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Evening star., 1937-02-07

guard. The chances are that 1t is all
a scheme to humble us again. Anyway,
'The Avon Flows" Is described as IAN
orchestration Of three Of Shakespeare's
own plays" and in 1t the poets lines
remain unchanged and intact. There
is" says an editors note, mo general
change, save only in the cutting, the
transposition Of two short scenes, a
stage direction or so and the reidenti-
fication OF the characters"
The resulting play. it may be time
to tell you, Is Romeo and Juliet" up
to the time the lovers are married in
Friar Laurence's cell. Then Romeo
becomes jealous husband in whose
credulous ear the poison of suspicion
is poured by his evil ancient, Tybalt,
and you realize that you are being
plunged into the lines and the situa.
tions Of "Othello." Here again, how
ever. the customary Elizabethan
slaughter fails to take place Romeo
Othello, thanks to Mr.. Nathan's inter-
polated stage directions, overhears the
clumsy plotting Of Tybalt-Iago, kicks
LlldL oIllCIIllls
in the rear and Is being merely heavily
sarcastic when he addresses to Juliet
Desdemona the lines which. in the
original. are preliminary to murder. It
seems, though, that Juliet can't take
a joke as well as the next one, and she
Is so annoyed that she leaves Romeo
and becomes a shrew. So, in the last
act, you have Romeo-Petruchio tanning
her and reminding us once again that
THE Tanning Of the Shrew" Is one Of
the worst plays ever written. That, in
fairly brief and not too sympathetic
outline. Is the Nathan orchestration Of
three Shakespearian plays, THE Avon
Flows"
IT IS unquestionably an amusing
stunt that Mr.. Nathan has ar
ranged, and the amalgamation Of mar
ratives works out smoothly enough.
suspect that the emergence Of Mer-
cutio in the character Of Petruchio's
flip serving man. Grumio, Is not alto
gether a happy one and goes to sup
ply evidence in support of the asser-
tion that Shakespeare had to kill of
Mercutio early in Romeo and Juliet"
because he had run out of witty
! things for him to say. Perhaps the
gay blade Of Verona eventually would
have turned into bore Of the Cru
mio type, which is as melancholy q
suggestion as Mr.. Nathan's belief
that only death kept the great ro-
nance Of Romeo and Juliet from
turning into the silly clustering of
THE Tanning Of the Shrew." I re-
peat that there is no denying the
cleverness of The Avon Flows" !
must take the liberty of doubling
however, that the cynicism of this
learned critical orchestration, logical
as 1t certainly is, turns out to be
much more than that. This. I have
no doubt, is what Is known in boxing
circles as leading with your chin.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Richard Dix, Dolores Del Rio and
Chester Morris are starred In Colum-
bias new 1.-THE Devils Playground"
which comes to the Metropolitan FRI
day. It's all about q submarine
rammed in a fog-ridden sea and the
efforts to rescue the men inside.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
Helen Jepson's Debut.

THE exclusive Aim services Of Helen
Jepson. Metropolitan Opera star,
have been secured by Samuel Gold
wyn. Miss Jepson's first assignment
under her new contract will be in The
Goldwyn Follies," for which George
and Ira Gershwin are writing the
music and lyrics.
An Akron, Ohio, girl, Miss Jepson
began her career in q local church
choir, and, after winning 4 Curtis
Institute scholarship. went on the road
through the South in Mississippi
Misses" Her operatic debut was made
in the Philadelphia Symphony concert
production Of "Das Rheingold." and
rewarded with an engagement with
the Philadelphia Grand Opera Com
pany. Success on the radio followed.
eliminating in the winning of a
starring contract with the Metropoli-
tan. There she replaced Grace Moore
with the Metropolitan Opera Quartet.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
A S ONE accustomed to looking gift

