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used to swing. The combination Of.
Gene Towne, Graham Baker and
Walter Wanger supplied the Ingenious
ness, freshness and comedy necessary
for a superior screen entertainment.
A cast of capable actors did the rest.
Mary Burns" is not an epic or a
searching experiment in dramaturgy,
or even one of those excursions into
spectacular narrative. for which Mr..
Wanger is noted. 1t is simply a little
WOW of a melodrama, devised to make
you happy on the afternoons when
you don't want to be searched or ex-
for whimsy. There are five violent
climaxes five, count 'em). any one of
which would suffice for the average
thriller Melvyn Douglas appears
about the middle Of the film to inject
new charm and intrigue into a plot
already graced by Sylvia Sidney and
fascinating killer named Babe Wilson
Quietly, viciously played by Alan Bax-
teri, and to top off the pudding there
is moment when you get to watch
Miss Sidney shoot an enemy in the
stomach one, two, three times.
To give them the best of the plati-
tudes, the Sidney-Douglas combina-
tion is irresistible. 1t would be a
pleasure to sit through all the shoot.
ing and tears again just to hear them
discuss the respective merits of Wimpy
and Popeye. Furthermore, Miss Sid
ney has broken herself almost entirely
OF the habit of making grotesque
moues when she is unhappy, al
though she has few bad moments in
brief court room scene that deserved
all the faces she cared to make at it.
The dramatic surprises in this tale
are SO well thought out that we do
not propose to lessen their sting by re-
vealing a smidgeon of information
about them. A few of the story schol-
ars will object that the plot doesn't
always read like lesson in logic, but
we never saw a first-rate melodrama
that did. However you feel about
that. don't miss certain high links
between a killer and some G-men in
a village church. While the credits
are being handed around, Wallace
Ford and Pert Kelton should not be
overlooked in behalf of their labors
They are both pleasing. as is Brian
Donlevy, if you can forget that this
gentleman was one of the better stage
comics before he went heavy william
on us.
On the Earle stage this week you
will find Phil Spitalny and his orches-
ira. Maestro Spitalny belongs to what
was known as the leonine school of
conductors, and he is still at is, weav-
ing and boiling throughout the show
and indulging in a vaguely alarming
crouch. The Spitalny orchestra, con-
sisting entirely of girls. seemed yes
terday as good as you could want such
a band to be. There are at least half
a dozen top-notch musicians in the
aggregation. They present varied
bundle of harmonies, among them a
violin solo of PLAY. Fiddle, Play" that
would justify the whole act if it had
nothing else at all to recommend it.
1t has. A handsome lady soloist sings,
a trio and sometimes the whole or
chestra joins in with some vocal spe-
cialties a la Waring, and there is a
dance interlude offered by Gloria Gil
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Stradivarius
Mark Given
To Concert
Quartet of Experts
Yields to Master
in Program Here.
BY ALICE EvERSMAN.

A CONCERT somewhat out OF
~ the ordinary, in which the
~ instruments used attracted as
n much attention as the per-
formers, took place yesterday after
noon at the Library of Congress,
sponsored by the generosity of Mrs.
Matthew John Whittall, who recently
donated a quartet of instruments
made by the famous violin maker,
Antonius Stradivarius, to the library.
The instruments were played by
Wolf Wolfinson and Alfred Pochon.
violinists, Marcel Dick, violist. and
Ivan d'Archambeau, cellist, members
of the "Stradivarius" Quartet of New
York, assisted by Louis Krasner, vio-
linist, and Beryl Rubenstein, pianist.
Known by the names of their for
mer owner such as the Belts" violin,
considered one of the finest of its
kind, the "Castelbarco" violin, the
"Cassavatti" viola, one Of IL now in
existence and the "CaStelbarco" vio-
loncello, which together with the
violin comes from the collection OF
Count Cesare CaStlebarco of Milan,
the instruments have been assembled
in this country to form one OF the
most valuable collections of the great
master.
The concert yesterday was unique
in that it made evident how greatly
the playing of a group OF musicians
can be enhanced by the quality of the
instruments used. The combined
sound of the quartet carried an un-
broken line of characteristic traits Of
tone color, volume and velvety quality,
rich and smooth throughout. Amongst
the four, the cello Is undoubtedly the
peer, its tone particularly outstand-
ing. This magnificent instrument is
one of the few which have not been
experimented upon by instrument
makers and. has been left unreduced
in size
The program offered by the players
consisted of Beethoven's Quartet in
F, Op. SO. No. u; "Ballale." by Alfred
Pochon, dedicated to Mrs. Vital and
played publicly for the first time, and
the Chausson Concerto in D, Op. 81"
for violin, piano and strings. The
musicians, each of whom is an artist
in his own right, demonstrated their
musicianship in the correctness of
their style, although a deeper union
of idea has not as yet been completely
established.
The Chausson Concerto" in which
the theme was carried by Louis Kras-
ner, as assisting violinist, AMI Beryle
Rubenstein, at the piano. is work
which offers problems for the intellect
as we'll as for the mechnical rendition,
the solution of which calls for a per-
feet ensemble and the complete merg-
ing of the individual parts. The per-
feet rendering of the notes by the
performers was not sufficient to make
the content clear or especially inter-
esting For this number Mr. Krasner
used the Belts" violin, and his ability
and familiarity with the instrument
brought out its characteristic qualities
and the glowing richness of tone
which, in spite of the ''E'' string
differing in sound from the three
others, has all the properties of a
great instrument. The sonorous tone
and facile technique of Mr.. Ruben
stein stood out with exceptional clarity
in the ensemble. A large audience
filled every seat and gave warm ex-
preston to its interest.
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Capitals Drama Groups
800 Donated by Fred E. Hand for Prizes
in One-Act Play Tourney.

