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Evening star., 1936-05-04
TONY SARG'S PUPPETS
PLAY AT THE NATIONAL
Connecticut Yankee in King Ar
thurs Court" Seen by Audi
ence of Children.

thui Souit occH Wy huoi-
ence of Children.
MARX TWAIN'S whimsical story
OF "A Connecticut Yankee in
King Arthur's Court" lends itself
with good results to the clever use
Of marionettes, as shown by Tony
Sarg, famous manipulation of the
puppets, before a large audience of
children Saturday at the National
Theater The story has its appeal
of suspense to the children, and the
Sarg facility il bringing out the hum
orous side of events aroused emphatic
roars of juvenile laughter.
1t is quite likely that only the
Mark Twain genius could find in
the "Old Farmers Almanac" suffici-
ent astronomical data to furnish &C
curate material for the magic which
has long been the reliance Of civilized
beings in impressing less completely
Informed people. 1t has been favor
ite weapon against belligerent savageS.
While the court of King Arthur
boasted of a highly civilized atmos-
phere for its day, a modern who
has been projected several centuries
into the past may easily mystify
such ancient persons, and this was
the basis of the success of the Con-
necticut Yankee.
The marionettes were manipulated
Saturday, with the supreme skill for
Evening star., 1936-05-04

palace-by-the-sea, and the very tai
ented and interesting 10 Meilziners
Che did the sets for nine solid Broad
way hits this season. hired vast
house along down by the MIDI Ocean
Club and implored all visitors to re-
frain from mentioning the stage. the
cinema and the paint pots-which re-
suited Immediately in a cavalcade Of
questions about the stage, the cinema
and the paint pots.
MIR. Meilziner had only one thing to
ask seriously of his Washington audi
ence. How did the 'Winterset' set
look?" And when we bowed our head,
remembering how shabby it seemed
on its opening night here. as COM
pared with the somber magnificence
Of its New York surroundings, he
sighed a small but audible sigh, say
ing that he was often tempted to leave
his name of his works when they
went on "the road" since he couldn't
be there to hang them himself and
since some Of his fondest stage dreams
turned suddenly into his most mad
dening Nightmares.
Bermuda bristled, too, with war
over whether or not it should have
night clubs-the majority saying
may" It also bristled with Maj.
Bowes' amateurs" with dozens and
dozens Of showings of 'Mutiny on the
Bounty" with Oleanders and rain
and wind and sun that came out only
when it darn we'll wanted to. With
speed boats, and carriages, and sun
oil, and mermaids from the Bronx.
and honeymooners bicycling like mad
up and down the island.
"Snooks" came back on the boat.
too-and since the boat was so
crowded there must have been 10 in
the Gary Cooper bed. All talk was
about Hollywood. Even in mid-Atlantic
we learned that Rudy Vallee was in
Washington, that Hardie Meakin was
having a screening on Monday and
that Percy Hammond had died.
That last came as a blow. These
Sunday columns will be bleak with
out him.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
Capitals Drama Groups
Local Players to Be Active This Week as
Schools Present Spring Plays