A s ONE accustomed to looking gift
horses carefully in the mouth, this
observer, who had been asking for an
earnest social drama and received 1t
in Tide Rising" was by no means
satisfied with the friendly offering.
The new play, which is based on the
cry by the already mentioned Mer-
cutio Of "a plague on both your
houses" comes with considerable
force to the defense of the belabored
middle class in the warfare between
capital and labor. Denouncing with
almost equal vehemence the iniqui-
ties and arrogance Of both the big
industrialists and the organized work.
ers, it proclaims that the matter of
Industrial crisis can be solved only
when the small storekeeperS and
their like take things in hand and
dictate terms.
To illustrate the point. the author
tells Of q long suffering druggist, the
unhappy middleman in the class war,
who is made the head Of the vigilante
group and proceeds to put both the
arrogant mill owner and the radical
strike leader in their places.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
Ruggles Signed Again.

PARAMOUNT has extended its con-
tract with Charlie Ruggles, next
to be featured in Turn Of the Moon, u
supported by Mary Carlisle, Eleanore
Whitney, Johnny Downs, Ben Blue
and Cecil Cunningham. Lewis Seller
will direct.
Ruggles has been one Of Para
mounts featured comedians since he
made his first picture for the company,
"Gentlemen of the Press" in 1929.
At the same time the studio ex-
tended its contract with Harlan
Thompson, producer, who left for a
two-week vacation trip in New York.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

with such impressive talent that the
makers Of S. r. o. signs enjoyed one
of their greatest eraS Of prosperity.
Then, at the height Of her success,
home began to be sick for Tallulah,
or she became homesick Ga diplomatic
word for "bored'D and that was that.
There was a final round of parties
with cocktails and hearts breaking
softly all over London and Tallulah
came home to be beguiled by the
talkieS a la Paramount, make a num-
ber of pictures in which she always
was a gay lady and eventually gave
that UP to go back to the legitimate
stage.
Longest Run in Coming Play.
Miss Bankhead has not always been
the luckiest actress in the world. She
has had some good plays, including
"Forsaking All Others" and similar
cogent dramas in the same category,
but they we're usually more glittering
than enduring. More often than not,
the playwright forgot to put into his
work the ingredient that makes a play
last forever. Reflected Glory" this
season gave her her longest Broadway
run
Every one connected with the cur
rent production will take an oath (sol-
emn or otherwise) that George Kelley
did not write the play with Miss Bank
head and her career in mind. Every
one not connected with it, however,
insists the close resemblance between
the play and its leading player could
not possibly be the product of an ac-
cident. Those Kelleys. though. are an
awfully imaginative lot, George espe-
cially. Whether he deliberately or ac-
cidentally produced shoe for Miss
Bankhead, it At and she is wearing it.
THEODORE TILLER, I'd, is win
ming young man and Maud How
ell Smith is gracious lady, as well
as talented one. Because they are,
Mrs. Smith will play the lead In Til
ler's new play, "Satan's in the Pantry"
1t is set for weeks run at the King
Smith Playhouse, starting Sunday,
February IA. Mrs Smith agreed to
play the part when Katheryn Raht
was called back to New York to begin
rehearsalS for Susan and God"
Tiller, local playwright who has
Broadway producers talking (and not
saying mo" which is very importantly,
has high hopes for "Satan's in the
Pantry" They are the higher for his
having found Mrs. Smith to take Miss
Raht's place in the cast.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

