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Evening star., 1933-02-19
Paul Mum Coming.

DAUL NUM-, who achieved wide ma
tional popularity through the SEN
sational motion picture, II Am a Fugi-
tive From a Chain Gang" will appear
personally at the head of the original
New York cast Of Elmer Rices comedy
success, Counsellor or-at-Law," for one
week, starting Monday, February 81,
with an extra performance on Sunday
evening. March S. at the National
Theater.
This will mark Muni's first personal
appearance tour in some years and will
be the only visit he will make for over
a year as he is due back in Hollywood
upon the completion of this tour. At
the same time 1t will serve as the local
debut of Elmer Rice as a producing
manager and will be the first play from
the pen of this illustrious playwright
since the presentation of his Pulitzer
prize winning play. Street Scene"
Mr.. Rice will present the play here
with its original New York cast and
production. Supporting Mr.. MUM will
be such artists as Jennie Moscowitz,
Martin Wolfson, Conway Washburne,
Anne Teeman, Regina Wallace, Angela
Jacobs, Malka Kornstein, T. H. Man.
ming, j. Hammond Daley, Dorothy
Day, Ned Glass, Sam Bonnell, Doris
Underwood, Harry Mervis, Sue Moore
and others. The play is in three acts
and was staged as well as written by
Elmer Rice.
Evening star., 1933-02-19
Barthelmess' Next.
FOLLOWING Central Airport"

FOLLOWING Central Airport" in
which he appears as peace time
aviator, First National announces that
Richard Barthelmess' next starring pic
ture will be THE Bread Line highly
dramatic story of the present day by
Robert Lord and Wilson Miner, which
is expected to give full scope to the
Barthlemess talents. First National
will produce THE Bread Line" as one
of its most important features on the
1888 schedule and is now engaged in
securing Hollywood for a suitable sup
porting cast. Screen tests of prominent
feminine players on the First National
and other lots are now being made and
announcement of the final selections
will be made very shortly. Barthel-
mess recently completed Central Air
port" will be released soon. The cast
includes Sally Eilers, Tom Brown,
Dorothy Peterson, Grant Mitchell,
Harold Huber. James Murray, Claire
Mcdowell, Willard Robertson and
Charles Sellon. Col Roscoe Turner,
holder of the East-West transconti-
mental speed flying record, acted as tech
nical adviser on Central Airport" in
addition to playing part in the
picture.
Evening star., 1933-02-19
Character Roles Require
Hours of Careful Thought
Joan Crawford Tells How She Is Preparing for
Her Leading Part in New Screen Play
Which Is a Story of the War.
By Mollie Merrick.

Closer Hale. This actress has been a
novelist, war correspondent and has
actually been through some of the great
struggle. Her perspective Is very keen
and her view strengthens my own in
this regard. It was marvellous, in play
ing the part, to have her advice and
inspiration.
II have tried to give the role the
flavor of the woman of today who Is
reaping the results of the freedom
gained by our sex during the world
given grave responsibilities. Some of
them carried terror with them-as, for
instance, the post Of war nurse. Nor
was it pleasant for the thousands Of
girls who waited with tears in their
eyes for lovers to return from the front
The result was, after the war, that we
Stunned responsibility as a natural re-
action. We turned to gayety and for
getfulness. And this nervous peak was
kept up through the period of pros
perity.
THE character of Diane is that of
a girl who Is strongly emotional, but
who does not dissemble her emotions.
Because Of the very directness Of the
character, one can achieve real dra-
matte force in it where a more COM
plicated one might lead to bewilder-
ment on the part Of an audience.
thought Lefty Lynton' was one Of the
most dramatic characters I have ever
had to play until I read the script of
Faulkner's story, To-day We Live BY
thinking constantly of the background
and character of this girl, I hope I
may have succeeded in making her q
genuine entity, recognizable through
the experience Of others"
Perhaps other stars understand the
characters they are to play and are
as aware of the nuances In charac-
terization as this actress Is. Perhaps
others take the time, the trouble, and
have sufficient humility to consult
others as to the complex variations In
character of their various roles. Per-
haps they cannot put into words their
work, their thought and their determi-
nation to let no angle elude them in
arriving at thorough comprehension
of each part assigned to them
But rarely do you find an established
star giving the depth of thought, the
hours of preparation and the simple
unegotistical attitude to q new char
acterization as Joan Crawford does. It
makes one understand this steady pro-
gression Of hers from atmosphere to
starry heights; it makes you know that,
at her present rate of travel. she will
play interesting roles as long as she
lives and not merely while youth and
beauty lasts.
tCopyright, 1888. by North American News
paper Alliance, Incl
Evening star., 1933-02-19
Languages Help.

