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Evening star., 1936-06-27
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

Warmers Earle-"Bullets or Ballots, .
at IL am, 1880, 4:1o, 7:10 and $50
pm. Stage shows at l240, 3:25, s:25
and 9:05 pm.
MetrOpoIitan-"Abd the Damned, p"
at IL am, los, $40, $40, 7:30 and
$40 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Show Boat" at
l1:23 am, 1856, 4:29, TOP and 9:35
pm. March of Time" at 1926, 3:59
6:32 and 9:C5 pm.
LOew's Fox-"Three Wise Guys" at
II am. 1:4O, 4:25. 7:1O and 955 pm.
Stage shows at 1855. 3:55, $40 and
9:C5 pm
PaIace-"Private Number" at 11:30
am, 1870, 3:25, $40, TAO and Gas
pm.
Columbia-"Under Two Flags" at
II am, 1905, 3:1s. 5:24, 7:3O and
9:42 pm.
Little-"The 80 Steps," at 1920 am,
1:24, 1928, 5:32, 1886 and 9:40 pm.
AmbassadOr-"Danci Pirate" at
2, 4, sos, 7:50 and 9:45 pm.
Roadside Theater - around the
World in 80 Days." at $40 pm.
Evening star., 1936-06-27

journalists or scionS Of wealthy
families Some time ago girl rep
resented herself as a daughter OF the
former King of Spain. She was wined
and dined for weeks by social-climb-
ing film stars. Studios accepted her
with open arms. Several pressed
tempting contracts for her signature.
She turned out to be San Francisco
stenographer with months vacation
and a knowledge of Spanish.
Hollywood seldom speaks of pictures
as being finished or completed. Gen.
orally they are described as being "in
the bag" or "in the can" When a
company finishes shooting for the
evening, the assistant director calls
wrap 'em up" which is the signal
to quit work until morning.
Names For Noises.
Extraneous sounds produced by ac-
cident on wax record used for
play-back tests are known as boil"
fry" ''fuzz," gimp" and coop" {.
The word polly" means an unwelcome
echo on a sound stage. A cello is not
a musical instrument, but a woman
with a deep voice A man who speaks
with a high voice is called a 'yodeler."
Most of the hack drivers who
promise-for price-to show tourists
the homes Of stars are distinctly
phonies. They drive unsuspecting
clients through fashionable streets
and point out any house that appeals
to them as the home of a famous
star.
The softest spot in Hollywood's
proverbially hard heart is the As
sistance League, comprising dining
room, a thrift shop, women's ex-
change and day nursery. The or
ganization is housed in three rather
disreputable- looking old residences
facing the dingy back wall Of the
Twentieth Century-Fox Western
avenue studio, and is conducted by
the wives of famous stars, directors
and film executives. The place is
godsend for film mothers working
in the studios as extras, seamstresses,
etc, who can leave their youngsters
there, assured the children will re-
ceive excellent care.
Hollywood has no secrets Every
house is made of glass-very thin
glass-and dictaphone is hidden in
every Office, dressing room and bed
chamber-or how do you account for
the fact that everything is known
hafora II bonDanSo The most rom =
mon form of greeting is not, How
do you do" but, Say, did you hear-?"
(Copyright. l936J
Evening star., 1936-06-27
Traffic Convictions
SPEEDING.

FIRST-OFFENSE SPEEDING.
Edward S. Reynolds, Maryland, IS.
Robert T. Jordan, 608 Twenty
ond street, SIS.
Silver L. Tisoni, Is E street, SIS.
Henry S. Ryder, 2121 H street, SIS.
Benjamin B. Haskell, Blue Plains,
D. c., IS.
Annie B. Hill, 1903 Floral street,
IS.
Walter A. Ellison, 231I Pennsyl-
yania avenue southeast, So.
James E. Stoneburner, Virginia, $5.
Roland L. Andrews, Maryland, $40.
Lawrence E. Padgett, Maryland,
$40.
Cornelius T. Turner, 1872 Lamont
street, IS.
George F. johnson, 425 Twelfth
street southeast, $5.
Ina E. Hancock, 1875 Twenty-sec-
ond street, $5. y
Charles A. Parks, 1901 H street
northeast. $40.
Earl M. Jones, Maryland, $40.
Clarence E. Crist, Maryland, SIS.
Claude E. Ryan, 2646 Tenth street
northeast, S.
Robert M Mcclellan, Maryland, SIS.
John L. Burns, 1O9 Fourth street
northeast, $40.
Philip M. Williams, 16 L street, $40.
Albert T. Byrd, 254O Fourteenth
street, IS.
Evening star., 1936-06-27

