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The Washington times., 1935-12-10
BeIasco Mark
For ArIiss

George ArliSs' followers in
washington are sending his latest
film, Mister Hobo" into a record
breaking run at the BelaSco. To.
day the eminent star rounds out
a two-week run at the theatel
in this rollicking story Of gen
tleman of the road" who rises
to brief power in the financial
world.
To satisfy those who have not
yet seen his adventures as hobo
banker. the film will be held on
the Belasco screen for an add
tional three days through Friday
night.
The only other film to achieve
so lengthy a stay at the BelaSco
was also an Arliss hit. the his.
torical drama, The Iron Duke,
shown last spring.
Mister Hobo" is a Gaumont
British production with a dis
tinguiShed English cast appearing
in support of the star. Notable
among these are Frank Cellier
recently seen in THE Passing OF
Third Floor Back" who plays
Barsac, the unscrupulous finan
cier, and Viola Keats, lovely Eng
lish actress, as Madeline. the
ingenue,
The Washington times., 1935-12-10
"ScandaIs" Notes

Rudy Vallee ducked the last
roundup last night. In short he
failed to appear for the finale
bows and sets all tongues
Wagging. This, my dear Rudy,
is no way for one with a reputa-
ton for graciousness to treat a
friendly first night gathering.
OF course there were rumors,
rumorS, rumorS. Some that Rudy
is grumbling and wants to do
limitations, etc. However, Mr..
White has a right to insist that
the crooner treat theater
audiences with the same courtesy
he extends his great loud speaker
clientele. Perhaps Rudy misses
his band.
y Who was that gorgeous plati.
mum blonde in the mink coat
and two pecks Of jewels? No. it
The Washington times., 1935-12-10
Sylvia Sidney Acts
Minor Role in Film

Sylvia Sidney is playing q
minor supporting role in an all
color motion picture now being
filmed near Big Bear, California
The star of the picture is a
makeup girl from the company
while the assistant makeup man
is the hero. The author. director
and cameraman is Henry Fonda,
who is making the picture on 16-
millimeter film. The picture is
an untitled Western with cattle
ruStlerS and bad men.
The entire cast has been re
cruited from the staff and cast OF
Walter Wanger'S all-color The
Trail of the Lonesome Pine"
which is now being filmed on To-
cation at Big Bear, with Sylvia
Sidney, Henry Fonda, Fred Mac
Murray and Fred Stone heading
the cast.
The Washington times., 1935-12-10
M OWE
4'ACLOCK

BELASCO- George Arliss in
Mister Hobo" 1876 a. m;
1:42, 3:4S, 5:54, 800, 1906
p. m.
METROPOLITAN Edward Arm
old, Peter Loree in Crime and
Punishment" 1925 A. M; 1925,
1925, $50, 7:30, $50 P. M.
RKO-KEITH'S- Gene Raymond
in "The Seven Keys to Bald
pate" 11:15 a. m, 1903, 2:51
4:3S, 6:27, BIS, 1908 p. m.
EARLE - Kay Francis in IT
Found Stella Parish" At II
1875, 4:25, 7:1O, and 9:55 p. m
and Stage shows at 12:40, $3.50
$40 and 9:05 p. m.
PALACE-Dick Powell, Ann Dvor,
ak in Thanks a Million" 11:05
A. M; 1:1O. 3:15, 5:25, 7:3O.
9:40 P. M.
COLUMBIA-Clark Gable in "Mu.
tiny On The Bounty" 1920
A. M; 1:55. 4:25, TOO. $3.50
P. M.
FOX-Miriam Hopkins, Joel Nc.
Crea in "Splendor," II A. M:
r 1:45, 4:30, 7:25, 1910 P. M.
Stage-12:25, $40, sos, $3.50
P. M.
LITTLE-Bing Crosby in college
Humor," 1924 a. M, 1925
2:l6, 4:07. 5:58, TAO. $40 p. m
HOWARD-Mary Astor, Jackie
Cooper in "Dinky," 1890, 3:35,
TOO, 10:15. Stage-Mills Blue
Rhythm Band, 2:30, 5.45, 9:15
p. M.
The Washington times., 1935-12-10
ICOVer HOlly yWOOd

