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The Washington times., 1936-02-06

BoIand-Ruggles Story
Mary Boland and Charlie Rug
giles will be teamed again BY
Paramount in Where Am T. Q
story purchased for them ~
Gently.
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SissIe's Band
ForHoWord

Noble Sissle and his interna.
tional orchestra headlines the stage
program beginning Friday, at the
Howard Theater.
Appearing in the SiSsle revue
are Eunice Wilson, torch singer;
Billy Banks, the three Dukes,
Buddy Doyle, Princess white, Joe
Green, George Wiltshire, Apus
BrookeS, Sandy Burns and a chorus
Of 16 sepia dancing queens.
This revue has been well accept
ed all through the East, and the
patrons of the Howard are prom;
iSed something fast in stage enter.
tainment.
On the screen will be Joan Blon.
dell, Glenda Farrell, Allen jenkins
and Hugh Herbert in Miss Paci.
fic Fleet"
The Washington times., 1936-02-06

COSTLY SETTINGS
Shakespeare, however, is a diff
ferent matter. I have seen at
least half q dozen Juliets in stage
performances, have studied the
play line by line in my scholastic
days, yet I would hesitate to see
q new production Of Romeo and
Juliet without brushing up on the
dialogue Of the Bard'S tragic
romance. BY what magic does
Hollywood propose to m ke
Shakespeare crystal clear to the
movie masses. Let's see what
Hollywood says about it in the
latest MG-M bulletins,
william Strunk, jr., professor Of
English at Cornell University, is
the technical advisor. He is au-
The Washington times., 1936-02-06

Nate Stiefel of the Howard
Theater left today to join the
amusement world at Miami for
one month.
The Washington times., 1936-02-06
Hollywood Sweors To Be True
To the Bard and Thereby
Starts a Debate
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Almost eyerv actress has attained and the nan
ca security that goes with it, yearns to play Juliet Just
as every successful male stage star feels his will be
neither rounded complete until he has had fling at
Hamlet.
Thus we find Norma Shearer deep in the task of bring
ing Shakepeares 14yearod heroine to the for the
honor and glory of GoldwynMayer. Leslie Howard
will be her with John Barrymore scheduled to be the
Mercutio.
Off hand would be inclined to say that Irving Thai
berg of MM is ndulgng his pretty and talented wife In
permitting her to play the daughter of the Cpues for the
and mcrophone She has, to be played Eugene
ONeils morbid Nina Leeds of Strange Interude and Ez
abeh Barrett of Wmpoe Street. with high honor and dis
tnction Having passed these acting tests then, why not
.Tu1ie
The Washington times., 1936-02-06
I Cover HOLLYWOOD

eture work. Willie Howard (the
ex-Schubert, Ziegfeld, and now
picture comedian) is rumored
about to purchase o string Of
summer stock companies in the
East in which he viii produce
stock (of course) for money gar
nering purposes. Jock whitney
dropped IS thousand dollars on
q gaming table the other night
but he can take it so We won't
cry too much.
The Federal District Attorneys
office via their G-men are at the
moment conducting an inveStiga-
tion into the pirating Of indie
pendent motion picture produc-
tion by foreign countries. In
other words it would seem they
steal the prints from the indie
pendents. dubb in their own
language, and then clean up at
the box office as a result with
out paying q rental to the Indies.
Some skull duggery!
Lord and Lady Cavendish cher
ladyShip is Adele Astaire) will be
out any moment now to visit Fred.
wife, and Baby. It will be the
first time she's seen her bother in
two years and contrary to all ru.
NOR, she will not appear in a
picture AN old picture Of
Harold Lloyd's entitled 81 Do" has
been dubbed with q voice Of .
Japanese, speaking for our Harold.
The effect is too amazing when
you hear and see Mr.. L. giving out
in perfect Japanese.
Jeanette Macdonald, for fear
she may lose the knack of parlez-
vooing, retains her in her house
hold a French maid who nospic-
a-de-English
The Washington times., 1936-02-06

