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Evening star., 1933-01-29
Newman Today.
INDIA TO CAMBoD1A," E. M. New

NDIA TO CAMBODIA," E. M. New
mans second episode of his
around-the- world trip, is to be pre-
sented at the National Theater this aft
ernoon.
Among all the exotic countries which
exercise magnetic attraction upon our
imagination India is perhaps the one
which most powerfully stirs the curl
osity of the traveller Bombay, Agra,
Delhi. Benares, Calcutta, with their
teeming millions Of mysterious people Of
every religion, high and low caste, will
be brought before us. Dream palaces
OF mother pearl alabaster and marble,
lnlaid with precious stones, will pass
before our eyes in an endless panorama.
We see long lines of pilgrims perform
ing their morning ablutions on the
banks Of the Ganges in the glory Of the
radiant East. Hordes of fakirs with
their frantic gestures as of men pos
sessed or mad will all be shown in a
new group of still and motion pictures.
An unforgettable spot on this trip Is
the tropical island Ceylon. inhabited by
gentle, almost effeminate people.
Through Burma by way of Penang we
go to Siam, where We gasp with delight
at the watts or temples built of colorful
china. Canals or Eangs form the
streets Of ancient Bangkok ana S2iees
with modern thoroughfares recently in
troduced form a striking combination
We go to Cambodia for the high spot"
of the Far East, where we see the won
derful Angkor wat. all that remains Of
a once great city which in its day was
as remarkable as Rome-an ancient
Athens recently recovered from the
jungle.
Evening star., 1933-01-29
Accents Are Out.

NO matter how charming they may
~ sound, Southern accents-and in
fact, accents Of any kind-are listened
to with jaundiced ear at the Para
mount studios, according to George
Somnes, director of the company's voice
and dramatic school.
-Four players, Iona Andre. from Nash
vile; Gail Patrick, Birmingham beauty;
Randolph Scott Of Virginia and Kent
Taylor from Dallas, are affected by
Somnes' ban on accents, for they must
submit to having the "r's," "g's" and
other infections Of pure English" re-
inserted into their vocabularies. .
In explaining the unusual decree,
Somnes said:
Unless players can enunciate pure
English they are limited as to the parts
they can play, their work and that of
the studio which employs them being
hindered thereby.
"SouternerS-and for that matter.
Yankees and WeSterners-must have all
traces Of provincialism removed from
their speech before they can become
truly valuable players.
Personally, like the Southern ac-
cent, but my duty to Paramount Is to
see that players under contract can
enact any type Of role on . moments
notice"
Evening star., 1933-01-29
The Divine Comedy." q"
1.-THE divine comedy in blackface,

1.-THE divine comedy in blackface, ,"
Marc Connelly's famous Pulitzer
prize play, The Green Pastures" will
come to the National Theater for an
engagement starting Monday night,
February 13. An all-Negro cast en-
bracing the same players who brought
overnight success to the piece in New
York on February 26, 1880, will be seen
here in the play.
The magnitude of scope embraced by
ing as to include the creation, the
deluge, and cruise of the ark, the exodus
OF the children Of Israel from Egypt,
the death of Moses and taking of
Jericho, the later bondage in wicked
Babylon, the sack and destruction Of
Jerusalem and the introduction Of the
to the Redemption
With these stirring scenes, enlivened
by frequent flashes of humor, and
amplified by the celebrated Heavenly
Choir functioning much as did the
Greek chorus of old, are unfolded the
playwright's retelling of Roark Brad
ford's Bible stories as seen through the
eyes of Nego children of the deep South.
found in Bradford's book, "OP Man
Adam an His Chillun"
The original cast, with the exception
OF one role twice vacated by death, will
be seen in the roles each individual
artist created. headed by Richard B
Harrison. elderly, dramatic reader. lee
turer and educator, who was lifted into
stardom overnight upon making his stage
debut in the role of "the Lawd." Sur
rounding Mr.. Harrison are Salem Tut
Whitney, Doe Doe Green, Alonzo Fen
derson, Daniel L. Haynes. Charles H
Moore, Susie Sutton. Edna M. Harris
Anna May Fritz, Mercedes Gilbert ano
scores Of other colored artists of dis
tinction.
Evening star., 1933-01-29

