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The Washington times., 1933-02-07

ophy addressed ANDREW X. KELLEY
to a prize Hampshire boar called
Blue Boy and the quaint wisdom
uttered by the cowboy makes the
role laugh gem. Janet Gaynor
really acts instead of trying to
be coyly sentimental and there
are first-class performances by
Sally Eilers, Lew Ayres, Norman
Foster. Louise Dresser and Frank
Craven. You can see it has
great acting cast.
"State Fair" was written by
Phil Stong just after he joined
the army of unemployed. He
was radio editor of the departed
New York World and lost out in
the World Telegram merger. Then
his book became a best seller and
Hollywood made it a great year
by buying the movie rights. Fox
gave him twelve weeks contract
at $500 a week to advise and
supervise the making of his story.
That was more money than
Author Stong ever had in one
lump before. Estate Fair" being
definitely bracketed a hit pic
ture, Mr.. Stong is lingering a
number of choice offers for fur
ther fiction.
The Washington times., 1933-02-07
SaImaggi to Give
Carmen Feb. II

For it's second gala performance
in this city at Washington Audi
torium, Sunday night, February
II, at $50, the Chicago Opera
Company will present Bizet's Car
men" grand opera in four acts,
with a cast Of principals including
PaSquale Amato, Giuseppe Rada-
elli, and Rosita Fordieri.
The great role of EScamillo, the
toreador, will be sung by Pasquale
AmatO; that of the unhappy Don
Jose, by Giuseppe Radaelli. The
role of Micaela will be sung by
Ethel Fox. the young American
lyric soprano. Zunica will be sung
by Nino RuiSi.
The cast includes, also, Fran
cesco Curci, Eugenio Prosperoni,
EMO Reali, Elizabeth Krisler, and
Bernice Schalker. Gabrielle Sine
oni will conduct. The chorus and
orchestra will both come down
from New York city for Carmen" !"
The Washington times., 1933-02-07
Ere d Heating Is
Excellent As
Leading Man
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY


Tallulah Bankhead's return 10
the footlights after a spotty caree
as a screen celebrity was markc9
at the National Theater las;
night in a new comedy, ''ForSak
ing All Others" produced under
the aegis of Arch Selwyn.
At one time in its travels IN
search of a producer the opus
was called There Was l." This
title was probably dropped as too
revealing and reminiscent Of VeSta
Victoria's mournful lyric, There
Was I Waiting at the Church" !"
Left at Church
For the new Bankhead play is
about a girl. an ultra modern ano
glib sophisticate, who was Tilted
in her becoming white bridal garb
just as the organist was playing
the Mendellsohn march. A sud-
den romantic impulse of the
groom-to-be who thought it a
splendid idea at the time. That's
act one.
Acts two and three are con.
cerned with Mary Clay's re-
pressed desire to repay her in
considerate Romeo, to even with
the love snatching wife, and in
finding the right man on whom
to bestow her desirable affections.
1t turns out to be Fred Keating,
(Yes, the magician, but without
his canary and 1 am glad there
was no hocus pocus about it for
I suspected him from the middle
of the first act.
This is sketchy outline of a
rambling play that has some real
moments of gay banter, some
dramatic situations that are preg-
nant with possibilities left under
nourished by the playwright, some
stretches wherein the dialogue is
neither brittle or bright enough
to forestall restlesSneSS.
Flavored with Speakeasy humorS,
the incidentals characters are in
some cases grossly underwritten,
notably the Mary Duncan role, the
slightly passe Spinster Of Cora
Witherspoon and an engaging dis
ciple of the Beethoven art who
never gets congenially niched into
the plot.
Rich PotentialitieS
AS matter of fact the second
act of ''Forsaking All Others"
conceives two moments of such
rich potentialitieS it seemed a
pity they must sputter and die
without providing the expected
thrills. They we're: /. When the
runaway bridegroom returns next
day to tell the Tilted Mary why
he gave her such a shabby deal.
Here was a finely built-up supense
completely wasted by a combina-
ton of weasel words and feeble
acting by an actor who was
frankly not up to it. 2. When
the Tilted Mary meets twice in
speakeasy the girl who stole her
man you expect something real
to happen. There are, of course,
some fireworks, but the balloon
fails to go up, if you know what
I mean.
Tallulah Bankhead as Mary
Clay C'The Forgotten Woman~
is a glamorous creature, so as
sured and breezy in her dealings
with susceptible males it leaves
you stunned she could be so
The Washington times., 1933-02-07
Everybody Agrees

