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The Washington times., 1934-05-15
Robert Fischer Is Guest Star in
"WeIcome Strange"
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

AA~A~~-
Particularly timely is the re-
vival of welcome Stranger"
which the National Players Of
fered as the third attraction of
their repertoire season at the
National Theater last night.
For several seasons this play
served George Sidney as starr
ing attraction and the Players
are fortunate in having for the
important character lead, Robert
Fischer, a David Belasco stand.
by, to play the exacting role Of
Isadore Solomon.
welcome Stranger" impresses
the lesson of tolerance and of
brotherly love without being
preachy or unduly sentimental.
It tells of loveable Jewish
merchant who comes to the little
New England town of Valley
Falls and finds a violent preJu-
dice against those of his race.
Wins the Town
Through the simple doctrine
of living the golden rule and
giving his neighbors an example
of fair play and justice that
breaks down racial barriers he
becomes in the space of IL
months not only the most sue
cessful businessman of the town,
hit it's hest beloved citizen. ISa-
dore Solomon, human and
benign, befriends an aged III.
ventor and a harrassed girl and
both kind deeds pay substantial
dividends in money and friend
ship before the fourth act cur
tain descends.
Robert Fischer is an advocate
of the natural school of acting.
He gets his effects by those quiet
methods of expression both IN
voice and gesture that spell sin
certify. Isadore Solomon Is a role
that could be so easily over.
played it, is a pleasure to report
that Actor Fischer never be-
comes saccharine in his kindly
sentiments, nor unduly emotional
in the few high pressure scenes
that are genuinely moving.
Excellent Support
The guest star is given good
support by the National Players
with Raymond Bramley as the
scheming mayor, Romano Cal
lender as the towns high bigot,
Freddy Sherman as a meek hotel
clerk, Burke Clarke as the Valley
Falls financier, Roy Roberts and
Ruth Abbott as a pair of mis-
understood lovers and Mary
Loane as Essie Solomon, turning
in good cards. George Calvert,
the players novice has his most
ambitious opportunity as a bright
The Washington times., 1934-05-15
H. G. Wells Here

H. G. Wells, the distinguished
British author, who has been a
Washington visitor told Publisher
George P. Marshall that England
is firmly determined to challenge
Hollywood'S domination of the mo-
ton picture industry.
Author Wells has only recently
taken pictures seriously, but now
is an enthusiastic booster Of the
English film product. He has pre-
pared a screen adaptation of two
of his books c'The Shape of
Things to Come" and 1.-THE Work,
Wealth and Happiness of Man.
kind'D combining both into a
scenario, "a Hundred Years To
Come"
Alexander Korda (who produced
and directed private Life of
Henry VIII" and Catherine the
Great"O will make the H. G..
Wells imaginative picture and the
author is hopeful that Douglas
Fairbanks, ST., and his son will
appear in the feature.
World Premiere
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and
party will attend Wednesdays
performance of welcome Strang-
er" at the National. "Stinga-
ree," which will open on the
R-K-O-Keith screen on Wednes-
day night will be a world pre-
miere. This picture reunited
Irene Dunn and Richard Dix
after their memorable perform
ance in "Cimarron." This latter
picture also had a world premiere
at Keith's on Friday evening,
January %, 1881, with gold
tickets n'everything
The Washington times., 1934-05-15
Wise Mr.. Garland

When I saw Queenie Smith in
every Thursday" a few weeks
ago at Lafayette Square I mar.
veled at the courage of Messrs.
Wee and Leventhal in bringing
this pallid play to Broadway. I
wondered, too, what the acid
penned Robert Garland would
have to say about this five and
ten drama in which Mrs. Robert
Garland was starred. Well, Mr..
Garland adopted wise course.
He stayed home and a second
string critic was as kind as pos
Sible to the boss wife. The other
Broadway scribes lacerated CIV
cry Thursday" to a fare-thee-well,
although Queenie Smith emerged
from the debacle with a collec-
ton of kind words for her per-
sonal contribution to every
Thursday"
Husband-critics hold a peculiar
relation with their star wives. I
remember when Ina Claire was
married to Jimmy Whitaker,
he, in a prankish mood, covered
her show, Gold Diggers," and
opined that the reigning star of
the David Belasco constellation
was no great shakes as an &C
tress. The notes stood out for
most critics liked the blonde Ina
Whether this minority opinion was
q factor in the disagreements
which finally led to divorce
your deponent knoweth not. But
I do know such things are not in
the way to keep peace in the
average household.
The Washington times., 1934-05-15

to see that he has proper billing,
etc.
I recall in the days of shu-
bert vaudeville at the Belasco
when he argued for hours that
he be given a place in the cleo
trio lights and the star dressing
room over Will Rogers, also on
the program. He didn't win the
argument although his contract
entitled him to make it. In
stead Lee Shubert placated
George with a promise to star
him the following season if he'd
only be a good boy and go on
George did.
I've been following George
since the days when he was
precocious kid star with Gus Ed
wards revue and with Lila (Cud-
dles) Lee constituted the great
est team of juveniles ever dis
covered by that two-a-day Colum-
bus,
The Washington times., 1934-05-15
New Player Cast in
"Sour Grapes" Film