or not In the rfe that follows he is
wounded by Capitals bloodthirsty
guardsmen, an incident which In We,
the People" Mr.. Rice regards as bar.
barous. In that attitude he Is right.
But seem to remember that when not
so long ago Mr.. Rice himself produced
a failure he closed it quickly and dis
charged his actors, ushers and stage
hands with as much reason as dots Mr.
Applegate in I'VE, the People,
However, if Mr.. Rice Is inconsistent
as q propagandist. he Is faithful as Q
Snowman, and is true to the box -ofice
playgoers. The Empires audiences al
most shed their furs in sympathy with
his one-sided arguments. All the rich
and well-to-do characters in the cast
are pictured as being successfully knav-
lSh. and most Of the humble folk Is
helplessly noble. In one scene poverty
and protest are exhibited as heroic, In
the next luxury and opulence of blood
sucking monsters. Not since Mr.. Gals
worthy's Strife" has there been q
drama so passionately and conscien-
tiously partisan.
1t may be learned from I'VE, the
People" that the remedy for unemploy-
ment is employment, that low wages
should be made high. that the raising
OF wheat, hogs, a large family and
sweat upon the brow should be as am
ply rewarded as are the labors of the
architect, the flnancier, the radio clown
or the successful dramatist. That II
the U. S. A. should sink all the battle
ships. turn its spears into fountain pens
and its helmets into brown derbies, war
would Immediately and permanently
cease to plague the earth.
If, however. Mr.. Rice is frenzied and
fanatic as missionary. he keeps his
head as a theatrical Snowman. His
Broadway training has taught him that
a sermon should be sugar coated and
so he colors his dark omens with the
dramas tints and rouges. For instance,
there is scene in which one of the
loveliest of the down-ridden school,
ma ans Miss Eleanor Phelps lets
down her hair and sinfully takes her
slippers off in front of her sweetheart,
handsome slave of Wall street. A
shell-shocked soldier becomes a victim
OF drink and beats his wife and little
brother; there are stump speeches, riots,
bloodshed, romance and most of the
other elements necessary to a serious
melodrama. At the end an innocent
boy. framed by the police and emble-
matte of Mooney or Sacchi and Van
setti, is sentenced to death by a savage
young Judge, the complaisant nephew
of political spokesman The play,
though discomfort misguides its tongue
and bids it speak of nothing but de-
spair. is lively and rhythmic convul-
sion, and is we'll worth the price that
Mr.. Rice and the ticket brokers will
charge you for attending it.
Evening star., 1933-01-29
Importance of Names in
Stage and Screen Plays
One Picture Kills Its Effectiveness by the He.
roine's One Word the Hero Might Have
Been More Impressive, Says Reviewer
By E. de S. Melcher.

