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Evening star., 1934-07-14
"THN NAN" is
HELDATPALACE
ANOTHER WEEK
Popular Screen Detec-
tue Yarn Continues to
Dra,c Large Audiences.

Dashien Hammett's unique and ac-
curate observation that very funny
people sometimes get mixed up in
murders has been converted into
mystery film promising to live on for
ever at Loews Palace. where The
Thin Man" began third week yes
terday. Tricky but not so trite. glib
but not so gruesome as its hallowed
forebears in the field OF mystery
novels. this story has earned the royal
palm. the blue absinthe frappe and
numerous other encomiums for more
reasons than one. It supplies Myrna
10y and William Powell with two
merry and frothy roles wherein they
shine: its people are credible although
properly sinister when the time comes
reach out from the wall and make the
pretty girlie scream.
There you have 1.-THE perfect
score in adult hair raising. Not
cure for badness In addition to
much-advertised charms of dialogue.
photography. creeps and characters.
The Thin Man" carries as a side
line one OF the few genuinely appeal
ing love angles" as the lads call it.
of the year Few lovers can match
the sane, free and earthly champion
ship existing between Nick and Nora
Charles. who are. respectively, a re-
tired and somewhat bibulous detec-
tive. and his wife. the chief light
buoys In a sea of rather colorful
fiotSam and ietSam drifting sbout
the episodes of this cinema.
Whether you do or do not like to
laugh, be frightened or mystified.
The Thin Man" has been around
town so long now it must be seen in
self defense, or else bow to the fate
of a tongue-tied oaf at a circus
barkers' convention. Happily the
task is one Of those rare duties TO
oneself which will prove a pleasure.
Maureen O'Sullivsn. Minna Com
bell, Nat Pendleton and Porter Hall
top the supporting cast. There are
also some short subjects and a news
reel R 3. P. jr.
Evening star., 1934-07-14
Funny Frink Family on
Screen at Metropolitan
Fine Cast Makes This Picture Rank High
Among the Season Com medes-Aline
MacMahon Has Star Role.

from Australia, Uncle Newt Guy
Kibbe).
And so it goes until Nom cannot
stand it any longer and leaves, after
Uncle Newt had died from indigestion
and left her fortune Deprived of
its central cog. the family Is quickly
going to the dogs when Grandma takes
hand and brings Nom back TO her
slavery.
Other than Miss MacMahon, who
deserves beaucoup plaudits for one of
the best bits of restrained histrionics
seen in recent months, the Aim has
six other star performers. Each mem
ber of that crazy Fink family gets d
chance to demonstrate how capable
he Is
A program of short subjects, which
includes novelty song presentation
by Little Jack Little, Slapstick
comedy by George Givot and Charlie
Judels, title "Salted Sea Nuts; a is
minute newsreel Offering, and a trav-
elogue on siam completes the bill.
M. w. B.
Evening star., 1934-07-14

Family life as it was lived by the
Frinks in a New York fiat and as it
is lived in countless other large city
households forms the background for
the eccentricities of the group of PAM
pered souls whose carvings on make
Paramount's The Merry Frinks" just
about the most enjoyable of the un-
pretentious films that have landed
here this season. 1t holds the screen
while audiences hold their sides at
Warner Bros Metropolitan.
From Nom Frink, superbly char
acterized by capable Aline MacMahon,
all the way down to Brother Norman
(Frankie Darro) the cinema's cast
offers as genuine, as harmonious and
as ludicrous a family group as is to
be found outside of a lunatic asylum
Blinky-eyed Hugh Herbert is given his
choice role to date as the head of this
facetious family, and Allen Jenkins
rises to hitherto unknown heights as
the older brother gone communistic.
And yet, despite all of its ludicrous-
ness. the picture has as natural a
group of situations as are to be found
az oAAy lOdoCAAOl0s OCAlAAld tllC
comedy Of 1t all there turks the pathoS
of a Shaving mother and a family
brought up "out of grace"
With brother Frankie Darro. a
toughie who aspires to be a prize
fighter; brother Allen Jenkins, a raw
ing radical lawyer; sister Helen
Lowell, a nit-wit who believes she
will be radio star and father Hugh
Herbert. perpetually plastered news
paper man who gets fired from diff
ferent paper each week: long suffer-
ing Nom Frink, who spoils them all
and somehow keeps them out of New
York's State asylum, has more than
enough on her hands. to say nothing
of a drink switching whimpering
grandmother. But these we're mere
nothings as compared with the dis
order caused by the sudden arrival
of the nllttieSt member of the family
Evening star., 1934-07-14
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing.

