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Evening star., 1933-01-15

U CLLywooD, Calf, J-urary IA.
The war, after all seems to
be the raost popular themc the
IL motion picture -csn has ever
sssoTn.
We have cur seasons O. .>srlor come
dies, OF gansland epics, CT newspaper
yarns ard aircraft ruananceS-huf We
spot the history Of the world has ever
known. the werid War, fer the ideal
medium with which 60 tell the gelatin
story with its tremendous scope and
action range.
So l was not surprised On making q
tour CT one of cur largest studio plants
to discover four war pictures being
mad, Oil this ons lot. The studio was
g bit surprised when called their at
tention to it; they Just hadn't thought
about it that wy Mstro-G0idwyn-
Mayer picked these storic5 because each
one had soma quality thev corsaaered
ideal for picture presentation and with
out g thought thai they sa hEoagh, N
scme phase Of the great struggle.
To-day We Live should be cne of the
most interesting stories of this type re-
leased this year. Not only has it Joan
Crawford in the role of V. A. D. girl
a medium which should 5uit her talents
cxcellently, but Cary Cooper has been
borrowed to play the part CT the svi-
a.icn officer with whom che falls in love.
Loisc Cloocs- Hale, Robert Young. Tad
Alexander Snd F-aac1lot Tene ccmglete
enc ef the finest casts Cu5 of hollywood
seen n n1snv Q day. Add to it some
william Faulkner dialogue and there
yeu arr.
The Faulkner story deals with little
known branch of World War service,
tag end department of the British navy
in the torpedo service, operating small
power boats which drop toYpedoes be-
hind them but which must escape
their own deadly missile by dexterous
manipulation of their pilots This
drunk, disorderly, harum-searum crew
actually in existence in the World War
has not been put into screen literature
until now.
They have changed the name Of
'Pig Boats" to Hell Below" 1t is the
Bob Montgomery picture which has heen
quite 9 time unCer way now. The studio
sent crt to Honolulu to Pearl Harbor
to take shots there so that the record
might be atmosphered more authen-
tiealfy. Msdge Evans. Jimmy Durante,
Walte- Huston, Eugene Palette, Robert
Young, John Mahi1, David Newell
Sterling Holloway and Charles Irwin
will be in this one. Bob Montgomery
Is back IN his old stride. doing some
flne work He has charm. and cor
reetly east, is one Of the best motion
Evening star., 1933-01-15
Coming Attractions

house Supporting Joan Blondeu are
Wallace Ford. Guy Kihbee, Patricia
Ellis, Henry b. Walthan. Charles Sellon,
Spencer Charters, John Wray and Har-
old Huber.
MARY GARDEN, grand opera and
- concert artist. is playing her first
motion picture theater engagement at
Loew's Fox Theater. starting Friday.
She win head the vaudeville bill The
screen attraction will be Tonight Is
Ours" starring Fredric March and
Claudette Colbert. The supporting cast
is headed BY Alison Skipworth. Paul
Cavanaugh and Arthur BYRON. Others
ON the stage bill VIII be the Radio
Rubes. featuring Rufe Davis, Arty Hall
and John and Neal Laby; Bits Of Mu-
sical Comedy" with sidney Marion, as
sisted by Marie Dauval; Ethel Parker
and Sandino with the O'Connor Sisters
and Bob Davis. Janet May viii open
the program In "Acrialist Supreme"
1.-THE SON DAUGHTER" opening
i Friday at Loew's Palace Theater,
marks the second appearance Of Helen
Hayes since her recent Academy of Mo-
tion Picture Arts and Sciences award
for having given the bsst performance
by an actress during the 1931-1932
season. Ramon Novarro Is co-starred
In the leading role. This film tells
the story Of q Chinese girl who sells
herself at auction In order to aid her
countryman. A distinguished cast in
cludes Lewis Stone. Warner GLAND
Ralph Morgan. Louise CLOSER Hale and
n. B. Warner.
ZANE GREY'S latest novel to be
IL dramatized for the screen, Rob
bers' Roost." viii be the screen attrac-
ton at Loew's Columbia Theater start
ing Friday. George O'Brien and Mau-
reen O'Sullivan are being featured in
this Fox production. The exterior
scenes Of the Aim were all made at the
actual locales Of Zane Grey,s original
story. Louis King directed the pro-
duction from the screen play by Dudley
Nichols. Maude Eburne, Reginald
Owen. william Pawley, Walter McGrail
and Greig have the principal support
ing roles
Evening star., 1933-01-15
War Theme Continues
Most Popular in Movies
Fighting Background Considered Sure-hre With
Producers Who'll Take No Chances This Year
With Long Shots-4New War Films Coming.
By Mollie Merrick.