'dancing steps with Fred Astaire
and Ginger Rogers in the finals
of a dance contest in Follow
the Fleet" Funny thing about
these kiddies: Hermes Pan (RKO
dance directory and Mark Sand
rich (director of the picture)
carried on an exhaustive search
Of local beer emporiumS to find
13 couples extraordinaire to ap-
pear in this dancing sequence,
but each time they tapped a
prospective couple and said
How would you like to dance
with Fred Astaire and Ginger
Rogers in their new picture, "
they'd be given the laugh and
the couple would keep on dane
ing. The aforementioned
lucky youngsters were the only
ones who had sense enough to
believe them.
The Washington times., 1935-12-10

BAT that time did a solo dance
with Jack Hilton's band. They
teamed married and hied back
to America.
Rumor has it they will go into
the Chez Paree" in Montreal
shortly after his engagement and
that Arlene will probably do a
Vitaphone short for Warmers.
And a look-See at the revue that
Ed sullivan so proudly announces
over Fox footlights this week:
Ella Logan, the blues songstreSS,
was born in Glasgow, Scotland,
and first toodled on the stage at
the age of two. Her five sisters
are still facing the Spotlights and
she was formerly feature with
Abe Lyman's band. Dave Vine,
the comic and Stooge for Sullivan,
came through Washington the
first time 20 years ago as laugh
getter on the Columbia circuit at
the old Lyceum Theater, on the
Avenue. Bill Brady, Silver
Spring, Md, lad with the big
league voice, left a Baltimore
night club to journey here for
what proved to be his real chance
with the 1884 Local Fox Revue. =.
Jay Seller was formerly a General
Electric Company machinist and
is the only ski dancer in today's
vaudeville, barring the younger
brother that he taught to do his
routine and is now doing the mid
Western circuits :. Barbara Bel
more, acrobatic dancer, was ac-
claimed by Pavlowa as one Of
her star pupils ... AS for the
tathrop brothers and Virginia
Lee dance team. This is Virginia
Lees initial appearance with the
act, her place being taken former
ly by Jane Cooper, now dancing
with the Scandals" at the Ma.
tional Theater-and incidentally
the wife of Mac Lathrop of this
team. Mac" and George" ten
years ago were desk clerks in the
Congress Hotel, Chicago, and
teamed for the first time there.
not being brothers at all. And
Jerry Goff and Jack Kerr, the
duet songsters. Jerry studied opera
for three years in Italy and ended
up as a juvenile with Ed Wynn's
Manhattan Mary which came
to Polls here on it's initial run.
Jack composed the song they now
sing Keep Still My Heart"
The Washington times., 1935-12-10
Final Rogers
Film, Dec. 20

Will Rogers appears in his last
picture, In Old Kentucky" which
Loew's Palace will feature as its
screen successor to the current
hit. Thanks A Million"
Dorothy Wilson, Russell Hardie,
Charles Sellon, Louise Henry,
Alan Dinehart and Bill Robinson
appear with this late great Am
erican, in this, his greatest Of
screen successes.
Hearts, horses and humor go
hand in hand in this filmization
of a famous old play Of thorough
breds in old Kentucky. 1t is pack
ed with moments of drama, fun
and romance and the warmth
that always embellisheS a Will
Rogers film.
The usual number of selected
supplementary subjects will be
presented along with In Old
Kentucky"
The Washington times., 1935-12-10
By LLOYD PANTAGES

