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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-01
A wonderful mother

wonderful mother . Reading the obituary no- tices of Mrs John A. Schwab mother of Charles M Schwab, internatonalyknown industralist, makes wonder why writer has not taken her life story for historical novel of the last half of the 18th century Just the brief death notice reads like beautiful poem This marvellous lived to the ripe old age of 93. Only in recent months had she been unable to engage actively in the pursuits of her household
 modest dwelling set high in the hills of Loretto Pa.
 On this crest of the Allegheny Mountains she raised eight children, four of whom survive her. Her husband who was himself established banker and businessman in Pennsylvania long before his to such heights president of U S. Steel and chairman of the Board of Directors of Bethlehem Steel died in 1924 after 63 years of married bliss It is refreshing to read such little things about Mrs Schwab this. On her 00th birthday she celebrated by baking chicken popie for her eldest son. Charles. . She also presented him with quilt of her making at the same time she who implanted in Charles Schwab his love for music well his love for the hills of his native Lo- retto. One of her daughters she gave to the Catho lie Sisters of Charity at Seton Hall, Greensburg, Pa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-01

Editor, Tall Tower Topics: I encouraged by the report that the city is going to transform it's gravey tennis courts in the public parks to the nice hard-surfaced types that common in most of our eastern cities May suggest through your col umn that the beginning be made up at Fulton Park where that wOuldbe enclosed hockey rink, which never used, is just being demolished. The courts which this enclosure spread during the winter months torn up that they'll have to be cOm- pletely remade why not have 8 good job done on them by equipping them with the very latest in top dressings such those used at the local Country Club which noted for their fine playing surface. This is only suggestion but think every tennis player in the city will back it up. Tennis DevOtee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-01
Editor, Tall Tower Topics.

Editor, Tall Tower Topics. Enclosed you will find two tickets for forthcoming first annual Alem bic Association Chemical Mite" to be held Friday evening of this week at the Naugatuck Y. well-bal anced athletic and vaudeville card has been arranged and feel you will find the occasion enjoyable should you find it convenient to attend. Thanking you in advance and looking forward to having you the Chemical Company guest remain, very truly yours. John J. Raytkwich, secretary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-01

A new type combustion engine which may be operated either as a Diesel or as a gas engine has been invented in Germany.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-01
APRIL FooLl
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

 Look behind youl Fooled you that time, It's April first
 That to-day we rhyme. All the jokers
 In the pack, At practical jokes Take a whack. Futile errands,
 Faxed notes, To this pastime
 One deYotes Many many hours Of the day On fooling friends And puerile play. Every youngster
 On the streets Is bent on fooling Each kid he greets, In foolish banter On the way to school Trying to catch
 An April fool. Look behind you! Fooled you that time, It's April first
 That today we rhyme.
The Washington times., 1936-03-21
Marion Davies
Plans Comedy

Marion Davies next Cosmopoli-
tan starring vehicle, following
Hearts Divided" which is now
nearing completion at the Warner
Bros. studios in California, will be
Cain and Mabel" a musical pic
ture based upon a story by H. c.
Witwer. "Cain and Mabel, is a
romance Of a Broadway star and
a boxing champion, whose names
are linked for publicity purposes
though they dislike each other
very much-at first.
The film will be produced on an
elaborate scale: a stellar cast will
support Miss Davies, and the pro
duction will be directed by Lloyd
Bacon, who has been identified
with the production Of such sue
cessful pictures as "42nd Street"
''Footlight Parade" Wonder Bar"
Broadway Gondolier, The Irish
In U.s." and Devil Dogs Of the
Air." Earl Baldwin is now writing
the screen play Of "Cain and
Mabel"
So great is Marion Davies en-
thusiasm over "Cain and Mabel"
that she is foregoing her usual va
cation between pictures and will
begin work in her new role in the
very near future. Hearts Di.
vided" will be an early attraction
at the Earle Theater here.
The Washington times., 1936-03-21
Took q Year to
Get Ready