ALTHOUGH Hollywood is no longer
making foreign language versions
of its talking pictures, knowledge Of q
foreign language seems to be an all
important factor In obtaining work
even as an extra" in the motion pic
ture studios, says Donald Henderson
Clark.
Investigation reveals that out OF
1900 registered and unregistered extra
players, more than 1000 are able to
speak fluently at least one language
besides their own. These obtain pref
erence when films with foreign locales
are being produced. The background
people" must speak the language OF the
country concerned, in order to preserve
the proper atmosphere.
A good example Is found In the script
of Ramon Novarro's next Metro Gold
wyn-Mayer picture, Man on the Nile,
where instructions to the casting direc-
tor read: Throughout the picture,
background conversation must be car
ried on exclusively In native tongues.
Similar instructions for Clear AL
Wires" laid In Moscow. required an
intensive search for scores OF men and
women who speak Russian with true
native accent.
Survey of the 1000 extras who speak
foreign languages reveals that Spanish
speaking extras are the easiest to secure.
Some $500 speak this language f1uently.
About 1900 extras understand and can
speak German; about 1,700 converse in
French and some 500 do justice to the
italian tongue. 1t is interesting to note
that, contrary to popular belief, more
people in the film colony speak German
we'll than they do French. Of Chinese.
there are about 800 on the extra list;
and about an equal number OF
Japanese.
Evening star., 1933-02-19
Benefit at Wardman.

"THE Inaugural Bawl," written by
Isabelle S. Harrington, will be
presented Friday and Saturday evenings
of the coming week, at $3.50 o'clock in
Wardnan Park Theater, by the Chevy
Chase Glee Club, as benefit for the
unemployment fund OF the District Of
Columbia.
Among the episodes will be "a Game
Preserve" THE Bawl," Just Initiation" ="
THE Banquet" "The Love Scene, ="
"The Firing Squad" and "a Bacchana-
liam Revel" Forty or more under
graduates of Chevy Chase Junior Col
Among the leading players in this sa-
tire will be Regina Griffith, Jacqueline
Byrd and Margaret Ellen Henderson.
Among the dancers will be Virginia
Addoms, Betty Bristow, Dora Cook,
Elise Dubois, Marlice Hunziker, Alice
Hoyt, Jane Sharp and Dorothy Wetzel.
Evening star., 1933-02-19

