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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-07

Send for the leaflets en-
bOdying the Introductory
m terial, which include
"DOdging the Galleries."
"Height-Age-Weight chart for
Women, "CaIOrie Chart" and
"POinterS-tO- SlimneSS."
I'll be seeing you. lighter!
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Theme from "Seeping Beauty Waltz" by Tschoikowsky
"A suggestion for using preserving daily
Many appreciation ddpiSe their pupils to clip
paste them filing cards NTH the composers at the top
and file them in alphabetical orderJ
heA Qv Tr Coxr
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KELLEYGRAMS

one of the best movies that has
been issued from Hollywood in
1886. Although Playwright
Lillian Hellman made over hel
story and removed every hint OF
unholy love, it still retained force
and emotional depth and I can't
think of a screen feature I en-
joyed more. Still, it is a very
distinct box office disappointment
for United Artists. 1t is diff
cult to figure out why Miriam
Hopkins, Merle OberSon and the
clever juveniles in this picture
couldn't put it across, but the dis
appointing figures tell sad story.
Must be that movie patrons
figured the Breen whitewaSh and
the Will Hays code had taken all
of the virility out of a strong
story. Be that as it may, THE
Children'S Hour" in the original
stage version is coming to the Ma
tional Theater and let's hope the
District Attorney gives it a chance.
It's a very fine play and it is
coming here with original Broad
way cast. When they let such
hogwash as Tobacco Road" get
by with very slight deletion, there
seems to be no substantial reason
why The Children's Hour" should
suffer even one mark from the
blue pencil.
"DESPERADO" SCORES
"The Gay Desperate" breaks out
with the gayeSt and most attract.
i've brochure to issue from Holly
wood in some time. .Hardie Mea.
kin sends one with the compli-
mentS of Mary Pickford and Jesse
Lasky. T h csc producers were
said to have decided to sever re.
lationS when this Nino Martini
picture turned out to be a strike
down the middle of the alley. E,
Now it is said they will make more
as co-producerS. Their first pic,
ture, "One Rainy Afaternoon,
with Francis Lederer, failed to live
up to expectations, but 1.-The Gay
Desperate surpassed studio pre-
dictionS. . BY the way, my Man
Godfrey" is doing so well at Fiji
tenth Street the William Powell
Carole Lombard feature will be
held for third week unless it
should slump suddenly at the
ticket windows.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-13
Back Stage News and Gossip
Gathered by Bill HoyIe

>Pritchard and Lord (and domeSti-
cally speaking, Mrs. Lord went
to the old professional school, on
Seventy-second Street, N. Y. c..
and for three years sat next to a
blond lad named Raymond Guion,
who was later to change his name
to Gene Raymond and go on the
stage,
Ann also recalls Marguerite
Churchill, in long red curls and
always we'll dressed because her
mother was clothing buyer. And
schoolmates Helen Chandler as
well as Milton Berle, who only
came when his youthful vaudeville
stride was broken by a short lay
off.
And a look,see at Jimmy Shea
and Guy Raymond, eccentric
dance team with the Nichols band
This team might possibly be re-
called as one of the indirect factors
in the scuffle between Rudy Vallee
and George White, occurring when
the producer cut them out of his
last edition Of Scandals" They
are Benny Davis proteges and last
week while playing Boston took
several flights with their friend.
and now much publicized airman,
Dick Merrill.
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merely an ornament and a debu'
tante daughter who is thinking
seriously of marriage.
Leonie's house guest, DR.. Ken
meth Rec, is a psycho-analySt who
prides himself on being able to
solve everybody'S affairs, an eX.
pert who claims the power OF
delving into the soul and is some
few laps ahead Of his teacher, DR..
Freud. The poor, he says, have
tonsils, and the rich have souls.
That's why he took up psyche
analysis.
RADICALS ABOUND
It is DR.. Rice's moods and influ'
ences which motivate the three
acts. He contrives to remove as
a rival a Russian author torn by
completes. he makes a play for
Paula, the young heiress, and
loses. He then tries to hoodwink
Leonie with his soft egotiSm. At
the finish Leonie is taking up with
a young radical who has some aSpl-
rations for spending her money on
a publication that will bring about
the revolution. Daughter and her
leftist are still concerned over
money as a nuisance.
Ina Claire wears some attractive
frockS and gives the role of the
baggling LEONE more talent than
it deserves. That excellent actor,
Osbood Perkins. talks and talks
and even his expressive hands fail
to restrain the yaWnS.
The supporting cast includes
Clifford Brooke in a minor role
and Jean Adair, in the only COM
nonsense character of the Behr-
man play. In spite of its impress
sive New York run feel that Ina
Claire deserves a better deal.
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MOVIE
CLOCK

