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The Washington times., 1937-04-12
Good Earth Is
Held Over

1.-THE Good Earth" perturbation
of Pearl Bucks immortal story OF
Chinese life, is a masterpiece, one
of the most awe-inSpiring Holly
wood has produced. The novel
created a furore which has placed
it at the top of modern fiction.
Could film possibly do credit to
this deeply human tale? No doubt
most persons who found the novel
wholly impressive were a bit du-
biouS as to just how successful a
cinema might be.
Respecting and admiring this
work of Pearl Bucks above all OF
her stories, it may still be said
THE Good Earth" as motion pic
ture is equally fine, the produc-
ton is flawless. Paul MUM gives
a supreme Interpretation as Wang,
son of the soil, who determines
to one day be a great master and
land owner. LuiSe Rainer as
O-lan, the slave girl from the big
house who becomes the wife,
through life of tragedy emerges
character who must go down in
literature. The actress so lives the
part that it is not possible to con-
slider her as any but a woman who
typifies the spirit of the Chinese
woman, yes, and of all women.
Warner GLAND, Charles Grapewin,
Tillie Losch are among those who
make THE Good Earth" one Of
the very best pictures yet to ap-
pear. Showing twice daily at the
National and beginning a third
week at that theater, it Is recon-
mended as one of the films every
interested movie goer should see
now. III. &.
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David Mcwilliams and his H.
piece band, under the direction Of
David himself, will hold forth in
the Spanish Garden Ballroom.
McWilliams has been playing
there for the past 10 years, but
next Saturday night, when he
makes his first appearance Of this
season, he will have two new at
fractions for the dance-lov1ng
people.
First, the Dave McWilliams find,
Kitty Sinons, a pretty girl who
will be doing the greater portion
Of vocal work in the ballroom.
The other novel attraction is
Melvin Henderson and his "elec-
trically operated steel guitar"
Among the outstanding Of the
rides and amuSementS at Glen
Echo are coaster dips, ride over
the trees; the sensational aero
plane swing; Dodgem, the ever pop
ular miniature auto ride; for a
real twister, the Pretzel ride: the
Whip; Merry-G o-Round, a free
ride for every brass ring you
catch; Carrousel, Shooting Gal
lery, SkeebalI Alley. Old Mill, Mid
way, Pennyland, and the Motor
Boat ride, which was installed
last year and has been additionally
beautified.
The same uniform courteous serv-
ice will continue, as it has in the
previous 26 years Of operation.
This service also is maintained in
the free picnic groves that have
been enlarged and will be opened
at 10 a. m. Saturday, April II,
and every morning at the same
hour throughout the entire sea-
son.
The Marble Palace Cafe has
been redecorated and is ready with
the good things to eat and drink.
Glen Echo is easily reached by
taking the special through street
cars marked Cabin John" or
"Glen Echo" with running time
from central Washington in 40
minutes. The park is also reached
by direct motor routes via the new
Massachusetts Avenue extended
highway in 20 minutes, or via the
old Conduit Road route in 80 min
uteS.
No parking worries at the park.
There is a private parking area &C.
commodating approximately l.
900 cars.
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Sam GoIonty
Heads Drive

