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The Washington times., 1937-04-17
Jessie Stone
AtHoWord

Jesse Stone, a new heat wave
on the jazz horizon from out Kan
sas City way, and his band, is the
featured attraction of a fast-mov.
ing music revue that opened yes.
terday for a week at the Howard
Theater.
This is Stone and his aggrega-
ton of musical ccnnoisseurs first
engagement in these parts. Com,
ing from out in Missouri, the show
me State, the boys stand up tol
their slogan and really put on a
jazz show as their end Of the bill.
Swing and light symphonic is also
included in the trend Of footing
Vocal interpretations are handled
by the Three Harmonizers.
Others featured in the revue
include the Four Dobas, a white
act of jumping acrobatics; the
Edwards Sisters and the Three
Rhythm Debs, tap dance artists;
the Four Steppers; Ray Moore
emmcee; David and Goliath, CO
medians.
On the screen Bette Davis is
featured in Marked Women,
one of the best and most original
movie stories of the year. Mid
night show tonight. w. r
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likes thrillerS or not, I strongly
recommend this play. Even in an
age Of good pictures it stands out.
Glen Gray on Stage
Headlined on the stage are Glen
Gray and the Casa Iona Orches.
ira, familiar to millions of radio
listeners. This ensemble offers a
very fine repertoire of music in the
modern manner, playing with that
smooth precision that has made
it famous.
Featured artists with the orches.
ira are "Pee-Wee" Hunt. Kenny
Sargent and Terry Green, all OF
whom rated as first rate favorites
with an enthusiastic audience,
The orchestral numbers too were
greeted with unmiStakable evi
denceS of whole-hearted approval
Handy and Cord, a European
novelty act, present a brief inter.
Jude of comedy acrobatics. The
team, composed of a very athletic
young man and very small, but
very athletic, young woman, stage
a routine that is as amusing as 1t
is novel.
Comedy in the rare spirit of pure
humor is put over by Fred Light,
ner, assisted by the comely Miss
RoScella.
Mr.. Lightner's comedy is de-
lightful, especially so since it gets
away from the beaten track and
possesses a personality Of it's own.
The usual news reel, in which
our old friend Lew Lehr is at his
funniest best, completes a show
that is seldom equaled.
], w, B.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
Opens
At Columbia

Screen revivals being the order
of the day Twentieth Century
Fox couldn't allow competitive
studios get the better of them.
Some wise person remembered
Seventh Heaven" Almost a
dozen years back Charles Farrell
and Janet Gaynor had scored
heavily.
The present rendition finds
young Mile. Simone Simon and
lanky natural James Stewart cast
as Chico and Diane. Fraught
with every possible emotional
problem, the story remains an
artistic triumph. The exquisite
poignancy founded on simple hui
man interest helps more in the
Story's delivery than perhaps all
else.
To Chico a Every remarkable
fellow" there was no place in his
Self-imposed life of atheism for
the tender passion of love or the
inspiring belief in God Almighty.
That was until he saved Diane,
the waif. from the brutalitieS of
her older sister.
The setting is the wretched
slum district of Paris in 1914,
with wars dreaded specter be-
coming an all too grim reality.
Men, for whom the angry guns
roared, were forced to leave their
dear ones. And so Chico takes
leave of Diane, after arranging a
tryst, founded on their mutual
faith.
Any play or story dealing with
such truisms and fundamental
ideas such as the divine will to
believe. and the divine will to
live, must go carefully, else it
dissolve into mawkish sentiment
atty. This is no exception. Some
scenes prove more effective than
others.
Strong in support of the leads
are Gregory Ratoff, Gale Sender
gard, Jean Hersholt, Arthur
Hohl, and Edward Bromberg.
Added attractions are a comedy,
Bars and Stripes" Newsreel,
and High Seas Honeymoon, f."
another comedy. D. M.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
Crosby Is
Palace Star

