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The Washington times., 1936-11-30
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Rising Star

Hassard Short, noted director,
has been engaged BY lShe Messrs.
Shubert to stage the production
of the new Franz Lehar operetta,
Rising STAR" with Dennis King,
Helen Gleason and Ernest Truck
already signed for stellar roles.
This announcement, made Sat
urday by the Messrs. Shubert, def
nitely sets at rest speculation re-
ferring to Mr.. Shorts plans for
the 1867 season in New York
which previously credited the di-
rector of Jubilee" and LAS Thou
sands Cheer" with New YORK
production this season of wild
Violets."
Among the other successful pro-
ductions directed by Mr.. Short,
one of the leading modern dl-
rectors for the past 20 years, were
Roberta" THE Great Waltz
"The Band Wagon" "Three's a
Crowd" Cradle Snatchers," and
the three Music Box Revues.
The American adaptation OF
"Rising STAR" prepared by Edward
Eliscu, has been turned over to
Mr.. Short, who is prepared I'd
start rehearsals this week.
Rising Star" will have one OF
its try-out weeks at the National
Theater early in January.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30

MINNELI PRODUCTION
The revue, described as the
most significant and costly in
the annals of girl-and-music spec
tacleS, will be presented by the
MeSSrS. Shubert for limited pre-
Broadway engagement prior to
it's presentation for a run at the
New York Winter Garden.
The big acting personnel is OF
unusual distinction and in addi-
ton to the First Lady of Mirth,"
and Bert Lahr, includes Reginald
Gardiner, Mitzi Mayfair, Paul
Haakon. Oracle Barrie, Charles
Walters, Vera Allen. John Nc
Cauley, Evelyn Thawl, Ralph
Riggs, Marie Carroll, the six
melodious Continentals, of radio
celebrity and l20 others, mostly
girls.
No one in the group is a
stranger to Washington amuSe-
ment lovers. and their collective
followings are expected to tax
the capacity of the National The
ater throughout their brief stay.
"The Show Is On" represents
Vincente Minnelli'S initial ges-
ture as an impresario, and also
that gifted young mans farewell
to the theater for at least a year.
Hollywoo interests having
claimed him at the very hour of
his triumph in the legitimate the
ater, to which he was born.
GROUP OF COMPOSERS
His unique concerpts in design
and direction, so largely response
BILE for the success of cat Home
Abroad and the latest "Follies, 4"
characterize 1.-The Show Is On" in
Minnelli's most lavish mood. He
conceived and staged the spectacle
and was given free hand by the
Messrs. Shubert, with the result
that the revue is said to be a
riotouS orgy of colors and atmos-
phere, music and gaiety.
Twenty-eighth features are pro-
grammed, including two ambitious
ballets. One of the latter involves
three full-stage settings, executed
in the mood and manner of Cur
rier & Ives period Autographs and
burlesques the spirit of melodrama
Consideration of cost was tossed
to the winds in the effort to make
1.-THE Show Is On" the final world
/ in productions of the revue type.
1t constitutes cavalcade of the
of the theater of the last half CEN
tury, following and poking fun at
its trends and vagarieS from the
days when Uncle Toms Cabin"
and Strauss waltzes epitomized
popular concepts of drama and
music to the current vogue of
Hamlet" and swing. The score
embraces both types, termed for
purposes of Identification nostal-
gic and modern.
An array of composers embrac-
ing practically all of the popular
melody masters of the day created
the score for "The Show Is On"
Vernon Duke ard Ted Fetter,
Dietz g. Schwartz, George and
Ira Gershwin, Harberg & Arlen,
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
Chorus Beauties to
Face Cinema Tests

Screen tests for chorus girls is
a new wrinkle introduced at Twen-
tieth Century-FoX by Dance Direc-
tor Seymour Felix in selecting
beauteous dancers for the forth
coming Irving Berlin musical, ION
the Avenue"
Heretofore chorus girls were
picked from a mass lineup but a
more intimate quality is being in
troduced in the dance numbers in
"On the Avenue" and hence every
one of the girls chosen for the pic
ture will first have to qualify as
an outstanding camera subject
before she can be chosen.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30

