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Evening star., 1937-12-04

Foster) will be atop the political heap,
with the former parading around 1900
Pennsylvania avenue like 4 stage
struck clothes horse, rolling all her
"r's" into "w's" and otherwise divert
ing the populace.
Aside from that novel and dis
creetly irreverent twist to the home
life of a Supreme Court justice, the
most startling feature of First Lady"
is the work of Anita Louise, a young
lady who has always been properly
beautiful and sometimes seemed I'M
profitably dumb in her screen roles
Here she has an opportunity to
make a good comedy characterization
out Of those qualities, and she snaps
up the chance. Others in the cast are
Louise Fazenda, who stages an old
fashioned burlesque Of the lady "join-
ers," and Victor Jory, who Is q
Senator and the chief love interest.
n X n
ONG ago we had resolved that
vaudeville imitators Of stage,
screen and radio stars were defunct
and hopeless institution. Now comes
along with Vincent Lopez's band at
the Earle this week young man so
gifted as an impersonator and so
shrewd as Snowman that one more
monumental opinion will have to be
shattered into small pieces. His name
is Johnny Woods, and the lad does
consistently accurate limitations of
President Roosevelt, Boake Carter,
Kate Smith, w. c. Fields, Charlie
McCarthy-to give you an idea of his
range-and Eddie Cantor, Bing Cros-
by, Rudy Vallee, AL Jolson, Amos
MANDY, Cab Galloway, Al Smith and
half dozen others. which should
suggest to you that he has what they
call scope.
Young Mr.. Woods has been here
before, We hope will be here again.
He works. but inteligently. Another
act in the Lopez troupe is known as
Nicholas and Robbins, who have the
rather original notion of turning the
shag into complete dance routine
1t is good one, and the music the
Lopez boys put out for it is among
their best of the day At other times
they are trifle corny (as in the ar
rangement of Marie" for example) :,
but pieces like "Swingin' in the
Graveyard" and one or two others
showed good balance, pleasing or
chestration. Mr.. Lopez steps out for
couple of solo spots, Kitten" and
Smoke" being the leaders yesterday
and he handles them with scintillat-
ing technique, although we must say
that for once we'd like to see an Or
chestra leader come right out with
spotlights and make it clear that his
piano ''solos" are backed up, and
strongly, by the gentleman at the Sec
ond piano. Mr.. Lopez is not alone in
this stunt, but he is too good to be
bothered with it. His ivory tickling
could stand alone
Evening star., 1937-12-04

uBCOl, MlSS rTdNCS looks Vie part,
but does not act it, permitting the
playing honors OF this farce to be
carried OF by Veree Teasdale as her
bitter rival. They say that on the
stage First Lady" was something Of
. howl. 1t is only mildly amusing as
cinema fare, however, except in the
scenes between Miss Teasdale and
Walter Connolly, most expert Of the
performers. The two have an inter-
lude Of domestic comedy that Is the
funniest piece OF the sort in years.
II you would like brief resume
OF the plot, it concerns a damsel who
is married to the Secretary of State
and wants him to be President, and
another fair one who is married to a
Supreme Court justice and doesn't
want anything except to be his ex-
wife, until she discovers that some
misguided politicos have decided her
husband should be the next resident
Of the White House. Ecstatic over
this prospect, she later is thWarted
by the discovery that her divorce from
a small time Balkan prince many years
before was not legal, and that she
has, of all things. been living in sin
with Supreme Court justice 10, these
10 years.
and his wife out Of the way, we are
left with the expectation that Miss
Francis and her husband preston
Evening star., 1937-12-04
Where and When
|Current Theater Attractions
and Time OF Showing.

