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conversing vividly about nothing,
Raton rattling an unholy Russo
American dialect in sequences that
are always intensely dramatic. BY
skillful juggling OF these anti-pathetic
personalities Director Edward Crit
nth achieves an effect OF continuous
exciting action, when as a matter OF
fact all that happens is that Mr..
Power in a rash moment makes a
gambling debt he cannot pay. be-
comes the pawn Of unscrupulous M.
Menjou, who would use him to en-
tertain and extract money from a
family Of rich Americans frequenting
the lush Cafe Metropole. Mr.. Power,
half-heartedly impersonating a Rus
sian prince. is supposed to charm the
daughter Of this tribe. This he does,
albeit he is somewhat more subdued
than is his custom. Knowing that
he is being something Of a heel, he
seeks to escape 4 dismal plight. an
exit that brings the story to head,
the head to happy fade-out.
THERE are rumors that imper-
senators are in vogue again. The
Capitol management obviously has
heard the good word. Short time
ago Helen Charleston graced this
stage to initiate her special victims
and this week sibyl Bowan. 4 taller,
more sophisticated lady. parodies
Beatrice Lille. Gloria Swanson and
Mrs. Roosevelt. moans a short sob
sequence about faded Hollywood
actress in search Of Job. The Lille
number is clever, the imitation OF
Mrs. Roosevelt an outright wow. It
stopped the first show. Miss BoWan's
act Is good one If by no means new
She might have given the customers
an encore when they asked for it SC
nicely-provided. Of course, time was
not too pressing.
Acting as masters OF ceremonies
and presumably comic relief this
week is the team OF Collins and Peter
son, another familiar turn, occasion.
ally amusing when not overburdeneo
with series OF gags that should
long ago have been given q decent
burial. The other acts include the
three Arleys, = trio Of excellent high.
pole artists, and Helen Deni1on anc
the II American Rockets (sic), ar
acceptable dance combination.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-"Ziegfeld Follies," at 2:3o
and $50 pm.
Earle-"The Prince and the Pauper,"
at 10:30 AM. l:20. 4:lo, I and 955
pm. Stage shows at 1926, 3:25, $40
and 9:l0 pm.
Keith'-"Shall We Dance" at 1850
am, 2:l5, 4:35. and 9:25 pm.
March Of Time" at 1880 am, 1:55,
AIS, $40 and 9:O5 pm.
Palace-"A Star Is Born" at 1850
am, AIS, 4:4o, 7:o5 and s:35 pm.
Capitol-"Cafe Metropole," II am.
1:35, 4l0, and 9:45 pm. Stage
shows at 1910, $40, sos and 8:55
pm.
Metropolitan-"Si Silent Barriers" at
IL am, l:05, $40, $40, 7:25 and 9:35
pm.
Columbia-"Personal Property" al
11:25 am, 1870, $3.50, 5:35, TAO and
s:45 pm.
Belasco-"Girls' Club" at 1918
2:25, 4:35, 6:45 and s:55 pm. Gods
at Play" at 10:l5 pm.
Rialto-"Every Night at g." at 1l:35
am, 2:3o. $50 and $3.50 pm. Now
and Forever" at los, 4, 7:05 and
10:05 pm.
LittIe-"Peter Ibbetson," at 1881
am, 1897, 3:37, 5:37 and 9:37 pm.
ns-Lux-News and shorts. Show
runs l hour and Is minutes, continu-
Gus 10 am. to midnight.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Number,
at 2, 4:05, $40, 8 and $50 pm.
Tivoli - "Internes Can't TAKE
Money" at las, 3:55, 6, 7:50 and 9:3.
pm.
Uptown-"Time Out for Romance,
at l:40, 3:55, 6, 7:50 and GAS pm.
Howard-"That Mans Here Again,
at 1880. 3. 8 and 1920 pm. Stage
sb rw,e At l3 and q IN ~
Evening star., 1937-05-15
TAYLOR-HARLOW FILM
RETURNS TO COLUMBIA

