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makers would immortalize the per-
formance in celluloid. Nor has there
been any evidence that the brilliant
young Englishman would cooperate
toward such an end.
Yet 1t remains all end that devoutly
might be wished.
BY making Hamlet" with John
Gielgud in the princes role. the mo-
tion picture magnates might perform
the miracle 81 giving the worlds
greatest play to the worlds largest
audience and achieve at the same
time the perfect artistic and CONNER
cial success. That is a drama re-
porter's dream, but there seem to be
few reasons why it could not be made
to come true.
The makers Of films have steered
clear Of the supreme product Of
Shakespeare's genius. AS If its 800
brilliant years on the stage have put it
in an untouchable class, it has been
avoided by the Hollywoods Of the
world; treated as the sacred property
Of another sphere Of entertainment.
The more remarkable is the case of
this play in view of the general icono-
clasm of the rampaging film pro-
ducers. Reverence Of tradition never
has been notably characteristic Of
them and, viewed from one angle, that
probably has been very good thing.
Their go-getter spirit eventually,
one supposes, will come home one day
with Hamlet; dressed with the Law
ish care bestowed upon Romeo and
juliet" and "a Midsummer Nights
Dream" But. If that day is long de-
layed, Mr.. Gielgud will not be avail
able, for he has announced that he
will not act the role after reaching
the age of 35. Artistic integrity is
involved in that decision, for Mr..
Gielgud thinks actors should cease
being youthful princes at that age.
If he is not there to play the screens
Hamlet" priceless work Of art shall
have been lost to the world as au-
diences at the National this week will
learn. It will be sad thing that the
motion pictures could not have grown
up to Hamlet" II that is what they
are waiting for, before Gielgud grew
out Of the part.
IN MANY a Washington home today,
and no doubt during the entire
week, dust-covered volumes Of "Ham-
let" will be dragged from their shelves
for re-reading: both as preludes to.
and aftermaths Of, seeing the play
again. Old notes on the margins Of
text books will come into newness Of
life. The words of teachers Of
Shakespeare, who long since have
become ghosts. will be affirmed or de-
MED with finality by the Interpretation
Gielgud puts upon the prince.
The spell of the theater will be felt
again as it is felt only when q great
Hamlet" comes to town.
"CIELGUDS HAMLET" is COM
bination Of words heard so often
of late that it is difficult to remember
there are others in the cast. Others
who, in their respective ways, give
performances no less remarkable (the
critics have it, than that of the grand
son Of Ellen Terry in the title role.
Judith Anderson's portrayal of the
queen has drawn enraptured praise.
and that of Arthur Byron, as the king,
has been received with no less en-
thusiasm.
Then there is Lillian Gish as
Evening star., 1937-01-31

George s. Kaufman and Edna Ferber
were prophets when In "Stage Door"
they depicted young radical play
wright seduced by California gold. 1t
seems that he has committed the
double sin Of marrying an alluring
screen star and failing to finish his
new play in time to keep the Group
Theater from dissolution.
Desiring to find out the truth Of
the matter, sought out Mr.. Odets
and found him not too much worried
by the accusations made against him.
He says he has not finished the third
act Of "The Silent Partner" and does
not want it produced until he has
written conclusion that satisfies him.
He admits that he could complete the
work in q few days, but adds that
there are still small loopholes In other
parts Of the play. He does not think
that they are terribly important. but
he feels that they are vulnerable to
critics who would be in violent opposi-
ton to his social ideas and he would
rather take no chances on giving such
an opportunity for an assault on his
work. After seeing what happened to
Johnny Johnson" which with q little
more care and labor would have been
a masterpiece, it Is difficult not to
agree with Mr.. Odets. But I still
think that The Silent Partner"
should be produced this season, II only
to silence the traducers.
TO PROVE that the stage still Is re-
garded with a mighty interest by
the masters Of the cinema, I can re-
port that the purchase Of the screen
rights to "You Can't Take It With
You" for 5000 900 is still a topic Of
absorbing interest to Hollywood-as
1t Is, take 1t, to the Messrs. Kauf.
man and Hart.
The evidence Of the Importance Of
the theater, however, Is not only that
so much money was paid for what
would hardly seem to an outsider an
exceptionally valuable screen prop
erty, but that generally it is accepted
that the publicity value Of the deal
will justify it. The cinema, 1t seems,
cannot get along without the stage,
since 1t Is an unending source Of
talent, Of vehicles and, curiously
enough, Of publicity.
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Tschaikowsky Opera.

