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Evening star., 1934-04-18
COLUMBIA PLAYERS IN
THE FIRST MRS. FRASER
Amateurs Do Well in Play
Which Moves Along Quite
SLOWLY

An appreciative audience last night
viewed the Columbia Players first
presentation of The First Mrs.
Fraser" the three-act drama ST. John
G. Ervine wrote about divorce and
divorced people, but we suspect that
the audience would have been much
more appreciative If the players had
chosen a livelier vehicle for their
talents.
The cast. however, did we'll with the
various sequences and moving
plot.
Except for Katheryn Logan, whose
role Of a tempestuous seeking
and selfish young wife. who in her
own words sought to get as much
as she could and give as little in re-
turn seemed to suit her to the pro-
verbal T, the cast appeared to have
been influenced by the above-men-
toned slowness of the play, and did
little to give it that extra bit of life
and increased tempo which it needed.
Samuel Gray as a vain, elderly
Scotchman VINO fees to his first wife
for comfort when his second spouse,
much younger, wants divorce, played
James Fraser in good character.
Aurora Poston, in the difficult part
of the first Mrs. Fraser, was guilty
of slowness. but Of no other faults as
the pleasant and matter of fact ma
tron about whom the play centers.
S. Allen Foster, as a weak but lik-
able suitor of the first Mrs. Fraser;
Robert Miller, as "a clever little boy
from Oxford" Eileen Fowler, as an
attractive young wife; Wayne C..
Bobst, as her SNUG young husband,
and Dorothy White, as the maid, were
convincing in supporting roles.
The play is to be repeated tonight
at Pierce Hall at $50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1934-04-18
"A GREEK EVENING"
AT THE ARTS CLUB
Music and an Illustrated Lecture
Are Features of Interest
ing Program.
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

The musical program of the Greek
evening yesterday at the Arts Club
covered portion of the period from
276 BIC. to the present day and ap-
propriately fitted in with the illus
trated talk given by Ann Darlington
on the relation of Greek life to its
ancient background.
Miss Darlington gave an interesting
view of Greece of the present day,
connecting it with the historic past
by stories of social and political hap
penings. Legendary tales of Greek
heroes and heroines with slides de-
picting the scenes of their stories
were further illustrated by the music
of the early period presented by
Gladys Price Sanders, soprano. accom-
panied by Emma Louise Thompson.
Mrs. Sanders sang the Oldest and
longest song of ancient Greece, the
Hymn to Apollo" from 278 BIC,
and Byzantine Christmas hymn. A
group of folk songs was given by Mrs.
j. Frank Rice, soprano, accompanied
The songs, originally sung as accom-
paniment to Greek dances. were
'Kleftis," the Dance of zalongou, u
Macedonian Dance" "Cretan" and
the Song of Karyatides."
Three songs by a modern Greek
composer, Manuel Kalomiris, were
sung for the first time in public by
Franceska Kaspar Lawson, accom-
panied by Mrs. c. A. Simpson. Given
in their translated version, "Es
strahlt die Some wieder," "Conte'
and "Maledizione, they revealed orig
inality of structure with atmospheric
color well stressed in Mrs. lawson S
rendition.
The program finished with a pres
entation of living friezes' by the
Society of the Daughters of Muses.,
a Greek-American girls club.
Evening star., 1934-04-18