NationaE"Richard H." Maurice
Evans famed characterization of
Shakespeare's king who was too much
q dreamer: 23O and $50 pm.
Palace - The Fireny," jeanette
Macdonald In the Friml operettA: II
am, 1:25, AIS, 6:55 and s:35 pm.
Keith's-"Stage Door," Hepburn,
Rogers, story of Broadway called
better than that Of the play: 1l:1s
am, 1:2l, 1927, 5:37, 7:3s and 9:45
pm.
Capitol-Powell and 10y in a mirth-
provoking romance: IL am, / 40, 4:25,
7:2o and 10 pm. Stage shows: 1910,
3:20, 6:l5 and O'Clock.
Earle-"First Lady" Kay Francis
arrives on the Capital scene: IL am,
1:4o, 4:25, tbs and 10 pm. Stage
shows: 1880, $40, $50 and 9:l0 pm.
Metropolitan-"Westo of Shanghai ~
Boris Karloff in war thriller: I1:55
am, 1:55, 3:55, 7:55 and 9:55 pm.
acknowledgements" Garbo and
Boyer in Napoleon's love story: 1l:55
am, 2;2o, 4:45, 7:10 and s:35 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts. Show
runs l hour and Is minutes, continu-
ously from 10 am. to midnight.
Little-"The Lower Depths" mov-
ing film version of the Maxim Cork
play: ll:35 am, 1885, 3:35, 5:35, TAO
and $40 pm.
Ambassador - High. Wide and
Handsome" Irene Dunno in adven-
turous romance: lis, $3.50, 5:45, 7:35
and $50 pm.
Penn-"Fight for Your Lady" Oakie
and Boles and love in Vienna: z, 4:05
6:lo. 3 and $50 pm.
Sheridan-"Danger, Love at Work
Jack Haley's clowning: /, 3:l5, $50
7:30 and $50 pm.
Uptown-"Fight for Your Lady,;
!, 3, S, $40. $40 and $50 pm.
Tivoli-"Ffght for Your Lady" 2
4:05, 6:l0, 8 and $50 pm.
Howard-"Back in Circulation
O'Brien and Blondell fighting into
love: 1890. $50, 7:O5 and 1910 D m
Stage shows: 2:30, $50 and s:1o pm
Evening star., 1937-12-04
Irish Comedy Done
By @. w. Group.

MEMBERS of George Washington
University's Cue and Curtain
Club sank their teeth into the Irish
drama again to open their season last
night at the Wardman Park Theater.
The play Ito be done again tonight)
was Lennox Robinsons "The White
headed Boy" a favorite of the Abbey
Theater troupe, and the local players
brought it OF with considerable sue
cess under Marvin Beers guidance.
There's a wealth Of rich comedy in
this tale Of the Geoghegan family and
the dtmculties into which they run
when they try to ship "the white
headed boy" of to Canada because
they finally decide he's a wastrel, and
Mr.. Robinson's pen is one of the most
facile when 1t comes to putting this
charming and delicious Irish wit into
the drama.
The Cue and Curtain players went
through it both gracefully and en-
Enthusiastically last night, having an
especially grand time with Mr.. Robin
sons rip-roaring second act, wherein
three different members of the fam
lily bribe a good neighbor to keep him
from Ming breach-of-promise suit
IN his daughters name against the
lad being sent to the wilds of Canada.
Best OF the cast, at least during these
moments. was Charles Corker, who
worked himself up into a fine lather
as the father who thought his daugh-
ter's fair name had been dragged in
the dust. And the others-Elizabeth
Green, Mimi Norton, Richard Boulger,
Sylvia Slaves, Agnes Ryman, Rita
La Combe, Allen Dewey, Grant Shirk
Virginia Kibler, Charles Grunwell and
Nancy Hutchison-were good enough
In their various roles that 4 list OF
their names is a. near as We can come
to singing them out II. n
Evening star., 1937-12-04
Shorts Feature
TranS.Lux Bill.
EoR the second successive week, the