innate that neither Thomas Jefferson
nor Andy Jackson will be sent in as
an emergency batter so long as Tug
well and Frankfurter and Hopkins
keep their health? Or to allege a
Democratic impulse to call for a new
deal in umpires, those nine elderly
gentlemen in silken robes at Washing
ton having failed to give satisfaction?
But the final scene at Philadelphia
is a refutation of the libelous asser-
tions Of those prairie State boys that
our fellows didn't keep our 1882
pledges. For we're doing something
for the forgotten man-renominatin
Uncle Jack Garner. Some fellows
wouldn't appreciate being the tail Of
the ticket, but Uncle Jack will. The
tail doesn't have to bite or even bark
All it has to do is wag, and, when
weary of what's going on at the front
end, needn't wag.
Outside of the fact that the band
played Dixie" twice and "Swanee
River" once, the solid South doesn't
appear TO have got such an awful lot
out Of this convention, does it?
Copyright, 1886. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Incl
Evening star., 1936-06-27

When a new food market is opened.
all the ballyhoo of premiere is en-
ployed - searchlghts, loudspeakers,
free samples, etc.
Most Popular Phone.
The busiest telephone number in
Hollywood is Garfield 37l1 - the
Central Casting Bureau Every extra
player knows it by heart. The bureau
is a studio-inspired institution, created
to correct the evils of the private en-
ployment agency racket All new
comers to Hollywood, desiring film
careers, must first register with
Central.
At the moment, there is shortage
of dress extras-extras with good
enough wardrobes to appear in So
ciety and restaurant sequences. R.
K-O radio recently required 200 dress
extras for ballroom scene in Swing
Time" but had to change the shoot
ing schedule because the 300 to 400
dress extras in Hollywood were not
available because Of the preponderance
of high-life films in other studios.
Filmland Cautious.
Hollywood's attitude toward the
stranger is usually one of suspicion.
Even after formal introductions have
been made, credentials Scrutinized,
Hollywood sits back to wait and see.
Experience has made it cautious. In
the past the film colony has been
victimized over and over again by
clever men and women pretenders,
representing themselves to be artists,
directors, members of nobility, writers,
Evening star., 1936-06-27

of them. He is ordered to annul the
marriage-and after many trials and
tribulations the young lovers meet in
a garden and fall in love all over
again.
The film is saved by its cast-which
includes Basil Rathbone, excellently
cast as the bad-man butler, and Patsy
Kelly as a nitwit maid and friend OF
Loretta Young. Miss Young is beau
tiful as usual and does her loves scenes
with Taylor as though she enjoyed
them. While Taylor seems to be hav-
ing good time too.
An unimportant film, it will, how
ever, be vastly popular.
X
A FTER six weeks it's pretty tough
to find anything new to say about
Show Boat" The picture deserves
its great success. 1t has an excellent
story, an excellent cast, an excellent
director and an excellent singer paul
Robeson). Furthermore, no amount
of plugging can damage the music.
Show Boat" seems as fresh today
as it was when Edna Ferber first
penned it. Maybe fresher.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
"UNDER TWO FLAGS"
BATTLES ON F STREET
Colbert, Colman and Rosalind Rus
sell Continue Heroics and Ro-