Because 1t made such sweet, silvery
music at the box Office Of Loew's Pal
ace Theater a short time ago, Per
sonal Property" starring Jean Harlow
and Robert Taylor was brought back
to the Columbia yesterday. This re-
markable opus sets out to prove that
Mr.. Taylor Is not only handsome, but
funny-very. In a way 1t succeeds.
Basis OF the crusade to humaniDe
the screens boy wonder is fine old
plot once known as THE Man In
Possession" 1t tells OF an improvident
second son Of noble English family
who takes up a job as process server,
is planted in the house of decorative
American lass whose creditors are
playing wolf around the door. Turns
out this damsel Miss Harlow) is
about to marry his fatuous, greedy
brother, an aggravating character we'll
portrayed by Reginald Owen.
The man in possession gets rid OF
the brother, takes possession of the
lady, her house and her heart. There
is some spry comedy when Miss Har-
low gets a chance at those barbed
cracks for which she became famous
in Dinner at g." not much else to
recommend Personal Property" ex-
cept that Mr. Taylor is nightly be-
loved by his fans. He appears in vlr-
tually every scene.
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in stale fable about the helresS VINO
loves the dasning newspaper reporter.
In their latest picture at Loews
Capitol these engaging young people
have been treated more wisely, per-
forming little miracles of dsingen-
Gus charm in a farce that is neither
stale nor silly. Cafe Metropole' has
as its maitre d. hotel and overseer Of
the plot Adolph Manjou, as its
straight comedians Charles Winnin-
ger, Helen Wesley and Gregory Rat
of (who wrote the original script
politely inserted in it a fat, almost
juicy part for himself.
Key to the sustained comic tener
OF the story is the interplay Of con-
trasting haracters-Winninger as
naive and robust American multi
millionaire. Menjou as q scoundrel
with an appropriately silken man
ner. Miss Wesley full OF wisdom and
satiric good nature; the young lovers
Evening star., 1937-05-15

as happy as when you were a child.
Montagu Love plays the role OF Henry
VIII, who, as Mark Twain conceived
him, is far more nearly lovable than
when history paints him as its No. l
beheader. 1t helps along the fantasy,
really, to see Henry losing his old
hardness in the face Of approaching
death. Henry Stephenson is nice
Duke Of Norfolk, and Barton MacLane
is properly depraved as John Canty.
\
THE coronation scene was one Of
the excellent reasons for Warner
Bros. having undertaken the pic
ture. In their abbey they put on a
ceremonial which must have been as
complete as that staged in London
couple of days ago. ct will be
interesting to compare the two when
the news reels of the latter come to
the same screen as soon as they are
printed and distributed)
The abbey sequence, however, like
that which sets the background Of
intrigue for the opening of the pic
ture, suffers from overlength. It's
elaborateneSs and impresSiveness
would be the more pointed If 1t did
not run on to almost exasperating
length. Perhaps deliberateness was
the mood OF Tudor times, but these
are not.
For all its flaws, The Prince and
the Pauper" is worth seeing if you
can recapture a large part of the
credulity you had as child. BY all
means the children should see it
They won't mind so much as the criti-
cal adult that the spirited story be-
comes dispirited when it fingers toe
long on its architecturally big mo-
ments.
GHEP FIELDS and his orchestra
were the stage show again yes.
terday. Due to the fact that Mr.
Fields and his boys and girls went
to New York last Sunday, using Tom
my Dorsey as stand-in, the act was
held over another day to make it
full week.
Hal Kemp comes along today
changing the stage bill, but bit late
to catch today's paper.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
He Reads Them, Too.

g s. VAN DINE wades through a
crime novel the way the average
reader peruses newspaper. Van Dine
estimates that to date he has read
about 5000 such novels.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
Star Born
Held Over
At Palace
Picture One of Finest
Bits of Story
Telling.
stories Dorothy Parker
writes once were considered
the special diet of the kind