They couldn't Giiegd
10. get mGEriSd-but
they dial They
shouldn't hove tried
10 lead sOpGEGas, lives
but they didl Nc.
enc dared believe
they could stGY In
lov0-but they did
even Though
oe0GHs separated
them. tOmptGtion0
doSSod their paths
end fGtO SmGsh0a
thOiT eGTeSTsl
The Washington times., 1936-02-06
Amateur Actors

Many residents Of Flagstaff,
AriZ., became extras for q day
when the RKO-Radio Company
making "Thoroughbreds All" ar
rived for location scenes.
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thority for the statement that all
the dialogue to be used In the film
version of Romeo and Juliet" will
be faithful to the text. Says he:
TT begins with Shakespeare's be
ginning and concludes with his
ending. But some incidents
which in the play are merely mar
rated or implied, such as Romeo
leaving Verona in disguise, will
be shown In action, without any
non-Shakespearean dialogue"
Right here is where Hollywood
must break away from the happy
ending tradition. For Shakes
peare ends his play:
For never was a story Of
more woe
,. Than this Of Juliet and her
Romeo"
Some of the dialogue used in
Shakespeare would make the hair
of our modern censorS stand on
end. This, Of course, will be
deleted but the "a scenes written
into the script-and rarely seer
in stage versions-will be repre-
sented in the M-G-M picture
This, it is claimed, will impart to
the photoplay a fluidity and
clearneSS which cannot be OBJ
tanned on the stage.
In costumes and settings Holly
wood promises to outdo itself
Art Director Cedric Gibbons has
been working on the production
for a year, and Adrian, in de-
signing the clothes, has tried to
catch some of the opulence and
magnificence Of the period.
From this standpoint Romeo
and Juliet" will be something to
shout about.
PRESTIGE PICTURE
Still I have my doubts. Not that
Metro Goldwyn-M Mayer will unfold
a magnificent production or one
that will make the Ten Best lists
of critics next December. Not that
Norma Shearer will be a soul stir
ring and beautiful Juliet and Les
lie Howard a Romeo to surround
with glowing adjectiveS. Not that
M.G.M. will receive a battery OF
Salutes for its contribution tn the
lively arts. All of these things vii.
probably happen.
What foresee is that Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer is expending a tor
Of money on a prestige picture
that won't make a penny, since
the masses are not yet ready tC
: swallow Shakespeare in the five
and tens. Romeo and Juliet" will
annex all the fine notices and high
brow praise but. in my humble box
office opinion. wife VS.. Secretary
with Harlow, 10y and Gable, will
get the money to pay the usual fat
M.G.M. dividend, and the Shake
speare deficit besides.
vnx]vrn VrTrzn r,anrc-
The Washington times., 1936-07-16
NOW READ ON

II have thank you for being good to and, Of
course forgive him It silly of to fly into such
Stew but terribly afraid my work would go by the
boardthe work weeks You understand? Please accept
my apology.
of course understand Chou-C Chou choice of mine
He was wished upon But in spite of his naughtness
find myself growing attached to him. Like an old maid IN
her attic with cat parrot She laughed merriy
The Washington times., 1936-07-16

