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The Washington times., 1935-07-30

kissing only during the run Of
melodramas, last nights house
booed Mr.. Connell as loudly and
as Justify as any villain who ever
trod the boards.
The perfect Svengali, however,
had the perfect Trilby to assist
him. Cary Lucas, as the warm
hearted gamin Of the French
Latin Quarter, gave to the role q
loneliness of voice and carriage
which made the devotion that has
surrounded her since DuMaurier'S
classic made its first appearance
completely understandable.
Not far behind Miss Lucas, In
the reception Of acting honorS,
must be placed John P. Rappolt,
jr., and Ruth Perrott, whose Gre
ations of secondary characters
drew forth a series Of lusty cheers
which both of them more than
merited. In fact. so adeptly did
Mr.. Rappolt handle the role Of
the unfortunate Gecko, that he
might be hailed before a Mary
land grand jury to answer to
charges of larceny. In the matter
of scene stealing, Mr.. Rappolt led
all others in the large cast while
Miss Perrott, as the lovable Nine.
Wizard, was not too far behind as
to make her immune from similar
charges.
Walter Mcintosh and J. Edmond
Veitch as Sandy and Taffy, be-
loved companions Of Little Billee,
were all that could be desired.
Their reading Of these characters
had a genuine tone Of under
standing and skillful handling Of
dialect which can not fail but
merit the highest of commenda-
ton. Inexperience was undoubt-
edly the explanation Of william
P. Jordan's failure to bring to
Little Billee the perfect compile
ton of the famous Tres AnglaiS.
Ralph H. Thayer, 8 newcomer
to the Roadside, has evidently
seen a little too much Of their
famous melodrama. His interpre-
tation of the Rev. Thomas Bagot,
while quite excellent, bordered too
closely on the type of character
found in those virile dramas OF
a bygone age.
TO Dorothy Croissant for her
costumes, to Edith I. Allen for her
stunning sets, and to Harold A.
Wienberger for his skillful direc'
ton and introduction Of the
French cancan, a distinct de-
parture from the original script,
must go profound expressions Of
appreciation. A. II.
The Washington times., 1935-07-30
MOVIE
o'clock

FOx-spencer Tracy, Virginia
Bruce in "The Murder Man"
1900 a. M. 1:40, 1920, 7:10
and 10000 p. m. Stage-12:5O,
$3.50. 500. 9:1O p. m.
PALACE-shirley Temple, John
Boles. in "Curley Top" 1920
q. m, 1:25, $3.50. 5:35, TAO,
and 9:45 p. m.
COLUMBIA-William Powell,
Luise Rainier, in "Escapade,"
11:20 a. m, las, $3.50, 5:35,
7:45, 9:45 p. m.
RKo-KEITH'S-Jane Withers,
o. P. Heggie in Ginger"
1855 a, M, 1:19. $3.50, 4:47,
6:Sl, 8:15. $3.50 p. m.
EARLE-Dick Powell and Joan
Blondell, in Broadway Con
dolier," 11:00 q. M, 1885.
4:25, ITO. GAS p. m. Stage
12:45, S:35. 6:25 900 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Grace
Moore, Leo Garlic in Love
Me Forever" 1885 q. m, 1880
$3.50. 5:25. 1925 and 9;25 p. m.
The Washington times., 1935-07-30
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Screen. Musical
Has Six Songs

Movie makers feel proud when
they have one song hit in a screen
musical. Now Warner Bros. come
forward with a picture in which
no less than six songs are conf
IDENTIFY expected to become out
standing hits.
The picture is Broadway Con-
dolier," now playing at the Earle.
Powell and Joan Blondell, popular
stars of Gold Diggers Of 1888"
are reunited. Together wit h
Adolph Menjou and Louise Fa-
zenda they head the all star cast.
Harry Warren and AL Dublin,
ace song writing team, have won
wide acclaim for their efforts in
previous Warner Bros. produc-
lions, but with the release of
Broadway Gondolier," it is be-
lieved that even greater commen-
dalton will be showered upon
them.
In addition to the singing Of the
popular Dick Powell, the catchy
airs of Warren and Dublin are ably
presented by three groups of radio
favorites, the Four Mills Brothers.
Ted Fiorito with his nationally
famed orchestra and the Canova
Family.
Lonely Gondolier" is a plain
tive melody which Powell sings in
both English and Italian, and he
also sings the lifting Rose in Her
Hair" in both languages.
"OutSide of You" and "You Can
Be Kissed" are two other Warren
and Dublin songs headed for "best
sellers" divisions, and "The Cow
and the Pig and the Duck" is al
ready being hailed as an outStand.
ing kiddie song.
To round out the wide assert
ment Of melodies in the picture.
"Lulu's Back in Town." is pre-
sented as low-down "hot" mum
Der, and as it is rendered by the
Four Mills Brothers and Ted Flo
rito's Orchestra it is bound to
score.
The picture is a unique musical
comedy based on the story by E.
Y. Harburg, Sig Herzig and Hans
Kraly.
Lloyd Bacon directed the pic
ture from the screen play by
Warren Duff and Sig Herzig.
The Washington times., 1935-07-30
According to HOyle

