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Evening star., 1937-12-08
CHICAGO GRAIN
BY the Associated Press.

6y Ine ASSOCldLeO SIeSS.
CHICAGO, Dec. S.-Late brisk ad.
vances switched the course of vheai
prices today. and substituted ma.
terial gains for earlier losses.
Suggestions that Germany ano
France might enter the market fol
United States lower grade wheats ow.
ing to partial failure of the Argentine,
crop acted as decided stimulus fos
late upturns of the Chicago market.
December wheat contracts here de-
veloped the greatest relative strength.
and rose to more than cents premium
over May the biggest premium so fal
this season.
At the close Chicago wheat future,
were l to 2 cents above yesterdays
finish, December 9712-s4; May 9414'
a. corn unchanged to IS higher, De-
cerhber 81 as, May 573l-7s, and oat
unchanged to Is up.
Cash Market
CHICAGO Dec. : tP.-CaSh wheat. No
. hard, ! 90: No. 3 mixed, 96-aa corn
No. 3 mixed. 54o4 No, yellow: "a a-55 ?:
sS HP5te No 3s White f eats No sov Sts5s Tniis
No. 2 yellow. 92l2-93I4 barley. feed. a.
80; mailing, 1894: timothy, 2.6O-aj
clover, 2S.00-33.0O; sweet clover. SIS
900.
Liverpool Futures.
LIVERPOOL. Dec. GPl.-Wheat futura
Evening star., 1937-12-08
INDIVIDUAL CHECKS DROP.
y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ports checks against individual &C
counts In banks of l41 leading cities
declinsd from ~, ,o7s. .ss1. 900 n Co
Evening star., 1937-12-08
new YORK COTTON
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8-Cotton i'm
proved today in the face of Govern
ment estimate for a record cotton croI
of 18, ,746, 900 bales.
Moderate trade buying and covering
was sufficient to absorb limited offer
ings and March advanced from 7so
to 7.97 by midafternoon, when prices
showed net gains of 4 to 10 points.
Traders appeared to feel the crop
increase had already been largely dis
counted.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. s GPr.-cottos
prices held steady today in the face Of
record-breaking estimate of iS,T46,000
bales announced by the Government. In
the afternoon trading the market was !
to points net higher.
December sold a: 500 January at Sol:
March at s04 May at sos, July at s.13
ard October at SIT.
The higher estimate had been dis,
counted in advance.
Evening star., 1937-12-08

Western Auto Supply Co.-Novem-
ber sales were up 32.3 per cent; II
monthA W - pr cent.
Evening star., 1937-12-08

Anproxmoe Sales Of Stocks the NJ Y Stock Exchange
s. 90 AM. 2S0OOO 1900 Noon------ $4,000
100 PM-- , $4,000 200 P.M-------1,l5O.0O0
Evening star., 1937-12-08

tober to 1852, ,562, 900 in November.
The November, 1886, total was $685.
869, ,168, 900.
Evening star., 1937-12-08

sActual sales unit of trading 10 shares.
In bankruptcy recevershp being reorsanzed under
securities assumed by such companies
Rates of dividends table annual dis
the last quarterly or oeaa
dividends
--... -. .u.r.r h,,o
Of 81 Of So preference
paid Declared paid
far this YEAR Cash or Accumulated dividend paid
orde
Evening star., 1937-06-27
"Bathtub Kings Jester.

GO-CALLED gold bathtubs' in some
of his earlier motion pictures have
contributed to the lasting fame of
Cecil B. De Mile, veteran producer
and director. The designer of these
bathtubs was revealed only recently
by De Mile, and then by COIN
cidence.
Mitchell Leisen was given full credit
by De Mile for designing the tubs.
Leisen, now a director, invited De
Mile to examine bathtub he is
using in scene in Paramount's
EASY Living with Jean Arthur, Ray
Milland and Edward Arnold
Mitch" said De Mile, they call
me The Bathtub King You were
The Bathtub King maker But now
that you've begun to satirize the De
Mile hathtubs, you're only The Bath
tub Kings Jester
Evening star., 1937-06-27
Coming
Attractions
Downtown Theaters
Book Films for
Next Week.

