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Reel Personalities Stick
To Hollywood's Stars
Censorship Drive May Alter Public's Opinion
by Having Players Appear in Sweet
ness and Light Roles.

responds to audience reaction. Jean
Harlow's screen individuality would be
confounded with her party personality
and the result might be definitely dis
treSSing.
Change Is Due.
But If tomorrow's screen gives us
q type of story different from the
things we have been getting the pub
lie reaction to Hollywood people and
HOLLYWOOD itself viii imperceptibly
change. 1t may take q great length
of time, but, with sweet girls being
portrayed in pictures, the general
idea will be that this Is o village
Of shy, modest flowers. ready to ny
to mother at a word. Not all the
publicity of which this colony Is capa-
ble-and 1t Is capable. as We all
know, Of the finest In the world
can create different impression
about its stars from the one en-
gendered by the roles they play.
The sexpert, who thrills audiences
with her wiles, may be pictured as
living at home with mother and
father. doing nothing more sensational
than knitting sweaters, playing with
the Scotties and taking an occasional
sally on horseback. but . she Is
identified with the half-clad siren
who lures q dozen men to their more
or less disastrous finish.
Mae West has been publicized as
a gal who went to church every morn
ing. A girl who lived more quietly
than any other Hollywood star. A
girl who spent her free time away
from the screen writing, reading,
laughing ut the antics Of q pet
monkey and attending very swanky
dinners in Pasadena. At these din
ners Mae West was publicized as not
drinking: "Her glass was reversed
at the beginning of the meal" accord
ing to studio reports on this sensa-
/ tional blond.
! The public read 1t all. They re-
peated 1t all. Then they went to q
Mae West film and, when the girls
name was mentioned the next time
they said "Oh-ohl" in Just that little
tone, with just that little wink and
Just that little hope, that some day
they would flnd themselves in Holly
wood with all those devilish lassies,
plenty of money and nothing to do.
That picture will slowly fade out
with new movie stories. A Mary
Pickford never could be anything to
the public but the little girl with
curls, and other stars who have
cautiously avoided the tag Of sensa-
tional in their private lives. so far as
the credulous public is concerned.
! (Copyright. 1884. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1934-08-19
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, August 1s
(NA.NA0.-Some Hollywood stars
tell me the reaction Of the public
to their personal appearances and
encounters is based entirely on the
mood created by the roles they play
in pictures.
Lee Tracy, for instance, will tell you
that he breads getting into crowds,
that tough guys, who feel they are a
bit slicker, heavier, more efficient in
every way with their fists and tongues,
will slide up to him with a quick line
of talk. 1t has lot Of the so you
don't think much Of me-eh?" flavor.
He often finds himself jammed into
q rapid-fire talk which may be
dragged out into alf-jeSting quarrel,
likely to end in earnest any moment.
1t never occurs to the dear public that
Lee Tracy Is just an actor doing his
work-reading the lines assigned him,
to the best of his ability-giving, In
short, a performance.
Clark Gable shuns crowds because
he has, more than once. found a
fist thrust under his nose and, Come
on and fight you big so-and-so,' -
bawled at him. And not by drunks
either. The roles Clark Gable plays
waken the animosity of punch dew
oteeS. The actor has a horror of
coming out of a crowd with a black
eye, a swollen nose, or of being forced
to fight his way out of the situation,
When he Is making a picture, Gable
never goes out in public because OF
this strange difflculty.
Gary Cooper Amused.
Gary Cooper meets a sort of "Oh
yeah-you always get the girl, do YOU
Well, I know q couple girls YOU
couldn't land whadda va think oi
that?" attitude. Cooper is more
amused about all this than the others
since it is merely annoying and no
particularly dangerous.
This gives something of an insigh
into audience and public reaction
These things came to pass In yester'
days screen. Today's screen Is diff
ferent and so will be the screen O
! tomorrow. I haven't the report on th'
| feminine psychology. It possibl!
wouldn't be good publicity. But,
dare say, Mae West must find th'
personal equation a very difficul
thing, since people identify stars will
! the parts they play. Imagine beint
called upon to live up to "DiamonS
LIP at each dinner party you at
| tended.
Joan Crawford and Jean Harlow
must find a certain reactionary f1avol
in the people they meet which cor
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Arrives at College.
TAMEs WILLIAM OSBORNE, who