HOLLYWOOD, March 21.-One
solid year Of preparation for the
filming of a single motion picture
will end next week when the
cameras start turning on Lost
Horizon" Frank Capra's most
ambitious undertaking for Co.
lumbia, In which Ronald Colman
will be starred.
During the course of produc.
ton, scheduled for at least two
months, practically every stage Of
the Hollywood studios will be
used for the gigantic Tibetan
sets, and in addition practically
all of the many exteriors will be
filmed on one Of the largest out.
door sets ever built. This setting,
at the Columbia ranch in the San
Fernando Valley, is a lamasery
and garden approximately Of two
city blocks, solidly built up.
Jane Wyatt, New York Socialite
stage and screen actress, has been
signed for the leading role in sup.
port Of Colman and others also
Just signed are Isabel Jewel and
Edward Everett Horton. Hundreds
of other featured and bit players
will be added as production prog.
reSseS. It Is estimated that more
than 1000 extras will be employed
at various times. Robert Riskin
wrote the screen adaptation Of
James Hilton's best-selling novel.
The Washington times., 1936-03-21
PreVieWs of the New Pictures

Hquence. AS it works out, an ad-
vance solution is impossible.
AS the location is the Hollywood
Bowl and a grand opera perform
ance the occasion, the picture has
a musical background, the high
light of which is an elaborate pres
entation of a choral scene from
III Trovatore.'
It is smartly directed and con-
vincingly acted by all, with the
thread of suspense adding to the
pre-planned battling complication
in which the tenor, Leo GARLIC, is
warned he will be killed if he
sings. Upon his death at the pre-
miere performance, ambitious De.
tective Chester Morris, aided by
Madge Evans, scientific assistant
to Grant Mitchell, sets about solv-
ing the case.
Comedy is contributed by Robert
McWade and Frank McHugh. Two
women, Bonita Hume and Kathe-
rine Alexander, with whose affec-
tionS the victim has trifled, and
their husbands. H. B. Warner and
Duncan Renaldo, and j. Carol
Naish, madman, all of whom had
motives for wishing Carrillo's
death, are suspects. The progress
of Morris sleuthing, adding to the
dramatic mystery and comedy Of
the show, builds to a surprise eli
max revealing the idea Of mercy
killing as a motive for the singers
death and a heretofore unSuS-
pected character as the killer.
Based on a story by Albert
Cohen and Robert Shannon, with
the screen play by Florence Ryer-
son and Edgar Allan Wool, Edwin
L. Marin's direction concentrates
on providing the maximum Of the
novel mystery, drama, comedy and
suspense. The operatic sequence
by Wilhelm Won Wymetal Is q fea-
ture that should thrill audiences
The Washington times., 1936-03-21
Thirteen Hours by Air.
Rating: Excellent
Paramount

Timely as streamlining, this
comedy-drama Of crooks and in
trigue moves rapidly. with all the
action taking place aboard a plane
between New York and San Fran
cisco.
Joan Bennett, boarding the
plane just before it takes off, re.
ceives financial aid from Fred Mac.
Murray, the pilot. Fred Keating,
embarking at Chicago, anxiously
strives to prevent Miss Bennett
from reaching her destination. AS
the journey progresses. MacMur.
ray learns that his passengers are
all involved in intrigue Of some
sort and, when the plane makes a
forced landing in a SnowStorm, the
identity Of each is revealed. They
include Alan Baxter, a killer;
Brian Donlevy, detective; Bennie
Bartlett, wealthy child, with Zasu
Pitts as a governesS.
When the plane lands, Baxter
wounds Donlevy and John Howard,
the co-pilot. Attempting command
of the situation, Baxter is foiled by
young Bartlett, whose pranks have
heretofore been a nuisance, and
the situations are finally straight.
ened with MacMurray winning
Miss Bennett when the destination
Is reached.
Director Mitchell Lessen has
handled all the elements skillfully,
never permitting the suspense to
lapse and inserting frequent
comedy that Is carried on chiefly
by Miss Pitts. The Bogart Rogers
screenplay from the original he
wrote with Frank Mitchell Dazey
Is topnotch, and bows may also be
taken by Z. Lloyd Sheldon, the
The Washington times., 1936-03-21
Courses in Makeup
Advised by Actress

A high school course which
would teach good taste in dress
ing, makeup and coiffure is ad-
vised by Jean Parker, appearing
in RKO Radios Farmer in the
DELL" with Fred Stone.
young girls who are just grow
ing up are many times confused in
selecting their clothes and in fol.
lowing the current trend in colt
fures and makeup" says Miss
Parker. "a course in the proper
use of street makeup by q beauty
authority would teach growing
girls to use good taste instead OF
blindly copying the affectationS Of
their favorite screen stars"
The Washington times., 1936-03-21
Moonlight Murder
Rating: Good
(M-G.M)

