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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06
FATAL LADY, AT EARLE
Two eQtures
On BeIQsCO's
PrOQrQnn

Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne,
the New York stage stars, shine
IN the talking picture version OF
their former stage success, THE
Guardsman," by Ferenc Molnar.
The picture is currently playing
at the Belasco Theater.
The story, as prepared in screen
form by Ernest Vajda and Clau.
dine West, with the capable di-
rection of Sidney Franklin, tells
amusingly of an actor who is in
sanely jealous of his wife. He
resolves to test her affection for
him by making love to her, dis
guised as a Cossack cavalry Off
Ger. What happens provides a
good evenings entertainment. Sup
porting players Of Importance in
clude Roland Young, Zasu Pitts,
Maude Eburne and Herman Bing.
The supplementary screen at
traction is excellent. While the
District Court of Appeals may
have virtually nullified the work
of the Resettlement Administra-
ton, it cannot detract from the
superb artistry revealed in THE
Plow That Broke the Plains" the
documentary film recently exhib-
tied by the Museum of Modern
Art Film Library as the United
States most significant contribu-
ton.
'The Plow That Broke The
Plains" is based on a scenario and
directed by Pare Lorentz, one of
Americas outstanding motion pic
ture critics and authorities on the
cinema, and tells the engrossing
story of the plains for the past so
years, from the time when grass
and cattle reigned supreme, to the
present when the dissipation of
natural resources has brought the
present stage of devastation to the
area.
The narrative is read by Thomas
Chalmers and accompanied by
musical score arranged by Virgil
Thompson, one Of Americas dis
tinguished composers, and played
by musicians from the Metropoli-
tan Opera Association and the
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
under the direction of Alexander
Smallens. 1t makes an interesting
picture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06
Glen Echo's Swimming Pool Is
Lively Pleasure Spot

Shouts of glee and repeated in
vitations to Come on in. The
waters SWELL" are making the
Crystal Pool at Glen Echo one
of the liveliest spots around
Washington.
Swimmers and divers cavort in
the Crystal Pool like so many
playful seals. Sun-tanners have
also adopted the pool in an i'm
portant way. They loll on the
wide sandy beach by the hour,
getting themselves brown as ber-
ries. For those who want a
change from lying prone on the
beach, there are many of those
big Gibson Island chairs, the most
comfortable summer chairs yet
devised. And there are beach UNI
brellas for those prudent sun-tan-
ners who decide to dilute their
sunshine with a little shade.
But the Crystal Pool, gay as it
is, makes up only one facet of the
many7sided Glen Echo kaleido-
scope. Any recreation seeker.
however finicky, can find real
amusement in this big free admis-
sion park.
The motor boats, the coaster
dips, the air rides, the Whip
the "Old Mill, the merry-go-
round, the big Midway of Fun
these are just a few of the full SO
attractions. Not to mention the
free picnic groves, where so many
families are Willing away pleasant
afternoons. And if the picnickers
feel too replete to do anything
strenuous after that big lunch.
they can climb up in the stands
overlooking the Crystal Pool and
enjoy the pageants of water sports
and fancy diving that is always
going on.
Dancers crowd the handsome
Spanish ballroom every evening
and do the latest steps to the spicy
strains of Dave McWilliams' or.
chestra, directed by Phil O'Brien.
The Spanish ballroom is open to
the breezes, but protected from
snaps of mean weather, and a
shower doesn't cramp the dancers
style at all.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06
Goynor-ToyIor
At Columbia