Palace-"The Thin Man" at 11:15
am. 1920, 3:25, $50, 1885 and s;45
pm.
Fox-"Stamboul Quest" at 11:05
am, 1:45. 4:3o, 7:lo and e:55 pm.
Stage shows at 1880 3:35, Sis and
9 pm.
Columbia-'Little Miss Marker" at
11:45 am, las, 3:45, 5;45, 745 and
GAS pm.
Metropolitan-"The Merry Frinks, -
at 1910, 2:35. 5, 7'25 and $50 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Of Human Bond
age" at 11:24 am. l:11, 2:52, 4:3e,
$40. 8:07 and 9:54 pm.
EarIe-"Fog Over Frisco" at 11:I0
am. 1:55, 4:40. 7:25 and 1910 pm.
Stage shows at l245. 335, 6:l5 and
e:05 pm
Tivoli-"Many Happy Returns" at
2, 4:10. 6:15, and $50 pm.
AmbaSSa dor Thirty Day Princess, =
at ?, 4, 6, 7:50 and GAS pm.
Evening star., 1934-07-14
"Stamboul Quest Turns
Out Really New Spy Tale
Myrna 10y and George Brent Do Some Splendid
Actins-Vincent Lopez Holds Center
of Vaudeville Stage

vapid novelty numbers on the stage
program OF an orchestra famous for
It's smooth renditions OF dance music,
but there are few sprinkled through
the Lopez schedule The maestro
himself performs briefly at the piano.
proving his extreme dexterity on the
keys. albeit he seems addicted 70 the
waterfall. torrent t-of-notes technique.
Nevertheless you can pick out trace
of the melody beneath the finger ex-
ercises. and all would be we'll II the
ivory soloing did not lead straight up
to a whistler. Fred Lowery, the warb-
Ter on the Lopez bill, received numer-
Gus encores at the second perform
ance yesterday.
Also on the vaudeville list are the
Gaudschmidts, with top-notch
trained-dog act; Edna Sedgewick. who
| dances; Frances Hunt. a crooner into
microphoneS; the Saxon Sisters. en-
gagged In yipping a piece called Tive
Got Jitters" and several others which
gave them to us, and Florence and
Alvarez, a dance team We are told.
over protest. is very good,
The news reel and a short subject
are also shown. r. B. p, Jr.
Evening star., 1934-07-14
BAND CONCERTS

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band at the bandstand this
evening at $50 o'clock; John S. NJ
Zimmerman. bandmaster: Anton
Pointner, associate leader.
Marche Francaise, The Blue Devils, Z"
Levy
Overture, Don Juan" -. Mozart
Descriptive fantasia, Musical Scenes
In Switzerland" ......... Langey
Synopsis. andantino. "A Rustic Pie
ture"; allegretto. Peasant Dance;
moderate. "Alphorn";; "A la Polacca
Tempo di Tirolienne ("Yodler') and
finale
Scenes from the opera, Daughter Of
the Regiment" ........ .Donizetti
Characteristic, "Au Moulin" ("The
MIL ..s...'..' ''''''. s''' Nillet
Waltz suite, Echoes From Erolps
Garden" ..................L .Lumbye
Finale, "A Bold Front. Seltzer
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1934-07-14
YOUNG STARS
PICTURE BACK
At COLUMBIA
"Little Miss Marker, .
With Shirley Temple,
Plays Second Run.