70HE stories Dorothy Parker
writes once were considered
the special diet of the kind
L of persons who think Of them
selves as brittle" Yet, with no
change in style, Miss Parker now
has turned out tale that every one
can enjoy. Not only can but posi-
lively should.
1t Is called "A Star Is Born" and
Is related in one of the finest OF
technicolor pictures ever to come out
of Hollywood 1t began its second
week at the Palace yesterday.
There is characteristic Parker real
Ism in this narrative OF what Holly
wood does to its favorite sons and
daughters; how it rockets them to
stardom, then lets them come plum
melting own. Its harshneSS, however,
is relieved by tender, poignant love
story that is not at all like the sticky
sentiment or burly passion which so
often is cinema love.
Selznick has treated this fine story
with the respect that it deserves. 1t
has been cast with rare discrimina-
ton. Janet Gaynor, a beautiful red
head In technicolor actually Is re-
born as a star in this picture. She
misses none OF the shadings Of the
character OF girl who Is fearless
determined, loving and fiercely loyal
to the principles and persons she
loves.
Frederic March moves through one
OF his finest parts with never an
impression that he is acting. His
IS the star, quenched by liquor, which
falls as that Of Vicki Lester (Miss
Gaynor) rises. 1t Is a splendid per-
formance he gives. And 30 are those
OF Lionel Stander and Adolph Menjou
Color photography here answers
those Of its critics who have insisted
that it must have slow. stately story
to tell If 1t is not to become blurred
"A Star Is Born" teens with action
And it Is always clearly photographed.
To miss 1t is to cheat yourself, ano
sadly.
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Nets Film
Drama of
StalWartS
But It Places Them
in Routine Melo-
drama. &
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

BY HARRY MACARTHUR.
~ RTTISH film producers seem to
u be not half so empdre-con-
scious as are the ads out on
IL Hollywood's golden coast.
Give an American movie maker q
yarn about the glory and courage in
volved in pushing the Union Jack
to the end of the earth and the frenzy
OF his patriotism for the empire upon
which the sun never sets will fly to
seasonal highs. Give the same yarn
to a British producer and it Is more
than a remote possibility that he
only will shrug his shoulders
Whoever was responsible for the
shoulder shruging at the Gaumont-
British studios when the subject Of
silent Barriers" the Metropolitan's s
new film, was brought up, now should
hang his head. There's a wealth OF
epic material in the story Of laying
pair OF steel rails through the
Canadian Rockies to Vancouver-ma-
terial that should provide for the
filming Of vigorous and outstanding
film drama. But the G.-B people
don't seem to have been particularly
excited over the possibilities which
lay in this segment OF the history Of
British race unity. They have been
content with routine melodrama-
with-love when they could have made
a heroic motion picture.
But haphazard direction and this
yarn about the weak meeting love
cannot hide completely the heroics
involved in engineering's unfinching
battle with swamps, mountains, forest
fires, strikes and hunger to weld to-
gether the far-flung corners Of Canada.
There's much of merit in Silent
Barriers" in spite Of the weak story,
and considerable Of the merit Is
brought forth when the director has
his mind and his cameras on rail-
reading instead Of love There's some
OF the finest pictorial photograp ply
OF the season in Silent Barriers"
too.
The acting OF the piece is taken
care OF adequately by Richard Arlen,
Antoinette Cellier, Liln Palmer. J.
Farrell Macdonald. Barry MacKay
and others.
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ture MADE OF MARX 1WalnS 8 own
Savorite bit of Mark Twain.
That seems a funny thing to set
down on paper in view Of the lavish
ness, the sincerity, the fine photog-
raphy, gorgeous costuming and other
good features which Warner Bros.
thought up for the picture. But one
Just has to say it. One suspects the
compulsion lies in the feeling that
makers OF the picture could not quite
bring themselves to trust audience
imagination to keep up with the fan
tasy. So they slowed down its pace.
And they lost something OF the lyrical
quality of the story thereby. The
moral seems to be that one should
never pause to let fantasy sink in,
because in the pause 1t ceases to be
fantasy.
Mark Twain himself could not have
imagined two more alike youngsters
than Bobby and Billy Mautch to
play his favorite brain children, the
prince and the pauper. The pair,
whose lives got all twisted up in the
funny politics and fancy beheadings
OF Henry WIS time. are identical
in appearance. Because they are,
the fantastic circumstances which
juggled them from one position to
the other are greatly the more plausi-
Bile. Also, the alikeness of the twins
comes in mighty handy at those mo-
ments when their acting is unhappily
on this side Of inspired. That hap
pens, but they are always workman
like about everything and always
winningly impish or wistful.
THE prince and the pauper, Of
course, are not the only good
character a satisfying flavor OF what
member Miles Hendon, the sWash-
buckling fellow, always fortunes sol.
dier and darned good one? ErroI
Flynn interprets him on this occa.
sion and on the whole gives the
character satisfying flavor Of what
a-man. Claude Rains, who must
falter on some character to keer
from violating the law Of averages
does not do it here. He Is the wicked
Earl of Hertford, a craven schemel
over whose Illustration you will be
Evening star., 1937-05-15
NEWS OF CORONATION
FEATURE AT TRANS-LUX
Dramatic Film of Hindenburg
Disaster Also Contributes to
Variety of News

