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Evening star., 1937-08-22

a 4 lies Franciska Gaal.
Miss Gaal is quite number of
things in this world. News is one Of
them Also she is a sensation and
very, very wonderful.
Hollywoods obseryant talent scouts
(everv one here is talent scout from
the studio barber up TO Adolf Zukor)
picked Miss Gaal out Of can OF i'm
ported film The film was only a few
feet along on its way to a predestined
emo when Paramount's more glittering
minds decided Miss Gaal's for us 3"
And. as it was so tersely paraphraSed
in Genesis, Miss Gaal was for them.
You hear so much about Miss Gaal
that she is a combination Of Eliza
beth Bergner, Marlene Dietrich and
Lulse Rainer-that you think it
would BE- a good idea to get over and
talk to her. The idea turns out to
be excellent one minute after the con-
yersation begins. 1t begins, incl
dentally, in Miss Gaal's set dressing
room where she has just changed
from the costume of pirates lovely
Louisiana captive into pair Of light
blue beach pajamas, proper luncheon
garb out here. 1t continues all the
way to apartment number "honnert
eight (Which translates freely as
one hundred and elghD Twitchell
Arms, which is Miss Gaals studio
dressing room.
How does it feel to be regarded as
HollyWood's coming brightest star?'
We asked about Miss Gaal,
You talk too fast replies Miss
Gaal. Il did not understand a word
you said"
Miss Clark, who happens to be Miss
Gaals English instructor, explains at
this point that her very intelligent
pupil is confused by high-speed Eng
liSh, that she can understand any
thing when it is spoken slowly. So
one repeats the question with the orig
inal speed reduced by seven-elghths.
"Oh, but I'm not" Miss Gaal pro-
tests. Z am only working hard.
love it. have a fine part in 'Buc-
cancer 1t is marvellous playing with
Mr.. March (Fredric). I am learning
so much"
And she is learning so much" p"
For eight months she has been study
ing English, night and day. She has
a startlingly large vocabulary and
virtually no accent. She is not yet
able to take the language in high
gear so to speak and she still uses
it with Hungarian gestures. 1t gives
the language a charm that it has not
had in years. In way it seems too
bad that Miss Gaal is going right on
until she can speak without an ac-
cent and with the celebrity that her
nervous energy indicates she Will.
Her petite, blue-eyed, golden blond
ness seems to be enhanced by her
vanishing uncertainty with the local
nouns, verbs and adjectives.
MISS GAAL reviews her career be-
tween bites of fruit salad,
which is her only luncheon. Her hus-
band, a tall, baldish chap who looks
as if he might have taught math to
sons Of financiers, who need math,
keeps her eyes on Miss Gaal through
out the interview. Pride was in his
expression, and reverence, We would
say.
Miss Gaal is not starting from
scratch in her first venture in the
great game Of capturing the American
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film public She has had both film
and stage experience IN Budapest ther
home town. Vienna, Berlin Paris
and a number Of other places where
American tourists go
One of her stage ventures was in
the Central European edition of Good
News" the musical which virtually
had to be dynamited out of New York
"Of course. I can't sing says Miss
Gaal demurely, but l sang. Every
one was so nice about it. They liked
me very much l do not know why.
They still like me very much, think
and they are looking forward to my
first American picture" (Which means
that we finally have something in
common with the people of Budapest
C. B. De Mile, who dresses and
looks ike a Senator about to ride a
horse through Rock Creek Park tand
Who also looks like c. B. De Millel. is
responsible for Miss Gaal's first part
one of the most luscious parts in
Hollywood right now. He put her in
the feminine lead OF "Buccaneer" be-
cause he could not see any one else
for the part.
Miss Gaal is working very hard to
justify his faith in her. And Para
mounts faith. which is tinctured with
so much enthusiasm. Before every
scene. and at night in her home. she
and Miss Clark rthe English instruc-
tori go over each line of the dialogue
They pause over each word and care
fully rub off the accent with which
Miss Gaal inclines to decorate the
various syllables. When she stands
under microphone. as we saw her do
after the salad and interview had
ended, she is letter perfect.
AS a result of the interview. and
watching Miss Gaal do her tricks be-
fore De Miles camera. We would like
to be the 10l 297th person to predict
that she will do right well in this
country. Even now the Budapest
papers would be reasonably safe tif
they are listening in setting that
headline about local girl making good
over on the set Of City Hall
Scandal" not "Scandals,' one
encounters an institution AS old and
respected in the theater and pictures
as Miss Gaal is new. The name Of the
veteran ediflce is John Barrymore
Mr.. Barrymore never looked healthier.
Nor acted half SO merry In the
course of chat that lasted fully 20
minutes, Mr.. Barrymore snapped his
eyebrows 56 times, flared his nostrils
54 times and ran through the history
of American literature from Ella
Wheeler Wilcox to Ben Hecht. 1t was
splendid performance, with Mr.
Barrymore at his best. And Mr.
