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Evening star., 1937-03-06

"OR two hours yesterday there
r we're but eight muses. Terp-
/ sichore and Thespis completely
and happily merged in the
ballet-narrative performed by Jacques
Cartier at the Willard.
With historic fidelity. Mr.. Cartier
wrote and interpreted IL sequences in
the life of Louis XIV. Each was
momentous in its appeal to that phase
of theater which correlates dance and
drama; each was design with sep
arate and satisfying moods and pat
terms: each was a triumph in demon
strating that close relation OF sound
to movement.
Mr.. Cartier successfully extracted
the elements Of dance and drama.
fused them and wisely eliminated
the frills.
Not q finger moved but that there
was reason and meaning. His entire
performance was pervaded by anatom-
ical exactitude which comes only in
a dancer. When not actually dancing,
every movement was planned to give
emphatic accent to his character
| izations.
If in spots the tempo sagged, or If
strength were now and then slain at
the altar of melodrama, generous COM
pensation came by way of the Kings
Royal Rehearsal" a dance designed
and executed in delightful buffoonery.
Witches Caldron" and Dance OF
Hate" were dance impressions. vital
lied by drama rather than choreog-
raphic significance. Enjoyable never
theless and arresting for their strong,
faultless presentation. The costumes
were beautifully new, as gay as the
period and as many In number as
there were scenes.
Both the improvised stage and cur
tains ratified, the lighting was made
quate, the acoustics bad and lack Of
floor rise forced some patrons to stand
or miss the show.
But the greater the challenge, the
greater the victory for Mr. Cartier and
three curtain calls proved that his vic
tory surpassed the challenge. e. G.
Evening star., 1937-03-06

Play Stays
At Palace
Cinema V ersion Of
Come edy Has
Brightness.

TINE Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer peo-
pie have fair for mounting
stories, which in other hands
4 would result in only passable
films. with such pleasing elegance and
sickness that they turn out to appear
more entertaining then they really
should be. The current cinema version
of Frederick Lonsdale's The Last
of Mrs. Cheyney," which has re-
manned for a second week at the
Palace, is one of these.
THE Last of Mrs. Cheyney" is
familiar to followers of the legitimate
stage and it was seen as a motion
picture as short time back as 1929,
when the same company made it with
Norma Shearer. so it does not have
the advantage of novelty on its
side. Also the script of the current
cinema version of the Lonsdale play
seems not as tightly written and as
evenly paced as it could be. There
are moments early in the picture,
in fact, when considerable dullness
is achieved.
The last half or two-thirds of the
film, however, are not spotted by any
note of dullnesS. After Mrs. Cheyney
gets down to the country home where
she plans to filch the necklace things
move swiftly and Interestingly. And
M-G-M certainly has endowed the
whole thing with brightness Of
scene, an attractive manner and
cast which spell box Office. THE Last
of Mrs. Cheyney' has been produced
as gracefully as you could desire.
The script, too, after those first
tagging moments. provides a wealth
Of light and pleasant comedy. Or
maybe it was Mr.. Lonsdale who pro-
vided the comedy and the script has
just retained some Of it. Whatever
the reason, it's there.
The cast which contributes to the
entertainment in the picture includes
Joan Crawford, William Powell. Bob
Montgomery, Frank Morgan, Jessie
Ralph and Bonita Hume, all Of them
performers with the stamp Of M-G-M
grace upon them.
Much of the sparkle of THE Last
of Mrs. Cheyney" can no doubt be
credited to the facile touch Of Richard
Boleslawski. who proved in Theodore
Goes Wild" he knew his comedy, and
who ended his career with the film
at the Palace. H. M.
Evening star., 1937-03-06
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-"storm Over Patsy" at
a:30 and $50 pm.
Belasco-"The Night of January
ie." at 2:30 and $50 pm.
Earle-"When You're in Love-" at
i0:45 am, 1870, 4:10. 7:l0 and s:55
pm. Stage shows at 12:40, 1925, $40
and 9:05 pm.
Capitol-"Maid of Salem" at 10:45
AM, 1870, 4:20, 7:10 and 10 pm.
Stage shows at 1890, 3:15, 6:05 and
s:55 pm.
R-K-o Keith's - ''when's Your
Birthday?" at 11:15 am, 1858, 2:41,
l:24, 6:16, 8:08 and 10 pm.
Metropolitan-"Green Light" at
1885 am, 1875, 3:35, $40, 7:45 and
o:40 pm.
Palace-'The Last of Mrs. Cheyney,"
at 1910, 2:3o. 4:50, tbs and 9:35
pm.
Columbia-"Love Is News" at 1l:55
am, 1855, 3:55, SIS, 1855 and 9:55
pm.
Rialto-"Cloistered," at II am.
1880. 2:25, 4:20, 6:10, $40 and
1910 pm.
Little-"The Scarlet Pimpernel," at
1l:21 am, 1:25, 1929, 5:33, 1887 and
o:41 pm.
Ambassador Present." at
2:20, 4:20, $40, sos and 9:45 pm.
Tfv0lE"Bulldog Drummond Es-
capes," at l, 2:55, 4:50, 6:45, 500
and $50 pm,
Uptovn-"General Spanky," at /: :55,
4:05, $40, 7:55 and $3.50 pm.
Howard-"Black Legion" at 1890,
3:55, 7:05 and 1910 pm. Stage
shows at 2:3o. $50 and s:1o pm.
Evening star., 1937-03-06

