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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1935-01-24
TOWN TOPICS

Millions Of dollars worth of
public work projects have been
prepared by our city and county
authorities.
The most important work pro-
ject is grade elimination. It is
most worthy project. Out of
the many billions the govern
ment intends to spend on public
works the completion of grade
crossing elimination should be
granted it's share.
And while speaking Of public
works projects let us not forget
our waterway project.
These two improvements
would certainly give work to
thousands of people in direct
construction and to other thou
sands in the manufacture of ma
terials needed in construction.
Speaking of the waterway
(canaD we are reminded that
last Saturday a representative
official of the one of the big
railroad brotherhood attacked
the Beaver Mahoning project as
harmful to railroad labor.
The gentleman who is sup
posed to represent labor spoke
in behalf of the railroads and
not the workingmen when he
said that taxpayers will be
sorry and that the canal will only
benefit the special interests"
One can't listen to a labor
man nowadays without hearing
special interests mentioned.
And who, we pray, are special
interests if not the railroads?
The labor leader said that
should the canal be built rail
readers will lose their jobs.
How wrong he was?
II the waterway is NOT
build railroad labor and steel
labor and any other lshor in this
district will lose its jobs.
If the steel mills here work
less, the railroaders haul less
freight.
If the steel plants along the
Ohio river such as for example
at Wheeling, Weirton, Steuben'
vile, Martins Ferry, etc. bring
down all their coal by the river
and ship a lot of their products
again by the river not much Is
left to the Youngstown district
The Wheeling district is work
ing around 90 per cent now
Youngstown is working about
81 per cent.
Railroad men, truth to tell
get very little of the exorbitant
freight charged on the coal from
the Pennsylvania mines to the
Youngstown steel mills.
The railroads and the rail.
readers instead of fighting the
waterway should urge its con.
struction. They would get more
work and greater revenue from
this district, that they now re.
ceive.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1935-01-24

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-28
Sothern Stars
At Gayety

"Knick Knacks," a riotouS as
sembly Of humor and good look
ing femmes, opened at the Gayety
yesterday for a weeks run. That
glamorous favorite of a few weeks
ago, Miss Georgia Sothern, is the
guest star and upholds the reputa-
ton she made on her previous ap-
pearance here.
Colonel Lakes new opus also
brings back Miss Dorothy De-
haven, always a great favorite
with this reviewer as we'll as the
audience. Miss Dehaven possesses,
in addition to great beauty, a
pleasing and appealing personal
ity, and she can sing, dance and
act. This versatility, unfortunately,
is not possessed by all burlesque
players.
Also among the featured fem
mime members Of the cast is Miss
Sunya Slane, gorgeous blonde,
who proves her audience appeal
again.
The comics, Billy Hagen, Tom
Fairclough and Bert Carr, are
about as good a trio of funsterS
as any one program could boast.
Their stuff is well presented and
rated high in laughter.
A number of tableaux, richly
staged, add much to the produc-
ton. The chorus is far better
than average and the girls seem
especially full of pep. They ap-
pear to excellent advantage in
some of the full stage numbers.
The cast is rich in beauty and
among the members of the distaff
side not yet mentioned is Chiquita
Garcia, a Spanish beauty, who
does a couple of swell numbers.
Betty Palmer carries off several
scenes with commendable verve.
The show maintains the excel
lent high standard which Colonel
Lake promised for the spring
season. R.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-28
Phillips Joins
Roadside

William Phillips, the former
Washington youth who has done
so well with Eva LeGallienne's
Civic Theater, will play here this
summer with the Roadside The.
ater. He is cast for an important
role in After Dark" the opening
production beginning June II at
the Rockville Pike barn playhouse.
In alice in Wonderland, "
which played at the National dur
ing the season of 1933-34, young
Phillips was one of the two stu
dents honored with major roles.
He played THE Queen Of Hearts
Originated by Joseph Schild-
kraut in the New York produc-
tion-and also "Tweedledum" and
the front legs of the White
Knights horse! He was cast as
Peter in Romeo and Juliet, +"
which was presented here during
the same week.
Bill may not be recognizable
at first glance to his many friends
and admirers here, for he has
become a platinum blond! For
his last show, Jackson White, -
he was called upon to play an
albino, hence the peroxide rinse.
A product of Western High
School and George Washington
University dramatics, Bill soon
showed his ability by being one
of so selected from the over 1000
applicants for Miss LaGaliienne's
student group. Since then, his
professional appearances have in
cluded THE Good Companions"
"Liliom," Peter Pan," Cherry
Orchard" with Nine. ALA Nazi-
nova, Wrong Number Love
Out of the window" a John Col
den production, and those men
toned above. He has also played
with summer barn" companies
in Dublin, N. H., and Saugerties,
N. Y.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-28
Hepburn Next
at Keith's

