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Evening star., 1936-07-31
Martinsburg Guard to Leave

MARTINsBURG, W. Va, July sr
(SpeciaD Company D, 201st In
fantry, local National Guard unit, will
leave here tomorrow for Fort Knox.
KY, where it will encamp for two
weeks and take part In the maneuvers
of the I'd Army to be held on August
5, 8. and 9.
Evening star., 1936-07-31
Snake Attacks Man.

A "dice" snake, 81 inches long and
believed to have been shipped from
France, attacked M. r. Gihben. sur
veyor of Deal, England, in his garden
and was killed by him.
Evening star., 1936-07-31
BY W. H. SHIPPEN, JR.

BY w. HI. SHIPPEN, JR.
Y rERE we have one of a very few
animals able to kill a lion in
q fair fight.
4 4 The long, rapier-like horns
of the beisa antelope enable him to
prevail now and then over the fangs
and claws Of the king of beasts.
Oddly enough, African hunters say
the beisa shares this distinction with
the giraffe, a creature which seems
timid, awkward and harmless, with q
length of neck, and fragile,
stilt-like legs.
Yet the front hoofs Of the giraffe
are sharp, and his legs muscular. His
thrusts have been known to cut q lion
to death, according to DR.. William n.
Mann, Zoo director who has collected
animals all over the world.
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MOVIE

EARLE-A Jolson in 1.-THE Sing.
ing Kid" 10000 A. NJ, 1925,
1850, SIS, 7:40 and 1905 P. M.
Stage-11:35 A. NJ, 400, 4:25,
$3.50. and 9:20 P. M.
PALACE-Shirley Temple In Gap
tain January" 1880 A. M, 1885.
3:35, $40, 7:45 and 9:45 P. M.
METROPOLITAN - Wheeler and
Woolsey in "Silly BillieS," II q.
M, 12:45, 2:35, 4:26, 6:15, sos,
9:55 p. m.
FOX--Freddie Bartholomew in
little Lord Fauntleroy," 1890
o. M, las, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 p. m.
Stage-12:40, $3.50, $40, $40
p. m.
RKO-KEITH'S-Edward Arnold in
Suffers Gold," 11:44 a. m,
1:44, 3:44, 5:44, 7:44, 9:44 p. m.
COLUAEBIA-Charlie Chaplin in
Modern Times" 1878 a. m,
1870 S:25, $3.50. 1855, 9:45 p. m.
LITTLE - Charles Laughton in
'sThe Sign Of the Cross" IL
3. M. 1907, 3:I4, 5:21. 7:28,
HOW AR Donald Woods in
sRcad Gang" 1880. $3.50, $40.
1880, 1910 p. m. Stage-"Le-
roy Smiths Orchestra" 1885,
4, $3.50, Q p. m.
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STAGGERING BEAUTY
The living Ziegfeld saw Holly
wood make two abortive attempts
to entice his genius and transfer
it to the screen. These pictures
were called "Glorifying the Amer
lean Grip by Paramount and a
horrible botch by Universal. They
must have made him shudder at
what mediocrity with q check book
could perpetrate in his name.
William Anthony Mcguire, who
wrote the script for "The Great
Ziegfeld," asserts that the la
mented producer left as a bequest
to the amusement industry, "The
memory Of the finest things ever
done on the stage" Metro Gold
wyn-AGayer in recreating the Zieg-
field idea in celluloid has respected
this tradition and reputation mag
nificently.
1.-THE Great Ziegfeld" is, Of
course, an idealistic impression Of
a remarkable figure in the theater.
He died penniless and owing more
than $500, 900, but the chapters in
his life that were saturated with
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i Cover HOLLYWOOD

