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The Washington times., 1933-03-29
Anti-Hitler Feeling

Says the Motion Picture Daily:
Anti-Hitle rite demonstrations
in theaters showing newSreel
shots of Nazi activities in Ger
many have been responsible for
elimination of German news
clips by Universal Newsreel, and
those of other reels by numerous
individual theaters playing them.
Current anti-Hitlerite sentiment
is also seen as adversely affect
ing bookings of German pictures
in metropolitan theaters where
patronage is predominantly Jew
ish.
Although Universal is the only
newSreel which has eliminated
Nazi clips from national release
thus far, discussions are slated
which may result in their elimi
nation by Paramount, Pathe, Fox
Movietone and Hearst Metrotone,
it was reported.
LoeW's theaters in the metro
politan area have eliminated the
clips to avoid demonstrations, &C
cording to David M. LoeW. Book
ingS of German pictures into
these houses is not likely for the
time being, he said.
The Washington times., 1933-03-29
Cant See Hollywood

Mr.. Cohan's regard for Holly
wood is not very high. In fact
he cares for the movies and all
their works so little he has never
seen "The Phantom President" in
which he starred for Paramount.
OF course, he saw some of the
"rushes," but never once has he
been in theater where the fin
tshed product was shown.
asked him why he had never
sold Gambling" to the movies.
It struck me as the one Cohan
play which was perfect for the
sound pictures. Playwright Cohan
said he has received offers from
every movie company in the busi-
ness for this melodrama but had
rejected them all. Back in his
mind is desire to make the pic
ture himself and he sees no par.
ticular reason why he should
have to go to Hollywood to do it.
Mr.. Cohan thinks the logical
place for movie production is the
East where the supply of actors
is unlimited and casting is less of
O problem.
All this antipathy to Hollywood
methods can be traced to resent
ment against the way writer's are
treated. He figures a playwright'S
brain child is mistreated and too
often ruined by the expert" han
ding of the studio rewrites.
Parker, the role which George
The Washington times., 1933-03-29
Chosen as Best

President Roosevelt personally
picked John Charles Thomas as
the singer he would like to hear at
the National Press Club anniver-
Sary show tonight. He wanted to
hear "Old Man River" and the
Rangers song from "Rio Rita"
again as Thomas sang them at
the White House correspondents
dinner.
The White House correspondents
asked to nominate another fa-
vorite singer for the show selected
Morton Downey.
Downey. who comes to the Earle
Theater Friday, has just turned
down an offer to star again in
the movies. He told the produ-
GERS bluntly he was not good
enough actor to carry a picture.
He will confine his screen activi-
ties to shorts where his voice is
featured and he has good assist
ance from other actors. Vaude-
vile work is scarce for high
Salaried acts in America so the
Irish tenor has accepted a six
weeks contract to sing in Paris
and London, opening in May.
The Washington times., 1933-03-29
Pitiful Creatures

And Lord, what pitiful crear
lures those men were. One
with one leg; another sightless.
One with a face that was half
worn away with disease; an
other who held his spears close
to him with a stump of an arm.
All ragged, unkempt and filthy.
And all dressed as nature so
r1kindly made them, with
their only covering a dirty bit
of cloth that hung vaguely
around the middle.
I was unable to stand very
much of that, so I chartered
an ancient machine and told
Tee owner to drive me around
the town. He knew practically
the same words in French as
I did. So-with the excep-
ton of the price-we had
little difficulty in getting along.
Incidentally, the natives on the
outskirts of Djibouti are not
particularly accustomed to au-
tomobiles as they leap with
anxiety whenever one of the
century plants wheezeS by.
There is nothing to see in
Djibouti, and even less to de-
scribe. Practically none of the
streets are paved and you don't
know half the time whether
you're in an automobile or on
a scenic railway. We did have
a bit of excitement in the camel
market when the driver went
too close to a nervous camel.
The owner of that particular
camel let out a yell that must
have been heard in Brooklyn.
Accompanied by some 10 other
camel sellers, he made a rush
for our machine. But my driver
was evidently experienced in
such matters. He stopped his
car with a jerk, grabbed a
The Washington times., 1933-03-29
Downey Admits
He Lacks Spark

