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Acting Not Inherited.

4 CTNQ ability Is not IN inherited
"A trait. according to the ancestral
records Of the IS players under con-
tract to Paramount.
Maurice Chevalier, MArlene Dietrich,
Frederic March, Miriam Hopkins,
Claudette Colbert. Gary Cooper, Jack
Oakie, Sylvia Sidney, George Raft,
Helen Twelvetrees and numerous other
well known screen actors and actresses
were born Of non professional parents.
Only two Of Paramount's contract
players come from professional fam
ikes. They are Sir Guy Standing, son
Of Herbert Standing. noted English
stage star Of . generation ago, and
William Harrigan. son Of Ned Harri-
gan Of Harrigan and Hart, Broadway
theatrical leaders Of the gay nineties.
Brian Aherne, who Is making his
screen debut - Marlene Dietrich's
leading man In THE Song of Song"
also might claim membership in this
group, - his mother was . noted
amateur actress in England.
Hollywood's best examples Of actors
who seem to have inherited their tai
ents are John and Lionel Barrymore
sons Of Maurice Barrymore and Georgia
Drew; Constance and Joan Bennett,
daughters Of Richard Bennett, now
under contract to Paramount: Helene
and Dolores Costello. daughters Of
Maurice Costello, matinee idol when
motion pictures were In their swaddling
clothes: Douglas Fairbanks, r., ana
william Collier, jr.
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Outdoor Amussments
oxEN ECHO PARK.

TIE District Of Columbia Chapter Of
the American Red Cross will stage
nfe-saving water show by Neptune's
Life-Saying Corps, Ira Lee Law, direc-
tor, on Tuesday at Glen Echo Park.
Many novel and interesting events are
on the program.
Swimming and diving are receiving
much attention this Summer at this re-
sort. People should take advantage Of
the free lessons offered by this park.
They will be continued until July 20.
KIDDIRS' DAYS POPULAR.
MONDAYS and Fridays, designated
- Riddles days on the Wilson
IAns, ere proving most popular with
Warrington families on account Of the
record low rates In excursion boat trans
portation.
Marshall Hall Park Il cooperating
With the Kdddes' day saving plan" by
charging . minimum rate for all rides
In the park. This beautiful resort, stu
Ated on the banks Of the Potomac, has
been entirely made over and is enter
tanning hundreds daily in the shady pic
mic groves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23

Do when you Dee some star Crops
furiously through his papers for his
telephone number which he has scrubbed
on . card and jammed In somewhere
among other things, don't for . moment
feel it's pose. Sometimes . hasty
call to the business managers ONCE,
and Say, what's my number nowp I've
lost IT." will bring about desired re-
suits. For your star can't get his
private number from the telephone
operator-when . number Is secret
well, it's secret.
Some members Of the foreign group
have little less spring in their walk,
a little less Joy in their laughter, q
little slackening in the general tempo.
It Isn't easy to have home cut out of
the vocabulary even II your ways have
fallen far from home In Q land that
mas chosen to give your art wider
play If not . more sincere oppor.
tunity.
Already many sad things have hap
pened to the foreign group here for q
brief time. Joe Strassner, designer
from Berlin and for . time employed
on the Fox lot, woke one morning to
hear that his Inter Den Linden shop
one OF the most famous gown shops II,
all Berltn-hAd been closed because he,
the owner, had been discovered to have
q modicum OF Jewish blood In his
makeup. His Hollywood contract
terminated, his Berlin shop confiscated,
Strassner returned to Paris and the
tiny hole-in-the-wall bureau Of chic
which he had operated - part Of his
international style show. Here, in this
tiniest Of shops, the designer will be-
gin again career which he steadily
fought for during many years Of Ap-
prenticeship and devotion.
Fabrics he had gathered from the
Orient-brocades and silks from many
lands-antique weaves from France
all had been swept from him In one
night. Such fabrics are the founda-
ton Of 3 designers business, the core
Of his creative stock.
This II but one Of the many tragic &C.
currences which have touched the
colony. Now the German group tells
me that Marlene's visit to her home will
never take place. She will get no nearer
to Inter Den Linden than Q Paris
boulevard-no closer to the language of
home than the German she may catch
ct some continental watering place. Or
in the polyglot cafes Of the French
(Ccpyrieht, 1888. by North American News
paper Alliance. Incl
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Brent BIOGRAPHY.