picture assets of the day.
Men Must Fight" give6 u5 Diana
Wynyard and Lsw-s Stone in war
picture. May Robson. Ruth Seiwyn,
Hedrsa Hopper, Donald Dillowa-, Mary
Carlisle and Phillips Holmes.
OF course. some war comes ir..5 THE
White Sister, but they have changed
sne ssory somewhat In this mec.arn talkie
version to rleet the demands Of the
modern audience. The young lieutenant
is an aviatioa officer these days. The
uniform very well hesmes Clark Gable,
and e Is the first he has an opportunity
10 wear. Louise CLOSER Hale and Lewis
Stone are In the picture also. Helen
Hayes should find in this part made
historic by Lillian Gisll one Of the most
syrrzthst.c roles that have been given
her
So there we are. The World war
cannss into "Csyalcade," CT course. No
history Of the British Empire could be
conaplete without this crowning struggle
Of her days. Making current office
history is "a Farewell to Arms" story
ct the war alcng the italian front So
it would seem that var in all It's forms
is the ideal 5crsen material Beginning
With The Biz P5rade," when we FIRST
saw cannons coming through little
SIOOl-C-k A64lCo AL StSitSAA
saw men mssGed In picturesque con-
fusion-first saw the human and heart
breaking side OF the world struggle the
picturcJ Of tine big show have always
sccred heavily. Ths public likes the
thing it understands, and there are
few families untouched by the vide
w1rld catastrophe.
A war picture, even half well made,
is bound to react poignantly on rs per
cent Of its audience. The war play has
to be exceptionally well done End pre-
sented In an elaborate manner TO es-
cape the curse OF paint and canvas
scenery. Sound effects, atmosphere ef-
fects, light effects and camera beauty
galore may be easily crowded into the
modern war picture. All of these things
influence studios this year when there
is little money to waste and no time in
which to make UP for the misjudgments
of other years. Experimentation Is at q
2tandstill in Hollywood this season.
Every producer is making what he con-
elders s1re-hre hits in order to get
financial backing for next season. His
profit sheet this year must be ss good
ss he can make it-ao ehances-no long
shots-no random contribution to art or
Indulgence IN q mad whim for the in
telligentsia.
Pictures are being made with smash
hit profits IN mind And the war would
seem to be the infallible recipe for this
situation
Evening star., 1933-01-15
How About That Play?"
WEEK OF
JANUARY I5
THE circumstance which fnds Alfred

