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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30
tits - WHEELER AND WOOLSEY STAR
Comic Pair Seen
In Music Film
At Keith's

Wheeler N d Woolsey com e
clean this week and make good a
promise they made from the stage
Of a local theater on their last
personal appearance.
In "Cock-eyed Cavaliers" which
opened at Keith's yesterday, this
genial pair gallop through the
rudiments of a comic opera which
later develops into the straight
comedy dear to their hearts. But
minus the undercover humor with
which they have blighted their
past films.
Back in the ages when the
women wore the braces and the
men wore the laces," Mr.. Wheeler
and Mr.. Woolsey, bewigged and
booted, wend their way from pill
lory to pillory due to Wheeler's
kleptomania tendencies.
At last they make getaway in
the clothes of the physician to the
king and his assistant, cure a
crotchety duke of insomnia, bring
home a terrifying wild boar, take
the dukes betrothed, and Mr..
Woolsey, as the curtains draw,
seems on a fair way to draping
his arm with the beauteous
Thelma Todd.
This is way above the average
Of the usual film of these comedi:
ans. They go back to their old
standard Of slapstick, song and
dance.
There is much more story to
this vehicle than before, a nicely
costumed background, the BOOM
ing basso Of Noah Berry and the
usual horseplay that will please
their throngs of admirers. It is
show made to order for these
and one which the minority, such
as this reviewer, even inkled a
smile or two in the midst Of the
antics.
The subsidiaries as usual are
varied and numerous. o. Sog.
lows Little King does some fancy
bronco busting, Tom Kennedy is
a rather bad tumble Of what
passes for comedy, the Vagabond
Director with a new travelogue
Damascus" and Pathe News.
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Columbia Shows
Operator 49,

The combination of Robert W.
Chambers story and Marion
Davies as it's star has proven so
compelling at the box-office that
Operator 49," after record
week at the Fox, has been brought
to the Columbia for a continu-
alton Of its downtown engage
ment.
Operator 10" is a skillfully
written tale of the Civil War, en-
acted by an expert cast. 1t has
Miss Davies as a Northern spy
and Gary Cooper Southern cap
tain. Tense drama is provided
through the love of this pair,
despite their differences.
You will find it totally entertain
ing, a romance deity touched with
light comedy and embellished
with several songs. Miss Davies
sings 1.-THE World Goes On" and
the Mills Brothers have a novelty
tune, "Sleep Head"
Jean Parker and many others
complete sterling cast. The di-
rection is swift and sure. An in
tereSting note is the introduction
of many well-known figures of the
COS, including many famous spies.
Another attraction is the authen-
Tic, colorful backgrounds against
which the picture is acted.
A long list of short subjects sup
port the feature. Don't miss "Op-
orator 49," for in it you will find
diversion Of the highest order.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30

Actor Powell plays the role Of
q master detective who has re-
tired to live on his wife's compe'
tence and absorb highballs. He
has no intention Of letting first
degree crime interfere with his
drinking, but he is unwittingly
thrust into the middle of a puz-
cling series of murders.
Murder With Laughs
In between drinks Detective
Nick Charles contrives to find the
clues which lead to the guilty
slayer and he unmaSks him at
party which offers more droll
humor than it does horror.
You might call THE Thin Man"
murder with laughs, for Mr..
Powell is just mad enough to be
funny and just clever enough to
be taken seriously. He is delicious
ly aided by Myrna 10y as his wife,
and between them they hammer
home the smart comedy that has
been written into the screen adap-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30
Joe E. Brown in
"Circus Glow"
Earle Film

