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Spencer Tracy, and the latter'S
fiancee (Jean Harlow, to frame
the lady in question. But heir
plans go amiss and brownette
Jean almost loses her orange
blossoms before it all ends in q
weller of excitement and laughs.
It becomes necessary for Bill
Powell to do some fancy trout
fishing and one of the most con-
vulSing scenes ever screened pic
lures the dilemma of the bored
sophisticate when he climbs into
hip rubber boots and tries to land
a Speckled darter in a ripping
stream.
JEAN HARLOW CLICKS
10y never looked lovelier nor
acted with better cold and calm
dignity. Harlow, Tracy and
Powell swap q few hundred wise
cracks, for the dialogue is gen.
orally sparkling and full Of bright
quipS.
Preposterous and funny, fast
and amusing. "Libeled Lady" gets
engaging direction from Jack
Conway. It shows what four ex-
pert actors can do with q lively
script. Also it shows what Jean
Harlow can do with the right
speech. She has a long two
minute dissertation at the end of
the picture, socks it over at
breathless speed using the right
punctuation and fu-
riouS emphasis. Soon they will
recognize that Jean is a real &C.
treSS as well as a locker.
'Libeled Lady" comes to Loew's
Palace Friday and will be
among those who will view 1t q
second time. It's a winner.
The Washington times., 1936-11-02
Four-Stor Hit For BeIosco

Carnival in Flanders" or la
Kermesse Heroique" as. it was
known in Europe, will be presented
at the Belasco Theater, opposite
the White House, following the
current two-a-day engagement of
Les Miserables."
The New York News critic gives
this feature a four-Star rating al
though Will Hays has denied it
a production code seal.
Starring FRANCHISE RoSay, the
comely French actress, Carnival
in Flanders" offers an amusingly
Satirical comedy-drama of Seven
tenth century Flanders. The pic
ture was given a four-star rating
by the New York Daily News, with
the other New York critics lavish
in their praise.
The Washington times., 1936-11-02
Lamar Keen Now
MANAGER of Avalon

Lamar Keen has assumed thu
duties of manager at Warner Bros.
Avalon Theater. Connecticut Ave.
at Mckinley ST., occupying the
post formerly filled by Walter Cor
sley, now manager of the Uptown
Theater.
Mr.. Keen came to the Avalon
from the Trenton, Lynchburg. He
has as his assistant at the Avalon
Benjamin Rock, formerly chief Of
service. James Glennen, who was
assistant manager at the Avalon,
moved to the Uptown with Mr..
CerSley.
The Washington times., 1936-11-02
Stars
Aid Davies

Marion Davies has three famous
partners for her dances in the
speciality numbers staged for the
Cosmopolitan production, Cain
and Mabel" now at the Earle
Theater, as a Warner Bros. re-
lease.
The most pretentious dance
takes place in the Thousand
Love Songs" number, which is the
most spectacular feature of the
picture. In this she dances the
adagio with Charles Teske, the
celebrated ballet dancer. One
hundred and sixty of Hollywood'S
most beautiful chorus girls also
have a part in the ballet.
In the "Coney Island" number.
the scenes of which are laid in
the famous amusement resort,
Miss Davies dances with Sammy
White, noted eccentric dancer Of
the stage. They give an exhibit
ton of the most intricate and un-
usual novelty dance, with chorus
Of beautiful girls.
In still another number, which
is a rehearsal for a stage produc-
ton, Miss Davies partner is Don
Alderman. also noted for his
dancing proclivities. Their dance
is a tap routine. The two also go
through intricate steps in Miss
Davies apartment.
Miss Davies is co-Starred with
Clark Gable.
The Washington times., 1936-11-02

