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Evening star., 1935-08-04
Man at the Gate

because Of a pair Of keen blue eyes
that miss nothing.
When people who want to see pic
lures made are turned down at the
front gate, they usually try to slip past
me and sometimes their tricks are
pretty cute" he said.
"One day a truck loaded with fur
niture came along. Looking into it
I saw something pink move. There
were two girls on the floor. I told the
driver, Your clearance slip calls for
furniture, not live stock
zone of the girls began to wall, But
back home they told me look just
like Joan Crawford
"'Sister,' replied, You could look
like Queen Victoria and you couldn't
get by here. First place, studios don't
allow visitors. Second place, no woman
can ever get in this way"
Parks gate, it should be explained,
is completely mans paradise. Wom-
en- are not allowed at any time.
Eyes, SIR" said the gateman, even
II Greta Garbo we're to come around
I'd have to point to the sign Men
Only and shoe her around to the
front entrance.
"Kind-hearted truck drivers, such as
the one with the two girls previously
mentioned, are easy meat for kids
who want to see the inside of studio.
It's got so I have to make it rule
that five men are enough to unload
a 2-ton truck. When the colleges
are out lots of times trucks roll up with
10 helpers aboard, and one time
driver who had never been here be-
fore had the nerve to roll up with 25."
Parks job is an extremely important
one, for in excess of $4,000, 900 worth
of supplies pass him every year. not
to speak Of an average Of 1900 work.
ers day.
People are so darned curious about
studios" he said, that I had to get
our police chief to have new number
badges made for our mechanical force;
badges with on-counterfeitable sign
on that could easily see. Youngsters
who aspired to be leading men were
having badges made and slipping by
me in the rush"
Evening star., 1935-08-04
"Juliet" Thursday.

CHAKESPEARE'S Romeo and Juli-
- et," as presented by the Bartfield
Players, directed by Esther Galbraith.
will be the attraction at the National
Sylvan Theater. in the Monument
Grounds. Thursday evening at 8 pm.
Among the leading players in this
presentation will be Edythe Lazaroff
Goldman, Mabel Owens Wilcox, Maui
rice Jarvis, Howard Whitfield, James
M. Rawls, Stanley Protheroe, A. l..
Diket, Robert Duke, Harry Crow, VIII
liam Mclean and others.
The Summer Festival Committee
has placed tickets for reserved section
and general chair privilege seats on
sale at the A. A. A. ticket bureau, the
willard and Hotel Washington news
stands. Tickets will also be available
at the Sylvan Theater on the night
of the performance at pm.
Evening star., 1935-08-04

prices aren't ever going 70 Bet DacA
to their oldtime highs Of $3.50 and
81 70. and the salaries Of starred per-
formers are still out of all proportion
to those of other perfectly competent
PLAYERS, but it is possible once more
to count on volume of business that
NAV show a producer a profit. Besides
that. I have in Beloved Rogue ro-
mantle musical which I think shoul
90 handsomely in New York If I coul-
get together the proper cast" f..
The night we were present, BE
loved Rogue" was patiently provins
fascinating stuff to the st. Louisans'
The 1000 paying patrons in seats
scaled from 81 down and the 1000
free standees in the pavilion at the
top of the open-air auditorium were
an audience to warm players heart.
The name Of the show originally was
Venus in Seide," but this had been
altered so that the Middle West might
not be bafled by the fashionable
foreign language.
The comedy is being played at the
moment in Zurich and will be pre-
sented at Drury Lane in the Fall,
under what title heaven alone knows.
1t is a simple and amiable score of
the sort that has everything to recon-
mend it, memorable tunes. spectacular
choral effects. romance and broad
comedy.
For purposes of presentation before
such a vast audience as is accom-
modated at Forest Park, the entire
production had been arranged in the
broadest conceivable terms, but its
Hungarian theme and several ad-
mirable lyrics would make it an easy
business to tighten it up for urban
presentation. 1t Is typical of the
Viennese school of light opera at its
frothiest best and received universally
approving notices in the far-from-
naive st. Louis theater columns.
Evening star., 1935-08-04
r YES A studio gateman, but he
has never seen a motion pic
ture star except on the screen.
| IIay- NoE o,,;kn e,,ra VIII AZ n ~

