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The Washington times., 1937-04-15
MORAL IN THE NEWS
Ann Pennington, Who Danced
AGenerotion Ago on EST,
Still Keeps Going
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Thursday roundup. Twenty-Five years this week the
attraction at National Theaer Raymond Hitchcock in
a new Charming Pollock musical "The Red Widow The girl
who played Yvette dancer in this froc Ann Penning
ton that engagement Penny the Zegfeld stage
magncences the allure star for many George hit
Scandals introduced the BLACK Bottom dance served
silent STAR regarded by many odtimer the
greatest of her time There dozens of musty clip
pings the newspaper files about her dmpled knees Tonight
Ann Pennington opens the Yacht Club in New York
strip tease entertainer Meaning she must take off much
of apparel the law permits to attract attention This
story of generation in show business and what
The Washington times., 1937-04-15

IieSt man in the show is doing we'll
25 years later, the prettiest girl
must resort to the strip tease"
PENNY" LOST OUT
Ann Pennington's cruelest blow
was last year when "The Great
Ziegfeld" was produced in Holly.
wood. Through the friendly influ-
enceS of Fannie Brice, Penny"
was assigned to a small part in
this M-G-M super special movie.
Whatever she did failed to reach
the screen.
Gilda Gray was another who
faced keen disappointment when
THE Great Ziegfeld" arrived in
the two-a-day theaters. Gilda was
the Shimmy queen Of one Of the
1920 Follies and a real draw. If
you don't believe she had a fol-
lowing then account for her get
ting a 5000 pay check for a one
weeks engagement at Washing
tons Rialto Theater on Ninth
Street. That was big money. Then
and now.
Gilda Gray proposes to have the
courts pass on whether M-G-M
used her right. She has filed suit
for $250,000, alleging breach of
contract, because her entire per-
formance was eliminated from the
film.
Miss Gray set forth in a long
complaint that in the fall of 1885
the studio requested her to appear
in a minor role in Rose Marie"
and promised that she would be
given leading role in "The Great
Ziegfeld."
Subsequently, she alleged, she
was assigned a role in THE Great
ziegfeld" and carried out her part
Of the agreement. Her appear
ance in this film, the dancer as
serts, was widely publicized by the
studio, but at the time of its
showing her entire performance
had been deleted.
The elimination of her role.
Miss Gray contended, caused the
theatrical profession to believe
that her performance had been
inferior and had greatly damaged
her career.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15
PRESS CLUB SHOW

A special private screening of
Metros thrilling saga of the sea,
Captains Courageous" has been
scheduled for 10 o'clock Friday
night in the National Press Club
auditorium in honor of the visit
ing delegates of the American
Newspaper Editors Association, it
is announced by Charles o. Grid
ley, president of the National
Press Club.
Tickets went on sale today at
the National Theater for the third
and final week of Metro Goldwyn-
Mayors perturbation of Pearl
Bucks '"The Good Earth" which
stars Paul NUM- and Luise Rainer
as Wang and O-Lan.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15

a personal appearance at Loew's
Capitol Theater the week of
Nav G.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15
M OWE
CLOCK