GEORGE BRENT, featured player at
the Warner Bros. studio. who Is
seen in an important role in "Forty-sec-
ond Street." with Warner Baxter and
Bebe Daniels, now playing q return en-
gagement at Warner Bros. Metropolitan
Theater, was born in Dublin, Ireland.
and educated in the university there.
His first stage experience was with stock
companies, of which he has at one time
or another owned six.
His first screen roles we're with Bar
bara Stanwyck in so Big" and with
Ruth Chatterton, to whom he is now
married, in The Rich Are Always With
U.s." Other pictures in which he has
had prominent roles are The Crash"
They Call It Sim The Purchase
Price" Week End Marriage" and Miss
Ptnkerton."
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Newest Plays Produced
In the Suburban Towns
New Workers. in Order to View Latest Stage
Pieces Must Travel to the Outlands.
Hotels Putting on Summer Revues.
By Percy Hammond.

Would . New York cop have tried7 No,
Ari
still bordering. seated myself In
my favorite grill room, and was glanc-
ing absently at the luncheon menu when
q maiden's voice-an American maiden's
voice-cut through the murmur Of talk
as q woodcutter,s saw cuts through the
lord Of the forest.
".An' say. waiter 1t commanded,
then I'll sample some Of that Iced
suck grass
II turned round. The admirable Jules,
pencil in hand, was nodding compre-
hendingly.
Certainly, madam he replied. max
ing Q note. Cold asparagus to follow
As . writer for the Pink 'Un"-a
paper which occupied position roughly
about midway between the New Yorker
and the old Police Gazette-Mr. Booth
must have known the London bohemia
Of . generation ago intimately, but 1t
must be confessed that not q few Of
his London anecdotes sound As apo
cryphal as these incredible Yankees.
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Current Attractions

gram is headlined by Roy Atwell, radio
comedian and late star Of Strike Me
Pink" Other acts are the 1negnues
famous girls band; Cardini and Anore
Duval, assisted by Dorothy Martin. The
story of Gambling Ship" deals with
those vessels that blink at the law out
sled the three mile limit. Here Grant
meets Bonita Hume, with whom he falls
in love. The triangle is brought to q
climax when Jack LARue, with whom
Bonita is associated in business, comes
on the scene. Other players include
Glenda Farrell. Roscoe Harms Arthur
Vinton and Evelyn Eelbie.
Short reel subjects. including Q Bosco
cartoon, Beau Bosco"; the latest issue
OF the MacNamee news reel and the
Earle orchestral prelude complete the
program.
CIRCUS AT SEASIDE PARK.
SENSATIONAL balancing. juggling
and slack wire tricks, climaxed by
death-defying head slide down an
inclined wire, are on the program for
the circus to be presented at Seaside
Park next Saturday and continuing for
one week. The circus will be presented
twice daily for patrons Of the resort at
no admission charge. The performers
are members of the great DeRizkie
troupe Of circus gymnasts.
DeRizkie himself is said to be the
only man capable of performing the haz-
ardous feat Of ascending q nearly per-
pendicular wire without the support Of
balancing rod and then whirling down
the wire balanced on his head
Other stunts Of the ReRizkie COM
pany include a thrilling forward foot
slide down an inclined wire, clown
capers on an unsupported ladder, chair
balancing on a slack wire and sensa-
tional head balancing on q flying ira
reze
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Guilds New Season

time. There are at present IA plays on
several more are still under considera-
ton by It's board Of managers.
Leading the list Is the play upon
which Eugene O'Neill is now at work at
his home in Sea Island Beach, Ga. Mr..
O'Neill has not yet notified the guild
that his play will be ready for produce
ton during the coming season. but there
are high hopes on West F1fty.second
street. No hint has been given by the
playwright As to the nature Of the play.
The guild also holds an option on the
next play by Maxwell Anderson, this
years Pulitzer prize winner. Again no
information is offered as to It's nature,
although it has been rumored from time
to time that Mr.. Anderson is working
on q play concerning, Mary, Queen Of
Scots. Mr.. Anderson's other historical
play. Elisabeth, the Queen" was pro-
drced with great success by the guild
several years ago. A new play is also
The guild has also acquired play
by the Rev. John Haynes Holmes, pastor
Of The Community Church, in collabora-
ton with Reginald Lawrence. remem-
bered as q co-author of Men Must
Fight" It is called THE Purple Testa-
ment" Then there is the dramatiza-
ton Of "Winesburg, Ohio" by Sherwood
Anderson and Arthur Barton, and
Native Ground" play In trilogy form
by Virgil Geddes.
"The School for Husbands" by
Moliere also is on the list, In an adapta-
ton In rhyme by Arthur Guitermsn
and Lawrence Langner. It Is sone-
thing, Of . departure for the guild in
that 1t has . musical score, composed
and arranged by Edmond Rickett. The
guild still owns Versailles" the inter-
nationally political play by Emil Lud-
wig, the noted biographer, and Sarah
Simple" the latest work Of A. A. Milne.
Recent acquisitions include Gentle
woman" by John Howard Lawson; zig
Saw" by Dawn Powell; "As We Forgive
Our Debtors" by Tillman Breiseth;
mo Good End" by William Judson, jr.,
and They Shall Not Die" play about
the scottsboro case, BY John Mexley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23

