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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01
M OVIE
O'CLOCK

EARLE-Joe E. Brown in
"Alibi Ike" IL a. m, 1870,
4:25, 7:15, 10 p. m. Stage:
12:4O, 1885, 6:25, 9:10 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Pat OBrien,
Josephine Hutchinson ir "Oil
for the Lamps of China, II a.
M, /, 3:05, $40, tbs, 9:20
p. m.
FOx-George Raft, Ed Arnold
in 1.-THE Glass Key" II a. m,
( 1885, APO, 7:05, $50 p. m.
| Stage-12:45. $3.50, Sis. 9
/ p. m.
COLUMBIA-Gail Patrick, Will
! Rogers in Doubling Thomas"
? 1910, 2:10, 4:05, 6, 7:55, $3.50
! p. m.
RKO KEITH'S Miriam Hop
kins in Becky Sharp" at
1874, lit, 3, 4:43, 6:26, 8:0S
and 9::52 p. m.
PALACE-Joan Crawford, Rob
ert Montgomery in mo More
Ladies'" II a. m, ITO, $780,
$50. TAO and $50 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01
Nit Wits Next
At the Met

1.-THE Nitwits," an RKO Radio
picture in which Bert Wheeler
and Robert Woolsey take advan-
tage Of the current vogue for
crime detection stories, comes to
the screen at Warner Bros
Metropolitan on Friday, July S.
The truth machine" a special
Wheeler-W oolsey invention, plays
an important part in this cock
eyed story, which combines mu-
sic, mirth and mystery in what
is said to be the funniest comedy
this popular pair has ever made.
A talented supporting cast fea-
lures Fred Heating, former ma
gician turned actor; Betty Ora
BILE, attractive ingenue, and Ev-
elyn Brent. THE Nitwits" is an
RKO Radio production.
Also on the Metropolitan pro-
gram starting Friday is mo Mo-
tor to Guide Him" with Shorty,
the chimpanZee; Paramount Pic
torial, and IS minutes of news
events.
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BY LLOYD PANTAGES
Copyright, 1895, by King Features
Syndicate, Incl


HOLLYWOOD, July Much
ado about nothing. Much to the
chagrin of the entire M-G-M clan,
Laurence Oliver turned their offer
down flat, to play Romeo opposite
Norma Shearer's Juliet. They
brought him out not long ago to
play opposite Greta Carlo in
Queen Christiana," but instead
slipped the part to John Gilbert,
so he vowed then and there that
he would never work for that COM
pany again. I should say he was
keeping his word nicely, although
a little foolishly, one would think,
as that role for which he was the
perfect choice would have doubled
and trebled his intrinsic value to
stage and screen producers. But
what can you do? He said no. -
and mo" it remains.
Now that we have no Romeo, at
least at the moment, by a slight
bit of mental sleuthing, I feel very
strongly that Franchot Tone will
hang on the balcony, and good,
too. There is a boy whose his
trionic ability is sailing him right
to the top. With a year to 60,
on his Fox contract and M-G-M
bidding for his services, Winfield
Sheehan remains at Fox, where
he has been for these many moons.
So with Sheehan, Sol Wurtzel, and
the addition of Joseph Schenck-
Daryl zanuck and their twentieth
century company, the Fox Com
PAW in the near future should
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01
July 4 Opening
For She

For eight years a star of the
first magnitude on the New York
stage, Helen Gahagan comes to
the screen audiences for the first
time in the title role of Radio
Pictures spectacular production,
which is to be the next attraction
at RKO Keith's, of the H. Rider
Haggard novel, She" opening
July 4.
In addition to being one of the
most accomplished actresses on
the American stage, Miss Gaia
gan is an opera singer Of note
with a fine dramatic soprano
voice. Prior to her recent Broad
way successes, Miss Gahagan
toured Europe for three years in
opera.
Helen Gahagan is ideally suited
for the part of the pagan ruler
of the kingdom of Kor, the most
beautiful woman in fiction, for
the star has been called "the 10
most beautiful women in America
rolled into one" Until she was
offered the role by RKO Radio
Pictures, Miss Gahagan steadfast-
ly refused film offers.
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When the spotlight brightens
the features of the Earle head
liner, it's not easy to realize that
Vera Van is the same little Vera
Williams, whose goldilocks made
her the first heroine of Hal
Roach'S "Our Gang" comedies in
the silent days.
Vera was born in Marion, Ohio,
20 years ago. Her first public
how-de-do was at the Grand
Opera House, in Akron, Ohio.
She was S at this time and was
leading dancer for a ballet of
some 100 little Anne Pavlovas.
After this she became one of
the soeurs with the LA Vonna
Sisters" dance team. They opened
at the Pantages Theater in Los
Angeles, and played Pantages
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01
Barrie Family to Be
United in HOLLYWOOD

