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The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Quints Film
Under Wav

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 7.-se-
lected by Daryl F. zanuck for the
coveted title role in "The Country
Doctor" 20th Century-Fox pro-
duction which will star" the
Dionne quintuplets, Jean Hers
holt, noted character actor, ar.
rived at the Calendar (Ont0 =,
hospital Of DR.. Allan Roy Dafoe
this week.
HerSholt and Dorothy Peterson,
who plays the nurse, are the only
members Of the cast accompany.
ing Director Henry King on the
location trip" With them go
Sonya Levian, co-author of the
screen play, and 80 screen tech.
nIcianS.
DR.. Dafoe. who ushered the five
famous babies into the world, and
Is one Of their guardians on be.
half Of King George v, personally
will supervise the 30-minute daily
appearance Of the quints before
the camera.
zanuck has signed Lewis Stone
for a part in 1.-THE Country
Doctor"
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Loretta Young
Returns

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. T. Com
pletely recovered from the illness
with which she was stricken while
in Europe, and which confined her
to her home for three months,
Loretta Young, Twentieth Gen.
tury-Fox star yesterday paid her
first postillness visit to the studio.
She was Immediately assigned by
Daryl F. zanuck to a starring
role in lightning Strikes Twice" "
The screen play was written by
Gene Fowler and Bess Meredyth
from the novel by Tennyson Jesse,
noted English authoress. Produc-
ton will get under way immed-
lately after the first Of the year.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
KiPIing Film
Announced

Freddie Bartholomew, British
lad who leaped to stardom in
David Copperfield." and Franchot
Tone. who has Just scored as
Byam in "Mutiny on the Bounty" p"
are to be teamed. This is an
nounced by Metro Goldwyn- Mayer
with the details of plans for the
production of Kipling's famous
Captains Courageous"
The novel, an adventure story
laid largely off the Grand Banks,
Nova Scotia, and among its fish.
ing fleets, is one of the most
widely read of Kipling's works.
A production unit is now on loca-
ton among the fishing SchoonerS
at Canso. Nova Scotia, filming
exteriorS and awaiting a storm,
which is to be one of the high
lights Of the picture which Louis
D. Lighton Is to produce.
The story deals with the spoiled
son of a millionaire, who, thrown
among the rough fisher folk,
forms a lasting friendship with a
schooner captain, and through his
example achieves reformation. It
is one of the very few stories Kip
ling wrote with an American
locale.
An elaborate cast is to be as
sembled for the picture. produc-
tion to start at the studio follow
ing completion of the location
in the East.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. when
she was a little girl, Ethel Mer,
man used to peek through a knot
hole in the Paramount Astoria
Studio fence to adore and envy
the lovely screen stars. Now
sne's in Hollywood on the inside
locking out, appearing with Eddie
Cantor in Shoot The Chutes,
the banjo-eyed comedians sixth
annual Samuel Goldwyn musical
extravaganza for release through
United Artists.
The popular singing star is an
Astoria girl. Showed early
promise as a singer. Graduated
from high school, she took a job
as secretary to Caleb Bragg, mil
lionaire sportsman, but spent her
evenings singing in local night
clubs. Her boss gave her letter
to George White, but the best the
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Opera Rival Is
Crooners
BY YOUNG-MAN.ABOUT.
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. battle
lines are now being formed for one
Of the most furiously fought con-
troversies which ever threatened
to tear this historic community Of
Hollywood aSunder.
This mighty battle will be waged
during 1886.
With a sweeping apology to a
number of our most popular film
songSters for clubbing them Groom
erS," this combat might be called
The Battle of the Crooners and
the Opera Stars"
Which will prevail? Which will
be supreme in the hearts Of pic
turegoers?
On the answer to these ques-
tionS, millions of dollars depend,
as we'll as the future screen ca.
reers of a number of our most
famous singers.
The "crooners" (if you can ex-
cuse the liberty of classifying all
popular singers as such) boast a
mighty array of favorites.
Heading the list are Dick Powell,
AL JolSon, Rudy Vallee, Bing
Crosby, Phil Regan, James Melton,
Jane Froman, Winifred Shaw,
Warren Hull, Dick Foran, Joe
Morrison, Beverly Roberts, Eunice
Healy and Patricia Ellis.
Stack them up against Grace
Moore, Lawrence Tibbett, Lily
Pons, Nelson Eddy, Marion Tai
ley, Helen Jepson, Gladys Swarth-
out, Everett Marshall and Michael
Bartlett, and the resultant blasts
Of melody, disharmony and maybe
some bruised temperament
thrown in, is going to cause many
an amusing story to be told over
the table cloths of Beverly Hills
and Vine Streets next summer.
Despite the popular hit scored
by Grace Moore. Hollywood has
adopted a strictly show U.s. atti-
tude in the cases of the majority
OF the operatic names.
Jolson, Powell, Crosby, Vallee
and the others have established
themselves not only as screen
idols, but as radio stars as well.
The Hollywood rank and file
isn't worried seriously about the
invasion of the opera folks.
But then, Hollywood didn't pay
much heed to talking pictures
when Warner Brothers first start
led the world with them.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Skirts to Show
More Legs