LITTLE-Wallace Beery, Lionel
BARRYMORE, "Ah wilderness, "
1920 a. M, 1:24, 1928, 5:32,
1885, 1908 p. m.
RIALTO-Lilian Harvey in "Con-
gress Dances" 1870 a. M, 1925.
5:22 and 1924 p. M, and Frederic
March in Death Takes a Holl-
day." 1909, 4:05, 7:09 and 1O:OS
p. m.
COLUNTBIA-Madeleine Carroll,
Dick Powell, ION the Avenue"
11:40 a. M, 1:4o, $40. $40. 7:4O.
$40 p. m.
CAPIT OL-Margaret Lindsay,
"Song of the City" II a. m,
1:4O, 4:25, 7:15, 10 p. m. Stage,
Cab Galloway, 12:45, 3:25, 6:20r
9p. m.
PALAC-Jeanette Macdonald.
Nelson Eddy, "Maytime," II
a. M, 1880, 4:1O, $40. $3.50 p. m.
R-K-O KEITHS-CharleS Boyer
Jean Arthur, History Is Made
at Night" 1885 a. M, 1885, 1886
5:36, 1885. 9:36 p. m.
EARLE-Bette Davis, m ark e d
Woman" 1880 a. m, 1880, 4:20
7:10, e:55 p. m. Stage, Willie
and Eugene Howard, 12:45, 3:35,
6:25, 9:10 p. m.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ora
vet, Joan Blondell, King and
the Chorus Girl" 11:10 a. m.
1:15, 1920, 5:25, 1880, 9:40 p. m,
TRANS-LUX - Continuous shows.
rs minutes. 10 a. m. to IL p. m.
H o WAR RD-Jean Muir, Donald
Woods, "Once a Doctor" 1915,
2:45, Sis, 7:45, 10:30 p. m
Stage, Jimmie Lunceford, 1880
4. $50, 9:15 p. m.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15
Nodio Coming
ToG Goyety

The Gayety Theater offers for
its coming attraction, opening
with the usual matinee on Sum
day. Nadia. Nadia, considered
the cleverest female entertainer in
burlesk, is guest star of an all new
show, featuring the Arabic
Charmer, Zorita, and her com,
pany Of singers and dancers.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15

a comedy in three acts by James
C. Harvey with incidental music
by Robert Stoltz. Actor Stone has
more work than ne can attend to
in Hollywood. He is a Metro Gold
wyn-Mayer contract player and
when he is not busy at his own
studio is being "farmed out" to
other companies.
In the same 1912 "Red Widow"
company in which Ann Penning-
ton danced was Stanley Fields,
playing the part Of a Nihilist. To-
day Stanley Fields is one of the
screens favorite rough necks. with
a physique like bull, and voice
like a fog horn, presumably gath
ering good pay checks. The home
The Washington times., 1937-04-15

This Variety bulletin from Chi
cago explains why most Of the
The Washington times., 1937-04-15

Wen, to leap from the past to
the present. I find the following
unsigned communication was sur.
retitiously dropped on my desk.
Read it and suzieque:
Dear Mr.. Kelley:
We think your Saturday HOl-
lywO0d section is wonderful,
and we also think your daily
column is wonderful, and so,
will you let your public in grad
ualIy for the information that
Friday night the editorial en-
plOyes of The Washington Times
(price three cents will assist in
thrOttling the traditions of the
theater?
You see, one Of us wrote .
musical extravaganza, entitled
gradually "The Washington
Times FOllieS, Scandals, Gay
cites and FrOlics Of 1887" and
five Of US will gradually present
it at the HaylOft, where we will
likewise gradually dance to
Leon BrusilOff's music, and
gradually drain two or seven
kegs Of Mr.. Heurich's pOtatiOns.
Nobody but editorial employees
Of The Washington Times can
attend, which means that we
will probably have fewer press
agents, lawyers, lobbyists and
other such journalists than are
custOmarily present at newspa-
per soireeS. Oh yes, we invite you
to review our show before 1t
goes on the rOckS-we mean
rOad-as we understand George
White, Sam Harris and ]. ].
Shubert are bidding gradually
for a 20 per cent slice.
Amt Robert Taylor good,
too?
It all sounds as though I woulc
enjoy this more than Ecstasy
THIS AND THAT
Little news notes, gathered mere
and there, with a deep bow to the
current variety:
storm Over Patsy" the The
ater Guild show which was thu
nghteSt to reach F Street thi
season, closes on Saturday nigh
in New York, a failure. And i
the Guild picks any more like it
shudder to think what will be
come of their Washington sui
scription list.
Gertrude Lawrence has a hi
play in Rachel Crothers' drama
"Susan and God" Despite thi
she will only play in it for tw
weeks, since she has a date to al
tend the Coronation.
However, Producer John Colder
Is happy since he has a box offic
bulls-eye to open the new seaSol
In early September. This depart
ment will represent Washington
first nighters at the Saturda
night performance of Susan an
God" at the Forrest Theater Il
Philadelphia.
This Variety bulletin from Chi
cago explains why most OF tn
The Washington times., 1937-04-15

