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The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Late Stage News
Direct From
Broadway

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-"The
Great Magoo." according to an
nouncement by Billy Rose, the
producer, will continue its en-.
gagement at the Selwyn Theater.
The play previously had been
listed to close on Saturday night.
Melody" instead of Love
Story" will be the title of the
musical show by Sigmund Rom
berg, Edward Childs Carpenter
and Irving Caesar which George
White is now preparing. Mr..
White stated yesterday that the
change back to the shows original
name had been made out of def
erence to S. H. Behrman, whose
play, Love Story" is scheduled
for production late in the winter.
Walter Woolf has replaced Robert
Halliday in the cast of Melody"
which also includes Evelyn Her
bert, Everett Marshall, Jeanne
Aubert, Hugh O'Connen and
George Houston.
Biography" S. N. Behrman's
new play, the cast of which is
headed by Ina Claire, was pre-
sented last night at the Guild The
ater as the Theater Guilds Sec
ond production of the season. And
the latest of the Wee & Leventhal
reviVals of recent plays, The
ShoW-Off," began an engagement
at the Hudson Theater.
Philip Tonge, recently seen in
"Clear All Wires!" has joined the
cast of Design for Living" the
forthcoming Noel Coward play.
Another casting engagement an
nounced yesterday is June Cox for
Girls in Uniform"
'"The Last Judgment" the Gen
naro Curci-Eduardo Ciannelli play,
will open tonight at the Broad
Street Theater, Newark. The play
also will be seen in Boston before
coming here the second week in
January.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Feature PLAYERS

Three of Warner Brothers-First
National feature players were
utilized by Sam Sax, Vitaphone's
production head, in the Vitaphone
Techincolor musical comedy, Hey!
Hey! WeSterner!" the latest of
the series which is now playing
at Warner Brothers Earle The
ater. The players are Mae Madi
son, who played in Bought" 80
Big" and Manhattan Parade" in
the leading feminine role; Gloria
Shea, who has appeared in Life
Begins" and big City Blues" and
Sheila Terry, who had parts in
"Crooner," big City Blues" and
Weekend Marriage"
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Brooke to Help

Clifford Brooke, who has been
busy interviewing future buses
and Barrymores for his drama
school, leaves for New York to-
day where he will have finger
in the pie for the opening of
the pretentiouS Radio City.
Director Brooke will stage and
guide the comedy speciality which
Doc Rockwell will present for
Roxy in the new 5000 seat Music
Hall scheduled to open December
27.
Roxy has the entire amusement
world watching his plans to fill
this monster theater So weeks in
the year. 1t has three mezzanineS
(high-toned name for balconies) :,
with the top shelf scaled at 81.
If Roxy can get them up in the
air-without the use of mirrors
he will be a marvel. Nevertheless
he has all the opposition on its
toes and they are watching his
every move.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Film Is Based on
MAGAZINE Series

From the series of stories by
H. Ashton-Wolfe that were ma
tionally circulated through the
American Weekly magazine much
interest has been aroused in the
motion picture as well as the
methods of the French police in
their highly scientific manner of
detecting crime and solving it.
! Produced by Radio Pictures
Secrets of the French Police
has such well.known players as
GWili Andre, the new Danish i'm
portation. Gregory Ratoff, Frank
Morgan and John Warburton.
AS an added attraction on the
program RKO Keith's is present.
ing isle of Desire" an adventure
film taking in the South Sea
Isles. A native cast protrayS the
picture untrammeled by clothes
and conventions with the story
built around legendary lore and
tribal customs.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
When the Feature Is
Shown On the Screen

FOX.-Joan Bennett in ME
and My Gal" at II a. M. 1:45.
-4:3O, 7:20 and 1905 p. m. Stage
shows at 1885, 1925, 6'15 and
8 p. m.
PALACE - Jean Harlow in
s'Red Dust" at 1850 a. M, 1850,
$3.50, 5:45, 7:45 and .9:45 p. m.
EARLE-Lilli Damita in "The
Match King" at 1905 a. m, 1895,
4:25, 7:20 and 1910 p. m. Stage
shows at 1885, 3:25, $40 and
0:10 p. m.
RKO-KEITH'S-Gwili Andre in
'SecretS of the French Police" at
1901, 1859, 3:57, 5:55, 1885 and
9:51 p. m.
COLUMBIA - Ann Dvorak in
stranger in Town." at 11:45
q. M. 1:25. 3:05, 1850. $50. S:15
and 9:55 p. M,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cast
IN "Goona-G -Goona," at 1885 a. m,
1:18, 1901. 4:44. 6:25, 800 and
HkRG~$k QAa -.---.l
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Santa Is Coming
Early to Keith S