"Circus Clown" current at
Warner Bros Earle Theater this
week, is Grade A entertainment
presented against a circus lot
background. Joe E. Brown is at
his happiest in this film. in which
he takes the part Of father and
son, playing each with equal te-
licity, it may be added.
The film briefly concerns the
adventures of a small town youth
who joined the circus. The tale
goes through the usual misunder-
standings but a big Hollywood
sun is shining at the end.
Patricia Aids Joe
Joe Brown is himself, which Is
to say that you have a big time
comic in good form. Patricia
Ellis presents a beautiful and
lovable character as Alice, the
heroine of our story. The cast
also includes one notable name
which was famous before Holly
wood. Poodles Hanneford plays
the part of-well what do you
think?
Here is a good story, present
ing a good deal Of sustained Sus-
penSe, romance and comedy. A
good bill for these sweltering
evenings.
James Melton headlines the
stage bill presenting a group of
we'll known and well-loved songs.
He has commanding stage
presence. an admirable personal
ity and a great singing voice. An
enthusiastic audience called him
back for several encores.
Mimic Is Hit
Miss Sybil Bowan, in her act,
carries the art of imitation to a
new high mark. Not satisfied
with a mere mimicking Of the
mannerisms of the screen stars.
Miss Bowman actually contrives
to look like them. And this she
manages to an uncanny degree.
BY far the best act of it's kind
we've seen in years.
Made and Ray present a nov
city act of dancing and rope
twirling. The young lady puts on
a dance solo that stands alone
in its class.
Walter Dare Wahl and his
funny partner are billed as an
extra added attraction and man
age to extract a good deal of
humor out of a burlesque ath-
letic act.
Subsidiary film entertainment
includes a comedy, "The indie
World" but don't let the title
deceive you. There is also a
Popeye cartoon comedy and the
news reel.
In brief, dear reader. if you've
survived this far. a solidly good
bill without a dull spot from Mr..
Freddy Clark's overture to the
final curtain.J. w. B.
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was going there to get some dog
meat anyhoo. But-unfortunately
he slipped her the wrong pack
age and she is now done up with
dog meat while his police dog is
enjoying filet mignon. How ex-
travagant.
Praise be to the dictaphone,
else'n Ann Harding would not
now have the musical voice
which astounds we the innocent
pewblic via the screen. Before
the stage took possession Of Miss
H. she was just a working girl
"a stenographer-and redictated
her bosses letters into the dicta-
phone. The voice, according to
Miss Harding, always played
back to her in such a dull and
uninteresting way that she then
and there decided an improve
ment must set in 5000 she
practiced at the bosses expense
until now her every word Is a
musical pearl.
Speaking Of voice recordings,
Otto Kruger makes records on his
own home recording machine OF
his every screen role and then
plays them back so that he not
only can learn them perfectly but
also correct any flaws in his
technique. For youse who have
been waiting for that personal ap-
pearance tour Of Irene Dunne's
let it be known that she will not
make one until she is through
with the movies, and that may
be away off in the offing.
It is nice to know the lineage
of two Of the Busby Berkeley
chorineS Beulah Love, a very
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has seen only two of them.
One of Ted Healy's ex-stoogieS,
Paul Howard, for some unknown
reason has taken up the study
Of the Japanese language and at
the moment has just mastered
the alphabet which consists Of
76 letters. Fred Heating com.
pletely broke up a scene in 1.-THE
Captain Hates the Sea" company
for instead Of handing John
Gilbert some rogue's gallery pic
lures he slipped him some nude
stills from the opera "Elysia."
The cut-up.
Sally Blame, if she had her
choice. would spend six months
Of her time in London and six
in Hollywood. The Carlo did
a personal appearance at MGM
t. other day and shocked the en-
tire studio by wearing garden
hat instead Of the usual heret
and a dress in place Of the usual
Stacks. And, seeing as hoo the
MGM company decided that
Franchot Tone was being too
definitely typed as a stiff
boSomed actor, he will be seen
in the future in a great load Of
character parts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30
Joan BIonde|| and James Casney
Toqether on me-" Screen

ND a neat scheme whereby ne can
pocket a bundle of thousand-dol-
lar bills and still avenge himself
of a frameup. The plans slip a
little and our friend, Jimmy, finds
himself among the hunted; in
San Francisco, he is surprised in
his hotel room by a deWy-eyed
young woman in search OF a
wedding dress and she plucks one,
of all places, from u n d er thu
mattress! All, this movie magic!
These two, she who had beaten
her way through life from a ten
der age, and he, sought by the
evil-eye of gangland, slip quietly
down to the little fishing village
where she is to become the bride
of the towns most popular fisher
man.
Love and loyalty cross swords
and we'll let you figure it out, but
the chances are your guess will be
wrong.
Personally we like Joan better
IN q gay mOOQ, SOmDer SarD
clashes with the laughter in her
eyes; Jimmy has never been quite
as good as he was before he
pushed a grapefruit into Mae
Clark's face (ungentlemanly, but
a film date). The believable work
of Frank Craven is the most real
character in the play; Victor Jory,
Russell Hopton and others take
care of the less prominent roles.
Shorts are quite numerous and
include a Harry Gribbon anti
comedy, Singin' Sam singing about
the little pigs that went to mar
ket, an excellent pictorial featur-
ing Chicago, an Ely Culbertson
lecturette and a very splendid
neWSreel.-K. Y
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30
Movie Acting Came
To Shirlev TEMPLE

