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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17
"ZiegfeId" Now
At Columbia

THE Great Ziegfeld," magnifi-
cent production depicting the life
of that master Snowman, Flo
ziegfeld, yesterday began the third
engagement in Washington. Cur
rent at Loew'S Columbia, this spec
tacular musical is packing the
theater.
A second viewing of this stupen-
douS performance only serves to
intensity a first impression that
here is one of the most perfectly
wrought entertainments the screen
has offered. Every interlude, every
dance, every dramatic sequence is
superbly timed and beautifully
presented.
William Powell assumes the role
OF the greatest producer of the
stage, stepping to new heights as
an understanding and a versatile
actor. LuiSe Rainier, as the beloved
Anna Held, creates one of the
finest performances of the screen,
running the gamut of emotion
with a charm not to be surpassed.
Myrna 10y is the beautiful Billie
Burke, second wife of the pro-
Queer, a sympathetic part, we'll
done. It is Frank Morgan as a
rival producer, who later joins
forces with Ziegfeld, who finally
completes quartet. A large num-
Der of we'll known players are also
included, each one adding to the
grand success.
Each scene finds one thinking
that here is best of all and thus
they all sum up to a great total,
from the first rival scenes of the
two bankers at the Chicago Fair:
the press agent scene with the
exotic Rainier; the inimitable per-
Torrance Of Fannie Brice; tn e
gorgeous dance ensemble of "a
Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" and
so on and on.
Beautiful girls, lovely music,
splendid acting, wonderful set
tings, 1.-THE Great Ziegfeld" should
not be overlooked by any discrini-
mating theater patron. H. K.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17

A mystifying crimes solution
through a photograph forms the
basic plot of the newest Para
mount thriller Murder With Pic
lures" This picture crammed
full of hair-raising excitement and
suspense is on view at the Metro
politan this week. In the leads
are Lew Ayres and Gail Patrick.
Around these two somewhat in
volved series of happenings occur
before they are permitted the
final clinch. On the same bill are
a Paramount newsreel, and two
Vitaphone shorts, Rush Hour
Rhapsody" and Logging Along"
Apparently with no motive be-
hind it a murder is committed
and in full view of a dozen wit
nesses. But where the shot came
from is the mystery. A perfect
crime. Suspicion points to Muir
dock, fresh, happy-go-lucky news
photographer, and Meg Archer, a
glamorouS woman who no one
knows anything about.
Too many things then begin
to happen too quickly and the
audience enters into a game of
cops and robbers with the culprit
emerging as genuine surprise
to all. The clue to the puzzle lies
in an apparently innocent I'm
developed picture that had been
taken by a dumb-cluck cub pho
tographer and had remained un-
printed until it is almost too late.
While the picture is at all times
entertaining there are far too
many incidents and far too many
characters to make for any clear
comprehension. Lew Ayres as the
ace cameraman gives his part due
sincerity and impresses one with
his earnestneSS. Other players
seen to good advantage are Paul
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17
Hot Armstrong
At Howard

The king of the trumpet is in
town. Louis Armstrong, known
throughout the world as the
greatest cornetist, and his band of
conglomerated swing and jazz
opened a weeks run at the How
ard Theater yesterday.
Armstrong not only heads the
bill, but is more than half of the
show. His comic antics and his
high pitched cornet keeps the
audience in a mood of continual
applause. Such numbers as the
"St. Louis Blues" Swing Time"
ana "Old Man Nose" were well
received with Armstrong footing
the cornet and also singing the
refrains. A bit rotund and ton
of smiles, Armstrong is still going
big. Louis Russell, one of the
best ivory ticklers, is at the piano.
George McClennon, one of the
old timers of the big time is on the
bill and is a hit. Black-face and
with a style all his own, McClen-
non, with the aid Of Armstrong, is
just a near-Size riot. He con-
cludes his part Of the bill with
Lazy Bones" a clarinet solo no
one should miss. Others of spe-
cial mention are the Lang Sisters,
three little girls who are tap
dance artists; David and Goliath.
comedians under cork and the
Two Zephyrs, comic dance team.
Lew Ayers is featured in Shake
down" the screen attraction of
the bill. Special midnight show
tonight. w. R.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17
ANNIVERSARY SHOW