FOR the second successive week, the
Trans-Lux presents an impressive
array Of short subjects; there are four
Of them. "City of the Golden Gate"
presents the scenic attractions Of San
Francisco. including the Chinatown Of
Nationwide fame and thorough pic
torial treatment OF the San Fran
cisco-Oakland Bridge. "Aquabats"
offers varied views Of racers who fol-
low the outboard motor boats in
southern waters and care naught for
dangers in the water.
There are other features in addi-
ton to the newsreel compilation.
They include q 'Starnger Than Fic-
ton" release, presenting such scenes
as the phenomena Of stone floating
in water. lady boiler-maker, the
freezing Of hillside to prevent slide.
Service With Smile" also is shown.
1t Is Betty Boop cartoon concerned
with hotel management.
The United States Government
takes the top position in the footage
devoted to news this week. President
Roosevelt's visit to southern waters,
Vice President Gamers visit to the
Pennsylvania woods, the congress
sional study Of low-cost housing
projects and Senator Wagners de-
scription Of the bills benefits are
among the features. Other items ac-
corded pictorial treatment are a
c. I. o. demonstration in Jersey City,
views Of the operation of New York
City's telephone system, Mrs. Roose-
welt viewing Cuban dances, naval
parachute jumpers in action, New
York Russian priest turning steepl-
jack to mend a roof, the Army Navy
football game, ski time in Sun Valley,
Idaho. c. A. M.
Evening star., 1937-12-04
The FREELY"
Stays at
Palace
Elaborate Musical
Offers a Dated
Spy Story.

JUST as you knew it would, THE
F1rehy" which is backed by the
4 blessing, the best singing talent,
and the millions of Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer has entered its Sec
ond week at the Palace.
AS the logical successor to May
time," this number which stars
jeanette Macdonald with q new sing
ing partner, Allan Jones, is treated
with the same elaborate respect. Its
color, its stature and its music all are
something to be remembered even
after you have forgotten that its story
Is dated and none too exciting in this
era OF disillusionment and the prog
ress Of scientific discovery.
The FREELY" as to theme is still
the musical tale Of Jerome Kern, con-
cerned with the life and love of =
male and female spy in the Napoleonic
wars. Musically, however, it Is aug
mented by revised and elaborated
score by Herbert Stothart, M-G-M's
music man, who has added an un-
forgettable number called THE Dom
key Serenade. It is q shame, maybe,
for your illusions as to the merit Of
the music Of the past, but this bit Is
undoubtedly the high light Of the
present "Firefly" score. That the pro-
ducing company thought 80 is evi-
denced by the elaborate attention paid
to it, attention which provides it with
the best scenic background, the high
est comedy, and the best vocalizing
to be found in the operetta.
The Introduction Of Allan Jones as
a substitute for Nelson Eddy in Metro
operetta is not the only novelty of
"The FREELY" In it, for the first
time in her screen career, Miss Mac
Donald is introduced as dancer Is well
as singer. She has q definite talent
for 1t. too, and spins on pretty neat
Interpretation Of An artist in one Of
the more dimcult fields Of entertain
ment.
"The FREELY" as is the way with
such items, is dressed almost At to
kill. Its lavishness and tunefulness,
however, are its chief recommenda-
tions since you are not likely to be ex-
cited unduly by the Graustarkian
flavor OF its story. J. c.
Evening star., 1937-12-04
New Thriller
At the Met
Well Done
"West of Shanghai
Has Plenty of
Action.
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

