Evening star., 1935-12-27
Chaplin Film
May Soon Be
Shown Here
Possibility at Palace
Arouses Interest in
=, Modern Times"

THERE is a possibility that Charlie
Chaplin's Modern Times will
play Loew's Palace Theater i'm
mediately after the run of "A Tale
of Two Cities"
The newest Chaplin film was OBJ
tained for showing in some 40 cities
by the Loew Theater circuit just a
few days ago, and. while no local
playing date has been announced yet
by the New York Office of the chain
It is known that the picture will be
shown at the Palace, and that the
Palace has no film booked to follow
the Dickens photoplay, which opens
probably will play two weeks.
Modern Times" will have its world
premiere at the Rivoli rheater in
New York. January 16, and it is
rumored that Chaplin himself may
attend the opening. If he does he
probably will be accompanied by his
leading woman, Paulette Goddard.
The comedian in Shirley Temples
1.-THE Littlest Rebel" now at the
Palace, is a young fellow named
Willie Best, and not Stepin Fetchit,
as was announced yesterday on this
page.
Stepin Fetchit, incidentally, will
make a personal appearance at War
ners' Earle Theater the week start
ing FRIDAY January z
Alex ("Three Men on a Horse'O
Yokel soon will make his annual
pilgrimage to Washington with a
brand-new play, which he even now
Is Shaving over in New York in the
fervent hope and belief that it will
be a hit such as was the comedy he
tried out here last year. The title
Is Julie. the Great" and instead
of being performed by comparatively
unknown, though thoroughly COM
petent players, as was Three Men on
Horse" the current drama will fea-
ture Beth Merrill, foremost of the late
David Belasco's stars.
The play, which opens at the Ma
tional January 13, originally appeared
as a short story. Julie" in the Sat-
urday Evening Post and was written
by John Taintor Foote.
Three Men on a Horse" Incl
dentally, now is being played in New
York, in Boston and by two road
troupes. Two companies are being
whipped into shape now to take the
comedy to London and to Australia.
Two movies, which promise to be
among the important films of the
season, open today at downtown
cinema citadels.
Captain Blood" thrilling drama of
piracy on the high seas, which has
suddenly lifted young Enrol Flynn to
stardom, bows in at Warmers Earl
Theater, and "Ah, Wilderness" pic
turization of Eugene O'Neill's great
American comedy drama, with Wal
lace Beery and Lionel Barrymore
heading the cast, is the feature at
traction at Loew's Fox.
Hunt Stromberg. producer of the
kdLGGT 1llHl, Ido DSCO1Ilc eIlIIluSSu, you
probably know, over the performance
turned In by Eric Linden in the pic
ture, speaking of Eugene O'Neill's
superb Characterization of American
youth :. unfolded with unforgettaple
poignancy and power" Mr.. Linden's
performance, Mr.. Strcmberg predicts,
certainly will receive the attention CT
the Motion Picture Academy When
next years acting awards are made.
Ray (Loew's publicity staff Bell got
O real Christmas present Wednesday
from his wife Virginia. 5-pound
baby daughter. Mother and child are
doing swell" according to Rays re-
port, and the baby, he says, is very
handsome lass, resembling her mother
In every way.
Warner Bros Penn Theater, the first
"streamlined" motion picture theater
h Washington and the first to be built
here since the advent of sound, will
have gala opening tonight at 8:15
Save YOUR EYES H
This is the time Of the year when
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