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Evening star., 1935-11-23
M'KINLEY DRAMA CLUB
GIVES WODEHOUSE PLAY
"Leave It to Psmith" Offers Much
Comedy for School
PLAYERS.

THE amusing lines of the inimitable
Wodehouse gave an enthusiastic
audience many laugh last night
when the Mckinley High School Dra-
matte Club gave its Fall play, Leave
1t to PSmith." Everything could be left
to him with complete confidence, even
a string of valuable diamonds, and 1t
was his effort to protect same or may
hap to swipe them, that provided so
many occasions for laughs.
George Hayes played the part Of the
slightly mad Psmith, while opposite
him was Mary Anne Frazier, who was
just the proper balance to this slightly
daffy young man. Librarians are sup
posed to be good balancers anyway.
The rest Of the cast did their parts
with almost equal competence, par
ticularly John Mcneil as the too, toe
suspicious Baxter, who furnished q
good many Of the laugh lines. Ray
mond Wannall played opposite Judith
Greenwood as that estimable young
lady's slightly useless" husband.
It is unfortunate that the Tech
stage reverberates as 1t does. for some
of the lines come near to being lost In
the echoes, but more than enough
comes through to give the audience a
most pleasant evening.
The Tech symphony Orchestra
played several numbers before the play
and between the acts. The Glee Club
quartet also contributed to the en-.
tertainment. r. D.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
ther. It is inevitable that they should

other, 1t Is inevitable that they should
likewise have enemies. Personally,
the only disappointment we ever suf-
fered at their hands was the realiza-
ton, at the end Of one Of their pic
lures, that we were not going to be
able to take them home with US and
have the nonsense keep on forever.
The Fox stage bill this week Is also
particularly pleasant. We long ago
reached the conclusion that tumblers
and acrobats know more about their
business and practice what they know
better than any one else in the show
racket, and the program opener this
week lends strong support to that
theory. The Five Jansleys present a
really superb advertisement. There
follows a dizzy fan dance by June
Carr, the Allen Kent fourseme, an
invariable show stopper at any house.
and the fine, frantic antics Of the
Three Slate Brothers. who also brought
the show to a dead halt yesterday.
This Is not q new turn around town,
but 1t seems In better shape for this
appearance than ever before. Ed
Lowry Is the master Of ceremonies, and
he joins in a pair of rather aimless in
terludes with Miss Carr and Norman
Prescott, who lampoons the stage
psychics. The finale Of the show Is not
to be recommended, or even coun-
tenanced for that matter, but with a
few deft enminations the vaudeville
portion of the card could become one
Of the best ever offered at Mr.. Loew's
r street emporium. r. B. p, Jr.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
"RENDEZV0US" RETURNS
FOR WEEK AT COLUMBIA
Most Polite and Ineligible Spy
Story of Recent Times Is
Powell Success.

THE spy. and invisible ink business
has . pleasant outing in "Ren-
devious" debonair tale Of intrigue,
which reveals Mr.. william Powell, the
parlor Pinkerton, in the role Of a
brave and somewhat harassed decoder
Of indecipherable messages.
Returned to the Columbia Theater
yesterday to begin its second week on
F street, the picture outlines Mr..
Powells droll adventures in breaking
up an espionage ring. getting some
American transport ships safely past
q lot of horrid German U.boats and
pacifying the amorous yearnings Of a
niece Of the Undersecretary Of State.
In each Of these divers and devious
endeavors Mr.. Powell exhibits the
same laconic suavity which has made
him the favorite hero Of today's
civilized whodunits. and II Rem
devious" Is not another Thin Man"
it is at least the most polite and
intelligible spy story In recent history.
Occasionally the plot Is wont to be-
come laboriously involved in the
intricacies of secret codes, invisible
handwritings and the complicated
psychology Of trained spies, but In
general it moves along swiftly. humor-
ously and with agreeable good sense.
Miss Rosalind Russell, a young lady
whose diction is so pure she was once
threatened with a cinematic career
of high-minded sacrifice, exhibits q
surprising talent for light comedy in
this film. As q meddlesome, pert and
slightly scatter-brained Washington
lass. she adds Just the proper dash
of romantic spice to Mr.. Powel's
slightly grim career.
The old flicker tradition Of beautiful
lady spies receives due attention here,
with Binnie Barnes cast as hand
some and inimical sort Of Mata Hari,
but 1t must be said that while Miss
Barnes looks like a million dollars,
she acts like minus 10.
The others in the cast are better
favored, particularly Lionel Atwill.
Charles Grapewin and Cesar Romero,
one Of the few heroic villains OF this
or any other age.
The Columbia also features short
subjects. r. B. r, Jrs
Evening star., 1935-11-23