For the first time in her SenSa-
tional career on the screen, Kath-
arine Hepburn, dynamic film star,
comes to audiences in a throbbing
love story that parallels the great
romances of history and fiction.
Break of Hearts" has a power
full, inspiring story of love and
Self-Sacrificing devotion.
Set to an exciting tempo, re.
flecting all the color and smart
ness of New York and Continen-
tai Europe, the story is primarily
a great romantic saga that grips
one with its poignancy and
beauty.
Scheduled to open May 80
at RKO Keith'S Break of Hearts"
is said to give the star a role that
thoroughly fits her complex per-
sonality. It has the witchery of
light comedy that won her the
academy award in Morning
Glory" It has the humanneSs that
characterized her portrayal of 10
in Little Women" To these have
been added the glamorous beauty
that was revealed in THE Little
Minister" only this time 1t is
clothed in ultra-smart gowns in
stead of Romany costume.
Charles Boyer is co7starred with
Miss Hepburn in this RKO Radio
picture, his role being that Of an
eminent symphony orchestra con-
ductor whose romance with an
aspiring girl musician provides
the plot.
In the cast in addition to Miss
Hepburn and Mr.. Boyer are John
BeaI, who played opposite Hep
burn in 1.-THE Little Minister"
Jean Hersholt, Sam Hardy and
Susan Fleming. Philip Moeller of
the New York Theater Guild d.
rected the picture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-28
MOVIE
4vACLOCK

EARLE-Ben Bernie, George
Raft, Grace Bradley in Stolen
Harmony" 1900; 1927, 4:2l
7:13 and 9:59.
Stage-Paul Whiteman's Band,
at 1929, 1924, SIG and 9:02
p. m.
FOX-Paul Lukas, Madge Evans
in "Age of Indiscretion," 1850
a. M, 1870, Ais, 7:05, 9:55
stage~12:25, sos. 500. $50
p. m.
RKO-KEITH'S-H enry Hull,
Warner GLAND in werewolf
of London" 1915 a. M; 1902,
2:49, ABS, $40, 9:57 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Jeanette MacDon.
aid, Nelson Eddy in Naughty
Marietta" II a. m; ITO, 1920,
$40, 1880, $40 p. m.
PALACE-Mae West, in "Goin'
To Town." 11:1O a. M; 1870,
3:25, 5:35, 7:45, $50 p. m.
Observation-Disclosures Gag
ney in Omen" 1920 a. m,
1:25. 1925, 5:25. 1880 and
$50 p. m.
BELASCO Chandler,
Marta Eggerth in Unfinished
Symphony" 1904, 2:04, 4:04.
6:04, S:04, 1904 p. m.
LITTLE-"Sins of Love-" At
1890 a. M, 1890, 2:30, 4:30,
$50, $3.50 and 1890 p. m.
HOWARD -Screen feature,
11:45 a. M; 1:45, 3:45, 5:45,
7:45, 9:45. Stage, Fats Wal
Ter, 12:45, 2:45, 4:45, Gas,
8:45, 10:45 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-28
'G-Men' Back
At Met

"G-Men," first of Hollywood
features spotlighting the Depart
ment of Justice activities in the
war on crime, opened repeat en-
gagement at the Metropolitan
Theater yesterday.
Red-headed Jimmy Gagney and
Robert Armstrong head the Gov
ment agents who trace down the
racketeerS responsible for a series
of bank holdupS and a kidnapping.
The love interest in "G-Men" is
well handled by Ann Dvorak and
Margaret Lindsay, with Barton
McLane and William Pawley play
ing with graphic realism two dar-
ing underworld characters.
"G-Men" packs plenty of ex.
element and the direction of Will
liam Keighley works up fine sus-
pense. Filmgoers will recognize
many of the incidents as being
parallel to front page clashes be-
tween Omen and gangsterS.
On the supplementary program
are the Universal and the Para
mount news reels and selected
short subjects.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-28
Plays al
Roosevelt