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 9.-Gwen
Wakeling (Twentieth Century-Fox
style creationiSt) is starting for
herself a nice little war methink
ing because she has just issued
the statement that the ladies OF
FINLAND are the worst dressed in
the world. Not that they
couldn't dress WE'LL" says she,
they just don't take the trouble
!. The ex-MrS. Barrymore CDo
lores Costello9 who is tacking on
the famed Barrymore cognomen
for her screen return in her first
picture. Little Lord Fauntleroy, u
is going to call out all her hiStri
onics to keep from going com
pletely out of the running in the
rush. It's a Well-knoWn fact that
if you work in scenes with ami
mails they're very apt to steal
your thunder so fancy her pre-
dicament when you realize that
in Little Lord Fauntleroy" in
most of her scenes she is sup.
ported by a Great Dane, a hack
ney pony, and a beautiful white
cat.
Now that animals have come
into our life, that old adage The
show must go on" almost cost
Ethel Norman a siege in the hos.
pital. In Cantor'S Strike Me
Pink" gracefully she had slith,
cred to a window, pulled back a
curtain. spoken a load of dialogue
but when the director called
cut" she tainted. 1t was then
they discovered that behind the
curtain was Il black widow spider
which was creeping up at her.
C. B. DeMille has called off
his production Buffalo Bilr' in
fcVor of Samson and Delilah'
because so many Western pic
lures are now on the market
AllCluelI1y SOME mOnLnS ago 4,
B. ran a sketch in the various
newspapers of a lady with long
bobbed hair. almond eyes and q
kind of come-hither expression
as a lead for the type of damSel
he hopes to cast as Delilah. For
his edification, Louise Brooks
with her new shoulder length
bob is a dead ringer for the
sketch besides having a figure
which is a pip, I might add, so
important to Dellie.
AS a result of a dance hall
contest Dorothy Fleishman "a
20-year-old unemployed Stenog
rapher and Bob Cromer (an 10
year-old ex-diShwaSher) have be
come the lucky pair to match
The Washington times., 1935-12-10
AfLIITEEc IcNAARAI 0DEAC
Rudy VaIIee, Howard Brothers.
Bert Lahr, Oracle Barrie
Star in Fast Musical
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

George Whites twelfth edition of Scandals has all the
makngs Of p-op 1t has pretty girls by the
swift and clever dancing, at least two very whsty tunes
beauty color scenery and costumes quartet of princ
pals, get-up and go.
When Producer White opens this show at the New Amster
dam Theater Christmas night venture he will have
entertainment that will vie with his very best.
Last night of his powerful INT failed to explode all
the National Theater and at the moment Scandals
adds up spoty.
That it has moments when you feel George White headed
for the greatest musical of his This is fills
the stage with girls in ngeniousy devised numbers
when his tap dancers pounding out fast rhyhms when
Oracle Barrie is singing Life Begins Sweet Sixteen" with
its added satrca mpertnence when the naes sparkle
with cleyerneSs
The Washington times., 1935-12-10
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
Back-Stage News and Gossi p
Gathered by Bill HoyIe