y EITH'S-New facesi The cry is
" answered in New Faces OF
n 1897" opening Wednesday,
L y featuring a host OF youngsters
not seen in films before, including
Local Lad William Brady The new
musical also has Harriet Hilliard, Mil
ton Berle, Parkyakarkus and Thelma
Leeds.
Earle" Mountain Music" new
Paramount comedy starring Bob Burns
and Martha Raye, will be the new
screen attraction starting Friday.
Others in the cast are John Howard,
Terry Walker, Rufe Davis and Fuzzy"
Knight. The stage show, which will
be titled st. Moritz Ice Carnival"
will star Kit Klein, Olympic speed
champion and internationally famed
skater.
CapitOl-Next here is The En-
porer's Candlesticks,' new Metro
GoldWyn- Mayer film. co-starring Will
liam Powell and Luise Rainer, be-
ginning Friday. The stage show will
be Maj. BoWes' latest and most am
bilious presentation his international
Revue with lot of his better-knoWn
amateur singers, dancers and mu-
sicianS.
Palace-Madness takes over here
Friday. It's the Marx Brothers in
their latest comedy riot. "A Day at
the Races" 1t has plot, according
to advance notices. but the Brothers
Marx probably see that its beaten to
pulp.
Observation-Disclosures drivers are
the sparring partners taken over the
ropes by The Devil Is Driving" new
Columbia picture. starring Richard
Dix. Joan Perry heads the supporting
cast and Harry Lachman directed
Starts Friday.
Columbia-It's revival here Fri
day, Manhattan Melodrama' having
been again released by the studio
Myrna 10y, Clark Gable and William
Powell are the stars and it's about two
boys who grew up as close friends only
to be separated when one Of them
became a gambler and the other the
district attorney.
Little-The new revival starting to-
day is musical. Broadway Melody
Of 1885, is the name and the leading
players are Jack Benny, Eleanor
Powell and chap named Robert
Taylor.
Evening star., 1937-06-27

I should imagine that the method
for presenting the painter is the most
futile 1t is too obvious, when the
supporting cast Is being overcome
with enchantment at the sight Of
painting that is carefully placed 30
that no one in the audience can pos
sibly see it, that there really is Moth
ing On the canvas Immediately every
playgoer Is transformed into the
modern prototype OF the boy who
knew that the king in the fairy story
really didn't have a garment on.
Yet even this juvenile method OF
dramatiZation can have its effective
ness. 1t is remarkably rare, but it
is conceivable that an audience can
be driven into the momentary belief
that an actor is really gazing on
work Of beauty and is being properly
thrilled by it. I know that this is
possible, because I saw it, and so no
doubt did you, since the play in which
the minor miracle took place was one
OF the box offlce successes OF a season
ago The drama was the pleasant but
undistinguished Call 1t a Day" and
the actress was 13-year-old girl
named Jeanne Dante, who incidentally
has since fed to Hollywood. I cannot
remember the exact details, but as I
recall it she had sort Of schoolgirl
crush on the late Daniel Gabriel
Rossetti and some one gave her a
miniature reproduction of one of the
great mans paintings. She opened
the package and looked at the pic
ture within, and somehow, in her
eager, straightforward, excited SIM
plicity she made you experience some
OF the emotion that work Of art will
inspire in one who truly understands
and appreciates it. I had never seen
the achievement accomplished on the
stage before.
IT IS clear that il the passion for
artistic creation is not dramatized
the narrative celebrating the artist Is
nonsense. The author Of prelude to
Exile" for example, wanted to show
that Richard Wagner was a man to
whom all moral and ethical integrities
faded into nothingness before the one
great integrity OF musical creation.
Evening star., 1937-06-27
They Need Temperament

