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Evening star., 1937-04-04

matte and lyric, emerge with height
ened impressiveness. From what
seemed an intermittent chaos in
High Tor" there Is now clearly dis
cernible the pattern Of the plays
bitterness and playfulness, OF
its mixture Of gayety and despair, OF
deep pesaimism and poetic lyricHm.
do not think you will find any
new qualities in the prize winning
play upon second observation, but you
will see the original qualities revealed
with additional beauty, richness and
imaginative power. In the end you
will find less bitterness in High Tor"
than the keynote of the play-"noth-
ing Is made by man but makes in the
end good ruins"-would indicate. Mr..
Anderson even gives up the hope Of
romantic escape, and yet such pes
simittc conclusion is not too depress-
ing For when black melancholy OF
spirit can be accompanied by so much
rich, hearty laughter, then the human
spirit has somehow conquered.
"HIGH TOR" possesses the raciest
and richest comedy creation Of
the season and one of the real addi-
tions to the small portrait gallery OF
the epic figures of the modern theater.
The American drama does not, in
truth, go in much for epic figures, but
Mr.. Anderson has devised one, never
theless. 1t is, OF course, the doughty.
bibulous and combative ghost of an
old Dutch sailor from one of Henrik
Hudsons ships, who has great con-
tempt for the prowess of modern man
and the physique Of modern women,
and fights and makes love with fine
romantic abandon.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
1t Isn't Inspiration.

OSCAR STRAUS, Viennese waltz
king. now in Hollywood, does not
work by inspiration.
The distinguished composer recently
arrived in the film capital from
Vienna to create the score for Bobby
Been's forthcoming starring vehicle,
Make WISH" for R-K-O-Radio
release.
Inspiration dictates only the first
few bars" he says. After that, it's
the old story-perspiration!
1T is not 50 easy to snatch great
music out Of the air." Straus declares.
1T does not come like that. The idea.
maybe, is inspiration. But after the
first few notes are down on paper,
then one must really work"
Evening star., 1937-04-04

prevent q choice High Tor" led from'
the first, with nine votes, or half the
voting membership. On the first bal
lot, Johnny Johnson" the runner-up,
had nve votes, with Daughters Of
Atreus" and You Can't Take 1t With
You" represented by two each. sus-
pect that at least two Of the votes for
other plays we're complimentary, in
much the manner OF those scattering
ballots the fayorite sons get in the
carly rounds Of . presidential con-
vention. So High Tor" had at least
half of the votes from the start. The
final count, you must have read some
where, showed the required fourteen
for High Tor" three for Johnny
johnson" and one for Daughters Of
Atreus"
This column is intended merely as
4 personal confession, and I should
tell you that at one time I thought
OF voting for Daughters Of Atreus."
1t is beautifully conceived syn
thesis Of the Electra legends, filled
with noble and authentic dramatic
poetry, and is unquestionably nota-
BILE addition to American dramatic
writing. Unfortunately, it was given
an utterly ineffective production on
the stage at the beginning OF the
season. Had it been as splendidly
produced as High Tor" I do not
doubt that it would have been genu-
inely accepted as distinguished work
and would have given Mr.. Andersons
play hard fight for first honors.
Although its unhappy direction and
acting force one to regard 1t as still
virtually unproduced drama, be-
lieve that the differences in merit
between 1t and High Tor are de-
cidedly slight In consistency Of
quality 1t is, perhaps, even trifle
superior. Certainly it lacks the oc-
casional confusion Of moods that the
prize winner falls into. With such
a fine line OF distinction between
them, I must confess to being chau.
whistle enough to have let the supe.
rior American quality of Mr.. Ander-
sons play swing me toward it.
EUGENE ONEILL also took the
Electra legends for his story when
he wrote Mourning Becomes Elec-
ira" but he transmitted his materials
into American molds. The classic
Greek tales were but springboard
for his contemplation Of American
characters and an American theme.
In the same way, High Tor" may
inherit the mood of "A Midsummer
Nights Dream and comedy scene
from The Tempest" but 1t employs
these Shakespearean materials for
the purposes of q strictly American
fantasy. On the other hand, Robert
Turney, the author Of Daughters
OF Atreus," was satisfied to drama
tie his story in the mood and man
ner Of the original. 1t is true that
he humanized his characters, COM
bined the various narratives into a
straightforward synthesis and told
the tragedy from the point Of view
Of the women Of the story in man
ner which. gave originality and point
edness to the tale and made his play
q genuine creative achievement. But,
fine play that 1t Is. it is not strictly
American in viewpoint, and when the
line between two plays contesting for
the prize Of the best American work
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Armida Signed.