THE Russian composer, Tschai-
kowsky, long dead, took on new
life today in q studio sound stage,
when a spectacular opera composed
by him was unfolded before the
microphone.
This was "Cxaritza," o dramatic
grand opera the music Of which was
entirely taken from his Fifth SYM
phony." Herbert Stothart. composed
and conductor. arranged, it, and re-
corded 1t as an operatic interlude for
Jeanette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy
in "Maytime" at Metro-Goldwyn-
Maver
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Pumper Pumps On.

PROPERTY boys and men Of science
in film studios can find use for
almost everything. Even an obsolete
fire engine-the kind that went clang-
ing years ago through city streets.
leaving clouds Of smoke and trails Of
ashes-can be made to play an i'm
portant part in motion picture produc-
ton.
Such an engine. which was made in
1891, today is doing service in the
Paramount studio. Besides pumping
water into studio oceans" it works up
steam effects.
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Holmes on "France." "

A LII OVER FRANCE" will be the
topic covered by Burton Holmes,
well-known travel lecturer, in his next
talk here, to be delivered Wednesday
night at 8:l5 o'clock at Roosevelt High
School auditorium.
Holmes will describe both the we'll
known spots in France and the out
of-the-way. lesser-known places in his
talk, which will be accompanied by
new motion pictures and colored slides.
Evening star., 1937-01-31
"Pirate's LADY,"

CAMUEL GOODWIN has purchased
- the screen rights to 1.-THE Pirates
Lady" an original story by John
Larkin, based on the exploits Of the
notorious Gulf Coast buccaneer, Jean
Lafitte. The story Is scheduled for
early production, but the cast and
director are yet to be named.
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Lang's Pride.

ERTTZ LANG, who has Just COM
pleted directing Sylvia Sidney
and Henry Fonda in Walter Wanger's
production, you Only Live Once,
has won honors aplenty for one man,
including the national tributes for
his direction Of Fury: He is PROUD
est, however, Of the fact that he re-
Gently received his first United States
citizenship papers.
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Original Comedy.

"CATAN'S IN THE PANTRY" q new
~ comedy by Theodore Tiller, I'd,
will have its first performance on any
stage at the King Smith Studio Play
house early next month.
The play will be directed by 8. Wes-
ley Mckee and will run here for q
week before it is taken to New York
for q private showing to several pro-
spective hackers.
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That New ANGLE.

IT'D LIKE to get an entirely new
= twist to our new picture, Charlie
Chan at the Olympics,'" Associate Pro-
ducer John Stoner remarked to War
ner GLAND, who Is about to start this.
his fifteenth Chan screen adventure
for Twentieth Century-Fox.
Suppose. just for once. Charlie
Chan didn't catch the killer" sug-
gested the actor.
Warner GLAND has been dropped
from his honorary position In the
scenario department.
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Booked by a Pun.

ONE of the first theaters to book
~ Republics new serial, "Dick
Tracy" Is the Dixie" Theater in
Tracy City, Tenn. Ralph Byrd, who
plays the title role in the production,
will send his Fluctuations by wire on
the opening night.
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Snyder at Gayety.