drama; Wade Robinson will wear the
special 'professorial eyeglasses" which
he wore last year and which Bob
Miller wore a few weeks ago when
he was a professor in "Inheritors"; !;
the wallpaper is authentic in its 1880
design, but not authentic wallpaper,
having been hand-stenciled by De
Witt and Bob Miller, and the thun-
derstorm will have much better light
ming this year than last because of the
Columbia Players new lighting board.
The people putting on Benevolent
Blackmail," new play by Local News
hound Morgan Baker, are working up
another kind of frenzy. Their play,
they claim, is too hot" to be played
at Roosevelt High School. so they are
in something of dither over the
finding of new place and the set
ting of new date for their opening.
On the other hand, school officials
claim the producers overlooked a little
matter of arranging for the audi
torium at the high school before they
announced the play would be done
there. Benevolent Blackmail" still
is without a home, however, no mat
ter what the reason, but the cast,
under Harold A. Weinberger, is con-
tinuing rehearsals and Hugh Collins
is about to get to work on the set
tings, which have been designed by
Hugo linden.
Mrs. Jane Plummer Rice, instructor
in dramatics at the Mount Vernon
Seminary, has one of the leading
roles in the production of Owen
Davis THE Ninth Guest" to be done
February 8 at Leland Junior High
School by the Montgomery Players.
She is one of the original members
of the group and has played num-
ber of outstanding roles and directed
several of the players hits.
Others in the cast are Elizabeth
Moore, Mrs. Helen Kerby, Harrison
Hathaway, Edmund Soper, Harold S.
Norton, Frank S. Fowler. Fred M
Kerby and Frederick Fryer. Robert
Warf1eld is directing.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