The guide repeated my words
to the two men. They looked at
one another, and the vice presi-
dent nodded. They spoke to
the guide. The guide nodded.
Everybody nodded. 1 nodded,
too. Why not?
They say" whispered the in
terpreter, that you are right.
You have made a bold and
successful stroke. They are
going to give you permission to
take the money from the cOun-
try-in travellers checks"
In Travellers checks! Sore as
I was, 1 had to grin to my
self. Travellers checks were
okay with me because that, at
least, meant that l could get
out of the country. But it also
meant that the American money
was staying right there in
Hungary. They weren't letting
me get out with that by any
matter of means.
could write on for plenty of
columns to tell you what hap
pened after that-but I'm near
ing the end of my space. So
1 will merely state that, even
though all banks were closed,
was able to get my travellers
checks without any trouble.
When you are able to pay for
service, it's surprising how
accommodating these foreign
banks are.
There isn't much more. I
boarded this train, clutching two
precious documents close to me.
One contained my travellers
checks. And the other, even
more important, gave me per-
mission to take the checks from
the country. When I handed
the latter document to the
customs officials, I was to be
safe at last.
AS I told you in the opening
of this story, the Hungarian
customs are far behind. I still
have my precious document
which I shall never need. After
all my trouble. they never even
paid me a visit!
The Washington times., 1933-02-07
Broadway Is Hit

Broadway is in a death struggle
with Sixth Avenue with the movie
audiences as the main prize. Up
to date Radio City is diverting
about $150,OOO a week from the
Main Stem. LoeWS, Inc, right
in the middle of the battle, has
leased the ziegfeld Theater, will
go after the Sixth Avenue trade
with -Goldwyn product. It
expects to grab, too, some of the
Radio City overflow, if any.
The Paramount, Capitol, Strand,
Wintergarden, Rivo1i and Rialto
have been hit hardest by Radio
City. The old Roxy has cut to
25 and 35 cents to meet the new
opposition. The Paramount re-
duces its prices to so cents next
week.
Millicent Hanley will take over
Mary Duncan's role in "ForSak-
ing All Others" tomorrow or
Thursday night. Miss Duncan
leaves the Bankhead play to re-
turn to pictures with M.-C.-M.
The Washington times., 1933-02-07
.ROADWAYS
OF The WORLD
By Mark HeIIinger

ABOARD THE BUDAPEST-ATHENS EXPRESS-1ts
o'clock in the morning and high time was in bed. But
the events that took place during the day that ended with
the boarding of this train ridiculous that I'd like to
set them down before turn in. in Jugoslovakia
and the Hungarian customs officials far behind. SO
imagine that my story be told without trouble of kind
AS have written BEFORE all moneys must be declared upon
entering any nation in central Europe. If they aren't
you the risk of having all your dough onfscaed when
you examined upon leaving the border That the law
OF these countries and there's nothing you do about
you into trouble Declare your money and you re all
right Don't declare it-and look out.
The Washington times., 1933-02-07
Late Stage News
From Broadway

NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Helen
Flint, last seen here in "The
House Beautiful" has been en-
gagged for the only female role in
the "Hangman's Whip" which is
scheduled to arrive on Broadway
the evening of February %.
Francis Lederer, now appearing
in Autumn CrocuS." has accepted
an invitation to select, and pos
sibly to direct and act in, a play
which will be presented this sum-
mer at the Chicago Worlds Fair
in connection with the exhibition
of Czechoslovakia, Mr.. Lederer's
native land.
Ian Keit will have prominent
role in "Hangman's Whip" by
Norman Reilly Raine and Frank
Butler. Already engaged for the
piece is Montagu Love. Rehearsals
begin next week under the spon-
sorship of George Kondolf and
Merlin Taylor in association with
William A. Brady, jr. The play
will be offered here late next
month.
A "$2 top" will be charged for
tickets to the evening perform
ances of 'The Sophisticates" fol-
lowing its opening night next
Monday, February 13, at the
Bijou Theater. The play is be-
ing produced by Shepard Traube
with a cast which includes Helen
Brooks and Ben Lakeland.
Elizabeth Miele took "Trovarsi," :"
a new Pirandello script, with her
when she sailed for Bermuda last
week and will make an adapta-
ton of it for j. J. Shubert. Last
season. she adapted another
drama by the italian playwright,
"The New Colony" which is still
on the Shubert production list.
Miss Miele plans two productions
under her own name here in the
spring. One is a drama Dy
Jessica Ball titled Strange
Gods" and the other is one of
her own, Diversion"
The Washington times., 1933-02-07
No Money in Bank

