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The Washington times., 1934-10-31
PHILIPPE Borgia
Ghost Star

Strange as it may seem when
you see Maurice Chevalier and
jeanette Macdonald dancing
the waltz in "The Merry Widow"
at Loew's Palace Theater on Fri
day, it probably will recall to
your mind the silent version of
this picture in which John Gil.
bert and Mae Murray did the
same dance, only it wasn't Gill
bert dancing, but PHILIPPE Bor-
gia, who is currently dancing at
the Heigh-Ho Club.
When MetroGoldwyn-Mayer de-
cided to make the silent version,
they looked around for someone
to teach the intricate dance
steps of that famous waltz to
their male star. Borgia, who was
appearing at the Cocoanut Grove
Hotel in Hollywood, was found
by one of the studio scouts and
brought to the M. G.. M. lot.
It seems, however, that John
Gilbert was too temperamental
to be taught. He refused to
spend enough time to acquire the
grace necessary. So Borgia's hair
was shaved off around the tenn
Piles, he was given duplicate
uniform and performed the dance
with Mae Murray. Gilbert was
NVo1xy FNI~ o1Ncn
When the film was completed,
Miss Murray contracted for a
personal appearance tour over
theater circuit and chose Borgia
for her partner. Together, they
danced the Merry Widow" waltz
over the entire continent. Bor-
gia believes Miss Murray to be
one of the greatest ballroom
dancers ever produced.
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
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By JIMMY STARR

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 30.-Helo! "Schooboy" Rowe ism t
the only athlete in America who has educational eanngs
Meet 'Schoolboy Max Baer the world heavyweight cham
pion who the verge of becoming actor again.
The Washington times., 1934-10-31

Our Mr.. Baer is terribly intent
upon becoming the besl actor pos
sible. He's that way. When he
became fighter nothing less than
the worlds championship would
satisfy him. When he turned to
bridge he went at it in the same
way-and finally beat P. Hal Sims
out of $33. In golf he insists upon
cracking his way into those low
70's before he'll give up.
And now he is settling down to
be an actor. Scheduled to start
Damon Runyon's kids on the
Cuff" for Paramount any minute
now, the champion is meekly obey
ing orders from Phyllis Laughton,
dramatic coach at the studio.
81 figure" says Max, "1've
got this acting racket licked.
But there's a lot to learn.
watch these kids perform, and
they're all big hits. Why? Be-
cause they act natural. So I
figure I will act natural, too,
and I'll be Okay.
But" he says, "T also figure
just being natural isn't enough.
Maybe my championship will
carry me through one picture,
but that's all. If 1 go good in
this one, and prove 1 can act,
then maybe I'll do some more
pictures"
Thus vanishes into the archives
"Playboy" Max Baer, and in his
stead towers "Schoolboy" Max.
No more night clubbing till all
hours; no more romanceS and ru,
mors of romances; no more bois'
ferrous jokes and loud pranks; no
more incessant Dragging!
"That'S done," says Max. ooh,
of course, I'll be out in public once
in a while. I've hit a few night
spots already, with couple of
friends. But that's all. The old
act is ever. The curtain is down.
I'm a changed man."
Baer has been going to Miss
Laughton two hours daily since he
arrived in the movie capital two
weeks ago. And he went of his
own volition. He heard the studio
had a dramatic coach, and
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promptly asked to be allowed to
go to her for lessons.
Eyes, SIR" Max ratified on, "the
old Baer is gone. And in the new
one you'll see just what a swell
actor Baer was. The old Baer was
all an act!"
Hollywood bachelor girls are
Cupid's greatest problem-their
independent existence keeps him
jumping sideways and pumping
arrows across that bow of his until
the thumb of his right hand feels
like that of a hitch-hiker at
croSS-country race.
Romance may beckon, sur
rounded by the rosieSt hueS a rain
bow could ask for, but the compe-
tition is terrific. No sooner does
he succeed in getting some famous
screen star "seen" some place with
handsome male than he dis
covers that the male can offer the
star little more than she has, ex'
cept true love-a commodity
which, even Cupid admits, has a
market far in excess of the supply.
There are at least As bachelor
girls in Hollywood. Among them
you will find such brilliant names
as Joan Crawford, Genevieve
Tobin, Carole Lombard, Madge
Evans, Myrna 10y. Kay Francis,
Helen Vinson, Miriam Hopkins,
Loretta Young and many more
a larger number than Cupid knows
how to handle.
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
Mae Gives Her 0. K.
On Hand-Kissine

