Evening star., 1933-06-29
Wide Range Is Covered
by Pictures In Down
town Theaters.
STAGE SHOWS ARE
WELL ABOVE AVERAGE
An Outline of Just What
Local Movie Patrons May
Expect for Next Week.
BY E. de S. MELCHER.

Y OCAL film fare, visible tomorrow
In WashingtonS theaters, in
cludes salty collection OF
rogues. rascals, bad men, good
men, heroes, heroines, and virtue
streVn in here and there between the
purpler moments. On this horizon
perhaps the most exciting announce
ment is that Jean Harlow. blond wrap
per-uueen, is being starred with ClarK
Gable In Hold Your Man, "nlcn
comes to the Palace. Most unusual
should be What Price Innocence at
R-K-O Keith's, inasmuch as Author
willard Mack not only authored it..
but directed it and is acting IN IT as
well. The stage show at the Earle IS
likely to be one of the better entertain.
merlts of this sort, being July Frollc
In which the Gertrude Holman laoles
will trip a light and giddy fantastic
fGertrude Hoffman arrived in WaShng-
ton Yesterday to prepare her dancers
for their paces) At the Fox there Is
much interest In the new Loretta
Young -Franchot Tone team, which does
splendid service in a nice little
drama called Midnight Mary; and
# you haven't been to the Metropolitan
YOU will find the popular "Gold Diggers
holding forth there in an alI-tune
record smash hit-Which threatens 10
10 on and on forever.
More specifically, attractions Tor the
following week and their virtues may
be listed as follows:
IOEWS Midnight Mary"
drama of the not-too-p polite underWorld.
In which a lovely lady finds herSen
hooked to a mean fate which she Is
not able to get away from until lone
boosts her into the social reglster-Vla
"lof." A well acted piece with an ex-
cellent cast that includes Loretta
Young, Tone, Ricardo Cortez, Andy
Devine, Una Merkel g pounds too
heavy) and Warren Hymer. The stage
show includes father and son Rooney,
Joe Morris and Co., Medley and Dupree,
and Paul Remos and his mdgets.
There is, too, Phil Lampkln overture.
R-K-O KEITH'S-"What Price In
nocence," which is said to be liberal
discussion on youth and its many PROD
lens, handled with skill by Author Will
isrd Mack. and acted to the queens
taste by a cast which includes Jean
Parker (remember her in ''Rasputln -,
Ben Alexander, Minna Gombel and
BRYANT Washburn. AS an added fea-
ture, Manager Hardie Meakin is pre-
senting The Giesha Girl" which Is
played by japanese cast.
WARMERS EARLE-'Jul Frolc" on
the stage, mentioned above, 75-mnute
stage show headed by large. round,
pleasant comedian Johnny Perkins and
Including l8 nimble Gertrude Hoffman
sirls: Ruth Petty, Arnaut Brothers and
Tommy and Betty Wonder. And
screen attraction, "Heroes for Sale" in
which Richard Barthelrness is starred,
and in which this departments IA
vorite, Aline MacMahon, has big, rat
role: as also Gordon Westcott, Berton
Churchill Charles Grapewin and
others. Also on the Earle program Is
Q Bobby Jones golf short. Hip Action
q Graham McNamee news reel ana
an orchestral prelude.
PALACE-"Hold Your Man" orlgl-
nallv called BLACK Orange Blossoms,
something for the multiple and per.
suasive powers Of Jean Harlow and
Clark Gable-something which the
public hopes will be akin to Red Dust
and something which bodies well Tor
the coming weeks carriage trade: The
cast also includes Stuart Erwin. Murlel
Kirkland, Dorothy Burgess and Eliza
beth Patterson.
METROPOLITAN" Diggers OF
1874" This YOU have probably seen
once or twice or thrice. You know the
plot-and you know the music. You
Know that Aline MacMahon steals the
show; that Ruby Keeler has the best
smile in pictures; that Dick Powell and
Joan Blondell are in 1t. That it ends
on an off note with that Forgotten
Man" number. But that, all in all, 1t Is
Ane of the most satisfying OF the mu-
alcals.
COLUMBIA-If you wait until Mon
dav YOU will see O'Neill'S The Constant
Woman" at this theater. But If you
can't wait this lorg you may. DROP, IN
now and see Sunset Pass which Is a
Western with all the Western trimmings
that you like and expect.
RACKSTAGE yesterday at Loew's Fox
- there was excitement. Some one
had pressed the wrong button. In
stead of the orchestra rising from the
pit. the middle of the stage (Which
can be lowered or raised) did a sud
den ascent. This was too bad-be-
cause on this stage Art Landry's best
musical instruments were lying about.
With the result that when the stage
suddenly swooped into the air, the
musical instruments were scattered to
the four winds-bruiSing them severely,
and in one case reducing valuable
saxophone to pulp. Now one OF the
It is said that the tympanum Is too
mutilated to be played. Lawyers on
both sides of the fence have been called
in 10 see what can be done.
N7ASHINGTONIAN will be inter-
wv ested in the screen version of
Goodbye Again" which will be ready
for release the middle Of July. This
play which the National Theater Play
ers did so we'll with this season, has
been screened by Warner Bros, with
Joan Blondell. Warren William and
Genevieve Tobin in the leading roles.
D UTH Chatterton's next film will not
IN be THE House on 56th Street."
as previously announced. Instead she
will be seen in Female" which is the
most recent Of Donald Henderson
Clarke's many novels
*
CEEN yesterday-Hardie (R-K-O)
~ Meakin, Carter GoeW) Barron and
Frank CWarner Bros) La Falce in front
OF the Occidental. after having partaken
Of that weekly repast-at which they
all agree that their respective theaters
are doing better than they ever have
beforerahem!
The Warner Bros. will not present
fleets of visiting stars this season.
Reason: The stars are all working out
on the Coast and no one can be spared.
This Is too bad. They were nice to
look at and nice to talk to-even if they
didn't have much to say on the stage.
The Belasco Is being looked into these