'as he finishes his Pete Smith
Short will train and boat for
Berlin to put the finishing touches
on the tutelage he has been hand
ing out to the German divers.
Harry Cohn Of Columbia wanted
very much to have Elizabeth
Bergner for q picture but all she
wanted was 100000 for her his
trionics so he said nix. At that
I think she raised the ante be-
cause Miss B. has q tremendous
inferiority complex anent herself,
her acting, and everything else
and especially about coming to
Hollywood because she has always
claimed our Hollywood beauties
would put her physiognony in the
shade. The same thing occurred
with Diana Wynyard: She gave
up q very promising career out
here and elsewhere because she
felt she wasn't beautiful enough
for pictures and after her per-
Torrance in "Cavalcade" too.
How foolishl!!
If Claudette Colbert puts her
o K. on the script you'll soon see
her in o screen version Of must
cal extravaganza at Paramount in
technicolor, now that color is all
the 20 at the moment.
copyright. 1896. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
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By LLOYD PANTAGEs

HOLLYWOOD, April 14.-Our
boy friend, MuSSolini, is bound and
intent to make the world love him
via a bit Of propaganda in a movie
based on the life Of Columbus.
This little epic, in case you don't
remember, was to have been made
with Frederic March before the
Ethiopian ENHANCEMENT came to
pass. It was then called off due to
lack Of funds but now that every.
one is melting up gold and sending
it to Italy, I guess they have the
necessary ducatS. It's on the fire
once more and again with Freddie
as the proposed Chris. Now that
dictators have come into our life:
It Is CHEEKY to note that Herr
Hitler has banned in Germany.
Robert Danat'S picture, "The
Ghost Goes West" because the
musical composer for the opera
was q non-Aryan.
Carole Lombard, it would seem,
has sounded the death knell to
the great American institution
the dining room. She prefers eat
ing on a card table set in front of
the fireplace. Since Universal
has had its reorganization, it's
stock has scared to q new high
on the market. It just goes to show
that confidence is all the public
needs to make them jump in for
q load Of purchasing.
Speaking of Universal: Their
studio basket ball team will re"
present America in the German
Olympic games but unfortunately
Papa Laemmle (the ex-head Of
UNIVERSAL will not attend because
he, too, Is q non-Aryan.
ALI of which reminds me that
Dutch Smith, the Olympic diving
champion Of the last games and
now turned professional, as soon
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Back Stage News and Gossip
Gathered by Bill HoyIe