There is something provocative
about Americas newest and brightest
little film star. Unreservedly, you
like her You can't help it. Per-
haps it is her smile and dimple she
so pertly displays in Little Miss
Marker" current at the Columbia for
its second showing in Washington.
Perhaps it is the simplicity and senti-
ment in the story Damon Runyon
wove about her that grips you. Never
theless, it is there. and all who go
to see little Shirley Temple bow down
before her elfn charm.
Even the hardened bookmakers and
gamblers could not resist her little
smile, and the hardest of the lot, one
"Sorrowful' Jones, as Mr.. Runyon
wrote him, fell so under her spell he
even bought new suit, something he
evidently had not done in years. No
one can weave such imaginary hokum
about the race track touts as Damon
Runyon. veteran sports writer, and
very few other film companies can
cast such a story as did Metro Gold
wyn-Mayer and make it into the fllm
Little Miss Marker"
This film has the power TO make
your eyes wet one moment and the
next dry them with laughter It is
Dorothy Dell. Adolph Menjou and
Shirley Temple who carry the film
through the gamut of emotions, and
Mr.. Menjou proves that he does not
need to be the best dressed man in
Hollywood to be one of its best actors.
His role of ''Sorrowful" Jones was
played-ss Mr. Runyon meant him to
be played and without the benefit of
Mr. Menjouis elaborate wardrobe
No one should really miss seeing
Little Miss Marker" tame the tough
est bunch of mugs" ever assembled
IN one picture. And tame them in
such a believable manner. The film
might have been an all-star film from
the ability displayed by every one in
the cast.
Little Miss Marker" has humor. ii
has pathoS. In fact, IT has everything
that goes to make q Aim one of the
10 best in the year. and by all means
do not miss 1t. J. n. x.
Evening star., 1934-07-14
ORGAN RECITAL

The second in the series of organ
recitals given by students of Mount
Vernon School of Music, r Deane
Shure, director. took place last night
at Mount Vernon Place Church be-
fore a large and apprecistive audi
ence
The program opened with Can
tilene Nuptiale." Dubois "Paque
Fleuries, Msilly; Evening Prayer, "
Smart. PLAYED by Isabel Carvin Shell
ley. with interesting registration. but
with a tempo probably too much re-
strained. Dorothy Snyder. who will
be the student organist at Mckinley
High School next year, followed with
Vein, Vein. Emanuel. Kreckel; 81
Canine Real. Diggle; Prayer and
BerceuSe Guilmant, and From q
Monton Top" Diegle Her pedal
technique was especially clear-cut
and done in reposeful manner. A
tonal visit to the roo in the next
ercup. The Squirrel" Weaver; The
Cuckoo" ArenSky. Will O. the
wisp. Nevin. and The Flight Of the
Bumble Bee, RinSky- -KorSakov. was
well played by j. Robert Lee.
Doris Hancock, soprano, sang three
numberS-"On Wings of Music.
MendelsSohn, The Violet" Scarlatti,
and Glory of the Morn. Carver
She is the poSSeSSor Of light color
atura voice. which was evenly han
died. The numbers are well suited
20 her type of singing
The final group; Sunset and Eve
ming Bells" Federletn: Thou Art My
Rock" Mueller Grand Chorus, 50
Jongen: Shadow Mountain. "ASSyr-
ian Shepherd" and Cathedral Cliffs, s.
the last three by Mr.. Shure,'' was
played by the Young orsaniSt. Mar
garet BarringeI she played her
group from memory and with artistic
style. Desne Shure's "ASsyrian Shep-
herd" is a type of music which re-
ouires maturity in spiritual values.
and this young organiSt performed II
like veteran concert player She
received sn ovation al the close OF
the program. r. T,
Evening star., 1934-07-14

While the film may not get you "a
the Earle. this Leo Carrillo. heading
the stage show. should. Mr.. Carrilln
is one of those current Hollywood
actors who can act. Although IL was
with some surprise that we heard
him bounce of this Warner Bros.
stage with a hurrah for a new seven
year Metro -Goldwyn- Mayer contract
(which he deserves, Mr.. Carrillo
otherwise kept to the law and hae his
audience laughing its head of during
his l5-minute monologue.
Wesley Eddy brought down the
house yesterday. too. We have q
feeling. however. that his old Offer
ings are better than his new. which
was possibly evidenced by the fact
that his splendid st. Louis Blues
number got the biggest nano Of the
show. Mr.. Eddys followers are still
as stanch as Gibraltar.
Other stage entertainers include
the debut of the Tennessee Noun
taineers-and a swell debut at that;
those handsome gymnasts, the De
long Sisters. and dance act in which
Nitza Vernile nhis from the balcony
looked like the old Follies dancers
used to look.
Evening star., 1934-07-14

