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Washington Players
What Various Dramatic Organizations Are Doing
and Propose to Do
nd Propose to Do.

Helen A. sheckells. Marguerite Young,
Mannix Walker. Robert A. Halsted, Ray
G. Montgomery, Thomas NJ. Cahill. /.
Harry Angelica. Eldred Wilson. Howard
Whitfield and Mitchell David.
The play opened on Broadway. to a
delight equal to the surprise of follow
ers OF Elmer Rice, who gasped at his
facility in swinging from the ponderous
tragedy OF Street Scene" to the lis
some frivolity of this engaging farce.
1t Is said to be now running successfully
in London.
The Drama Guild is flushed with ex-
hilaration for still another reason-prac-
tically all Of the speakers in the man.
moth masque. Wakefield" which Percy
McKaye is supervising for the Wash
ington Bicentennial, were drawn from
the group constituted here with the
high hope of contributing to the the
ater, in addition to supplying an outlet
Tor quasi-professional and budding tai
ents,
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can heireSs, whose engagement comes
unstuck under the sun of Sorrento,
Italy. calls for phrases of that Ian
guage. German, Norwegian and, Of
course. French. But Director Dennis
Connell has summoned expert aid, and
the piece Is polishing merrily.
With around 800 regular customers in
subscriber-members, the Drama Guild
feels assured of public support for its
first production season under re-
organized set-up. Leaders tell us that
the next offering likely will be some
thing dramatic and something subtle,
to balance the Rice comedy and the
first melodramatic offering, The Trial
Of Mary Dugan."
While the local actors rehearse, John
Otto johnson and others of the produc-
ing group are completing a set Of which
they are frankly proud. With but one
scene to perfect, they are lavishing ef-
forts to produce 1t parfait
The cast Is headed by Dorothy Crosby,
young public school teacher, who has
had local success already, and Edwin c.
Bergman. a star of THE Trial of Mary
Dugan." Veterans of the local boards
included in the melange of continental
types who enliven the play are Grace
Peters johnson, Ida Garrett Mattingly.
Maurice Jarvis. James Otis Porter and
Robert D, Chase Comparative new
corners who have vivid bits or larger
supporting places are Eileen Fowler,
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In Capital Theaters

country is now enacting to promote
real temperance and wipe out boot
Logging.
These talks are given every Monday
morning at II O'Clock in the Willard
room OF the Willard Hotel.
SETH PARKER" Friday.
"SETH PARKER" and his Jones'
port Neighbors" will make their
second personal appearance in Wash
ington Friday evening at Constitutional
Hall in a benefit performance for the
Central Union Mission.
With only few exceptions. 1t was
explained. the original cast seen here
last Winter is coming, with Phillips H.
Lord, who is Seth Parker in the flesh.
The familiar role Of Lizzie Peters,
formerly taken by Mrs. Lord, is filled
now by a capable young woman, Agnes
Moorehead who has been with the
company on its successful tour Of the
country. A new Fred also Is to be
seen in James Black.
This forthcoming Sunday Evening
at Seth Parker's" will be in two acts.
Tickets at popular prices are on sale
only at the mission headquarters, 624
Indiana avenue.
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A Busy Man.

THIS story might be called the ex-
posure of composure. 1t exposes
intimate moments of famous COM
poser's lhe-breakfast with Vincent
Youmans, tunesmith and producer Of
Smiling Through" now titled Love
Is ALL"
The possessor of the brain that
harmoniZed Sometimes I'm Happy"
"Hallelujah" of Hit the Deck, g."
Drums in My Heart" and other big
song hits of Smiling Through" arises
from the billows Of his pillows at noon
of sunny day, youthful Che is barely
over 30) and vibrant, of smiling coun-
tenance and tousled hair. No sooner
than the phone rings. 1t is Ada-May,
prominent member Of the Smiling
Through" cast.
Hello, Miss May-good morningl
Yes, I've been up several minutes. 1t
seems days" The conversation ram
bles on while Youmans composes
smoke circles with his cigarette.
Shaving, next in order, is quickly
dispatched between short snatches OF
conversation. The bath is run, but
Just when he is about to steep himself
in its tepid luxury the phone rings
again. More celebrities or friends. SO
the bath Is postponed until later
Breakfast appears on silver serV-
ice and Youmans straddles his chair
cheerily and starts q flank attack on
his ham and eggs. And again the
phone rings.
Never does Vincent Youmans weaken.
With the multiple duties of composer,
producer and theater manager, with
the business details OF muSic-pub-
fishing business added to them, he, still
finds time to plan future productions
and to compose new melodies to mt
them. He Is, of course, greatly as
sisted in this strenuous routine by a
corps of intelligent department heads,
who relieve him of minor details.
But none of these details es-
capes his watchful eye, for some time
check up on them, giving advice as
to how best carry them out, in terse
manner that shows keen intellect
and level head.
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from Robert E.
Sherwood's pla y,
1T Is Is N e W
York" a story Of
the woman W h o
learns about men
+ r 0 m themselves
and the woman
who gets her In
formation from
books and hearsay.
The stage program
will also include
Earl L n d s q y IS
Revue of 1882" a
five-scene song and
d a n ce offering;
Connie Bee, Mack
P e pc r and six
Dancing s e n sa-
tons. Mel K1ne
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Cat and the Fiddle: written by George
8 Kaufman and Howard Dietz, with
music by Arthur Schwartz, staged by
Hassard short, with dances by Al
bertha Rasch, costumed by Kiviette
and Constance Ripley and with settings
by Albert r. Johnson, THE Bano
Wagon" is declared the product OF the
ablest minds in the theater. :,
II has a star cast, headed by Fred
and Adele Astaire. Frank Morgan ana
Helen Broderick
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First Lady of Stage. v

