS,
and to see him prance about with the
gestures of a dart throWer. But 1t
might be even more amusing were the
role to be acted as it was written. Now,
Mr. Bryant senior, recognizing the perils
OF over deriSion, plays Simon Slade
without an eXaggeratiOn, and is yet one
Of the most interesting items in the
entertainment The elder Mr. Bryant's
biography, by the way, informs one
that in his rs years he has been a
gardener for Jay Gould; an itinerant
/ vendor Of Cherokee cure-a!ls. brewed
from magic herbs, and the skipper Of
three show boats, one of which he
tOwed up and down the rivers himself,
having no money to buy mule.
x X
WERE one disposed to make a list
of what Hiram Motherwell, edi-
tor Of the Theater Guild Magazine
calls exciting and fructifying expert
ences," one might well include the
playing Of Sam Byrant and Mr.. Carle-
ton. Then one might continue with the
names Of the following, whose feats
Of excitation and fructification are a
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Revival of "Ten Nights
Is Burlesque Performance
New Workers See Show Boat Troupe Bring Back
Bar Room and Evils of Another Day.
Comedian Has Fun With Cash Customers

few Of the many that cause the sea-
son to be reasonably glorious
Leslie Howard as a gay youth turned
morbid by problems of integrity, etc,
propounded in Philip Barry's stimula-
ting THE Animal Kingdom"
Alexander Woolcott as physically
otioSe but mentally diligent fat man
in Brief Moment"
Miss Mary Ellis, impersonating a
smart woman of the world with pas
sion for diamonds and diamond thief
in Jewel Robbery"
Nigel Bruce as an earnestly comic
personality in the English farce,
"Springtime for Henry"
Philip Merivale, in "Cynara," repre-
senting a prudent man in the throeS OF
a tragic imprudence with shopgirl,
not his wife. Also Miss Adrienne Allen.
Miss Phoebe Foster and Henry Ste
phenson.
Miss Diana Wynyard as a frank and
beautiful lady undergoing temptation
of one sort and another in The Devil
Passes"
Paul NUM-, in Counselor -at-Law,
as a comparatively honest lawyer pur-
sued by a tricky past.
Ernest Truex, playing reluctant
villain in the comic poiSon-play,
"Whistllng in the Dark"
Miss Katherine Cornell in THE
Barretts of Wlmpole Street"
The objections to Vincent Youman's
new opera, Through the Years" are
that it tries to be funny and isn't. If,
it is complained the authors had
omitted their deadly comedy from the
book, Mr.. YoumanS songs might have
revived Miss Jane Cowl's old romance
("Smilin' Thru as pleasantly as other
things of its kind have been revived.
AS it is, the desperate critics of even
so friendly a comedian as Charles
Winninger are an intrusion. The music
is pretty without being sensational. and
one number, Drums in My Heart has
outstanding qualities of melody and
rhythm.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
The Road Back"

RY cable and long distance telephone
Carl Laemmle, jr., UniversalS pro-
duction executive. has engaged r. c.
Sheriff. British playwright, to come to
Hollywood in March to prepare the
screen adoption of The Road Back"
slated to be UniverSals biggest picture
since "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Sheriff won worldwide attention
few years ago when his first play,
Journeys End" was produced In
London, and after year of success,
was translated into a dozen different
languages, played in a score of coun-
tries and made into a film play by
James Whale, director of its British
premier and now under contract to
Universal.
With Erich Maria Remarque, author
of "All Quiet on the Western Front"
as the creator of The Road Back"
and Britain's outstanding war play
wright to adapt it, Laemmle, jr., be-
lieveS he has assured Universal a film
drama that will in its filming become
the equal of the sensational picture
which won its makers five awards.
Sheriff is now in London, but ex-
poets to leave for America within
few weeks, according to his latest cable
to the studios. Upon completion of
Sheriff's adoption of THE Road Back"
director and cast, which have already
been given considerable concern, will
be announced.
Evening star., 1932-02-28