A RM1DA, dark-haired little stage
and screen player, has been signed
by R-K-O Radio for the leading FEM
mime role in Mexican Quarter" which
Producer Robert Sisk will send be-
fore cameras next week with John
Beal in the top spot and Harry Carey
prominently featured. Lew LAnders
will direct.
Born In Sonora, Mexico, Armida was
discovered by Gus Edwards She
toured the Orpheum Circuit and later
entered pictures, appearing in, among
others, Under the Pampas Moon, u
Border Romance" and General
Crack"
Evening star., 1937-04-04

screen stories are selected. So few
Of them have the boy-meets-girl
theme that one Is positively startled
when he comes across the play boy
Meets Girl" as one Of the stage plays
listed for screen transcription. His
tory, biography, science, sociology
subjects which its traducers once
thought Hollywood could not even
spell-always meat for the camera, no
longer are poison for the box ONCE,
Mr.. Hays says with suitable emphasis.
Musical biographies, the lives OF
the men who were masters before
dance band leaders became maestros.
are on their way to prove there is
nothing Hollywood cannot do. II
they succeed, and the cinema maha-
rajahs are sure they will, it will be
more than they did on the stage.
Even grand opera, in the pure form
and not corrupted by q single heigh-
de-ho aria by the beautiful prima
donna. is scheduled by the now
intrepid picture
MR.. HAYS has tribute to pay to
the news reels and to the makers
of short subjects. to the script writer's,
the directors, the producers, the stars,
the technicians, the stockholders, in
fact to every one connected with the
industry. He has the wisdom, how
ever, to temper his praise with q
warning against smugness. The lau-
rels he bestows, he makes clear, are
not the kind members Of the industry
will rest upon. He would not like
that and neither would any one else.
Unless. possibly, it is the newly
conceived American Theater Council.
There is not evidence Of such q hope
in its announcement Of plan and pur-
pose, however.
Its formation is promised upon the
happy circumstance that the theater
is faced with the fact that there is 4
demand for its type Of entertainment
which exceeds the supply. Not since
the depression began has there been
any such situation. So, 1t is the
organizations play to unite all the
groups of the theater to the end that
the present demand shall be satisfied
and that greater stimulus shall be
furnished for increasing the worth
while theatrical output Of the coun-
try so that the living theater may
continue to play a vital part in the
field Of American culture and
entertainment"
Just how up-to-date is the point Of
view Of the new group is evident In
the fact that even the parking prob
lem will be considered by the first
convention of the organization in May.
Not in years has the theater and
picture public listened to such enthu-
siastic pep-talking on the part OF the
people who provide 1t with places to,
60 and things to see.
Evening star., 1937-04-04

the Three Wiles, the Five Jansleys and
other acts.
Margaret Lindsey, recently seen In
a fine performance in Green Light, !"
has one OF the important roles in the
new action melodrama, Song Of the
City" coming to Loews' Capitol Thea
ter Friday. Newcomer jeffrey Dean
will be seen in the male lead. Cab
Galloway, the king Of hi-de-ho, brings
his orchestra to the Capitol to head
line the stage show, with novelties by
the Tramp Band, Evelyn keyes and
the new singer Arvis Andrews.
The King and the Chorus GIRL
with considerable mad buf1oonery in
vented by Groucho Marx and with
Fernand Gravel, new male star i'm
ported from France, goes to the
Metropolitan Friday, having just
chalked up successful week at the
Earle. Edward Everett Horton is on
hand. too.
Midnight Taxi" with Brian Don
levy and Francis Drake involved in
the business of trailing counterfeiters,
comes to Loew's Columbia next Fri
day. The picture is an adaptation OF
popular magazine action story by
Borden Chase. gs-
Evening star., 1937-04-04
The Rise From Savagery.