TANES WILLIAM OSBORNE, who
has accepted a position as direc-
tor of the music department of the
Washington Missionary College, ar
rived here a few days ago. During
the Summer he studied in the Chi
cago Musical College with Silyio Sci
onti, taking special work in tech
nique Interpretation and repertoire
study.
Mr.. Osborne was in charge of the
music department of the college for
eight years and left for advanced study
In England, where he took his diploma
examination in 1929 in London. lead
ing to the degree of L. R. A. On his
return he was invited to take charge
of the music in Emmanuel Missionary
College in Berrien Springs. Mich,
where he remained five years.
In the department this year Mr.
Osborne will be associated with Doro-
thy Goodrich, violinist, a graduate
of the Nashville Conservatory in
Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Ethel Knight Casey, who will
be in charge of the juvenile music de-
partment, is graduate of the music
department of the Atlantic Union Col
lege in South Lancaster, Mass, anc
took advanced work on piano anc
pipe organ in the Redlands Univer-
sity in California. She also has
studied junior methods under Mr.
John M. Williams.
Another member Of the music de-
partment of Washington Missionary
College will be Mr.. Willard Shaded
who will teach wind and stringed in.
struments. He is also a marimbs
soloist, and will have charge Of the
college orchestra and band and teach
theory in music. He was the director
of musical programs on Station
WEMC for several years.
Evening star., 1934-08-19

n K OTION pictures, which are in
Nh tended to amuse audiences,
Vt should be produced in the
L 4 spirit Of fun rather than in
an atmosphere of hard work,
in the belief of Ben Hecht and
Charles Macarthur, who are having
one swell time In writing, directing
and producing Crime Without Pas
sion," the first of series Of four films
which they win make for Paramount
release at the Eastern Service Studios,
on Long Island.
"The secret of good film production
is that pictures should first of all
anuse their own brain parents" Hecht
explained between two exciting scenes
of this production. What makes so
many important looking productions
so heavy, stodgical and mechanical is
the fact that the cast and technical
staff worked like dogs in making them.
People don't want to feel an atmos-
phere of tension when they 60 to the
theater. They want to play. Well,
we're going to play with them"
Here's just q sample of how the two
jacks-of -all-trades do things. In their
private office ESQ private that the door
Is never closeO the wall is covered
with large signs. Every other day a
new sign appears, placed there either
by Hecht or Macarthur. Hecht will
look at a new sign reading What
Was the Audience Doing All That
Timer" and say Whats the matter,
Mac?" And Mac will say: THAT bit
you wrote yesterday doesn't give the
audience a chance to do anything but
twiddle their thumbs. It's lousey."
Ben will think a moment and say:
You're right. see your point. Wen
scrap it and do 1t right"
Then the cast Of Crime without
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Brilliant Young VioliniSt
To Be Symphony Soloist
Gloria Perkins Has Amazed Hearers With Her
Playins-Don Cossack Chorus to
Appear Here.

