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The Washington times., 1933-03-10
Hollywood Parade

One of the many lighter
moments in the current cash
shortage came when the suave
Lionel Atwill had to borrow $3.50
from his Scotch servant. Did I
say the other day that Lew
Ayres has not been out with a
girl since his marriage broke
up? Well, he had Alice White
to dinner the other night.
Meanwhile 81 Bartlett went dane
ing the same evening with Flea
nor Hunt.
Much interested in resuming
her picture career after 10 years,
Alice Brady has arrived here and
is looking for a house. She
brought three wire-haired terriers
and a scotty along for company.
Her picture, you recall, will ne
when Ladies Meet" the Rachel
Crothers drama in which Ann
Harding and Robert Montgomery
also are scheduled to appear.
The Washington times., 1933-03-10
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

FOX-Wynne Gibson in "The
Crime of the Century" at 1918
a. M; 1875. 3, 5:25, 7:50, 1918
p. m. and 1885 a. m. Stage shows
at 11:40 a. m; 2:05, 4:30, $50,
9:15 and 11:40 p. m.
PALACE-John Gilbert in Fast
Workers" at 1870 a. m; 1885,
$40, 5:45, 7:50 and 9:55 p. m.
EARLE-Carole Lombard in
"From He'll to Heaven" at 10:45
a. M, 1855, 2:10, $40, 1880 and
$50 p. m. Stage shows at IL,
2:15, 4;SO, 6:4o, $50 and 11;15
p. m.
RIALTO-Esther Ralston in
"Rome Express at 1875 a. M,
1874. 1888, 5:32, 1882 and 9:32
p. m.
METROPOLITAN Loret t a
Young in Grand Slam" at II
a. m. 12:45. 2:35, 4:25, 6:1O and
$50 p. m.
RK-O Keith's-Wheeler and
Woolsey in 80 This Is Africa" Z"
at 1851 a. M, 1850, 3:49, 5:48,
7:47 and 9:46 p. m.
COLUMBIA - ~ally Eilers in
Second Hand Wife" at 11:15
a. m, l, 2:45, 4:35, $40, $40 and
0:S5 p. NJ
The Washington times., 1933-03-10

ness since it began a cross
country tour in California.
Seen by the Loew bookers, the
musical was signed for a tour Of
the Loew theaters. It will open
in Washington at the Fox, March
II. The picture to be shown on
the same program is Broadway
Bad" with Joan Blondell.
When the Shuberts financial
difficulties are Strengthened out
by a receivership sale on March
II, the Belasco is expected to
relight as a picture theater. This
is assuming that Lee Snubert
will acquire the assets of the cor.
poration which include a so per
cent interest in the ground lease
Of our Belasco Theater.
1t is the present intention Of
the Messrs. Shubert to go in
more for the movies. What they
plan is to utilize some OF the idle
theaters for screen entertainment,
particularly foreign product which
has had difficulty in getting
American booking. The Winter
Garden in New York would be
the key theater of this Snubert
movie circuit.
The Washington times., 1933-03-10
Comedy Team In
Real Smutty
Feature

There is no question that $50
This Is Africa" is the funniest
picture yet turned out by the
Hollywood comedy team Of
Wheeler and Woolsey.
There is also no question about
the fact that the feature which
opened yesterday at RKO Keith'S
is the coarsest and the smuttiest
that has emerged from the
studios since Cock Eyed World"
paraded it's vulgar humors.
80 This Is Africa" is low
down burlesque of the safari ad-
venturers. The story, fashioned
by Norma Krasna to exploit the
fun of two comics who have
hitherto relied much upon the
pun for laughs, takes all of the
double meaning and occasionally
filthy jokes of the smoking room
and fits them to action in a
jungle background.
It tells Of a vaudeville animal
act recruited to go to the tropical
country and encounter enough
excitement and thrill to provide
a screen feature. Arrived in the
country Of heat and tom-toms the
antics of Wheeler and Woolsey
are generally of the kind that
the Minsky burlesque patrons
like. The dialogue is cheap and
rowdy, the comics fit the action
to the words.
$50 This Is Africa" is so in
tent upon being just plain dirty,
the value of some clever satirical
ideas is dissipated, such things as
the thumb nosing at Eugene
O'Neill and his musings tech.
nique, and the yelled pokes at
Mrs. Martin Johnson. Two well
rehearsed and staged musical
numbers also suffer because of
the below the belt mood which
seemed to animate all concerned
in this picture.
The supplementary program has
some fine pictures of the Roose-
velt inaugural, a California pic
ture book which depicts in color
some Of the romance Of the his
toric missions, slapstick comedy,
"Heave Two" and cartoon frolic,
wedding Bells"
ANDREW r. KELLEY.
The Washington times., 1933-03-10

