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The Washington times., 1938-02-21

ducer Abbott is booking repeats
wherever possible since Holly
wood has the play on the pro-
duction schedule for 1898.
COMMUNITY SINGS
1t is Production Manager
Harry Anger who is back of the
movement to revive the COM
munity sing in the Earle The
ater. Using his guest conductor,
Joe Lombardi, and Freddy
Clark's band FREDDY is now the
unseen musical coordinator of
the stage programs), the funda-
mental idea is to make the audi
ence an integral part of the
entertainment.
It's a good idea, that was de-
veloped most potently by Dick
Lebert when he was organist at
Loew'S Palace Theater and be-
lore he went to Radio City Mu.
sic Hall. The Liebert success
was founded on picking out pop
ular songs familiar with the
audience and within the range
OF the average Scotch and soda
tenor. Harvey Hammond, an
other Loew organiSt, had made
himself a weekly essential by
the same method.
First, show Friday the Lom-
bardi Songologue suffered from
a lack of rehearsal with the
slide man in the projection
booth, who balled up signals.
But a more serious fault was in
the selection of numbers. Too
new and difficult.
Songs must be those familiar
to bathtub warblers, and endur-
ing hits. rather than the latest
from Tin Pan Alley, with tricky
arrangements. Also the plant
ing" of soloiSt becomes obvi-
GUS when the lady with a voice
takes her place with the band
and sings True Confession"
faultlessly without ever looking
at the words on the screen.
But don't Get me wrong. The
idea is excellent. It puts an
audience in mellow and recep-
tive mood. for when the seat
warmers start a show by giving
themselves a hand, the appre-
citation idea is invariably ex-
tended so that the stage enter
tainerS benefit.
HEPBURN REFUSES
Katharine Hepburn will not
bring Jane Eyre" to Broadway
for the Theater Guild. But she
may do a play for them next
season. Reason is RKO feels
that after stage Door" and
with Bringing Up Baby"-soon
to be MISUNDERSTANDING again
becomes and important box Of
flee figure. They don't want
her to risk New York critical
harpooning at this time, recall
ing that The Lake" was a
ghastly mistake from a Holly
wood standpoint,
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

the modest nickelodeons of the
village, and in the first-run
cathedrals.
David Copperfield," instead
of being one of the greatest mo-
tion picture successes of all time,
might just as we'll have been a
stupendous flop, had the John
son technique been applied,
meaning American boys for typ
ically British roles.
WELL FITTED TO ROLES
Since then he has appeared
in Little Lord Fauntleroy," and
who-that saw both pictures
will say Master Bartholomew
did not supply much more sat
isfactory and skilled character
ization than the renowned Mary
Pickford,- who floundered in the
tricky dual roles of the Frances
Hodgson Burnett story, some
years ago.
Other Bartholomew pictures
were Anna Karenina," Devil
Is Sissy" and Professional
Soldier" in all of which his OK
ford accent was congenially fit
ted, and in roles not adapted to
East Side dialects.
General Johnson's pop-off has
just as much logic behind it as
that of a Short-haired career
woman, who. speaking for the
District Child Labor law, SOL
emnly assured the Senate hear
ing: There isn't juvenile
role ever written for the stage
that some adult actor can't play
satisfactorily" The committee
listened, respectfully; a few days
later voted to wipe the silly
Child Labor stage restriction off
the books.
There may be reasons why
a home talent only and an ex-
port embargo on earnings policy,
ought to apply to foreign stars.
But somebody besides General
johnson will have to advance
them
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

When 1t comes to making
spectacular pictures-those con-
tanning earthquakes, fires, floods,
battles-the United S tates
stands unquestionably supreme.
The studios of other nations do
not come within a country mile
of Hollywood in the presenta-
tion of such stirring films.
Let's hear what a former
European director has to say
upon this subject. Michael Cur
tiz, who has many box-office
successes to his credit, goes
even further than we did in our
first paragraph. He declares
that American pictures of every
type are the best in the world!
Not because Hollywood has bet
ter actors OF better stories, but
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
RioIto Shows
Restricted