persons, Manager C. C. Cappel re-
ports, have already taken advantage
of the reduced prices at which season
tickets are being offered.
WORD reaches Washington these
w late August days that the Don
Cossack Russian Male. Chorus, that
remarkable male vocal ensemble that
| has become one of the greatest con-
cert attractions in the world. is ready
to bring to close its annual vacation
in the mountains of Czechoslovakia
and resume its concert work for the
season of 1934-35.
A late Summer and Autumn tour
OF European capitals is expected to
precede the embarkation Of the
chorus, late in the Fall, for the United
States At that time, it will begin
its sixth annual tour of this country.
The chorus is scheduled to appear at
Constitution Hall very early in De-
cember, as the second attraction of
Mrs Dorothy Hodgkin DorSey's sec
ond Sunday recital series.
The Don Cossack Russian Male
Chorus, composed of 36 former cav
airy officers of the Russian imperial
army. continues to enjoy the dynamic
and musicianly direction of Serge
Jaron, the diminutiTe but fiery leader,
who first organized the chorus in a
prison camp in Turkey, and who
built it up step by step, until today
the Don CoSsack Russian Male Chorus
is one of the worlds outstanding
musical attractions.
~ y
As IN other years, the chorus will
"A divide its programs about equally
between church music of the Russian
Orthodox Church, folk songs of the
homeland, to which the members of
the chorus cannot return because Of
their former service in the Cars
army and soldier songs which have
that ringing, electric quality that ex-
cites Cossack audiences to a high
pitch of enthusiasm year after year.
The Cossack Chorus consists of men
who were not only cavalry officers
under the Gar, but who we're men,
bers of the White" army that unsuc-
cessfully attempted to unseat the Boil
shevist regime in Russia after the
revolution. They cannot return TO
their homeland and they have to travel
on so-called "Nansen passports, issued
by the League of Nations.
When first discovered by some en-
terprising impresario, the chorus
composed the choir of the Russian
Orthodox Church at Sofia, Bulgaria
The first concert appearance resulted
in an instantaneous success, and since
that time they have toured all over
the world except in Russia, where they
most want to go, but cannot.
In addition to the Don Cossack
Chorus, Mrs. Dorsey's second Sunday
series will offer recitals by Sigrid
Onegin, contralto, on November 10;
John Charles Thomas, American bari
tone, on February 8; Yehudi Menuhin,
17-year-cld violinist, on February IT,
and Jose Iturbi, Spanish pianist,
March II.
Evening star., 1934-08-19

LORIA PERKINS will come b
washington on November q
Y as soloist with the Nationa
~ Symphony Orchestra. 1t vii
be her second appearance
here. When she was engaged by Di
rector Hans Kinder to play with th'
orchestra last year, she already knew
four concertos and a repertoire o.
violin music sufficient for several full.
length concerts
Sixty days before she was TO ap'
pear, DR.. Kinder asked her which oi
her four concertos she would like t6
play.
None of them" she replied. I'D
like TO play something new"
DR.. Kinder asked her If she thought
that she would be able to prepare
something.
"Oh, yes" she answered, and sug-
gested she would like to play the
Mendelssohn concerto. DR.. Kinder
consulted with her tutor. the famous
Louis Persinger, teacher OF Yehudl
Menuhin and Ruggiero Ricci. Don't
be anxious" said Persinger; "she will
master It,"
The concert, as 1t turned out, was
one of the most dramatic and moving
experiences that has ever been vouch-
safed a Washington audience. Her
playing showed an amazing musical
intelligence and an equally amazing
technique, which, combined with her
childish and unaffected mannerisms,
brought tears to the eyes of many,
not only of those in the audience, but
If the players In the orchestra as well
MO ONE can predict what her future
will be- She has been called the
greatest child talent since Menuhin.
Her parents are Mr.. and Mrs. G. G,
Perkins of New York, and formerly of
Winston Salem, N. C. Her father is
an official of the Norfolk g. Western
Seidel Perkins, Is a talented pianist,
and the brother of Carl Seidel, we'll
known teacher of music in Leipsig
Last years concert here was the first
time she had ever played with a full
symphony orchestra. Since then she
has played with several, and has, on
every occasion, astounded her lis
teners.
Doubtless, the opportunity to hear
her again will be welcomed by every
one. She will appear on one of the
orchestra's 10 Sunday events listed
for the coming season, and although
several Of the worlds greatest virtuosi,
such as Mischa Elman and Sophie
Braslau, to name only two, will also
appear on the series, DR.. Kinder is
confident that the playing of Gloria
Perkins will In no sense be "let-
down." but will prove again to be one
of the high lights of the music season.
Until the orchestra's box office is
opened at Garf1nckel's, reservations
for this Sunday series, as well as for
the orchestra's eight Thursday con-
certs and six student concerts. are
being received at the National Sym
phony Office, suite I'LL, In the Wood
ward Building. Several thousand
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Signs at Sleiehton.

