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it would probably be long time. This
young lady has q way with bright,
up-to-the- minute dialogue, way Of
putting punch into combative love
scenes, and blithe and perky man
ner which set her far head Of others
of the Hollywood sorority WHO would
perform as heroines Of batty romances.
CHE gives 1.-THE Bride Comes Home"
life and gaiety. She takes the
tale and skips along with it merrily at
q fast and furious pace. She has her
puzzled moments. she rips out with
plenty of straight comedy, she enters
into romance, and she does it all with
a verve and a naturalness that make
her thoroughly human. Miss Colbert,
too, as you may have noticed, is some
thing of q pleasure to look upon, and
the sort of lass who arouses musings
in man. She is, besides being gay and
humanity genuine, as lovely as ever.
This story OF 1.-The Bride Comes
Home" Is a mad and invgorating farce.
4OI h1l ltc UClIi6 AdCAACA pOAItlCoo. 4AAC
main argument seems to be that the
astrologists can be wrong, and that it
is not only possible but necessary on
occasion to unite in matrimony a pair
OF battlers born under fire signs. That's
the point here.
Claudette and Fred MacMurray (who
has not been with her since THE
Gilded Lily') come almost to blows
every time they meet. Once she even
carries a huge rock to his apartment
for the sole purpose of throwing it at
him as soon as he makes her feel as
though she must. (She falls in love
with him instead of tossing her rock,
thought
+
A FTER falling in love with Fred,
Claudette has such terrific
battle with him on their wedding day
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IF it takes me four years to make
each one of them"
It is still problematical whether
Chaplin will 60 to New York for
the premiere of Modern Times" Il
would rather not co. he told ME.
THE last occasion was there, l had
a terrible time battling through the
crowds that gathered wherever I
went And while don't think I am
as we'll known now as I was then, I
dread the thought Of being stared and
pointed at as though were freak.
If I can possibly get out Of going, I
will. I will be very much happier
staying in Hollywood, waiting for the
news of the films success or failure.
I think and hope it will be the former.
In my opinion, Modern Times" is the
best film I have done. but the public
will be the judge"
The story, in brief, is that Of a
factory worker in this hectic machine
age-played by Chaplin. The monot-
ony Of the work-the comedians job
is to turn nuts for a big fellow to
bang down-sends him crazy. He is
sent to the hospital, then Jail.
The gamin, played by Paulette God
dard, pliers food for her family, and
knight-errant Charlie takes the blame.
A series of situations finally lands
Charlie and Paulette in a night club
Charlie as a singing waiter-in which
role he sings q song in gibberish to
the patrons, some of whom are police
officers on his track. But the pic
ture ends on happy note, with the
couple trudging of together on the
road to happiness and prosperity.
Incidentally. the famous Chaplin feet
are barred for the first time in the
film.
When asked where and when the
idea and title of the story originated,
Chaplin said:
II was riding In my car one day
and saw q mass of people coming out
Of a factory, punching time-clocks.
and was overwhelmed with the
knowledge that the theme note Of
modern times is mass production.
Il wondered what would happen to
the progress Of the mechanical age
If one person decided to act like .
bull in q china shop-for instance to
say nuts to . red light and drive
on-or scream at . concert that was
boring. I decided it would make q
good story to take little man and
make him thumb his nose at all
reRularized rules and conventions"
(Copyrifht, 1895 By the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Incl
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MISS dunno, AT KEITH'S
GOES INTO THIRD WEEK
"Magnificent Obsession" Has
Great Popularity With
Audiences Here.

IRENE dunno has contributed .
L number Of likable young ladies to
the screen, but it Is doubtful II she
has had . role since Back Street"
with as many opportunities for fine
acting Is she mas been given In Mag
nificent Obsession," Universal photo
play based on the novel by Lloyd G.
Douglas, which yesterday embarked
upon its third week at R-K-O-keith's
Theater.
Miss DUNES Helen Hudson Is lass
beset by more woe and misfortune
than should be any woman's due In
this world. She loses her husband be-
cause the pulmotor which would have
saved his life is at the crucial moment
being used on q young wastrel named
Bobby Merrick. Then she loses her
sight In an accident for which young
Bobby is responsible. Blind then. she
meets Bobby again, not knowing his
identity, and falls in love with him.
She learns his identity, forgives. and
runs away 80 she will not be q burden
upon his shoulders.
This, now, Is something for any
capable actress to get her teeth In
and something which offers fine OPP
portunities to the right person. Miss
Dunno, you may be assured. Is the
right person. She does an excellent
job Of making Helen Hudson real,
living and likable. Her graceful and
digntfied performance is truly . pleas,
ure to watch, whether or not you
think Magnificent Obsession" Is the
film It should be.
There are other things about this
cinema item which will attract every
woman in the land. First, Of course.
the story Is Of . pure, true love, and
It no doubt win practically bowl over
. goodly number Of the citi1enry who
watch motion pictures with their
hearts.
Then, too. the nlm has Robert Tay-
lor. He Il slightly giddy in the first
part Of the photoplay, increases In
adequacy Is the piece unreels and
ends up by being very flne in the
later sequences. But whether Mr..
Taylor Is very good or merly ade-
quate matters not one whit, according
I'd 1 young woman who knows about
such things He has, says she, what
ever It takes TO make feminine hearts
90 pitter-patter, not to mention
'.blooey."
There also Is the latest release OF
.The March Of Time" Z very inter.
esting bit q reporting. n. n
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Plain Story
.FrOnnC.C.C
At Columbia
Joe Morrison's Song
Contributions Are
Made Feature.