ANNIVERSARY SHOW
The Earle vaudeville program
this week, celebrating the sixth an
niversary of variety shows at the
Thirteenth Street playhouse is al
most entirely taken over by the So
called fair sex, a Woman's orcheS-
ira and a unit of two dozen dancers
being highlightS of the bill.
"Stage Struck" rates easily as
one of the best of the Warner
Brothers musicals. Less skillfully
done it would be just another
Stereotyped back-stage romance OF
chorus girl stepping into the
shoes of the star, but with Dick
Powell, Joan Blondell, Frank Nc
Hugh and the Four Yacht Club
Boys it packs at least one laugh
minute. Powell has improved
tremendously since his last film,
and it is a pleasure to see him
work with La Blondell.
The film is less lavishly pro-
duced than some of the previous
Busby Berkeley musicals, but the
tunes are excellent.
One in particular, did I Re
member" striking our fancy, and
the comedy first rate. The Yacht
Club Boys are a positive riot, the
best comedy team since the Marx
brothers. Their Body Beautiful"
number is positively colossal"
Jeanne Madden, newcomer to
the screen, is favorably cast in
the role of Dick Powells demure
sweetheart. She is the Ruby Keeler
type and should be starred before
long. Her voice is highly salts
flying.
The pair have a romantic scene
in an aquarium in which they
sing to the fishes that is very well
done even though it does seem
somewhat lncongruouS to hear a
60-piece symphony orchestra amid
such surroundings.
The popular Ina Ray Hutton
and her Melodears return with
new revue and some hot swing
rythyms to head the stage bill.
Ina Ray leaves her girls to shift
for themselves most of the time
while she buStles in and out with
frequent changes of dazzling cos
tunes. She also contributes a
song and dance number to the
festivities.
Frank and Pete Trade have an
unusual comedy act and Margie
Palm offers something exceptional
in the way of acrobatic dancing.
The dance unit is effectively cos
tuned though their routing is not
Startlingly original.
A newsreel and a Newman short
novelty round out what must be
termed highly commendable an
niverSary program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17
Jane CowI in
First Lady

When Jane Cowl brings her
smart comedy First Lady," to
town, at the National Theater for
one week beginning Monday, with
matinees Wednesday and Satur-
day, theatergoers will have an
opportunity of seeing how the am
bilious hostesses of Washington
90 about the business Of putting
a man in the White House.
The most ambitious of these
dextrous females who use their
influence-or their interference
to shape momentous political stu
ationS is the witty and fasclnat-
ing Lucy Chase Wayne, played
by Miss Cowl, but she has an al
most equally clever rival in the
person of Irene Hubbard, played
by Ann Mason, and it is the bat
tie between this pair Of lovely
schemers that provides most OF
the entertainment.
To steal a brief description
from a New York critic-"With
the utmost good-humor. and the
sharpest of claws, half-hidden in
the quickest of paws, they dab,
catlike. at things and people, thus
providing entertainment for man
and sadist." Certainly, judging
by the all-season record of the
play at the Music Box Theater in
New York, First Lady" provided
entertainment for all who could
get in to see it, and not a few
of these, including certain promi-
nent politicians and washington
social leaders, must have recog
nized glimpses of themselves in
the authors mirror. The wife of
President Roosevelt, in fact, was
heard to say, laughingly, that she
thought she recognized herself at
least once during Miss Cowl's
performance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17

DOES A LITTLE EVA
She sings, too, Picture Me
Without You" HE Was a Dandy"
and "Hey, What Did the Bluebird
Say?" and while she is now a
past master at handling lyrics,
the numbers are a trifle too So
phiSticated for Hollywood'S most
precociouS juvenile.
It strikes me that they are at
tempting to pile too much on the
tiny shoulders of the petite studio
Bernhardt. This particular story
is overloaded with emotional no
KUN and really calls on the child
to spend a good deal of the time
squeezing out tears as a means
of dramatic expression. The
height of something or other is
putting little Eva Of "Uncle
Toms Cabin" into the scenario
for a lachrymose sequence.
AS one dyed-in-the-wool Shirley
Temple fan I trust she gets better
screen authors next time. Here
she is the juvenile heroine of a
period story set in the 1850's, a
young singer and dancer leading
a group Of street MINISTRIES in i'm
promptu concerts. Frank Morgan
is the professor of the troupe,
using their entertainment to cover
up his pocket picking and thiev-
cry.
It is odd to see the veteran
Frank Morgan in this combination
Fagin-MicaWber role, but one
scene in a theatrical producers
office justifies casting which is
somewhat incredible. Helen West
ley, as a wealthy dowager, eager to
adopt Shirley, also serves capably
as "Stooge" for the diminutiVe
star.
GOOD SHORTS BILL
"Dimples" is okay if not sensa.
sational. BY this time everybody
agrees that Shirley Temple is a
Hollywood phenomena, cute and
extremely talented. Let it go at
that without devising impossible
stunts for the child and putting
words in her mouth far beyond
her years.
William A. Seieter directed and
introduces two promising young
players in Robert Kent and Delma
Byron, providing the love interest.
The supplementary program has
a Charley Chase comedy, Neigh
borhood Night" which is clever
satire on bank night in the thea
ter. A Silly Symphony and an ex-
cellent issue of Hearst-Metrotone
newSreel completes the program.
-V0TE AMERIcAN-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17
VOTE AMERICAN
Screen Youths Club
Goes international

