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The Washington times., 1937-12-06
BY ED SULLIVAN
They're the Tops

Hollywood, Dec. 8.
WITH 1888 Just around corner pick the players who
sgnaed themselves in the past 70 months Irene Dunno and
ruth TSy Connie Bennett Cary Grant and Roland Young for
hlarty Topper Deanna Durbn and Leopold stCkows
another to Mha Auer Bette Davis Leslie Howard and
After olivia De Havand The Great Gar
and her fine portrayal in IT'S Love I'm After Sam Jaffe
bed to Lost Horizon Barbara sanwyk for her poignant
Rose Rs snd Bali for
genuecOn in mt the general a direction M % Of Pe Greg La ca'a
WALT DISNEY. for nothing else but The Windmill" gem
%Ond Massey for the role he created in MeIvsn
his fauless performance in angel and than
arSo in Conquest and that one brilliant etching Of Maria
Ps o Of caudtts Colbert Douglas and Robert
mot forgetting the acid portrait SketChed by Fritz Field as the
EPaAR BERGEN and his Charlie Mccarthy Mum for
Fred ae AstaTe pamse in Distress Sophie TucEer Mickey
Ronald Sinclair and Judy Garland for their teamwork
holomew, for untorgeable Captains
S eread d on aRa Frank n G5 h s @ F s
taxi driver bit in 200 Men and Girl and converted
Sidney wendy Barrie for he grand performances Dead
En one of the years ar a finer 3 JACK Benny for his best
GEORGE CONAN for scoring nightly in I'D Rather Be
and the grand of unknown Trevor Bate the
@ hnSn e Un at & On
Katherine Locke the Boston girl who hghed the Broad
Marta Abba and John Halliday for their TOvarc
CASEY ROBINSON for the Sparkling scripts he adds to the
HOLLYWOOD scene shean 7eyearold echo Of Gallagher and
Shean fame who went from bit Hollywood
Broadway and knocked the town dead Father Malachys
Miracle Joe Moss George Olsen Brecker their
nerve invading New York with the International
towns newest mite club sensation Bert erryGo-
Round Joan Bonden and Leslie Howards teaming
"StandIn"
DIRECTOR BILL WELLNAN because Of "a Star Is Born" and
Nothing Sacred" The legbing and the wrestling
movie magic Of purest The tenans
who created the sound effects for Hurricane Fredc March
Janet GaynOr Of "A Star forgetting
Lionel stands calculated cruelty the agent Caroe
Lombard Fredc March, Charlie Wnnnger Walter Connolly
in Nothing Sacred short bow to thspian sapSeaxie
RosenblOOm :. CrOSbys grooming in waikiki Wedding"
Beuah Bondi for the soaring imprint Of
snake Way for Tomorrow" another Leo Mccarey Director
Sam Wood for Navy Blue and Gold" Randy Scott for striking
the only beevabe note in High Wide and Handsome John
Barrymore for his pulse hopping comeback in TRUE Con
sonS" zanuck for giving Sonia Henie Alice Faye
Martin Tyrone and Loretta Don Ameche and the Ritz Brothers
Rufe Davis because he nvened Varsity Show and looks like
the best young comedy bet Of the Jim CagneyS fine
in Something to Sing About" Wallace Beery in "The Old
Soak" Wen have Tops next week.
News Syndicate 1nc)
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Ann Corio Is Held at Goyety

Ann Corio was such q pro-
nounced hit last week at the
Gayety that she is held over as
q guest feature for this weeks
show, entitled Might Owls Co."
Why the name, we don't know.
We fail to see a stiff, starey-eyed
performer In the company.
q AS for Ann, she is still as gor.
geous and as charming as ever.
In other words, she hasn't
changed a bit from last week,
with the exception Of an entirely
new routine which includes
tossing cigarettes to a nervous
audience. Her wardrobe has
been changed too. Such a collec-
tion of stunning gowns has
never been seen at the Gayety.
Well, with the exception OF
AIMS last appearance, anyway.
might Owls? Um-rl:m?)
Incidentally, this is the last
performance Of burleSque'S No.
star on any "burleykew" stage.
She has a whale Of contract
for vaudeville. So maybe we
will see her then.
Heading the comedy corner
we find Max Furman, who, with
the assistance of his straight
man, Lew Denney. gets a fine
ovation through his clever work
in numerous sketches. (Still
can't figurs why Night Owls
Co,?D
Mona Martin, with a crop Of
fiery hair, proves herself just
as ca apable as a Talking
Woman" as she is a speciality
dancer, and the latter Is per-
formed in excellent abandoned
style. Dorothy Ahern is another
specialty-loyely. that shines in
the many SkitS.
George Murray is a comic
with ability and personality.
and coupled with Mona Martin,
pulls some Fast and furious wise
cracks. (I've got it! WISE
cracks! The show is full Of
them.) ,,.
Delightful, musical interludes
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which Shan-Kar and his group
of Hindu dancers and musicians
will bring to the National Thea
ter, December 8, when w. A.
Albaugh presents the company
at 4::3O p. m.
Several new dances are to be
presented, including q tradi-
tional dance during a festival
held for the worship Of arms;
the dance of Mohini, most beau
tiful of the celestial dancers to
charm King Rukmandgada; and
'Tandava Nrittya," and dance
drama of archaic character such
as Shan-Kar inevitably uses to
close his brilliant programs.
AS usual, too, there will be
several Of the intriguing purely
instrumental interludeS.
The Washington times., 1937-12-06
Eddie Peabody
For Capitol

