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Evening star., 1938-07-12
Four Million.Dollar
Films Are Planned
By Hal Roach.

A PPROX1MATELY $500, 900 will
be expended by the Hal Roach
Studios on its production schedule for
the new season through United Art
lists. according to Milton H. Bren. exec
utive vice president in charge of pro-
duction. This appropriation will cover
four major pictures budgeted in the
neighborhood Of $l,000,0 900 each and
like number of comedies starring
Laurel and Hardy.
This plant, once the stronghold Of
slapstick comedies. accomplished a
complete reversal Of policy last year,
abolishing its practices Of caricature
and dedicating itself to the produc-
ton of Aims of the highest caliber.
Now before the cameras is There
Goes My Heart" A million dollars
will be expended upon this romantic
comedy-drama oo-starring Fredric
March and Virginia Bruce. The story
deals with the reformation through
love Of q willful heiress by . news
paper reporter. The picture will be
tAlC 1ASG " u1oSA AA0uO(0 AAO06AA
United Artists, with which organiza-
ton Hal Roach recently has become
afIiliated.
The supporting cast is topped by
Patsy Kelly, Alan Mowbray. Nancy
Carroll, Eugene Palette. Claude Gil
lingwater and Arthur Lake. Norman
z. Mcleod is directing.
Among other coming picture plays
is Topper Takes . Trip" a sequel
to Topper" with the same director,
Norman z. Mcleod, and virtually the
same cast-Constance Bennett, Ro-
land Young, Alan Mowbray and Billie
Burke.
Another item Of magnitude on the
1898 announcement is the studios
perturbation Of A. p. Herbert's novel,
Water Gipsies" Here is an unusual
locale-the barges on the. Thames
anchored OF London. Jean Arthur,
Brian Aherne and Roland Young are
three of the stars who will bring this
dramatic romance of river life to the
screen.
In contrast to the background of
this picture will be Robbery Under
Arms" with its action taking place
in Australia in the 1850s. Its roman
tic setting, its colorful action with
cattle rustling and gold mining ex-
ploits in the bush country will be
intensified through its transfer from
the printed page to the screen. Cast
for the stellar roles are Margaret
SULLIVAN and Brian Aherne.
Four Laurel and Hardy features,
in addition to "Just . Jify." now In
production, are slated to come from
the studio in 1852.
Evening star., 1938-07-12

ANCL, mclOOTAue the meCler the
theater has taught the customers to
believe is its peculiar province. Moth
ing else can be as much fun. At
least, not Engaged"
1t is not difncult to see why those
who select the Roadsiders' menue
should have chosen this particular
play. Mr.. Gilbert was q man who had
malicious way with him, and at what
ever subject he pointed his pen the
result was virtually certain to be anus
ing. In the case Of Engaged" the
subject happens to have been love
with . strong element Of practically
about it-a rich young man after
three girls and three girls after a rich
young man-and It is no exception to
the rule that Mr.. Gilbert had de-
lightful way Of ridiculing everything.
However, beyond teaching the OBJ
servant spectator where Hollywood
has been getting q number of its re-
cent ideas. the play Is nothing to rave
about. It might have been had it
been ornamented with the music of
Sir Arthur Sullivan, but it was one Of
the 10 comedies which Mr.. Gilbert
wrote without the Irish musician.
Engaged" finds its premise In Mr..
Gilbert's feeling that marriage is q
pretty silly thing when 1t is dominated
by considerations Of gold. It is 50
dominated by every one connected
with the drama, from the stupid young
man who has the money, and the
others who are bent upon taking it
away from him. The dramatist Is
happily lacking III mercy In dealing
with every one concerned, but, in spite
Of that attitude and capable interpre-
tation, the whole affair never achieves
the importance that one associates
with Roadside productions. There are
no Williams In Engaged" The worst
characters In it are merely rogues, and,
after four years of villains in the barn
on the Rockville pike, rogues are .
matter of indifference or polite &C.
ceptance.
OF the players In Engaged" this
department will take first Mimi Nor
ton and Richard Walsh, not because
their parts are the outstanding pair
but because they have to grapple con-
stantly with complicated Scottish dia-
lect. Neither of them slipped once,
at least to the ear Of 4 person who Is
somewhat vague about perfection In
Scotch. Others who were good at
tossing OF Mr.. Gilbert's howery
phrases were Lansing Hall. Is . gold
digger Of 1877 vintage; Fred Haskin, rs
a backyard Il. e., double crossing
dope); Howard Wierum, Is the young
man with no brains and the gold all
Evening star., 1938-07-12
Ghost Train
Once More
Proves Fun
Gross Roads Group
Produces an
Old Thriller.
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