Some years back a local the,
atrical enterprise, the Washing
ton Opera Company, on the look
out for marquee and box-office
names, coaxed the Metropolitan
Opera stars, John CHI arle s
Thomas and Rosa PonSelle, to
the Auditorium stage, in aida. "
Lisa Gardner, Washington
dance tutoress, with Chernikoff
staged the ballet and the famed
Russian selected as ballerina; and
partner, Patricia Bowman, one
Of her top students. This assign
ment proved her first and most
difficult one. Within months q
featured spot In the 1925 edition
of George Whites scandals,
the same edition that introduced
Harry Richman to musical com
edy and also featured Willie and
Eugene Howard and Tom Patri-
cola.
This week Patricia Bowman Co
headlines the Fox stage and uses
as her last mum Der, "ValSe
Rhythmique," a composition by
Dick Leibert, former organist
here at the Palace and now a
featured treadle.pusher at Radio
City, N. Y. On July Is she bon
voyages for a firStrof-AuguSt open
ing in London's Palladium.
At the same time that Miss
Gardner was making her stage
debut in Scandals" Everett
Marshall. other half Of the FOX
headline team, made his foreign
opera debut In Palermo, Sicily.
This climaxed three years voice
at the Cincinnati Conservatory
and three years study in Eng
land and Italy. One year later
he sang "Lohengrin" behind the
footlightS Of the Metropolitan
Opera Company in his American
debut.
He flew into New York from
the coast Wednesday and opened
here Friday for the first vaude.
vile engagement in six months.
Within two months he returns
to the coast to make a film and
in the fall will probably do
white Horse Tavern" q play
owned by Warmers and Rookie
Teller interests and q London sen.
sation Of two years ago.
Yascha Bunchuk, Fox stage fea.
ture, was formerly first 'cellist with
Serge Housewife famous Russian
symphony orchestra Of Moscow
Housewife now conducts the BoS.
ton symphony. Fifteen years ago
he came to this country and be.
came concert master at the Capt..
toll, New York. Since that time he
has remained q Broadway feature
and took over the directors baton
six years ago, when Eugene Or.
mondy became leader Of the Phila-
delphia symphony.
He carries q solid gold cigarette
case with diamond studded i'm
perial crest which belonged at one
time to Nicholas II, of Russia. This
is a piece from his imperial collec-
ton, one Of the finest in the world.
In this collection are some $4,000
books from the late czar's palace;
800 volumes Of Napoleon from the
winter palace Of Alexander III:
enameled and filigree jewelry,
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time offers q competent support
ing company. There is katherine
Warren as Roxanne-a part that
any actress might well covet-
lending a good voice and delicate
charm to Spotlighted moments Of
real romantic appeal; william
Graft as a manly and convincing
Christian de Neuvilette: Robert
Hudson as an excellent Connie de
Guiche, Hannah Clark as the
Rageneau and Mabel Moore as
Roxanne'S duenna.
An imposing cast Of minor prin-
cipals Is augmented by bright pu-
pills Of the National Academy Of
Dramatic Arts in the supernum-
erary characters.
Prospective patrons for "Cyrano
de Bergerac'' are advised that this
lengthy five act play raises its
first curtain ct sharp in the
evenings and at 2 p. m. for the
matinees on wednesday and Satuu.
day. ANDREW r. KELLEY.
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$40 in Gosh, Theoter Tickets
In "ZieqfeId" Memory Contest

Below are the questions in the
second days run Of the Great
Ziegfeld" contest, concocted by
sidney, with Metro oldwyn-
Mayer, in honor Of the film which
opens Sunday evening. April 10,
at the National Theater.
The first were printed on this
page yesterday and the contest
will be concluded tomorrow. An.
swer ell three days questions and
then send your entry to the Edi-
tor, Sidney's "Great Ziegfeld'
Contest, care Of The Washington
Times.
First prize will be $25, second
$1O> and third IS, as well as five
runnerup prizes Of a pair Of
tickets each to THE Great Zieg-
field" Judges Of the contest will
be Andrew r. Kelly, dramatic
editor Of The washington Times:
Sidney, and Norman Pyle, Of
M-G-M. Now for the second set:
s. Ma Belle" from "The Three
Musketeers. A lavish setting, a
lovely ballad and a famous singer
elaborated on this one.
z. Bill" from "Show Boat." "
And who can forget ti.is number,
the wistful torch singer leaning
against the proscenium arch.
8. "I'n see You Again." from
Bitter Sweet" An English songs
tress won New York by her per-
Torrance in this production.
8. Look For the Silver Lin
ing" from Sally" One Of Zieg-
fields brightest stars sang the
song in this hit show.
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Benoy Venuto
Next at Fox

