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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-28
Hurrah!

I am also in complete approval of MT. DeCicco,s pluck in his re- ported explosion. The mildest- hammered man, and the softest spoken, sometimes is justified in forgetting the mildness of his manners and the softness of his speech under the drive of resent ment. Whether MT. Palomba was busted from his position as chair man of the Republican Town Committee because he is of Italian blood I cannot say. But if the conclusions of MT. DeCicco, MT. Castaldo, and MT. De Pastino are correct no amount of denunciation of the busting is comparable with the despicable quality of the act. Penalizing anyone on the score of race or color or creed is an out rage against that spirit which is so
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-28
Eat Elm Up

To celebrate the twenty-second anniversary of its founding the United Italian Republican Club of Waterbury held its annual
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-28
A Thought for Today

Go and cry until the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation-Judges, 10:14 With the wind of tribulat:on God separates in the floor of the soul, the wheat from the chaff.-Molnos.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-28
Daily Washington
Daily MK~- ~ Washington W. y NNN AN~ ~AAA~4 HOOVER IN PRESIDENTIAL
 RACE FOR REVENGE

EDITORS NOTE This is the Washington series the candidates the Republican for president The fifth article will week today)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-28
The Reason

In the language of the poet, last week Frederick Palomba,-like MT. DeCicco an American citizen of Italian extraction, chairman of the Republican Town Com mittee, was decorated with the Royal Order of the Tin Can. The presentation of the decoration was attended by a graceless peremp- toriness not at all considerate in view of the recipients valiant ef- forts last fall as pulmotorist to Waterbury's moribund Republican organization. For public con- sumption MT. Palomba resigned" in favor of J. Warren Upson. MT. Upson is not, as you might inn agine, of Italian blood, extrac- ton, or ancestry. MT. DeCicco, and other members of the United Italian Republican Club, refused to swallow the explanation of MT. Palomba's voluntary" return to the ranks and interpreted it as a direct and indubitable slap at the race of which they are members. One indignant fire-cracker throw CT asked where the Republican party in Connecticut was since "it dropped Palotti from the state ticket" The reference was to Frank Palotti of Hartford who had been Secretary of State and who was by the speech of people, refused the nomination for lieu tenant governor because in the event the governor, a flying en- thusiast, was killed in a crack up there would be a man of Ital- ian lineage in the executive man. sion. Another contributor to the feu-de-joie declared "The Ital- ians have come to the conclusion that they are as good Americans as any Yankee, 8 declaration which meets with the complete approval of this department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-28
BY WAY of NOHARM
 by James William FitzP Patrick

opinions and conclusions appearing below They not necessarily those of the of THE DEMOCRAT they to be construed.
 invariably, a reflection of their viewpOinN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-28

geous representations of "The Fall of Pompeii'', "The Bombard- ment of Fort Sumter" and other explosive classics. I do not know whether MT. DeCicco's contribu- tion was a scheduled part of the entertainment program but I have my doubts. Tossing oratorical grenades into the local Repub- lican machine may come under the head of diversion but usually that form of political pleasantly is practiced only by low and de- graded Democrats around election time. Confessing additional ig- norance I am further unable to state whether the firing of MT. DeCicco's rhetorical Roman can- dles, skyrockets, pin wheels, and flower-pots was received with the "Oh" and "AhS" of ecstatic de- light which customarily reward such dispalys of inventiveness. In at least one particular however, the former Republican candidate for tax collector departed from established custom. Instead of using slow match CT punk stick to ignite the wick of his elo- quence he used a super-heated meat axe. In the words of the Morning Alley Cat:--
 Although he is usually mild-
 spoken, last night, in a scream
 ing voice, trembling with rage,
 he denounced those who had
 forced Palonba's resignation,
 pounding the table until it al-
 most brOke."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-28

often prated about and so seldom regarded, "Americanism".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-28

"T suspect the reason is that the last election gave him such a scare that he doesn't expect to be mayor again and as lieuten- ant-gOvernor he doesn't rate a policeman chauffeur while the governor does rate One."
Evening star., 1936-12-12
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing.