Mary Ellen Cato, Jared Rolston. Wini-
fred G. Greenleaf and Marshall Bag
gett In the principal roles Of the fam
lily conflict play, and Keith Wade,
Harry B. Caton, Katherine L. Bloom
er, Elizabeth Trueblood, Ethel Jane
Bunting, c. Fred Schreiner and U. s.
Lambert, jr., in supporting parts.
Sets are being designed by Joseph
H. Orendorf, architect member Of the
group.
Adele Gusack, Norman Rose, Sonic
Nordholm, Robert Duke, Pryor Nc
Fadden and Ralph Howe have the
leading roles in the Studio of Theater
Arts production of the crack Soviet
farce, "Squaring the Circle" to be
presented December 10 and IL at the
Wardman Park Theater. The play
has been running since 1928 In various
parts Of Russia and still Is holding up
on Broadway, having opened Octo-
ber 8. 1t Is described as one Of the
funniest pieces Of writing that has
come out of Russia.
Others in the studios production
are Ethel Gottlieb, Jean Mcclellan,
Elinor Evans, Florence NORM, Louise
Shaw, Jehanne Burch, Dorothy Boil
ton, Consuelo Teller, Margery Rice,
Frank Westbrook and Vernon Lyden.
The play Is being directed by Con-
stance Connor Brown, with Frank
Westbrook acting as musical director.
The Marjorie Webster Players will
present their first production of the
season, Caste" by ]. w. Robertson,
December 6 and Z, under the direction
of Miss Florence McCracken, dean Of
dramatic arts of the Marjorie Webster
Schools. The play Is double cast and
all Of the players, according to report,
are young women Of definite dramatic
talent T. c. Gardner, Charles c.
Gilman, Lois Alexander, Yerby Pan
mill, Felice Lloyd, Mary Garretson,
Evelyn Schweizer, Edmund Evans,
Francis Koonce, Roy Poole, William
Austin Davis, Shirley Lake and
Charles A. Bell are In rehearsal for
the production by the Pierce Hall
Players Of Frank Baer's latest, "That
Guy, Winkler" Vera Smith and
Jarvis Butler viii have the leading
roles in the three-act play 1.-THE Lit
tie Clodhopper," to be performed by
the Senior Dramatic Club Of st. Paul's
Church, under the direction of Hilda
e. Smith. December 6, as a benefit for
the Junior choir :. the Blackfriars'
Guild will do two plays for the Blessed
Sacrament Parish December 10
the children's class of the Studio Of
Theater Arts is working on Little
Women" to be done early next month
-. Get one Of the Roadside's Murder
In the Red Barn" cast to tell you about
the performance they put on in Bal
timore a few days ago. H. M.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
SUCCESSFUL CLIMBING
is COMEDY FOUNDATION
Film at Metropolitan Puts Two
Plots Into Personal
Maids Secret"