THE circumstance which finds Alfred
Lunt, Lynn Fontanne and Noel
Coward starring together in Design
for Living" Mr.. Coward's new pay, is
not the result of hasty decision. but
rather Is the elimination Of long
cherished plan. This plan dates back
II long years-years. which have been
filled with success for MIR. Lunt. Miss
Fontanne and Mr.. Coward.
When Mr.. Coward arrived in New
York early in December to start re-
hearsals Of Design for Living" he was
greeted by a swarm Of intsrviewers.
photographers and ship news reporters.
However. IN 1921, when he arrived In
New York for the first time. Mr.. Coward
was greeted cnly by customs inspector.
He was only slightly known in England
as the 22-year-old author Of several
moderately successful plays and was
completely unknown here. He was
fortified by several scripts of tried and
untried plays and by letters Of introduc-
ton, but by no letters Of credit.
Neither the scripta nor the letters
helped him much. He was kindly re-
ceived by our leading producers, who
read the plays and then, still kindly,
advised him that they were not inter-
ested in pre- enting them.
He was saved from sleeping on park
bench only because friend was leaving
town for the Summer and offered
Coward his Greenwich Village apart
ment With his funds almost exhausted,
Coward sub-isted by cooking his own
meals, which consisted mainly OF bacon
obtained on credit from q friendly
Italian grocer. While awaiting decisions
regarding his plays he wrote several
shcrt stories.
One day he called on Lynn Fontanne,
whom he had known In London, and
borrowed $40 from her. The next day
he was able to repay the loan because
the Metropolitan Magazine bcught one
Of his stories for $500.
AT that time Miss Fontsnne and Mr..
Lunt had not reached the plane OF star
dom. Before Coward left this country
for England the three decided that II
they should ever become stars they
would some day appear together IN
play which Coward would write for
them.
Last Spring, while Coward was travel
ing III South America, he received a
cable from the Lunts, How about that
play?" Knowing Immediately which
play was referred to. he set TO work en-
II. Design for Living" was written on
a small freighter in the Pacific Ocean.
which Is rather odd place to write a
comedy which is laid in Paris, London
and New Ycrk.
Evening star., 1933-01-15

foremost mimic, presenting laugh tour
Of Hollywood; Harris Twins and Lo-
retta, daring dancers, and Maxine
Doyle, mistress Of ceremonies.
ID -K-O KEITH'S next week will pre-
N sent Edna Nav Oliver IN The PEN
gum Pool Murder" murder farce built
to give Miss Oliver every chance in the
world to excel in the comedy forte
which hzs brought her fame. In the
cast supporting are James Gleason,
Rebsrt Armstrong and Mae Clarke.
ToAN BLoNDELL is the star Of First
Nationals Central Park" which
opens Friday at Warner Bros. Metro
politsn Tte2te- AS an acded attrac-
ton, With Williamson Beneath the
Ssa" will be shown. Like Union De-
pot" "Grcnd Hotel" and Life Begins"
all Of the action of Central Park" takes
place in one location. The place. as
the title in6ic1tes, is the great play
ground in the heart of New York City.
The story was written by Ward More
Evening star., 1933-01-15
Estelle Allen Studio News.

r LL14E FA4414I4N' WIIU IA1o RVVUH EIOD
~ from Hollywood and re-opened her
school with a background of three years
experience in teaching as well as learn
and radio broadcasting, is now offering
classes for professional aspirants III
both these fields Weekly sketches on
the radio will, it Is rumored, be q fur
ther feature The new classes win open
soon for the coming semester.
In addition to the personal training
In voice culture and special training In
conversational English, there viii be
current theatsr topics and q study OF
the social customs of other ages. which
are the local color, the historical back
ground Of most every theatrical pro-
duction.
Evening star., 1933-01-15
Not a Spangle Missing.

IT Is seldom that a musical show
leaves Broadway with it's cast in
tact after long run. but it Is the boast
Of Sam H. Harris, producer Of "Of Thee
I Sing" which comes to the National
the week beginning Monday. January
80, that-not only IS the cast intact, but
that no changes have been made even
IN the chorus. or, as some one wittily
put it, with not a spangle missing.
In "Of Thee I Sing" the chorus plays
a very important part and Is called
upon for many changes of costumes,
ranging all the way from the alluring
bathing suits worn in the Atlantic City
number, to the last word in evening
clothes during the White House ball.
Evening star., 1933-01-15
Robinson $ Next.
"pIG SHOT" an original story !

rig SHOT" an original story by
Arthur Norman, according to a
wire received at the First National home
office, will be the next starring vehicle
for Edward G. Robinson, star of Silver
Dollar" which is now being nationally
released. big Shot" is not a gangster
story. 1t concerns neighborhood big
shot, the kind of man who Is the tin
god of his ward and buys turkeys for
the poor at Thanksgiving. The char
acteriZ3tion Will differ from any other
Robinson has essayed, providing a de-
parture from his last few dramatic
roles. big Shots" supporting cast and
production staff will be announced in
q few davs.
Evening star., 1933-01-15