National-"The Show Is On" at
e:15 and 8:15 pm.
Capitol-"Banjo on My Knee" at
i0:45 am, 1885, 4:25, 7:15 and 1905
pm. Stage shows at 12:35, 3:25, 6:15
and 9:o5 pm.
Earle-"Pennies From Heaven" at
II am, 1:35, 4:20. tbs and 10:05
pm. Stage shows at 1880, 500, Sis
and 8 pm.
Palace-"Born to Dance" at 1855
am, 2:20, 4:5O, tbs and 9:40 pm.
Belasco-"Love in Exile" at 1880
am, 1:13, 3:23, 5:33, 7:43 and 9:53
pm. Life of Edward VIII," at 1920,
2:30, 4:4O, $50, 9 and 11:10 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Rembrandt," at
11:57 am, 1:40, 3:43, 5:46, 7:49 and
e:52 pm.
Columbia-"Come and Get It." at
~, 2:25, 4:50, 7:10 and 9:35 pm.
Metropolitan Theodore Goes
Wild" at II am, 1:05, 3:15, $40,
7:30 and $40 pm.
"Mutiny on the Bounty" at
2, 4:30, 7:06 and 9:42 pm.
Little-''Evergreen," at II am, 1909,
3:ls, sat, 7:36 and 9:42 pm.
Ambassador-"Wives Never Know"
at 2, 4, 6, 7:50 and $40 pm.
Uptown-"Pigskin Parade" at J.,
Sis, 5:35, 7:30 and $3.50 pm.
Tivoli-"Adventure in Manhattan"
ct las, $50, 6, 7:50 and $40 pm.
Howard-"The Captains Kid" at
1880, 8, $50, 8 and 1920 pm. Stage
shows at -1:40, 4:10, $40 and 9:10 pm.
Evening star., 1936-12-12

evening gown-for two reasons. She
Is not in the picture-a closeup shot
Of Boyer-only her voice Is required
and she is cold.
You would hardly know a film was
being made on "the last of Mrs.
Cheney" set. Frank Morgan is swap
ping stories with Robert Montgomery.
Joan Crawford, wearing a modern
gown of blue silver lame and two
diamond stars in her hair, looks very
attractive (someone should tell her
to stick to 1896 vintage clothes). Nigel
Bruce shutters in an impossible Eng
lish accent, 1--WE lost lot Of weight
see? I started dieting because of an
accident that occurred at Sir Cedric
Hardwick's place. I breathed heavily
and all my buttons popped oh-devil-
ish awkward, don't-cher-know"
Miss Crawford rubs Frank Nor
gan's back and is rewarded with an
appreciative "Ah-h."
What are you scribbling?" de-
mands Montgomery. You're making
me nervous" Bob has recently re-
turned to Hollywood from his Con-
necticut farm. It is no secret he dis
likes California. Coming back, I
went to sleep at San Bernardino," he
tells me, "and I've been asleep mem
tally ever since"
(Copyrisht. 1885. By the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Evening star., 1936-12-12
"THEODORA GOES WILD"
NOW AT METROPOLITAN
Irene Dunno Gets New Place in
Comedy Field Which Is Among
High Lights.

THERE is, as you no doubt have
heard, a new Irene Dunno. In
Theodore Goes Wild" which yester-
day opened at the Metropolitan for a
second week downtown, the young
lady, whose voice and rather cool
beauty have been responsible for her
previous cinema fame. turns out to
be a comedienne of the most adept
and engaging sort
Her singing of BE Still My Heart"
with a double meaning to the title
and triple emphasis on the still"
probably is one of the comedy high
lights of the year. And her accurate
portrayal of young lady who has
for the first time remained too long
by the flowing bowl is something
which shouldn't be missed.
The role of the small-town girl, who
wrote a novel that set the staid citi-
zens Of her village on their respec-
tive ears, and who then went to New
York to let down her back hair and
raise merry Ned, is certainly a far cry
from anything Miss Dunno has at
tempted heretofore. But she dis
plays a knack for getting the best out
Of light comedy which should make
Hollywood sorry it has hidden the
talent all these years.
Theodore" in all of its other
aspects in addition to Miss Dunno, is
q merry farce which in any number
of opinions. tops "Mr. Deeds" an
other Columbia riot. This, no doubt,
is due to the canny directing of Rich
ard Boleslawski. another of Holly
woods serious inmates. who has pulled
a surprise act and turned out a pic
ture as pleasantly batty as any film
Of the year. The pace maintained by
Mr.. Boleslawski in Theodore" is not
an even one-at the outset the pic
ture is completely hilarious for a good
long time, and then the tempo drops.
But when 1t picks up again you real
ize that Boleslawski was being smart
and not slipping when he got midway
into his task. He provided that
breathing spell so the customers would
be able to live through the complete
film.
Theodore Goes Wild" also is the
better for Melvyn Douglas skillful
playing of the illustrator who helps
and hinders Theodore in her going
wild, and for Thomas Mitchell and
number Of other people. H. M.
Evening star., 1936-12-12
Dave Apollon Back Again
In Capitol Stage Show
Johnny Barnes, Tommy Brent and Charles
and Charlotte Lamberton are Stars !,
of Current Revue.
BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, Jr.