EIRST the Army, the Navy and
= their two service schools were
Hollywoodized, then the Marines, the
artillerymen and the air corps were
paraded before rows Of cameras. Now
we have the newest film opus about
Uncle Sans latest stepchild, the G.
c. C.. Camouflagingly referred to as
Its q Great Life" this cinema is
romancing the pick-and-shovel army,
As the weeks attraction at Loew's
Columbia.
For all the limitations Of its unsenti-
mental subject matter, it succeeds tc
the entertainment mark by keeping
within the narrow confines Of the
unpretentious to deal with plain
story about commonplace people.
The Aim also is unusual In that the
lead. singing Joe Morrison, has nont
the best Of the situation, even to the
extent Of coming out second best ir
. two-way love affair. He makes his
top-place billing, however, by doing
as little acting and as much vocaliz-
ing as possible.
It remains for Charles "Chic" Sale
now specializing in two bent legs that
frequently get tied together in an
other Confederate veteran role. and
parboiled Paul Kelly, as q knight Of
the road who relinquishes his hoboing
for a rake-pushing Job in a Citizens
Conservation Corps camp, to give
solidity to the thin background Of
the piece.
When Joe Morrison, jobless, en-
lists In the c. c. c., he leaves
Grandpa "Chic" Sale and Rosalind
Keith, the girl next door. He per-
suades Paul Kelly. hobo. to join the
shovel army with him. The two later
visit at Joe's home, with the pal
and the gal from next door seeing
enough in each other to provide friend
Joe with q second fiddle.
The two c. G. c. lads sulk in their
tents for several feet Of film like
so many Caesars, until pug-nosed
Mr.. Kelly becomes q candidate for
one of Mr.. Carnegie's medals by
wading through q forest fire to blow
up . dam with tons and tons of
dynamite to excommunicate the con-
fiagration and save . truckload of
visitors surrounded by the flames.
A colored boy, who plays q har-
monica and rides a mule, and Will
liam Frawley, who plays G. G. G.
lieutenant and sings . good baritone,
help brighten up the atmosphere,
while young Baby Leroy gets before
the camera long enough to say three
words.
The Columbia bill also includes q
comedy, with Tom Patricola and Bus
ter West; feature short about
Filming Feminine Headliners" and
the usual newSreel. M. w. B.
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the history Of motion pictures.
II am working now to evolve .
character to harmonic with my
voice." Chaplin told me in one OF his
rarely given interviews. THE reason
I have been silent on the screen up to
now is because my voice is incon-
gruous with the personality OF the
Chaplin tramp, and, If spoke. audi
ences would laugh at-instead OF with
him. For the same reason, am
against broadcasting. Before allow
ing the public to hear my voice. I
must make it sound credible by giving
them q character to which it can be
tied"
Chaplin's decision to talk on the
screen makes it probable that Mod
ern Times" will be the last picture in
which he will appear as the familiar
wistful-eyed, beloved hobo with the
old derby hat, cane and turned-out
feet.
His decision to go "talkie" also
means that his future productions will
be much shorter in the making.
Modern Times" his quickest full