Before a scene, then, she gets
herself in the required character and
the required mood. In doing 50 she
is getting away from her own char
acter entirely. Then perhaps there S
long delay for some reason she
can't understand, and she must main
tain herself at that high pitch all
the time. 1t is great nervous strain.
The delay alone may cause her to
crack. That's a real shock-she
blows up
II remember case where an actor
had to get down on his hands and
knees and propose to girl Of
the set he was a mature, sensible guy
not the kind who would do his
proposing on his knees. But he was
playing a love-sick romantic kid. He
got himself in character. He lost
his own identity completely in the
part. He got down on his knees
then some one out Of camera range
Snickered.
The laugh brought him back at
once. He came to and found himself
down on his knees and feeling like a
jackass. Could any one blame him for
blowing up?
Real temperament like that is
understood within the film industry,
fortunately for most of the screen s
most capable actors and actresses"
Evening star., 1937-06-27

so are you, we shall run a test soon
and submit completely unscientiflc
report thereon)
The "re-seating," which is the tech
nical word for it, includes the entire
house. Gallery patrons will receive
their mede Of consideration along
with those who never have sat farther
back, or higher up, than row A,
orchestra.
plays are converted into films with
regularity that has become al
most monotonouS, but the number OF
films adapted for the stage is small
enough to be counted on the fingers
of a hand that has just been through
sawmill. In other words. it's the
novelty of the thing that draws at
tention to Warner Bros intention to
produce They Won't Forget on
Broadway this Fall.
The dramatic qualities inherent in
the picture, which is based upon Ward
Greene's novel, Death in the Deep
South" We're too much for Mervyn
lie Roy. All the way through its
production he kept thinking there
ought to be play"
II there is a play, which remains
finally to be seen about, LIE Roy will
direct it. For all his established rep
utation for skilled work in Hollywood,
he never has tried his directing hand
in the other medium. He would like
to try. and trying might create a
sensation by letting the movie cast do
the Broadway version.
An all-Hollywood cast in stage
adaptation of screen play and dl-
rected by one OF cinemadom's out
standing directors would be something
to see.
The film is scheduled for showing
at the Earle before Summers end.
1T MAY be Hollywood that will have
the last cry over the business OF
stealing players. Temporarily, at least,
there seems to be a reversal of the
westward trek. what with recent news
from Hollywood revealing the plans
of Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda
to return to the legitimate stage in
the Autumn.
For seven long years, Miss Sidney
has toiled in the soaring rays of the
Kleig lights. That's long time away
from the Broadway where she made
so good the movies just had to snatch
her to make her take their money.
But now she is going back The
Theater Guild wants her for ITO
Quito and Back" It is a new play by
Ben Hecht, with which Charley Mac
Arthur had nothing to do, rift in
the collaboration Of the pair which
implies no rift in their friendship.
Evening star., 1937-06-27
Dance Revue.
A GARDEN BY MOONLIGHT

" A GARDEN BY MOONLIGHT"
dance pantomime telling the
story Of young poet who dreams OF
attaining the moon, will be featured
Wednesday night in the recital to be
presented by Alice Louise Hunter and
her dance group at Roosevelt High
School Auditorium Ray Williams OF
Baltimore will assist Miss Hunter in
the ballet, which recently was COM
posed by H. Jerome Graham.
A second ballet, when the North
Wind Blows" will have Eileen Jor-
dan, Gloria Cone, Kathleen Davis,
Betty Israel, Marjorie McGann, Mar
garet Reisling, Beatrice Prata, Pris-
ella Makela, Mary Lou Robertshaw.
Elsie Swami, Catherine Shea and
Carroll Shea in the leading roles.
Accompanies for the dance concert
will be Edith H. Hunter and Mr..
Graham.
Evening star., 1937-06-27

