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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-24
Cast in Movie Roles

Howard Wilson has been cast for
the role of Abraham Montague, and
Vernon Bowling is to play Samp-
son Capulet in Irving G. Thalberg's
Romeo ana Juliet"
The Washington times., 1936-09-14

revival of M-G-M's star-studded
feature, Grand Hotel"
Mrs. Miller, incidentally, is not
Washington's first theater proprie-
tor-manager. No, indeed. Just
100 years ago or in 1886, Miss v.
Monier was the lessee and man
ager of the National Theater.
She must have been a versatile
lady for she starred with her own
company besides taking care Of
the business management. An
early historian writes: "She was
accorded a benefit at the end Of
each season, and was pet and
favorite with Washingtonians"
When she dropped the theater in
1889 to make a tour of Europe at
the head Of her own company, she
turned over the management to a
Mr.. Ward.
Now this Mr.. Ward was a man.
ager who evidently found the pass
seekers an evil. They gave him
a benefit on January "a, 1874,
when Miss Monier resumed custody
Of the theater. He put this per-
sonal card in the programs:
'Mr. Ward presents his COM
pliments to the Washington
public, and, in announcing his
farewell benefit, trusts the eff
forts he has made to entertain
them will be remembered in his
favor. He hopes that the stock
holders will buy tickets and not
enter upon their passes, ditto
press, in fact the free list will
be entirely suspended. In con-
clusiOn, Mr.. Ward respectfully
SOIicitS one and all to flock to
the theater and give him q
bumper at-parting.'"
That is, as they say, telling EN-
in 1914,
The Washington times., 1936-09-14
M OWE
O'CLOCK

BELASCO Jan Kiepura, "Give
Us This Night" 1915, 2:13,
4:10. got, 8:04, and 1901 p. m.
EARLE-"Anthony Adverse" Oils.
11:40, a. m, 2:10, 4:30, 7:05,
9:35 p. m.
RKO KEITH'S-Ginger Rogers,
Swing Time" 1854 a. M; 2:18
4:42, 7:06, $3.50 p. m.
CAPITOL-Randolph Scott, 1.-THE
Last of the Mohicans," 10:45
a. m; 1880, AIS, 7:O5, $50 p.
m. stage-12:4o. 1928, 6:1o,
900 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Will Rogers,
"State Fair" 1900 a. m; 1905,
3:15, $40, 1880, 9:35 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Mary Boland, "a
Son Comes Home" 1910, 2:05,
400. 5:55, 7:50, 9:45 p. m.
PALACE-Joan Crawford Cor
geous Hussy." 1890 a. m, 1910,
1855, sos, 1920, 9:35 p. m.
LITTLE-"The Informer," Ills
a. M, 1921, 1928, 5:31, 1888, Gal
p. m.
HOWARD - Margaret Lindsay,
THE Law in Her Hand" 1915,
2:45, Sis, 7:45, 1918 p. m.
Stage-Claude Hopkins and his
orchestra. las, AIS, Gas, 9:15
p. m.
The Washington times., 1936-09-14
| COVER HOLLYWOOD

Metro pictures. They must not be
taller than five feet four. They
must have trim hips, small waists.
about "a chest, with the prefer
ence of long hair, but long hobs
acceptable. He calls them stream.
lined ladies, and you will see them
with the exact above requirements
in Missy Powell's Born to Dance"
Mary Boland, on her recent trip
to New York, purchased a collec-
ton of Afghanistan hounds, which
she will breed in Hollywood, to
sell. In case you have forgotten,
mummieS of this breed of dog
have been found in the tombs Of
the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.
The M-G-M sound department
claim that Greta Carlo has the
most perfect microphone voice in
Hollywood. Not only does it record
well normally, but she has caught
the knack of pitching it properly
to various emotional degrees. She
40 VLAC AoNJ, oA4A ~ 10 AU1GS d OlSH
tinction, I might add, who gives
vent to her lines without the sound
man ever having to tamper with
the sound control. All of which
should inform you that the sound
man can make or break you in the
manner in which he switches his
dials.
The gent who rented his farm to
the Go West Young Man" troupe
doesn't know the old place any
more. They have completely re-
done it, to suit the movie, with one
exception, the pig sly. He wouldn't
let them redo that, because the
late Will Rogers used it in "State
Fair" and as a consequence, he
attached sentimental value to it.
Our rustically inclined friends
should be cheered to know that
Spencer Tracy raises the best
carrots, Lionel Barrymore the
best lettuce, Frances Langford the
best radiShes, and Clarence Brown
the best oranges in California.
The Washington times., 1936-09-14
Win Season Ticket to National
Famous Street Theater, Beginning 101st Season. Offers
Prizes forrest Essays on Legitimate Tradition,
and Why STAGE Will Survive
and Why Stage Will Survive