Colbert, Colman and Rosalind Rus
sell Continue Heroics and Ro-
nance in Foreign Legion Film.
DRovING that a good story never,
never dies, Under Two Flags"
the super sand storm Of Foreign
Legion films, opened fourth week on
F street yesterday at Loew's Co
lumbia. With Claudette Colbert as
Cigarette, the darling Of a lonely lot
Of legionaires in darkest Africa.
Rosalind Russell as the pet Of British
oflcial society and Ronald Colman as
the lamb pot pie of both the girls,
this coy adventure tale leaves only
bluff, muscular Victor McLaglen in
the urch when its final curtain falls.
Miss Colbert, to be sure. has been
shot in the middle by some rebellious
Arabs, but she gets a martyrs funeral
for her trouble, and Mr.. Colman and
Miss Russell acquire each other in
holy matrimony. Prior to these
eventualties there is some splendid
ueScIL lighting, Will wiz hOA OAoSlhcli
clad in sheets ripping up the dunes,
the air filled with the whine of bullets
and the cries Of cameramen, and a
vast deal Of heroicS going on under
Mr.. Colman's guidance. Most enter
tanning idea set forth in the script is
the promise made by rebel chieftain
who VOWS he will play mounted soccer
football with Mr.. Colman as the
ball 1t never happens.
The Columbia features a supple
mentary program of choice short
subjects. r. B. P. Jr.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
TWO D. C. YOUTHS
WIN SCHOLARSHIPS
Douglas R. Schoenfeld and Robert
H. Mcbride Chosen by Prince
ton Committee.

Two Washington youths are among
three candidates and an alternate
chosen by the Princeton University
War Memorial Prize Scholarship Com
mittee of the Potomac district to re-
ceive the four-year annual $225
awards at the New Jersey institution,
it was announced yesterday.
The candidates, who plan to enter
Princeton this Fall, include Douglas
R. Schoenfield, ID, of 3448 Thirty
fourth place, st. Adams School grad
uate and son of H. F. Arthur Schoen-
field; John S. Whelen, 10, of Berlin,
Md, graduate of st. Andrews School,
Middletown, Del, and Frederic A.
Fletcher, jr., 18, Of Baltimore, grad
uate of the Gilman Country Day
School The alternate is Robert II.
Mcbride, l8, Of 5000 Tilden street,
graduate Of Friends School and son Of
Harry A. Mcbride.
The scholarships. awarded annually
throughout the country, are given in
the name Of Princeton men who died
in the World War. The Potomac dis
trict includes the District Of Columbia,
Maryland and Virginia.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
Abdul Film
Brand New
MelOdrana
Hero Saves Turkey
and His Sweetheart
From the Sultan.
BDUL THE MN E D."
which yesterday burst
| forth in all its CORY glory

~ forth in all its CORY glory
4 n upon totally unsuspect-
ing public from the screen of the Met
ropolitan, is a brand-new photoplay
and it probably is safe to assume that
the screen play is a fairly recent prod
uct of the studios script department,
but you'd never guess it. 1t looks
more like a work of Dion Boucicault
than anything else. The melodrama
romps untethered in a manner that
would put the Roadside Theater
people into great glee. If they ever
run out of material out at their red
barn theater they can apply for
Abdul the Damned" 1t has two
nasty villains to hiss and a righteous
hero in a white fez who saves both
Turkey and the lass he loves from the
Sultan.
1t is easy to imagine, watching the
picture, that Fritz Kortner, who is re-
putedly one of Europe's best character
actors, could deliver himself of a
rather superb portrait of this Mr..
Abdul the Damned in less boiSterous
and more serious cinema history OF
the bloody days of his rule. His
Abdul is, in fact, splendid charac-
terization, sleek and ominous in por-
traying the mans villainy and deity
and sensitively showing the fears and
mental tortures which assail him in
the late moments of his domineering
rule
There's so blamed much excitement
going on, though, that Mr.. Kortners
fine work is lost in the hubbub. He Is
a Sultan surrounded by marble halls,
unbelievable elegance, steel vest, an
actor to impersonate him, numerous
oily stoogeS, a harem which must have
been trained by BuSby Berkley-they
do a maypole routine with the head
gal as the pole-and chief villain. In
which role Mr. Nils Asther must have
been very happy indeed. Mr., Astner
is the SleekeSt, slyeSt, slinkingeSt VII
lain he ever has peen allowed to be.
This sultan has all the people whose
names he can remember killed on,
meanwhile adopting for his own mis-
cellaneous uses beeyootiful actress
named Adrienne AmeS. This makes
the actress lover very unhappy, SO ne
Evening star., 1936-06-27