A"A~~ssADA
T FIRST glance it appeared q
n though THE Ghost Train"
~ was hardly the happiest choice
4 \ the Cross Roads Theater could
have made for its current play. For
one thing, The Ghost Train" has
we'll nigh had the wheels run of 1t by
various groups around town. and then
too, it is not the best play In the
world to begin with. As it turned
out last night, however. and as you
will find If you visit the barn play
house down at Baileys Cross Roads,
"The Ghost Train" still can be q
mighty good time Of . summer eve
ming.
1t probably is the good time it Is
because. by this time, no one takes
it too seriously. Not 30 many years
ago this may have been q thriller Of
the first water, for all the fact that
it is a pretty sad Job of playwriting
from a number of standpoints, but Of.
q summer night In barn theater the
thrills become just lot Of fun. Which
no doubt is enough to expect Of
summer night and the thrills of days
past.
So even though you wonder how
Mr.. Arnold Ridley ever got by with
hanging so much miscellaneous and
eXtraneous excitement on q wisp Of o
plot that today would not do credit
to a good short short story, you still
can enjoy yourself As the excitement
goes on in the Cross Roads loft. The
tale, in case you have forgotten 1t,
has to do with = few poor travellers
who get stranded in an out-of-the-
way railroad station, hear the story Of
the ghost train, then after all sorts
Of mad goings-on, hnd out what the
ghost train really Is. II you do not
remember 1t, we won't 60 on from
there. because Mr.. Ridley probably
considered his play . mystery IS well
as a thriller and II you do not know
what is going to happen it may still be
q mystery as well IS q thriller.
The cast at the Cross Roads, while
not up to what is called professional
standards" at least plays The Ghost
Train" fast enough and furiously
enough that it was worth another
sitting last night. The major task
confronting any one doing "The Ghost
Train" is the building up of tension.
In this case George Finger starts
things OF handsomely by his splendid
portrayal Of the old station master
who tries to chase the stranded PAS
senger away with his ghost train
legend. Then in the next act it is
Peggy johnson who comes along to
contribute, with considerable feeling
and intensity, the Mysteries which
make you wonder what in the world
can happen next.
So while bodies fall in the door,
trains rush by where no trains are
supposed to be. mysterious lights are
seen on the platform and a fellow
you never suspect turns out to be a
detective, Charles Hohein, Janice
Norton, Peggy Mansfield. Don ~Sisler,
Charles Grunwell and some other
people keep things rolling briskly.
And if Director C. Adolph Glassgold
will see to it that they keep things
rolling this briskly everything will
be fine and The Ghost Train will
turn out to be all right once more.
Evening star., 1938-07-12
Farcial Romance by Gilbert
Is Offered by Roadsiders
Play, Well Done, Lacks Usual Vitality
OF Barn Groups Productions.
Miss Lindsay Starten Here.
BY JAY CARMODY.

EPART1Nd from modma once the Roadside 1eater last
night offered Engaged w. production
Of the Both of them Gilbert
good but like pickles and
10 not combine WELL
in spite Of that
Evening star., 1938-07-12
Ghost Goes West
Set for Little.

r EPEATED reference to Storm in
2 Teacup," now in its third week
at the Little Theater, as the best
aim comedy to come from England
since The Ghost Goes West" has
resulted in numerous requests to the
Of the Ninth street house
for . revival Of the latter picture.
Arrangements have been made, &C.
cording to the management, which
will bring the earlier Alexander Korda
success to the Little's screen ut an
early date.
Evening star., 1938-07-12
Stork Again to Interrupt
Margaret Sullavan's Career
Joan Crawford, by the Way, Is
Denied Family on Screen-Studio
Allows Norma Shearer 2 Infants.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

oLLYWoOD July IL 'NANAMargaret SULLIVAN will make just
Robbery
date with the sork What
family young
scared nerruptng
Evening star., 1938-07-12

months absence. and the advance
ballyhoo is that he is bringing with
him two completed scripts-one for
himself. and one for Paulette God
dard. I find this hard to believe.
Tim Durant, credited with writing
the epics, is sportsman -playboy, and
has never written anything other
than a letter in his life. Besides, I
have it on excellent authority that
the nearest Chaplin will ever get
to making another picture is talking
about 1t.
-
Said our favorite producer to his
director in all seriousness. lets
make picture about gay Co Vienna" I"
(Ccpyright, 1888. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
Evening star., 1938-07-12
Film Work Healthy
For Dionne Babes.