GLADYS MANCHESTER WALIN,
~ mezzo- soprano. assisted b. Doro-
thy Goodrich, violinist. of Nashville,
Tenn, and accompanied by Ethel
Rogers Ochs. gave a recital at the
Sleighton Farm School for Girls. near
Philadelphia, August S.
Mrs. Walin sang the aria "Know'st
Thou Not That Fair Land?" from
"Mignon." by Thomas; Mascagni's
Ave Marie" and Angel Serenade, "
by B,a-a with violin obbligato. She
also S -ng a group of modern English
songs Miss Goodrich played two
groups, including Memberships con-
certo in A minor.
Mrs. Walin is the contralto soloist
at the Kellar Memorial Church. She
WI also be the soloist at the pro-
gram to be given this afternoon at 4
o'clock at the Memorial Park Gene
terry. Miss Edith Athey viii be the
organist.
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Cast IN Lady Surrenders.

MAXINE DOYLE has replaced Paul
inc True in one of the principal
roles in "a Lady Surrenders," the new
Warner Bros. picture which has been
in production for about 10 days at
the Burbank (Calif.) studios. Miss
True has been transferred to another
role of equal Importance in the same
picture. Jean Muir, Veree Teasdale
and George Brent head the cast Of
"A Lady Surrenders," which is based
on an original story by Mary Mccall,
jr. Archie Mayo is directing.
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Students In Recital.

THE students Of the Hester Walker
Bean Studio of the Spoken Word
will give a recital at the Summer
studio, the Let's Building, 1900 Six
teenth street, Thursday evening at
O'Clock. The program will include
several short plays. radio presenta-
ton and the Interpretation of poetry.
Those taking part are Norma Cummi-
ford, Patsey Claffy. Lucy Jane Hines,
Ruth Whitehead, Virginia INLAY, who
will also play the piano; Lionel b
Farr, who will give several vocal num-
bers; Lucy Ohler. frankie Lou Hines,
Lucy Smith, Katherine Thoenen,
Dorothg Simpson and Bill Turner.
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Violinist In Asheville.

ELENA DE SAYN, violinist, will be
heard in recital in Asheville, N.
c., this month. Miss De Sayn will
be assisted at the piano by Grace
Potter Carroll. well-known pianist of
the Leschstizky and Busoni schools.
with whom Miss De Sayn concertized
in England, Germany and Russia. The
artists will perform, among others,
compositions new to that city. Last
season Miss De Sayn gave three re-
citals In Asheville.
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Get Important Roles.

TOM BROWN and Anita Louise have
been signed for the lovers roles
In the forthcoming Fox film, Bach
elor of Arts" based on the best SELL
ing novel by John Erskine. 1t was
discovered during the filming OF
Judge Priest" the forthcoming Irwin
S. Cobb story, starring Will Rogers,
that both players cast as screen sweet
hearts actually were that in life.
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Stone in "Copper6eld."

T EWIS STONE has been given the
role of Mr.. Wickfield in David
Copperfield." Stone is the fifth player
selected to date for a leading part in
the film, the others, including Edna
May Oliver as Aunt Betsey Trotwood,
Lionel Barrymore as Dan Peggotty,
Jean Cadell as Mrs. MicawbeI and
Hugh williams as Steerforth.
Evening star., 1934-08-19
Service Band Concerts.