S. A. CALAMITY, Eastern division
manager of Columbia Pictures, has
been made zone chairman Of the
Will Rogers memorial fund, and
is now completing plans for the
funds annual theater campaign,
which takes place this year the
week of April 80.
John J. Payette, Warner Bros.
general zone manager, who is in
charge Of the theater campaign
unit, announces that all motion
picture theaters in Washington
will cooperate with the Will Rog-
ers memorial commission to make
the local drive a success.
Last year the commission took
over the former N. V. A. Santa
rum in Saranac, and is endowing
and maintaining this great insti-
tution-which is ready to serve
anyone in show business-in men,
ory of Americas beloved viii
Rogers.
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taxation plans can be devised to re.
place it.
The accompanying table shows
approximately the taxes and Off
cial costs paid at the present time
by Washington operating thea
tiers. - does not show such things
as additional expense for clerical
help to carry out social security re-
quirements, for the ASCAP
american Society of Composers,
etc. tax Of 10 cents per seat an
nually for the right to play copy"
righted music on stage or screen,
or the expense, cheerfully contrib
uted by theaters, in helping va
rious civic causes and Government
projects.
COMMITTEE NAMED
In an effort to call directly to
the attention of the Appropria-
tions Committee of the House Of
Representatives the plight of the
Washington exhibitor, the organ
lied theaters have appointed the
following committee:
A. Julian BrylawSki, chairman;
Mrs. Louise Noonan Miller, Sidney
Lust, Abe Lichtman, Charles H.
Olive, Carter T. Barron, with
James j. Fitzgerald as counsel.
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gresS must have been worrying
him." Tipped the director.
Director Van Dyke is a member
of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve,
and will be here at Quantico in
June for a stretch Of training. He
thinks the world will be at war
again within four years and that
America will be unable to stay out
of it.
Van Dyke will be disappointed if
Spencer Tracy doesn't win the
1887 oscar" academy statue for
best acting) for his work in "Cap-
tains Courageous" That" says
Van, sis a honey of a picture. I
would have been proud to have
my name on it as even assistant
director" Victor Fleming bossed
it, and Van Dyke regards it, from
a directorial standpoint, as the per
feet picture.
CALVERT THEATER TO
OPEN MAY 6
Warner Bros. Calvert Theater,
now nearing completion at 1924
Wisconsin Avenue, will be opened
to the public on Thursday even
ing, May 6, according to an an
nouncement made by John j. Pay
cite, Warmers general zone man.
ager.
Located between Hall Place and
Calvert Street, the new theater
will be community playhouse for
some 10000 residents of Old
Georgetown, Cathedral Heights,
and Massachusetts Avenue Park.
The Globe Amusement Com
pany of Washington, of which
Joseph Makover is president. is
building the Calvert, which will
be the sixteenth theater in the
District of Columbia operated by
Warner Bros. The theater was de-
signed by John Eberson, interna-
tionally famous architect, and it
will embody all latest improve
ments for the pleasure and COM
fort of patrons.
OF the one-floor type, the Cal
vert will provide luxurious seats for
LOO persons. Complete air-con.
ditioning will assure comfortable
temperature throughout the year.
Three stores which will be in
cluded in the Calvert Theater
building are also nearing COM
pletion.
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
BY LLOYD PANTAGES
Copyright, 1897. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)

HOLLYWOOD, April 9.-The
public pulse. Ida Lupino is at last
getting a break at Paramount,
where, although under contract,
she has not appeared in one of
their epics for over a year and a
half. She will replace Gertrude
Michael in the Sophie Lang series,
two of which have already been
made months ago with Miss
Michael in the lead. Ida's first
Sophie epic will be Sophie Lang
in Hollywood"
Alice Marble, one of the most
beautiful tennis champions in the
world, will not accept that Para
mount picture contract for two
years. During the interim she will
appear twice at Wimbledon, and
points East, West, North, and
South, garnering new glories for
herself on the courts.
Buster Crabbe, whom Para.
mount still insists on calling
Larry, gets today's Boy Scout
medal. Last week, in Ensenada,
Mexico, he gave a swimming ex.
hibition in the ocean for the guests
Of the hotel, to say nothing of the
townSpeople. All went beautifully
until one of the walters standing
on the end of the pier became Sc
eXuberant that he jumped right
in-not realizing until he hit the
water that he couldn't swim a
stroke. Mr.. Crabbe came to the
front, however, and saved him
from drowning.
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ance it would fail to produce the
expected revenues, while working
a hardship on both patron and
theater.
PENNSYLVANIA FAILURE
Governor Earle, Of Pennsyl-
vania, is on record that the State
tax on theater admissions has
proven failure and should be re-
pealed. The legislature is expected
to accept his recommendation and
refuse to extend the law. in opera
ton two years, beyond June %,
1887.
Pennsylvania'S experience with
the law-similar to that proposed
for Westinghouse that the gen.
eral public regards it as a "nui-
sance tax" that has been a bur-
den upon the exhibitor inasmuch
as it has reduced attendance, that
it has failed to provide the ex-
pected share of funds needed to
balance the State budget. Cover
nor Earle feels sure that other
more effective and less harmful
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
MOVIE
CLOCK

