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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-23
Marietta Is
Due Soon

victor Herbert's immortal
operetta, Naughty Marietta, -
starring jeanette Macdonald and
Nelson Eddy, has been scheduled
as the next attraction at Loew's
Palace Theater.
Headed by Miss Macdonald
and Mr.. Eddy, Naughty Mari
eta" boasts of a star-spangled
cast which includes Frank Nor
gan, Elsa Manchester. Douglas
Dumbrille, Joseph Cawthorne,
Edward Brophy and a great
many more.
Songs by Miss Macdonald and
Mr.. Eddy that will thrill every
one include "Ah. Sweet Mystery
of Life" I'm Failing in Love"
Meath the Southern Moon"
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp" and
italian Street Song"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-23
Variety's Boon DoggIins Is Success

The boon doggle luncheon OF
the Variety Club conceived and
carried through by Managing Di-
rector Harry Somerville, of the
willard, and Jimmy Lake, the
Ninth Street Mussolini, made
great Easter Monday whoopee.
Mine host Somerville explained
boon-doggling and then called
upon six Variety volunteers to
demonstrate it in contest. They
had to make a necklace from 80
peanuts, threading them with a
needle. First prize, a quart Of
bubbling champagne; second, a
quart Of rye; third, a quart Of
Scotch. Harold Winberger, of
M-G.M, proved the best boon
doggler and carted off the giggle
fluid. Lew Brown, of Loew'S, won
the rye, and George Gill the
Scotch.
Another contest was in crack
Ing and eating six hard-boiled
eggs. Six pickanninies were the
contestants and pari-mutuel tick
cts at Is cents each were sold on
the results. The lads paraded
around the tables with their num-
bers and the betting booth was
opened. No. 4, a Senegambian
whose contesting name was Andy
Kelley, finished his six eggs in
four minutes and breezed home
the winner. He paid 4 to /, each
ticket holder receiving SIPS.
Then the luncheon was turned
over to the entertainers, Frank
Youngs, Oracle Barrie and Bob
Hall (speechifying in verse;, with
Jimmy Lake as Emcee.
In point Of attendance num-
hers and in fun this Variety
luncheon was tops" for 1885. It
gives future kings for a day.
something to shoot at.
Lucky Mr.. Meakin
Hardie Meakin is among
those who think the Washington
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-23
u. S. Federal Housing
Shown On the Screen

An added feature at Loew's Fox
and Columbia theaterS this week
is the showing of a new reel re-
leased by the Federal Housing
Administration and bearing the
title of Federal Housing News
Flashes"
This reel shows how the F. H.
A. has assisted home owners and
business concerns to rebuild and
remodel, giving work to thou
sands and increasing the spending
of money.
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are ALL" she says, "shut in by
little fences" as the curtain falls.
An allegorical ending that is
inconculsive but logical.
If you want an evening OF
scintillating dialogue, crisp, un-
hackneyed and free flowing,
Rain From Heaven" is your
answer. Nor seldom will you find
an adult play more beautifully
acted than this closing drama Of
the Theater Guild season.
Beautifully Acted
Admirably suited to voicing the
playwright's calm. and collected
reasoning as expressed in glitter
ing phrases are Jane Cowl and
John Halliday. Miss Cowl's wit
and capacity for making subtle
impudences sound harmless, give
zest to the lines, and seldom have
I seen her more gracious, dign1.
fled and charming than N breath
ing reality into this slightly pink
prophecies of tolerance.
John Halliday as the harassed
music critic gives a delightfully."-
smooth performance, conveying u
world of meaning by telling eX-
preston and significant gesture.
Achieving her own measure of au-
dience appreciation was Lily Ca
hill, who played the painfully coy
and deceiving wife in a babyiSh
monotone that added tremen-
dously to its comedy value. Mar
shall Grant and Hancey Castle
made much Of brief opportunity
and the remainder of the cast,
Alice John, Jay Fassett, and Jose
Ruben serve adequately.
Rain from Heaven" (Which
derives from Shakespeare's "qual"
ity of mercy is not strained. It
droppeth as the gentle rain from
heaven"D has been efficiently di-
rected by Phillip Moeller with a
single drawing room setting by
Lee Simonson which is both rich
and imposing.
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language teacher, an American
millionaire whose god is gold and
who is obsessed with a fear that
the world is full of Lenins, an
Antarctic explorer here in love
with Lady Wyngate, a silly and
|unfaithful wife and an adolescent
|girl.
Before the weekend is over
Lady Wyngate finds herself COM
pletely in love with the music
critic and he with her. The dis
sovery of their relation brings the
only exciting action in Rain
From Heaven" and a second act
climax that provides the most
tense and vital moment Of the
|play.
In the end Hugo Willens de-
|cides that he must go and con-
tinue his fight to find intellectual
freedom and individuality. Lady
Wyngate finds resignation, if not
contentment, in the security OF
the English country side. 1--WE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-23
Arts Club to
Honor Bard