waikiki Wedding" one Of those
amusing pictures in which a lot
of people, including the audience,
have a good time is showing at
LoeW's Palace.
This is a story which intends to
explode the promotion racket,
pokes fun at contest winners and
runs up the stock of Hawaiian
romance and scenery, especially
the scenery.
Tony Marvin is "idea" man for
Imperial Pineapples, a large firm
devoted to sale Of the luscious
tropical fruit. Tony is a rapid
fire salesman but takes time out
to play when he puts over q
campaign.
The pineapple girl, winner OF
the national contest, comes to
Hawaii and after being met by the
owner of the company, is left
preCCy mucn TO ner own resources;
she is disappointed that she does
not find romance, a mellow moon
and stunning guitars.
The promotion manager steps
in again and gives the lady the
romantic atmosphere she Graves
but in so doing he falls in love
with the girl and then has hard
time explaining few things.
There is music, dancing, much
laughter; tuneful song or two
some very exotic natural scenery
and Bing Crosby, grooming; Mar
tina Raye cutting up her usual
antics; Shirley Ross looking per
sonable and singing a bit, and
Bob Burns running around with
a tiny porker named Waldron.
There is much fun in this pic
ture and there are several short
subjects to augment the feature
including the newSreel, a Pete
Smith sport special and a Betty
Boop cartoon,-K, Y,
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
Lombard Tops
Atthe Met

Ten years ago Arthur Hopkins
presented a simple. quiet comedy
drama, "Burlesque." Starring the
late Hal Sicily and the then I'm.
known Barbara Stanwyck, it was
a smash success.
Three years later, with sound
just discovered, Paramount pre-
sented Dance Of Life" This was
just "Burlesque" dressed up with
still Mr.. Sicily in his old part
and Nancy Carroll doubling for
La Stanwyck. 1t was pretty awful.
Six years elapse and Paramount
duSts off the old relic, changes the
locale. adds a few hot swing tunes
and calls the present offerins
Swing High, Swing Low" In this
instance age did not improve the
effort. Try as they do, Carole
Lombard and Fred MacMurray
do not save the picture.
It's the age-old story of a happy
go-lucky CONTEMPLATING soldier
who, on finding himself married
to a charming woman, will not
live up to the responsibilities he
vowed on his wedding day.
1t wasn't that "Skid" johnson,
the trumpet player, did not love
Maggie. Skid was weak and will
ing to let Life pass him by. But
then one day his big chance came.
Skid, with Anita Alvarez Mag.
gie's rivaD is offered a break on
Broadway. Skid clicks in a big
way.
In supporting roles Jean Dixon,
Dorothy Lamour, Harvey Stephens
and Charles Butterworth try. How
ever, one of the outstanding bits
is delivered by Cecil Cunningham.
Hers was effective acting.
Included on the bill is a most
worth while short Big Shots OF
Baseball"
The Washington times., 1937-04-17

The horror is within the story
itself and is a logical result of
the movement of the plot. No
strange and bizarre theatrical eff
fects are used, or are necessary,
to heighten the effect for the
spectator. 1t is thriller of the
first order, but it is no thriller
at all in the general sense Of that
term.
The weird and macabre note in
this film is introduced gradually.
After awhile one begins to sus-
pect, but is not sure. And then
comes a climax that for sheer
agonizing suspense tops anything
I can remember.
Climax Logical
The plot of this original and
well-wrought story leads up grad
ually to the climax, but it builds
up into a fiendishly horrible Sc
quence in which the beautiful
Ann Harding figuratively let's
down her lovely hair and gives
all. This is not to say that she
overemotes. The Harding talents
have long held me in thrall, and
I am ready to argue her claims
to greatness with anyone so
brash as to doubt them.
Basil Rathbone rises to the
heights in his role and turns in a
magnificent and brilliant perform
ance. True he had a fat part and
one that lends itself to every trick
of the theater. But by that very
token it is a part that could easily
be spoiled by over-acting. Rath-
bone gives it the right touch
througout with the unerring in
Stinct of genius.
Whether the reader is one who
The Washington times., 1937-04-17

.fter % years of married life she
Gets an "offer," which proves she
is still desirable; Katharine Hill,
ton, a lovesick adoleScent, sheds
some tears over a mad infatua,
ton; Tiny Ann Hilton, poetesS
and dreamer, lives in the clouds
while others worry; Martin Hill
ton has a puppy love affair that
looks promising and changes his
aspect on life.
GOOD STAGE SHOW
AS bedtime comes the troubles
of the Hilton family have been
ironed out, at least temporarily,
with Papa and Mamma going to
Sunderland holding hands.
Director Archie Mayo has done
a masterful job in bringing out
the interest value in little nome
like touches that give the pic
ture a genuine ring-such as the
youngsters racing and arguing
over who will be the first in the
morning tub.
Call 1t a Day. is what can
be called bang-up entertainment
for the family and it is about as
well acted as any feature to issue
from the studios this season.
A Grade A vaudeville program
makes the Earle's full menu
finely balanced entertainment.
Gwynne, the magician, opens the
fun with good collection of myS.
tifying tricks and a glib line of
patter. A fine Snowman.
Chiffon and Thomas are the
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
MOVIE
CLOCK