Z . a SLuQlO gaCeman, Out ne
II has never seen a motion pic
ture star except on the screen.
L Il He's not quite sure whether
Jean Harlow has silver or yellow hair,
but if it wasn't for the majestic wave
of his hand not a set could be built
or a camera turn on any star.
Much has been said about the front
gateman" of the studios who knows
all the stars, and methodically checks
them in and out. Press agents period
ically release stories about the star
who put on such marvellous makeup
that the gateman didn't recognize her.
But to JEFF Parks, grizzled guardian
of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's back
gate" there has never been such
thing as star leaning out of limou-
sine window to inquire about the
wife" or "the kids"
Even if he wanted to, Parks would
be far too busy for passing chatter
For where the front gate" admits
about 300 players and executives a
day, the rear gate handles 1900 work.
men, $50 trucks and untold tons of
materials.
Sure go to picture shows" said
Parks. who has held his job at the
Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios for
nine years. II got an imagination
and get awful curious about all these
things that pour through my gate.
Take 'Tarzan and His Mate =.
say, I streaked to see that picture the
minute it got out.
1.-THE reason was that some darned
alligators they had for this show gave
me the toughest 20 minutes in all my
life"
Seems that 800 carpenters leaving
after their shift" and five trucks ar
irving at the same minute caused q
traffic jam at the gate one Spring
afternoon.
st didn't pay any attention to the
fifth truck" said Parks. until sud-
denly it began to sprout alligators on
every side! Lucky for me those car
penters were going of shift or we'd
a had alligators all over Culver City!"
Parks, seasoned police officer be-
fore he came to studio work, Is paid
Evening star., 1935-08-04
Joe Browns s Musicale.

FIRST NATIONAL announces that
the musical film starring Joe E.
Brown, previously known as Broad
way Joe," will be called Bright Lights
hereafter. Ann Dvorak and Patricia
Ellis are the stars leading ladies in
Bright Lights" Other principals in
the cast are william Gargan, Joseph
Cawthorn, Arthur Treacher, Henry
ONeill, Gordon Westcott and the
acrobatic team known to the ''big
time" as the Maxellos,
Evening star., 1935-08-04

1t is a curious fact that Mr.. Chap
Inns absence from the screen has
done little except increase his fame.
While certain managers shake their
heads when his name is mentioned,
claiming that he won't bring a nickel
into their box offices, his new film is
being awaited by those in authority
with the greatest interest, and if its
as good as they predict it will pe it
should be smash hit.
Nobody, however, seems to know
along what lines Chaplin has built his
new production. Although it was said
at one time that he was going to fea-
ture Paulette Goddard, her name has
been increasingly silent of late-and
II she is 10 star In it with him, why
then she is doing her starring very
quietly indeed.
Mr.. Chaplin, nevertheless, had best
hop to it. He has stalled the public
now for too long. Every season has
brought with it an announcement that
his film was on the brink of being
flnished-and seasons have passed
and with it not So much as hint of
the man with the amazing feet. If
Charlie Chaplin doesn't hurry his
Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times"
will be all over before its even begun.
Modern times, after all, can't go on
and on forever.
THIS is that exultant season of the
year when the local gentry bursts
out with talent and makes itself
known on the stage of the Fox Theater
Boys and girls and even distinguished
mammies and pappies will be out
there before you this week in that
Going Native" revue which has come
to be something of civic institution.
When it started three years ago
Carter Barron frankly had his doubts
about it. For many days he scratched
his head, pondering this and ponder
ing that and wondering If the city
would care to see show made up Of
people who have as yet not made
much of splash out in what is called
the big time" Big time or little
time, however, he found that his pom
derings were of little avail since with
the help of that smart Snowman, Gene
Ford, he found that revue could be
whipped into shape which would more
than please the patrons of movie
theater.
This year Mr.. Ford believes he has
what is called splendid specially
Evening star., 1935-08-04