LITTLE-Wallace Berry, Lionel
Barrymore, "Ah Wilderness"
1920 a. M, 1924, 1928, 5:32,
1885, 1908 p. m.
RIALTO-Lilian Harvey in Con
greSs Dances" 1880 a. m, 2:26.
5:22 and 1924 p. m, and Frederic
March in Death Takes a Holi-
day." 1909, 4:05, 1909 and l0:08
p. m.
COLUMBIA-Madeleine Carroll,
Dick Powell, "On the Avenue"
11:40 a. M, 1:40, $40, $40, TAO.
$40 p. m.
CAPT. O-Margaret Lindsay.
Song of the City" II a. m.
$40, AIS, 7:15, 10 p. m. Stage.
Cab Galloway, 12:45, 1925, $40.
OPP. m.
PALACE-Jeanette Macdonald.
Nelson Eddy, "Maytime," II
a. mr 1870, 4:10, $40. $3.50 p. m.
R-K-O NITHS-Charles Boyer,
Jean Arthur, History Is Made
at Night" 1885 a. M, 1885, 1885,
$3.50. 1885, 9:36 p. m.
EARLE--Bette Davis, m arked
Woman" 1880 a. M, 1870, 4:20,
7:10, 9:55 p. m, Stage. Willie
and Eugene Howard, 12:45, 1885.
6:25, 9:10 p. m.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ora
vet, Joan Blondell, King and
the Chorus Girl" 11:10 a. n1.s
lis, 1920, 5:25, 7:30, $40 p. m.
TRANS.LUX - Continuous shows.
rs minutes, 10 q. m. to IL p. m.
H o w A DEAN Muir, Donald
Woods, "Once a Doctor" 1918.
PAS, Sis, 7:45, 1890 p. m.
Stage, Jimmie Lunceford, $780,
4, $50, OILS D. m.
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KELLEYGRAMS

Great fellow, this Director W.
S. Woody" Van Dyke. Although
he is the No. l box office director
of the motion picture industry
six hits in row in 1936-he re-
tains a great sense of humor and
has no use for high hat.
In suite 1872 of the Mayflower he
met the press informally on Sat
urday. When critics begin prais'
ing him for making nothing but
winners, he likes to remind them
that he produced Laughing Boy, u
one of the few times he struck
out.
Woody" brough a third term
boom for President Roosevelt
which he says is in full flower out
in Hollywood. Even Jean Harlow
has gone New Deal" and the
platinum star was a Landonite
until the Birthday ball trip. Mrs
Roosevelt's hospitality won Jean
forever.
His Washington visit is to pay
q return call for one which Dis
triet Commissioner Allen and
Senator Pat Harrison paid to his
Hollywood home year ago. Allen
sent him a basket of fruit and as
a gag, he sent it back after scrib-
bling on the card: I'm from Cali.
fornia."
Director Van Dyke took a little
direction from Cameraman Brown
of the Washington Times while he
posed for a picture. THAT guy
knows his stuff" said the M-G-M
ace.
THE PERFECT PICTURE
About a month ago he planned
a vacation. Decided to take
$4,000 and blow it all on a corona
ton trip. The day he made up his
mind he saw a once-famous di
rector Of silent screen days walk
ing across a studio lot. What's
he doing here?" Van inquired. He
found he was doing retakeS on q
secondary feature. So instead Of
going to London, Van came tc
Washington and has no regrets
Even with a fat four-figure sal
airy weekly you think of the fu
ture.
Although he owns a share o.
the Santa Anita race track, which
paid him So per cent the first year
80 the second, Van Dyke was toe
busy to attend one session thi!
last season. His mother wen
every day and used the Van Dyk.
box.
At Bowie with Commissioner AL
len Saturday afternoon, he Sunl
5000 on Mrs. Walter O'Hara'S New
Deal, which ran second. "Cor
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
I Cover HOll YWOOd