Thereupon, when that gift Of music
was not made credible. the one excuse
Tor the man was ruined and Wagner
became cheap and sententious cad.
which was not at all the authors idea.
And when, just as he was crushing his
current dream girl to him, inspiration
suddenly descended upon him and h0
released her, crying out, approximately.
Il haven't time for you now; I've got
TO go and dash off Tristan and
Isolde" the dramatic effect wasn't
properly impressive. Despite such
evidence, however. still decline to
admit 1t is impossible to put a dis
tlngulshed artistic genius successfully
on the stage. 1t is not easy to
dramatic any type Of personal dis
tinction credibly, but it is possible.
Remember Shakespeare Ill grant
you, too. that Napoleon was not the
great man Richard Wagner was, but
he did cut quite a figure in his day
and he was of size to render the
limitations OF the stage confining.
Yet the play, "St Helena" thanks to
Maurice Evans performance therein,
did achieve the feat OF credibiity
and, for the purposes Of the stage, be-
lief In the political and military
domination Of Europe by an actor Is as
difficult to create as belief in the
ability to write "Gotterdamerung."
The Nazi matter is not easy to
manage, either; chiefly, I think, be-
cause 1t Is likely to degenerate into
catalogue Of horrors that is mora
credible than dramatic But in his
brief and neglected Till the Day
Die" Clifford Odets-who didn't mean
until the day he went to Hollywood
showed that by presenting what was
going on inside of the men on both
sides of the Hitler terror, instead of
merely listing factual cruelties, he
could make authentic drama of recent
German history. Not being particu-
larly constructive critic, I cannot tell
dramatists just how they should go
about the business Of dramatizing the
difficult topics here mentioned. but
am sure that. with enough skill. they
can manage 1t. At least they shouldn't
blame the limitations Of the stage.
Evening star., 1937-06-27

va II real swimming WedlilcI
n definitely upon us, Glen
~ Echo Park comes forward
for a second year to offer
free instruction in the art Of staying
on top of water Starting Thursday
there will be swimming lessons during
the month OF July at the Crystal
Pool, under the direction Of Boyd
Hickman and his staff Of six life
guards.
Adult classes will be held from
1890 to IL o'clock every morning, eX-
cept Saturdays, Sundays and holidays,
and Monday, Wednesday and Friday
evenings from Z until 7:30 O'Clock.
Children will De instructed in the
morning from 10 to 1890 O'Clock
The Spanish Garden Ball Room,
with its spacious dance floor, is an
other of the Glen Echo attractions
that draw crowd. Music is by Dave
McWilliams' Orchestra and there are
songs by Kitty Simons.
Tomorrow the first "Kiddies' day" OF
the season will be held aboard the
City Of Washington, with Skipper Joe
Brown and his kiddies on board to
provide the fun on the 10 am. and
2 pm. jaunts to Marshall Hall Park
"Kiddies' day" is to be held every
Monday and Friday aboard the City
Of Washington, with the exception OF
holidays and Friday. July 2, when
the steamer has been chartered for
the Boy Scout Jamboree.
There's a moonlight cruise on the
City OF Washington every night. too,
don't forget. with music by Sammy
Marks and his orchestra. Leaves the
Seventh and Water streets dock at
$50 o'clock
There's mile-long promenade
along the bay over at Seaside Park,
at Chesapeake Beach, with the COM
bined half-mile fishing pier and new
boardwalk. Dancing every night IN
the breeze-swept pavilion, overlook
ing the bay. is to music by George
Vass and his Ramblers. Other at
fractions are the saltwater swimming
pool, the large. shady picnic grove and
scores Of amusement park devices.
Cool relaxation after day In
hot ONCE Is what you'll find aboard
the steamer Potomac on its nightly
moonlight cruise down the river.
There are spacious decks for cap
turing stray breezes from across the
water and there's dancing to swing
music by Bernie Jarboe and his Night
hawks. The Potomac embarks on the
moonlight at 8:45 o'clock every eve
ming.
Evening star., 1937-06-27
70 OTHER colony Of its size
throughout the world has the
VI reputation for housing so