Barrymores best in an interview is
very good, as any newspaper man who
has ever laughed through the expert
ence will attest.
Barrymore seems very happy to
recall that he once was an old news
paper man himself, until he took to
the stage like Cincinnatus fleeing
from Arthur Brisbane
you might say" he said. that I
was once newspaper illustrator. It
has been said before, but that was
about 100 years ago, so l presume 1t
has been forgotten. Moreover, was a
very good newspaper illustrator. I
could only draw demons with warts
on them. but demons with warts on
them were very popular in those days.
Editors, in fact, could not get enough
demons with warts on them, so I was
in comparative clover"
The conversation drifted away from
warty demons while Barrymore was
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Farm" but known to film producers as
Chatsworth Ranch, is the most pop
ular OF all Locations" and today nets
the 7O-year-old Iverson q grand total
Of $4,000 year.
Mr.. Iverson has a sound system OF
charging his clients. They pay as
much as they can AFFORD. Western
companies producing 'quickies' give
only $3.50 per day per camera to photo
graph in and about the ranch. But a
company like Samuel Goldwyn's, for
instance, finds itself spending around
$4,000 4 day-an average OF 1000
people costing s. per person for food,
$3.50 transportation. $3.50 costume
and SIS for technicians and extras.
This sum does not include the cost OF
erecting the sets, production expendi-
lures, electricity, water, the salaries OF
stars
Old Man Iversons price system is so
tangled with whimsical eccentricities
an army OF bookkeepers is required to
add and check up. The Adventures
OF Marco Polo company, with Gary
Cooper starred, was charged so cents
per day for each Of the 400 extras
before the latter were allowed on the
property. One hundred and fifty
horses set Mr Goldwyn back Is cents
mitted for 81 each, trucks cost 81
each and 500 was demanded for each
camera and generator.
IRON the beginning OF his profitable
business. Iverson has insisted that
all sets constructed on his farm must
remain there without the removal OF
a single nail In return, he guaran-
tees that the sets cannot be used or
remodeled by another company for at
least two years. Any studio today
can use the fortified section Of the
Khyber Pass used in The Lives of
Bengal Lancer" three years ago. But
they must wait awhile for the palace
Of the thirteenth century Khans con-
Polo" the $4,000 East Indian army
post for Wee Willie Wrinkle" the
beautiful structure from The Garden
OF Allah" and the sl5O.00O garrison
in The Charge Of the Light Brigade"
Other deserted buildings on this
fantastic site were used for Ali Baba
Goes to Town" High. Wide and
Handsome" Wells Fargo THE
Good Earth" They Gave Him a
Gun" "Fireny." The Bride Wore
Red" and The Old Soak" In ALL
the assortment OF sets represents more
than 100000 OF actual construction
work In lumber alone Iverson reck-
ons he has around 100000 in con-
vertible cash
The 70-year-old location" farmer
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up to $1,000 per week on a 52-week
basis.
Claude is an overnight sensation
and the company exploits him as
man of mystery
There are Dodd fan clubs all over
the country and girl fans buy Dodd
lockets and photos. Claude's only con-
tact with people. however, is in the
broadcasting studied and with Sniffer
and Marjorie firing at last of the
suppression, he gets up courage enough
to defy his associates and takes Mar
jorie out on a date. At her home he
reveals that he has invented a little
gadget which costs so cents but which
will make the most static-filled radio
set play like a million dollars.
Later that night at night club he
runs into Gateway and party which
includes Jessica Gertrude MichaeD,
blond gold-digger, and Lidin John
Eldredge), her crooked partner. They
learn of Claude's invention and set
about to take" him. Claude, simple
country boy, doesn't realize what's
happening Marjorie fades into the
background
Jessica takes Claude to party at
Nine. Moro's (Alice Brady. Nine.
Moro, famous opera singer, is madly
temperamental She is intrigued by
Claude and decides to marry him.
When JeSsica finds out that Moro is
going to marry Claude, she tells him
If he doesn't marry her she will sue.
Meanwhile Lidin, Jessica's CO.
worker, has tried to steal the radio
gadget and patent it ahead of Claude
But Marjorie had taken it off her
radio the night Claude demonstrated
1t and had patented it in her name
as protection for him.
Tlrlng of the entire miX-up, and
fearing the possibilities of either Jes-
sica or Nine Moro, Claude feigns
throat trouble again and pretends he
has lost his voice. He loses his radio
work and JeSsica continues her hopes
to get the gadget. Marjorie fades
from the picture again, herself little
FED up with Claude's miX-up and see
ing no way to shake him out Of it.
He goes back to Pewamo. A little
later Sniffer marrieS Nine. Moro and
rounds up Marjorie, and the three of
them so to Pewamo They find Claude
fixing wires in tree al the straw
berry festival. They tell him every
thing is all right again and Marjorie
turns the patent papers over to him.
He breaks into Am I in Love-" and
comes down from the tree to embrace
Marjorie.
Evening star., 1937-08-22
Today's Film Schedule