"Bozo" Snyder, that ultra-taciturn
fellow who can draw more laughs than
q majority of his articulate conferees
In the comedian business, headlines the
new Gayety show opening today. The
silent funny man brings q lineup
boasting Margie Kelly as principal
feminine interest.
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and enjoying the bliss OF LOTUS Lano|
supplies one explanation for the cur
rent showshop doldrun1s. Most Of the
fugitives will tell you that they are
dying for at least one more fling on
dear old Broadway. Actors insist that
they are sitting for lack Of an oppor-
tunity to strut and fret before an audi
ence. while playwrights advise you that
they are just marking time. or some
thing, before completing their next
play. Don't take them too seriously.
They are too happy among their un-
accustomed luxuries of home and
swimming pool. They have grown too
soft for the rugged give-and-take Of
the theater. 1t all goes to show that
life can be made too comfortable and
suggests that we should be careful
about our Utopias.
IT MUST be said on behalf Of the
refugees from Broadway chaos that
some Of them have the grace to be q
bit conscience stricken. I don't really
see why they should be, since the
theater Is q harsh task-master and
its servants probably deserve any re-
wards they can get from 1t, even II
they have to go to the cold, wintery
Businesses Of Southern California for
them. Nevertheless, even though most
Of the actors and writer's who sigh
for the good old days Of the drama
are merely indulging in their Gus
tomary habit Of acting, their insistence
that some day they will return from
exile contains q certain germ Of sin
cerity. And that fact serves to indi-
cate, I think, that to every one save
the directors there Is something ere
atively unsatisfying about the actual
process Of picture making.
The director really Is doing creative
Job when he makes . photoplay. The
actor or even the writer very rarely Is.
I will admit to you that this fact
doesn't bother the average thespian
any more than it does the average
scribbler. Acting Is ordinarily just
q chance to work of ones ego, and
the cinema certainly provides plenty
of opportunities for that.
Even in the case Of those who do
feel the absence Of satisfaction in
their film work, the financial rewards
usually atone handsomely for any
such momentary pangs. Most OF the
glamour boys and girls are certain to
be kept from rushing to the rescue OF
the stage, and those Of us who stick
with the collapsing theater must get
what satisfaction we can from the
fact that q touch Of shame hits them
from time to time between pay
! checks.
OF ALL the local emigrants to Lotus
Land the one whose departure
has recently caused the most discus
sion Is Clifford Odets. Already looked
upon with much head-shaking as the
lost leader Of the left-wing drama and
scorned by tory as well as red for
his flight to Hollywood, Mr.. Odets is
rapidly being made into symbol Of
artistic apostacy. Even to many who
were previously his admirers he Is
now regarded a. living evidence that
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Actors in California
Sigh for Old Stage
Revel in Cinema Fleshpots, but Cannot For
get Days of Strutting and Fretting Before
an Audience-Price for Screen Rights.
By Richard Watts, J.

nCE these quiet days the theater this recently sped
Hollywood sojorn hoping hnd clues the
require much wandering about the
writer's techncian
reveng the California feshps
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Actor Fixes Age Limit
For Portrayal of Prince
Immortalization of Performance in Films
Not Apparent at Present-Whole Cast
of National Play Remarkable.
By Jaw CarmOdy.

Hamlet Of John Gigud apparently destined to go the Of
interpretations of the become bright
/ o.
nt Gieguds
separate intmaon
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Today's Film Schedule

R-K-O KETTH'S you Only
Live Once" at las. 3:46. SAT,
7:48 and 9:49 pm.
METROPOLITAN-"The Woman
Alone" at 2, 3:45, 5:45. TAO
and $40 pm.
RIALTO-"Scarface," at 2, 4:36:
tat and 9:58 pm.
LITTLE-"Strange Interlude," at
2. 3:47. 5:45. 7:43 and
9:41 pm.
WARMERS EARLE-"Black Le-
gion." at 2:4o, $40. 7:45 and
10:l5 pm. Stage shows at 2,
4:30, z and 9:35 pm.
LOEWS CAPITOL - Beloved
Enemy" at 2, 4:30, 7:l0 and
$50 pm. Stage shows at $3.50.
Sis and 9 pm.
PALACE-"Ihe Piainsman" at
2:15. 4:40, ITO and $50 pm.
COLUMBIA-"One in q Million"
at sos, $40, 7:20 and 9:35 pm.
Evening star., 1937-08-22
MAN ELECTROCUTED
BY "SHORTED" LAMP
John Thomas Baldwin, Road In.
spector, Killed at Silver
Spring Home.