A star-studded cast of popular
favoriteS with Janet Gaynor and
Robert Taylor in the leads bring
the delightful Small Town Girl"
back for a repeat engagement at
Loew's Columbia. Supporting the
two principals are Binnie Barnes,
Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Patterson,
Frank Craven, James Stewart, and
Isabel Jewell.
Marriage in haste brings re-
pentance III leisure. Bob Dakin,
aspiring young surgeon, INDUCES
in one playboy prank too many.
Consequently he and his pickup
bride decide that to stick it out
for six months is their best bet,
then quiet divorce and Dakin can
marry his first love. A lot happens
before the six months elapse and
the solution is for your own guess
ing.
Both Miss Gaynor and Taylor
bring naturalness and enjoy
ment to their roles. The many
scenes have been we'll directed
ana thought out. Perhaps some
of the funnier moments are
Miss Gaynor's seasickness while
aboard her honeymoon. The
part of Kay, small-town girl who
is thrown into Boston's Back
Bay exclusiveness, is particularly
suited to Miss Gaynor's inimit-
able talents. A young nameless
child playing niece really shows
talent and should go far.
What the story lacks in plaus-
Utility is made up in the clever
modern tempo the director has
plotted the story. Somewhat
hackneyed at times it is saved
from becoming maudlin by its
players.
Included on the program are
a Hearst News, Fitzpatrick
travel talk and a comedy Brain
Busters. D. M.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06
Two Flags" on
Final Week

Under Two Flags" a dramatic
tale of the French Foreign Legion,
continues for a second week at
LoeW's Palace Theater. Possibly
no military contingent has ever
provided a more colorful setting
than does that group of brave
men banded together in the out
posts of Africa, each with past
to be forgotten. Ouida has writ
ten a tense and moving story in
which Ronald Colman, Victor Nc
Laglen, Claudette Colbert and
Rosalind Russell are exceIlently
cast.
Colman appears in a role pecu.
liarly suited to him, that of a
young English aristocrat, enlisted
in the Legion to escape conviction
of a murder in England Che is
later exonerated). Whether as a
handsome soldier, an effective
Arab, or a respondent exile, Mr..
Colman is always superb. The
laughing Claudette as Cigarette,
the little dance girl who amuses
the men, lends herself to the ORA
matte interludeS especially, while
Miss Russell by way of contrast
is a charming English lady.
The Characterization by these
two eminent actresses afford some
OF the most interesting sequences;
there is a subtle undercurrent
which is most interesting. Victor
MCLaglen also has a part cut to
order as hard-boiled COM
mandant, which he does perfectly.
Under Two Flags" is in sum-
mary, one of those stirring tales
which is almost certain of popu-
lar appeal, even though it does
not afford the opportunity for in
dividual acting honors to which
all of these artists have previously
laid claim.
A Chic Sale supplemental film,
Little Boy Blue" comprehen-
sive news reel release by Hearst
Metrotone and an animated car
toon complete this excellent en-
tertalnment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06

a greater reception than the guest
conductor received at the finish,
and again after the rendition OF
a rousing encore.
Played in whole or in part were
selections from the "Bacchanale"
by GlaZownoff, Tschaikovsky's
Romeo and Juliet" the Polevet-
khan dances from prince Igor"
by Borodine, Mendelsohn's vio-
lin concerto, Hungarian Rhapsody
by Franz List, THE Last Spring"
by Grieg and the finale from the
Fourth Symphony by Tschaikov-
sky.
Such potpourri from the IL
brary of enduring music offered
frequent opportunity for flashy
display with the Mendelssohn con-
certo, for instance, usually played
as violin solo because of its intri-
cate passages, employing the en-
tire string ensemble of II pieces.
The organ swelled with blaring
brasses for the noisy and melodi-
GUS encore, French Echoes"
Yes, this is Bunchuk week at the
Fox, with music that will thrill
you right down to the toes and
Concert Master Max Finder en-
titled to an extra bow for recruit
ing this organization of so trained
melody masters.
HASLETT A HIT
After the classical orchestra
treat Talbot Haslett played safe
and lent his voice to bell ringers
from Tin Pan Alley, ranging from
Melody From the Sky" to Vic
tor Herbert group from Naughty
Marietta. A solid hit. Vivien
Fay offered some graceful dancing
backed up by the Elida ballet, with
the ensemble dancers featured in
a colorful finale, beautifully
lighted and staged by Gene Ford.
The Three Swifts with their COM
edy club juggling and only laughs
on the program scored a bullseye.
On the screen in Trouble For
Two" romantic melodrama with
Robert Montgomery and Rosalind
Russell featured.
Despite the fact that the story
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06