Cleopatra Ptolemy, who tells the fu-
ture (for consideration, is threaten
in "Ceebee" De Mile with a lawsuit
because hes making a picture which
deals with her life before reincarna-
ton" Richard Dix has bought
himself a new cream-colored COW
pony Stan Laurel couldn't wait
for his final, so he married Ruth
Rogers at Ensenada, across the Mexi-
can border.
When the exhibitors gathered here,
"how pictures are put together" Some
guy should have followed with why
pictures are taken apart" Wesley
Barry, that freckle-faced kid, is back
in pictures again after three years
absence John Lodge, with a
seven-year contract in his pocket,
plotting a good-looking chap from the
American embassy in Paris around the
Hollywood lot Miriam Hopkins
wig for "She Loves Me Not" is very
La HOPPE Williams.
Ida Lupino's dogs ran amuck and
ate six roasted chickens she had all
ready for her lawn party. She's added
leashes and muzzles to her canine
equipment Rackie Torres and
Stephen Ames exchanging presents
embroidered handkerchiefs and Rolls
Royces Marguerite Namara took
a bit part in a local picture because
she hasn't had any work in some
time and doesn't want the producing
boys to forget she's still around
Dwight Franklin, pirate specialist,
comes to Hollywood to make Treasure
Island" authentic.
Jean Parker always serves "eggs
elegante" at her Sunday morning
breakfasts They're betting about
Chevalier getting into a princely
mood for "The Merry Widow" role
Lupe Velez values the ukulele
which brought her to fame at $4,000
. 1t takes Jean Harlow one hour to
don her body makeup for "One Hun
dred Per Cent Pure" Well, it won't
take long to don the clothing.
,, We have quite a group of chess
players Ralph Morgan, Willy Pogany
OlUO hUSIcIl anu
Hamilton are all enthusiasts Ernst
Lubitsch sits at the piano and plays
the accompaniments for his stars
when rehearsing musical things
Leon Gordon took to the desert to
write a story of the high seas
The Delicious Dozen" are the dane
ing girls gathered for Chevalier's
Prince Danilo background Carole
Lombard thinks It's bad luck to plan
vacation ahead Of time. She has
the chauffeur drive around the block
after her bags are aboard and then
comes to a decision.
The combined fortunes of Merry
Fahrney Eisner, Winifred Flint and
Virginia Pine Lehman come to IA
millions :. They say the guy work
ing on studio lots under the name Will
liam Morris was a famous labor leader
in the not so long ago =. A promising
face, Paul Cavanaugh Douglass
Montgomery rented modernistic
house atop the Hollywood hills and
ironically dubbed it THE Vicarage."
Evening star., 1934-04-18

swanky Mrs. John MARY of Scotland)
CasWell serves only to very particular
guests . they will not suddenly
rise out of their chalices and sock
you maliciously in the eye. Yes
terday Ye Spectators mouth watered
as he gazed, only gazed, at one OF
them.
Pete (Heigh-Ho) Macias is al
odds with old man Spectator be-
cause old man chided him gently fol
imaginary ills. But, says Pete, 81
don't read him anyway" So why
should Pete worry?
Variety, said a sage, is the
spice Of life, and gazing about
the vast, nicely ventilated Continen-
tai room at the Wardman Park the
other evening variety was very
much in evidence. Present was
attractive. dark-eyed Representative
Mary T. Norton, whose cohorts Clike
Caesar's are legion . entertain
ing frisky party with great good
grace. Pat Hebert, son of Rhode
Islands Senator, with an elegantly
rigged crew . and Al Schacht
base ball celebrity, who cut quite a
figure as he did a fox trot here and
two step there.
Acclaimed is the tri-
umvirate of La Costa, Carlita and
Marie, which will bow tomorrow night
at Wardman Park . for the first
time since La Costa. Carlita and
Marie came from the Savoy Hotel in
London, the Excelsior Hotel in Rome
the Grand Hotel at Monte Carlo
Hamburgs Alcazar Cafe, the Casino
La Paree (not de- and the En-
pire Theater in Paris. They
dance.
- Shoreham headliners: from the
Follies Bergeres. Gypsy Rhoumaje
sounds like rheumatism if you say
it fast) :. from the ex-Ziegfeld Fol-
lies, Jack and Betty Williams ). from
R-K-O circuit, La Chapelle and Lock
well who skate even in the Spring
and Alama and Roland from the
Will Oakland Club :. now what more
do you want except maybe those
French prints which hang upstairs in
popular, well pomaded-haired gen.
tleman's boudoir.
=" What the Madrillon calls bully
bolero" is being featured there this
week by Renato and Rita "a pair
of supple young Spanish folk" >. who
honestly do not come from Chevy
Chase.
'*"" Daughters of the Senateare in a
pretty stew :. that is they are all ex-
cited over the dinner which they will
give tomorrow night at the Shoreham
in honor of Senator and Mrs. Steiwer's s
daughter, Elizabeth, who on Saturday
will wed Mr.. Ralph McElvanny of Salt
Lake City Lyla Townsend, daugh-
ter of Senator John G., jr., is one oi
the guiding hands in the affair :. and
10 other damsels, all Senatorial in
genues, are in a dignif1ed state o1
what is known as the jitters.
= Sticks and stones, plaster and
brick are busy these days building
Mr.. Loewenkeller's summer garden :.
this outin-the-open sun and moor
spot, which will seat at least 25(
one hundred and fifty pound guests
shows signs of crashing into its own
d.. should be ready almost any time
now gazing into its unknown the
Evening star., 1934-04-18
CHILDREN'S PLAY.