The Twelve Aristocrats currently
at the Fox Theater yesterday re-
ceived a long-distance oversee call
from a French producer and there
is little doubt that they will be
kicking behind foreign footlghtS
this fall. :.
In case you are interested this
act is owned by the six boys and
six girls who do the hoofing, and
they have been together some five
years.
And Tommy Martin, the young
ster wizard at the Earle this
week, isn't a great deal worried
about the depression. The fact
is he's worked IS out of the So
weeks, and that's a tremendous
season for a vaudeville performer.
Tommy's worked with Joe Pen
ner, Jack Benny. and Dave Ap-
pollon units, and he goes back
with Dave this fall.
A 16-week run in the empire
room, Palmer House, Chicago,
came just four weeks from tying
the record made by Veloz and
Yolando.
He was formerly a reporter on
the Nashville CTennO Banner,
and on August Is goes into the
rainbow room, Rockefeller Center.
Oracle Barrie is now in town at
a local club. Since her last ap-
pearance here she has been busy
in vaudeville doings, and rumor
has it that in five weeks she goes
into rehearsals for the 1886 edition
Of 1.-THE Scandals"
Years ago Ben Bernstein waited
on the various customers who
breezed in and out of the mems
furnishing store at the corner of
Seventh Street and Mt. Vernon
Place, buying socks. neckties,
shirts and sundry male pur-
chaSeS.
One bright spot made the
monotonous and drab existence
of Clerk Ben liveable. and that
was when Sammy Goldstein, a
Government worker, stopped on
his way home, and tapped off a
few exhibition steps. These tap
steps soon became a glowing spot
in the placid life Of the clerk and
after a few months, he too became
adept and proudly displayed the
new-found talents.
In the next block the clothing
store owners brother had a shoe
shop and young Dave Goodman
fitted the sizes. In the after.
Moons Ben in turn taught Dave
the choice steps, and finally they
learned to do a time step to-
gether. Soon the would-be Pat
Rooney'S offed to the big city.
and expectantly passed the por-
tails of the George M. Conan
Theater to addition for a chorus
job in Georges MS Mary"
Monsieur George cooked an in
tereSted eye on Ben's footwork,
and okehed him. Ben however.
loyalty would not take the job
until his pal Dave was given an
"in." In introducing Dave, Ben
changed the name from Good.
man to Gould, and today Dave
The Washington times., 1935-07-30

It sums it all UP not because
his performance was little short
of a work of art; polished charac-
terizations and the name Of Den
mis- Connell have now become
synonymous with Washington
theatergoers. It sums it all UP
not because he is undoubtedly
the only local actor who could
have filled the role Of Svengali.
It sums it all UP simply because
without Mr.. Connell there would
have been no show at all.
Perhaps the best demonstration
Of Just how completely ConnellS
Interpretation Of the mad hypno-
The Washington times., 1935-07-30
Honeynooners Meet
Noted Film Stars

Metro oldwyn.Mayer stars have
adopted pair. Of honeymoonerS,
Mr.. and Mrs. George West, of
Dodge City, Ill. The newly mar
ried pair, touring in a car and
trailer. came upon the M.-G.M.
troupe en- route to location. They
promptly forgot the San Diego
exposition and followed. When
the company camped, Chester
Morris and Sally Eilers. hearing
the two were honeymooners, came
over to meet them and posed for
informal snapshots. The Vests
were delighted-so much so that
they followed the company for a
week. They now are on their way
back to Dodge City. fairly bursting
with the story Of their adventure.
The Washington times., 1935-07-30
copyright. 1875. by King Features
Syndicate, Incl

