Evening star., 1933-07-06
Salty Fare. Whimsies
and Stern War Share
Cinema Field.
POPULAR TEAMS
ON THE SCREEN
Stage Shows to Contribute
to Pleasure of Local
Theatergoers.
BY Z. DE S. MELCHER.

(Which, incidentally, begin to-
day. to the grim spectacle Of
the late war, to the earthly whimsies OF
Jean Harlow and Clark Gable-who
may be seen in and out Of that bath tub
in Hold Your Man." which is being
held over for a second week. Keith's
Is doing much to promote the success
of Bed of Roses" the new Bennett
saga; Forgotten Men" is the stern and
bitter war picture which begins run
at the Metropolitan tomorrow; and the
Palace is playing host to the playful
Harlow-Gable team-and Shatterlng all
kinds of warm weather attendance In
the doing Of it.
The only new film, other than these,
Is the Dresser story, Jennie Gerhardt,"
which brings the soft-eyed Sylvia Sid
ney back to the screen. Sidney fans
are looking forward to this with GOOD
deal Of interest. inasmuch as this ca
pable young actress has not been seen
around and about since she did SAD,
sad yarn, Pickup" for Palace patrons,
and prior to that the unbelievably ter
rible Madame Butterfy"-in which
theme song was erpolated-1ust be-
cause. we suppose. the producers thought
that composer Puccini hadn't done q
rood enough job. Miss Sidney. whose
career was a July celebration for
time, has been curiously let down OF
late. If Jennie Gerhardt" picks ner
I'D, there may be hope-but II not, sne
may possibly 60 the way OF al! pola
Necris. Norma Talmadges, Lillian
Gishes and such like.
The following is the complete Nst oi
x.Io,,, opJ fornorrNW'S film fare:
"Bed of Roses" (Keith's)-The much
heralded Constance Bennett film, which
includes In its cast popular Joel NC
Crea. who, next to Gable, is said TO pe
the lady film shoppers delight these
days. Others in the film are Pert kelton
(one-time Sunny" funny GRID, John
Halliday. Al actor, and Samuel Hmos,
whom we don't know at all.
Hold Your Man" Palace)-The sec
ond week of the Harlow-Gable lets-get-
married but t-Im-in-a-reformatory story
will start tomorrow: Patrons VIII IKE
the first part of this Anita Loos story
Thev NAV sleep. however, after two or
three reels. Even the fiery Jean almost
goes to sleep. An occasionally hot snow,
though, for hot weather.
"Jennie Gerhardt" (Earle)-The Para
mount version Of Theodore Dreisers
novel of the same name, with sylvia
Sidney and Donald Cook to bring it to
life. The cast includes Mary (where
have you been?) Astor, H. B. Warner
and Edward Arnold, who is popular with
Washingtonians. The stage show VIII
feature William and Joe Mandel, Ann
Pritchard, Rube Demarest and owe
Sibley. and Made and Ray.
Hold Me Tight" Ooew's Fox)-With
that Jimmie Dunn-Sally Eilers team In
one of those department store romances.
The cast includes Comedian Frank
McHugh Zone of the beSt). June Clyde
Kenneth Thc mpason and Noel Francis.
The stage show should be lively one,
what with Nan Halperin, Harry Savoy,
the Kitchen Pirates and the Norman
Thomas Quintet. Next Tuesday, too,
you will get the University OF Illinois
Glee Club for three days. And every
day of the week you get Phil Lampkin.
forgotten Men, (Metropolitan)-
have seen this, and it is brutal,
frightening, somewhat disjointed ac-
count Of the war BY far the most real
istic of all war films, it is splendid
propaganda for peace, as well as hor-
Vific reminder of the 19l4-19l8 upside
down world.
ITS Great to Be Alive"-A musical
film coming to the Columbia Monday.
Until then the O'Neill play, now called
THE Constant Woman" Is holding
forth at this theater.
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HOLLYWOOD isn't the only film
4 mecca these days. The Astoria
studios, just across the river from
Manhattan, are buzzing with activity.
There you will find jungle setting full
of palms and cacti and singer Paul
Robson wandering around as O'NeilPs
famed Emperor Jones'" The filming
Of this twentieth century classic Is at
tracing much attention-flrst because
of the story itself; second. because OF
to be considerably, and, third. because
the only white man in the cast IS that
popular actor, Dudley Digges, whom
Washingtonians are as fond Of as the
rest Of the country. Mr.. Robson, In
cidentally, Cancelled a European con-
cert tour to play in this film.
XX7HAT various Washington theatri-
wv calities are doing these days:
Charlotte (Clifford Brooke student)
Mayo is preparing to make her nlm
debut in some shorts those
beer shorts"
Maxine Doyle is in Detroit-she
writes. coming back via Hollywood
Whatever Jnat means.
Louise Harrison Gwynn, after near
film splash with Paramount, is wonder
ing II she should really get serious
shout stock
carter Goew Napoleon) Barron is
contemplating an August Capital
Capers Revue" which will be strictly
local
william warner press generaD
Ewing is preparing to trot OH on his
vacation tomorrow.
Clifford Brooke shuff1es on to Buffalo
this week end.
about a garden varieties" it will stage
the night of July 13, with Brooke Johns
acting as maestro of ceremonies.
Alfred Salmaggi "Aida"-without-
camels in the-ball- park-last-year i'm
pressario) is making more money than
he ever dreamed Of at the Eippodrome
in New York.
Donald Woods is the leading man
for the Glitch Gardens CO. IN Denver.
Maud Howell Smith is playing
Constance Collier role in local pro-
duction.
And Hardie Meakin has almost for.
gotten about that one ticket he SOLD
the other day at the window OF keitnS
box Office.
NEXT week you may see Lionel
~ Barrymore in THE Strangers
Return" at the Palace; Eddie Cantor IN
'Whoopee" at the Columbia this
should pack them in); the new Jimmie
Cagney film at the Earle. and Ann
Harding and william Powell in Double
Harness" at R-K-O Keith's. The latter
is the second in the R-K-O MIDSUMMER
festival being staged during this month
at Keith's Theater.
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T Asst minute news:
IL Word comes from Lou Brown
that last seasons Broadway success, the
italian "Teatro die Piccol," which
shrewd theater patrons enjoyed at the
National a few months ago, will come
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