The Daryl Zanucks, the Will
liam GoetzS, and the Allan Camp
bells (she is Dorothy Parker) are
having their beach houses at
Santa Monica picketed by union
labor on account of they had a
couple of non-unlon members help
ing with the construction.
Ginger Rogers mother pulled a
pip the other day. A friend said,
after seeing the preview of the
new Astaire- Rogers picture Shall
We Dance: Really, Mrs. Rogers,
Ginger has stolen this picture"
to which Mrs. R. retorted what
again?"
Paramount will definitely go
ahead with their plans to shoot
THE Last Train From Madrid,
the only Spanish revolution story
now about to go into production
at any studio. Already they've
cast Lionel Atwill. Gilbert Roland.
Karen Morley, and Helen Mack.
Roscoe Harms had to buy three
radios for his tnanse inasmuch as
his wife, son, and self can never
get together on the same program
Bill Peine, C. B. De Miles as
sistant director, and Bill Heibert
sold their original story, "You
Can't Win" for screening but viii
change the title on the advice Of
De Mile. who said:
"How would you like to walk
into theater featuring bank
night and read above it on the
marquee: You Can't VIM?
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
Glen Echo Park Will Open For
Season on April IT,,

Glen Echo Park the Capitals only outdoor amusement park
will open free admission gates Saturday April IT,
date park will be open daily with its so dvers
fled attractions amusements from until midnight with
only two exceptions ..f
The 100000 Crystal Swimming Pool with sand beach adon
ing will opened until May q and the Spanish Garden
Ballroom in the past will only be operated on week nights
until midnight of Saturday April II.
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
HIGHER ADMISSIONS LOOM
Some Small Exhibitors Face
Prospect Of Closed Doors
If New Tax Wins
BY ANDREW R. KELLEY

Washngons motion picture heaters-both downtown end
neghbohood hoseconron enforced increase in admis
prices and when the proposal of Representative Ross
A! Collins. of Mississippi, becomes law.
The Collins measure designed to raise 100000 additional
District calls for license tax cent OF the
levied according to Representative Collins for he privilege
of engaging in such theatrical business in Washington The
annroHed by CONGRESS- would become effective July
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
''Three Live Ghosts"
By PLAYERS Club

Frederick s. Isham's Three Live
Ghosts" will be presented by the
Players Club of the Central Com,
munity Center Tuesday, April Is,
at 8:15 p. M, in the auditorium
of the Powell Junior High School
william Hill is the stage man
ager and Helen Chamblin is the
costumer.
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
Exercise for Golf

Arthur Preacher pays a gar.
dener to care for the grounds of
his home but does two-thirds of the
work himself. 1t keeps him in
shape for golf. the Twentieth Cen.
tury-Fox comedian says,
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
PLENTY of Skates

Sonia Henie, Twentieth Gen.
tury.Fox star, carries her skates
three dozen pairs Of them-in an
especially fitted trunk when she
goes on her periodic personal
appearance tours.
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
Russian LAWYER

Gregory Ratoff. actor-writer-
director under contract to Twen-
tieth Century.FoX, went on the
stage the day after he finished
his law course at the University
Of st. Petersburg,
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Admission taxes.
Real estate taxes.
Personal property taxes.
District unemployment taxes.
Federal unemployment taxes.
Vault spac
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Taxes Paid by D. C.. Theaters