THE HUMAN ADVENTURE" a
talking picture prepared by the
Oriental Institute of the University
Of Chicago under the direction of DR..
James H. Breasted, will be shown at
Pierce Hall today at S and 7:30
O'Clock. This film sketches mans rise
from savagery to civilization and then
shows how the secrets Of dead empires
are brought to light by archeologists
Thanks to modern Hollywood tech
nique, q British aviator who piloted
the producers thousands Of miles and
q director with a feeling for art as
well as for science, a unique and i'm
pressive picture has been made.
Evening star., 1937-04-04

that the body polite might better stop
spending its money for food and shell
ter and enlarge its entertainment
budget proportionately.
The mail from Mr. Hays contained
an abstract of his annual report as
president of the Motion Picture Pro-
ducers and Distributors Of America.
It heralded the disappearance of the
so-called movie public" and the ap-
pearance in its place Of the universal
theater public. The deus ex machina,
tho abstract said, was to be found in
the fact that the 1867 season dis
closed new peaks Of artistry in the
production Of notable film enter
tainment," and brought greater
number Of truly fine pictures to the
screen than the industry ever before
has produced in = similar period"
One thought that over, realized that
Mr.. Hays knew what he was talking
about, turned around an opened the
second envelope In that one found
the announcement Of the formation
OF the American Theater Council
Every individual and agency identified
with the theater, from stage hands to
stars, or vice versa, is identified with
the latter. All OF them are going to
get together next month and work
out a scheme for revitalizing the liv-
ing drama.
Between the two, one gathered that
the home will be place where
citizens of the republic eventually will
rest between visits to the movies or
the theater.
With entirely becoming eiation,
w Mr.. Hays heralds the dawn
Of the era in which Hollywood no
longer fears fine pictures on the
ground that they are doomed to flnan-
cial failure. Movie makers, he says,
have learned they can turn to the
great works of drama and literature
and count upon the hosannas and the
nickles of the public
He supports his point with list Of
fine films which the industry has
dared to make in spite Of the tradi-
ton that no one will see them but
the ushers. Romeo and Juliet" he
cites, and follows it up with Winter
SET" The Good Earth Lost Hori-
son," "Dodsworth," Camille Mod
ern Times" The Story OF Louis
Pasteur," and score Of others OF the
same caliber.
Out of the pictures in production,
Mr.. Hays abstract drags the titles
OF scores which deal with subjects
once taboo in the sanctums where
Evening star., 1937-04-04

of the year Is 50 finely drawn, I think
that such thing must be taken into
consideration.
I WAS not, however, 80 certain Of
my vote until I went back TO see
High Tor" over again about q week
ago. admired the play greatly on
the occasion Of its local premiere,
but there we're times when the shift
In moods seemed to me unoomfort-
able. the poetry not always properly
eloquent and the combination Of fan
tasy, low comedy, lyricism and philo-
sophical brooding occasionally un-
wieldy. The production was always
admirable, but now the work moves
with much greater smoothness and
clarity so that the values, both dra-
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Today's Film Schedule