the engagement Of
- John Barrymore in Topaz" at
R-K-O Keiths that theater will
4 offer another Radio Pictures
production, Irene Dunno In mo
Other Woman" in which Charles Bick-
ford appears opposite the gifted and
talented feminine star. Others in the
cast are Gwili Andre and Eric Linden.
The picture Is a screen adaptation from
the stage play Just Woman" by
Eugene Walter. 1t was in NO other
Woman" that Irene Dunno recently
scored such success at the new Roxy
Theater, in Radio City, New York. The
picture tells Of a wife (Miss Dunne),
who struggles with her man through
the trials of poverty only to have that
man attempt to throw her aside for the
youthful siren when wealth comes to
him.
TEN Of the worlds greatest living
authors collaborated to write THE
Woman Accused" the nationally known
magazine novel, the perturbation Of
which will head the program for the
week starting Friday at Warner Bros.
Earle Theater. Arthur Tracy, the
street singer Of radio, returns to Wash
ington to headline the stage portion Of
the bill, which also includes Nell Kelly.
the Six DeCardes and others. The cast
of the film includes Nancy Carroll. Cary
Grant, John Halliday, Louis Calbern
and Irving Pichel.
FOLLOWING the current engage
ment of "The Kings Vacation, /"
Warner Bros. Metropolitan announces
Grand SIAM" a Warner Bros. satirical
burlesque on the greatest Of all indoor
sports as the screen attraction. Loretta
Young and Pearl Lukas have the fea-
tured roles. The cast includes Frank
McHugh, Olanda Farrell, Helen Vim
son, Walter Byron, Roscoe Karne and
scores of others.
Short subjects and the Paramount
Sound News will complete the pro-
gram.
"SHE DONE HIM WRONG" Mae
Vests first starring movie, is
opening next Friday at Loew's Palace
Theater. This is said to be a lusty,
roaring melodrama of the Bowery. Miss
West IS cast as Lady Lou. Her affair
with Cary Grant, ostensibly a mission
worker in the neighborhood, leads to a
startling, dramatic climax Miss West
sings three songs during the course Of
the picture-"Frankie and Johnnie" /"
the popular old ballad, and two new
ones written for her by Ralph Ranger.
JAMES DUNN and Boots Mallory play
= the leading romantic roles in the
Fox picture, Handle With Carr" with
Ell Brendel, which opens week from
Monday at Loew's Columbia Theater.
Dunn appears as a youthful assistant
district attorney and Miss Mallory
plays the part Of young shop girl
who entertains the small children park
ed by busy mothers in a department
store nursery.
David Butler, famed for such sue
cesses as Sunny Side Up," Delicious"
and Down to Earth" wrote the story
and directed the picture.
Evening star., 1933-02-19

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, February lS.
n A ORE interesting than success is
M the reason behind 1t, and the
IN surest example Of q reason
4 4 behind success is Joan Craw-
ford. One might say, for in
stance Norma Shearer, because Norma
Shearer's work has been steady pro-
gression, her life gradual evolvement
into something which, at times seems
almost too perfect. But the very fact
that Norma Shearer married the most
powerful executive in the motion pic
ture industry today precludes-perhaps,
not fairly-the idea Of using her as a
motif for reason behind-success story.
Joan Crawford has worked up from
the bottom of the motion picture ladder,
for she has done her time as an extra
girl, or atmosphere player" as we call
them here. She has found. in her mar
riage no particular help for her own
career from the standpoint that the
Fairbanks seniors didn't smile on the
union at first and reached out no help
ing hands to Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks,
Jr, until Mrs. Fairbanks, jr., was beyond
need of those helping hands.
But Joan Crawford Fairbanks has
progressed from a girl with no particu-
lar taste in dressing to a girl with very
fine taste, indeed. One famous director
said to me in speaking of her:
Il knew her when she wore feather
dresses and danced in competitions for
silver cups and she was interesting
then. Now she knows as much about
chic as any Park avenue maid and she's
vitally interesting in another way"
In the days when casting Joan Craw-
ford was largely determined by her own
manner, experiences and limitations,
she didn't relax and play her particu-
lar roles half way well and have great
good time. She went to work on her
self so that she should be equipped to
play other roles-things with more meat
and meaning to them. So I was in
terested in her reactions to the part she
has just finished playing-the part of a
girl whose life has been colored by the
war, the reaction which followed the
war--a girl who has gone through
world in transition and who has grown
with that changing world.
I play the part of a woman whose
life is bound with the fate of three
men, Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone and
Robert Young" Joan Crawford said,
"and I have tried to examine the girl
am to play, to work out her motives
and learn exactly how she thinks. If
I can believe character, I think I
can always give an accurate charac-
teriZation.
''I have not only talked the part of
Diane over many times with Howard
Hawks, our director, but I have dis
cussed her at length with Louise
Evening star., 1933-02-19
Stephenson Signed.

