Evening star., 1935-04-19

" a single matinee performance
4 at the National Tuesday, April
80. Joan Crawford will wear
q big hat for Easter. Shirley Temple
will not roll eggs on the White House
lawn, although, according to Mr..
Craig, she was asked to do so. Will
Maxine Doyle play bunny on Easter
with that bunny she was photographed
with at least two months ago? Our
own Leonard Schloss, Glen Echo Park
chief, has been made Kentucky col
onel. Angie palace Theater Ratio
has had a bad cold. but has been
putting down the old spaghetti just
the same. Naughty Marietta" will
be the next attraction at the Palace
Theater. Funny thing-Jean Harlow,
who doesn't care so much for Fran
Chot Tone, and Franchot Tone, who
doesn't care so much for Jean Har-
low. are frequently cast together in
amorous roles. Tone should have had
q good time in Reckless
The Central Theater is all agog be-
cause it will get "Ruggles of Red
Gap" in the next few days. Gladys
Cooper has an important role in The
Iron Duke" Arliss film which opens
tomorrow at the BelaSco. Mrs. Ann
Preston wishes that something definite
could be done to bring Jessie Mat
theWs over here to dance with Fred
Astaire. So do three thousand other
Washingtonians. The local Drama
Guild has not found full-length play
to its liking in its recent playwrighting
tournament. Ruth Lee, at present
playing in Sailor Beware" in Pitts
burgh, will come here soon to join the
National Players.
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HUEY LONG, His Rise in Politics." :"
is the central figure in the new
issue of The March of Time" which
will be shown this week, starting to-
day, at the Palace Theater Kath-
arine Cornell will play Anthony and
Cleopatra" next season on the road
She will also bring Romeo and Juliet"
to the National after October 15 The
wife of Charles Laughton ELSA Lam
chester) plays the bride in THE
Bride of Frankenstein," which follows
"Star of Midnight" into Keith's. She
plays it with her head cut off, or
rather, sown on. Advance picture
shows where her head is stitched on
to her body. Sounds promising. The
Paramount Co. will release The Vir-
ginian'' again in few days. It stars
Gary Cooper, Walter Huston and
Richard Arlen and wasn't appreciated
enough in the old days.
WHO'S who in Rain from Heaven"
wv which opens Monday at the Ma
tional:
Jane Cowl-Was born in Boston.
Got Nationwide billing for her per-
formance as Mary Turner in Within
the Law" Her first performance was
with Henrietta Crosman in Sweet
Kitty Bellairs." She said nothing.
She had four lines in David War
fields The Music Master" She had
five lines in The Rose of the Ran
cho." rs Matrirnony a Failure" was
her first leading part. 1t wasn't. how
ever, Within the Law" OF late
she has scored as Juliet. as Cleopatra
and as Francesca in 'Paolo and Fran
cesco." Her performance in Rain
from Heaven" has been hailed as the
most ingratiating performance on
Broadway this season.
John Halliday-WaS originally a
mining engineer. His first stage role
was given him by Nat Goodwin. Later
he Joined T. Daniel Frawley's COM
pany and toured the Far East and
Australia (by the way, what's hap
pened to Australia so far as the thea
successes include The Woman of
Bronze THE Circle" East of Suez."
"Dancing Mothers" etc. Remember
him on the screen in The Witching
Hour" and Happiness Ahead?
Lily Cahill there visiting her sister
and brother-in-law. Capt. and Mrs.
Samuel A. GreenwelD-Her last ap-
pearance in this country was with
Cornell in Allen Corn Imnedi-
stely after that she toured Canada
in the Lynn Fontanne role of Re
union in Vienna" Has been very
successful in London. Halls from
Texas. Earle stage appearances in
Cluded THE Concert" The Marquis
de Priola," THE Purple Mask" and
$50 This Is London"
Jay FaSSet-Son of New York State
Republican leader. Politics occupied
his early life Then the war Then
acting. Not so good at first. then
along came "As Husbands Co. and
up popped fame. After that "Biog-
faphy." Remember? Swell actor.
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NEWCOMERS with the National
~ Theater Players will include
Ruth Lee, Warren Parker, Edwina
Wise and j. Arthur Young. Raymond
Bramley, Forrest Orr and Adelaide
Hubbard will be among the old guard
Harry Sommerville and Jimmie
Lake will be kings for the day at the