except the haraSsed tkeater man
agers) and nobody really expects to set
the world on fire as far Is picture pro-
auctions 60. The stars are away vaca-
tioning. The studios are working on
q half-and-half basis and audiences
are. Of course, not SO large as they are
during part Of the remainder Of the
year.
The vicious circle, therefore, Is best
offset by this face-lifting On the part
Of the old films
Even though Forty Street"
isn't one Of the gray-beards Of the
bunch. it has at least enough age at
its back to make its temperance some
thing in the way Of revival. Now
give US anything but Blonde Of the
Follies" to follow this and we shall
have really started kind Of renAis-
sance in this industry.
GLARS who will attract the greatest
~ attention during the coming sea-
son are likely to be Charlie Chaplin,
Tallulah Bankhead and Mae West. Mr..
Chaplin Is preparing some sort Of a
film-a talkie, it Is rumof3d. Miss
Bankhead isn't planning much Of any
thing at the moment and Miss West
goes ahead with her I'm No Angel"
and score of other films which viii,
Of course, rock the country.
West. Bankhead and Chaplin-an
odd combination, when you come right
down to it. A lady who o few years
ago was whooping around the country
in Pleasure Man" and other unpleas-
ant plays; q lady who became the toast
Of London. and q gentleman who in
spite of his silence and lack Of work,
etc, has somehow remained Holly
woods central figure.
We hope that Mr.. Chaplin will do 4
takie, for the simple reason that we
should like to hear him talk. We hope
Miss Bankhead will not do ''Forsaking
All Others" for the films, but, ut any
rate. something light and bright and
without soaring seagulb. And we hope
that Miss West will keep on doing her
good work In the tough and rough
manner to which she Is accustomed.
Other people to watch next season
include Katherine Hepburn, Frank
barrow, Ruby Keller, Bruce Cabot,
Franchot Tone. Loretta Young and
Bette Davis|f they give her the right
film.
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Next Week sFilms

ETHEL BARRYMORE. appearing In
person for the first time in any mo-
ton picture theater in Washington. and
AZ special pre-release picture, Mary
stevens, M. d." featuring Kay Francis.
are the twin attractions to be found at
Warnes Bros. Earle Theater for the
week starting Friday. Mary Stevens,
M. D." a Warner Bros. picture. is said
to give Kay Francis one Of her most
unique roles. The star is seen as a
woman doctor who is forced to choose
between q woman's privileges In life
and competition to be found In q purely
masculine profession. In support Of Kay
Francis are olenda Farrell. Lyle Talbot.
Thelma Todd, George Cooper and
Ethel Barrymore will present sir
James Barrie's one-act playlet. THE
TWelye-Pound Look" Also appearing
on the stage are Major, Sharp and MI
nor. well known harmony trio; Goss
and Barrows, Broadway comedians. and
the Four Trotans, intercollegiate attn
letes.
"SAMARANe." the United Artists'
- picture, Is the attraction coming
to Warner Bros. Metropolitan Tneater
for the week starting Friday Ine PIC
ture reveals the eternal warfare and de-
str,Iction above and beneath the sea,
where the strong are seen forever de-
stroying the weak, and It Is perpetual
cycle Of life eat life. The film has for
its locale the pearl-diving country OF
Malaysia and q pearl diver Is the hero
of its adventures and romances. All the
thrills and dangers are not, however, on
the floor of the Indian Ocean. Tigers,
pvthons, tapirs and other strange denl-
zens of the Jungle strut their stun. VIII
liam Ward directed "Samarang." from
the story by Lori Bara, and B. F. Leio-
man produced 1t.
GEORGE BURNS and Oracle Allen,
" stars of the stage, screen and raoio.
will be seen at Loews FOX Ineaxe.
starting next Friday in person: Inc
and Wynne Gibson in "Her Bodyguard."
a racy story dealing with the activities
of a stage star who became famous
through gold-digging." The story was
written by Corey Ford, while the d.
rection was under the hands Of William
Beaudine. In the supporting cast are
Arnold. Johnny Hines, MAJ
jorie White, Alan Dinehart, FUZZY
knight and others. The balance OF the
stage show IS made up Of the Lee Twins
and company, with the Ambassador
Sextette: Serge Flash. ximbalist, ana
Mildred Hamlin in bits O classics"
7 lionel BARRYMORE returns to
II Loew's Palace Theater Friday IN
THE Strangers Return" in which ne
Is co-starred with Miriam Hopkins;
The film is from the novel by Phil
author of "State Fair" The
picture was directed by King Vidor ana
was produced by Metro-G oldwyn- Mayer.
In the supporting cast will be seen
Franchot Tone, Stuart Erwin, Irene
Beulah Bondi. Grant Mitchell,
TAD Alexander and Aileen Carlyle.
"pEsT OF ENEMIES" comes to
- Ioew's Columbia Theater on Mon.
day. July 81, with Buddy Rogers ana
Marian Nixon in the leading roles, sup
ported by Frank Morgan, Joseph cav
thorn, Greta Nissen and others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23

