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Evening star., 1938-12-06
Miss Rock Feted
On Anniversary

Miss Emma Rock was the honor
guest Wednesday 1T 4 dinner party
given by 4 group of her associates
at the District Unemployment Com
pensation Board in celebration OF
her birthday anniversary. Among
the guests were Miss Catherine
O'Brien, Miss Marie Forrest, Miss
Martha Townsend, Miss Marie Prel-
Ter, Miss Margaret Faunce, Mrs
Wellinger and Mrs. Genevieve Cook
Evening star., 1938-12-06
Weddings
Continued From Page B-3)

ICOntlnueQ FTOm rage b-oJ
bouquet of sweetheart roses, forget
me-nots and lilies of the valley. On
their return they will make their
home in HagerstoWn, Md.
The bride attended the Blue Ridge
Country School at Millwood, Va, and
is a graduate of Mary Baldwin Col
lege, Staunton, Va.
Mr.. Rohrer attended Duke Uni
versity, Durham N. c., and is con-
nected with the firm of Schindel,
Rohrer & Co. in Hagerstown.
Evening star., 1938-12-06

and Mrs. Walter r. Chappell, Judge
and Mrs. Clarence Norton Goodwin,
Miss Mary Anderson. Mrs. Jewell
Swohord, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Bid
die and Miss Winslow.
Evening star., 1938-12-06
By the Way
Continued From Page B-3D

election Of Lately. however changed
Mexican Ambassador
at the pursers office!
Hull the ships undiputed champion at deck
Hull has her deck chair placed beside the golf
watches him with the evident pride with which she
watched him sign the trade agreement
Mr.. and Mrs Nicholas Minister
the Equator
after ALL
Adoph Berle jr, is feminine and
Herbert Fes the State Department fills role the
Industrial the United looking when Dele
Kathryn Lewis and mother John Lewis &C. o.
the bngo table with Delegate Tracy the F. Of L. Neither
side anything!
and Mrs Marshall Exnicos cocktail party yeser
day afternoon their house Tracy The hostess received
a black velvet ornamented with gold clips
Comdr Mrs John Maguder there and said they
forward visit Julian Bishops Southern
Pines where they hope to have good shooting
Summerlin, black with OF
orchids sister, Mrs Churchill
Newcomb Miss Elnor symphony in wine red from
hat red shoes Other guests Dr.
Anthony Coleby, Prochnik Charles
del Ralph Hill, Lady Lewis and Mr. and
Caswen.
Bernard Moran of New York spending several
will remembered the
great debuante Maj and Mrs David
luncheon today honor of Mr. and Mrs Harre
Lndebeg the welknoWn architect and
building Also
Neves Mrs Henry Ray OF Pittsburgh
several days and staying at the Sugrave Club
Evening star., 1938-12-06
Miss Ada Solar
RriAA ~ NJ Cn~ln~s

Miss Ada Solar
Bride Of Mr.. Sanders.
The marriage of Miss Ada Mar
garet Solar, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Moses Solar of Silver Spring,
Nd, and Mr.. Hilbert Sanders of New
York City took place yesterday after
noon in Baltimore, Md. The cere-
'mony was performed at the home
Of the Rev. DR.. Rosenau of Eutaw
Temple at o'clock.
Evening star., 1938-12-06

Miss Sara Dunning
Married to MIR. BorSari.
The wedding of Miss Sara Totten
Dunning to Mr.. George Robert Bor-
sari took place at II o'clock Thanks
giving Day at st. Paul's Church.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Cornelius j. Dacey, pastor. The
Rev. Franz M. w. Schneeweiss,
childhood friend of the bride S
grandmother, was also present A
simple arrangement of white chrys-
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Miss Monton'
For Keith's