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. Holly
woods famous legs are about to
come out of retirement, it was
revealed today, as film designers
united in shortening skirts for use
in current pictures
Claudette Colbert will intro
duce the new mode in "The Bride
Comes Home" while Marlene
Dietrich shows her shapely limbs
In an abbreviated sports skit IN
'Desire." Carole Lombard, Joan
Crawford and many other stars
will bow to fashions dictate in
their Forthcoming films.
The new skirts, generally, will
fall about 3 inches below the
knee, declares Designer Travis
Banton of Paramount, but indi-
vidual garments may vary from
that mark.
1--WE can say positively,
though" treasures the film
stylist, that there will be no re
turn to the knee-length garments. y
And, before a woman wears a
skirt 13 inches from the floor,
he warns, she had better have
q good idea of what her legs look
like to other people.
AS in other world fashion cen
ters, the shortened skirts are al
ready appearing on Hollywood
Boulevard. Constance Bennett
wore one the other day that was
observed to be the full 13 inches
above the ground. And its short
ness was emphasized by slit in
the side of the skirt.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Seagoing-May 1 have the last
dance with you?
Girl-Big boy, you just had it.

A good story concerns Herr
Remarque, the author Of AL
Quiet on the Western Front" and
a pretty American girl to whom
he was introduced in Berlin.
The American, speaking in
German, asked Remarque why he
had never visited the United
States. His answer was that he
knew only a few sentences in
English.
: What are the sentences?" in
quired the girl.
Whereupon Remarque, speaking
slowly in somewhat cultural Eng,
lish, said: How do you do? !
love you. Forgive me. Forget me.
Ham and eggs, please"
"SakeS alive!" calculated the
girl. Why, with that vocabulary
The Washington times., 1935-12-07

freight and passengers back and
forth between the small, almost
forgotten islands Of the South
Pacific.
When that assignment was
ended, he organized a pearl fish
ing business, augmenting his in
come by transporting copra be-
tween the South Sea Islands. He
might be there yet, for that mat
ter, had not the same producing
company which chatered his boat
for the head-hunting expedition,
cabled him an offer to work in
another picture being filmed in
Tahiti.
The result was a contract for
Flynn, who arrived In due time
in Hollywood, to be more or less
lost in the great swarm Of new
conerS struggling for chance on
the American screen.
He did, however, appear In two
pictures: one as the returning
husband who fought and was
killed in 1.-THE Case Of the Curious
Bride" and once, briefly in Don't
Bet on Blondes"
He was married to Lily Damita.
diminutive French actress, in
June, less than six months after
he met her on Shipboard on his
trip to America. This honeymoon
was interrupted by his call to the
studio to make tests for Captain
Blood" The competition for the
role was keen because Captain
Blood" was to be one Of the i'm
portant pictures Of the year. , :,
IT would give a leg to play 1t,
he admitted, "but I have little
chance. I'm an unknown.
But there was an indetlnaole
something that Flynn brought to
those tests that no actor seemed
to have. His assurance, his ease
in the swashbuckling, danger lov-
ing Characterization Of Sabat1nlS
hero, his background, ancestry, ad-
venturous life, we're all caught by
the camera.
One by one Flynn won over all
obiectors. An unknown" fitted
the part of Captain Blood" as
! few men have ever fitted a role
on the screen before. There was
| finally, no denying him the right
to play the title character of the
picture.
Enrol Flynn became Captain
Blood" and, from reports of those
who have seen the "ruShes," he
became a pirate sufficiently sWaSh-
buckling and romantic to chill
and warm the heart of any spec
tator.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
FLYNN ADVENTURER NOW BECOMES CAPTAIN BLOOD ON SCREEN
Lily Damita's S
HusbandWins
Stardom