Here's what Mae West thinks
of hand-kissing as practiced by a
small group of Hollywood gal
lantS.
"It's all right to start with"
observed the star of Belle of the
Nineties."
But I only like it for evening
wear.
When a man kisses a lady's
hand it makes her know he re.
spectS her and is gallant enough
to show it.
But it's out of place in the
day time. 1t looks silly for a man
to come up to lady who is wear
ing sports clothes. or anything in
formal - especially bathing
Suit-and kiss her hand.
But at night. Now that's
something else. When people are
in formal attire. it strikes me as q
chArming custom"
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
Paramount Plans An
Elaborate "Carmen"

The story of Carmen" will be
filmed as an elaborate and color
full screen romance, Paramount
today announced.
The studio will base it's pro-
duction on Prosper Merimee's
classic story of the little cigarette
girl and her loves.
Casting is not yet definite, but
Claudette Colbert has been men
toned for the part of Carmen,
with consideration given to cast
ing Gary Cooper as the toreador
No director has been set.
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
Too Much Mike"

7 90 Much "Mike"
Bob Murphy, headlining at the
Fox this week, has some very
practical and sane ideas about
vaudeville and its rehabilitation.
Mr.. Murphy signs because young
talent is given little chance to
develop under the existing system.
I think the very best thing
that could happen to vaudeville
would be to restrict the micro
phone to one act on any pro-
gram and a policy that would
forbid more than one band act
month in any theater. Such linn
itation would help take vaude-
vile out of the routine groove
in which it is now heavily mired.
might prevent the continuous re-
peatS, force bookerS to dig for
new acts, and especially nov
elites.
New Keith Show
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 80
(By Western UniOn.) Sudden
change in bookings and will ap-
preciate anything you can give
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
Attractions Coming Next to
Down. Town Theaters

FOX-Jack Benny, the enter
tainment worlds triple star Of
stage, screen and radio, and Jack
Denny, radios aristocrat of mu-
sic, share honors on the stage and
screen programs, beginning Fri
day. The picture, Transatlantic
Merry -Go-Round," is a comedy
drama of the high seas filled
with action, mystery and several
new songs. Jack Benny heads
the cast, which includes Nancy
Carroll, Gene Raymond, the Bos
we'll Sisters, Sidney Blackmer,
Jean Sargent and many others.
PALACE-Produced under the
magic touch of Ernst Lubitsch,
the internationally known ope-
retta, "The Merry Widow" comes
to the screen Friday. This pro-
duction marks the reunion of
Jeanette Macdonald and Maui
rice Chevalier, who scored to-
gether in other Lubitsch hits. An
imposing cast features such play
ers as Edward Everett Horton,
Una Merkel, George Barber,
Minna Gombell, Donald Meek
and numerous others.
EARLE Happiness Ahead"
starring Josephine Hutchinson
and Dick Powell, will make its
bow before Washington audiences
Friday. The picture is a tuneful,
romantic story of the path of
young 1ove-and the path is any
thing but smooth. Miss Hutchin-
son will be remembered here as
having played with the Rams
Head Players several years ago.
Jimmy Savo, "the funniest man
in the world" will headline the
stage show. Sidewalk Cafe, a
new vaudeville revue, comprising
80 people, rounds out the stage
bill.
COLUMBIA-"Love Time" a
colorful and idyllic story of a
world-celebrated composers first
love, opens Friday. The film
brings to the screen for the first
time the tender love, struggles
and triumphs of Franz Schubert.
Pat Patterson, the delightful
screen discovery, and Nils Asther
head a noteworthy cast that en-
braces Henry B., Walthall, Harry
Green, Lucien Littlefielf', Georgia
Caine and many others.
METROPOLITAN - Following
the showing of Grace Moore in
zone Night of Love-" Damon
Runyon's newest race track story,
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
On The Barrett"