Patrons of the drama have a
meaty December booked at the
National, with the theater open
the week before Christmas, an
other tribute to happy days. Here's
the lineup:
NAUGHTY MARIETTA" a
revival of the Victor Herbert op-
eretta with Ilse Marvenga sing
ing the lead role, Violet Carl
son, Harry K. Morton, zella
Russell and other operetta trou-
pers in the cast. Opens tonight.
"THE SHOW Is ON" Opens
December 7. This is brand new
Shubert revue, headed for the
Winter Garden on Christmas. In
two acts and % scenes it stars
Bert Lahr and Beatrice Lille, fea-
lures Reginald Gardiner, Mitzi
Mayfair, Oracle Barrie, Paul
Haakon, Charles Walters and
Vera Allen. Among its saucy
skits is one about Mrs. Wally
Simpson, and there is a Casa
nova ballet by Paul Haakon and
Mitzi Mayfair said to have wor-
ried the Philadelphia cenSors.
THELLO." Shakespeare's
tragedy with Walter Huston play
ing the Moor and Nan Suther-
land as Desdemona. A Max Cor
don production offered under the
auspices of the American Thea
ter Society and bound for the
New Amsterdam Theater Christ
mas week. This is the same lavish
production with Robert Edmond
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
THEATER BUSINESS THRIVES
Huston in "OtheIIo" Coming,
"BoyMeets Cir" Xmas Week;
Col. Lake Takes a Bow
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Katharine Cornell with close to $4,000 for per-
formances and dressing visit from Mrs Franklin D.
Roosevelt on Saturday night achieved winged victory for
her new play, "Wingless Victory
Newspaper correspondents who puzzled that the First
Lady left the ArmyNavy game in Philadelphia before the
last quarter and without seeing the Mdshpmen push
victory know the She had date to Maxwell
Anderson's drama and kept it.
The Cornell gross set Street record for seven per-
the So scale Nearest approach to these figures
the late Eagels gross of 900 for eight
formances at a sighter higher orchestra SCALE
The Washington times., 1936-11-30

the weekend. it was found that
the Palace Theater with $4,000
Thursday receipts, had cracked
every holiday record, that Irene
Dunno as a comedienne in "Theo-
dora Goes Wild" at the Earle
would probably run up the, busi-
ness of the week.
BUSINESS is GOOD
Clark Gable and Joan Crawford
in Love on the Run" attracted
more than 5000 patrons to the
Palace on thanksgiving afternoon
and evening, teStifying to the
value of good marquee names.
Even the neighborhoods shared in
the prosperity with the Seco at
Silver Spring reporting the great
est days business in the theater's
history for the turkey holiday.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30

nes settings that Walter Hus-
ton offered in Central City,
Colo, at the annual summer fes-
tival. 1t opens here December
ID for one week.
boy MEETS GIRL" The ace
comedy hit of Broadway last sea-
son, by Bella and Sam Spewack
and staged by George Abbott. This
whacks the skulls of Hollywood's
frivolous and will be done in the
movies before many months with
Marion Davies in the lead. Opens
here December 81.
"THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS."
An American murder mystery i'm
ported from England by B. A.
Meyer. The cast is notable for
Washingtonians through the pres
ence of Frances Starr. Others in
important roles Earle Larrimore,
Eleana Miramova and Jeanne
Stewart. Opens December %
under the auspices of the Ameri-
can Theater Society.
Then for January, if you care
to look that far ahead are the
new Dennis King operetta, "The
Rising STAR" two weeks of the
D'Oyly Carte company in Gilbert
and Sullivan.
COL. LAKE CELEBRATES
Col. James jeremiah Lake, as
proprietor of WaShington'S only
temple of burleSque, busted off
his silk topper last night, met
patrons of the Gayety Theater in
full regalia. Celebration was a
double one, for Gypsy Rose Lee,
who began on Ninth Street, had
made all of the front pages Satur-
day, inside on Sunday, with her
jewel robbery, and the Mahatma
of burlesque was the topic for a
full page Sunday feature story
that even Gilbert Miller might
envy.
About the Gypsy Rose Lee loss
Of gems there clung the faint odor
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
MG20I1 MG9y1E