Benay venuta, charming c. B. 8.
contralto, who was last seen in
the Capital as stellar member
Of the cast Of Anything Goes"
returns to coheadline the Loew's
Fox stage show on Friday with
Jimmy Savo.
Miss Venuta was born in San
Francisco and is now in her late
twenties. While a student at Holly.
wood High School she appeared In
a ballet at Graunman's Egyptian
Theater and following graduation
she toured with a Fanchon and
Marco unit. Next she spent two
years abroad ct q finishing school
at Beaupre, Switzerland.
On her return to America she
thought she'd try q screen career.
But the best the studios would Of
fer her were unimportant singing
bits. She sang bit parts on the
M-G-M lot, but became dissatisfied
and turned to radio and became
a staff singer and writer at KFRC,
San Francisco, and also sang at
the local Embassy Club. Event
ually, night club singing took up
all of her time and successive en-.
gagements brought her East. In
New York she won a Columbia
Broadcasting System addition and
made her debut over the network
exactly one year ago.
Since then she has been heard
regularly over the Columbia chain
and has worked UP an enormous
following. Last July she was
choSen,to replace Ethel Norman in
the feminine lead Of the Broadway
musical hit, Anything Goes"
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glamour and success, the romanceS
which hit the front page and the
qualities which made him q giant
as q Snowman have been deity
woven into a script that teens
with interest and, on the screen,
are drenched with the beauty he
loved.
It was the proud boast Of Mr..
Ziegfeld that he had discovered
and exploited the monumental
talents Of Anna Held, Will Rogers,
w. C. Fields, Fannie Brice, Marilyn
Miller, Eddie Cantor, Norah BayeS,
Jack Donahue and scores Of other
names which were spelled out in
the twinkling lights Of the Follies
illuminated signs.
RAINIER Is TOPS
He would then, I think be
pleased that Hollywood, continu.
ing this flair for discovery,
launches q minor studio figure on
the paths that lead to screen
glory. She is Luise Rainier, play
ing the alluring and altogether
captivating Anna Held, in man.
ner that tucks away the high
honors Of a great picture.
Anna Held, so the biographers
say, was the great love of zieg-
fields life. Anna fumed and
fretted when he invented the
milk bath as q publicity device
that landed her in the headlines.
But she revelled in his oceans Of
orchids, his diamond bracelets,
furs and other prodigal gifts.
Anna was also charmed by his
uncanny eye for beauty In dress
and decor.
Luise Rainer plays the French
enchantreSS with q delightful &C
cent, gives the character warmth,
tenderness, emotional depth and
understanding that makes it over
powering in appeal.
william Powell plays Ziegfeld.
He doesn't pretend to look like
"Ziggy' and it's Just as well. As
the story proceeds the Powell por-
traint gathers values until, at the
end, when trouble and depression
catch up with the Glorifier Of
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Dcarved and nodded by Carl
Faberge, known as 1.-THE Russian
Cellini" and court jeweler for the
crown; and Sixteenth century
solid-gold ikons. carved 50 that it
Is practically impossible to place q
value on them.
His cello is a Guarnerius, $50
years old and valued at sac, 900. It
was a gift from General Alimoff,
commander of the Russian i'm
perial forces.
The Earle's backstage visitor
Friday was Win Hudson, composer
Of "Moonglow," and arrarger for
the Ina Ray Hutton band. He is
here to confer with Ina Ray and
complete special scores for q fea-
tured Paramount single reel to be
shot in the near future.
Six years ago Ina Ray Hutton,
as a 13-year-old dancer, and
Armida, as q Mexican stage starlet,
were the highlights Of the "Fu-
ture Stars" unit, personally intro
duced by Gus Edwards on the
Earle stage. This was her first
trip here. Her last trip came In