SCO-Kay Francis. "Cy-
nara" 1870 a. m, 1:16, 1902,
4:48, 6:34, $40, 1906 p. m.
EARLE Boles, "Craig's
Wife," 11:10 am. 1:40, 4:20,
7:15, 9:55 p. m.
stage-12:45. 1928, $40. 900
p. m.
CAPITAL-Jean Hersholt, "His
Brothers Wife" HOO a. M,
1870, Ais, 7:05, 9:55 p. m.
stage-12:4O, $3.50. $40. 9:o5
PALACE-walter Huston, "Dods-
WORTH" 1850 am. 2:2o. 4:40,
TOO, 9:25 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Gary Cooper, 1.-THE
General Died at Dawn" 11:1O
a. M, lis. 800. 5:25, 1880,
9::35 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Fred MacMur-
ray. 1.-THE Texas Rangers" 11:10
a. M. ITO. 3:15, $40, 7:25
$3.50 p. m.
LITTLE ninth and G Streets
Naughty Marietta" at II a. m.
and 1913, 800, SGT, 1874 and
9:47 p. m.
RIALTO Civilian Powell and
Myrna 10y in THE Thin Man"
At 1926, 4:42, 7:18, 9:42 p. m.
RKO KEITH'S-William Powell,
my Man Godfrey" 1885 a. M,
1877, 3:39, SAL. 7:43, GAS p. m.
HOWARD-12:15. 2:45, Sis, 7:45,
1915 p. m.
Ethel Waters and Her All-Star
Revue, las, Ais, 6:45. 9:15
q m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-13
Birthday For
The Earle

The Earle Theater will present
it's sixth anniversary show starting
next Friday, October 16. On the
screen, Dick Powell and Joan Blon-
dell will be seen in stage Struck"
and the stage attractions will in
clude so entertainers headed by
Ina Ray Hutton.
stage Struck" is a new Warner
Bros musical comedy, with a stel-
lar cast that includes, in addition
to Mr.. and Mrs. Powell, Warren
William, Frank McHugh, Jeanne
Madden and the Yacht Club Boys.
BuSby Berkeley directed this
sprightly production, which in
cludes two new song hits Fancy
Meeting You" and In Your Own
Quiet Way"-and dozens of beauti-
full girls.
Dick Powell plays the part Of a
dance director in stage Struck"
Most of his worries are caused by
his star Miss BlondelD, who
would have been fired if it hadn't
been that her money was backing
the production. Jeanne Madden,
lovely newcomer to Hollywood,
plays the girl in the chorus who
is Joan's rival for Dicks atten-
tons.
Ina Ray Hutton will direct her
Melodears, Americas favorite femi-
nine orchestra, to headline the
Earle'S gala anniversary stage bill.
Others on this lavish program will
include Margie Palm, "Grace Per
sonified";; Frank and Pete Trado,
"Just for Fun" and the "a Bill
Powers Dancing Beauties.
The newsreel and selected short
subjects will round out one of the
gayest and most colorful shows the
Earle has ever presented.
VOTE AMERICAN
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I Cover HOuy WOOd

Hsuffered a loss Of memory in
the last.
What of it?" demanded Foy.
ut wasn't an important point
and you were firing questions so
fast I may have become con-
fused"
do you always answer 'yes'?"
persisted the prosecutor.
Sure" Bryan fired back at
him, I'm in the picture bust.
ness"
It's an old story that Jean
Harlow caught Maureen O'Sul-
liVan's bridal bouquet, but did
you hear what finally happened
to it? Maureen got the flowers
back and had them pressed and
specially treated to preserve
their color. They are now be.
meath the glass top Of a coffee
table in hers and Johnny Far
rows home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-13

In a very short time "Children'S
Hour" will be coming along to the
National Theater as one of the
American Theater Society attrac-
tions. 1t is a grand play and
I doubt that anybody over 81 will
be corrupted by watching it, al
though the Lord Mayor of London
and the Mayor of Chicago and
the Chief Magistrate of the city
Of Boston have turned it down as
corrupt and undesirable. How
the play will be received in Wash
ington is problematical. In
the first place, it has been made
into a movie, These Three" and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-13