willy ways Of the modern racketeer,
more or less fascinating exploration of
little known industries. There is
some attention paid also to the
romance that blooms in even the
rockiest hearts, but Miss Joan Blondell,
the object Of the hero's affections,
gets badly short changed in her love
life. Can't tell you just how, as that
would make the pictures big scene
an anti-climaX.
Ballots Lacking.
(P. S.-There isn't ballot in the
whole scenario but the bullets do
very nicely. thank youD
The Earle stage bill this week is
good. straight variety stuff, on the
whole very apt. The Yacht Club
Boys headline with a routine of song
novelties and Glowing, Tommy Trent's
comical puppets hold the two spot, and
the others are Nellie Arnaut and
Brothers and Earle and Fortune, with
Virginia Pope. The house at the
final show last night was uniformly
warm in its response to all of these
performers.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
S0JOURNERS ELECT
AND ADJOURN TODAY
Boat Trip to Mt. Vernon and Fort
Washington on Final Pro-
gram of Session.

Election OF officers this morning
and boat trip To Mount Vernon and
Fort Washington in the afternoon
we're 10 bring to a close today the
annual convention of the National
Sojourners. a group composed of
military officers who are members Of
the Masonic Order.
Admiral William H. Standley, Ac-
ting Secretary of the Navy, was the
chief speaker at last nights banquet
held at the Hotel Mayfiower. conven-
tion headquarters. Maj Edwin s.
Bethlehem, jr., secretary Of the local
chapter Of the order and convention
arrangements chairman, acted as
master Of ceremonies.
A Navy Of sufficient power to guar
antee the Nation complete security
was advocated by Admiral Standley.
Whatever the cost, he said, a security
Navy is worth it, and one that cannot
assure security. Is worthless. He also
urged regular replacement of old war
ships and said standards for sea serv-
ice are now so high that only l out
of 20 applicants for enlistment is ac-
cepted
At 2,pm the Sojourners we're to
leave the War College on the u S. S.
General Rucker for visit to Mount
Vernon. where a naval salute was TO
be fired at pm. and Fort Washing
ton, where the group was 10 be re-
oeived by the commandant. Lieut. Col.
j. q. Ord at 4:30 pm. After re-
treat fiAg ceremonies at the fort At
8 30 pm, the boat was 10 depart on
the return trip.
Evening star., 1936-06-27


TAYLOR to the old means youth ana
the back porch in the '80S. To the
Young he means the rich young man
who will wed Cinderella in spite OF
the worlds objection. To the middle
aged he is the spirit of college and
arrow-collar. To most men he is
probably pretty much of a nuisance
But the fact Of the matter is that he
is a good young actor who is getting
ahead in the world-and each picture
proves that he is learning as well as
getting ahead.
y X
UNFORTUNATELY, Private Num-
Der" is not essentially a good
picture. 1t combines all the hokum
of a thousand years. In it the young
son of a millionaire falls in love with
his mothers maid, dances with her
in the hallway of his home, takes her
speed-boat riding and marrieS her
when nobody is looking. Later he
goes back to college, the little one"
makes its appearance and when
mother and father find out about 1t
they order the girl out of the house.
The inevitable happens. Mother
and babe scran. Husband loses track
Evening star., 1936-06-27
WORK ON IS FILMS
THE WARNER BROS. STUDIO

THE WARNER BROS. STUDIOS
have Is features currently In
work. Seven are shooting, with eight
being prepared for early production.
When completed, these films will be
shown locally az the Earle and Met
ropolitan theaters@
The seven before the cameras are:
Gave In" with Jean Muir. Barton
MacLane, Dick Powell and Henry
O'Neil; Three in Eden" with Mar
garet Li.dsay, Ian Hunter, Donald
Woods and Paul Graetz; Polo Joe, -
starring Joe (. Brown with Carol
Hughes and "Skeets" Gallagher; Way
for a Pirate" with Guy Kibbee, Sybil
Jason, Jane Bryan, May Robson and
Dick Purcell; China Clipper" with
Pat O'Brien. Beverly Roberts, Ross
Alexander. Humphrey Bogart and
Marie Wilson; Cain and Mabel. "
starring Marion Davies and Clark
Gable. with Roscoe Karns and Allen
jenkins: "The Charge OF the Light
Brigade" with. kfrol Flynn. Olivia de
HAvilland, Patsin KEsowiss and Donald
Crisp.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
'Deft Runyon
Touch Gives
Film nHilarity
"Three Wise Guys
Entertaining Tale
At Fox Theater.