topping $4,000. The Forty
Second Street" picture equalled
the Brown receipts yesterday and
last nights business sent the
theater, sailing over the top with
$1,000 in excess Of the previous
high.
Ben Bernie comes in today and
more bumper audiences are in
prospect. It will be fight for
top money with Eddie Cantor at
the Fox and anticipating huge
crowds the Fox will schedule six
shows today. You can see a COM
plete show as late as 1880 p. m.
The Fox, incidentally, broke at
tendance records for the week
which ended last night. More
people saw Amos m Andy and the
accompanying show than in any
previous seven days since the thea
ter opened.
Considering the fact the bank
ing holiday was on the inaugural
weeks business in the movie
houses is something to crow
about.
AS chief of the critical hammer
throwers George Jean Nathan
seldom indites a rave for the
Broadway menu. Mr.. Nathan en-
joys tearing them to pieces with
only an occasional pleasant solo
for the playwright or the actors.
Accordingly, Mr.. Steve Coch-
ran of the National thinks it un-
usual and worthy Of comment that
George Jean Nathan likes George
M. Cohan and what's more likes
his play pigeons And People"
It is interesting to Washington
because, unless something unfor-
seen develops, the Cohan play
will arrive on E Street, March II.
Says Mr.. Nathan in the cur
rent Judge:
"The M. COhan's latest con-
tributiOn to the theatrical hap
pinesS Of those of us who
aren't convinced that the ar
tistic salvation of the theater
is inextricably allied with drama
proving that there's no hope for
the world and that we all there
fore might just as well promptly
jump down a sewer, is called
pigeons and PeOple''-and it is
jocOSe stuff. Why it is jocOse
stuff, 1 am not going to bother
to tell you, as the better the
The Washington times., 1933-03-10
~U0A NVIrrH eCnatsa New Box Office Rec
am 70 New
BartfieId Players in
Production Tonight

Miss Margaret Lentz's class Of
the Petworth M. E. Church, Grant
Circle and New Hampshire Ave-
nue., will present the Bartfield
Players in "A Scrap of Paper"
tonight at 8 o'clock.
Principal roles in the play are
taken by Harvard Whitfield,
Janet Weidemann, James RawlS,
Edna Mae Miller, Jean Smith,
William Austin Davis, Mary EttS
Callahan, Carl Carlson, Helen
Briggs, Katherine Bishop, Byron
Fields and Deane Bryant.
The Washington times., 1933-03-10

joke the less it stands expIana-
ton and analysis. Suffice it to,
say that if you want to take
an evening off from TechnOc-
racy, the collected works of
Miguel UnamunO, CzechOsl0vak-
ian mOdernizatiOns of "Oedipus
Rex" and the after-effectS of
influenza, I recommend that
you go around, see it and have
yourselves a WOWSOme time.
COhan's performance in it-he
occupies the stage, almost with
out letup, for the entire ses-
siOn-iS a remarkable piece Of
comedy acting. And the play
itself, with the pundits' kind
permission, is one of the most
skilful instances of playwriting
seen hereabOuts in a long
WHILE"
BY one of those queer booking
quirks, Follow Thru" one Of
Schwab and Mandels most sue
cessful musical comedies never
played Washington. It had Jack
Haley and Madeline Cameron
among it's bright stars.
Recently Fanchon and Marco
decided to whittle Follow Thru
down to tabloid size for the movie
theate- stages. They engaged
Jack Penner-a prime Washing
ton favorite-and Olive Olsen, of
the films as chief principals and
re cruited a company of 40 players
to back them up. Follow Thru
has been doing sensational busi-
The Washington times., 1933-03-10

