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The Washington times., 1937-11-06
Joan Bennett
InConnedyAt
National

Reports from Boston, where
Joan Bennett made her debut
in "Stage Door" indicate that
she has joined that select circle
Of stars who are equally promi.
nent on the stage and screen.
The group includes Helen
Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Les
lie Howard, the Marx Bros, and
the young woman whom Miss
Bennett is following in stage
Door'-Margaret Sullivan. The
Hub reviewers were unanimous
in praising Miss Benefits per-
formance.
After it's three weeks in Bos-
ton, "Stage Door" is touring the
principal cities and it will be
presented by Sam H. Harris for
the National Theater beginning
tomorrow night.
Written by George S. Kauf-
man and Edna Ferber, it is their
first contribution to the theater
since Dinner At Eight" and it
ran all last season at the Music
Box. New York, with Margaret
SULLIVAN in its featured role. She
was compelled to retire tempo
rarily when she became mother
last July and Broadway regards
as a master stroke the engaging
of Miss Bennett to replace her.
1t is Joan'S first stage appear.
ance since she played with her
father in "Jarnegan," nine years
ago. Her father is Richard Ben
nett, veteran star of Broadway
and Hollywood, and Constance
and Barbara Bennett (Mrs.
Morton Downey) are her sisters.
Joan is the youngest of the
family.
Like an earlier Kaufman.
Ferber success, '"The Royal
Family" "stage Door" is a
tribute to the spoken drama as
against the films, and its action
takes place in the FootlightS
Club, a New York retreat for
young actresses. Nineteen Of
its 80 characters are girls strug-
Cling for a foothold in the
theater.
Miss BENEFITS supporting
cast includes Muriel Campbell,
Douglas Gilmore, Richard Ken
drick, Walter Davis, Homer
Miles, Madeline Grey, Helen
Ray, Barna Ostertag, June Gale,
Virginia Rousseau, Wilma Fran
els, Jean Carmen and Bert
Wilcox,
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dame" have bit parts with
greatest substance.
Angel like the Dietrich
"Song of Songs" is a handsome
pictorial from lightweight fic.
tion.
GOOD STAGE SHOW
Phil Spitalny this week is a
well.barbered maestro. He's had
a hair cut. His girl band is so
good, comprises such firstclass
musicians and specialties, that
the az 4rent intention of turn
ing them into condolences is a
little appalling. Outside of that
an hour of fine diversion.
Maxine, who sings from
away down here, is tops among
those who step forward for the
microphone vocals. There are
the Three Little Words who
decorate their songs with com.
edy trimming, Dale Winthrop,
a smart tap Soloist, a skilled
string section that really plays
THE Bee," and Rochelle and
Lola at the grand pianos. For
band numbG's teh accent is on
real music.
The news reel and Freddy
Clark's band round out the
program.
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At
Columbia

The beginning of a nations in
dustry is pictured in High, Wide
and Handsome" now appearing
at the Columbia. Dramatic and
epochal in its delivery, it presents
the hardShips of the rugged men
and women who turned the tides
of the world to make it what it
is today.
Oil in Pennsylvania-that's the
theme of the tale that stars Irene
Dunno and Randolph Scott in a
romance that is smeared with
crude oil from top to bottom and
finally emerges victorious.
Miss DUNES lovely face is en-
hanced considerably by her ever
improving voice, with several ex-
treme close-ups showing her at her
best. It 81 these gruelling closes
that are the test of real talent and
inherent Photographic qualities.
and Irene has all that is necessary.
Playing in a role that is dy-nimlc
in every sense of the word, Ran
dolph Scott exhibits a remark
able characterization of man
that defied the holding companies
of the late nineteenth century,
neglecting even his wife, to even
tually come through with what it
takes to win against obstacles.
Some of the technical points are
bad, but these are compensated by
the splendid supporting cast, con-
siSting of Dorothy Lamour, Ben
Blue, Raymond Walburn, Charles
Bickford, Alan Hale and last but
not least an old-timer, Irving
! Pichell. r. H. S.
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lawful Truth"
Third Week