RKO Keith'S is to have Santa
Claus, in person, to distribute a
Christmas toy to each youngster
attending that theater during the
week before the biggest day for
any kid the world over, i. e., De-
cember 10 right through Christ
mas Eve, December "a in addi-
ton, the grown-ups will have a
series Of special nights when gifts
will be given.
On Sunday, December 18, a
Gruen watch will be awarded by
Selinger, the jeweler; Monday,
the Club Michel will award a
Christmas dinner for a party of
eight; Tuesday, the Peoples Drug
Stores will award a special con-
tainer of Caron's perfume; Wed
neSday, the District Grocery
Stores, two $25 purchase orders;
Thursday. passage for two on the
Ludington Line to New York
City and two days at the Cover.
nor Clinton Hotel in that city;
on Friday, four tons of coal will
be, awarded by the Blick Coal
Company, and on Saturday,
Christmas Eve, an electrical sew,
ing machine by the National Elec-
trical Supply Company.
The awards will be made to
patrons attending RKO Keith's
on the nights specified each
patron being furnished with a
card upon entering the theater
upon which they will be asked to
write a five-word slogan in con-
nection with the theater and
upon which space will be pro.
vided for their respective names
and addresses.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
RROADWAYS
OF The WORLD
BY Mark HeIIinger-

! MAJESTIC HOTEL, TUNIS, NORTH AFRICA.
of those people who regard Arabs Bedouins
caravans and North Africa in romantic light it would be
wise for you to skip this column Previous my arrival
here my knowledge of this section of the world had been
drawn from romantic novels and the motion picture films
the late Rudolph Valentino and the tardy Rex Ingram. 1t
had all boiled down to question of shek and ye shall
find
~ O gentlemen, what disappointment had looked for
ward to cloudess Skies handsome and mysterious veed
beauties who would captivate the soul with purple
glance And what do find7 Plenty of rain Ugly
whose only occupation spend day scratching flies
to be potefrom their whiskers And carload of dumpy
danes who wouldn't get past the doorman in chorus for
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Run on Bali

A little island in the Dutch
East Indies, is giving Hollywood
a run as motion picture produc-
tion headquarters for this little
old cooled-off ball of molten rock
To date most of the Balinese
film product has been a flimsy
complex. But now comes "Goona.
Goona" Cthe love drug which
has a real story after the Holly
wood fashion.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Actress Is Found
in Costume Room

Eddie Sutherland, who was di.
recting GWili Andre and John
Warburton in Secrets of the
French Police" now at RKO
Keith's, was scouting about for
a character woman to play one
of the important roles in the pic
ture. The director had despaired
of obtaining the right woman,
when he visited the wardrobe de-
partment to view some of the
costumes for the production.
There he saw Kate Lawson, as
sistant to Josette de Lima, stud
iomodiste. And there he signed
Mrs. Lawson to enact the import
ant role,
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Now Who Was She?

Ed Sullivan, New York column
ist, inquiries what movie star was
evicted from her hotel for run
ming up and down the corridors
naked? Well, Ed, I couldn't tell
you, but I can tell you right now
who almost everybody thinks it
was.
One of the gay between-the-
acts merry Andrews last night
called it Heming and having. I
mean that show at the National.
Not bad.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Talented Miss Hammond

Martha Graham, the dancer,
and Natalie Hays Hammond,
daughter of John Hays Hammond
of our city, are planning an un-
usual series of productions for
early February. At the Guild
Theater in New York on succeed
ing Sunday evenings, February S
and IL, they will present six
medieval miracle plays, and if
they arouse public response will
offer additional performances.
Miss Graham will direct and ap-
pear in the dramas, and they will
be designed and costumed by
Miss Hammond.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Passes Inspection

An F. Street pedestrian passing
the Metropolitan Theater was in
trigued to scan the poster bally-
hoo for "Goona-G -Goona." One of
the cut-outs caused him to "tsh,
tsh, tsh" and HE Immediately to
the office of District Attorney
Rover.
Assistant District Attorney
Keogh was interested enough to
stroll down and look over the dis
play. After close inspection he re-
QueSted the removal of one cut
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Hemins in
Wit Duel With
Roger Pryor
By ANDREW r. KELLEY