The Screen Boys Club, organized
some two months ago with is Hol-
lywood charter members, is to be-
come international in scope.
Freddie Bartholomew, president
Of the organization, today received
letter from Desmond Tester, Eng
fish boy star recently seen here
with Nova Pilbeam in Mine Days
a Queen" requesting a copy of the
rules and bylaws of the organiza-
ton and asking permission to form
a second chapter in London.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17
Ramona Starts
On Capitol
Screen

to Hollywood for mentioning q
mere author first) back in the
mavue decade wrote a love story
full of tender sentimentalities and
long pauses typical of the popular
literature of that time. Ramona"
for such is the name Of the story,
had something on the ball, how
ever, for it has laid hold power
fully Of the hearts Of the masses
and has survived these many
years. This love story has come
to the screen again-gorgeously, in
full color-at Loew'S Capitol.
Ramona" is love story differ
ing from the run-of-mine love
stories in that it has a tragic end
ing and in that the heroine braved
convention to marry an Indian.
1t is later developed, however, that
she herself was the daughter of
a white sea captain and an In
dian Squaw.
The story is told against the
colorful background of the Cali
fornia of the mission days. There
are touches of sweeping pageantry
in the film and moments of high
and Suspense-filled drama.
Action Is Slow
The picture, as a whole, how
ever, moves with an irritating
Slowness. Instead of sharply etched
and pointed incidents moving
along the direct path of the climax
there Is a sort Of blurred indeci-
sion at times, lingering too long
on inconSequential detail.
This beautifully colored film has
been well enacted, as far as the
members of the cast are concerned.
Loretta Young, looking very ex-
otto in a full, rich black wig, who
heads the cast, receives the sup
port Of an excellent company.
Don Ameche, in whom there is
much local interest, on account of
his Georgetown days, does a very
commendable Characterization as
AleSSandro, the Inflated Indian
hero. The role is played convinc-
ingly and with dignity and re-
straint.
Pauline Fredric Shines
Pauline Fredric, as Sonora MO
reno, shines in beautifully
wrought portrayal of that proud
and domineering woman. Mention
also must be made of Pedro de
Cordoba's brief appearance as
Father Salvierderra. His few mo-
mentS on the screen proved mem
orable. Katherine de Mile played
with luSty understanding the role
of the jealous Margarita.
A special music score runs
through great lengths Of the pic
ture. weaving a beautifully tapes
tried background for the action.
AL Trahan on Stage
On the stage that king Of must
cal buffoonS, AL Trahan, with Lady
Yukona Cameron, convulSeS the
audience with his cratic piano &C
compartments for his wife'S sing
ing and with his trick falls. A mad
and furious act-and funny.
Tito GUITAR. accompanying him.
self at times on the guitar, offers
a we'll chosen group Of songs. His
little medley of outstanding radio
hits of the past seven years was es-
pecially enjoyable.
Roye and Maye present an elab-
orately staged dance interlude
called "Park Avenue Fantasy"
The act is beautifully mounted but
it impressed me, and I hate to say
it, as much ado about nothing.
The Elida Dancers are shown in
two novel and well executed rou-
tines.
The usual short subjects are
shown, the news reel having our
old friend Lew Lehr in a walking
marathon contest. Very good.
j. w, B,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17
VOTE AMERICAN
Famed Ski-Jumpers
Hop Around Screen

Pete Smith, M-G-M commenta-
tor, has today set a new dis
lance record for himself by choos-
ing ski stunts on the mountains
of Bavaria as the subject of his
next short. He obtained four
reels of film showing SO of Eu-
ropes most daring ski jumpers
in action,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17
'DIMPLES' AT THE PALACE
Shirley Temple SporkIes in
Picture With Frank Morgan,
Stepin Fetchit Support
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Adorable little Shirley Temple will please her considerable
movie public in Dmples her latest picture which opened yes
terday at Loew's Palace Theater.
She will please them because black Bill Robinson her dancing
teacher has taught her stepping routine best of
which the marking the birth of American min
srey Here the youngser baby Primrose strutng and
tossing lively feet before minstrel front.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17
Murder With Pictures Opens
At the METROPOLITAN