If the high cost of living or
this nice, moisty weather has
tended to bring about a depres-
sion or a f.. of "blues," then a
trip to the Metropolitan Theater
where the Awful Truth" is
showing, should make the sun
shine again. Beginning a third
week downtown crowds continue
to flock to see one of the clever
est comedies the motion picture
industry ha produced.
Irene Dunno and Cary Grant,
assisted by Ralph Bellamy and a
splendid supporting cast, need
give no way to either Topper"
or The Thin Man." because the
Awful Truth" even as a follow
up, is quite as excellent.
Irene and Cary are happily
married till death, ct cetera,
and "Mr. Smith," the smart ca
nine (Asta in the Thin Man'O
is their pride and joy, but alas
when trouble starts and divorce
is imminent, it is this same Mr..
Smith who upSets the
works. Needless to say, the
whole performance is gay and
hilarious, treat in prospect for
those who have not yet seen it
and a pleasure in retrospect for
the many who have. In fact it
seems to be quite the thing to
go again, which after all is the
highest tribute any entertain
ment needs. H.K.
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MOVIE
CLOCK

CAPITOL-Robert Montgomery,
Rosalind Russell, Live, Love
and Learn" II, 1:48, 4:35,
1928, 1910, p. m. Stage,
"Jackie Heller" 12:49, 3:35,
6:25, 9:10 p. m.
PALACE-Eddie Cantor, June
Lang. "Ali Baba Goes to
Town." 11:15 a. m, 1:20, 1925,
$50, 1885, GAS p. m.
OLUM IA-1rene Dunno,
Randolph Scott, High, Wide
and Handsome" IL, 2:25,
4:50, 7:19, 9:4O p. m.
EARLE-Marlene Dietrich, Her
bert Marshall, Angel" Ii a.
M, 1885, 4:2O, ITO, 9:55 p. m.
Ctage: Phil Spitalny, 12:45,
$3.50, $40, 9:05 p. m.
ETROP LITAN- Irene
Dunno. Gary Grant. The
Awful Truth" 11:30 a. m.
1870, $3.50. $50. 1885. 9:4O
R.K.O.-KEITHS-Anna Neagle,
Anton Walbrook. Victoria the
Great" 11:15 a. m, 1;2O,
3:25, $50, 7:35, $40 p. m.
LITTLE-Errol Flynn, Captain
Blood" 10:55 a. m, 1903, 3:11,
5:19, 1927, 9:35 p. m.
RIALTO-"Damaged Lives" At
1876, 1885, 1886, 5:36, 1885
and 9:36 p. m.
TRANS LUX - NeWsreel and
Shorts at 10 and 11:45 a. M,
1880, 1:45, 8, Ais, $50,
GAS, 8. 9:15 and 10:45 p. m,
HOW A r D-Bette LAWS, Ian
Hunter, That Certain
Woman" 1915, 2:40, 6:25,
9:10 p. m. Stage: Battle of
Sexes" 1:3O, Sis, c, 1920
p. m.
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ment on the dangers and cures
of venereal disease. That sounds
formidable, especially to some
one who has a bit of change
and wishes to spend it for an
hour or so in a theater, but an
intelIi gent and interesting
method of spending the money
will be to journey to Ninth
Street to the Rialto.
Constructed along regular
film drama lines, Damaged
Lives" tells the story of several
young people who find them
selves enmeshed in the tolls of
syphilis and gonorrhea. How
they repair their soiled careers,
through the brilliance of modern
medical science, is the leading
theme.
Naturally this movie has the
approval of such organizations
as the United States Public
Health Service and the National
Parent Teacher Association, and
naturally its theme makes it
impossible for young children
to attend. But adults will find
it more than Illuminating.
Produced by Weldon Produc-
tions, Damaged Lives" has a
large cast including Harry
Myers, Lyman Williams, Char
lotte Merriam, Dorothea Rob
erts and Jason Robards. It is
followed on the current Rialto
bill by a talk on venereal dis
ease; Illustrated by diagrams
and charts,
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NATIONAL SYMPHONY

DR.. HANS KINDLER, Conductor
Gala Opening Concert of Mid-week Series
SoIoisti LUCREZIA B0RI, Soprano
Single tickets, 75c to So at box office.
julius Garfinckel Store, MA. 1910. Season
tickets for Mid-Week Series, SO to SIS for
s Concerts.
First Concert of 2nd Sunday Series Nov. IA
4 P. M.-Constitution Hall
SOIOisti M0RIZ R0SENTHAL, Pianist
Single tickets: SOC to So. Season tickets
for End Sunday Series, Sap to So for 8
concerts. c. C. Cappel. Manager,
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A FROZEN BEAUTY

