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Evening star., 1937-05-25
HECHT-MACARTHUR
FILM AT THE LITTLE
"Crime Without Passion" Is Re-
vived With Man
~ ArapD

vived With Man
of Aran."
THE Little's revival bill this week
is not exactly what you would
call light-hearted. It combines Ben
Hecht and Charles MacArthur's
Crime Without Passion" with that
highly successful and excellently pho
tographed saga Of life on a barren
and rocky isle, Man Of Aran."
Crime Without Passion" is the
Hecht-MacArthur written-produced-
directed piece wherein the two mad
satirists decided to devote their tai
ents to proving that crime doesn't
pay" and you can't get away with
it." They proved 1t all right with
an exciting tale Of = lawyer who
thought he could be the cleverest
criminal Of them all but found out
there wasn't any such thing as 4
perfect crime.
They also proved (f it hadn't been
proved before, which it probably has,
or Is this getting to deep?) that you
don't need names" to make q good
photoplay. They cast roles for play
ers not box-oface attraction. They
took Claude Rains, who was not too
well known Except for THE Invisible
MANI. and they took Margo, who
up until then was known only as a
Mexican dancer, and they got a pair
OF top-notch examples OF photoplay
acting.
Both items in the Little program are
well worth while. H. M.
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on the Moon," which Friday comes
to the Earle. Seems when the girls
hired for the picture, which marks
Fanchon's debut as = flm producer,
met there were 80 in the group who
had started to work under the Fam
chon and Marco banner.
= Not 10 large an organization yet q
that Ziegfeld alumnae group which
M-G-M organized, but tho F and M
girls probably viii be 4 lot more &C.
tive. They have to be to work for
Fanchon and Marco, for that outf,t
thinks nothing of putting the poor
lassses on Ice skates or making them
tap dance atop balls 2 feet high.
We can picture the two alumnae as
sociations now, crowded in their en-.
battled green rooms, sending out man.
ifestos and ultimatums, debating the
respective merits OF being glorified by
ziegfeld or taught to ride unicycles by
Fanchon and Marco.
Tonight at $50 o'clock the curtain
at the Wardman Park Theater will 20
up on the Washington Civic Theater,s
last first night Of its FIRST season. The
play, as you probably know, will be
Dorothy Bennett and Irving White.
Fly Away Home" which had con-
siderable success not 50 long back
when presented on Broadway.
After the performance tonight (or
tomorrow or Thursday you can 20
backstage and meet all the people
you've seen in the plays the group has
done this year. If you don't recognize
every one right away 1t will be be-
cause the chap you expected to see
looking like q leading man has per-
haps been turned into a stage hand.
They're versatile. these Civic Theater
people. and when not acting they are
sure to be laboring behind the scenes.
Carnival in Flanders" the CAV
French farce, returns to the Belasco
Tor repeat engagement, starting
Saturday . The Washington PLAYERS
want robbers -. at least they want
people who can sing bit and dance
bit and act like robbers, for roles in
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"
which is to be revived June IS at Cen
tral High School The Treasury
Accounting Division Drama Club will
present three one-act plays tomorrow
night at Langley Junior High School
=. The Little Theater's program
starting next Sunday will include "a
visual lesson In the photographic his
tory OF the turning points Of the World
War" . 1t really will.
Evening star., 1937-05-25
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time OF Showing.

National-"Lost Horizon" at 2:3o
and $50 pm.
Capitol-"The Good Old Soak" at
II am, 1875, 4:25. 7:l5 and 1905 pm.
Stage shows at 12:45, 3:35, 6:25 and
OILS pm.
Earle-"The Go-Getter," at II am,
i:35, 4:25, 7:l5 and 9:55 pm. Stage
shows at 12:45. 3:35. $50 and s:05
pm.
Palace-"Romeo and Juliet" at II
An, 1:40, 4:2o, Z and 9:35 pm.
Metropolitan-"A Doctors Diary"
Ut 1920 am, 1:25, $3.50, $50, 7:35
and $40 pm.
Keith's-"shall We Dance" at 1850
an, 2:15, 4:35, and 9:25 pm.
"March Of Time" at 1880 am, 1855,
A:l5, $40 and 9:05 pm.
Columbia-"Wake Up and Live" at
HIS am, 1:2o, 1925, 5:35, TAO and
0:45 pm.
Belasco-"Ladies' Lake" at 1:20,
A:45 and BIS pm. Happiness" at
~ SU ain, L.o0, o.Lo ana 300 pm.
Rialto-"The Ghost Goes West" at
II am, 2:05, sos and 8:l5 pm. Bar
barry Coast" at 1875, 3:35, 6:45 and
9:55 pm.
Little-"Crime Without Passion" at
1l:55 am, 1:50, $50, $50, 7:50 and
$50 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts Show
runs hour and Is minutes, contin-
Uous 10 am. to midnight.
Ambassador-"The Go-Getter," at
8, 7:45 and $40 pm.
Tivoli-"Waikiki Wedding" at 2,
$50, 5:45, 7:35 and $50 pm.
Uptown - History Is Made at
Night" at 2, 3:55. $50, 7:45 and GAS
pm.
Evening star., 1937-05-25