plays or in the talkies. For in
stance, in Mr.. Coward's Design
for Living" the two heroes Gf
you can call two disturbingly I'M
conventional men that were
called Otto and Leo. Otto suited
Mr.. Lunt perfectly. Leo was we'll
enough with Mr.. Coward. And
Gilda was an ideal name for
Miss Fontanne.
Suppose, now, that in the
middle of that warmly deScrip-
tive scene about love in general
in the first act between Miss Fon-
tame and Mr.. Coward, the for
mer had suddenly called, Edgar" 4"
Mr.. Coward just couldn't have
written it. Miss Fontanne
couldn't have said it. Edgar is
all right in the parlor. But he is
not all right in love.
There is no rhyme or reason
for this, but it is a fact. Names
produce a definite mood, just as
music or food does.
Novelists have always used the
name Hillery to denote gentle
men with Smattering of tWeedS
and heather about them, who are
kind to their lady friends and
who automatically wind up happy
in the last chapter. You have
never heard of villain being
called Hillery.
Marguerite has always been
soft blonde creature. and no
mother who knew that her child
would grow up to be a rough
house Rosie ever called her off
spring that. Marys and Anna
bellies and Johns and Georges
and Sarahs and Jonathans have
always measured up to the mark
and are synonymous with upright
folk who eat their bread and but
ter properly and seldom stray
from the straight and narrow.
Other names go with other
things. Then, again, maybe it is
because Miss Shearer has the
name of Norma. which we have
never liked, that we do not ap-
prove of her as thoroughly as we
should.
Can you imagine, for instance,
Mae West as anything but Mae?
If she had been Marguerite West,
wouldn't she have been snuffed
out like a candle? And suppos-
ing the much-Wedded Peggy
Hopkins Joyce (who is now in Hol-
lywood preparing for a cinematic
venture) had been a plain Sarah,
could she have done the damage
that she undoubtedly has?
The screen up until now has
been careful. It has matched it's
RamonS, its Gretas, it's Marlenes
and such like with the proper
faces. It has seen to it with con-
siderable success that no SWede
was ever called AloysiuS.
But the slip in the heros name
in Daring Daughters" may have
been the beginning of trouble in
the future. Think what would
happen if Jean Harlow, for in
stance, in the middle of Red
Dust had twined her. arms
around Clark Gable and said, 81
love you, Edgar!"
Evening star., 1933-01-29
Problem Children

wanted to go for a swim he had to
chance punishment at home, as he
usually returned looking suspiciously
like resident below the Mason-Dixon
line.
The sound Of audiences handclapping
smote the ears of Buster Keaton when
he was only months old. He was
carried on the stage as babe In arms
by his mother. and before he was 3
took an active part in their act. which
then became THE Three Keatons." His
cradle was an old theater trunk, and he
continued to sleep in it until he grew
large enough for his feet to stretch over
the end.
Jimmy "Schnozzle" Durante started
lathering faces of customers in his
fathers barbar shop when he was so
small he had to stand on a wooden box
to reach them. When not working in
the barber shop he was selling papers
in the streets and dodging blows from
fellow urchins on what has even then
his most prominent characteristic, the
huge nose which carried him to unique
position in New York night clubs and
brought him chance at stardom.
Evening star., 1933-01-29

through the childhood of some
Of Hollywood's most famous screen
stars, says Donald Henderson Clarke.
Marion Davies started out early in
life to overcome obstacles which at that
time consisted of large red bricks
thrown by some of the tough street
urchins living near her home in Brook
lyn, N. Y. Her ability to dodge flying
missiles is one of the main reasons she
survived to carry on her career to
stardom.
Norma Shearer was seized by an am
bition to go in for amateur theatricals
at the awkward age of IA years, and
tried out for various school plays. She
suffered tortures when any of her bois-
ferrous classmates began to guffaw and
passed many hours in tears as a result
of her stage attempts.
Wallace Beery knocked about the
railroad yards of Kansas City as q
youngster and rode from one station to
another by "snagging' box cars. For
tunately he did not slip in any Of his
rides
Joan Crawford swept floors and
washed dishes in q boarding school as
a girl, and when she violated a slight
rule was severely punished by the school
head However. these depressing cir
substances of her childhood failed to
dampen her spirit, and she practiced
dancing in secret until the chance came
for her to 60 in musical show
Clark Gable spent his youth in q
small Ohio town, where the only swim
min hole" was coal-blackened pit
filled with rain water. When CLARK
Evening star., 1933-01-29