WORK on Ann Harding's next star
w ring R-K-O Radio Picture, de
classe," will begin within few days.
In preparation, Henry Stephenson,
veteran stage and screen actor. yester-
day was signed by the R-K-O Radio
Studios for the part of Rudolph Solo
mon in this production to be directed
by E. H. Griffith.
appeared under Grifith's able direc-
tion in their last picture, 1.-THE Animal
Kingdom"
John Balderson, author of the play
hit, Berkeley Square" is working on
the script with Jane Murfin. Willis
Goldbeck Is associate producer.
Evening star., 1933-02-19
EARLE-"Blondie Johnson"

THE Earle Theater is presenting this
week Joan Blondell in Blonde
johnson" and Gus Van, known to mil
lions as THE Melody Man." headlining
the stage show. Other acts on the stage
bill are the Twelve Aristocrats, a dane
ing dozen, with Rita DeLano, blues
singer; Sidney Page and company; the
Casting Campbells and Maxine Doyle.
In Blonde johnson" Joan has the
role of beautiful, but ruthless leader
glib wisecracks get her into all sorts of
trouble, but whose same wisecracks al
ways manage to get her out of them
again. Chester Morris is the target for
her wisecracks. The cast is completed
by Allen Jenkins, Earle Foxe, Claire
Dodd, Mae Busch and Toshia Mori.
Evening star., 1933-02-19
Current Attractions

Russell Gleason, Ethel Clayton, the
blonde Gloria Stuart, Donald Cook,
Frank McHugh, Shirley Grey and Wal
lis Clark. As an extra feature the
Rialto presents Walter Winchell in his
first screen production, ST Know Every
body and Everybody's Racket" In
conclusion the program presents Ora
ham McNamee as the talking reporter
in the last edition Of the Universal
News.
LOEW'S FOX-"Island of Lost Souls" !"
GEORGE OLSEN and his music with
~ Ethel Shutta are headlined this
week at Loew's Fox Theater, where they
are appearing in person.
The screen attraction Is "Island Of
Lost Souls" from the story by H. G.
Wells, with cast headed by Charles
Loug1ton, Leila Hyams, Richard Arlen
Bella Lugosi and the Panther Woman
Burke of Chicago, who won
that title from among $4,000 competi-
tors in Nationwide contest.
Besides George Olsen and Ethel
Shutta the stage program consists of
Ross Wyse, jr., and his parents in
comedy talking and dancing act; AL
Mamaux, her-singer-manager, for
mer star ball player of the Brooklyn
Dodgers, present manager Of the
Newark Bears ball team. and the Honey
Troupe opens the program with "Acri-
batucs Par Excellence"
Evening star., 1933-02-19
Coming Attractions

RUSTER KEATON and Jimmy Du-
rante in their new comedy, ''whatI
No Beer?" viii be seen at Loew's Fox
Theater next Friday. Bill Robinson,
Worlds Greatest Tap Dancer" will
be the headliner on the same bill.
Others will be Chic Yorke and Ross
King, with Eddie Drake. Coly Worth
and Herbert Kingsley; Sheila Barrett
and StarneS-Kover Dancers featuring
Dick Sexton, Betty Mooney and Emrik
Andreasen. Phil Lampkin win be seen
conducting the Loew's Fox Contert Or
chestra.
Evening star., 1933-02-19
Bessie Barriscale Returns.

RESSIE BARRISCALE, one-t.me cine
ma star. is making her return to
films In Fox's House Of Refuge" which
features Dorothy Jordan, Alexander
Kirkland and Merle Tottenham.
A decade ago Miss Barriscale headed
her own company at the Old Brunton
studios and was one of the screens
brightest stars. She has been out of
pictures for seven years. Miss Bar
riscale Is best remembered for her part
in such thrillers as Trick Of Fate"
Her Purchase Price" "Beckoning
Road" Luck CT Geraldine Laird" and
Two Gun Betty"
Evening star., 1933-02-19
Hamilton Gets Lead.

