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Evening star., 1933-03-19
American Drama Revolves
Around Many Woman Stars
They Claim the Spotlight on Broadway, and the
Best Plays of the Season Pay Little Attention
to The Stronger Sex"
By Percy Hammond.

1" HE American drama seems to be
In the hands Of the ladies, at
present, with most Of its fam
beau exponents belonging to the
distaf side. Miss Tallulah
Bankhead, Miss Ina Claire, Miss Kath-
crime Cornell, Miss Lynn Fontanne,
Miss Pauline Lord, Miss June Walker,
Miss Peggy Wood and NaZtmova II list
them alphabetically occupy ali the
stellar chandeliers except that from
which George Cohan steadily CLEANS.
In what has been described as the
Broadway armament Mr.. Cohan Is the
sole and only Independent man-star
now visible to the naked eye. Francis
Lederer, in Autumn Crocus," shares
his glowing with the phosphorescent
Miss Lillian Gish; and Mr.. Lunt and
Mr.. Coward enjoy being dimmed In
Design for Living" by the luminous
Miss Fontanne. Even in the trivial or
music drama such male suns as Jimmy
Durante in Strike Me Pink and Fred
Astaire in Gay Divorce" are eclipsed
a little by their lady satellites-Miss
Lupe Valez. Miss Hope Williams and
Miss Clare Luce. And in all the good,
honk-a-tonk tom-foolery Of Take a
Chance" 1t Is a lady, Miss Ethel Mer-
AIdA4, wiz Slcl4ldo OuL d1lO dOONC l4CI 1le
companions as an intelligent enter
tainer
Miss Bankhead, Miss Walker and
Miss Wood have appeared within the
fortnight in comedies the best of which
can be said is that they are vehicles"
In 'Forsaking AL Others" Miss Bank
head plays an urban girl, who, having ar
rived with her bridesmaids at q smart
church in order to be married, receives
a telegram from her betrothed, inform
ing her that he has changed his mind.
He is sorry, he says, but he will not be
there, since he has decided to elope
with another character in the play Re
moving her marriage veil in the vestry,
she takes the tidings calamity on the
chin, though vowing vengeance. But in
the next act she is to be seen once
more about to be married to the same
incredible bounder. He has apologized
to her and has promised never to do it
again. 1t was at this juncture that
walked out on "Forsaking AL Others"
since felt sure that such a wise per-
son as Miss Bankhead could not posi-
bly, have been foolish enough to take
Evening star., 1933-03-19
They Don't Crash Now

when he met executives who urged him
to sign contract.
The Nationwide Panther Woman
contest resulted in the signing Of four
girls-Kathleen Burke, the winner, from
Chicago; Iona Andre, from Nashville,
Tenn; Verna Hillie, from Detroit, and
Gail Patrick, from Birmingham, Ala.
Buster Crabbe, champion olympic
swimmer, was signed soon after the
Olympic games in Los Angeles.
Dorothea Week was placed under
contract in Berlin as result Of her
performance In the German film Girls
In Uniform" and Sari Martha was
signed in London as result Of her
work in European films.
Marlene Dietrich was discovered" on
the Berlin stage by q Paramount di-
rector on vacation, and Maurice
Chevalier In q Paris music hall by an
executive
LYDIA Roberti won screen considera-
ton in a musical comedy while it
was playing in Chicago. Shirley Grey
was found by Hollywood scouts while
appearing in stock In Oakland. Calf.
Evening star., 1933-03-19
A Giant Anthropoid

screen star Fay Wray, fights squadron
OF Army pursuit planes remorselessly
pumping bullets into its body In a
futile. but magnificent gesture, it plucks
a plane out OF the air and hurls it INTO
the streets below.
The process for making King Kong"
required the ultimate in precision
craftsmanship. Never more than total
20 feet Of film could be photographed in
the best 1O-hour day, so laborous was
the task. The chief problem involved
was how to place the monstrous ape in
association with human beings and ami
mate them all against the moving back
ground Of bustling city.
The fight to the death between a
brontoSaurus and tyrannoSaurus (the
combined weight of these creatures Is
estimated to be 100 tons) was difficult
enough to tax the inventive powers and
lngenu1tleS OF technicianS, but this was
simple compared to that scene which
shows the ape, with struggling Fay
Wray in its grasp, wringing the neck
of a pterodactyl-a mammoth flying
reptile
Then, too, many of the scenes, par
ticularly one in which the ape fights
the air armada atop the skyscraper, are
made up of four distinct camera shots
merged into composite timed to q
split second.
A few years ago the story Of "King
Kong" would have been impossible Of
filming. The technical growth of the
motion picture has been astounding.
Twenty years ago the public was
startled upon viewing its first ghost in
a D. w. Griffith film photographed by
Billy Bitter. Three years later, Grit
fifth introduced the closeup and it was
booed in the theater, only to be adopted
as popular technique.
The industry has reached a stage of
perfection today where it pridefully
boasts that 1t can reproduce on Aim
whatever Is conceived in the mind of
man.
The idea which started King Kong"
on its way originated in the minds Of
the late Edgar Wallace and Merriam G.
Cooper. adveIturer- producer with Ernest
3. Schoedsack Of Grass" and "Chang"
and now Of King Kong"
Evening star., 1933-03-19