>stems from Robert Louis Steven
sons Suicide Club tales, Hollywood
has contrived to handle it with a
light touch so that it's grimness
is more or less subordinate to a
Graustarkian love theme.
ROMANTIC MELODRAMA
The Prince didn't fancy the
princess selected for him by the
King and goes to London where
he finds both thrilling adventure
and a wife that suited everybody.
Frank Morgan has the chief sup
porting role as the Princes care
taker and manages to get quite
few laughs at the right time.
Robert Montgomery is not as
coy or cute as in earlier epics
and does very we'll in the robes
of royalty. Likewise Miss Rus
sell. But Trouble for Two" is
much too talky and none too bril-
liantly edited by the cutting scis-
Sors.
Fox Movietone completes a bill
that is as classy as anything seen
on F. Street in 1896
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06
Virginia WeidIer
Becomes Film Star

The work of Virginia Weidler,
Paramount child actress, in the
first sequences of Girl of the
Ozarks," induced Paramount Stu
dio executives to give her the rat
ing of a star. She will be featured
above the title of this picture and
over other members of the cast.
1t received previous impetus in
'Laddie," in which she appeared
with John Beal. 1t was in this
film that pigtails became an es-
sential part of her screen personal
ity. "Laddie" was followed by
other outstanding performances in
Peter Ibbetson" and "Timothy's
Quest"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06
ngY
Smooth Sailing
For Keith S
SHOW Boat

"Show Boat" is cruising smooth
ly through its third week at RKO-
Keith's. With Charlie Winninger
as Captain Andy of the Cotton
Blossom at the helm the Edna
Ferber story in the Hollywood YER
sion makes an enhancing musical.
Irene Dunno makes an ideal
Magnolia and her fans will get a
new thrill when they find their
favorite has BACKED up for one
sequence and does some struttin'
Allan Jones is the Ravenal and
makes a strong impression in his
vocal moments.
Director James Whale, with the
restraining hands Of Jerome Kern
and Oscar Hammerstein, was not
permitted to make this picture an
English holiday and put all OF his
London friends on the pay roll.
Instead Helen Morgan, from the
original Ziegfeld cast, was assign
ed the role of Julie, Paul Robson,
the Old Man River role, and Helen
Wesley, of the Theater Guild, is
seen as Partly.
All of the beguiling Jerome
Kern music has been retained, in
Guiding Make Believe" MY Bill"
and the tuneful numbers in the
original score. SHOW Boat" has
been beautifully staged and the
story of the love between Magnolia
and her river gambler has been
touchingly told. A new finish pro-
viding a happy ending has been
provided.
The supplementary program in
cludes the latest issue of the Pathe
News reel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06
Mary Ellis in Fatal Lady"
Jack HyIton's Band on
New Earle Program

Fata Lady at the Earle Theater and starring
Mary Ellis is film blended of mystery and music,
is hard to say which is the predomnang constituent
At any the blend is pleasing The film does not fall into
the category average considered the basis of
its three claims merit AS pure entertainment packs
far than usual punch because has been wrought
with intelligence and The plot though rapid in Tempo
we'll migrated Intelligent attention has been paid to char
acerizaon to an extent in the usual mystery story
But this is the usual mystery story.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06

she does a very excellent acting
job in the role of the Fatal
Lady" The demands of the role
are, at times, somewhat compli-
Gated but Miss Ellis is able to
meet every demand with con-
vincing realism.
Walter Pidgeon, the hero, turns
in his usual good job, as do Nor
man Foster, John Halliday and
Alan Mowbray. Guy Bates Post
contributes a highly effective bit
of Characterization.
Edgar Kennedy does the usual
Edgar Kennedy stunts, but !
never tire of them.
The picture is superbly staged
and some of the camera work is
noteworthy
Jack HyltOn on Stage
Jack Hylton, with his orches-
ira and entertainers, occupies the
stage for a very effective hour.
The orchestra handles jazz with
precision and punch. Some Of
the passages, done with muted
brasSes, are very beautiful.
Mr.. Hylton introduces a blind
pianist who, in addition to being
wizard on the ivory keys, does
humorous novelty in imitation
of a radio. We are not to for
get, moreover, that this pianist
plays four selections, chosen by
the audience, simultaneously. A
novelty that proved to be very
good.
Other entertainment offered
by Mr.. Hylton's troupe includes,
along with other things, some
very well received songs by Peggy
Dell.
A mixed quartette offers some
lifting harmony and male mem
Der of the troupe gives us two
very effective recitations of Eng
lish ballads.
The humorist in Mr.. Hylton's
aggregation is the plump gentle
man who sits on the extreme
right. He has an endless num-
Der of tricks to stir the risibili-
ties of the audience, as you will
discover, and tops all off in the
number where he directs the
band.
An enjoyable spot in the pro-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06