"The King of the Golden River
which comes to the National Theater
Saturday morning, April %, for one
performance only, will close the sec.
ond season of children's plays given
here by the Children's Theater, under
the sponsorship of the Women's In.
ternational League.
"The King of the Golden River
was written by John Ruskin almost
a hundred years ago for a little girl,
who, when she grew up, became his
wife.
Evening star., 1934-04-18


Miss Hepburn is described as fol-
gingham, her hair flying in the wind,
hurting epithets, loving like a mink
and hating like devil" This mod
est survey of Trigger Hicks, the spit
fire" in the case, indicates that her
coming film is as different from other
films she has played as The Lake
was from Little Women"
Herewith partial list of Miss Hep
burns various victories and defeats.
triumphs, sorrows, kindnesses, etc,
since. theatrically, "she began:
l. Fired from the Jane Cowl play
"Art and Mrs. Bottle" because Author
Benn Levy thought she was too
ugly"
2. Reirstated in Art and Mrs. Bot
tie" because, according to some one,
Clifford Brooke said she shad great
talent
g. Played The Warriors Husband
with success, although not vitally
known on Broadway.
4. Landed in Hollywood and almost
instantly in "A Bill of Divorcement'
in which she was royalty hailed by
one local critic and royalty sat on by
two others.
5. Played next on the screen in
christopher Strong which got bet
ter than average notices for the star,
but also mention that her legs were
too skinny.
6. Then Morning Glory" which
she said she hated and for which she
was given the Academy award for
the best acting of the year.
Z. Next, Little women which is
film history.
8. Mex, a trip East and an Unfor-
tunate episode drought about by Jed
Harris) IN which she snapped her
fingers az reporters
9. Followed by The Lake" a play
IN which she did not deserve the
merciless beating she was given by
Broadway critics.
10. Next, supposedly yanked out of
"The Lake" by the R-K-O film COM
pany because it thought the play
was causing Ill feeling against her.
II. Vacation IN New YCrk-aS
mouselike as Carlo.
12 A trip to Europe-and a door
slams in reporters faces.
13. Four dsys il Paris and then
back from Europe-all smiles and q
story with grin for every reporter
IA. Back to the Coast to do Joan
of Arc
Now what? She says she wants to
learn to act so that in time she can
make the Broadway boys eat all those
horrid words they said about her.
Hope she does. She's good enough
for Us, as a matter of fact, right
now!"
Evening star., 1934-04-18
IWhere and When
lCurrent Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