There is a real family reunion
on the sands of Santa Monica
these days, what with the three
famous Talmadge sisters all hav-
ing houses down there. With
husband George Jessel now en-
gagged as a writer to Twentieth
Century-Fox, it would appear that
Norma will be among US for
quite a spell, which is good news
for all her friendS-and there
are quite a few. At all of Norma'S
gatherings, you will always find
her famous Romeo of the silent
days, Eugene O'Brien. They are
the greatest of pals and seeing
them together recalls the days
when they were the greatest low
ers on the screen and good, too.
I guess Norma has definitely
given up the idea Of making
faces into that old devil camera
as she told some autograph seek
ers the other day who attacked
her in front Of local restaurant,
Ego away-I don't need you any
more" I guess that's telling them
in any key.
Louise Fazenda and her pro-
ducer-husband, Hal Wallis, have
just returned ~from a vacation in
Canada, where they visited Banff
and Lake Louise (Which, by the
way, is not named after that
famous comedienne) and brought
home coats of tan at least four
shades darker than the coats
from Palm Springs. Incidentally,
their two-year-old son and heir,
Hal Junior, is going after his
mothers laurelS as comic in no
uncertain way. You should hear
his deep bass voce and see his
imitation Of George ArliSS. It's
all too amazing. There's a feud
raging over at the Crosby manse.
The other evening at a party, be-
fore Bing could get to the piano
and Groom some Of his famous
ditties, little Dixie CHS cute-like-
anything wife) took the spot and
sang his entire routine-and very
good, too. Moral: He who gets
to the piano first is not always
the inStallment collector.
It all happened one beautiful
spring morning when Miss Carole
Lombard walked over to her bed
room window and looked down
The Washington times., 1935-07-30
ICOVer Hollywood

throw you Is a little evening coat
made entirely of small pieces Of
wood. Quick, Hortense, gather
me some shingles-I must have
a new frock for the premiere!
Ruby is the star that the French
artist Heller once selected as the
most beautiful gal in all these
Americas, She has lost none Of
it and wouldn't be at all surprised
if some studio didn't snatch her
up, but quickly. Why not "The
Great ziegfeld"?
And while we are on the subject
of Snatching: some aspiring soul
in this industry could add glory to
his powers of perception by cast
ing a certain Miss Lotus Liu In a
picture. Miss L. halls from Shang.
hal and not only possesses unusual
Oriental .'eauty but speaks such
exquisite English as would make
most of our present-day stars
writhe with envy. She recently
played a bit in "Oil For the Lamps
OF China" so, if you're interested,
you'd better hurry. in 80 Red
the Rose" King Vidor needed 900
colored gals for a big scene but,
try as they would, the casting
office couldn't begin to find that
many dusky babes. So they've
postponed the shot Until next
Thursday when they'll have plenty
and guess why? It's the maids
day out.
Hollywood's most disappointed
actor at the moment is Mecca
Graham. He was letter perfect
in his "ughs" and "whoops" for
the comedy part Of hayward
indian in a new play called
"PocahontaS Preferred" when
RKO ups and buys it for a pic.
ture in the fall. Edward Everett
Horton will probably play the
Indian, so imagine poor Mecca
Will have to go back to the reser.
Vatlon. ANY time Cy Bartlett
CORNER spouse of Alice White)
wants to give up his scenario
writing he can turn to the call Of
the rhumba, for he executes his
steps with such finesse that, who
knows, he may turn out to be
another EScudero. Jack Oakie
(now that he's reduced and has
the figure sublime) has taken up
''The Dance" with a frenzy. He
can be seen cantering about the
dance floor of most any night
club with Marsha Hunt, one Of
Hollywood's latest ingenues.
A group of people were dis.
cuSsing the contemplated removal
from the Blue Book of Marjorie
Oelrich's name on account Of her
recent marriage to the famous
orchestra leader, Eddie Duchin.
WELL" quaith a ustener-in, "she
may not be in the social register,
but she'll at least know where her
next Rolls-Royce is coming from"
(Mr. Duchin being that success.
fuD Louis D. Lighton is TAX
ing to the air in modern fashion.
In order to visit his ranch at
Bonsall, Cal, and still be a pro.
ducer at Paramount, he's going
to commute by plane.
The Washington times., 1935-07-30
Director Away;
Penner Halted