For it's second subscription
play of the Washington season
the American Theater Society
last night presented at the Ma
tional, John Van Druten's draw
ing room comedy, There's AL
ways Juliet"
Built upon slender frame
work of bright repartee, brittle
banter and ultra sophiStication,
this dramatic tidbit depends
much upon the brilliance of its
players to transpoSe its abundant
conversation into an engaging
evening.
Four Characters
Endowed as it is with the
blonde charms of Violet Heming,
who reveals a congenial flair for
light comedy, and the rugged
playing Of Roger Pryor, among
the best Of our breezy leading
men, There's Always Juliet" con-
trived to spread it's fluffy sub
stance over three polite and mod
erately- amusing acts. There was
a time when it threatened to be-
come painfully coy but it turned
out to be but a minor symptom.
There are four characters in
this feathery romance although
the French telephone gives forth
enough muffled sound and such
valiant service it could be well
included in the cast. 1t tells of
a crowded 48 hours in the lives
of Lenora Perrycoste and Dwight
Houston. They meet at a London
party, become mutually smitten,
and manage somehow to become
thoroughly acquainted with each
The Washington times., 1932-12-13

other in the short space of two
days. There are some complica-
tions such as a hasty summons
to America and the annoying
presence of one Of Lenorara'S
ardent suitors but they are grad
ually smoothed out for path
to a honeymoon suite on the
Europa.
Talented Couple
To keep its WiSecrackS and its
near whimsies bounding gaily
Miss Heming, attired in many
attractive frocks, is almost
constantly on the scene. She is
aided handsomely by Roger Pryor
as a courageous and impetuouS
The Washington times., 1932-12-13

Romeo who can put sincerity into
his roguiSh moments and the
required degree of tenderness into
his soft speeches. A pretty accom-
plished pair, they keep Mr.. Van
Druten's delicate plot from sag
ging in the middle.
Lillian Brennard Tonge and
John Graham Spacey give AL
support in the two other Incl
dental but important roles.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Ellis Is Ex-Matador

Paul Ellis, who supports Clark
Gable. Carole Lombard, and Dor.
othy Mackaill in mo Man of Her
own" was bull fighter in his
native Argentine before coming
to. Hollywood five years ago.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13

how one can
fall behind in
card indexing
the eminent of
vaudeville.
It hap p e n S
t h a t Baritone
Gary is a radio
celebrity a nd
since last May
n e i h er the
great or the in
famous Of the
air have pene-
ira tie d tn e
Kelley a D a r +
ment via the
cnoakpr
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
No Rest for Walter

Walter Walker is now doubling
back and forth between two pic
lures, appearing in the Billion
Dollar Scandal" and in "No Man
of Her own" which features
Clark Gable, Carole Lombard and
Dorothy Mackaill.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Film on Death Of
Wanderwen
Planned
By HARRISON CARROLL

OpyFight, 1889, King Features Syndicate
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 13.-With
the murder of Walter Wanderwell
spread over the front pages here,
Paramount already is planning to
incorporate some of the elements
of this mystery in a picture called
KILLER Aboard"
Going the local Staying several
better, this film will kill off most
of the crew and passengers on a
yacht in mid-ocean.
AS luck would have it, Para
mount already was working on a
maritime murder mystery when
some asSailant shot down Wan
derwell in the cabin of the former
rum runner, in which he and a
party of adventure-craving souls
were shortly to head for the
South Seas.
With the dispatch of true op-
portunists, studio heads promptly
instructed Authors Robert Pres
nell and Mamie Self to- tie in
With the local CRIME.
While it is still too early in the
game to have any definite cast,
Paramount is trying to persuade
Lowell Sherman to take one of
the leading roles in the film.
Hollywood Parade
Did you hear that crack that
Hollywood's enfant terrible, Kath-
arine Hepburn, made over the
national radio hookup? They
fell right out Of their seats in
the studio The swank hand
bag that Eleanor Holm is sport
ing was a birthday present from
Carl Laemmle, jr.
Yesterday was Doug Fairbanks, S,
jr.. birthday and, worse luck,
both he and Joan Crawford had
to work till midnight. Joan sent
a huge cake out to Warmers
studio and Doug shared it with
his whole company. Remember
I said Doug was crazy to do
The White Sister," with Helen
Hayes? It's gone this far, that
he actually took test for the
role. But so did Nils Asther and
several others.
The unfortunate Mr.. De Kuh,
whom Mickey Walker knocked
so cold in a local arena the
other evening, has donned grease
paint and will replace Wladek
zbyszko in Doug jr.'s picture at
Warmers =. Betty Blythe-you
haven't forgotten The Queen Of
Sheba"-is playing small part
in George ArliSs' picture. And
was it a study in contrast when
Evangelist Aimee Semple Nc
Pherson visited the suave and
courtly George Arliss on the set
the other afternoon?
In a brainstorm, !. wrote that
Norman Foster was a grand
opera singer before entering pic
lures. 1t was Preston Foster. I
knew it, but the wrong name
came off my fingertips. Also
it was Robert Shannon and
not Robert Sheldon who CO.
authored Strictly Personal" !"
Now, I can breathe freely.
The FrolicS has a new show
and, despite a rainy night, the
Frank Fays, the Bill Beaudines
and several other celebrities
showed up to look it over.
Marian Nixon will entertain the
Santa Barbara polo team and
their wives today. And, after
years, some one had the nerve
to try that same telegram again
on AL Jolson: Busted, dis
gusted and untrusted. Wire
| money"
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
RuggIes Vacations