Here's an admission and from
a radio star, too: Morton
Downey, who comes to the Earle
Theater ''in the flesh" starting
! iday, March 81, frankly ad-
mits that he lacks that certain
spark which is the chief asset
of all cinema lovers.
Even though Downey may
not be a second Clark Gable
(after a shrinkage of 80 pounds
since in last appearance in the
Capital City, he did star in a
trio of feature-length talkies
some four years ago, and it
was il one of these Lucky in
Love" in which he sang a love
song to Barbara Bennett (Mrs.
Morton Downey) and they're
still happily married and the
Troud parents of a four-month
Morton Junior. and an adopted
son Michael almost three years
of age.
Downey is as keenly inter-
ested in the "talkies" as in his
st"ge and radio work, and last
week in New York city COM
pleted his fourth featurette for
Universal release. The pro-
ducers. Bill Rowland and Monte
Brice, have an option on his
services to be featured in a
forthcoming full-length radio
story, in which Downey insists
OH just singing and perhaps
playing a minor role, refusing
to be starred and insisting that
the romantic leads being given
: a young team of players.
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

>. A. VINO solves N'A"1N 4"""hE1
the nations problems. On the
supplementary program will be
selected short subjects and the
latest issue of the Hearst-Metro
ton newsreel.
R-K-O-KEITH'S-"King Kong"
has been doing sensational bust
ness at R-K-O-Keith'S and will be
held over for a second week be-
ginning Friday. This super thrill.
er, which has the fantastic mon.
ster Kong running amuck in New
York. is a tribute to studio in,
genuity and novelty. The prin-
cipal players in the exciting story
are Fay Wray and Robert Arm
strong. On the supporting pro.
gram will be selected short sub
jects and the latest issue of the
Pathe neWsreel.
FOX-"Men Must Fight" a
Metro-GoldWyn picture with Diana
Wynyard, Lewis Stone and Phil
The Washington times., 1933-03-29
Too Much Tobasco

Assistant District Attorney
Michel Keogh went over to the
Fox Exchange and looked oveE
an independent picture, "The
Seventh Commandment" sched-
uled to be shown at the Strand
Theater with For Men Only
audiences.
It's a sociological feature on
the type of Damaged Goods
and the official verdict was that
some of it was too strong for
Ninth Street audiences The
medical phases were called o. K.
but a strip poker game was
ruled out. Deletions will be made
and the picture will be shown
later.
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

selected short subjects and the
latest issue of the Paramount
newsreel.
GAYETY-"Beer Brew Girls"
is the title of the new Empire
circuit burlesque show which
opens Sunday matinee. The cast
of principals includes Sammy
Spears, Irving Selig, Lew DeVine,
Mildred Adair. Margie Lee, Muir
ray Briscoe, Gladys Mccormack,
Harry Cornell, Gertie Foreman,
Joan Lee, Really and Ray and
Gus Mcclure. A chorus of 18
girls will assist in presenting the
musical and dancing numbers.
EARLE-Morton Downey, the
Irish tenor of the radio, will be
the headline star of the new pro-
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

NATIONAL - John Golden's
production of when Ladies
Meet" will arrive at the National
next Monday night. 1t is pre-.
sented under the auspices of the
American Theater Society. In
the select cast for this Rachel
Crothers play are such we'll known
players as Freida Inescort, Wal
ter Abel, Spring Byington, Selena
Royale and Herbert Rawlinson.
There will be three matinees for
this engagement, the regular
Wednesday and Saturday after
noon performances with an extra
show on Friday.
RIALTO- Destination Un-
known" with a featured cast
which includes Pat O'Brien,
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Geo. M. Sees Geo. NJ, Jr.

George M. Cohan would like
to have George M, jr. become,
not an actor, but a baseball
player. So Daddy Cohan motcred
out to Georgetown Prep School
yesterday afternoon and watches
the kid play baseball. He's
catcher and out at Hilltop is
regarded as a first class varsity
backstop prospect. Actor George
dreams of the day when Junior
will be on the roster of the
Giants and he can go to the
Polo Grounds and say That's
my boy" when the bleacher;tes
cheer.
The Washington times., 1933-03-29
Broadways Of the World
By Mark HeIIinger