n EVOTEES Of the horse opera,
the rip-snortin' cops and-rob-
bers cinema and other items
Of that ilk. may get their vi
carious. thrills this week at the Metro
politan in a series of adventures in
the wilds of China. The picture is
entitled West of Shanghai" and it
Is as unimportant as 1t is exciting,
which makes it both pretty unimpor-
tant and pretty exciting. There really
Is lot OF shooting going on and yes
terday afternoon We were sure the gen.
eral wouldn't arrive in time with his
troops and poor Beverly Roberts, an
other girl whose name We do not know,
Ricardo Cortez and a few other citi-
zens would be hauled of to meet some
terrible fate at the hands of the ban
dts.
OF course it couldn't have been such
q terrible fate, for the boss bandit Of
this picture, Gen. Fang, or something
like that, Is the politest boss bandit
you ever saw. He is played with con-
siderable relish by Boris Karloff, who
looks as sinister as he ever has looked
and that goes for 'F'rankenstein," too.
But he Is good-hearted scout, and
Miss Roberts and this other girl, whose
name We do not know, are nice peo-
pie. Gen. Karloff-F Fang, to be sure,
thinks Miss Roberts much nicer than
the other girl (whose name is Sheila
Bromley, we have just discovered by
searching for the cast sheet, for he
tells Sheila she has eyes like a frog
and mouth like fish, though appar-
emily he does not consider this enough
cause for shooting her, so everything
Is all right on this score.
Gen. Fang does not like Mr.. Cortez
however, for several reasons. In the
first place, Mr.. Cortez is a master OF
the double-cross and the triple-cross
In the second place, Mr.. Cortez i.
married to Miss Roberts and she is in
love with nice chap who owns an oil
neld. Since this nice young chap once
saved Gen. Fang-Karloff's life and II
is against Miss Roberts principles to
get a divorce, there is nothing left
Tor Gen. Karloff to do but shoot Mr..
Cortez. which he does two times, the
last time effectively. Since the gov-
eminent does not approve of Gen.
rang going about shooting people and
being q boss bandit, even if he does
maintain China is overpopulated, the
government shoots Gen. Karloff- Fang.
Really it's all mighty exciting before
the nice chap gets his oil field and
MS Beverly, and the girl whose name
we just discovered is Sheila Bromley
rides back to Hollywood from loca-
tion-podden-rides back east to
Shanghai. II you like these thrillers,
you may be assured this one is well
fabricated.
Evening star., 1937-12-04

acters Of its leading players. They
do read their lines for the last ounce
of laughter inherent in them, but
while one accepts what they say at its
full value, one does not accept the
situations in which the two are placed
And neither do Powell and Miss 10y
accept the latter with the complete
understanding they manifested in pre-
vious pictures when they stood two
against the world
An interesting incidental feature of
Double Wedding" is its introduction
of John Beall in the role OF q kind
of dead-pan comic. Young Mr.. Beall,
as thing without a spine, Is pre-
sented in sharp contrast to those roles
in which he was victim of society. He
does very well with it at that, stoog-
ing for Miss 10y and Powell as If he
were to the duty born. Florence Rice
is the other woman, inane sister of
the redoubtable Margot, and she is to
be laughed at in the part only when
she is supposed to be laughed at. Of
one may post habit a proposition to
make such point).
If you can go to see Double We'd
ding without expecting it to be up
to the old Powell-Loy standard of mar
ital happiness, you will find 1t anus
ing. II you expect more, you prob
ably will come away disappointed that
two such sterling and witty characters
have been reduced to slapstick in order
that you might have a merry hour
and one-half in the theater.
X
A T THE Capitol, of course, you can
have more than one hour and a
half, the additional interval made up
OF so minutes of the Hollywood revue.
AS revues go, this one is excellent from
the standpoint of glamour and gorge
business. 1t is supposed to have cost
$4,000 in backgrounds, but our back
ground appraiser was busy elsewhere
yesterday so we can only say that it
seemed to be worth that much.
1t has Marty May as master of cere-
monies, however, and it offers Helen
Honan's singing. dancing and imper-
sonations, Clark and Eaton, Robert
Berry's vocalizations, Del Carmen who
does Spanish dances. the two stooges,
dancing chorus OF 36 lovely girls, and
an especially large orchestra which
plays nicely under the baton of Mac
G. Davis. On the whole. the revue,
OF which this is the second edition,
is longer on elaborateness, music and
dancing than it is on comedy which
may be what you like. Even If we
don't.
Evening star., 1937-12-04

