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Evening star., 1937-11-20
Was
Never Like
This
Melodra1na at Met
Has Quaint View
OF Newspapers.
BY HARRY MacARTHUR.

BY HARRY MscARTHUR.
vUST when it was beginning to
look ~ though the cinema
~ might adopt = slightly more
intelligent, II not completely
sane, attitude toward the business
Of making newspapers there comes
along an item entitled Back in Circu-
lation." So now any one who has
at any time so much as looked In
on = newspaper plant may 60 down to
the Metropolitan and there writhe In
his seat over the quaint picture Of
journalism painted by the film.
The principal amazing feat per-
formed by the managing editor Of
the tabloid in this photoplay IS an
exhibition Of clairvoyance. His star
reporter greets him with q choice bit
Of information, and he greets her in
turn with an extra carrying the story.
But this Is mild. If you are startled
by any one running screaming for
an exit it will be only q newspaper
man who has just looked upon the
scene where the managing editor
howls at his precious sob sister and
tells her to write what he wants and
not what she sees at a murder trial,
or the scene where the gal Is sent
out to talk the district attorney into
issuing murder warrant.
Back in Circulation" Is about Pat
O'Brien, managing editor who Is
always shouting at his femme re-
porter because he loves her. she BE-
ing Joan Blondell. who is always
slamming the door to his ONCE with
such force 1t breaks the glass, be-
cause she loves him. It also Is about
Margaret Lindsay, who 1mpersonates
. woman who Is sentenced for mur-
der because she won't tell all after
her husband has Of his own free will
eaten handful of poison for supper
The melodrama does achieve q bit
of force now and then in those scenes
during the trial and in a sequence
later. when Miss Lindsay breaks down
and decides to clear herself. But
those wild newspaper tactics knock
the pins right out from under the in
telligence and credibility Back in
Circulation" might have had. The
greatest disappointment came, of
course. when after watching MI
O'Brien's antics for while we came
back to the Office to find that this
review had not already written itself
and gotten into yesterdays paper.
Evening star., 1937-11-20
"Conquest''
Is Vital
Drama
Palace Picture
CLOVIS With Life
AS Well as Bigness

TT TAKES fine writing, fine playing
and fine direction to bring essen
tial dramatic meaning through as
L much splendor as Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer saw fit to create as q stage for
Conquest" which now is in it's second
week at the Palace. But the writing,
playing and direction are there to
make this tale of Napoleon's tragic love
an arresting drama as we'll as kind
Of glittering pageant of the Napoleonic
period. It has Greta Garbo. of course,
in the role of the vainly adoring, and
vainly adored Countess Walewska. But
even more to its advantage. it has
Charles Boyer who invests the charac-
ter with such conviction that Waterloo
sometimes sounds more like forecast
than name in history.
The light that Boyer has hidden
under several bushels of bad parts
comes brilliantly into the open in this
instance. He is the arrogant Napoleon,
the poetic one, the pitiable, the ruth
less. and the human one all fused into
a character whose course was always
dramatic. regardless of what else it
may be. One feels wistfully disloyal
in saying it, but Boyer is at least the
point after touchdown better than the
divine Greta in this picture. To us it
is the seasons outstanding upset of
form, even granting the undeniable
talent of Boyer. Her other leading men
have not dared the heresy. but Boyer's
Napoleon obtains a kind of sad revenge
for Waterloo, Elba and st. Helena.
The Countess Walewska, If you have
not been able to place her, is the one
supposed true love of Napoleon. A
great Polish lady she was, whose
beauty, intelligence and charm made
him forget for a while his dream of
conquering the world. And while he
returned to his dream of conquest
later. he never recovered from their
dream Of love. And, Of course, neither
did the countess.
It IS the Napoleon as lover that
Conquest" primarily reveals, with Just
enough Of the warrior and statesman
thrown in to identify the various sides
of the character. From the standpoint
of screen drama, it probably is the best
Napoleon Of the lot.
II you are not familiar with the
story, don't let that keep you away.
You will be as soon as Miss Garbo and
Boyer get your attention. J.C.
Evening star., 1937-11-20