ETHEI, BARRYMORE is coming to
IL the Shubert- -Belasco Theater Feb
ruary Is, in Sheridan's satirical comedy
THE School for Scandal" one OF the
finest acting comedies IN the whole
English language.
The noted star this season is making
one of her most remarkable tours.
Starting last July on the Pacific Coast
she played from San Diego to Van
couver, thence east across the Northern
part of the country, playing in some
towns that haven't seen a New YORK
Legitimate" play in over 10 years, and
after playing her own theater In New
York she is devoting her time now to
metropolitan centers of the East.
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Loves 8 His Roses.

GONE of the finest roses produced in
~ Southern California are said to be
raised by H B. Warner, the well
known character actor of the screen.
Roses and landscape gardening are his
hobbies. He employs an expert
gardener at his Beverly Hills estate but
does most Of the work himself. He takes
great pride In them and has won
awards in several flower shows, includ-
ing the Pasadena Exposition.
Mr. Warner is one Of the players this
week in Charlie Chan's Chance" at
the Fox.
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StkIlCts III Oiic va
the great railroad
terminals. T h e
drama covers only
four hours OF a
day, but 1t con-
tains many thrills
and rom a n C G .
Realistic in the
extreme, the main
story blends In
with many little
human stories Of
travellers Of O ! |
sorts and condi-
tions.
Douglas F a r
banks, jr., is seen
as q young ne'er-
do-wen who be-
nnnnes a millinn-
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n e b a II u
Wagon" is said to
be the largest and
most elaborate re-
vue ever produced.
But the show has
something besides
size and preten-
tiousness to COM
mend it. 1t has
charm, wit and
sophis S t i C a tion
which made the
New York review
ers proclaim 1t
"the perfect re-
vue." "
Produce e d by
Max Gordon, spon-
sor for "Three's a
Crowd" and THE
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SATURDAY, when Inc
Washington Play
ers come back in
Elmer Rice's ex-
travagant comedy,
See Naples and
Die, 4" with Dorothy
Crosby featured in
the role Of Nam
nette. A d va n C e
ticket sales, it is
said, assure a full
house both nights
unless the pace lags
abruptly early this
week.
The play Is tax
ing the linguistic
aptness of the l8
in the cast, for its
story of an Ameri-
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eminent critic "the
first fine contribu-
ton Of the dra-
matte year" while
another critic de-
scribed it as "a
m erful job,
unique and abid-
ingly beautiful"
It's aut hor was
awarded q the Pu-
liter prize for his
play, In Abra-
h a ms osom,"
and it is generally
conceded that The
House of Connolly
will be a candidate
for the Pulitzer
au,ord the coming
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This Weeks Pictures