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. Irish by
birth. Adventurer by instinct.
Actor by accident.
That's a thumbnail biography
Of Enrol Flynn, a newcomer to
Hollywood who won one Of the
choicest acting plums Of the year
the title role in the spectacular
Cosmopolitan production, Captain
Blood" due to be released in
December by Warner Bros.
This Captain Blood" is the kind
Of man Rafael Sabatini made
the hero of his sWashbuckling tale
o ia young Irish doctor, who was
made a slave and then turned
pirate during the tempestuUus
days Of King James the Second.
Tall and Handsome
Flynn Is tall and handsome,
lean and brown with a flair for
romance and a craving for ex.
citement. Even in Hollywood,
where cross the paths of strange
and adventurous men, he has
probably the most colorful back
ground Of all. In the brief 26
years he has spent upon this earth,
he has crowded sufficient travel,
adventure, danger, fun, hard work
and hardship to last an average
man two lifetimes.
Born in North Ireland, educated
in England and France, Flynn's
career as a world wanderer be-
gan when he went to the Olympic
games in Amsterdam in 1928 as
member of the boxing team.
Fired with an unconquerable de-
termination to see everything, he
went next as a member of the
British territorial constabulary to
New Guinea, where his job was
to maintain order among the
natives working on plantations
there. When he tired of this he
bought a small schooner. on the
time payment plan, and carried
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Movie Stars Need
1.-THE Breaks" " Too

Preston Foster, starred in RKO-
Radios forthcoming production,
Were Only Human" believes
luck plays the predominant part
in any actors career, hinging his
belief on his own past experience.
Hard work is important, of
course" adds the big actor, "but
every break I've had has not been
because worked hard-but be-
cause I happened by chance to
be in the right place at the right
time"
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Ethel Norman Does Sinqinq for
Eddie Cantor Film

lgagementS followed. Her big tri.
umph came when she made
Broadway sit up and rave over
her torch singing in Girl Crazy"
George Whites Scandals" and
Take a Chance" in which she
sang the memorable "Eadie Was
a Lady" were next.
Ethel sang at the Embassy Club
in New York and did considerable
radio work She also appeared
last season In Eddie Cantor's
Goldwyn screen musical, Kid
Millions"
Never took a lesson in her
life"
The Washington times., 1935-12-07

you COulQ Jour my country IRON
Maine to California. Troy IN.
" Record.
Noble SiSSle was discussing the
recent case where a woman muir
dered her husband with a movie
actress the other night.
What do you think she'll get?"
Sissle asked.
Probably 10 weeks on Fanchon
and Marcel" retorted the actress.
Mrs. R. B. Hardacre found this
silly ad: -Four Hours to Kill"
Laughton and March in Les
Miserables."
Ben Schafer breaks out with a
movie town description: Holly.
wood-the unsolvable mystery. But
if you pull the right strings the
whole thing unravels!"
George P. Marshall won't be-
lieve this but maybe Johnny
Chevalier will: Draper-These are
especially strong shirts, madam.
They simply laugh at the laun-
dry.
Customer-I know that kind: I
had some which came back with
their sides split.
The trickiest new auto in Holly
wooG is Leslie Howard's black,
urder-slung touring car of an Eng
liSh make. 1t has red leather up
holstery and cushions that you
pump up with air. The payoff,
though, is an automatic device,
operated from the drivers seat,
that jacks up your car if you have
flat tire.
It's all right, says Jack Oakie,
except what'ell you do with 1t
when you get a cops ticket.
A woman went to see a doctor.
Doctor" she exclaimed loudly,
bouncing into the room, Il want
you to say frankly what's wrong
with me-.
He surveyed her from head 10
foot.
Madam" he said at length,
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Dolores Makes
Comeback In
FauntIeroy'

