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Evening star., 1934-10-28
O'Neill Play Coming.
uERALDED as the dramatic eve

HERALDED as the dramatic event
of the season and fresh from
four weeks of capacity audiences in
Boston, George M. Cohan in "Ah,
Wilderness" is announced as the
notable attraction coming to the Ma
tional Theater for an engagement Of
one week only. commencing Monday
evening, November IL. This is a
Theater Guild production, written by
Eugene ONeill, and it ran for eight
months at the Guild Theater in New
York last season.
In "Ah, Wilderness!" which Is
O'Neill in comedy mood. Mr.. Cohan
has the role Of Nat Miller. Connect
cut newspaper man. who is bewildered
at the strange antics of his son. 1t
is said to be task that has definitely
placed Mr. Cohan in a permanent
niche as Broadway's first citizen and
Americas first actor.
A distinguished cast surrounds Mr.
Cohan. These include Elisha Cook
jr.; Jean Adair, recently in the Gin
emas; Joe Allen of several former
Cohan plays; Catherine Proctor, Don
Shelton, Edith Emerson. Freddy
STANCE, Jack Byrne, Ruth Gilbert,
John Wynne, Ruth Chorpenning,
John Butler.
The story is laid in the happy days
Of 1906, when fathers and sons didn't
Evening star., 1934-10-28
Pictures of the Week
Screen Attractions and Vaudeville Programs
at Downtown Theaters.

THE SCARLET EMPRESS" josef
Won Sternberg's new Paramount
production, which stars Marlene Diet
rich as the glamorous and beautiful
Catherine of Russia, is now at Warner
Bros Earle Theater. j. Harold Muir
ray, Broadway's favorite baritone,
heads the stage bill. John Lodge ap-
pears opposite Miss Dietrich. Sam
Jaffe, famous stage performer, has
been lauded for his portrayal of the
idiotic Peter. Louise Dresser, little
Maria Sieber, c. Aubrey Smith and
Gavin Gordon are others of promi-
nence in the large cast.
A lively stage show features ]. Har-
old Murray, Broadway singing star.
Gomez and Winona, the royalty of
dancedom, also appear on the stage
program, offering new and intricate
dance routines. Hill and Hoffman,
melodic funsters, and the sixteen Sara
Mildred Strauss Dancers also appear.
+ X X y
MITE CLUB GIRLS" an out-and-
out burlesque show of the Inde-
pendent Burlesque Association Circuit,
will be at the Gayety Theater for one
week beginning with today's matinee.
Those taking prominent part in the
offering are Ray Paine, Charles Pea
nuts" Bohn, Joe Moss, eccentric: Max
Coleman, comedian: Hazel Miller.
soubrette; Bob Birch, Kenza Vinton,
Shirley Wayne, the team of Douglass
and Brooks, and Nolan, May and Bar
nett, sparkling harmony singing and
dancing team. There are three shows
daily at the Gayety, IL noon. 2:15 and
Sis pm.
Evening star., 1934-10-28
"Pocahontas" SATURDAY..
DOCAHONTAS, described by Capt

pOCAHONTAS. described by Capt.
John Smith himself as "a child
OF tenne years old, which not only for
feature, countenance and proportion
much exceedeth any of the rest of
Powhattan's people, but for wit and
spirits the non-pareil of his country"
will come to life on the National
Theater stage Saturday morning when
the play, "Pocahontas," will ring up
the curtain on the first play of the
new season of the Children's Theater
of New York.
The play has been written by Clare
Tree Major, after much research and
study of Capt. Smiths own book and
other equally authentic historical
sources.
The play offers fascinating picture
OF Indian life and a very human one,
which will make a strong appeal to
children and to grown-ups. The In
dians In the cast are real Indians ia
miliar with their native games, dances
and ceremonials.
Evening star., 1934-10-28
EORGE ARLISS is starred in
the whimsical comedy, THE
Last Gentleman" which is
now featured on the I,oeW's


