The Washington times., 1936-05-29

of Music Clubs; Miss Laura Thorn
burgh, motion picture chairman,
District League of American Pen
women; Mrs. c. D. Curtis, vice
president, D. c. Motion Picture
Council; Mrs. Gertrude Lyons,
music authority; Mrs. Elizabeth T.
Sullivan, motion picture chair
man, International Federation OF
Catholic Alumnae; DR.. Oliver
Strunk, Library of Congress; Mrs.
Strunk, mother.
Mrs. Howard G. Nichols, pres
ident District Branch American
Association Of University Women;
Mrs. Frank A. Linzel, president
D. C. Motion Picture Council;
DR.. Jean Stephenson. outstanding
clubwoman, Penwomen, D. A. r.,
etc.; Mrs. Myron Avery, outStand-
ing clubwoman, P. T. A; Mrs.
Albert BaggS, vice president
HouSekeepers Alliance, also very
active in club work of all kinds;
Victoria Faber Stevenson, past
president National League of
American Penwomen; Mrs. Sam
uel Swiggett, chairman Of fine
arts, District Federation OF
WomenS Clubs; DR.. BaSSler,
Smithsonian Institution; Mrs.
Mable H. Pittle, executive secre-
tary, National League of Amer
lean Penwomen; Mrs. E. T. Cum
minis, chairman Bethesda Chevy
Chase Better Films Council.
Mrs. R. J. Poison, motion pic
ture chairman. Chevy Chase Wom-
ems Club; Miss Hattie P. Ander-
son, executive secretary, Y. w. c..
A; Mrs. Crozier, Y. w. C. A.; Mr..
Allan Noble, engaged in making
visual education survey for N. E.
A.; DR.. Cline Koon, office of edu-
cation, Department of Interior;
Mrs. Anthony Muto, Hays office;
Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle, District Fed
Grafton of Women'S Clubs, preSi-
dent; Andrew Kelley, drama editor,
Washington Times; Nelson Bell,
drama editor, Washington Post; E.
DeS. Melcher, drama editor, Eve
ming Star; Don Craig, drama edi-
tor, Washington Daily News; Miss
Betty Hynes, drama editor. Wash
ington Herald; Hudson Grune-
valid, Sunday editor, Washington
Star; Ralph Palmer, city editor,
Washington News; Miss Ruth
Howell, feature writer, Washing
ton News; Reginald Kaufman,
editorial writer, Washington Post;
Carter Barron; Prof. William Carl
Ruediger, professor OF education
and provost, George Washington
University.
PLAYED THE DEVIL
Rex Ingram is the only actor,
living or dead, who has had the
distinction of playing both de
Lawd" and his Satanic majesty,
the Devil.
Everybody knows by this time
that Actor Ingram is the star of
Marc Connolly's Negro pastoral,
Green Pastures" but w. B. have
kept closely guarded the fact that
their Sepia headliner once played
the Old Boy himelf.
It was in a play that was de-
signed to capitalize on the tremen-
dous popularity of Green Pas
lures" and was rushed to Broad
way three years ago. In BLOW,
Gabriel, Blow" Rex Ingram was
the incarnation of all evil. None
of the critics liked BLOW. Gabriel,
Blow" and it expired a few weeks
after getting I set of sour notices.
This was among a number of in
teresting things that the colored
star of Green Pastures disclosed
in an informal Meet the Critics"
party in the Warner Bros. club
rooms yesterday.
Rex Ingram impressed as not
only a smart actor but a very prac-
tical one. He knows that only
good luck, stupendous good luck,
will give him another role as good
as "De Lawd" in the Connolly pic
ture. For colored actors rarely
get parts Of star stature.
So Rex Ingram is not looking