RIALTO-Irene Dunno, Roberta, +"
2:3O, 4:45, 1908, 9:31 p. m.
LITTLE-Bette Davis, "Of HUI
man Bondage" 11:00 a. m,
1852, 2:43, ABA, 6:26, 8:13,
1901 p. m.
EARLE-Irene Dunno, Theodore
Goes Wild" 1880 a. m, l:25,
AIS, TOO, $50 p. m.
Stage-12:40, 3:25, 6:l5, sos
p. m.
PALACE-Clark Gable, Love On
the Run" 11:05 a. M, 1:12,
3:2O, 5:23, 1928, 9:33 p. m.
BELASCO-Dolly Haas, Broken
Blossoms" 1900, 2:08, 4:07,
sos, sos, 1904 p. m.
r. X. o. KEITH'S S-BurgeS
Meredith, "Winterset," ll:24
a. M, ITO, 1855, 4:42, 6:28,
8:14, 1000 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Enrol Flynn,
charge of the Light Brigade,
1890 a. M, 1910, ESQ, sos,
1920, $50 p. m.
COLUMBIA-William Powell
Jean Harlow, "Libeled Lady,
l1:10 a. M, lis, 3:20, 5:25, 1890
9:35 p. m.
CAPITOL-Warner Baxter, Head
Hunter" 11:00 a. M, 1885, 4:25
7:10, 1000 p. m. Stage-12:2O
sos, 5:55, $40 p. m.
HOWARD-Ralph Bellamy, The
Man Who Lived Twice" 1890
800, $50, 800, 1920 p. m
Stage-Claude Hopkins, LAO
4:1O, 6:40, 9:1O p. m.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
Ballad Sung by
Mae West

For the first time, since making
her screen debut, Mae West sings
a straight romantic ballad, with
words and melody reflecting moon
light and honeysuckle, in GO
West Young Man." her latest com
edy, which begins on Friday at
the Earle Theater. The song is
titled IT Was Sayin' To the
Moon," and she sings it to Ran
dolph Scott.
Miss West also sings two other
songs in the typical Mae West
tempo, with words and music car
rying the flavor and the tang
identified with the wise-cracking
swing of the glamorous beauty.
They are "On a Typical, Tropical
Night" and Go West Young
Man"
All three numbers were written
by Arthur Johnston and John
Burke, contract tunesmiths for
Major Pictures, which filmed the
Mae West production for Para
mount release.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
BY LLOYD PANTAGES
Copyright, 1895, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc !


HOLLYWOOD, November 30.
The most fantastic travelling done
in many long day is being in
dulged by Lord Beaverbrook, the
English publisher. He sailed to
America aboard the Queen
Mary en- route to Hollywood to
see his son, Max Aitken. to collect
his new Six-seater aeroplane which
cruises at 275 miles per hour, and
to get rid of asthma by stay in
Arizona. But he had so much fun
on the Queen Mary, and the
asthma got so well at sea, he
stayed only one day in New York
and sailed right back again. Ar
irving in England, he will stay but
a day or two, and then recross for
a third trip on the queen Mary,
this time getting to Hollywood, so
he plans, then for a quick jaunt
to Arizona to absorb some ozone,
and then quick like a fox back to
New York to make his fourth
crossing, still on the Queen
Mary, to London. Maybe if he
got a job on the boat, it would
be simpler.
The appearance of Edward Ar
mold on the air in THE Last Mile"
this week made him the fourth
famous film star to play the role.
In the original New York stage
production, Spencer Tracy por'
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
"Roberto" Now
At RidIto