While Eddie Peabody and
Mitzie Mayfair are billed as the
stars Of the "Swingtime Revue"
which Loew's Capitol is to pre-
sent on its stage starting Friday,
a harmony trio known as The
Three Marshalls promise to
press these two stars for top
honors.
While this will be the first
time the Three MarshaIlS will
display their entertainment
wares to Washington movie
audiences, radio fans are well
acquainted with their vocal
talents. Their swing harmonieS
have been heard on such popu-
lar NBC broadcasts as Broad
way Nights" Summer Inter.
lude." '"The Log Cabin Show"
The Washington times., 1937-12-06
Mrs. Dee Jorboe Is Winner of
"DoubIe Wedding 4" Contest

Wedding" together with the
stage production Hollywood
Hotel" revue.
Kirby B. Payne, 1920 Nicholas
Ave. S. E.; Mrs. Rebecca Will
hanson, 1887 Second st. N. e..
Mrs. N. M. Nullan, 2911 Thir-
teenth st. N. W.; Martin A.
Johnson, 1915 Montello Ave. N.
E.; Mrs. H. ]. Davis, 1841 Wyo-
ming Ave. N. W.; Bertha Shenk,
723 Princeton Pl. N. W.; Mona
Nelson, 642 D st. N. E.; Mrs. M.
@. Lucanish, 1926 Columbia Rd.
N. W.; James r. Taylor, 1915 F.
st. N. W.: Oliver Harding, 127
Masonic View, Alexandria, Va;
and John c. Gray, 1907 Baker
st., Brentwood, Nd. and Tom
Pritchard, 112 willow Ave.,
Takoma Park, Md.
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pounds the query.
FAVORS OPERA SEASON
He propounded it to me during
his weekend visit here for his
semi-annual inspection of the
local Loew properties, during
which time he okayed a face
lifting for the front Of the Pal.
ace Theater, further improve
ments at the Columbia.
Now the Loew interests have
no grand opera stars to SELL
other than the screen celebri-
ties, jeanette Macdonald and
Nelson Eddy whom the Metro
politan Opera would love to have
for Golden Horseshoe admira-
tion-but Mr.. Vogel thinks it
strange that Atlanta can have
its social jubilee with the plati-
mum voices from the Met" an
nually, that Baltimore has its
spring season of arias, yet the
National Capital now has no ses-
sion with FlagStad, PonSelle, Tib-
bett. Moore and company.
I could only answer that the
Metropolitan Company's de-
mand guarantees for post-sea-
son opera, seem to be so high
those who ordinarily undertake
to sponsor such attractions, have
no heart in assuming this obliga-
tion.
For the established stars of
the Metropolitan Opera, the
usual guarantee is about $25, 900
a performance, or roughly about
100000 for four operas. The
custom is to have music lovers
of means, and with an apprecia-
ton for the finer things of the
amusement world, underwrite
the expenses of such engage
mentS. They become guarantors,
and if there should be a deficit,
agree to share it upon a prorata
basis.
Relying upon my memory
files, I can assert that for one
session Of the Chicago Opera
Company-in the days of Mary
Garden and the great insult
local guarantorS were called
upon to make a contribution to
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meet the losses Of a four-per-
formance engagement at Polls
Theater. Since that time the
problem of locating guarantors
is more acute.
Again the record shows that
the most brilliant of past sea-
sons with the Metropolitan
Opera here, was that staged at
the Capitol Theater-then the
Fox-with the rental $4,000
for the three days.
I seem to recall that more
cigarette butts were ground
into the lobby carpets by these
white tie and ernine audiences
than ever before or since in the
history of the F Street amuse-
ment cathedral. However, the
voices of Tibbett, ct al, were
fine, and the results successful
from all standpoints.
THEATER is AVAILABLE
What's to be done about it?
Well, I am authorized to say
that Mr.. Vogel's contribution
to any civic movement for a
grand opera season here would
be cooperation to the extent Of
providing the Capitol Theater
as its home, for a very nominal
consideration.
He is willing to suspend the
regulation movie entertainment
of F Street for several days in
the spring, to let opera fill the
air. Loew'S would lose money,
its compensation the satisfac-
ton of helping the city's cul-
tural life in assembling prestige
audiences.
I submit the proposition for
those who might be interested.
Not as a real estate agent seek
ing a rental, but as one who
would like to see the society
pages filled with what-the-well.
dressed-women wore at the opera
last night, one who would en-
joy seeing Washington listed
again with the cities where
musical appreciation is both
genuine and can be self-support-
ing.
The Washington times., 1937-12-06