show" He mas unearLneQ young men
and women who are destined perhaps
for even greater things-and-furthe
than that, he believes he has dis
covered dramatic actor of the first
rank in no less a person than Arthur
Reilly.
What with Mr.. Reilly's serious little
note in the proceedings, what With
Miss Marjorie Hartung's girls flinging
their dancing heels to the high heav-
ems, what with sensational roller
skaters and young man who brings
rabbits and better out of hat, Going
Native" sounds as though it might
ring the gong.
And then Dame Rumor hath it that
the local critical fraternity are going
to get a gentle ribbing This should
be good not for one-but for all.
THE Mohawk Drama Festival will
present Rip Van Winkle,' Joseph
Jefferson's acting version, as the third
| comedy of its season in the new open
air theater on Union College campus,
in Schenectady, N. Y, beginning
Tuesday and continuing through the
week. The fourth and final produc-
ton will be Don MarquiS'S new play,
Master of the Revels,' centering on
the character of Henry VIII, opening
Tuesday, August 13.
Nearly every one has revelled in
| the poignant and ever popular story
by Washington Irving. Some still re-
call the celebrated portrayal by Jo-
seph jefferson. With Charles Co.
burn as the loveable old Rip, the
ageless story will come to life again.
Once more one will be enthralled by
the happenings in the quaint village
of Falling Waters and the adventures
Of Rip in the rocky cove in the heart
of the nearby CatSkills.
Mrs. Coburn will be seen as
Gretchen, Mary Hutchinson as Meenie,
the daughter of Rip and Gretchen;
Curtis Cooksey as Derrick Won Beck
man, John Burke as Seth Slough, the
innkeeper; Warren Parker as Cookies,
William Packer as Hendrick Vedder,
LIE Roi Operti as Nicholas Vedder.
Irene and Phyllis Marmein have
directed the large ensemble of dancers
for the scene in the Catskill Noun
| tains."
Warren Parker and John Burke
being ex-National Players makes the
news of interest locally. At least,
we think it does.
Evening star., 1935-08-04
DANCING.

MAE DAWSON, 1899 NJ NV.
Ban Room Glasses Tues. ana ThuF4.
Beginners, 20 o. Practice and Teaehiug,
TO II. Tap classes and private lessons
b. appt. Phone NstteaAl S3A1.
Evening star., 1935-08-04
New Raft Story.

PARAMOUNT has purchased "I'm
Coming Back for You," story for
George Raft and Marsha Hunt, newly
signed contract actress who draws q
leading role in THE Virginia Judge"
as her first screen assignment. I'm
Coming Back for You" was written
by Lucian Cary.
Evening star., 1935-08-04
Today's Film Schedule

R-K-O KEITH'S - Lady
Tubbs," at 2, 4:04, Sal, 7:45
and 9:49 pm.
LOEW'S FOX-"Shanghai," at
2, 4:30, 7::30 and 1910 pm.
Stage show at 3:25, $40 and
9:05 pm.
PALACE-"Curly Top" at 2, 4,
6, 8 and 10 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Black Sheep" at
2, 3:55, $50, 7:45 and 9:45
pm.
METROPOLITAN - Going
Highbrow." Continuous per-
formances from 2 pm.
EARLE-"Front Page Woman"
at 2, Abs, ITO and $50 pm.
Stage show at $40, $40 and
9 pm.
Evening star., 1935-08-04
POPULAR COMEDIAN COMES BACK INTO
st. Louis Is Stage Struck
Says Rowing N. Y. Reporter
Lawrence schwab Stages Mammoth Musica
Season in Midwest to the Tune OF
10000 Persons Nightly.
By Lucius Beebe.

WAS just two and half years that this reporter c
Schwab sometime producer Of dozen %
musicals and at that coproducer with buooy e
Take Chance take down his statement as 70 wny
trrevocaby field musical
and musical comedy realm depoed Mr. schwan nave
pathecay along without him. The high salaries O wo |
the stage nanoS aoe u
profitable exploitation
Evening star., 1935-08-04
Charlie Chaplin's Name
To Be Used in Film Title
Comedians New Film to Be Called "Charlie
Chaplin in Modern Times s'-This Weeks
Going Native Revue.
By E. de S. MeLcher.

- Is be included in the title This distinction goes to Charlie
Chaplin which definitely to be released In ne
Fall early will Charlie Chaplin in Modern
Evening star., 1935-08-04
Outdoor Amusements.

RREAK1NG all previous records for
attendance, Glen Echo Park en-
ters the fifteenth week of the outdoor
amusement season today, with thou
sands of fun-seekers finding whole
some recreation at Washington S
perennially popular playground.
Crystal Pool, supervised by qualified
Red Cross guards and examiners, is a
mecca for thousands every day. In
addition to four separate swimming
areas, the seashore sand beach re-
mains a great favorite with young
and old. The last big swim meet Of
the season is scheduled for Crystal
Pool Monday evening, August IL,
when ranking aquatic stars compete in
the District of Columbia A. A. U.
championships for men and women
In the air-cooled Spanish Garden
ball room, David MacWilliams' 'mu-
sical aggregation continues to pro-
vide catchy dance tunes, on week
nights from until midnight, directed
by Phil O'Brien.
Announcement was made today by
Harry H. Baker, manager Of the VIII
son Line, that another "kiddie show
boat cruise" will be sponsored by
Skipper Joe Brown tomorrow. The
pa1atial excursion steamer City OF
Washington will leave the Wilson
Line pier at 10 am. and arrive at
Marshall Hall Park at 1920 am
The program Of the day will include
the awarding OF 10 gangplank prizes
a prize for the dance contest to be
held on board the steamer and numer-
GUS other prizes for events to be held
at Marshall Hall Park during the
afternoon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-03
New electric washers
are gentle with
your clothes!