THE effect Of motion picture work
upon the Dic~lne quintuplets has
been increased appetites and weight,
according to Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe,
who is personally supervising their
activities in goth Century-Foxs "F1ve
Of q Kind"
Each day, as soon as Director
Herbert I. Leeds. Jean Hersholt and
the members OF the camera crew have
left the quints' Callander home, DR..
Dafoe takes their temperature and
pulse. Each day both temperature
and pulses of all the little girls have
registered normal.
Evening star., 1938-07-12

Forty Of Americas most glorious
girls are featured in what Producer
Arthur Hornblow, jr., calls an 'as-
sembly line Of beauty" for Artists and
Models Abroad" at Paramount. They
are shown in all stages of glorification.
from the bath to the finished product.
Evening star., 1938-07-12

Talking q b o u t
children. did you
know that Joan
Crawford Is not
allowed to have
them in her pic
lures? Her studio
Is afraid that be-
ing a mother
" ould destroy
J GA n s glamor.
Norma Shearer,
however, Is al
lowed q screen
family-up to two
in fan is. But
Helen Hayes, who
Is certainlv not,
Evening star., 1938-07-12

NANCY HUTSON
Is the young lady 1oho sinos
popular tunes OF the day In
front of Herbie Holmes Or
chestra, due Monday for a
tOeek's engagement at the
Spanish Garden ballroom of
Leonard Schloss' Glen Echo
Park.
Evening star., 1938-07-12
Dorothy Lamour Chosen.

Dorothy LAmour has been selected
for the leading feminine role opposite
George Raft in Paramount's forth
coming "St. Louis Blues" in which
Tito Guixar, Elizabeth Patterson.
Maxine Sullivan, william Frawley and
"plnkins" Parker are featured.
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to fear, a good horseman, a
splendid shot. a great football
player. Being the son of a rich
man, he LACED away the years
till the great war came. And
then, of a sudden. he disap-
peared.
The family thought he had en-
listed and. fearing the excite
ment of possible battle upon
him, had a search made of the
records. But they were unable
to locate him by name or to
find anybody answering his de-
scription at the Irish recruiting
stations.
Several months later a neigh
Dor of the "innocent'S" father
wrote to him from France that
his son, who had enlisted under
another name in an English
regiment, had won the medal
for distinguished conduct in
action. His record in the ranks
was so good that his father was
persuaded to leave him in the
army.
THOUGH unable to do much
l. more than spell his name
correctly, this man ended up as
a colonel commanding an in
fantry battalion. He knew no
military strategy, but he was a
fearless leader of almost lost
causes. Tearing across No
Mans Land at the head of his
men and capturing trenches
was the one thing in all this
world that he could do. On
my last visit to my birthplace
in Ireland saw him at the
railroad depot, sitting on a
bench, watching the trains come
in and go out-perfectly happy,
and treated by his relatives,
friends and neighbors as you
would treat a little boy.
Copyright, 1888, Washington Times
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Your |. O.
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is g vocabulary test.
These words were culled from
the daily newspapers. This
might help solve the question Of
just what is the reading COM
prehension Of the average news
paper reader.
/. "she was the cynOsure Of
all eyes," (a) object Of disap-
prevail CD object of attention
(c) object Of condemnation.
2. "This sapient observation.
(a) foolish (b) wise Co weak.
3. "A tendency toward en-
bOnpOint." (a) exaggeration
CD stoutness (c) extreme thin
ness.
4. "The flowers were arranged
asymmetrical." Ca symmetri-
cal CD unevenly proport1oned
(c) perfectly balanced.
5. "She was noticeably dis
trait" (a) distressed (b) absent
minded (c) agitated.
8. Paladin. (a) q Japanese
hammock (b) q paragon Of
knighthood (c) an alloy Of zinc.
7. AnachrOniSm. (a) an act Of
treason (b) use Of the wrong
word (c) a chronological error.
8. Sanguinary. (a) buoyant
(b) hloodthirsty Co calm.
9. Urgent state. (a) exegesis
(b) exigency (c) exiguous.
10. I'm the interests Of homo
geneity." (a) inconsistencies CD
the practice of homeopathy (c)
similarity of kind.
ANSWERS on Page 23)
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Russian Purge Goes On