Musketeers;" his dainty partner, Peggy
Trini, with her company. The re-
mainder Of the bill consists of the
Lander Brothers and the Three Aces
Supplementary features include the
R-K-O Pathe News and the R-k-O-
LianS.
RIALTO-"Heaven on Earth"
In what Is described as his greatest
L screen portrayal since "All Quiet on
the Western Front" Lew Ayres appears
at the Rialto Theater this week in
Heaven on Earth u production di-
rected by Russell Mack and adapted
from Mississippi" a successful novel
by Ben Lucien Burman.
Heaven on Earth" is a colorful
screen production in which Mr.. Ayres
plays the role Of "steamboater" on
the old Father of Waters The picture
is particularly timely with the news
from the lower Mississippi River in
that It ends with raging food caused
by levee break.
Supporting the star are Anita Louise,
Harry Beresford, Slim Summerville,
Elizabeth Patterson, ALT James, Harlan
Knight, Peter Richmond and Lew Ayres'
dog Fido.
COLUMBIA-"Dr. Jekyu and Mr..
Hyde"
THE latest version OF the world-fa-
NOUS classic, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr..
HYDE" is to be seen this week at Loew's
Columbia. Frederick March is cast In
the title role, with Miriam Hopkins in
the leading feminine part.
Special attention has been paid by
the producers to the dialogue and sound
effects of the production. DIR. Jekyll
and Mr., HYDE" is one of the weirdest
dramas the theater has ever seen. Rou-
ben Malnoulian, creator of many sensa-
tional productions and himself novel
list and playwright of note, produced the
Robert Louis Stevenson classic.
METROPOLITAN-"Maker Of Men"
THE featured screen attraction this
l. week at Warner Bros. Metropolitan
Is Maker of Men" Columbia produc-
ton starring Jack Holt and Richard
Cromwell.
Maker Of Men" reveals the struggle
of a boy to reconcile his own fears with
his fathers ambitions to make great
man and athlete of him. Even after
the boy confesses to his father his in
ability to take punishment, he is forced
to take part in an important sport
event. Failing woefully, the father
publicly brands him gutter and
coward. The boys mental sufferlngs
through the scorn Of his schoolmates
and the girl he loves leads to dramatic
scene in which the boy tells his father
just how he has failed him as father
and how he has conquered his own fears
by himself alone.
Joan Marsh, Robert Alden, Walter
Catlett, Natalie Moorhead, John Wayne
and Richard Tucker complete the cast
of this poignant drama with a heart
punch.
Completing the program is an array
of short subjects which include Hello
Good Times" and Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Norworth in THE Naggers Anniver-
sary," also the latest issue of the Para
mount Sound News.
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What Comes Next

new bill at the Earle, starting
next Saturday. Will feature
Miriam Hopkins, Philip Homes
l. and Wynne Gibson In Two
Kinds of Woman" q Paramount
picture, on the screen, and Harry JAMS
and Harold whalen, musical comedians,
on the stage program.
Two Kinds of Woman was aQapteQ
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EARLE--"ITnion Depot.

EARLE-"Union Depot"
~ YNION DEPOT" hailed by
IS / New York as one Of the
unique pictures of the
~ screen, is the current at
traction at Warner Bros
Earle Theater. Johnny Burke, Mack
Sennett screen comedy star, heads the
vaudeville show.
"Union Depot" First National and
vitaphone picture, concerns a group OF
people thrown together by circum-
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"BLESSED EVENT"