NATIONAI-"The Good Earth"
at $50 pm.
IOEWS CAPITOL Seventh
Heaven" at 2, 4:30, 7:20 and
1910 pm. Stage shows at $40,
$40 and 9:15 pm.
PALACE-"Maytime," at 2, 4:20,
$50 and 9:25 pm.
COLUM BIA-"s step Lively,
Jeeves." at 2:55, 4:45, 6:25,
8:l5 and 1905 pm.
R-K-O KETTH'S -" History Is
Made at Night" at las, $40,
$40, 7:35 and 9:35 pm.
WARMERS EARLE Swing
High, Swing Low" at 1:50,
4::35, 1925 and 1915 pm. Stage
shows at 3:35, $40 and 9:10
pm.
METROPOLITAN-"I Promise to
Pay" at 2, 4. 6, 1855 and 9:45
pm.
RIALTO The Robber Sym
phony," at 2, 4:05, 5:45, 7:55
and 9:55 pm. Personal ap-
pearance Hans Feher at 3:35,
$40, 7:25 and $50 pm,
LITTLE-"The Informer,' at 2,
1, s, 8 and 10 pm.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
PATTERSON Banquet.

THE fourteenth annual fathers
and sons banquet, sponsored by
the members OF the washington He
brew Congregation, will be held April
20 at the Mayfower Hotel. The eve
ning's program will include vaude-
vile show, wrestling matches, boxing
bouts and motion pictures.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Final Children's PLAY.

THE final play Of the season Of the
= Children's Theater OF New York
will be Toby Tyler, or 10 Weeks
With Circus" to be staged next
Saturday morning at 1890 o'clock at
the National Theater.
A limited number of seats still Is
available at the National box office.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
"High Tor" Wins Honor
By the Slightest Margin
New York; Drama Selection Employs Mate
rial From Shakespeare in Producing
It's Strictly American Fantasy.
Bv Richard Watts. yr.

selection BY the New York Drama critics circle OF Maxwell And
that voted for
Panthetcay
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Stage and Screen Heads
Face Future With Smiles
Era of Greatest Trumphs Just Ahead, One
Senses, in Outline of Programs and
Reviews of Immediate Past.
Bv Jaw CarmOdy.

long time since there was such an week N ns
1act
did yield
glor OF the films
the promise OF
Evening star., 1937-04-04

FAMED BO7 9th st. NV.
WI. POWELL and MYRNA 10y In
after the Thin Man"
Also Other Feature.
Evening star., 1937-05-16
Snotches
Moguzins Section

SEvERAL days ago | was in the
office of ]. Edgar Hoover when a
6ngerprint card came through
marked "Seven Millionth." 1t
was that of a Los Angeles man,
recently injured in an automobile
accident and unidentified for
many hours. After that texperience
he applied for 6ngerprint record.
Seven million Americans finger
printed and registered with the
government! A portion of these
are criminal records, but a great
many in another department
are for the identification of law
abiding citizens.
MANY people were buried in
Potter's Field" explained Mr..
Hoover, latter the Florida hurri-
cane. Those who had been identi-
fed did not meet this sad fate.
In the Texas school tragedy, a
number of children were identi-
fed by 6ngerprints which had
been made at the Dallas Fair.
Every American should be finger
printed. 1t protects the innocent.
Only the guilty need fear it," All
Of us in this office have been
6ngerprinted. Have your
Evening star., 1937-05-16
bF0s11a0 Dy g. Pz1siek Nsisos

sadistic, vicious, cruel, who oppresses
the men and women under him, who
expects his employees to work over
time against company regulations.
l said, eyes, yes, yes. Terrible!"
About 2 AM. my patient went home,
relieved and rather proud of himself.
He had told the boss off! l sighed and
made this entry on my case records:
ct. blew off steam 4 hrs. No danger
serious Office trouble next 2 wks."
A woman came to me, took pearl
handled u out of her handbag and
laid it on my table. you'd better
keep this" she said grimly. "Other-
wise shall shoot my husband"
Istudied her. "Pooh, pooh!' finally
remarked. ''You have lost your sex
appeal. You're neglecting your make
up. You're getting fat. Great heaven -
when think how attractive you used
to be She began crying. She cried
for a long time. When she left |
handed her the little gun. "This
trinket is safe with you" l smiled.
Even if you break out with your
outburst of anger in the very presence
of your superior it is better than sup
pressing it t-if your boss is an under
standing person. l CHANGED to be sitting
in the office of famous editor re-
Gently. She said over the telephone,
"What did he say when l discharged
him? Why, he was furiously angry. He
raved at me - said he wouldn't even
talk to me. Said he could get twice as
underwriting for otherpublications -"
She said, "It was good for him to blow
off steam I'm glad he did. | offered
him a reasonable arrangement and
now that he has gotten rid of his rage
he will probably accept it.
Suppressing anger is one way of
pushing your trouble off into the future,
refusing to live your problem out in
the present, waiting for revenge to re-
establish your ego's supremacy. Forget
that. Finish the matter now. Try
living - rave, or sputter, or cry, or
60 out and spade up the garden,
whacking the heavy loam furiously at
every lump you turn up. Live your
rage harmlessly, let natures safety
valve do its work: That is good prepa-
ration for tomorrow, when you start
with clean emotional slate, thanks to
today's blow-of.
Evening star., 1937-05-16