r. K. o. film in which Victor Nc
Laglen made such a sensational re-
turn to film heights, is dazzling
Hollywood these days with an ankle
length silver fox cape and diamond
ring the ize-literally-of a small
walnut. Her next film role will
probably be as Rebecca in Sir Walter
SCOTS 'Ivanhoe" for the r. K. Q.
studio.
I,uise Rainer lost her Scotty,
Johnny" the other day. Then she
found him, and then lost him again.
The latest news finds Johnny repos-
ing once again in the arms OF his
mistress. If this keeps on, the dis
tracted M.-G.-M executives threaten
the Scotty with an armed bodyguaro'
While on the subject of the Wen
nese star, as you probably know Luise
is a convert to the prevailing feminine
fashion of wearing slacks instead OF
skirts. Her mother, however, who re-
Gently paid her a visit, is lady OF
the old school, with strong prejudice
against masculine attire for her
daughter, and she vehemently vetoed
the offending garment. But now that
her parent has gone back to her ma
tive land, Luise is once again mem
ber of the pants brigade.
The way things always happen:
Merle Oberon, the new sit" girl OF
Hollywood, gets herself injected in
order to be immune from the prevail
ing epidemic of colds. So the mjec-
ton gives Miss Oberon the most Sc
we're cold she has had in years-bad
enough to keep her at home and delay
production on "These Three" the
movie in which Merle is starring with
Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea.
Encountered Cesare Romero at II 80
the other night in full screen make
UP. "Just finished work." he explained.
Cesare is in the throes of moving into
a larger apartment to accommodate
his sister, due here for visit.
Jock Whitney is trying hard to
think of new name for his colt and
a title for his new technicolor film.
The former has for sire THE Porter" ="
His dam is "Fatima," which led Steve
Hannigan to suggest the name
"Pasha." Mr.. Whitney has taken
Johnny Mack Browns Beverly Hills
mansion for two months.
Fred Astaire, very excited about the
new home he and his wife are build
ing. The most important rooms are
being reserved for the Astaire heir. or
heiress-Fred doesn't care which.
A sure-fire way to get Clark Gable
really excited is to talk to him about
his new auto. "She did over a hun
dred miles an hour last week end in
the Mojave Desert" he told me exult-
antly.
Irene Hervey proudly displaying a
diamond clip, and telling friends the
name of the donor-Robert Taylor (.
Theda Bara and husband, Charles
Brabin, throwing a party for Holly
woods richest visitors, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Crcmwell--last named, the for
mer Doris Duke. 1t is a far cry from
the old silent" days when Theda was
ratef the No. l vamp of the screen
-. Anita Louise, spotted at cocktail
Evening star., 1936-01-11

terror (not terrier), loved Miss Har-
low the moment she began being fresh
to him-and their romance was kin
died by a series of insults and Slaps
(Mr. Tracy at one point slaps his
father-in-law's face) which were
bound to lead nowhere except to the
altar.
The theme from here on is mixed
up with an outside boy-friend (Joseph
Calleia) who woos Miss Harlow with
a white fox fur: with baby which
appears in the middle of prison; with
a strike on the docks; with union
cards; and Tracy down at the heel;
and with Una Merkel who does the
best she can in the seasons worst
wardrobe. In fact, it is probably be-
cause Miss Merkel looks so downright
miserable all the way through that
we first decided against "Riffraff."
X X
MISS HARLOW makes her debut
" in that new colored hair which
has had the fashion plates in state
of collapse for the past few weeks.
The hair looks very much like real hair
and is forgotten as soon as it is seen.
For the rest, she plays the role OF
Hattie. queen of the tuna fish country,
with as good humor as she is al
lowed-rarting and roaring as often
as the director is able to make her
rant and roar-and having none of
that sly sarcastic fun which is her
greatest asset. Patsy Kelly would have
been more amusing.
Spencer Tracy is good choice for
Dutch, being one of the screens best
actors, and Joseph Calleia is at his
best when he raises his hand and tells
his stylish chauffeur to "scram!"
X X X X
ON THE stage you will find two
clever actors, George Givot and
Joe Phillips, who are also mixed up
in "Riffraff" They are more fun,
however. "in person" Mr. Givot gives
his customary and popular "all" in
eight too brief minutes: and Mr..
Phillips also has an act that satisfies.
Sylvia Froos sings nicely. and that
amazing Arabian troupe opens the bill.
Furthermore, Phil Lampkin's S
music goes round and" well, you
ought to know by now-anyway, his
overture is one of his best.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

W n e r e, NJ ! S S
Grahane told this
writer, but it
will be soon. I
can't bear this
separation fro m
him much longer.
We were married
S e ven years
that's a long time
in these days
and 1 feel lonely
out here without
him"
Miss Grahame,
who skyrocketed
to fame in The
the
Evening star., 1936-01-11
200 Jewish Judges Out.

BERLIN, January IL R),-The
magazine Of the Attorneys Associa-
tion. called German Justice, said last
night 200 judges or councillors of pro-
vincial courts alone-either fully or
partly Jews-lost their positions
through the recent Nurnberg citizen
ship laws. which struck sharply
against Jews in the Reich.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
DR.. Harlowe to Speak.

DR.. S. Ralph Harlowe, professor Of
religion and biblical literature at
Smith College, Northampton, Mass,
will be speaker at the all-university
religious service at Howard Univer-
sity Sunday at IL am. Services will
be held at the Andrew Rankin Me-
mortal Chapel. Music will be fur
nished by the university choir.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

Not because we
don't lik e the
tuna tribe a n d
are not concerned
with docks and
brawls in their
proper place, but
because Miss Har-
low has no busi-
ness being the
heroine of such a
business. She can
act-and irt this
she acts-to no
advantage.
The oxford die
tion ary defines
aDiHroHO &c "thn
Evening star., 1936-01-11
Mexican Strike Called Off,

MEXICO CITY, January II CR.-
A planned strike of electrical workers
to demand the expulsion from Mexico
of former President Plutarco Elias
Gales was called off yesterday after
labor leaders conferred with President
LaZaro Cardenas.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
Louis Justement Named.