Production on Joe Penner's
collegiate" at Paramount is tenn.
porarily halted while executives
await word from Ralph Murphy,
director, who was called East be-
cause of the serious illness Of his
mother.
Murphy flew to Holyoke, Mass,
Monday. Production on the pic.
ture, featuring Jack Oakie and
Ned Sparks, was scheduled for
next week. Until Murphy noti-
fieS the studio as to a possible
return date, no decisions regard
ing the start of the picture, or a
possible change in directors, will
be made.
The Washington times., 1935-07-30
Ball Players Plan
On River Cruise

On Friday evening, August 2,
the Government Baseball League
will make a moonlight dance ex-
cursion down the Potomac. The
Stamer Potomac has been chosen
to carry this group Of merrymak-
erS and Bernie Jarboe's Night
Hawks will dispense the lively
dance tunes that have made them
so popular with the dancers.
The river excursion is being
given in celebration of a very in
teresting and successful baseball
season. The arrangements are in
the hands of John Mattern, gen.
eral chairman.
The Washington times., 1935-07-30
Singers Director

Frank Tuttle will direct Jan
Kiepura's first picture for Para
mount. tentatively titled Song
of the Nile" Kiepura, now in
Europe, is expected to reach
Hollywood the latter part Of this
month. He his scheduled to sing
with the Hollywood Bowl orches.
ira this season during the fam
GUS series of Symphonies Under
the Stars"
The Washington times., 1935-07-30

Gould stands as one of the ace
danceSterS in vaudeville.
Sammy GoldStein, the lad who
taught the furnishing store Benny
his steps, later married Patty
Moore and is now tho vaudeville
team Of Sammy Lewis and Patty
Moore, and incidentally the
The Washington times., 1935-07-30

fist gripped the audience can be
found In the fact that, as he
emerged from his concealment
behind a curtain, in the studio of
the famous Tres Anglais, Kisses
which would have warmed the
hSarts Of Eugene Kressin or Har-
old Stepler, the RoadSider'S fore
most exponents of dastardly do
ings, greeted him. Disregarding
the fact that the theater, as it
is served in the old red barn on
the Rockville Pike, sanctions
The Washington times., 1935-07-30
Dennis ConneII's 'SvengaIi' One
Of Best Characterization
Of Barn Theater Season

eft was magnificent, Mr. Conne, simply magnificent
This brief tribute called to Dennis E. Council at the con-
cuson of nights performance of Tby at the Roadside
Thoater inst the entire story.
The Washington times., 1935-07-30

A SMART WAY. 10 BEAT THE HEAL. FIND A SEAT
.. at LoEW's Cc7sz6ovaAEy Guf THEATRES
The Washington times., 1935-07-30

ing Of q modern Beethoven dom
by a promising and talented loca
artist, Fritz Hauer.
Evening star., 1935-03-20
Use of Available Highway Funds

The request laid before the Senate
Subcommittee on District Appropria-
tions for permission to spend about
Sl25.000 of gas tax revenues in con-
nection with work-relief highway con-
Struction is reasonable and should be
granted. Men on the relief rolls are
now being given employment breaking
up old pavement. The material thus
obtained Is used again as the base for
new outlying road construction. After
the base is laid the surface must be
treated with bitumen or other sealing
material, or else the base is subject to
washing and deterioration. Under the
present strict economy program the
highway department has lacked the
funds to purchase and apply this sur
face material, with the result that
money spent for work-relief in con-
nection with new road work is apt to
be wasted. The request for funds
pending before the Senate subcom-
mittee is to permit this surfacing work
TO be done.
There are other increases which the
Senate should justly allow in highway
items. Under the economy program
of the past few years the highway de-
partment's maintenance funds have
been reduced to the breaking point,
despite the imposition of new burdens.
Yet, under current appropriations
practice. unspent balances remain in
the gas tax fund. There Is no economy
represented in accumulating such
balances. Money raised by taxation
should be spent, or returned to the
taxpayers in the form Of tax reduc-
ton.
Evening star., 1935-03-20
mo Initiation" Guarantee
Inspires Demand for Action