Slow? Ye gods, it was terrible!
They had nothing like $4,000 in
American money in that bank
and they had to send around
town to get it. And the bad
feature was that I had to be
at another bank before IL
O'Clock in order to get permis-
sion to take it out of the coun-
try. 1t was money, you see,
that hadn't been declared on
the way in.
At IA minutes to 12-on the
nose-I finally got my money.
Three clerks had checked every
denomination and when they
eventually showed it over to me,
/ almost fell over. The pile was
larger than Cameras feet. There
were few big bills; most of them
being ones, twos and fives. But
they all spelled dough. So I
grabbed the bills and ran. I
had to be at the other bank
before it closed.
Sound incredible? Had I done
anything wrong? Why did I
have to get permission to take
from the country what had just
been sent in? What was the
whole thing about?
You're asking me E.
The interpreter looked at his
Watch-and then at me.
I'VE will just about make the
other bank before it closes" he
asserted calmly, land I would
like very much to urge you to
let me do all the talking. You
are inclined to be trifle nerv-
GUS, sir. and that breeds suspi-
cion over here. I will get you
permission to take your money
out, sir. But let me urge you
again to let me handle every
thing"
1 told him to go to it. What
else could 1 do?
The Guide Explains
At six minutes to twelve we
were in the proper place. The
guide explained my needs to
a solemn gentleman with short
hair and a long coat. He told
us to go upstairs and see an
The Washington times., 1933-02-07
New York Critics Here

Quite a delegation of New York
columnists and picture critics
came down last night for the
Tallulah Bankhead premiere, the
Alabama Washington London
Hollwwood-B Broadway star being a
favorite with the little Algonquin
group. Eddie Melcher had a
cracked ice and tall glass get
together before the first curtain
with Ward Morehouse. and John
S. Cohen, jr., of the Sun; Lucius
Beebe and Richard Watts, jr., of
the Herald Tribune, and Jean Dal-
rymple among those greeted by
the local intelligentS.
The Washington times., 1933-02-07
Will Rogers Is Funny As VaIe'
For a Prize-Winnins Hog

engagement of eight performances
at the Maryland Theater in
Baltimore next week. Selling out
is not such an epoch-making feat
even in Baltimore, but going clean
for a play which has yet to be
seen in a first performance is
something of record.
Mail orders for the Cornell
play came from as far south as
Nashville, with big delegation
coming down from Buffalo,
The Washington times., 1933-02-07
Kate's Big Wage

Kate Smith has outgrown the
salary limit for headline acts in
the Washington movie houses.
It's not what it used to be, mean
ing both the maximum star wage
and Kate's price for warbling
four times a day, five on Satur-
days and Sundays.
Washington friends of Harriet
Hoctor will tender the ballerina
a party this afternoon at the
Bekefi Institute of Music and
Dance, 204O S st. The reception
is listed for 4:45 p. m. or the
interim between the late matinee
and first evening shows at the
Earle Theater.
The Washington times., 1933-02-07
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

On Sunday night the Fox was
host for a preview party at which
Estate Fair" was the main screen
attro oction.
Estate Fair" is a pastoral ad
venture fashioned from the novel
The Washington times., 1933-02-07

Of Phil Stong.
It happens to
be a movie with
little plot or
suspense but an
abundance of
rural incident
that is quantity
humorous a n d
highly interest
ing. In fact
it's a bang-up
movie for any
audience.
In it you will
see the Will
Rogers philoS-
The Washington times., 1933-02-07

Radio Stars in Film
Bing Crosby and Burns and
Allen, of radio fame, all will be
in Hollywood early in February
for college Humor."
The Washington times., 1933-02-07

George Likes Blonde
George Raft, soon to appear
with Miriam Hopkins in THE
Story of Temple Drake" admits
his favorite color is blonde.
The Washington times., 1933-02-07
No Exaggerations