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, >"
The Touch of Your Hand and
all the other lovely Jerome Kern
melodies are filling the Rialto
Theater this week. =,
There Irene Dunno with Fred
Astaire and Ginger Rogers are re,
frolicking in Roberta" probably
the best song and dance and story
ever turned out by R-K-O. There
is also the style show which seems
today E singularly up to date mas
much as Hollywood filmed ad-
vance fashions.
In the supporting cast are Helen
westley, Randolph Scott, Claire
Dodd and Victor Varconl.
Selected short subjects and
Pearl Hauer's organalogue com
plete the program.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
Twins to Have
AFree Ride

Twins will have their inning
at Loew's Capitol Theater starting
Friday. -,
All twin combinations here will
be admitted free throughout the
week to see Laurel and Hardy
in "Our Relations" their latest
full-length comedy. This offer Is
being made by the management
in honor of these popular comics
who run across their twin broth
ers in the full-length feature
comedy.
All twins need to do is to pre-,
sent themselves at the Capitol
doors starting Friday and by their
resemblance the manager snail
know them, without other creden-
tials being necessary.
And thus the Capitol retutes
that age-old dogma that East is
East and West is West and Never
the Twin Shall Meet. For all
twins shall meet at the Capitol
next week and with TWO Stannles
and Two Ollies on the screen,
there's a double dose OF hllarlty
in store for everybody.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
Howard Davis
At Little

Bette Davis and Leslie Howard
in "Of Human Bondage are the
attractions at the Little Theater
in the new program which opened
yesterday.
Somerset Maugham's story pro
vides a most interesting picture
and one in which critics generally
agree that Bette Davis contributed
her supreme Hollywood perform
ance in support of Leslie Howard
as Philip Carey.
The supporting cast includes
Kay johnson, Alan Hale, Reginald
Denny and Frances Dee.
Selected short subjects INCLUDE
A travel talk, cartoon comedy and
an issue of Dumbbell Letters.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
Two Dozen Bananas
Prove Costly Props

Repercussion from the ship
strike was felt in Hollywood when
a property man, sent out to buy
two dozen bananas for a scene in
Jane Withers' THE Holy Terror, "
at goth Century-Fox had to pay
$3.50.
It seems there was boatload
of bananas in Los Angeles harbor
and it would be permissible to
unload them except that they're
covered by cargo upon which the
strikers have placed a ban.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
I Cover HOlly yWOO(l

,trayed the lead. In the road com.
pany, Clark Gable was it, W4ncn
brought him his Metro break. In
the film, Preston Foster was lucky
Pierre. Strangest of all the cast
ing is that with all four of them,
the other leading part, of the boy
murderer, has been in every case
Howard Phillips, who has just fin
ished Lords of the Land" with
Jean Muir at Warmers.
Fred Keating now emerges as
the sole reader of Gone With the
Wind" at one sitting, without
skipping. However, it took him
from noon Saturday until mid
night Sunday, and he had to rest
his eyes all the remainder Of the
week. Which leads one to ponder
on Mr.. Keating's query: What to
read, after Gone With the Wind?
Marguerite D'Alvarez is hope
fully trilling her mi-mi-mis locally,
and her agents are agenting, so
perhaps we shall have another
famous operatic beauty with us
soon.
Which leads one to fall to pieces
on the subject of opera stars, since
the race between Miss Grace Moore
and Miss Lily Pons still continues.
After their fretful wish to be the
first with a vocal standing, which
Miss Moore won by three years,
Miss Moore repeated by topping
Lily Pons' singing of THE Blue
Danube" in swing time in THAT
Girl From Paris, by emerging IN
"Interude" with Minnie the
Moocher". Alas, this round she
loses by more than a year. Last
year, at the authors league, Lily
Pons, Helen Jepson and Gladys
Swarthout, for lark, got up and
sang Minnie the Moocher", and
were so vast a success that they
made a record of it for the benefit
of the New York milk fund, which
has benefited plenty, you may be-
lieve, since the record has been a
best seller ever since.
We now hear the complicated
rumor that Warner Brothers will
try to borrow Ginger Rogers from
RKO for their filmization OF
"On Your Toes, thus leading to a
query as to what is the matter
with Tamara Geva, the perfectly
swell New York lead. Also, that
they are about to test Charles Col
Inns, of Dancing Pirate" fame, fol-
the male lead, instead of their own
Lee Dixon, whom they have an
nounced for the role. 1t all sounds
very confused.
The next Pete Smith short al
MG-M will be a scientific dilly
treating us to the inside dope or
the wonders of that most coStlS
The Washington times., 1936-11-30