taken place. while others are contem-
plated. The huge bond issues and
vast expenditures and public lendings
constitute a credit expansion. And
Congress is stampeding toward many
measures which can only be done by
printing-preSs imitation. If we start
down the Niagara River, and do not
stop long enough before the falls. 1t is
not within our choice whether we 60
over them. Let it be hoped that
Richberg is correct. But let it also be
hoped that he and his principal
realize that the tide Of imitation can
not be stemmed by mere good resolu-
tions"
Similar conclusions are drawn by
the Rock Island (Ill) Argus, the Buff
falo Evening News, the Brooklyn
Times Union, the Rockford Ill.)
Register Republic. the Canton (Ohio)
Repository. the Manchester IN. h
Union, the st. Joseph (Mo.) News
Press and the Saginaw (Mich) News
The New York Herald Tribune
argues: 1t is well for people to bear
in mind these two important points:
First, that the great danger of infla-
ton lies in forced Government loans.
as distinguished from voluntary loans
and, second, that forced borrowing
can be achieved under modern bank
ing methods quite as effectively
through bank credit expansion as
through the printing Of fiat money"
Evening star., 1935-03-20

tracked by the current investigation OF
local crime conditions. 1t is there
fore gratifying to learn that Repre-
sentative Jennings Randolph OF West
Virginia, chairman of the Investigate
ing committee, intends to make the
enactment of the gambling bill one of
the committees tasks. Certainly there
is nothing to be gained by further
delay. For, regardless of other facts
relating to local crime and crime
breeding conditions that the committee
may determine, the need for this par
ticular law has been adequately dem
onStrated.
The police and the prosecutors have
been placed on the defensive by an
aggressive committee, but, ironically
enough, the gangsters and racketeers
seem to be receiving the courteous
consideration that is represented in
being left alone.
Evening star., 1935-03-20
Moderation in Liquor Use.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer,

from the FnlladeIpHlh inquirer
A timely move is the organization
of the Council for Moderation. which
purposes to conduct l0-year drive in
the hope of solving the liquor problem
along reasonable lines. The avowed
purpose is to demonstrate the value of
moderation and temperance. 1t is not
the intention to rush into an extrava-
CANT national campaign, but rather
to attempt to quicken and mould pub
lie opinion, in order to avoid return
to the conditions that prevailed before
and during the prohibition period.
The character Of those backing the
movement-men like Everett Colby,
Bishop Manning, Gov. Cross of Con-
necticut and Gov. Hoffman of New
Jersey-suggests that it will be sane
and practical. They realize the liquor
question can never be solved by re-
strictive legislation. There is to be
no advocacy of compuIsion by the
Council for Moderation. Nor is there
to be criticism of those who believe in
total abstinence. While respecting the
opinions of those who differ from
them, the originators Of the new or
ganiZation believe that the time has
come to blaze an entirely new trail
toward the solution of the liquor
problem"
Evening star., 1935-03-20
Why Not Tackle the Gangsters

Recent revelations in Philadelphia,
and especially in New York, have
demonstrated again the sinister rami-
fcations of the numbers racket" in
the underworld and the tremendous
sums of money collected in the take. :"
Recent testimony in New York
brought an estimate from gangster's
lawyer Of payments of $1o0,o00,oo a
year in Harlem, Manhattan. Brooklyn
and the Bronx to an army of collectors
working the policy racket-another
name for the numbers game. In
Philadelphia an investigation has indi-
Gated widespread gangster activities
centering around the lucrative num-
bers game.
Here in Washington police officials
have testified that the numbers game
is the biggest gambling racket and
one of the most difficult to cope with
under existing law. There has been uni
versal demand that the anti-gambling
laws be strengthened and that the
police and prosecutors thus be given
heavier ammunition in dealing with
the business.
The strengthened gambling bill has
already passed the Senate. 1t might
have received immediate attention
tn the House had It not been side.
Evening star., 1935-03-20

to national purposes and national in
stitutions. Rather, there would be
general agreement that the Govern
ment should do more and not less in
the way of financing the Smithsonian
Institution, the Bureau of Standards,
the Naval Observatory, etc. But 1t
also is plainly indicated that any at
tempt to correlate such work to an
unnatural degree would be resisted.
Mr.. Sirovich entertains a grand and
glorious dream, but it would be a pity
if it were to come true. The intended
beneficiaries Of the plan would be the
first to criticize it, and the public at
large would be vastly skeptical of any
professional group that approved.