INO E<dSSeTdtlOnS
Keep those facts in mind as
I tell you the rest of this yarn.
And rest assured that l exag-
gerated no circumstances as
report it.
Yesterday afternoon, just as
/ was finishing my column,
was advised by cable that $4,000
had been sent to me in care of
a bank in Vienna. I was al
ready in Budapest and hated
the notion of travelling back to
get the money. So I phoned
the bank in question in Vienna
and asked them if the money
could be forwarded to Buda-
pest. They said it could-and
they gave me the name Of the
institution in which 1 would
find it in the morning.
So far, so good. At 10 o'clock
I presented myself at the proper
spot and bowed to any number
of officials. 1 had an inter
prefer with me, of course, and
through. him 1 stated my wishes.
I was leaving for Athens that
night. 1 said, and I would like
to get my money as quickly as
possible
The general manager, I was
told, would like to see me.
walked up two flights and he
saw me. He asked me how l
wanted my money. l told him
I wanted it in American dollars.
He held a whispered consul.
tation with his staff. They be-
gan to argue among themselves.
Fifteen minutes went by. He
turned to me.
1--WE will give it to you," he
said, 'but we must charge you
112 per cent in order to give it
to you in dollars"
What could I do? What
could anyone have done? Since
! was leaving that night. Hun
garian bills had little value to
me. SO I accepted the stiff
charge, plus the forwarding
expenses from Vienna to Buda-
pest, and told them to give me
my money.
The Washington times., 1933-02-07
Sings His Own Song

Maurice Chevalier will sing his
first originally-composed lullaby
in his next Paramount picture,
"A Bedtime Story" The lullaby
is Monsieur Baby"
The Washington times., 1933-02-07

other gentleman. We climbed
the stairs. The other gentle
man had long hair and short
coat. He listened carefully and
told us to go back to the first
gentleman. The matter was
not in his department.
BY this time, I was on the
verge of insanity. The guide
was begging me to be quiet, and
was all for taking a punch at
MIN for no good reason. A bell
rang suddenly. The bank was
closed.
At exactly twenty-five minutes
to one, the first man we had
seen-and one Of the vice-preSi-
dents of the bank-stood and
listened to my story. Both men
had their hats on and a watch
man was all ready to throw me
out bodily. I made one last,
desperate effort.
Tell these mugs" I cried,
clutching my interpreter by his
lapelS, that I am neither a
bum, convict nor a criminal.
All I want to do is leave the
country with my money. What's
wrong? What's the trouble?
What's it all about?"
"The trouble lies with the
other bank" he replied. These
gentlemen say they had no right
to give you any American
money. 1t is against the law
for you to have it."
But I've got it," I shrieked.
"It's in my pocket-and it's
mine. If they don't let me out
with it tonight, maybe I'll spec
ulate with it. Maybe I'll buy
half the country. Maybe I'll
hire an army. My God, I'm
liable to use it for almost every
tbinoI"
The Washington times., 1933-02-07
Franchot Tone Is
NewHoIIywood
Sensation
By HARRISON CARROLL
copyright, 1898. King Features
Syndicate Incl

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. New
est sensation in Hollywood is
young Franchot Tone, not so long
ago president of the Cornell ORA
matte Society and more lately of
Broadway.
On the strength of one picture.
Joan Crawford's To-day We Live" :"
Mr.. Tone is proclaimed a find,
and is assigned to portray the
hero of "Bombshell," a story about
Hollywood which has been so
kind to him.
Furthermore, he is to appear
opposite Jean Harlow, another
major star on the Metro-G Goldwyn.
Mayer lot.
This youthful leading man is
not new, however, to the business
of supporting prominent actresses,
was he not Lenore Ulric's vis-a-vis
in pagan Lady?"
Around the lot, Tone is a very
approachable young man with a
nice smile and a humorous CLINT
to his eye. He is a bachelor, lives
in a small beach cottage at Santa
Monica, and is fed and groomed
by a Korean house-boy.
He took Joan Crawford out
dancing one night with Doug
Jr's. full consent, and he's still
amazed at the amount of talk it
created.
But if you want to see him
really nervous, just call him the
taaur nnronat in The ninana ekV
The Washington times., 1933-02-07
Likes Kid Actors

Wesley Ruggles, who has been
assigned to direct college HUI
NOR" would rather work with
young, comparatively unknown
actors than with eSta blished stars.
The Washington times., 1933-02-07
Did You Knnw.