cleaned up two cool millions in
silver. And during the depression
he had loaded himself with gold
stocks, when everyone thought him
crazy. He had triumphed over all
of them in Wall Street.
The struggle had aged him, how
ever. Not that Joel was young
he was we'll on in the fifties-a
handsome man with silvering hair
and a much-lined face of aquiline
features.
"He looks 80 years my senior.
I don't look day over Is, or may
be g." Lorraine told herself.
Despite apparent youth and
beauty, however, life had grown
monotonous. Being the best
dressed woman in New York meant
boring hours and hours at ones
dressmaker, and at least two hours
daily in the beauty-parlor, what
with having ones hair coiffured
so that it was immaculate, not to
speak of manicureS and facialS.
Each morning, a Swedish mas
seur came to the penthouse to
pound off any incipient Jumps In
Lorraine's Svelte figure.
She thought again of Joel. He
was generous in money matters.
Didn't ne pay all of her bills, and
give her a handsome allowance?
Nor did he ask any questions as TO
her comingS and goings.
It had struck her of late that all
of Joels time could not be spent
at his downtown office. OF course
he was often at his clubs or else.
where with his innumerable men
friends. She wasn't the jealous sort,
she told herself. But if he did
have a little affair, she would GER
tainly turn it to her own advant-
age, as she did with everything.
She would make him pay to the
very limit.
It was not a pretty thought, but
it had its fascination. With a huge
settlement, and her renewed
beauty and undeniable social posi-
ton, she would be "a catch"
Not that she. was any longer
strong on marriage. Often she
felt she had had enough of mar
riage. To be a smart young di-
vorcee in this town and abroad
had it's attraction. She would be
delightfully."- free to queen it in all
the fashionable cities of the world!
Lorraine toyed pleasurably with
this thought.
Men fell in love with her readily
Cor pretended to fall in love-
which was stimulating. 1t flat
tered and fed her ego.
She managed to encourage them
and yet show discretion. The only
sin in the decalogue was in being
found out.
Not that she had led a wild life.
She had a good reputation. OF
course, down at her villa in
Cannes, in the South Of France,
there had been opportunities. as
with Ramon. Ramon had been a
professional dancer at the casino.
She had brought Ramon to New
York with her. Joel did not know
this, or if he did he turned a blind
eye to. it. Joel had an excellent
reticence in poking into the az
fairs of his beautiful wife.
Ramon was still infatuated with
her. She was growing rather tired
of Ramon. True, she liked young
men, but Latins were so exhaust.
ing, and jealous, too. Innumera-
BILE scenes with Ramon had been
trying, even alarming. American
young men would surely be more
amenable, if they were in love
with one. 1t would be nice to have
a young man in love with her who
would understand her. Ramon
was so posseSsive. She had no
peace with him. A change was
what she needed.
Ito Be COntinued)
copyright. 1895. by King Features
The Washington times., 1936-07-16
luxury Amazing Story Of Beautiful Mannequ
Disilusioned Young Girl
Has Smart World
At Her Feet
WHAT HAS HAPPENED

in Los Angeles from college, beautiful EG
Gerald Bruton stock broker After Ohr
nd cotsp young couple eope to Arizona and are married
That day. in the lobby hotel at San Dego 0oman Gp
erclm Why Gerald Ia no idea you Dere
in California brought e Glong3 Or Mrs. Bruton
Elizabeth stunned but Gerald assures her ne WGS
adding that he rer1ned from telling her TOR eGr OF losing
her loUe.
arrested for alleged stock fraud I'm
able the disgrace Elizabeth goes Neo Yo She changes
registers hote IN search
of embodiment OF beauty contest the
nners of positions anneqHtS in the
famous House of QuakenbuSh.
Ludna Waters Elizabeth enters the contest
and Jealous competitors present her NTH
monkey She then to share apartment h YOon"e
model.
The Washington times., 1936-07-16