III IH6 country.
PRESENTS ENIGMAS
If you care to hear Mr.. Behrman
expound upon pschyo-analysiS
upon the hardShipS which con-
front college graduates in finding
themselves, upon the terrible prob
lem which bewilderS a young
heiress in adjusting her love life
to a practical world, then you may
find some interest in the shallow
puppets which the playwright has
set upon the living stage.
The particular fault with END
of Summer" it strikes me is that
none of the characters are par
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Beauty Mirth
AtGayetY

'"Too Hot for Paris" current at
traction at Col. James Lakes EN-
porium of music, be auty and
mirth, the Gayety, is a well-bal
anced, diversified attraction, fea
turing many Specialties OF more
than ordinary merit.
For comedy, Joe D rit a and
Harry Meyers render more than
the moneys worth in many antics
meriting the many outlaws they
get. Aiding in the business OF
amusing the customers with the
funny stuff are Harry jackson,
Max DeVore and Bobby Burns.
Heading the distaff contingent
is Dorothy Dee (not Edna, a plat
inum-topped bit of pulchritude
who scores in a large way with
the audience. Joan Delee, de,
lectable bit Of fluff. also rates
hearty round of applause with her
numbers.
Wade and Wade. sepia dancers,
rate highly with a few routines,
one of which is sensationally good.
Irma Vogle offers a solo dance
or so. Her routines are excellently
presented.
Dorothy Sewer helps out with
vocal numbers in very good voice,
The Dancing BryanetteS are on
hand again, youthful, we'll formed
and dancing with high degree of
skill.
The show is exceptionally well
mounted and moves smoothly.
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INA CLAIRE OPENS -
Osqood Perkins as Scientist
Supports Star in q Smart
Drawing Room Comedy
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Ina Clares play is just mild amusement If you like
Ina Claire much the opening audience did at the
National then you entitled to join the applause at the
end of three very windy acts.
END of Summer" strikes the poorest S. N Behrman
exhibit from playwright who generally writes smart
saton For three acts forth words not especially
brilliant devise situation that could be called
dramatic Its wit occasional its logic and social undecur
dull and pontlesS and for added the most
undistnguShed offering that have bearing the dlstn
gushed label of the New York Theaer Guild since "a Month
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ticularly engaging. Not even
Leonie rockingham who goes
through middle age indulging in
mild flirtations and surrounded
by q set of drawing room freaks.
At the end of summer she is no
nearer a solution to her empty
headed enigmaS than she was at
the beginning. The play is aim
less, gets no where in particular
and takes about three hours reach
ing the dead end.
All the action occurs in the
drawing room of Leonie Frothing-
hams summer home in Maine. She
is a blonde lady of charm with
odd1eS of wealth, a husband who is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-13

Here is the second Six-piece cut
out puzzle in the Sixth Anniversary
Contest being presented by The
Times and the Earle Theater,
which celebrates the sixth ami
versary of it's stage and screen
policy on Friday; $50 in cash
prizes and is pairs of guest
tickets to the theater await the
winners.
All you have to do is put to-
gether the pieces. name the star,
and send your entry to the Earle
Anniversary contest Editor, care
of The Washington Times, along
with the puzzle that appeared yes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-13

'terday and the one that will be
printed tomorrow.
Neatest of the correct entries
will win the first prize of SIS.
Other prizes are $40 for the sec
ond best, SIS for the third best,
and IS pairs of guest tickets for
the Is "runnerS-up" selected by
the judges.
Today's picture is of a newly
married young man who plays an
important part in the Earle's An
niversary Show, which includes q
new musical comedy on the screen,
stage Struck" and a stage show
with so entertainers, headed by
Ina Ray Hutton and her Melo-
dearS.
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First Niqhters

Among those attending End of
Summer" last night at the Ma
tional were Mr.. Eugene Vidal, Mrs.
McKenney Mallan, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Hayne Ellis, Miss Paul
eta Guffey, Miss Ida Guffey, Mr..
and Mrs. Sidney Taliaferro, DIR.
and Mrs. Luther H. Reichelderfer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Merton English, jr.,
Miss Kathleen Moran, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mark Lansburgh, Mrs. Hendricks
Eustis. Mrs. Donald Woodward,
Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Drury, Mrs.
Louis Caldwell, Miss Laura Har-
Ian, Mrs. James Helm, Mr.. Roy
Counselman. Mrs. Campb IL
Prichett, Miss Carolyn Chantry,
Mr.. and Mrs. o. J. DeMoll. Mr.. and
Mrs. William Walker, MIR. and Mrs.
Wade Hampton Ellis, Miss Phyllis
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. John Row
land Hill, Miss Louise Chase Myers,
the Naval Attache of the Italian
Embassy and Warehouses di
SAINT Orsola, Mrs. James F. Nit
chell and Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Conn.
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New York Theater Guild Presents Second Play
Of American Theater Society Season
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1880, King Features
Syndicate. Incl

