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The Washington times., 1936-07-20
Diplomatic and Official Notes:
DIPLOMAT VACATIONS, VIAAIRPLANE
Decio de Mouro Uses Aviation
To Provide Short Summer
Holiday in Brazil

Mr. Decio de Moura, Second Secretary Of
the Brazilian Embassy, is taking advantage
of the progress of aviation and the closer linking of continents
his vacation this year. Yesterday he left Miami for Brazil
aeropane which will make the trip in less than half the
time steamship would take Thus he will be able to spend
almost entire three weeks of his holidays his homeland
He will return Washngton-aso by pae-nad his duties
in early August
The Ambassador Senior OswaldO Aranha is constant
Capital and his home in Bluemon where
his family staying for the Summer He left by motor for
the vacation spot Saturday and will return today in all prob
ahi 1itv
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-08

Eighteen years is a long time,
and especially in theatrical his
tory. Although IS years is q short
span on which to place the term
historic, yet to washington in par
ticular and the entire country in
general the Rialto Theater is in
deed historic. It reopens Septem-
Der II.
Within it's walls history has
been made, history not so much
In the actual personageS who have
been patrons Of the house-and
many Of the worlds great men
of the past two decades have been
patrons-but history in the sense
that it was the Rialto Theater
which pointed the way to cinema
practices which have become
standard procedure.
Back in the fall of 1918, when
the Rialto Theater opened its
doors to a populace whose curl
osity had not been entirely ap-
peased by two openings a fort
night earlier, the theater entered
upon q then wholly untried field.
In those days even the most up.
to-date, the most progressive thea
tiers operated on what Is known as
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-08
RioIto Theoter Reopening on
Sept. II With Revival Hits

- split week." two pictures in one
seven-day period. That was the
first ''rule" the Rialto Theater
discarded and in its place EN-.
barked on a program of showing
pictures for the unheard-of period
Of seven daysI
THAT that policy was successful
needs no proof, for one has only
to contemplate firSt-run policies
Of 1896 and discover the general
rude.
The other innovation was the
establishment of miniature sym
phony orchestra whose selections
took q position Of honor on the
theater's program. To trace the
history of such orchestras in mo-
ton picture houses from that
time, down through the period OF
epic pictures and road shows
through the time that sound-pic'
lures caused their abandonment
down to the present when orches,
ira pits are variously masked
voids-to recount the details OF
this story would be needless: the
average theater patron already
knows them.
Water has flown since 1918, yet
in the intervening 10 years the
Rialto Theater's original expert
ments became standard policies.
No wonder then, one calls the
house historic"
When the Rialto Theater re-
opens on September II, Louise
Noonan Miller with not only have
caught the pioneering spirit OF
those earlier adventures in the
theatrical field, but she will her.
self Join that white company OF
theater operators who earnestly
desire to give the public value re,
ceived for their money.
A policy of bringing back the
finest products of yesSeryear is,
indeed, singularly appropriate to
the return Of those glories which
were once the Rialto's.
other innovations are in store
for Washington cinema patrons
and when the house opens they
viii find there a theater unique
among the showshops Of the Ma
tons Capital.
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Here's Why Of
TrOns-Lux

Since the first announcement Of
the advent of the Trans-Lux Thea
ter, many WaShingtonians have
queried as to the significance Of
the unusual name of the house.
Trans-Lux, from the Latin mean
ing across the light, accurately de-
Scribes the unique process OF mo-
ton picture projection employed
in the house.
The usual manner Of projection,
with which all theater-goerS are
familiar, is to place the booth in
the rear part of the theater, pro-
jecting over the heads Of the
audience.
In the Trans-Lux method, the
projection booth is located On the
far side of the screen from the
audience. In this manner, akin to
the daylight screens" employed
In certain schools and by demon
strators, it is not necessary to
maintain the auditorium of the
theater in a state of semi-darknesS,
rather is the theater lighted al
most as brightly as would be ones
own draWing-room.
The added intimacy produced
by the degree of light possible
makes for the greater enjoyment
Of the theater's program of news
reels and short subjects.
On the programs, all newsreel
releases will be Shown-properly
edited to eliminate Implications
together with those special topics
which all companies make from
time to time on outstanding
events. Thus will be TranS-Lux
treater be supplied with it's cine
photographic news as frequently
and as thoroughly as are news
papers supplied by their giant
news gathering agencies.
The Trans-Lux theater will be
opened to the public about No
vember Is, fully equipped with
all the latest accoutrementS for
the utmost comfort of the pa
irons. Complete airconditioning
at all times will be in operation.
-vnTE ANERIcAN-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-08