Did You Know:
That Director Irving Cummings
once worked as a bank clerk at
Forty-second Street and Fifth
Avenue?
The Washington times., 1933-02-07

Hollywood Parade
It looks very much now as If
Joan Crawford and Douglas
Fairbanks, jr., may not see each
other in New York. Due to
added scenes on her picture, she
can't leave here until week
from today. Doug Jr. must re-
port to Warmers on the 18th.
Their trains may pass each
other. Madge Evans, all dressed
in green, had lunch next to me
at M-G-M yesterday. I asked
her again about her reported en-
gagement to Tom Gallery. Says
she: when I'm ready to go back
to the stage, I may get married.
While I'm in pictures, never!"
Like you, I wondered "how
come" and she replied: Because
it is practically Impossible to stay
married in this business"
Does it strike you funny that
the Fox property department
heats ELISA Landi's uniforms to
comfortable temperature before
she puts them on every morning?
They are for "The Warriors Hus-
band" and are made chiefly of
metal Birthday greetings to
Ramon Novarro who'll be another
year older on Monday,
Evening star., 1933-11-15
PHlLATELlC CENTER
HERE IS PROPOSED
Fawcett Sketches Plan Before
Washington Branch of National
Association of Collectors.

A plan for great philatelic depart
ment to be developed from the present
Smithsonian Institution stamp exhibit
and to be housed IN the proposed eH-
tension of the National Museum, was
outlined last evening at meeting oil
the washington branch of the Society
of Philatelic Americans by James
Waldo Fawcett of The Star.
with the philatelic collection the
institution already has as nucleus.
Mr.. Fawcett said, tine stamp enthusi-
asts of the Nation could establish in
the Capital a focal center for all the
philatelic enterprises in the United
States"
A large exhibition hail for display OF
stamps in frames and cases. a library
for philatelic literature, an assembly
room for stamp club meetings and a
filing room for preservation Of philat-
elic material, would be required, il
was suggested.
Mr. Fawcett rid tribute to Mrs
Catherine L. :, -xling, stamp curator
of the institution, and called upon col
lectors to help her in building up the
collection in her charge.
He told of the phllatelic department
of the British Museums, sponsored by
King George v, and said that just as
the British Empire has a philatehe
center in London, the United State;
should have a philatelic center II
Washington.
The meeting was held at 1900 R stree
and Frederick r. Rice, president, wal
chairman.
Evening star., 1933-11-15
GERMANY WARNED
ON FRENCH ARMY
Premier Sarraut's Offer of
Peace in Mailed Fist Is
IndorSed.
BY the Associated Press. =.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. November 15.-~An olive
branch in a mailed fist was extended
toward Germany by France today.
Replying to Chancellor Hisier's Oft
repeated cries for continued peace and
a separate Franco-German non-aggres-
sion treaty, Premier Albert Sarraur told
the Chamber of Deputies last night
that he, too, sought peace.
But. in the next breath of a stirring
declaration of cabinet policy that won
overwhelming support, he called a.
tention 10 the great French army.
France" he declared, has moral
material and military force that for
bids any one to dictate to her"
Then he reiterated what Foreign
Minister Joseph Paul -Boncour had told
fhe Chamber earlier: Any arms accord
with Germany must be reacheo IN tne
League of Nations.
Stand Is Indorsed.
The response was electric. By
sweeping majority of 545 to II, the
chamber indorsed this stand toward
Germany.
And its approval Of M. Paul-Bon-
cour's exposition of foreign policy gen
erally was little less enthusiastic. Inc
vote of confidence given the govern
ment on the basis Of his speech was
3e4 to IA.
ANY concrete proposition submitted
is certain to be examined by us" the
foreign minister said. but all accords
between Germany and us must be
reached in the League"
Evening star., 1933-11-15
A. A. A. WINS SECOND
VICTORY IN D. C. COURT
Justice 0'Donoghue Reafirms Pre-.
vious Decision Holding 1t
Constitutional.

Reafirming his previous decision,
Justice Daniel w. ODonoghue ruled
for the second time In District Supreme
Court today that the agricultural ad-
justment act does not violate the Con-
stitution.
His ruling was on a petition by the
Capital City Milk Producers Associa-
tion of Pennsylvania for an Injunction
to restrain the Secretary Of Agriculture
from enforcing certain regulations
promulgated in connection with the
license for the Philadelphia milkshed.
Through Attorneys Nugent Dodds and
Nell Burkinshaw, the association, which
represents several thousand dairy farm
ers in Pennsylvania, contended that un-
der the license regulations they are get
ting less for their milk than formerly
They also charged the Secretary of
Agriculture had no authority to fix
prices and that the agricultural adjust
ment act deprived them Of their liberty,
property and the right to their bust
ness without due process of law. Coun-
sci for the petitioners noted an appeal.
Several months ago, in a similar suit
brought by a group of Chicago milk
dealers, Justice O'Donoghue declared
the act to be constitutional.