EARLE Artists and Models"
Jack Benny in a new beauty
packed musical; 2:35, S, 7:3o and
9:55 pm. Stage shows, 2, 4:25,
$50 and $40 pm.
CAPITOL-"Wee Willie VIM
kie,' with Shirley Temple in the
central role in the Kipling story;
2, ABS, 1920 and 1906 pm.
Going Native" on stage, $50,
6:l5 and 9 pm.
KEITH'S-"Borneo," the late
Martin Johnson and his wife on
another jungle jaunt; 2, $50,
$40, TAO and $40 pm.
PALACE - Broadway Melody
OF 1888" latest in the line Of
bright musicals; 2:l5, 4:40, ITO
and 9:35 pm.
MISUNDERSTANDING Mer-
ry-Go-Round," reissue Of an early
Jack Benny success; ?, $50, 5:45,
7.4o and S:45 pm.
METROPOLITAN-"The Great
Gamblni,' mind-reader predicts
murder too WELL 2, 3:55, $50.
7:50 and $50 pm.
COLUMBIA - Slave Ship"
considerable excitement on the
last OF the "slavers";; 3, Sis, 7:25
and $40 pm.
LITTLE-"Mr. Deeds Goes to
Town." Gary Cooper's hilarious
comedy success revived; 2, $40,
$40, TAO and 9:35 pm.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts.
Complete shows run l hour and
IS minutes, continuous from 2
pm.
Evening star., 1937-08-22