THE following schedule of concerts
will be played by the u S. Navy
Band, Lieut.. Charles Benter conduct
ing. During the week beginning
Monday, August 20:
Monday1l0 a m, Hour of Memo
ries," at the Sail Loft, Navy Yard;
1880 pm, east front Of the Capitol.
Tuesday-10 am, Patriotic Half
Hour" at the Sail Loft. Navy Yard;
7:30 pm, Sylvan Theater, Summer
festival.
wednesday-7:3O pm. bandstand,
Navy Yard.
Thursday-10 am, patriotic Hal:
Hour" at the Sail Loft, Navy Yard;
3 pm, Naval Hospital; 5 pm, Eve
ming Hour of Memories at the band
stand, Navy Yard.
Friday pm, st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital:
Concerts by the United States
Soldiers Home Band, John S. M.
Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton
Pointner, associate.
Tuesday evening, August 81, begin
ming at $50 o'clock
March, "Clair's Triumph. ;. English
Overture, Joan of Arc. ...... Verdi
Poeme symphonic, Dance Macabre, -
Saint -SaenS
Potpourri, Folk Songs of Scotland"
Lampe
Popular
ta) "Riptide" ......... Donaldson
(b) Temptation" ....... Brown
Waltz suite, Wedding of the Winds"
(reqdest) Hall
Finale, The Challenge. -. Holmes
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Thursday evening, August 23, begin
ming at $50 O'Clock:
March. Men of Freedom. ..... Cline
Overture, Knight Errant". .O'Neill
Solo for cornet, Air Varie-Rock of
Ages" ..................B Farmhouse
Musician Frank Bernard)
Scenes from the opera, "Un Ballo in
Maschera" (The Masked BalD,
Verdi
Popular
(a) Wagon Wheels" ....... Hill
(b) 'Skiddin' (trombone novelty
Briegel
Waltz suite, "Wine, Women and
song STRAUSS
Finale, United We Stand. .Grabel
"The Star Spangled Banner"
Saturday evening, August Is, begin
ming at $50 o'clock:
March, Lure of Alaska. >. .Benter
Overture, "Militaire" ... .Mendelssohn
Suite, "Africaine' .......... .Lacome
(a) "Bamboula."
(b) "Khacidah."
(c) la Nouba."
Incidental music from "Cavalcade"
Coward
Popular, In the Valley of the Moon -
Burke
Waltz, Beauties Charms. Tobani
Finale, stepping Along" Goldman
1.-The Star Spangled Banner"
The coming weeks schedule of the
United States Army Band includes
the following concerts:
Monday. August 20-concert in the
band auditorium of the Army War
College, Sis pm; concert at the Dis
trict of Columbia World War Me-
mortal, Potomac Park, 7:30 pm.
Tuesday, August 21-Concert at the
Army Medical Center, Walter Reed
General Hospital, $50 pm.
Wednesday, August 22-Concert in
the band auditorium of the Army War
College, 10:30 am; concert at the
Children's Health School, Thirteenth
and Allison streets northwest, $50
pm.
Thursday-August 23-Concert at
the tuberculosis Hospital, Fourteenth
and Upshur streets northwest, $50
pm.
Friday, August 24-Concert in the
band auditorium of the Army Wsr
College, $3.50 pm; concert at the east
front Of the Capitol, 1880 pm.
Evening star., 1934-08-19
Cast In "Firebird.
VERREE TEASDALE, who had

VERREE TEASDALE. who had Just
arrived in New York from Holly
wood to visit her mother and buy
the trousseau for her marriage In a
few weeks to Adolphe Menjou, re-
ceived q telegram from the Warner
Bros. Studios summoning her back
to the Coast Immediately to play
the leading feminine role in 'Fire-
bird" opposite Ricardo Cortez Miss
Teasdale accordingly left for Holly
wood at once, and the picture went
into production this week. The role
she viii play Is that in which Judith
Anderson appeared on the stage not
long ago. william Dieterle viii di-
rect the film.
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Howard's British Film.

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL,"
Leslie Howard's new starring pic
ture for London Films, went into pro-
duction Tuesday at the Elstree
studios in England. This Alexander
Korda production is being directed
by Rowland Brown, American film
director, from the adaptation of the
Baroness Orczy novel by Arthur
wimperis, Robert E. Sherwood, au-
thor Of Reunion in Vienna" and s.
N. Behrman, author Of Biography. +"
Evening star., 1934-08-19
Dangerous Corner"

CONRAD NAGEL, one of the screen
~ pioneer players as well as re-
nowned artist Of the legitimate, will
return to the screen after successful
season in New York and Los Angeles
stage productions in a leading role in
R-K-O Radios film adaptation of
Dangerous Corner" the J. P. Priest
ley play.
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Contralto as Soloist.