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 13.-Es-
capes like Bobby Breen just had
are the reason why Hollywood
producers carry thousands Of dol
lars of insurance on a picture in
the making.
In a scene for Rainbow on the
River" the youthful singing star
was to be photographed in a pony
cart, while May Robson passed in
smart coach.
Two English coach horses,
valued at $25, 900, were borrowed
from the Los Angeles county talr
to draw Miss Robson'S vehicle.
AS it was a long shot, her stand
in was chosen to make the ride.
Just than an army bomber
CHANGED to pass over the set.
The coach horses, who had prob
ably heard that temperament was
expected in the movies, promptly
bolted.
The pony cart and little Bobby
Breen were directly in their path.
In the nick of time, the youthful
star was WhiSked out Of danger.
A moment later the vehicles
crashed and one Of its wheels was
torn off by the impact.
Anything can happen In Holly
wood, but a Texas fan deserves to
crash the news by sending Robert
Taylor a rubberized suit to protect
the star against the onSlaughtS OF
his admirers.
Writes the fan: II hear that,
when you appear in public. people
almost tear your clothes off. This
suit, which I have invented, will
save you much embarrassment"
Which is okay with Bob except
he is afraid that the suit might
snap back if somebody grabbed it.
An old story, yet always touch
ing, when a player carries on in
the face of heartache. Mary Nc
Laren, star of the silent days, said
nothing of her sorrow to her fellow
players in Quality Street" when
she appeared for work the other
day. The morning was over when
they discovered that her mother
had died only few hours before.
In recognition of her bravery,
Director George Stevens has re-
arranged the shooting schedule.
The actress will not have to re-
port to the set until after the
funeral.
You Asked Me and I'm Telling
You! Mrs. j. A. Richie, Los
Angeles: 1t is frankly a guess,
but I'd say that Chic Sale is in
his forties. Like most actors,
he isn't telling.
To the many people who ask,
he always says: I'm not as
young as I look or as old as
you think 1 am"
A bit of humor from the
Busby Berkeley trial-and I be-
lieve that none of the papers
printed it.
Bryan Foy, Warner Brothers
producer, was being heckled by
the prosecutor because he an
swered yes" to a question in
opa of tho earlier trials and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-13

One of the first name" bands
to play on Washington stage was
the nationally famous California
Ramblers on weeks booking at
the Rialto in 1924. Just musicians
with this outfit Tom and Jimmy
Dorsey = later Dorsey brothers
handmade their local bow as did
Adrian Rollini, famed for the fact
that he at that time introduced
the big bass sax to the jazz era.
Playing first trumpet Reds"
Nichols, current Earle headliner,
also made his unrecognized nod
to the Capitol's theater-goerS.
The freak fact is that a year
before this date Reds Nichols
and his Five Pennies" were Or
ganized and, without a public APP
pearance, had become famous
turning out only records. Since
then they claim more records and
more musical comedy contracts
than any other contemporary
band.
Today's maestros who have
played under the Nichols banner
are the aforementioned Tom and
Jimmy Dorsey; Benny Goodman,
radios top man; Joe Venuta, west
coast favorite; Art Shaw, new
leader hailed as another Goodman
and Dick Macdonald, the George
town U boy who Strummed the
guitar to fame
Four years ago at the Castle
Farms Club, Cincinnati, he gave
Frances Stevens, brunette song
stress, one of her early jobs and
now after this lapse Of years she
joined the band Friday for the
first meeting since that time.
Frances, incidentally, studied
dancing for eight years, part Of
the time under Angel CanSino,
of the noted family.
Mary Ganelle Mills alias Nell
Kelly, of the Capitol bill, has just
linked a contract to fill the shoes
of French Coincidence Cind
Glynn in the French Casino show.
This makes her the first American
comic accorded this chance and
she sails December Is with the
show to London.
The stage name came from
Grandma Kelly and she was intro
duced to grease paint at the age
of 4 when her two sisters BACKED
her small visage and lured her
on stage at the 300-seat WigWam
Theater. in Frisco's Mission dis
trict, and managed during those
yeSteryears by Joe Pincus, now
New York casting director for
goth Century-Fox.
Max Arrow, Warmers casting
director, four years ago glimpsed
writeup, in trade journal
Variety, boosting a Baltimore
night club singer, Helen ELY, and
notified the washington office to
arrange a screen test, but the ELY
family did not approve. This
week the same Baltimore miss is
feature of the Capitol bill.
Frank LibuSe, born Belohlabek
meaning white Head" in Bo-
hemian named himself from Ii
buse Hall on Chicago's West Side
where he studied and learned to
play the flute, becoming eligible
at the age of 16 for the Thomas
Symphony, directed by the late
Theodore Thomas and the nucleus
on which was formed the Chicago
Symphony. Today Frank carries
a dozen spare flutes because of
the comic roughousing he gives
them on stage.
A few years back Ann Pritch-
ara, of the Capitol dance team
- KoRR ~R~R ~ IS,h
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Thin Man. Hits
At RioIto

