Evening star., 1938-02-21

FlAgstAd's motion picture debut. In
Its very worthy determination to give
the public the best, and We will listen
to no argument on that score, Para
mount signed Nine. F1agstad for The
Big Broadcast OF 1888" Both Of
them, Paramount and Nine Flasstad
were 50 enthusiastic about the agree
ment they forgot to look in their
date books. When they remembered
Later, it. was found that the singer
had previous commitments which
kept her from hopping out to Holly
wood
Don't you worry. Nine. F1asstad,"
Paramount told the great prima
donna, well take care Of that"
Well, to make 4 long story short,
Nine F1agstad did not worry, and
Paramount did take care Of it. Its
carpenters got right to work on the
set in which Nine. Flagstad was to
sing. the producer. director, other
players and camera crew ran home
and packed their bags and all of them,
set and STAFF, were piled on a train
bound for New York. Nine. Flag
stad met them there. the sequences
IN which she appears were shot. Time
and space probably are still some
where of in corner hanging their
heads at their inability to Illustrate
man any more than that,
+'+ ~
lust so Tkeater% Guild American
Theater Society patrons will have
six weeks Of not being bothered by
the uncertainty of it all, we reprint
here the following communication
from Bess Davis Schreiner:
The sixth play in the regular SUBJ
scription series Of the Theater Guild
and the American Theater Society
for this season At the National Thea
ter will be the super success ,my,
my. Bess> "Yes, My Darling Daugh-
ter" and it will arrive in Washington
by the last week in March, it is hoped
The tremendous success (well, we'll,
Ress) Of this play in New York and
Boston has so far caused its post
ponement in the Capital, but it will
play Philadelphia in the near future,
and Immediately thereafter will be
seen here.
In the meantime another pro-
duction under the aegis of Alfred de
Liagre. I Am My Youth will be Of
fered to subscribers here as the third
extra play IN the present seasons
series"
Customers have until Tuesday to
subscribe to the latter play,
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IF THEY ever had an impulse TO
challenge Director r. Coules Strick-
land to ''let's-see-you-do-it." which We
doubt, Civic Theater players undoubt-
edly are better able to control the i'm
pulse now. Mr.. Strickland did it. lit"
being an acting performance which
set a standard that any member OF
the theater group might well aspire to
equal
George and Margaret" the play in
which Mr.. Strickland performed with
such glittler, connot be rated as much
Of = drama tunless one is fairly mad
about English comedy. but the direc-
tors playing Of the part Of the owlish
father was something to see and re-
member.
1t was the same play. OF course,
which caused Harry Macarthur, CO.
lumnist, to register his second oath in
Heaven that never AsAin would he
leave his critics seat to wander, fool
ishly. on the other side Of the foot
lights. The frst oath, registered sev.
eral years ago. didn't work.
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only members Of the Film Society
Of Washington will be allowed to
see The Birth Of Nation" at the
Rialto on Wednesday night 1t is 4
new policy, likely to be permanent
The tall. light and handsome gent who
applauded Adelaide joys balled num-
ber 50 vigorously At the Cartons
eharzad Room the other night was