something of an exciting adventure.
She invests the atmosphere with an
electric quality which exists above and
beyond the circumstance that she IS
to play here for the first time. RE
f1ected Glory" is the play. George
Kelly wrote 1t and it will be presented
at the National A lot Of people who
probably do not care rap for Mr..
Kelly or his art are going to drop
what has happened to Miss Bankhead
since she left Washington to become
a sort of glamorous legend in pretty
prosaic world.
1t has taken a great deal of ink to
keep the American people Informed OF
Miss Bankhead since she first decided
to storm the stage and succeeded in
taking it almost overnight The per-
sonal element has dominated the serial
story OF her progress more definitely
than has the professional. Because
she does everything in the Tallulah
Bankhead manner, the commonplace
becomes comparatively sensational
when she does it, If it actually isn't
sensational, it has become so definitely
the custom to expect it that observers
refuse to believe their eyes.
Expectancy Often Discolored.
If Miss Bankhead really could be
regarded as the victim" of anything,
her scads of friends say, it has been
too high order of expectancy super
seded by slightly discolored publicity.
been more the slight; not always in
tentionally, but because it is the ira
dition to accent every new chapter in
the Bankhead legend That so often
Is the fate of individuals who are so
extraordinarily gifted that they are
not allowed to do any of the ordinary
things in this world.
1t is rather an unusual thing about
the temperamental daughter of the
Speaker of the House that she has a
larger artistic reputation in England
than in this country. She might
not have carved such a popular niche
for herself in London had it not been
for the obtuSeness of Sir Gerald du
Maurier.
When he was casting THE
Dancers Tallulah asked for a place
in it. Sir Gerald said no. Miss Bank
head said yes. She went to London
and said it so emphatically to Sir
Gerald's face that he, too. said yes.
In quick succession she played Black
mail" They Knew What They
Wanted" "The zen Hat" and several
other important dramas; played them
Evening star., 1937-02-07
Cinema a Houses
Book New Films
for Next Week.
LOYDS OF LONDON" Twen-
tieth Century-FoX's stirring
film production. which has

~ the history of the beginnings
of the famous British insurance house
as its background, opens its local en-
gagement at Loew's Palace Theater
next Friday. Tyrone Power, jr., a
newcomer to the screen and lad for
whom the Twentieth Century people
hold many high hopes, plays the CEN
trail role and the cast includes Freddie
Bartholomew. Madeleine Carol, Sir
Guy Standing and number of other
prominent performers.
Stepin Fetchit, popular screen
comedian known as "the worlds LATEST
man." comes to Loew's Capitol next
week. starting Friday, to make a per-
sonal appearance as the headline at
traction of the stage show. Sharing
top honorS on the vaudeville program
will be Clyde Mccoy and his Sugar
Blues Orchestra. The feature film
will be Under Cover Of Night" q
mystery photoplay VIII: h introduces a
new kind of sleuth. Edmund Lowe is
the detective and Florence Rice, Dean
Jaeger and Nat Pendleton are fea-
tured.
Miriam Hopkins first English film.
Alexander Korda's Men Are Not
Gods" comes to R-KO Keith's
Theater Friday for weeks run. The
picture is reported to give Miriam
plenty of opportunity to display the
well-known Hopkins good humor and
the supporting cast includes Gertrude
Lawrence, Sebastian Shaw, Rex Har-
rison and A. E. Matthews.
Pat O'Brien plays Policeman James
Aloysius O'Malley in "The Great
O'Malley," scheduled to open at War
ners' Earle Theater Friday. Humphrey
Bogart, seen recently in BLACK
Legion" is teamed with O'Brien in
the story of hard-boiled policeman
who can't see beyond the rule book
until little crippled girl and a school
teacher humanize him. The stage bill
will feature Cilly Feindt, the horse
conductor" who was a star Of the re-
cent French Casino show. Leila Moore
also Is to be present, with her famous
Dance of the Lovers"
Richard Dix, Dolores Del Rio and
Chester Morris are starred In Colum-
bias new 1.-The Devils Playground" ;"
which comes to the Metropolitan Fri
day. It's all about a submarine
rammed in a fog-ridden sea and the
efforts to rescue the men inside.
Monte Carlo" in which jeanette
Macdonald scored her first major
screen success, comes back to the
Rialto Theater today for revival
engagement. 1.-The Raven" with Boris
Karlon and Bella Lugosi, will be the
supplementary attraction.
One week wasn't enough for the
Elisabeth Bergner fans and the
Shakespeare fans combined. 50 AS
You Like It." which recently played
the Rialto for its Washington nrst
run, comes back today to the Little
to take up where it left OF.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
Coming Attractions
Hit Plays on Local
Legitimate
Scene.
theater again takes over the
| Belasco tomorrow night. The
| first attraction under the new