Viola Dana in a per-
Sonal appearance act. but never
got any closer to Hollywood
than Long Beach, which is 80
miles away. He wrote to four
former New York producer
friends who were then in films
in executive positions, but got
rary a result but a cold form
letter allowing him to walk
through one of the studios. Four
years later he came back at a
salary cut to do the local stage
versions of "Whistling in the
Dark" and within 48 hours had
three film offers.
Warmers are to be congratu-
lated on having been able to sign
identical boy twin actors, Billy
and Bobby Mauch, the former of
The Washington times., 1936-11-02
"Ethon Frome"
Opens Tonight

Max Gordon presents Pauline
Lord in Owen Davis and Donald
Davis dramatization of Edith
Whartons novel, Ethan Frome, I"
with Earle Larrimore featured as
Ethan" at the National Theater,
for the week of November 2, with
the regular matineeS on Wednes-
day and Saturday.
Ethan Frome" is the story of
New England family'S ruin-a nag
ging farm wife who constantly
imagines she is sick and uses what
little money her husband has
earned or borrowed to buy herself
useless medicines and needless con-
traptions. brings to the home her
cousin to do the work about the
house. The cousin, spirited and
pleasant girl, is glad to have room
and shelter.
The play unfolds naturally and
gradually the growing love of
Ethan" for the handmade. In
the end both become sadly victim
lied by their mutual love.
In itself the play is ideally dra-
matte; it's bleak beginning and
terrifically ironic ending are so
closely related to each other that
both the play and the novel
achieve an emotional impact that
literally StunS.
Edith Wharton. who has been a
prolific writer of stories that lend
their plots to dramatization has
to her credit among others, "The
Age of Innocence" THE Old
Maid" and what is recognized as
her most successful story. Ethan
F'rome."
The Washington times., 1936-11-02
.oniteusers'
At Goyety

Just why they should be called
Dancing Bryanettes" is more or
less obscure at the moment, but
anyway that is the name of the
chorus at the Gayety this week
and-a chorus which contributes
no end to a typical, better-than-
average show.
Between the routines of the girls,
there are many other amusing
items on this weeks offering of
Col. Jimmy Lake and the hide
pendent Burlesque Association.
For instance, there is Jack Dia-
mond, otherwise The King of
Floogle Street." who pounds over
some rib-tickling comedy, ably as
sisted by his fellow comic, Harry
LIE Vann and two capable straight
men, Tommy Seymour and Charles
Schultz.
And also for instance, there is
the dance combination of Gates
and Clair, more or less unheralded.
But they uncork a tap routine that
rouseS the house.
Among the feminine attractions
may be counted Sally O'Day and
Joan Collette, experts at their
specialties, and Dorothy Wahl, a
fan dancer of pleasing personality.
Oh, yes-the name of the show
in case anyone is ever interested
in the name of the shows at the
Gayety-iS "VaniteaserS. How
ever, that is doubtless as good a
cognomen as any for a fast-step-
ping burlesque production worthy
of attention among followers of
that piquant type of dramatic art.
The Washington times., 1936-11-02
BY LLOYD PANTAGES
Copyright. 1895. by King Features
syndicate Inc }

SyuulSdICS lHS
HOLLYWOOD. Nov. All Of
Sonia Henie'S ice skating scenes
in lone In A Million" had to
be re-shot, because in the original
finished product, it was decided
by the powers-that-be at goth
Century-Fox that the bangs on
Miss HIS. forehead were not be-
coming. Such RIGHTEOUSNESS IS
what causes good pictures.
Louise Beavers, the Sepia &C.
tress who shot to fame making
pancakes in Claudette Colbert'S
Imitation OF Life" and then
disappeared from the screen for
some time, has been signed to q
five-year contract by Sol Lesser
to star, her first picture being
another pancake Tapping role.
# memory serves correctly, this
will be the first time, with the
exception Of Paul Robson, that
a colored person has ever been
starred in more than one picture.
John Stahl has promised Joan
Crawford an hour and a half
daily for lunch during "Parnell"
so she can continue her daily
music lessons, which have been
sadly neglected during the max
ing of Love on the Run" with
Clark Gable.
The best selling book on how
to be a SpinSter and still have
fun, Marjorie Hills Live Alone
and Like It," has been bought by
Universal and will be scenarized
The Washington times., 1936-11-02