OLLXWOOD, CALL, July IL
- Hollywood's stars are not BE-
yond the reach Of menacing
hands. Whispers Of the con-
tinuous threats Of the perpet-
ual leeching, the steady drain Of un-
fortunate friends and their heartbreak-
ing pleas may be heard every day In
this gelatine community.
The latest terror-whispered in the
secret conclaves Of the professionals
affects the foreign group. Out Of Ger
many has reached q practical command.
I am told by one whose identity I have
promised not to reveal, to return to
the mother country with your talents.
To return now or else stay away 1ol-
ever.
That is Why, am told, Marlene Die
trich, who left here really to visit IN
Germany, her mother country, will not
cross the borders Of that country. Her
stay in Paris-her continental vacation
may appear to be q gay one, but y
not the vacation she planned at all.
She planned q return to her own peo-
ple-to the ways and the talk Of the
land Of her birth. But she Is afraid TO
70 there lest she be forbidden to return
to America and the studios OF Holly
wood.
The one foreign star Of this group
who would discuss this matter with me
not only would not Be quoted, but
pleaded with me not to write the article
in q manner which would reveal his
identity. Germany, It seems, wants to
call In its big talent for German use.
Those refusing to comply with this
practical command to close up all bus
mess interests in American Aims and
return to German studios will not be
allowed the privilege of descending upon
the mother country when and how they
will. They must make their choice now
and for good.
The terrors Of the Hollywood great
are many. Bodyguards have been writ
ten about so often that it Is useless
to further discuss a practice that from
use has lost any flavor of the unusual
Long ago the big moneyed stars Of Holly
wood realized that privacy or . sense
of freedom was Q thing of the past.
Each month . famous star has the
telephone number changed. It Is .
private number, that IL true, and known
only to the business managers and the
intimates. But In some mysterious way,
spies at the operators desks reveal
these private numbers to q concern
which publishes them In Q bootleg
pamphlet, sold once each month for
the sum Of 81. On the day this pam.
phlet Is Issued ell stars must be issued
new numbers to protect them from this
form of blackthAil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23

Nothing has proSpered so well as the
honorably old this season. Final proof
of this was the production Of Uncle
Toms Cabin" which the Players Club
produced in the early Summer. Cash
customers who had lain dormant all
through the Winter forked out their
dollars with a whoop and a hurrah to
attend this revival and ancient dow
ayers donned their diamond and pearl
dog collars to see what all the fuss was
about
Nearer at hand, who ever will forget
Leona Powers as the impish Miss Hop
kins, singing and dancing and doing
all those things nobody ever expected
that she could?
NOW that the films are where they
are they have been shrewd enough to
try little OF this themselves. They
realize that during the dampish and
hard to get stars to live, breathe and
work in Hollywood, 1t is easier and per-
haps wiser to dip into the past and
thumb out a success which might be
Of service all over again
This was accomplished last week with
splendid results at the Columbia, where
Mr.. Cantor's "Whoopee" was seen all
over again. This Is being done again
by the Warner firm this week with
"Forty-second Street." which gets an
other chance at the Metropolitan.
A good idea! During the season
many, many people are too busy with
their social or working lives to drift in
continually on pictures. Washington in
Winter is very busy eating and attend
ing public functions" When it wants
entertainment it, curiously enough,
doesn't always fight its way into the
aters. In many cases, therefore, It
misses some Of the best pictures.
From this day forward we wager at
least one theater in every city will be
devoted in the Summertime to the re-
vival of good films. It certainly IS
more fun seeing your favorite film a
second time Than seeing poor film
the first time. We have to admit get
ting more fun out Of "Whoopee" than
we have out Of almost score Of films
which we have seen In Washington
since the first of June.
June. July and August are the dog
days for the films. Nobody cares much
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Slated for Three Roles.