What happens when an i'm
pulsive society girl decides to
solve a murder mystery is re-
vea1ed in ''The Mad Miss Man.
ton," coming to RKO Keiths
Theater as the next attraction.
q comedy-thriller starring Bar.
bara Stanwyck and Henry
Fonda.
Miss Stanwyck, a wealthy
debutante whose escapades and
sensational pranks keep her in
continual trouble with the
police, evokeS a stinging edi-
torial from Fonda's newspaper.
AS a result, when she finds q
body in a deserted house and
reports it to the authorities,
they assume she is perpetrating
another stunt pecially
when the body is found to have
vanished.
But with the aid Of her little
group Of intimate girl friends,
Miss Stanwyck decides to in
vestigate the affair on her own.
This leads her into a stormy ro-
nance with Fonda and hectic
arguments with the police.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Show at
The Goyety

Although the name Of this
weeks attraction at the Gayety
Theater, entitled Cherry Bios
som Revue" is a bit misleading,
the attraction, as q whole, is
most entertaining in each and
every detail.
Bobby Morris. whose popular
ity in burlesque is evidenced by
the fact that he played 81 con-
secutive weeks at the Apollo
Theater in New York, headlines
the production and, as q CO.
median, Morris certainly gets a
vote as one of the most clever
chaps seen in Colonel Lakes
house.
Only pint-sized in stature,
Bobby, nevertheless, offers in
his own hilarious manner come
dy situations and wit hard to
match. His lines are entirely
original, funny, and effective
without the use of too much Off
color humor. His ''prize-fighter"
skit, rendered with the able as
Sistance of Richard Dana and
presenting Make Kaden, former
middleweight champion Of Cana
da, is q riot,
A trio Of pretty and shapely
damsels are Sherry Britton,
Anna Smith, and June Marshall,
who offer song and dance that
is both easy on the eyes and
ears.
Jimmy Pinto and Marty Della,
Italian dialect comedians, add
much to the fun portion Of the
bill, while Ned WalSh's tap steps
are both effective and clever.
Paddy Cliffs rendition Of "The
Donkey Serenade'' is well done,
as are his other song offerings.
Jesse James, q dark-skinned
lad, gives us most natural def
milton Of the words determine
ton an dcourage. Although de-
prived the use Of one limb occur
ring from a childhood illness,
James executes q clever dance
routine, assisted by his crutches.
The settings and lighting
effects are up to par, while a
bevy Of pretty and shapely
misses make up the chorus.
r, J,R,
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Life Dances On Prize Movie,
Is Held Over at Little

Life Dances On" ("Un Garnet
de Bal'') is being held over at
the Little Theater for a second
week, which extended tenure is
understandable in this case Of
film boasting the talents of
Frances eight most popular mo-
ton picture performers. The
production won the Venice Expo
sition award as the finest picture
made in the world during 1887,
and although that designation
might be disputed with reason,
Life Dances On" still would re-
tain rank among the most enter
tanning and masterfully acted
cinemas to come from across
the Atlantic.
Marie Bell, who Is making her
debut on American screens, is
starred in this story Of q young
widow who decided to determine
what has happened to the six
men who Swore on the night Of
her first ball that she would be
their only love forever. Mile.
Bell gives a creditable perform
ance, but players familiar to
American devotees Of foreign
films take the larger share of
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Waltz TrioIs
On Tonight

The waltz will have another
opportunity to recapture its
former glory on the stage at
Loew'S Capitol Theater tonight
when five local dance teams
compete in the finale Of the
Great Waltz" contest, the win
nerS Of which will be crowned
Washington's champions in the
rhythmic glide.
V. L. Paris and Barbara Burt,
lido Savage and olyve golden.
Pablo Santana and Martha Be-
mites, Henry Reynolds and Elsie
Weber, and Albert Nathenson
and Lilly Miller are the five
couples who, having survived
preliminary tests, will vie for
the handsome trophy auto
graphed by Luise Rainer, Ferdi-
pand Gravel and Milisa Korjus,
stars of the M-G-M picture, "The
Great Waltz"
In addition to this trophy Mon
day nights local champions will
be entered In the zone finals,
also to be held at the Capitol
Theater sometime soon, in which
they will compete against the
champions Of Maryland, Della
ware. Virginia, North and South
Carolina.
The winning team in this lat
ter test will receive another
cup, an allexpense trip to New
York and will meet some win
nerS from every part Of the
country in the national finals.
The winner Of this competition
will win a three months con.
tract with the M-G-M Studies.
Leroy Thayer, president OF
the Dance Masters Of America,
Capitol Theatre Manager How
ard Burkhardt, M-G-M branch
Manager Rudolph Berger and
various press representatives
will act as judges in Monday
nights Capitol Theater finals.
The "Great Waltz" contest
was originated with the belief
that the Lambeth Walk and
other foreign importations
which in reality are European
conceptions of original Amer
ican jazz, are temporary fads,
while the old fashioned Amer.
ican waltz is the only genuine
dance that will live through
the ages. The M-G-M film,
THE Great Waltz" which is
based on the life and loves Of
the waltz king, Johann Strauss,
will be shown in several weeks
at Loew'S Palace Theater.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