Already our previews are revealing
this interesting fact. Just at first
even a seasoned observer is puzzled
You see Carole Lombard But
doesn't she look different" you say.
II has been the custom, my good
friends. to exaggerate the screen
lady's mouth in many cases to the
extreme of sensual allure. With such
makeup, a trained eye could always
perceive the actress own mouth line
hidden by the voluptuous curves Of
the makeup mans rouge pencil.
Today there is more Of tendency
to follow the original mouth lines
to fringe the orbs less unbelievably,
to cut down on the exaggerated
length of the false f1ngernails that
make scarlet talons out of the finger
tips of all stars before the camera.
The change will work a double
blessing. Our movie girls on the
screen will be more like the girls we
meet in drawing rooms, and, praise
be, some Of the girls we meet in
drawing rooms will stop trying to
look like the girls they keep seeing
on screens.
Some of our movie stars, away from
the makeup man, wear perfectly
smooth faces, unpowdered even, tam
ned to a -you-well, no mascara,
and the slightest bit of rouge. They're
in the minority, l admit but when
you do find them, they're unbelievably
lovely. At the present telling. there
is enough Justification in silver screen
maquillage today to render the most
famous stars unrecognizable to the
tourist who sits next to them at cafe
tables.
In publicizing The Barrets of VIM
pole Street" good deal was said about
the various personages who carry lead
roles in the film, but not very much
about one actor who slips into head
position In the cast and holds his
own even when legislated against by
Director Sydney Franklin. who some
times cuts this actors head out of
close-upS in order TO keep attention
on his star
champion Flash" the spotted
cocker spaniel who becomes as much
a part of the "Barretts" as do Norma
Shearer. Frederic March, Charles
Laughton. Una O'Connor and the rest
Of the very fine cast,
Flask comes close to stealing the
Aim. He is a canine of unusual sa-
gacity, with none of the trick talents
Of the usual dog actor, but with a
fair for playing role-n silence
Evening star., 1934-07-14

The big moment in the picture
somes when Bette DAVIS IA found all
suried up IN a rumble scat--dead as q
1o1rnau. While TINS is not a pretty
1eiai and one thar does away with
Miis Davis long before the f1nal cur
.ain. 10 Is the cause for a great deal
Of running and shooting and kid
nsping and tor your finding out what
that shopping butler has been up TO
ali along.
The butler. whose every breath
eonnotes villainy. Miss Davis. who is
as cracked" a society girl" as ever
entered ball room. and others give
this Peg Over Frisco" the impetus
and 1t is a fast f1lm--thst the picture
deserves However. 70 our way of
thinking. Miss DAVIS is not as she is
IN "Of Human Bondage" playing the
role OF the rumble "stiff" before she
Is a stiff) with an artificiality that
We have not observed heretofore.
More effective is Donald Woods as the
reporter who loves Margaret Lindsay
and Margaret Lindsay who loves DON
aid Woods. Effective also is Hugh
Herbert. one of the Warmers ace
comedians. Who goes around taking
pictures Of the various events with a
"modernistic" touch.
Evening star., 1934-07-14

looking . and everybody was say
ing now where the dickens is Mrs.
Freddie Hitz and is it true that she
has turned herself into golf ball?
The Madrillon has been
buzzing of late with young Demo-
Gratis . it also buzzed with a great
dinner given by members of the mail
and records division of the N. r. A.
in honor of its retiring chief, Miss
Eleanor Jones E. =. the Shoreham to-
night will see Vincent Lopez being
entertained by DR.. and Mrs. Burns i.
and it is said that Pete Macias is
going to try and bring his boat up
to the Powhatan some night.
Evening star., 1934-07-14


in a corner sat
Julie Zimmerman
in a sailor bon
net which really
did net become
her =. also pres
ent was the one
tim e Charlotte
ChildreSs
very tall and
blond end good
Evening star., 1934-07-14