Theater license.
Building inspection.
Elevator inspection.
Capital stock tax.
Franchise tax.
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GOOD EARTH" SECOND WEEK

Success Of Proposed Measure to TaxCr NJ
Receipts Worries Washington Theaters
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
I Cover HOu yWOOd

which she has been seeking to be-
for years. What is more, all the
productions she will handle will
be Grade A, and Of the million-dol-
lar variety.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laddie Sanford
(she was Mary Duncan, of "Shang-
hal Gesture" fame) are in town
for the forthcoming big race, and
for bit Of polo at Santa Barbara.
During their brief stay here, they
are house-guesting with Marion
Davies.
The China Clipper" off from
San Francisco is quite celebrity
studded. Abroard is Capt. Luther
Y. P. Chang, vice president of the
Reconstruction Trading Company
and the Continental Emporium
on Marking Road in Shanghai,
plus which he is the director of
the Shanghai Airport, and one of
China's best fliers. He came here
to investigate Army flying in.
structions, and also to compare
the Chinese instruments on celes-
tial navigation with the American
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zones. Here he was shown the
town by Anna May Wong.
Also aboard the same plane are
Bayard Sharp and Cummins
Speakman, jr., from Wilmington,
Del, and Of the dupont clan
who will do some duck shooting
on Captain Chang's estate outside
Shanghai, and from there, on to
Nairobi in Africa, for some big
game hunting. At this point, let
me add that big game hunting is
becoming more expensive by the
day. Their safari will cost them
five thousand dollars for four
weeks. The aeroplane trip there
will set them back a thousand
dollars per, and after that, they
will have to rent all their guns
and equipment.
Bette Davis new Warner
Brothers picture, Marked Wom-
an" is so good that it will place
her right back on top of the
heap of important picture stars,
the spot she fell from through
her long absence last year.
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
BY LLOYD PANTAGES
copyright, 1887 by United Features
Syndicate, Inc.)

Syndicate, Inc.)
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 26.- The
most amazing thing about Fernand
Gravet's spectacular debut in The
King and the Chorus Girl" is that,
as a Frenchman, rather than haV-
ing a French accent, as one might
expect, he has a decided cockney
accent. What's more, he Is prac-
ticaly the splitting image OF Mr..
David Windsor, who also gives
forth with slight cockney in his
British speech.
Ruth Chatterton is the travel
ling-est lady in town these days.
She returned to Hollywood two
days ago from London, and turned
right around yesterday to return
there, where she will do the Som
erset Vaughan play, THE Con-
slant Wife," for the benefit Of
Londoners.
Frances Marion, it is rumored,
has been signed, or will sign with
one of the biggest studios in town,
which I believe is Universal. and
will become lady produceresS,
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
Four Golf Experts
Film Games Errors

Bringing to the screen four Of
the, outstanding professionals in
the game, Pete Smith has started
production Monday on Mistakes
in Golf" latest short subject in his
parade Of sports pictures.
Featuring Horton Smith, Law.
son Little, Harry Copper and
Jimmy Thompson, the one.reeler
will be made at Bel-Air Country
Club near Los Angeles.
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
Two Stors For
The Goyety

Starting with the usual matinee
ON Sunday, Colonel Jimmy Lake
brings to his Gayety Theater, the
double e-barreled attraction, Sunya
Smiles" Slayne and Wilma Joszy.
The comedy end Of the enter
tainment will be taken care Of by
Benny "Wop" Moore, and Wash
ingtonS own favorites, Bates and
Hunt.
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SeriO-COmic Drama
Marks Local Flood

treated at an emergency first-aid
station set up last night in the
sports-permit office of the Ma
tional Capital Parks suite in the
new Interior Building. A Red
Cross physician was in attend
ance throughout the night.
Park police complained that Gu
rious crowds hampered the work
of constructing the bikes in Po-
tomac Park. Thousands hung
around throughout the night, mill
ing about the workers and rub
boring" at the river as it reached
its muddy crest.
Great Falls pulled out its dia-
pason stops today, emitting a
laundering roar which echoed
through the rocky walls of the
canyon for miles in both direc-
tions. 1t was song of strength
and fury.
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'AIimony Sitdown'
Draws Curious Mob,
Likewise the Police