heavy crank handle and leaped
from the machine.
When they were about two
feet from him, my driver swung
the handle menacingly. The
rush stopped abruptly. A few
words were exchanged, and the
men walked slowly back to their
respective camels. My driver
tossed the crank handle back
in the car, and we started off
again.
They are dogs" he explained
to me in French.
I didn't see much difference
bet reen him and the rest of
them. But I didn't think it
would be diplomatic to tell
him so.
The women of Djibouti are
positively hideous. Burdened
with flat and unimpressive
faces to begin with, they smear
their kisserS with yellow
paint that makes them look like
so many of FrankenStein's Sis
ters. Inasmuck. as it was morn
ing, I didn't get the opportu-
nifty to see the girls when they
were really dressed up. They
probably switch from yellow
paint to green, and let it go
at that.
did see one or two men,
however, who were putting on
a bit of swank. They were very
evidently the fops Of the town.
They wore the same dirty pieces
of cloth as the rest of the
males-but the top of their
bushy hair was held together
by a clothespin that stood
straight up in the air. And.
brothers, were they proud!
There are a few decent
homes in Djibouti, owned, of
course, by the French gov
ernors of the town and the one
or two wealthy individuals who
control the destinies of the
single-track railroad that runs
into the interior of Abyssinia.
Live In HoveIs
But in the main, tie major.
ity of Djiboutians exist in mud
novels under conditions that
cannot be- worse anywhere in
the world. 1t is a brutal place
to visit-and a wonderful spot
from which to get away.
I would have enjoyed meet
ing an Abyssinian king, espe-
cially since the few passengers
who had met him were en-
thusiastic about the democratic
spirit the big shot had shown.
AS a matter Of fact, all the
stories have it that he was far
less nervous in the introduc-
tions than those whom he met.
For example, Walter Camp,
jr.-gentlemanly son of an illus
trious father-was sitting in
the smoking room of the boat
when the King passed through.
Walter had no coat on, and he
knew better than anyone else
that that was no way to greet
a lady-or a king. And there
stood not only the King, but
plenty of Abyssinian ladies to
boot. That last sentence doesn't
sound quite right, but we'll
have to let it go right now.
Walter tried to duck the in
PRODUCTION, but the King would
have none Of it. The captain
brought them together, and
the King murmured his greet
ing in perfect English. All this
made Mr.. Camp very nervous.
He grasped the Kings hand.
How are you. King?" he NUT
tered. And then, struck by a
sudden thought, he added:
How're tricks in Abys-
sinia?"
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

audiences just roar.
This unexpected audience re-
action Is not new. I remember
when that mystery comedy, THE
Gorilla" opened at the Belasco
performance. The play was ex'
pected to give everybody the
c-eeps but imagine the dismay
of the producers when some of
their best ideas inspired lnirth
and the evening was dominated
by laughs. The playwright took
the hint. He built up Mulligan
and Garrity as comedy char
acters and eventually the opus
evolved as a burlesque of the
mystery play. In its new guise
1.-THE Gorilla" made fortune
for all concerned.
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

the main screen
attraction be-
ginning n e X t
Monday. Mar
eel Varnel di-
rected and the
supporting cast
includes Victor
Jory. Elizabeth
P a t t e r SON -,
James Bell and
Edward Hohl.
Chester Morris
plays a comedy
role in this pic
ture. On the
supplemental r y
program will be
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

day. In this
dramatic yer.
sion of the ia
nous Biblical
story Charles
Laughton i S
seen as Nero,
Cludetts Col
bert as Mercia
a n d Frederic
March as Mar
Gus SuperbuS.
A cast of super
numaries mum.
bering 5000 is
utilized in the
big scenes, in
cllljinp the eX.
The Washington times., 1933-03-29
Janet to Sing Again

Janet Gaynor, who hasn't sung
in a film since her tremendous
success as a singer in Sunny
side Up" will do as much for
Adorable" in which she will be
heard in a duet with Henry
Carat, the international film
star. Wilhelm Dieterle is direcE
ing.
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

Tone featured,
comes as the
main screen at
traction begin
ming Fri d a y.
This sen S a.
tional picture
is made from
the famous best
seller novel and
presents some
of the most
exciting a n d
t h o u G h t f u |
drama about a
mythical PreSi-
dent of the U.
a
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