from the stage after the opening
night of "St. Helena"
Now about "St. Helena" Max
Gordon's production will ring up
the curtain on Washington's
dramatic season on Monday eve
ming, September %. The play has
been based by R. c. Sheriff.,
author of Journeys End" and
Jeanne de CasaliS, on the last days
of Napoleon.
Maurice Evans. who scored a
great personal success last season
playing opposite Katharine Cor
nell in Romeo and Juliet" and
Saint JOAN" will enact the role
of the exiled emperor. Previous
to his New York debut Mr.. Evans
had been acclaimed as one of the
leading young English actors
through his performances as Ham
let and Richard II at the Old Wv.
He played the role of young
6Ld1clBu O1lIOuBIlOuJ Vic AOLlOO11
engagement of Journeys End"
Rosamond Pinchot will have the
feminine lead.
"St. Helena" will be directed by
Robert B. Sinclair and designed
by 10 Mielziner. Sinclair has
staged such outstanding produc-
lions as "Dodsworth" and Pride
and Prejudice" while Mielziner
was responsible for the settings of
"Dodsworth," THE Barretts of
Wimpole Street." Pride and
Prejudice" Romeo and Juliet"
and Saint JOAN" to name only a
few productions. "St. Helena"
will be the third Max Gordon pro,
duction on which they have col
Elaborated.
The Washington engagement Of
est. Helena" will be limited to one
week at the National Theater prior
to the New York premier.
The Washington times., 1936-09-14
Opera Voices
At BeIosco

The rich and powerful voice Of
Jan Kiepura, whether he sings a
rollicking fisherman song or a
beautiful operate aria, once more
attestS the magnificent heights
which the cinema attainS in pre-.
senting worthwhile music. Last
season Mr.. Kiepura sang the title
role in BE Mine Tonight" at
Belasco Theater, so it is without
need of introduction, that he again
appears on the screen of that play.
house.
"Give Us This Night" is the cur.
rent attraction. DR.. Erich Wolf
gang Korngold, European com.
poser (who arranged the musical
score of Midsummer Nights
Dreamy, has written an opera
especially suited to the widely
diverse capabilities of Mr.. Kiepura.
Likewise the operetta gives con-
siderable opportunity to both
Gladys Swarthout and Philip
Merivale.
Miss Swarthout, famed as q
Metropolitan Opera star, h a S
proved a popular artist and a
competent performer. The solo
numbers are lovely, though the
blending of the voices Of these two
singers is not as lovely as the indi-
vidual numbers.
Philip Merivale, one Of the
greatest actors of today, steps
into a leading role in a screen
production. Assuming the third
of the stellar parts in this oper-
eta. his fine acting, his perfect
facial expression. places him in
the dominating position in every
scene in which he appears.
Benny Baker, Sidney Toler and
William Collier are also num-
bered among the players.
"Give Us This Night" Is a de
parture from the typical musical
comedy as we'll as the so-called
grand opera, but the composer
has incorporated desirable quail.
ties of each type and thus it
may appeal TO Ine people VINO
love real opera, and find favor
with those who enjoy entertain.
ment Of a lighter vein.
One of the best auxiliary pro-
grams supplements the feature.
A travel film, "Trail of the Anna
IONS" with Harold Noice, ex-
plorer, making descriptive COM
mentS, is splendid. Irwin Cobb,
humorist, tells some funny stories
and wise-cracks in a short, en-
titled "Newslaughs," and Pathe
News shows current happenings.
The animated color cartoo
"Humpty-Dumpty," is we'll above
the average. making this entire
program one of sterling merit.
H. K.
The Washington times., 1936-09-14