s.. w TlLe your OWL mOIdl'
HOMELY MAN WINS
Males in show business are
luckier. At least they do not have
to worry so much when the bloom
wears off the peach, when gray
hairs and weight for age means
that they have graduated into the
character actor class.
During the same week Of April
8, 1912, the attraction at the Co.
lumbia Theater on F Street was
Billy" presented by the Colum-
bia Players. Playing one of the
lead roles was George Barber. now
one of Honywood's in demand
character actors.
In the same April week at the
Belasco Theater the star was
Lewis Stone in "The Great Name"
The Washington times., 1937-04-15
Alice Moves

After finishing her role In
wake Up and Live" at goth Gen.
tury-Fox, Alice Faye went house
hunting with the result that she
will move for the summer into a
new home which boasts q SWIM
ming pool.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15

>such a sensational stage hit in
London and New York-is smart
sophisticated comedy drama based
upon the experiences Of the va
rious members Of an English fam
lily when the first day Of Spring
StiSS their blood.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15
(cepyriEht, 1887. by International
News sarvice)

HOLLYWOOD, April 15-Carl
Laemmle, jr., whose father, Uncle
Carl" Laemmle, now 10, made Uni
versal Pictures famous, and then
sold out, Is anxious to get back into
the game. He's dickering with
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer to produce
a series of pictures, first of which
probably will be THE Amazing DR..
Clitterhouse."
The Pasadena Community Play
house is a springboard to the NOV
les. Wayne Morris Is the latest
The Washington times., 1937-04-15
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP.
I Cover HOu uyWOOd

PLAYHOUSE alumnus to become a
HOLLYWOOD movie star Others in
cluded Anne Shirley, Robert Tay-
lor, Randolph Scott, Sylvia Sidney,
Paul NUM-, Gloria Stuart, Victor
Jory, Helen Mack, Onslow Stevens,
Tyrone Power, Lois January, Bar
bara Read, Douglass Montgomery,
Samuel S. Kinds, Robert Young,
Lloyd Nolan, Jonathon Hale, Fran
ceS Farmer, Sterling Holloway,
Frances Dee and John Carradine
:. whose combined income prob
ably is as great as the income Of
any class that ever graduated from
Yale. If not greater.
What-of-It-Paragraph - M ary
T-ian says that British movie
fans are autograph hunters. but
not nearly as dangerous as the
autograph folk in Hollywood i.
Samuel Goldwyn, a very clever
fellow, has changed the title of
his forthcoming flicker opus to
"You Can Be Beautiful" Phil
Harris, the orchestra leader, has a
large portable musical library q. i.
Jan CARRIER, also an orchestra
leader, is giving television broad
casts He says it's the coming
medium of expression in the en-
tertainment world Nearly a
week has passed without any sug-
gestion as to who shall play "Scar-
lett O'Hara" in "Gone With the
Wind"
Remarkable Discovery No. 999,-
999-The Los Angeles telephone
directory lists 10 Robert Taylors,
but none is our popular hero, be-
cause film stars don't list their
Evening star., 1937-09-23
DR.. Butler Calls Free Peoples
To Accept Fascisn's Challenge
Japan, Italy and Reich
Held More Menacing
Than Russia.
Ry the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press,
NEW YORK, September 23-Dr.
Nicholas Murray Butler last night
called on the free people of the world
to face the challenge Of the three
Fascist states-Japan, Italy and Ger
many-which he describes rs more
menacing than Communist Russia.
DR.. Butler, longtime advocate Of
United States participation In world
affairs declared neutrality would
be immortality" in any contest between
democracy and fascism.
Speaking at the opening Of the
148th academic year OF Columbia
University. Of which he Is the presi-
dent. DR.. Butler said:
"The challenge to believers In lib
erty is imperative and instant. The
attempt of the dictator to extend his
authority over other lands and other
peoples must be met and faced by
free people who have been stirred
to see, to understand, to think and
to act.
There is no other. way in which
VIC pdA dNOA VI OCSpOIlolI Idll W
brought to an end In such contest
between ruling ideas and the policies
which they compel, all nations and
every human being are involved,
whether that fact be at once realized
or not. Neutrality would be i'm
morality"
Russia Less Menacing.
Compared with "the active and
carefully thought-out" demonstra.
tions of ambition and power by the
relationships of Japan, Italy and
Germany, he said. the dictatorship
of Communist Russia lis far les
threatening"
Moreover" he declared, the Com
| munist doctrine is wearing out ir
| Russia itself. Communism
means a return to the civilization oi
the jungle and is an open war upor
excellence and achievement of every
sort and kind. For these reasons II
affronts human nature, and we may bt
sure that human nature will have
none of it."
A frontal attack by communism
On the institutions of liberty in ths
United States or in Great Britain
Evening star., 1937-09-23