another chance with so mean and ir-
reSolute oeserter.
For the benefit Of those readers who
have not seen and who may not see
Miss Bankhead either in person or in
|. the drama, shall report that at the
Times Square Theater she Is one of
the stages major sorceresses. The
niece of a Federal Senator. the daugh-
ter of member of our House of Com
mons, she inherits the art and the
magnetism that have made the Dixie
Bankheads what they are today. She
Is lovely to look upon, and honestly
tricky in her technique, even when she
lifts her skirts and turns an undignified
New York handspring she impels you to
say that this is the life" Glamorous,
clairvoyant, mystic and obvious, she Is
as Shakespeare'S lady in The Winters
Tale"-more worth than any man, the
rarest Of all women"
Miss Peggy Wood, who, like her and
also recently returned from a success
full embassy to London, celebrates her
homecoming in a restful comedy en-
titled "A Saturday Night" In this
Miss Wood invigorates the role Of a
faithful but tempted matron, who, ed-
dlcted to her husband ana her chill
dren, is still rot deaf to the pipes of
Pan. She, IN Miss Woods imperSona-
ton, has the appearance of a woman
OF %, unwrinkled, smiling and with a
sense Of humor despite the fact that
she has female child old enough to
go out and get drunk. On this Satur-
day night her husband loses a Job, her
urchin son breaks bone in a basket
ball game, her ingenue daughter comes
home, her husbands best friend kisses
her and she does not much resist
Throughout all these complications Miss
Wood eracts subtle combination Of
nun, ratron, woman of-the- world and
ordinary human being. "a Saturday
Night" is fair comedy, acted fairly by
Miss Wood and her company, and its
author, Owen Davis, has reason to in
clude it among the prouder items of his
repertory The greedy stage unions
may be shutting up these plays with all
the others as this is being written. One
hopes, however, that, inspired by the
workingman's notorious spirit of chival-
~, they will permit the ladies of the
drama to proceed with their irterpre-
tations without mercenary Interrupt
tionS
Evening star., 1933-03-19

and all the trappings and trim
mings of the distinguished court
which paid tribute to England'S
popular queen.
"CAVALCADE" should not be
judged, for instance, in the
manner of judging which took
place recently here in Washing
ton. What was meant to be an
infallible system of marking was
given a one-act play tournament
"a tournament in which this city
showed itself rather richer in act
ing than in plays. Plays were
judged on the following bases:
Acting, 40 per cent; choice of play,
20 per cent; direction, 20 per cent;
stagecraft, 10 per cent; voice, 10
per cent. What happened was
inevitable-confusion. You can
not Judge a play mathematically,
just as you cannot write a play
mathematically. Human emo
tions are too elastic to allow their
being added, multiplied and di-
vided by any common denomi-
nator. What is good is good be-
cause you think so, not because
rule tells you that it must be so.
Acting, furthermore, has a great
deal to do with it-but, as in the
case of "Cavalcade," it is not al
ways the most important item.
Any kind of good theater" wins
it's spurs by the excellence of its
whole being, and not by a part
of it. As a matter of fact, the
one-act play judges could not help
but agree that "Cavalcade" is Just
about 100 per cent, according to
their schedule. Nevertheless, films
and plays should not be tackled
with an eye to per cent. They
should be enjoyed from the stand
point not only of their efficacy in
the 'theater's various departments,
but also from the standpoint of
their PHILOSOPHERS. "Cavalcade,"
no matter how badly acted, would
always tnvigorate audiences by the
message which lies behind it. It's
thesis is elevating and it's mission
one OF faith and courage to those
who are tempted to weaken in the
face of adversity. Even if its
stagecraft were only S per cent,
its voice" less than that, its di-
rection, 10 per cent, and its acting
far from the top, it would still re-
main fine, worthy drama. No
matter how you look at it or
"score" it, it is rare event on any
stage and in any theater.
Evening star., 1933-03-19
In Washington Theaters This Week.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" This afternoon and evening.
GAYETY-"Jingle, jingle Burlesque This afternoon and
evening.
king of the Jungle" and vaudeville This afternoon
evening.
EOEWS FOX-"Broadway Bad" and Follow Thru" the
stage. This afternoon and evening.
RK-O KEITHS-"Our Beers" This afternoon and evening.
COLUMB1A-The jungle Killer" starts tomorrow. Luxury
Liner" last times today.
TROPOLITAN-"42n Street." This afternoon and evening.
RIALTO-"The Big Cage" This afternoon and evening"
PAACERasputin and the Empress" This afternoon and
evening.
Evening star., 1933-03-19
Extra Talk Tomorrow.
MISS JANET RICHARDS, whose r