the "cut-in" technique Of the
collegiate hop"
When she left the Robert E.
Lee hotel on Thursday after
noon to visit a neighboring coif-
fure parlor to have her hair
"set," a crowd of $50 students
gathered outside the modest
MaiSon d'FaShion.
Since there had been vague
rumors that the Washington and
Lee students planned to kidnap
v. NJ. rs visiting celebrity,
Mons. La Falce became appre-
hensive. So when the hair dress
ing was completed Priscilla was
hustled out the back door,
climbed a fence, went through
another store, and escaped sinis-
ter student plotting, if any.
The w. & L. boys were pretty
sporty about it all. They let
v. M. I. have all the opening
night glory, saw her picture at
the double screening, Lyric and
State TheaterS, then lined up
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

Snub-nosed Mickey Rooney's
coming to Loew's Capitol on Fri
day in "StablemateS." He's
starred with Wallace Beery in
a fast-moving story that is said
to be greater than THE Champ"
in dramatic and humorous con-
tent.
You won't have any trouble
writing a last line for Mickey
because you know him well.
Everyone does. His recent roles
in Love Finds Andy Hardy"
and Boys Town" haye made
him Hollywood's most popular
juvenile player.
Get busy right now and fill
in the last line to the Mickey
Rooney Jingle above. It'll give
you a big kick, and you may
connect with one of the valuable
cash or theater ticket prizes
offered today's leading jinglers.
The most amusing last line
for today's Mickey Rooney
jingle will net its creator S. in
cash. Second and third best
get SO and 50, respectively. The
next S best will earn their
writers a pair of guest tickets
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
KEI>LEYGRAMS

ater, generally accompanied by
Eddie PlOhn and his dog. Mr..
PlOhn used to be the COhan
general manager. Treasurer
Eddie Keller also sat in on the
duck dinner.
1t is Mr.. COhan'S opinion that
Noel COward'S "Cavalcade" is
the greatest all-rSund piece Of
play-writing he has ever seen in
the theater. Saw it in London.
Never saw the picture, which /
can assure him was a honey,
too.
Eugene O'NeiII is his idea of
the great American playwright,
and Beyond the Horizon"
strikes him as the O'Neill writ
ing that gave him his greatest
thrill, as a spectator.
MARJORIE'S TROUBLES
Marjorie Gainsworth had to
60 on for her first show at the
Capitol Theater without her
stage costumes, since her trunk
failed to arrive. To make mat
ters worse somebody forgot to
turn the juice on the micro
phone.
Prima Donna Gainsworth was
better equipped for such open
day catastropheS than most
singers, for she has real lung
power behind the well trained
voice, sang at her last engage
ment in the Earle without me.
chanical amplification. Sh e
could fill the Capitol, too, but
four-a-day in such a large house,
makes the mike" a convenient
instrument to have around.
CONTEST CONTROVERSIES
Missouri's attorney general
has ruled the Movie Quiz con,
test a lottery, thereby causing
some CONSERVATION among ex.
hibitors. U. S. Postoffice depart.
ment okayed the Quiz as a game
Of skill, and legal. Contest com,
mittee is considering suspend
ing the competition in that
State, or taking an appeal to
the courts.
Contest committee is also
planning action against three
companies, distributing booklets
purporting to give the answers
in the $250,000 competition
Complaint with the Fedora
Radio Commission also con
templated against a station tiec
up with one of the companies
! alleging 1t has the answers.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