length picture to date, was started a
year and half ago and cost 1000, 900.
The music alone cost 100000. suffi-
Gent to make one or two films for any
other studio. Its predecessor. "City
Lights" released to the public about
five years ago, took two years In the
making.
But my talking films will still take
longer to complete than those pro-
duced now" said Mr.. Chaplin. Il
have no intention Of following in Mr..
Zanuck's footsteps and turning out
forty-odd pictures year. I have de-
cided, however, to give up being the
forgotten man Of the movies by max
ing one picture a generation. In the
future, I shall do one f1lm-at least
q year-even." he added with a smile,
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Y
THE mystery lies in that brutal at
tack on the opus as q scenario
and screen drama. The ladies and
gentlemen who berated it must have
parked their sense Of the humorous
beneath the orchestra chairs. For
this little number is one Of the fun
niest horse operas ever produced. It
would be risky to claim that the pro-
ducers intended it to be half as funny
- it is. From the gags supplied the
Recognized comedians, one might guess
that the whole idea was evolved by
some one In the last stages of melan-
eholia.
Nevertheless, there IS q laugh yard
h the reel of Rose of the Rancho ="
The solemn fandangoes of the Vigil
lantes led by Don Carlos, the proud
and ceaseless head-tossing Of the
noble Spanish hidalgos, the racing
about in all direction on horses, the
heavy-meller villain, are burlesque
items that would make the Roadside
Players faint with envy.
Imagine q story in which the hero
Inc herself, q lush Spanish soprano,
goes dashing about nights. leading q
band Of roughnecks whose favorite
sport is hanging and shooting enemies.
Imagine John Boles as e dashing Fed
eral agent. sent out to break up the
outlaw band and-would you have be-
lieved it?-falling in love with their
leader. Is somebody in the audience
going to tell us that the people who
put this picture out were serious about
all that? That they did not intend
It to be the giddy farce 1t Is?
X X X X
THERE are quite few customers
- who will suggest that the pro-
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that the whole affair is called on, ard
she turns to the millionaire playboy.
who has loved her In his slightly in
sipid way since he was years OLD.
She doesn't turn to him for long,
though, because Fred arrives on the
scene at the "crooshal" moment, and
everything Is lovely in a rough and
turbulent manner.
The film is climaxed by one Of
the most hilarious sequences put upon
celluloid In many moon. what with
an elopement, a near marriage, a
mad motor cycle chase, and then the
right marriage all taking place in
rapid-fire and thoroughly daffy style.
Mr.. MacMurray performs very ac-
ceptably as the rough-and-ready citi-
zen who makes love to Claudette by
shouting at her and In the end re-
signs himself to the life of lodging
household articles which Is in store
for him. Robert Young, too, gets in
some good moments Of light banter
as the millionaire. H. M.
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"LONE WOLF RETURNS"
QUIET CINEMA MYSTERY
Joyously Simple Production at
Metropolitan Deals With
New Rah1es.