asked about his recent radio version
of Hamlet
Sure, l enjoyed it," he said ut Is
lots of fun playing Hamlet into 4
device which looks like a cuspidor
with rhinestones decorating it, Mi
chrophone, if Mr.. Barrymore did not
make himself clear. Mr.. Hittenmark,
Mr.. Godfrey and Mr. Brown
Il had not played it since right
after Appomatox
Barrymore, whose profile is remark
ably preserved for an actor who seems
slightly bitter over the march OF time
tadvt. Mr. MeaklnD. does not think
he ever will return to the stage He
would If the right play came along
and the prospect OF the hard work
| involved were not too discourasng
He thinks the play won't and the
prospect might be if it did.
All things. including pleasant in
teryews with John Barrymore, come
TO an end and one wanders over 10
! R-K-O, just around the corner.
The big news at R-K-O is a
leopard which Just arrived in the
morning. The leopard is going to play
opposite Katharine Hepburn in
Bringing Up Baby" 1t is \ sensa :
ton on the lot and one discovers that
leopards do not play opposite Kath-
| arine Hepburn without proper con-
ditioning This one is to be given
five days OF practice staring into Kleig
lights so when the actual shooting
starts it will not 60 temperamental
and chew up Miss Hepburn.
The leopard, one can tell at a glance
distant glance is not like the cocka-
too working over at Paramount The
latter never sees critic withou. say
ing beguiling Hello" The leopard
on its part just glared a dirty leopard
glare. So We went away.
Evening star., 1937-08-22
Farce at Sylvan.
THE MAN WHO MARRIED 4

n
DUMB WIFE" fanciful French
farce by Anatole France, translated
by Curtis Hidden Page, will be pre-
sented by the F. B l. Theater Group
Tuesday night at the Sylvan Theater
on the Monument slope This will
be the seasons eleventh Summer fes-
tival.
The cast will include Dorothy Lee,
Marjorie Israelson. Anita Molesuorth,
Dorothy Ollie Bingham, William
Coleman, Lawrence Larmore, Richard
V. Boulger, Robert B. Youmans. Fred
R. 9oungblood and Elmer L. Butts.
The Man Who Married a Dumb
Wife has been directed by J. Francis
Buckley. assisted by Milton Freedman.
Evening star., 1937-08-22
By Jay Carm0dy.'

T TOLLYWOOD.-Ten minutes to
IL the left Of this typewriter, as
Paramount automobiles fly
lies FranclSka Gaal
Evening star., 1937-08-22
Coming
Attractions
Downtown Theaters
Book Films for
Next Week.

~ apitol-"Love Under Fire" with
1 Loretta Young and Don
Ameche romancing against
~ the background Of Spanish
warfare, opens Friday The comedy
romance has also in its cast Borrah
Minnevitch and his gang, Frances
Drake, Walter Catlett, John Carrl-
dine and Sig Ruman. Therell be a
variety vaudeville program on the bill,
too.
Keith's-"Make Wish,' a new
vehicle for the Well-known voice Of
young Bobby Breen, is down on the
books for next Friday. The singing
favorite is supported in the romance
with music by Basil Rathbone, Marion
Claire, Henry Armetta, Ralph Forbes,
Donald Meek and Leon Enrol. Music
is by Oscar Strauss.
Earle-There's new Kay Francis
in next Fridays attraction here, Con
fession." A Kay Francis who PLAYS
three or four definite stages of the
same Woman's character Basil Rath-
bone. Jane Bryan, Donald Crisp, Mary
Mcguire and Ian Hunter head the sup
porting cast. The headline attraction
on the vaudeville bill will be the
Debonairs, Top Hated Dance Styl-
lists" and Emily Won Loosen, Stepping
Classics in Swingtime."
Metropolitan King Solomon's
Mines" Gaumont- British production
of H. Rider Haggard's famous story,
opens its engagement here Friday.
Ann Lee, Roland Young, Cedric Hard
vice, John Loder and Paul Robson
play leading roles in the cinema ad-
venture.
Palace-Sonja Henie's new film.
Thin Ice il slated to follow the
current musical, Broadway Melody
OF 1888" Miss Henies leading man is
Tyrone Power and the supporting cast
includes Arthur Treacher, Leah Ray
and George Givot.'
Rialto-"Talk of the Devil" novel
romantic melodrama, starring SALLY
Elers and Ricardo Cortez, comes
here week from today
Evening star., 1937-08-22
Reviews Give Pictures
Better Break Than Facts
In Which the Producer Who Wanted Critics
Confined to Factual Reports Is An
sWered in Part
By Robert B. Phillips, T.

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Evening star., 1937-08-22
Barren Plateau Provides
Owner With Tidy Income
Friends Told Him He Was Crazy, but Aaron
Iverson Nets $4,000 Year From Pic
ture Location Companies.
Bv Sheilah Graham.