A FROZEN BEAUTY
Instead, it has a story as
fluffy as fall snow, with the
magic of the eminent LubitSch
completely futile when applied
to the problem of making Mar
lene Dietrich act.
La Dietrich is always an eye
full, but I confess it is irritating
to find that this glamorous
screen decoration must suffice
for expresSionlesS acting.
Marlene plays Maria Barker,
wife of an English diplomat.
who, feeling neglected by a busy
husband, goes to Paris and be-
comes involved in an illicit
amorous adventure.
It happens that she is found
out, that Sir Frederick Barker
ard her salon pickup" con-
front each other at a weekend
party. Is Maria embarrassed?
Does she fear the consequences
of her polite indiscretion? I
should say not. This "situa-
ton" doesn't stir a hair on her
well m arcelled head. Miss
Dietrich gives us the same calm
and placid countenance that in
dicates complete lack OF emo
tional disturbance.
STORY is FRAGILE
Later when Sir Frederick is
summoned to Locarno, and
further peace conferences,
Maria is tempted to sin again.
Is she disturbed when her hus'
band discovers her in the swanky
Partisan rendezvous about to
meet the "other man" Don't
be silly. These polite folks
never quarrel. Marlene is as
collected as a guilelesS child.
She gives Sir Frederick a well
buttered fish story, goes off on
a second honeymoon.
In spite of all of its polish,
persistent drawing room man.
ner, little subtleties that Lu'
bitsch direction provides.
Angel" is an upholstered piece
of phoney. 1t never seems real,
for married folks VINO don't
swing into action when one is
found cheating" are, I believe,
as rare as quIntuplets.
Herbert Marshall and Melvyn
Douglass, play husband and
lover, respectively, do we'll with
fragile material. Edward Eve
rett Horton, Ernest Cossart
and Laura Hope Crews, the
latter as an aristocratic MA
The Washington times., 1937-11-06

Ernest Lubitsch Returns as Director In
A Continental Fable About Romance
The Washington times., 1937-11-06

Ii OIl IuG SGOIy anu JuC Cudl az
Again a girl reared on Park
Avenue is willing to forsake all
the luxuries that money brings
to share the desolate garret Of
a struggling Greenwich Village
artist.
ART FOR ARTS SAKE
Bob Graham, the artist, hasn's
a single care in the world. He
has never had any money and
has no particular desire to &C.
quire any. He refuses to prosti-
tute his art to paint the kind of
stuff that will sell. The girl,
Julie Stoddard, is in seventh
heaven with him, content to
climb four flights of stairs and
exc out a meager existence for
loves sake.
Their chief recreation is
throwing darts at a check for
several thousand dollars pasted
on the wall, which the girls rich
uncle had sent her to tide her
over her "interlude."
But their happiness is not for
long. Bob Graham is "dis-
covered" becomes the sensation
OF the art world and his can
vases bring fabulous prices,
success goes to his head. He is
taken up by society and to his
Wlte,s diSmay starts painting
the kind of pictures he had al
ways held in disdain. His sub
Jects now are fat dowagers and
bloated capitalists.
A society vampire takes Bob
in tow and succeeds in coming
between him and the grieving
wife.
Finally the bride packs her
bags and stalks out of the pent-
house studio apartment, leaving
him to the wiles of the schem-
ing blonde.
A bare recital of the plot gives
no inkling, however, of the
charm and gayety that pervades
the film. Bob Montgomery, who
has a flair for this type of role.
plays the artist. and Rosalind
Russell his pretty bride. His
bosom companion is the in.
ebriate Oscar, who makes his en-.
trance by falling prone on his
face before the awestruck artists
bride. Thereafter he manages
to maintain an upright position
and assumes the role of consoI.
ing friend to the wife.
The best moments in the film
are those wherein Montgomery
and Benchley indulge in some
hilarious horseplay.
EXCELLENT STAGE BILL
Diminutive Jackie Heller. of
radio fame, serves as m. c. Of
the stage show, which is called
the 1888 Broadway Brevities."
Jackie sings "Harbor Lights"
and several other numbers he
popularized over the air.
Gil Lamb, an eccentric dan.
cling comedian, and his har-
monica-playing partner, high.
light the program. Selman Mar.
lowe is an extraordinary tap
dancer; Val Setz offers some
novel stunts in the juggling line
and Diaz, Don and DENIS toss
around Dolores with abandon in
an adagio dance act. Sixteen
count 'em-Broadway show girls
form a colorful and pleasing en-
Semble.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
Damaged LWes,' New Feature,
At the RiQ|tO TheOter

This weeks principal screen
fare at the Rialto is less of an
entertainment than it is a lee
ture-but a lecture on a subject
SO vital to the everyday life of
any community that the un-
winding of the film keeps the
spectator as engroSSed as a
melodrama.
The movie is Damaged
Lives" a talking picture docu-
The Washington times., 1937-11-06