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. dolores
Costello Barrymore will make her
return to the screen as Dearest"
in Little Lord Fsuntleroy." She
signed a long.term contract with
David o. Selznick this week, and
the president and executive pro-
ducer of Selznick International
Pictures, Inc, announced that her
first role would be that of Freddie
Bartholomew mother in the
Frances Hodgson Burnett classic.
Miss Costello, who has added
her recently divorced husbands
name to her own, has not ap-
peared in pictures since "Expen-
sive Women" in 1881. Ever since
her divorce from John Barrymore
1t has been rumored that she
would once again appear before
the camera, but her return did
not become definite until yes
terday.
Overtures Made
Several picture executives had
made overtures to Miss Barry
more recently, and it was test
which she made for one OF the
major studios which convinced
Mr.. Selznick, who happened to see
it, that she could rise again to
her former popularity. The gold
en-haired Dolores revealed yester-
dav that she was very glad to be
making her comeback under Mr..
Selznick's auspices because she
had long admired his work in
such pictures as Dinner at
Eight" "Viva Villa" and David
Copperfield, and because she
feels that she will have better op-
portunities in a studio which
will be concentrating on only one
picture at a time.
Dolores Costello, who came, like
her former husband, from a IA
nous stage family cher father
was Maurice Costello and her
sister is Helene Costello) first ap-
peared in pictures when she was
6 years old in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Later she posed for James Mont
gomery Flagg and appeared in
George Whites Scandals. Then
she went to Hollywood where she
played a number of important
roles, including that of Faith"
in "Sea Beast" opposite John
Barrymore.
Among the pictures she ap-
peared in were When a Man
Loves" GLORIOUS Betsy" "T'he
College Widow" Heart of Mary
land" "Tenderloin," 'Noah's
Ark" "Show of Shows" and Sec
ond Choice"
Retired from Screen
Miss Barrymore retired from
the screen in 1929 following her
marriage. She returned briefly
IN 1881 to make Expensive
women" then settled down to a
domestic life and the rearing OF
her two children, Ethel Mae and
John, jr.
She is five feet four inches tall,
weighs 116 pounds, and has gray
blue eyes and golden hair. In
four years away from the camera
her beauty has increased rather
than diminished.
Dearest" will be the first OF
many roles which Mr.. Selznlck
expects to provide for Miss Barry
more 1t is part which has been
played on the stage by many ia:
NOUS actresses and was one OF
Mary Pickford's most popular
roles on the screen. Production
of Little Lord Fauntleroy" Will
start November Is at the RkO-
Pathe studios at Culver City,
under the direction of John Crom'
well. C. Aubrey Smith will play
the Earl of Dorincourt, Henry
Stephenson will be Havisham, hie
legal advisor, and Mickey Rooney
will be the American bootblack.
Dick.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Loves Labor Lost
Bv HOLLYWOOD Star

Eric Rhodes, film actor by pro-
feSsion. singer by training, has
studied long and diligently with
voice teachers.
His voice has steadily improved
to the point where he has
sung over several Hollywood
radio stations and at many
gatherings of film folk.
Recently, he spent a week in
the Northern California woods
with his singing coach. devoting
all his time to rehearSing.
In RKO-Radio's screen drama,
1.-TWO in the Dark" he has been
cast as a violiniSt!
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Slip Would Have
Meant FuneraI