UNANIMOUS VERDICT
IT bank on your review. Ap-
parently you are always right, I"
types Miss Cornell's crack space
grabber, Ray Henderson. This, I
think, is a subtle reminder that
your critic was the first to cast
a dissenting vote on Flowers of
the Forest" and ALLEN Corn, I"
closest Miss Cornell has come to
failure in recent seasons. How
ever. Mr.. Henderson can also count
on the collective reviews from
Washington's Critics Circle. Not
a Maine or Vermont on "Wingless
Victory"
AS theaters scanned the box Of
flee statements for business be-
ginning Thanksgiving, and over
The Washington times., 1936-11-30

Carmichael & Adams, Herman
Hupfeld, Zeno & Irwin, and
Rogers & Hart are among those
who collectively provided score
that none of their number was in
a position to undertake in divi-
dually. The many sketches are
mostly from the pen of David
Freedman and Moss Hart, with
Henry Allen Vaux and Frank
Gabrielson among the contribu.
tors of humor in black-out form.
Dialogue was directed by Ed
ward Clark Lilley; principals
numbers and dance ensembles
by Robert Alton; and the chore-
ography for the major balletS BY
Harry LoSee.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
$4,000 Vacation

Claire Trevor's current vacation
in New York is costing her exactly
$4,000. With a two-month leave
from goth Century-Fox, her own
studio, Claire could have taken a
role at another studio at that fig
ure, but chose instead to visit
Broadway,
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
ALWAYS on Top

Francine Larrimore, who has
Just signed a contract at Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer, has never played
less than a leading role since her
stage debut in Overnight" for
Edgar SelWyn.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
Oliver Is Gardener

Edna May Oliver has turned her
spare time to the garden of her
Brentwood home. She supervised
the planting of early winter flow
ers and painted the white picket
fence.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
Beatrice Lille, Bert Lohr, Star
In Revue, The Show Is On,
Opening December7

Vincente Minneli's widely acclaimed musical. THE
Show Is On, starring Beatrice Lille and Bert Lahr, and
heraded ultimate gesture the theaer lavish and
coorful spendor is announced the attraction at the
National Theater for the week commencing Monday Decem
The Washington times., 1936-11-30

The next Pete Smith short at
MG-M will be a scientific dilly,
treating us to the inside dope on
the wonders of that most costly
of all thingS-radium.
Evening star., 1936-02-09