The ancient city of Kongros,
in the Orient, is the scene of the
three dramatic episodes which
make up the story used by Lord
Dunsany, in his poetic play, THE
Gods of the Mountains" which
the Washington Community Play
ers will present, in conjunction
with Quinteros' "A Sunny Morn
ing" and Philip Moeler's "Hele-
mas Husband" tonight at $3.50 in
Roosevelt High School Audito-
rum, sponsored by the Commu-
nifty Center Department.
Howard Whitfield has designed
the setting and lighting for this
play of which he and Miss Esther
Galbraith are codirectors, and the
costumes have been made under
Miss Galbraith'S supervision. It
requires cast of more than IS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-28

brunt Of this play on exceedingly
competent shoulders and rides her
good supporting company to as
lusty round of curtain calls as
have been earned at the National
in late May.
AS the program nuggets the
story: Mother Goddam is Chin
csc princess. She elopes with a
young Britisher named Charters
When he wanted to marry his
English sweetheart he had the
princess sold down the river to
junkmen. For 20 years Mother
Goddam waits for her revenge
In the meantime she has become
the proprietress of the largest
brothel in all China. To this she
contrives to bring Charters and
his friends and then sells an
English girl to the junkmen. When
Charters protests she informs him
it is his own daughter. Through
an ingenious twist in the story
the element of suspense is main.
tanned until the tragic finish OF
the drama.
Triumph For Star
The role of Charters Is en-
trusted to Walter Gilbert (recent.
ly the hero of another Cotton play
Rain" with Tallulah Bankhead)
and he lends it all the necessary
quality of SmugneSs and eventual
terror to make it a realistic
character.
The runner-up honors of the
play are allotted, both in script
and casting, to the role Of Poppy.
played with vitality and force in
two difficult scenes by Ruth Lee.
This second woman of the Ma.
tional troupe is a splendid actress
and Miss Reed paid gracious trib-
ute to her tremendous aid by in
sisting that she share in the
bows.
Others who shared most capa,
bly, in very important major roles
were Roy Roberts, Raymond Bran
ley, J. Arthur Young, Mrs. AIDE
laide Hubbard Tin two characters) =,
EdWina Wise. Forrest Orr and
Warren Parker. A large company
of supernumeraries aided materi-
ally in the creating of the illusion.
Some day I hope to write no.
tice with Karl Nielsen, director
in the front lines. He is usually
reserved to the last paragraph,
whereas he really deserves a place
in the bright sun as the ablest di-
rector of plays that I have seen
since watching the matchless
Cochran companies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-28
Our Little Girl" Is
Going to Columbia

"Our Little Girl" a heart-tug-
ging comedy drama with Shirley
T ample offering her grandest
screen portrayal, is the next at
traction to be seen on the Loew's
Columbia Theatre screen. This
film is being returned after a
notable week at loves Fox.
Joel McCrea and Rosemary
AmeS are Shirley's screen parents
in this production that deals with
a little tots human understand
ing which cementS the blasted
love of her parents. Shirley
proves herself a remarkable little
emotional actress in this COM
polling picture.
Lyle Talbot as "the other man."
and others are cast in support.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-28
BY LLOYD PANTAGES
copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
HOLLYWOOD. MAJ

HOLLYWOOD, May %.
Well, Miss Constance Bennett
has up and finished her new
anse, INTENTIONALLY decorated
through the genius of Fox's set
dresser, Mr.. Richard Smith. She
paid his salary to the studio while
he was on loan. Joe E. Browns
new musical, Broadway joe" is
going to be a single with a ven
geance: he sings, Ann Dvorak
sings and Patricia Ellis sings.
Francis Paragon, who scripted
Becky Sharp" is that appalled,
by the color technicians' reaction
to a suggestion in his script that
one of the characters blush. She
came out looking like a tomato.
He says that he will be in state
of nervousness as to the outcome,
should any of his future scripts
say "she was green with envy"
sunk in black despair" blue
with the cold" or concentrating,
in a brown study" At that, it's
food for thought. For the foist
time publicly, George Stoll, who
accompanies Bing Crosby on the
air, will accompany him in THE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-28
ICOVer Hollywood