A MEMORY FEAT
Using the runway as his podium,
in an immaculate white suit and
conducting without score sheets,
Yasha Bunchuk made a command
ing and imposing figure and it
struck this critic that he extracted
the full capabilities of splendid
group of muscisians which in
Guided many members of the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra.
have never heard finer
theater overture than the classical
medley which Conductor Bunchuk
arranged for this special presenta-
ton. Nor has the Fox witnessed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06
Eric .BIore Goes Up
Screen Social Scale

Eric Blore, who started his
career as the screens funniest SER
want in THE Gay Divorcee," gets
a boost up the social scale in the
new Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers
musical, Never Gonna Dance"
Instead of playing his customary
butler role, he is cast as the fas-
tidious proprietor of a dancing
school.
The change in Characterization
is welcome to Blore on two counts.
He is glad to escape butler roles,
because he doesn't want to be
typed" And secondly, he doesn't
have to wear the starched shirt
fronts and Standup collars of a
butler in the new film!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06
Yosho Bunchuk Leads q Baby
Symphony Of so in a
Brilliant Overture
BY ANDREW R. KELLEY

Yashs Bunchuk brilliant conductor and master Snowman,
took baby symphony of 60 musicians at the Fox yesterday
and led them through special overture that filled the vast
amphtheater with the richest Of music.
Let's speak first of Bunchuk the Snowman who grouped
artists that they made striking picture with battery
of bass VOLS his string section and percusson the
stage with lighting fit the mood of his classics with
from the masters aruy chosen show his Instrumentation
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06

The mystery end of the film fol-
lows to some extent the mystery
pattern, in that suspicion is
diverted from the real culprit un-
til the climax. But in all other
respects the films possesses a
sparkling originality.
Miss Ellis Sings Well
Mary Ellis, an exceedingly
comely young person to look upon,
turns loose voice of great beauty
in her occasional incursions into
the realm of opera. Moreover
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06
Wild Bill Hickock
Role in Gary's Next

Gary Cooper will step into the
role of Wild Bill Hickock in Cecil
B. De Miles This Breed of Men"
as soon as the Paramount star COM
pletes work on The General Died
at Dawn" which started yester'
day. De Mile now is seeking to
Fill the roles of Buffalo Bill and
Calamity Jane.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06
STAGE Role

Fredric March, now costarred
with Katharine Hepburn in Mary
of Scotland" came to the atten-
ton of film producers when he
appeared in a stage version of
The Royal Family" several years
ago,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06
Give Us This Night
Next at BeIascc

Next attraction at the Belasco
Theater, opposite the White
House, is the new Paramount
operetta, Give Us This Night /"
starring Jan Kiepura and GLADYS
Swarthout.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06
Trouble for Two

A MetrO-GOldwyn-M Mayer prOduc-
ton. Based on Robert Louis Ste.
yensOn's THE Suicide Club"
Screen play by Manuel Self and
Edward f. ParamOre, sr. Direct
ed by j. Walter Ruben. At the
Fox Theater.
CAST
FlOrizel. Robert Montgomery
Miss Vandeleur, jr. ROsalind Russell
Col, Geraldine . Frank Morgan
President of Club. Reginald Owen
Tart Man. Louis Hayward
King ..........,........ f. Give
Nautilus Walter kingsfOrd
Collins Ivan Simpson
Major O'ROOk ...... Tom Moore
Captain Rich. -. Leland HOdgsOn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06
Fatal Lady