Frolics," has been touring the
Hirst circuit for a number Of
weeks, it will be placed on dis
play for local audiences with
the benefit of numerous embel-
lishments devised by the Colonel.
In fact, the original title has
been discarded in favor of
Jimmy Lakes Own Show"
Tall, blonde, Honey Bee Kel-
Ter is the feminine headliner,
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Lake Show For
The Goyety

Col. Jimmy Lake, who trod
the stage of his Gayety Theater
back in 1911 and once was known
as the youngest producer in bur-
leSque, has decided to take an
active hand in shaping the pro-
duction to be presented at the
Ninth Street house beginning
Sunday.
Although the show, "F'risky
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
"ANGEL" AT THE EARLE
MorIene Dietrich, GIomorous
Stor, Has Two Leading Men;
SpitoIny on Stage
Bv ANDREW R. KELLEY

For all of its silky smoohness its ophistcaton and
its of ravishng beauty, Angel is of the Mar
lene Dietrich triumphs.
Never has she been photographed strikngy, the
Travis Banton collection of something for contour
iers discuss the settings rich and lavish the two leading
models of parlor decorum.
With Ernst Lubitsch to direct rather expected that
"Ange" from script by Guy Bolton and Russell Medcraf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-19
POISON PLUS POISON

POISON PLUS POISON
 According to a press report an Atlanta pathologist reported to the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, which certainly sounds a sober body, that his investi- cations warrant the conclusion that strychnine and corn whis- key taken together are deadly poison, even in relatively small
 Leaving to the paragraphers the humor, If any, in this observation we comment on 1t here in response to numerous requests of readers.
 Tn the first place, the poisoning described by the pathologist was poisoning of animals by alcohol and strychnine and instances of fatal poisoning of human beings by large doses of corn whiskey ana strychnine or by large doses of corn whiskey taken by individuals who were in the habit Of taking strychnine.
 There is no reason to think that strychnine or alcohol Is more pois- onous when taken so combined than either drug is when taken alone, that is, in medicinal doses, under proper medical direction Either strychnine or alcohol Gin the form of corn whiskey or other wise) may be necessary as medi- cine in some circumstances, and oId time doctors believed, perhaps some old timers still cherish the fancy, that fairly stiff doses Of strychnine and whiskey "stimu- lated" and kept alive patients who were desperately III with septi" cemia, typhoid fever, pneumonia
 As house physician in a large hospital I prescribed my share of this deadly combination. Today some physicians may administer a "shot" Of strychnine in an emer" gency, and few still regard al. cohol as a "stimulant' in spite of all scientific evidence, but prooaniy no medical man of standing speeds the parting patient with rations of strychnine and whiskey.
 Fatal poisoning of old soaks who combine overdoses of strychnine or any dose of strychnine with their booze need not detain us long. Per- haps that is as good way as any to dispose of such human waste. strychnine poisoning, however should be the concern Of every humane citizen, for the great ma jority of cases this frightful death comes to some innocent child who happens to get hold Of some nostrum of other, such as sugar or candy-coated or chocolate coated pills or tablets Of some shotgun mixture purporting to be good for the stomach, liver, bowels, nerves tired feeling, run down condition, bad blood etc, and depending principally on the strychnine in the formula. It is a characteristically Yankee trait that we permit the indiscriminate sale and even the public distribution of samples of such deadly medicine; in Yankee ] land when big business profits are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-19
REALITY.
Gl0rifing Yourself
By Alicia Hart
NEA Service Staff Writer


 Beautiful feet usually are com fortable feet, SO it's mistake to begrudge time or energy spent making yours lovely. If sand and sun and salt water have made them dry and rough, get busy with oils and creams and pedicure access sories for a few weeks before you buy new fall shoes.
 If you have corns or bunions. a few trips to a good foot doctor will pay huge dividends. To remove cal- louses, put a bit of powdered pumice on your nail brush and scrub brisk ly. Do not try to remove an entire callous during one treatment. And never cut or scrape 1t with Q knife or razor blade.
 Always cut toenails straight across then smooth rough edges and file away corners with an emery board There used to exist a theory that toenails should be cut straight across and corners left untouched, but pedicure experts now agree that corners must be filed short and rounded.
 At night, right after your bath, massage feet with a special foot craam, an oily lotion or your favorite complexion cream. Use firm upward strokes from tips of toes to ankles After your morning shower, dry feet carefully and sprinkle a bit of medi- cated powder between toes.
 See that your new fall shoes really fit and that stockings are long enough. Too short shoes and stockings certainly will cause small corns on your toes. New this fall are boxless sandals, oxfords and pumps. These, as their name im- plies, are soft and supple. molding feet as gloves mold hands, and most comfortable.
 Always buff toenails before ap- plying liquid lacquer. If you do not varnish them, use buffer anyway. Bufflng stimulates circulation and makes the nails stronger and less likely to break or chip.
 NEXT: Special fall beauty prob len1s.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-19
Modern Menus