Ted Weems, maestro of the
musical aggregation headlining
the Earle Theater this week, first
won his spurs when he was an
expert trombonist with the Uni.
versity Of Pennsylvania orchestra
in 1919. His technical use of the
sliding bugle lead to leadership Of
his college band and the mechani.
cal degree conferred meant no
where near as much as the book.
ings when the diploma came.
And even though success came
via the trombone route, he first
stumbled through an orchestra.
ton in Lincoln Grammar School,
Pittsburgh, Pa, with violin
tucked beneath his earnest chin.
In 1923 Ted and the band in.
troduced one Of their biggest hits,
Somebody Stole My GAL" and
made their first Victor record of
it. They also broadcasted the sec.
ond broadcast in the City of Phil.
adelphia with this same melody.
Ed Sullivan, Broadway colum.
mist now giving the Fox patrons
chance at his revue, did his first
typewriter work on the Port
chester, N. Y, High School, S
monthly tabloid, when he wrore
sports and gave himself copy by
being a four letter man. The
next job appeared when he became
not only the star reporter but the
only reporter on the PortcheSter
Daily News.
His first chance at the Broad
way, he now knows so well, was
as a cub" with the New York
Evening Mail and among the first
assignments try at a little lady
just arriving from the west by the
title Of Helen Wills. Miss Wills
proved a bashful tennis winner ir
pigtailS that Ed won undying af.
fection Grom by buying her candy.
The interview. though short
served to glue his label of Little
Miss Poker Face" to the tennis
champ, and it's stayed ever since
And there was a champion fist
singer at one time by the name
of John L. Sullivan. His grand
niece, Frieda Sullivan, is an aero
batic dancer at the Earle Theater
She not only lays claim to the
fistic relation but her great-great
grandad Lewis James was the first
explorer to scale what is nov
Pixies Peak" and before the pres
ent title it was named James
Peak" from the ancestor.
Frieda was here several months
ago with Ted Weems and re
turned a few weeks after that
for a short stay at the Shore
hams night spot.
Leila Moore, in a pantomimic
dance at the Earle this week
lays claim to over Is years Of
studying under famous dance
teachers. Fokine, Tasaroff, Theo
dore RoSoff, of Los Angeles
MaScargony, of New York, and
OukrainSki, of Chicago.
This is her first trip to the
city on her first vaudeville tour
and the costumes as well as
the dance is copyrighted.
Norman Selby, of the dance
team Of Arlene and Norman Sci
by, was formerly partner with
Eddie Nugent in a comic team
with First National features.
Five years ago Arlene was 9
single speciality with Ted Levi!
on an European tour in Paris
and teamed with Norman who
The Washington times., 1935-12-10

veals a battalion of femininity as
fair of face and figure as ever
mortal man assembled. Then
some Saucy pokeS at such cele-
brities as Peggy Hopkins Joyce,
Aimee Macpherson, Mae West
and Senator McAdoo.
Commercially speaking" is the
brightest Skit of the night. 1t is
a Slapping around for radio an
nouncers in which Bert Lahr does
his smartest stuff. And make no
mistake about it, Comedian Lahr
is the sockdolager fun man of this
Scandals.
Cigarette" is a number dis
tinguished for bizarre costuming
and Skillful posturing by some of
Mr.. Whites best body wigglers.
"a Blessed Event" is an English
sketch, a trifle too dirty for COM
The Washington times., 1935-12-10
Stage Screen
To Star Pat

Pat O'Brien, one Of Hollywood's S
outstanding screen players, comes
to the Earle Theater Friday, De,
cember 13, as the star of "Stars
Over Broadway" and the head,
liner-in perSon-of the stage
program. This will be OBrien'S
only stage appearance this sea-
son, since he is now in the East
on a brief vacation between pic
lures and accepted only this one
booking.
In stars Over Broadway"
O'Brien plays the role of a down
and out theatrical agent who dis
covers a singing porter-JameS
Melton-and builds a successful
career for him. Melton, one of
radios best singers, proves a hit
in this. his first screen role.
Besides Pat OBrien, the Earle's
stage bill starting Friday will in
clude Helen Charleston, talented
mimic; Sylvia Manon and her
adagio revue, and other enter
tainers. The program promises to
be one of the best of the Earle'S
special pre-holiday show parade.
The Washington times., 1935-12-10