out and Miss Moore. When You're in
Love" borrows literally from the best
sequences in each of their recent pic
lures. Very possibly 1t is sheer coinci-
dence.
Since she Is an agreeable actress
and q brilliant singer, much pleasant
entertainment results from her per-
formance. Not quite as much, how
ever, as was dug out of the Mexican
locale when it appeared in Gay Des-
perado," or the opera-star gone-torchy
idea in 'That Girl from Paris" or the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. btsi-
ness in Champagne Waltz"
ITO STATE the case from another
angle, when You're in Love" is
not a critics picture because the pro-
fessional word-slingers with a shred
of memory will recall at all times that
they have seen it before, in different
DISCUSSES. On the contrary, it prob
ably should be q box-ofilce hit be-
cause 1t embodies elements that in
variably click with the public (pre-
Stunning that John @. Citizen does not
get around to the flicker houses often
enough to have seen as many operate
reels as the scribeS).
The other person in When You're
in Love" besides Miss Moore is Cary
Grant, who plays an artist full of that
threadbare stardust dialogue which
T4ollvwood doteS on in the fond be-
lief that 1t is always big romantic
stuff. Mr.. Grant does q sincere and
reasonably effective job with his part
which was no sinecure in the begin.
ming. The rest of the characters are
entirely minor and uniformly able
Evening star., 1937-03-06
among them being Henry Stephenson

among them being Henry Stephenson
and Aline MacMahon.
As for the musical score, it Is by
Jerome Kern, with the Schubert
"Serenade" set for one big scene.
and Minnie the Moocher" tossed in
as q side line. The Kern music is up
to par. the "Serenade" would have
been unspeakably lovely had not some
useless choregraphy interfered, and
Minnie the Moocher" is not sung
quite as she was writ, which hurt al.
most as much as the cluttering up Of
the Schubert number.
Il
THE Earle stage bill this week pre-
sents Lester Cole and his midship-
men, a well-rounded male singing act;
the inimitable Cardini with his card
and cigarette magic ESQ far as know
he is the only man In the business
who can be watched from backstage
and still keep the observer fooled)
q smooth trio Of young dancers called
the Lathrop brothers and Virginia Lee.
and a high pole balancing act. with
which the Three Walkmirs open the
program.
Evening star., 1937-03-06