" NER1 now ana llltH Sullt oNOd-
l. sional perussr of this column
writes in to complain about the
IL lack OF hot news rctailed herein
Give us fewer dull theories and
more snappy facts is the popular cry.
Tell US more about the private lives
of the film stars and less about the
artistic significance, or lack of same,
OF their pictures This is pretty en-
barrassing. The demand for hot news
from Hollywood strikes thoroughly re-
Sponsiye chord in me, as l should ike
nothing better than to be in possession
of many items of gossip that l could
pass on to the readers.
However, I am destitute of such pos
sessions. All 1 know is what read,
and as every one else can consult these
same fascinating sources, hardly think
that I could get away with reprints OF
their rumorS. So there's nothing for
it but to fill this column with theories.
At the same time there's no reason why
these theories should always have TO be
concerned with artistic significance, or
lack of same" They might be ap-
plied-discreetly of course-to the
home lives of the lamentably overeX-
posed stars.
Let us begin with Greta Garbo. for
instance, the worlds foremost subject
of rumor. Everything that is printed
about her is the sheerest speculation,
for no one seems to know any positive
facts. Concerning her off-screen ac-
tiVities, one mans guess is another
mans poison. 1t is my guess that the
endless talk about the mystery of Garbo
is bunk. There is no mystery about
her. She is Just precisely what she
seems to bean acutely sensitive artist,
with a deep p-rooted, almost pathological
aversion to the ballyhoo of press agentry
There is, I believe, no obscurely eXcit-
ing reason for her shrinking from ad-
vertisement; she is absolutely honest IN
her desire to be left alone.
Similarly honest, in my estimation, Is
that other prime favorite Of the gos-
sipers-little Miss Clara Bow. Here is
a girl who has done just what countless
other girls would have done in her
position, ard who doesn't care who
knows it: with refreshingly artless cam
dor she has made the most OF the OPP
portunities for fun that fame and for
tune have given her.
This excessive honesty has preclpl-
tated her into all manner Of difficult
ties. and it may have caused her down
fall; in spite of which, it stands to her
everlasting credit, in my unreliable
opinion.
THERE have always been in Holly
l. wood certain stars who have thrived
and prospered on seemingly damaging
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Miss Richards Lecture.

MISS JANET RICHARDS. in her
4'A weekly talk tomorrow morning on
Affairs Political and International,
will review the most important events
of the past fortnight, including de-
velopments in the Chinese Japanese
imbroglio progress at Geneva, the pos
sible serious consequences of impend-
ing elections in several European coun-
tries, and affairs congressional. The
talk will be given in the small ball
room Of the Willard Hotel at IL o'clock.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Camera Stunts.

EILMlNG scenes on a floating studio
in which camera and apparatus and
even lights were mounted on RATS on
lake swinging cameras over the
heads of the participants in a vivid
court room scene and moving them
about on especially designed trucks
were some of the tricks used to OBJ
tain distinctive filming in Emma" I"
Marie DTessler'S latest starring We
hicle which is now current at Loew's
Palace.
Incidentally, these camera and mi
crophone novelties caused Clarence
Brown, who directed the picture, to
hark back to earlier days. Brown was
an engineer before he entered the di-
rectorial field. He used this engineer
ing knowledge to invent the mechanism
by which the camera operated mys-
teriously through many of the shots"
in the Dressler picture
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Whiteman Coming.

A RRANGEMENTS have been COM
"A pleted for an early appearance of
Paul Whiteman and his band at R-K-O
Keith's Theater.
Whiteman,. known throughout the
world as the King of jazz" has not
played vaudeville for some time, but
his musical activities over the broad
casting networks have supplemented
reputation earned when he had no
competition in the band and orchestra
field. With Whiteman will appear
Mildred Bailey, the Romancer's. the
Testers, Arlene and Norman Selby and
"Goldie," "the Kings lax Clown"
Another important early booking for
the Fifteenth street theater is Miss Lee
Morse. whose grooming melodies have
brought her world fame, too.
Evening star., 1932-02-28