In line with a new policy which
eventually will be established
to cover all its programs, the
Film Society of Washington an
nounces that the first showing
on its second half-season will be
open to members only. No sin
gle guest memberships for the
program this Wednesday at the
Rialto Theater, featuring 1.-THE
Birth of a Nation" will be avail
able.
Half season memberships, cov-
ering "The Birth of a Nation"
Rudolph Valentino in 1.-THE Four
Horsemen of the Apocalypse"
Greta Garbo and Marie Dressler
in ANNA Christie" Der Kaiser
. Won Kalinfornian" and early
American Comedies" are now
on sale for SO at the society's
office, 1874 F st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
kELLEYGRAMS

Robert McWade, one of Holly
swood's most accomplished and
@active character actors, died
shortly after the last scene in
s"Of Human Hearts" was filmed
Eat the Metro-Go Goldwyn-Mayer
=studio. His role in Gold Is
Where You Find It," currently
-on the Earle screen, was finished
-four months before his death.
= The Will Hays office has just
cracked down hard on one of
%the network radio broadcasters
@for sending out misleading goS-
rsip about the circumstances sur
rounding Robert McWade's
-death.
= Bob Garrett, conductor of the
1S''Pick of the Pictures" program,
Originating in the studios of
nKEHA, in his January % broad
-cast told his listener audience
=that Metro-G Goldwyn-Mayer had
fused the body. of an actor who
zdied before the completion of a
spicture in the final scenes.
s"When you see the picture you
=will see the back of dead mans
=head," he said.
; When the Misrepresentation
was called to the attention of
-the Hays office, the credentials
permitting the broadcaster to
visit the Hollywood studios were
picked up. Jack Gross, the sta
stion manager, tn n dismissed
sthe announcer. Garrett excused
-his error by explaining the So
-called news was relayed to him
4by phone from a tipster on the
sMG-M lot.
HOLIDAY SHOWS
A four-day school vacation
and holiday prices tomorrow
will boost the movie box office.
Washington's Birthday mat
sinees will be presented in all OF
warner Bros. neighborhood the
Caters tomorrow, with special
holiday attractions booked.
With the exception of the
Avalon, Colony and Home, the
sneighborhood theaters also will
=present matinees today.
CARMEL CANCELS
. Katharine Cornell had the
sweek of March 7 reserved for
sthe National Theater and the
beginning of her world tour.
SShe has relinquished her op-
@tion, the untimely death OF her
stour manager, Ray Henderson,
causing abandonment Of plans.
Good news is that Miss Cornell
will play Washington early next
%season when she resumes her
Sfootlight activity.
George Abbott has taken the
week Of March 7 for a return
/. engagement of Brother Rat" at
: popular prices. The high-pow-
cred collegiate comedy is clean
eang I'D on the road. and Pro;
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Unusual Band

Most unusual orchestra to be
seen on the screen recently is
Eduardo Durante's 38-piece Gu
ban orchestra which has been
signed for the "Mariachi" mum.
Der in "The Girl of the Golden
West" Marimbas and marin-
bolas predominate.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
FIocks of Debuts

Elvira Rios, singer; Roberto
Soto, comedian; the singing
Ascension Sisters, and the Do
minguez Brothers Marimba
Band, all famed entertainers in
Mexico, make their first Ameri-
can screen appearances in the
new Paramount musical, "Tropic
Holiday"
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Gle a min g S
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

Until read Gen Hugh Johnsons blast in his syndcated
column Freddy Bartholomew thought he had more sense
than the political wndbags he is always belaberng Now
have grave doubts Said the General other things:
Some little reckled East Side Mick apparently beat out
Every time hear that juvenile lime juice adenoidal
playing an American kid and think of Jackie Coogan and
Shirley Temple want to wiring that little Briton's neck
not because he's British Bartholomew but because we've
got plenty of good kids Of own
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
"CoIoneI" Gable