EARLE-Ian Hunter, Olivia De
Havilland, Call 1t a Day." 1920
a. M, 1875, 4:20. 1920, 1905
p. m. Stage, Jane Froman, 1890,
3:15, 6:15, 9 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - arole LON
bard, Fred MacMurray, Swing
High, Swing Low" II a. M, 1:05,
3:15, 5:25, 7:35, GAS p. m.
COLUMBIA - Simone Simon,
James stewart, Seventh
Heaven" IL, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15,
$40 p. m.
PALACE-Bing Crosby, Martha
Raye, waikiki Wedding" 11:15
a. m, lis, 1920, 5:25, 1880.
$3.50 p. m.
CAPITOL-Ann Harding, 'L,ove
From a Stranger" II a. M.
1:40, APO, ITO, $50 p. m.
Stage, Glen Gray, 12:45, 1925,
6:15, 1855 p. m.
R.K.O. KEITH'S-Doris Nolan,
George Murphy, Top of the
Town." 1885 a. m. 1:39, 3:42,
5:45, T:4o, 9:5l p. m.
HOWARD-Bette Davis, Marked
Woman" 1890, 3, $50, 8, 1890
p. m. Stage, Jessie Stone, 1855,
4:25, 6:55, 900 p. m.
LITTLE-Wallace Berry, Lionel
Barrymore, "Ah Wilderness, u
1920 a. m, 1:24. 1928. 5:32
7:36. 1000 q. m.
RIALTO-Lilian Harvey in "Con
gresS Dances" 1870 a. M, 1925
5:22 and 1924 p. M, and Frederic
March in Death Takes a Holi
day" 1909, 4:05. 1863 and 1905
p. m.
TRANS-LUX - Continuous shows,
IS minutes, 10 q. m. to Il p. N.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17

MUSIC AND DANCE
For a rousing smash finale the
new picture at RKO Keith's
takes you to the moonbeam room
atop of a 9O-story skyscraper. It
would shame the Rockefeller mag.
nificence known as the Rainbow
Room as an after dark spot to be-
hold and it is as large as the
biggest Pennsylvania station.
In this gargantuan and lavish
setting all the principals and all
the night club guests take part in
a battle royal of music and sway
called the "Jamboree." It fills
your eye and your ear with motion
and melody and makes a grand
hoorah finish for picture which,
in spite of all the expense, some
times lags.
TOP of the Town" tells about
a very wealthy heiress who wants
to run a ritzy night club in one Of
her properties. Her idea Of a
program for jewellers is high-brow
dancing, symbolism and a bit of
Shakespeare a Ia Hamlet. Ted
Lane, popular orchestra leader
tries to tell her she is all wrong
as an amusement caterer. Never.
theleSs, Diana goes ahead, and
when her party program is about
to flop and patrons are suffering
from ennui, Ted Lane walks in
with his swing show and saves
the day.
LOTS OF COMEDY
Director Ralph Murphy keeps it
going at a lively pace and with
noisy abandon. It introduces Doris
Nolan, . beauty with a dimple,
who looks like a stunning Holly
wood possibility. 1t also presents
as a featured lead, George Murphy.
who can hoof plenty, sing well
enough, and is a personable juve-
nile.
Songbirds are Ella Logan, a
Scotch sprite who offers a novel
technique called "noodling," Ger
trude Neissen, whose contralto-like
tones register well. The songs
they sing are '"Top Of the Town"
where Are YOU" Blame It On
the Rhumba," and some jam"
tunes.
For comedy nothing is better
than the beaming clown, Hugh
Herbert, who yoo-hoos and finger
waves all over the place. There
is Henry Armetta doing a curled
imitation of Stokowski, Mischa
Auer as a comedy Hamlet, much
too much of the Three Sailors
whose moist comedy I can do with.
out, and Gregory Ratoff as a dia-
lect show producer.
"Top Of the Town." to sum up,
is fresh and frothy and better than
the routine musical. It cost a ton
Of money to produce and looks it
for the John Harkrider settings
reveal a modernistic dream and a
fat check book.
The supplementary program in
cludes the latest issue of March Of
Time and the news reel.
ANDREW R. KELLEY.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17