MAYBE Hollywood has gone softie.
" Or maybe New Orleans white
haired boy, Bruce Manning, who con-
cocted the patter, had something to
do with 1t, but Lone Wolf Returns
is the quietest cinema mystery yet
unreeled ut the Metropolitan. It is
joyously simple, with no Flu Manchu
screams, no Charlie Chan pussy-foot-
ing and no noises In the night.
Briefly, Lone Wolf" Is the tale Of
. Rafdes turned Perry Mason-and ill
because Melvyn Douglas heart does
comfortable gymnastics when he
peeks through Q window at Gail Pat
rick's retrousse nose and shining eyes.
Mr.. Douglas, . faculty member Of
the never-crack-a-smile school Of act
ing, Is at ease In his character, which
consists for the most part merely Of
being blond and specifically suave
and possessing . brand Of sophistica-
ton which probably does not exist
anywhere east of q sound stage.
Miss Patrick Is sufficiently lovely %
the heroine, but out Of the blue she
has captured an infinitely horrible
accent, which she jabbers In one
scene only-praise be to the little
wooden idols.
Tala Birell. last seen IN IN Alpine
epic wearing brass rings around her
neck. plays the slAmorous litter Of
diamond and jade ornaments (don't
be fooled-she Isn't the Wolf. Miss
Birell's accomplice In this lucrative
profession - young man who family
resembles . poached egg On yester-
days toast. ~
Despite the aforementioned handi-
caps, the aim d not conducive to
sleep, the redeeming features being
attractive SETS . couple Of comic
interludes, and Ray Walburn, the
VOLTS valet.
The original siggle girl, Betty Boop.
u featured IN short called Little
Nobody" In which Betty'ss wee pup.
Pudsy. rescues . snoebish. Peke from
Q damp death.
Paramount's chimpanSee, Shorty.
goes round and round at Coney Is
land and finally carries ., bottle Of
ammonia to . woman who has tainted
atop the ferris wheel.
Most Of the newsreel's. footase y
devoted to Lincoln Ellsworths expedi-
ton. n. w.
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and is playing a role in the Black
friars' 1.-THE First Legion"
Members Of the Curley Club are
whipping things into shape in prepa-
ration for their next entertainments
lavish minstrel-musica extrava-
ganza, to take place at Carroll Hall,
Tenth and G streets, the evenings OF
February 10 and II. Paul Messink
IS directing, Luke O'Reilly Is in charge
of production, and Loretta Ehrman-
trout Of the Crystal Studio is train
ing the chorus.
Gretchen Baden, Neone Bienert,
Helene and Wilhelmina Fulghrum,
Lucille Colbert, the Ryan Sisters,
Richard O'Donaghue. Della Stephens,
Edward Ehrmantrout, Harvey Perell,
Arthur McGreevy, Ray Foley. Edna
Moreland, Vincent Rafferty,, Thomas
Colachicco, Thomas Davis, Thomas
DeCell, John H. O'Neill and Lewis
Robinson are the featured performers
In the musical.
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ducers' humorous intent was evinced
in casting Mr.. Boles as the big lover.
but we are not quite willing to admit
that. The gentleman has one Of the
better singing voices around the screen
lots and therefore was . logical choice
to play opposite Mss Swarthout.
When you first see that fair damsel
riding . white horse and . silver
saddle. and singing the annual varia-
ton Of 1.-THE Desert Song" with . male
chorus, you may also suspect there was
surely some scheme to turn her into
. commedienne. Later that impress
sion vanishes. Her "Sombrero Song"
the duet. If I should Lose You" and
one or two Of her other brief numbers,
knock the idea sky-winding. They
are splendid. There should have been
more Of the same. In her next pic
ture, and we hope Miss Swarthout
makes many more, there probably
will be.
The standard comedy stun in Rose
of the Rancho" is generally fiat. To
compensate for that sad state Of az
fairs, Herb Williams and Willie
Howard were assigned to wrestle with
it. Since watching these gentlemen
wrestle with anything, even stale gags,
is to be rated as q major amusement,
we probably should say the laughs
that had comedy" marked plainly
across the facade were also enjoyable.
But not half 50 potent as the mites,
conscious or unconscious, in the
straight script. All you have to do
to pass q roaring afternoon at this
film is to attend it in the correct state
of mind. When you are tired laugh
ing, Mile. Swarthout will put the re-
quired romantic punch In the brew.
EM1LE BoREO. continental come
dian, singer and dancer, Is the
major item on the Fox vaudeville bill.
The clever Dance Of the Wooden
| Soldier" for which he perhaps is best
known. won the audience to immedi-
ate huzzahing, and when he had fin
ished his turn, the boys and girls
almost stood up and cheered for more.
The rest Of the program Is devoted
to Toby Wing. who is q platinum blond
and q motion picture actress, who does
right will with a couple Of songs, and
who would make q better impression
as q nice, lady-like little girl, If she
would toss some of those gags in the
nearest ashcan: Tommy Monahan and
his orchestra, who toss of few pop
ular tunes in q bright manner, and
Nayan Pierce and Don Carthay.
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work on bright
lines, and that's
all there is to the
Palace film.
OF course, every
film tn at at
tenpts to tread
that ught-hearted
path can't have
Claudette Colbert
to skip al on G
hand In hand
with w.. having
q Claudette Col
bert In every light
20 m e y, 90,
might get tire
Soxae In time hut
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sight of her would
whip up Latin
blood in q Viking
and her voice Is
'tornentingly rich,
mellow and ap-
pealing. Further
more, although
nobody is going
to claim that she
is the Bernhardt
Of the operate
stars, hiStrion-
ically she is at
least as satisfac-
tory Is her ma
terial in, this
Ghouy
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Hopper Relief.