THE Moscow correspondents have finished checking
up the Red Army's May Day parades in principal
cities of Russia and report that at least thirteen
prominent old familiar faces missing this year.
1t was in June of last year that
1n"teeH HWe Marshal Mkha Tukhachevsky and
LiQuidatiOns sovon otbor Red Arnov generals were
liquidated Since then Russia has rid itself off, among
Others second of its five marshals air force Chief
admiral who for time headed the Red Navy, Black
Sea fleet commander, and two high political military
district commssars.
It's if we had bumped off Chief of Staff Chief
of Air Corps Judge Advocate General Chief of Naval
Operations West Point commandant, and various lesser
divisional or departmental executives in both the Army
and the Navy, all in less than year.
The purge in Short goes on; and what it indicates is
that the Red military forces backbone of Stains power,
are in state of decentralization. That is another threat
to the peace of the world 1t is standing encourage
ment to Hitler to that the Red Army neither
fight beyond Russias borders put up unified de-
tense of Russia and that the time ripe for him to take
what pieces of Russia he wants.
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HE wagehour bill enjoyed swift resurrection after
l. Senator Peppers victory in Florida the issue of
that BILL Southern statesmen found surprisesurprise,
that Southern workers would vote to raise their lowest
North South paid elements to minimum of 25c an
NW"'' OO"t" hour and maximum of A hours
D"'eTe'"'"'O week. these standards tc rise in three
years 4Oc and hours The Southern rush to sign the
petition jerking the bill out of committee impressive
Now, the Southerners say they will fight for regional
dfferentias in the bill-meaning lower minimum pay
and higher maximum hours South than North.
There would be economic reason for such differ
entails It costs less to live in the South than in the
North; food, clothing and rents are not so high
But the main object of the Southern bloc is probably
to wear the bill down to another defeat If they can't
beat the BILL they hope to the Souhs present
ability to lure Northern capital South with promises OF
cheaper more docile labor than it hire up North.
The main object to get the bill passed. with or with
out differenals that the idea of floor under wages
and ceiling working hours be implanted in
American law for the maintenance of the mass buying
power that keeps business moving We hope the Admin
istraton presses the wage-hour fight to showdown
York;
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Administration will get off their
neckS.
respectfully request that you
do not approve the new reckless
spending campaign advocated
over again by the Administra-
ton. It was tried before, and
proved a failure. This preScrip-
ton q year after the start Of
the depression looks like one
tenth economics and nine-tenthS
politics.
I beg Of you to give private
industry a chance firSt-and
then if you must vote any large
sums, do not include them in
one bill, and reserve to the Con-
gress the right to earmark all
the money voted.
w. E. REMINGTON,
Ridgewood, N. j.
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Give Us Our Rights 3

WE see by the papers the Commissioners will refuse
w to commit themselves at present on the question of
municipal self government for Washington.
Well that's all right with More than 95, 900 ct-
zens marched to the polls few days ago and registered
their approval of Votes for Washington That ought to
be enough to convince Congress that the people know
what they want.
There is pending another investigation (this time by
Chicago frm) of the local government setup That's all
right with too. There have been inquiries into that
matter before and in most the verdict has been
that Washington should have self first of
all and the details of administration be worked out
later.
At any rate Congress must not lose sight of the fact
that the voteess citizens of Washington at the recent
poll justly, legally and overwhelmingly demanded the
right granted every other American citizen.
AS first step therefore Congress must approve the
proposal of the Citizens Conference to allow the election
of citizens advisory committee Let this municipal
assembly function until we granted rights as
American citzens-a few months from now we hope.
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ROllin' Along
By ". A. s. Douglas