GLADYS MANCHESTER wALIN,
- mezzo contralto, who comes from
Keller Memorial Lutheran Church,
will be the soloist at Washington Me-
mortal Park today at the concert from
4 to $50. Among her selections is
the beautiful Holy City," by Adams
Edith B. Athey Of the Hamline M. T.
Church will accompany at the organ
and also give several organ solos.
Evening star., 1934-08-19
Robinson at Columbia.

EDWARD G.. ROBINSON, noted
stage and screen star, recently
placed under contract by Columbia
Pictures. was yesterday assigned to his
starring vehicle for the company. It
will be an exciting dual role in q
story entitled jail Breaker" from
the pen Of w. r. Burnett, well-known
novelist, who also wrote Little
Caesar" The story Is now running
serially in Golfers Magazine and will
be published as q novel in the Fall.
w. r. Burnett has authored q num-
Der Of successful screen plays, includ-
ing Finger Points," Iron Man"
Beast Of the City" Law and Or
der" and also adapted and wrote the
dialogue for "Scarface"
Evening star., 1934-08-19
Cast In Musical Film.

THE latest cast additions to the Je-
rome Kern-Hammerstein, I'd, ep-
eretta, Music in the Air" now in
preparation at Fox Movietone City,
are Roger Imhof and Sarah Haden.
Others in the large cast, which will
be directed by Joe May, include
Gloria Swanson, John Boles, Doug
lass Montgomery, Al Shean, June
Lang. Nick Foran, Reginald owen and
Robert Bosworth.
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N K RS. WILLIAM T. REED is the
MI guest soloist at the WASH
VI ington Heights Presbyterian
Il Church during this month.
Che ryi1I aIen ha az the nroo =,

kuCOJ OOlOloJ az tIlC WdoU-
v ington Heights Presbyterian
Il Church during this month
She will also be at the organ
the first Sunday In September. VIII
lard Smith Is the regular organist.
Mrs. Morris wickersham, first vice
president of the Friday Morning
Music Club, entertained at a musicale
in her Summer home at Haven, Me-,
last Saturday evening Mrs. Florence
Howard, associate musical director of
the club, assisted Mrs. Wickersham
and presented Ina Holtzscheiter, So
prano, in a program of operate arias
and songs. Many Washington and
Baltimore residents of the Summer
colony were present.
There will be special musical
program at the morning service at
Keller Memorial Lutheran Church
today when the choir will be assisted
by Dorothy Goodrich. violinist, and
Bill Morgan, bass soloist of the Ca
tawba Choir of North Carolina.
Thelma Callahan presented a group
of her Summer pupils in a class re-
cital at her residence-studio last
Thursday evening. Those playing
were Harry Demaree, Donald De-
maree, Betty Louise Hieder, Doris De-
maree, Virginia Perrin, Leon Briggs,
Margaret O'Meara and Virginia Lis
Evening star., 1934-08-19
"Mickey's Man Friday

OBINSON CRUSOE is due for fur
N tber glorihcation at the hands of
Mickey Mouse in his newest Walt
Disney production, 'Mickey's Man
Friday" about to go before the cam
eras. The new film has already left
the Disney story department and is
now in the directors hands.
Evening star., 1934-08-19
Flippen In Marie Galante.

I IIPPSII III 41d11O SdAdKIt~'
TAY G. FLIPPEN, Broadway come
- dian, has been signed by Fox Film
for an appearance in the forthcom-
In Winfield Sheehan production
Marie Galante" now in work at Fox
Movietone City. Michael Lark and
Robert Gleckler are other additions to
the cast, the roster of players now in
cluding Ketti Gallian and Spencer
Tracy co-starred in the lead roles. to-
gether with Helen Morgan, Ned
Sparks, Siegfried Rumann, Leslie Fen
ton, Robert Lorraine, Nick Foran and
Stepin Fechit.