ing in a role of my own choosing" he
tells me. Bob was responsible for the
purchase of the murder thriller play.
in which Playwright Emlyn Williams
appeared on the New York and Lon
don stages as an egotistical killer. If
I'm a flop in the part (Which Bob
plays as 'heavyD, I'll have to go back
to that old cocktail shaker"
Most of Montgomery's previous pic
lures have shown him as q cynical
blue-blood, going gracefully to the
dogs via the cocktail route. Un real
life Bob not only does not drink cock
tails, but doesn't know how to make
themD "Emlyn williams wanted 20
play his part in the picture, but he
looked too sinister" says Montgomery,
adding that Dame May Witty,
member Of the stage cast repeating
her role in the film, sis the best actress
I've ever known-outside Helen Hays"
A legitimate page boy on the set
brushes his artificial colleague and
Bob lopes into his scene-slamning
the elevator door in the face of q
crlsty colonel Of the old school. "You
clumsy fool" the latter snorts "Cut," I"
says Director Richard Thorpe. Mont
gomery walks of the set with re-
lieved grin, trips over q length of
cable and lands at your correspond
ents feet But he is still smiling.
He Is playing the part of his choosing
and nothing else matters.
Ted Healy has just finished pen
Gil sketch of Wallace Beery on the
"Old Soak" set. "Beery thinks it's too
fat" says Ted. What does he think
he is. a choir boy?" Hes the funniest
man in pictures" a visitor remarks.
"Yea?" cracks Healy. Look what a
start he has with that face of his!"
Just to prove he is only kidding, Ted
informs me that Beery, who has
been in movies for 27 years, has the
best sense of timing on the screen
also a lovable quality that is largely
responsible for his success Wally
would rather talk about the new plane
he has just bought than about his
film career. 1T has every kind Of
gadget you can think off, he says
gleefully. How about the studio ban
restricting players from flying?" asks
your correspondent. Wally closes one
eye and whispers in my ear, 1T don't
mean a thing"
Copyright, 1887. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance Inc.)
Evening star., 1937-03-06

because Of the dress problem. Power
realized the importance Of this, tried
too hard to make a good take" and
went sprawling in the dust himself.
A good sequence was ruined when
Slim Summeville, operating the
quarter slot machine, won the whole
Dot (this never happens when you
try) >. Carol Tevis, a member OF the
cast, Is also the screen voice OF
Minnie Mouse and the three little
wolves During this picture, it was
discovered that newspaper men are
hams at heart. Several real reporters
we're hired and turned up for work
dressed in their Sunday best. A prop
boy had to age their clothes, rumple
ties and add the picturesque dirty
touches expected from a movie
member ofthe fourth estate.
Robert Montgomery is bell boy on
4 very British set in the M-G-M pic
ture Might Must Fall" And he
couldn't be happier. AT last I'm act
Evening star., 1937-03-06

US0b III I1tlO VI kod1Cl1s 1A1A hCSoOk
Frank Lloyd showed wisdom in let
ting her carry so large part Of the
burden Of the story.
It Is not a pleasant revelation of
life as the heroic colonists lived 1t that
Is made in this film. Paramount, how
ever, had the courage and intelli-
gence to make no attempt to prettify
it or laugh it off as just one of those
things. It moves always toward the
end of showing superstition and fear
for the ugly things they were when the
simple life was supposed to be at its
best.
As the gruesome story begins, the
colonists are living lives of quiet
earnestness and friendliness when the
first echoes of England's witchcraft
scourge reach their ears. From Boston
came louder reports and it Is but a
short time later that hysterical fear
smothers the normal intelligence of
the people of Salem. A little girl "a
fiendish little girl, to be sure) lights
the spark of blighting terror in her
effort to be revenged upon a colored
cook.
In its subsequent sweep, no one is
exempted from suspicion of witchery.
Those who attempt to fight the flame
with reason, regardless OF previous
standing in the community, are at
once suspected. Most conspicuous
among these is Barbara Clarke, played
by Miss Colbert. The flower OF the
Colony. as well as one of its most
rational minds, finds the charge Of
witchcraft laid at her door. Inexor-
able are the stupid circumstances
which condemn her to the gallows
\ \ X
Miss Colbert plays a difficult part
with a simple sincerity which gives it
potent conviction.
Next to Miss Colbert in the excel
fence of her performance is the lit
tie girl who is becoming the films
most awful child, Bonita Granville.
She is the one, you should remember,
who played so effectively in These
Three" in much the SAM type of
role. When it is craftiness that is
needed, Bonita registers it to a
degree we'll beyond her years and
she is at her very best when the sup
Evening star., 1937-03-06