AdOlph ZukOr presents Fatal
Lady" A Walter Wanger Production.
la Paramount Picture. Directed by
Edward Ludwig. At the Earle
lTheater.
THE CAST
Marion Stuart, Maria DelasanO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-06

lgram is a harp solo played by q
thorough master of the instru'
ment.
Among other advertisement Of
fered on the screen is a comedy
starring Leon Enrol. This is
one of the funniest short sub
jects I have ever seen and I
commend it unreservedly to all
lovers of hilarious fun.
I w q
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-18
THOUGHTS OF
A FISHERMAN
By IKE WALTON

Everybody's doing it, so guess
I will too. / mean talking about
Prince Edward and thc-cr, lady,
female, princess, aayenturess,, vic,
tim, or whatever she is, thcNLord
nly knows, ! don't. sG,,
One or England's great writer's
died not long ago. The royal ram
ily did not love him. He wrote a
few immortal poems tasl well as
much ommortal prose, He once
wrote "the female Of the species
is more deadly than the male.
Maybe Edward merely smiled at
this effusion from the man VINO
called his grcat-grandmOther the
widow OF Windsor" But he is not
smiling over the matter now. fer.
haps he still has to learn what
Rudyard Kipling meant, but he
possibly has an mixing, :, 40.
Nevertheless, Edward told tne
Gods truth in his farewell to the
empire when he said he could not
continue to bear the heavy burden
without the help Of the woman ne
loved. Let the world marx that
we'll. Maybe time will show that
he is mistaken about that particu-
lar woman--maybe not. omen
Sabe? But the general principle
he laid down is as sound as q nun
dred-per-cent dollar. There has
been only one bachelor in all the
tides of time who bore his cross
triumphantly alone to an immor-
tai victory-and men called Him
God because He did it. Some
bachelors did some big things, but
none superlatively big. Three OF
England's great men occur to the
mind-William Pitt. the younger;
Cecil Rhodes, and the Earl of Bal
four. But Pitt died prematurely,
so did Rhodes, and Lord Balfour's
efforts to avoid the great war
failed. Call the roll of the worlds
successful "supermen" and see
how il confirms Edwards confess
sion. Moses, married; Pharoah,
Solomon, muchly so; Alexander,
Caesar, Napoleon, married; Will
lam the Conqueror, Charlemaguc,
Charles the Vth, married; Crom-
we'll. Washington, Jackson, Wilson
why do on?
The Apostle Paul discussed the
subject when he catalogucd the
evils of his day, and included for
bidding to marry" among the
doctrines Of devils"
Maybe Edward saw it too late
to save his throne. Maybe his one
great error was in playing with
love so long that he lost the power
to love wisely too young. Who
knows? Let us not judge him. We
can only take him at his own
words that he had to have a bur-
den-sharer on his throne; and he
found another mans wife who
could not share his throne.
The world has moved upward
since David and Bathsheba. Tn
British did not stand for what the
Israelites did, Glory to them! Pity,
pathos, grief, sorrow, even sympa-
thy for the Prince-yes and, may
be, for the cnchantress. For may
she not have. been dazzled into it
too? But this lesson must not be
lost. Edward may find that wo.
man who never before truly loved
may be redeemed by doing so at
last; and she may find that he is
more of man than he was a king.
But the terrible truth stands stark
and cries from the house-tops just
the same right now. That truth is
that man was not made to live
alone.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-18
UPPER MILLS RIVER

UPPER MILLS RIVER, Dec.
18.-Mr. John Thorpe has moved
to his new home on Cane Creek.
Mr.. L. r. Edmundson has been
very i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Williamson
were guests of Mrs. Minnie Gil
lcspie, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Smith
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Null
linax, Monday evening.
Mrs. M. A. Moore has been i'll
recently.
The corn shocking at the home
of Mr.. L. A. Allmons was very
much enjoyed by a large number.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Metcalf Wis.,
tied friends on North River last
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Creasman
were dinner guests of Mrs. Eu-
gene Smith Sunday.