Evening star., 1936-05-14
Popular Play;
Again Comes
To National
Offerings for Week
At Theaters Headed
by Tobacco Road

WT'oBACCO ROAD" which re-
Gently played a highly successful
engagement at the National Theater
and left only because of previous
bookings for both the production and
the theater, will return to the E street
play house Sunday night for one
week.
The widely discussed drama will be
done on this return engagement by
the same cast that played here be-
fore. Henry Hull, the original New
York star, is in the leading role and
his supporting cast includes Mary
Servoss, Fiske O'Hara, Priscilla
Knowles and Leon Ames.
Tobacco Road" will play matinees
on Wednesday and Saturday after
non. "
John Boles, romantic singing star
of the stage and screen, will appear
at Loew's Fox Theater, starting TO-
morrow, in both roles. His personal
appearance is the headline attraction
Of the stage show and he will be
seen on the screen, with Wallace Beery
and Barbara Stanwyck, in "a Message
to Garcia" film story of the true ad-
venture which changed the destiny
Of three nations Other entertain.
ment on the stage will be provided
by Collins and Peterson, comics;
Sybil Bowman, late funster in Ear
CAROLS Sketch Book" and the Dor
Costello revue.
The Earle Theater's new vaudeville
bill. opening tomorrow. will have two
headliners, Oracle Barrie and Clufl
Edwards. both of whom were recently
featured in George Whites Scandals,
and who have a lot of friends ir
town. The screen attraction will bt
''The Case Against Mrs. Ames," de.
failing the story Of woman mixec
up in murder accusations and court
rooms. The tale is by Arthur Somers
Roche and George Brent and Made.
leine Carroll are starred.
Janet Gaynor and Robert Taylor
form the new romantic team starred
in Small Town Girl" which starts
its local engagement tomorrow al
the Palace. Binnie Barnes and Lewis
Stone have important supporting
roles in the M-G-M perturbation oi
the Ben Ames Williams novel, which
recently was carried in The Star in
serial form. It's the story of a small
town girl and a big-city boy who
married in haste and repented al
leisure.
Dancing Pirate" new musical
romance filmed entirely in the new
Technicolor process, comes to R-K-C
Keith's tomorrow. Frank Morgan has
the principal comedy role. and the
cast is headed by Charles Collins
late Of New York stage hits, and
Stefh Duna, star Of la Cucaracha,
the short which was the first all
color film made by the new process
"Times Square Playboy." a new
Warner Bros. comedy with its plot
derived from Home Towners," a
stage success Of George M. Cohan's
opens tomorrow at the Metropolitan
Theater. Warren William is the play
boy, June Travis the night club singer,
who is the apple Of his eye, and Gene
and. Kathleen Lockhart, the home
towners.
Trial Of the Lonesome Pine" the
same story of mountain feuds, now
filmed entirely in Technicolor, which
recently had q successful week at
the Palace, returns downtown to-
morrow to open at the Columbia
Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Fred
MacMurray and Fred Stone are the
principal players.
Ecstasy" the widely discussed film
about the young lady who went SWIM
ming. continues into its fourth week
at the Belasco.
"Of Human Bondage" with Leslie
Howard and Bette Davis, starts Sun
day at the Little Theater.
Fats Waller brings his band to the
Howard Theater tomorrow, to head
line the stage show for one week.