fort though Broadway may CLASP
1T to its bosom.
Then comes Rudy Vallee, arm
in arm with Oracle Barrie and
singing with her, I'm the Fellow
Who Loves You" A trifle self
conscious last night Rudy was un.
queStionably embarrassed by the
absence of a microphone. He needs
one to fill the vast National Thea
ter. Comedy by Bert Lahr and
Willie Howard helped the crooner
over this hurdle.
CQRKING FINALE
In the pruning process "The
French Lesson" is certain to feel
the ak and something else must
lead up to "Truckin' In My Tails
q peach of dancing number with
costumes that remind of "Top
Hat" This is solo danced by Betty
Jane Cooper, a speedy stopper,
+ who is the White challenge to
Eleanor Powell They liked this
Cooper girl every time she beat a
steel tattoo.
Three challenge dancers, Sam
Ted and Ray, here appear to tie
up proceedings by tricking up
their footwork with Halle SelaS-
sic and his ebony army.
Then comes the first act finale
with Rudy Vallee in blackface
leading Brother Sublime and
His Pied Piper of Harlem" num-
ber, beautifully staged. skillfully
directed, we'll sung and scenically
a George White early winter
pippin.
THE HOWARDS Chestnut
For his big after-intermisSion
moments Mr.. White offers Cliff
Edwards and Bert Lahr singing
an indigo, "The Buxom Mrs.
BaScom"; the Three Where Broth
erS in some of the niftiest dane
ing and pantomime comedy of
the revue; the Stanley Twins in
silhouette solo, fascinating con-
ception; again Bert Lahr kidding
the radio and making soup; Will
lie Howard in his service stripe
operatic burleSque with three
good vocal StoogeS.
May I Have My Gloves" well
executed and colorful chorus
number with Rudy Vallee lead
ing, and Anything Can Hap
pen," with the crooner appear
ing briefly as himself. This lat
ter fantastic conception of tele-
vision leads up to the finale.
Boondoggling comes in for
some kidding and another Skit
has Downing Street paying off
the English war debt via the
chain letter method. Shea and
Raymond, eccentric dancers; Hal
Forde and EStelle Jayne and
Lois Eckhardt are worthy aids
to the greater stars.
To sum up, the twelfth edition
of the Scandals" is a whooping
fine SO worth of revue. When
Rudy Vallee and the HowardS
get their eye on the ball, or in
other words get the right mate
rial, it can stand up against
those the New York ticket specu-
latorS want your right eye for
as the price for a pair in the
front row.
The Washington times., 1935-12-10
WHIZ BANG DANCING

Why then doesn't it purr like
Q well-oiled 16-cylinder revue
machine over the $50 minutes of
the full evening?
Chiefly because Rudy Vallee,
its chief headline punch, though
he blacks up, has not yet fitted
into the right groove, because
Willie Howard is reduced for his
main laughs to a comedy antique
with long whiSkers and to a
Pullman story that Mark
Hellinger ran in his column only
last week. The comedy line is
weakened when Willie Howard
can't offer new material and
Rudy must soon live up to his
exalted radio reputation.
Let's take up Scandals assets
and they are many. For the first
IS minutes George White is off
to a sizzling start. His Life Be
gins at Sweet Sixteen" is a tune
that fingers and the first full
stage parting of the curtains re-
The Washington times., 1935-12-10

Twelfth Edition Of Revue Offers
CIittering Cast Of Principals
The Washington times., 1935-12-10

wasn't Jean Harlow as most of
the audience guessed. 1t was
Alice Faye of Hollywood, who ap-
peared in George Whites screen
Scandals" and is supposed to give
Rudy Vallee high-blood pressure.
She's on a California holiday and
dropped down to see the Vaga-
bond Lover.
During all the first night
hulabaloo and gayety on the Ma
tional stage and while Oracle
Barrie was singing Life Begins
at Sweet Sixteen" a veteran
stage hand dropped dead. Few
in the company new it, none in
the merry audience.
A policewoman was looking over
Scandals" with a poised blue pen,
Gil. That's probably why they
took the snapper out Of the Sena,
tor McAdoo burlesque.
Mr.. White can help his revue
by letting Ukuleie Ike Edwards
do a stretch with his favorite
instrument. Just a taste of it
last night, but enough to let
everybody know that's what they
want Mr.. Edwards to do.
If you want to know who gets
more out of Scandals" than
anybody in it, the answer is
Oracle Barrie. This was heart
warming to the Earle's regulars
since it is really Gracie's first real
chance in a top revue. She has
the numbers originally assigned to
LYDIA Roberti and does them ever
so much better.
The Washington times., 1935-12-10