CLOCK

EARLE-Pat O'Brien in China
Clipper" 1900 a. m, 1:35, 4:25,
7:20, $3.50 p. m.
Stage-l2:50, $40, 6:25, 9:05
p. m.
BELASCO Or Stand Con
demned," 1880 a. M, 1:13, 1904,
4:55, 6:38, 1923, 1920 p. m.
CAPITOI-George Raft, "Yours
For the Asking" 11:00 a. M,
1870, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 p. m.
Stage-12:40, $40, 6:15, 9:05
p. m.
RKO KEITH'S-Ginger Rogers,
Swing Time" 9:56, 1852 a. M,
1:48, 3:44, $40, 1885, 9:32 p. m.
COLUMBIAN ebert Montgom-
cry, "Piccadilly JIM" II a. M,
los, $40, $40, 7:25, 9:35 p. m.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Scott, "And Sudden Death" II
q. M, 12:45, 2:35. 4:25, 6:15,
sos, 0:55 p. m.
PALACE-Joan Crawford "Gor
geous Hussy," 1890 a. M, 1910
1855, sos, 7:20. 0:35 p. m.
Broadway Bill" at
11:lS a. m, 1928. 1929, 5:35, TAI
and 9:47 p. m.
HOWARD-Edward G. Robinson,
Bullets or Ballots" 1915, 2:45,
SIS, 7:4S, 1915 p. m.
Stage-"Swing Rhythm Revue,
las, Ais, 6:45, 9:15 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-08
L Cover Hollywood

"a rather decrepit condition. Mus
solini let the countess have it,
with the stipulation that she re-
store it, keep it open to the pub
lie one day a week, and keep it up
as long as she lives. When she
dies it goes back to the state.
Smart move on both parts. She
got one of the most famous villas
in the world to live in, and Musso-
lini got a historical spot restored
at no cost at all to his people.
Bernard Newman, one Of the
greatest designers in these here
parts, after two years at R.-K.-O.,
asked for a complete release from
the remaining three years on his
contract and was granted it. He
felt that designing for two years
straight, without a moment off,
was wrecking his creative ability,
so now he sails october 3 for Italy.
to rest and reacquaint himself WITH
the foreign trends.
Nine. Brinner, the lady who de-
signed that very famous hour-glass
figure which has had such vogue
for the last couple of years, due to
her clever corSetry, Is out here con-
ferring with Adrian at M.-G.-M.,
so maybe the Misses Carlo, Craw-
ford. and Shearer are to be hour
glassed via whalebones this season.
The exhibitors who are always
crying for new faces, should vote
Sam Goldwyn a Boy Scout for his
present plans for remake Of
Stella Dallas" With the excep-
ton of Ruth Chatterton, who may
get the lead, he expects to have all
newcomers in the other parts. AS
you may remember in first version,
the following cast were all practi-
cally unknown at the time and
most of them proteges of Sammy'S,
to wit, Ronald Colman, Belle Ben
nett, Douglas Fairbanks, jr., Lois
Moran, Constance Bennett, Alice
Joyce, Winston Miller, Patsy
Ruth's brother, and Maurice Muir
ply, who was then a child actor,
but is now grownup leading man.
Lenore Uric, that fiery lady of
the stage, has abandoned her flam.
ing titan locks, which photo
graphed black anyway, and is now
running around in Camille" with
her hair completely black. and so
becoming. Al Columbo, the mu.
steal director at r. <. O., has
whipped up the strangest SYM
phony ever to be evolved by one
brain. It is called Symphony
Upside Down." The first and Sec
ond movements, the musicians
just play as they are written. Then
the whole score is turned over, up.
side down, and they play it re-
versed for the third and fourth
movements
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show. I have sent 1t along L.
Director George Cukor sat down
cold on Edna May divers sniff,
sniff, or nose wiggling, a charac-
teristic or mannerism identified
with most Of her pictures but alb
sent in Romeo and Juliet" It
may be one of the big reasons why
Edna May does not register as she
should in the Shakespeare classic
After seeing Romeo and
Juliet" q second time I am still
Of the opinion that makeup, or
first impression, is one of the rea-
sons Leslie Howard is just $3.50
as Romeo. Too many lines and
the wrong haircut when he flashes
into view destroy his value in
projecting youth Too bad, I
think, because Hollywood, with an
extra ounce of yellow makeup, can
cover UP lines and defeat Father
Time So Actor Howard winds
up as a great talking Romeo but
not q great looking one I
haven't seen all the Juliets but
I'll hear anyone who thinks the
role has been better played than
by Norma Shearer or better
acted, If it must be a real argu-
ment.
JOBS IN DEMAND
Theodore Hardy, of Hyattsville,
has, in his time, played Romeo
with four different Juliets, has
seen some IS actresses play the
daughter of the Capulets. He
rates Alice Nelson as the greatest
Of Juliets, although he has yet to
see Norma Shearer. Take notice,
Norma Pyle Since this column
appears to be taking on a Shake
Spearian flavor, it might be peril
nent to add that 500 actors, all of
them young, applied for jobs in
Hamlet" to Guthrie McClintic.
Producer McClintic is casting the
John Gielgud starring version Of
play which will have Lillian Gish,
Judith Anderson and Arthur
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-08