THIS is a romance
set against . back
ground Of a huge
department store.
The stage program
wiz include ! h e
mysterious Three x
Sisters, q charm
ing, attractive trio
and musical instru-
ment innitators who
have, IN the past
few months. be-
como enc of the
outstanding atsrac-
tioi1s, On the air;
Clara Barry a n d
Orval whitledge in
a hocige-podge OF
Of nonsense; Ed
die Carr. Americas
Evening star., 1933-01-15
OLYMPIA" 10 BE GIVEN.

"OLYMPIA," by Ferenc Molnar,
~ translated by Sidney Howard,
will be presented at the Wardman PARK
Theater on Thursday and Friday eve
nings. January 26 and AZ, by the Wash
ington Drama Guild as its second pro-
duction of this season. The director for
this production is Constance Connor
Brown of the George Washington Uni
versity Included in the cast are: Caro-
line Mckinley as Countess Lima, Denis
Connell as Count Albert. Grace Peters
Johnson as the Princess Eugene Plata
Ettingen, Virginia Wilson as her daugh-
ter, Olympia, Princess Orsolini; Paul
Walter as Capt. Kovack, Murray Shee-
han as Col. Krehl and Frank E. jamie
son as Prince Plata -Ettingen.
The Middle watch originally
scheduled for Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. May l8, 10 and 20, directed
by Robert Halstead, will be the third
production Of the Drama Guild and
viii be presented on Thursday. Friday
and Saturday, March 16. II and IL.
He Who Gets Slapped" will be the
final presentation of the guild.
Evening star., 1933-01-15
Lombard and Oakiie in Lead.

CAROLE LOMBARD and Jack Oakie
~ will have the leads in Paramount's S
Prom Hell to Heaven" while featured
parts will be taken by Adrienne Ames,
David Manners, Verna Hillie, Shirley
Grey. Bradley Page. Cecil Cunningham,
Thomas z. jackson and Jimmy Eagles.
Erie Kenton will direct this adaptation
Of Lawrence Hazards play. Production
Is under way.
Evening star., 1933-01-15
Katharine Cornell's 5 Plans.
As previously announced, Katharin

~ . previously dIIIlOUNCtu, kdLHArInE
Cornell will present ALLEN Corn" a
new modern play by Sidney Howard, as
the second production of her season in
the Belasco Theater. New York City,
following "Lucrece," which Miss Cor
nell and her company now are acting in
that theater. Guthrie McClintic will
stage Allen Corn" which will open on
tour in February.
Evening star., 1933-01-15
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

BERNARD H. HALDANE is staging
- the one-act play. "Retribution," by
Aaron Goldman which is being pre-
sented Wednesday evening at $50
o'clock in the auditorium of the Jewish
Community Center This play has the
following cast: Nate Goldman, Frances
Levin. Philip Noates and Irwin Wallach.
Criticism of the production will follow
its presentation.
Evening star., 1933-01-15

washington q II q
a number of Spe-
cially invited guests
will be entertained
by the Black FriarS
Drama Guild.
An interesting
program has been
planned, the chief
feature Of which
will be q short lee
ture on the drama
by DR.. Arthur
Deering, professor
Of public speaking
and English at
Columbus Univer-
sity. Madeline Nc
Mahon, remember
ed in The Cling
~ty In
Evening star., 1933-01-15
UNIyERSALIST PLAYERS.
,HE ITNIVERSALIST PLAYERS are

busily engaged in preparation Of
Juliet Wilbur Tamkins' play once
There Was a Princess" which they viii
present in February at Perkins Hall
Sixteenth and S streets northwest
Alice Mahoney takes the lead part ol
Princess Ellen Dellctirc end Richard
Matson will play opposite her as Phi
Lennox. Miriam Uppercue is business
manager. The play is being coached
by Francis Kicker.
Evening star., 1933-01-15

fer a number of impsrsonations, SsnO-
rita RoSalmira Colomo will sing and
Joseph ODonnell will also be featured
ON the program.
Discussion of plans for the guilds
future viii take place after the formal
meeting.
Evening star., 1933-01-15
PIERCE HALL PLAYERS.