big Broadcast" on his $4,000
Nicholas Amati violin. What a
fiddle!
Clifton Webb gave out with an
informal dinner party the other
evening which ended up in q
dancing-exercising contest. Among
those contesting were Peggy Fears,
Constance Collier; Charles Laugh.
ton, and Orrie Kelly. BY the by,
Charles Laughton at the moment
has lost so much weight that his
clothes fit him Like hand.me.
downs. And to get back to the
guest list, there's Peggy Fears, who
almost any minute (else'n I miss
my guess) will sign contract
with M.-G..M., her first picture
being The Gorgeous Hussy."
Carl Brisson's new home Gust
rented) has a play room, not de.
signed for those suffering with
d. is. One side of the room is
hung with the stuffed effigies of
the most ferociouS African beasts,
while the other is devoted to
American species. Among those
quantity peering at you are a bull
elephant, a rhinoceros, giraffe,
a hyena, and various other odds
and ends. He also has rubber
paved badminton court which
makes you leap about like tuna
Now it's September that Jan
Kiepura, Polish opera singer, has
set as his arrival at Paramount
for a picture. Previous recital en-.
gagements keep him out of the
running for the time being.
The fox-hunting sequence in
Universals Lady Tubbs" was any,
thing but CHEEKY for the members
of the cast. Anita Louise fell off
her horse and was almost run
down by another, Lumsden Hair
fell off his and received broken
collar bone for his trouble, and
last, but not least, Douglass Mont.
gomery was thrown off, too. AS a
consequence, he's been Standing up
for his meals. Oracle Allen is
currently done up with limp due
to her histrionics. She had to
climb up the side of an ocean liner
for a scene in THE Big Broad.
cast"
IT'S claimed that Clayton Kirby,
who dances with Ruby Keller in
Go Into Your Dance" and Dolores
Del Rio in In Caliente" is the
nearest thing to Valentino vet.
they have an innovation in "Ac-
cent on Youth that should assist
to no end grocery departments all
over the country. They have ar
ranged their set with the canned
goods arranged alphabetically.
making it too simple for the Gus.
toners. And who is it that still
claims that the making of movies
is fun? Nate Barranger, a former
Au-American football player, has
lost tons of weight purely because
they have done him up in a 10.
pound suit of armor in the heat
of our California, for his role in
The Last Days of Pompeii."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-28

girls ever rounded up for one pic
ture by having the motion picture
editors of Baltimore and Wash
ington each nominate three May.
fair maidenS to serve in the prom
scene for Annapolis Farewell"
This departments selections: Miss
Frida Kondrup Frazer, Mary Ty.
Ter Mccormack and Joan Archer.
More about these beauties and
the scene they will work in later.
They turned on the cooling
system at Loew's Palace Sunday.
Just a coincidence that Mae
Vests picture, Coin to Town"
is the attraction.
Myrt and Marge
Most ardent Myrt and Marge
fans is Mrs. w. C. Gwynn of old
Georgetown, who will leave her
dinner anytime to tune 'em in.
Carter Barron has invited her to
meet the radio stars in person.
Incidentally they have broadcast
steadily for four years. 1890 times
for their present sponsors. The
Myrt and Marge Club of Wash
ington, Miss Sunny Peterson,
president, entertained for the girls
last night at her home 4432 Thir.
tenth st.
MAYFAIR Reunion
Reunion at the Mayfair last
night. All the Central High
maSquers who were taught the
first rudiments of acting by Miss
Sybil Baker gathered when Bob
Lawrence, of Paul Whiteman'S
band and Vinton Hayworth, Of
the Myrt and Marge act, rounded
up their former school theSpianS.
Miss Baker was the honor guest,
thrilled to death over having two
of her pupils playing the Wash
ington stages.
Rudy Fixes Eyes
Rudy vallee's sweet Music"
made money for Warner Brothers,
and they are eager for his next
picture. The Hollywood influence
has caught Rudy just as it did
Jack Dempsey when he had his
nose trimmed for a more orna-
mental camera effect.
Rudy has had an operation on
his eyes and the crooner has been
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players to present the drama,
which is programmed between the
charming Spanish curtain-raiser,
Sunny Morning." and the hilari-
ously funny, and somewhat So
phisticated triangle-comedy anent
Helen, Queen of Sparta, and
Paris, Prince of Troy, with Meme
laus, as the party of the third
part. Edith Lazaroff Goldman
will appear in the three plays.
Paul Bradbury Walter has de-
signed the setting and costumes
for "Helena's Husband" which is
directed by a prominent Wash
ington actor-director, whose name
is not announced, at his own
request.
The curtain is at $50.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-28
Stella Maris Cast
To Offer Comedy

The Stella Maris Players are
presenting James Montgomery's
three-act play, Nothing But The
Truth" Monday and Tuesday, in
st. Gabriels School Hall, at
Illinois Avenue and ebster
Street N. w.
Starring in the play are Miss
Lucille Parduhn and Francis LIE.
verone.
Among others in the cast are
Harry Lewis, Glenn Ashley, Ruth
Nordstrom and Virginia CallieS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-28
CoIorfuI Settings

CoIorfuI Settings
For his guest star. Manager
Cochran has decorated his stage
with opulence and color. The
four acts are staged in settings
drenched in Chinese red pigments,
with rich silks and satins, and
squatting gods, with jade and
teakwood like little Chinatown.
In this palace of pleasure and
perfidy Mother Goddam works out
q horrible vengeance on the Eng
lish merchant who had trifled
with her affections and oriental
custom.
It is a pleasure to watch as as
Sured and easy a performance as
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-28
Star Becomes Aviatrix