John Thomas Baldwin. 81, a State
Roads Commission inspector and WELL
known amateur comedian. was cleo
trocuted when he turned on a shorted
floor lamp in the basement of his
home at 1904 Mayfair place, Silver
Spring. Md. last night.
Baldwin. who had moved into the
home only recently, had Just taken
a shower bath and walked into the
adjoining recreation room. When he
turned on the floor lamp, which police
later found to be short circuited. he
was stunned by the shock and fell to
the floor. The lamp fell across his
chest and the current continued to
pass through his body.
Hearing commoton in the base
ment, his wife. Mrs. Winfred Bald
Win, rushed down from upstairs and
discovered his plight, but feared to
touch the lamp and summoned her
brother-in-law, DR.. J. R. Jordan, 1855
Longfellow street.
Before he arrived. however, David
L. Wsldron, GIL Maple lane, a neigh
Dor, heard her hysterical cries and
ran to the Baldwin home. He turned
on the current and summoned police
but Baldwin was dead when Sergt.
Joseph Nolte of the Montgomery
County police arrived. Dr.. H. H.
Hewlett issued a certificate of acci-
dental death by electrocution.
Mrs. Baldwin was prostrated at her
husbands death and placed in care
OF a physician. Besides his widow,
Baldwin is survived by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas P. Baldwin
58l1 Colorado avenue, Washington,
Evening star., 1937-08-22
Showers and Northwest Winds
Expected to Cool City Today
Maximum to Be 10 Degrees Below Yesterdays 95
but Mercury Will Rise Tomorrow, Forecaster
Says-Temperatures Kill One, Fell Three.

Relief from the blistering heat that
has gripped the Capital for four days
was in prospect today, but it probably
will be only breathing spell"
Prior to the Weather Bureaus pre-
diction last night that change was in
the ofiang, high temperatures took an
other life and Frustrated three other
persons
The rise in the toll came as the mer-
curry reached = peak of 95 in the early
afternoon, making the fourth success
sive day the temperature had ex-
ceeded 90.
Northeast winds, blowing down from
the ocean. will be responsible for the
respite, the forecaster said in predict
ing today's maximum will be about IS
degrees.
Showers are expected to precede the
shift in winds, and the afternoon prob
ably will be partly overcast.
More Heat Is Due.
BY tomorrow, however, the tempera-
ture Is expected to be on the way up
again as the ocean breezes abate and
the skies clear.
Fearing an unbearable week end,
thousands left the city yesterday for
mountain resorts, beaches and other
cool places, net to return until time for
work tomorrow.
The fatality attributed. to the heat
involved Charles Smith, so, colored, 81
L street. who was found unconscious at
hts home and died before medical as
ststAnce arrived.
Thoss overcome were Nrs. Louise
Evening star., 1937-08-22
By I he Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Spectacular warfare between fight
ing factions of the Democratic party
continued in the Senate yesterday to
within few hours OF adjournment.
After eight months of furious wran-
CLING, the wearied legislators turned
homeWard last night, wondering if the
party's once solid ma jorities had been
split beyond repair.
They wondered, too, whether they
would be summoned back into special
session this Fall to deal with problems
left unsettled and, if So pessimistic-
ally predicted that the intra- party row
would 60 on then, from where it
stopped yesterday.
Ends on Note Of Defiance.
For it ended on a note of wrathful
defiance. -Four Of the Democrats who
opposed the Roosevelt court bill arose,
one after the other, and challenged
the administration to unseat them
because of that opposition.
Upon Senator Gufrey, Democrat of
Pennsylvania, who had suggested such
a course, the four-Wheeler of Mon
tana, Burke of Nebraska. OMahoney
of Wyoming and Holt of West Vir-
ginia-poured walls Of contempt and
denunciation, while he sat gfimly
looking straight before him and said
nothing
Then they circulated petition
among their Democratic colleagues
asking that Guffey be ousted from his
position as chairman of the Demo-
cratic Senatorial Campaign Commit
Evening star., 1937-08-22

Green, Al, of Al Rhode Island avenue
who tainted while walking at North
Capitol street and Massachusetts, ave-
nue.: Raymond Lytle, 27, colored, 413
NJ street. who was prostrated at home
and Walter o. Wiley 81, of zoos
Kearney street northeast, found un-
conscious on the sidewalk in the 1900
block of Rhode Island avenue north
east.
High Recorded At 2:4O.
The high" Of 95 was recorded at
2:40 pm. and the descent from then
on was about two degrees an hour, the
reading at s pm. being 86.
Humidity continued to run un-
usually high, driving those unable
to get out of town to the parks and
swimming pools in search OF relief.
High temperatures prevailed through
out the East, South and Middle West
during the last "a hours, but in only
one large city-San Antonio, where
the peak was 96-Was the maximum
higher than Washington's.
Boston and Atlanta had high marks
of "a, while Denver, Mobile, New
York and Savannah recorded o..
San Francisco had chilly 64, and
Chicago and Detroit were comfortable
with naxiu.tms Of u.
Evening star., 1937-08-22
FIVE ARE KILLED
IN AUTO M|SHAPS
Washington Man and Vir.
ginia State Road Super
visor Among Victims.