Steffi Duna, who did such fine
work with Francis Lederer in
Man of Two Worlds" and who
was given long-term contract as
the result of it, was given a Sec
ond assignment yesterday.
She will play an important role
in the perturbation of Vincent
Lawrence's play, "Sour Grapes, "
which Worthington Miner and
George Nichols, jr., will co-direct,
with Give Brook and Diana Wynn
yard co-Starred.
The Washington times., 1934-05-15
LCOVer
HOu yWOOd
By LLOYD PANTACES
PUBLICATION RIGHTS RESERVED

HOLLYWOOD, May 15.-Snap-
shots collected through a tran
SON.
Ann Sothern has a pair of her
own baby shoes, and every moth
ers' Day she sends them to her
mother who keeps them for awhile
and then in turn sends them to
Ann on her birthday. How SEN
timental. Plus all this, the little
woman has colored maid named
Lemon Verbena Johnson The
rumor is getting stronger by the
day that Gene Raymond will hitch
himself, maritally speaking, to an
eastern debutante he met on his
recent trip to Palm Beach because
since his return he's been in the
market for colossal home in our
very swanky Beverly Hills.
Carl Brisson gave Jean Harlow
to Bing Crosby who in turn gave
her to Gary CHS SOM. Don't be
worried folks, it's only a duck
somebody gave Mr.. Brisson as an
Easter present. Pat O'Brien has
a bar in his Brentwood home upon
which all his guests have to carve
their initials. The police ralded
our local walkathon marathon
and dragged all the struggling as
pirant marathoners (Who had
been walking for some 900 hours
to the police station but returned
them back to the grind after all
hour or so. Warner Brothers
picture, British Agent" is giving
work to practically all of our Rus
sian colony, and furthermore is
employing eight Cossacks to re-
enact a scene of Bolshevik upris-
ing which they actually engaged
in II years ago in Moscow.
Gloria Stuart has turned sculp-
tress on herself and has presented
Jimmy Cagney with a 6-inch plas-
ter figurine of himself and he will
reciprocate by giving Miss Stuart
one of hs own personal wood carv-
ings Porter Hall, of New
York stage fame, rather than have
"a double" allowed William Pow
ell to knock him out five times
for a scene in THE Thin Man"
Lewis Stones greatest dis
appointment in life came recently
when he visited the one-time man
sion in Boston where he was born
which has suddenly gone practi-
cally to the dogs, and has a sign
across it's front reading, Home
for INDECENT Women"
Jimmy Durante couldn't be
more unhappy about his recent
visit to New York. He claims
that the Great White Way is, as
far as he is concerned, no longer
the Great White Way on account
of all the familiar faces have
gone to their glory or gone to
Hollywood-Which is practically
the same thing.
Arlene Judge and Wesley Rug
giles secretary, Roman, staged a
doughnut eating contest which all
but landed them in a hospital.
They reached the mark of 20 E.
The Washington times., 1934-05-15
FIRST NIGHTERS

Observed at the opening of well
come Stranger" at the National
Theater last night: Representative
Florence P. Kahn, Representative
Henry Ellenbogen, Representative
William I. Sirovich. Representative
Theodore A. Peyser, Representative
Isaac Bachrach, Representative Sol
Bloom, Representative Herman P.
Kopplemann, Representative Eman-
uel Celler. Paul Himmelfarb, Nor
ris Cafritz, Maurice Bisgyer, E. l..
Kaufman, Simon Hershfield, ]. NJ.
Safer, Bernard Danzansky, Joseph
A. Wilmer, Morris Garfinkle, Mrs.
Herman Hollander, jeremiah Weitz.
Isaac Turnover, Harry Viner, Ru-
dolph B. Behrend, Mrs. Martin
Mendelsohn, Mrs. Joseph Millenson,
Maurice Maser. Mrs. Charles Gold
smith, Leopold v. Freudberg, Mrs.
Dave Alpher, Louis Spiegler, Law
renee Gichner, Mrs. Henry Oxen
berg, Harold Levi, l. Goldheim,
Joseph Levi, DR.. Harry Lewis, Sid
ney Reizenstein, Ralph Goldsmith,
DR.. Harry Kaufman, DR.. William
Chase.
The Washington times., 1934-05-15
MOVIE
AvACLOCK