TINE theater again takes over the
Belasco tomorrow night. The
first attraction under the new
L policy of operation Of the
famed house again as q home for
legitimate attractions will be Bartlett
Cormack's new play, Hey Diddle Did
dle," to be presented by Anne Nichols
Of "Abie's Irish Rose" fame.
The play is satiric comedy, drama
girls" The cast includes q number
of people familiar with Hollywood and
well known to motion picture audi
ences. Among those taking part are
Conway Tearle, Martha Sleeper, Alice
White, Lucille Ball, Adele Rowland,
Alfred White, William Kent, Florence
Auer, Don Beddoe, Franklyn Fox, Will
liam Faye, keenan, Wynn, Robert Kel-
lard and o. z. Whitehead.
Norman Bel Geddes' production Of
Sidney Kingsley's Dead End" will be
the next attraction at the National
Theater, opening Monday, February,
Is. The play is now well in its
second year in New York and it has
been hailed by critics and public alike
as one of the outstanding American
dramas of the past decade. The set
ting, by Norman Bel Geddes. and the
direction of the author, Mr.. Kingsley.
have come in for q high share Of
praise.
Dead End" takes place at the dead
end Of q New York street where it
runs into the East River Unusual
comedy and drama are gained by the
juxtaposition Of extremes in wealth
and poverty, where the towering River
Terrace Apartment rears its imposing
height next door to dingy, crowded
tenementS.
Mady Correll, Francis De Sales,
Warren Ashe. Eve Bailey, Millicent
Green, May Buckley and Donald
Evening star., 1937-02-07
Aunt Hattie's Here.

1.-THE talk of burlesque" comes to
the Gayety with the show beginning
its weeks tenure today. The current
topic of conversation on the Inde-
pendent Circuit. according to Col.
Lake, is Aunt Hattie-at least, the
most unusual and mystifying nom de
theater yet to make its appearance in
q dispatch from the Ninth street
house. The good aunt is listed as an
extra added" with Billy Cheese and
crackers) Hagen in the headline posi-
tion and Louise Stewart prominently
cast.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
Josephine With Mum.

JOSEPHINE HUTCHINSON, who
appeared with Paul MUM in the
remarkable THE Story of Louis Pas
teur." will again be his leading lady
in THE Story of Emile Zola," which
goes into production early this month
at the Warner Bros Studios in Bur-
bank, Calf. Her role will be that
Of Emile Zolas wife. The picture Is
to be directed by William Dieterle.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
Holmes Final Talk.

RURTON HOLMES will present the
final talk of his series of five this
season Wednesday night at Roose-
welt High School auditorium. His
subject will be New and Old Japan" :"
Holmes probably knows this country
better than any other, for he has made
10 trips there since his first. in 1892.
His first travel talk, presented in Chi
cago. was on the subject Japan"
Mr.. Katsuo Okazaki, second secre-
tary Of the Japanese Embassy, will in
troduce Holmes.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
Today's Film Schedule

WAtCNEhS EAttIE - OCOlen
Holiday" at 2::55, $40, 7::35
and 9:55 pm. Stage shows at
2:10, 4:30, 6:55 and 9:10 pm.
R-K-O KEITH'S - Great
Guy" at 2, 3:57, 5:54, 7::51
and 9:48 pm.
PALACE-"The Plainsman," at
2:15. 4:40, ITO and 9::35 pm.
CAPITOI-"The Outcast," at
2, 4::35, 7:25 and 1905 pm.
Stage shows at 3::45, 6:35 and
9:15 pm.
LITTLE-"As You Like It." at
1:50, $50, $50, 7:50 and
$50 pm.
.RIALTO-"Monte Carlo" at
2:30, 4:55, 7:25 and 9::55 pm.
METROPOLITAN - Bulldog
Drummond Escapes" at 2,
$50, 5:45. 7:45 and 9:45 pm.
COLUMBIA - "Stowaway," at
3:15, 5:25, 7::35 and 9:45 pm.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