AS noted in these columns last
Friday, when the National Thea
ter begins its regular dramatic
season on Monday, September %
with Max Gordon's "St. Helena"
the famous old E Street playhouse
will be entering it's one-hundred-
and-first year in the services Of
the legitimate stage.
Ever since December 7, 1885,
the National Theater has had its
doors open to the finest the
drama has had to offer and prac.
tically every artist Of stage re-
nown has trod it's boards.
In commemoration Of the years
devoted to the theatergoers Of
washington, The Washin g on
Times, in association with the
National Theater, will conduct an
essay contest on the subject:
"THE NATIONAL THEATER-
WHAT IT HAS MEANT TO
WASHINGTON THE ATERGO-
Frs and THE REASON THE
LIVING. SPEAKING STAGE,
WILL ALWAYS BE WITH U.s."
The contest Is open to everyone
excepting the employees Of The
Washington Times and the thea
ter. the essays not to exceed 200
words, to be neatly written, and
mailed to s. E. Cochran, Mana
ger, National Theater. Closing
date for entries is midnight, Sep
TENDER %.
Those interested in the essay
will. naturally, be theatergoers. so
it has appropriately been decided
that the writer Of the best essay,
selected by a jury Of prominent
citizens, will be awarded a season
pass emitting him or her to two
seats to every play presented dur.
ing the season.
There will be a second prize Of
The Washington times., 1936-09-14

Pastures the Will Hays office is
being viciously attacked in the
London press for denying a pro.
duction code seal to a British pro-
duction, Living Dangerously" .
This was picture made from a
Broadway flop play and the Hays
office has withheld a code seal
until certain of it's scenes are
cleaned up for the American
screen The matter has been
hanging fire since last March and.
despite their red faced fury, the
British producers are remaking
the scenes to conform to the Hays
office production code Steve
Cochran has been appointed by
Eddie Bowling, chairman of the
Stage Division of the Democratic
National Committee in this ter
ritory. One of his coworkers will
be Marvin H. Mcintyre, President
RooSevelt's secretary, who, believe
it or not, once served as the Ma
tionalS press agent.
DRAMA SCHOOL PARTY
Director John Mckee and AIDE.
laide Hubbard will be the guests
Of honor at a Saturday night re-
ception for pupils and friends
at the National Academy of Stage
Training in the Dramatic Arts. =.
When The Great Ziegfeld"
finally reaches the neighborhood
theaters it will be with a contract
understanding the three hour pic
ture can't be shown with any other
feature and for less than Is cents.
EARLE SETS RECORD
All boxoffice and attendance
records for the Earle Theater
were smashed Friday and Satur-
day by Anthony Adverse" "
Warner Bros. Elimination of the
famous novel by Hervey Allen.
John j. Payette, Warner Bros.
general zone manager, announced
today that Anthony Adverse"
had easily eclipsed previous high
marks, set by such attractions as
"42nd Street" Gold DiggerS of
1885," and Mr.. Deeds Goes to
Town."
From 8 a. m. Friday morning,
when nearly 500 people were wait
ing in line for the first regular
presentation Of the film, through
the last performance Saturday,
the Earle enjoyed full capacity
business.
AS the result Of the throngs
which have been seeking to see
Anthony Adverse" over the week
end, the Earle will continue It's
special extended schedule today
with the doors opening at 9 and
the first feature going on at 9:15.
VOTE AMERICAN-
The Washington times., 1936-09-14
Marietta" For
The Little