NO EDNA MAY SHIFTS
Speaking of Bert Lair and his
individual type of comedy, this
department scanned pippin of a
black out skit by Roy Flanagan,
local author and playwright, so
good that I don't see how Lee
Schubert can refuse it for the new
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-08

Byron in principal roles. Says
Publicist Henderson:
"WhiIe It is true that these
aspirants would accept a job Of
any sort in the theater-many
of them making traditional offer
to scrub floors or run errandS,
q gesture that in recent years
has been out of fashion in the
world of the SO-called legitimate
theater-they all profess Spe-
cial craving to carry a spear in
Shakespeare.
BERGNER AS "ROSALIND"
England has entered what be.
gins to look like q Shakespeare
movie cycle with a production Of
"As You Like It" and with the con
tinental star, Elisabeth Bergner,
as Rosalind. Here is a cabled re-
view of the premiere as printed In
the Motion Picture Daily.
The film IL straight Shake
speare without q line altered SO
far as can be traced, and the
dramatic development Is as 1t
is in the play.
Elisabeth Bergner is charm
ing, whimsical and fascinating
as ROsalind, opposite q some
what cOlOrlesS Orlando from
Laurence Olivier. Outstanding
is Leon Quartermaine's delivery
of the "AlI the worlds q stage"
mOnolOgue. Fine acting and
eIOcutiOn are contributed by
Henry AinIey as the exiled
duke. Sophie Stewart Is excel
lent as Celia and Orice FOrdred
as Audrey.
The forest Of Arden is . good
piece of Stagecraft, but the film
has made no attempt to rival
the technical achievements Of
"a Midsummer Nights Dream"
ON TARDY ENTRIES
Not chastising anybody, just ad-
vising. In screen contests those
entering should consider the
closing time, other rules. This
is for those, particularly, who
spend much time and effort on
their answers, then get them in
too late. Recently, one conteS-
tant submitted a winning answer
that must have taken hours upon
hours of effort, but arrived 26
hours after the zero for the con-
test. I felt bad. But one must
be fair to contestants who OBJ
serve the rules. Labor Day week
end business in the movies was
good, but not sensational. Too
many took to the highways over
the holidays.
TALENTED YOUNGSTER
Wish I could help all who feel
they may be the future Shirley
Temples. But this is Washing
ton, not Hollywood. However,
through Harry Lohmeyer, of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-08
Foir" Is
Next at Met

For those who missed it before
and for those who have requested
to see it once more, the Metropoli-
tan Theater, by popular demand,
is bringing back, starting Friday,
September II, that unforgettable
Fox film, estate Fair" the pic
ture that brought Will Rogers his
greatest fame.
A veritable constellation of stars
surrounds the beloved humoriSt in
Estate Fair" headed by Janet Gay.
nor, who is co-starred with Rogers,
and also including Lew Ayres,
Sally Eilers, Norman Foster.
Louise Dresser, Frank Craven and
Victor Jory.
The excitement, the laughter,
the romance and adventure of the
great State fair is reflected in the
expressions of the Frake family
as they prepare to depart for the
event they have eagerly awaited
for a year. Then their return.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-08
Margo Plans Drama
STUDY in New York

Following the completion Of
RKO Radios "Winterset," In
which she plays the leading fem.
mine role, Mango, briefly named
Mexican actress, will go to New
York for a month.
She will devote her holiday to
intensive study with Laura Ell.
lott, under whose dramatic tute.
lage such stars as Katherine
Cornell still remain. Her course
will include Shakespeare, Greek
tragedies and modern drama.
For years Mango has made the
theater and allied arts her main
interests,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-08
Nine Cities Seek the Opening
Of New Cornell Drama,
WingIess Victory
By ANDREW 3. KELLEY