Age of Innocence" and "DiShonored
Lady" In The BaTretts of Wimpole
Street" she has role unlike anything
she hitherto has acted, that Of Eliza
beth Barrett, the poet.
Rudolf Besier tells one Of the most
famous love stories in history in The
Barretts of Wimpole Street" that Of
the romance of Robert Browning and
Elizabeth Barrett, set against back
ground of parental tyranny. In all
essentials Mr. Besier has followed au-
thentic accounts Of this Courtship and
wedding, much of his material being
taken from the letters that passed be-
tween the two poets.
The cast includes Brian Aherne, Mar
gallo Gilmore, Charles Waldron, Joyce
Carey, Myra Hampton, Brenda Forbes
John Buckler, George Riddell, Oswald
Marshall, Ian Wolfe, Vernon Downing
Frederick Voight, Leslie Dennison, Ian
Emery. Richard Lambart, Robert Cham
pain and Flush.
Madge Kennedy, comedienne and an
established favorite here, will be the
star of the new comedy coming to the
National Theater Monday, March T.,
previous to being cone on Broadway.
The play is Bridal Wise" from the
pens of Albert Hacket5 and Frances
Goodrich. who wrote the very mirth
ful and successful up Pops the Devil"
Miss Kennedy it is said, is given
ample opportunity in Bridal Wise"
to display her comedy talents. 1t was
in the playing Of farce, notably Twin
Beds and Fair and Warmer" that
She first gained countrywide recog-
milton. Her most recent appearances
in Washington were made in Private
Lives"
The supporting cast has been par
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Dr.. Gibbons Lectures.

T TNDER the auspices of the Com
munity Institute of Washington
Herbert Adams Gibbons, internationally
known publicist and speaker on con-
temporary politics, will deliver lecture
Wider Horizons" at Central Com
munity Center, Thirteenth and Clifton
streets northwest, Tuesday evening,
March l. DR.. Gibbons has studied
world problems all over the globe dur
ing the past 25 years, and he has closely
followed all national movements since
the World War. Tickets are available
at the T. Arthur Smith Bureau, the
A. A. A. and Willard Hotel
Evening star., 1932-02-28

" q Oh ~ VI NA
trasting characters,
by an intensive
and thorough ap-
premiership. After
five years of act
ing on the road, in
stock, and in Lon
don, over night she
became the talk Of
New York by her
peri o rrnance of
Sydney in Glenn
ence Danes "A Bill
of Divurcement.
Since then she
has been S c e n
in "Wil'. Shake
Speare," Candida,
The Green Hat"
THE Letter" " The
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Biblical Drama.
THE young players of the FIJI

THE young players Of the First Con-
L gregational Church will present
another biblical drama, entitled James
of Galilee," at the First Congregational
Church, Tenth and G streets at 8
o'clock. next Sunday evening, March 6.
Tudor Wilton has been cast in the
role of James, Gail Wilton. as Esther,
James wife, and William Taylor will
take the part Of Zebedee. Other par
ticipants are to be Mary Jane Benson,
John Homer Smith, Ray McAfee, Viola
Buhrow and Dorothy Blaisdell. These
players present biblical drama" once
a month. No admission is charged.
The public is cordially invited.
Evening star., 1932-02-28

roles.
The Gay Ca
ballero" is adapted
from a story by
Tom GIN, a native
of w ash in g ton.
The exciting plot is
based on O'Brien
leaving the foot
ball field for the
West to begin life
where his father
left off. He is i'm
mediately involved
in intrigue and ro-
nance along the
Colorful Mexican
border, not t h e
least being his love
affair with Con-
rl,itn Nor IN o rrn
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Good Stories and Star
Casts Featured in This
Week S Array of Pictures
Marie Dressler Takes Different Sort of Role in
Emma" Three Film Attractions Are Held
Over-On the Vaudeville Stages.

many persons more unfortunate. A
brilliant cast supports ArliSs, including
Violet Heming Bette Davis Ivan Simp-
son, Donald Cook and Louise Closer
Hale.
'Washington, the Man and the Cap
ital," Warner Bros Bicentennial film
will also continue on the program.
Clarence Whitehill, Metropolitan Opera
star, plays the part Of Washington. The
latest issue of the Paramount sound
news completes the program.
PALACE-"Emma."
MARIE DRESSER is to be seen at
A'A LoewS Palace this week in her
latest production, Emma" The pic
ture is a tale of the life Of an every
day American family, with Miss Dress
Ter playing the role of the family SER
want, VINO has been responsible for the
rearing of a large family. Jean Her
sholt, Richard Cromwell, Myrna 10y,
Purnell Pratt, John MILAN and others
have important parts.
On the Palace stage Loew'S vaudeville
revue is featured in seven big acts, in
Guiding Bob Murphy Al and Ray
Samuels, Johnny Hyman. Dave Tan
nen, the Chester Hale girls and others.
COLUMBIA-"HcII Divers"
"HELL DIVERS" co-st2rring Wal
L l. lace Beery and Clark Gable, re-
mains a second week at Loew'S Colum-
bia, where it has been thrilling audi
ences with its romance of the naval
aviation service. Conrad Nagel has an
important supporting part in the cast
that includes Dorothy Jordan Mar
jorie Rambeau. Marie Provost, Cliff Ed
wards and John MILAN.
RIALTO-"Murder in the Rue Morgue."
HTHE MURDERS IN THE RUE
MORGUE" remains second
week at the Rialto, where it has been
playing to capacity audiences. The per-
formances of Bella Lugosi. who plays
DR. Mirakle, and Sidney Fox are ac-
credited the finest of their respective
screen careers. The Murders in the
Rue Morgue," directed by Robert Florey,
has a supporting cast that includes
Leon Waycof, Brandon Hurst, Betty
Ross Clarke and Bert Roach. The
scene Of the picture is the Paris of
1840, which Poe knew so intimately.
In addition, the Rialto offers Graham
McNamee with the lateS Universal
News and a group Of selected short sub
lectS.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
KEITHS-"The Lost Squadron"