TIME deft. satirical touch Of
Damon Runyon is plainly eVl-
dent in Three Wise Guys, !"
n the new film at the Fox. No
one but Mr.. Runyon could have fash
ioned the tale of a couple OF
con-men of long standing, who turn
in a fortune in bonds because the
lass who used to work with them
has baby on Christmas Eve, and her
innocent husband is in jail for filch-
ing these same bonds.
The M-G-M film people, who
adapted Mr.. Runyon's batty hilarity
to the screen, however, have not done
so well by it as they could They've
turned out an entertaining film, of
course, but they could have tied the
thing together more closely, made a
comedy that was more believable,
and moved with much more speed.
As it is, Three Wise Guys leans
back to rest every now and then,
when it has just gotten going at
fine clip, and when it hesitates, in
terest naturally lags.
however, in spite of its mi'2cf short
comings. There's a lot to like in a
pleasingly "hoked" tale of million
aires son who sticks with the girl
he marries in the face Of pops mo
more cash" ultimatum. Sure you've
heard that part before, but Robert
Young (who incidentally does one
y1I-e 1F n riY
career and Betty FurneSs are so gay
and natural about it all that it's
more than beIievable-it's enjoyable.
The crook angle is, Of course, where
Mr.. Runyon shines. His gentlemen
OF the underworld are without peers
In that department. They always are
the toughest of citizens, uninhibited
by morals or honesty, but they are
suckers for a nanny song, kid, or
an underdog who can't take care Of
himself. It's truly a pleasure to see
these Three Wise Guys" (two Of
whom are portrayed in the best Run
yon tradition by Bruce Cabot and
Raymond Walburn) go soft at the
proper moment. So if Three Wise
in the seat; considered on the whole,
It's a lot Of fun. Donald Meek and
Herman Bing also are on hand.
The Fox stage show features Donald
Novis, who sings several popular tunes
in a manner which yesterday Just
about brought down the house, and
who always can throw his voice into
an upper register and hit that last
high note even If you are afraid he
won't be able To- There are also
Buster West and Lucille Page, in their
popular act in which Mr.. West is a
dizzy sailor and Miss Page does some
topping eccentric acrobatic dancing;
Virginia Bacon and Company, with
both Miss Bacon and the company
doing bright and new dance routines
and the seven Danvills. H M.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
WINS $1,000 VERDICT
Special Dispatch to The staI

Special Dispatch TO The StaI
LEESBURG, Va, June 27.-A jury N
Loudoun County Circuit Court Thurs
day awarded Francis r. Stephens
Of Washington 81 900 in his suit
against Gordon A. Chamblin, truck
owner. Of Purcellville. from whom he
was asking $4,000 for injuries re-
ceived in an automobile accident on
the night of September %. 1885. The
accident happened on the Leesburg-
Washington pike, near the Goose
Greek Tavern. when Mr. and Mrs.
Stephens we're returning 10 Washing
ton In n car driven by John Davis
Of Ballston
Amos Crounse OF Clarendon and
Ralph Cusick o. Washington. attor-
nsyz for Stephens. asked slat the
amount Of dama.ss be- yet aside and
new jury be esli1d 10 try the case.
The court has taken the motion under
advhemsnt
Evening star., 1936-06-27

7 U
Hornblow, jr., rumored to be con-
templating matrimony for the past IL
months and whose marriage takes
place this week end in Mexico.
Tennis, not golf, is Hollywood's
favorite game. Each studio has a
tennis team and trophy. an
Evening star., 1936-06-27

IDdI, WIllle IIlS
captain of the
team will con-
tinue to play
center, he'll be
prepared to slide
over into left
field in case of a
high fly dropping
in that territory.
But, of course, he
can always hurry
right ba ok.
And now won't
it be just like
I h ose scandal
mongering Re-
publicans to in
Evening star., 1936-06-27
Robinson Lends Lethal
Right to Law This Time
Movie Gang Character Tames TOUCHES ir
Brisk kEntertainment-Vari Show
Well Received.
BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, JR.