shines 50 brightly. It's a delightful
fantasy with laugh minute and
. tale that's bright and new and q
fine performance by Robert Donat.
1t has also some good work by Eu-
gene Palette. Jean Parker and Elsa
Manchester. and it's something you're
sure to enjoy.
The supplementary feature on the
Rialto's double bill really isn't sup
Elementary" The name is "Barbary
Coast" and this Hecht-MacArthur
f1lm had its share OF success not so
long ago. when it was new. It's q
lusty, gusty tale Of the gold rush
days. when San Francisco was no
place for people who couldn't take
1t. and It's we'll played by Miriam Hop
kins. Joel McCrea and Edward G..
Robinson. H. M.
Evening star., 1937-05-25

and they all were agreed on that, too,
had better drop such an arty idea and
get down to business-you know,
business!
\ X X X
FVEN Brock Pemberton, who pre-
sided at the afternoon session Of
the convention, was of the same mind
on that point. Far from happy about
q great many things, Pemberton never
theless could see the situation as con-
siderably better than hopeless. He
initiated the convention, after the
amiabilities of the luncheon, with a
concrete f1ve-point program for put
ting the stage back in its old allurtng
place.
He would follow the technique of
the motion picture industry, for ex-
ample. to the extent Of self -regula ton.
Non-conformists. or rugged individual
lists, would be brought within the scope
OF Pemberton's arrangement. That
was his first point.
His second was that Hollywood's
publicity methods should be copied
to the extent of going in for 40
best" plays, performances and the
various other items by which cinema
dom manages to corral so much pub
licity every year.
For his third suggestion, Pember-
ton asked that the living stage sell
its product-especially road shows
with tho fropk Ct a otan,oot That %ho,,
were, like movies, class A, B or G pro-
ductions. In other words, he recon-
mended complete honesty as the best
possible policy.
Hollywood was recognized in his
fourth point, namely, that an agree
ment be worked out between the two
segments Of the entertainment trade
whereby the same artist could serve
the two masters. A new type Of
contract, he thought, might be de-
vised to give dramatists and actors a
chance at both Broadway and the
kleig lights every year. Without it,
he intimated, Hollywood would get
everything and Broadway nothing.
The fifth point in the Pemberton
scheme was the most radical Of the
lot. With the distinct probability
that it will be answered, perhaps
nastily, tomorrow when the critics
speak. he suggested that stage pro-
ducers should have the right to call
off reviewers when they had a show
which they felt could not stand the
test Of critical opinion.
X X
THE critics, incidentally, Jared none
too we'll at the hands Of most
speakers on the program As a major
reason for the problems of the theater,
only agents (those representing actors
and authors) came in for a more &C.
we're denunciation.
But, before the convention ends
Thursday, the critics and agents will
be given chance to reply in con-
vention devoted to calling a spade a
spade, Hollywood Hollywood, and the
critics any handy name that comes
to the lips Of the speaker.
The first session was substantially
amiable. Later ones probably will
not bel
Evening star., 1937-05-25
Overseas Personals.

EUROPEAN personal appearances
offer film stars more than chance
to see the world ION pay" Invariably,
they cause film folks films to zoom
to greater box Office successes. Some
years ago, jeanette Macdonald sang
throughout Europe and today she is
tops as a favorite there. Now Jean
Harlow Is seriously considering six
week tour Of France starting in June.
And Joan Crawford and Franchot
Tone still are trying to work in their
contemplated theatrical appearances
In England.
Evening star., 1937-05-25
1.-THE GHOST GOES WEST"
is REVIVED AT RIALTO
Reno Clair Film, With Robert
Donat, Shares Program With
"Barbary Coast,n