INTERESTING to note, whether
or not you believe in astrology,
that on page u of the 1928 edi-
ton of "Cheiro5 World Predie-
tions," he had this to say about
the love affair of the then Prince
of Wales:
"Rumour says that Queen
Mary, and in a lesser degree,
King George, have worried them
selves seriously over this problem
of the Prince who may be fond of
light filtration with the fair sex
but is determined not to settle
down until he feels a grand<
pas5ion, but it is we'll within the
range Of possibility, owing to the
peculiar planetary influences to
which he is subjected, that he will
fall a victim of a devastating love
affair. If he does, l predict that
the Prince will give up every
thing, even the chance of being
crowned, rather than lose the
object of his affection"
M.
Evening star., 1937-05-16

TALBOT MUNDY hates to be
called an adventurer, though he
is one and hasn't the slightest in
tention of becoming anything
else. OF course he has tramped
Africa from end to end, hunting
lions and elephants; ridden horse
back over much of India; done
secret service work in Palestine
and Africa. But these, he says,
are just exper,<ne<s: genuine dd-
p<ntu,f, he believes, lies entirely
in the realm of ideas.
Talbot Mundy is not a paci6st,
but he loathes war; says that the
martial spirit can be used for
nobler purposes than killing peo-
pie who don't agree with you. He
is putting this philosophy into
book (the forty-6rst or there
abouts) and has also made it the
theme of a bang-up adventure
story in both senses Of the
word - which appears in this
issue. Be sure to read:
THE AvENGER"
G. c. BEALL's paintings have
illustrated many of the stories
that have appeared in THIS
WEEK but the first magazine
he worked for tried to change him
from an artist into a writer.
"They hired me as an artist"
he says, "but fred me almost i'm
mediately. Then they rehired me
as an advertising copywriter. But
six months of this proved that
l was no writer.
$50 returned to art and began
to paint pictures of pianos, coffee,
cigarettes and collars.
''The war interrupted this, and
found myself in France, not
more than 800 miles from the
very thick of it all, completely
surrounded by generals who had
to be painted. The pictures caused
talk, and to stop the whole busi-
ness they signed peace pact.
81 returned to America and
started painting pictures again.
This caused collapse of the
stock market, brought on the de-
preston and lost me my job.
"Then tried illustrating stories
for magazines - and I've been
doing it ever since. | am married,
live in a small house with a big
mortgage, a wife and three
children.
s5zszvrr7e9zyEg7
Evening star., 1937-05-16