FEATURE PHOTOPLAYS
In Washington's leading
picture theaters today and
their starting times are as
follows:
"TIIE TRUMPET BLOWS"
II A. NJ, l :25, APO, 7:10,
10 p. NJ Stage shows at
1886, 1925, 6:15,
9:1O p. NJ.
RKO KEIIH'S
SISTERS UNDER THE
SKIN"
:23 A. NJ, 10, 2:57, 4 IA,
6:31, 8:18, 1905 P. NJ.
PALACE
''HOUsE OF ROTHSCHILD"
11:15 A. NJ, ! 20, 1925,
$50, 1885, $40 P. NJ.
EARLE
MELODY IN SPRING"
ILLS A. NJ, l As, 4:35, 7 20,
9:55 P. NJ. Stage shows at
l, $40, $40, 9:1O P. NJ.
METROPOLITAN
"TWENTY MILLION
SWEETHEARTS"
II As A. NJ, 2:10, 4:35, 7,
9:3O P. NJ.
COLUMBIA
"TARZAN AND HIS
MATE"
II A. NJ, l, 3:05, 5 :05, 7 20,
9:3O P NJ
RIALTo -.
"THE BLACK CAT"
II :43 A. NJ, l :25, 3:O7. 4 ::49,
6:31, 8:13, 9:55 P. NJ.
HOWARD
CAB GALLOWAY
lis, 3::45, 6:15, 8:45 P. M.
Screen feature at II, 2:3O,
5, 7 80, 10: 05 P. M.
The Washington times., 1934-05-15
RuggIes and BoIand
Again Form Team

A continuance of the series Of
Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland
comedies is assured in Para
mounts announcement that "The
Debutante" temporary title) has
been purchased for them. The
story is an original by Ralph
Spence, long-established Holly
wood wit. Mama Loves Papa"
started off the Ruggles-Boland
series.
The Washington times., 1934-05-15
Picture Is a Comedy Revival Of
THE Admirable Crichton"
George Price Coming
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Bng Crosby happens the only acknowledged radio
who went Hollywood made picture and asked to stay
Among California casualties of the studio might be
toned Ed Wynn Jack PEARL Rudy Valee Kate Smith and
Amos n Andy.
They screened Bngs latest picture yesterday Were Not
Dressing and apart from its excellent songs the thing
that had stunned into awed surprise the fact
that this frivolous title for crooners film adventure stems
Sir James NJ Barre's EtThe Admirable CrichtOn
The Washington times., 1934-05-15

young lawyer and makes its
moments count. Kathryn Givney,
Mrs. Adelaide Hubbard and Sylvan
Lappen assist in other less i'm
portant roles. Francis Faunie is
excellent as the aged inventor.
Scenic artists Charlie Squires
has provided fine atmospheric
settings with the last act, a
gilded hotel lobby at the turn
of the century, a model Of
modern richness to the point of
Opulence,
The Washington times., 1934-05-15
Barber Ioins

George Barber has joined
Una Merkel and Harold Lloyd in
Lloyd's newest comedy, THE
Cat's-Paw," from the story by
Clarence Burlington Kelland.
The Washington times., 1934-05-15

In the days when everybody
was buying Liberty bonds, Para
mount made this as Male and
Female" with, if memory serves,
Thomas Meighan and Glamorous
Gloria Swanson costarred. On
the stage it served the eminent
Walter Hampden as the English
butler who became the temporary
ruler Of a desert isle because he
could do everything well.
They've provided comedy
dressing for this new version of
"Crichton." Bing Crosby is, OF
course, the handy man and Carole
Lombard, the spoiled heiress who
is obliged to dig her own sea
clans for the shore bake or go
hungry. Burns and Allen appear
as a couple of explorerswith a
number of inventions that sur
pass in mad imagination any Of
the gadgets devised by Joe Cook,
Ed Wynn or RUDE Goldberg. 1t
is the first time that have been
able to get a laugh out of Burns
and Allen in a feature picture.
Good tunes abound in Were
Not Dressing" and those who like
Bing Crosby's voice may enjoy a
holiday. Love Thy Neighbor" is
one of the surefire melodies that
sends you away from the screen
humming or whistling. Others
that have pleasing melody are
"Once in Blue Moon" and Good
Night Lovely Little Lady"
The picture comes to Loew's
Palace Friday.
Bing on the Stage
Bing Crosby, by the way, is re-
turning to the stage. Earl Carroll
announces the crooner will be the
star of a new musical he will pro-
duce soon with Burns and Allen
featured.
Producer Carroll is flying East
with 10 prints of Murder in the
Vanities," the Paramount picture
made from his musical mystery
play. He will stop in each of 10
cities for a preview and luncheon
arriving in New York at Wednes-
day midnight for a screening on
Broadway.
Murder at the Vanities" is
scheduled for the Earle Theate1
very soon. But Washington was
crossed from Mr.. CAROLS flying
schedule. He doesn't like Pie
Washington critics. I have heard
tell that the feeling is mutual.
About George Price
George Price, who comes &c
the Earle a week from Friday
is a thorough vaudevillian who
fights from the top of the hat
The Washington times., 1934-05-15