like this" he blurted out, You're
only a very young girl"
ooh, I'm sharing the apartment
with friend. It belongs to her,
as a matter of fact"
She saw his eyes stray to the
amazing wallpaper with its wild
looking birds in incredible trees.
II think the same as you do. It's
an appalling paper!" she said.
laughing. But I dare not tell
Yvonne so. She thinks it's mar
vellous. She's adored that sort
of decoration from childhood.
She brought it over from France.
She's a French girl"
But you're Americana"
'To the last drop"
He said: 81 may be going over
to Paris one of these days in con-
nection with my work. There's
loads I can learn over there. I'd
love to CO."
She was utterly amazed and dis
concerted at her swift feeling Of
disappointment.
Mrs. Joel Vandaveer was bored.
Extremely bored. She had done
everything and been everywhere.
What sensation was left to her?
Almost she had it in her heart
to envy that fresh, unspoiled child
who, through her patronage and
power. had won the Golden Apple
by that absurd society function
the other afternoon.
Society was bunk. There was
no real society in New York,
barring a few real old names like
her own. The so-called "socialites"
were nobodies, trading on money
or "a front principally the
latter, in this town that is all
front and no back" she thought
2idly.
She was in bed, a breakfast
tray bearing a glass of grapefruit
juice, a scrap of toast, and a small
pot of coffee on her knees, She
drank it SugarlcSS and black. One
of the foremost considerations Of
her life was the preservation of
her figure.
That and her face. She
reached over to a reading-table by
her bed. No books were there,
only hand mirror.
Lifting it, she Scrutinized her
face, turning and twisting her
head, so that light would fall on
it from various angles.
She removed the little plaster
patches from the corners of her
lovely lips that had been the-e
all night with layer of skin food
under them, to prevent wrinkles.
Also the chin strap filled with re-
juvenating herbs that had an
astringent quality.
There, that was more comfort
able! Lorraine took full stock of
her own beauty.
Not even in the light of day
would anyone guess her real age.
What blessing to be born with
good clear skin! And what a
blessing to have had the courage
to surrender to the little Scalpel
Of that clever plastic surgeon in
Paris a couple of months ago!
He had done a good job. Lor-
raine thrust her heavy hair back
over her ears. She held the mirror
sideways. It would take mighty
sharp eyes to see those tiny scars
that were only faint lines now.
Joel'S eyes were sharp. Joel was
her husband. But even he had no
idea of the heroic gesture she had
made in the restoration of her face
for there had been lines two
months ago, and a noticeable sag
ging in the contour.
CuriouSly, Joel for a long time
had not been interested in her
beauty, nor in the fact that she
was considered the best-dressed
woman in New York!
Joel's thoughts were on his bust
ness. He was a member of the
Stock and Silver Exchange. He
had cleverly foreseen the initiation
long before it happened. He had
The Washington times., 1936-03-07
Little Keeps
"Informer"

1.-THE 1nformer," now playing its
third engagement at the Little
Theater, will begin it's fifth week
at Washington's revival house to-
morrow. Already it has played to
three times as many people as its
nearest rival, 1.-The Thin Man." and
crowds are nearly as great as they
were during its first showing last
fall.
The picture, an intense drama
Of Dublin during the Irish rebel
lion, was considered a box-office
"flop" when it made it's debut on
downtown screens. Lavish praise
showered upon it by newspaper
magazine and radio commentators
however, sent it soaring to sensa
tional popularity in subsequent
ShoWings.
The cast also includes Heather
Angel, Preston Foster and Margot
Graham.
The Washington times., 1936-03-07
MOVIE
CLOCK

FOX-Bing Crosby in Anything
Goes" 9:15. 11:45 a. m; 2:20,
4:5O, 7:25, 10 p. m. Stage, 10:55
q. M; 1:25, 4, $50, 9:05 p. m.
PALACE-Clark Gable in wife
Versus Secretary" 11:15 q. m;
1:15, 1920, 5:25, 1880, 9:35 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Nelson Eddy in
"Ros0 Marie" 9:30 a. M; IL,
,2:2O, .4:45, 7:05, $50 p. m.
EARLE-Paul NUM- in ''The Story
of Louis Pasteur," 9:45 a. m:
1910, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 1915
.. m. Stage, 1920 a. m; 1850,
4:2O, $50, 9:2O p. m.
KEITH'S-Ginger Rogers IN Fol
low The Fleet" $3.50 a. M,
1882, 1884. 1886, 5:38, 7:40
9:42 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Gail Patrick
in "The Preview Murder Mys-
terry" 11:10 .. M, 1855, 2:45,
4:SO, $40, sos, 9:55 p. m.
LITTLE-Victor MacLaglen in
"The Informer," at 1925. 1895,
S:29, $40, 1888 and 9:44 p. m
HOWARD-Ann Southern in "You
May Be Next" 1890, $3.50, $50,
900, 1900 p. m. Stage-Claude
Hopkins and his Orchestra,
400, 500, 800 1000 p. m.
The Washington times., 1936-03-07
Anything Goes Lively Movie,
Fots Waller at Fox