"EW publicists are more disconso-
l. late in their view Of current
woes than is Elmer Rice in I'VE,
/ the People" For him no stars
shine through the cypress trees
as he broods with considerable animos-
ity over the long list Of his countrys
ills. Adding to his angry heartaches
is the morbid conviction that nothing Is
boing done to make America again
happy land. Wealth treads unrestrained
on the neck of penury. The Nation
girds itself for war, ignoring the COM
plants of wrathful paciflsts. United
States Marines are still in Haiti.
School teachers are underpaid and
sometimes not at all. There is preju-
dice against citizens Of foreign geneal-
ogy. Banks break. legislators prattle,
universities teach wrong lessons, chain
journalism exerts an evil power, courts
persecute the under folk, and the police
shoot at them when they crate in pub
lie places. Thrifty manufacturers self
ishly close their plants when there is no
sale Of their product, throwing honest
toilers out of work. Tilling the soil is
improbable, and labor is starved and
Rice omits from his omnibus indictment
and Roxy
Being a prosperous artist whose for
tunes have f1owered in the hard times,
Mr.. Rice may not be accused of looking
at things with the jaundiced eye of
envy His heart is as large as his
pocketbook. and his donations to the
fund of public entertainment have been
lavish. Street Scene" The Left
Bank" and "Counselor-at-Law" are
among the recent munificences that
have brought him gratitude, riches and
reputation for welldoing. His cir
cumstances. I should say, are well
enough to be let olone. Yet in I'VE,
the People" he removes his coat,
clenches his fists and lays into the
American scene with vim. In his hon.
est and lusty hatred of it he forgets the
rules of fair play and kicks his friendly
adversary in the abdomen. The result
of the conflict, If phrase can be bor
rowed from the sports page. is lin the
box" That condition hampers I'VE, the
People" little as a crusade, though it
does not interfere with its value as a
good show. It's 20 acts, swiftly and
smoothly melting into each other on a
revolving stage, produce an emotionally
stimulating melodrama played by a
company of the dramas most believable
actors. II Mr.. Rice were not so preju-
diced and one-sided in his loathing of
conditions as they are. one might be
persuaded to join him as the final cur
tain falls.
1t is one of Mr. Rice's indignations in
I'VE, the People" that Walter Apple
gate, a manufacturer, unable to sell his
output. feels himself justified in ceasing
to produce it. Reluctantly he shuts his
works, though with clammy indiffer-
ence to the welfare of his employees
The plight Of William Davis, one of his
most faithful and conservative foremen,
does not greatly bother him. Since
there is no demand he believes. accord
ing to the cruel law of economics, that
there should be no supply. Davis is laid
off with scores of others, the mortgage
on his home is foreclosed. and he Is
sent upon the streets in futile search
for wages. Rendered desperate finally.
he leads delegation of the unemployed
to the idle factory, pleading that Apple
gate give them work whether he has it
Evening star., 1933-01-29
Robinson's S Little Giant. -

EDWARD G. ROBINSON, First Ma
- tional star, last seen in Silver DOL
lar" left for Hollywood last week after
several weeks of vacationing in New
York. He will begin work Immediately
in THE Little Giant" an original story
written for him by Robert Lord, who
also adapted it for the screen. "The
Little Giant" was formerly cslled Tin
Gods" ard will occupy Robinson for
about month, after which he will re-
turn to New York to await the arrival
of the Robinsons' first blessed event. "
The heir (or heiress) is expected in
March and Mrs. Robinson GLADYS
Lloyd will remain in New York while
her husband enacts THE Little Giant"
in Hollywood. The supporting cast for
his new picture viii be announced very
shortly.
Evening star., 1933-01-29
Washington s Players.
COLUMBIA PLAYERS.
WITHOUT malice aforethought, tn

WITHOUT malice aforethought, the
Columbia Players find themselves
distinctly lin the trend" with their
production Of Galsworthy's Escape"
scheduled for Wardman Park Theater
on February IA and Is.
Galsworthy wrote this moving play
in 1926, but it is even more timely to-
day in view Of the interest throughout
this country in escapes, 'fugitives and
all details of prison life.
Escape" is the drama of the escape
Of an English gentleman from an Eng
lish prison farm to which he was sent
for accidental manslaughter Built up
of nine episodes, after prologue show
ing the manslaughter, the play con-
sists of the reactions of different per-
sons or groups of persons to the es-
capped convict.
Evening star., 1933-01-29
In Washington Theaters This Week.

