Evening star., 1935-03-14

version), but you have the retul
actresses to town-Eva LIE Call
find Sayre Crawley, Donald Ca
young man who played Romeo
Richard Waring.
Petersburg Nights" at the Belasco.
More about this tomorrow. 1t won
medal in Venice last year. Ought to
be good.
"The Gold Diggers of 1885" at the
Earle. Those digging this season in
clude Gloria Stuart, Dorothy Dare,
Glenda Farrell and Alice Brady.
Those more or less playing around
include Adolphe Menjou, Frank Nc
Hugh, Hugh Herbert and Dick Powell.
Busby Berkeley directed-which means
that the girls will be shapely the
dances original and the music just as
good as the radio has said it is
already. Dancer George Taps and
Roscoe -coe-coe Ates champion slut
terer) head the stage show.
wedding Night" at the Palace.
Anna Sten gets Gary Cooper this time
or rather she doesn't get him-and
therein lies the drama. Miss Sten
appears as a Polish farm girl in
Connecticut and Mr.. Cooper, who is
wed to Helen Vinson, finds consola-
ton in looking at Miss Sten when his
wife goes on a vacation. While the
plot isn't complicated, Director King
Vidor has made it interesting. And
Miss Sten, while still plump, never
theless has the face of Polish angel.
Roberta" at R-K-O Keith's. Sec
ond week. If you go at pm. you
can see it quite easily from the roof.
At 8 you can get as near as the top
row Of the second balcony. If you
start shortly after breakfast the
chances are fifty-fitty of your making
the first balcony.
"The Little Colonel" at the Fox.
Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore and
Bill Robinson's dancing make this
combination that is pretty hard to
beat It's Shirley's best. Don't miss
1t. Everett Marshall heads the stage
show.
"While the Patient Slept" at the
Metropolitan. This one features Aline
MacMahon and Guy Kibbe in another
Clue Club picture. Miss MacMahon
appears as the nurse, so Mr. Kibbe is
probably the patient. An added at
traction is E. M. NeWmans "See
America First" which Mr.. Newman
filmed especially for Warner Bros.
1.-THE Private Life of Don JUAN" at
the Columbia, is said to bring Douglas
Fairbanks back to life with a bang
The ladies who assist him in this re-
creation include Bonita Hume, Binnie
Barnes and Merle Oberon, most of
whom were wives of Henry VIII at
one time or another
Other events: Under the Lilacs"
Saturday morning at the National.
This is said to be SO good that grown
ups will want to see it as we'll as
youngsters. One of the chief players
is a dog-not Miss Cornelis Flush,
Eut another one quite as good
And then there's the new show at
the Gayety, starting Sunday, called
blue Rhythm Girls" including that
popular person, "Bozo" Snyder, who
goes through the evening without say
ing word.
MORTON EUSTIS, a member of
prominent Washington family
an associate editor of the Theater
Arts Magazine of New York and the
author of a recent book called Broad
way, Inc" has written a play called
Opening Night" 1t has been bought
by j. j. Vincent for presentation in
the Fall.
X X
nEAR Mr.. M: notice in The
Star tonight"-last night-"you
referred to Helen Jepson as having
been heard here at the Townsend
concert, but I did not find any refer
ence to the fact that Gladys SWarth-
out will make her Constitution Hall
debut under my management on April
Z in joint recital with Nino Martini,
who will sing his first Washington
recital on that date.
"AS you know, Martini is also going
Into pictures on May IL to make a
series for Fox. In connection with
Swarthout, it may interest you to know
that she was second in a recent radio
popularity contest conducted among
some $500 radio editors throughout
the country, being topped only by
Tibbett. incidentally, hope to have
Jepson here in recital next Winter
and negotiations are going forward to
that end Cordially yours,
DOROTHY H. DORSEY"
That concert of Miss Swarthout's
and MIR. Martinis is, of course, some
thing to look forward to, and we are
sorry to have omitted mention of it.
Miss Swarthout is not only a grand
singer, but she's grand to look at.
Wait till you see-and hear her.
X X X
TONIGHT the Cue and Curtain Club
- of George Washington University
will present "Good-by Again" at the
DANCING.