To bring her mother and sister
back to Hollywood to make their
home with her, Wendy Barrie,
British film actress, will sail this
fall for England, she revealed yes
terday.
Miss Barrie, who is appearing
in Paramount's THE Big Broad
cast of 1885," plans to make one
or two more pictures before she
goes on the trip that will reunite
her with her family for the first
time in several years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01
Frowns on Dietrich

Although it has a Will Hays
purity tag attached by the diligent
Joe Breen and is passed by the
Legion of Decency as a Class B
picture-which means question
able in spots and fit only for
adultS-the new Marlene Dietrich
feature, 1.-THE Devil Is A Woman"
is arousing opposition.
In Baltimore, Vincent de Paul
Fitzpatrick, the militant editor of
the Baltimore Catholic Review, is
warning on any bookings for the
picture which is scheduled to open
at Loew's Columbia Theater here
Friday. He says: The Devil Is
A Woman is a Topographic pic
ture. It is taken from a vile book,
Woman and Puppet,' by Pierre
Louys. The picture and the book
are indissolubly associated"
This appears to be the first pro-
test since the Will Hays office
applied the new morality censor
ship code after Born To Be Bad"
created such a Juror the industry
decided on a cleanup, just one
year ago today.
Odds and Ends
Odds and ends: Pretty soft for
the headliners. A round trip on
the new French liner, the Nor
mandie, goes to Billy Gaxton, Vic
tor Moore, Ethel Norman, the De
Marco and Georges and Jalna for
appearing at the christening ball
when the big ship arrived in New
York. Ed Arnold likes his beer
and when he entered his dressing
room at the Fox to prepare for a
week of personal appearances, ne
found a keg, nicely iced, waiting
for the stems. So between his
four-a-day shows Ed was host for a
hops party. That new panama
hat your editor is wearing is for
guessing right about Three Men
On a Horse" I found a fellow
who didn't think it would last
three months on Broadway. It
opened in January and is now in
its sixth month at the Playhouse.
Cecil Holm, who wrote it, lost his
Connecticut home one year ago
when he couldn't keep up the pay
lnents. Last week he had the
pleasure of plunking down $4,000
of his Three Men On a Horse"
royalties and getting the old home
stead back. 1t cheers me little
to read that THE Informer"
which Washington turned down
cold will make not less than $780,
900 in gross takings abroad. In
England and Ireland, particularly,
the picture is going tremendous.
1t cheers me because I would like
to see Radio make more pictures
like it. {. THE Thin Man" will be
pulled out Of Moth Balls by Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer and sent after
new summer crosses. It will ar
rive on F Street within q few
weeks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01
Cover HOIl YWOOd

-O"J "OO~
turn out some more really good
pictures.
For your edification, Fox has
under contract three of the big
gest box office draws il the entire
business, namely, Janet Gaynor,
Will Rogers, and Shirley Triple
=. .Marlene Dietrich is, at the mo-
ment, going through rigid train
ing course with the famous Terry
Hunt to acquire muscle tone, and
muscle tone, my frenS, makes
your flesh firm instead of flabby
:. Oracle Allen decided that as
long as she had adopted one child
and was contemplating adopting
another, she'd also adopt a dog,
so, on a set at Paramount, ken
mel sent her 40 specimens from
which to choose. She selected a
very large English sheep dog but
a very little poodle chose her, so
that's the one she's keeping.
The RKO-ers threw a press tea
for their recently arrived new
star, Lily Pons, and the little
woman made a hit with all the
gals and boys of the Fourth Es-
tate. Advance tests of Miss P.
show that she photographs as well
as she sings-and that's some
thing. According to Bette Davis
land this should really cheer the
ladies' Women Talk Too Much"
And then she goes on with her
theory to say that men talk them
selves out of trouble but women
talk themselves into it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01