on Friday and gave her a cheer
as the Lane limousine rolled by
the campus.
Priscilla is enjoying all the
fruits of success, and the Lanes
have bought a Hollywood home,
where sisters Rosemary and
Lola and Mama, will live the
life of the screen great. Her
older sister. Leota. is studying
at the Julliard Foundation,
hopes to reach the Metropolitan
Opera House, goal of all good
singers.
Priscilla is blond, 20, and
without any of the accepted
Hollywood temperament. She
answers, with a smile, the 100
or more routine questions that
interviewers pop at stars, con-
fesses she will be glad to do
anything the studio assigns to
her.
Studio has assigned her the
lead in Mark Reads "Yes, My
Darling Daughter" and tn e
cameras are set to roll when
she arrives at Burbank Wednes-
day morning.
IS ". B. PRINCESS
Eyes, My Darling Daughter"
was a mild hit as q stage play,
led all comedies this year as
a stock company favorite. Yet
the Will Hays office probably
will massacre the original script,
and unless the scenario writer's
work some magic. it would
seem, at this faraway point, a
poor choice for a bud who bios
somed into glorious stardom
with wholesome fiction.
Priscilla had her secretary,
Helen Walkers, supervise the
packing of trunks, and pulled
out for Chicago at S p. m.
Thence to California. The pic
lures. -Four Daughters" and
Brother Rat" have made her
a princess at Burbank, where
Bette Davis is queen. She made
bootsand-saddles opera, Cow
boy from Brooklyn" as her
warIning-up feature.
Warner Bros. are guarding her
career zealously. The company
has long been shy Of box Of
flee feminine stars. Priscilla
Lane looks like their prize 1893
discovery" worthy of the big
build-up that is under way.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
ED SULLIVAN
Baby Star of Warner Bros. Is Given
ROYAL Welcome at Luncheon Party
IH[Illy MOOD
BY ED SULLIVAN
Impressions

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wrecked the 1' guy %o the Of Carlo
@ Ps why & ss as &c tR s'
Uc heard ss about n ss4a SSaps Sd vor & what
Jack n1naOn had o in mind as sn ama brute Low e M S 1c
is the wife Of the life Of the party Joel Mcs s T.r the Oregon @
with Perc westmore makeup: ''
Clark Gable the wife thinks you are s on the nS4sy
Has al angels
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sister so Of Rs4o the Giants da cenc.pon n g. seol iR
rOOter John Barrymore, sardOn: splsndOr
SEch Es:tlns Clear ynd
Mickey Rooney, spban thuddng against blackboard
den Pat a: @ e on cd
9a n cassy % % n K S '
Astss playing his pipes ,S on annns
New England hillside Bette Davis enigma in taffeta dress
Tracy chip from the Rock Of Gibraltar Joseph
IT: pp shadow. in 5 % ASSs2 6s s s
the owsred Of & G Kay te o
1s S sssRs:
Connie bennett frozen dsquir Joan Bonde heas
% picnic Bs51y ysa s vRs 5oa RE:
apple teacher Frank Morgan the houtonnisss on
postcard
Raye the girl startled at the Grand Canyon
never recovered LaMarr, dusk the Danube
the waterfront Eienne Girardot,
eccentric uncle favored Peter Lorre
something that the cat dragged in Walt Disney
James Barrie Michigan Boulevard Reginald Denny
floorwaer Hattie CarnegeS The Ritz Brothers New
Indys Davis the female scewbaI you're
you you'll meet in Mexico city Gary Cooper the COW.
the dude ranch in Montana Irene Dunno, the
widow who keeps the village perked up sally Esr the
ed demurey with the BROADWAY and Seventh
Ave subway Francscka Gaa the bottle Of Tokay that the
headwaiter recommended In Budapest -r~-~
David Niven the at Oxford and
was dashed unhappy about Fields the faker who
yokels snake oil in Liberty Square Enrol Flynn
running pants Hyde Park Brynie Foy the banker
put paying basis Henry Fonda Smoldermg IRE
its mind Helen Broderick the spnster
slapped the travelling salesman Bng Crosby the last
quartet that raised hell with Sweet Adelne
Tbbe mustache the Metropolitan Opera House
facade Dorothy Lamour, the Mard Ciras at NOrleanS
Priscilla Lane, the hammock in an Iowa back yard.
Reginald Owen the Yorkshire pudding On the royal menu
May thumbed calendar Croucho Marx erav!ty
TESTERS and bells claTdee Colbert mocnte d
Fred Bartholomew the page boy on the
west the mother who had fatfoot foogte for
daughter Powell the boy who carried to the com
Win Friends and Influence People
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

