Evening star., 1935-03-28

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q A note has Just come from Hardie
Meakin saying: "R-K-O Keiths is
installing a new sound equipment,
hence comes the explanation of the
activity around that Fifteenth street
theater for the past few nights. En-
gineers from the r. c. A. Victor labo-
ratories in Camden, N. j., have been
Installing the new high fidelity re-
production system, which will be
ready not later than Sunday" Mr..
Meakin doesn't say that this new Sys-
tenn cost him $4,000. A
The Mystery of Edwin brood"
opens today at the Belasco. Directed
by Stuart Walker, this last Dickens
work is currently being acted on the
screen by Claude Rains, Douglas
Montgomery and Heather Angel.
More about it tomorrow.
!. Wire from Carter Barron: "All Of
The personable celebrants of Monday
night are expected to comprise gay
group when they gather at Loew's Fox
Theater at $50 Friday night to salute
Phil Lampkin," etc.
Whether Let's Live Tonight" with
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approaches "One Night of Love- re-
mains to be seen. Since 1t has Mr..
Carminati, however, and music, and
since Victor Schertzinger directed it
and Columbia Pictures produced it, it
should have some of the same sub
stance-with, of course, La Harvey
for Grace Moore. The stage show will
be headed by Mitzi Green. one of the
screens first Shirley Temples and
now grown to woman's estate. She
initiates George Arliss and others.
Don't forget that Mrs. Mann will
speak at Pierce Hall Saturday. Her
topic will be Adventures of a Nat
uralist's Wife" Since Mrs. Mann is
rot only Mrs. Mann, but the author
of From jungle to Zoo" and the wife
of Mr. Mann, director Of the National
Geological Park, there ought to be
much interest in this. Her talk is be-
ing sponsored by the Women's Inter-
national League, which is the local
backer for that interesting Children's
Theater of New York, which comes
here often-but not often enough.
Due to constant pressure from a
greedy public, 1T Happened One
Night" with Clark Gable and Clau-
6ette Colbert, is being brought back
to the Metropolitan tomorrow. This
Is the picture that won about SO of
the 100 possible prizes given this sea-
son by the Motion Picture Academy.
(Grace Doro, pianist, will appear
on the stage at the Earle Theater Fri
day, replacing Bob Hall, who has been
released from his engagement to full
fill another, contract)
The Loew's Fox Theater Is pretty
much excited abous its new film, the
newest celluloid edition of George
Whites Scandals" which will open
there tomorrow. The cast is headed by
Mr.. White himself, and Eleanor Powell
(who has danced frequently in Wash
ington), Ned Sparks, Alice Faye, LYDIA
Roberti, Jimmie Dunn, Cliff Edwards,
Benny Rubin and others. Phil Lamp
kin is playing a third anniversary
overture, which he has called The
Overture of Overhures," and Benny
Davis will present his newest "Star
Dust Revue"
Nora Ford comes to the Gayety
Sunday.
"Roperta, as you may nave hear0,
is being held over for fourth week
at R-K-O Keith's.
The next attraction at this theater
will be "Laddie," with John Beal and
Gloria Stuart. A letter from Mr.. Beal
yesterday from the R-K-O studios in
Hollywood says that he has been
working on three pictures at once
that "Laddie" is one of them, that K.
Hepburns new film, "Heartbreak," is
the second and that LES Miserables"
is the third Nice going. Mr. Beal.
Remember when he made his stage
debut here at the Belasco in "An-
other Language?
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