be countersigned, too. Rudy Val
lee is a moneyed man, but the
signature which unlocks his bank
accounts is Hubert Prior Vallee.
So too with Pat O'Brien. He is
pat" to his doctor, his dentist,
his fans and his family, but his
bank recognized only the more
formal signature of William Pat
rick O'Brien. Ann Dvorak is
Ann Fenton or a check. Mar
garet Lindsays financial rating is
listed under the name Margaret
K:es.
James Cagney has no other
name, but the amount of money
kept in the bank under that head
ing is small. A check for any
considerable sum is both signed
and countersigned. 1t is that
way, too, with Joe E. Brown.
There must be half million sam
Piles of Joe's one and only sigma
ture in existence, today, on base
balls, shirt fronts, theater pro-
grams and ladies' handbags, but
none of them would be honored
at a bank. The name that spells
money in the family is the sigma
ture of Joe's wife, Kathryn Brown
on a printed check-and that
signature is never handed out in
public.
It is no wonder then, that
forgerS have a bad time of it in
Hollywood and that forgery of the
stars names is practically I'm.
known there. Those autographs
look fine in albums-but they are
just so much wasted ink at a
bank.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01
Story Al
Fox FRIDAY

Murder in the Fleet" a baf-
fling, humorous and highly en-
pertaining mystery filmed against
the panorama of Navy life. and
four acts of vaudeville headlined
by the sensationally new presen-
tation, Billy Roses Small Time
Cavalcade," will comprise the
entertainment on screen and
stage, starting next Friday at
Loew'S Fox Theater.
Murder in the Fleet" is a Me
tro-Goldwyn-Mayer film that uses
a cruiser during maneuvers as the
locale for a series of battling
crimes that are departure from
the usual thrills of this kind. The
manner in which a courageous
young naval officer ferrets out
the criminals forms the basis for
this engrossing tale.
Robert Taylor, Metros rapidly
rising star, and Jean Parker share
stellar honorS in a cast that also
includes Ted Healy, Una Merkel,
Jean Hersholt, Nat Pendleton, Ar.
thur Byron, Frank Shields, Ray.
mond Hatton, Donald Cook and
others.
The headline feature of the new
stage show, Billy Roses Small
Time Cavalcade," is the current
rage of Broadway and it will be
presented on the Fox stage exactly
as it was created by Ben Hecht
with many notable members in a
large cast.
Young, Worth and Wylie. a
comedy unit; Creel and Allan in
a cycle of songs, and the Youth
full Rhythms, in songs. dances
and comedy will complete the
stage bill. Phil Lampkin and his
regular overture presentation,
news and a comedy will be added,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01
Beach Party Guests
Insured by CaroIe

The first Hollywood hostess to
insure her guests is Carole
Lombard.
The fact will be a revelation
to the scores of movie greats who
frolicked at her unique party in
honor Of William Rhinelander
Stewart and A. c. Blumenthal,
out Of New York for some fun.
Had any of the stars or social
topliners who attended the gay
and giddy Sunday night fete at
the Venice Pier fun house slipped
on a treadmill, hurt himself fall
ing through a trap, or gone
crazy from looking at himself in
the ripply mirrors, Carole's insur-
ance company would have made
the experience worth while.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01
Movie Stars Foil Forgers With
Real Names on Checks

The autographs of motion picture stars comparatively
easy get and doubt pleasant to have but they aren't
worth continental the bank And Hollywood is such
happy hunting ground for orgers might be expected
Long ago motion picture personalities learned that they need
two for autograph albums and the other for checks
When Dick Powell scraws his bold signature across page
the request of admirer is his he is writing
the the teller at his bank will honor. His bank
name" is Richard E. Poweand the fourshes entirely
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01

time. Then came a team-up
with George Ward as a dancing
and singing act, when she was
II years old. Finally to Fanchon
and Marco to become one of the
first songstreSses to their unit
master of ceremonies. She played
a run at Loew'S State in Los An
geles, while Maxine Doyle charmed
the customers at the Warfield in
Frisco. Marco, by the way, is the
gent who changed Vera's name
from La Vonna to Van.
She has definitely decided to
go into one of two legitimate
productions this fall, and has
again okehed her CHS. contract
starting September.
In the current Fox Movietone
news, at the Fox, a plane to plane
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01

Henry TERRY" Duffy, who later
became the most famous Of the
California stage producers and he
has often acted with Dale Winter
in his own productions.
In Grace Moore'S new picture,
"'Love Me Forever" the character
resembling Colasimo is played by
Leo Garlic, played so effectively
that most of the notices give him
the acting honors. Grace Moore,
so they say, more than Sustains
the singing reputation built up
with lone Night of Love"
AS announced in these columns
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01