UJ'HE LOST SQUADRON starring
Richard Dix, and with the cast
Including Joel McCrea, Mary Astor'
Robert Armstrong, Erich Won Stroheim
and Hugh Herbert, is the feature at
traction now at R-K-O Keith's. 1t is
story of those phantom thrill makers
the Hollywood stunt aviators. The
story was written by Dick Grace VINO
seemingly is the possessor of a charmed
life and who is famed for his stunt
fving. He creates all of the sensa-
tional thrills which go to make up the
picture. .,.,,,,,o
On the stage the R-x-O vaudeville
program is headed by Irene Rich, max
ing a personal appearance in a presen-
tafion with an assisting company.
Others on the new program include
BON bay" Aldo Bomontol, OF radlo 11ii,
fame. and his gang; Eddie Stanley, WIN
AUBREY, Lois Torres and her BARGE
1onians, and Peter Laurini, guest con-
ductor. Pathe News and other supp4e-
mentary films round out the program.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
EARLE-"Shanghai Express"

MARLENE DIETRICH heads this
weeks program at Warner Brothers
Earle in Shanghai Express" a Para
mount picture directed by Josef Won
Sternberg, who also directed the star in
"Bme Angel" Morocco" and other sue
cesses. 1t is presented in conjunction
with a new vaudeville bill featuring
Evelyn Wilson, recently with George
Whites Scandals"
Shanghai Express" is the story of
a mysterious woman who meets her for
mer sweetheart on a train. Before the
train reaches its destination Marlene,
as a wise woman of the world not only
shows how much she still loves the
man, but also changes the lives OF a
dozen other persons. Give Brook Is
the man of her heart, while warner
GLAND is the cause of all the trouble.
Other members of the cast are Anna
May Wong, Eugene Palette and Louise
Closer Hale.
EVELYN Wilson, who heads the vaude-
vile, offers a new group OF humorous
songs: the Three Swifts present COM
edv skit; Abbott and Robey continue
the making, and Johnny PaSUlme
and his Dancing SWeetheartS are
seen in song and dance noVeities'
Maxine Doyle is mistress OF ceremonies.
The program is completed by Granam
MacNamee news events, new release
of the popular novelty song reefs
"Battling Bosco" and orchestral preIuoe
by the Earle orchestra.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
FoX-"The Gay CabalIero."

FOX-"The Gay Caballero."
TIME Fox Theater program is top
ped this week with the personal
appearance of that famed come
dian El Brendel. On the screen
in THE Gay Caballero," with
George OBrien, Victor McLaglen and
Ccnchita Montenegro in the leading
Evening star., 1932-02-28

fairs. Her play, The Barretts Of
Wimpole Street" by Rudolf Besier, won
instant success in New York, where a
years run has just been concluded.
Miss Cornell has risen to her present
pre-eminence in the American theater
Evening star., 1932-02-28
METROPOLITAN THE Man VINO
PLAYED God

Played God"
GEORGE ARLISS in his Warner
Bros. picture, The Man VINO
Played God" has been held over for
second week. The engagement will end
Thursday night.
THE Man Who Played God" is the
story of a musician whose sudden deal
ness completely changes his mode, OF
living. his thoughts and outlook on lie.
After much self-imposed misery ne
finally finds him way back to happl-
ness, bringing JOY at the same time TO
Evening star., 1932-02-28