Highest House in Europe.
The highest inhabited house in
Europe is the Mount Etna Observa-
tory, 9,075 feet above sea level.
Evening star., 1937-09-23

individual opportunity, individual in
itiative and individual achievement in
most damaging fashion"
Fascism Has Seductive Power.
On the other hand, he said, the
Fascist form of despotism has "a Sc
ductive power which the despotism Of
communism does not share"
Describing the military dictator
ships of Japan, Germany and Italy
as 1.-The chief enemy" of democratic
institutions, he said;
THE people of those three coun-
tries have the right to adopt and ac-
cept, each for itself, whatever form
of government they prefer, whether
it be absolute monarchy or despotism
by an individual group, but they
have no right to endeavor by force
to extend their power and their form
of government over other and unwill-
ing peoples.
"It is precisely this which each
one Of them is attempting to do"
Evening star., 1937-09-23
DEPUTY ARRESTED
IN $4,000 HOLD-UP
Almost TWo-Thirds of Mine
Pay Roll Recovered at
Mountain Cabin.
BY the Associated Press.

0y b&1V hhSCClhtcu flcco-
GATE CITY, Va, September 23.-
Almost two-thirds of the $4,000 pay
roll. taken in a daylight robbery near
Norton, September is, was back in
Gate City bank, and Wise County
deputy sheriff was in custody today,
while Southwest Virginia officers
sought two additional men whom, they
said, may have been connected with
the case.
Sheriff ]. E. Quillen of Scott County
announced last night the recovery of
S9,56o in silver and currency from q
barn at the home of John Cleek. father
OF three men who we're the first oi
eight persons to be arrested after the
bold robbery
The sheriff said Deputy Sheriff c.
w. McNutt of Wise County, driver
of the car carrying two Blackwood
Coal & Coke Co. employees with the
pay roll. was jailed yesterday at Wise
in connection with the case. although
he did not know the specific charges.
~ Woman Also Held.
QWllen also announced that Mrs
Buck Cleek was being held at Gate
City on the possibility she may know
something about the rest of the
money"
Buck. Harry and Zeke Cleek
brothers, who operate fleet of Gate
City taxicabs, were the first of the
eight now held to be arrested.
The Scott County sheriff saio
Sheriff Clyde Boiling of Wise County
and e. F. Birthright, Federal investi-
gator, started to Morristown, Tenn
last night in search of two other men
whom he did not name.
Money Found in Jars.
They were implicated, Quillen said
In a statement which Wise County
officers said Buck Cleek and his fathel
gave them yesterday morning. Gull
len described the statement as 1.-The
break" which led to the recovery Of
the money, hidden in fruit jars, which
had been buried beneath a manger
and a pile of coal in the barn.
j. L. Osler of the Blackwood Coal
& Coke Co., and H. H. Holmes, I
State policeman, accompanied him Il
the Cleek home when the money was
found, Sheriff CULLEN said.
Deputy Sheriff McNutt was serving
as the pay roll guard when the rob-
berry occurred on a lonely mountain
road eight days ago, the sheriff said
Evening star., 1937-09-23
BLAST INJURIES FIVE
IN WAYNESBURG MINE
Holster Attributes Explosion in
Airshaft, to Drill Striking
a "Dead Shot"
By the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
WAYNESBURG. Pa, September
23.-Five men we're seriously injured
in an explosion yesterday in an air.
shaft being drilled to the Mather
Collieries Co. mine, where 1876 died
nine years ago.
Denim Barron, 38. of Marmora, On
sario, Canada, superintendent of the
drilling, lay in critical condition
with both legs and both arms broken
The others, less seriously injured
we're in Waynesburg hospital
The explosion in May, 1928, occurred
while 275 miners were at work. Sew
eral hundred were at work in the
mine today.
Edward Yates, a holster at the shaft,
said the blast apparently came from
a drill striking dead shot," dyna-
mite which had been placed previously,
but had not fired.
Evening star., 1937-09-23

