Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-29

favorite stars, Katharine Hepbu
of Hearts"
Mr.. Meakin's song and dance was
not. however, Cor Miss Hepburn alone.
He had come rafting down his stair
case carrying in one hand wire
saving that the technicolor epic,
Becky Sharp" will be with him in
a jiffy, and in the other he carried
another wire saying that Elizabeth
Bergner in "Forsake Me Never" will
come shortly after that. The effect
Of these tidings vas evidently so great
upon him that his emotions I'M
leashed not only his feet, put his
tongue. and for a full Is minutes
the pavements echoed with Murray
for R-K-O" and the rat-tat- lat of
one-steps and other kind of steps be-
sides.
So with Miss Hepburn. Miriam Hop
klns and Elizabeth Bergner coming
to his theater, Mr. Meakin is prepared
to defy the world. This morning he
was still sleeping soundly so he
couldn't defy any one But when
he wakes up. watch out you Earles
and Foxes and BelascoS and Sidney
Lusts!
THE Loew people are not, however,
mapping away either A salty
bunch of productions has been an
nounced for the Fox, Palace and Co.
lumbia theaters. In June the Palace,
for instance. will see Will Rogers new
laugh hit. Doubling Thomas" and
subsequent attractions will include
Joan Crawford and Robert Mont
gomery in No More Ladies'" Broad
way Melody of 1885" with Eleanor
Powell. Wilma and Buddy Ebsen will
the Shoreham's Miss Ruth Barnard
please note thisD. Robert Taylor, Una
Merkel and Shirley Ross (remem-
ber?D: "Mutiny on the Bounty" with
Clark Gable and Charles Laughton;
Lionel Barrymore in Public Hero,
No. L. another G., men yarn; Noel
Coward in The Scoundrel' Twill the
Messrs. Warner and Loew please
make up their minds who is going
to show this fllm?-the Earle was
going to get it the last time it was
mentioned here; Carlo and Fredric
March in Anna Karenina." William
Powell in Masquerade. The Call of
the Wild" with Gable and Loretta
Young, and so on and SO on and SO on.
p EFLECTIONS on an "In Caliente"
previev theld yesterday at the
Warner Bros. screening room for the
benefit Of local gazetteers) Dolores
Del Rio makes the most of her bath
ing suit {. or the bathing suit makes
the most Of her Z. or Somthing
the De Marcos do one of the better
dances and strengthen the theory that
dancers will be among the screens
great this season Pat O'Brien con-
tinues to be one of the best actors in
captivity E. Phil Regain (Singing ex-
Brooklyn cop) has grown a mustache
and sings one of the popular songs
while Dolores dances and gives O'Brien
the willieS although it is directed
by Busby Berkeley four dozen pianos
do not move around in rotation
the chorus is very handsome. and Miss
DEL Rio is. of course, handsomer than
that it's about a New York editor
who goes on a Mexican vacation (by
force IL all Mexican vacations
were like that nobody would ever come
home.
a T LEAST four members of the
cast of Paramount's Annapolis,
Farewell" will attend tonights per-
Torrance of The Shanghai Gesture"
at the National.
FLORENCE REED told Steve Coch-
ran yesterday that his stock pro-
duction of The Shanghai Gesture"
was the best ever Business is terrific
that means good.
unfinished Symphony" gets the
second week at the Belasco that it de-
serves.
Karl Nielsen, the National Players
the staff of lecturers at Union College
in Schenectady, N Y, later on this
Summer. Known as the Institute of
the Theater. other lecturers will in
clude Lee Simonson. Frederick Koch,
Walter Prichard Eaton and Clayton
Hamilton. DR.. Thomas Dickinson is
the director of the institute.
I'm Caliente' opens tomorrow at
the Earle.
Paul Draper, nephew of Ruth
Draper, and one of the most popular
dancers on Broadway today, will be
included in the stage show.
Adrienne Morrison writes in to say
that her office has given its consent
to an out-of-tcwn production by the
Roadside Players of one of her plays.
ho of
tngton will holo its business meeting
at Thomson School. Twelfth and L
streets northwest, Friday evening at
8 o'clock.
Julian Bryiawski has lost his dog
The name of the dog is Boss" Boss"
Is Boston terrier. months old, with
white spot on the tip of his right
ear. Anybody running into Boss"
will please communicate with Mr..
Brylawski, who promises a generous
reward.
Carter Barron is calling this blond
week" on F street. This Is due to
Ann Harding, Mae West and Shirley
Temple appearing at the Fox, Palace
and Columbia starting tomorrow.
MONDAY night one of the most
A'A cheerful celebrations of the sea-
son took place at the Mayfair. Ar
ranged by Sybil Baker, supervisor of
Fairgrounds of the District and also
one of the city's best play directors,
Miss Baker assembled members of the
famous Masks organization of Gen.
trail High School and honored two vet
eran members, Vinton Haworth (Jack