Disaster Also Contributes to
Variety Of News
THE coronation still is the big
news, especially so far as the
celluloid branch Of the news dis
seminating business Is concerned,
and the Trans-Lux Theater has
plenty OF it on its new bill. Awaiting
the pictures Of the actual ceremony,
due to arrive Tuesday aboard the
Normandie, the news reel people have
gone to transatlantic radio to bring
the words of Great Britains new
ruler as he was crowned and as he
addressed his people that night. Also
there's a pictorial revue OF the life
Of George VI.
The Hindenburg's tragic crash still
is news, too. and the Trans-Lu
management has held over for a
second week the best Of the shots
OF the airship's explosion-the excit-
ing and dramatic Aim story OF the
disaster obtained by Paramount s
Tom Craven. It's pretty complete
story Of the tragedy and shows just
about everything except the souvenir
hunters, who, Tom says, rushed up
to the wreckage before the flames
were out and burned their hands
trying to pull away a ghoulish re-
membrance.
Trans-Lux has plenty of local color
In its news flashes. too, including
the cadet drill, District policemen at
pistol practice, War Mothers at
Arlington, the children's circus and
other items. And for sports there's
the Kentucky Derby, with War Ad-
miral loping easily home a couple OF
lengths in the lead. And there are
lot more items Of the day on the
bill.
Featured among the collection OF
short subjects Is the tour through
Mount Vernon, q fine film. Also
there's an explanation OF the mys-
terious workings OF the Hammond
electric organ, an organ without pipe.
which makes a noise like a pipe Or
gan-an explanation for which We
sincerely thank the Paramount peo-
pie, even If nobody else does.
H. NJ
Evening star., 1937-05-15

Thirty-five thousand Europeans are
now employed in mines in South
Africa.
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Rehearsal.

THE Lanakai, two-masted schooner
which Samuel Goldwyn bought
Tor use in his forthcoming film, THE
Hurricane" lost two jib booms, two
topstays. one sail and split her main
mast when struck by a sou-WestAr.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
Cafe Metropole' Proves
Light, Engaging Comedy
Capitols New Film Displays Nice Talents
of Loretta Young and Tyrone Power
for Love and Laughter.
BY ROBERT p. PHILLIPS. Jr

NcE became the Hollywood fashion invent ove teams and rate
batting ONCE.
~ pleasing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-23
HOUSING ESSAY
WINNERS GIVEN