MISS JANET RICHARDS, whose reg
A'A ular lecture course ended Monday,
announces that in response to many
requests of her patrons, she will give
an extra talk tomorrow morning on
Affairs Political and International"
Taking as her first theme 1.-THE Driving
Power Of Roosevelt" she will review
the amazing progress Of the New Deal"
in conquering the crisis resulting in
restored public confidence as evidenced
by the rally of stocks and the general
upturn of business activity. European
war scare and its causes will be re-
viewed, with some comment upon the
new aspect of Premier Mussolini in the
role of an apostle Of peace, and the
equally surprising anomaly Of the
premier Of tie Republic Of Austria
establishing a dictatorship presumably
to stem the tide Of Hitlerism In Austria.
The talk will be given in the Willard
Hotel at II o'clock.
Evening star., 1933-03-19

TINE Cinderella story Of person
crashing the movies" to fame
and fortune Is declared to be
i Hollywood's most persistent
myth by B. P. Schulberg, pro-
ducer for Paramount, who contends
that nearly every prominent player In
Hollywood today was invited to come
there by the producers.
OF SIS players under contract to
Paramount only four arrived in the
film capital unknown, unheralded, to
seek careers. Ricardo CorteZ, who now
has the leading role in Dead on Ar
rival" crashed as an atmosphere player
in New York more than 10 years ago
and received his first recognition shortly
thereafter.
Richard Arlen, also without stage ex-
perience, broke in 10 years ago. Gary
Cooper started as an atmosphere player
eight years ago and Frances Dee did
the same three years ago.
Every other player on the Paramount
roster was recruited from little thea
ters, selected through studio contests
or taken from the stage, radio or
foreign motion pictures.
To make these discoveries" the
studio maintains a "spy" network over
the world, Schulberg explains. Shows
are seen everywhere. Every employe Of
Paramount is always searching for tai
ent. OF the players under contract
hve were signed when road shows IN
which they were appearing played IN
Los Angeles. These are Nancy Carroll.
Stuart Erwin, Roscoe Karns, Frederic
March and Charlie Ruggles.
Gloria Stuart, who is playing the lead
opposite Cortez In Dead on Arrival"
was discovered in an amateur theater,
the Playbox, in Pasadena. Irving
Pichel came from Little Theater In
Santa Barbara, Calf, and Randolph
Scott from the Pasadena Community
Playhouse.
Adrienne Ames, Cary Grant and John
Lodge were signed while vacationing
In Los Angeles. Lodge, an attorney,
was In Hollywood on legal business
Evening star., 1933-03-19
Hero Goes On Vacation.

BRUCE CABOT, the romantic hero
- of King Kong" left the R-K-O
Radio Studios in California the other
day fol a To-day vacation in New
Mexico.
Young Cabot is going to satisfy q
desire Of 10 years standing, by trying
to trace the famous Lost River near
Carlsbad, N. Mex. The river suddenly
disappears into its bed and no one has
ever been able to find in which direc-
ton it flows or where 1t resumes its
course above the surface. Cabot hopes
to return with the secret
On his return to the studio Cabot
will be cast in an important leading
role in a forthcoming picture.
Evening star., 1933-03-19
Academy Finishes Term.
THE performance to be given at Il

THE performance to be given at the
National Theater Sunday evening,
April 2, by the students Of the Clifford
Brooke Academy of Stage Training In
the Dramatic Arts, will celebrate the
conclusion Of the first term Of the
Academy, which began January 16.
For rehearsals for the three plays to
be presented Mr.. Brooke Is utilizing the
stage at the National as well as that
at the Academy. AL Of the 101 stu
dents at the school win appear In the
performance. It will include scenes
from "As You Like It, '"The School for
ScandaP' and 1.-THE Charm School" !"
The seats will be placed on sale at the
National Theater box ofice Monday,
March a.
Mr.. Brooke has announced that the
second 10 weeks term Of the Academy
will begin April 8.
Evening star., 1933-03-19
Lecture on HOLLYWOOD.