A Ii you have to do to insure success
is to hire yourself a sagacious
maid, who will, without even being
asked, take over your affairs and
spread the contents Of your bank roll
about in such a canny manner that
they will be returned to you hundred
fold. At least this is the theory ex-
pounded in Personal Maids Secret" !"
a very pleasant little domestic comedy
which opened yesterday at the Metro
politan Theater.
The maid of the piece Is Miss Ruth
Donnelly, and the family she cannily
brings to social and business success
is the Smiths. played by Miss Mar
garet Linday and Mr.. Warren c'To-
bacco Road'D Hull. When Lizzie
comes to the Smiths they are prac-
tically poor white trash, what with
living on the West Side, not owning
any "bestS" silver, and all that sort
of thing.
Lizzie soon remedies all these def
ciencies, however, spending Mr.. Smiths
money with enthusiastic prodgality,
causing him to entertain on large
scale, to rent the proper East Side
apartment, to take an immense coun-
try place for the Summer, and to do
other such things. She arrangeS all
this by first insinuating the idea into
Mrs. Smiths mind, and then letting
life take its own course, what with Mr..
Smith liking Mrs. Smith very much
indeed, and being inclined to listen to
her wishes, and it all Is unassuming
and pleasant and entertaining.
There also is another story mixed
up in these light domestic pleasantries,
this being the tale Of Lizzies daugh-
ter Anita Louise, who Is brought up
as a Miss Abercrombie, because the
Abercrombie's son had married Lizzie
just before he was killed In the war.
This, 1t seems, is the personal maid s
secret" Miss Louise being kept in the
dark about the identity Of her mother
until 1t Is necessary for Lizzie to save
Anita from a guy from whom she must
be saved. This interferes at times with
the other plot, but it does not get too
sentimental, so it's all right.
The whole affair Is performed in a
light and natural manner by Miss
Lindsay, Mr.. Hull, Miss Donnelly. Miss
Louise, Arthur Trescher, Frank AL
bertson and some others.
The Metropolitan's bill of short sub
jects IS an extensive one. There are
q Paramount Pictorial, which is very
entertaining; a new piece by the Voice
of Experience, in which he deals with
an adopted baby and the question,
Should the foster mother tell the real
mother?"; q Vitaphone short, which
displays some good entertainment but
mixes it with some typically terrible
Vitaphone short material, and news
reels galore. H. M
Evening star., 1935-11-23

untamed over the rich fields Of idiocy.
It should be marked must" and
double on your list Of film ex-
cursions for November.
The picture at the Fox this week
presents only three Of the original
Four Marx Brothers. The fourth has
become an agent In Hollywood, where
he gets jobs for actors by threatening
to rejoin the fraternal troupe II his
clients are not favorably mentioned In
fat contracts. The absence Of Zeppo
Is no loss, particularly since his GUS
tomary role as the romantic lead Is
filled by a personable young man
named Allan Jones, whose singing
voice Is one Of the major pleasures Of
the season.
Groucho, Chico and Harpo continue
to be collectively and individually
three Of the really first-rate comedians
of today. Their only peers are Mr..
Charles Chaplin and Mr.. w. c. Fields,
and there are certain moments, par
ticularly those which cause Harpo to
be seized by that gleefully demonaic
expression, when we'd almost trade
in both Fields and Chaplin on another
edition of the Marxes.
There are wild rumors rampant that
certain people do not like the Marx
brothers at all. Well, there Is no
use in arguing with that belligerent
sector of the public. Some people
also do not like Brahms, Monere,
Salvini, thunderstorms and salt on
potatoes. Since the Marx brothers
represent all those in one way or an
Evening star., 1935-11-23
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra at Stanley Hall
at $50 o'clock. Jhon s. M. thinner
mann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner.
associate leader.
March, George Washington Gen.
tenn1af --------------------
Overture, Vaudeville" -Koppitz
Suite Chinese, "The Willow Plate"
Herbert
/. The mandarin's garden. 2. The
little garden house. 3. Chang the lover.
4. Kong Shee. 5. The wedding pro-
ceSsion.
Excerpts from musical comedy ''The
Vagabond King -Friml
Two old-timers:
(a) when the Swallows Home
ward
(b) when You and Were
Young, Maggie -Butterfield
Valse, "Valse des Fleurs" (Waltz of
the F1owers) -Tschaikowsky
Finale, GOOD Luck -Vieth
"The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1935-11-23