March of Times cameras
swept the floor of the Heigh-Ho
Club Saturday night to make a
celluloid record of how diplo-
matte and at-ease society COM
ports itself on the dance floor.
Maestro Pete Macias handled
q weekend overflow patronage
gracefully, even found GOOD 1oca-
tions for a large party chap
eroned by Loew's Inc, Joseph r.
Vogel and Carter Barron. Vim
cent Lopez dropped in after his
last show at the Earle and Bar
nee, the Shoreham's baton
swinger, arrived in time to get
into the picture.
This reel of after-dark gayety
will be shown at RKO.Keith's
Theater some time next month.
EVANS CLEANED UP
Three weeks Of darkness at
the National Theater is the pros
pect, and not a cheerful holiday
one, for the E Street house at
taches.
Maurice Evans in Richard
II" rolled up $4,000 plus at the
Nationa' Theater last week,
bumper business. Saturdays
matinee had standees four deep.
ITO Be Continued" under
its new name, Love In My
Fashion," closed after two per.
formance in New York. It
opened Friday night, scratched
the Saturday matinee, went to
the storehouse after the even
ing show. The wonder is how it
ever had the nerve to face
Broadway.
STEVENS, COLUMNIST
Albert j. Chandler writes from
the Brevoort Hotel, Chicago,
that he derived much pleasure
reading Kelleygrams when in
Washington, felt that Ashton
Stevens was my favorite critic,
felt that I would be interested to
know that Ashton, after 40 years
Of theatrical scribing, is now
writing a daily column.
Well, am. And more inter.
ested IN the clipping he sends
from the Stevens column in the
Chicago American. Here it is:
Eugene LeOntOvich always
says ChicagO'S recognition, when
she played And So to Bed and
'Candlelight,' made her the in
ternatiOnal celebrity she is to-
day. But 1 know that her hus-
band. Gregory RatOff, helped.
No player ever had a CUSTER
press agent.
"And 1 wonder if RatOff will
get away from his movie com.
mitmentS and join his wife when
LeOntOvich comes home to the
Loop next month with her great
London success, 'TOvarich.'
81 hope he does. In the inter.
est of history I'd like to check
with him on Margalo GilmOre's
best story of RatOff's enthusi.
aSm for his wife.
"He sat beside her at a supper
party, she told me, pouring forth
passionate praises Of LeOnt0Vich,
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are furnished by the silver
voices of Murray Green and Elsa
Lang, and also Lee Siegel, o
little lady that can whistle rings
around a mocking bird.
Joe Atlee puts over some fast
tap numbers, while Rose Heath
erley dances with ease and grace
on her toes. ("Night Owls?"
Ho-hum-mD r. II. S..
The Washington times., 1937-12-06
Hindu Ballet
At National

The mystic legends dealing
with Hindu gods and godesseS
and folk tales Of the simpler
lives Of peasants and warriors
combine to provide the back
ground for the fascinating and
gorgeously costumed dances
The Washington times., 1937-12-06
Gleanings
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

WASHINGTON seat of officadom home of embassies dplo
mats seethng with society activities proud of its arts and
cultural aainmens Yet has grand season. Why?
It is Joseph R. Vogel the No heater man of the United
States general manager of the great chain Of Loew heaers
which are snread out from Maine to California who pro-
The Washington times., 1937-03-24
BAIL IS DENIED
IN KIDNAPPING