many temperamental people
as Hollywood. There writer's and
cameramen. as well as film stars, give
vent to outbursts. occasionally. All
"temperaments." however, do not
prove the bane of film directors
professional life. Such an ace direc-
tor as Mitchell Lessen even declares
temperament is highly essential in
motion picture work. providing it is
q manifestation of high spiritual or
mental tension and not just the ex-
posion of bad temper or crouch.
Il believe that real temperament
not the other kinds absolutely nee
essary to a good performance" said
Ieisen while directing his latest
Paramount feature, Easy Living"
with Jean Arthur, Ray Milland and
Edward Arnold. He continued.
For instance, every time an actress
a good actress-goes before the
camera she is playing somebody else.
Perhaps she's playing manicurist,
a jewel thief, a newspaper woman or
q queen. To be good in her part
she must actually be that person in
her own mind. She must, particu-
larlv think and react in character
under each set of circumstances, each
pitch of emotion called for.
Evening star., 1937-06-27

SeCuLlOnS OF NdZl Germany on Jne
stage and it is sure to be said that
they are topics which the drama is
temperamentally incapable of man.
aging. That these particular subjects,
difficult to dramatic satisfactorily Is
undeniable. but to say that they are
impossible for the theater Is going too
far. I have more confidence in my
favorite art form than that. In fact,
it is my suspicion that there is hardly
war in Spain to the multiplication
tables, that Is impossible Of dramati-
zation. The theater could manage
them all. 1t is the playwrights who
have difficulty with them.
1t is, Of course, undeniable that the
three topics that I have mentioned as
especially difficult for the dramatist
have a pretty consistent record Of
failure in the theater Time and again
the hopeful playwright, with little
more than an ambition and a prayer
to aid him, strives to put upon the
stage the passion for artistic creation
or the personal problems, generally
amorous. OF the great artist, and the
goings-on usually are something ter
rible. During the last season such
works as The Laughing Lady," Pre-
lude to Exile and "Plumes in the
Dust" strove gallantly with the SUBJ
ject, and in all three cases both the
playwright and the drama were
thrown for fairly serious loss. l
thought that "Plumes in the Dust
was the nearest to success OF the lot.
because 1t at least made the character
Of Edgar Allan Poe, its hero, more
than mere lay figure of the theater
You did see something of the vision
OF lost soul, beset by demon within
himself and striving despairingly to
create immortal beauty before his own
weakness and the hostility of the
world could crash in. upon him. Un-
fortunately, though. this spark of true
tragedy flickered but fitfully through
out the play, which was, for too much
Of the time, given to writings of
Raven" But even amid the failure OF
"Plumes in the Dust" you could see
dimly that the topic Of the artist was
capable of dramatiZa ton.
THE easiest way out for the dram
atist in such plays is to show you
that his hero is an artist by letting
him recite almost constantly from
his works If he is poet, having an
orchestra or pianist play offstage
music if he is a composer, or arrang-
ing for the other actors to stare with
rapture at canvas turned away from
the audience if he is a painter All
of the methods. 1 may say, have
proved failures. and it is hard to say
which Of them is the most dismal
In each case the illusion Immediately
Is shattered because the artifice Is
too obvious even for the most in
genious Of playgoers. On the whole
Evening star., 1937-06-27
H. B. Warmers Role.

lust back from England, H. B.
q Warner today signed with Sam
uel Goldwyn for the featured role
Of Chen Tsu" in Gary Cooper's new
starring picture, THE Adventures Of
Marco Polo"
Warmers role for Goldwyn is his
second Chinese Characterization in as
many Hollywood pictures. His last
aim here was Lost Horizon"
During the past II weeks the
actor has been starring in Britain's S
1mperator Productions Victoria the
Great"
THE Adventures Of Marco Polo" is
being directed by John Cromwell
from a screenplay by Robert E. Sher-
wood.
Evening star., 1937-06-27
Lang at Paramount.