Over in England, the descend
ants and friends of the elder Bar
rett think Rudolph Besier didn'
do just right by the stern father
of the Lady of the Sonnets ir
"The Barretts of Wimpole Street,
They're still grumbling about il
and the ERA" has this to say:
"Some of the less-thoughtful
members of the critical frater-
nifty write of the play and talkie,
The Barretts of Wimpole Street,
in terms which suggest that they
regard it as an exposure of
Victorian England.
"ThuS they reveal their ignO-
rance both of Victorianism and
England, and, incidentally, of
the truth about the BarrettS and
the Brownings. Elizabeth Bar
rett was born 30 years before
Victoria came to the throne.
From the cradle to the grave,
her life was influenced in no
way by TictOrianism.'
'Her girlhood was not spent
in a gloomy house in WimpOle
Street, but in the heart of rural
HerefOrdShire. Her illness was
not a romantic decline caused
by the persecution of a parent
with a sex complex, but the re-
suit of a spinal injury, accentu.
ated by the tragic death of her
only brother.
"She was a woman past 40
when she married Browning,
who courted her for four years
before they decided to elope.
There is no basis whatever
for a suggestion that Mr.. Bar.
rett was 'Over.fOnd' Of his
daughter, or that such over
fOndness could be regarded as
a sadistic byprOduct of Vic
torianiSm. The only essential
difference between Miss Barrett
and any other romantic SpinSter
who ran away from home is
that she was q poeteSS who mar.
ried a poet.
even today there are fathers
who might object to invalid and
middle-aged daughters running
away with bOmbastic young
poets, or who would fail to
tolerate HOllywOOd's theory that
marriage should endure at least
as long as the production"
The Washington times., 1934-10-31

me to let the folks know of that
change stop Lady by Choice and
La Cucaracha are out for present
and instead we open Friday No
vember second with Universal'S
"Gift of Cab" with Edmund Lowe
starred and thirty stage, screen
and radio personalities including
Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Phil
Baker, Paul LukaS, Ethel
Waters, Victor Moore, Boris Kar-
loft, Bella Lugosi, Roger Pryor
and Gus Arnheim'S Orchestra
stop Have not seen picture and
have but little material, but Uni
versal is advanced reporting it
rs one of their spectacles for the
new season stop Thanks and best
to you. HARDIE MEAKIN.
Hampden Is Coming
Sam Weller dropped into town
yesterday to herald the coming
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
Musical Stage Star
Starts Studio Work

Queenie Smith, musical comedy
star Of New York, has arrived in
Hollywood. She is to play a fea-
tured role opposite Lanny Ross in
Mississippi" at the Paramount
studio.
Miss Smith, wife Of Robert Gar.
land, New York dramatic critic,
formerly was a featured solo
dancer with the Metropolitan
Opera Company.
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
Ginger Goes Fast

Ginger Rogers strikes me as one
of the most improved actresses on
the current screen. Influence in
the right places and not any par
ticular merit gave Ginger Rogers
her first big opportunity. I don't
blame her as much as those who
thrust her in parts away beyond
her capabilities.
Since these first blundering
days she has come along very fast
and, where her name year ago
meant nothing on the marquee,
today it attracts business.
I say this without having seen
"The Gay Divorcee," in which,
accepting the consensus opinion,
she does her finest work.
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
Good Business

Baltimore has it's chest stuck
out over the business given to
Roberta" at F'ord's Theater last
week, although Washington
from present indications-will
Surpass it.
AS a matter of financial fact
this city is at least a 20 per cent
better amusement city for stage
attractions than Baltimore, and
probably better than that for the
movies.
An interesting fact which can
be verified with U. S. statistics is
that Washington residents spend
l per cent more for amusement
than they do for clothes. It
doesn't apply in any other city in
the U. S. A.
Both Farmer Takes a Wife"
and "The Jayhawker" did better
business at the National Theater
than they did in Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1934-10-31

44C ACI11OAA OAOP @AAN1 WAAA Nv
the feature screen presentation.
The cast is headed by Lee Tracy,
Helen Mack and Baby Leroy.
GAYETY - Beginning Sunday
afternoon, the Independent Bur
lesque Association will present
Nadia, the female Russian senSa-
ton. This lady is conceded to be
the peer of her class. The new
policy, that of running a contin-
uouS show from II noon until 5
p. m, is proving a success.
HOWARD-The new stage show
beginning Friday offers the origi-
nal Cotton Pickers Orchestra
heading show full of novelties
and surprises. offering everything
in this line of entertainment from
beginning to end. Cuba Austin,
the worlds greatest trap drum
mer, is a member of the band.
The new picture will be Side
Streets" featuring Aline Mac.
Mahon and Paul Kelly.
The Washington times., 1934-10-31

of Walter Hampden the week OF
November 10.
Mr.. Hampden will offer three
shakespearian productions, Mac
beth," Hamlet" and Richard
III" His fourth play in the week
of repertoire will be Bulwer
'Lytton'S "Richelieu."
Salute with your fall fedora an
actor who scorns the Broadway
belief that Shakespeare is not a
profitable venture in the coldly
commercial theater. Like Kath-
arine Cornell, who will do "Ro-
meo and Juliet" in December,
Walter Hampden thinks differ
emily.
Broadway, as represented by its
critics, doesn't think much of
Walter Hampden. In spite of
this, he manages to take to the
road for a full season and not
only that amasses comfortable
dividends everywhere. Washing
ton has always paid him hand
some profits. He attracts more
scholastic and freshman trade
than any other star, not except
ing Cornell
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
No Comedy Roles