Halpn Bellanly
a n d B e t t y
Compson comes
as the main
screen attrac.
ton beginning
Saturday. I t
C o n C er MS IL
men and a girl
on a drifting
rum ship and
is said to be
packed with eX.
c i tt ng in l.
dents. In the
supporting cast
are Alan Hale,
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

prise to his
production su-
perviSors who
figured Kong
W ould a W e
folks rather
t h an inspire
outlaws. Blu t
since K on g
seems to have
a acquired a few
of the wrest-
ling tricks OF
Tim on d o S
and squares off
like a prize
fighter in tack.
linp hic foe
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

g r a m opening
F. ri d a y. The
screen offering
will be Warner
B roS.' W is e.
cracking m y S.
terry com e d y,
Girl Missing, ~
W i t h a ca S t
h e a d e d b y
Glenda Farrell,
M a ry Bria n
and Ben Lyon.
Others in the
stage show are
t h e r m a C S
with their Ha-
uono 1~oLoe&ro
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

Stanley Fields, Willard Robert
son, Tom Brown and Roolo Lloyd.
Selected short subjects and the
Universal News Reel will com
plete the program.
METROPOLITAN-Cecil B. De-
Miles "Sign Of the Cross" will
continue for a second week at
the Metropolitan, beginning Fri
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

lips Holmes fea-
tured, comes as
the main screen
attraction Fri,
day. It is an
absorbing story
a b ou t t h e
A m e rica Of
1910 and the
wars of the
future. Milton
Berle will head
the stage show
Other acts are
H arry Burns
and Helen Lock
wood, Corday
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

Vana orchestra, MARY BRIAN
Clark overture will complete the
Pettet and Douglas, Georges
Campo and Maxine Doyle. Sc
lected short subjects and Freddy
Clark overture will complete the
program.
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

WOONI NO4NoJ ~ S$%#% - E!3915s
and DeLucaS, DIANA VINEYARD
Owen McGivney and Bryant,
Rains and Young. A Phil Lamp
kin overture and latest issue of
the Fox Movietone news COM
pletes the program.
The Washington times., 1933-03-29
omas-Downey ey
Nominated as
the Best
By ANDREW p. KELLEY

That synthetic monster, king
Kong" at Keith'S, is providing as
much laughter for audiences as
he does thrills. It's a little sur
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

citing arena sequences. On the
supplementary program will be
selected shorts and the latest
issue of the Paramount Newsreel.
COLUMB IA-"Infernal Ma
chine" with Chester Morris and
Genevieve Tobin featured will be
The Washington times., 1933-03-29
By HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1898, King Features
SXnd ate Inc

HOLLYWOOD, CAL, March 20.
With a pilots fascination for a
story of the air, Clarence Brown
is out to draft Clark Gable as
well as John Barrymore for his
picture, Might Flight" which
goes into production in about 10
days.
A slender novel written by a
former pilot of the night mail
over the Andes, this story tells
the adventures of the men who
fly their planes $4,000 feet above
Sea-level, skimming over some Nf
the worlds greatest peaks to
land the mail pouches in Buenos
Ayes in time to make connections
with the European plane.
"The only man who has ever
written what a pilot feels in the
air." so Brown speaks of Antoine
De st. Exupery, author of the
volume.
Brown is keyed up to a pitch
I have seldom seen. He says
that Scenarist Oliver H. P. Gar
rett, has followed the book ex-
actly, and that the treatment
will be sensational-a drama in
which the principal characters,
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