Five persons. including Wash
lngton man and Virginia State road
supervisor. were killed In automobile
accidents in Maryland. Virginia and
West Virginia yesterday as the
Districts 1887 traffic death toll
mounted to 10 with the death of
4-year-old Audrey Ann Holland.
The other victims:
Theodore Ray, colored, 15S Bryant
street.
William G. Waltman. So. supervisor
OF State roads in Mercer district, LOU
doun County, Va.
Mrs. 1della Wilson HARRINGTON of
Crisfleld. Md
Ward Beachy, 6s, Of Grantsville,
Md.
Lester Harrison Barnard, q, of
Bloomington, Md
The Holland girl. who lived at 242
Jefferson street. died yesterday after
noon at Casualty Hospital OF injuries
received Friday when struck at Kan
sas avenue and Jefferson street by an
automobile alleged to have been driven
by John Shoemaker, %, of 103 Con-
cord avenue, according to police
Shoemaker was released in custody
Of his attorney, Fred J. Icenhower
pending coroner's inquest.
Killed Near Warrenton.
Ray was killed and his wife suf-
fered severe shock In an automobile
collision near Warrenton, Va, in
which John Kenna, president of the
Supreme Court of Appeals of Charles
ton, w. Va, received a fractured skull.
Judge Kenna was taken to the Fau-
quier County Hospital and was still
unconscious at pm. last night. Dr.
George H. Davis, county coroner and
physician attending the jurist. said
he was reacting slowly and described
his condition as critical. Mrs. Kenna
was expected to arrive at the hospital
from Charleston this morning.
Waltman, widely known Loudoun
County farmer and stockman, fell
beneath moving truck on a road
between Bluemont and Unison, Va.
He died in an automobile en- route to
Winchester Memorial Hospital.
The truck, which was driven by
William Sinclair, had been giving
some motor trouble during the morn
(see TRAFFIC, Page A-7)
Evening star., 1937-08-22
ASBURY PARKF|RE
ENDANGERS 100
Two Hotels Razed, Eight
Others Menaced-Five
Persons Injured.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ASBURY PARK. N. j., August 2l.-
Fire tonight swept two boardwalk
hotels and forced evacuation OF abou,
200 guests in these and eight Other
endangered hotels while a crowd eSti.
mated at 100000 watched.
Three firemen, one policeman anc
an unidentified volunteer rescuer were
injured. The three firemen overcome
fighting the flames were Edward Bax-
ter Stanley Robinson and Howard
Rowland, all OF the Asbury Park de-
partment, who were treated at Fitkin
Memorial Hospital.
Patrolman Thomas Annecharicc
suffered cut hands and scorched BODY
when he was trapped in the cellar oi
the New Monmouth, where he sought
to rescue man. reported asleep
Finding no victim, Annecharico was
trapped by flames. Three walls COL
lapsed about him and he escaped by
crashing through window
The new Monmouth Hotel. a FIVE
story frame building, housing about
100 guests, and the Park Lane, with
about 100, were rapidly consumed by
the fierce flames that brought fire.
men from Asbury Park and several
neighboring communities.
BY IL pm. (E. S. T), less than two
hours after the outbreak Of the fire
Chief William S. Taggart said the
flames were under control The blaze
had exhausted itself in leveling the
two structures, he said.
Outbreak of the fire an hour or
more before the usual retiring time a,
the resort was given as reason for the
escape OF guests and employees. Asbury
Park police reported only the one
fireman injured.
Firemen and police, joined by
Marines and soldiers from Forts Mon.
mouth and Hancock, worked fever.
ishly in rescuing persons from the
affected hotels, located in the heart
OF the hotel section.
Guests and employees meanwhile
streamed forth from the endangered
Sterling, Hazelwood, Wellington
Thedford, Benjamin Franklin, Com.
modore, Columbia and Dana Hotels
The heat was so intense that on
lockers, attracted to the scene during
one of the Summer seasons best week
ends, were forced to keep severa
blocks distant,
Firemen estimated the damage to b<
at least $780, 900.