Sylvia Sidney, appearing in
Behold My Wife," is one dra-
matte star who doesn't want to
play comedy. Drama is much
more interesting, and much more
true to life," she says.
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
M OWE
4 CLOCK

When the feature begins:
FOX.
GEORGE E. ARLIss in
"THE LAST GENTLEMAN"
IL A. NJ, 40, 4:25, 7:3O,
1910 P. NJ, y :55 A. NJ,
Stage shows at - 80,
3:15, 20, 9, II :45 P. NJ.
RKO KEITH'S.
FRED ASTAIRE in
1.-THE GAY DIVORCE"
1882 A. NJ, 1 :32, 3 :32, 5 :32,
1882, 9:32 P. NJ.
COLUMBIA.
ROSEMARY AMES in
PURSUED"
H. :05 A. NJ, 12 80, 2:4O,
4:25, Gals, 8:O5, $50 P. NJ.
METROPOLITAN. :.
GRACE MOORE in
GONE NIGHT OF LOVE"
1890 A. NJ, 12 20, 2:1O,
4:O5, 5:55, 1850, $40 P. NJ.
PALACE.
WILL ROGERS in
JUDGE PRIEST"
II A. M, lilo, 3:25, 5:35,
7:50, 1905 P. NJ, 1915 A. NJ.
EARLE.
MARLENE DIETRICH in
"THE SCARLET EMPRESS"
II A. NJ, 40, 4:25, 7:10,
$50 P. NJ. Stage shows at
1880, 40, 6:25,
9:05 P. NJ.
HOWARD.
BETTE DAVIS in
HOUSEWIFE"
1890, $3.50, 7:O5, 1910 PM.
Stage shows at 2:4O,
$50, 9:05 P. M.
The Washington times., 1934-06-25
Suitor.. Slashes
Sweetheart,
Tries Suicide

Turbulent events IN an argu-
ment between a young man and
his girl friend, extending over
eight hours and beginning in a
quarrel because of a date she had
with another man, eliminated
early today with the man, Rich
ard Whitworth, 81. SlaShing the
girl with a razor blade and then
attempting suicide, police say.
Whitworth, Of the 100 block
of Bay Street S. E., clerk
in a downtown office, is in Gal
linger hospital, while the young
woman, Mrs. Ann Bailey, 26, Of
the 300 block of Sixth Street S.
E., is at her home recovering
from cuts on the nose and lips.
Jealousy Blamed
Jealousy over the date with the
other man Is said TO nave started
the quarrel between the two just
after Whitworth called on Mrs.
Bailey early last night and took
her for an automobile ride.
Learning the address Of the
other man, he drove there and
entered his apartment, in the
5000 block Of Connecticut Avenue
N. w.
Property was smashed up in the
apartment. Whitworth ran out,
and after a violent argument
with Mrs. Bailey, drove off. police
were told.
Reports from bystanders
caused a police car to pursue
and overtake Whitworth'S auto
mobile. At the Eighth precinct
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AstOr Gets
License
To Wed

NEWPORT, R. l., June Is
Q.N.S).-Right on the dot at the
opening of the Newport marriage
license bureau, John Jacob Aston,
3rd, and his bride-to-be, Miss Ellen
Tuck French, drove up to city hall
today, obtained their marriage
license in private, and then de-
parted.
They were the first couple to
visit the office today. They were
taken into the private office of w.
Norman Sayer, clerk of the license
bureau. With them was Mrs. Liv-
ingston French, the bride-to-be's
mother, and her attorney, Cor
neliuS c. Moore.
Mr.. Astor gave his age as 81,
and his occupation as real es-
tate" Miss French stated she was
Is, and gave her occupation as
"at home"
A rehearsal of the wedding is
scheduled for Friday. The wedding
will be held Saturday at Trinity
Church, with the Rev. Howard K.
Burrill, of Emmanuel Church Of
ficiating. A reception at the pala-
tial Astor home was also scheduled
for Friday, with Mr.. Aston enter
tanning members of the wedding
party.
Socialites at Bailey's Beach TO-
day were wondering if Mr.. Astor
had been "stood up" by his 18'
year-old fiancee on a swimming
date yesterday, or if the. whole
thing was ruse to fool newspaper
photographers.
The cameramen were all ready
to catch the couple going for dip
in the ocean, but Mr.. Aston arrived
alone, and after waiting around
for two hours, sped away in his
automobile. He said:
81 don't know where she is.
have been waiting for her for
some time"
The Washington times., 1934-06-25
MRS. DALI NETS
9-POUND FISH

