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The Washington times., 1933-08-28
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

PALACE-Marlene Dietrich in
"Song of Songs" at II a. m,
1:10, 3:20, $50. 7:40 and $50
p. m.
EARLE - Leslie Howard in
Captured" at 11:15 a. m, 1:50.
4;3O, tbs and 10 p. m. Stage
shows at l. $40, 6:25 and DOS
p. m.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hep
burn in Morning Glory" at 1859
a. M, 1859, $3.50, $3.50, 1859 and
9:59 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Ann Hard.
ing in Double Harness." at 1880
a. m. ITO. 2:55, 4:40, $40, 8
and GAS p. m.
FOX-Lee Tracy in Turn
Back the Clock" at II a. m. AS,
A:30, 7:20 and 1905 p. m. Stage
shows at 1890, 3:15, sos and
$50 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Victor McLaglen
In Laughing At Life" at II am.
1880, 2:4o. 4:25. 6:15, 8 and
$3.50 y, m,
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
Sc easide Prepares
For HOLIDAY

The return of torrid weather
drove thousands of Washington
ians to the nearby beaches and
summer resorts over the week
end. Seaside Park was a par.
ticularly popular place, many
finding relief from the heat in
the refreshing salt water of Sea-
side Pool.
The bay resort suffered very
little damage in the last weeks
storm, outside of the destruction
of the fishing pier, and all the
resort amusements were in full
operation over the weekend.
The park is making prepara'
tions for a busy holiday weekend.
Rail service to the beach which
was temporarily discontinued be-
cause of the storm damage will
be resumed, today or tomorrow,
officials of the Chesapeake Beach
Railway are confident. Extra
train service will be provided 1rext
week to take care of the holiday
crowds.
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
One Grand Party

Things I enjoyed over the week
end: That Ossie Bluege party at
the Hamilton. Particularly the Ed
Walsh dramatic recitation of THE
Other One Was Booth" Clark
Griffith's two-minute speech. Ben
edict Fitzgerald's Irish tenor and
Carter Barron's zeal to book him
for the Fox. Kirk Miller who made
absolutely the best M. c. I ever
saw perform. Bar none. Tom Lit
tlepage explaining why he, a good
Republican, is leading the local
NRA campaign. "The American
flag" he says, carries no party
label" Barrister Peter Q. Nyce's
invitation to join Steve Farley, the
Presidents secretary, and George
R. Holmes, I. N. S. ace for duck
shooting in October. Fine. But
I've never shot anything in my life
Munching roast chicken with my
boss, John J. Fitzpatrick. DR.. Lar
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
Metropolitan to Close

Ready for renovation, the
Metropolitan Theater will close
down wednesday night, August
30, and will reopen for the new
season within a few weeks. &C
cording to an announcement by
j. j. Payette, general zone man
ager for Warner Brothers thea
ters.
The Metropolitan Theater will
undergo a thorough house clean,
ing in preparation for the new
season. Meanwhile, scores of
cleaners, painters, carpenters and
sound technicians will prepare
the theater for its gala reopen
ing.
Another reason for the tenn
porary shutdown is the diff
Guilty encountered by patrons, as
a result of the re-paving of F
Street. The Metropolitan man
agement is assured the paving
will be completed shortly and
patrons will have no trouble
reaching the. theater by automo-
bile or taxi.
Among the improvements to
be found at the Metropolitan
will be a newly patented and en-
larged prospective" screen; and
new draperies will be hung be-
hind the proscenium arch. The
specific date of the re-opening,
and the lineup of attractions will
be announced shortly in the
NEWSPAPERS,
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
About Spelling