Y (NANA)-Thlrty
practically
i Los Angeles.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-26

IT'S BASEBALL confab time for these
gentlemen of the national pastime. The oc-
casion is the meeting of American and Ma
tional League heads, led by Judge Lands,
high commissioner of baseball, for the pur-
pose of arranging plans for the all-star game
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-26
Shute Shoots Off
1nP.G. A. Test

PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 26.
Denny Shute, the solemn defend
ing champion from Boston, led SO
other golfers off the first tee at
the Pittsburgh field club today in
the first 18-hole round of match
play for the P. G. A. championship.
An automatic qualifier, and thus
playing with chips down for the
first time since this merTy-go-round
started Monday, the titleholder
waS paired with Joe TurneSa for
his, opening man-to-man struggle,
ana favored to earn place IN the
second 10 this afternoon.
Dew was still on the grass and
Pittsburgh's extremely hot sun
was an absentee when the fire
works began. But the crowd was
back and growing, with more than
500. early risers on hand for the
first shot.
Following closely behind Shute
and Turnesa was a twoSome COM
posed Of big and Swart Olin Dutra,
the California Spaniard who once
held the national open title and
one Clarence Dozer, who shouldn't
last long.
And there were a number Of
others in there who figured to go
out unceremoniously and prompt
ly-this group including the Diff
fenbaughs, Galganos, Zappes.
Shimkonises, and others of SINH
lar calibre.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-26
Moore Is Threat
To Clarke

Continued from LIST Sport Page)
at the net, rarely was able to get
to that point. of vantage.
Mary Cootes and Ann Ellis Of
fered a top-grade competition.
Miss Cootes, who must be CLASH
fled as a veteran, was carried to
81 in the first set. The 17,year"
old Ann took the the second at
IS. In those two sets it was
nip and tuck every step OF the
way, with AIMS service aiding
her a gerat deal. In one game
of the second set they went 10
deuce no less than seven times.
In the third set, Miss Ellis fore
hand went awry and Miss CooteS
came through with ease.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-26
A|exandridnVie
In Skeet Shoot
At Detroit

ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 26.
Dick Stuart, local marksman, has
received an invitation to compete
in the National Skeet Shoot in
Detroit which will be held in Au'
gust, as guest Of the Remington
Arms Company. Stuart will be 40
companied by his son, Richard, jrp
who is a crack rifle shot. =
Recently the Alexandrian and
his son won honors in the Virginia
State championship skeet SHOOT
held at Staunton, Va.
Stuart is also one OF the Officials
of the Alexandria Skeet Club.
A blind boyle tournament for
the ladies will be featured at the
Belle Haven Golf Club today. Over
IS are expected to compete in
this event. 49,
The st. Mary's Celtics baseball
team will play three games oyer
the weekend. Saturday and Sum
day the Celtics mix with the
Terry Craddock team in. Lynch
burg, while on Monday, Memorial
Day, they will travel to Roanoke,
Va, for game with the Roanoke
SemiproS.
Fifteen players will be carried
on the trip.
Leon Riley, star local baseball
player, who also performed with
the Heurich Brewers and F.. B. 7.
teams in Washington, is patient
at the Alexandria Hospital: He
was operated on for appendicitis.
The Old Dominion Boat Club
Volleyball League opens next Tues
day night.
The league meets three nights
a week. Denton Hoy IS president
of the loop. Six teams will com.
pete.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-26

WILL W. L.
Pythian B. r. 20 26ITryMe Garage so 40
Frederick's =. ~ 27iLOggia Roma ~ 52
Senators 80. 81 SUPPLEMENTARY Al SO
Princess Thtr. 81 S8Frager's Hard. 81 81
Kings TexacO 81 42iBOVegliO' Club 80 81
Benning Serv. SO 46IBamby Bakers Do
High individual games-Crown. $50;
MaIey, 1853. High individual sets--Shank,
439: Crown. 435. High individual strikes
Del VecchiO, Al; OIiveris AZ. High In
dividual spares-Shanks 26S; Hauser,
26O High individual 8Verages-Hauser,
1889; shank, 1911: Crown, 112-11;
Meade. 111-29. High team games-Ben-
ming, 643: Frederick's. 636. High team
sets-Frederick's. 1853; Benning, lies.
PYTHIAN BALL ROOM
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-26
GRIFFMEN
GRIST
By FRANK 'BUCK" ONEML