l-CTOCK-

LOEW's CAPT. Toll Bing
Crosby, "Sing, You Sinners" at
II a. M, 1:50, 4::40, 1880 and
1920 p. m. Stage: Kidoodlers,
1880. $40, $3.50 and 9:20 p. m.
PALACE-Clark Gable, Myrna
10y, TOO Hot to Handle"
1855 a. m. 2:20. 4:45. 7:10.
and 9:40 p. m.
COLUMBIA-George Raft, Dot
Lam our, Spawn Of the
North" 1883 a. M, 2:20, 4:45,
7:15 and 9:40 p. m.
EARLE-Pat O'Brien, Margaret
Lindsay, Garden of the
Moon" II a. M, las, 4:30,
7:10 and 9:55 p. m. Stage:
Stroud Twins, 1850, 1886,
$40 and 8 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Jean Ar
thur, James Steward, you
Can't Take It With You," 1925
a. M, 1855, 4:25, 7:05 and 9:4o
p. m.
RKO.KETTH'S - Deanna Dur
bin, "That Certain Age" 1920
a. m, 1:25. $3.50. $3.50. 1885,
and 9:35 p. m.
BELASCO-"Grand Illusion, at
4:05, sos. sos and 1905 p.
m.
TRANS LU X-Newsreels and
shorts, at 10 a. m. and every
rs minutes thereafter to 10:45
p. m.
LITTLE-"Life Dances On" II
a. m, 1:05. 3:15. 5:25. 1887
and 9::45 p. m.
MOUNT VERNON-"Holiday,"
1855 and 10:30 p. m.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Give Mickey RooneyoLostL Line.
Win Some Jingle Money
Mickey's Just a little guy,
While Beery's big and strong;
But Mickey's tough and "HGrdy,"

So here's your big chance have lot of fun and be in
line for handsome prizes offered the Mickey Rooney
finish the jingle above that he couldn't make up his mind
You'll Just have to come to his rescued
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

honors. Harry 'Baur is superb
once more in the role Of the
swain who turns monk, and fine
efforts are contributed by Fran
coise Rosay, Louis Jouvet, Pierre
Richard Willm, Pierre Blan-
chard, Raimu and Fernandez.
Julien Duvivier, who wrote the
screen play, has provided eX-
cellent direction again.
The Little also is showing q
short subject Of more than usual
intereSt-"Cover to Cover" This
Is q British documentary item
tracing the development Of
thought communication from
sign language to book and star
ring" AldouS Huxley and Som
erSet Maugham.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

Elmer Rice, of the Five Play
wrights Company, would like to
open his new one, american
Landscape, ," in Washington week
of November FL, inasmuch as
"Abe Lincoln in Illinois" and
"'KnickerbOcker Holiday" earlier
attractions of the company,
prospered here.
But Tallulah Bankhead, in II
Am Different" has that week
reserved at the National The!
ater and won't give it up, for
she wants to eat her Thanks
giving turkey with her dad,
Speaker Bankhead.
TOUCH BOTTOM MOVIE
The Dionnes, Five Of a Kind"
captured the all-time low record
at the Capitol Theater last
week. The BOBBY title up to
that time has been held by
something called Last Train
From Madrid" with Lew Ayres
and Dorothy Lamour, screen
cripple of 1887.
Twentieth Century-FoX won't
take a chance with the quintS
at the company's ace Broadway
house, the Roxy. Picture has
been sold to the Globe Theater,
where it follows Dark Rapture"
GEORGE M. "DICKERS"
Business was fine at the Ma
tiOnaI last week-almOSt $4,000
but Washington never warmed
ND tc I'D Rather Be Right"
seemed to be the most ardent
Roosevelt town for the revue, as
far as eception goes.
In gOOd-by dinner with
George M. Cohan at the Carlton.
between shows Saturday, that
star said his deal with Metro
)GOIdwyn-Mayer is still in the
negotiation stage.
Playwright and Composer
George M. COhan has written
IS plays, cOllabOrated on Is
more, had his name on 29s
songs, including the immortal
"Oyer There" For the right tC
use a choice of this material in
n Conan screen cavalcade, with
out the services of the star
M.G.M offered 100000, will
something like 100000 asked.
He danced all week with
broken toe, sustained when
masseur gave 1t too vigorous
pun. Got his exercise by walk
ing from the hotel to the the
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