THE new electric washers now on
= display at dealers and in Pacific
Power 6 Light Company showrooms
are kind to even the most delicate
fabrics. Yet their cleansing action is
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-03

HAPPY days evidently are
here again for the American
farmer. A nationwide survey
OF crop prospects tells a glad
story of abundant crops and
swelling farm incomes.
Editor & Publisher, newspa-
per trade magazine, recently in
Vlted U. S. farm editors to reveal
the general outlook in their Sec
lions. Here, summed up, is the
CHEEKY news.
In the northeast, milk prices
70 farmers are 100 per cent
ABOVE the depression low. In GER
tam areas, the apple crop is SO
70 100 per cent above 1884.
Fouitry outlook is best in years.
Minnesota expects a 1885 cash
income of more than $3OO,OOO,-
WV Wheat crop cut by rust As
per cent, but hay, rye, barley,
snu other crops have almost
Seu. HoSS were $3.50 a
nuaaredweight in January, 1894,
anu sIl.35 in August, 1885. For
sae nrst six months of this wear.
Minnesota's farm income has
oeen S135,000,OOO-a 80 per
cent gain.
IOWA sees half-billion-dollar
1 1asn 1ncome-the biggest since
ao U"o: hog market booming;
1on gains 55 per cent over
central Illinois has a satisfae-
sly ,s corn crop; hay crop largest
e 1877, and apples will stack
higher than since 1881.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-03

Abundant crops and good
prices once more bring smile
to the face of the American
farmer, a recent survey re-
veals.
sales up so per cent. A farm
bought at $3.50 an acre sold the
next day for SITS.
And 20 words tell Kansas
story: Wheat up s cents q
bushel: corn, z cents; cattle So
cwt.: hogs, SIS; lambs. Is cents;
eggs, 10 cents dozen.
TN the south, Kentucky tobac-
L co at s13,00O,000 is 5 per
cent better. Distillers scrambling
for Kentucky corn. Missouri
emergency" crops proving
boon. Texas has largest feed
crop in history. Oklahoma poul-
try going big; citrus satisfac-
tory. Spinach, cabbage, and
swell Gull pioSpSSeS 6ASs. 49,
vii damage lighter. ...ss
Montana's irrigation projects
are zooming land, crop values. A
$64,000,000 income will mean
AZ per cent gain over 1884.
Stockmen reach for an addition
al $1O,000,000. Wheat yield
high; oats sometimes double.
Colorado's livestock brings 20
per cent more than 1884 so far.
Forage, pasture conditions best
in years. 49," -t-
In the Pacific northwest, the
wheat yield is up 10 per cent;
peas going fine. Apple quality
high, and soft fruit generally go
ing at higher prices. -
And California expects q
$625,000,000 1895 farm income.
Citrus, avocado, wine, walnut in
dustries are prospecting: old
time prices loom. Deciduous
fruit reported best in years.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-03

ironer and an automatic electric
water heater certainly do take
away all the drudgery from wash
ing and ironing. And they do
their jobs so willingly you're
finished in half your usual time.
Because you are able to buy
electricity at such low rates, the
cost of operating an electric wash
er and an electric ironer is only a
few cents a week. An automatic
electric water heater costs so little
to operate that it is scarcely
noticed in the budget of the
average family.
Prices on these three appliances
were never more attractive. Be
thrifty. Modernize your laundry
equipment now.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-03

quick and thorough. In from S to 2
minutes they remove every trace of
dirt-Ieave your clothing fresh and
spotless. The wringers are efficient, too
safe and quiet. Attractively finished,
any of these new models gives you more
value in a washer than you have ever
been able to buy before at the same
price. See them todayl
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-03
!. NEWS:
An electric ironer
for only sA.95