Weems of the%at that time did solo dance
with Hiltons band
the Thear this week. teamed married hed
The Washington times., 1935-12-10
First Niqhters

Observed at the opening OF
Scandals at the National The
ater last night:
Mr.. and Mrs. Allison Swlnburn,
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Newmyer,
MIR. and Mrs. C. X. Dulcan, DR..
and Mrs. William c. Gwynn, DIR.
and Mrs. Coleman F-ishback. MIR.
and Mrs. L. StOddard Taylor, MIR.
and Mrs. Jerome Saks Mr..
George p. Marshall. MIR. Robert
Jackson, Mrs. w. Forbes Morgan.
MIR. Sol A. Rosenblat. MIR. and
Mrs. Donald woodward. DIR. and
Mrs. Luther II. Reichelderfer, MIR.
Charles z. Garvin. Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis T. NealOn. Mr.. and Mrs.
Alvin Newmeyer. Mr.. and Mrs. l..
Gardner Moore. Mrs. William
Harryman Rapiey, Miss Alice
Faye. DIR. and Mrs. Edgar Cope
land, Miss Louise Turner White
and party, MIR. and Mrs. Emory
GOOdhue, Mrs. Arthur De Titta,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles f. Tribby,
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Niner, Mr..
James Brown Moore and Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Elwin De Rapp,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-14
THOMPSONVlLLE5
 MEET TERRYVILLE
State Polish League Rivals in Important Lock Town
 Game Tonight
Especial to the Dernocrat)

 Terryville, Jan 14.-The Thomp- sonville team in the State Polish league will invade this town this evening to give battle to the St Casimir's five In league contest that should prove a hard fought contest due to the fact that both teams are fighting to keep out of the cellar.
 The St Casimir's five. runners up last season are this season being knocked around by their op- ponents, mostly because of the fact that other teams in the league were able to greatly strengthen their teams by adding former players of high school teams in their respective places, while Ter ryville was not 50 fortunate as to be able to get any new players.
 In spite of the fact that the St Casi1ir's are low in the league standing they are causing plenty of trouble to their opponents and are fighting every minute that they are in the game. Their fighting spirit while in the games, have added hundreds of friends to them and in spite of the fact that they have lost the greater part of their con- tests to date the ste asimir's are one of the best drawing teams in the league.
 Coach Benny Truzkowslxi have held several workouts for the locals during the past week and feel con- fident that they will be able to break into the win column this evening against the Thorhpsonville five.
 The preliminary contest between the girls teams of the two placesi will get underway at 7:30 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-14
NEW FACES UNDER :.
 OLIN-LEWS BOUT
Champion and ColOred Sensation at Garden
 Friday Night

Promoter Jimmy Johnston has arranged another slam bang card of bouts for next Friday nights show at Madison Square Garden.
 Bob Olin, current light heavy- weight king, battles John Henry Lewis, recent conqueror. of Yale Okun and Tony Shucco, in the main event of ten rounds. Olin had a time-up bout in Bout in Boston last night.
 The remainder of the card fol- lows:
 Steve Dudas, of New Jersey vs Tom Patrick, of California: Solly Dukelesky, of Chicago vs Lou Hal per, of Newark, N. J.; lazy Janaz- 70, of the East Side vs Joe Rossi, another East Slider; Melia Bettina, of Brooklyn vs Jimmy Varrelli, an. other Brooklynite, and Jimmy Jones, of Baltimore vs Christy Yewis. young brother of John Henry.
 Johnston figures the Patrick Duwas battle will be fiercely fought every inch of the way. The ma jority of the gladiators are new corners in Garden fisticuffs. They include Patrick, Dukelsky, Halper, Janazzo, Rossi, Bettina, Varrelli and Jones. Janazzo last Monday night whipped Tony Falco. Bettina has ga knock out record a mile long, literally speaking. Dukelsky Is Harry Dublinsky's stablemate.