Belasco-"Tfle Green Bay Tree" at
$50 pm.
Mana" at 1915, 2:35, ass
7:15 and $50 pm.
Rialto-"Glamour," at II am,
i2:47, 2:34, 4:21, sos, 7:55 and 9:43
pm.
Fox-"Men in White at 10:45 am.
lis, 4:10, 7:1O and $50 pm. Stage
shows at 1920, 3:15, 6:15 and
B:55 pm.
Gayety-"Madcap Review" at II
noon, 2:15 and 8:l5 pm.
Columbia-"SheM Made Her Bed" at
HOS a M, 1880, 2:40, 4:25, 6:15, 8:05
and $50 pm.
tropolitan-"Wonder Bar" at
11:20 am, 1:50, 4;25, 7 and $50 pm
R-K-O Keith's - Catherine the
Great" at l1:41 am, 1:4l, 3:41, Sal,
TAI and GAL pm.
EarIe-"Death Takes Holiday" at
IL am. las, 4:25, ITO and 9:55 pm
Stage shows at 1885, 3:35, $40 and
9:05 pm.
Tivoli-" Journal of a Crime" at
2:40, 4:30, 6:l5, 8 and $50 pm.
Ambassador-"Galla Lady" at 6:25
$40 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1934-04-18

May 6, which Daniel Frohman is stag
ing. Miss Starr is currently playing
in the Dan Tothero's play about the
x x x
GAVIN MUIR, who kept the Ma
~ tional curtain from going up
about As minutes on that last per-
formance here of Dangerous Corner, "
has been soundly raped for his
actions by Equity. The current issue
of Equity's magazine tells you all
about it.
Members of the National Press
Club will have a private screening of
Lee Tracy in III Tell the World" to-
morrow night.
Bert Lytell comes to the Belasco
next week in Berhman's comedy,
The Second Man"
At last-George JesSel admits that
he's bought Norma (Talmadge) a
diamond ring.
Bert or Kroom dts all the same)
Bagranoff will sing again next week
at the Earle That shows just how
smart both the Earle and Mr. Bag
ranoff have become. incidentally, we
predict that the latter is going places.
4 x
livery man and woman who knows
his local theaters knew James
Lucian Duffy. MI. Duffy died yester-
day after almost 40 years of stout
service in the realm of scenic design.
You've seen his work at the National.
Belasco, Loew'S Fox, the Earle and
such theaters as the President and
Polls when they were in harness. He
worked hard and he worked we'll, and
his passing is genuine grief to a
community that was pleased to call
him a native son.
Evening star., 1934-04-18

Head of the class to Ethel Norman
for her work in We're Not Dressing, "
the most vital personality seen in
musicals for some time =. and Just
who is the little lady who is cutting
her heart out (or attempting it, over
one of our finest directors? Add
names: Ethelreda Leopold, nom de
studio of a young starlet If
George Brent went in for all the
athletics he's been accused of since
his separation from Ruth Chatterton,
the poor fellow would be muscle-bound
for year. Local columnists describe
him as leaping from horse to airplane,
to golf clubs to prize ring, etc.
George Raft is fast becoming Holly
woods prize Romeo. They tell me his
long-distance telephone calls to Vir-
ginia Pine Lehman are serious busi-
ness-they certainly are, for the tele-
phone company at any rate.
(Copyright. 1894. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1934-04-18

ative from Monaco, and his attractive
young wife. Albanian Minister
Faik Konitsa, with Venezuelan Minis
ter Arcaya and Sonora de Arcaya as
guests E. and Representative Isaac
Bacharach of New Jersey. Today
if you run into the Mayfower lounge
you will find debutante Eleanor Peirce
hosting Mary Stuart Birdsall &. who
one of these days will wed Jerry
Howell.
Evening star., 1934-04-18

PreSldent .
Robert believe
1t or Not) Ripley
and 103
| a d | e S with
b a d 6 e S you've
guessed IT'D. A.
R.'s). Yester-
day those antici-
pating I'VE Are
Not Dressing" and
other music in
C lu d e d B a r o n
M a r c ii us Won
Redlick, consular
- q ~ y q c O n +
Evening star., 1934-04-18
Miss Hepburn Comes Back
In New Picture, "Spitfire"
Star Is Scheduled for Appearance on Keith $
Screen Friday-A Partial List of Her
Victories and Defeats.
CY E. de S. MELCHER.