Dangerous cliff $50 feet
down. watch your STEP"
With that sign staring them
In the face, constant warning
of hazard, Katharine Hepburn,
Brian Aherne and Cary Grant
worked two full days. playing
scenes for RKO-Radio's Sylvia
Scarlett," on a rocky precipice
overlooking the Pacific Ocean
The Washington times., 1935-12-07

producer could offer her was a
joo as a showgirl. So she went
back to typewriter tapping.
Lou Irwin, now her manager,
heard her singing at the Little
Russian Restaurant in New York
and introduced her to Archie
Mayo, a film director "A six
months movie contract was the
result.
Night club and vaudeville en-
The Washington times., 1935-12-07

1--WE Just three things to tell you
First, your weight wants reduc'
ing by nearly so pounds. Sec
only, your beauty would be i'm,
proved by freer use of soap and
water. And, thirdly, I'm an ar
tist: the doctor lives on the next
floor Montreal Star.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Hollywood, Giggles

Coming out of the writer's build
ing on the Hal Roach lot, Tish
TaSh ran into an old friend of his
from New York, who is working on
The Bohemian Girl" the Laurel
and Hardy feature comedy. After
the usual greetings Tash asked
him how he was doing in pictures.
The actor replied, "Oh, about Is
cents worth"
What do you mean. Is cents
worth?" questioned the cartoonist.
Two bits" answered the actor.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07

tyou could tour my country from
Maine to California" Troy IN
" Record.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07

Mrs. r. B. Hardacre found this
silly ad: -Four Hours to Kill"
Laughton and March in Les
Miserables.
The Washington times., 1935-12-07

Ben Schafer breaks out with a
movie town description: Holly.
wood-the unsolvable mystery. But
if you pull the right strings the
whole thing unravelS!"
The Washington times., 1935-12-07

Probably 10 weeks on Fanchon
and Marcel" retorted the actress.
Evening star., 1935-07-07
California Gives Warwhoop for Mrs. Mooe
of Praised

don matches. 1t is remarkable she
was able to make such a come
back after two years absence from
the courts.
81 feel she is completely what
she was before she suffered the
back injury at Forest Hills and I
am doubly happy-for her victory
and her return to physical health"
Howard Kinsey, former interna-
tionalist who helped coach Mrs.
Moody curing her ple-comeback
training, described the achieve
ment as "the most amazing" in his
experience. Mrs. Moody proved
she is one of the finest competitors
tennis has known" Kinsey had
high praise also for Miss Jacobs.
Mrs. Moody's mother, Mrs. c. A.
Wills, left town before receiving
word of her daughters victory but
before departing she said she was
confident Of the outcome"
Evening star., 1935-07-07
PUBLIC L|NKSMEN
SHOOT FOR TITLE
II Entered in Tournament
Opening Tomorrow, With
Rippy as Favorite.