picnic lunches to the free picnic
groves in the 40-acre plot on the
banks of the beautiful and historic
Potomac River.
The Spanish Garden Ballroom,
where David McWilliams is direct
ing his own orchestra of IL pieces,
gets under way at 9 p. m.
The U-DriVe- En- YourSelf Motor
Boats, which was first opened last
season, continued to draw those
that like pleasure with not so
much thrill. The motor boats are
a good place to relax after sew
eral rides on the Coaster Dips, the
most thrilling ride of all.
Other popular features at Glen
Echo include Carrousel, Midway
Pennyland, the Whip, Pretzel ride,
Aeroplane swing and Skeeball.
The 100000 Crystal Swimming
Pool opens May 81.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
Glen Echo Park
NOWODen

Things started popping out at
Glen Echo Park, only outdoor rec
reation center for Washington and
vicinity, at noon today.
The free admission gates were
thrown open to usher in the 1887
season with so amusements and at
fractions for the fun-loving people
of Washington, vicinity and visit
tors to the Nations Capital.
Additional grounds have been
prepared for those taking their
The Washington times., 1937-04-17

VEL TOLD STORY
A splendid cast brings out the
human interest value of the story.
Beautifully fitted to well written
parts are Alice Brady, Roland
Young, Marcia Ralston, Bonita
Granville, Olivia de Havilland,
Anita Louise and Peter Willies,
with Beryl Mercer and Una O'Con.
nor helping immensely in small
comedy bits.
I think you will like the Hiltons.
They are a we'll bred English
family, who have little family
squabbles and problems, but are
in spite of it all devoted to each
other. Not quite as crazy as the
Rlmplegars but thoroughly ike
able.
Call It a Day" reveals incidents
in IL hours around the clock with
this domestic group. Papa Hilton
is uneasy as he is part of a mild
filtration with an actress: Mamma
Hilton is a little flattered, because
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
Magazine Girl" Gets
Her First Bio Break

The "girl on the magazine
cover" now gets her big break.
She is Terry Walker, former
dance band singer, who was signed
by Paramount several months ago.
Miss Walker has just been cast
opposite John Howard in a ro-
mantle role in Mountain Music. "
the Bob Burns-Martha Raye CO.
Starrer.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
Stage Hit Makes q Sparkling
Comedy With Fine Cast;
Jane Fromon Stars
BY ANDREW R. KELLEY

Call It Day" is delightful comedy about what happens
to family when spring is in the air and is
the loose 1t bhe and bamy and downright entertain
ing from its first shot to its handcasp finale
The picture at the Earle stems from Dode Smiths
stage play of last seasons Broadway hits In the
version Ian Hunter and Freda Inescort the
assayed in the fooght treatment by Philip Merivae and
C1odv
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
Pater Brown

Joe E. Brown, tunnel-mouthed
star of "When'S Your Birthdays?
David Loew's production for RKO.
is the adopted father of U. C. L. A.
athletics. His son is on the foot
ball team roster.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
TOP OF TOWN AT KEITH'S
Top Of the Town. Gay Musical
on Screen at R-K-O-Keith's,
With Brilliant Cast

musical It has glitter and glamour, rhythm and swing
sic and Mammon to commend it, besides bunch of brand
new Hollywood faces.
The plot is light cherry blossom floating in the
Potomac breeze but there always melody and dance to
compensate for the lack Of substantial story.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
Ann Harding in New Picture.
Casa Lomo Band on Stage

Glove From Stranger" starring the lovely Ann Harding
and the excellent Basil Rathbone current at Loews Capo
Theater, of the finely wrought horror stories
have witnessed The fm in the first place starts il
and tells full and complete story. and tells it we'll
Evening star., 1937-08-08