NATIONAL-"Of Thee Sing. This evening at 500 O'Clock.
GAYETYJer McCauey and her tom and Jerr Girls" This
afternoon and evening.
COLUMBIA-Raspun the Empress at 23O and $3.50 pm.
KEITHS-The Big Drive" This afternoon and evening
PALACE-The Kid from Spain" This afternoon and evening
EARLEHard to Handle" and vaudeville This afternoon
and evening.
LOEWS FOX"The Son. Daughter and vaudeville This after
and evening
RIALTO-Nagana" This afternoon and evening.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Jumper" This afternoon
evening"
Evening star., 1933-01-29
CHEVY CHASE PROGRAM.

A DRAMA PROGRAM will be pre-
"A sented by Chevy Chase Community
Center in Ben Murch School Audi
torium Thursday evening, February 2,
at 8 o'clock. when a talk on 1.-The New
American Dramav will be given by Ed
ward de S. Melcher, to be followed by
the reading of Rachel Crothers' What
They Think" by the Troupers of East
Washington Community Center, direct
ed by Arthur Rhodes. Virginia Sellers,
one Of Weshington's popular young
radio singers, will also be heard in a
program of songs. All persons inter-
ested in drama are invited to be pres
ent on Thursday evening"
The play-reading, which will be given
by Virginia Barrett, Helen Tucker, Ed
ward Finlayson and Arthur Rhodes, is a
condensation of Mary the Third"
Evening star., 1933-01-29
ORANGE AND BLUE PLAYERS.

THE Orange and Blue Players, men,
bers of the Roosevelt High School
Alumni Association, are rehearsing their
annual dramatic production, to be given
on Friday, February 10. Three one
act plays have been selected, one of
which will be entered in the one-act
play tournament: The Girl Jazz
and Minuet" and Wrong Numbers"
The plays are under the direction of
Miss Esther Galbraith and Miss Lois
HOrsnell
Evening star., 1933-01-29
Renew Contracts.

CYLVIA SIDNEY and Alison Skip
worth renewed their acting con-
tracts with Paramount this week. Miss
Sidney. who is just starting her third
year with the company, will next be
seen in Vina Delmar's Pick Up" op-
posite George Raft. Miss Skipworth,
who has spent "a years on the stage
and screen, is now working In Marlene
Dietrich's starring picture, Song Of
Songs"
Evening star., 1933-01-29
Renate Muller Returns.

p ENATE MULLER, star of the Gau-
- mont-British picture, THE Once
Girl" which was also shown in some
parts OF the country as Sunshine
Susie" will be seen throughout the
United States again shortly in Marry
Me-" another comedy drama, with
music, from Gaumont- British Picture
Corporation, Ltd.
Evening star., 1933-01-29
The Green Pastures
THE long-awaited engagement

THE long-awaited engagement
i Of Marc Connelly's famous
Pulitzer Prize play will begin at
the National Theater on Monday,
February 13.
For this engagement the man
agement Of the National an
nounces that no mail or tele-
phone orders are to be accepted.
To afford all patrons an equal
opportunity and ample time to
secure seats the box Office sale
will open Monday morning at 9
O'Clock, a full two weeks in ad-
vance of the opening Of this
famous stage classic. now in its
third year and breaking all at
tendance records in each city
played.
Evening star., 1933-01-29
VAUDEVILLE REVIEW.