wood, he can clip a man on the Jaw
with greater accuracy, wrestle with
meaner clinch and order woman or
an army about with better results than
many a mightier film giant.
In Frisco Kid" his rise from mere
sailorhood Is accomplished by his
fists, his ambition and the twinkle OF
his eve. The first of these light on
guy who is about to shanghai him
aboard ship. The second gets him to
the top of Barbary Coast. And the
third wins him a wife and future
when the latter was about to be cut
short by hanging.
Mr.. Cagneys theme song through
out these salty adventures consists Of:
eff you do something for somebody
else, all you'll get will be kick in the
teeth"
This quaint philosophy seems des-
tined to be true in his case at the time
when he refuses to stand up against
the Vigilantes and has most OF the
Barbary Coast cut out from under him.
Nevertheless, in the end he is made
TO see the error of his ways and
eventually Margaret Lindsay promises
to marry him-even If she Is a lady
of the "haute monde" and he a reno
waited "mug''-and the dawn comes
out bright and cheerfully as the cur
tains come to a close.
Director Lloyd Bacon has injected
plenty Of fist fights into all this, much
broken glass and furniture and a
whole bevy Of mustachioed repro
bates. Donald Woods appears effec-
lively as the righteous editor Of q
paper; Ricardo Cortez isn't around
long enough, and Lily Damita Is nice
too look upon as Belle-the belle OF
the coast.
Not so good as "Barbary Coast,
"Frisco Kid" is still good enough
and Jimmie Cagney continues to be a
grand little actor.
THE Earle's stage show this week,
- after an excellent short called
Popular Science" in which you are
Evening star., 1935-11-23
"PRINCE CHAP" PLAYED
IN GEORGETOWN DEBUT
Good Acting Gives Promise of
Useful Work by Members
- Nrna ~ 90 ~ nn
Of Organization.

IF THEIR initial effort Of last eve
ming constitutes a reliable barom-
eter. the Georgetown Players may
be counted upon to assume promi-
nent position among local amateur
groups. Essaying '"The Prince Chap"
poor-artist-makes-good drama by Ed
ward Peple. the new aggregation Of
thespians rendered about as pleasing
q performance as one could wish.
Ted Field executed a facile delinea-
ton of the young American sculptor
not quite eking out an existence In a
squalid London apartment. He be-
friends former model, from whom
an unfortunate marriage has snatched
beauty and health, and finds himself
promising to care for her baby daugh-
ter as death takes the mother.
Another pledge, this one Of trans
cendant affection to the orphan,
Claudia, loses for him an American
flancee. The girls growth to woman
hood brings a transition from parent
child affection to ordinary man-and-
woman love. The sculptor marries
his ward.
Individual panegyries must be d.
rected toward Jane and Betty Fadeley
and Catherine Freeman, who por-
trayed Claudia at the ages of 6, 8 and
10. The refreshing spontaneity of the
tiny Misses Fadeley merits the adjec-
tive, remarkable" while Miss Free
man Is an ebullient and promising
ingenue.
Lucy Allen did a fine job in her
brief appearance as Claudia's mother.
So also James Oxenham in the role
Of her repulsed artist suitor, who
continues to be loved as Uncle Jack,
and Marion Hubert, playing a chore
girl. Hilda Thompson and James
Buckler were not found wanting in
their bits, but the English accent of
Henry Rick as "gentleman's gentle
man" was somewhat sporadic. Ex-
, pert covering prevented q few in
stances Of recourse to the prompter
from registering as appreciable de-
fractions. The accomplished direction
Of Mis-. Mary Belle Steinbauer was
evidenced throughout. c. A. M.
Evening star., 1935-11-23