My theater ad reading contest
to discover two errors brought late
replies from these: Jessie M. La
Nasa, Franklin Park Hotel, Louise
arson of 1853 Quincy Street.
Chevy Chase, Md, and Dorothy
M. Benjamin of Lanham, Md.
Miss Dorothy, who is ID years
old, raises a question in spelling.
She thought Katharine Hepburn's
first name should be spelled with
two "e's." Well, Dorothy, the
fact is that Miss Hepburn is like
Katharine Cornell, she prefers to
spell it with two "a's". Miss
Cornell is very, very fussy about
this and she gets real peeved if
editors make a mistake. She can
give you a long story about why
she spells it Just that way.
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
Hollywood Parade

Wrestler Gus Sonnenburg can't
forget his estranged wife, Judith
Allen. In Reno to get a friendly
divorce, he is having his car
shipped back to Hollywood and
put at Judith's disposal.
Considering the billing he'll re-
ceive, the giant Primo Carnera
will make a studio appearance OF
record briefness. Five days will
see him through with his part at
M. G.. M. Those five days, how
ever, will find every free executive
and player on the lot visiting the
set in the hopes that either Primo
or Max will let real one fly.
Originally expected on Thursday,
Carnera slips in here tonight in
a private car. Studio executives
hope to persuade both him and
Baer to dress up in evening
clothes and make an appearance
next Tuesday night for the Din
ner at Eight" premiere at Grau-
mans Chinese Theater.
Ginger Rogers ma is turning
fan magazine writer. She's the
author of several plays, you know
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
Controversy Rases As Just Who Played Famous lilly hese
Aaents Going to Work For New Attractions

kin, the Griffs' physician, trying
to convince me that Cronin's gang
are not "in." We compromise on
roast beef sandwiches that melt
in your mouth. Dewey Zirkin
crippled and telling about his At
lantic City sunburn. George O'Con-
nor and Matt Horne, goaling 'em
as usual. Harry Somerville, of the
Willard, reminding Griffith of his
Highlander days and renewing
the age-old controversy by assert
ing Mathewson was a greater
pitcher than Walter Johnson.
Judge Robert E. Mattingly enjoy
ing every moment. Postmaster
Bill Mooney likewise. That inch
thick saw-dust on the floor and
those freshly shucked clans. The
shirt sleeve informality, the cool
brew, the frosty mints and Bill
Shelton's CHEEKY smile. Take a bow
c. Dorsey Warfield. They certainly
picked the right man as chairman
for that entertainment committee.
The Washington times., 1933-08-28

lene Dietrlch'S Andrew H. NeheS
Song of Songs" currently al
1oew's Palace) states explicitly
that Duse, Modjeska, Pola Negr.'
and Elsie Ferguson had prev
ously played the Lily C7epaneE
of Sudermann's story. Kissing "
object, Mr.. Peirce says:
Dear Mr.. Kelley:
1 can't help wondering what
led you to say that "the role
of Lily Czepanek in Hermann
Sudermann's great story, Song
of Songs was made famous
in the past by such glamorous
actresses as Eleanor Duse and
Helena MOdjeska on the stage
by Elsie Ferguson and POla Ne
gri for the silent cameras"
I believe 1 am correct in say
ing that not one of these four
women ever essayed the role.
One dollar of your money,
Judge, will get you 10 Of mine
if you can bring forth any evil
dence that Duse or Modjeska
ever played this part. MOdjeska
could hardly have done So
because Sudermann did not
write "The Song Of Songs"
(''DaS HOhe Lied'O until 1908,
and ModjeSka died the following
year at the age of IS, when she
would hardly have tried to pOr-
tray a fresh, vOluptuOus young
girl. In 1907, when was a
lad in college. / saw MOdjeSka
in MARY Stuart" and she was
very feeble even then.
The fact of the matter hap
pens to be that "The Song of
Songs" was produced on the leg
itimate stage only once. About
20 years ago, Edward Sheldon
(the author of Romance" and
later Lulu BelIe"O took four or
five of the major incidents from
Sudermann'S novel "The Song
of Songs" transferred the scene
to the United States, and con-
cOcted a dramatizatiOn that
was staged at a Broadway play
house. The role of Lily was
played by Irene Fenwick.
George Jean Nathan praised the
show, but it had only a mOder-
ate run. 1 am inclined to as
sert with some confidence that
no one other than Irene Fen
wick preceded Dietrich in a
dramatic presentation of the
role.
What you were probably
thinking of was Hermann Sud-
ermann's famous old play mag
da" ("Heimat" in the Germany ,
in which the title rOle-that Of
an opera sOngbird-waS in truth
played by Duse and Modjeska.
But the story of "Magda" is
wholly different from that Of
"The Song of Songs" Did Fer
guSOn and Negri play Magda in
the Silents? I should be inter.
eSted to know.
BY the way, speaking of those
tragic ArmOurS" in the Diet
| rich film to which the ads re-
The Washington times., 1933-08-28