would be quite hopeless" he said,
adding:
THE real danger is that in those
countries communism may gain
ground through the undermining of
their institutions, now here a little,
now there little. by the action of
pressure groups which aim to restrict
Evening star., 1937-09-23
KILLED BY PENCIL

Girl, Z, Stumbles and Heart Is
Pierced.
CHICAGO. September 20 P).-A
sharply pointed pencil pierced the
heart Of Marian Knippel, 7, when she
stumbled and fell on the lawn at her
home yesterday. She died q short
time later in hospital.
Anxiety over her radio lesson
broadcast because infantile paralysis
keeps the grammar schools closed-led
indirectly to the freak accident. The
girl was hurrying to her cousins house
to get notes on broadcast she missed.
Evening star., 1937-09-23
Bride, II. Held in Killing.

S3 = ~*~x0 xzk 11xxxxH6'
REED CITY, Mich, September %
@.-Sherif. Royal Gingrich held q
17-year-old bride Of three weeks today
for the fatal shooting of Billy
Lain, 7.
Sheriff Gingrich and State Trooper
Dan WurzDurg said the prisoner. Mrs.
Ruth Corwin, admitted shooting the
boy with rifle for throwing apples
at her young brother.
Evening star., 1937-09-23
JUDGE L0KER CHARGES
ST. MARYS GRAND JURY
Panel Told to Determine Whether
Laws Are Being Enforced-W.
g. Herbert Is Foreman.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Nd, September
23.-The st. Marys County grand jury
was directed to make an investigation
and determine whether the laws Of
the county are being obeyed and in
forced" at the opening OF the Circuit
Court here yesterday.
The charge was delivered by Judge
William M. Loker, sitting with Judge
Walter Mitchell.
w. Guy Herbert OF MechAnicsville
was made foreman Of the jury. which
includes Odie H. Brubacker, Maurice
Martin, Herbert j. Cullison, Lloyd An
derson, Emerson Taylor, Holland Her.
bert, ]. Harry Cullison, Douglas Goode,
Roger Burroughs, 8. Sprigg Reeves,
Howard J. Chesser, Joseph Marshall
Mattingly. Billingsley @. Pogue, Edgar
Evening star., 1937-09-23

s. Dixon, J. Claude johnson, Joseph
Wathen, Robert M. Hunt. Robert
Ridgei, N. w. Calls, James Russell
and Nelson Mason and George Kane,
both colored.
Evening star., 1937-09-23
ON MEXICAN VACATION
Governors Leche and Chandler Ac-
companied by Seymour Weiss.

LAREDO. September % tP).-Govs.
Richard Leche of Louisiana and A. B.
Chandler of Kentucky, sporting broad
brinmed Stetsons and light khaki
clothes. crossed the border into Mexico
yesterday.
They said their vacation in Mexico
City would be of indefinite duration.
With them were Seymour Weiss, New
Orleans, and Judge j. Talbot, finance
commissioner Of Kentucky.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-27