l-2 hour. Serve with the following unbelievably good sauce,
 Frozen Cream Chese Sauce
 One egg white, egg yolk, l-2 cup cream, l-2 cup cream cheese, l-4 cup fresh American cheese forced through seive, l-2 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon sherry.
 Beat together the cream, cream cheese grated cheese and sugar. Beat egg white until stiff and dry. Add sherry to cheese mixture, then fold in beaten egg mixture. Combine gently. then freeze. Yes, 1t really does taste as 1t reads.
 From the regal to the simple in apple society-lets try this:
 spiced Apple Sauce
 (4 servings)
 Four lare tart apples, l-4 tea spoon ground ringer, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, l-2 cup sugar water.
 Core apples, Do not peel. Cut into pieces. Cover with water and cook gently until tender. Then. not be- fore. add spices and sugar and re- move at once from fire. Stand until cool.
 Of course you know about cinna- mon stick candy for baked apples Crush the sticks and All the apple centers with the candy and bake as usual.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-19
CHATS
By DOROTHY CAREW

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Paris (UP)-Youth and the mode are gracefully blended in the winter collection of Helm Jeunes Filles which combines smart colors, rich materials and long, slender lines to make dresses and coats which are neither too young nor too mature, but right for the fashionable young girl.
 Two-piece sports dresses in wool jersey are favored for daytime wear in wine, deep green and rust shades with bottoms from the waistline to pert round collars. Blouses are belt cd or nipped in at the waist. Skirts are fiared in @ tailored way or hang straight with inverted plaits.
 Tweedy sports coats are we'll tailored with a hint of fitting at the waistline and slightly fiared skirts. Dressy coats in smooth materials are simple in line and are shown with flat fur collars their only trim.
 A black sports coat lined with rust Is worn over matching black skirt and rust, round-necked blouse. Plaid is employed for blouses and ascots with plain colored suits and a brick shade Is used to line and trii an iron-gray wool coat with a removable astrikan bolero.
 Velvet is popular for trim on aft- ernoon dresses frequently in the col-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-19
Ldtest Styles
-RARENTs-
kARENTS Your
 Children
RY Olive ROberta BartoR


 There are so many musical chil- dren today, that we wonder what has happened. Are they smarter than they used to be, or just moro interested?
 More interested, of course, and more music-conscious in every way. The child radio or screen artist spreads ambition anon ghis contemporaries as surely as he would spread measles on his street, if he went out with them on.
 Two more reasons account for our talented youngsters. IL is one thing to want to play fiddle or French horn, and other matter to lay it on the line for lessons. Answer -< the school orchestra, Or the school band. Take your pick, for there isn't any. They are all good and some astonishingly SO. And they are free.
 The other answer is improved method of instruction especially for the piano, since we used to graduate on "The Blue Bells of Scotland" our national first piece, national because some million children over the land graduated from the exercise book on this old timer.
 Musicians Born, Not Made
 What do you think about a child going on with music, if he or she has no talent for it?" is the universal query of mothers. can only give an opinion here. but l believe 1t is shared today by most professional teachers of mu- sic.
 There are numerous children who have no flair at all for the technical side of music. They have not dead ears, but they have blind spot for notes and clefs, or hands that won't cooperate with brain impulses to translate the written sheet into tunes and rhythm.
 In such case that particular boy or girl is wasting time, as well as being completely miser- able over long hours of futile practice. The best way is to write on the check paid in full" and close the piano or give the violin, or horn. as the case may be, to Cousin John. There is no use mi trying to force the parents am- bitions into Q born half-back, tan- dancer or sculptor. Give them theri own break in their own way, say I.
 Music Should Be Fun However. if a child can master notes, with little persistence, and isn't altogether a flop, then 1t Is right to encourage him to further effort. because there is a sort of second wind to music. and time of- ten rescues the backward. Then the one with fundamental instruc- ton to his credit, will wish to re- sume where he left off. and play some instrument for his own amuse. ment. I should never miss this chance.
 Many children who never played a note can be taught appreciation of music, and learn with benefit it's values and It's history. All music. lovers do not play. Indeed think sometimes that the greatest of mu- sical souls never knew the differ. ence between r. sharp and B flat, and harmony" mean to them only lovely melody instead of a technical study in the relationship of notes Copyright, 1887, NEA Service, 1nc.)