Bushy Berkeley, brilliant dance
director of "Forty-second Street"
and Gold Diggers of 1888" These
subjects will be based on famous
musical comedies. The famous
sally" will star Dorothy Stone.
Each subject will feature Holly
woods most ravishing beauties in
gay and spectacular extrava-
ganZas.
The Big v comedies will sport
such crackerjack comedians as
Fatty Arbuckle, Jack Haley,
Charles Judels, George Givot and
Gus Shy.
All of these Vitaphone shorts
will be shown in Washington at
the Earle and Metropolitan the
aters and subsequently in Warner
Bros. neighborhood houses.
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
Cast Completed for
Comics New Picture

The cast of Constance Ben
nett's new picture, Without
Glory" was increased yesterday
by four names, Douglas Dunn
brille, Vera Lewis, William Wag-
ner and William Won Brinker
having been signed for important
roles
Gilbert Roland is Miss Benefits
leading man in this perturbation
Of Jane Murfins original story
which is now in production under
the direction of George Cukor.
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
Next After Reno

Carol Lombard's first role fol-
lowing her return from Reno will
be in the Charles R. Rogers pro-
duction, "She Made Her Bed"
Ralph Murray, now directing
Golden Harvest" for Rogers, will
direct.
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
Ike Hope Reports

Those Industrious couriers of
the stage, the GdvGnce n1GnGg.
ers, are beginning to report.
Charles Warren McClintocE
checks in viG the department
phone to say that he DiU be out
ahead OF Cornelia Otis Skinner
who 1Dill tour the land in
"WiUeS of Henry VIII" and
Empress Eugenie," her UiUid
and interesting character por-
traits 1Dith dramatic trimmings.
Charlie hopes to be back IN
The Washington times., 1933-08-28

usually correct
and F. La
mont Peirce, Of
the De p a r t.
ment of Com
merce, t a k e S
pen in hand to
challenge state
ments made in
these columns
and based on
P a r a m o u n t
facts.
For instance,
the artistic bro
c h ure which
h e r a | DIS Mar
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
Connie SINGS in Film

Constance Bennett proved that
she has good singing voice yes
terday by recording for her new
picture, Without Glory" new
song entitled Buy a Kiss" which
was composed by Max Steiner,
head of the RKO musical depart
ment.
The Washington times., 1933-08-28

-. would y o u
call this an
English S e n S e
of h u m o r?
Someone told
NJ imi Jordan
the other d a y
that er slip
W a S showing.
Just as a test,
she left it that
way all d y.
T h ir t y. three
people C a l e d
her attention
to it.
The Marquis
Henry de La
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
ferred, I hope they don't imply
that any "hamS" are involved.
Yours cordially,
F. LAMONT PIERCE,

L VuAS
F. LAMONT PIERCE.
That led me, of course, to check
up on my authorities. I found
that Pola Negri in Lilly of the
Dust" Eyes, that was one version
of "Song of songs") played Loew's
Palace Theater the week of Au-
gust II, 1924. A telephone call to
Harry Hunter of the Paramount
exchange, who knows his movies
backwards, and forwards, too, dis
closed that zukor-Artcraft pic
lures in 1918 made a silent YER
sion of "Song of Songs" with Elsie
Ferguson starred.
About Duse and Modjeska the
department is not yet ready to
report. The Library of Congress
is looking it up. Don't tempt me
with a 1-to-10 wager, Mr.. Peirce.
I can't resist long odds. Thanks for
that last paragraph wisecrack and
come again.
The Washington times., 1933-08-28