IHlu man level In CnlS new POWELL
10y picture. The Characterization is
not nearly so good as when they were
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Charles, but there
Is much of merriment scattered
through the thin and familiar tale of
the artist chap whose irresponsibility
is too much eventually for the gal who
despised artists even more than she
did irresponsibility.
The trouble with Double Wedding"
As film story, however, is not its
anemia and familiar ring. but rather
that 1t has been preceded by more
pungent and witty chapters in the
domestic (make-believe, of course)
lives of these cwo sterling performers.
That even film courtship should have
come to this is rather a sad thing in
the affairs of two persons who have
been so ideally happy, from the audi
ence standpoint, in the past. They
have done their previous work too we'll,
no matter how bravely they try on this
occasion to do it better.
Double Wedding is of the SLAP
stick school through which Hollywood
lately has sent so many of its more
dignifled players. 1t reaches the apex
OF Its indignity and incredibility
though the whole sequence is not
without its elements of laughter) when
Powell tosses Miss 10y through the
door OF his trailer by what is called
the nape of her neck. There it is.
right before your eyes, and funny
thing, but you don't want to believe it.
That reluctance to believe is not too
good an omen for your complete en-
joyment of what transpires in the
course Of Powell's mocking courtship
OF the woman who, in previous films,
has been his understanding and thor
oughly understood mate.
There has to be mockery in this
chapter of their love life, however
That is because Powell is an irreverent
artist. Miss 10y girl Of very intense
seriousness about everything in life,
including balanced diet and the
proper choice Of a husband for her
younger sister. He could not possibly
win a girl like Margot Agnew miss
Loy) without first having reduced her
solemn philosophy of life to an ap-
proximate pulp. Ridicule is his weapon
and he uses it to the utmost.
10 Swerling, using one of Ferenc
Molnar's plays as foundation. wrote
the screen story involved in Double
Wedding" He has given the tale most
OF its substantially by making its dia-
logue rich. racy, sardonic and consis-
tent with the established screen char
Evening star., 1937-12-04

by a hundred
au t ogr p hists
after the preview
of Beg, Borrow
or Steal"
Saturday .
Una Merkel, the
prettiest muncher
at the pre-foot-
ball Ven d o m e
lunch Wal
lace Beery again
eating alone .
Betty Cradle and
kie Coogan
continue thei r
honeymoon (in-
&n~1,v,tod hxy mir.
Evening star., 1937-12-04
British Musicale
To Be Offered.

A N ALL-BRITISH musical program
will be presented Monday eve
ming at the Washington Chapel, Six
teenth and Columbia road. The time
is 8 pm, and British residents of the
Capital are to be guests of honor
Among the compositions to be heard
are: Fountain Reverie," by Fletcher;
Hollins' Concert Overture" and ar
rangements of an Irish air and con-
cert hymn of English origin.
The usual program analysis is to
be presented at 7:45.
Evening star., 1937-12-04
Twizzler Answer.

We will not need any more fence
as you will see If you make a simple
sketch OF the original piece of land
and the four corner lots which we are
selling.
Evening star., 1937-12-04

Sophie Tucker doesn't believe in
pasting her pictures in q scrapbook.
Instead. the Metro-G Goldwyn-M Mayer
actress uses them to paper the wallis Of
her memory room"
Evening star., 1937-12-04

t,re work. over salads and steaks .
Dinner at the Cock n Bull finds
Prince" Mike Romanoff in more
than usually high spirits. He shows a
letter from a national magazine ask
ing him to extend New Year geet-
ings to the Duke of Windsor. And
here's my reply" says Mike proudly.
The letter begins LAS one exile to
another" And concludes Il appreciate
your sympathy for the housing ques-
ton. 1t has been my most serious
problem since the depression-er-1
mean the revolution"
X + X
Sunday There is no better
place for thinking about the cold
weather of the East than on the
golden sands of Santa Barbara go
miles north of Hollywood). The sun
Is shining. A soft breeze gently stirs
the foliage of the green trees And
swimmers plunge sturdily into the
large waves. Il hope you in the
East are properly JEALOUSY The
brightness of the day is completed
BY the presence of Olivia de Havilland,
Sister Joan Fontaine, their mother, a
good looking blond escort introduced
as Mr. Hall and Fred Perry and Wife
Helen Vinson playing truant from
Fred's Beverly Hills Tennis Club.
Monday To dinner with Rich
ard Sherman (author of ITO Mary
With LcveO at the Malibu Beach
home Of Sonya Levien Zone of Holly
woods highest paid scenarists) and
Husband Carl Hovey Sonya's list Of
achievements include being the first
American to interview Bernard Shaw,
IL years Of uninterrupted employment
at the Fox studio, and two good-look
ing children, aged IA and is .. When
Scott Fitzgerald arrives with Buff"
Cobb the conversation plunges into the
bringing up of children. The man
who immortalized the jazz-mad post
war generation does not believe that
the girl of today should smoke or drink
until she is Is, at least.
Tuesday The "Tovarich" pre-
view The towns smartest and
prettiest ladies are on hand to cheer
Stars Claudette Colbert and Charles
Boyer in the picture version of the
famous play. Miss Colbert in her new
sports leopard coat and black, up
turned hat, rushes in ahead of her
three women companions to avoid the
autographists (she is not as lucky
coming out) Irene Dunno is be-
decked in mink Simone Simon in
1ainbow-colored striped taffeta eve
ming gown with blue fox jacket
Evening star., 1937-12-04