ER1Tz LANG, internationally known
director, has been signed by
Paramount for a two-year term, dur
ing which time he will make three
pictures for the company. Lang's
first will be the Sylvia Sidney-George
Raft co-starring picture, you and
Me-" which is from an original by
Norman Krasna, and q screen play
by Krasna and Virginia Van Upp.
Lang has directed Miss Sidney in
two other Hollywood productions,
Fury" with Spencer Tracy, filmed
by M-G-M, and I'VE Only Live Once" 4"
in which Walter Wanger co-starred
Miss Sidney and Henry Fonda.
Evening star., 1937-06-27

speed in handling heavy productions.
There even will be happier artists per-
forming on the stage, for backstaee
facilities are being brought up to a
standard that will satisfy the require
ments OF the most temperamental
artistic. And, if complete redecoration
OF the theater must await still an
other prosperous season, the walls,
floor and ceiling at least will gleam
with the finest brightness attainable
with soap, water and the muscles of
strong men.
The current scheme of alteration
end repairs looks beyond the present
Summer and the theatrical season
which will follow. The change in the
ventilation system, for instance. in
wolves now only the installation of
new exhaust fan and additional air
ducts. Hiding behind one of the
the shadow OF complete air-condi-
tioning system which may mean
12-month theater season. if Hollywood
has not kidnapped all the actors before
then.
NJ EDMUND PLOHN, standing hap
PLY among the current ruins
of the theater's old discomfort. an
nounces still another change designed
to make the theatergoer more pleased
with his theatergoing. 1t is the in
tention of the theater's ownership to
have a new musical director and a new
orchestra to take care Of the entr acte
diversion next season. Negotiations
already have been started with a mu-
eician whose name will not be revealed
until the theater gets it on q dotted
line. He is described for the time
being, merely as a melody-maker
widely and favorably known in Wash
ington.
1t is the idea Of the Nationals
management that the perfect COM
bination for a record breaking season
is seats patrons love to sit in and
plays that will knock them out Of
the seats. 1t is seeing to the former
at the present moment, guarantees
the latter Will be taken care of in
the bookings for the 1878 season.
"Amphitryon 3S," with the Lunts;
'Tovarich,' Room Service" You
Can't Take II With You" Richard
IL" with Maurice Evans; The Wom-
en-" and various other significant
dramatic items are among the pro-
auctions Washington is likely to see
Until this department has run a
practical test on the comfort pro-
vloed by the new seats, it is willing
to take the management's word that
they represent a kind Of super COM
fort. That is to way they sound as
described by Mr.. Plohn. CAS- an
amateur seat-tester, but. of course,
Evening star., 1937-06-27
M-G-M Buys Excursion"

METRO-GOLDWY has
acquired screen right to "Excur.
sion," stage success by Victor Wolf.
son, which is now playing at the
Vanderbilt Theater in New York.
one Of the best comedies Of recent
years, will assume an outstanding
place on the MG-M production
schedule for the coming year.
Evening star., 1937-06-27
Nino Martini at Work.

N1NO MARTINI, noted Metropol-
itan Opera Co. tenor, recently
signed by R-K-O Radio Pictures, has
just begun work on his first musical
production for that organization,
titled, Music for Madame"
Joan Fontaine has the leading FEM
inine role opposite the singing star.
The production, one of the most i'm
portant on R-K-O's new program, fea-
lures an elaborate musical score pre-
pared by Rudolph Friml, Gus Kahn,
Allie Wrubel mad Herb Magidson.
Evening star., 1937-06-27
Snack.
.ERLsIM1L1TUDE has become sue

NERISIMILITUDE has become such
Hollywood vogue that pro-
ducers worry their heads over the
food that's served In dining Sc
quences. Recently, for a wedding
feast scene in his Forthcoming THE
Hurricane" Samuel Goldwyn engaged
one of Hollywood's ritdest chefs to
do the catering The menu con-
sisted of 8 pigs, $50 pounds of baked
fish, so Holsters, 100 crabs, 6 bushels
OF yams, "a roast chickens and 400
bananas. The service was done in
South Sea Island style, ii leaves and
shells serving as plates, and fingers
doing knife. fork and spoon duty.