IN answer to the question, 'How does
one attain success in the moving
picture Industry" a lecture by Miss
Estelle Allen on 1.-THE Three Roads to
Hollywood" will be delivered at the
Carlton Hotel Wednesday, at $50 pm.
Those wishing to attend may receive
invitations by addressing Estelle Allen
Studios, 1916 Sixteenth street north
west.
Evening star., 1933-03-19
German Film Today.

"7WEI MENSCHEN" (two souls),
German sound picture, will be
presented under the auspices Of AL
Souls Unitarian Church, in Pierce Hall,
today at Sis pm. and 7:3o pm. The
theme enacted by Charlotte Susa and
Gustave Froelich, concerns a youth
whom family tradition and his mothers
VOW force him into monastic life, calling
upon him to sacrifice his childhood
love. The dialogue is in German, with
an accompanying English screen trans
to those whose knowledge OF German
Is limited. The setting is in the seem
cry Of the Tyrolean Alps, with noun
tain pastures and torrents, medieval
monasteries and castles, and In the SOL
emn splendor Of ecclesiastical Rome.
Evening star., 1933-03-19
Cinderella Girl.
A MOTHER Cinderella story came tr

A MOTHER Cinderella story came true
- last week!
Yolanda Patti, a waitress at the Fox
studio in Hollywood, was only a wait
ress last week, but now she's an actress.
Alfred Santell noticed her when she
was waiting on him and recognized the
type he needed for role in Bondage"
AS result another waitress went on the
restaurant list. She's playing in scenes
opposite Dorothy Jordan, Alexander
Kirkland and others. She halls from
Butte, Mont, is brunette and never
had film aspirations.
Evening star., 1933-03-19
New Screen Combination.

THE newest starring screen conbina-
ton will be that Of Spencer Tracy
and Sally Eilers, who viii be jointly fea-
tlred In "The Lady Cop" from the
novel by Judith Ravel. This story con-
Germs young. wealthy welfare worker
who gets Job on the force as police
woman.
THE Lady Cop" Is the first produc-
ton to be made under the leadership
Of Sol Wurtzel, executive producer for
Fox, at the Hollywood plant
Evening star., 1933-03-19

"REMENDOUS technical resources
were employed in producing
king Kong" the R-K-O Radio
i picture, which goes far to up
hold the cinema's boast that
there is nothing the mind of man can
imagine which film cannot reproduce.
King Kong" more than two years in
the making, fantastically juxtaposes
prehistoric monsters and modern man
in New York City setting-one against
the other in an epic struggle for
supremacy.
From purely technical point Of view,
the film Is the most difficult translation
Of an idea into motion picture struc-
ture yet attempted. These salient facts
will make that point clear:
The production shows prehistoric
monsters fighting each other and re-
creates the sounds they must have made
while living.
A giant ape, so feet in height, is seen
hurting automobiles at steel buildings
and making his last stand against civil
ization atop the tower of the tallest
edif1ce on Fifth Avenue in New York.
There this giant anthropoid, King
Kong" with fragile young woman in
its paw, none other than the Hollywood
Evening star., 1933-03-19

"WO women, whose long stage
careers have been strangely en-
twined for years, find them
i selves to be q particularly ef-
fective team in talking pictures
They are May Robson, character player,
and Louise Closer Hale, actress, novel
ist, playwright and world traveller, who
are now under contract at the Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer studios.
Both are distinctively different Miss
Robson IS essentially q dramatic ac-
tress; Mrs. Hale revels in roles in which
whimsical humor and her rapier- like wit
can be used to advantage. They first
played In the same picture in Lefty
Lynton" when Miss Robson was Joan
Crawford's stern old mother and Mrs
Hale the comical maid Matilda. They
also appear together in THE White
Sister" co-starring Helen Hayes and
Clark Gable.
Evening star., 1933-03-19
"Cavalcade" a Rare Event
For Any Stage or Screen
How This Best of Photoplays" Is Measured to
Determine Its Outstanding Qualities and
Why 1t Is Major Cinema Hit
By E. de S. Melcher.

