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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17
From Jail to
Hollywood
Glory

HOLLYWOOD, July 17.--Dan
Sayre Groesbeck, noted California
artist whose paintings are owned
by the Luxembourg and other
great museums, would not now be
painting for the movies if Cecil B.
De Mile hadn't got him out OF
Jail.
In his workshop at Paramount
studio, where he is painting scenes
from the life of Pirate Jean La.
fitte, to help De Mile with photo
graphic composition and lighting
when he starts to shoot 1.-THE Buc
cancer" starring Fredric March,
Groesbeck told the story today.
Ode Mile has bought more
paintings Of mine than any
other living person and we've
had q lot of fights" he related,
"but once we had a big one. 1t
was after 1 had done the same
kind of a job for him on The
King Of Kings that I'm doing on
The Buccaneer.' We parted
cursing each other, and with me
declaring that 1 would never
work for the movies again as
long as / lived.
81 went to Cannes and started
to paint there. / had an agent
in Hollywood who was selling
my work to Liberty, Golfers,
Red Book and Saturday Eve.
ming Post and sending me checks
regularly. The agent would
have my checks certified before
he sent them and could cash
them anywhere.
"Once, however, he failed to
have q check certified and I
caShed it at my pension without
looking at it. With the proceeds
paid my rent and q lot of other
bills. When the check reached
the bank in Paris, however, it
was sent back, and I was in .
jam.
Naturally, the gendarmes
Immediately clapped me in the
pOkey, because when in doubt,
the gendarmeS over there al
ways clap you in the pOkey.
There I languiShed for q couple
Of days, until I could figure q
way out. The only one / could
think Of to cable, who had $500,
was De Mile. So I had my wife
send him q cable.
"The money came back
quicker than you can say, 'Vive
Ia France!' I bought my way
out of jail and forgot all about
the incident until / happened
to run into De Mile again in
Hollywood some years later. 1
gave him picture for the $500
1 owed him.
Later, he managed to get
me to 60 to work for him again
and after I'd been working for
him a few days, I apOIOgixed.
I'm sorry, old man. I said. 4
cheated you. The picture / gave
you wasn't worth $780,
""The hell it wasn't said De
Mile. 4 had it appraised by
an art expert q half an hour
after you left my Office-and
it's worth $500 right nOw!'"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17
Exclusive"
(ParamOunt)
Rating: Good

Racketeers enter the newspa.
per business in this exciting melo-
drama spiced with enough COM
edy to make it an entertaining
film Of general appeal.
Frances Farmer continues her
climb to stardom. Fred Mac
Murray turns in a realistic per.
Torrance as the assistant city
editor. and Charles RuggleS, as
a slightly tipsy reporter, fur
nishes both pathos and comedy.
Alexander Hall handles the di-
rection expertly. Ben Glazer
produced.
RuggleS' headstrong and i'm
petuouS daughter, Miss Farmer,
and McMurray are engaged, un-
til she joins the staff of the
Sentinel, owned by Lloyd Nolan,
who is cast as an INSCRIPTIONS
racketeer. Ridiculing her fathers
code Of newspaper ethics, the
girl reporter exposes Ralph Nor
gan, reform candidate for mayor,
as an ex-conVict. Morgan, de-
serted by his friends, shoots him
self before a terrified reporter.
Despite the tragedy, Miss
Farmer continues her ruthless
journalistic tactics and charges
that the elevators in the lead
ing department stores are anti
quated and dangerous. To boil
Ster up the story and win a libel
action, Nolan has his men grease
the cables of an elevator, caus-
ing it to fall, and seriously in
juring MacMurray. The latter,
in d elirium, mentions the
creased cables.
Working on this clue, RuggleS
uncoVerS the plot and tricks a
confession out of Nolan's men,
thus bringing his daughter to
her senses. En- route with the
confession, Ruggles is fatally
wounded. In spite of the fact
that Nolan has just bought the
paper, MacMurray puts out an
extra exposing his new boss.
Nolan is indicted and Miss
Farmer and MacMurray are re-
united.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17
By HARRISON CARROLL
(Copyright, 1887, by International
NaVvs SarvicaN