Kelly, Onslow Stevens, Ernest
Cossart and Joyce Compton.
Many such accidental photo
graphs snapped at the psy-
Geological moment have been the
means by which crimes have been
solved and criminals brought to
justice. The most recent was the
attempted assassination of King
Edward VIII. The camera never
1inc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17
STAGE STRUCK AT EARLE
Dick PoweII-Joon BIondeII Are
Stars of Gay Stage Struck
At the Earle Theoter

If you confirmed msogynst stay from the Earle
this week On stage and hold sway In the
feature picture, Sage Struck Dick Powels life is mads
miserable by
AS Broadways successful stage director he forever
by beautiful chorus girls and emperamenta prma dona
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17
StorFor
BeIosco

When the twotitled picture
Spring Shower" of Marie"
opens at the Belasco Theater
Tuesday, Washington movie-goer
will have an opportunity to watch
the performance of a girl destined
to be a new star. This new star is
Annabella.
Annabella is known throughout
Europe as the star of the Rene
Clair films and she has been seen
in Washington in LIE Million" and
July H." Last year, Annabella
went to Hollywood, but returned
to her native France without max,
ing a picture because she objected
to playing the lead opposite
Charles Boyer in the Erik CharreN
Caravan" Since then she has
been making French films. Dur.
ing the past few months she again
consented to make an English
speaking film and is now facing
the technicolor cameras in Eng
land making wings of the Morn
ing" for Twentieth Century-Fox.
In Spring Shower" C"Marie")
Annabella gives what European
critics call the greatest perform.
ance of her career. In fact the
director of the film, Paul Fejos.
gives Annabella credit for the
Variety review which said: I'VE
have in her a dramatic artist Of
the first rank. She has no rival.
She stands supreme"
VOTE AMERICAN
Music
DR.. Hugo Reisenfeld will direct
the musical sequences of Bobby
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17
STAGE STRUCK"

At the Earle Theater. A Warner
Brothers production. Directed by
Busby Berkeley. Music and lyrics
by f. Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17
Music

DR.. Hugo Resented will direct
the musical sequences of Bobby
Breen's next RKO-Radio Starrer,
Rainbow On the River"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17

Latest Feature Of Baby Star
Has Both Songs and Dances
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17

-V0TE AMERICANA
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-05-28
GEORGE C. RECKLEY

Funeral services for George c.
Reckley, 60, who died Monday night,
May IS, were held Thursday after
noon at 1:30 o'clock from his home
in Westernport, Allegany county, with
Rev. o.. P. Brann, pastor Of the As
sembly of God tabernacle, officiating,
assisted by Rev. Fred. R. Barnes, pas
tor of the First Methodist Episcopal
church of Piedmont. Interment was
made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at
Oakland Thursday evening.
Mr.. Reckley, former resident of
Mountain Lake Park, had been a res
ident Of the Tri-Towns community for
twenty -one years and was employed as
a carpenter foreman at the plant of
the West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Company at Luke.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Mary Reck-
ley, he leaves two daughters, Mrs.
Bernice Miller, at home; Mrs. Ethel
Fox, of Moorefeld, w. Va. land a son,
John NJ. Reckley, of McCoole, and
eight grandchildren.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-05-28
Miss Edelen Becomes Bride OF
Nelson Offutt