y ATHARINE HEPBURN will return RKO KeithS Friday
in "spthre" Definite announcement OF this was made
~ late yesterday by Manager Hardie Meakin.
y This recital of an important event is made briefly
those young things
needs public balyhooing She has her
been the titanic spectacle of
and opposeS succeeding oppoes that the has
known Both in temperament and in her work she has deed
book of how to win success law of successful
gavtaon rule that has whipped actress
the goapost Nevertheless the youthful she
Evening star., 1934-04-18

A-NAA- -AAANA 80
that dim but not
too dusky Alex
ander room =.
the soft = shod
walters are pass
ing Flu ~ a m a
cocktails around
carrying
them on their
silver trays with
great respect
and know W / n G
t at unlik e
Vesuvius or Popo-
catapetyl coo k
&1,r- -.Ls@l,
Evening star., 1934-04-18

architect Clarke
Daniels . . . the
superintendent of
the B o t a n j C a |
Gardens, George
Hess and a
small party of
one G e n I leman
and another gen
tleman one OF
them being Cor
coran Thorn. lr.
assisting an
out-of- -towner 10
see tee sights
+hou hoI hcoY1
Evening star., 1934-04-18
Frances Marion's Home
Bought by Oklahomans
But Expensive Furnishings in 100000 Resi-
dence Give Way to Native Products
Antique Discarded
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

7 OILYWOOD, Calf, April 10 (NANA)-When Frances
IL Marion recently put 100000 home for sale
estate dealer teephoned and said "unknowns"
liked the kitchen and the girls thought the stables
"Al right girls said IF likes it. We'll it.
They took it. They Oklahoma oil folks established
themselves neatly Spanish bed antique costing $780,
enameed white and in the maids And
depressing tapestries story goes put up
ain
Evening star., 1934-04-18

in quest OF the perfect old fashloned
nowhere did they find one, al
though they tried the Hi-Hat, the
Mayfiower, the Shoreham and the
Heigh-Ho.
** Correction: The Spectator wishes
to apologize to Miss Mccormick Good
hart for having. 10 these many
months, addressed her publicly in
print as Patricia Mccormick Good
hart her first name is, Of course,
Patience.
1t is amazing how popular we
Are Not Dressing" ca cinena) has
become and it is also amazing
what quick witted wit Mr.. Sidney of
Sidney Music. Inc, has when it comes
to dishing out music he hasn't got
taxi stands waiting his word
at the Mayflower dCo- . and so
the ether afternoon when Helen
Marye Thomas screamed for May T.
and "She Reminds Me of You" (both
from We Are Not Dressing') and
Sidney had them not . he rushed
out a music master to that waiting
taxi spun him down to a shop
and in jiffy his orchestra was play
ing May l. etc. others who
witnessed this exhibition of efficiency
were: James Roosevelt, son of the
Evening star., 1934-04-18
GARTER BARRON, local Loew ex-

GARTER BARRON, local Loew ex-
ecutive, was caught yesterday in
a pleasant and expansive mood. Said
he, sitting at his desk, surrounded by
drama men and WhatnOt: Mary is
coming to town"
''Mary?-you mean Mary Pickford?"
NO replied Mr.. Barron, Mary the
rhinoceros."
With the circus?"
'No-with Tarzan.'
1t all seemed a little difficult to us.
but finally Mr.. Barron, having gotten
himself down from the heights,
brought about by contemplating
Mary and her visit, explained that
Mary is that hulking hippo. that
savior in one instance of TarZan, who
plays heavy role in ''Tarzan and His
Mate" a film which comes to the
Palace Friday
Advance word says that Mary will
arrive in two or three truck car"
Which means, We suppose, that part
of her will be hauled in one car, and
another part in another. At any rate,
Mary, queen of rhinoceri, and star
with Miss Pickford-will arrive almost
: any minute now, as an added attrac-
ton to that long list of visiting stars
which have included Jimmie Durante.
She will make a personal appearance
at the Palace-if the stage is strong
enough.
CHARLEs LAUGHTON, after hav-
ing spent the Winter. in London
playing Shakespeare for a pittance,
will return to Hollywood to play
Louis XIV in the cinema version of
marie Antoinette" Elsa Lancaster
(Mrs. Laughton) will also be in the
cast.
Mr.. Laughton recently was quoted
as saying that Marlene Dietrich lis
the most beautiful actress in the
world"
GRADUATES of Smith College
should be pleased with the work
of one of their sister members. Mary
Arbentz, the attractive young lady in
1.-The Green Bay Tree" at the Belasco.
is a graduate of Smith College and
previously was seen on Broadway in
Mourning Becomes Electra" and
"Biography."
X X x
ORANGES STARR CMrs. r. Golden
l. Donaldson) will appear at the Be
Iasco in the Actors Fund Benefit on
Evening star., 1934-04-18