uDLEsSED EVENT" described as a
- comedy about columnistS, Will
make its bow on the stage Of the Shu-
bert -Belasco Theater Monday evening,
February /.
This play, the joint work of Manuel
Self and Forrest Wilson OF Washington,
both former newspaper men, is SAID 10
detail a few of the more exciting mo-
ments in the life of Broadway para
grapher on a New York tabloid. II sets
out to prove that though these "gos-
sipmongers" have their weaknesses, they
are nevertheless members in good
standing of the human race.
Blessed Event" which has oeen
painstakingly prepared for its DEBUT
draws for its central character upon
half dozen of Gotham's giddlest nlght
life columnists, and it is said that these
young men, some OF whom, IN unoef-
world parlance, can apparently dish 1t
out but don't want to take it," are more
than a little anxious to see how they
are placed before the public on the
stage.
Roger Pryor, our former local STOCK
star, plays the role of the columnlst.
Opposite is Lee Patrick, whose recent
activities have included the hard
boiled sister in June Moon" and the
gentle Meg of Little Women" revived
for the Christmas holidays.
Others in the cast are Charles D.
Brown, Jean Adair, Allen jenkins,
Helen Deddens and Thelma Tipson.
The play is being produced by Sidney
Phillips and Harlan Thompson, under
the direction of Harlan Thompson.
CHEvALIER, February I.
THE personal appearance of Maurice
l. Chevalier at the National Theater
is announced for Sunday evening,
February 7. It was thought arrange
ments had been perfected for an extra
performance, so that all Washington
fans and followers of "the idol OF the
Partisan boulevards" may be able to see
him. One performance only will be
given. however, and that at 8:45 in the
evening, for which mail orders are now
accepted
Mr.. Chevalier will sing his songs, new
and old, in French and in English. He
will be assisted by Jacques Fray and
Mario Bragiotti, who played similar
concert with Chevalier last season at
Carnegie Hall in New York City, which
made theatrical history.
GIRLS FROM THE FOLLTES."
Girls From the Follies," with
Gypsy" Rae Reed and Gertrude Reed
not overlooking a snappy and talented
company, will come to the Gayety The
ater, Washington's burlesque emporium
next-to be exact, week from today
LENORE ULRIC, February 22.
WASHINGTON will be one of three
w cities to see Lenore Uric in hel
current Broadway success, The Socta,
Register" The local booking is fol
the National Theater the week Of Feb
ruary %. The Social Register" is by
| John Emerson and Anita Loos. A cas-
of 35 in support of Miss Uric includes
! Sidney Blackmer, Betty Garde, Teresa
Maxwell -Conover, Oswald Yorke Han:
Hansen, Wilfred Clarke, George Henr,
! Trader, Helen Tucker Marcel Journet
! jr.: Hilda Haywood Howe, Andree Vii
! lars and Jane Farrell. TIE play is ir
| five scenes with three spectacular stage
settings, and is claimed to be the mos
massive production that ever accom-
panied Miss Uric on tour. Advance
notices indicate a popular scale o.
prices for the Washington engagement
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aire for day, and Joan Blondell as
beautiful young stranded actress, wnom
he meets and love within train time
Others in the cast are Guy kibnee,
Alan Hale, George Rosener, David Ian
dau, Mary Doran, Rita Flynn, Polly
Walters, Ruth Hall, Mae Madison and
Earle Foxe. Bing Crosby, noted radio
crooner, also is seen on the screen in
a special singing and acting short en-
titled lone More Chance"
The stage program, featuring Johnny
Burke. presents the comedy star in
side-splitting monologue as the man
who's still in the army. Others are
Louis Berkoff g. Co., eight artists In
dazzling dance revue; Eddie Miller
assisted by Henriette in "A Worlds
Singing Cruise; the Six Danwills, and
Maxine Doyle, mistress of ceremonies.
The program Is completed by the
Graham MacNamee Newsreel and an
orchestral prelude directed by Freddie
Clark.
FOx-"Charlie Chan's Chance"
EARL DERR B1GGERS newest
II novel. Charlie Chan's Chance" "
has been adapted for the screen and is
the current feature at the Fox Theater.
AS in previous Charlie Chan features,
Warner GLAND is seen as the famed
Chinese detective from Honolulu, this
time finding himself in New York to
study the police methods Of that city,
when mysterious murder is COM
mitted. Though it battles the New
York and Scotland Yard police, Charlie
Chan by mis- ingenuity solves it. A
sympathetic romance is woven into the
plot, which provides breath-taking
situations, creepy sensations and su-
perlative suspense.
The supporting cast includes Alexan-
der Kirkland, H. B. Warner, Marian
Nixon, Ralph Morgan, Linda Watkins
and James Todd. John G. Blystone
directed the picture.
On the stage, Fanchon and Marco
are presenting the Vacation Days
Idea. with Zelda Santley; Three Jacks
and Queen. Wilmot and Peters, kirk
and Lawrence, Kathleen Kay and the
Sunkist Beauties. The Latin American
tango experts, La Mae and Alice
Louise, are with specially arranged
South American overture by Les
Stevens and the Diplomats. Fox Movie
tone News completes the bill.
PALACE-"This Reckless Age"
eTHIs RECKLESS AGE" with Bud
dy Rogers. Charlie Fuggles,
Peggy Shannon, William Bennett and
Frances Dee, Is the current screen at
traction at Loews Palace Theater. 1t
is said to be brinful of action that
depicts American youth in an entirely
new light. The producers spent much
time in the selection Of a cast. Nothing
was left undone to make 1t the out
standing picture of its kind. -,
On the Palace stage THE Hollywood
Collegians" are the attraction. Thls
group. augmented by Marcelle Williams,
is reported as being one Of the fastest.
moving aggregations seen on the local
stage this season.
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R-K-o KEITH'S S-"A Woman
Commands"

A TRIPLE headline of R-K-O vaude-
"a vile bill and the first Pola Negri
talking picture, "a Woman Com
mands," produced by Radio Pictures,
with Basil Rathbone, Roland Young
and H. B. Warner in the cast, are cur
rent attractions at the R-K-O Keith
Theater.
The stage portion of the program has
Bernice Claire of musical comedy and
screen fame, Lester Allen, recently
featured comedian Of Ziegfelds "Three
Evening star., 1932-01-24
LOCAL DRAMA GuILD-FRInAY.