The marriage of Miss Agnes de.
Barth Edelen, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Walbach Edelen, Baltimore, to
Nelson Thomasson Offutt, son of the
late Elwood Offutt and Mrs. Offutt
formerly of Oakland, took place last
Saturday afternoon at a o'clock at the
rectory of st. Stephens Catholic
church, Bradshaw, Md. Rev. T. Vincent
Fitzgerald, pastor of the church, per-
formed the cermony.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore gown OF
ivory satin, made along princess lines
with collar of old rose point lace. Her
tulle veil was draped from a cap with
rolled edge fastened with orange BIOS
SONS and her bouquet was of lilies OF
the valley and gardenias.
Mrs. Peter H. B. Cumming, of Red
Bank, N. j., was the BRIDES matron-
of-honor, and the bridesmaids were her
four sisters, Mrs. G. Warfeld Evans
Miss Anne Gardiner Edelen, Miss
Mary Therese Edelen and Miss Resale
Edelen, all of whom wore gowns of
white organZa, made with very full
skirts and pulled sleeves. They wore
wreaths of yellow and white daisies in
their hair and carried bouquets of the
same. Miss Mary Graham Boggs, cous-
in of the bride, was her flower girl.
wearing a long white organza Kate
Greenaway dress, wreath of yellow
and white daisies, and carrying an old
fashioned bouquet.
Mr.. Edmund P. Scarlet was Mr.
Offutt's best man and the ushers were
Mr.. John w. Edelen, Jr., brother of
the bride; Mr.. James B. Plat, Jr., Mr..
Charles H. Classen, all of Baltimore;
Mr.. Ross V. Cauthorne, Mr.. Roswell
Davenport and Mr.. Barksdale Lathrop,
all of Richmond, Va. A reception at
Homestead Farm, the home of the
brides parents, at Glen Arm, followed
the ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Offutt will spend their
honeymoon in Bermuda and on their
return will live at 104 West University
Parkway, Baltimore.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-05-28
LAWRENCE GLENN GUARD

Lawrence Glenn Guard, Aged 26
years, died at the Mercy hospital in
Pittsburgh, Pa, on Thursday evening.
He was the son of the late C. V. and
Mrs. Blanche Friend Guard, of Pitts
burgh. Mr.. and Mrs. Guard were for
mer residents of Friendsville.
Surviving are his mother and five
sisters, Mrs. C. C. Olson, of Tacoma.
Washington; Mrs. Emma Ball, Mrs
Thomas Davis, Mrs. Edmund McClin-
took and Betsy Guard, all of Pitts
burgh; two brothers, Ronald Guard, of
Pittsburgh; and Robert Guard, of Cali
fornia. His father and one brother,
Harold Guard, preceded him in death
a number of years ago.
His body was taken to the home of
an uncle, Earl Guard, Friendsville, last
Saturday morning and funeral SER
vices were conducted Sunday in the
M. E. church at Friendsville with the
Rev. R. L. Maness in charge, assisted
by DIR. Archibald Moore of Oakland
Interment was in Blooming Rose
cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-05-28
NEW GERMANY

Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Adkins, who
reside near Washington, D. c., have
been here visiting Mrs. Adkins par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Stephen.
| The young people of the community
have begun practicing for the chill
dren's day service, which will be held
at the Reformed church on June IA.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorraine Otto and chill
dren visited relatives in Cumberland
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer burst and their
daughter visited in Grantsville and
Barton with friends on Sunday.
Don't forget the Memorial Day ser
vice to be held at the Reformed church
on Sunday afternoon, May 81, which
will be in charge of the American Le-
gion of Salisbury, Pa. Special speak
ers are to be heard upon the occa-
sion. Everyone is asked to be present
at this service.
C. C. burst continues i'll.
Standard Altpeter, who has been
superintendent at the CCC camp here.
has been transferred to York, Pa. Mr.
Dorman, superintendent at Backbone
CCC camp, has taken Mr.. Altpeter's
position here.
Mrs. M. E. Martin and son Ellis
were visiting in Homecoming on Friday
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-05-28
WILLIAM F. MEYERS

William F. Meyers, 81 years of age
died at his home at Sand Spring, near
Selbysport, on May %. He was the
eldest son of the late Mr.. and Mrs
Elijah Meyers, and was born in West
Virginia on June 2, 1854.
He had been a resident of Garrett
county for 80 years and lived on the
present home farm for Sc years.
Funeral services were conducted OF
May rs at Sand Spring by Rev. Geo
W. VanSickle, of the Church of the
Brethren, assisted by Rev. R. L. Man
ess.
Surviving are three sons, Elijah F
Meyers, Pennington, Pa; Orval M
Meyers, Of Asher Glade; Ami Mey
ers, last known address Spokane
Wash; two daughters, Mrs. Minnie
Frantz, Cumberland; Mrs. Berth,
Friend, with whom he resided on tn,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-05-28

gantown, W. Va, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Barnes, Homecoming, and Rev.
R. L. Maness, Friendsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Miller spent
Sunday at Davistown with relatives.
Miss Engle, Grantsville, was a Wis
itor here on Monday.
Miss Bess Griffith, Cumberland, was
here over the weekend with her sis
ter, Mrs. Frank Lowdermilk.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Dewitt and
son, of Laughlintown, Pa, and Mr..
and Mrs. Merle Griffith and son, of
Confluence, visited at the home of A.
]. Thomas on Sunday.
E. G. Harmed, Brandonville, w. Va,
was business visitor here one dey
recently.