r YOU re NOL a CIltIIy UIUSSUIII
these days you don't amount to a
row of beans :. nor are you likely
L to have dishes named after you
-. incidentally, if Melba got
peach named after her why the
dickens hasn't scme one done some
thing about Carlo? "Ragout Garbo'
would be swell) =. The cherry bios
SONS have been given an elegant
send-of by Chef Louis Maloni of the
Hotel Hamilton =. he has concocted
an elegant Japanese dish in honor of
the blossom festival which, if you
are a Nippon nobleman, you know is
"Kwo Che Cal" (the Berlitz
School will teach you the pronuncia-
Evening star., 1934-04-18
After Dark
Smart People, Smart Things Smart Places
By the Spectator
q S atent
Trade Mark Registered. o. S. Patent once

other night were such topnotch gazers
! as the Baroness Won Bulow, wife of
/ Germany's former chancellor :. War
] rem Price and first rate marty
Evening star., 1934-04-18
DANCING.
Leroy II. Thayel

CARIoCA. FOX TRoT. TANGO. WALTZ
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few private lessons. Learn TO lead well.
follow easily. Call for 1O-minute guest les
son and dance analysis. Open until 10 pm.
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Evening star., 1934-04-18

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-09
MEN REST UP AS
 WOMEN COMPETE
 AT CHESTNUT HILL
Sarah Palfrey Seeded First in Play For Long,
 wood Title

Chestnut Hill, Mass, Aug g. (UP) - Women dominated the courts at Longwood Cricket club to- day as the men enjoyed day of rest from the Longwood bowl sill gles tennis championship.
 The mems semi-finals were to be played tomorrow, with the finals scheduled for Saturday.
 ToD-seeded Sarah Palfrey of Boston was to meet Mrs Marjorie Morrill, Painter of Dedham in the upper bracket semi-final match, with unseeded Jane Sharp of Pasa- dena, Calf, opposing unseeded Marjorie Sachs of Cambridge in the other match.
 In yesterdays matches Miss Pal frey eliminated Gracyn Wheeler ot Santa Monica, Calf, 6-S, G-2 6-3. Miss Sharp upset second seded Josephine Cruickshank ot Santa Anna, Calf, 6-3, 3-G 6-3. Miss Sachs outplayed Mrs Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn ot Philadelphia, 6-3, 2-6, CA, and Mrs Painter downed pr Esther
 
 Parker Defaults
 John Van Ryn of Philadelphia advanced to the mems semi-finals yesterday by the default of Frankie Parker of Spring Lake, N. J., forced out by mild case of grippe as he was leading Az in the first set of their match. Van Ryn will oppose his veteran doubles partner, Wiz mer Allison of Austin, Tex, who eliminated the unseeded Robert L. Bryan of Chattanooga, Tenn, 9-7 GO, 6-2.
 In Fridays other match Berke- ley Bell of New York was to fac, Jack Tidball of Hollywood, Calif. Bell had an easy time of it in his quarter-final match with Don Budge of Oakland, Calf, who turned his ankle in the third game and limped for the rest of the afternoon. Bell won 6-2, 60, 6-2.
 Tidball upset Bryan M. (Bitsy) Grant of Atlanta in a five-setter, 1-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3.