July when, with the MelodearS,
she played q band act Of some Is
minutes. Since that time, with the
exception Of a necessary lay-off
two weeks ago, she has been
booked solid and the act has
grown to a complete hour show
unit.
Sister June, 16, travels with
her and has taken singing and
dancing with an eye to footlight
career.
Helen Homan, mimic and song
stress with the band, has been
trouping since the age Of eight
with her mother and dad, an old
time vaudeville act Of 20 years ago.
Ten years ago she became the
feature Of the act and played her
first date here at Keith'S as Helen
Hoonan and Family" Her first
single was in 1929 when she was
booked into a Puhlix unit at the
Palace here.
The Burke sisters, Peggy, Ruth
and Jean, harmony three-some,
are Benny Davis protegeS and
played here previously with this
talent scout. This whole trio wear
the same size shoes, hats and
clothes.
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Beauty and he is broken both In
health and spirit, the art Of the
actor is seen at It's very best.
Closing the first half Of q three
hour picture is an enhancing
spectacle built around the famous
Follies song, "A Pretty Girl Is
Like a Melody" Thrilling and
breath-taking are the words to
describe this sweeping panorama
Of imaginative extravaganza. There
are girls galore, dressed up as
Ziegfeld might have dressed them,
postured in striking backgrounds
on revolving columns and stairs.
The eye is filled with awe-inSpiring
scenes while the ear is tickled with
beguiling melody. Sunday nights
audience broke out into enthusiast
tic applause for these screen
tapestries in motion, and I defy
anybody not to be stirred.
Later in the picture comes Myrna
10y as the auburn tressed Billie
Burke, who stunned Ziegfeld at
first sight when he met her at the
go Club, who was wooed and won
in the tendereSt Of love scenes I'M
der the shadow Of Grants Tomb.
One Of the loyal Myrna 10y fol
lowing, I concede in this feature
she must give first place to Luise
Rainier both In footage and effect.
RAY BOLGER DANCES
Only a brief dancing moment is
given to Ray Bolger as the screen
memory Of the late Jack Donahue.
Bolger's three minutes are so
packed with the most agile of
acrobatic stepping you wonder
why he was not rewarded with
greater opportunity.
1.-THE Great Ziegfeld" begins
with the budding showman's ex-
ploitation Of Sandow the Strong
man, visualizeS the birth Of the
Follies, his marriages to Anna
Held and Billie Burke, touches
on one Of his minor affairs"
gives life to his continual friendly
feud with Producer Jack Billings
generally recognized as Charles
Dillingham;, carries through to
the tragic end when his wild
spending was ended by Wall
Street woes.
All Of this has been judiciouSly
favored with comedy, and one Of
these highly inirthful moments is
when ziegfeld invades the Dewey
burlesque theater and brides
Fannie Brice with q mink coat.
In an extra length cast are
found Frank Morgan, Reginald
Owen, Nat Pendleton, Jean Chat
burn, Herman Bing and Ernest
Cossart giving superior support.
Harriet Hector has fleeting
moments in the spotlight as the
ballerina Of one Of those fantas-
tbs ballets employing Russian wolf
hounds and ponies. Beauty de-
luxe.
This, then, Is the finest musical
comedy that Hollywood has ever
staged and though 1.-THE Great
ziegfeld" admits sacrificing au-
thentic chronology for the sake
of condensation, it nevertheless
ranks high as intriguing screen
biography.
I call it one Of the knock your
eye out" pictures that come all too
rarely and leave you wondering
what the Broadway stage is going
to do, if anything, to match such
magnificence. We might as we'll
admit that the days Of the stage
Follies passed with the man who
conceived them.
Need remind you, o1Ahave you
heard? "The Great Ziegfeld"
opens at the National Theater
Sunday night.
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Cochran Graduates
Appear in Hit PLAY