~ now featured on the Loew'S
Fox Theater screen. The
story revolveS around q crochety old
millionaire and his sly efforts to pick
a worthy heir from his many relatives
In support Of Arliss are Edna May
Oliver. Charlotte Henry. Ralph Nor
gan, Janet Beecher, Frank Albertson
and Donald Meek.
Bob Murphy, comedian, supported
by his son Dick and daughter Doro-
thy, head the vaudeville program.
Others are Joe Fejer and his orchestra
revue, Medley and Dupree in COM
edy Offering, and q novel dancing
revue by Shepard, Cartons and
Pritchard
IRWIN 8. COBB's familiar boyhood
ghosts, whose antics have con-
vtllsed millions, come TO stirring life
in Judge Priest" the best of the
Will Rogers starring vehicles, which
Is now remaining for its second week
ut Loew's Palace Theater. Tom Brown,
as Wills romantic nephew; Anita
Louise, Rochelle Hudson, Henry q.
Walthall, in one Of his grandest ef-
forts on the screen; David Landau
and stepin Fetchit are the principals
in the biggest cast ever to support
Americas No. l wit. Will Mahoney
in a humorous comedy, She's MY
Lily; q Silly Symphony cartoon by
Walt Disney and the latest release OF
the new newsreel starring Edwin c.
Hill are added features.
Evening star., 1934-10-28

THE amateur season is on. Local
theSpianS are in a dither over
imminent grease-paint activities. Very
shortly now you will see Grace Peters
johnson play a Mrs. Fiske role in
Ladies Of the Jury" which the
Drama Guild will present as its first
offering of the season, and very soon
you will see those sterling troupers,
the Columbians, in a production Of
"Moonshine and Honeysuckle," some
thing which you must not confuse
with a somewhat similar radio stunt.
In this such talented actors as Doro-
thea Lewis and Richard Kreuzberg
will take part. The Pierce Hall Play
ers are getting ready with their pro-
duction of Quality Street." too, and
a week ago the Montgomery Players
gave highly creditable version Of
The Late Christopher Bean"
The Roadside Theater having, this
Summer, more or less paved the way
for an excellent season of theater, it
Is to be hoped that the local boys and
girls will maintain the high standard
set by these youngsters. Harold M
G-M) Weinberger's direction of the
Drama Guild play should lead to good
things-and then again Constance
Connor Browns early December pro-
duction of The Silver Cord" in her
new studio should be an event of i'm
portance.
The last year or so has unearthed
more native talent than has been in
evidence since the days of Bobby
Bells RamShead Players (this from
hearsay). However, lest you think
that most Of the gold is to be young
in the very young (such as Frances
Brunt, Janet Coomb, John Sikken,
Rebecca Tarwater, Isham Keith, Rich
ard Kreuzberg, Eugene Kressin and
others) please recall that we have had
acting under our very noses for some
time such excellent performers as
Maude Howell Smith, Ann Ives, Caro-
line Mckinley, Maurice Jarvis, Denis
Connell, etc, and that they are as
good as ever-if not better.
FUDGE PRIEST is a favorite film
= of the Rogers family. A talk
with young Mary Rogers (Will'S
daughter) q week or so ago brought
to light the fact that she really be-
lieves this to be her fathers best pic
ture-and that he thinks so, too. She
also said: Father acts everything
right from the heart. There's nothing
of the real actor about limits just
what he feels and his normal reac-
tions to these feelings that make him
as good as he is" That she adnires
her father is evident. That he ad-
rnires his daughter is PROBABLY evi-
dent, too. She played the Joan Ben
nett role in Pursuit of Happiness"
this Summer at Skowhegan with
great success.
Evening star., 1934-10-28