A colored man was held for
grand jury action without bail by
Police Judge Edward M. Curran
yesterday as a result Of the kidnap-
ing Of a taxi driver and the shoot
ing Of the latter's wife.
James H. Collins, 80, Of the 300
block F st. S. w., was charged
with kidnapping and assault with
intent to kill.
Sylvester E. Laurel, 100 block
T St. N. w., testified Collins and
another colored man forced him
to drive into Maryland, robbed
him of his cash and compelled
him to drive to his home, where
Collins, he said, wounded Mrs.
Laurel in the leg.
The Washington times., 1937-03-24
By KINGsBURY SMITH

LONDON, March "a QN.S0
Great Britain today is getting in
creasingly worried over the in.
classification Of Germany's propa-
ganda campaign for the return Of
the former German colonies.
The British government is not
80 much concerned at what propa.
ganda Minister Goebbels and Gen
eral Goering are saying for home
consumption, as at the campaign
being carried on within the British
Empire itself.
Information in the possession OF
the British government indicated
that the radio, news channels and
all other mediums of propaganda
are being utilized by Germany to
"sell" the British public the justice
of Germany's demand for the re-
turn Of her former colonies.
BrOadcasts to Australia
Calling attention to the extern
siveness Of this campaign, the
weekly ''News Review" said:
German brOadcastS began re-
Gently to the Pacific Zone, ad.
dressed to the EngliSh-Speaking
population Of Australia and
phrased in heavy but friendly
German fashion. Admiration
for the British Empire was min.
gled with comment on the
praisewOrthy institu t ION of
Nazism.
"Reich news agencies have
started pumping cabled news
into the dominionS at prices
whsch hardly cover the cost of
transmission. In each story is
skilled, effective propaganda for
Germany'S claims.
Farmers in New Zealand,
Australia, Southwest Africa and
elsewhere, were surprised If not
flattered to receive birthday
greetings from Germany. The
German clubs movement is being
strengthened throughout the do
miniOns. Wher ever possible,
members Of the NaZi party are
being placed in empire schools"
Drive In Africa
The Morning Post calls atten.
ton to the use being made Of the
powerful German shortrwave sta
tion at Zeesen for the broadcasting
Of colonial propaganda to Africa.
The Post said:
"The African listeners are left
without any tidings of world top
les outside the German leaders
ambitions and hates"
The British are becoming seri-
ously concerned over this Ger.
man propaganda campaign.
The Washington times., 1937-03-24
Employees Voted Pay
For Inauguration Day

The Senate yesterday passed a
bill to pay all per diem District
government employees and Federal
employees in the District for the
day they lost Inauguration Day.
The measure already has passed
the House.
The Senate also passed a bill
authorizing the Secretary Of War
to give a right of way On Govern
ment property so that the new Lee
Boulevard can be connected with
Memorial Bridge. The measure
now goes to the House.
The Washington times., 1937-03-24
REICH H'|NVADES'
BRITAIN IN
COLONY BID

Backing up her insiste1cc for
return OF her old colonies, Ger.
many has "invGded" the British
Empire NTH radio propaganda
and cGbLed "neiDS" handouts,
the tolloDin0 article, second OF
four discussing British reaction
to the Reich's demands, TeUedlS.
The Washington times., 1937-03-24

It's BEWILDERINGLY BEAUTIFUL the most gOrOusly thrill
ing EASTER style show you've EVER Here
fashions dazzle your and delight Brand
smarty designed clothes for EVERYONE in every family
week so SENSATIONAL that we've hurried to stock
The Washington times., 1937-03-24

again ALL the grandes Spring clothes In thousands
of requests and in order that NOBODY would have to be dap
pointed we're continuing amazing FREE OFFER too. Hurry
down TODAY Leave your CASH home and introduce yourself
to CUSTOM CREDIT. OPEN EVERY NIGHT UNTIL EASTER!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-04
Now You See It, Now You Don't

It's been quite interesting and amusing these last few weeks to see how the minor courts of our fair state rest on the laps of legislative "gods." The latest report Git may be wrong by the time this appears in print) is that the Legislature will not ap- point any minor court judges. They will be left to the tender mercies of Governor Wilbur l.. Cross, who, when our legls- lators have withdrawn from the Capitol, will sit down in peace and quiet to go through the list and then to make known his appointees.
 That will be all right with majority of people in the state, but although we say rather proudly in our spirit of democ- racy that the majority rules, it is usually the minority which indicates to the ma jority which way it should vote. In short what the majority of people may think is ok. for the state actually doesn't mean the state will get it. You have been read ing about the judgeship ideals" Inas- much as we elect legislators to do our what these ideals" are and why it is not a simple matter to decide on the make up of the small courts.
 It only goes to prove, in this writer's estimation, that ultimately complete di- vorcement of all courts of the state must take place. It often was charged in the past that politics even had entered into the makeup of our higher courts due to complete republican domination of the state government. It never has been de- nied successfully that politics didn't con- stitute the means whereby in regard to the minor courts. The district court plan as first advanced by Supreme Court Chief Justice William M. Maltbie was the cure all. It has been tossed this way and that, because it necessarily eliminates politics from small court appointments. It re- mains the way out, if we really want to get out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-04
Religion in the News.