The musical show that capti-
vated theater-goers last season,
Anything Goes" retains in its
film version all the qualities that
made it Broadway's No. l hit at
traction. All the qualities, per
hapS, except one Victor Moore,
who, after all, is in a class by
himself. ~
Audiences at the Fox yesterday
derived no end of enjoyment from
the amusing goings-on aboard an
ocean liner, Bing Crosby's Groom
ing of Cole Porter's most popular
tunes, the warbling of Ethel Mer.
man and the comedy Of Charlie
Ruggles, which are the chief in
gradients of Anything Goes"
RuggleS Very Good
There is no one in Hollywood
better fitted to play the role Of
detected Public Enemy No. 13
than Ruggles. Although it seems
somewhat irreverent to have dig
nified minister talking out Of the
side Of his mouth in argot OF the
underworld it is vastly amusing.
Bing Crosby does full justice to
you're the Tops" Sailor Beware"
and there is o fine quartet OF
sailors aboard ship who spend
most of their time harmoniZing
while polishing brass. Crosby
practices his romantic charms on
Ida Lupino, o 11ice-looking blonde,
Ethel Norman Is effective in a
night club scene and has quite q
substantial role.
A mammoth song and dance
revue scene on the docks at South
ampton ct the close Of the picture,
thrown In for good measure, seems
somewhat unnecessary but main.
tains the Hollywood tradition OF
doing things on q colossal scale.
On che Stage
Fats" Waller and his radio
band Of Sepians headline the
stage portion Of the program and
wing into their numbers with
abandon. walters rendition OF
st. Louis Blues ct the piano goes
over big. The hand boasts some
first class instrumentalists but
could stand q few good voices.
Roger Pryor, one Of Hollywood's
up and coming young men, does
numbers from several Of his re
cent pictures. He has a nice voice
and manner.
Gwynne's hocus pocuS produces
rabbits and makes pretty young
The Washington times., 1936-03-07
Lunt-Fontonne
AT National

Alfred Llnt and Lynn Fontanne
viii be presented by the Theater
Guild ct the National Monday
night In Q new play by Robert E.
Sherwood, idiots Delight" The
engagement Is for one week only.
The first performance win be the
world premiere Of the play.
Mr.. Lunt and Miss Fontanne
ended their New York run of The
Tanning of the Shrew" at the
height Of its success and while it
was still playing to capacity audi
ences in order to present immedi-
Ately the new play by the author
who gave them one Of their
greatest successes, Reunion in
Vienna"
The reason is that Idiots De
light" is Of such timely interest
that It could not wait for another
season. It's characters step right
out Of the headlines which you
are reading today, and without re-
Vealing his story, it may be said
that Il concerns itself with the
wars and rulnors Of wars of today,
1t is told, not in the pompous
terms Of statesmen, but in the
peraiflaSe Of o vaudeville actor
trapped by wars red tape, and
the feminine favortte of muni-
GonS manufacturer.
Mr.. Lunt and Miss Fontanne
are said to have perhaps the finest
roles Of their career.
The play has been staged by
Mr.. Gunt and Bretaigne Windust.
The setting 10 by Lee Simonson.
In addition to Mr.. Lunt and
Miss FontAnne, the cast will In
clude sydney 0reenStreet, Rich
ard WhOrf, Bretaigne Windust,
George Meader, Barry Thompson,
Francis Compton, Jean Mcintyre,
Edward Raquello, Ernestine De-
Becker, 8. Thomas Gomez, LeRoi
Opertl, Alan Hewitt, Gilmore
Bush. winston Ross, Edgar Bar
rier, TomaSso T1ttorni, Georgia
Monteverde, Stephen SandeS and
six chorus girls.
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Story
Atthe Met