Holiday Roundup Ray Henderson writes that nine cities
the Katharine Cornell opening in Maxwell Anderson
play "Wngess Victory" Place your bets on who wins The
cities after this first night Baltimore Boston, Buffalo, Ceve
land Detroit Philadelphia St. Louis Toronto and Washington
Two megs the that Washington gets this the week of
can't be thumbed if Miss Cornell wants the
best tryout city the United States And think she does
Bill Merriam makes pay 3S cents for collect telegram
follows Ran into Oracle Barrie and Dick Stable after seeing
them do grand show Loew State Theate Oracle signed this
week the Beatrice Lille show opening around October
25 Bert Lair and Reginald Gardner also in this Thank
William I'll pay 81 for another telegram telling when Oracle
Barrie will wed Dick Stable her heart and swing maestro
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-08
BY LLOYD PANTAGEs
Copyright. 1895. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 8.-Every
day is Labor Day in journalism.
Oh, to be in Spain these days. Two
Spanish film companies, complete
with cast and crew, went off a
few weeks ago for locations at Ca
diz and Cordoba, and they haven't
been heard from since, on account
Of both mentioned places are in
the hands of the rebels. And we
all know how busy they have been
with their little shotguns.
Early this season it was an
nounced that King Edward the
Eighth would spend his summer
at Cannes, on the French Riviera,
in Maxine Elliot's famous man
sion. AS a result, American and
European society rented UP every
other villa in the joint. He
changed his plans at the last mo-
ment, due to Communist troubles
in France, and now they are all
stuck with long leases and long
faces, while he sails about on a
yacht. 1t seems a gala cruise,
Since the liner-yacht is so vast,
they have thus far smacked into
two bridges and fishing boat too
small to be noticed from above.
which reminds one that all nobil-
ity is not in Europe. We are very
nicely done up out here with the
Maharajah of Indore and his r.
year-old bride. They have been
everywhere.
Leland Hayward seems to be 60
ing every place. quietly, so he
thinks, with Margaret SULLIVAN.
Maggies ex, Henry Fonda, whom
everybody thought she would re-
marry, as you know, is about to
marry Mrs. Brokaw, of New York
:. Pleasant to find out all about
Countess di Frasso's Villa Madona,
in Italy, in which she is now re-
siding with millions of house
guests. At one point not so terri
bly, long ago, it was a sort of Ital-
ian museum, with freScoes and
what have you by Raphael, all in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-08

Earle, and Steve Trilling, OF
Warner Bros. booking department,
had the opportunity of addition
ing a clever youngster on Satur-
day She was seven-year-old
Jean Costanza, of Baltimore, al
ready entered in the Pictorial Re
view contest for Juvenile talent
and clever enough, I hope, to go
somewhere. Little Jean, piloted
by her aunt, Miss Frantantuano
and Harry Baden, tap danced in
my office, sang "Is 1t True What
They Say About Dixie and
turned on a million dollar smile
-. Tiny Jean won me and Dan
Terrell, who sat in on this priv.
ate performance. She takes di-
rection like an experienced
trouper, shakes her tootsies in a
manner that would delight Bill
Robinson. Luck to her in the
Pictorial Review contest which
will give some fortunate young.
sterS a chance in Hollywood.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-08

VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-08
Romeo Juliet
Winners in
Contest