One week wasn't enough for the
Elisabeth Bergner fans and the
Shakespeare fans combined, 80 "As
You Like It." which recently played
the Rialto for its Washington nrst
run, comes back today to the Little
to take up where 1t left OF.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
CTTYS MOST VIVID GIFT TO STAGE TO PLAY AT NATIONAL
Nathan Shows Curious
Feat With Shakespeare
Mingling Of Characters as Featured in His
Work, "The Avon Flows" Has Clever
ness-Social Theories in "Tide Rising"
BY Richard Watts. Jr.

Americas celebrated dramatic critic Mr.
George Nathan panksh fellow who happy when
unfortunate colleagues
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Monte Carlo" in which jeanette
Macdonald scored her first major
screen success, comes back to the
Rialto Theater today for q revival
engagement. 1.-The Raven" with Boris
Karlof and Bella Lugosi, will be the
supplementary attraction.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15

Mrs. Schmidt supplied some more
information:
She never misses. morning or
night. She is up at $50 in the
morning to wave to the train 60
ing to New York and out again
at night for the one going To Chi
cago. The train men got used to
seeing her and now they all line up
on our side and watch so they can
wave back"
II left the ball game to wave YES
terday," Violet said. but l hit two
home runs first -
And once" Mrs Schmidt said.
paying no attention TO the inter
ruption, "she went out with a
Temperature of lO3. We didn't know
she was sick until the train went
by"
Williamson gave Violet a necklace
and some pearls and she said
thank you" Then she got off his
desk, anxious to see The sights. The
first thing she wanted to do was
to ride on a subway After she
has seen New York. Violet will 90
back to Elkhars-on the Century
and check up on Jimmy'S side-arm
waving
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15
GRAND JURY
RECESSES IN
GRAFT PROBE

SAN FRANCISCO. June 15Wp)-
The grand jury. investigating al
legged police graft, was recessed
until tomorrow following testimony
early today in which Byron Parker.
attorney for Peter McDonough, ball
bond broker, was charged with
having arranged with a man. ar
rested on a morals charge, to pay
McDonoush his s10co bail and flee.
This testimony was based on the
transcript of conversations alleged
ly obtained by tapping telephone
wires into McDonough's office.
Edwin N Atherton, special inves-
tigator. who assertedly tapped the
wires. charged previonely that Nc
Donough was the head of an un-
derworld ring which was collecting
more than $1,00G.000 a year in
protection money from operators OF
houses of prostitution and gambling
resorts.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15
Vicar Who Presided
AT Dukes Wedding
Resigns His Pulpit

DARLINGTON, Eng, June Is.
U.p)-The Rev. r. Anderson. jar
dine. who performed a marriage
ceremony for the Duke and Duch-
ess of Windsor in defiance OF
church of England authorities,
said today that he intended to
visit the United States for holi-
day during which he would make
a preaching and lecture tour.
Jardine announced last night from
the pulpit of st. Paul's church of
which he is vicar. that he had re-
signed.
He said today that he could not
yet give details of his visit to
the United States, but that he ex-
peced to be there for two months.
Jardine intends also to pay a
visit to the Duke and Duchess in
Austria, it is understood.
Jardine denied reports that he
might become domestic chaplain
to the Duke.
"It's a job I wouldn't care for
too binding" he commented.
Returning from vacation yes
terday, Jardine found what he
called lust a personal kindly let
ter" from the Duke. Then in his
sermon last night he announced
his resignation as vicar of st.
Paul's church. Just at the end OF
his sermon he said:
Il have an announcement TO
make which Is particularly for
members of this congregation and
this church. I have to announce
that I have written to the trustees
of this church and the bishop OF
this diocese that I am resigning
the living of st. Pauls.
This decision has nothing to
do with events that have taken
place lately. Nobody knew my de-
cision. not even my wife,
The resignation Is to be effective
in three months.
J. L. Pattinson, one of the church
wardens, said that Jardine had
told him he was going TO retire
because he thought 10 years was
enough for any parish to retain
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15
CrOOner Pleads
With Judge For
Death Penalty