time" is TO be presented Saturday
night by the sophomore class at the
Marjorie Webster School. Nan Smith,
Rawlings, Ruth Eadie, Mary Harris,
Elizabeth Howard, Janet Strattor,
Dorothy Ramsay, Mary Wells, Vivian
Hickey, Miriam Snyder and Dorothy
Reid are in the cast and Florence l..
McCracken, dean of the dramatic
department, is directing.
The Mask and Bauble Club of
Georgetown University and the dra-
matte organizations of Fordham Uni
versity, st. Joseph's College of Phila-
delphia and st. Peters College of Jer-
sey City are to participate in one
act play contest Friday night at Gas
ton Hall at Georgetown.
Three one-sct plays-"Theater OF
the Soul" by NIkolai Evreinoff; "On
the Razor Edge" by Rupert Hughes
md flinders Keepers" by George
Kelley-will be presented by the Jew
ish Community Center Theater next
Sunday at Cafritz auditorium.
Tillye Braun, Arthur M. Sammeth
and Esther Levett are directing the
plays, under the supervision of Sidney
Gottlieb. James Shapiro. Sam Jay
Schor. Beatrice Miller, Sylvia Selbin,
Edythe Kiefe. James Frank. Sidney
Ritt, Sidney Gottlieb. Meyers Jacobs,
Sidney Levy. Toby Flax, Ruth Metz.
Frieda Cohen. Blanche Leuchter, Hy
Orling and Bernice Mendelsohn are
in the casts.
Other activities scheduled In the
near future include:
The children's version Of Merchant
of Venice" to be presented as the
Spring production Of the Children's
Community Theater
The Shining Hour to be staged
May 20 and 81 by the Columbia
Players.
Percy MacKaye's THE Scarecrow,
slated for some time around the mid
die of May" by the Pierce Hall
Players.
There will be more anent these later.
Evening star., 1936-05-04

which Tory Sarg has become noted,
and the juvenile observers impatiently
awaited each new act of the appar-
emily most exciting story.
A distinctly modern touch was
given by the music of "Round and
Around" in one scene, and in addi-
tior to Mr.. Sarg himself, the persons
involved in A. c. M. Azoy's version
Of Mark Twain were those who
talked and pulled the strings, Denise
Dooley, Dick Kraus, David Pritchard
and Donald George; costumes by
Pearl B. Craigue, puppets by Charles
E. Searle and Donald Cordry, music
arranged and written by Richard
Williams. ID. C. C..
Evening star., 1936-05-04
"ESCAPE NE NEVER"
PACKS LITTLE THEATER
British Film Starring Elisabeth
Bergner Credit to Foreign
Entertainment.

oSrRneT STcQlL " = 4OiclSh
Entertainment.
WHATEVER the minor atrocities
" the English film people have sent
over here in the past In the guise OF
motion picture entertainment. there
should be no further complaints. For
the British studios introduced Elisa
beth Bergner to American movie au-
diences, and for turning that little
trick they can be forgiven anything
(even Sonny Hale).
Maybe nothing is perfect In this
vale Of. tears, laughter and amateur
night every Tuesday, but If Elisabeth
Bergner falls very far short Of per-
lection in the matter of acting, some
more discerning eye will have to dis
cover where and how. Bergner Is
one actress from whom your favorite
movie star, whomever she may be,
could take a couple of lessons In
developing and using naturally splen-
didly mobile features. a fascinating
and completely effective voice and
eloquent hands.
All of this Is brought on by the
return Of the second picture OF Miss
Bergner's to be introduced to this
country, Escape Me Never" which
yesterday opened a revival engage
ment at the Little Theater, situa-
ton which already seems to have
been noted with appreciation by local
film fans. for the S. r. o. sign was
out at the last showing last night.
If you saw Escape Me Never" when
it played here before there's a strong
possibility you will want to see it
again, If only to have the Bergner
personality again cast its spell over
you. And If this is one you missed,
don't pass it up tfas time. The story
itself is an effective drama about
an enchanting ragamuffin who loved
completely despite the fact that the
chap she loved was what is known
IN certain select circles as 'heel,"
and natural comedy and some of the
tragedies Of life have been interviewer
with a sure hand.
Bergner, as you may have guessed
II you have read this far, is superb,
and all the synonyms for superb. Some
of her scenes-particularly the hos
pital sequence, where she learns her
baby is dead-should be required read
ing for all aspiring actresses. If your
heart doesn't 60 out to her as she
comes back down that corridor, it's
the kind of heart somebody wrote
song about once. The name of
the song is Heart of Stone"
H M.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.
: T LOOKS as though there's busy
week ahead in the local theater.