LONGMONT, Colo, April %
G.N.SO.-Crowds of curious run
ming up to 1000 today threatened
the nations first "alimony" sit
down strike.
Neighbors complained tn a t
lawns were trampled, and police
were called twice to quell disturb
ances, as hilarious crowds sought
a glimpse of pretty Mrs. Genevieve
johnson, 26.
Mrs. johnson is sitting-in an
armchair-in front of the house
in which her crippled husband,
Ralph, lives in demand that he
pay Sc a week to her support as
she says he agreed. johnson and
his parents said they had no OBJ
lection to her sitting on their
lawn.
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JUICE DANGER
CLOSES YARD

Fear that turning on the electric
ity to the various shops in the
Washington Navy Yard might re-
suit in short-circuits that would
blow up the works was prinCi-
pally responsible for suspension of
mechanical operations at the giant
ordnance plant today.
This revelation came from Naval
authorities, who explained electric
ity for light and machinery in the
gun factory goes through under
ground power lines, which are now
covered by the Potomac flood.
Also beneath the soil are con
duits for carrying steam. which
also were closed today because Of
the inundation. Lacking heat and
power, Navy Yard officials re-
ported, the various shops were
locked. They declared, however,
that operations may be resumed
sometime tomorrow"
Floors were partly or wholly un-
der water in the gun and mount
store, supply building, forge shop,
Continued on Page 4, Col. 81
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.U I'M nm aPY
OF Flood
News
International News Service

Fears Of another major flood
disaster began to disappear today
as reports from crucial flood
points indicated a cessation in the
rise of rivers, swollen by spring
rains.
At Pittsburgh, scene of the
disastrous st. Patrick's Day flood
of last year, the river at the
point" where the Allegheny and
Monongahela meet to form the
Ohio, reached high of 35.1 feet,
more than 10 feet above the Of
ficial danger stage, and then be-
gan dropping steadily at the rate
of three tenthS foot an hour.
Prepared by earlier visits of its
turbulent rivers, Pittsburgh mer-
chants in the city's famed Golden
Triangle" we're prepared for the
new emergency and escaped with
comparatively little damage.
At Johnstown, the flood city, /"
the Stonycreek River continued to
fall despite steady rain during the
| night.
At Wheeling, w. Va, fears of an
other flood disaster passed as the
sWirling Ohio River halted its rise
after reaching a crest of 45.8 feet
at l a. m. An hour later there was
no increase at the next reading.
The crest last January was 48.7.
In the Northumberland Dis,
trict of Columbia area, the situa
ton was not so acute as last
year. Although all fears of rising
waters had not yet passed, the
historic Rappahannock continued
to fall back within it's banks.
Twenty were counted dead
from the flood. four in Penn
sylvania, five in Ontario, one in
Ohio, two in West Virginia, and
eight in Virginia.
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POTOMAC PASSES
YEARS PEAK
OF 54.2 FEET

additional Flood NeW' and Pictures o" Pages B. 0"d5(
The Potomac River roared through Wash
ington today with sound and fury reminis"
cent of wilder orgies, but without it's former
volume or destructiveness.
AS the swrlng waters receded after remaining at their
crest for several hours earlier in the day. the 1887 flood
was found to have passed off without great damage all
though many residents suffered individual losses in
convenences the spreading tide backed into their homes
Weather experts said the flood reached its peak at
m when 142 feet above the average low tide Of 40
feet and that after lingering at that level throughout most Of
the morning it started to drop before
With the river reported to be falling all points upstream
anticipated that by nghta the worst of the spring rise
would have passed into the Chesapeake