NEWS SSTVlCSl
HOLLYWOOD, July 17.-Lovely
Louise Henry doesn't drink, but
she can sho mix you-all a grand
mint julep. A Virginian by birth,
Miss Henry is julep expert and
has a backyard full Of mint.
There's another polo team In
FINLAND. It's getting so now you
can hardly go for a walk across
the pastures without getting run
down by poloiStS. The latest
team is at Universal. Robert vii
cox, actor; Jack Martin Smith,
art director, and AL NickelS, cos
tune designer. have signed up.
The fourth member and subs will
be chosen in a series Of practice
games.
Adolphe amt what he used to
be. He (Adolphe Menjou used to
be the best dressed man in Holly
wood, but now he's the worst
dressed man in motion pictures.
In a character role in 100 Men
and q Girl" he's appearing as a
broken-down musician, his trou-
serS baggy and wrinkled, old blue
coat hunched over his shoulders
and disreputable felt hat, green
with age, set atop a mass Of untidy
hair.
Joan Crawford said "Ouch!" and
It wasn't in the script: a spider
bit her on the arm, but not Sc
verely Sophie Tucker really
goes Hollywood; bought 30 pairs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17

brow stuff" he says, gve something entertaining like
this"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17

Then he slyly lets Menjou have "What I want,
Adophe he says s the amount of savoir faire thought
had right to expect from your wardrobe"
But Menjou is rrepresbe After the next rehearsal he
exclams Gall right boys big head closeup Of Menou
practically filling the screen"
Despite all the horseplay, this company shoots
quickly. La Cava okays the third and fourth takes.
Gall right" he shouts, "open the DOORS"
Yes choruses Menjou, and let Of this foul acting
out"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17

.reVieWS
Some Opinions on the
NeuO MoUies.
New York"
RKO)
Rating: Fine

Here is brought to the screen
the stirring story of Jim Fisk
and his notorious operations in
concert and in conflict with
those OF Daniel Drew and Cor
nelius Vanderbilt that made
Wall Street history in the tur-
bulent Civil War period.
Edward Arnold, Cary Grant,
Frances Farmer, Jack Oakie.
Donald Meek and Clarence
Kolb make the principal char
acters seem to live again and
the Edward Small production
recreates the place and period
with convincing fidelity. Row.
land v. Lees direction main
tainS a modern tempo and
keeps the essential romantic
element subordinated without
sacrifice.
The picture is well qualified
to satisfy audiences attracted
by exploitation based on the
rich historical background.
The story introduces the
Wallingford of his time as q
medicine show impresario in
the deep South when the war
breaks out. 1t depicts his cot
ton smuggling activities, the
loss of his fortune and the &C
QUESTION Of a bigger one
through a coup netting him
control of the Erie Railroad.
Later come the clash with
Vanderbilt and the turning of
public sentiment against Fisk
and his attempted cornering of
the gold market, eliminating
in assassination and his dying
remuneration Of the girl in the
case to his business partner.
Oakie supplies comedy relief
throughout. The screenplay by
Dudley NicolS, John Twist and
Joel Sayre is based on stories
by Bouck White and Matthew
JoSephSon,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17

At R-K-O this week, Di-
rector Gregory La Cava is
lining up a shot for "Stage
Door" The scene is in Men
jou's modernistic apartment
(he's a stage producer) and
Adolphe is trying to sell Gin
ger Rogers a romantic bill
of goods.
Before the scene, Menjou
carefully directs the placing
of a baby spotlight that will
shine on his face.
Lighting like that, Gin
GER" he says, "and we are
good for 10 more years on
the screen"
They run through a re-
hearsal. Director La Cava
doesn't quite like the way
Adolphe plays it.
IT don't know how you are
going to improve on it," says
Menjou breezily, at had
plenty of zoomph!" "That's
just the trouble" says La
Cava, ''it had too much
zoomph."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17


Every member Of the staff
of the inn is an actor and
they are all out to haze Gar
rick.
We watch Director James
Whale shoot a scene in a
blacksmith shop where Brian
Aherne surprises one of the
conspirators and makes him
confess the plot.
Aherne, dressed in silks
and satins, has to knock out
the pseudo blacksmith and
change clothes with him.
Director Whale chuckles as
he explains the scene to us.
They'll probably kill us
in England when they find
out what we have done to
Garrick," he says.
Whale, who directed "The
Road Back" at Universal and
who burns up when that pic
ture or even the studio is
mentioned, is as happy in his
present assignment as a boy
let out of school.
ITO the devil with high
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17
BonnbaS+ic

HOLLYWOOD, July II.
George Barber, the screens fore
most portrayer Of bombastic bust
ness men and flabbergasted
fathers, has beer placed under
long-term contract by goth Cen.
tllry-Fox.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17
'sGarricIc'' Is Costume StOru

The Great Garrck" the usual picture but
dizzy comedy in fancy clothes.
Most exciting episode in the film is where group of
French actors believing Brian Aherne English snob
take inn and try brighten life out of him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17
The ''St@Dsd-TpsS'' StOOO