reminiscent OF Little women,
with the clinging Flora, (played
by Elizabeth Allan) lending her
moral support. This is all ele-
gantly mounted, including the rep
lica Of Madame TauSsand's wax
works where PANS love affair
flourishes within sight of Romeo
and Juliet. Yes, I liked "A Won
an Rebels" with Hepburn of the
dancing eyes and the clear enun-
citation. 1t Is the only adult pic
ture Of the week.
LEGION is DISTURBED
The Legion Of Decency can't
quite make up its mind about Car
nival in Flanders" or "Kermesse
Heroique" which opens at the Be-
lasco Theater Thursday night. In
its first bulletin the legion finding
was "Unobjectionable for adults"
or in Class A, Section 2 list. After
mAturer elaboration and follow
ing a second look at the picture,
the legion finding was for Glass
c, meaning CONDEMNED" "Carni-
val in Flanders" is found definite
ly Objectionable because of subtle
indecent dialogue and incidents.
Its entire tone is called unWhole-
some. Meanwhile Lies Miser-
ables" will continue until Thurs
day, dropping the twoa-day policy
for continuous performances.
NEW DEAL AUDIENCE
If there is q New Deal atmos-
phere around the National Thea
ter tonight it will be because the
Democratic national committee,
local branch, has bought the
opening performance of ETHAN
Frome," with whatever profits
that ensue going to the party's
war chest. .Loew'S Palace will
celebrate it's eighteenth birthday
on Friday and Manager Angie
Ratio will note his twenty-Uhird
year of activity with the house
Of Loew. He came to the Palace
as assistant manager on November
4, 1918, five years later moved into
the managers office when Larry
Beatus was called to New York. >.
A birthday cake on the marquee
will be one of anniversary features
MISS CHURCHILL TEA
Carter Barron will sponsor a
welcoming tea for Sara Churchill.
the English socialite, on Wednes-
day twilight. The daughter of the
former English prime minister.
who will dance at the Capitol
Theater next week, is coming in
a day or two ahead for a round
OF social gayety. She will stop at
the Hotel Carlton with the chap
eron who accompanies her on this
brief stage tour. Vic Oliver, in
whose act she appears. will be
quartered at the Willard. Wins
ton Churchill has never become
quite reconciled to his daughters
desire to follow a stage career.
When she made up her mind to
take up professional dancing she
sought out c. B. Cochran, the
English producer. and he was glad
to place her in the chorus of his
new musical, Follow the Sun"
The show opened at Manchester
on December %, 1885, and when
it later moved to the Adelphia
Theater in London, Winston
Churchill gave his tacit approval
by attending a performance to
watch Sara's dance routines. In
Follow the Sum-" she met Vic
Oliver. the comedian, who is cred
tied with q romantic interest in
his stage partner.
The Washington times., 1936-11-02
Election Fun
At Capitol

There'll be a hot time ct
Loew's Capitol theater at its
special election night rally.
Supplementing its regular stage
and screen program the Capitol
will present in connection with
the show a program Of rousing
community song with Art Brown,
VOLS popular Rise and Shine
man" at the organ.
Art has arranged for the i'm
mediate manufacture of slides
that will have a novel and satiri-
cal political theme which will be
projected on the Capitol screen
so that those who want to join
in the sings can keep pace with
the Capitol organ.
The Washington times., 1936-11-02