ADOA1ND 111C .. y. hEO-
OIL U T E, INDIA-BOUND.
l had a definite experience
today. The boat anchored
off Djibouti, which is a
North African town in
French Somaliland. I spent
the morning there-and if
you think your existence is
pretty tough these days,
you want to spend a few
hours in Djibouti.
In all my life I Lave never
encountered such poverty,
such squalor, such misery
and such filthy human
beings. The air is hot. and
stuffy; almost unbearable.
The dust is choking. The
land is flat and barren and
parched. The huts are
mostly of mud and straw.
And the horrible, grotesque,
misshapen figures who
throw themselves in your
path every few steps be-
token the fact that lurking
everywhere is every known
disease, from syphilis to
leprosy.
Depressing Picture
Not a pretty picture, you'll
say. Very true-but the picture
is just as pretty as the town.
There are no words in our Ian
guage strong enough to give
you an authentic picture Of how
brutal the place really is.
The dock at Djibouti is per.
hapS 20 minutes from the boat
by tender, and you're not in
the tender more than a few
minutes when you get your first
glimpse of what this town has
in store for you. There, resting
on it's side in a shallow part of
the harbor, is the wreck of a
large boat that once sailed the
seas as a part of the French
marine.
1t caught fire one morning, as
so many French boats have a
habit of doing. It burned rap
idly and, when it became OBJ
vious that the boat could not
be saved, it was abandoned.
That happened seven years
ago-and nothing has been done
about it ever since. There it
rests, a menace to navigation
and-when you see it at low
tide-a chilling testimonial to
the spirit of a people who are
too apathetic to do anything
about it.
It is the spirit of all Djibouti.
In the square, because a big
ship was in port and because it
was supposed to contain many
spenders, the natives put on a
dance for us.
The dance, Of course, was
just a blind to draw the pas
sengers to one spot so that
the natives could dispose of
their wares. There were fifty
statesmen to each visitor, and
they descended upon you in
groups of twenty and thirty.
Before you knew what had
happened, you were surround
ed by a bowling mob of bushy.
haired men who kept thrust
ing spears and warlike objects
of every description in your
direction.
The Washington times., 1933-03-29

M. Cohan plays in Pigeons and
People," is the longest part ever
written. It surpasSes in words
that marathon character, Nina
Leeds. of O'Neill'S "Strange In
terlude." Cohan, who wrote the
part, committed it to memory in
two weeks.
The Washington times., 1933-03-29
John Barrymore May Team With
Clark Gable in Next Picture

even in the love story, never meet.
When Hollywood interiors are
shot. Brown plans to 60 to South
America and take a camera over
that perilous $50 air miles be-
tween Santiago and Mendoza,
Chile-a flight made in a dizzy
altitude where pilots have to wear
leather masks over their faces to
protect them against SO below
zero temperatures.
It is a flight where no ordinary
passengers are allowed.
The visit of George Bernard
Shaw to California recalls to Will
Rogers an amusing incident OF
several years ago.
Introduced to the author in
London, Will complimented him
on that famous movietone speech,
remarking that Winfield Sheehan
had instructed all Fox actors to
see the bit of film.
Fancy that" said Shaw; me
being used as a model for actors"
Then he turned to his secretary.
How much did we get for that?
Thirty pounds?" He shook his
head. "This will go down in his
tory as Shaw's most colossal
financial failure"
Hollywood Parade
There's challenge brewing
between Lillian Harvey and Gary
Cooper to test the speeds OF
their cars on Muroc Dry Lake. {.
If you can believe what you hear,
Mrs. Otto Matison, Jean HorSholt,
Capt. Peter Freuchen, have been
in communication with Douglas
Fairbanks, jr., about the suit
filed by their countryman, Jor-
gen Bietz. They offer Doug
sympathy and aid. . Here's some
thing new. A group of Para
mount exhibitors called the studio
and asked the time of Mae
Vests return. They want to
meet her with flowers. Reason is
"She Done Him Wrong" has
been a sensational box-office hit.
At one small local theater, which
customarily runs a double bill
and changes this three times a
week, Macs film ran alone for 9
days and did record business.
It will be Tahiti, the next time
Janet Gaynor gets away for a
trip. and, out in Culver City,
they had to move the M. G.. M.
Eskimos into a small bungalow
on a side street because the chill
dren have no sense of traffic.
They run in front of automobiles.
The Washington times., 1933-03-29
- - - STAGE AND SCREEN
"When Ladies Meet" Is Coming,
Hit Movies Held Over

PALACE-"Gabriel Over the
White House." with Walter Hus.
ton, Karen Morley and Franchot
Evening star., 1933-09-17

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Super Valspar goes on smoothly. dries
in i hours, and won't crack or peel
OF course. Super -Valspar costs few
cents more But it goes much, much
farther than ordinary products offered
to you as Just as good but cheaper.
Beware OF such misleading advice. Get
Super -Nlspar today,
Evening star., 1933-09-17

M artin Luther's
birthplace pays him
honor. Medieval cos
TUNES color the process
sion at Eisleben inaug-
ulating G er m a n y S
Jubilee celebration OF
the 45Oth anniversary
Of his birth.
Wide World Photos.