- EVENTY-ONE public links golf
ers will start play tomorrow
morning at Rock Creek Park
~ in the opening round of the
72-hole tourney for the District mu-
nicipal championship. The four lead
ing scorers over the 72-hole route will
go to Indianapolis late in July to rep
resent Washington in the national
public links tourney.
Without defending champion the
tourney will bring forth a new title
holder, or possibly an old one re-
crowned, for George Malloy, the 1889
champion, is among the entries seek
ing the District title and a place
on the local team to go to Indiao-
apolis. John Connolly, who won the
title last year In red-hot finish by
a single stroke from Claude Rippy, is
not an entrant this year. Rippy, prob
ably the best club swinger playing
the public courses, will be the out
standing favorite. The first 36 holes
will be played tomorrow at Rock
Creek Park with the final SO holes to
be fought out on Tuesday at East
Potomac Park
Parings and starting times for both
days of the tourney follow:
0-l2:00-Harold Bowers and Bill
Wilhelm. S:U5-l2:05-Jerry O'Connor and
T. r; King. S:l0-l2:l0@Ernest Kathan
son and Lawrence H. Day, s:20-l2 2O-M.
B. Lamar and Claude Taylor. S:25-12:25-
Bob Morris and Roswell S. Bryant. tr;
Elan. s:35-l2:35 - Hal Albaugh and
George w Kune Jr; S:4O-12:4O-C. W.
Loving and Gus Dispenga. S:45-12:45-
Jack Tucker and Tom Charlton. S:50-l2 so
Walter H. Madison and Louis. Macina
. DOL :0O-R. W. Ketcham and A. R.
Parks. 9:05-1 1:05-Earl Clary and Carlos
x sna DvptoP; g;1oil;i0-Jamss slsdiiI9 ThOrpton
Leslie and Douglas B. Persons g:2O-l:2O
H. M Chick and Girard H. Rodgers,
9:25- l:25-Samuel Parks and Ralph E.
Risley. 9:30-I:30--C. B. Miller snd N A
and Joseph, Rodgers. 9:4O-l :4o-Buddy
Shsrkey and Harry Saunders. 9:45-I:45-
Andy Oliveri and Serge Folk. 9:50-1:50-
willis Hurd, jr.. and Dick Berberich: 955-
l:55-Roy Kerr and John L. Madden
ortman; l0:O5:2 :O5-Raphaei Fl. oMaI-
ley and H c. York. :iU-2:l0-Bradiey
Burrows and Ben Kong. 1o:15-2:I5-
Claude Rippy and George Malloy. 10:2Q-
10 :.5-2 :25-Herman Allen and Joe Micker.
l0:30-2 :}0-Donald J. OBryan and Jim
Faust. 352:35-Pat Axtell and Les
Madison. l0:4U-2 :40-Bob Leapley and
Arthur Darling 1O:45-2 :45-Earl Jamison.
George Sullivan. P. r. Phenix and c. s.
RurSwick.
Evening star., 1935-07-07
Speaks With Authority.

MO MAN in the game knows more
about Little's ability than Francis,
for the Bostonian, as captain of the
Walker Cup team, has watched him
carefully from the time they claShed
in the national championship back in
1929, when Ouiment eked out a bare
l-up victory over the slugging kid from
San Francisco.
With the utmost respect for the
deadly monotony of the par-leveling
game of Bob Jones, and his record
of five United States amateur cham
pionships in seven years, Ouimet
places Little on a higher pedestal as
a match player than the great Bobby.
Bob primarily was a medal player.
He moved down his opponents with
the fawless stroking of the finest
game of them all. He made few
errors in shotmaking," Francis said.
But Lawson Little, like TraverS,
makes errors. He is not the golfing
machine that Jones was in his cham
pionship days. And, like Travers, the
reigning American and British anna
Ieur CndHplon- can Wdhe eIIolS dhu
still pull out a game against any op-
ponent. He has shown the most tre-
mendous capacity for winning at
match play of any man I have seen
since Travers. And, like the great
Jerry, he is one of the finest putters
the game has seen. Lawson is a tre-
mendous hitter from the tee, but it
takes more than tremendous hitting
to win"
Evening star., 1935-07-07
cox DUE THIS WEEK
AT KENWOOD CLUB
Witty Gets His Terms. Executive
Says-Jameson Pinch Hitting
Until He Arrives.

WIFFY COX, new Kenwood Golf
w and Country Club golf profess
sional, is expected to come to Ken
wood this week to settle down in his
new post. Cox will succeed Al Hough-
ton as the Kenwood pro. Don Cham
berlain, vice president of the Ken
wood Club last night mailed to Cox
the details of the deal by which the
wise-cracking Witty will come to Ken
wood as the new head of the golf
activities at the River road club. He
expects to hear from Cox early next
week and says that Witty probably
will be here by the latter part of the
week to take over the job.
I'VE have agreed to WHY'S terms, "
Chamberlain said, "and while we have
not heard definitely from him we e<-
pect him to come here next week to
take over the job" Meanwhile Al
Jameson, assistant pro, is holding
down the golf shop.