A SMILING BLONDE
This was the fan response to
"Four Daughters" for while the
premiere of her latest picture,
Brother Rat" brought her to
Washington, the earlier feature
was what made the nation Pris-
ella Lane conscious.
Down at Lexington, Va,
where the Brother Rat" open
ing hullabaloo had been a tre-
mendouS success, Priscilla had
danced with more than 100 of
the v. M. I. cadets, thanks to
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Gle a min g s
and
Screenings
BY Andrew R. Kelley

When Priscilla Lane Washington during the Holy
Week engagement of Fred Warnings Band at the Capitol,
she arrived and departed without stumbling over newspa-
perman Instead her surprise personal
gracious tribute the maestro who introduced her to Ho
lywood in VARSITY Show.
Priscilla came back Saturday afternoon to greet autograph
seekers candid cameras of boys and girls from the
Fourth Estate and the welcome which Warner Bros execu
tive office reserves for its royalty.
In the Rose Room of the Hotel Washington Miss Lane
bon Mucan) found that the swinging gate picture
"Four Daughters had moved her high in W. B. impor
tance-higher if you please than Olivia de Haviand and
Anita Louise the pet ngenues Burbank for than
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

each to see "Stablemates" dur
ing it's weeks engagement at
Loew's Capitol, starting Friday,
together with an all-star stage
show headlining Paul Haskon,
Americas dance sensation.
Today's entries must reach
the "Stablemates" contest editor
by noon Wednesday. Watch to-
morrow's drama page for a new
Mickey Rooney jingle and a
new opportunity to win cash.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-22

Derouin, Thomas DiPaola, Benny DiStefano, James Dougherty, James Durbin, Anthony D'Urso, George Dvorak, Anthony Faita, James Fitz- patric, Francis Forgione, Angeline Galante, Catherine Gonillo, Mary Gonillo, Albert Gonthier, Josephine Googins, Michael Gugliotti, Charles GWezdauskas.
 Also, Donald Hardwick, Thomas Hicks, Harold Hill, Stella Hnewush Mary Hobbie, Jean Hunter, Roy Johnson, Charles Jonaitis, James Jones, Richard Joy, Joseph Kailukai- tis. Leo Karpicki, George Reach John w. Kiezis, Albert Kilborn, Ed ward Knauf, Robert Knickerbocker Frank Koucha, Edward Kripaitis Sophie Kuzmich, Frank Lamberti Francis Lane, Fred Lawton, Ray mond LeBlanc. Harry Lessack Charles McAtavey, Frank Maietta Alexander Majewski.
 Also, Victor Mannello, Edward Maruszewski, Canio Martinelli Marion Martino, Eleanor Merrilees Mary Mihalakos, Anne Mihaldo, FL ton Mitchell, Amato Mongelluzzo Robert Morrison, Edward Mosel, Ed ward Murphy. Raymond Narciso Elizabeth Nichols, desmond Nigro Luca Nigro, Stanley Ofsiany, Leon- ard Ouellette, Vincent Pace, Anna Pawelchak, Sterling Peck, Johr Perro, Jean Perry.
 Also, Daniel Petrucelli, Clarence
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-22

Leon and Eddes submits lesson punctuation innocent: Be good mad To the innocen good maid clever.