The anniversary of Shake
speare's birth will be celebrated
at the Arts Club of Washington
tonight by the presentation
of scenes from "Cymbeline,"
which have been especially ar
ranged for the occasion by Miss
Dorothy Lawrence.
It has not been given for years
in either this country or in Eng
land. Yet the leading feminine
character, Imogen, is considered
one Of the most appealing and
beautiful drawn by Shakespeare,
and has been a favorite of poets.
Tennyson was one of the great
admirers Of this heroine, and
died with the book of the play
in his hands, with his finger in
the leaf where he had just been
reading of her.
The scenes selected have been
pruned, but not too much, to pre-
serve the story of the play. Miss
Lawrence will play 1mogen, and
Mrs. Esther Waldron the Queen.
Cymbeline will be played by Maui
rice Jarvis, Posthumus by John
wilson, Iachimo by Milton
Hirschfield, Pisanio by John
Shaw, Philario by John Victory,
and Caius Lucius by Thomas F.
Hickey.
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Ruth Draper
Next Week

One of the remarkable talents Of
Ruth Draper, who begins an en-
gagement of one matinee perfor-
nance here at the National on
April 80, is her flair for languages.
She speaks several: French, Ger.
man, Italian, and Spanish, and
many of her Characterization
all Of which she herself writes
are given in foreign tongues.
The accuracy of each particular
patois alone is a wonderful achieve
ment, but even more startling is
her ability to create a language
which seems to be the original,
but, in fact, is merely an invention
of Miss Diapers. With her photo
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graphic ear" she has sometimes
taken racial roots and arranged
combinations which sound so like
the original itself that foreigners
are puzzled and believe they are
listening to variations of their
own vernacular.
In one of her monologues, "A
Dalmat ian Peasant in the Hall of
a New York Hospital" the Ian.
guage is neither Croatian, Slovenic,
nor any real Jugo-Slavian speech,
but a creation of her own. Other
examples of her invention are the
dialects used in can Arabic Chant"
"A Swedish Polka" 1.-THE Actress
(Polish sketch" and Love in the
Balkans"
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Pick Cast For
ROPES End

The Columbia Players have Sc
lected the cast for Ropes End, %
Patrick Hamilton's horror play,
which they will present at Pierce
Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard
Streets Northwest, on May l
and 2.
Richard Kreuzburg and Robert
M. Miller will play Wyndham
Brandon and Charles Granillo;
two of the most heartless killers
who have been seen on a Wash
ington stage for some time. AL
len Foster is cast as Rupert
Cadell, who brings them to jus.
tice. George Edwards will play
Kenneth Raglan, and B. A. P.
Doehrer will have the role Of
Abbot. with Wade Robinson cast
as Sir tombstone BENTLEY.
The two women, Leila Arden
and Mrs. Debenham, will be
played by Bunnie Skinner and
Dorothy M. White.
Jane LaSaCer Hu0ey Is d1recL'
ing the production. She also
designed the settings, which are
being constructed under the SUI
pervision of Warren Head.
To prepare his audiences for
the play, which Is one of the
most hair-raising on record, the
author points out in his preface
that scientists have found that
the human beings reaction to
horror is not either medically or
chemically any more detrimental
than reaction to any other emo.
ion. He frankly warns those who
do not want a pretty stiff thrill
to see some other play instead
of ROPES End"
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Glib Of Tongue