with Forty
Second Street, "
which closed
on Thirteenth
s tre e t last
n i g h t a n d
moves to the
M e trop olitan
Theater for a
S e cond week
beginning to
morrow.
Joe E. Brown
appearing in
p on, held
the Earle'S box
office record
with receipts
49,
The Washington times., 1933-03-10
Bryan Aherne in
Peter Ibbetson'
Revival
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright. 1898. King Features
gVndinafe IncN


HOLLYWOOD, Cal, March 10.
Friends Of Bryon Aherne are tell
ing that his Paramount contract
calls for the young English actor
to play a featured role in a talkie
version of peter Ibbetson."
This is the first news that
Paramount contemplates a re-
make of the romantic classic,
and is the sole hint of Aherne's
future activities after he finishes
the Marlene Dietrich picture,
The Song Of Songs"
This actor, who created a SEN
sation when he played opposite
Katharine Cornell in "The Bar
retts of Winpole Street." is de-
cidely the most retiring matinee
idol who ever came to Holly.
wood. He Shuns interviews, he
refuses to be drawn out about
himself. He lives in a house
alone; in fact, aside from few
appearances with Marlene Diet
rich, he has scarcely made him.
self visible on the cinema hori-
Zon.
Officially, Paramount isn't
ready to say anything about
Peter IbbetSon." Years ago,
they made a silent version, star
ring Wallie Reid and called "For-
ever After" On the stage, of
course, John Barrymore was the
star.
How many, I wonder, could
name the author of "Peter Tibet
son"-I mean his full name? It
was George Louie Pamela Bus
son Du Maurier.
The Washington times., 1933-03-10
Three Favorites

Three Favorites
Advance reports on entries in
the Kentucky Derby, run at
Churchill Downs, Louisville, in
May, 1919, created three COM
peting favoriteS in the betting.
They were Eternal, Be Frank,
and Under Fire, all bred in
Kentucky and backed more or
less equally by the Hard Boots
of the district. In the absence
of any declared enthusiaSms
on the part of New York and
other alien horse owners who
had entered nags in the race,
the Kentucky certainties, loudly
proclaimed, made the odds
when the great day dawned.
AS the saying goes, Eternal,
Be Frank and Under Fire went
to the starting post with mil
lions on their backs. There
were other horses in the race.
Among these were the two ami
mails saddled for Commander
Ross by his trainer, Uncle
Henry Mcdaniel. On the
morning of Derby Day, Com
mander Ross, who had come
down from Toronto to see the
race run, was advised by tele-
graph that a member Of his
family was dying and, perforce,
had to get aboard the first
train for home.
It was an inauspicious dawn
ing of the Great Day and, at
the Louisville railway station,
when Trainer Mcdaniel drew
his employer aside and whis-
pered into his ear the feed-box
information that the Ross
horses, Sir Barton and Billy
Kelly, were trained to the
minute and able to win, Com
mander Ross remained dubious.
Backs His Horse
However, there used to be a
strut that went with this sort
of thing. Do you remember?
Commander Ross did not fail
the formalities. He did honor
to the genteel tradition that a
man must back his horse by
calling for a telegraph blank
and scribbling out his message
to palmer House" Ryan in
Chicago, most famous Of book
makers of his day:
Fifty thousand dollars on
Ross entry, S. P"
So doing, he kissed his
money good-by.
Ensuing fiscal events turned
on two pivotal factors in the
enormous betting coup, both of
them misunderstanding. One
was Commissioner Ross use, in
his message, of the mysterious
letters, IS. p" An habitue of
English tracks, Ross was using
an abbreviation standardized
in English betting circles, where
as. P" stands for starting
price," the odds reached when
the horses go to the post. In
American bookmaking circles.
however, these same letters
stand for straight and place"
Ross had thus bet all unwit-
tingly on his horses to run
one-two, winner, and runner-up.
The other factor in the
coup involved the carbon dupli-
cate of his telegraphed bet
which Commissioner Ross
slipped into his pocket. While
dressing in his state room the
next morning, Ross inadver-
tently shook the record slip to
the floor and a Pullman porter
who had served Ross often and
knew him we'll. scratched his
pate awhile over the unified
telegram he had found and
then decided to earn praise
and reward by handing 1t to
the terminal Western Union
man.
The 100000 bet, which had
thus developed by interlocking
mischances out of an original
$4,000 bet reluctantly made,
was duly accepted by Chicago
Ryan, who telegraphed con-
firmation to Commissioner
Ross home in Toronto. Ross
was in the sick roVm of the
dying relative. He did not read
The Washington times., 1933-03-10
Self to Write Script