Winners in an essay contest
on how boys and girls can aid in
obtaining better housing, a con-
test open to all senior high school
students in the District, were an
nounced yesterday by DR.. Arson
Phelps Stokes, president of the
Washington housing Association.
Doris Mae Reed, of Dunbar
High School, won first prize of
SIS; Virginia G. Washington, Cen
trail, second prize of $40. Helen
Morton, Armstrong, third prize of
IS; Thomas A. Newman, Dunbar,
third prize of IS; Kenneth Mae
Roe, Dunbar, third prize of SIS.
The following received honor.
able mention awards of 81 each:
Evelyn Frye, Mckinley; John
Robert Hawkins, jr.,- Dunbar;
L1ary Lane, Dunbar; Phyllis Nc.
Cormick, Dunbar; Noel Richard
son, Dunbar; Zelda Rosenberg,
Central; ]. David Schaffe-, Cen
trail; Jennie Elizabeth Scott, Dun.
bar; Kathryn Stockton, Dunbar;
Stuart E. Womeldorph, jr., Cen.
tral,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-23
G. w. Party Picks List
For College Election

Miss Mary Bailey, 2405 Twelfth
st. N. E., has been named by the
Service party as their candidate
for the Secretaryship Of the Stu
dent Government Association at
George Washington University
next year. She will oppose Miss
Mary Shelton, 1853 Columbia Rd.
NJ W., candidate for the office
named by the Progressives, the
party now in power on the G. w.
campus. The elections are SEIZED
uled for late this month.
Miss Bailey's running mates on
the Service ticket are William
Rochelle, 1916 Kenyon st. N. w.,
president; Dorothy Ames, formerly
of San Francisco and now living
in the coed dormitory on the
G. W. campus, vice president, and
Howard Mace, 1922 I st. N. W..
treasurer.
Running on the Progressive
ticket are Robert Doolan, who
has succeeded Ross Pope as head
of the party for the presidency:
Susan Slater, vice president, and
John Pickens, treasurer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-23
LABOR
INVESTIGATED

GREENBELT, Md, April %.
Agents of the Labor Relations
Board of the Resettlement Admin.
istration yesterday began an inves-
tigation into charges of nonunion
workers on the Greenbelt low-cost
housing project that union men
were being shown favoritism in
periodic layoff of laborerS during
the past four months.
According to ReSettlement Off.
Gals, the nonunion workers have
appealed to Senator Willard E,
Tydings Of Maryland to check the
discrimination. TydingS, it is I'm
derstood, offered his cooperation,
but informed the workers that the
matter was up to the National La
Dor Relations Board. That body.
in turn, has referred the workers
back to the ReSettlement Admin
iStration on the ground that it has
no jurisdiction over governmental
projects. Mercer G. Evans, reset.
Element labor coordinator, visited
the project yesterday to start his
inquiry.
Wallace Richards, project coor-
dinator, yesterday stated that ap-
proximately a third of the 5000
now employed on the project
would be laid off within the next
three weeks, but remarked that
the layoff would be caused by a
drop in the production schedule
as the project nearS completion. "
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-23
SEARCH
WARRANT IS
ATTACKED

Motion to invalidate the search
warrant under which police sew
eral weeks ago entered an apart.
ment in the 100 block Of Hobart
st. N. W., occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. William "Jewboy" DietZ,
was submitted yesterday to
United States Commissioner
Needham C. Turnage by Attorney
Harry Whelan, counsel for Mrs.
Dietz.
Charging police entered the
house on an United States
Customs warrant authorizing the
seizure of a fur coat, believed
Smuggled into the country, the
motion alleges no fur coat was
seized but that Is slot machines,
keg Of untaxed whiskey and
numerous private papers were
confiscated.
Attorney Whelan argued that
Mrs. Dietz produced receipts for
all furs in her possession, showing
the duty on them had been salts
fled, and that failing to substanti-
ate their suspicious regarding the
furs, police were without authority
to seize other evidence.
The lawyer cited United States
Supreme Court decision which held
search warrants issued last year
in customs cases invalid.
The wording of the warrant has
not been changed, Whelan said,
despite the courts decision that it
violated the constitutional rights
Of those named in it.
Commissioner Turnage said he
would seek an answer from the
District Attorneys office in con-
nection with Whelan's motion and
took the situation under advise
ment until briefs to support their
actions were prepared by the Dis
trict Attorney.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-23
ANDERSON WILL
LEAVES ALL
0WID0W