TRYOUTS for parts in the next pro-
duction of the Pierce Hall Players
to take place the latter part of March,
will be held in Pierce Hall, Fifteenth
and Harvard streets, on next Thursday
Evening star., 1933-01-15
GoNZAGA PLAYERS.

0CAMSON'S HONEYMOON" is being
~ given on Monday, January %, at
the Gonzaga Theater en- / street
northwest. The cast includes Gather
inc Quill, Claire Alice Dunn, Rita Sui
livan, Helen Farley, Edna McGivern,
Mary Shellinberger, Agnes F22ley,
Evelyn Carroll, Thomas B. ODon-
nell, Paul Murphy, Robert Adams and
MI. Gowan.
The play is under the direction Of
Helen j. Collins
Evening star., 1933-01-15

.CR the new program commencing
L. FRIDAY at Warner Bros. Earle
fheater. Employees Entrance"
Il Warner Bros newest romance
drama, will be the screen attrae-
ion, with Loretta Young, Alice White
md Wallace Ford in the featured roles
Evening star., 1933-01-15
BLACK FRIARs ENTERTAIN.

ON Monday evening at the Sears,
Roebuck & Co. Art Galleries, 1lo6
connecticut avenue northwest, the
heads OF amateur dramatic societies in
Evening star., 1933-01-15
Washington's S Players
----------
What Various Dramatic Organisations Are Doing
and Propose to Do.

and Friday evenings. The title Of the
play viii be announced at the tryouts.
Mr.. Paul Alexander will oe the director
of the play and chairman of the Cast
ing Committee.
Evening star., 1933-01-15
DANCING.

feyton Penn studio. I745 v NV. Met. 1850
Instruction in modern ball room Ssncins.
~y.vete or class, Saturday evening dance.
Pref. q Mrs. Achsr-Studie, 1877 10th %.
NV. Class and dancing Mon. a Fri, 70
IL 80 p.m., with orchestra. Private lessons
by appointment. Met. 4lso Est. lS0oa
Miss Girsrdeau LEEare, s3I 18th ST. NV.
Met 2k11. Private lessons in ball room
dancing; 8 lessons, s5. Practice class Wed.
~
Evening star., 1933-01-15

" FCrIyw00D pictreas o
1 war afar all %
4 the Wynyard and Lewis Stone
May Reesor STyn
The producers news., 1933-02-01

hand. The roots must be kept moist.
Never expose them needlessly to the
sun or wind. Some trees and shrubs
otherwise very hardy are killed if the
roots are thus exposed even for a
few minutes. If planting must be
delayed any length of time the best
plan is to heel in the trees in a cool
shady place. Dig a trench with
sloping sides and place the trees in
this side by side with the roots down
deep enough so that they are well
covered and if a part or all of the
tops are covered so much the better
The heeled in trees should be far
enough apart 50 they can later be re-
moved, one at a time, without dis
tUTbing the others. Fill the trench
with soil and if it is at all dry, wat
err generously so that the earth packs
in among the roots. When ready to
plant remove the trees from the
trench taking just enough so they
can be set in a bucket of water or
the roots kept moist in some other
way till each tree is set in the hole
made ready for it.
The tree should be set just trifle
deeper than it grew before. IF one
plants much deeper the tree is weak
ened and may eventually die. A part
of the hole should be filled with
soil well worked in among the roots.
This should be we'll packed then the
rest of the hole should be filled,
working the soil around the roots as
carefully as before, taking pains also
to keep the side roots in their ma
tural, somewhat horizontal position.
When the hole is full pack the soil
firmly, tramping it as hard as pos
sible with the feet, being careful not
to step close to the stem of the tree
as that might break some of the
roots off. TT the soil is moist, draw
some loose earth or litter over the
packed surface, prune off from one
third to one half of the trees top
and leave it. IF the soil in which
you plant is dry, then water liber-
ally, with soft water, after firming,
and put on the mulch after the water
has soaked away, or a quantity of
water may be poured into the hole
and allowed to soak away before the
tree is planted
The producers news., 1933-02-01