and organizer Of what used be known vaudeville units
into Washington with hooe singers whatno
the of Capitol Statistics the
a-day
Evening star., 1936-12-12

WIG SROeiA6AAt 4oAIOWo l1uII dIOuklu tklC
stage rather persistently through .
series Of specialties varying from nip
ups to piano twiddling, and OCCASION
ally there Is really top notch act In
the collection he brings with him.
This week the Apollon tenancy of the
Capitol could be justified by one phrase
alone. If nothing else happened at all.
I refer to the program billing of q
Continental Milk-Fed Chorus" prob
ably the rarest piece Of theatrical i'm
agery concocted this season.
The stars of the current Apollon
revue are Johnny Barnes, a Washing
ton lad who is rapidly developing into
a first flight hoofer; Tommy Brent.
whose savage Punch and Judy show
is weirdly pleasing, and Charles and
Charlotte Lamberton, two deaf mute
youngsters whose competent dancing
is tribute to their courage as well as a
very decent performance in itself. The
trick is that they follow the music by
feeling vibrations through the floor.
At least half dozen other reason
ably skillful workmen, an able chorus
OheSe are the milk-fed babes) and
one truly remarkable novelty round
out the stage offering. The rarity is a
fellow who manages to steal the show
from almost every act by playing q
steel guitar somewhere far in the
background, mixed among the other
musicians. Listen and notice how
many times his music stands out, more
or less distractingly.
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THE Capitol picture fare is also salts
factory this week when 1t goes
straight vaudeville. Otherwise BAN
10 on My Knee" just misses being q
burlesque of its own story. Presum-
ably a profound study of those quaint
characters, the shanty-boat people Of
the inland waterways, the tale has the
true ring of lead half dollar. At
times, however, 1t abandonS all pre-
tensions and breaks down into some
good song and dance stuff, with Buddy
Ebsen doing the dancing and fetch
ing chap named Anthony Martin turn
ing in the vocal chores. Ebsen, who is
playing in at least half the pictures in
town this week, is too much in evidence
to heed a send-off. and Martin, a
newcomer, will not long be among the
unknowns. Their work Is the only sal
vation of some forced and untidy
drama.
The players caught on the more
embarrassing side of the fence are Joel
McCrea and Barbara Stanwyck. who
are involved in much wishy-washy
deep river love: Walter Brennan. whose
part is essentially so phoney that his
most faithful labors cannot make 1t
jibe. and Katherine DeMille. Walter
Catlett and Helen Westley.
Phil Lampkin, with that unerring
sense Of the timely and the appropri-
Evening star., 1936-12-12
Bad Breaks Make Hour
Of Simple Little Scene
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

o1LYWooD December IL NANA)-The pctre-"Cal Day
The uperelegan British food emporium Roland Young
Feda Ineour scattering her purchased
bunch radhes instead of
Evening star., 1936-12-12
KING EDWARD IS CENTER
OF PICTURE AT BELASCO

THE Belasco is taking advantage of
the greatest free publicity cam
paign in years, and brings to its
screen. starting today. "The Private
Life Of Edward VIII" The Aim Is
newsreel compilation. telling the
story Of Edwards life from the cradle
to the throne. covering with particu-
lar emphasis those years when he was
the Prince of Wales.
On the same bill the Belasco will
present Love in Exile" a Gaumont-
British film telling strictly fictional
story Of king who gave up his throne
for love. Give Brook, Helen Vinson
and Mary Carlisle are featured in
Love in Exile" q motion picture
adaptation Of His Majesty's Py-
jamas."
Crime ct Chatiment," the French
film version Of Fedor Dostoievski's
Crime and Punishment" will be
brought back when the current bill,
which replaced it, completes its run.
Evening star., 1936-12-12