posed spell of witchery sends her into
convulsionS.
Against the simplicity Of Miss Col
bert's New England maiden. Fred Mac
Murray sets the warm vitality Of q
beau gallant exiled from Virginia. He
does it we'll although the role lacks
the value to the story that do many
of seeming lesser importance.
The picture is uniformly well cast
with Edward Ellis performing finely
as a sour, bigoted, superstitious and
cruel church elder; Harvey Stephens
as the tolerant community MUSICIAN;
Gale Sondergaard ss his jealous, mar
row-minded sister; Louise Dresser as
the kindly aunt of the accused Bar
bara Clarke.
Effective photography adds emphasis
to the telling of a tale as tense as
one could ask of Hollywood.
In astonishing contrast with the
somberness of the film is the wild
enthusiasm of young "Red" Shelton,
the most unceremonious master of
ceremonies Washington has seen in
many a day Whether the moment
calls for falling on his face into the
orchestra pit, gulping doughnuts until
he almost chokeS, or throwing dough-
nuts to the audience, Shelton rises
to it with spirit of absolute abandon.
His gags are not new but his methods
are and it's surprising how the latter
put over Reds" part Of the per-
formance.
On the whole. it is a laughing thing
they've put on the Capitol stage.
Best laughs are those provided by the
Craddocks whose acrobatics have lit
to them that goes perfectly with the
Springlike weather. Next and close,
are Jay and Lou Seller who turn
couple of elongated barrel slaves into
skis on which they do as humorous
dance as you are likely to see in
weeks; no, months. Next and closer
on second thoughts Jack Powell,
who uses a pair of drumsticks to beat
rhythm out of everything except the
m. c.'s skull.
The whole thing is slap-sticky but
just what is needed to balance the
sobering influence of the picture.
Evening star., 1937-03-06
REPORTER AND HEIRESS
NOW AT THE COLUMBIA
"Love Is News" With Tyrone
Power and Loretta Young, Has
Second F Street Week.

Second F Street Week.
ITS story is not what you would
call novel, its gags are not always
overfascinating and there's little point
to it all. but Love is News" still
Is an amusing frivolity. It's good
enough to rate a week at the Co.
lumbia following a week at Loew's
Capitol. at any rate. and that's more
than can be said about number of
films.
The thing about Love is News"
which bothers the film critics is
the fact it doesn't deserve to be as
entertaining as it is. In the first
place it is about an heiress and a
newspaper reporter. The last time
we reviewed one about newspaper
man and an heiress we left in the
middle of the thing and remarked
that, if the newspaper man did not
marry the heiress. script writer's were
low creatures, not to be trusted by
honest citizens. Love is News" proves
script writer's still are to be trusted
The reporter lerves the heiress until
she gets a yen for him. but by that
time he is unhappy with her and
she has to do the chasing. After
much scatterbrained lunacy they give
up to each other.
Not much there, to be sure. but it
all Is done with the frenzied abandon
that has become the standard for
film comedies since Mr.. Capra made
the one about the newspaper man
and the heiress hitch-hiking to New
York. 1t has a complete lack OF
pretense that makes up for any Of
the technical faults which may. be
discovered and it doesn't pretend
to do anything more than amuse.
1t does that all right.
Love is News" is performed by
Miss Loretta Young. who is decorative
enough for anybody's photoplay and
who here shows a definite fair for
comedy she has not shown before;
by Tyrone Power, who is a living
example that experience is not neces-
sarily qualification for skill before
the cameras, and by Don Ameche,
who plays city editor in the disguise
of a burlesque straight man.
H. M.
Evening star., 1937-03-06
QUICKER THAN SNAKE