Glib Of Tongue
Playwright Behrman chooses to
discuss the unrest of the world
and particularly the intolerance,
fear and suspicion which grips
the Nazi Germany of today and
makes refugees Of the suspect
Jews. In the drawing room of
Lady Wyngate these victims Of
oppression find a sympathetic ear
and understanding
Hugo Willens, a brilliant music
critic (played by John Halliday ,
has been banished from the
Fatherland because he was the
author of a fantastic pamphlet
called "The Last Jew" It so
happens he has but a speck Of
Jewish blood but nevertheless he
Is condemned to be a man with
out a country.
The other guests over this polite
but exciting weekend are a Pol
1Sh pianist, a Russian refugee and
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= HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
ICOVer HOIl YWOOd

land it is all under lock and key
so she can bacteriologize a.lo-o-ne.
In her spare moments, when she
is neither before the camera nor
gazing upon germs, her second
hobby is horticulture. She now
has a green house full of flora
and later will build a hot house
for the breeding of more delicate
blossoms.
The various scribes can no
longer describe Peggy Fears en-
trance as, Miss Fears came to
the theater with her long bob
electrically akimbo," for the little
woman has been de-mattressed as
'twere. She now wears the same
short bob as when she entered
the "FollieS" and what's more it
is very snappy besides giving her
height. Rudy Vallee's return to
Hollywood will find him not only
as permanent fixture at Warner
Brothers, but a dyed-in-the-wool
Californian. He will join the
m tion picture academy. the
chamber of commerce (maybe a
glee club and take a house to
boot.
Next year, our old friend Bar.
ney Google, Lowezia, Snuffy and
crowd will be animated for the
screen by Billy De Beck, their
originator, in series Of eight
one-reelers in technicololr for
Columbia and TIL announce
ment should please almost every.
body. Should they dare to leave
out the sextuplets, we will be the
first to squawk. Speaking of
Columbia, they have formed a
Columbia Club on the lot, whose
motive is inspirational to say the
least. The moment any employe
becomes the proud recipient of a
blessed event. they will receive
fifty bucks for their Mussolini-
like contribution to their coun.
try.
Plus Enrol Flynn, her steady
Teller Of the moment. Lii Damita
has developed a sparkling yen
for Man Mountain Dean-of all
people. Every time he gives forth
in a local wrestling match, Lii
can be found hanging over the
canvas at ringside. The gals in
Jesse Lasky's "Redheads on Pa
rade" have been working so hard,
TOO a. m. to seven p. m. to be
prezact, that the other day three
of them tainted and ten got hys.
terical and practically all stimuli.
taneously. Would you still like
to be chlorine in the movies?
Some museum should really get
hold of John L. Hermann, camera.
man on the Byrd expedition. He
has just returned from the Arctics
with three American flags, all
autographed by Admiral Byrd and
each with its own particular his.
tory. One was flown within 1870
miles Of the South Pole, one was
the first flag of any nation to fly
from Mt. Grace Mckinley in the
Ensel Ford Range and the other
was one of the original flags car.
ried by the South Polar Plateau
party. For sentimental reasons,
Mr.. Hermann also had with him
on the trip a lone7Star Texas flag,
having been a former Texas
Ranper
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Theater's regular season and which presents
Jane Cowl and John Halliday in its featured
roles.
1 felt, watching the play for the second
time last night, that would be awed, yea
frightened, if it should ever be my fortune
to run across a lady as bewitchingly clever,
sophisticated and devastatingly smart as Mr..
Behrman's Lady Violet Wyngate, - and one
|so skillful at conversation.
For this Lady Wyngate as played by Jane
|Cowl is a wizard at urbane drawing room
|repartee and one who is more than a match
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-23

Police Department is Okay, no
matter what the House probe de-
velops. Last Friday Manager
Meakin of R-K-O slipped out to
the ball park with Division Man.
ager Jim Brennan to help vel.
come Joe Cronin and his Red
Sox.
The Meakin car was put in the
care of one of those eager volun.
teers who accept Is cents for
watching, and the R-K-O officials
prepared to do some cheering,
About half an hour later an
alert Northeast policeman no.
ticed a Sepia youth driving the
Meakin car toward Baltimore.
He stopped him, asked a few cues
tlonS and then Communicated the
auto and a prisoner. BY the time
the ball game was over Mr.. Mea.
kin had his car back and was
asked what to do with the culprit.
Hardie decided to let him go, in
asmuch as he left temptation
IN the way of the youth through
leaving his switch key in the
parked car.
Oracle In scandals"
Oracle Barrie and Earl Carroll
couldn't reach a common agree.
ment on salary and so the Earle's
SongstreSS will not be a principal
in the next Sketch Book" due
at the Winter Garden in New
York early in May.
Instead Oracle will continue in
vaudeville, take a spot on Rudy
Vallee's Fleischmann hour and
then sign with George White
for the new Scandals scheduled
to be ready for New York in Au.
gust.
Some Office Magic
Robert Carlisle Mainfort stopped
at the department desk yesterday
and al work ceased while he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-23