HAVE always thought that the rest of the world might
well take pattern from the Irish and the Scotch in the
manner of the deep sympathy they have for the simple
minded in both deeply religious countries.
don't mean to the people of the United States OF
being unnecessarily cruel the mentally deficient But do
not think look upon them here ought to- We lock
up some of the completely harmless them while we
have been known to send others such high places Con-
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Other Cities Get Action

vTNALK may be cheap but not far as Washington is
l. concerned. For months the question of an ade-
Quate airport for this city has been discussed debated
and argued. Witnesses by the score have come for
ward each with his own pet idea of what would con-
stitute the proper site for the airport that still only
nebuous idea.
But while the volume of words on the subject daily
increases while members of the Congressional commit
tee that is charged with solving the problem take junk
cts through the skies to view the recommended sites,
what is happening IN the rest of the country?
Action! Other cities getting healthy appro
priatons to improve their arpors We get only words
For instance, the Bureau of Air Commerce recently
1.J approved grant of $121, Gil for
EM"Lo "",o'0U construction of hangers an admin
TOT OI''e' ~" istration building and other work
At Reeves Field in Les Angeles.
San Francisco is awarded S1,946674 for general i'm
provements to its great air field.
New York city draws 100000 and San Antonio
Tex $154,242 for general improvements.
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He Must Get Up at S

r. J. o. and other proponents
Of daylight saving are unfair
and inconsistent. There Is no
logic in conforming with New
York and Chicago, any more
than with Pittsburgh or Paris.
I cannot help feeling sorry
for the working men and women
of New York, Philadelphia and
Chicago, who have had daylight
saving forced upon them. Yet
it serves them right, for they
haven't the ability, courage or
intelligence to inaugurate a gen.
eral strike against enforcement
of this monstrous daylight say.
ing fraud.
I arise at 6 a. m. every morn
ing. Why should I get up an
hour earlier to please goats like
R. ]. o. and others?
Why doesn't he move the
hand Of his clock ahead one
hour and let 1t 60 at thatT
B. J. LAwLoR.
They Like Girls' Writings
Please explain what has hap
pened to Helen Essary's col.
umn? It was such a Sprightly
thing that we always looked for
il and always enjoyed it. We
certainly hope that you haven't
dropped that feature, as re-
Gently the impression has
gained ground that you are re-
placing your women columnistS
with men-and, Mr.. Editor, we
like the gals writings, so don't
fail to have Helen ESsary, at
least, back on the page which
she has adorned so long both in
looks and in words.
MRS. A. LEIMBACH,
MRS. G. L. ROSENTHAL.
Editors Note: Helen ESsGry is
back in her accustomed place
on the first page Of the local
Section.)
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who wanted to work in the auto
mobile industry.
But, no, a political debt had
to be paid to one John L. Lewis,
and the CLIO, instead. And since
then the New Deal must legis-
lation" has included the most
lopsided unfair law ever put on
the statute books,-known as
the National Labor Relations
Act"
Now what can Congress do?
Restore confidence. How? BY
taking control-and then go for
ward, without the President II
necessary, and promptly attend
to the following:
SUGGESTS SIX POINTS
/. Repeal the undistributed-
profits tax, and amend the capt.
tal-gains tax. You should have
done this a year ago.
2. Repeal, or amend the Ma
tional Labor Relations Act.
3. Amend the Social Security
Tax bill, on a pay-as-you-go plan.
to cost far less, and be more
honest.
4. Give a fair deal to the pub
lie utilities, and not destroy
privately owned electric light
and power business.
S. Return to Congress the con-
troll of the currency. and all
spending.
6. Abandon present disgrace
full political system Of distribut-
ing relief funds. The best plan
is to turn it back to the States.
If not. then place in hands OF
a non.political, or bipartisan
commission. responsible only to
Congress.
It is well known that private
industry, including the public
utilities, stand ready to spend
billions Of dollarS-more than
the Government can do-if the
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"1f a woman
prov es that
she can take
over the job
of President.
I see no rea-
son why she
S h III ID not
be lie C t ed.
Alth ough I
do not believe
the people Of
the U nj t e d
S t a t e S are
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should e We r
be q woman
President, be-
cause she will
n e er have
the following
and re S pect
of the m e n
n e e d e d for
such q posi-.
ton and great
un dertaking.
Also I doubt
If any woman