The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-19
World Premiere of Dietrich's
"The Devil Is a Woman" Is
Booked for F Street

Washington has been so cordial
to world premieres that Para
mount has decided to have one
here. Marlene Dietrich's latest
picture, THE Devil Is Woman"
will have an F Street opening in
March under the auspices of
Loew's, Inc.
This is the picture that was
once called Carnival in Spain,"
later changed to Caprice
Espagnol," and now becomes
THE Devil Is a Woman" 1t
marks the end of the studio as
ISOLATION of La Dietrich and her
favorite director, Won Sternberg.
Warned to forget about the
ravishing beauty of Dietrich and
her shapely limbs and give her
a real story, Paramount's authors
are said to have provided a
sizzler.
La Dietrich plays "Concha," de-
scribed as the most tempestuous.
alluring, hated, desired woman
in Spain and composite of
her successful roles.
Lionel Atwill plays wealthy
and aristocratic army officer whom
she torments and deceives, leading
him on to believe she loves Inn
only to leave him in blacklist de-
spair after he has paid her debts
and those of her mother, Alison
Skipworth. Edward Everett Hor-
ton and Cesar Romero have the
other important parts in this fea-
ture.
World premieres of good pic
lures thrive here. Clark Gable
and Constance Benefits after
Office Hours" is clicking the turn
stiles at the Fox so lively it has a
good chance to reach the 100000
mark. aided some by that coffee
and doughnuts show.
High Court at Play
The Chief Justice of the SUI
preme Court and Mrs. Charles
Evans Hughes were in the third
row, on the aisle, for THE Condo
liers" last night. In the second
row center were Sir Ronald Lind
say, the British Ambassador, and
his party. Such is democracy.
Justice Hughes was the focal
point for lorgnetteS and the chief
topic of the lobby gossip mas
much as the courts gold decision
was still shouting from the head
lines. Between the acts he went
over and congratulated Repre-
sentative Isabelle Greenway for
the gem of an intermission speech
she made for Bryn MaWr. The
Greenway speech was gracious
and included an orchid for Man
ager Cochran and his box-Office
staff for the efficient manner in
which this benefit performance
was handled.
1sidore Godfrey, conductor of
the Gilbert and Sullivan operas,
is a flaming red head with the
manners of a Chesterfield. And
he knows his scores right down
to the very last eighth note.
He had Chris Arth, Paul SchWarz
and other veterans with their
noses stuck close to the music
since the orchestrations are
tricky. AS a matter of fact, finer
music has never been extracted
from the Nationals orchestra pit.
Bebe and Ben
Wilmington gave the heartiest
kind of a welcome to Bebe Dan
ielS, Ben Lyon and Skeets Gala
CHER when these Hollywood favor
ties made their footlight debut in
Hollywood Holiday" which is in
Baltimore this week and is due
at the National Theater the week
of April l.
To quote the critic of the Jour
nal-Every Evening:
We have here a play, which
we suspect, was greatly in.
fluenced by the Noel Coward
school of light drama. Our
suspicious were deepened at the
Observation-Disclosures scene
in which Mr.. Lyon as a discOn-
solate movie star consoles and
is cOnSOled by Douglas Gilmore,
playing an author. We thought
of "Design For Living" In fact,
all through Hollywood Holt
day." we kept wondering how
Noel Coward would have done
it and how the famous trio,
COward-FOntaine-L unt, would be
in similar situations.
Hollywood Holiday" is some
thing like this: Two movie
stars, Jeffry Crane Ben Lyon
and Sandra Phillips (Bebe
DanielS) married and baSically
happy in love, go to New York.
It's at the critical moment
when Cranes contract is run
ming close to closing time. He
gets himself into a newspaper