shown San Francisco's new bridge, Is
headed by the Three x Sisters, radio
favorites. who put on an excellent
act. They sing about amateur radio
broadcasts and repenting sinners, and
their material Is way above the aver
age.
The bill opens with seven skating
sisters, headed by Helen Reynolds;
continues with Edgar Bergen, In one
Of the most popular Of the dummy
and Charlie" acts (the dialogue Is
swelD. and has q further climax In
Cherry and June Preisser. who are
we'll known and extremely popular
both here and on Broadway. Their
last dance routine Is particularly
good this time.
"NGUTINY ON THE BOUNTY"
A'A which continues at the Palace,
also continues to be one Of the best
pictures of the season, as everybody
in town seems to know If you've tried
to get in to see 1t.
The damage done to the members
of the cast is slight, however. COM
pared to the damage that has been
done some of the patrons. Last Sat-
urday, for instance, so great was the
desire of a great big bouncing Bar
bara to see this film, that she crashed
right through the lobby (Which hap
pened to be filled with people, ,
stepped on at least three important
toes, jabbed one poor old man right
smack in the nose and was about to
overwhelm the doorman when Angie
Ratio, fresh from good nights sleep,
caught her on the wing, gave her q
| good poke in the eye and fixed her
so that she wasn't able to see the
film when she got in an hour later
anyway.
At the gentle hour of 4 or in the
afternoons 1t Is possible to get in to
see 'Mutiny" without such O. fracas
But maybe after all If you have to dc
a little end running or tackle q few
cronies, 1t makes the picture all the
more worthwhile.
Certainly once you get inside the
Palace you won't regret all the fuss.
For here is a solid two hours enter
tainment, rough and bold and daring
and bitter-but withal the sort OF
stuff out of which England's better
navy has been nodded.
In it Charles Laughton reminds you
of a Stevenson villain. so accurate is
he in his Characterization of the surly
Bligh; Franchot Tone does the best
acting of his flm career-and Gable
is there to make real love to a South
Sea Island queen on 8 South Sea
Island beach.
Most satisfying withal-even with q
broken nose!
Evening star., 1935-11-23
BURLESQUE AT GAYETY

Rainbow Girls" to Open En-
gagement Tomorrow.
r A1NBow GIRLS" will be the
next Independent Burlesque As
sociation attraction at the Gayety,
opening at the Sunday matinee. 1t Is
stressed in advance notices that not a
line, scene or situation from any pre-
vious show, Haunting the same title,
remains.
Herby Faye, light comedian, tops
the list of imposing burlesque names
in the cast. The featured feminine
artist is the popular brunette dancer,
Lolita. Others in the cast are Muir
ray Barton, Lew Brown, Jack La
Mont, Jeanne Wade, Barbara Janis
and Zuleka.
AS the extra added attraction, Man
ager Jimmy Lake has obtained a sem
sational Chinese importation, Princess
Chang Lee.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
Scandals" Coming

Announcement Is made by
Manager s. E. Cochran Of the
National Theater that George
Whites Scandals" will be the
attraction at this theater begin
ming the week Of December 9.
The cast includes Oracle Barrie
and other well-known stars. This
revue follows Anything Goes"
and will in turn be followed by
Helen Hayes in Victoria Regina"
the new Houssman play which
had a successful run in London
last season.
Evening star., 1935-11-23

acted and i'm
measurably help
ed by the pres
ence of Jimmie
Cagney.
Mr.. Cagney is
one Of thos e
amazing youn g
men, brief Of
stature and small
Of face. who new
ertheleSs ca n
make a role sing
with crime If he
SO intends it. A
far cry from his
more TarZan-like
hrofhers In H0llV-
Evening star., 1935-11-23
MARCH In GAS MASKS

MOSCOW, November % E.-
Twenty workers, among whom were
seven women, completed yesterday q
750-mile march during which they
almost constantly wore gas masks.
Removing the masks only when they
slept and ate, they came from Stalino,
in the Donetz Basin, to Moscow In rs
days,
Evening star., 1935-11-23
Capitals Drama Groups
College Groups Preparing Fall Plays.
Willard Players Reorganize.