The screen version Of Victor
Herbert's immortal Naughty
Marietta" will be the feature at
traction at the Little Theater
starting next Sunday, Septem-
Der 20.
Naughty Marietta" it will be
pleasantly recalled, was the pic
ture which brought Jeanette
Macdonald and Nelson Eddy into
particular prominence.
Replete with all the endearing
Notwithstanding "Ah! Sweet
Mystery of Life" italian Street
Song" and I'm Falling in Love
With Someone which the great
composer wrote into this operetta,
Naughty Marietta" has been con-
sidered the finest picture of its
kind ever made.
The Washington times., 1936-09-14
Cohen Studio
Opens Oct. 3

The Children's Studio Of Speech
and Dramatic Art, formerly at the
Burlington Hotel, will inaugurate
its fifth Washington season Sat
urday morning, October 3, at the
League Of American Pen Women's
new quarters, located at the Graf
ton Hotel, 1889 Connecticut Ave.
Rose Robson Cohen. director,
has planned a most interesting
curriculum Of monologueS, speech
pantomimes and plays, with a
presentation this winter of Maeter.
linck's 1.-THE Blue Bird"
The studio, which has its own
stage, equipped with curtains and
lights, caters exclusively to boys
and girls from 3 to IL years. Be-
sides performing for various clubs
and schools, children of the school
have produced many plays on
Washington's outstanding little
theater stages-among them being
"Helga and the White Peacock, !"
'The Pig Prince" Birthday Of
the Infants" The Pot of Gold"
"Racketty-Racketty House."
The Washington times., 1936-09-14
Goyety Offers
Ann Corio

Beauty Parade" third attrac-
ton of the season at the Gayety
Theater, brings back two Of
Washington's favorites.
First-Ann Corio, still the un-
disputed queen of burlesque. The
Corio personality and looks pack,
as ever, a million.volt punch for
the audience.
Second-Bee Kellar, a glorious
looking platinum blonde, who has
been absent from the local stage
for the past two seasons.
Add to these two stellar lights
of feminine pulchritude the COM
icalities of Nanny King and
Johnny Barry and you have a
show that goes with a zing.
Nanny King brings a new kind
of hun1or to burlesque and Barry's
line also is novel. Two comedians
in one burlesque show that aren't
afraid to step off the beaten path
for a change.
Harry Kane and Jean Harris
stage some sensational and beauti-
full dance routineS. Their Apache
number is done with some welcome
humorous interpretations by the
effervescent Mr.. King.
The singing Of Elsa Lang, who
essayed some operate arias, proved
to be one Of the highlightS Of the
production.
The chorus, maintaining a high
average of beauty and form, take
the stage in some attractive
routines.
The show is excellently mounted
and moves with a pleasing pre-
nicinHn u
The Washington times., 1936-09-14
= HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
Romeo juliet
On Second
Week

Romeo and Juliet" showing
at the National Theater, goes into
its second week attended by the
cheers it so richly reserves, for
Metro oldwyn-Mayer has created
a masterpiece Of the screen and
we beseech you to let your eyes
and your ears feast upon the
beauty that is here.
The Juliet of Norma Shearer
transcends any role yet played by
this star; hers Is a fine and ten.
der understanding of one Of the
most beautiful and tragic figures
to withstand the onslaught Of
time and amateurs; she lends to
Juliet an unbelievable youthful
ness and grace.
There are flaws in the produc-
ton If one wants to argue about
them, but they are minor things
such as the almost too preten-
tious cell of Friar Laurence which
could have been designed by no
other than Cedric Gibbon. Let
them be, they are Of no conse-
quence.
There are those too, who will
say, and we must agree, that the
young lover portrayed by Leslie
Howard lacks the impetuous fire
one associates with the Montague
heir; that Towards interpreta-
ton Of the role is too mature, too
studied, too suggestive even in the
early sequences Of the pending
doom. These things are true; we
could have wished for a more en-
thuSiastic playing, but we could
not hope for more beautiful love
scenes than these two give.
The Tybalt Of Basil Rathbone
is fired with the venom which the
Capulets felt for the rival family;
John Barrymore's "Mercutio" is
a joy, exaggerated perhaps, but
the role itself is one which the
author of the piece must have
written with his tongue in his
cheek; Benvolio by Reginald
Denny; Paris by Ralph Forbes;
Capulet by c. Aubrey Smith; Mon
tague by Robert Warwick; the
Prince by Conway Tearle; the
Nurse by Edna Mae Oliver, who
uses none of the Oliver manner
ismS in this; Friar Laurence by
Henry Kolker; all these play as
if inspired by their love of Shakes
peare or their appreciation of the
business at hand.
BY all means see It. KY.
-vnTE AMEnIrAN
The Washington times., 1936-09-14