It's Colonel Clark Gable now.
Ever since Metro Goldwyn-May
took "TeSt Pilot" to March
Field for flying sequences, the
company, impressed by the
praise high-ranking officers &C.
corded the stars military and
aviation knowledge, have dub
bed him Colonel"
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Gadqet Wizard

Wallace Beery has six differ.
ent electrical gadgets in opera
ton while developing films from
his candid cameras and three
motors to operate a special
freezing plant to preserve wild
game in ice.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

~of casting, and a brilliant piece
= of acting, by the best boy actor
of our times.
= He was nominally recon-
: pensed, and if General Johnson
wants to wiring his neck, he bet
ter also include exhibitors, pro-
ducers and all Americans con-
: cet1rud with the feature, for it
--made money for everybody in
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
ED SULLIVAN
By ED SULLIVAN
The Readers Write a Column

HOLLYWOOD Feb. 21.
Dear Mr. Angeles New Workers get lone
some for New York Angeles girl here in Chicago get
lonesome for tell the things I'd like to see
again? again the spray OF lights up e NUS north
the ctv and lights the observatory
the hills I'd like palm tree pref
erablv petoat hulahua look I'd like to
bungalow courts air markets with Fpnos scrubbng vege
the store; I'd like to street
or an auto climbing hill Chcagos so eveD. I'd like to
again archghts sweeping the signal of picture premiere
the drvein eaters along sunset Wiltshire other
sT'noh homesick Sincerely,
0 JANE WAKTLEY.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

paragraph on MeEvyn Le Roy
things his office when he cleared out
paraOry leaving out trunk You might be
Shubers sliding of Ma simOnds' muflers
slightly Mickey Finn got at the Guiana Club paEagsph
which old tOupee which accepted for
enth comebacE the Palace with Rooney and Tm6err letter
from Sme invitation from the W. T. u to address one OF
they owe S76S,OOO m back income taxes
fugitive from your column,
JACK OSTERMAN.
Dear Ed Please settle My friend that
bet him pair of stockings against pair gloves please
MARY FANN1Nc.
Dear Mary: Woo-woooo! s.
Gullvers travel columns.
That first one was really bit of all right The the New
j. FRED cooTs.
Dear Fred They're too tough to write Guiver Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan Was Nunnay johnson kidding you the other
think the conceited person
Just why you don't like Nelson Eddy beyond but then
Dear Heen wrote that guest column and signed Nunnays
name as he still trying to get finish for Banjo
But don't get me wrong II love Nelson Eddy.
Dear Mr. Sulvan you my sincere appreca.
hOn. These things often left unsaid.
GLORIA SWANSON.
Dear Ed In listing sreptococc poison the blood stream
the life OF the American working girl
not related to the daggestares usually
OF the specialists CD Nudgers He nudgng your elbow
then your shoulder and finally he tries Charlie Mccarthy
aStV reat the only solution to this 90
neck About every three and half minutes head in
facetoface inevitable let's get ACQUAINTED" LOOK He
only andote is in using the hand type of pest as
so weird as the first impression get of something alive running
m m and m yG Se od Vicinity you will wait until the lights
ne sn5s out OF tnH theatre You say there ought
AuErN roov
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

Piano Student
Rose Stradner has begun to
study the piano - result Of a
weekend purchase Of a minia-
ture studio grand.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

Dear Mr. Suvan a of INV sincere auurecia
tiOn. These things often left unsaid
GLORIA SWANSON.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

Dear Helen: wrote that guest column signed Nunn
he still trying to get finish Banjo On My
But don't get me wrong II love Nelson Eddy
Evening star., 1938-06-18

ways to. comply with the sentiment Of
the local community.
Many wholesome laws now on the
statute books Of the District are monu-
ments to the untiring. efforts OF this
conscientious legislator, who recognized
how completely the people of Washing
ton are dependent on sense Of fair
play in Congress to. obtain just solu-
ton Of their local problems.
In addition to his membership on the
District Committee. he served also on
the Appropriations Subcommittee in
charge Of the annual supply bills for
the Nations Capital. It was, perhaps,
In that capacity that he rendered the
greatest service to Washington, for he
battled year in and year out for an
equitable apportionment of the expenses
Of the Federal City. During the years
in which the House was fighting to re-
duce Uncle Sans share of the cost,
Senator Copeland was constantly seek
ing to present Washington's case in the
committee rooms where 1t had no elected
spokesman of its own.
Senator Copeland's death deprives New
York and the Nation Of an able law
maker, and it takes from Washington q
loyal friend.
Evening star., 1938-06-18
District Gains.