NEIL HAMILTON will have the lead
: in Paramount's Dead Reckoning. "
Others In the cast are: Shirley Grey.
Morgan Wallace, Charlie Ruggles. John
Halliday, Jack La Rue, Bobby Dunn,
Verree Teasdale and Thomas jackson.
Paul Sloane will direct.
Evening star., 1933-02-19
R-K-O KEITHS-"Topaze."

TOHN BARRYMORE in "Topaze," his
y most recent picture, produced by
R-K-O Radio, is currently being shown
at R-K-O Keith's. In this comedy
Barrymore portrays a somewhat be-
wildered, but altogether lovable school,
master who instructs his class in the
ways and means of honesty. Later, he
who has always lived what he teaches,
discovers that the old and time-honored
belief in reverence to honesty doesn't
always work out in this modern age.
Having discovered that he is being made
the dupe of lot of unscrupulous men
he, too, turns scoundrel with a ven
geance and outdoes them at their own
game.
Myrna 10y appears opposite Mr..
Barrymore. Also in the cast are Albert
Cont, Reginald Mason, Luis Alberni,
Jobyna Rowland, little Jackie Searle
and Frank Reichcr.
Evening star., 1933-02-19
METROPOLITAN-"The Kings
Vacation"

GEORGE ARLISS returns to the
~ screen this week at Warner Bros.
Metropolitan Theater in The Kings
Vacation" This is the story of man
who gives up his wife and child, his
happiness in fact, when called unex-
pectedly to the throne and who, when
peacefully deposed after 18 years of
pomp and power, leaves his queen con-
sort and return to the scenes of his
earlier happiness. Adapted from the
story by Ernest Pascal, author of ''The
Marriage Bed" 1t has in its cast Dick
Powell, Mrs. George Arliss, Marjorie
Gateson, Dudley Digges, o. P. Heggie,
Patricia Ellis, Vernon Steele, James
Bell and Maude Leslie.
A program Of short reel subjects sup
plement the feature. They include Ruth
Etting, in by Cones; Edgar Bergen,
famous ventriloQuist, in Africa Speaks. "
and Bosco closes the program In Vita
phones newest song cartoon novelty
Ride Him, Bosco."
Evening star., 1933-02-19
NATIONAL-"The Green Pastures"

NATIONAL-"The Green Pastures"
"THE GREEN PASTURES" Marc
Connelly's sensationally success
fll Pulitzer prize winner, tomorrow
night enters upon its second and final
week in Washington at the National
Outstanding among the performances
contributed by the cast of 100 Negro
artists are those of Richard B. Harri-
son as "the Lawd," Charles H. Moore as
Mr.. Deshee, Alonzo Henderson as Moses,
Daniel l.. Haynes in the dual roles of
Adams and Hezdrel, Salem Tut Whit
ney as Noah, Susie Sutton as Mrs Noah
Doe Doe Green as Gabriel, Mercedes
Gilbert as zipporah, George Handel as
King Pharoah, Mckinley Reeves as
Aaron and Edna M. Harris as zeba.
The final Washington performance
of "The Green Pastures" will mark its
third anniversary. On next Sunday 1t
will be exactly three years of age, hav-
ing had its first performance at the
Mansfield Theater in New York on
February 26. 1880. The play was per-
formed $40 times before departing
Broadway for its road tour.
Evening star., 1933-02-19
IANCING.

