Evening star., 1938-09-15

In the meantime, remember septem-
Der a.
BIGGEST doings in the motion pic
ture business locally tonight will
be those at Silver Spring. They will
be incidental to the opening Of the
impressive new Silver Theater which
will take It's place in the Warner
chain. Doors Of the theater will open
at 7:30. one hour in advance Of the
the patrons an opportunity to inspect
its various features. A string en-
semble headed by Alex Podnos will
play while the inspection Is in prog
ress and afterward.
Dedication ceremonies will include q
brief talk by State Senator stedman
Prescott.
The dedication of the new house,
which represents the most modern
construction in every detail. will intro
duce to Washington audiences for
the first time one Of the proudest pic
lures on the recent Warner list. -Four
Daughters Is its title 1t was FASH
ioned, as one might guess, from the
novel Of the same name by Fanny
Hurst.
Customers interested in the engi-
neering details of modern motion
picture houses need not worry at the
absence OF radiators or other visible
devices for the heating Of the Silver.
The whole building. which is much
more spacious than the 1,000-seat
house, Is marked by complete absence
OF such units. Heating and cooling
both are taken care Of by = single sys-
TEN Of ventilating devices.
The Silver Theater was erected BY
the Mohler Construction Co. for VIII
liam Wilcox, veteran Snowman. who
leased 1t during the spring to Warner
Bros.
THERE will be no world premiere of
Room Service" on September
%, after all. But Washington will be
the second community in the country
to see the Marx brothers in the highly
successful drama which George Alb
bott first offered on Broadway New
York will have the distinction of see
ing it before it comes here
II any one has been wondering lust
how the Marxes fare in a screen play
not of their own creation (and SINH
larly how the play fares), this depart
ment must plead ignorance beyond the
fact that trade press reviews have been
extremely favorable. They usually are,
OF course, but IN this case the more
ruthless Of critics in that field have
seen fit to spread . few of their
choice adjectives in the interest Of
approving the novel arrangement.
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\ OWN" tn. ssr.sn dram.
hsGh reunites Spencer Tracy
and Mickey Rooney for the first time
since %"Captains Couraseous,". was
screened yesterday. It will be the
attraction at the Capitol tomorrow =. .
Screamed also Tor the hensait Of critics
was Return Of the Scarlet Pimper-
nell" It will follow "Mayerling" At
the Little on. Sunday =. Harold
iould, manager Of the Mount Vernon
Open Air Theater. calls attention to
the fact that darkness coming earlier
these days, the theater opens earlier.
1t is happening now at pm, not
tbs as before. The feature comes up
at 1855 and 9:56. Mr.. Gould wants
you to know And you probably
want to know Charles and
zorilda Dillon, the Alexandria Lee
street billions, entertained slews of
Civic Theater members last night in
honor of Edith Greene. Miss Greene.
who looks less like your conception of
music teacher than any one we
ever have seen, is down from New
England, accompanied by much charm
Bedford Village in Westchester
County IN. " is where she will 70
when she leaves If she leaves,