1.-THE Thin Man." that prize
mystery-comedy that put William
Powell and Myrna 10y at the top
of the light comedy list, opened
at the Rialto Sunday. Previously
scheduled for the Little, the man.
agement decided to give it the
advantage of the larger house to
accommodate the many who want
to see it again.
More comedies will be made, but
few better than THE Thin Man"
It opens a whole new field in the
production of mysteries. Adapted
from the best selling detective
novel of DaShiell Hammett, it in
jectS an equal amount of comedy,
and ties the two elements to.
gether with some of HollywoodS
most pungent dialogue. And. Of
course. there are William Powell
and Myrna 10y, whose perform.
ances as Mr.. and Mrs. Detective
on spree in New York, are peer.
less. In addition Nat Pendleton.
Minna Gombell and a priceless
scottie dog add to the general
merriment.
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Comeback

Wesley Barry, former boy star
famous for his freckles, has a
Comeback" role with Barbara
Stanwyck and Preston Foster in
RKO Radios "The Plough and
the Stars"
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'Cynoro' Opens
At BeIosco

One of the most intelligently
acted and directed motion pic
lures of the past decade was
revived at the B elasco last
night with the presentation of
"Cynara." Essentially "woman's
picture" it is as effective today
as it was several seasons ago
when first presented here.
Ronald Colman portrayS to per-
lection the harassed London bar
rister who remains faithful to his
wife, in his fashion, while carry
ing on reluctantly" an affair
with a shopgirl. He manages to
keep the sympathy of the audi
ence throughout in a role in
which he might easily lose their
respect.
Kay Francis, too, as the wife,
and Phyllis Barry handle their
parts with restraint. Miss Barry
plays the shopgirl who falls des-
perately in love with the lawyer,
with tragic consequences.
Henry Stephenson is excellent
in the role which he played orig
inally in the stage success upon
which the picture is based. Others
in the cast are Viva TatterSall,
Donald Stewart and Florine Nc
Kinney.
The picture was directed by
King Vidor.
Supplementing the feature are
a new release of Fox Movietone
News, a commentary on Men
and Machines" and a discussion
of world trade, &C m m er C e
Around the Coffee Cup"
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A few years back Ann Pritch-
ara, of the Capitol dance team
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Talking Record Held

Pete Smith has spoken an esti.
mated 174 1892 words into the micro
phone commenting on his M-G-M
subjects.
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A bit of humor from the
Busby Berkeley trial-and I be-
lieve that none of the papers
printed it.
Bryan Foy, Warner Brothers
producer, was being heckled by
the prosecutor because he an
swered yes" to a question in
one of the earlier trials and
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SORORITIEs

DISTRICT SORORITIES
AND FRATERNITIES
This is your page. Help US
to make II representative Of
all Of you.
The editor Of this page ex.
tends an invitation to all
Greek letter organizations In
schools and colleges through.
out the city to help in making
this weekly feature q success.
Send us notices Of all your
functiOns-dances teas, lunch
cons, banquets. or what have
yOu-well enough in advance
30 that we may have ample
time to send out photograph
ers to take pictures.
We want your cooperation.
Send your notices in right
away to the Sorority and Fra
ternity Editor, The Washing
ton Times.
Don't forget. This b your
page
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Of George Washington Uni
versity, will hold its spring
festival Wednesday night at
the frat" house, 1880 I st.
Phi Alpha Fraternity, Of
George washington, will hold
q dance April IS at the May
flower Hotel.
Sigma Chi Fraternity will en-
terrain at its annual Green.
wich Village Party at the Ken
wood Country Club April as.
George washington University
pledgingS:
Alph Delta ri Sorority-Emily
Bayly, Margaret Berry, Kitty
Calver, Vivian Reed, Betty
Strine and Shirley Thompson.
Acacia Fraternity-Max Jacob
son and Paul Yost.
Theta Epsilon Omega Frater.
nity-Charles Halter.
Kappa Delta Sorority-Verna
Royle.