TWO seats LOT each OF the tlrSC ~
plays.
Third pr'2e will call for two
seats to the first five plays.
Fourth prize two seats for the
first two plays, and for the n1xL
six best essays. approved by the
judges, the winners will receive
two seats for the opening night.
Monday. September %. for "St.
Helena"
The names Of the judges in this
essay contest will be announced
later.
The winning essay will be read
The Washington times., 1936-09-14
BY LLOYD PANTAGES
Copyright. 1895, by King Features
SYndiCate Inc !

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 14.-Boy
about village. Lee Tracy and
Florence Lake, the very clever
coincidence, are seen everywhere
these days, but then, you can't ro-
nance two people just because
they go out together occasionally.
Sally Eilers left on a solo trip yes
terday for England, where she will
give out of her histronics in a
British picture.
Louise Brooks, who has started
her screen comeback with Buck
Jones in Universal Western, is
now up for the role Of Shanghai
Lii in their sterilization of the
comic strip, Jungle jim"
Warmers are going to increase
their 1887 picture output from so
to 100 operas which will make the
largest number ever produced at
any one emporium in any one
annum.
June McCloy, one of the most
luscious blondes in the country
with one of the deepest voices, is
back in Hollywood for another
fling at the movies. She was last
seen in Douglas Fairbanks, Srs,
Reaching for the Moon"
Dave Gould, the dance director
at M-G-M, is going even farther
with his chorines in Born to
Dance" He now has stand-ins
for them, so they won't wither
away under the lights. Expensive
as it may seem, the standins are
being taught all kinds of tap rou-
tines, to break themselves in so
they can be used in forthcoming
productions. Mr.. Gould also
cracks out with the requirements
for the chorines for all future
The Washington times., 1936-09-14
ZELAYAIN THE MOVIES
Mrs. Louise Noonon Miller Is
Following a Precedent
Set 100 Years Aqo
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Monday Roundup That eminent Nicaraguan entertainer
Don Zeaya of the piano keyboard will be of the
headnes when the Earle Teaer ends its days vaud
vile vacation Friday. Don Zeaya is true Wash
ington Che home North Capitol Street and an
apartment at Tden Garden has just returned from Holly
wood where besides fulfilling engagements at the Trocadero
and California vaudeville stages he enacted character
role in Paramouns valiant Is the Word for Carrie with
Gladys George If you fancy coOred front drive
front of the TmeS-Herad Thursday that will be
the Zeaya barouche He goes for those ultra automobiles
that gather crowds By the way the Eares vaudeville
show looks class 1t will include the Rmacs, with their
scorchng hot rhumbas Tito Coral who last sang here in
Ziegfelds eliot Cha and who REQUIRES mierophone
The Washington times., 1936-09-14
KELLEYGRAMS