His waiting is now rewarded by
promising skies and a show that makes
them even more auspicious, Personal
Appearance" having been 1auded
unanimously by both drama critics and
drama lovers. Mr.. Riley is at present
looking for costly penthouse and its
ct cetera, while Mr.. Pemberton again
wades into jungle Of manuscripts.
grin1ly hopeful that eventually he will
stalk and capture what should not
describe. in the patois of the rural
roadsides. as another Ye Hittee
You might not think from its bare
layout that Personal Appearance" was
anything more than an average search
into the soul Of the cinema classes
Its outstanding role is Carole Arden
(Miss Gladys George, the usual fair
and magnetic heroine of tragedies,
comedies, pastorals, moralities, farces,
performances, displays and exhibitions
popular with the upper movie trade.
Although the wife of Benjamin P.
Fineberg, president Of Super Pictures,
Inc, she has not committed murder.
But she is a criminal egoist, faithful
to the superstition that she is the lady
Polaris around whom the other stars
| and satellites obediently revolve. In
| a personal appearance tour through
Eastern Pennsylvania she Is accom-
panied by her press agent lotto
Hulette), also out Of the Hollywood
stockpot, a sardonic yes-and-no man,
brimming with wit and wisdom. Some
where between Scranton and Wilkes
! Barre their de luxe motor car fails
1 them and they seek refuge in farm
house inhabited by some of the stages
most routine farm house inhabitants.
There she meets comely yokel philip
Ober) and puts upon him the alluring
curse of a camera sireA. His gingham
sweetheart suffers under his innocent
instability, but all is well at the end,
after three acts of artistic satire and
delicate buffoonery.
The play may be trivial, but the
| manner of its performance is magic,
which is more than any pessimist Of
the theater can expect. Miss Georges
acting as Q temperamental screen
actress CLEANS in humorous, friend
ly, understanding and malicious way,
| and it explains why Mr.. Pember-
ton, after the premiere, decorated the
facade Of the Henry Miller Theater
with Miss Georges name In bright
lettering.
i
| RURNS MANTLE is the nestor If
not the dean of the worlds drama
critics, having reviewed more plays
than any ether commentator. living or
dead, with the possible exception of
what has been referred to as your pres
ent correspondent. He goes back as
far as Robert Mantell in "Monbars, ~
Minnie Maddern Fiske in Tess of the
D'Urbervilles, Richard Mansfield in
"A Partisan Romance" Joseph Jeffer-
son in RIP Van Wrinkle" Thomas w.
Keene in Richard III" Evans and
Hoey in "A Parlor Match" Montgom-
Evening star., 1934-10-28
Al and Ruby Together.

Al JOLSON and Ruby Keeler, In
"A private life Mr.. and Mrs. Al Jol-
son, are to appear together on the
screen for the first time as the top
most stars of Casino de Paree,"
scheduled to start production this
month at the Warner Bros studios
in California. The decision to have
Jolson and Miss Keeler together in a
picture is the result of thousands of
letters received from motion picture
goers urging that this be done. Ca
sino de Paree" will be a lavishly pro-
duced musical show based on an origi-
nal story by Bradford Ropes, author
of "Forty-second Street, in which
Ruby Keeler first was seen on the
screen, scoring q triumph that was
followed by equal success in "Gold
Diggers of 1885," ''Footlight Parade"
and Danes"
Evening star., 1934-10-28
Howard as Beau Brummel.

7 ESLIE HowARD's next starring
picture under his long-term con-
tract with Warner Bros, according
to q wire from the Coast, will be
Beau Brummel," screen version OF
the famous play by the late Clyde
Fitch. The actor is expected to re-
turn from England within a month OF
six weeks.
Evening star., 1934-10-28
In Bachelor of Arts.