cused attention on her possibilities,
jumped her salary $50 and caused
Lasky to predict stardom within q
year. He erred by one month.
More pictures followed-"The Man
Who Found HIMSELF" with John Beal;
You Can't Beat Love-" opposite Pres
ton Foster; Music for Madame" with
Nino Martini, and current stardom
in "A Damsel in Distress" Her
weekly pay check is now $500-and
mounting rapidly.
Joan Is shy with strangers-a hang
over from childhood illness likes
to wise-crack at serious moments .
is q good dancer-but has no fond
ness for Hollywood night life, pre-
ferring to walk in the hills. browse
in the sun, read in bed-biographies
and historical books-and, above all,
work.
tCopyright. 1887, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Evening star., 1937-11-20
Tech High Players
Rip Off Comedy.

A DAM AND EVA" a stock type OF
humor Offering, written by Guy
Bolton and George Middleton, re-
ceived the earnest attention of the
Tech High Dramatic Club last night
in the school auditorium to inaugu-
rate two-night stand.
The old troubles of q rich man be-
labored by spendthrift family OF
motley and selfish interests were
reeled out with general adeptness by
the Friday night cast which created
an almost noble impression, further
more, with keen memory of lines
Twist of individuality Of this version
OF poor rich man theme, in which the
capitalist, Mr.. King, leaves family for
natures arms and substituting his
business manager, named Adam, to
the pater capacity, proved the more
engaging through the abilities of Ben
Jamin Lynt and Bruce Rowzie in the
respective roles and Of Madeleine
Bawell, who played the daughter Eva,
Comprising the complement of the
rubber magnate'S parasitical clan.
which was to suffer interesting re-
versals at the hands Of young Adam,
were Morton Johan as Kings hypo-
chondriac uncle who rivaled his
nephew's record Of physical ailments,
and Betty Jones in the part of Mr.,
Kings namby-pamby other daughter
Mary Tierney, chubby sister-in-law;
william Zeller, would-be son-in.
law; George Filgate, son-in-law
formed lethal threat to the stability
OF the home in good manner, while
theodore Stell and Robert Shirkey
aoetted in lesser roles. Settings were
OF the usual colorful quality turned
out by the Manual Trainers. ]. s,
Evening star., 1937-11-20

farce, and there Is nOCnlng 10 40 put
recommend it as highly diverting
affair.
The chief distinctions of Its Love
I'm After" are a couple of well-knoWn
film favorites. Leslie Howard and
Bette Davis. Their irreverence toward
the profession they have represented
with such distinction is carried to the
almost appalling extreme OF sneerlng
at two people named Leslie Howard
and Bette Davis. The picture starts
with Mr.. Howard doing better bur-
lesuue of Romeo than he did as the
solemn original under the banner OF
M-G-M, and Miss Davis matches him
slice for slice in deliberately hamming
q part written for that rarely fine
end. It is a kind of shock for few
minutes, but the principal players
are so vaIantly rowdy that you for
give them for not being their old
selves. What are a couple OF more
illusions in these days, any way?
Archie Mayo, director, and Casey
Robinson, who wrote the piece, also
are deserving of credit. The latter has
done a very thorough job of en-
bezzling famous quotations from IA
nous dramas and making laughably
inappropriate use of them. And Mayo
has provided the kind of direction that
compounds the Robinson misdemeanol
into excellent comedy. It's merciless
but It's fun.
X i
IF YOU don't want to bother with
the implications of the title, this
drama uses Howard as great matinee
idol whose love-making has not beer
confined to the stage. As performer
who has played every lover back te
Romeo. he has amassed a lot Of fine
speeches for whispering into lovely
ears, and the newer the ear the
better. A thing like that can get {
man into trouble, you know, anc
Howard Is no exception to the rule
Miss Davis is one OF his troubles
Another Is Olivia De Havilland. A.
Howard's leading lady, Miss Davis i
disconcertingly up on the origin o.
all his speeches. She can quote act
and scene for any one of them. Mr.
Howard finds that pretty tarty of her
and, after all, there's Miss De Hav.
illand, who's young and lovely anc
ready to believe anything he says
You can 60 on alone from there with
the rest Of the story, for it Is the way
It's told that counts.
Evening star., 1937-11-20