With the advent of Carnival in
Flanders" the Belasco Theater
will revert to it's normal policy Of
continuous performances, from
1880 a. m. to 1870 p. m.
The program will be compile
mented by selected short subjects
and new issue of the Fox Movie
tone News. with Lowell Thomas,
Ed Thorgerson, Jimmy Fidler, Ed
Sullivan and others commenting
on events in their special fields.
The Washington times., 1936-11-02
I Cover HOll yWOOd

by Faith Baldwin, Of wife vs.,
Secretary" and many noveled
fame.
Also at Universal, they have at
last come to the realization that
flying these days is just as safe
as training or autoing, so they
have lifted the ban that pre-
viouSly grounded all their actors
and directors. Possibly the rea-
son for this may be that their
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, George
Jessel, holds the official record,
with a medal to prove it, of be-
ing the most air-minded gentle
man in the industry. To date,
he has covered a mere matter of
$4,000 flying miles.
In 1928, Edward Arnold was
The Washington times., 1936-11-02
Bv LLOYD PANTAGES

whom, as you remember, played
the young Anthony Adverse"
They are thus being saved
thous lands of dollars on
trick shots for THE Prince and
the Pauper." When it was done
years ago, one child actor played
both roles, with the usual at
tendant difficulties. In this. with
slight makeup, many are sure to
swear that it is all done with
double exposure anyway.
Nat Pendleton is our latest au-
thor. He is penning a book expos
ing all the fake and trickery Of
the wrestling racket, for anyone
to read who will. Since he used to
be a wrestler himself, and as you
probably noticed his biceps as
Sandow in THE Great Ziegfeld, :"
it should be Informative.
A Twentieth Century-Fox pic
ture, Private Enemy" turns out
to be the grandfather Of all the
Omen pictures. It concerns the
foundation of the Department
of Justice in Washington, during
the Mckinley era, when the first
Government policing, and coun-
ter attack on smuggling and
counterfeiting, was launched.
Thus far, they have cast the
New York actor, Frank Conroy,
as Mckinley, and Lenore Ulric'S
ex, Sidney Blackmer, as the
young Theodore Roosevelt. other
parts yet to be cast are admiral
Dewey and Elihu Root, the great
statesman.
The Washington times., 1936-11-02
MOVIE
o'clock
BELASC O-Harry Baur, Les
Miserables," 2:30 and $3.50

ASCO-Harry Baur, LES
Miserables." 2:3o and $3.50
p. m.
CAPITOL-Patsy Kelly in Pig.
skin Parade" 10:40 a. m, 1880.
APO. 7:10. 10 p. m. Stage:
1920. $40, 900, $50 p. m.
EARLE-Marion Davies in "Cain
and Mabel" GAS a. M, 1905,
2:35, 500. 7:25, 9:55 p. m.
Stage: 1920 a. m. 1:50, AIS.
$40, 9:l0 p. m.
RKO MISUNDERSTANDING Hep
burn in "A Woman Rebels"
11:46 a. m, 1:46, 3:46. 5:46,
7:46, 9:46 p. m.
RIALTO-Gary Cooper in mo
rocco" 200, 1858, 5:46, TAI.
9:48 p. m. Three Little Pigs"
1897, $50, 1928. 9:24 p. m.
LITTLE-Brian Aberne in "The
Constant Nymph," 1888 a. m.
1:40, 3:42, 5:44, 7:46, 9:48 p. m.
Charlie Chaplin comedy, 11:1S
a. M, 1:20, 1922. 5:24, 1925.
9:28 p. m.
COLUMN Shirley Temple.
"Dimples," 11:55 a. m, 1850,
$3.50, $50, 7:45, 9:45 p. m.
ME T r o p o Olivia do
Haviland, "Midsummers Night
Dream" 1890 a. M, 1910, $3.50,
sos, 7:15, $50 p. m.
PALACE - Jack Benny, big
Broadcast of 1887" IL a. m.
2:20, 4:40, 7:05, $50 p. m.
HOWARD Warren William In
1.-The Case of the Velvet Claw"
1890, 2:55, $40, 7:40, 10:4S
p. m. Stage: Earle Hines, lao,
4:O5. $50, 9:05 p. m.
The Washington times., 1936-11-02
Election Shows at
Warner Bros. Theaters