~ Z" N'"'s Tor the motley group who people her parIo
whether the debate turn music the serious
lem of this troubled world Only arithmetic feazes her
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ERAIN FROM HEAVEN" BEGINS
lane CowI and John Halliday
Are Stars of WeII-Written
S. n. Behrman Drama
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

thoroughly stimulating and intellectual play is s. N
Behrmans Rain From Heaven" which closes the National
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-23
Some Office Magic

Robert Carlisle Mainfort stopped
at the department desk yesterday
and al work ceased while he
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-27
GARDEN

The Garden theater today and
tomorrow has it's own green lights
to give you the '.go-signal" to an
evening Of top-notch entertain
ment. II
That is, it has Behind the Green
Lights" Mascot's rapid-fire tale of
an ace detective and girl attor-
ney-sweethearts in love but rivals
in court. The police background
accounts for fast action, but 1t Is
distinctly not q ''gangster picture"
and offers wholesome fare for the
whole family.
Norman Foster Is the detective
and Judith Allen Is tile girl who
becomes a successful lawyer under
tutelage OF q prominent shyster,
played by Sidney Blackmer.
Foster produces a bagful Of
tricks that rival q Sherlock Holmes
IN nabbing q pair Of Jewel thieves,
but Judith and Blackmer defend
them successfully In court. II IL only
when her father, played by Purcell
Pratt, is shot by the crook she
defended. that the glrl teams up
with the law. And then the plot
whirIs on 20 a smashing climax,
much better than can be told
about.
I'hs companion feature IL aBor-
der Ilriaands'' starring Buck jones
also eofne1y and news rsei,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-27
STRAND

For real entertainment be sure
to see. Reckless" starring Jean
Harlow and William Powell at
Warner Brothers Strand theater
today, tomorrow and Wednesday.
The stars are given excellent sup
port by Franchot Tone, Rosalind
Russell, May Robson and Henry
Stephenson.
II IL the story of a girl who be-
come tangled In front page sensa-
tlonalism through the suicide OF
her husband, who fights for her
name, for her child--a story OF
her bravery and decency, her cour-
age and her hope, with one man in
the background who has always
loved her and understood her and
who comes to her rescue.
Miss Harlow plays her best role
since sIiad-Iieaded Woman Is
tho torch singer and dancer, Mona
Leslie.
rho companion feature a "fip
flaigor with Edward Everett Hof.
ten, Karen Morley and Alan Dine.
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line, thousands of mothers de-
clare emphatically. "I'd never per-
nit my child to become a baby
star" And the reason that most
Of them give is that life in the
film capital, with its adulation,
would make the children spoiled,
uncomfortable brats.
Sour grapes? Hollywood VOWS
so, pointing to Cora Sue Collins,
7-year- old star who sprang to
prominence in CARLOS queen
Christina and recently played an
important role with Myrna 10y
and William Powell in Evelyn
Prentice"
In an exhaustive mental test
recently, Cora Sue proved to have
the mentality of a 14-year-old,
according to the findings of DIR.
j. w. Todd, chairman Of the
psychology department OF the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-27
Po.LI's5

To-day and tomorrow will be
your last chance to see one of the
finest pictures shown in Waterbury
for some time. Ann Harding and
Herbert Marshall in "The Flame
Within" For those looking for.
something definitely new in story,
treatment and stirring dialogues.
for those who like romance as it
really Is and not as some writer's
imagines; 1.-THE Flame Within will
prove an engrossing piece of photo
play entertainment. ss
Also ION the same program is
Murder in the Fieet"a picture in
which Mysterious Crimes, an amaz-
ing feat Of detective work., and
brooding bewilderment mfugleswith
milarious comedy in an unique
blend. The comedy interludes are
in the hands OF, Ted Healy and Nat
Pendleton remembered for, their
comedy in. Death on, the Dia-
ntond." The cast includes Robert
Taylor, Jean Parker, Ted Healy,
Una Merkel, Nat Pendleton, Jean.
Hhersholt, Arthur Byron, Frank
Shields and others.
Starting Wednesday are two
more of a. group of truly great pic
tures., First -Four. Hours to Live"
with Richard Barthlemess and a
featured cast. In this picture Bar
thickness is at his best. And his
many fans will enjoy every minute
Of the time he is on the screen.
4. Second another of those highly
entertaining pictures. age of Dis
cretion% with Paul Lukas, Madge
Evans, Helen Vipson, May Robson,
and David Jack Holt. This new pic
ttire is q drama dealing with a mill
lionaire mother-in-iaw's fight for
the custody Of a child OF divorce.
Wednesday night at 8 o'clock on
the stage will be Cabaret Night"
featuring Gus Meyers and his band
and a host of other entertainers.
You have seen many stage shows
in this theater but this one will be
outstanding in your memory for
some time. Over an hour of fast
moving novelties that will surely
please you. In conjunction with
Cabaret Night will be prize dance
contest in which the best dancers
OF Waterbury will compete for a
loving cup donated by J. r. Clay,
ton. Jewellers. "A Bank street.
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In The Local 1,heaters
STATE