DIRECTED by Rene Clair. That
tag on film insures that 1t will
be entertaining. for M. Clair Is one
Of the cinema's greater artists today.
He Is one director who remembers
that motion pictures are essentially
that and not vehicles for dialogue,
and f1s knack for telling a story
with his cameras instead OF micro
phones is a true delight. He uses
dialogue. to be sure. but he has the
good sense not to subordinate visual
entertainment to it. M. Clair has
also flair for comedy that's top
notch, deft skill at combining keen
satire with humor that is human and
natural and down to earth.
His Ghost Goes West" the first
English-speaking picture he made,
now being revived at the Rialto. is
f1lled with that comedy at which he
Evening star., 1937-05-25

and see itself finally as place Of
business.
The 500 delegates Of the living the
ater assembled here yesterday at the
Astor in the first convention of the
legitimate stage were agreed on the
one point-that they had better start
regarding themselves as persons with
something to sell More than that,
that they might more wisely see them
selves as the poSseSSors OF something
that was salable only when the pub
lie was given its moneys worth In its
own terms.
The session, the first Of four days
Of such things, brought together every
element of the theater. The drama
lists were represented. So were the
producers. And the stage hands And
tho scenic artists. The press agents
were there, too. And all of them
were willing, today at least, to meet
Hollywood on its own terms: strictly
business terms, even down to the point
OF selling shows at sl.19-or more or
less-if that is what they seem to be
worth.
Tomorrow, or at least by the end
OF the convention, the stage may go
back to its old superciliousness. Yes
terday 1t was very respectful in its
attitude toward the motion picture
industry and what that industry has
learned about pleasing its patrons.
X X
TOWARD bringing light into the
- darkness which the stage has
known for more than decade, Helen
Hayes had something to say. So did
Burgess Meredith. These two. the
former a Washington girl, spoke for
the stage player. Nowhere in what
they had to say was there scorn for
the overgrown. and inferentially H.
legitimate, child of the entertainment
neld-the motion pictures. On the
contrary, there was complete respect
for the achievement of the most de-
liriously successful Of the entertain
ment industries. arts, or whatever one
prefers to call it.
The old contempt for Hollywood was
really displaced by something akin to
awe: uot merely as Miss Hayes and
Meredith voiced it. but in the words
OF Worthington Minor, the director;
William A. Brady, the producer, and
all the others who fitted into the first
days program. Among the latter were
Paul Hollister, the advertising execu-
tive; Oliver Sayler, the personal repre-
sentative Of Morris Gest. who spoke
on the annual theater festival (Which
Washington will see if it materializes) !;
Prank Gilmore Of Actors Equity,
James ]. Brennan of the Theatrical
Stage Employees and Sidney Howard,
dramatist.
That the stage had better drop It's
old ways WAS the substance Of the
remarks of each of these.
If one were to choose which spoke
with the greater emphasis in this
direction, one would have to name
Howard. Meredith and Hollister. They
were deceiving no one, least of all
themselves. The stage, they all were
agreed, has come to its present estate
Glow or high) because it has chosen
to regard itself as superior to any other
form OF entertainment. The stage,
Evening star., 1937-05-25
Publicity
Lads Carrv
On a Battle
Stage and Screen
Continue the Old
Feud.
BY HARRY MACARTHUR


THAT feud between the stage and
the screen seems to be carried
on principally by the publicity
Il departments. The stage peo-
pie seem a little more polite, though.
A while back one Of the studio tub
humping departments announced
that Margo had returned to her la
bors on the West Coast after a vaca-
ton in New York, calmly overlooking
the fact the vacation" had been de-
voted to playing in High Tor" with
Burgess Meredith.
Now comes news from Raw Hender-
son, who's always full of news about
Katharine Cornell, Guthrie McClintic.
Maxwell Anderson and other New
York notables, that High Tor" is
closing. He goes on about its 2l-week
run. the drama critics prize and the
possibility that the Anderson fantasy
may tour next season. The movies he
kisses of by saying High Tor" has
to close because Buzz" Meredith's
contract with R-K-O calls for his
presence In Hollywood. Much more
polite than the movie lads. He could
have leered that Meredith was to
vacation in the West"
Today you get your last chance for
while to see Fred Astaire mad Ginger
Rogers battling amiably over whether
or not they should be married, for
Shall We Dance?" the latest OF their
sprightly musicals, gives over to "As
Good as Married." which moves into
Keith's tomorrow.
"As Good as Married" Is the tale
OF q young architect who marries his
secretary SO he'll have an income tax
exemption. an idea a lot of people
probably have had but failed to carry
out. The cast Is topped by John Boles
and Doris Nolan. Universals find"
who was launched upon her cinema
career in Top OF the Town"
Fanchon and Marco, largest Of the
stage unit producing outfits left in
what is left of show business, has be-
come an institution, possibly revered
old institution, no less. For now
there's an F. and M Alumnae Asso-
citation, formed by the girls in Turn
Evening star., 1937-05-25
Stage Told It Must Live
By Hollywood Methods
Living Theater in Convention, Hears 1t
Should Go for Business and
Truth, All at Once.
HY ZAY CARMODY.