Being in the movies Is just a big
game to 5-year-old Shirley Temple.
now being featured with Gary
Cooper and Carole Lombard in
"Now and Forever" and fast
stealing the picture from both Of
them.
Between takes, Shirley spends
her time romping with the other
children on the set, playing with
her big, brown teddy bear. and
cutting dolls clothes out Of a
colored paper folder.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30
ICOV0r

By LLOYD PANTACES
PUBLICATION RIGHTS kEsERveo

high kicker, Is a direct descend
ant Of Andrew Jackson and Ruth
Moody is the niece Of Albert H.
Wiggin, a very prominent banker.
Hugh Herbert would like it to be
known that he considers the NRA
50-cent haircutS an outrage on &C.
count Of it now costs Guy Kibbee
S cents hair for shingle. Lloyd
Bacon, one Of the brethren War
ner's very best directors, wears a
new hat at the commencing Of
every picture and at the compile
ton Of said opera, has all the cast
autograph lie chapeau in ink for
posterity.
Kitty Carlisle, since flying to
New York, has now become an
aviation enthusiast and in the
future will use no other mode
of travel. Cecil B. DeMille has
finally parted with an old auto
mobile which IA years ago he
bought from General Pershing.
Furthermore, all the tobacco he
smokes is raised on his own
ranch, Paradise" Victor Moore,
famous on the stage and now
to do movies for Universal, start
ed life as a grease-painter wear
ing a suit Of tin armor, for
which he was paid $3.50 a week.
Later he graduated into female
impersonator, but was such a
flop that he gave up his trous-
seau and went into vaudeville.
Howard Hughes is en- route to
the Pacific on his new yacht,
which some say is even bigger
than the Leviathan. Edith Eel
lows, little nine-year-old girl,
currently appearing with Richard
Dix in ellis Greatest Gamble"
can sing and nicely in five
languages. Had it not been for
a lady fan who wrote to Para
mount about a very handsome
young man, Ricardo Cortez, who
was then a doorman in pala1S
de movie in New York, might
never have seen the light of the
screen. BY adding the letter
&c" to title. Majestic Film Co.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30

At the Fox this week, Shirley
Temple proves, to those who may
have doubted her ability, that she
possesses a genuine acting talent
and is not one Of those typical
Hollywood prodigies." Damon
Runyon's Little Miss Marker" is
a perfect vehicle for the five-year-
old star.
Author Runyon's forte is hui
man interest stories-those con-
trived to reach your heart,strings
and encourage the tears, although
you may not believe the tale. That
movie goers like this type Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30

1t looks as though the NRA
is going to have a big legal
battle with the rubber COM
panieS over price fixing. &. You
can't blame the rubber people
for trying to stretch profits.
But the public will get it in
the end. When the price Is
fixed, it's hard to budget.
A little Punny, but it fits.
OF course you know that .
budget is q method Of worrying
before you spend. instead Of
afterward.
There has been a lot Of talk
about fixed prices. But what
interests US most, are fixed in.
comes.
The NRA is afraid of q price
war, and we hope that 1t don't
reach the BARRIERS. They might
start cut-thrOat competition.
So Remember:
Just as we are about to make
both ends meet 90. somebody
moves tho ends
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30

Well, ladies and gentlemen,
Americas chief exponent of the
art CD of wise-cracking has gone
"dramah" on us.
You guessed it! Joan Blondell,
who once tossed sharp repartee at
any available target, now looks
sad-eyed and droopy-mouthed, and
sWearS to love her man until the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30
MOVIE
O'CLOCK