Don't fail to see the current show
at Warmers State theater including
Karloff in 1.-THE Bride of Frank
enstein" and Eight Bells, q
nautical romantic drama with Ann
Sothernl and Ralph Beilamy.
Wednesday night brings another
Bank Night. and now the bank
account has become $3.50. A new
show starts Wednesday, headlined
by Bette Davis in 1.-THE Girl From
10th Avenue.
Miss Davis part is far more
sympathetic than the one she
played in "Of Human Bondage,
but lit is anything but a sweet
girly-girly role. She portrays a
10th avenue shop girl who marries
a drunken society man following
a champagne party. He had gone
to fthe dogs when Tilted by a gold
digger. Bette makes a man Of
him and is smart enough to sep
arate him from the women he for
merly loved, and who had mar
ried "a rich relic for his money,
thinking that she could continue
to fiirt with the man of her choice.
The picture is q tense drama
with some rare touches OF humor.
1t has an all star cast to support
Miss Davis, including Ian Hunter,
who plays opposite Bette and AL
lison Skipworth and Colin Give.
long known on both stage and
screen.
The con, IA nion feature will he
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-27
REV. IT,. CROSBY
TALKS ON PEACE

'The Basic Perils to Peace" was
the subject of the sermon delivered
by Rev Thomas l.. Crosby at the
South Federated church last night
at special services for members of
Townsend. Nosahogan, and Winona
lRebekah lodges of Odd Fellows. Mr.
Crosby described war as being the
greatest enemy of brotherhood and
declared that when the truth about
and economic national
ism becomes known 1t will cease to
be an effective medium Of settling
national disputes.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-27
LAWN OWLING

Formation. of a lawn bowling
league is underway in Waterbury
under the sponsorship of the Burns
club. "A green has been built at
Fulton Park and it is hoped to
have Mayor Frank Hayes open it
officially sometime this week by
rolling the first ball. william Mac
Lean is chairmanaof the Q ommittee
in charge of promoting the league
and Thomas Baker is secretary. An
opening meeting of all those inter-
'ested will: take place a week from
next Saturday night, June Sth, at
the Burns club rooms on North
Main street.
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initiative. And they get real
training in discipline"
To make sure that the movie
youngsters do get this proper
training, the state Of California
maintains a close check. Their
working hours are limited and
their personal welfare is con-
stantly guarded by nurses and
school teachers-with inspectors.
to check up on the nurses and
school teachers.
Even the morals of these
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Tall Tower
Topics
GOOD evening.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!
BIZ THE MAN IN THE TOWER

ITO Annette, Marie, Yvonne, Emelie ct Cecile)
Happy birthday to the quins
A lovely group to see,
Cecile, Yvonne, Emelie, Annette
And the very sweet Marie.
You've read the story of the famous five
That made known the name OF Dlonne,
Marie, Cecile, Emelie, Annette,
And of course the little Yvonne.
Tomorrow the five are one
A birthday hard to forget,
Yvonne, Emelie, Marie, Cecile
And the precious baby Annette ,
All the world looks their way
A Joy somehow they feel
For Emelie, Marie, Yvonne, Annette
And the darling cute Cecile.
Five babies in five pink coats
All chortle with great glee,
Annette, Marie, Yvonne, Cecile
And dear baby Emelie
EN- EN-.
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Get Liberal Education

He should be an authority on
what the movies do for child
actors. And he AYERS. They're a
liberal education for any young
ster. The children get the class
work that the public schools and
kindergarten provide and in addi-
ton there're taught many things
that contribute to character and