nonsense Poley McClintock, the
Mcfarland Twinsl, musical special
ties (the glee club arrangements, Ferne
and her violin), and straightaway jazz
music. In this mixture the nonsense
and the specialties occupy most time
at present. with novelty dance-and-
baton routine by Miss Betty Atkinson
ranking as the most popular feature
on the generous program. Miss Atkin-
son is genius with a drum ma ajor,s
baton. and you'd be surprised what
appeal batons can have for the public.
Evening star., 1937-11-20

It is much the same voice If not
the same dignity that Howard brings
to his role. You will like it in a great
many of Robinson's lines, not the
least Of which, We hope, will be the
one:
Its no longer matter Of saving
my immortal soul. It's gone far be-
yond that" The spirit of the thing
seems to be caught in that one, bull
warked maybe by, who am I, beyond
the greatest actor in the world?"
Miss De Havilland attains q new
high in sophisticated makeup in this
picture, but that's all right since she
also more definitely resembles an
actress in a rather more worthy part.
She has lost that schoolgirl COM
plexion, looks quite sleek, indeed, but
it seems to have been all for the best.
Others of more than passing interest
in the cast are Eric Blore, q butler
with a strange tinge of Pan this
time. and Bonita Granville, who plays
another acute problem child. They
are of considerable assistance in max
ing the thing wilder and merrier.
If it's laughter you need, TITS Love
I'm After" is your dose.
X X
THERE are six acts to choose from
in the stage program, with every
ones choice virtually certain to be
Harriet Hoctor. II any one can popu-
larize the ballet. it must be this deco
rative blond lady whose talent for
comprehensive dancing bowled over
even Hollywood. 1t hired her, remem-
Der, as ballerina in "The Great Zieg-
field" and Shall We Dance" Miss
Hoctor divides her time between the
classic and modern in dancing, does
both excellently, and gets the greater
applause for the former than for her
Mood Indigo" number.
"The Merry Macs" a quartet from
the radio. puts on vocal exhibition
which reaches its climax in a swing
Interpretation of my Bonnie: Clar-
ence (Cookie) Bowers repeats his ra-
dio and operatic burlesque, Billy Sydell
runs through those intricate frag-
ments Of balancing his dog, the four
Kraddocks are still the four Krad-
docks, and four contortionists do some
nice comforting to complete the show
It is a balanced bill at any rate
and they do have Miss Hoctor and
that picture.
Evening star., 1937-11-20