Granted his first extensive va.
cation since his arrival in Holly.
wood IA months ago, Charlie
Ruggles is vacationlng in New
York.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13

seen thus far has been the worst
and not the best. Trust Hell
1inger to see to that.
Tunis Is Xmas Tie
:, AS you doubtless know, Tunis
is a French colony. 1t was a
gift to France in years gone
,by--and it's a first cousin to a
gift of a Christmas tie that you
hate like the devil to wear. You
don't particularly want it, but
there i; is. And to keep peace
IN the family, you wear it now
and then.
France has a definite problem
IN Tunis. Not nearly as great
as England has in India, but a
perplexing problem just the
same. The Arabs, who form
far and away the greatest part
OF the population of the large
colony of Tunisie, are none too
! fond of the French rule. They
object to taxation because they
do not understand it. And there
is a continual murmur of un-
rest that even the casual OBJ
server must always sense.
Perhaps the situation will be
q trifle easier to understand
when I tell you that the aver
age Arab of today lives in ex-
5actly the same fashion as his
forefatherS lived in the, count
less generations that have gone
by. He does not understand the
outside world because he does
not want to understand it.
~ He has his own customs, his
own methods of living and his
own ideas of what constitutes
right and wrong. Practically
any American will listen to
those ideas and feel instinctively
that there is plenty wrong with
them.
The Frenchman who under
stands his Tunis is very philo-
sophical about the entire thing.
Arab Is an Arab
i 1.-THE Arab is the Arab" he
says, "the same as the French
man is the Frenchman and the
German is the German. We
govern them and we can tell
them that such and such a
thing is best for their health
and cleanliness. But if we at
tempt to enforce our statements,
we cannot possibly ever hope to
get anywhere.
Were we to go directly into
the lowest of the Arab sections
and try to change living condi-
tions, we would have terrible
violence upon our hands. We
know the filth that exists. We
know it only too well. But the
Arab is content as he is. He
says it was good enough for his
forefathers thousands of years
ago. and it's good enough for
him today. And there the mat
ter rests.
:. Perhaps you would care to
suggest something that might
remedy the entire situation in
q few moments. If you are,
you are far wiser than we are
land we have spent fortunes in
years of research. Would you
care to say anything?"
You must reply in the mega
tive.
I do hope all this stuff doesn't
bore you. I find a. great deal Of
interest in it, but perhaps that's
because I'm actually on the
ground. I'd better switch to
something that has a little
more life to it. The Arab sys-
tenn of marriage, for instance.
Or the fact that the three great
est evils in TuniS are the filth,
the drinking of tea and usury.
y About the filth, you know al.
!. ready. About the drinking of
= tea-and certainly we don't
consider that an evil-you may
. require a few words of explana-
ton. The Arabs do not drink
kaa &c VIA S1TiIoly II TnStaod of
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Did You KNOW

Did You Know
That Cecil B. De Mile, a
lover of luxury off-screen as well
as on, has equipped his mountain
ranch house with a pipe organ?
The Washington times., 1932-12-13

By ANDREW II. KELLEY
The fact that I had never heard
tell of Sid Gary, headliner at the
Earle Theater this wesk, shows
The Washington times., 1932-12-13

So that it was up to Singer Gary
to deliver for me on his merits
and not on air reputation. I am
happy to report he delivers very
satisfactory Is minutes of vocal
music.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13