"Ships that pass in the night"
have prompted Grace Bradley to
take up flying. The ships that go
by are the airplanes that fly over
the actress San Fernando valley
home, which is not far from
Grand Central airport and di.
rectly under the air mail route to
San Francisco.
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Florence Reed as the merciless Mother
Goddam was presented as the fifth attraction
of the Street Company.
Here is bang-up theater, drama that is
full of villainy and vengeance portrayed in a
sturdy red-blooded mood.
Playwright Cotton whose ''::Rain' is per-
haps more famous than this Chinese menace,
knows the value of suspense and of climax.
He has fine appreciation Of the perils aver
age mortals see in the opium pipe, the soft
seductive lights and Sinking sinister figures
who talk in strange tongue when there is
evil to be done.
these elements and effects Shanghai Ges-
to give all the thrills and much of the in
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Florence Reed gives in this robust
melodrama, which has engaged
her art for some 800 times. and
in every large city from Coast to
Coast.
Indeed it is a delight to sit be-
fore such expert timing, well-stud-
led gestures and gamut of moods
as this character portrait EN-"
braces in it's four exciting acts.
Call it tour de force for Flor
ence Reed since she carries the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-28
CrapeWin Signed

Charley Grapewin has been
signed by Walter Wanger for an
important character role in
Shanghai" the film which will
mark Charles Boyer'S debut as a
star following his triumph in
Private Worlds"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-28
Make Largest Prop

The largest theatrical property
ever manufactured was turned
out recently by the property de.
partment at the Paramount stu
dos. 1t is an r1-ton catapult
which Cecil B. De. Mile uses in
The Crusades."
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The movies can't have "Shang-
hal Gesture" but watching it last
night at the National Theater it
struck me that the time is ripe
for a good Oriental movie. One
with all the richness of scene and
real Chinese mood rather than
Warner GLAND stuff.
What's happened to Pearl
Bucks 1.-The Good Earth" This
should make a cracking fine
movie story if Irving Thalberg, of
M-G-M, ever gets around to cast
ing the role of Olan.
CLANS plucking the pearl from
her bosom for Wang Lungs fancy
woman should have every fem
mime eye il the movie theater
battle in tears. Provided, of
course, they tell it as they did in
Pearl Bucks book and not as the
incident was portrayed In the
Theater Guild production.
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Burns Mantle Picks Ten Best Plays

SUPPOSE we can write finis to
the 1934-35 season. The Pulitzer
prize has been awarded to The
Old Maid" and now comes Burns
Mantle with his 10 best plays,
soon to be embalmed within COW
erS.
The Mantle selections annually
are accepted by drama lovers and
students of the theater as a guide
book for the profession. The
plays he pick represent a choice
made by one well backgrounded
in experience and devotion to
theater and it's people, by an
astute and kindly critic and an
able footlight judge. Here are his
10 best plays for 1934-35:
THE Children'S Hour"
VALLEY Forge"
"Merrily We Roll Along"
The Petrified Forest"
Accent on Youth"
Awake and Sing"
The Farmer Takes a Wife"
Lost Horizons.
THE Distaff Side"
1.-The Old Maid
It is a good selection and I re-
serve the right to object only to
one entry, THE Farmer Takes a
Wife" Yet if can agree with
any Judge or critic on nine out of
10 picks, I must concede he is as
near perfect as that advertised
soap.
ELISA Landi is at the Shoreham
Hotel and tonight will be the
honor guest at a party which
Comptroller ]. F.. T. O'Connor will
spread. After her Washington
visit she returns to Hollywood to
take the lead role in the Fox pic
ture, Interference"
First Nighters
New Dealers in the audience at
the National last night, and ap-
parently not too depressed be-
cause MIRA had taken a Capitol
Hill K. O.: Col. Marvin H. Mac
1ntyre, Code Administration Sol A
RoSenblatt, Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury Lawrence Chip
Robert, Mr.. and Mrs. Carter Bar
ron. Oh, yes, Carter is New
Dealer.
Paramount has roped the most
distinguished group Of society
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FLORENCE REED STARS
Brilliant as Mother Goddam'
In John Cotton MeIodrama,
The Shanghai Gesture
By ANDREW R, KELLEY

Incense burned joss sticks smoked and the National Theater
auditorium exuded oriental perfume last night for that
sinister sanyed meodrama The Shanghai Gesture with