This is something new in the
line Of. multiple-SuSpect murder
mystery drama. The principal de-
parture from the formula is an
idea accentuating the shows en-
tertainment and commercial value,
the unique motive for and the
novel method Of killing. The highly
complicated plan is to thrill, mys-
tify and BATTLE until the final Sc.
The Washington times., 1936-03-21

refuses to let the still photog-
raphers take pictures show
ing her in the Topsy COM
plexion. I don't blame her.
Neither can they stir much
enthusiasm about the news
that Doris Zinkeisen, a Royal
Academy dress designer
from London, has b e n
brought over to fashion CO.'S
tunes for a pure American
period picture. The English
director, James Whale, who
seldom uses an American if
a Britisher will do, is re-
sponsible for the importa-
ton.
The Washington times., 1936-03-21

Lillian Heiman who wrote the play theme positively
forbidden material made the necessary revons
in the fiction which gave Hollywood clean ticket
She did, they say, grand job, and quoting Betty
Hynes and the New York critics who have passed upon
"These Three"
Regina Crewe, of the New York American, says:
Samuel Goldwyn is of those motion picture miracle
who makes practice of accomplishing the impossible
His latest achievement offers exquisite dramatic enter
tainment wrought from long-run stage smash.
With superlative skill every suggestion Of play material
unsuted to Cnematc purposes has been eliminated without
trace Yet ably has the scalpe been welded that the
gripping dialogue and the tense situations Of the piece
Scaless upon the The adaptation is in itself triumph
Of ingenuity and dramatic vehicle These Three
tans all the grim power the irresistible orcefuness flowing
from its source.
"Mary of Scotland" will be test for Katharine Hepburn
She will be playing English royalty made pretty famous
The Washington times., 1936-03-21

California.
court to ask that her guardianship be approved to
been interpreted by of the public to that he
free for adoption Anyway the Seznck company, where
Freddy made "Lttle Lord Fauneroy" tells that the
youthful stars fan mail has been running heavily offers
of and board.
Swedish couple in Minnesota Freddy: eve know
you would like it here the farm We have eight children
60 you would have plenty Of company. And could fix
over big south upstairs for you and Eddie
And gentleman in Florida says he has yacht, stable
and golf and give Freddy everything which
he has been accustomed.
Needless say the boy star is happy in the of his
aunt upon whose plea the court smiled
Bernard Sobe is directing the national bayhooey for the
forthcoming Metro GodwynMayer picture "Th Great Zeg
field" He the last official Megfed press agent and
seems a happy choice for this particular job.
Zegfed press agents. the heydey of the producer had
the softest publicity job in the business When they held
forth the New Amsterdam headquarters they pro-
vded with completely stocked ice chest for entertainment
purposes The coumnsts and Broadway theatrical writer's
accustomed gather this clearing house for
stand how Zegfed flched newspaper space regu
lary scornng the suggestion might be his daily tea parties
Bernie Sobel manned the publicity guns after Mr. Zeg
field moved into the Sixth Avenue magnfcence bearing his
Sobel tied up with another contract when
"The Great Megfeld went into production in Hoyw
Otherwise he might have had good role in the picture
As turned out he available for publicity when the pic
ture completed and will be down Potomac way for the
National Theater opening Of this feature, April 19
The Washington times., 1936-03-21

the stage by Helen hayes.
Although She e considers
herself the modern Bern
hardt, the last Hepburn pic
ture, Sylvia Scarlet" " must
have convinced "Aunt Katie"
that she is not good enough
to carry a feeble screen
story. If she has any doubts
about it Is minutes reading
some of the exhibitor COM
ment and sour reviews would
give her a different opinion
about greatness.
MARY of Scotland" as
Maxwell Anderson tells her
story, made fine stage ma
terial, and Director John
Ford (who won the 1885
Academy award), should
bring out its strong points.
Hepburn should be up to it.
This corner shares the
Hepburn opinion she is a fine
ac+reSs and ahont rea1v Tn
The Washington times., 1936-03-21
Familiar