Errol's Follies are rich in eye
appeal. The sets are big. The cos
tunes are fresh and piquant. The
chorus Is a talented ornament, II
there is such a thing. A song or two
would help 1t, but it really does not
need much help.
"DENNIEs FROM HEAVEN" q
Columbia offering, Is not the best
OF the Crosby films. It does give the
first crooner of Hollywood four songs,
two of which are good, . lutte for
accompaniment. and an orphan for
a story. Young Edith Fellows Is the
orphan and mighty appealing one
at that. She is cast on the brat side,
with dash of the mink. If you have
seen too much wistfulness in some
of your recent film children, this
Patsy" is just what the psychiatrist
would order. The amateur psychia-
trist, one hastens to add, to forestall
the "bahs" Of the professionals.
Madge Evans Is the love interest
Of the film and Donald Meek Is in it
as worthless but charming old scamp
of a grandfather. Both turn in deft
performances, which is like saying
two more men have been bitten
by dogs.
The lutte, said to be authentic, really
is the newest thing in Pennies From
Heaven" Straight out of mythology
though it may be, it goes nicely with
Crosby's grooming.
The story Of Pennies from Heaven"
could have been interpreted with
sticky sweetness. Everyone connected
with 1t, however, had the good taste
to infuse it with more comedy than
sentimentality. That one must say,
was very nice Of them.
A S IF Enrol and Crosby were not
enough, the Earle management
has supplemented them with a timely
Aim sketch THE Life Of King Edward
VIII" The release, a special con-
tribution to the moment by Universal,
is interesting in itself 1t is doubly
so in view of the tremendous drama
in which David Windsor has Just
played his history making part.
One sees the life of the abdicated
monarch unfolded. his life as Prince
Of Wales and as King. One sees the
pomp and circumstance of that life,
the love and loyalty it inspired. One
sees and one wonders!
Evening star., 1936-12-12

but he is not content to act merely
as master of ceremonies. He Is ever
busy and along toward the end OF the
tabloid musical it runs one hour
Enrol goes into his dance. ErroPs
dance, of course, is the one built
around the most profoundly collapsible
knees ever seen on the stage. What
ever the secret of those knees and
that dance, Enroll has communicated
1t to IL girls of the ensemble and
when the 13 of them start dipping
and weaving and falling around the
stage, the thing is grotesquely anus
ing.
Nothing has been left out Of the
recipe from which the Enrol show is
concocted It has comedy; mostly by
Enrol in spite of disposition to
spread it around. It has dancing,
done admirably and acrobatically by
Sunnie O'Dea and Jimmie Madreas.
Madreas is the more acrobatic of the
two and his tricks less like those you
have seen before. Miss O'Dea, how
ever, is only slightly behind him in
technique and she is pretty enough
to even up on honors and applause.
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IF THE entertainment has weak
ness, it Is in its vocal phases.
Either by comparison with the dane
ing, or with songs in the Crosby show,
the voice section misses out. The
lads and lass who sing are given moth
ing to handle that will send you out
of the theater whistling. That, Of
course, makes very little difference
since Crosby has planted Pennies
From Heaven and Lets Call a
Heart a Heart" right In your pretty
little lungs. No one really would have
time to whistle Hollywood Follies"
music anyway.
Enrol is the good comedian, as he
ought to be by now. even when he
relies on the gag instead Of his gang
ling knees. His lines show the per-
fection of infection and accompany
ing gesture which come with the mel
lowing years. Yet, his pantomime
remains his best bet. He still Is the
only stage figure who can fall down
a flight of stairs without losing his
balance completely and who can appear
to be standing still while inanimate
things move away from him. His
Interpretation of a drunk reaching
for a mail box which starts out only
a foot away and ends up 10 feet dis
tant is one of the best moments of
his revue You'll like it, or you've
got toothache.
Evening star., 1936-12-12
Rembrandt
Held Over
At Keith S
Laughton Portrayal
Gives Somber Film
ItsGreatest Appeal.

NH EMBRANDT," with Charles
- Laughton In the title role,
moves along toward q sec
ond week at Keith's; not
because it Is about the great artist,
but because 1t has Mr.. Laughton.
It Is an extremely convincing
portrayal Of an Inflated and bewildered
man that Laughton gives in this film
which Alexander Korda directed. It
Is not, however, the most dynamic Of
tales which have been transcribed for
the screen. It's mood Is as somber
as its photography is vivid. The re-
lief Of laughter Is denied the audi
ence. Such treatment probably Is en-
tirely justified, Of course, in view of
the fact that it also was denied
Rembrandt van Rim. His story was
tragic and Korda has kept it stately
affair.
There are artistic performances
other than that Of Laughton. Gertrude
Lawrence, that brittle beauty who has
contributed SO much altitude to Noel
Coward's theatrical art, appears in
this film in completely alien role.
She Is Geertje. the shrew. And she
is terrible shrew because she is such
a good actress.
Elsa Manchester, as the maid servant
who reinspires the artist to great and
lasting work, casts her usual glow
about an extremely sympathetic role
Recent months have indicated that
immense difficulties confront those
who would capture the essence of
genius in film or stage biography.
Rembrandt" while short of perfec-
ton Is much more successful than
many similar works have been.
j. G.
Evening star., 1936-12-12
new KING IN PICTURES
Rialto Exhibits Collection Cover
ing His Career.