Although the Seventy-fifth Congress
has passed into history without giving
the District legislation for modern air
port, the community on the whole Jared
well at the hands of the legislators
during the past session.
Coming as something of surprise,
the compulsory taxicab insurance bill
was passed just before adjournment, cul-
minating ten-year fight. Another
highly important enactment placed the
District on parity with the States in
obtaining loans and grants from the
Public Works Administration, authoriz-
ing forty-five per cent grant and fifty
five per cent loan instead of the old
thirty seventy ratio
thority law is expected to make avail
able for the District some $lO,00O,00
from the United States Housing Author
ity and loan of about 100000 from
the Treasury.
The legislators also modernized the
Districts creaky zoning law, enacted a
new Juvenile Court code and set up a
Lunacy Commission to try the cases Of
insane persons, doing away with the old
and unsatisfactory system, trying such
matters in open court before lay juries.
Moving to strengthen the arm of law
enforcement agencies, the Congress
amended the criminal code to make
mere possession of numbers slips prima
facie evidence Of intent to violate the
gambling laws-an innovation that had
the warm support of all agencies inter-
ested in suppression of crime In an
other step looking toward the same OBJ
jective, four new judgeships for the Dis
trict were created. 1t is expected that
one of the new jurists will handle GRIM
inal work, thereby insuring speedier
trials, which is regarded as one of the
most effective of crime deterrents.
This record might not seem unduly
impressive in some States, but when it
is established in the District, where the
residents do not enjoy the privilege of
voting for or against the men who make
their laws. it must. when taken in its
entirety, be considered as marking a
red-letter session Of Congress from the
local viewpoint.
Evening star., 1938-06-18
Necessity Compels
Women to Earn Living.

REING one Of those emancipated fe-
males, have the temer1ty to dis
agree with one apparently ill-informed
male, evidently firm believer In the
old Turkish harem. No man could be-
ieve that the men Of the world should
take care Of all the women in the world
unless he did belong to the dark ages.
Mr.. Howe's letter was so contradictory
as to be highly indicative of q male
mind in a grand state Of confusion. Just
an Adam cropping around in the dark
and trying to solve his own problems by
blaming Eve.
The so-called emancipation Of women
probably is tough on men like Mr.. Howe.
It Is only the man who cannot stand
on his own feet who Is afraid Of women
in the business world.
Women work for exactly the same
reasons men do. They get just as hungry
and so do their families. I know many
working women who support from one to
six other persons.
There aren't many fathers or brothers
In the world who are either willing or
able to support parasitic daughters or
sisters, so women went to work Of neces.
sity. Perhaps Mr.. Howe isn't able to
recognize the fact that the time Is
gone forever when the males Of this
country will be able or willing to sup.
port all Of the females.
EDNA JOHNSTON.
Evening star., 1938-06-18
Success at Last.