All Warner Bros. TheaterS in
Washington, with the exception Of
the Metropolitan, will give election
returns Tuesday evening.
First returns will be presented at
8 o'clock, and others will be pre-.
Sented at intervals until midnight.
Special extended schedules will be
in operation at the theaterS to con.
tinue the program Of screen enter
tainment until IL o'clock.
The Washington times., 1936-11-02
"LIBELED LADY" SCREENED
10y, Powell, Harlow and Tracy
Bring a Ripping Comedy
PLAYED in q Romp
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Sunday night at seized propous time by Ray
Bell "Lbeled Lady, the merries celuoid romp
have seen in many months and in which four twinkle
Powell Harlow Tracy 10y in nonsenscal byplay
that kicks many fun goal and the happst comedy nven-
ton since MG-M turned loose chin Man.
This is high farce quite alcoholic chin Man."
in devmay and madcap mood The story had four
authors Maurne Watkins Wallace Sullivan, Emmett Rogers
and George Oppenhemer and the typewrers played
The Washington times., 1936-11-02
KELLEYGRAMS

Surprise Of the new movie pro-
grams was the sensational APP
prevail given to Art Browns song
fest and organalogue at the Cap
itol, with roly poly Johnny Per-
kins keeping it all in festive mood
The audience liked its own part
in the vocalizing so much that
Manager Gene Ford Immediately
booked Organist Brown and Comic
Perkins for q return engagement
the week of November 20. On
the same program will be Glenn
Carow, the Washington pianist
who hit the headlines by proving
to be highly satisfactory ConSti-
tuition Hall pinch hitter with an
audience waiting to hear the de-
layed Fritz KreiSler. Sam Cum
minis, former Washington pro-
Queer who imported Ecstasy" and
made a fortune for himself and
the lawyers who oVercame the
censors' objections, expects to
have the U. S. Supreme Court pass
upon the constitutionality of the
New York State ban which still
applies. Mr.. Cummins, visitor
here Saturday, is doing so well in
independent production he was
able to reject Paramount offer
of $4,000 a year to devote his
talents to the Zukor product as a
studio executive. "It would mean"
said Mr.. CumminS without the
slightest note of regret" giving up
my own business and I couldn't
afford to do that"
KATIE is REHEARSING
Katharine Hepburn begins re-
hearsals this week in the Theater
Guild production Of Helen Jer-
ONES adoption of Charlotte
Bronte'S novel, Jane Eyre" Kath-
arine will play the prim and de-
mure Victorian miss who was
brought to the screen in 1884 with
the lovely Virginia Bruce as a
heroine Of a feeble movie 1t is
the Guilds hope that this stage
"Jane Eyre" will go as we'll as the
earlier Helen Jerome adoption of
Jane Austen's pride and Pref
udice". Washington will get a
week of the Hepburn play before
it opens on Broadway. Mean
while you may see Katharine in
"A Woman Rebels" at RKO
Keith'S, playing another Victorian
lady, Pam Thistlewaite. 1 regard
it as one of the best Hepburn
screen portraits, the weIl-man-
nered story of an attractive girl
who rebels at the strict social con-
ventions Of the period. My dep
uty critic, j. w. Balm. is among
those who contend that the
younger generation will find it
difficult to comprehend the severe
code Of living prescribed for the
gentler sex half a century ago. ).
I can't agree, fer Pam Thistle
waite had much the same diff.
Guilty in adjusting her life to the
wishes of tyranical father as did
Elizabeth Barrett in "Barretts of
Wimpole Street." and the movie
audience seemed to appreciate
Katharine Cornell, and later
Norma Shearer's difficulties. ..
This Pamela ThiStlewaite not only
violates conventions, but sets her.
self up as the champion of wom-
ems rights, especially the right to
engage in profitable commercial
occupation without sacrifice of dig
nifty or social standing . In wild.
ening the sphere of woman's activ-
ity and in settling her tangled love
affair Katharine is not nearly as
appealing as in the earlier scenes.
The Washington times., 1936-11-02
Small Football on
Necklace ADDroved

Cecilia Parker is reviving the
fad of wearing thin, gold chain
necklaces with a trinket of some
type dangling from it. Her neck
lace, at the present time, supports
a small gold football and a tiny
referees whistle that really blows.
The Washington times., 1936-11-02