The line that divided a triple
play from a rally sustaining drive
at Griffith Stadium yesterday
was Just broader than the hair
of which Omar wrote so many
years ago. 1t was just about an
inch wide, and through that
opening the Chicago White SoX
drove for a three-run rally and
a muchly needed ball game. It
was a day of close decisions, and
the fortunes of the day turned
their backs on the Griffs.
The seventh inning started
auspiciously for the Sox, with
Luke Appling hitting a double
down the right field foul line.
Hayes hunted and Appling beat
Hogan's throw to third base.
Toney Piet then came to bat and
slashed a drive toward left field
that bore the extra-baSe ticket.
Like the man on the flying
trapeze, OSSie Bluege scared
through the air with the greatest
of ease, going up about two feet.
He flung an arm up in the ozone
and tipped the ball. Just another
inch and he would have caught
the ball, and a triple play would
have been a matter Of detail. But
that inch was as good as q mile,
or maybe it was as bad as a nile.
The hard-hit ball tore through
Bluege's glove and rolled into left
center. Appling scored and the
rally was on. Before order was
restored three runs cosS the plate,
virtually breaking up the ball
game. In the ninth the Sox went
berserk, or whatever it is that Sox
go when they're angry, and scored
four runs.
Zeke Bonura established q new
record for something or other in
the fifth inning when he tripped
over nothing and spiked himself
in tripping.
Those who revel in pitching
duelS did very well for themselves
yesterday for six innings. Ted
Lyons was better than he has been
for some time, and when Lyons is
right, he is a considerable pitcher.
DeShong matched Lyons, pitch
for pitch, and was especially effec-
tive against Bonura in the early
innings, tanning him twice. The
only trouble was that Linke weak
ened.
Lewis gave the fans a real thrill
by beating out a perfect bunt down
the third-base line. Lewis Is one
of the leagues specialists in bunt-
ing.
Lyons scratched a hit to short
right, Stone running Myer off
play on Texas Lacquer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-26
Pitches Team
Locals

Ted Lyons Is still pitcher, and
a good 'un. Beaten in two pre-
vious starts for the Chicago White
Sox this season, Lyons stepped out
at Griffith Stadium yesterday
afternoon and hurled. real ball
game. He held the Griffs to seven
hits throughout the afternoon,
Smothered their scoring efforts,
and generally held forth in the &C
cuStomed Lyons manner.
" Lewis Trouble Maker
Buddy Lewis gave the veteran of
the Sox more trouble than any one
else. The kid third Sacker made
two outfield singles and beat out
a bunt down the third-base line.
Johnny Stone remains one OF
the top ranking players OF the
American League. It's q shame,
almost, that Johnny doesn't load
up. with squirrel juice some day
and slug cop, or some one, just to
let folks know that he's around.
Stone got another triple yesterday;
he makes lot of triples, and was
always in the right place.
His fin st contribution to the
game was a throw to the plate
in the ninth inning, when he
fielded a single by Ted Lyons
and rifled a peg to the plate in
time to retire Tony Piet, who
tried to score from second. There
are mighty few folks who could
have made that plate.
Joe Di Maggie might have done
it. Maybe George Selkirk and
perhaps Beau Bell of the st.
Louis Browns. But by and large
it, takes man with a super
siege gun arm to make pegs like
that into the hands of q catcher.
Cecil Travis is injured again.
The drawlin' Georgian was
slapped in the mouth with a half
hopper just before yesterdays
game started. It was the last
ban to be hit in the infield prac'
tfee. Cecil was not badly in
jured, but he will not be able to
play for at least five or six days.
~"T guess there's a jinx on
me-" piped Cecil as he was
treated in the club house be-
fore the game.