The last-minute passage by Congress
OF compulsory taxicab liability insur-
ance bill for the District marks the end
of fight in the public interest that
was begun nearly ten years ago. While
the measure as finally enacted may not
be perfect in all respects, it does offer
substantial measure of protection to
taxicab riders, and any imperfections
can be remedied by amendment later.
Passage Of the measure came after
Senate conferees had yielded on a House
amendment permitting operators of fleets
Of cabs to provide their coverage
through blanket policy, bond or sink
ing fund up to $4,000. That item was
opposed on the ground that it worked an
inequitable hardship on Independent
operators, which is probably true. One
company, for example, is understood to
have established such a sinking fund
already. which means that the new leg
islation will not increase its operating
costs. On the other side of that pic
ture, however, is the fact that this con-
Germ has been providing financial pro-
lection for the public during past years
when its independent competitors have
assumed no such obligation.
This bill is not designed to reduce the
number of taxicabs operating in the city,
but it may prove to have that incidental
effect. The real conflict of interest in
that connection, however, is between the
general public and the independent taxi
cab operator, and If the latter cannot
pay his insurance premiums and still
operate at profit the public should not
be made to suffer on that account
1t may be that the Public Utilities
Commission can apply the act in a
manner that will not work any undue
hardship on individual operators. If
not, the matter can be called to the
attention of Congress when it meets in
January, but whatever solution is worked
out should not be permitted to affect ad-
versely the protection now afforded the
public.
Evening star., 1938-06-18
Senator Copeland.

Senator Royal S. Copeland of New
York may not have been a great per-
sonality in his youth, but he certainly
was a man Of notable distinction when
last night, at sixty-nine, he collapsed
from the strain of too much work and
died. Even those who have differed
with him politically must mourn
him, sorrow for his sudden passing. The
bitterest critic could not fail to concede
his natural talents. Especially in his
power to grow, he was gifted above the
majority Of his contemporaries. The
maturity of judgment which he had
attained in recent years gave promise of
sunset period of achievement which
has been terminated with definite loss
TO his country and its people.
And it should be said without qualifi-
cation that DR.. Copeland was a patriot.
He loved America with passion not
often equaled In q time when it is
fashionable to demand much of the
Evening star., 1938-06-18

the case may be, these opinions have
changed and in 50 changing have nodded
the philosophy Of society until today we
have come to the point where we recog-
nize the inevitable vicissitudes which
await us.
We are told by historians that the
embryo Of that great drama called "the
evolution of the state" is the early
patriarchal family and, of course, this
form Of organization existed really be-
fore there was any kind of government
in the modern sense of the word. The
next chapter in this metamorphosis of
the state was the tribe, ruled over by
q chieftain and sometimes assisted by
advisory councils. Here we notice that
as society increased there was a ten
dency to add to the administrative end.
The next step in political develop
ment was the ancient Oriental empire
under which fourished the civilizations
of Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, India and
China. The conquests of Alexander the
Great about the middle Of the fourth
century B. c. destroyed the next form
Of government to follow these ancient
Oriental empires. This form of govern
ment was the early Greek democratic
city states. Here education and culture
abounded and representative rule worked
out favorably, due in most part to the
small geographical size and unification
Of thought.
The immense size Of the Roman En-
pire founded by Alexander made it i'm
possible to be carried on in the repre-
sentative democratic way and therefore
bureaucratic and despotic empire was
the inevitable outcome. Rome's system
also prevented political education, and
its very success In tyrannical suppression
brought about its own downfall.
The next evolution was that Of the
feudal state with its powerful barons and
their manors. This set-up was not as
efficient as the former and was an inter-
locking form Of government, with each
noble vassal to the other with the
king at the top Of continually shaky
pyramid.
The industrial revolution may be con-
tributed with causing the formation of
the present national powers. Under this
system OF economics the individual be-
came the power in the state and hence
forth rightly demanded to assume his
proper relationship to it. The old phil
osophy of divine right of kings so
notably exemplified by Louis the XIV
when lie said. upon question, that he was
the state gave way to the more popular
theories Of free speech. free press and
the right to peaceful assemblage.
We are now entering a period where
the proletariat and not the individual
few viii dominate and out of the new
scheme Of things will emerge a new
kind Of democracy-a social democracy.
Then will arise in the course Of many
score years a new social order based
upon communal philosophy of govern
ment or Communism. Not the type of
Communism we read about in Russia
with its bloody purges and dissension,
but the premises expounded by Con-
fucius and Lao-Tsi, restated by Moses,
and made SO explicit and practical
through the teachings of Jesus.
BENJAMIN r. STICKNEY, Jr.