THE vaudeville to be presented on
February and under the aus
pices of the Young Peoples Fellow
ship of st. Andrews Episcopal Church
is In the final stages of rehearsal. A
program consisting Of songs, dances,
monologues. skits and humorous gag
acts is being prepared for those who
seek diversion. The performance is
under the direction of Mrs Elmer Bowen.
Among those taking part are Mrs.
Bowen, Carol Simpson, Juanita Berry,
Betty Helm. Eugenia Horne, Clarke
Conway Fritz Bauer, Sam Chance and
Alan Otis. The team of Jack and
Jewel Ray is on the program as we'll
as group Of dancers under the direc-
ton of Miss Helen Stuart Grif1th. The
vaudeville will be presented in the Parish
Hall Of the church, New Hampshire
avenue and v street, and is scheduled
to begin at BIS pm.
Evening star., 1933-01-29

who stay awake nights
worrying over little Willie's
pranks may be glad that their
L youngsters do not have to live
Evening star., 1933-01-29
Broadway's Newest Play
Details Country's Ills
Elmer Rice, Author Of I'VE, the People," Does
Not Offer Practical Remedies, However.
and His Crusade" Is Hampered
By Percy Hammond.

EW publicists are more disconso-
l. late in their view Of current
woes than is Elmer Rice in I'VE,
1 the People" For him no stars
Evening star., 1933-01-29

~VER since Daring Daugh plays the alkies
~ ter" brought to light stance,
anadnl O1almc IforI
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-01
MASQUERADERS
CROWD STREETS
Downtown Area Thronged
by CeIebrantS on
Halloween.

Halloween was celebrated in Indi-
annapolis last night with all the
fervor appropriate for such an OBJ
servance. Grotesquely costumed
figures swarmed through downtown
streets leading into Monument Cir
Gle, roped off by police for the eve
ning's festivities. The steps to the
monument were crowded with spec
tators and participants.
Several thousand persons at
tended the Legion ball in Tomlinson
hall under auspices of Robinson
post. The dance was preceded by a
parade of several musical organiza-
tions, led by the uniformed Twelfth
district American Legion drum
corps.
Approximately 1000 attended the
masquerade party held at the state
fairgrounds in connection with the
Walkathon contest Fourteen cou-
pies participating in the contest en-
tertained the crowd.
Parties also were held in private
homes, clubs, bathrooms and road
houses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-01
Arm Citizens to Halt Crime Wave,
Advises Shanghai Vigilante Veteran

apolis and other cities to suppress
crime effectively.
During his stay Of four years in
the Chinese city, where he carried
on his engineering profession, Mr..
Forster said he saw predatory crime
drop almost to the vanishing point
as a result of the activities of the
special police.
Before the reorganization of the
special police in Shanghai, about
1925" said Mr.. Forster, crime,
especially holdups and kidnapingS,
ran rampant. Large bands of ma
rauding coolies, recently released
from more than a hundred Chinese
armies, swarmed into the city and
began a series of desperate deeds.
The citizenry, fully aroused, de-
termined that something drastic
must be done quickly. The result
was the perfection of the Shanghai
special police system which had be-
come almost obsolete in the years
following the World war
buSlIl6SS luSu JOlllSO VIC SpCNlo4
police TO protect their homes and
property and that of their neigh
bors. The esprit de corps was
splendid" said Mr.. Foster.
IF such an organization were
formed in indianapolis it would pay
for itself a hundredfold. While the
original cost for uniforms and other
equipment would be high, the for
nation of a permanent army of
civilian vigilantes, undoubtedly would
bring insurance rates way down and
eventually keep bandits and other
criminals out of the city entirely
In addition to the very effective
method OF ringing all the telephones
in Shanghai for one minute to
broadcast an alarm of trouble, was
the method pursued by the police
following the commission of a crime.
LAS soon as police arrived on the
scene, all traffic and all pedestrians
in the vicinity we're ordered TO halt.
The police then had authority TO
search every vehicle and every per-
son who might be regarded as
suspicious"