There is no Hollywood account
in the name of Bette Davis. The
checks sent to pay the blonde
young actress bills bear the
printed legend that the payment
is made on behalf of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harmon o. Nelson and they
are countersigned by a third
party-a financial representative
who handles their affairs.
Paul NUM- is free enough with
his signature on the infrequent
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01

last week, Love Me Forever"
comes to the Earle Theater the
week Of July IL.
loe E. As Elmer
Over the radio yesterday after
noon Joe E. Brown sent the Ring
Lardner-G George M. Cohan play,
Elmer the Great" with the CO.
median playing the Dragging
busher, Elmer Kane, greatest
pitcher in the country. Yessir, and
in the city, too.
This was an easy $1,000 pickup
for Joe E. Elmer the Great"
springs from Ring Lardner's i'm
mortal baseball series, you Know
Me AL" which gave the lamented
author his first national recogni-
ton as a humoriSt. Curiously
enough, ELMER the Great" was
a Broadway flop when presented
in 1923. 1t only ran 40 perform
ances. Walter Huston played the
egotistical hurler whose favorite
music was the dinner bell. Later
Joe e. Brown played Elmer on the
Coast stage for Producer Henry
E. Duffy with such success that
he made a movie of the play.
Elmer was okay on the radio
but 1 think Comedian Browns
present story "Alibi Ike" to be
seen on the Earle theater screen,
has more laughs. "Alibi Ike" de-
rives from the Lardner story, 1.-THE
Roundup" and the character
Frank K (the K stands for "Ex-
cuse me-" according to the fic-
tion) Farrell, provides hilarious
baseball nonsense. Farrell has an
alibi for everything and can lie
faster than his fast ball.
Baseball Sharps may wonder
why the movies have the deciding
game for the pennant played at
night and there may be other
technical incongruitieS, but you
forgive it all while laughing at
such stunts as Joe E. scoring the
winning run by playing leap frog
over the catcher,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01

winner was to get weeks booking at the Fox
Theater at $3.50. Believe it or otherwise,
IL of the 10 contestants were singers, the other
competitor choosing to initiate the ROSTERS
cock-a-doodle-do and other strange noises with
his voice The judges were in comparative
agreement that the bass baritone voice of Rob-
ert Mcdonald deserved the salary prize. He
offered Without a Song" in rich, booming
tones and was one of the few that stuck to the
key. Il really think that the relatives and
friends of those who possess just parlor tai
emit are unconsciously cruel when they encour-
age some of these aspirants to strive for pro-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01
Robert M'DonaId Awarded $50
Week on Fox Stage as Prize
Arthur Godfrey Amateur
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

Rambling thoughts of rambling weekend It started Satur
day morning of the judges chairs to pick fl
nast in Arthur Godreys amateur radio competition The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01

Gets Leading Role
Betty Furness today was signed
for the romantic lead in the
George Burns and Oracle Allen
picture, Soup to Nuts"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01
About Moore Story

When the critics looked over
Grace Moore's new picture, Love
Me Forever" they detected a
parallel between the screen story
and the tragic romance of Jim
Colasimo and Dale Winter.
Colasimo, proprietor of one Of
Chicago'S largest night club-res-
taurants, married Dale Winter, a
church choir singer who was try
ing for a career on the stage.
ColaSimo was murdered by gang
EterS and his widow married
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01

appears. Inc ldCk VI SOAAAVuJ ca
tends to the Major Bowes national
amateur hour. It leaves the Joo
of getting laughs up to the EN-
Gee. When a wisecracker comes
along, as one did Saturday morn
ing, Art Godfrey just nurSed him
carefully for a few gags. BY the
way, Mr.. Godfrey makes a smooth
conductor for such microphone do
ings as these. His leisurely pace
Is just too languid for a stage
program that must have pep, but
for the loud-speaker audience it
fits smoothly. Incidentally the
audience which gathered for this
addition was the most generous
and enthusiastic that ever sat in
the Fox Theater. Everybody got
q hand, big hand, regardless OF
whether they deserved it. If the
regular professional entertainers
won applause like this they would
all be looking for more money or
headline billing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01

Yessona career Il don't limit the criticism to this program
particularly Once Atwaer Kent judge in the $1,000
additions and spent evenings listening to 95 voices
most of which just gohawful OF course the radio re-
src the scope Of that be sent over the ar
1T does odd to that aspiring comedian
Evening star., 1935-07-18
$500 TO GET Jobs
IN HEALTH SURVEY
Nurses, Medical Students
to Study Effects of
Chronic Diseases.