Ann Harding Is perfectly at
home in her role in RKO Radios
''The Witness Chair" The blonde
star scored her greatest stage tri-
umph in "The Trial Of Mary
Dugan," /" also q courtroom drama.
The Washington times., 1936-03-21
Sheds Accent

Erik Rhodes, dialect comedian
Of TOP Hat" and Gay Divorce, "
drops his accent in order to play
a straight dramatic role in "Spe-
cial Investigator" new Richard
Dix film for RKO Radio
The Washington times., 1936-03-21
Screen Servant

Eric Blore once more plays his
familiar and hilarious role Of a
butler in RKO Radios lone to
Two" starring William Powell.
The Washington times., 1936-03-21

\ producer, and Hans Drier and
John Goodman, whose artistic set
tings have been well photographed
by Theodor Sparkuhl.
The Washington times., 1936-03-21

Surprising, but true, is the
fact that in cleaning up
"The Children's Hour" for
the movies they have made
The Washington times., 1936-03-21
L TO CONE OVER HOLLYWOODS STAR
Bernard SobeI, Last ZiegfeId
Press Agent, Beats Drum
For the Picture
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

Things that give wnge Those stars who find
it so difficult to report 100000 and worse $2OOOOO
when income time arrives try hard but the tears just
won't come.
The Washington times., 1936-03-21

Irene Dunno will black up for UNIVERSAL show Boat but
The Washington times., 1936-03-21

challenge for the titl First Lady of Hollywood" But
read many stories from the West Coast about her empera
doubt very much whether she would get many votes in
California.
The Washington times., 1936-03-21

She will be playing English royalty made pretty famous on
The Washington times., 1936-08-18

Green Pastures" which during
a recent Washington showing,
seemingly aroused many and va
ried responses concerning a play
which is certainly a departure
from the usual, yesterday returned
to the Metropolitan Theater.
Adapted from a Pulitzer Prize
novel by Marc Connolly, this sim
pie and direct story Of the Crea-
ton as envisioned by an old Negro
preacher, is beautifully and rever-
emily unfolded.
Comments ranging in scope
from the finest film in years to
declarations that it is nothing
short of sacrilegious, must indicate
that this is indeed a type of pic
ture which each patron must clas-
Sify for himself. Enacted by an
wholly Negro cast, headed by Rex
Ingram as the Lord and Oscar
Polk as the Angel Gabriel, the con
The Washington times., 1936-08-18
D. c. Voting on
Love Issue

Should Mary Wallace have
divorced her husband, Jock, di.
vorced him and married the one
who had always loved and be-
friended her, or was the perform
ing the most logical Of the marital
moves to stick by her husband?
These three questions arise in
the denouement Of ITO Mary
With Love-" currently showing at
Loew's Palace Theater. Washing
ton critics have not been able to
agree on any of the above cues
tons. And it appears that Palace
audiences, too, have divergent
thoughts when asked to provide
solution.
Ballots have been distributed to
those attending the showings of
ITO Mary-With Love" listing the
three possible reactions.
Exactly 2,482 persons filed an
sWerS over the weekend. OF this
total, LILO were Of the thought
that Myrna 10y would be doing
what every other wife would do
under the circumstances and that
would be to stick by" her hus-
band, in this picture being War
ner Baxter. There were 942 per-
sons who stated that she not only
should divorce her husband, but
accept the marriage offers of Ian
Hunter. while 42O inclined to the
thought that it would be better
simply to divorce her mate and
not remarry.
While there is no general accord
or solution arising from this early
balloting. the Palace management
reports that its patrons heartily
agree that this is one of the finest
romantic dramas the screen has
offered.
The Washington times., 1936-08-18
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
at
Monument
Tonight