"The Preview Murder Mystery" {"
the Metropolitan's new film, is oil
that its name implies. A murder
fiend on the loose In q colossal
Hollywood studio.
There are three mysterious kill
ings and one murder attempt that
failed. Almost every employe Of
the movie factory Is o suspect to
the audience. There are the
usual assortment Of detectives and
policemen. In short, It's just an
other one Of those murder mys-
terry tales with eli the trimmings.
This ones chief claim to novelty
Is locale. You see just how movies
are made. Everything-that is,
almost everything-that transpires
behind the scenes is exposed. This
fact alone should put this mystery
over in a big way. Is there one
member Of q movie audience who
isn't curious about the contribut-
ing elements Of work and play in
the movie capital2
After receiving g threatening
notes, a male picture star is found
dead at the preview of his latest
film. Later on ct the studio his
director and a watchman are also
unfortunate victims. The stars
leading lady is almost eliminated
via unlawful homicide. OF course
the culprit is finally traced down,
but his identity will not be dis.
closed here. It would spoil your
pleasure As q future witness to
this man-hunt.
Reginald Denny, Frances Drake,
Ian Keith Gail Patrick and
George Barber are all splendid
in their characteriSationS. Such
old-time favoriteS as Rod La.
Rogue, Conway Tearle, Jack Mul.
hail, Bryant WaShburn, Chester
Conklin and Hank Mann are also
on hand to show their ex-admirers
that they can still deliver.
A really good musical short
featuring Hal Leroy with Cherry
and June PreiSser, Q tuneful and
funny Betty Boop cartoon and q
15-minute newsreel. highlighting
New York's dilemma during the
strike Of the elevator lads, add
the finishing touches to an enter
tanning program. M. B.
The Washington times., 1936-03-07

tenSely appealing because Of the
nobility Of the SelfSacrifice 1t
viSualiZeS.
The affection between Pas
teur'S daughter, Anette, played by
Anita Louise, and the chemists
assistant, played by Donald Woods.
gives the story romantic value.
and the motive for some Of the
features most dramatic moments.
Josephine Hutchinson plays Pas.
teur'S wife with distinction.
In every respect '"The Story Of
Louis PaSteur" is adult an d
literate, will be thoroughly en-
loved BY those who like q touch
Of genuine history with their en-
tertainment,
TOP NOTCH BAND
Xavier Cugat's band on the
stage plays the Latin tempoS and
the 1anguid rhythmS better than
most contemporary mu ic q
groups. AS solo dance artists
Cugat offers Georges and JalnA,
q ball room team of infinite
grace and polish, forced to give
many encores yesterday matinee.
Others who were featured in
tango and rhumba speciAltieS are
Carmen Castillo, Two Marias,
Consuelo and Thomas and Carlos
Zalaar. Maestro Cugat. too, has
The Washington times., 1936-03-07
Earle to Have
June Knight

June Knight, lovely dancing star
of Jubilee" and other hit shows
of stage and screen, will come 70
the Earle Theater Friday, March
13, to headline the stage program.
On the screen, Marlene Dietrich
and Gary Cooper will be seen in
Desire" new Paramount produo.
ton directed by Frank BorSage.
Jubilee" the New York show,
ends its run tomorrow (Saturday)
night. On Monday Miss Knight
will begin rehearsing the special
song and dance numbers which
she will present at the Earle on
Friday.
In addition to her many appear
ances on tie Broadway stage, Miss
knight has been featured in nu-
merous screen productions. The
most recent of these was the musi-
cal production, Broadway Melody
of 1886" in which she featured
1--WE Got a Feeling You're Fool"
ing"
Sometimes called "the most ia
nous girl on Broadway" June
Knights real name is Margaret
Rose Valliquiette. Her start as a
dancer Was the direct result Of
doctors orders when, as a child,
she developed pulmonary trouble
and was sent to Arizona. The
dancing was prescribed for exer"
else.
Florenz Ziegfeld gave Miss
Knight her first start on Broad.
way, first as a dancer, then as q
dancing actress. She is 5 feet 5
inches tall. weighs 10 pounds and
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