FREDERIC MARCH Is slated for
three screen productions ON the
Paramount schedule. Returning from
vacation in Racine, Wis, he will first
do Design for Lying" with Miriam
Hopkins, under Ernst Lubitsch's direc-
ton. This will be followed by Para
mounts screen version of "Chrysalis,"
the Broadway stage success, after which
he will appear In Death Takes a
Holiday"
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Doubles" Common.
THEORETICALLY. everv pers,

THEORETICALLY, every person in
the world has double Most Of
these prototypes seem to have gravi-
lated to Hollywood. At least doubles
for most of the prominent screen stars
have bobbed up at one time or another.
The latest to appear on the scene is
Celeste Ford, who looks enough like
Helen Vinson. the lead in Paramount's
Midnight Club" to be . double-ex-
posed portrait. Strangely enough. Miss
Ford Is q childhood friend Of Miss Vim
son. She acts as a stand-in for the
leading woman while lights and cam
eras are being adjusted between scenes.
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Revivals of Old Pictures
Also Revives the Theaters
Bringing Back Film Successes Has Helped Put
the Summer Playhouses on the Right
Side of the Financial Ledger.
Bv E. de S. Melcher.

little doubt but that this the for revivals
Nothing blossomed Except towards Design
for Lng relics Of the past brought down from shelves
presented Look National Theater
Hopkins than
todays popular Goodby Again (WHICH by the will
cinematic York.
Maestro Salmagg launching good old and getting rich
public which offers only two bits throw Look at st. Louis
popuace hrves operetta
Hollywood where the little tin
Mae West in mutton sleeve ner with its
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When and Where in Local Theaters

PAIACE-"Mama Loves Papa" today, at D. Sis. 1:A and
Gas pm.
Gambling Ship" at 2 40 TO and 10 pm Stage
show 1T 3:45, Gas and o:05 pm.
LOEWS FOX-Dsgraced" at AT 718 and 1000 Stare
show at 1928, 6:14 and 9:05 pm.
MErRoPOLrTAN-42nd Street." At $780, AIS. 9, 746 and
$50 pm.
RK-O KErTHs-Doube Harness. afternoon and evening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23

w YITH Biography" in its last
\A/ weeks" at the Avon Thea
wv ter. the Theater Guild VII
soon bring to conclusion
its fifteenth subscription sea-
son in New York. The year saw the
guild win the Pulitzer prize with Max.
well Anderson's Both Your Houses. :"
It also broke the seasons long run
record with Biography"
Although no definite dates have been
plans already are being
made for the guilds new season. Its
opening attraction. as yet not an.
will 60 into rehearsal IN August
and open in September. It VIII be foi,
lowed by five others, completing = full
season for which reduced
prices already have been announced.
The six plays will be selected from
perhaps the most imposing List the or
ganization has ever owned at any one
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DANCING.

keyton Penn etuaio, 1746 NM. -. $50.
Instruction In modern ball room dancing.
eeon0o46 T0uetnoosr~ oDo0 M 0S0010A a
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"pEsT OF ENEMIES" comes to
- Loew's Columbia Theater on Mon.
day. July 81, with Buddy Rogers and
Marian Nixon in the leading roles, sup
ported by Frank Morgan, Joseph Cav
thorn, Greta Nissen and others.
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Germany Wants Her Movie
PLAYERS Back in Homeland
According to Hollywood Rumors. Certain Stars
Have Been Ordered Back to B.rlin-Threats
If They Refuse to Leave America.
By Mollie Msrrick.

OILYWOOD Calf, July star srur
Aolywoods stars not BE- furiously through his
Of