Washington's own festival YER
sion of William Shakespeare's "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" will
be offered for the third consecu-
tive year at the Sylvan Theater in
the Monument Grounds tonight at
8 D. m. by the Washington
Players, with distinguished cast
of Shakespearean actors and
actresses of the Capital who have
previously appeared in 1884 and
1885 in the famous fairy fantasy.
Robert Halsted will play Duke
TheseuS and Elizabeth Cooper will
appear as Hippolyta, his warrior
love-" Thomas M. Cahill will be
seen as Aegeus, father to Hernia.
to be played this season for the
first time by VERIFY Pannill. The
two lovers will be John Sikken and
Herman P. RiesS, and the role Of
Helena, rival to Hernia, will be
played for the third year by Adela
Whiteside.
The tradesmen Of Athens, who
furnish the most lamentable
comedy Of Pyramus and Thishe,
in honor of the dukes wedding
day, will be J. Edmond Veitch in
the world-famous character of Bot
tom, the weaver; Kent Dyer as
Ounce, the carpenter; Edgar
Kloten as Francis Flute, the bel.
lows member; Harry Grow as Snug,
the joiner; j. c. Fought as Shout.
the tinker, and Felix Bunch al
Starveling, the tailor.
PhiloStrate, the master Of the
dukes revels, will be played by
Wayne Bobst, and the fairies will
be Lansing Hall as Titania, queen
Of the fairies; Robert Duke as
Oberon, king Of the fairies, and
Marjorie Beall as Puck, merry mis-
chief-maker Of the forest. Alice
Louise Hunter, Fills SPEECH, Mar.
jorie McGann and Charlotte WAL
ton complete the cast, not for
getting the dog Ugly, which plays
an important role in the PyramuS
and Thisbe episode.
The play is being coached by
Robert HalSted and others.
Tickets for reserved section
chairs are available at the Willard,
Hotel Washington, Dodge Hotel.
A. A. A. Ticket Bureau and the
Community Center Department.
The Washington times., 1936-08-18
Variety Is Set
For Cruise
On River

Full speed ahead was the order
issued today by co-Skippers Carter
Barron and Sam CALAMITY for the
Variety Clubs second annual
Showboat Cruise which will sail
the Potomac this Saturday night.
Final plans were drafted at a
committee meeting Monday and
indications point to highly sue
cessful response.
Phil Spitalany and his all-girl
orchestra. which will be featured
at the Earle next week. will pro-
vide music for the lavish vaude-
vile program to include Ben
Blue, Sybil Bowan, the Elida
Dancers, Roy and May from the
Loew's Capitol program, and
others.
Leon Brusilloff will direct a
dance orchestra and additional
dance music will be provided by
George Kistner'S Orchestra. The
cruise will sail aboard the Wilson
liner IS. S. City of Washington, 4"
and will "shove off" from the
Seventh Street wharf.
Activities will start at $50
o'clock with a colorful water car
nival prepared by DR.. Frank T..
Shyne. This carnival will include
various Aquatic sports, a bathing
beauty competition, aqua plane
tests. a canoe fitting contest and a
spirited free-for-all in which some
dozen battlers will participate.
There will also be other features
of this program which will con-
tinue until the cruise gets under
way at 10 o'clock to return at
a. m.
Tickets at $3.50 each may be
procured from the Wilson Line
office; Sidney Lust, in the Earle
Theater building, or any member
Of the Variety Club. All proceeds
will be utilized for charitable &C.
tivities by the clubs welfare COM
mittee.
NATE AMrnInAn
The Washington times., 1936-08-18

saw the tryout last month at
Cape Cod, though.
There were my characters
and some of the words they
spoke were mine. but a lot Of
the dialogue I'd never heard
before. And some Of the situa-
lions had been changed just
enough so that 1 didn't feel
exactly at home with them"
Still the fundamental idea and
the play structure stemmed from
Miss Gordon'S pen. Why should
she be denied some program
credit?
George Jean Nathan is among
those who speak for more frank
ness in giving critics, and others,
the real background and history
of plays and how they come to
life.
NATHAN OBJECTS
Specifically, Mr.. Nathan COM
plains because Helen Jerome's
pride and Prejudice" owed its
dramatic success, in his opinion,
to Robert E. Sherwood's very able
revision and polishing, although
he was not mentioned in the pro-
gram notes.
boy Meets Girl" by Samuel
and Bella Spewack. would not
have been the smash hit it
turned out to be without the help
of George Abbott, not mentioned
publicly as connected with the
farce.
BY the same token, Personal
Appearance" by Lawrence Riley,
owed it's great success. in part at
least, to Brock Pemberton, who
did some expert rewriting.
Of course, it has long been
realized that play doctors like
George S. Kaufman are adept at
fixing up the immature and
clumsy dramatic ideas of others.
And they usually get credit.
In the case of Spring Dance"
the producer is inclined to give
Philip Barry all of the credit. 1t
just seems as though Eleanor Cor
don might be worth line. Even
though it be in mere agate type.