The will Of Larz Anderson, for
mer ambassador to Japan and Bel
GUM, soldier and world traveller,
leaving everything to his widow,
Mrs. Isabel Anderson, was filed in
U. S. District Court today.
Mr.. Anderson died at White Sui
phur Spring April 10. The value Of
his estate is not disclosed, but from
the extent of his holdings, it is
believed to be impressive.
Tribute to Wife
Mr.. Anderson, whose residence
at 2118 Massachusetts, Ave-, was
the scene of many brilliant gather
ings, directed that his entire estate
be turned over Ito my most dear
and beloved wife, Isabel Anderson.
who has been my precious COM
panion and helpmate during so
many wonderful and perfect
years."
He named Roger Amory, of Bos-
ton, and Mrs. Anderson as the
executors of his will, which was
dated January 16, 1923. In case
either of the. should be unable
to serve he designated Charles
Francis Adams, former Secretary
of the Navy, to serve instead.
COdiciI Revealed
In case Mrs. Anderson should
pre-decease her husband, q codicil
to the will, dated June %, 1925, di.
rected that Mr.. Amory and Mr..
Adams Shout take over the estate
and dispose Of it "in accordance
with my wishes which have been
communicated to them" He gave
them unlimited authority, without
court restrictions, to dispose of
the estate and apply it's proceeds
according to their best judg-
ment."
The value of the estate will not
be disclosed until a petition for
probate is filed. This will be done
after an inventory and appraisal
Of the assets of the estate have
been made by court experts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-23
VA. BOYS CLUB
ADDSC0URSES

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April %.
Expansion of the vocational guild.
ance schools and their expenses
Boys Club, to include schooling
and special training for future
employment, will be undertaken
with funds now being raised for
that it purpose, it was announced
today by w. Travis Wilson. man,
aging director of the club.
Under the plan boys who can.
not afford specialized training
will be enrolled in vocational guild.
ance schools and their expenses
paid from the special fund.
Another recent addition to the
clubs vocational guidance pro-
gram is a class in radio study,
under direction of Capt. John S.
Arnold, Of the Alexandria police.
A short wave radio receiving set
has been installed for use of the
class.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-23
Fire Record

Twenty-four hours from 10 a. m. April
% to 10 a. m. April %:
1923 a.m.-SO26 Newark st. N. W..
automobile.
1929 p.m.-1S41 Jonquil st. N. w. gaso-
line.
$3.50 p.m.-72s Fifty-first st. N. E..
needless alarm.
1928 p.m.-Rear of 20s G st. N. W.,
automobile,
7:42 p.m.-S2S Pickford Pl. N. E.. need
less alarm.
1929 p.m.-Box s22, Sumner Road and
Firth Sterling Avenue Southeast,
false alarm.
S:3s p.m.-62S Pickford Pl N. E., par
tition.
1903 a.m.-74oO block Georgia Ave. N.
W.. automobile.
1852 a.m.-Rox 1915. Thirty-fourth Place
and Fulton Street Northwest, false
alarm.
2:l7 a.m.-4550. Connecticut Ave. N. W.,
apartment 800, davenport.
3:32 a.m.-Two alarms. 1851 K st. N.
W.. dwellings
4:a1 am-TOs Florida Ave. N. W.. avn
ing.
5:s7 a.m.-Front of 1910 st. N. W.
automobile.
s:O7 a.m.-sSS o-St. N. W., needless
alarm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-23
Kaufman 10 Speak.
On Ad Responsibility

Samuel H. Kaufman, assistant
business manager Of The Evening
Star, will address members and
guests of the Advertising Club OF
Washington this evening at the
Willard Hotel, on "The Response
bility of the Newspaper for the
Advertising It Accepts"
This is one of a series Of spe.
cial meetings Of the Advertising
Club of Washington open to the
faculties and students of the bust.
ness schools Of the Nations Cap.
ital. James w. Hardey, chairman
Of the clubs lecture committee,
will preside.