ARCADIA BALL ROOM, nth ST. & PIX Rd.
NV. Dancing, to 12 PM, every Wednesday
and Saturday. Instruction, I2 to 5 pm,
daily, and to dance nights. Met. 2O42.
Peyton Penn Studio, Is45F FNW. Met. 3O5O
Instruction in modern ball room dancing.
Private or class. Saturday evening dance.
GEO. WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY DANCE
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 1888
"Elks' Club" 9l9 Fl St. NV.
Sylvan Felter and His Orchestra
Given by Prof. Mrs. Acher-Studio, 112.
10th st. NV. Glass and dancing, Mon. &
Fri. to l 80 pm, with Orchestra. Private
lessons by apt. Met. Also. Estab. 1900. 22+
Evening star., 1933-02-19
RIALTO-"Private Jones'"

7 EE TRACY plays another unusual
- character-a draft dodger-in "Pri-
vate Jones'" which is current at the
Rialto Thester. Laughter, tears, wise
cracks and a series of surprise twists of
plot characterize Private Jones'" mark
ing it as a realistic epic of the war
Russell Mack directed the production.
The supporting cast includes Walter
Catlett, Emma Dunn, Berton Churchill.
Evening star., 1933-02-19
GAYETY-New Burlesque Show.

GAYETY-New Burlesque Show.
MANAGER JIMMIE LAKE an
~ nounces another Of his new and
modern burlesque entertainments to
open with matinee this afternoon at
the Gayety Theater. The coming
weeks show will be headed by the SEN
sational Conchita (another new i'm
portation), ably assisted by Lola
Bartram, the Roberts Sisters and Bee
Keller The comedy is ably handled
by "Bimbo" Davis, Joe Yule and Sammy
Clark, Bob Sandberg and Sid Gold
Due to the success of the reduction In
prices on Sunday night, Manager Lake
has decided to continue this policy fof
the balance Of the season.
Evening star., 1933-02-19
PALACE-"State Fair"

FOX FILMS drew upon the finest tai
ent of Hollywood to bring Phil
Stong's Literary Guild prize novel,
"State Fair" to the screen. 1t is now
playing at Loew's Palace Theater. The
cast chosen included Janet Gaynor, Will
Rogers, Lew Ayres, Sally Eilers, Norman
Foster. Frank Craven, Louise Dresser
and Victor Jory.
In assembling this imposing array of
star talent, Fox upset precedent in two
ways. 1t went beyond its own studio
Gaynor's sweetheart and it chose all of
the stars to fit roles rather than build
ing parts to suit player personalities.
The story deals with the loves and ad-
ventures of Middle Western farm fam
lily. Abel Frake, his wife, his daughter
and son go to the State feir. There the
children become involved in romances
while the parents are competing for
prizes.
Henry King directed the film and
Sonya Levien and Paul Green wrote the
screen play adaptation of Stong's novel,
COLUMBIA-"Whistlin in the Dark"
THE new policy of the Monday open
ing went into effect last week with
Trailing the Killer" which closes its
engagement tonight at LoeW's Colum-
bia Theater. "Whistling in the Dark"
with Ernest Truck, will open tomorrow
at this theater. Also prominent in the
cast are Una Merkel, one of the screens
most popular condolences; Edward Ar
mold, John MILAN, c. Henry Gordon,
Johnny Hines, Joseph Cawthorn, Nat
Pendleton, Tenen Holtz and Marcella
>Corday.
"Whistling in the Dark" is the story
of a mystery novel author forced to de-
wise perfect crime" for a band of
crooks who plan to kill man who is
far away on speeding train. Truck, as
the author, concocts a deadly scheme,
then finds way of warning his victim
without leaving the house in which he
and Una Merkel are held caDtiye
Evening star., 1933-02-19

Saturday

Mst.-Buck Jones in
Hello. Trouble" Ser.
Eve.--Victor McLaglen
In "Rackety Rax."
Slim Summerville and
ZaSu Pitts in They
Just Had to Get Mar
ried." Beneath Seas"
Slim Summerville and
zaSu Pitts in They
Just Had to Get Mar
RED" Com. Cart'n.
Jack Holt in
Man Against
Woman"
Serial. Comedy.
Bill Boyd and
Chic Sale in
Men of America"
Taxi Boys comedy.
Randolph Scott in
Heritage OF the
Desert"
Comedy.
Evening star., 1933-09-08

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