The 'St@1pd-IHeS'' StOOp
On the "Black Lightning" set at MGM we run across bit
of off-stage drama.
Virginia Gray playing her first lead in this picture re-
ceves visit from Florence Rice the actress she used stand
in for.
"Turn about fair play" says Florence r stand in for
you"
She gets before the and does it, leading woman
standing in for her former standin.
The rest Of the company amused and little thrilled for
Hollywood loves to be reminded is place where you may
be nobody one day and celebrity the next
Copyright 1881, Features Syndicate lne)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-05-06
Flower Hill Church of the
Brethren

Sunday, May 9. Bible School al
, 200 P. NJ. Divine Worship at 300 p
M. Subject The Sardis Letter. Moth
er's Day Program win be presented
at 7:30. The folks from the Rocky
Ridge Church of the Brethren will
present musical numbers.
Evangelistic services will begin on
Monday, May 10 at 7:45 P. M. The
Rev. H. NJ. Snavely, of Carlisle, Pa,
will bring the messages. These SER
vices will continue until May %. Ali
are cordially invited to attend. Fol-
lowing are the subjects which will be
used:
Does the Church Need Revival?
Prayer in Revival.
cost.
Earl Church Evangelism = Pente-
Early Church Evangelism Jesus
Name.
Saivation-God's Part.
Salvation-Man's Part.
Our Faith and Practice.
Gods Love.
If Cured-Why Relapse.
Determined to Find Christ.
Think on These Things. young
Peoples Message). !.
Reliable Insurance ION The Home)
Where is Your Name Recorded?
q The Forgotten Appointment.
How May Know Am Saved? !,
Fruit of the Spirit.
G. L. Baker, Pastor i.
Y Gaithersburg, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-05-06
Beauty And Laughter
Hold Sway In 1897
Edition Of FOllies

"Ziegfeld Follies" as ever rich in
feminine pulchritude, color, luxurious
atmosphere and exotic charm, and
boasting more laughing material than
ever before characterized the famous
institution dedicated to clarifying the
American girl, will disclose its 1897
joys for eye and ear at the National
Theatre, Washington, throughout the
week beginning Monday night. May
10th.
Direct from Broadway and Chicago
runs, where the revue was hailed az
the greatest in it's history-making
seires, the "Follies" comes with Fan
ME Brice and Bobby Clark as its OUT
standing stars. This is the eighth of
the famous Ziegfeld series in which
Miss Brice has been identified. Bobby
Clark, the frantic comedian with the
sand-painted spectacles and the bill
lowing cigar, is making his initial
solo appearances in this revue after
many years as the funster of the
famous Clark and Mccullough team.
The grand Coincidence, Fannie
Brice, is in top form in this show.
The records shows she has been a
"Follies" star since 1917, but here she
is, as youthful and fresh as ever,
cavorting indefatigably in irresistible
new songs and comedy sketches.
Broadway found the Ziegfeld Follies
of 1887 a gay, glittering, laugh and
lass show, with entertainment wholly
in keeping with the Ziegfeldian ira
ditions.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-05-06
American Air Supremacy

What of the aircraft of tomorrow?
The planes of today will be mere
sparrows by comparison to some Of
the eagles now a7building or a-plan-
ming.
American aviation factories, world
leaders, are developing sky ships
with greater speeds, longer cruising
ranges, greater passenger capacity.
The latest of these developments are
reported in an article which will
appear in next Sundays Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-05-06
st. Bartholomew Parish

There will be Confirmation Class
of INSTRUCTION at st. Johns Church,
Olney, next Sunday at 8 P. M. Any
persons DESTROYS of being confirmed,
or any others wishing the instruc-
ton are invited. The Bishops serv-
ice for confirmation will be May
9th at 8 P. M.
Sundays services will be at
A. M. at Olney and at II A. M. at
Brighton. Sunday Schools at 10
A. M. each Sunday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-05-06

1891 PONTIAC SEDAN This
motor car is in perfect running con-
oition upholstery cannot be 81 HY
told from new. Special sale IN
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-05-06
Miss Gertrude Nichols
To Wed Howard Bowie

{ Mr.. and Mrs. Roger D. Nichols, of
Boyd, announce the engagement OF
their daughter, Miss, Gertrude Eliza
beth Nichols, to Mr.. Howard w.
Bowie, son of Mr.. Donald McA.
Bowie, ST., and Mrs. Anna S. Bowie,
of Aspen. No date has been set for
the wedding
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-05-06
Bids For Kensington
Bridge Grade Opened