Manuel Self, author Of the play
Blessed Event." has been signed
to collaborate with Harvey Thew
on the script of Dead Reckon.
ing" with Carole Lombard, Cary
Grant and Charlie Ruggles.
The Washington times., 1933-03-10
By JAMES WHITAKER

What's the matter with this story? 1t money
lots of money scads of money 1t has neat little twist
and kick the end is hitherto unpublished and parades
fine collection of Sir Barton swanky horse; the
late Comdr j. K L. Ross, swashbuckng Canadian sports
man. Uncle Henry Mcdaniel picturesque horse trainer
who is still daily sending winners to the post down in
Florida WE'LL then what's the matter with the yarn
The Washington times., 1933-03-10

the wires telling him that he
had bet nearly a quarter of a
million on a forlorn hope.
Sir Barton and Billy Kelly
ran one-tWo and all the money
there was going anywhere
turned around and went to
Toronto. Commander Ross col
lectetd profits of over $500, 900
and I'm sure we all hope that
that relative got we'll.
That's the story. and now I
know what is wrong with it. It
is dated. Stories of rich men
getting richer are of the past
and must be pretty sour, now,
even to the men they are told
about.
The thing that is wrong with
that story seems also to be the
thing that is wrong with horse
racing. The sport, with it's at
tendant arrangements for shift
ing money around, is still bas-
ically a device for making rich
men richer. That applies, even
when and if the sport Is making
rich men poorer. Wall Street,
too, is making rich men poorer
just now, but is not an institu-
ton created for that purpose.
Senators Get Busy
LEGISLATORS in France, five
years ago, were struck by the
fact that pari-mutuel betting
at the French tracks, all gov
ernment operated, accomplished
little beyond a shaking up of
funds in rich mems pockets,
and made an issue Of it in the
Chamber Of Deputies. The coun-
try being France and very sin
full, the issue was not moral
one, nor even a popular vote
catching one, but one Of reve-
nue. only. Cheating the poor
man of his opportunity to bet
was simply cheating the gov
ernment of potential revenue.
The hindrance. for the poor
man, is the necessity of attend
ing the races, which costs time
and the price of the admission
ticket. The French found a
simple solution. It was a stat
ute providing for the installa-
tion of pari-mutuel booths away
from the track. The booths,
linked by telegraph wires to
the Australian totalisors at the
track, were to be set up in all
the principal cities of France.
If memory serves, the pro-
posal was made law, but the
booths were never set up. The
bookmakerS, who thrive in
France just as they do here,
on the margin between the
odds they impose and the odds
that ought to be. got fran
tically busy and got the booths
forgot.
The Washington times., 1933-03-10
.ROADWAYS
OF The WORLD
BY Mark HeIIinger

During Mark HelLngeTs sojourn IN inaccessible parts
of the aOord, this column is being conducted By James
Whitaker, novelist and critic.
The Washington times., 1933-03-10
7 oriental Downpour

The rainfall on the setting of
Paramount'S "Pick Up," featur-
ing Sylvia Sidney and George
Raft is mounting at the rate of
one inch every 10 minutes.
The Washington times., 1933-03-10
Cantor and Bernie
In Scramble
For Crowds
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