SAN DIEGO. Cal, June 15-U.p)-
Charles Harvey. 26, former Tijuana
radio crooner. asked for the death
penalty today as Superior Judge
Lloyd Griffin sentenced him to
life imprisonment at San Quentin
on three counts of kidnapping.
Harvey also was sentenced to
serve from seven years to life on a
robbery conviction.
The former cowboy entertainer
broke down and sobbed as the Judge
pronounced sentence.
Give me a death penalty. if you
have to send me up for life" he
pleaded. Judge Griffin told Harvey
that was impossible.
Harvey was found guilty of kid
mapping three girls from the San
Diego Exposition in 1895.
He already is under sentence to
San Quentin for an attack on a
Chula housewife.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15
GIRL REWARDED WITH TRIP FOR
WAVING TO CREW ON r, r. TRAIN

NEW YORK, June Is. UP)-Vio-
let Schmidt. 9. who lives in a gray
cottage by the railroad tracks at
Elkhart. Ind came TO New York
today to see the tall buildings and
the busy streets-her reward for
waving twice a day for almost all
her life to the crew of a train.
To the men who run the New
York Ceniral's twentieth century
between New York and Chicago she
was known-until today-only as
Curly Top" the brown-eyed.
brown-haired girl who always
waved from the window of the gray
cottage when the train screamed
past Elkhart. But today, as she
stood in the office of Frederick f.
Williamson. president of the New
York Central. she was a definite.
busincSs-like personality.
i left Jimmy to take my place. E"
Violet told Williamson. He'll do
the waving until I get back We'd
nesday. I hope he remembers how
] showed him. It's sort Of a side
motion. like this"
Violet did her side-motion wave.
Her mother. Mrs. George A.
Schmidt came along. too. and for
this momentous occasion. Violet
wore blue and white print dress
and a pair of white shoes. She sat
on Williamson's desk and answer
ed questions gravely. How did she
happen to start waving?
1T was long time ago." Vio-
let said. There was a Mr.. Conner
who worked on the train and /
would go out to the back fence to
wave at him. After a while / waved
all the time and they all got to wav-
ing back at me-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15
SOcialite Tries
Suicide With Her
Young Daughter

SAN FRANCISCO. June l5.Up-
Police reported that Mrs. Alice
Merryman. 26. active In Burlin-
game society circles. tried to COM
NIT suicide today with her two
small daughters. aged two and
three.
Sergeant Jack Theur broke a
rear window of the house after be-
ing summoned by neighbors and
found the three lying in an sp-
parent coma in the dining room of
the Merryman home Gas Jets of a
kitchen range we're open.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15
Most Damnable.
And Then Some

Irrigation Districts are the most
damnable institutions ever Great
ed They have busted every farm
er within their confines. Name one
that hasn't? Imperial Irrigation
District has ruined the best valley
on earth, and now seeks to make
worthless except to tax eaters and
politicians. power project worth
80 million dollars
VOTE NO = VOTE AGAINST
THE POLITICIANS AND HANG
ERS ON.
"A H. Rehkopf.
-lAdv)
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15
GOLDEN
OPPORTUNITY

Mark Rose admitted at the
park mass meeting in Ell Cen
tro Monday night that the
golden mo BONDS" signs
had him scared. He couldn't
understand why California
gold should be used. The rea-
son, of course, is simple.
The golden opportunity
for Imperial Valley to own its
AH-American Canal power
plants clear in ten years with
out any bonds on a fine profit
able basis will come by de-
feating the bonds.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15
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