week ahead in the local theater.
The Harlequins Dramatic Soci-
i ETY. of Catholic University starts
things of tonight and tomorrow night
at 8:l5 O'Clock with the presentation,
in the auditorium of the music
building on the campus, of its annual
play. The piece is George Kelly's
three-act comedy, THE Show-Off."
and the Harlequins are to be assisted.
for the first time in the history of the
two schools, by girls from Trinity
College.
William J. Tobin, ir., will play the
lead, with Marta Houhhan opposite
him. Other feminine roles will be
played by Miriam Hartnett and Grace
Collifiower. and HarleQuins in the
cast include Paul H. Heltzel, Robert
A. Makofske, William j. Kenrey,
Eugene Brennan, jr., and Ferdinand
c. Rydzewski. The play is being pro-
duced under the direction of Rev.
Maurice OLeary, moderator Of the
Harlequins Society.
Friday night the Dramatic Club OF
American University will present as
it's annual Shakespearean play, the
bards last work, The Tempest"
termed by viii Hutchins, drama
coach at the school, Shakespeare'S
'valedictory to the world The
Tempest" according to Prof. Hutchins.
while having only a modicum Of
dramatic value, is rich In poetry
and has some of Shakespeare's best
lines in philosophical vein.
Leading roles in the American u.
production are to be played by Eugene
Johnson as Prospero, Peggy johnson
as Miranda, Nancy Hall as Ariel.
Edward Hopper as Caliban and Roland
Roberts as Stephano.
George Washington's Cue and Cur
tain presents its Spring play Friday
and Saturday nights at the Wardman
Park Theater. It's Lenrox Robinson's
satire, rs Life Worth Living?" which
was presented here by the Abbey
Theater Players on their last appear
ance, and has to do with the effects
Of the plays presented by a repertory
company on the residents of the little
town Of Inish.
The set was designed and con-
structed, under the direction of Les
Marzoff, by Sam Walker, who also
did the settings for Ten Minute
Alibi" and "She Loves Me Not" this
year. Milton Freedman, Sue Slater.
Edward Stevlingson and Eva Kailey
are cast in the leading roles and
the players are being directed by
Marvin Beers.
Thursday and Friday nights at 8
O'Clock students of Langley Junior
High School will present their Spring
operetta, Charles Wakefield Cadman's
South in Sonora" A different cast
will be used each of the two nights.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
The Gary Coopers
At Home In Bermuda
Random Reflections on Visit to an Island
Which Feted the Coopers and Also Had
It's Shirley Temples.
BY E. de S. MELCHER.

YOU'RE Bermuda for week or so and forget the MOVIES
Well, have about
forgetting and its disciples
~ have forgetting Hollywood like
relations with
Bermuda down
Evening star., 1936-05-04
MISS DIETRICH ON JOB
AFTER PROSTRATION
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated rress.
YUMA, Ariz., May 4.-Marlene
Dietrich, Aim star, who collapsed
under the heat OF desert location,
20 miles west of Yuma Saturday, re-
turned to work yesterday.
Miss Dietrich, playing in the Gar
den of Allah" was unconscious five
minutes, her associates said, but re-
covered quickly and wanted to re-
turn to work.
The desert heat was intensified, they
said, by powerful lights.
Members Of the film party carried
Miss Dietrich almost a mile through
the deep sand to the nearest trans
portation.
Evening star., 1936-05-04