NFINIONS of the Drama Guild of
AFA Washington bring word that there
is actually prospect of standees in the
Wardman Park Theater on Friday and
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House of Connolly" !"

SATTONAL-"The House of Connolly"
AUL GREENS new play, The
House of Connolly" dramatic
ing the dying splendor of the
4 Old South, will be presented at
the National Theater tomorrow
evening by the Group Theater, under
the sponsorship of the New York The
ater Guild. Upon its presentation in
New York 1t was pronounced by an
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Coming Attractions
THE BAND WAGON" "

THE BAND WAGON"
LT~HE BAND WAGON" which is
ss coming direct from its New
York run, is likely to in
Il trigue every man and woman
who attends the theater, Its
here opens at the National
Theater a week from tomorrow, Feb
ruary !.
Evening star., 1932-01-24
NEWMAN This Afternoon.

UTERE our first President to come
wv to life he might be astonished to
find his home at Mount Vernon accu-
rately reproduced at the Colonial Expo
sition held in Paris last Summer.
This exposition is the feature OF
"France and the Colonial Exposition,
the first Of the Newman travel talks
this season which will be given at the
National Theater this afternoon While
Mr.. Newman includes some unusual
places Of interest in France, which he
has never before shown on the screen,
the real novelty is an astonishing col
lection Of still and motion pictures Oh
the buildings, native life, streets, 1oun-
tains and the wonderful nlumlnatlons
seen at the Colonial Exposition:
Weird dances, curious crafts, men
and women and children from almost
unknown islands, make this Journey
around the world" real experience.
JANET RICHARDS, Tomorrow.
MISS JANET RICHARDS, at her
4NI weekly review tomorrow morning
on Affairs Political and mternatlonai,
will speak on the broadly inclusive SUB
iect "The World in the Crucible:
Which St Way Wa out?" Optimistic predic-
tions concerning the successful opera
ton OF the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation" Just authorized by law
and its predicted stimulus TO business
recovery also will be considered.
At IL o'clock Miss Richards will pre-
sent to her audience the Minister from
Finland, Mr Astrom, who will explain
why, after IL years experiment, bone
dry prohibition failed in Finland, WITH
an outline Of the new law which hi'
The Connecticut craftsman., 1932-03-15

Commission, composed of eminent citizens, not one of whom is labor partisan, bears sufficiently strong testimony to that effect to convince any unprejudiced person. It has been Tom Mooney's great misfortune to have spent sixteen years in prison because of faked testimony of his enemies; it seems a pity that now he is threatened with being kept there because of the faked testimony of his friends.
 Members of Organized Labor every where are hoping and praying fo1 Mooney's early release, and it may be that he will be free man before these words appear in print; but if the decision is adverse, a tremendous responsibility will have been laid upon the doorstep of those who call them selves his friends.
The Connecticut craftsman., 1932-03-15

a larger share of a shrinking market. Now any firm may gain by cutting wages or other costs provided the other firms in the same industry do not follow suit; any whole industry may similarly gain provided other industries maintain the income and purchasing power of their employees '' The article goes on to prove that when one firm or one industry cuts, the competing firms or industries follow suit without delay, leaving the fool hardy competitors with no advantage gained over one another, but with a very much diminished market for their goods. It concludes by calling such practices ''mad economy"
 If Lewis CarrolPs Mad Halter could come to life from Alice In Won derland he would survey scene to- day so full of Mad Builders, Mad Typewriter Manufacturers, Mad Steel Barons and other members of the genus goof that he would be glad to scurry back to the pages of his Vic torian story book, where competition in madness was an idea yet unborn.
The Connecticut craftsman., 1932-03-15
INSURANCE AND THE LAW.

Two years ago unemployment in surance was practically unheard of as serious proposal; year ago it was being freely discussed in the
 liberal press. This newspaper ad- vocated it editorially early last Spring. Today it is an actuality in one state and is pressing for attention in many other states and at Washing ton. Even so reactionary newspaper as the Hartford Courant now refers to it in it's editorial columns as a problem that sooner or later will have to be faced by the employers. Ad- mittedly, therefore, the time for dis cussing whether or not we shall have unemployme insurance is past and we may address ourselves to the question of what kind we shall have.
 Already the employers of Connecti-