RERTON CHURCHILL and Francis
- Ford, who appear prominently
with viii Rogers in Fox's Judge
Priest" have been signed by the
company for important roles in the
forthcoming college film. Bachelor
of Arts" which Louis King is direct
ing.
Evening star., 1934-10-28

know how to explain sex matters to
each other and when painted women
smoked cigarettes In private.
Philip Moeller is responsible for the
direction of "Ah, Wilderness" while
Robert Edmond Jones designed the re-
markable settings.
Evening star., 1934-10-28

cry and Stone in THE Wizard of OF, y
Chauncey Olcott, Roland Reed, Booth
Barrett and Modjeska, Clyde Fitch and
Bronson Howard.
The fifteenth of Mr.. Mantle's an
nual calendars of the theater, "The
Best Plays of 1884" is at hand,
announcing his modest judgment as to
which were the 10 worthiest items in
last years theater. He selects Mary
of Scotland" Men in White" "Dods-
worth" "Ah, Wilderness" They Shall
Not Die" Her Masters Voice" mo
More Ladies'" wednesdays Child,
The Shining Hour" and The Green
Bay Tree" Two of these were fail
ures-"They Shall Not Die" and We'd
nesday's Child..-and another. "Ah
Wilderness" Mr.. Mantle includes re-
luctantly as a shallow thing manufac-
tured by Mr.. O'Neill and the Theater
Guild for virtuously commercial pur-
poses.
II last seasons drama deserves a
history, here it is, recorded in graceful
prose by q friendly, thoughtful and
informative historian. Mr.. Mantle in
a foreword to his annals writes opti-
mistically, perceiving with his prac-
ticed eye a change for the better. Last
year. he says, was the turning point
whereat authors, producers, actors and
audiences recovered from the general
depression and started again to go on
and upward to teach and to learn new
lessons in sex, economics and enter
tainment.
Evening star., 1934-10-28

ThuS the testament OF grand
trouper, who made her greatest sue
cess in George M. Cohan's "Forty-five
Minutes From Broadway"
Starting all over again" Is part
Of the theater's greatest romance.
You may be q ringer ut Is as Juliet
and play hash house roles until you
are so. Then suddenly fame may
spring out at you, as it did at Marie
Dressler and May Robson. Ycu may
romp through long Ruth Chatterton
period Of idle bewilderment, then
break into pictures" and once more
become . queen. And then you may
do what she did-and start rolling
down hill again.
It's all part of the trade, the ex-
citement and the heart breaking ira
dition Of the theater, the reason that
young girls run away from home, and
return when they ind it's not all roses
and honey; the reason that the real
troupers usually get what's coming to
them before the final curtain rings
down.
CHALK up one for Mark Sandwich,
c-h-o A1 CCJOI, WHO BOL his IlTSL
assignment with The Gay Divorcee''
and came out Of it with fiags flying.
Mr.. Sandwich previously had been
associated with shorts" those brief
program f1llers, which please some
customers and annoy others. He had
to his credit fiocks Of these teasers,
doing them with a niceness that
brought smile to his superiors and
hints Of better things to come. When,
then, he was given the megaphone for
The Gay Divorce" his career began,
and all indications are that Hollywood
Is in his favor.
One of the reasons why this Freddie
Astaire triumph Is what it Is is be-
cause Mr. Sandwich has not stopped
the clock every time a musical num-
Der is introduced. The principals
don't suddenly turn pale and sit down
In row while the orchestra plays
Annie Doesn't Live Here Any More. :"
When the orchestra plays Annie" Gf
It did play "Annie") there is some
reason for it-either Ginger Rogers
asks to have the song played or some
character breaks out with 1t, or 1t
helps the now Of the plot. At any
rate, you won't be bothered in The
Gay Divorce" by the pointless intro
duction of numbers. They may not
be there for a Eugene O'Neill reason,
but they are introduced lightly and
informally and, except for that over
long Continental" do not tend to
make you yawn.
We should say, in other words, that
Mr.. Sandwich starts out In the upper
world with everything to win-and we
hope that his progress toward the stars
will be as suspicious all along the
road as 1t has been ut its beginning.
Evening star., 1934-10-28
Wilcoxon In "Crusades.

