The Washington times., 1934-05-02

AANy1OA1 Vi OCooOA4S OAAS ANN
tional Theater Players will offer
one Of New York's outstanding
farces, Her Masters Voice"
which just concluded a lengthy
Broadway engagement after its
premier here early in the fall. The
company, headed by Ruth Abbott
and Roy Roberts and including
Mrs. Adelaide Hibbard, Kathryn
Givney, Romaine Calendar. Ray.
nond Bramley and others will be
seen in the comedy, which has to
DO with a young married couple
and, their domineering aunt.
Matinees will be given on Wednes
day and Saturday.
BELASCO-"The Wind and the
Rain" a romantic comedy of col
lege life, which is still running in
London and New York, comes to
the Belasco, Monday. Featured In
the cast is Morgan Farley, who
portrays a student at Edinburgh
University. The story centers
around his love for a London
girl, and has as it's characters a
varied group Of collegians. In the
company are Wendy Atkin. Jane
Btanley, Burford Hampden, Phil
lip Tonge and others. The matinee
performances on Thursday and
Saturday will be presented.
PALACE-George ArliSS' star
ring picture, The House Of Roth
Schild," opens its local run at
the Palace on Friday. Mr.. Arliss
plays the famous banker and
financier Of Europe who, during
Napoleon's reign, was the rich
est man on the Continent. In
support of the star are Loretta
Young as his daughter, Boris
KArloff, Robert Young. Helen
wesley, c. Aubrey Smith, Mrs.
Arllss and large cast.
,,EARLE-Ben Hecht, the au-
thor Of "Underwold," has writ
ten a new film story, Upper
world" which shows that the
two halves of society are not
widely different. AS a motion
picture with Warren William,
Ginger Rogers, Mary Astor,
Dickie Moore and Andy Devine,
it comes to the Earle screen
Friday. William is seen as a
multimillionaire, neglected by his
wife, who becomes embroiled in
a scandal with a chorus girl.
Heading the vaudeville program
will be Emile Boreo, musical CO.
median. Other acts will be the
Donatella Brothers and Carmen;
Violet Carson, prima donna, and
the Honey Family.
RKO-KEITH'S-From the stage
success of the same name,
twentieth Century" starring
John Barrymore, will be the at
traction at Keith's beginning
Friday. Ben Hecht and Charles
Macarthur wrote both the play
and the screen adaptation. Carole
Lombard, Walter Connolly, Ros-
coe Karns and Ralph Forbes are
featured in the cast. Barrymore
plays temperamental ana
slightly lunatic stage producer.
RIALTO-A wife who agrees to
relinquish her husband to the
"other woman" on condition that
she be given a new husband IS
the central character in "Uncer'
tain Lady" opening tomorrow
Genevieve Tobin plays this role,
with Edward Everett Horton as
the husband. Renee Gadd, new
importation; Paul Cavanaugh,
Mary Nash, Dorothy Peterson and
Donald Reed are in the cast, o1'
rected by Karl Freund.
FOX-Tony Wons, radio phllos-
opber; Phil Cook, Tito Guizar,
George Hall and his orchestra,
Gypsy Nina, Peggy keenan, and
Sandra Phillips, Loretta Lee, Al
IIewellyn are some of the air
waves favorites who will be seen
in person on the Fox stage start
ing Friday. The film feature will
be "You're Telling Me-" farce
starring w. c. Fields as nut In
ventor who finds wealth and tries
to crash society. Adrienne Ames,
Larry Crabbe, Joan Marsh and a
large cast play in the comedy.
Fields performs his famous pool
table tricks, for which he won re-
nown on the stage.
METROPOLITAN-RKO's musi-
cal extravaganza. Flying Down to
Rio" will play a second downtown
engagement, beginning Friday at
the Metropolitan. Dolores Del Rio,
Ginger Rogers, Gene Raymond,
Raul Roulien and many others
play in the film. Vincent YOU
mans composed the score for the
picture. Among the features Of
the romantic comedy, laid in Rio
de Janeiro, is the introduction OF
the "Carioca," the new dance
craze. Orchids in the Moon
light" and Music Makes Me" are
also in the score.
COLUMBIA-A disclosure Of
the launching of a debutante in
, the social world is contained in
Coming Out Party" which will
be shown at the Columbia Fri
day. Frances Dee and Gene Ray
mond play two young lovers, one
rich, destined for wealthy
marriage, the other a pauper.