he had been to Borneo and the Congo in the
interim, and he was leaving next day for Siam.
Nominal dealer, with all the great geological
parks of Europe and the United States as his
potential customers, sends out such expedi-
tons or maintains such establishments as
those of the two or three largest dealers in pet
fishes They never did and they never could,
although, specimen for specimen the animal
dealers bring back the more valuable stock.
No single tropical fish ever did or ever will
bring 5000, $4,000, $25.OO0 the prices
that have been paid for animal rarities But
many tropical fish an inch or so long has
brought S., $40 or SIS, and many a collector
has carried ten thousand fish out of the jungle.
There was the Neon Tetra.
In the spring of 1895 a certain M Rabaut
rolled into Paris with number of the low,
fiat cans that have been developed for fish
shipments Not long afterward the fish
world was electrified to learn that the deep
jungles of the Amazon basin had spawned a
sensation "a tiny fish with red streak
along its side; streak that glowed exactly
like neon light.
1LN 4NCul ACuop 'NoAE&A e"V OSAA6
the generic name of the group to which it BE-
lo0ged Sixspecimens crossed the ocean aboard
the dirigible Hindenbug five of them dying
before they got to their midwest destina-
tion). Newspapers carried stories about the
astonishing fish with a neon light in its skin.
Presently plenty of specimens reached the
market from Paris. Prices f1uctuated between
bulesqne limits - all the way from $1.89 to
500 pair Thousands were sold.
Flurries like that are rare in the fish busi-
ness, but it all helps to make Big Business.
And every collector dreams of dipping up
some fish equally capable of turning the
market upside down. Sooner or later, if more
sensations of the caliber of the Neon Tetra
are to be found in tropical fresh waters, some
collector will dip them up, too. One New York
dealer maintains regular schedule of ex-
peditions to parts of South America where no
other white men 60.
It's adventurous business, but there is no
romance in it. Just hard work - the danger
CCoetisssd a. paos 15)
Evening star., 1937-08-08

sHE chances are one in ten that you, the
reader of this article. keep bowl OF
goldfish in your living room. o., if
] you've advanced beyond that anna
teur stage, a tank of ''tropicals." For the
TOY" fish business is really Big Business
today, involving millions of dollars, and has
gotten that way because there's fish fancler
in one home out of every ten in America.
Ocean liners are blowing the seas at this
tropical fish aboard, protected and guarded by
all the way from $4,000 to $4,000 worth
of equipment And every single fish is getting
as much service and attention as the most
crotchety first class passenger. More atten-
ton because if the occupant of the de luxe
cabin on "A" deck gets seasick, they won't
stop the ship and take him off to rest. But
they Il take the weary, seasick fish ashore and
give them vacation from the rolling waves.
It's no joke Fish do get seasick, and they
are set ashore to recuperate.
1t all began about sixty years ago when
French army officer returned to Paris after
long duty in China and carried with him a
small collection of brilliantly oolored paradise
fish. China had been breeding them for thou
sands of years. but they were novelty in
Europe, and caused sensation. Interest in
them picked up in the United States shortly
before the World War, lapsed, and finally
took off like skyocket in the early 'thirties.
Maybe it was caused by, or maybe it was the
result of, the establishment in New York of
an agency for big German firm of fish
dealers, for tropicals have been popular in
Germany for years.
At any rate, two rival fish collecting and
distributing agencies entered the field with
the German concern, and today no fish can
swim far enough or spawn in jungle deep
enough to elude the field collectors of the fish
dealers. They go everywhere. wandered one
day into Christopher w. Coates tropical fish
laboratory in the New York Aquarium and
oollided with polite little man who was run
ming to catch boat to British Guiana He
was going into the interior, three weeks be-
yond the point where the maps fazzled out.
After fish. When saw him almost year later
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
Holland Sidesteps
DISPUTE With Nazis

BERLIN, Nov. 15.-The Neither
lands legation here now has
adopted the position that w. H.
Cammans, 43-year.old Net h r.
lander sentenced to death on a
charge of treason, has double
citizenship.
The Netherlands representative
explained that Dutch law permits
such double citizenship. No very
energetic steps are being taken in
CammanS' behalf.
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
Coed From India
Friend of Gandhi

LEWISTON, Me-, Nov. IS.
Q.N.SD There's a good reason
why Marjorie Moulton, Bates col
lege freshman, doesn't go home
week-ends. Her home is $4,000
miles away, in Bombay, India.
Daughter Of a Bates trained mis-
Sionary, Rev. Joseph Langdon
Moulton, Marjorie grew up on the
Ahmednagar district of India. She
learned how to speak the native
dialect before she learned English.
One of her distinctions in the eyes
of her Schoolmates is her &C.
quaintance with Mahatma Gandhi.
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
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The Washington times., 1937-11-15
GuIIibiIity
Ask Cash for 'WidOW'
Of UnknOUE1

WENATCHEE, Wash, Nov. IS
G.N.S0 Testing his theory that
signers can be obtained for any
kind of petition, a local reporter
today circulated a petition asking
for donations for "the widow Of
the Unknown Soldier"
Names only were taken by the
reporter, Lynn Leonard, who said
that many signified a willingness
to pay when they signed the
pledge. He explained to them
that he would collect later.