Dorothy Burgess has got so COM
pletely into the. spirit of voodoo-
ism since she made BLACK Moon"
that she is having statue made,
for her radiator cap, of an "unba"
IA voodoo idoD. Voodoo like to
en- up n see her s'mtime? par
don. pleaSeD
The Washington times., 1934-05-15

Andy Devine (Universal's gravel.
throa led comedian) has left for
Little Rock, Ark, to be king Cot
ton" at their annual cotton festi-
val Lulu Shay (M.G.M's chief
telephone OPERATOR has been
taken off the switchboard for a
couple of days just SOS she can
teach Una Merkel and Mary Car
Isle the gentle art of giving out
wrong numbers for the picturo
"The Rear Car"
The Washington times., 1934-05-15

Chester Morris is building a
swimming pool just SOS his Riddles
can dunk their bodies from time
to time.
The Washington times., 1934-05-15

Arlene Judge and Wesley Rug
giles secretary, Roman, staged a
doughnut eating contest which all
but landed them in a hospital.
They reached the mark of 20 E.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-03
The NAACP Conference

THE 10Th Annual Conference of the Ma
L tional Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, just concluded in Okla
homa City, Okla, occurred on the back
ground Of growing fascist attacks upon the
whole toiling population, directed with saw
age vehemence afainst the Negro masses
in particular.
The Conference leaders advanced the usual
forTnist psnaceas dressed up in cunning
demagogy: faith in the dscredited capitalist courts
OInder the heading Of Law Enforcement") and
the pretense that the lynchers and their courts
can be entrusted with the task Of wiping out lynch
ing without pressure from the ant-lynching masses
Mary White Ovtngton, of the Walter Wnite-Spn-
garn ruling Clique. advocated closer cooperation
with the liberal" section of the Southern ruling
class lynehers represented in the InterRacial Com
missions, during the discussion on THE Changing
Front"
The fruits of that cooperation are already evident
in the base betrayal of George Crawford Virginia
Negro by the NAACP. leaders and their defense"
attorneys who turned prosecutor declared Crawford
guilty" and advocated life imprisonment for this
innocent framed-up Negro worker. The traitorous
nature Of that cooperation is also to be seen in
the persistent attempts of the N-AA.CP to disrupt
the mass defense for the nine innocent ScottSboro
boys in the weasel resolution adopted by the con-
Venuon, mildly protesting the ScoGtSporo 1ranne-up
but ignoring the appeal of the Scottsboro Mother,
Ada Wright, for a united front struggle to save
the boys.
On the attempt Of the Georgia ruling class to
murder heroic Angelo Herndon the chain gang,
and to burn six other Negro and white organizers
in the electric chair, the conference adopted
tratorous policy Of silent acquiescence.
The rank and file of the organization, whose
militant support of the Scottsboro fight forced the
top leadership to reverse its policy Of denying the
floor to the Scottsboro Mothers, and enabled Mrs
Wright to speak at the Conference, are faced with
the task of organizing and sharpening the fight
against the agents of imperialism who now dom-
nate the organization.
Repudiate the united front from on top with
the imperialist enemy! Build the united front
from below with the revolutionary white and
Negro workers with all elements sincerely opposed
to Iynching and willing to carry on a relentless
fight for full, unconditional equality for the Negro
people, and for the immediate, unconditional and
safe release Of Angelo HerndOn and the Scots
boro boys!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-03
Communist Proposals Socialists for Anti Fascist United Front
m Consistent Struggle for Workers United Front ,