Florida Woodsman Shoots Reptile
Squirming Under Foot
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (P@Shine Guest
colored turpentine woodsman, Is quick
on the draw.
Capt. George L. Dickinson, naval
stores operator, said Guest was walk
ing along a dim woods trail when he
felt something squirming beneath his
foot. Whipping out his pistol, the
Negro shot the head of q 7-foot
rattlesnake before it could strike.
Evening star., 1937-03-06
Motorman on the Job.

NEW YORK @. "A Brooklyn
trolley jumped the tracks and hit
another car. Several persons in the
second car were hurt. The motorman
took in the situation, bethought him.
self of the regulations, pulled the con-
troll lever and conveyed his charges
to q nearby hospital for treatment.
Evening star., 1937-03-06

was finished four
d avs un d e r
echedule-a mir
acre in Hollywood
A baby in
Columbus, Ohio,
was named after
Don Ameche -
and the studio
acted godfather.
sending the in
fant diapers, rat
ties, etc. The
scene in which
Power drops Miss
Young in q mud
puddle could be
-L& 4~1u 4rnn
Evening star., 1937-03-06
Grace Moore Entertaining
In Familiar Episodes
Plot Appears to Borrow From Other Sue
cesses, But the Best Has
Been Chosen
by ROBERT h. PHILLIPS. Jr.

producers believed the
might
week
ioperatic
hks combination all the fomuae that have contributed
Evening star., 1937-03-06
Coronation Uniforms.

Troops in the coronation parade in
London will wear blue or green uni
forms, according to the announcement
of Secretary of War Duff Cooper.
Evening star., 1937-03-06
maid of Salem" Is Tense
Study of Witch Hanging
Paramount Makes No Effort to Soften Story
"Red" Skel3on Is Death Defying
NJ c. at Capitol.
BY LAY CARMODY.

PICTURE of striking merit is Maid OF salem wn1ch h 1It
~ American Colonial nioy buN
hera which handles with such
the film quality of suspense that the more
acted Miss Caudette Colbert
Evening star., 1937-03-06
ROBBERS DEFIED
Owner of Thermometer Says It
Won't Register Hot Enough.

DEBORAH, Iowa (P).-When some
one stole the thermometer G. F. Baker
had hanging outside his lumber yard.
he didn't buy a new one. Instead, he
hung this sign where the thermometer
used to be:
I'VE wish the pink-eyed pup that
stole our thermometer would return
it, as it was a present to us.
1.-THE way you are heading it won't
do you any good-it doesn't register
hot enough.
Evening star., 1937-03-06
Loretta Young Dropped
In Puddle, But Only Once
'Love Is News Has Some Amusing Episodes
Behind Scenes Montgomery Takes
Ideal Role of Bell Boy.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

oILYwooD March NANA)-Behnd the scenes Of Love Is
While the picture being made, Loretta Youngs i'm
pending marriage Director Eddie announced
Sutherland torch for the lady Don
Tyrone
telephoned Sonia the set
Evening star., 1937-03-06

of soda pop daily (what rakes these
film actresses areD The picture
Evening star., 1937-03-06

NHE Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer peo-
pie have a fair for mounting
stories, which in other hands
would result in only ra assahle
Evening star., 1937-03-06
Dance
Effective in
oAppeals
jacques CartierScores
in Ballet-Narrative
at Willard.