RENO, New, June IS QN.S0
"Sistie" and "Buzzie," children of
Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dali, daugh-
ter of President and Mrs. Roose-
welt, enjoyed a trout dinner to-
day.
Mrs. Dali, on her first fishing
trip at Pyramid Lake, caught a
nine.pound rainbow trout. She
played the fish skilfully and
pulled it alongside a small boat
and an Indian guide gated it. d
Mrs. Dali is resident at the
Dana Ranch near Lake Pyramid
and at the end of her six weeks
residence is expected to file suit
to divorce curtis Dali, New York
broker.
"Sistie" and "Buzzie" are en-
joying their Western holiday.
They play with the children Of
Charles Rich. a United States
Secret Service agent guarding the
family, and are much interested
in the children on the Indian
reservation near the Dana Ranch.
The Washington times., 1934-06-25
WILL ROGERS
Says:

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, June Is.
Lots of news today about that
South American war. I was
down there almost two years
ago and they were going strong
then. Now, how can they fight
that long without getting all
their war material from other
nations? That's why there will
always be war. You have every
nation that's not in it boosting
for it, for everybody makes
money out of a war but the
nations fighting. We used to
think war couldn't last long be-
cause one or both sides had no
money. Why there is no In
duStry under the sun you can
get credit for as you can war.
This war down there has been
on credit since "a hours after
il started.
Copyright, 1894, McNaughS
Gyndicate.)
The Washington times., 1934-06-25
z, Persons Injured
As Car OUerturns

Seven persons from the District
and Virginia were injured yester-
day when their automobile over
turned on a curve near Beverly
Beach, Md.
They were Mildred E. McCin-
truff, $500 block Park Place N. w.,
a strained back; Charles Thomp-
son, Alexandria, possible rib frac.
lures, both in the Annapolis Hos
pltal; Weldon Smith, 100 block
Seventeenth Street N. E.; Betty
Cochrane, 300 block Upshur Street
N. w.; Mrs. H. S. Brossard, 5000
block Twelfth Street N. w.; Bern.
Ice Brossard. 5000 block Seventh
Street N. w., and Marjorie VOL
verton, 1900 block Columbia Road
N. W. cuts and bruises.
The Washington times., 1934-06-25
PODERJAY' s
LOST WIFE
MAY LIVE
New Boston Clue Has Attorney
Seen in Cleaning Shop in
Past Few Weeks

BOSTON, June IS G.N.S).-1s
Agnes Tufverson, missing New
York woman lawyer, still alive and
hiding away somewhere near Bos-
ton?
Does a blue dress, left to be
cleaned here hold the key to a
mystery which has precipitated an
international search leading from
New York to Vienna and London
for the woman said to have been
duped in marriage to the allegedly
bigamous Captain" Ivan Poder-
jay, allegedly international SWlno'
Ter?
Identifies the Dress
A positive statement that Miss
Tufverson was seen in Boston
between May IS and June 10, five
months after she mysteriously
vanished before supposedly board
ing a liner with her new husband,
was made to police today by Mrs.
Ruth Hall, operator Of a Boston
dress cleaning concern.
Mrs. Hall positively identified a
police photograph of the missing
woman attorney, which arrived in
Boston today from New York, and
identified the dress she was wear
ing in the picture as the one OF
the woman brought in to have
cleaned.
The name used by the woman
who brought the dress in was
"Podjerson." according to Mrs
Hall, and police pointed out
this was a combination Of the
name "Poderjay" and "Tufver'
son."
"That Is positively the wom-
an who was in my place."
So declared Mrs. Hall to police
after viewing the photograph Of
Miss Tufverson.
Sure Of Woman
II recognize the features. I
noticed her particularly. The
dress she is wearing in the
picture is one she brought in to
have cleaned. While / don't
definitely recall wh-t she said,
(Confinued on PoSe 2. Col, 81
The Washington times., 1934-06-25
Ouestions-Answers Game
McClusky's In NRA

take to answer (a) an important
telephone call, and (b) an unim'
portant call?
Answer: Ask McC lusky.
Be patient, reader. This is a
game. McClusky says so, and NC
Clusky should know, for he's ad-
ministrative director Of the legal
division at NRA., where they know
how long a man should work, how
much he should earn, how much
he should pay for his toothbrush
and his second hand flivver, and
how many matches he should re-
ceive free when he buys a stogie.
He's Going to Find Out
II George N. McClusky doesn't
know the answers yet, he'll know
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