Mr.. and Mrs David Loewenstein, the
latter formerly Miss Helen Louise
Reizenstein of Baltimore, whose mar
riage took place January %, have re-
turned from their wedding trip to
South America and are in their apart
ment on Colorado avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer Barnet sailed
from New York Friday night on the
S. S. Lafayette for an 18-day cruise
| to South America. Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Marks, jr., of New York, for
merly of this city, sailed on the same
cruise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Kahn are
spending the Winter at Miami Beach.
Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Goldheim, Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Guggenheim and
Mr.. and Mrs. David Frank left the end
of the week for Hollywood, Fla, and
are at the Hollywood Beach Hotel for
several weeks.
Mr.. Frank Sloss of San Francisco.
Calf, is making his home in this city.
Mrs. Frederick Pelzman and Mrs.
Abram Simon presided at the valentine
tea table Monday at the sisterhood
rally. Red roses and stevia formed
the attractive centerpiece An inter
esting program. with Mrs. Martin
Mendelsohn, chairman, preceded the
tea.
Mrs. Alexander Kaufman has re-
turned to Beverly Court from a sew
eral weeks stay in Florida, by motor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Jaffee, who
have made their home at Woodley
Park Towers for several years, have
given up their apartment and will
return to their former home in New
York today. Mr.. and Mrs. Jaffee
spent the last week end in Wilmington,
Del, visiting the latters parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Brand.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Revness, with
their daughter Charlotte and cousin,
Robert Herzog of New York, came to
Washington Wednesday for a visit
to Mrs. Revness' parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris GuSdorf, to be with them
on their forty-eighth wedding ami
versary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Hahn are on a
trip to Mexico and will spend several
weeks and return by water.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hyman will be
hosts at dinner tonight at their
apartment on Sixteenth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Newberger,
who were guests of DR.. and Mrs.
Norman Gerstenfeld of Chevy Chase,
Md, have returned to their home in
New York.
Mr.. Nelson Greller Of New York
has come to Washington to make his
home.
Mrs. Norman Kal and Mrs. Louis
Janof are at Miami Beach, Fla, for
several weeks stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Cafritz left
during the week for Hollywood, Fla,
and have Joined the Washington group
at the Hollywood Beach Hotel for sew
eral weeks stay.
Mrs. Pauline Letterman entertained
the Saturday Afternoon Circle at a
birthday luncheon Thursday in the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Harold Levi
on Macomb street, where she is spend
ing the Winter. Her daughter, Mrs.
Gertrude kaufman of Chicago, Is
visiting her.
A reception followed the thirty-sec-
ond anniversary service of the Rev.
DR.. Abram Simon at the Eighth Street
Evening star., 1936-02-09
Parties and General
News in Sandy Spring

Mr.. and Mrs. G. Rust Candy were
hosts at a supper and bridge party
Friday evening, when their guests in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hyde,
4th: Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson of
Rockville Both Mrs. Henderson and
Mrs. Hyde are sisters Of Mrs. Candy.
Other guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
ry Owings and Mr.. and Mrs. Harwood
Owings of Howard County, Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis A. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick L. Thomas. Mr.. and Mrs.
Allan Brooke, Mr. and Mrs Francis
Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. Mahlon Kirk,
4th; Mr.. and Mrs. Tarlton Brooke.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Yellott Candy, Miss
Carrie Owings of Baltimore, Miss
Eliza Candy of Washington and Mr..
and Mrs A. Douglas Farquhar.
Mrs. Candy had her guests seated
at small tables, attractively arranged
in the hall and the living and dining
rooms.
Mrs. William w. Moore has re-
turned to her home. Leacroft. after
spending last week end with Mrs. S. P
6IunOon IN washington.
Mrs. Louis Bussler entertained at
luncheon Friday, her guests included
Mrs. william John Thomas, Mrs. P.
Garland Lyon, Mrs. Mahlon Kirk,
4th: Mrs Charles E. Bond, Mrs. Fred
erick L. Thomas, Mrs Francis Miller
and Mrs. Addison G. Foster of Wash
ington.
0 Miss Amy p. Miller has arrived
home from two-week stay in Cam
den, S. c. Miss Miller motored here
with her sister, Mrs. Knox Taylor Of
Santa Fe, N. Mex, who is a guest
during the week of her two sisters,
Miss Miller and Mrs. Stanton Smith.
Miss Mary Summers Taylor of Phila-
delphia, daughter of Mrs. Taylor,
joined the family last week end.
Miss Mary Miller Stabler Of Edge
wood left Friday for Wilmington, Del,
where she will be the guest OF Miss
Mary BringhurSt and Mr.. Edward
Bringhurst of lockwood. Before her
return Miss Stabler will visit her
nephew and niece, DR.. and Mrs. Rich
ard M. Stabler at Swarthmore.