ing His Career.
THE Rialto now is showing the
latest collection of pictures of the
former Duke Of York, new King of
England.
The film, group Of newsreel scenes.
shows all the high lights of the
career of the new ruler. 1t was OBJ
tanned late yesterday afternoon from
the New York Offices of R-K-O.
Evening star., 1936-12-12
"COME AND GET 1T" BACK
AT COLUMBIA THEATER
Film Is Vigorous, Colorful Saga Of
Lumber Mans Rise in Its
First Half.

First Half.
EoR the first half of its duration
Come and Get It." the picture
which returned to Loew's Columbia
Yesterday for q second week on F
street, is q vigorous, colorful saga Of
an ambitious mans rise to wealth
and power in the lumber industry.
Not unlike the gentlemen who have
had similar histories in the rags-to-
riches business, in its later stages the
tale inclines to become somewhat
weighty. loses part Of its momentum,
much of its lively spirit.
Above all the film provides an
other bountiful Characterization for
that consistently brilliant actor, Ed
ward Arnold. In the beginning Ar
mold Is able to delineate clearly, inter-
estingly, the qualities of cupidity,
wilfulness, recklessneSs, which even-
tually make the great lumber baron.
Thereafter. he is reduced to the status
of a successful man who wants some
thing he cannot have. namely the love
of a girl who is the daughter of a
woman he once loved and did not
marry-for business reasons. Since
the contemplation of a rich and dis
contented man, an elderly romantic,
Is not the most thrilling sport in
thu uporld thu y,irtI,ro eu9ars ocrord -.
ingly.
Before that. however. 1t has given
us Arnold in top form, Frances
Farmer and some gentlemen with bier
garten mustachios doing some swell
song numbers. and fair idea of the
Northwest's lumber pioneers, who may
not have been of great concern to you
lately unless you've been buying up
old pulp. r. B. p, Jr.
Evening star., 1936-12-12

since the begin
ming Of the scene.
But the time
piece in the store
still shows 8
O'Clock a bad
hour, whichever
way you look at
it. Mayo calls a
halt in shooting
to tell me he has
lost 55 pounds
In eight months
via the diet, mas
sage and exercise
route.
Evening star., 1936-12-12
Jean Arthur Is

jean AILllur Is
giggling Historically on the set His
tory Is Made at Night" She is going
to elope with Colin Give on the Hin
denburg that night. Charles Boyer,
acting as a waiter, does not like this at
all and gives her a melting look while
taking the pre-nuptial dinner order.
Jean wears a mans coat over her black
Evening star., 1936-12-12

Miss Inescourt blows up" Eight,
and the same thing happens to sales
man.
IT'S all right" says Director Mayo.
"You're entitled to blow-up, too"
Next round, the weighing scales clat-
ter to the floor. An hour has elapsed
Evening star., 1936-12-12
OPERA AND FOLK SONGS
TO BE GIVEN TOMORROW
Singing, Piano Music, Acting in
Program on Masonic Audi
torium Stage.

MAXIM BRODYN, famous tenor
" and actor, formerly with the
Chicago and San Carlo Opera Com
panies. and Zelda zlatin. well-known
pianist and actress, will. appear in
a program of operatic arias. Soviet
and Yiddish folk songs, one-act plays
and recitations. tomorrow at $50
pm. at the Masonic Auditorium, Thir-
teenth street and New York avenues,
under the auspices of the Icot So
ciety.
These two artists have just returned
from trip to the Soviet Union, where
they made a study of Soviet music
and art, and are, therefore. well quail
fed to depict the hopes, joys and
tribulations Of the pioneers in Bro
Bidjan, Jewish autonomous state in
the Soviet Union.
Evening star., 1936-12-12
Errol's Knees Still Move
Audiences to Deep Mirth
sHollywood Follies" at Earle Is Snappy
Musical-Crosby Film Light, But Merry
Creation With Comedy Stress.
BY JAY CARMODY.

MAssA dhanty In the fact OF history found
rich laughter a audience at the Earle That
yesterday Hollywood Foies Of 1887 together with
~ from Heaven" make pleasant eeu
stirred at time but h rises easily
% hardly could ask
pretty
Evening star., 1936-12-12

ate, dedicates his overture this week
to former King Edward VIII. 1t Is
rendered complete with poetry, sound
effects, and the flashing of the British
nag on the screen.