OF water they reverse the proc
eSS. They put a few drops of
water into a pound of tea,
squash the result in order to
get the very last drop-and
then drink the stuff as is.
Tunisian Prohibition
The junk is then bitter and
highly diStaSteful mixture, but
the Arabs in the lower quarters
have grown to love it. They
drink it down at a gulp and,
strangely enough, it's the only
drink that will get them COM
pletely drunk. They go daffy
on this mixture, and the French
have had a devil of a time cur
failing the stuff. If we in
America couldn't stop hard
liquor, can you imagine what
difficulties the French are hav-
ing with tea?
We come now to the usury
problem and, if you think that
isn't tough to solve, you don't
know us North Africans. In
the first place, there Is no one
who really knows who owns a
piece of land. If a great-grand-
father was in a beneficent
mood, he willed his land to a
certain mosque without telling
anyone about it.
If not, the land went to the
children and the children's
children. And since every Arab
has the right to marry as many
wives as he can support, it's
a serious question which chill
dren'S children are whose chill
dren's children. It's as though
every Arab was in his own pri-
vate theatrical business.
At the present moment, the
French are willing to lend
money for farming purposes to
those Arabs who wish to ben
eft by the ruling. But that
also breeds trouble. For the
Arab has no realization of the
meaning of a loan. He con-
siders every loan as gift. And
if the government gives him
5000 francs with which to buy
farming implements, he very
promptly visits the market-place
and invests in the loudest
jewels he can find.
Simple Problem
All of which brings us to
uSury. When the Arab finds
that he is broke and cannot af-
ford to buy the implements he
promised to get, he immediate
ly visits the uSurer and gets
the necessary loan on his prop
erty. He also considers that
money as a gift, but can you
imagine what happens when
he puts his thumb-print on a
bit Of paper to show that he
has borrowed the money and
Cnat IL must be paid back In
a set period of time?
The French government at
tempts to Straighten the thing
out. 1t does fairly well until a
bird pops up with a piece of
paper which states that,
through greatgrandpa's will,
the entire property belonged
to a religious combination in
the first place. Then the fun
begins.
Lovely, eh? I'll bet the gov
ernment would swap Tunis for
Peggy Joyce any day in the
week. She wouldn't be half as
hard to handle.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13
Radio Is "Discoverins" New Stars,
"Goona Coon" Gets O. K.

out. Everything else got an offi-
cial o. K. including the screen
offering.
Those motion picture fronts" "
by the way, demonstrate an artis-
tic ingenuity that is striking. The
one in front of Loew'S Palace this
week is an exact replica of the
lurid red attention caller con-
Structed in front of the Capitol
Theater in New York. ...
The Washington times., 1932-12-13

bCIIII-TdIt UIITItNVUt SHUW.
~ Perhaps I'm a trifle harsh in
those statements. There must
be any number of cultured peo-
pie in this city, and there is un-
duestionably lenty of wealth
in many sections. But you must
remember that I've been here
but two days-and what I've
seen thus far has been the worst
and not the best. Trust Hell
1inger to see to that.
The Washington times., 1932-12-13

putting a few leaves into a cup
Of water they reverse the proc
ess. They put a few drops of
water into a pound of tea,
squash the result in order to
get the very last drop-and
then drink the stuff as is.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
DOCTOR SLAIN,
WOMAN ADMITS

RIVERHEAD, N. Y, Aug. %
G.N.SO.-Frank Tuthill, wealthy
chiropodist who carried a big
bankroll and a couple of revolvers
on his hip, was lured by a woman
patient" to her home and killed
by her husband for his money, ac-
rcrding to a confession in the
hands of tie police today
The confession was made by
Mrs. Mitzi Novak Downs, who
lived with her husband. Victor,
in a cottage on the lonely sand
dunes near the village of Quogue.
Mrs. Downs said Tuthill, found
slain in his automobile last Satur-
day, came to the Downs at her in
v'tation to treat her feet She
said she and her husband had de-
Cided to work some kind of CON
lidence game en- the clliropodist
but the plan was abandoned.
She was in the kitchen prepar-
ing tea when she heard the men
talking loudly. Going into the
living room. she said, shH found
the chiropodist and her husband
looking each other in the face
nnd pointing revolvers 1T each
other" She ran back to the
kitchen, she said. ana a minute
later heard a shot, then saw her
husband load tie body into Tut
hills automobile.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
% SEEK VOTES
OF d. MISS

JACKSON, Miss, Aug. %
QN.SD mississippi voters went
to the polls today to select seven
Congressman from a list of %
candidates split confusingly into
two factions by a rediStricting
dispute.
A Federal court declared the
State redistricting law invalid
and restrained the certification
Of any candidates not named
from the State at large in to-
days Democratic primary.
The State primary board,
nevertheless, decided to hold the
nominations from individual dis
tricts. in defiance of the court.
AS a result, IA candidates were
offered for the seven posts from
individual districts.
Fourteen candidates were run
ming from the State at large and
urged voters to pick their seven
choices from the State-at-large
ticket.