Finally a mysterious Robin Hood brings
peace to the countryside and happiness
TO the lovers.
The supporting cast is headed by an
other Washingtonian, Weldon Hepburn,
who recently made his first feature.
Others in the cast are Linda Watkins,
c. Henry Gordon, Willard Robertson
end Juan Torena. The direction is by
Alfred Werker.
The comedian who made audiences
laugh in "Sunnyside Up" Just I'M
agine," Mr.. Lemon Of orange" and
many others, El Brendel, is featured in
a skit on the stage. Fanchon and
Marco offer their About Town" idea,
featuring Ted and Al Waldman, Max
and His Gang, Den Dova, Paul Olsen,
Joe Pasco and the Sunkist Beauties. Al
Mitchell, conducting the orchestra, and
Movietone News complete the bill.
Evening star., 1932-02-28

T y ATHERINE CORNELL's appear
e ance at the Be!asco next week,
y beginning March 7, marks one
of the high spots Of the season
in WGshingtons theatrical af-
Evening star., 1932-02-28

Theater for the week beginning March
7, has acted 400 characters OH the stage,
which one must admit is an impressive
list, varying as it does from handsome
leading men to villainous rogues. Per-
haps nothing he has done has i'm
pressed audiences quite SO deeply as his
portrait Of the elder Barrett, who all
but ruins the lives of his children
through his impregnable idea of love
duty and power. The contrast between
Elizabeth Barrett's father and the title
role Of Daddy Long Legs" suggests the
range Waldron has accomplished.
There is, of course" says Waldron,
"a difference between presenting
historical figure and an imaginary one
behind the footlights. In the former
case actors must be limited by what is
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Just Personal Opinions
Of Various Movie Stars
This Writer Admits That He Hears Little News
From Hollywood, but He Has His Own Ideas
About Garbo, Bow, Swanson and Others.
Bv Robert E. Sherwood.

. VERY now and then some occa-
l. sional pcrussr of this column
writes in to complain about the
. lack OF hot news rctailed herein.
Evening star., 1932-02-28

IARLES WALDRON, who Is
seen as the tyrannical father
in THE Barretts of Wimpole
Street" in which Katharine
Cornell appears ct the Belasco
Evening star., 1932-02-28

r T seems to be the impression Of
those who are attending Billy
Bryant's show boat performances
that the actors are a troupe OF
Evening star., 1932-02-28

Clark Gable and Marion Davies are
co-starred at the Palace next week in
Polly of the Circus" On the stage Al
Wohlman will head the revue, Make
1t Snappy."
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WASHINGTON LETTER
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ably be ready within few days. The
House Ways and Means Committee
has forced the Treasury Department
to revise its recommendation so that
a workable bill may be brought be-
fore the Congress. Belief prevails
that one of the high-lights will be a
manufacturers tax of two per cent
levied at point of origin and not
pyramided. Food and farm products
will undoubtedly be exempted and
possibly another exemption for their
smaller producers where the cost of
collecting the tax would be excessive.
Many weeks will be required to whip
the tax measure into final shape as
the Senate has few ideas to incor-
porate in the House proposal.
No housewife forced into smaller
living quarters as an economy step
ever faced greater problem than
Congress. They realize that many of
the numerous government commits
sions and bureaus that have sprung
up like mushrooms must be weeded
out. They are frankly puzzled as to
what furniture to discard in pruning
the appropriations. The Democrats
are cOgnizant that they may lop off
jobs at this time which might be ex-
tremely valuable as political plums
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-03

next year-provided their hopes of
About sixty millions was cut by the
House Appropriations Committee from
budget estimates for five Federal de-
partments There are five more sup
ply bills awaiting attention in the
House.
The ordinary citizen is never in
clined to consider government Off
Gals in the light of lobbyists. Yet,
it has been openly charged recently
that the greatest lobby in Washington
is operated by the War Department in
it's opposition to proposals to CONSOLE
date it with the Naval establishment
in the interest of economy and in
creased efficiency. The Department
made a denial. A House leader Of
fered to mention names and other
facts but the challenge has not been
accepted. 1t is interesting to note
that the Corps of Engineers of the
War Department has built up a mar
velOus Congressional contact through
prOvements and bridges on navigable
streams. A legislator must depend
on cooperation from the Department
to obtain favorable recommendations
which mean patronage for his Con-
gressiOnal district. 1t is the old pOlit-
ical game of back scratching" or ex-
change of favors.