oblige with Shirley Temple dance.
isn't she exactly like Shirley?"
says every walking female on the
boat as she pats the child on the
head and observes little tearfully
that her own little daughter never,
never had curls like that.
Thus encouraged, "Snooks" becomes
the menace OF the boat and plays
marbles all over your feet whether
you like it or not.
"SNooKs" is only the beginning.
The second day out, when the
sea is like glass and the porpoises
have very definitely stuck their noses
out of the water, announcement is
made that British Agent" will be
shown after lunch and with that
there is a rush and a "hooraw" and
a flock Of ea-smitten widows rush
for the largest divan from which
better to view this Hollywood cinema.
You can watch them breathlessly
drinking in this feast Of talent,
shrouded away from the sun and the
skies and the tan which they came
to get and will probably have to bor-
row from a sun lamp before they get
home.
Later a crowd Of mysterious ladies
congregates on A deck outside of a
suite which for the moment has
been thrown open for inspection.
That's the bed in which he slept"
whispers one Of the older fry.
mol" says her sister in incredible
wonder.
"Yes it is, too," says her sister,
and with that there is such rubber
nosing as hasn't been heard of since
Garbo left for Sweden, and We learn
that the very small bed in the very
large suite was occupied only the day
before by none other than Gary
Cooper returning from vacation in
Bermuda.
MR.. COOPER, it seems, had very
~A difficult time indeed as he left
the island. Last season he and his
bride lived in comparative seclusion,
little disturbed by marauding ad-
mirers, who came to borrow an auto
graph or two. Not so this year. The
island, more crowded than ever, sud-
denly decided to pay attention to Mr..
Cooper. Not only did people line the
streets whenever he came in town,
and gazed with admiration as he
bought plates in Mr.. Bucks china
shop, but when he started down to
take the boat home there was prac-
Iically parade in his honor, people
cheered, women tainted, and every
available button was ripped of poor
Mr.. Cooper's clothing.
Mr. Cooper, in fact, was the sue
cess Of the past two seasons-although
Noel Coward was pretty badly shaken
to pieces by adulation the year be-
fore-hiding usually away in the
ocavernous depths Of the "quarries,"
where the New Windsor's famous
turtle, "Slo Gin," couldn't get at
him.
The streets, too. this year gave
evidence Of Cooper triumphs. In one
shop window he stared out at you
from a silver frame, in which he was
smoking pipe. In another he looked
out at you in a nice new sweater,
which he must have bought the mo-
,ment before. And the shop where
he had bought those plates was mad
house for days-people ordering the
newly termed Cooper" plates by the
.ermfuls.
IA TURN around the island, even
after the Cooper hegira, limited
that Hollywood and Broadway couldn't
be so very far around the corner. In
Somerset Producer Courtney ("Sailor
.Beware"O Burr padded his canoe
around in company with the charming
Mrs. Woolley (from London) Hart.
Playwright Tom Cushing speed-boated
!, all visiting celebrities to his quiet
Evening star., 1936-05-04
Writer Weds Ex-Film Star.

YUMA, Ariz., May 4 R.-Eleen
Percy Bush, former star of the silent
screen, and Harry Rudy, writer, are
on a honeymoon. BY plane. the cou-
pie came here yesterday from Los
Angeles and were married by E. A.
Freeman, Yuma's marrying justice
Of the peace.
Evening star., 1936-05-04

weed, the lady in
the chair next to
you sud d e n ly
says: mo, you
mustn't play
marbles all over
the gentleman's
feet, s moo K S,
and IS moo S"
turns out to be q
horrid little child
of 6, dressed to
the teeth like
Shirley Temple,
with taps" on
her shoes so that
she can spring up
Evening star., 1936-05-04

Thursday and Friday nights at 8
O'Clock students of Langley Junior
High School will present their Spring
operetta, Charles Wakefield Cadman's
South in Sonora" A different cast
will be used each of the two nights.
The gypsy play, "Once in q Life
Evening star., 1936-05-04

your "buck" for the deck chair, which
somebody humorously has said will be
'fn the sum-" and after that first
breath of pure sea and a little sea-
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Located in a section of Northeast,
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MOUNT PLEASANT:
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1000 BLOCK E ST. S. E.
o rooms and bath, cleo, h-w.h., large
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in N. E. and s. E. sections that can be
bought with as little as 5000 down. Call
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Money to LOan-On Real Estate 5

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4-BEDROOM HOME

Practically new, modern in every detail
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Seven good big rooms. including four bed.
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semi-bungalow, bedrooms. Randle
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neighborhood; convenient to schools, stores.
etc.. 1877 25th st. s. E. Open ewes. 8 to
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Mr.. Thurman.
ADELBERT W. LEE
1343 H St. N. w. Dist. 1900