HENRY WILCOXON has been off,
cially approved by Paramount fol
the principal role of King Richard the
Lion hearted in c. B. De Miles next
production, The Crusades" The role
was awarded him as a result of his
performance as Marc Antony in
Cleopatra" his first American pic
ture.
Evening star., 1934-10-28
Next Weeks s Films.
"LAppINESs WEEK" will begin

"HAPPINESS WEEK" will begin on
IL November 2, when the gayest,
nlerriest and most tuneful Of the
screens romantic productions will be
presented at Warner Bros. Earle The
ater, in addition to a stage show OF
rare comedy and entertainment val
ues. The film feature will be "Happi-
ness Ahead" starring Dick Powell,
young Warner Bros. star seen here re-
Gently in person, and Josephine
Hutchinson, noted stage star, hailed
as q brilliant screen find" On the
stage the headliner will be Jimmy
Eavo, "the funniest man In the world"
The Merry widow" one of the
most beautiful, stirring, melodic and
noteworthy musical romances Of all
time will feature Jeanette Macdonald
and Maurice Chevaner when IT opens
at Loew's Palace on Friday, Novem-
Der 2. ......
Jack Benny, radios outstanding IA
vorite; Nancy Carroll and the equally
popular Gene Raymond form the star
ring triumvirate IN Transatlantic
Aerry-Go-Round," an exciting, laugh
9lled comedy mystery with music, that
S0mes to Lcew's FOX on Friday, No
ven,ber 2, as the major screen enter
tainmert. Another popular radio ce-
ebrity, Jack Denny, brings his notable
dance and radio orchestra to the Fox
to headline the stage portion of the
program.
Pat Patterson, glamorous and most
recent Of popular screen discoveries,
and Nils Asther play the two roman
tic leading roles in Love Time" o
new love story that Loew's Columbia
has booked as its attraction for Fri
day, November 2.
Evening star., 1934-10-28
New York Audiences Are
Rewarded With Comedy
personal Appearance. According to This Critic,
IsWorth Waiting F For-Another Story
of Hollywood Movie People.
BY PERCY HAMMOND.

YOU have learned from neighbor and the
n Broadway has added another candle to its list Of
Knded by its author Lawrence Riley of the dramas
emen and famed into radiance by its producer Brock
Pemberton dispeler the
the prayer of Ajax which they was for lamp Besides
being no are-up) in Broadway Personal Appearance
sheds the dark Hollywood cloisters enabling the
curious penetrate their exercises While not nd
Hart might say their Once in
Lifetime is still luminous bit Of cartooning and earns al
the that 1t For Mr. Pemberton
mpresario Of Enter Madame and Strictly Dshonorabe has
Evening star., 1934-10-28
A Grand Old Trouper With
''ROberta'' at the National
Fay Templetons First Real Success Came With
Her Part in "Forty-Five Minutes From
r< Broadway director Climbs Upward.
BY E. de 5. MELCHER.

TOMORROW night you'll of the grand old ladies OF
the American theater at the National That would De ray
Templeton actress skipped
so-yesr mark long since and who, she "in
ten friends and the nice people who still to theaters
that not insult their intelligence by trying to do
thing that can't do gracefully I'm such fool to try buck
and wing the dying at 81 and with ayordupos Aunt
think the first really straight role I've played
primarily character actress since
days I've had nearly 60 years experience but when
starting all again.
Evening star., 1934-10-28

Gala Halloween show Loew's Fox
and Palace Wednesday evening
startin9 11:3O o. nm.
Evening star., 1934-10-28
Ships 1000 Million Epps.