ROSETTA DUNCAN
Washington to help out Col.
Frank P. Morse in the Joe Gro
min cheering section at the
World series.
Ike Hope came oUer from Bal
timore to let me know he is the
bGllyhoo man for the Duncan
sisters. They come to the FoT
Theater Friday tDith "TopSy
and EUG." Says Ike: 81 think
iUe haze the best condensed
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
Devine and "SIim"

Andy Devine is to be costarred
with Slim Summerville in an
original screenplay by Dale Van
Every and Edward SedWick en-
titled Broadway or Bust"
The Washington times., 1933-08-28

leaves the Naval Academy with
his courage under question, but
who proves himself under anoth-
er name, fighting with the Ma
rines in a Central American revo-
luton.
The role will be virtually a
starring one for Cary, and he'll
start it some time in September.
The Washington times., 1933-08-28

to t a k e the
leading role in
Come on, Ma
rineS," a brand
new S tory by
Phillip Wylie to
fit the it'll e
t h a t P a r a.
mount once an
nounced for a
Buddy Rogers
Richard Arlen
vehicle.
In the re-
vised version,
Cary will play
an Annapolis
ca de W hO
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

I rely perhaps too implicitly on
the Hollywood press books for
historical data-though they are
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
Cary Grant Set
For Role As
Marine
By HARRISON CARROLL
copyright, 1888, King Features
SvndinatA Incl

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 26.-Vir-
Ania Cherrill needn't worry
about Cary Grant while she's
away in Honolulu, for the tall
Paramount actor is going to be
swamped with work.
AS soon as he finishes the Mae
West picture, Cary is echeduled
The Washington times., 1933-08-28

Falaise will not lose a foot of the
film that he had to keep on ice
during his stay in Bali. Wallace
Smiths gay novel, "The Captain
Hates the Sea-" is in its seventh
edition. Arthur Sheekman and
Nat Perrin will write for Samuel
Goodwin for the next three years
John Barrymore is due here the
first of the week. Did you know
that Sally Eilers' brother, Bud,
also acts in the films. He's doing
a small part in Sally's current pic
ture, walls of Cold. Edmund
Anthony Brown, the original
"Whitie" of Queer People," is
turned actor for Mae Vests pic
ture, I'm No Angel"
And of all the amateur seen.
arios, I like best the one turned
in by bootblack near the Fox
Western Avenue Studio. In the
big scene, the hero walks into the
kitchen, discovers his negro cook
murdered and says:
"Well, I guess we'll have to get
q new cook, this one is dead"
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
Did You Know

That Wallace Beery is lieu
tenant commander in the U. S.
Naval Reserve, a battalion chief
In the Los Angeles fire depart
ment, an inspector of the Immi-
grafton Department, lieutenant
in the L. A. air police, a deputy
fish and game commissioner, a
deputy U. S. Forest Ranger, and
a licensed U. S. transport pilot?
The Washington times., 1933-08-28

musical that eUer played q
Washington stage. I mean that,
and Rosetta 1DGnts you particu-
larly to review it. She says that
When she played the Earle
TheGter last gear you gaze her
the best notice she eUer re-
ceived."
Well, I remember that no.
tice, Ike. She got it because /
DGS completely tDon By her Is
minute act of song sketches.
She went from full evening
dress to a final number that
had her blGcking up for a Topsy
bit. Amy performer who 1UorEs
that hard four times a day in
order to giUe eUery audience her
best describes the type gardeni1S
gaze her. / Just hope "Topsy
and EUG" is halt as good as you
sag it is.
By the tU1y tub thun1per Hope
ranks With the top notcherS.
He WGs the 1dvance man for
Sarah Ber1h1rdt'S last Ameri-
can tour, DGS beueathed 1000
by Producer Lincoln J. Wageu-
halls for his great work during
the four season run of "The
Bat"
The daily worker., 1933-06-30
"A Tip tor "Neav Revenues"