Bids were opened Tuesday for the
improvement of the approach to the
Kensington overhead bridge. P. Red
dington and Sons, of Baltimore, sub
mitted the low bid of $104,999.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-05-06
Massanutten Military Academy
WOODSTOCK. VIRG1NI
~ NJ

College preparatory Commercial Music
Splendid equipment Junior R.O.TC. Unit
Athletics 800 acre recreation program at
Camp Lupton. For catalog address
DIR. II. ]. BENCHOFF, Head Master. Box 1s1
The Washington times., 1937-05-13
Is FISHBURNE
MEN H0N0RED

WAYNESBORO, Va, May Is.
Sixteen cadets at Fishburne Mill
tary School here have been pro-
NOTED in the Reserve Officers
Training Corps, it was announced
today in a special order released
by Major <. v. Kerr, professor Of
military science and tactics at the
school. Those promoted are:
Charles D. Clark, Waynesboro,
from first lieutenant to cadet cap
tain; G. Hamilton Muren, of
Bridgeport, Conn, from second to
first lieutenant and adjutant;
william o. Strong, Onley, Va,
from second to first lieutenant;
Raymond s. Birch, Of Jackson
Heights, N. Y, from sergeant to
second lieutenant; William M.
Pierpont, of Baltimore, from
sergeant to second lieutenant; Ed
ward w. Coogan, Of Ardmore, Pa,
from corporal to sergeant, and
Benjamin H. Browning, jr., Of
Littleton, N. c., from corporal to
sergeant.
Those promoted from the rank
Of private to corporal include
Richard P. H. Mellman, Of Sum-
init. N. j.; John w. walters, Of
The Washington times., 1937-05-13

SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 10
G.N.S0.-Victor McLaglen, the he
man hero Of the films, today
sought police protection-and Of
all things, from a womanI
Furthermore he got it.
A squad Of police accompanied
the big actor to his hotel in
suburban La Jolla, escorted him to
his room, where he packed his bag,
and then took him out to his
automobile. He thanked them and
drove off.
McLaglen had appeared at the
police station here and explained
that he had been attending party
at La Jolla. He said:
"A woman started throwing
beer bottles at me and thought
the best thing was to come here
and get some help. If / slapped
her down she might sue me or
something"
The name Of the woman or any
details Of the bottle throwing were
not revealed, even to police.
The Washington times., 1937-05-13
BACKS HOURS
FOR WIVES

NEW YORK, May 13.-An eight
hour day for housewives, possibly
with a definitely fixed salary, was
advocated last night by Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt in radio
interview.
Mrs. Roosevelt went on the air
with Miss Rose Schneidermann,
president of the Women's Trade
Union League and secretary of
the State department Of labor.
After expressing herself in favor
OF an eighthour day for wives,
Mrs. Roosevelt went on:
II sometimes think that the
wife who stays at home and
carries on all the work Of the
household should be paid . def
mite salary, for she earns 1t
without any question"
When Miss S h n e d r mann
raised the question of American
girls entering domestic service,
Mrs. Roosevelt countered:
81 don't believe that American
girls are going to be willing to
60 into domestic service unless
better working conditions pre-
vail"
The Washington times., 1937-05-13
TEACHER HURT
BY BASEBALL

Three 'teen-age school boys may
have batted their way into Juvenile
court yesterday when they knocked
q baseball through q window of
Kingsman School, Fourteenth and
e Streets Northeast, and injured
@ teacher with flying glass.
The baseball sprayed glass that
struck Eleanor Dodd, ~, dental
hygienist, Of 222 Spruce st., Po-
tomac Park, Md, as she was pre-
pairing to examine q number of
children for the Health Depart
ment's GOOD Teeth Club" Miss
Dodd received slight cut on the
cheek and q few Slivvers of glass
were removed from her eye.
Police were summoned TO the
scene by Mrs. Florence H. Rogers,
supervising principal Of the schools
in that area, who said the boys
would not obey the law" and
that they stayed out of school and
played on the Kingsman'S play.
ground. She added that they were
much older than the Kingsman'S
pupils and endangered the smaller
children.
Miss Dodd, after recovering from
the accident, said:
81 am willing to dismiss the
whole thing as an accident"
Ninth Precinct police said that
the facts Of the case would be
presented to Juvenile Court which
would decide whether to summon
the boys.
The Washington times., 1937-05-13
POLICE PROBE
BABY BURNING