<I yHAT makes think and all the trappings and trim
s\A that Cayalcade mings of the distinguished
w oood which paid tribute to England
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|PEARLMAN BUYS
| ASSORTED STOCK
LATEST FASHIONS WILL BE
FOUND AMONG VARIED
LINE OBTAINED


Joe Peaflman, who, for the past
several weeks. has been in New
York and other eastern markets,
buying merchandise for Pearl.
mans, Inc, is back and states that
he has laid his hands on the finest
fall merchandise the big markets
have to offer.
Il While in the east, Mr.. Pearlman
says that he made "a study of the
trend of fashions and as a result
has combined quality and style in
selecting his new fall goods.
Above ALL" Mr.. Pearlman
states, 81 was able to contract for
merchandise before prices moved
up and / am now able to pass
these savings on to our custom
ers."
While away, Mr.. Pearlman paid
special attention to the selection
of footwear for his store. He has
purchased a large line of popular
priced shoes in the latest fall
feathers and color combinations
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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
John G. Stradley. Pastor

John G. Stradley, Pastor
Sunday School opens at 9:45
o'clock under the leadership of
Gerald Saunders, superintendent.
Each department meets in its own
assembly room.
Morning worship service begins
at IL O'Clock. The Sacrament of
the Lords Supper will be admin
istered.
The hour for evening worship is
z 80 o'clock. The text: "The
words that speak unto you. they
are spirit, and they are life"
Music: Morning anthem
"March On!"-Hall.
Evening anthem-The "Wide-
ness of Gods Mercy"-Olman.
Offertory: "Estudiantina."
Organist-Miss Mary Elizabeth
Grillon.
The installation service for the
newly elected officers of the Ep-
worth League will be conducted
by Miss Louise Ketchum at $3.50
o'clock.
The mid-week prayer service
will be conducted Wednesday eve
ming at 1880 O'Clock. The sub
ject: "Jesus in the Home of Fac
chaeus."
The choir rehearsal is held on
Friday evening at T:45 o'clock.
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH

Cor. White and Washington SITS
John c. Gekeler, Pastor
Sunday school at 1000 o'clock
A. C, Elgin, superintendent. Rally
Day exercises. Members of the
school are requested to convene at
1856.
Morning worship at IL. Sermon
topic: Goods Largess. The text
is taken from the list of favorite
texts submitted some time since
by attendants at the Wednesday
night services.
The young peoples devotion at
GAS.
Evening worship with sermon at
1880, Topic: "The Tyranny of
the Dark"
At the mid-week Bible study
Hour Wednesday at 1880 short
course of studies in the Psalms
will be begun.
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WIN. WENDELL BA
FROM BUYING II

William Mendell, of the
Store, is back in the city al
two weeks buying trip in
York and other markets
east.
Mr.. Mendell has purcha
large stock of ready-to-we
both men and women. Shi
which have already arrived
shoes, dresses, hats, and ti
suits for men.
Mr.. Mendell states that
north was very successful
well pleased with the way C.
ic conditions over the COUNT
improving. Within a short
he believes that normal cond
will prevail and says each day
men are being employed b,
northern mills and factories.
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

In addition to the regular serv-
ices, both morning and evening,
special music and singing will be
rendered by the choir under the
leadership of Mrs. Thelma Speer.
Mrs. C. B. Jones, formerly of
the First Baptist church choir of
Macon, Ga, will be the soloist.
Piano and violin numbers will
be played by Miss Margaret and
Nicholas Goshorn.
Preaching will be by Rev. w. M.
Perry, and the Lords Supper will
follow the morning service.
The hours of the evening serv-
ices has been changed from 500
to 1880 O'Clock.
Bible school at 10 a. nj. and
preaching at IL o'clock. 80
B. Y. p. u. at $50 p. m.
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new SERVICE BY
CATO & NAVARRO

Cato and Navarro. Inc., is an
nounclng on the front page of to-
uay's paper a "New Deal' i'm the
service department of this COM
pany.
From this date on, they an
nounce that they will do auto re-
pairing under a positive guarantee
70 correct the auto-ailment. Also.
they viii advise their customers
IN advance just what the cost of
repairing will be.
Cato and Navarro. Inc. carry in
stock a full line of Plymouth,
Chevrolet and Ford parts and
have in their employ mechanics
who are able to repair any make
OF car. they state.
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