YORKS pounded his hand the
~
the excellent
he tremendous amount of
delegation
the city Immediately
fortunes citylet the collect
wealth all the mlionaires immd
would
plenty Capitalist Mayor
properties of the Rocklers has been estimated that
s2s 100000
They proposed
Tamnany Of the
They proposed heavier for the ch and lighter taxes for
small
which
millions
INSTEAD urges budget
that the city determined fulfill It's
Wall Street bankers headed Rokefeer
agent winthrop Aldrich the National Bank
that by the
the Civil especially the
increased subway and by further
relief city will
$3o0ooooo which they pledged
Against wealthy peyl
cent off relief! Heavy taxes for the richi
The daily worker., 1933-06-30
Gen. JOHNSON BARS TEXTILE WORKERS SPEAKING AT HEARING
EMPTY Phrases Will Not Do

today refers
relative obscuty OF the news
supporters OF A.
demonstration at the state Capitol and TO
send representatives with the committee which
sented unemployed to the state officials
Wis particularly noted? In the first place be-
cause the refusal join the
Ohio workers for immediate relief ap-
propriations and social insurance.
But even more is unfication Of the
Moved which be waged avoid
greater the through the operation of the
Deal'-the dirty deal
ing mass pressure action
march They take at their state
Columbus this coming Saturday in cooper
alton achieve united action with
before
light of
dng ranks of the workers for fec
struggle They broke their agreement!
Here emphacaIy
os means nothing to ENTHUSIASTICALLY
relief social insurance and for their demands
generally united struggle then they
fighting unity behind empty phrases
about unity
THE the
participated the march and in
capitol This shows that unity
possible unity
will unity substitute for real
unity in action
insist that these
particularly unemployment insurance the central issue be
believe that they will reject decsivey all empty lip
which will lead Immediately
struggle for their need and unified unem
ployed movement
The daily worker., 1933-06-30
NO INCOME
TAX PAID BY
OTTO KAHN
Sold Stock to His
Daughters to Eva ad e
MakingAny Payments
Davis, Kahn's Agent,
Still Roosevelt's
Trusted Agent

WASHINGTON, June 90. = Otto
Kahn, senior partner of the Wall
Street banking house of Kuhn, Loeb
and Company, testified today that he
managed to evade paying income
taxes by selling" stocks to his daugh-
ter, thereby, establishing a legal
loss" In this way, he established a
loss" Of s1l7000.
During the years when he was sue
cessful in evading tax payments here,
he paid taxes in England. His last
payment in England was s4.480. Otto
Kahns fortune is computed at over
500 ,0o0, 900.
Established Stock Losses"
After protesting that his memory
on these matters is poor" Kahn recol-
lected that his sales of stock to his
daughter were protested by an agent
of the Revenue Department The
agents objections were not sutained
by the Revenue Department, and
Kahn's income tax return was ac-
cepted as he filed it,
Kahn thought that it was a very
good thing for the 'littIe men Of the
country" to be able to invest their
money with the banks in stock seclui-
ties. He did not mention that this is
Just tIle wa that the big bankers use
the money of the "little men" for their
own purposes.
The Senate investigation is moving
along in very desultory manner The
Committee hopes to adjourn until
October
Thus far, the Senate Committee has
not inquired into the lists of favored
customers which the firm of Kuhn
Loeb is supposed to have, in some
what the same way as the Morgans
During the Morgan inquiries, it was
reported by the Federated Press that
rumors were circulating that Presi-
dent Roosevelt had been on one of the
inside stock lists of Kuhn. Loeb, and
that this would be brought out al
the Investigations. But the Senate
Committee has not seen fit to in
quire into this phase Of their bust
ness.
Earlier IN the Investigations. it was
shown that Kuhn, Loeb, like the Ma
tional City Bank had sold $700O0,o0C
| of Chilean securities without any ade-
lquate examination of the soundness OF
the Chile bonds. The bankers made
a profit on this deal which has cos
the thousands of small investors wht
bought the bonds. losses almos
cqualling the total investment, $40,
| 100000.
Roosevelt's private Ambassador
Norman H. Davis, whose name ap
peared on Morgan stock lists it was
shown received large fees from Kuhn
Loeb for acting as a business gettel
for the firm. Secretary of the Treas
ury Woodin also appeared on Nor
gan's lists.
Woodin is sUll secretary of the
Treasury, and Davis was sent today
by Roosevelt to the London Economic
Conference
The daily worker., 1933-06-30
Brain Trust" Raev Material