lew YORK May soadwy you would gather at the nrs days
follow Hollywood After couple of thousand
public.
The Kusko times., 1937-09-03

the Skinner and Eddy Company, Mir. Fitch said. They have numerous canneries in Alaska, the one at Sand Point being nearest to Anchorage.
 The steamers available for west ern Alaska service have been Tn ean- nery service. They would calay freight hut no passengers.
 The three ships available are the NeTth Pacific, the North Wind ana the Ncrtb Haven. Each has a capa- city Of 5000 tons and the latter two have a capacity of 150 tons cool room and 75 tons cold storage.
 The Norco, a motorship of 500 ton capacity could also be put in opera ton but would prove too small, he said.
 Service to Anchorage would cover about eight months each year, the period the Inlet is open. The ships would not attempt to come here dur ing the winter, Mr Fitch said
 The Northland Transportation Co. IS at present conducting passenger and freight service between Seattle and Juneau with the steamers Northland and North Sea.
The Kusko times., 1937-09-03
Freight Costs
 Will Fall, Says
 Firms Agent

Direct steamship service between Seattle and Anchorage, with freight landed in Anchorage at the present cost of moving it to Seward, is be- ing considered by the Northland Transportation Company, it was made known recently in Anchorage by L. B. Fitch, representative of the line, swbo was visiting there.
 MT. Fitch said he is completing a comprehensive tour of Alaska with the view of surveying the freight situation and that he will recommend that his line start the service inme- diately.
 The NorthIand Transportation Go. would operate, besides the steamers directly to Anchorage from Seattle. steamers to Seward, GoodneYs Bay and Nome, MT. Fitch declared.
 The representative said that W. NJ. Semar, general manager of the company, told him there would be sufficient time when the Alaska visit has been completed for the firm to enter the western Alaska field i'm mediately.
 Three steamers of 3,O0e ton ca city are commissioned and ready for service to western Alaska at once" MT. Fitch said
 He declared the Northlaud com pany had planned to operate it's yes sels to Seward and offer service par allel to that of the Alaska Steam ship Company. The Alaska Rail road, however, declined to make con- nections with The lNerthland steam CTS and take the freight, he said.
 Consequently, if we enter the western Alaska service, we will be compelled to operate steamers di- rect to Anchorage" MT. Fitch said.
 He had no authority, be said, to make, decisions for theccompany, nor to qnote rates.
 Hut 5t seems to me that if zstean- CTS are operated to Anchorage the orage should be the same as from Seattle to Seward, he continued Both cities are in the same group
 MT. Fitch expressed the belief there would be sufficient business an the western Alaska run to make the line pay from the start.
 Mir. Fitch pointed out that fhe left Seattle at the request of Manager Semar, and has visited Nome, Fair banks, Goodnews Bay and Anchorage to study conditions.
 The Northland Company would load its ships with Matanuska pndd- ucts for shipment to Goodnews Bay and Nome, MT. Fitch said
 Four steamers would be required to provide weekly service between Seattle and Anchorage The three ships now available could provide a ten-day service. He said he thought the fourth ship could be available by next summer.
 Mir. Fitch has been studying wa terfront conditions in Anchorage and said tugs and barges would have to be used for unloading and !laading fine ships here. The facilities of the city dock would also be used he said.
 The Nerthland Transportation Co IS owned lby the same gronp owning
The Kusko times., 1937-09-03
FIND BODY NEAR DOCK

A mans body identified as that of Mike Egeroff, a native, about 45, was found on the beach near the city dock at Anchorage recently. Author lties believe death twas accidental through drowning although the re- suits of an official medical 2examina- tion were stAl pending. Deputy Marshal Joe Bell wasLnotifed of the finding of the corpse and retrieved 1t just las it had started ito float away with the incoming tide. Eger- of had been dead. about two days as near as could be determined. He was unemployed.
The Kusko times., 1937-09-03

JOB PRINTING-Let us give youan estimate on your printing needs of every description. We do neat, ras- tractive modern printing at fair prices. How are you stocked up at present with Letterhesds, Envsl- ops, Biliheads, Statements, Invoices, Acquisition Blanks, Menus, Meal Tickets, Business Cards, Display Advertising Cards, Receipts, etc?
 The KUSKO TIlfES OFFICE
The Kusko times., 1937-09-03
DOCTOR SHOOTS SON THEN TURNS GUN ON SELF