How to employ about $500 men and
women of technical, professional and
clerical grade, who are now on the
relief rolls, to help carry on health
survey of certain chronic diseases and
other ailments was being worked out
today by Surg. Gen. Hugh S. Cum
ming Of the United States Public
Health Service, following approval by
President Roosevelt of an allotment
of works program funds in the sum
of $3,450,000.
Communities are to be selected for
making the typical health surveys. and
personnel will be chosen, DR.. Cumming
explained, to carry on the survey work
both in the field and supervisory work
here at headquarters.
Most of the persons to be used, DR.
Cumming explained, will be trained
nurses and medical students now on
the relief rolls.
DR.. Cumming stated that the survey
will pay particular attention to the
extent and severity of chronic diseases
and other physical impairments, and
that the survey would produce body
of much-needed information in a
field where little data are now avail
able.
Communicable disease records will
be looked into, DR.. Cumming said, and
it Is planned to collect facts not
available in any present sources. For
instance, he explained, the survey
will look into the permanent effects
of encerhalitis. Heart disease ranks
first as a cause Of death, DR.. Cum
ming explained, but the extent of
disability caused by it also is not
known with any degree Of accuracy.
Other important chronic diseases
that will be studied as causes OF dis
ability are rheumatism, cancer, tuber-
culosis, Bright,s disease and the results
of cerebral hemorrhage. The survey
will enumerate the blind. the deaf
and the crippled.
A tentative list Of communities has
been made out, but final selection will
not be made until after communica-
tions with State and local health
authorities.
Evening star., 1935-07-18
TREASURY TO OPEN
BIDS ON BUILDING
$11,110,OO0 Interior Prof.
eCt Is Broken Up Into Sev-
eraI Separate Contracts.

The Treasury Department tomor-
row will open bids for construction
of the new Interior Department Build
ing, between Eighteenth and Nine
teenth, c and E streets.
The job. which is one of the larg-
est to be offered the construction
industry for many months in the
National Capital, will include what pre-
viously had been broken down into
several separate contracts. For in
stance, the bids to be opened to-
morrow will include the work OF
tearing down all remaining buildings
on the site, excavation, foundations
and superstructure Of the building.
A total of $11,l10,000 was allo-
Gated for the site and building.
One of the novel features to be
included in this new structure will
be eScalators, of which there will be
two, operating from the basement to
the second floor on the Nineteenth
street side. to supplement the 20 pas
senger elevators.
I The building will be novel among
Government structures in the complete
absence of columns, and in the elm
inatien of exterior ornament, to avoid
conflict with the Lincoln Memorial.
North and south entrances are to be
marked by recessed porches with large
posts three stories high. The building
is to be seven stories high, exclusive
of basement, with a pent house for
mechanical equipment and elevators.
There will be a basement cafeteria
to seat 1,500. The building will be
air conditioned.
The bids will be opened by the Pro-
curement Division of the Treasury
Department.
Evening star., 1935-07-18

club members have no nearby place
to splash except two or three showers
attached to an outer wall Of the club
building.
Oficials of the z street "Y'' said
scores of children had been troop
ing in daily to inquire about the POOLS
reopening.
Miss M. Edith Coulson, secretary OF
the Central Neighborhood Council,
said the tank definitely would be re-
opened next week, on Monday. she
hoped.
1--WE can keep it going on the money
already raised for a month, anyhow,
but it should be open for at least
four months, she said. She empha-
sized that donations must continue
if the pool and showers are also to
continue in operation.
Meanwhile, hackers Of the move
ment reiterated the need for a pool
which would be accessible to young
sters in the area bounded by the Mall,
North Capitol street and Eleventh and
o streets. Many houses in the area
lack bathing facilities altogether, they
pointed out.
The pool offered by the "Y" is 80
by 40 feet and to Z feet deep. The
water level can be lowered to accom-
modate smaller children. The pool
premises are equipped with nine
showers and locker space. Boys and
girls will swim separately and about
rs children daily would use the pool.
According to estimates prepared by