FEATURE PHOTOPLAYS
in Washington's leading pic
ture theaters today and their
starting times are as follows:
EARLE.
"CIRCUS CLOWN"
II 20 A. NJ, l :35, 4 80, 7:15,
10 P. M. Stage shows at
- 80, $40, $3.50, 9:1O P. M.
PALACE
"THE THIN MAN"
Ills A. NJ, 1.::2O, 1925, 5 49,.
1885, GAS P. NJ.
RKO KEITH'S
"COCKEYED CAVALIERS"
u: 03, 2:03, a :O3, 6:03, s :O3,
1908 p. NJ.
FOX.
"LITTLE MISS MARKER"
1895 A. NJ, is, APO, 7:1O,
10 P. M. Stage shows at
1915, 3: 05, Clio, 9 P. NJ.
METROPOLITAN
"HE WAS HER MAN"
II :55 A. NJ, 2:2O, 4:5O, 7 90,
GAS P. NJ.
COLUMBIA
Operator 10"
1875, 1885, 1886, 5:35, :35,
9:35 P. NJ.
HOWARD.
"STAND UP AND CHEER"
80, 1855, :O5, 1910 P. NJ.
Stage shows at 2:30, $50,
9:05 P. NJ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30

screens last film is cameraed, and
the youngest censor has died (my
apologies, Mr.. Kipling), or words
to that effect and then when he
walks out on her, she CALAMITY
marries an old faithful who has
been waiting in the offing.
"He Was Her Man." is the title
which Warner Brothers saw tit
to give their newest picture-opera.
graced by the talents of James
Cagney and the aforementioned
Miss Blondell.
He is just out Of prison, cooks
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30

screen play is proven by the sue
cess of Lady for a Day." He has
written another on the same
formula in Little Miss Marker"
Tale of ''Track"
A group of typical Broadway
race-track gamblers, so familiar to
Runyon, are the central charac-
tiers. A little girl is left with a
"bookie" as marker or guaranty
Of payment of bet. She is not
reclaimed and "Sorrowful,"
aga'nst his will, is forced to keep
his charge. She soon becomes a
wise cracking toughie who knows
all the answers.
Attempting to revive her child
hood illusions, Sorrowful, together
with his crowd, stage a knights
Of the Round Table" party in a
Broadway club, (typically Run
yon). The girl Is hurt when her
charger IA race hoTSe) throws her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30

AVOIDED y o E
Censor. TIL e
title W a S
o r i G i n a lily
"Gaily I SIM"
but will now be
"Gaily 1 Sing"
Just what sim
ming and sing
ing would have
to do W i t n
each other, I
W oul dn't be
knowing.
z a S u Pitts
has worked in
IL pictures the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30
WiIcoxon Revealed
As Amateur Artist

In his off screen m m n t S,
Henry Wilcoxon is a water-color
artist of no mean ability. He had
an exhibit in London just prior to
leaving for Hollywood to play the
role of Marc Anthony in Cecil B.
DeMille's cleopatra" at Para
mount.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30

la dy Of Dick
Powell's, about
to romp away
via her auto
mobile to the
m un ia ms,
a s k e d h i'm
would he be
kind enough
while he was
d o ng hi S
chores in the
village. to pick
h e r up q
couple of steaks
for the trip.
He would on
nnnAan~k Al hn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30

adventures of the porkers. Not
as good as the original pig short,
it is nevertheless a silly symphony
good enough to win its own ap-
plause.
A Patsy-Kelly.T h elma Tod d
short comedy, "I'll Be Suing You"
is mediocre slapstick and the pro-
gram is rounded out with a new
issue of the HearstMetrotone
newsreel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30
THE thin NAN OPENS -
William Powell Seen As Star Of
. Detective Story With Myrna
Loy and Dog
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Odd as it seems 1.-THE Thin Man. mystery meodrama
which the laughs outweigh the quality much it
could be rated comedy And smashing fine comedy by the
way The 1884 year thus far has brought better
William Powell sets the mood for 1.-THE Thin Man. which,
while exactly frivolous, urbane and gay at times and
new tnns erinns for comfort
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30
Washburn Back

Bryant Washburn, who was the
star Of two DeMille pictures is
ye&rS ago, played q small bit in
one scene of DeMille's latest Para.
mount picture Cleopatra"
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Known As Author

Mae West is as widely known in
the book world as in Screendom,
her novels now being American
best sellers and translated into
several languages.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30

The keyholes are plugged to.
day but what can you dot
would seem that q neighbor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-30