Wv mental pressure ofrepressed
emotions his fellow con-
victs say that he has "blown his top"
The expression is very apt. The pres
sure of nervous energy in the brain is
quite similar to that of steam in a
boiler. If the steam is denied outlet it
will literally blow the top off the
strongest container. That is why safety
valves are required by law.
Unfortunately there isn't any pres
sure gauge attached to the human skull.
You cannot tell by looking at man or
woman whether his brain is over
charged with seething rage and fury.
If he goes crazy that is, in way,
fortunate his behavior becomes er-
ratio and is easily spotted by psychia-
trists. But if he blows his top in some
sudden, violent fashion, crime or
irreparable injury to other people may
occur before his condition is recog-
nized. Or, as in most everyday cases,
the victim of repressed rage may COM
NIT some i'll advised act which Injuries
himself, his business or social standing.
A young man | know quit his job
recently as result of repressed anger
which had long been accumulating
against his chief 1t will cost him and
his family good deal of worry before
he finds new employment.
Another chap went further he
devised a scheme for cheating his
company to get revenge for supposed
injuries done himself. He is lucky if he
escapes the penitentiary.
A wife, her anger against her hus-
band piled up for months because he
drank too much, rushed home to her
mother, deserting the children she
adored. persuaded her to return just
in time to avoid divorce suit.
So it goes - emotional steam that
isn't blown off explodes dangerously.
Nature is no less intelligent than
the steam6tters - she provides al
ways an emergency outlet, safety
valve for getting rid of excess emotion.
Men can talk, women can cry. Men
can chop wood furiously, women can
clean house.
| listened to a four-hour rave, the
other night, against a 6end in human
form an Office boss "who is mean,
Evening star., 1937-02-09
NAVY ORDERS.
Bureau Of Navigation.

NAVY ORDERS.
Bureau of Navigation.
Denfield, Comdr Louis E., Destroyer
Division II. to duty as aide to chief
of naval operations, Navy Department.
May 81.
Wierdon, Lieut.. Paul H., Alexandra,
Va, to U. 8. 8. Colorado. May IA.
Brossy, Lieut.. q. g. Charles T.,
U. 8. s. S-24. to Naval Academy.
Heming. Lieut.. q. g. Harold NJ,
U. s. S. S-23, to Naval Academy.
Marshall, Lieut.. q. g. Edmund 8.
L., U. s. s. S-24, to Naval Academy.
Nelson, Lieut.. q. g. William T.,
q. S. s. S-26, to Naval Academy.
O'Britne, Lieut. q. g. Emmett, vP
Squadron ST. to Naval Academy.
Williams, Lieut.. q. g. Henry, jr.,
U. S. s. S-35. to Naval Academy.
Medical Corps.
CAESAR, Comdr. ROLAND r., U. s. s.
Relief. to Naval Dispensary.
Smith, Comdr. Eben E., U. S. s.
Mississippi, to Bureau of M. and S.,
Navy Department.
Stahr, Lieut.. Guy E., U. S. S. Hen
derson, to Naval Hospital, May 5.
Evening star., 1937-02-09
Service Orders
ARMY ORDERS,

De Funiak, Col. Frederick R., IT,,
Infantry. to be retired February 28.
Webb. Maj. William c., jr., trans
ferred from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to
general dispensary. here, July 10.
Even. Mai. Lloyd w., Veterinary
Corps, from Hawaiian Department to
Front Royal, Va, on completion of
present tour Of foreign service.
Trotter, First Lieut.. Lionel T. r.,
Infantry, from Fort Smelling, Mimi,
to Army Medical Center.
The following first lieutenants Of
the Coast Artillery from duty at sta
ton indicated to Fort Monroe, Va,
August 25:
Day. Frederick E., West Point, N.
Y; Hennig, william H., West Point;
Cooper. Harry B., jr, Fort H. G..
Wright. N. Y: Folk. Frank T., Fort
H. G. Wright: Frederick, Robert T.,
Boston; Green. Carl E.. Fort Crockett,
Tex; Quincy. Patrick W.. jr., Fort
Hancock, N. j.; Harvey, Thomas w.,
Fort Hancock: Hunter, Harry w.,
Fort Barrancas, Fla; Julian, Harry,
Fort Barrancas; Leslie, Robert c., Fort
Crockett; Liwski, Francis A., Fort
Totten, N. Y; McNair, Thomas K,
Fort Hancock; Moore, Roger w., Fort
Sheridan, Ill; Stayton. Tom ", Fort
H. G. Wright; Dunn, Charles G., Phil
ippine Department.; Roth, Irving D.,
Philippine Department.; Steele, Pres
ton. Philippine Department; Congdon,
Norman A., Panama Canal Depart