Religion is very much in the news these days in Waterbury. In the inter- ests of the Spanish loyalists local com mittee arranged to show in the city motion picture entitled, Spain in Flames" The obvious purpose of this exhibition was to enlist sympathy for the Spanish loyalist cause by showing the opposing party or rebels in a quite un- complimentary manner. Whether or not the picture is true representation of actual facts we do not know, but we do know that it is intended to provoke sym- pathy for one side of an argument in which the United States as nation is only remotely interested.
 At the same time the committee work ing in the interests of the Spanish loyal ists scheduled for personal appearance here Rev. Michael O'Flanagan. We are informed reliably that the use of the title reverend" in this case could well be argued and that if courtesy indicated it's use, at least it should be placed within quotes, thusly, Rev.. We think that the Rev. Eugene P. Cryne sized the situ- ation up about as we'll as it could be when he pointed out last night in his letter to the local newspapers the obvious insult to Catholics of Waterbury in bringing to the city "discredited" priest.
 You need to go no further than the concluding paragraph of his letter to un- derstand that, while Catholics locally can't definitely be said to be for or against any particular group in the Spanish civil war, certainly you cannot expect them to sit by quietly when clergyman of their denomination who has been suspended since 1925 is paraded before the city in a manner certainly calculated to indicate that he comes here with the full approval of his superiors in Ireland and the per- mission of Connecticut diocesan author ities.
 There is the hub of this situation and arguments over all other phases of it fall before it. If Michael O'Flanagan comes to Waterbury to speak for Span ish loyalists, all well and good; but when Rev. Michael O'Flanagan is advertised Catholics allege case of false pretenses. So far their case seems a strong one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-04

 is in full force today. No one can hear that voice. . The record, found among number of other historically important cylinders, was covered with mildew and fungus, but it was finally cleaned and identified. It was one of two which recorded personal message from Victoria to Emperor Meme lik of Abyssinia, congratulating him on the attainment by that country of inde- pendent sovereignty. The duplicate, supposedly, was sent Menelik.
 No one knows what has become of Menelik's record, although the world knows only too well what has become of Abyssinia'S independence. Perhaps it is just as well that royal record must re- main silent. Its reproduction today would embarrass England and annoy Mussolini without helping Halle Selassie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-04

This business of selecting president three years ahead of time is quite pas time of Americans. When republicans were strongly entrenched down at Wash ington they were won't to engage in it. Now the. democrats find it exciting to view their chances for 1940 and ensuing election years. Already lists of prospec- tive candidates are being made public with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's name both on and off of them. It is hard to say whether the President would run again. Under normal circumstances he would be expected to follow custom and not seek third term, but should the New Deal policies be in any way threatened along about 1940 there would be strong incentive for Franklin D. to cast his lot with the voters for the third time. The "hopefuls" are many and quite varied lot. You'll hear more of them in the months to come. With summer ap- preaching we have no intention of over- heating any person by starting political arguments of national calibre.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-04
Current Comment


 Woman,s off the pedestal all right, but she's taken herself off She wanted to be mans equal, and in order to do so she had to go down, not up. er% Mrs. c. l.. Gray, American Mother of 1937." There is considerably more dam ger of 8 Fascist state in the United States than of anything resemb- ling Communism.
 W. IF. Tolley. president, Alle- gheny College. 's Every one is predicting war and preparing for it, and that is' the very. thing that will prevent 1t. --Dr. John R. Mott, New York. 70
 Labor has nothing to gain and everything to lose s;hen people. In their innpatience, overthrow demo- cratic processes. sidney Eillman. New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-04

Things are certainly coming to pretty pass in our American universities when students resort to drugs to keep awake so that they may cram for final exams. It's a good argument for those educators who are preaching the new regime in school training with fewer exams as measure of the Students ability. At any rate Dr. Arlie " Rock of Harvard has just issued a warning against use of benzedrine sul- phate to ward off sleep. It's dangerous drug, he states, and should only be taken upon a physicians advice. As We said above, what state of affairs. Never like this in the old days.