The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-07

ence provided.
In pictures she was close to
the tip-top grade, but somehow
her charm and sweet presence
was the kind that had to be seen
in person for fun appreciation.
It would have been nice had
Marilyn Miller been able to be
the star Of the screen feature,
"The Great Ziegfeld," for she
travelled the road to success with
the Broadway Glorifier in his
brightest days. M-G-M tried to
enlist her, and Marilyn Miller
was eager for the assignment. It
was her doctors who said her
heart couldn't stand the strain.
Marilyn Miller tasted all the
joys that 60 with footlight emf.
nence and the acclaim Of star.
dom. For the cheers and the
glamor that fame brings she pays
with q life cut down at q time
when she might have enjoyed the
ease Ind. comforts that are the
4EU1bS VI SOCSC0os'
MR.. MASSEY WELCOMED
Raymond Massey came down to
Washington yesterday afternoon
for a two-hour cocktail party and
round robin interview at the Carl
ton, flew right back to Broadway.
Actor Massey is tall and gaunt
and extremely Sociable. He has
the lead in the H. @. Wells pic
ture, Things to Come" which
will be previewed tonight at the
Wardman Park Theater while he
is acting in ETHAN Frome" on
Broadway.
About Things to Come" he had
much to say. It took eight
months to make and cost London
Films $1,400,000. The picture Is
an imaginative conception Of the
next 100 years, and while it may
not be listed as an acting epic, IN
it will be found scenes he feels
will amaze movie-goerS.
william Cameron Menzies, an
American, was the director, al.
though Alexander Korda super
vised all the details. Every now
and then Author Wells visited the
set just to make sure they were
not strangling the script he wrote
directly for the screen and which
took two years to put in shooting
shape.
Author Wells feels that another
war will start in 1910 and he has
tried to picture what win happen,
Massey's role is that Of President
Of the World, and the smashing
scene in the feature is the de-
struction Of Everytown by a fleet
Of airplaneS. He remembers his
studio experiences because cos
tuning for his early scenes taken
last summer, called for suffocat-
ing armor, while later scenes, shot
in hte fall, had him nearly nude
and constantly threatened with
pneumonia.
IMAGINATIVE SCENES
Massey was rated the No. !
English Hamlet until John Giel-
gud esSayed the role Of the Mel
ancholy Dane. Right. now he is
playing q real State of Maine
own-EaSter in Owen Davis hit
play, ETHAN Frome," and oppo-
site Pauline Lord.
Adrienne Allen is, In private
life. Mrs. Raymond Massey. She
is playing the lead role in New
York in pride and Prejudice"
Seldom do acting couples both
land a hit play at the same
time and they are mighty happy
about it.
All this Mr.. Massey told between
sips and canapes. He likes to act
in pictures but gathered II he
had to choose between the stage
and the studios, the blazing foot
lights would win the nod.
Things to Come is not his
first experience in pictures. He
was signed by Hollywood In 1882
and acted In q Universal feature
called 1.-THE House in the Dark. !"
It wasn't, I gathered, so hot.
Raymond Massey was born in
Canada and his brother was once
Canadian Minister to the U. S. A.
He has a great reputation In Eng.
land where he did most Of his act
ing but United Artists feels sure
he will have a worldwide follow
ing once "ThingS to Come" Is in
ternationally released.
Carter Barron, back from Flor
ida, served as host-de-luxe for
United Artists, and will be direc-
tor Of the proceedings at Ward
man Park tonight.
BERNIE HOPS ALONG
Hey Winchell, you're wrong
about Ben Bernie setting up O Fox
theater record for pasSers-by in
stead Of paSSers-in. The OF Macs
tro will crack the Holy Week rec.
ord for the Fox and today looks
headed for a Socko $29, 100 week,
six grand more than Jack Benny.
Rich Gowns
Elaborate period gowns designed
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