Farmers tn Dallam County, Tex,
expect moisture followed by q hard
freeze or sustained cold spell to bring
relief from srasshoppers.
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Miss Colbert Weaves
Fabric of Roaring Farce

the again.
cinema, 1.-THE Bride Comes Home"
u Hollywood is OF
- those rpoarng method in its
a q
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Chaplin to Replace Feet
With Voice in Next Film
Veteran Comedian Working to Evolve Char
acter to Harmonic With Accent
He Calls homogeneous.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

o1LYwooD January Is NANA-chae Chaplin has DECIDED 70
beginning of
following will producer only OF q
which himself
time
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nj cepted by the committee IL
" charge Of the one-act pla.
L tournament at the last report
The preliminaries open Tuesday night
February 1, at 8 pm. at Roosevelt
Auditorium, and it is planned to pre-
sent four plays each night at thu
same hour and same place on Feb.
ruary 6, 8. II and 10. The finals will
take place February Is.
Groups taking part will be: The Arts
Club in 1.-THE sweetmeat Game" Cal
vary Players in 1.-THE Singapore
Spider" Capital Players In 1.-THE Little
Open Gate" (by Ruth Perrott), Eek
ington Community Players in 1.-THE
Boor," Georgetown Odeon Players In
twill O. the Wisp," Jewish Community
Center Dramatic Association in
'Where the Cross Is Made" Little
Theater Of Alexandria In THE Dreamy
Kid" Little Theater Of Takoma Park
in 1.-THE Violin Maker Of Cremona. u
Masquers Of Sligo Park Hills IN
"Dawn," Montgomery Players in 1.-THE
House With the Twisty Windows.
Parish Hall Players in Honor Among
Crooks" Players Club Of Central
Community Center in 1.-THE Same OLD
Thing" Southeast Community Players
In 1.-THE Potboiler," Theater Group OF
the Bureau of Investigation In "Game
Of Chess" Thespian Society in Juliet
and Romeo" Troopers Of East WASH
dngton Community Center in 1.-THE
Four Fqushers." washington Players ia
'The Queens Enemies" Wesley
Heights Players in Jobs Kinfolks'
and Wigs and Queues Dramatic Club
In when the Sun Rises"
j. Clarence Whittier, Julian Zier and
Stephen Trodden have the leading
roles in the all-male cast of the
Blackfriars Guild, which Is doing Em-
NETT LAvery's religious play, 1.-THE
First LEGION" the week Of February
; at st. Paul's Auditorium. This ID
the first performance Of the drama in
washington and 1t Is being done Is q
benefit for the Catholic Students
Mission Crusade.
Angela Kier Is directing and others
In the cast are Edgar Ford, Robert
Dillon. John Wilson, Roy Bateman
Frank McDevitt. John Victory and
Loren Freund.
Elizabeth Moore, aifectionately
yclept 'Lis" by her friends, surprised
. number Of people BY suddenly bios
somins forth last Wednesday night q
. Mrs. She has been replaced BY Mrs
Martha Roberts >Pogge in the cast Of
1.-THE Ninth Guest" now In rehearsal
by the Montgomery Players. to be pre-
scented ut Leland Junior High School
In Chevy Chase, Nd, Saturday, Feb
Suary ..
Jane Plummer Rice, Helen Kerby,
Harrison Hathaway, Edmund soper,
Harold 3. Norton, Frank 8. Fowler.
Fred n. Kerby and Frederick Fryer
are others In the cast Of the mystery
play. Robert Wardeld u directing.
u Frances McDevitt, former preGl-
deut Of the Warrington Chapter Of
the Blackfriars Guild. last week was
awarded third prise In the national
play-wittng contest conducted By New
Plays, Inc. Florida publishing nrm.
ssunday Mag" the play. had its pre-
niers Ct the hands Of the Providence
Chapter Of the guild just few days
aro and Il viii be published - one Of
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prising there aren't more Of them'
turned out in the cinema capital. AL
that Is necessary is the eating OF
Claudette Colbert in one Of those
slightly daffy tales (of the 1T Hap
pened One Night" SCHOOL, and the as
signing Of q happy dialogue writer to
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Solemn Poses Put Farce
Into ''ROse of Rancho"
Unexpected Humor at Fox Is Balanced by
Romantic Punch of Swarthout and
Boles Song Numbers.

ROBERT b. PHILLIPS, u.
Rose Of the Rancho there were nhofs around
town to the effect swaouts cneatc debut
embelned In tanale The said
supendos and lyrical oil at but
hat her vehicle would sefrespectng
viewing various conqistadores sentas
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.QUIx0TE" TO BE SHOWN

Chaliapin, Noted Opera Star, In
French Film.
THE French version Of Don Quiz
ote," with the operate star
Chaliapin, will be the feature at the
Foreign Cinema League presentation
in Pierce Hall this evening.
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Government Railways

New zealandS railways are under
government cpssstien.
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and Broadway gauchos at Loews Fox.
we agree heartily with the comments
on the Metropolitan Opera Co.'S
latest gift to the higher arts. The
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Capitals Drama Groups
Nineteen Tourney Plays Accepted First
Legion" in Rehearsal. 80.

and is playing a role in the BLACK
friars' 1.-THE First Legion"
Metropolitan news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1935-19??, 1936-09-26

Scenic effects impossible to have obtained in the stage
ducton characterize the motion picture version of Marc
ConnelIys Pulitzer prize winning play Green Pastures,
the Warner Brothers picture which starts October 3r at
the Metropolitan Theatre Mr.. Connolly the author who
with William Keghey directed the picture believes the film
is greater than his record-breaking play.