TINE college boys and girls seem
to be the hardest working Of
the local amateurs right at the
Il moment, what with the Foot
light Club at the University Of Mary
land. Dramatic at American Uni
versity and George Washington Uni
versity's Cue and Curtain all busily
engaged in rehearsing thier first
offerings of the season.
r. G. Sheriff's Journeys End" Is
to be done by the Foothght Club, with
Fred Haskin, wel-known local player
and member Of the Roadside group, in
one Of the leading roles. c. B. Hale
is directing and the play will be pre-
sented December 4, S and 6 at the
school.
The American University Dramatic
Club has set December II as the date
OF its Fall play, rs Life Worth Lv-
lng?" Rehearsals are being held every
Tuesday night at the gymnasium on
the campus under the direction Of
Prof. Will Hutchins, who expects to
make his final cast selections soon.
The comedy was done here last year
by the Abbey Theater Players, under
the title Drama at Inish."
Cue and Curtain Is whipping "She
LooVes Me Not" into shape. Marvin
Beers is directing and the leading
roles are to be done by Betty Craw-
ford, Charles Hoyt, Sue Slater and
Hamilton Colt.
The Willard Players are not going
to rest on their looney and melo-
dramatic laurels this Winter either,
having gone into a deep brown study
not so long ago and emerged, solemn
OF mien and serious of mind, with
scripts Of Sidney Howard and Paul
de Kruif's yellow Jack" clutched in
their hands. The play is in casting
now and will be done sometime around
Christmas.
In order to calm themselves down
from the wild and ranting vagaries of
'"The Drunkard" and East Lynne" it
has been necessary for the group to
recrganize, and it now Is under the
guidance Of Board Of Directors con.
sisting Of Donald A. Bolton, chair
man; Elizabeth Pritchard, Walter
Studdiford, Hugo linden and Rudolph
Watson.
Billboard handed the Bertha, the
Sewing Machine Girl" revival in
which Ted Tller appeared in New
York, a merry old roasting such as
the trade journals reserve only for
the choicest turkeys.
. Jesse veitch, Ada Louise Townsend,
Virginia True, Charles A. Bell. Kent
Dyer, Yerby PanniIl, James NJ Rawls,
william Milton, Esther Marshman, A.
Z. Diket, Stanley Karmazin, Milton
Hirshfield, william Heintz, John Vic
tory, John Chadwick, Lawrence Gich-
ner, william Victory, William Zeller.
Ray C. Crowel and Joseph F. Harley
are among the Shakespeare enthusi-
asts rehearsing for 1.-THE Merry Wives
of Windsor" to be presented Decem-
ber 2 by the Shakespeare Society Of
Washington.
The Blackfriars' Guild Hall will not
be available for use by other drama
groups in the near future, according
to announcement by the guild.
The Little Theater Of Alexandria
Is hard at work on Rose Franken's
comedy drama, Another Language" !"
under the direction of Bess Davis
Schreiner, which will be presented at
the groups playhouse Wednesday, De-
cember 18.
The cast. announced today, includes
Evening star., 1935-11-23
"Po0R NUT" NEXT WEEK
Players Club Of Community Gen.
ter to Repeat.
\ SECOND presentation Of the com.


A SECOND presentation Of the COM
edy Of college life, The Poor
Nut" viii be given by Tie Players
Club Of Central Community Center
In Roosevelt High School Auditorium,
Tuesday night Of next week, Novem.
Der 26. at $50 o'clock, because OF
many requests for the repetition Of
the play. following Tuesday nights
performance.
The same cast OF players will again
enact the roles in the comedy, and
John Mann, who was highly success.
full In the title role, will remain in
Washington to appear next Tuesday
in the play. canceling his own plans
to spend Thanksgiving week In New
England.
This play is the first full-length
ever given publicly by the club. Lucy
Ann Rogers Is the director Of the
group. =
Evening star., 1935-11-23
Sullivan Beats Dempsey.

SAN JOSE, Calf. R.-Jack Demp-
sey lost to John Sullivan-in the court
room. Dempsey and Sullivan are law
yers, no relation to the famous
fighters.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
The Marxes Arrive in Best
Picture of Their Careers
"a Night at the Opera" Superb Comedy
Supplemented by Good Fox
Stage Bill.

FTER polishing all the speves that properly be applied to
~ Opera" decided adjectves fellow
adopt instead simpler policy Wen merely tip
the perhaps the best
supplied years they smed
Evening star., 1935-11-23
Frisco Kid at the Earle
Stars Cagneyin Fine Role
Drama Of Barbary Coast Well Acted by
Warner Bros "Mutiny on the
Bounty Continues at Palace.
BY r. de s, MELCHER.


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(San blood
called Frco Kid featured
Miriam Hopkins
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hanghad their sailors when they wanted
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