SEATTLE-Dr. Guy Peterkin, widely known physician, shot and killed his son and then shot himself in the office in the ninth floor of the building yesterday.
 His son, Sherman, 9, had been i'll and a note left indicated the father was Respondent over his failure to effect a cure.
 ..I'm sure he will never be entire ly well so I'm doing what I think best for him." a note found in the office said
 4 friend, Dr. A. Poska, said Pe- terkin telephoned to him after he had killed his son saying he was go- ing to Kill himself.
The Kusko times., 1937-09-03

was from Little Rock, Ark, where moonshine takes the place of water eYes," said another member, of the 'rTew, Eve want to know 7wheraithe sun hides itself up here" Do yOT know," said the Little Rock gob, "that Arkansas Is one state in the Union that can close it's borders and support itsef?" ''Is that so," said the Iowa gob, 'Let me tell you something about Iowa It's a grand
The Kusko times., 1937-09-03

old state It grows corn. It matches politicians Look - at me, I'm corn fed. That's the kiKd of boys Iowa turns out t7TIOts skinny guys like you who get poore chasing grasshoppers. You've never:had an admiral in Ark ansas." The other replied, ''They had me, what more do you want. And arm in arm they left wanting to know if everything went in Ket- chikan.
The Kusko times., 1937-09-03
ALASKA NOTES
MINER STEALS AMALCAM-

Charged with larceny of amalgam- ed gold containing 150 ounces which he is alleged to have sold in Seattle for $1,265, Anthony Snyder, A, was arrested at Chichagoff and brought to Juneau recently by United States deputy marshals- Officers said SSny- der confessed when they found quan- titles of amalgam in his possession. A bond of $2,500 0,xas fixed.
The Kusko times., 1937-09-03
CONTROVERSY UNSETTLED

Two members of the 'black gang" from the cruiser Salt Lake City wan dered into the office of the Ketchi- kan Fishing News and among other queries asked where all the rain came from. The querist admitted he
The Kusko times., 1937-09-03

FISH FOR -SALE-Bet me i'll your requirements for fish properly cured and baled. My price Is seven cents F. o. B., Aniak. TOM L. JOHNSON. Aniak, Alaska.
The Kusko times., 1937-09-03

Wherever you may be located, send in whatever news you may have and help us to produce a real newsy newspaper. Send some today.
The Kusko times., 1937-09-03
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-14
London Getting Ready
for the Coronation

= ROM all quarters of the earth
men and women of much, little
or no importance were fiocking to
London for the coronation; the dip
lomats were trying on their new
knee breeches; the peeresses were
buying wigs to make their coronets
fit more comfortably; the officials,
troops and horses were being re-
hearsed in their parts; the proprie-
tors Of parade seats were desper-
ately trying to dispose of them at
cut prices; and hotel managers and
tradesnen Of all sorts were prepar-
ing to make lots of money out Of
this thoroughly commercialized af-
fair. It was said by steamship Of
ficia1s in New York that hundreds
Of Americans booked for the coro-
nation had cancelled their passages,
but despite this it was certain Lon
don would be thronged with visitors.
One most disturbing feature was
the strike of the London busmen. It
disrupted traffic just when the city
was filing up with visitors, and
those persons as well as hundreds
of thousands of residents of the city
and it's suburbs were compelled to
get about as best they could.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-05-14
GlAemt1vm6
. IL" Re17eAVcD
Bv Edward w. Pickard
WernmN rptnhn
@ Western Newspaper Union

would not curtail operations at any
Of the nine big studios and ventured
the opinion that the dispute could be
settled in a reasonable and sensible
manner. He claimed that no more
than 1900 of the Hollywood movie
industry's 10000 employees were in
volved in the points at issue, and
observed that no questions of wages
or hours had been put forth by the
striking unions.
The film companies have indicated
their unwillingness to settle the is
sue of the closed shop and union
recognition until they know what de-
mands in the matters of wages and
hours may be made by their work
ers.
Fifteen of the largest hotels in San
Francisco were practically tied up
by a strike of $500 employees. The
strikers were given the active sup
port of Is unions. They insisted that
hotel owners had refused to agree
to preferential hiring and FIVE day
week for clerks, although other
groups of hotel employees had been
awarded such conditions.
The Is hotels involved were the
Alexander Hamilton, Bellevue,
Cathedral hotel apartments, Cliff,
Sir Francis Drake, Ell Cortez, Fair
mont, Mark Hopkins, Palace, Plaza,
Whitcomb, William Taylor, ST
Francis, Gaylord, and Steward.