tant measures must be accompanied
by, the resolutions of hundreds Of
Communist and social-democratic
organizations and factory meetings.
Only such widely developed joint
struggle of Communist and social
democratic workers and members of
reformist and revolutionary trade
unions, and the attraction of the
broadest strata of unorganized
workers to this struggle, can bring
about unity of action. 1t is neces-
sary to make up in the nearest flu
ture for all that has been neglected
until now in this campaign against
fascism and to save Thaelmann. We
shall fight untiringly for unity of
action. And despite all we shall
bring it about by struggle!
Again and again we repeat to the
social-democratic workers: You do
not know us Communists if you
think that we shall stop half way.
The struggle for the united front of
the working class is included in the
programme of the Communist In
ternational, and we, whose words
never differ from our deeds, take
our program seriously. Despite all
diplomatic evasions, despite sharp
refusals of our proposals or the
maintenance of sile,tce about them
we shall appeal to you again and
again, and propose that you should
fight jointly with us against CAPT.
talism. against imperialist war, and
against fascism, for our common
class interests and for our direct
demands.
And you, social-democratic work
ers, must also not stop half way
Join in the united front of the
working class for victory over the
class enemy.
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SUPPORT the Hatters Strike

THE strike Of the New York hatters,
L members of Local of the United Hat
tiers of North America, which is now en-
tering its fifth week, is 100 per cent solid,
with every organized hat shot in the city
out.
Being unable to get one cent of strike
relief from the national office of the union headed
by Michael Green, the hatters' strike committee
has issued call to all labor unions in the city to
send delegates to conference to be held Thurs
day evening in Beethoven Hall where united
strike relief committee will be set up.
All A. F. of L. locals all unions of the T. u, q. L.
and independent unions have been invited to par
tcpate in this conference and donate relief to the
strikers.
The success of the strike depends to very
great extent on the success of the conference. All
trade union members should understand this.
Therefore all locals all trade union groups
should at once elect delegates or see to it that
delegates appointed for the conference and that
donations for the strike be decided upon
The matters with the labor movement united
behind them can defeat the manufacturers.
Unite behind the hatters and help them win
the strike!
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always called on those workers who
do not share our views as yet on
all these questions of principle, to
fight along with us against our
common class enemy, against the
immediate dangers menacing the
proletariat. On January 1, 1922,
after the capitalist offensive on
the working class had begun on
an international scale, We adj
dressed the following appeal to the
men and women of the proletariat
of all counties:
well, you cannot make up
your minds yet to struggle along
the whole front, to struggle for
power, for dictatorship, with arms
in your hands? You cannot yet
make up your minds to deliver a
decisive attack on the citadel of
world reaction? At any rate,
then, unite in the struggle for a
piece of bread, in the struggle
for peace. March together in
united army for the sake of this
struggle, unite as a proIetarian
class against the class of exploit
ers and devastators of the world.
Break down the barriers which
have been raised between you;
stand in united ranks irrespective
of whether you are Communists
or Social Democrats, Anarchists
or Syndicalists, SO as to struggle
against the hard poverty of the
present day.
THE Communist International
has always instructed the work.
crs to stand for the dictatorship
of the proletariat and for Soviets,
to unite into Independent parties.
1t does not Withdraw a single
word of what 1t has said on this
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geoisie such a large section of the
working class as represented by
the supporters of social democracy,
so that the social democratic work
ers may be able to carry on a joint
struggle together with us against
the common enemy; while striving
towards this minimum prerequisite
for a successful struggle against
fascism, we have declared and still
declare our readiness to make this
concession to your leaders. We
firmly hope that even under the
conditions of temporary renun-
citation of the important prerequi-
sites of working cGss democracy,
the polemic against an incorrect
policy, that the joint struggle of
the Communist and social demo-
cratic workers will convince the
social democratic workers that the
only correct tactics for the work
ing class are not reformist policy,
not class collaboration with the
class enemy, but the irreconcilable
revolutionary class struggle against
capitalism and its rule.
1t follows from this conviction
that no hostile or polite replies re-
ceived from one or other social
democratic party can compel the
Communist Parties to abandon this
path Of the consistent struggle fol
the unity of action of the proleta-
rat.
IRRESPECTIVE of how the lead
l ing Social Democratic bodies re-
ply to our proposals about unity OF
action, we shall call on the workers
irrespective of the party they may
belong to, to undertake joint ac-
tons against capitalism, fascism
and imperialist war, in defense Of
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and Faseism must be put into lie. despase al the
broken pledges OF the Socialist Party leaders who
signed It's Manifesto
The Second o. S. Congress Against War and Fas-
cism in Chicago, Sept. %, % and 80, must be 8
mighty ralying point of anti-war forces.
And always, the purpose must be to drive the
anti-war struggle to open civH war for the over
throw Of the mperislst government altogether, for
the setting up Of Soviet Power.
For internatiOnalism, for defense Of the Soviet
Union and Soviet China, for the transformation
OF imperialist war into civil war, for the most
resOlute struggle against war and fascsm.