Louis Justement was named yes
terday by the Commissioners men,
ber of the District Board OF
Examiners and Registrars of Archi-
tects to take the place of Frederick
H. Brooke, whose term had expired.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

party thrown by Clarence E. Brown,
wearing a hat resembling a triangle.
I've seen Miss Louise in headgear
better suited to her blond loneliness.
Noontime kaleidoscope in the M.-G.-
M. studio cafe -. Reginald Denny and
Conway Tearle. both clad in Romeo
and Juliet" costumes, lunching to-
gether. While on the subject of Mr..
Tearle: Five years ago he was in the
happy position of thumbing his nose
at $4,000 a week. Today he is grateful
for small roles and small pay .
Robert Taylor. with smudges on his
screen makeup. looking for a table
Hugh Walpole eating alone-guess
what-roast beef and Yorkshire pud-
ding, of course Virginia Bruce.
wearing a black suit and brief silver
fox cape, tete-a-tete with her director,
Ed Marin.
A typical Hollywood story: Harry R.
Carey, old-time favorite, was out Of
work two years. Very recently he re-
ceiveG an offer to play small role.
He didn't like the story-or the studio.
So he continued to turn down offers
and the bid was raised from $3.50 to
$500 a week. Four negative replies to
various studios brought Mr.. Carey's
weekly stipend to $500 a week, which
sum he is now being paid at Twentieth
Century-Fox.
You'd be surprised how my social
rating in the studios has changed"
Carey told a friend. when directors
saw me a week ago they used to say,
Hello Now they say, Hello, come
in I'm hoping that next week they'll
say. Hello, come in, we have a swell
part for you"
(Copyright. 1896 by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1936-01-11

bert. She spins and spins and spins.
Every one was getting along fine yes
terday when what should pop up but
THE Music Goes Round and Round"
Evening star., 1936-01-11

return 70 HOIIyWOOU 10 pay IPd-'
tured role in story, now being pre-
pared for her at the M.-G.-M.
studios.
Margot Grahame is planning
reconciliation with her estranged
husband, Francis Lister. Il don't
know how it will take place or
Evening star., 1936-01-11
Elizabeth Allan's Recovery
Makes Friends Rejoice
Hollywood Was Unaware of Her Serious
Illness Until Glad Tidings
Came From London.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

oLYWooD January From London comes the news that Eliza
pronounced following
operation als
that
Evening star., 1936-01-11
Mary Burns, Fugitive" Is
Shrewd, Amusing Thriller
Sylvia Sidney, Melvyn Douglas Put Spice
Into Melodrama at the Earle.
Band on Stage.
Band on Stage.
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS, JR.

G AIRY BURNS FUGITIVE one of those films demonstrating
M that couple producer could
BaSicaly
who gets embrod with the Bros
nevertheless packs potent
Evening star., 1936-01-11
New Harlow Picture
Covers the Waterfront
"Riffraff" Is Not, However, Up to the Mark II
Spite of the Star and the Tuna Fish.
George Givot on Fox Stage.
RY r. DE s. MELCHER.

pity to Jean Harlow among tuna hn Ater all even
-unomantc ensemble should not
Pacinc Coast
pretty title for anybodys flm
braW that
Evening star., 1936-01-11
BAND CONCERT.

By the United States Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra at Stanley Hall
at $50 pm. today. John S. M. Zim-
mermann, bandmaster; Anton Point
ner, associate leader.
March, "Afifi" P PRYOR
Overture popular, THE Sunny
South" Iampe
Suite d'OrcheStre,
cat Grotpo craan r1akoLa.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