and provided further that pure soft
water is used. Early i'm August cul-
tivatiOn or further watering should
cease. From this time on the tree
should be maturing it's wood so that
it may pass unharmed through the
winter. The crop of weeds which
is likely to come at this time may
not please the eye but is more help
full than harmful to the trees. 1t
assists in checking the trees late
growth and in winter tends to dimin-
ish the thawing and consequent
freezing of the ground.
The producers news., 1933-02-01
CULTIVATION

Planting should be followed by
cultivation at intervals frequent
enough to keen down the weeds and
keep the surface loose to conserve
the moisture. Tn ordinary seasons no
other caro- IS likely to he needed, but
in case of protracted DROUGHT newly
set trees would be benefited by
watering if the water is applied SO
that it reaches the roots and is not
merely poured on top of the ground,
The producers news., 1933-02-01
HARDY VARIETIES

HARDY VARIETIES
The trees which have been thus
prepared for, planted and
cared for, would still fail to produce
desirable results if varieties hardy
in our climate had not been chosen.
1t is a self evident fact that no har-
dier varieties can be found than
those native to our own county
These are quite numerous. We have
the Cottonwood, Balm of Gilead, Ma
tive Poplar, or Quivering Aspen,
Elm, Ash, BOxelder and Willow of
the larger trees. Of the smaller
trees and shrubs we have Choke
Cherries, Pin Cherries, Buffalo Ber-
ries, June Berries, Hawthorn, Dog
wood, Silver Berries, Raspberries,
Gooseberries, Currantis of several va
reties, an Evergreen Juniper Bush
and Roses. We have also the Vir-
ginia Creeper or Woodbine and a
creeping evergreen known locally as
the Creeping Cedar. With these ma
tive varieties most of us are familiar
and a description here is unneces-
sary.
Imagine the pleasing results that
could be be obtained by using the
larger native trees for shade and
shelterbelt or windbreak and the
shrubs for hedges or ornamental
group paintings. Choke Cherries,
Pin Cherries, Buffalo Berries, tall
June, Hawthorn and Flowering cur
rants all make beautiful hedges or
groups, and all produce valuable
fruit. The Silver Berry with its
silver colored leaves and intensely
fragrant blossoms and the DOgwoOd
with it's conspicuously red bark can
be used effectively as Onamentals.
The Virginia Creeper is a rapid grow
er and makes an effective showing
where a vine is desired.
Many trees other than natives are
advertised by nurserymen as good
for the northwest. Some of these we
have tried out here and can give a
report on results. The Norway Pop
lar has done well here the past eight
years but other growers in the coun-
ty say theirs have died after grow
ing a few years. The Northwest or
Canadian Poplar is native of cen
trail North Dakota and of Manitoba
and should do well here. tt has done
we'll in the three years we have had
it. The Ginnala or .Amur Maple is
described as a very hardy small ma
pie from Siberia. 1t has been hardy
here the past three years since it was
planted. The Wild Black Cherry
(Prunus Serotina) planted three
years ago, is doing fairly well. This
tree is a native of Minnesota anc
grows quite large. The wood is hard
Blossoms and fruit resemble Choke
Cherries. The Siberian Pea Tree
(Caragana Arborescens) has done
well here and wherever grown in tht
county. There is no question abou
it's hardness. Tt is especially valu
able as a hedge plant. Three vii
lows, the Golden Russian, the Laur
el Leaved and the White range il
age from six to ten years. All ar
doing well. Red Oaks and Whit