o Now you can buy an electric
ironer for as little as $44.95. A
quality ironer, too, of the type that
operates by easy finger-tip control.
The open end roll makes possible
the ironing Of everything from
sheets TO shirts.
If you are shy on space, there 10
another new ironer you must see.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-03
Unck San Moves t Bring Electricity
/. tin. forgotten Farmer

nor years, most city jewellers
L and a handful OF farmer
have had at their command Il
"eenie of the switch" to brin
,hem many of the comforts
life. , e.
servant has brought light;
has preserved and cooked the.
food washed and ironed the
cIothes. carried their messag,
and obeyed them in fnnumerab!
Pint of the 100000 peopl
sanendent on agriculture TO-
their living. an estimated:
80 per cent have to carry
water from wells or other
sources of supply.
70 per cent have to get
along with outdoor toilets.
. 93 per cent have neither
bathtub nor shower.
S2 per cent have to put up
with kerosene or gasoline
8 lamps.
4s per cent heat their
homes partially or entirely
with fireplaces; "a per cent,
with stoves.
81 per cent have to do their
laundry work outdoors.
THESE estimates are provided
l. BY Morris L. Cooke. distin-
guished Philadelphia engineer
and chief of the Rural Electric
cation Administration, which is
swinging into action in its pro-
gram Of bringing electric service
10 American farm homes.
With an initial s100.000,000
work-relief allotment, Cooke ex-
poets to make electricity avail
able to 100000 more farm
people, and lend impetus to a
movement that eventually will
bring complete Identification to
rural America.
The REA will lend money to
power companies, public and
private, to finance new electric
lines to farm districts Where
power companies are unwilling
to extend their lines. and farm
ers group to buy power from
them and build lines to convey
Il, such co-operatives will be
aided financially by REA. III.
In any event, however, It will
be up to the farmer himself to
get the money to wire his house
and buy appliances - refrigera-
tors, pumps, stoves. lights. farm
equipment, etc.
For this purpose. the Tonnes
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-03
ADVISES Audrey Herington
Home Service Director
for Pacific Power q Light Company

You don't dread
washinga
ing when you
have an all-elec-
trio laundry. For
an electric wash
err, an electric
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-03
Let low-cost electricity help you
take the back-ache out of laundry work!

labor q. . will free you from all the
standing, lifting and pushing usual
ly connected with ironing. Con-
vince yourself. See the new models
in any dealers store or on our
sales floor. Remember, you can ar
range to pay for your electric irOner
as you use it.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-03

Peaches going nicely, also grain
forage; and corn, wheat, oats,
and barley total bushelage is
double that of 1884.
0HIO'S cherry, peach and
" grape yield is reported to be
a bumper one. Vegetable farm
ers have a ready market for
good yield. >.<@
Indiana's diversified crops are
way above average. An estimat-
ed half-billion farm income
boosts the 1884 total 80 per cent.
Michigan's peaches and apples
look like bumper crop.
Wisconsin's grain, tobacco,
fruit, berries, and eggs are all
better than hoped. Milk prices
are excellent, with many outlets.
Income of $30O,000,OOO COM
pares with depression low of
$1S9,000,OOO.
North Dakota reports A mil
lion bushels of wheat despite
handicaps. Flax, rye, potatoes,
sugar beets very strong. North
Dakotans predict billion-dollar
income. They have feed to spare,
need animals to eat it.
South Dakota has 80 million
bushels of durum wheat, only 2
per cent below the 10-year aver
age. Forage crops unequaled in
70 years. Corn hat-high.
Nebraska stockmen are grim
ming. Beef and hogs through
o m h stockyards brought
S162,0O0,000 this year, $780,
100000 in 1894. Machinery
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-03
Prove what an electric
water heater will
do for you!

THE only way to know the real
= pleasures Of automatic electric hot
water service is to use it. Not only for
laundering, but also for bathing, shaw
ing, dishwashing, cleaning, in emerg-
encies, and for every other possible use.
That is why dealers and Pacific Power
8 Light Company make you this pro-
position: At a special low price you can
buy a 40-gallon automatic electric
water heater. Terms-$10 down and
balance in convenient monthly install
ments. The heater operates for only
eight-tenths Of lie per kilowatt hour.
Use this heater for all your hot water.
Discover the thrill of abundant hot
water whenever you turn a faucet.
Then fyou are not completely satisfied
at the end of 90 days, the heater viii
be removed from your home without
charge and your payments refunded.
The only cost to you win be the cleo
tricity you have used.