TOR two hours yesterday there
r we're but eight muses.. Terp-
/ sichore and Thespis completely
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30

Under the slogan, "a good meal
Is a good DEAL" the Nations Cap
ital will observe National Res
taurant Week from May 3 to 9.
The District Commissioners re-
ceived a committee of restaurant
operators today, officially desig-
mated the period of the observance
and prepared to issue proclama.
ton. ,.a
The committee announced that
on each day Of the week special
menus would be prepared by more
than 200 establishments, and that
the Capital would be urged to take
the whole family out to dinner.
Julius Lulley, president Of Har.
vey's Restaurant. is chairman Of
the committee. Other members are
A. R. Bacas, Robert ]. Wilson, Ed
ward D. Shaw, Mrs. Harry PappS,
Mrs. Hariette Pieper, A. H. Ores
sell, Burt Lopatin and Theodore D..
Sloat,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
THE5EEFhCT5
are RQVen AT

You purchase nationally standard priced merchandise
q N easy convenient
You do not have penny carrying
Zu~ sardIess Of what you buy.
Whether purchase large small you may
, year in which pay for it,
article for days. paying
r. your money will be eheerfuly refunded
Every guaranteed and insured AGAINST
, t.. theft for one year Of charge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-07
BRITAIN BLAMED
FOR U. S. STAND

BERLIN. Oct. 7 0.N.S0-Ger-
many perceived a British-inspired
maneuver behind Washington's
denunciaticn of Japan today and
gave it a cold shoulder.
Indications were Germany would
remain soiidl.' with Italy in re-
fusing to make any move against
the Japanese campaign in China,
despite deaunciations by America
and the League of Nations.
Confirmation was seen when the
japanese Ambassador to Berlin
left his residence with military
attache. presumably to call upon
the Berlin foreign ministry.
High German quarters held
Japan's actions in the Orient are
none of Germany'S business.
1t was pointed out Germany is
not a signatory to the nine-power
pact, is not a member of the
League of Nations, and has not
been asked to participate in the
proposed nine power conference
on the Sino-Japanese conflict.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-07
HEPBURN VOICES
PEACE PLEDGE

INTO, Ontario, Oct. 7
G.N.S0.-His liberal government
returned to power in yesterdays
election, Premier Mitchell Hepburn
gave Ontario residents assurance
today of five more years of indus
trial peace"
Hepburn and his fellow-liberals
made a principal campaign issue
out of the premier's courage in re-
sisting efforts Of John L. Lewis
Committee for Industrial Organiza-
ton to invade Ontario.
Late election returns showed So
liberals and % conservatives vic
torious. Four other successful
candidates for the provincial leg
islature were from minor parties.
Five of Hepburn's ministers were
returned to office while one was
defeated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-07
BRITISH TO ASK
U.S,PEACE talk
International Newa Photo
By K1NGsBURY SMITH

LONDON, Oct. 7 Q.N.S0.-The
American Governments latest
blast condemning Japan as an
aggressor today encouraged Brit
ain to seek to induce President
Roosevelt to hold a pacific confer
ence in Washington.
This move will be in line with
Britain's policy Of getting the
United States to take the respon-
sibility and initiative in steps to
halt the Far Eastern conflict.
Meanwhile, it is expected that
Prime Minister Neville Chamber.
lain will revamp the speech he is
to deliver before Conservative
Party members at Scarborough,
strengthening its references to the
support Britain gives to President
Roosevelt's sentiments as ex-
pressed in his Chicago peace
speech.
However, a considerable number
of Americans and other foreigners
share the American State Depart
ment'S apparent anxiety regarding
the reaction of Japanese military
officials.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-07
OverhOlser Takes
Over Hospital Job

Appointment of DR.. Winfred
Overholser as superintendent Of
st. Elizabeths Hospital was COM
pletely free from politics, secre-
tary of the Interior Harold l..
Ickes stated yesterday when DR..
Overholser took the oath of office.
The appointment was recon-
mended by leading psychiatrists
of the country" Secretary 1ckes
said, adding that lit is one Of the
most important positions not only
in the Interior Department but in
the Government" The hospital
now cares for more than 5000 pa
tients. DR.. OverholSer succeeds
the late DR.. William A. White, who
died last spring.