at DR.. Jim Mitchells house with
daughter Eliza who leaves today
for Montreal Miss Rogers reply
to q QUESTIONABLE on this, which was
presented her by her lunch escort, was
as follows: Il wouldn't eat two lunches
If I didn't want 70"
Everybody from Fort Myer
but Rodney was at the Club Michel
the other evening four-footeo
animals are. Of course, not allowed
but Myer officers. six strappins
celebrities at any rate. waltzed in with
a brace Of fair femina and
broke every woman's heart in the
place according TO the smiling
coat room lady whose name
should be Raquel Torres :. but
alas. isn't
Rumored again: That wal
ter Won Herbuhs will open the Club
Chantecleer in the Fall.
Likewise, it Is rumored that
If S. E. Cochran opens the Belsscn
Theater in October as the largest OF
local night club haunts ne will
have Stoddsrd Taylor there to pre-
side as host as Mr.. Taylor has
done for vars and vars. when the
Evening star., 1934-07-14
Mayor Orders Weeds Cut.

GREENSBURG. Pa. 0P.-Obvi-
ouSly with hay-fever sufferers in
mind. Mayor Harry N. Yont has or
dered Police Chief George weStover
to enforce q city ordinance requiring
property owners to cut weeds on their
vacant lots. The mayor did not say
whether he is q sufferer himself. but
apparently he's not 10 be sneezed at.
Evening star., 1934-07-14

as deeply psychological as any one on
that screen.
1t is Flash" who conveys to the
audience the fact that there is some
thing loathsome about Pa Barrett.
Tail down. and with sinking mien,
Flash" beats it from the scene
whenever the elder Barrett brings his
miasmatic soul into the picture. His
doggy eye is eloquent when he turns
1t occasionally on his mistress father,
and when Robert Browning says
pompouSly. Il am very modest man. y
1t Is Flash" who gets the laugh of
a lifetime by raising up from his dog
basket to turn a bored eye of re-
monstrance on the brsggart.
I'll tell you more about the human
actors later. This divagation must be
charged up to deep liking for all
CANNES.
tcopyrieht 1884. by the Nerth American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.l
Evening star., 1934-07-14
Bandits Eyesight Perfect.

CHICAGO OP1.-The gunman who
entered the grocery of which Victory
Blue is manager has crossed eyes,
Good morning" said the intruder.
i came to get your money
Blue laughed, but stopped when a
bullet punctured the can he was
holding, splashing red beet juice all
over him.
Convinced there was nothing wrong
with the robbers eyesight, Blue di-
rected him TO the cash drawer, which
contained IS.
Evening star., 1934-07-14
Church to Hold Picnic.

Emory M. E. Church South was
to hold its annual Sunday school
picnic this afternoon at Rock Greek
Grove No. and Pierce Mill Recrea-
ton Grounds. Transportation will be
provided for all who wish to attend at
the church at 2 pm. A program OF
athletic games and contests will be
held in addition to a picnic lunch.
Evening star., 1934-07-14

with small won-
der that patrons
of the Joewen- :
keller saw Miss
Rogers, barehead
a n d charming,
e a I in g lunch
there t'other day
knowing fun
well that in an
other half hour
she would be eat
ing another lunch
Evening star., 1934-07-14

Looping Spectator
"In fact, said
the young man.
as he fingered
the music and
pointed to the
name of Dublin
and Warren. AL
the music from a
new film called
Danes is swell
the best from
any Aim since
B ing Crosby's
las" so watch
for Danes"
Evening star., 1934-07-14
Film Cleanup to Wipe
Off Layers of Makeup
Eyelashcs viii Be More Natural Length and
Many Other Disgusting Touches Will
Be Ruled Out
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

T oLLYwooD Calf. July u NANAo-Your screen stars stars
II the future going look different to you Don't
think they've gone off that Norma Shearer less lovely
Marene Dietrich less auring that Marion Dawes eyes
are less breathakng Dolores Del Rios dewy charm less ap
parent
the pure makeup involves less length in the false
natural match the
tvnee give in the future.
Evening star., 1934-07-14
Radio Singer Weds.