An optimistic bulletin for
gloomy days is the fact that the
Earle Theater broke a record
The weekly echo., 1933-08-04
CONFESSES KILLING
MAN AND WIFE

Birmingham, Ala, August a, CAMP
Jesse Patterson, 81, was seized Mon
day and is reported to have confessed
Staying a white couple with an axe and
placing their bodies in a shallow
grave He at first denied the killing
declaring that he been paid $25 by two
white men to dig the graves.
His arrest resulted from the fact that
Gus Ruffins, lifer at Kilby prison, was
released on a 90-day-parole for a
special mission" Ruffins soon learned
the hiding place of Patterson drought
Roxie Co ckrell, Patterson's paramount
With this information officers sur
rounded the house while Chief OF po-
lice Lee White, who pretended to be
a colored friend, knocked the door. a
shotgun an axe, and clothes of the
slain couple, were alleged to have been
found in the room by the officers
Patterson could give no motive for
the murder of the couple. He declared
that they had always been good to him
The weekly echo., 1933-08-04
WIGGINS, MISSISSIPPI
IN MEMORY
(By Miss Idella Breland)

Dear Editor:
Please allow me space through the
columns Of the Echo to let the many
readers know that Ander Chapel M
E. Church has lost one Of its members
in person of Mrs Dortha L. Farley
Who was borned Novembe" IL, 1919,
and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Farley. Her mother died July
8, 1928 leaving three children in their
fathers care. Dortha Lee was CHRIS
tened in the church during her infancy
and Joined the M. E. church under Rev
O. ]. johnson, February 10, 1888. She
married Mr.. Hardie Farley March Is,
1888 and was a dear wife up until her
death which occurred Thursday morn
ing July 9th.
She was IA yrs. 8 months and 10
DAYS old at the time of her death. She
was a faithful young soldier and bore
MANY hard crosses before leaving this
world. Its sad to thlnK OF heI pelliS
absent from us, but we hope cur loss Is
heavens gain. Everything the Lord
doeth is for the better. She leaves a
husband. father, two sisters and host
of relatives and friends to mourn her
passing. AS we grieve over our loss
let us think seriously of the lines that
read as follows:
A sweet loving child has gone to rest
On Cannans happy shore,
Lets us prepare to meet her there
Where parting will be no mere.
Her funeral was well attended, with
the Rev. S. T, Johnson, officiating.
Her remains were laid to rest IN the
Pleasant Hill cemetery.
The weekly echo., 1933-08-04
SYLVIA SIDNEY STAR OF DRESSER
MOVIE, JENNIE GERHARDT

Sylvia Sidney is starred in the film
version of Theodore Dreiser's Jennie
Gerhardt" which comes to the STRAND
THEATRE MONDAY and TUESDAY.
She plays the title role, with Donald
Cook, Mary Astor, H. B. Warner and
Edward Arnold heading the supporting
cast Marion Gering directed the film,
B. P. Schulberg production for para
mount.
Jennie Gerhardt'' is the story of a
woman who, as the result of her beau
ty and attraction for men, is caught
by forces far too strong for her to bat
tie. But she is, at the same time, ready
to sacrifice everything for man she loves
Her first contact with life comes when
an elderly Senator, deeply impressed
by her naivete and charm, pays court
To her. When he saves her brother
from an impending Jail sentence, she
tries to repay his kindness. The Sena-
tor promises marriage on his return
from a trip to Washington. But he is
killed in railroad wreck. Their child
is born.
Jennie gets work as personal maid to
wealthy woman, and the latter's bro
Their is attracted to her. This time
Jennie knows real love, and their next
few years are blissfully happy. But
when he discovers that she has child,
his whole attitude undergoes change.
In the events that follow, Jennie Is
helpless. The picture reaches a poign-
ant climax in her attempts TO right her
self
The weekly echo., 1933-08-04
BROOKHAVEN NEWS