Loew's; Inc, has politely. but
firmly, refused to withhold show
ings of THE Gorgeous Hussy" in
Nashville, Tenn, where the de-
scendantS of Andrew Jackson and
his Rachel find violent objections
to some of the portrayed incidents
in the Joan Crawford picture.
Particularly are the patriotic
members of the Ladies Hermitage
Association disturbed because Mrs.
jackson is pictured as a pipe
smoking, illiterate woman. When
they attended a private preview
these custodianS of the Jackson
shrine asked the censorS tn pro
hibit public screenings. :. . The cen
sors replied they could not ban
q picture because of historical in
accuracieS or distortion, but only
If it constituted an offense against
morals So Nashville is, as
they say, agog, but 1.-THE Cor
geous Hussy" will be shown. To
offset it the Ladies of the Hermi
tage Association are circulating
Rachel JackSon'S grave:
"Her face was fair, her person
pleasing, her temper amiable,
her heart kind; she delighted in
relieving the wants of her fellow
creatures and cultivated that
divine pleasure by the most lib,
-eral and unpretending methods;
to the poor she was a benefactOr,
to the wretched a comforter, to
the prosperous an ornament; her
piety went hand and hand with
her nevole nee, and She
thanked her Creator for being
permitted to do good. A being SO
gentle and so virtuOus SANDER
might wound, but could not dis
honor. Even death, when he tore
her from the arms of her hus-
band could not but transport her
to the bosom of her God.
"ThuS she lived and when
death approached, her patience
and resignation were equal to
her goodness, not an impatient
gesture, not a fretful accent es-
capped her; her last breath was
charged with an expression of
tenderness for the man whom
she loved more than her life, and
hOnOred next to her God"
AS against this they point out
that Peggy O'Neale's grave in Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, is un.
marked, and it took a searching
party to even locate it.
THEY WANT KATIE
Mons. Frank La Falce forwards
a California clipping quoting one
Lew r. Kelly of The Washington
Times at length upon THE
Gorgeous HuSsy." who is this?"
he inquiries. 1t sounds like me.
It must be me. Usually they only
spell the last name wrong and
hook it up with the wrong middle
initial The popularity of
Norma Shearer's Romeo and
Juliet" has brought about a de-
mand for a revival of Katharine
Hepburn'S Morning Glory"
In that picture Katie gave her i'm,
preston of Juliet in the balcony
scene and critics keep saying it
was the finest bit of acting that
Hepburn has yet revealed for the
screen Although the English
Lord Mayor has not removed the
ban on Warner Bros. Green
The Washington times., 1936-09-14
PLAYWRIGHT

Eduardo Ciannelli, noted Broad
way character actor now appear
ing In RKO Radios "Winterset, +"
has written several successful
stage plays.
The Washington times., 1936-09-14
On the Stage

Ann Sothern, featured in RKO
Radios Walking On Air." won
great stage acclaim as the singing
star Of the Broadway hit, Amer
ica'S Sweetheart"
The Washington times., 1936-09-14

MANAGED IN 1886
Mrs. Louise Noonan Miller,
lessee Of the Rialto Theater and
proprietor of the prosperous Little,
thus plotting the big and little of
Ninth Streets ShrineS Of amuSe-
ment, is the busiest woman in
town. She hopes to have the
The Washington times., 1936-09-14

Ncaraguan Pianist Of Washington Play
Character Role in Paramount Picture
The Washington times., 1936-09-14
ANITA LOUISE

WlA6 GWEN 4 Harp ON HER
1879 sl21AOEN AINO VAS BEEN P-ET4
MO IT EVER SINCE. SIZE HAS GIVEN I
ONE PU6UC ReCHhL N LOS ANGELES
ANO P-AEO Ae2 LA2P NJ THE PCIUQE
HERE'S TO aONANcE. ANITA WEIGHS.
IOA pOUNCS- HER HA2p IS pOHlC5!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27

ies." Make your plans to see this film which will be at this popular theater for a two day engagement starting Sunday and you are as- sured that you will be seeing the best that the silver sheet has as yet given us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27

almost unprecedented in our pioneer history.
 The added feature is Seven Keys to Baldpate" starring Gene Ray mond. This film is an exciting and thoroughly entertaining adaptation of the Earl Derr Biggers novel and the George M. Conan play of the same name. It stands out as a per- fectly balanced thriller by rnain- taining in essence all the suspense, the ardent romance, and the robust comedy which distinguished the novel and the play.