Movie Adaptation Of DashieII Hamme
Detective Story Is Exciting
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-05-24
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
By GEORG STRANDVOLD

Doomed, apparently, to downfall,
democracy constantly loses ground
and is being replaced in many coun-
tries by dictatorship, more or less
INSCRIPTIONS. A couple of weeks ago
the world witnessed the spectacle of
the Italian parliament gathering for
the purpose of pronouncing the death
sentence of popular government in
the country where Prime Minister
Benito Mussolini had succeeded in
abolishing all but the external form
of democratic regime.
At about the same moment the par
lament of Austria abolished itself
and granted to Chancellor Engelbert
Dollfuss practically autocratic powers.
In Germany, of course, Hitler rules
dictatorially; in Jugoslavia King Alex
ander is. practically speaking, an
autocrat; in Turkey, President Musta-
ia Renal runs the government; in
Poland a reconstruction of the cab
met a few days ago merely served
to remind the people that Field Mar
shall Josef Pilsudski still is the real
ruler of that country; the govern
ments of Spain, Portugal and Greece
approach anti-democracy; in Russia
Josef Stain is the virtual dictator,
approved, however, by the representa-
ives of the mass of the people, and in
France CASTOR DOumergue has over
powered the chamber of deputies to
the extent that a majority vote last
Saturday warded off AZ interpretations
intended to offer criticism of the
steps he has taken while conducting
his government by decree during the
twO-mOnth Easter vacation of the
chamber.
CONTINUED OH Page b
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-05-24
FEDERAL ROAD
FUNDS OBLIGATED
The Present $10,OO0,0OO Highway Pro.
gram VIII be Finished This
Summer.

Federal funds allotted Minnesota
for highway construction have prac-
tically all been placed under con-
tract or obligated on direct labor
projects, according to an announce
ment by N. w. Elsberg, state high
way commissioner.
With the letting of contracts on
bids to be opened Friday, May %,
more than 95 per cent of all avail
able federal money will be definitely
taken up. Mr.. Elsberg said. The re-
mainder is ear-marked for work
which for various reasons has not
reached the contract stage.
This means, the highway commits
siOner explained, that by late summer
the 100000 900 road construction pro-
gram which has been underway in
Minnesota since the fall of 1888 will
be virtually completed. After this
occurs, construction activities will be
almost eliminated unless additional
federal funds are made available, he
stated, because nearly all state road
money is required to maintain the en-
larged trunk system and meet bond
charges.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-05-24
FINLAYSON, WILLOW
HAVE FIRE SCARES

Several buildings and residences in
Finlayson and Willow River were en-
dangered by fire Saturday and Sunday
when the fire departments were called
to the rescue.
The prompt response to the fire bell
and the efficient work of the men
with chemical tanks saved John
Wyttenbach's store and living quar-
ters in Finlayson Sunday morning
when an overheated chimney started
a roof fire. Although the blaze was
soon under control, it was necessary
to chop several holes in the roof
to get at it. Some damage was done
to the interior of the building. The
fire might have been carried by the
wind to nearby buildings if it had
not been checked early.
The same situation was experienced
in Willow River the evening before
the Finlayson blaze when the out
buildings back of the E. w. Olson
and Joe Lehecka properties burned
to the ground causing much anxiety
to home owners near the fire. No
other damage was done due to the
good work of the fire department.
Joe Cibulka was severely burned
about the hands with acid and fire.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-05-24
MEMORIAL PROGRAM
is ANNOUNCED FOR
THE COUNTY SEAT

The program for Memorial day OBJ
servance in Pine City has been ar
ranged and will consist of elaborate
ceremonies in which a large part
of the population of the county seat
village will take part in memory OF
the dead. As announced last week
the principal speaker will be Chief
Justice John P. Devaney of the state
supreme court. The boy scouts Will
assist in the program and National
Guard Battery E will fire 21-gun
salute at noon, after which pa
rade will proceed to the cemetery
for the usual grave decoration and
where a salute will be fired over the
grave of Leon Heath. The usual
ceremony at the bridge in memory
of the sailors will be held. Lin
coins Gettysburg address will be spo-
ken by a school child at the ceme-
terry and Logan's order establishing
Memorial day will be read.
The remainder of the program m
GLIDING the speaking will be held In
Wiseman's Memorial Park.