The 1897 international Baby Chick
convention is to be held al Balti-
more, Maryland, July 1922.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-27

eu
The claim of the Central junior
college basketball team that it
boasts Imperial Valleys strongest
quintet is being contested up in
Brawley :. Brawley boasts cage
team that has not been defeated in
more than a month, and the COM
mercial outfit is seeking a game
with the Arabs to demonstrate that
the junior collegians are the second
best in the valley And after
seeing them in action this writer
is inclined to agree with the Braw-
ley industrial cagers
A couple of coast basketball
teams recently dropped out of
their respective leagues, merely
because their team was out of the
running for the league title
1t is gratifying to know that I'm
perial Valley does not have to
ccrtend with that type Of club,
which is ready to fold up as soon
as 1t loses a couple of ball
games
Coach w. S. Taylor is angling
for a game with Mountain Empire
high school in order to avenge that
early season defeat received at the
hands of the mountaineers
Hopes for a valley championship
team at Central received a severe
jolt yesterday when it was learned
Carroll Smith, varsity center will
be ineligible to play on the Spartan
team during the second semester
This weeks tilt against Calipatria
will be Smiths last game =.
Midget race officials are prepar-
ing to launch, what they expect
to be an even greater racing year
than last year Special events
outstanding races and spectacular
driving stunts are being planned
by the association moguls The
Central tennis team is yet to open
its 1897 tennis campaign . Twice
matches have been postponed, buI
Spartan racketwielders hope then
scheduled battle with Calexico will
materialiZe this week
Ell Centro police department pis-
tol shoot artists are still arguing
about which of them is the best
shot A suggestion has been
made which will settle the argu-
ment once and for all :. The solu-
ton to the problem would be for
the involved officers to load their
guns, pace off ten steps and open
fire. The one who survived the
duel would indubitably have un-
questionable claim to the honor :.
Jack Stark has signed his Bot
tiers to meet the San Diego Padres
in practice game in the coast
league season during spring train
ing Work on the Ell Centro
baseball field is about to be begun
And Ell Centro will soon have
the valleys finest baseball park.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-27
7TODAYS-
Sports Parade
RY HENRY McLEMoRE

what the inside of beauty parlor
| looked like. The hair that falls
about her face so softly now was
straight and stringy then, and she
kept it stuck on the back of her
head with saliva. Her working
clothes were pair OF linimenty
shorts, split down the outside of
the legs to allow full drive when
running, and a slip-on shirt that
needed washing.
But the Babe hasn't changed. /
found that out when we walked
on the first tee and I, with a flair
OF courtesy, offered her the honor.
Nav, you better hit first" she
drawled, cause it'll be the last
time you get the honor. And you'd
better bust a good one, if you don't
want to be outdrove 20 yards by a
gall
I leaned into one-probably the
best drive I'll get even if I live
till ninety-but She was out in front
of me by 20 yards.
"I'm not hitting 'em very far any
more" she said as if to comfort me
as we walked down the fairways."
The Babe was out in 81 and back
in 38 for rs, three over mems par
| And this despite short game
which is little better than a duff
fer's. Once she masters the short
irons-well, there won't be a wom-
an player in the world to bother
| her.
Lordy, how she busts those woods!
Never less than $50 yards off the
tee, and often 80 and 40 yards more
than that Where the other girls
use spoon the Babe picks up a
five iron, and when they need a
six iron full nine is long enough
for her.
Under the u. S. G.. A. ruling a
player can never regain his Cor herr
amateur standing if a professional
for more than five years. So the
Babe plans to quit the pro game
before her time is up, regain her
Simon Pure standing, and go out for
the big titles.
I'm saving all the money I can,'
she explained, so that sometime
I can play as an amateur. I don't
want to brag-because I've tried
to quit that-but 1 believe I can
learn to play golf we'll enough to
take all the girls"
There isn't any doubt about it.
She'll do just that. in time.
Babe is not thinking of getting
married. She thought about it last
year-in fact, she got within one
block of the preachers house. But
let her explain:
I'VE were just block away, and
all of sudden I said to myself
Babe, you better wait a WHILE SO
I jumped out the car. 1t was going
about 20 miles an hour, and wrote
the fellow a letter of explanation
a week later"
The fellow, she wouldn't tell his
name. but he's major league base
ball player.
| ((Convripht 1897 nv United PreSs)