Australia shipped 1000 million eqes
te England in the last IL month";.
Evening star., 1934-10-28

DANCING.
Peyton Penn Studio, I745 r 81. NV.
Met. 3050 Ballroom dancing simplifed.
One Step. Fox Trot Waltz. Tango and
other styles Of dancing.
1927 10th st. NV. Glass and dancing
Fridays, $3.50 to I1:3O pm, with orches-
ira. Private lessons by appt. Met. 4lSO.
The Washington times., 1934-05-14
Pickups and
Putouts

George "POOch" Puccinelli is
a Fugitive from a baseball
chain gang. he escaped from
the clutches for the st. Louis
systems when the Baltimore ORR
oleS fetched him from Newark
ct Didn't Raise My Son To
Be A Baseball Player" is the
theme song Of George Sister,.
wants his boy, II, now pitching
for the Western Military Acad-
envy nine, to follow some other
profession. Bryan DOwney,
former middleweight boxer, in
structs Cleveland cab drivers in
the manly ~ art Of self de-
fense. and cab drivers must
know how to handle themselves,
particularly with a belligerent
fare Carl Reynolds fat
average is beginning to droOp
but ROllie Hemsley is clock
ing that apple for Rogers Horns
by's Browns Ray Davidson,
local sandIotter, has been
troubled by a lame arm for the
last five years.
The Washington times., 1934-05-14

How much happier you will be
when you can go into the cool
waters and enjoy a swim feeling
secure in the knowledge that you
are capable of taking care Of
yourself should you venture out
in the water beyond the depth
where your feet can not touch bot
tom.
Besides the pleasure we derive
from swimming, 1t enhances our
pleasures Of other water sports
such as boating, canoeing and
fishing. How about you fisher.
men who can lick your weight in
wildcats, but are helpless in eight
feet Of water?
Enjoy Trips More
Don't you think you could en-
JOY your trips much more feeling
secure in the knowledge that you
could keep afloat or swim the
few feet that may be necessary
to reach safety in case Of acct
dent? In my tackle box rests a
The Washington times., 1934-05-14
DOUGAN IS OUT
FOR KAYO

A rapid fire knockout Of Billy
Landers and an effort to prove he
is qualified to stack up against
Petey Sarron will be the double
header objective Of Leroy Dougan
tomorrow night when he declares
fistic war on blonde Billy at Port
ner arena.
Scheduled over a 10 heat dis
tance Dougan will be out to wreck
a Landers' winning string that re-
Gently mounted to 20 consecu'
tives.
Both Landers and Leroy have
displayed knockout qualifications
of late, Dougan having slugged
out two of his last three Portner
opponents. Landers likewise has
proved beyond question that he
has regained the wallop in his
sturdy right hand. eight Of his
last 20 foemen having been flat
tened for the count.
Triple-header six FOUNDERS round
ing out the show will complete the
28-round schedule. Joe Green is
matched with Lou Voda, Bob
Turner faces Henry Irving and
Mike Groves battles Matte Palmer
The Washington times., 1934-05-14
Golf Gleanings

Johnny Goodman, U. S. open
champion, never uses profanity
when a shot goes astray. What
a sweet golf temperament. Mrs.
Mary Louise Bell, Of Rodgers
Forge Club in Baltimore, and for
mer women'S Middle Atlantic anna
teur champion, will be out Of COM
petition several weeks. broke a
rib when she coughed. IS. G..
Leoffler and his associates will
take over the Annapolis Road
Club. How'd you go today?" in.
Quired an acquaintance of Earl
McAleer at Indian Spring last
week. .McAleer wasn't even en-
tered in the tournament. .Sena-
tor Pat Harrison may have to
chastise his protege, Gene VinSon
unless the three-time MisSis'
sippi open and amateur king steps
out and brings home the golf
bacon. John Shorey twice had
the Districts two biggest golf
bambinos, Harry Pitt and Roger
Peacock, in his hand. and let
Leoffler and his associates may
both get away Major II
Robb resumes his customary
honor Of starting invitation tour
namentS he's due to bt
first off at 8 a. m. in the Chevy
Chase qualifying rounds tomor-
row.