NEWARK, N. j., May IS U.N.s).
Mrs. Edna Wood, 2S, was in q hos
pital today. while police investiga-
ted the death Of her newborn
baby, burned to death in the
kitchen stove of the home where
she is employed as a domestic.
Mother of two children living
with her estranged husband, Mrs.
Wood told police she stumbled and
fell while on her way to work yes
terday. Upon arriving at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kie, she
said, she gave birth to the baby.
She described how she wrapped
the infant in newspapers and put
it into the kitchen stove. Then
she went home.
The infants charred body was
discovered when Mr.. and Mrs. Kie
returned home.
The Washington times., 1937-05-13
Los Angeles GirdS
For Attack
From Air

MUROC DRY LAKE, Cal, May
IS O.NS0.-With her supply bases
cut off by air attacks" the imagi-
nary city Of Los Angeles prepared
today for last defense.
The city is depicted in the dry
sands here for the purpose Of the
United States Army's annual war
games. It has been attacked time
and again by bombing and scout
ing planes assembled from all over
the country and stationed at stra-
tegic points throughout the State.
Today it was announced two
swift air raids by the attackers
had served ito destroy" Salt Lake
City and San Pedro, Cal, assumed
to be the imaginary city's chief
supply bases.
In retaliation, the defenders
modified anti-aircraft guns and
their own defense planes, ready for
the expected concentrated air at
tack on the city itself.
The Washington times., 1937-05-13
SPANISH WAR
DESCRIBED TO
RED CROSS


the Red Cross annual national
convention were thrilled by the
graphic description Of the horrors
Of the Spanish civil war, given by
their vice chairman in charge Of
insular and foreign operations,
Ernest J. Swift.
Swift described how the COM
mittee sent to Spain made agree
ments with the government and
the insurgents, and how through
the cooperation Of the State De-
partment, the Navy and the Red
Cross, over 5000 American citizens
were removed from the danger
zone and transported to nearby
countries. He said:
Certainly the presence Of the
International Red Cross in
Spain has done much to i'm"
prove conditions, but there are
many sad cases which the COM
mittee has been pOwerleSs to
help. The struggle Is unbe-
lievabIy bitter and the sorrow
and suffering left In its wake
make 0 page Of history that
might be better left unwritten."
ABUSE OF EMBLEM
He told how the use Of the Red
Cross insignia had been abused,
stating:
"Early In the Civil War the
flag Of the Red Cross was flown
without regard on automobiles
and trucks, but, fortunately,
few incidents have been re-
corded where acts Of war have
been committed under the sign
Of the Red Cross"
He concluded by describing the
terrible plight Of thousands of chill.
dren who can get no milk and
only starvation rationS Of food,
and made plea for additional
funds to relieve their misery.
Will H. Hays, president, Motion
Picture Producers and Distributors
Of America, paid glowing tribute
to the work of the society when
he spoke at the luncheon session
at the willard Hotel. He declared:
The Red Cross is indeed o
symbol Of mans humanity to
man. We need to keep this
ideal In mind. l denv the ex-
istence of enlightened selfish.
ness-SelfiShnesS blinds, mot en-
lightens."
FILMS HELP
Mr.. Hays told Of the motion
pictures contribution to the Red
Cross services by means Of the
newsreelS, explaining:
at Is only natural that our
sympathy with the victims of
misfortune shOulG be in direct
ratio to the distance we are
from them. It is only when we
are brought into contact with
them that our hearts are
touched and our purse strings
lOOSened. NewEreeI men, work
ing under pressure, and fire.
quentIy at the risk Of their
lives, capture In actually the
emergency, the need, the work
and the results. Then, in the
4S States, 100000 Americans
in . day in the motion picture
theaters view the actual dis
aSteF, hear the awful thunder
Of the waters, as on creStS Of
floods homes are hurtled to
pieces, and then, with the inn.
mediate concern when our SYM
pathy burns white, we respond
rs best we can"
Other speakers were Harold
H. Burton, mayor of Cleveland;
L. r. Lohr, president National
Broadcasting Company, and Frank
B. Noyes, president Associated
Press.
At the morning session the In
vocation was given by Rabbi
Abram Simon, DID,, Of the Wash
ington Hebrew Congregation, and
at the luncheon session by the
Rev. Ulysses G.. B. Pierce. D. D.,
pastor Of All Souls Church.
Music was furnished by the
United States Navy Band Orches-
ira, under the leadership Of Alex
ander Morris
The Washington times., 1937-05-13

Buchanan, Va; John l.. Wolfe,
of Durham, N. c.; Ellis Porter, Of
Norfolk, Va; Charles s. Boykin,
Fort Monroe, Va; Cornelius
Daniel Coker, Of Silver Spring,
Md, and Raymond McM. Harris,
Of Washington, D. c.