TOHNNY copper
of
reporters particularly
powerful about the detective who
made East de
Evening star., 1936-06-27

leads all the "yonng Turks" to over
throw Constantinople and Abdul is
allowed to ride off with his white cat.
Maybe excitement and melodrama
are enough for this weather
H NJ.
Evening star., 1936-06-27

enormous silver
cup played for
annually.
On S u n S e t
boulevard is a
little cafe called
Blenders. T h e
walls and ceilings
are riotous with
paintings t h a t
caricature t h e
famous of film
land. At the
head of the room,
in a decorated
oval, are the fol-
lowing or d s:
Hollywood - the
Evening star., 1936-06-27
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band. IN the bandstand, 7 pm.
today. John S. NJ. Zimmerman, band
master; Anton Pointner, associate
leader
Evening star., 1936-06-27
Bengal Facing Famine.

Following the failure of monsoons
for two years. Bengal is facing one Of
the worst famines of the century, and
thousands are praying for rainy sea-
son this year.
Evening star., 1936-06-27

fashion when the film begins (Taylor hasn't
come in yeti They bite their lips, they MUNICH
their chocolates they hang on for dear life to their
pockctbooks They laugh a little as Patsy Kelly
is reprmanded by. Basil Rathbone (the butler) for
having a mussed apron. They litter politely as
Rathbone engages Loretta Young to be one of the
five upstairs maids of the Winfield household.
They stare with wonder and amazement at home
in which the kitchen is as large the ballroom.
They wait and they wait and they chew and they
munich and they chew
And then-wham!- the greatest matinee idol
since Gable appears on the screen-and with that
all the pent-up emotions of the ladies give way
they roar they roar again-and then they gig
ele-a little ashamed that they could have thus
given themselves away.
is a sensation. You have only to mention his name
I.no1. INV or all Of the dishes You have only to
Evening star., 1936-06-27
New, Young Matinee Idol
Floors Palace Audiences
Ladies Leave Home to See Robert Taylor
Star in "Private Number" - Keiths
Presents "Show Boat for Sixth Week.
BY E. de S. MELCHER.

yesterday exactly men IN the
easily 999 in the
a according to the sure signal that
be apparently what Private
turned to be-
audience while
the highways and byway
Evening star., 1936-06-27

An American Chamber Of Com
merce has been organized at Monte
video, Uruguay.
Evening star., 1936-06-27
Odd Little Facts That Go
To Make Up Hollywood
New Food Markets Stage Premieres, With
Floodlights N Everything. Most
Popular Phone Is Garfield 3711.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

HOLLYWOOD June 27 (NANA have learned about Hoy
- studios Hollywood
them and the OLD Warner
Culver Burbank and West
wood -. . ...
bells before the actual event. wit
Evening star., 1936-06-27
Irwin S. Cobb
Says:
All the Tail of Ticket
Has to Do Is Wag,
Not Bark.

SANTA MONICA. Calf. June 81
From the city of brotherly hotel
keepers goes forth the loyal host,
riding on a platform which indicates
Evening star., 1936-06-27

Germanys former possessions in
Africa covered nearly a million square
miles.
Evening star., 1936-06-27

a
Of the dishes You have only 10
tell vo wife or your aunt your grandmother that he in town and your
al
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1936-12-19
Egg Butter Prices

Creamery quotations are AZ
cents for butter fat and As cents
a dozen for mixed eggs.
Speaking of eggs, have you seen
that S ounce egg F. S. Lee brot
into town? Laid by one of this
years pullets, too. 1t looks more
like turkey egg than anything
else except that it is pure white.
By shaking it you can hear dull
thump that Mr.. Deal says indi-
Gates it is one of those freaks
where a whole egg with shell and
all is formed inside another.