Little Miss Vervial Rae Richardson
spent the weekend with her grand mo-
Their. Mrs. ]. A. Haywood and her~aunt
Mrs. ID Slater. Many courtetSies
were extended Miss Richardson while
in the home of her aunt. A large mum
Der of friends was made while there.
Mrs. Surporia Bells and her grand
daughter, Little Hazel Jean Washing
ton, have returned home from their
vacation in Chicago. They report a
very pleasant trip.
Mr.. VIM. Oats, Willie Wright, Burn
ard Thorner, John Upshow and John
MCGEE of Jackson, were visiting the
presidents and members of the Young
Mems Aid and young ladies, auxiliaries
Sunday, July 30th. They were enter
tanned with dinner party at the home
of the president, Mr.. and Mrs. o. N.
Johnson. Courtesies were also ex-
tended at the home of Mr.. and Mrs t.
r. DeMilles, and Miss Hattie Hall. They
expressed themselves as having spent
a pleasant evening.
President VIM Oats,
Secretary Willie Wright.
The weekly echo., 1933-08-04
DISMISS CASE AGAINST
BOB CHURCH

Memphis, Tenn, August a, (ANP) R.
R. Bob" Church, republican leader
OF Tennessee, was completely exon
rated when the case revolving around
his arrest for supposed reckless driv-
ing came up in City court Monday.
MIR. Church had been taken into Gus
tody by two ''hardboiled" Memphis
cops for no apparent reason other than
that he was colored, his friend say Mr..
Church identified himself and wa re-
leased on his own recognizance.
When the case was called Assistant
City Attorney julius Alperin saked
that it be dismissed. Commissioner
Cliff Davis of the legal department said
that an investigation found Church not
driving recklessly The two motorcycle
cops who pulled a boner, refused to
repeat the statement which they made
at the time they arrested the widely
known political power, They said they
did not know Bob Church.
The Memphis Press Scimitar, local
Scripps-H paper said editorially,
if cynically, "The real mystery in the
Church arrest is why he was arrested
in the first place. Don't iur cops know
our political leaders?
The weekly echo., 1933-08-04
McDANIELD SINGERS IN
CITY

Prof, and Mrs. MCDANIEL of Dallas,
Texas, have been in-the city for about
three weeks. Mrs. McDanield is d
great gospel singer. She and her hus-
band are members of Boles Street c.
M. E. Church, Dallas, Texas. They have
conducted singing conventions at Ne
well Chapel c. M. E. Church, New Hope
Baptist Church, Union Baptist Church
and Pilgrim Baptist Church. They
are conducting convention this week
at Calvary Baptist and ST. James.
Mrs. McDanield is one of the best
gospel singers that Meridian has lis
tened to. They have their little daug-
liter with them. She seems to be "a
bout six years of age, and yet, she is
very courageous to the extent, that she
will appear before any audience to sing
by herself.
The weekly echo., 1933-08-04
ON TO CHICAGO FOR A
BIG TIME

Four Round Trip tickets to Worlds
Fair The Weekly Echo is now spon-
soring its second big campaign. We
have just closed successful $4,000
Sunday School Campaign. Our people
are now urging us to sponsor another
campaign. Thus we have agreed on
a Worlds Fair Campaign. We have
not had time to work out full details,
however in next weeks issue, we hope
to be prepared to give you all infor
nation necessary. Thus Campaign is
open to individuals or organizations.
Read Page Four and see our list of adj
vertisers. On making cash purchases
get your receipt
Paying on accounts get your receipts
and we will vote same in our office.
The campaign will end about October
18th.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO CHICAGO
FREE, GET BUSY.
The weekly echo., 1933-08-04
RUST COLLEGE SING
Frs

Enjoy an evening of Music Melody
and Mirth with the Rust College
Concert Company A pleasing aggre-
cation of College Harmonizers.
Whose pleasure it has been to cap
tivate many concert and radio audien-
ces with their excellent rendition Of
the semi classic, Spiritual, Popular and
comic songs. The concert will be great
ly strengthened this summer with spe-
cial Instrumental numbers Come and
Hear them at ST. Paul M E. Church
18th ST. 9th Ave, August 7, 1888.