some years ago. The third young fel-
low (Tom Brown wants to be q foot
ball player and then an ofncer in the
United States Navy.
Within q short time after they are
anointed and declared plebes in the
service the three heroes of the picture
at Lows Capitol this week encounter
(a) football practice, (b) football
coaches, Co some upper classmen who
believe in rough hazihg, ID others who
prefer the mental or lighter side Of
that sport, (e) an old codger named
Capt. Skinny somebody (played the
Lionel Barrymore way, who was once
an all-America end, now hangs
around giving words of wisdom, ad-
vice and kindliness to young foot
ballers.
In football practice and games all
three Of the young men shine. In
their relations with football coaches
they are, on the whole, successful.
A mean upper classman who hazes
Mr.. Brown is licked by Mr.. Young.
Some classmates Of the beaten upper
classman give MIR. Young neat men
tai hazing. This Is funny. The trio
individually and as q whole realizes
that Capt. Skinny somebody is q
swell gent, as we say around battle
ships, and that since he IS imperson-
ated by Mr.. Barrymore he can act
rings around any or all Of them II
he chooses (Which he DOESN'T.
Early in their careers as under
studies to the war machine, Mr.. Young
and Mr.. Stewart become equally en-
amoured Of young lady miss Flor
ence Rice) who is Mr.. Browns sister
Mr.. Young fancies himself & q
smooth lad with the gels. Miss Rice
fancies Mr. Stewart.
Other complications developing in
the lives Of the bunkmates are (a) Mr.
Stewart makes speech out Of turn
in class and gets himself into exceed
ingly hot water, (b) the head coach
decides Mr.. Young is a loafer at heart
and benches him. (c) Capt. Skinny
something gets sick just before the
Army-Navy game and can't go along
to watch the boys play.
These are solved when Mr.. Stewart
is forgiven, Mr.. Young goes into the
big game and wins it, Capt. Skinny
somebody hears the great victory
broadcast on his radio in the hospital,
promptly RECEIVERS from pneumonia.
In reporting other matters pertinent
to this cinema it may be said that the
camera reveals great many spots Of
historic interest around Annapolis,
and that the actors explain their sig
nificance very clearly; that the audi
ence roared with laughter at most of
the comedy scenes, applauded loudly
when a picture of the American nag
was flashed on the screen. stood up
bravely under q minor barrage of
jingoism, wept at the sentimental
speeches. cheered and wept again at
the big football game.
Furthering the cause of statistics,
we may also note that Mr.. Robert
Young now holds the al-time cine
matte record for winding up second
best in love affairs (about six times this
season alone), and that the Navy has
never lost an Army Navy football game
in picture centered at Annapolis.
Evening star., 1937-11-20

naturedly against each other. To pre-
serve her identity during the difficult
early months Of Aim work, Joan lived
away from her family, adopted he1
stepfather's Observation-Disclosures in
sisted that the R-K-O Radio pub
licity department nlblicize her as
Joan Fontaine-good, bad or lnd1ner-
ent actress" and not as Joan Fontalne,
sister of Olivia De Havilland.
X X \ X
Cupid nearly disrupted the friend
ship between the sisters. A few months
ago both Olivia and Joan were enam-
ored of Actor Phil Huston. But they
have good sense, and, by mutual
agreement, Mr.. Huston was barred
from the hillside home they share with
their mother. And now Joan says:
'Men! They interfere with work and
mess up progress" They have not yet
hindered Miss Fontaine >. not yet.
The blond, brown-eyed starlet was
born in Japan in house overlooking
Toxic Bay, where her father was an
attorney. As baby she was seriously
i'll, the result of drinking goats milk
-. q change of climate was essential
and, at the age Of 16 months, Joan was
shipped with her sister to San Fran
cisco-later to San Jose and then
Saratoga, Calf, where her stepfather
still lives a series Of childhood all
ments did nothing to prevent, at the
age Of 4, rating Of 100 in an I. @
test (150 is considered the rating OF q
genius).
When fame came to Olivia via
Captain Blood" Joan was II and
burning with desire to be a great
actress. She haunted studio after
studio, but nothing happened. In Los
Angeles, they were casting the stage
play, Kind Lady," starring May
Robson. Joan landed. the ingenue
role. An executive at Twentieth Cen
tury-Fox saw her, and gave her q
test. Joan's happiness was Of short
duration. She resembled Claire
Trevor, under contract to the studio
80 there was no place for her there
.. Mervyn LIE Roy, most democratic
and alive Of the younger Hollywood
producers, wanted to sign her up fol
long term at Warmers, but both
Olivia-who still works there-and
Joan said, NO." fearing it would hurt
them professionally and privately te
work for the same boss-there might
be jealousy.
So back Joan went to the stage with
the Anita Louise role in Call It q
Day" Jesse Lasky was 1 member
Of the first-night audience, and there
and then signed her to q seven-yeaI
contract with . starting salary o1
$3.50 weekly. A "bit" In equality
Street." with Katharine Hepburn, TO-
Evening star., 1937-11-20