ROLLICKING TALE
It is all about a metropolitan
newspaper that went in for a bit
Of fancy blackmail, and that was
saved from its own error by the
good judgment of William Powell
as a moral and romantic libel
adjustor.
Mr.. Powell sets out to take
the high hat off q spoiled
The Washington times., 1936-11-02

Critics Called to Sunday Night
Preview of a Sparkling Story
The Washington times., 1936-11-02

In 1928, Edward Arnold wa.
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VOTE AMERICAN
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VOTE AM ERICA
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wore AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-11-02
ELECTION RETURNS

Tuesday Evening Until Midnight
LATE SHOWS ALL WARNER THEATERS
EXCEPT METROPOLITAN
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every year through the Vaccinations
of crooked postmasters, who initiate
their office records in order to obtain
undeserved ratings and raises.
Postmasters at fourth-class ofices
(there are 1922 In the country are
paid by commission based on the value
of stamps they cancel at their offices.
They report the cancellations them
selves and the great ajority of post
masters, being honest. report them
honestly.
But the department has records of
several hundred WIKI weren't honest.
Their crookedness ranges from simply
falsely reporting cancellations, rather
easily checked by inspectors. to So
Letting mail from outside their dis
tricts or sending great quantities OF
dummy packages themselves, offenses
punishable by maximum fine OF
$500 and two years imprisonment.
The commission on the first $75
worth of cancellations In quarter OF
a year is 100 per cent, so that. even
If a postmaster has to purchase all
SIS worth of stamps to send out fake
packages himself. he would still clear
s45 on the transaction. Favorite COM
modities shipped by criminal post
masters are sand and gravel and
sticks of wood. Shipping c eggs to
distant markets Is also a favorite
with the postmasters, for the further
they 60 the more postage they take
However, the inspectors have about
cleaned up this racket and removed
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opened in the new Virginia Museum.
Boulevard and Grove street, Rich
mond, last week, will continue to
March /. 1t is open to the public.
with a small admission charge. on
week days, with the exception OF
Monday when it is closed for clean
ing), from $50 am. to 4:30 pm. and
on Sunday afternoons from 2 to S
O'Clock.
During the course Of the exhibition,
a series of talks on Main Currents
in the Development OF American
Painting" will be given by Eliot Clark,
associate of the National Academy OF
Design and an able landscape painter.
Thus this new museum, so lately come
into existence. is Immediately taking
its place as an educational institu-
ton, conforming to the new concep-
ton of an art museums function,
which is no longer that of store
house or show place.
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World masters, Rubens, Murillo, Del
Sarto, Mierevelt, Won Ceulen, Reynolds
and, of later days, Raffaelli, to name
only a few. In comparison to such
works as these our American contribu-
ton pales and fades rather pitifully.
But the weak pull down the strong and
from an historical survey such as this,
perhaps, they cannot with justice be
excluded. We have. as this exhibition
shows, abundant reason for pride. but
the Payne collection should discour-
age all tendency to undue boastful-
ness. And finally, as consolation and
from reasonable pride. mention should
be made Of the % etchings by
Whistler. chosen from the collection
assembled by Judge Payne and be-
queathed to the Virginia Museum now
on display in the Carl Melchers
gallery-an especially fine group.
This inaugural exhibition, which
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Continued From Fifth Page)
Woodville and Eastman johnson.
There is an exquisite still life. White
Roses" by John Weir, the brother
Of j. Alden Weir, painter of land
scapes and figures. There is an UNI
usually fine Hassam-a French land
scape-as well as a figure painting
characteristic of his later style. There
are two very interesting panels by
Davies, one of which is among the
most beautiful of all the works shown.
What more could one ask?
And yet there is more-very much
more-for in two galleries on the first
floor are shown. admirably hung and
arranged. the John Barton Payne col
lection which comprises paintings Of
very rare qualit. and beauty by Old