THE Rockefeer Mogans other finance the big
If they called
their Offices for weekly
to
the
Americ
the COL
result detailed qestionaires to 5
leading colleges
the Teachers Col
things about the mental
presidential brain trusts"
Peterson finds superficial
addicted slogans and
phraseology,
slogans phrases bill these
telectua1
"EEOM adds the that
the vocabulary trends and movements in
understanding philosophy
which underes them"
Shallow the phrases OF the capitalist
deal" o.
mocracy" slogan.
What more could the capitalist Of wansr
The daily worker., 1933-06-30

as all the eEploiters, are permitted as
much time as they require in their
efforts to fasten the starvation wage
code on the textile workers. But
real representatives of the workers In
the industry are denied even the
right to present their demands.
The Trade Union Unity League Is
preparing TO send sharp telegram
of protest to General johnson, ex-
posing the gag policy, as one Of the
methods Of Roosevelt under the new
deal to force the workers into nep
starvation standard OF living using
every means of suppression to keer
back the voicing of the real demsndi
of the workers concerned.
johnson is attempting 10 set
precedent to bar from the hearings
workers from the shops and the rev.
olutionary trade unions. He and the
A. p. of L., as well as the company
Unions, feel IL will be easier, II no
sharp exposures of the bosses pro-
gram is made, to put over the codes
1t is rumored here that General
johnson will adjourn the hearings
tomorrow without giving the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union any
opportunity to put its demands.
(See the National Textile Workers
Union demands which johnson re-
fused right Of presentation on
page 81
The daily worker., 1933-06-30
Father Kills His.
Children Staruing
Under 3NeeV Deal
"They Were Hungry and Ragged, He Said
I'D Rather Have Them Dead" is
Silent in Jail

I'm my inaugural address laid down the simple PROPOSE
On that nobody is going to sarv in this country
of President Franklin D. Roosevelt while signing the In
dustrial Recovery Act.
MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma 29Cuchng old pistol his
his small children
u a them
nsantyhot through the heart
daughter fingered and then died
They dirty ragged he said Il they had nothing
eat I'd rather children dead, than starving
ha out esanged wife
nearby hiking toward that town
whe he arrested.
the JAIL swarming in to
Everybody excited The sheriff feels
Staring the window his
mindhs
children ragged ard dirty longer hungry Nothing else
now matter TO ] thinking
thinking the president Roosevels
magnificent inaugural heard by
America"
The daily worker., 1933-06-30
DIR. Michael Mislig
Noted Surgeon and
Communist Dead

NEW YORK. = Stricken with an
acute heart-attack Dr. Michael Mis-
lig. noted surgeon, and a veteran
member of the Communist Party
died yesterday, at the Park East
Hospital. while performing an opera
ton. He was sixty.
A Marxist since his young days in
Czarist, Russia, DR.. Misty joined the
American Socialist Party, upon his
arrival in the United States. During
the split of 1919, the deceased left
the S. P, along with the entire left
wing. and became chartered mem
ber of the Communist Party. He re-
manned loyal party member until
the very end.
DR.. Misty was known as an active
participant in the revolutionary labor
movement which he had supported
substantially with funds and activity