George Brant, Warner Bros star,
has new Job. On Sundays he is help
ing Director Michael Curtis train his
new stxing Of polo ponies.
Evening star., 1937-12-04
First Lady" at the Earle
Has Comic Moments
Wives of Politicians Fight 1t Out
For White House Occupancy.
Lopez on the Stage.
BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS. Jr

IKE the last toast
picture
the clothes modelling
always delight, and they will Lady"
theory that
n at least conuses
Evening star., 1937-12-04
Notes From the Diarv
Of a Film Columnist
Parties, Public and Private,
And Previews Mark
Busy Hollywood Week.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

.oda1 n, Dec eNANAo-Friday Kaleidoscope Pauette
knitting
o, scalp treatment Warner Baxter at the paro
- turned away because he appointment Ann
Husband
dvn on Sunset boulevard the set
Evening star., 1937-12-04
New Powell>Loy Picture
Leaves Old Routine
Double Wedding" at Capitol Amuses
But Not Quite in Fashion of
Previous Efforts.
By Jay CARMODY.

YRNA 10y and William Powell long the gold standard
H husbands Of
entertainment still Of
misunderstanding do
which yesterday the
record that
Evening star., 1937-12-04

tive Joe Sistrom's party And
Lynne Carver pinned against wall
Evening star., 1937-12-04

n EVOTEES Of the horse opera,
/ the rip-snortin' cops-and rob-
bers cinema and other items
Evening star., 1937-12-04
DANCING.
Elash-fiaht Dance

Tonisht at CanelIis Rhythm Club, s?4
18th st. NV. . o'clock, Tango In.
struetfons' 0:3O-14, Dancing. Fun. Re-
treatments. Netting like Il elsewhere.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-12

hunters are hurt and uncon-
scious."
But I don't believe they are
dead" he said.
The big ship, flying through
rainstorm from Salt Lake City to
Los Angeles, hit the hills about
four miles north of Olive View
Sanitarium 18 miles north of here.
Every one in the ship is hurt.
said Robertson. Some are uncon-
Scious. I don't know whether some
OF them may be dead"
Robertson, brought out by a res
cue crew and placed in a ward at
the Sanitariun. was in too serious
condition to talk further and could
give no details of how the ship
crashed.
We could hear the screams of
injured persons when we approach
ed the ship" said a sanitarium
AAAS pAtAiAC VI dSllcSt OII UIlt tOD OI
small mountain above the sanitar-
ium's chicken ranch. It was some
time before 1t was discovered. A
rescue crew Immediately climbed
the slope to the ship and began the
task of bringing out the injured VIC
tins.
Olive View is the Los Angeles
county's tuberculosis institution.
While ground parties were scout
ing the rough mountain country a
few miles to the north, sanitarium
patients saw the plane piled up on
top of the ridge and heard several
figures moving about. screaming
hysterically.
A half dozen doctors were sent
to the scene with ambulances.
The plane was more tnan two
hours overdue at Union Air Termin-
al when the word was flashed back
to Western Air Express headuuart-
ers that 1t was found.
The plane last radioed its posi-
ton at 1l:05 am. as four miles east
of Newhall Pass.
We're coming down on the 10
calizer, the north quadrant" the
plane operator radioed the ground
station at Burbank.
That was the last message.
Four minutes earlier. the operator
had requested information on the
weather. which was stormy,