overshadoW anc
overcome.
An inferiority
e. m plex x made
visits to the War
ner Bros. studio,
where her star
sister emoted, i'm
possible. Il don't
want favors," she
told me in those
days. "1'll make
good on my own
merltS-or not at
all" Ever since
they were babies,
the two girls have
~Nod
Evening star., 1937-11-20
UELLA GEAR finally is in play
in spite of herself. Maybe only
partly in spite Of herself. for

sardonic wit has frightened musical
comedies since Poppy" back in 1928,
has long had yen to do a straight
play. but she's done little, if anything,
about it.
Then this year there came oppor-
tunities for three parts-two in musi-
cal shows and one in ITO Be Contin-
ued," Charles Georges comedy, which
comes to the National Monday night.
So Miss Gear looked over the roles,
chose the one best suited to her par
ticular talents. With not bit of heSi-
tation she cast the entertainment of
Evening star., 1937-11-20
Seat Saloon.

nEMAND for tickets for ''The Bar
- ber Of Seville" at Constitution
Hall Monday night has prompted the
management. the Washington Popular
Opera Association, to keep its office
In the Raleigh Hotel open all day
Sunday.
Evening star., 1937-11-20

60 WELL established as entertainers
are Fred Waring and his Penn
sylvanians that comment on them is
more or less superfluous here, except
to assure their following that the IA
nous band act is still combination of
Evening star., 1937-11-20

Twentieth Century-Fox's three daft
Ritz brothers act out their comedy
gags when preparing for a new pic
ture rather than think them out. II
the gags don't "act" they're tossed
overheard
Evening star., 1937-11-20

Because she broke her ankle some
years ago. Miriam Hopkins learned
10 dance to strengthen her leg muscles
tnus cultivating taste for the theater
Evening star., 1937-11-20
Role for Gladvs

GLADYS GEORGE will follow
Madame x" with the role of .
radio diva In Love Is q Headache, /"
Miss George will have Franchot
Tone as leading man and Mickey
Rooney Is assigned q featured role.
Evening star., 1937-11-20
Mr.. Howard and Miss Davis
Turn to Rowdy Farce
"It's Love I'm After" One of Bright
Comedy Pieces on Hollywood's
Later and Longer Mood.
By JAY CARMODY.

oME pagan god probably the ge Of goat must PLAYING
laughing mockng owdy and sometimes hilarious
~ making lately
Evening star., 1937-11-20
Plebes Emerge Triumphantly
I'm Movie at Capitol)
Novices at Midshipman Life
Show Football Veterans
How to Beat Army.
BY ROBERT r. PHILLIPS. !,

BLUE AND GOLD story about three
the United States Naval Academy
Young) there football
handsome uniform help acquiring wealthy wife The
ond (ames Stewar there
her who given his walking
Evening star., 1937-11-20
Joan Fontaine Conquers
Famous Sister Handicap
Rises to Stardom by Own Merit,
Not Under the Wing of
Olivia De Havilland.
By SHEILAH GRAHAM.

oLYwooD Nov 20 NANA)-Joan Fontaine star discovery
months all that known of her
q siseroivia De Havland today she Fred
leading "A Danse Distress" (pevwed this
worked
Evening star., 1937-11-20

Pete Smith has never been seen on
the screen. He refuses to appear in
any Of his pictures. i.
Evening star., 1937-11-20

game she IS the luckiest girl IN
desperately to achieve recognition
at the beginning Of her struggle, there
was the handicap of Olivia's fame to
The Ely miner., 1937-05-06