In the cast of Three Men On
q Horse" coming to the National
Theater for one week beginning
Sunday, night, May 10, will be
two former members of Steve
Cochran'S National Theater
Players who were very popular
down on e Street.
Mary Loane, charming ingenue,
will play the simpering wife,
and Ruth Lee viii have the role
Of the tough girl.
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MAKES A Speech

IaugnIon.
MAKES A SPEECH
After q last act curtain Mr..
Hampden in q brief speech ex-
planned that while he was aban-
doning Cyrano with some reluc-
lance he would be back next
season In another play, an an
nouncement which his consider
able audience Of firSt-nighterS
greeted with more applause.
It is easy to see why CyranO
Is a role dear to the heart Of an
actor. RoStand originally wrote
it for Coquelin and it served
Richard Mansfield as a tour de
force for many seasons. Mr..
Hampden, who favorS metered
and rounded speech and the
abundant opportunities for bra
vura, serves 1t masterfully. His
Is rich and resonant voice
well equipped for the soft and
beautiful romantic shafts aimed
straight for Roxanne's heart.
"Cyrano de Bergerac" Is good
theater. Your critic, observing it
for the fourth time, was still able
to get a thrill out Of real horses
racing across the stage with Rox-
anne's coach, from the naive bal
cony scene wherein the repressed
love Of the Gascoigne with the
long protuberance Is poured forth
by proxy into the waiting ears Of
Roxanne: from the clashing
swords in duel, the volleys Of
musketry, the paper bag poems
and the general excellence Of
Brain Hooker's translated version
Of the Rostand play which retains
much Of the writing beauty Of the
original manuscript.
IS WELL DIRECTED
For those who may not get q
full measure Of enjoyment out Of
the Hampden performance there
is the superior direction which
creates q number Of striking
stage pictures and is ever alert in
action.
The Hampden company this
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ZIEGFELD is GLORlFIED
William Powell as Producer,
Luise Roiner as Anna Held
Share the Hiqh Honors
By ANDREW 3. KELLEY

Hoywoods tribute Forenz ziegfeld is gorgeous and
gterng motion picture positively dazzling in beauty and
completely absorbing threehour blend Of fiction
AS it unwind the Chestnut Street Opera House, in
Philadelphia Sunday night couldn't help thinking that
had little father of the Foes been present would
good taste and spectacle worthy of the Negfed labeL
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Maeazine-Inspired
Film Before Gamer

Teaming Frances Drake and RAN
dolph Scott together for the first
time in their long respective ca
reers at the same studio. "And
Sudden Death" inspired by J. C.
Furnas' sensational Readers Di-
gest article on the horrors Of
motor fatalities, is in production
at Paramount Studio.
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Walter Hompden as Cyrono'
Opens at the National

Walter Hampden has played the hero Of Edmond Rostand
romantic comedy than 1000 times and last night pre-
sented "Cyano de Bergerac" in what he calls his farewell
tour in this part.
The movie has captured Cyrano and the swash-
bucklg and ready letter writer
will be mpesonated for the cinema audience by Charles
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"P0PEYE" will be the
cartoon star Of a special
Saturday morning show at
the Metropolitan Theater.
This comic newspaper and
screen character is said to be
President Roosevelt's IA
vorite funny.
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Collector

Katherine Hepburn, now por-
traying MARY Of Scotland" is
an enthusiastic collector Of mod
ern art, and owns many fine
paintings and statues by contem-
porary artists.
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MYRNA 10y
10. MY Man." from "Follies
of 1918" If you can't guess this
one, we're not going to tell you
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-30
CHASE COMP PANIES
 RENAME OFFICERS
John H. Gilbert Elected Treasurer Purdy Re.
 signs as Comptroller

At the annual meeting recently of the Chase Companies, Incorporated, former officers were reelected with the exception of Richard D. Ely. who has resigned the treasurership to devote all his time to his position as vice-president in charge of pro- duction of all Chase Companies.
 John Fl. Gilbert who was made assistant treasurer, some time ago, was elected treasurer.
 w. A. Purdy, resigned as comptrol- Ter. thus leaving the officers for the ensuing year as follows: ?. 6. Chase, president; R. D. Ely, vice president in charge of production; R. l.. Coe, vice president in charge of sales; O. F. Hart, Jr, secretary; Rodney Chase, assistant secretary; John II. Gilbert, treasurer.
 On inquiry at the oiiice of the Chase Companies relative to MT. Purdy's retirement r. 6. Chase, president. said 1t was very much to the regret of his many friends in the organization that Mir. Purdy felt he could not continue to carry on the active duties of comptroller, but that he would continue in an advisory capacity to be available in the future as conditions came up where his years of experience might be of help to the companies.
 MT. Purdy plans to return to Boston or its vicinity where he lived previous to his coming here. He is Q man of very exceptional ability and character and with the experience he has had during the many years of active connection with the companies 1t is Q satisfac- ton that the firm shall still be in touch with him.