Evening star., 1934-12-27
PLAYS AND
FILMS OF
NEW WEEK
National, BelascO Oper,
Monday Night-Good
Pictures on List.
BY E. de S. MELCHER.

ri ABUHNUM GHOVE, James
B. Priestley's popular Lon
don success, at the moment
IL being prepared for the Ber-
lin stage, will open Monday
night at the National. On the same
night a permanent Broadway COM
pany" will open tthe Belasco in A. E.
Thomas comedy, mo More Ladies"
Other dramatic events of the new
week Gn the film world) will include
Irene Dunno in Sweet Adeline," at
the Earle; the continuation of Miss
Hepburn's Little Minister" at Keith's,
and the first local showing of "The
President Vanishes," picture which
has caused considerable rumpus, at
Loew's Fox.
Here is the complete list:
'Laburnum Grove" at the National,
will reveal Edmund Gwenn, popular
London actor, for the first time to
American audiences. Gilbert Miller
and Lee Shubert have borrowed the
play from England and will present it
to Broadway after Washington has had
a first look at it. The cast also in
cludes Melville Cooper, Margery Pick
ard (of the original company and
Marjorie Wood, Leslie Denison, etc.
mo More Ladies' will be the first
presentation of the Belasco Art
Theater Society. This is a comedy
that tickled the fancy of New York
for most of last Winter. The cast,
which is busily rehearsing at the
Carlton under the direction of Arthur
Ritch;e, features Grandon Rhodes,
Helen Kingsley "a blond), Vera Tatum,
Edith Ketchum, David Appellee and so
on. The first performance will take
place New Year eve, with a special
matinee on New Year day, according
to Manager Stoddard Taylor, who is
once more gracing the dramatic Offices,
hat, coat, gloves and ALL
Hepburn in Barrie's 1.-THE Little
Minister" is playing at R-K-O Keiths.
Have you noticed the musical score?
John Beal, by the way, played his
first professional role right here at
the Belasco when Another Language"
was given cold shoulder by Wash
ingtonians and before it reached its
fantastic success in New York.
Crawford Gable Montgomery con-
tinue in "Forsaking All Others" at the
Palace. This is not Design for
Living team, although they all like
each other pretty much. Miss Craw-
ford, after being ditched handsomely
by Montgomery, puts Gable in her
pocket and goes home
We look forward to Sweet Ade-
line" which opens tomorrow at the
Earle, more than anything else in
town this week. This is due to the
music that Helen Morgan once sang
atop fleet of pianos, the presence
of Irene Dunno in the cast. and the
news that Donald Woods does the best
job Of his brief cinema career. The
stage show is headed by Paul Ash
and a flock of entertainers.
The President Vanishes," the new
fllm that has some of the boys won
dering land more than that opens
tomorrow at Loew's Fox, with Edward
Arnold in the chief role Others in
clude Janet Beecher, Paul Kelly and
Arthur Byron-all being swell actors
should make this an extremely in
teresting recreation, which most of
have seen the picture have said al
ready. The stage show is headed by
Nick Lucas, or JAMS and Whalen,
whichever you prefer.
And don't forget that Babes in
Toyland," at the Columbia, is the best
entertaintainment in town for the
younger maybe this is true of 'Peck's
Bad Boy at the Metropolitan.
DUDLEY DIGGES, famed Theater
- Guild actor, and now very much
affiliated with the films, has his eye
on 'The Bishop of Havana" Or
rather David Wallace has his eye on
it for him. Papers have been signed
by Mr.. Wallace, Publisher Ives Wash
burn and Author Pendleton Hogan to
set the bishop into motion so far
as the drama is concerned. 1t seems
that Mr.. Digges would like to see the
bishop on the stage So would Novel,
ist Hogan. So would Publisher Wash
burn. And David Wallace is the man
who thinks he can do it. At the
moment he is feverishly engaged in
making theater out of fiction Good
luck, Messrs. Wallace Washburn,
Digges and Hogan.
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nON'T forget that Dick Wilmington
and His Cat" the Christmas offer
ing of the Children's Theater of New
York, will play at the National to-
morrow morning at 1890 o'clock in
stead of on Saturday. It's just about
q sell-out already.
X X X
TOMORROW NIGHT: A German
- film, Die Blonde Christi" will be
shown up at Pierce Hall by the for
eign language cinema group Time:
8 PM English sub-titles are pro-
vided)
X X X X
THANKS, and so forth, are due: Jean
- Harlow for that Christmas greet
ing which has had most of the boys
guessing ESQ far as is known that is
the first platinum" Christmas card
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