1" 4 UNIT ALMA, there's just one
thing l don't like about my
new dress-it's so attractive I'm
afraid Sis over there will appro-
pirate it when I'm not looking.
Outside of that I'm crazy about it,
and 1 think you're swell to make
it for me. Why"
Whats this, what's this? II
that isn't a laugh. Aunt Alma
Imagine me wanting anybody's S
dress. Why since you've taught
me to sew-my-own I never want
anything. I just make it and that's
that. This sport dress, for in
stance, took me only one after
noon"
Praise From Auntie.
81 think you do wonderfully we'll
with your sewing, my dear. You'll
be making my clothes the first
thing I know. I feel especially
pleased with my new spring dress
and I have both of you to thank
for suggesting this style. 1t does
right well by my hips, and it's so
comfortable through the shoul-
ders. I guess l should diet but in
this dress 1 feel nice and slender.
Don't you see, girls, how impor-
tant it is to choose a style that's
particularly becoming? It's abid-
ing by this theory that gives some
women such enviable chic"
The Patterns.
Pattern 1880 is designed in sizes
1920 go to 40). Size IA requires
3A yards of 80 inch material.
Pattern 1888 is designed in sizes
1882. Size 36 requires 53s yards
of 80 inch material. The collar
in contrast requires five-eighths Of
yard.
Pattern 1884 is designed in sizes
1920 (32 to AZ. Size 16 requires 33s
yards of 35 inch material.
Send for the Barbara Bell
Spring and Summer Pattern Book.
Make yourself attractive, practi-
cal and becoming clothes, select
The Ely miner., 1937-05-06
NOT IN THE BOX SCORE:

r lie Yankees figure Detroit is the
team to beat this year. They in
sist Cleveland is Over-rated and that
Bob Feller can be beaten by a
combination of waiting him out and
bunting. The best National league
club, they say, is the Cubs
Players, by the way, gossip that
times have not changed in Cleve-
land. When Walter Johnson was
manager Billy Evans tried to run
the team. Now Cy Slapnicka, who
succeeded Evans as business man.
ager, is trying to do all the thinking
for Manager Steve O'Neill 95
per cent of the horsemen racing in
Florida last winter voted against
that Australian starting gate with
which New York's turf OverlOrds
opened the season at the Jamaica
racetrack . Ken Smith, the very
able baseball writer, once was a
freight agent on the New York Cen
trail railroad.
Nasty mems insist that all is not
sweetness and light among CornelPs
football folks. They insist that Grad
uate Manager Jim Lynch recently
called in Coach Carl Snavely to
chide him about proselyting activi-
ties and that Carl has been doing
bit of lip-biting since. However,
chide or no chide, they also insist
that poor but honest boys still are
getting a looksee from Cornell and
that the Pittsfeld, Mass, district
was well gandered at two weeks
ago John Meketi, Giant rookie
pitcher now with Jersey City, is one
of the best harmonica players in
baseball Marty Glickman, the
Olympic sprinter, is stunning sports
for a short time due to complica-
tions caused by low blood pressure
Add look alikes-Julius Sol
ters of the Indians and Joe Med
wick of the Cards.
Although Temple loses IA letter
men by graduation Pop Warner
The Ely miner., 1937-05-06
He Remains E'Dead'-
''Strangled" by Red Tape

John Kachnycz, of Pittsburgh,
Pa, officially recorded as muir
dered seven years ago, and there
fore legally dead, is now at work
on farm. But in the eyes of the
law he just doesn't exist.
In 1929, Kachnycz left home to
work in the country, and later
was identified by a friend, as a
man killed in a street fight. His
relatives even collected the in
surance money on his life-and
man was tried for the murder
but acquitted.
Now, after trying to come back
to life in the legal sense, but find
ing the technicalities too great,
he has given it up and remains
dead in the eyes of the law.
The Ely miner., 1937-05-06

loveliness of the "star" center
pattern. You'll be astonished al
the ease with which these charm.
ing "dainties" are crocheted. Use
mercerized cotton or string. In
pattern 5768 you will find COM
plete instructions for making the
doilies shown; an illustration OF
them and of the stitches used
material requirements.
To obtain this pattern send Is
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept, 259 w.
Fourteenth ST., New York, N. Y.
Write plainly your name, ad-
dress and pattern number.