NEW YORK, July IA tP).-Jesse
Greer. 81, song writer of New York
City, and Jane e. Wilson. "a, radio
singer of 1880 Fairmont street north
west, Washington. D. c., were mar
ried yesterday.
Evening star., 1934-07-14
Fog Over Frisco" Swift
And Entertaining Story
by Stage Show With Leo Carrillo and
Wesley Eddy-Bette Davis in Picture.
BY 3. De 8. MELCHER.

oME Of the boys feel that there must have been little
fog the Warmers decided to film Fog
q. over Frisco" the film isn't really bad
- tha-and you take II calmly and for what it is worth,
although won't feet flying from under
excitement you enjoyment
Evening star., 1934-07-14

Miss Wilson formerly lived with her
aunt. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Danforth, at
the Fairmont street address, but
moved to New York a short time ago.
Evening star., 1934-07-14

Diplomats from the British
embassy gave Helen Wardman and
A. r. 1--WE can't mention the name
againl a twirl last Monday night at
the Powhatan Harold Freese
Pennefather, and that dark. smooth,
handsome new third secretary,
here to work like blazes and to
step out when the stepping's good,
gave them a merry dash around the
Evening star., 1934-07-14

and watch the Shoreham smooth
les as they push their hand
some ladies hither and yon :. mostly
hither and see for yourself how
many able young men sing L Have
Eyes Only for You" as they step here
and there and on their neighbor's feet
and when you go to the Shoreham
tonight see to it that that athletic In
dian dance team mo more Indian
really than Fanny Brice) doesn't land
in your coffee last night the elastic
young lady came within an inch OF
replacing our sugar so fierce was
her leap and her mnge and her fall
and so very near the exact center
of poor little Spectators hot coffee
gadget others who had coffee
there last night were famed Shorty
Johnston. who sat there with his
father who looks no older than his
son Josephine Ahearne radiant
in a white Jean Harlow creation E.
Mary Murray Hume, whose motto is
"one cocktail is enough" and a
handsome lady who looked like Fran
els Starr and either was or
wasn't.
A lady is going to take a bath
atop the new Carlton bar or
rather. whoa. it's not a real lady, but
a marble statue something on
the order OF the one that stands in
the middle of the Carlton gardens
a smooth. slippery thing. this
statue will be rugged high over that
cylindrical bar which people eye with
hot wonder and water will be
leveleo at her and she will perch
there like the Venus de Milo on the
ground floor of the Louvre only
cooler.
Alicia Rogers popular
daughter of the popular Phil Coffins
mrs. CONN nov suns herself at
Massachusetts, Nonquit serene and
beautiful in a house that sits in the
middle of a handsome field !.
well, Miss Rogers has a hobby g.
and a good one at that she likes.
frankly. TO eat therefore. 1t was
Evening star., 1934-07-14

oIOI tIIdII 1IN q oWCIl
song" said Barnee. ace music leader,
the other night when the coated
maestro was interviewed by ye gal
Evening star., 1934-07-14

theater was what is called "legiti-
mate"
That modest young lady whom
you will see at Ramons Garden is
no other than aviatrix Helen Cavis
aged 20 accomplishments
She has flown 235 hours (solo)
also competed last May in the Lang
ley day races was second in her
event.
Evening star., 1934-07-14
After Dark
Smart People, Smart Things, Smart Places.
By the Spectator.
lark

IT HAVE EYES ONLY FOR YOU"
is the latest dittie to arouse
the casual. and the not so
Il casual. dancer out at the
CIn~aAor, 0Jffe = cuyall
Evening star., 1934-09-09

Faithfully reproducing the rich color
ings, the lustrous high lights and deep,
silky pile of real Orientals, these beauti-
ful rugs will amaze you at this low
price. All are woven through to the
back, which guarantees long wear.
Evening star., 1934-09-09

If next winter is anything like last
year, you'll need plenty of warm
bed coverings! Rich two-tone color
combinations, all-silk bindings
Palais ROyal-Second Floor
The Washington times., 1934-12-26
MEN

To assist me in my work. Must be
neat and over %, with cars. Good earn
ings. Call Potomac 4678 for appt.. after
Z p. M, Wednesday.