First prize of SIS in the Romeo
and Juliet" Contest, sponsored
jointly by The washington Times
and Metro Goldwyn-Mayer, goes
to Mr.. Harvey c. Stanley, Of 311
Poplar Ave-, Takoma Park, Md.
The contest revealed scores Of
lovers of Shakespeare who sent
in their Identification of familiar
Shakespearean quotations which
we're published on the drama page
of The Washington Times on
three successive days last week.
Mr.. Andrew r. Kelley, drama
editor of this paper, and Norman
w. Pyle, of M.G.M., conceived
the contest in recognition Of the
first talking screen version Of
Romeo and Juliet" starring
Norma Shearer and Leslie How
ard, which is now playing
limited engagement at the Ma
tional Theater.
The second prize Of $40 was
awarded to the entry of w. L.
Banning, Portland Hotel, Thomas
Circle and third prize Of IS went
to Dorothy Gould Fowler, Of 1924
18th st. N. w.
The ten runners-up, each Of
whom will receive pair Of
tickets to see Romeo and Juliet"
during its limited engagement at
the National Theater, are as fol-
lows:
Mrs. Agnes P. Hahn, 1925 N.
Twentieth st., Arlington, Va: H.
T. Moncure, ii w. Maple St., Alex
andria, Va; Pauline Sorem, 321S
Wisconsin Ave. N. W.; Ethel r.
Buckingham, 1909 Kennedy st.
N. W.; Claude Campbell, 736
Twelfth st. N. W.: Pauline M.
Bresnahan, 1902 Van Ness st.
N. W.; J. w. McDonough, 207 e.
Linden st., Alexandria, Va: John
H. Gore, 20 Randolph Pl. N. W.;
Elizabeth M. Payne, 4729 Thir-
tenth st. N. W.; Paul Barry,
Capitol Heights, Md; Iva MacFad-
den, 1705 Lanier Pl. N. w.
Fifteen familiar quotations from
Shakespeare appeared In The
Washington Times and the con.
testants were required to name
the plays from which they were
taken. Some of the quotations
appear in more than one Shake
spearean play, and the judges gave
special credit, naturally, to those
who discovered this. In addition,
special merit was given to those
entries which displayed the great
est nestneSs and originality.
The correct answers follow:
/. Something is rotten in the
state of Denmark" from Ham
let"
2. ITO make a virtue Of neces-
sity," from 1.-TWO Gentlemen Of
Verona" "Troilus and Cressida"
and king Lear"
8. whats in q name?" from
Romeo and Juliet
4. Its wise father that knows
his own child" from Merchant
of Venice"
5. Merry as the day is long. I"
from king John" and Much Ado
About Nothing"
8. who steals my purse steals
trash" from "Othello."
Z. "Give the devil his DUE" from
Henry w." first part; Henry ""
and king Lear"
8. "All that glisters is not gold"
from Merchant of Venice"
9. Parting is such sweet sor-
row." from Romeo and Juliet"
10. Sweets to the sweet" from
Hamlet"
II. "A plague on both your
houses" from Romeo and Juliet"
IL. cit was Greek to me-" from
Julius Caesar"
10. "a horse, q horse; my king
dom for a horse" from Richard
III"
IL. Uneasy lies the head that
wears the crown" from Henry
w." second part.
IS. "Too full Of the milk Of hui
man kindness" from Macbeth. :"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-21
WEATHER CONDITIONS

The Indiana disturbance in
creased greatly in intensity and
is central this morning over east
ern Pennsylvania, Washington,
ID. c., 29.10 inches. Its movement
was attended by strong winds and
gales on the South Atlantic coast.
Pressure is moderately high over
the Gulf of Mexico and off the
north Pacific coast. Low pressure
surrounding disturbance in
northwest Wyoming covers the
Rocky Mountains and Plateau re-
gion.
Precipitation was general dur
ing the last "a hours from Maine
southwark to central Florida, in
the Ohio Valley and Tennessee
and in the north Pacific States.
Pittsburgh reported five-inch
snowfall up to 8 o'clock this
morning and snow was still fall
ing at that time.
Temperature changes since yes
terday have been unimportant ex-
cept for somewhat colder in the
Caro'inas and Georgia, while il
is 10 to Is degrees warmer in
Kansas, Oklahoma and central
Texas.
S. NJ. GOLDSMITH,
Temporarily in Charge.
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The federal government in

The federal government intends to
drop 100000 from the relief rolls. Some
think that will be difficult feat, but The
Citizen believes that will be easily accom-
plished by simply dropping the chiseers.
They are everywhere well known. While
on the subject of chiSeling, we wonder if
the chiselers on relief in Key West are
aware of how often they are fingered by
those who know them. One Key Wester
informed the writer that they are so brazen
they don't care so long as they get the
money.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-21
ANOTHER MOVE TO ANNEX THE KEYS
(Tampa Daily Times>

Deciding not to oppose abandonment o. the
hurricane damaged railroad the Flor da
Keys. Monroe County Commissioners have desig-
mated Chairman Treadway OF the State Road De-
partment to enter negotiations FOR the purchase of
the right-of-way for an overseas motor highway
This appears to be the most promising method
Though the State Road Department could not be
expected to bear the cost of eauseway public
ownership OF rght-oc-way would make it pos
sible Cor the Federal Government to make its re-
lief project accessible and salvage something out
of the thousands of dollars already spent in the
islands
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-21
It's always dangerous to

It's always dangerous to claim any
suggestion as original. The Key West
Glitter and Phil Barney of the Tampa
Tribune appear to be rivals for the honor
of proposing construction of a pyramid
out of spoil banks from the proposed cross
state ship canal-a boondoggie to end
boondoggling. The ideas ancestry APP
parently traces back through the noun
tain-buiding projects of would-be Ever
glades drainers, which were the great.
great, grand GRANDCHILDREN of the Mound
Builders-Miami Daily News
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-21
Today's Horoscope


Today IS : critical day. and L
generally produces persons Of con-
siderable influence There Is q
strain Of egoism, the mind IS
trained on high taings. bit there
Is a rigid. intending strain that
hould be watched carefully Al
the characteristics Of the day are
good ones. IN moderation