(a) THE Wayside Forge"
(b 'In Cape and Crinoline."
(c) "A Love Tilt
Cd "Galloping Home"
Evening star., 1936-01-11

terribly apparent in this new Harlow
picture at Loew'S Fox we are sad to
report that we are not in its favor.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-09-18
JOHANNSON, SWEDISH CO.
OP LEADER, TELLS new
KIND OF SUCCESS STORY

economic principles; they must
know something. Even in the
future, therefore, there is rea-
son to believe our foundation
will be good and sound"
The $4,000 member families
(one-third the Swedish population)
who belong to K. F.'s 1000 affi-
lated stores pay cash. The stores,
too, pay cash, or must have money
on hand for the stock they put in.
Johansson was very emphatic
about this:
Zone who bOrrOws must
take orders; ane who loans
seeks control. Bad times found
the cooperative stores with
no debts to banks or whole
salers. We don't borrow from
private banks. We have mon
ey in them.
American cOoperatives, JOhans-
son believes, by dealing directly
with farmers and producers, could
rationalize distribution in the
same fashion as the chain store
but without having to pay interest
on capital.
with a large immediate
turnover, there is no neces-
sity for large funds"
The Swedish cooperative move
ment takes no part in politics, al.
though it is said a large majority
of the members vote Social-De-
mocratic, and some see coopera
ton as step toward socialism
Johansson is not particularly con
cerned with ultimate social philo.
sophies, hopes to see private anC
cooperative business continue tt
exist side by side, and is conten
to point to a thriving movement
and a balanced budget. Fascisn
has destroyed the cooperative
movement in neighboring Ger
many, but Johansson rightly o.
wrongly, refuses to be alarmed
for he considers the Swedes to-
sensible and democratic a peopl,
to fall for the allurements of ;
dictator.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-09-18
THE A. F. OF L. SPLIT

All signs point to split in the
American labor movement in No
vember. Barring last minute effort
20 patch up their differences,
which neither side is now willing
20 make, the Tampa convention
of the suspended Committee for
Industrial Organization unions.
The convention will then. beyond
question, ratifv and legalize the
suspension and we will have two
labor declarations functioning in
this country.
No one with the welfare of Ia
Dor at heart can rejoice in that
spectacle. For a period there will
be civil war in the labor move
with all the evils of dual union
ISM. Only the enemies of labor will
profit during that periot.
That does not mean. however.
that the advocates of industrial
unionism should surrender in or
der to achieve unity. Unity should
be achieved, If possible, but not
at the price of inaction.
The unorganized workers in the
mass production industries must
he BROUGHT into labor's ranks. For
wears the A. F. of L. made no
Genuine effort to organize them.
Now the unions affiliated with the
2 7. 0. have made a fine start.
Whatever happens. that effort
r41St and will bo oov+;v,,oJ
Producers News WANT ADS
BRING RESULTS - Trv them.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-09-18
FARM-LABOR
LEADER dies

Magnus Johnson, who served the
state of Minnesota in the United
States Senate as a Farmer-Labor-
tie, died at Litchfield, Mimi, Sun
day. He was Ga years old.
Johnson was born in Sweden,
and came toAmerica in the nine
ties. He was not known as a stu
dent, but his synpathies for the
farmer and worker never tagged,
and he always considered himself
as one of the people. In fact, his
democratic manners proved quite
ffensive to certain perfumed cir
c:les which resented his presence
IN Washington.
He was a strong supporter of
the New Deal and President Ro-
osevelt.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-09-18
7 He WORLD
IN REVIE W
Bv JOEL SEIDMAN
Labor Economist and Educator In
structor at Brookwood Labor
College
F E A T u R E

beginning a weekly column on
events in the labor movement and
facts of interest to workers. The
articles are authoritative and inter-
esting. Mr.. Seidman will be glad
to answer the questions.
Since March, 1886, production
has increased slowly but steadily.
Today our factories are turning
out more goods than at any time
since early 1890. We are produc-
ing almost one-tenth more than
during the years 1923-25.
Yet the number of unemployed
shows scarcely any decling. The
number Of unemployed, because of
chronological advance and speed
up, continues in the neighborhood
of 100000.
For most of these there is little
or no hope of getting jobs again.
Even if production rose to 1929
peaks, we would still have about
100000 completely out of work
And if production rises to that
level it will not be long before an
other crash comes, for all the IN
healthy factors of 1929 are pres
ent again
Once again production is run
ming far ahead of employment
with factory pay rolls even farth-
er behind. In July, 1886. our fac
tories employed Is per cent fewer
workers than decade before
though more was produced. and
paid them only three-fourths as
much in wages. In the meantime
profits are soaring.
This lack of mass purchasing
! power is certain to stop The
wheels of industry soon again.