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The Washington times., 1938-03-07
MOVIE
CLOCK

CAPITOL-Gladys swarthout,
John Boles, Romance in the
DARK" II a. m, 1:45, 4:30,
7:25, 10 p. m. Stage, Red Skel-
ton, 12:40, 3:25, $40. 9:05
p. m.
PALACE-Sonja Henie, Don
Ameche, Happy Landing"
II noon, 2:25. 4:45, 7:10, 9:35
p. m.
COLUMBIA Annabella, Will
liam Powell, '"The Baroness
and the Butler" 11:45 a. m,
LAS, 3:45, $3.50. 1850, $3.50
p. m.
r. X. OK KEITH'S "Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs,"
1850 a. m, 1850, $3.50, $3.50,
7:50. $50 p. m.
EARLE-Wayne Morris, Priscilla
Lane. Love, Honor, and Be-
have" 11:15 a. m, lao, 4:30,
7:20, 10 p. m. Stage, Rito
ITO ana Lon 6eSCOrS Il .301
1858, $50, 9:10 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - George
Brent, Margaret Lindsay,
"Gold Is Where You Find It."
II a. m, 1:05, $40, 500, 7:25,
9:35 p. m.
LLTTLE-"Peter the First" At
II, 1:07. 3:14, sal. 1928. and
9:36 p. m.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts,
from 10 a. m. to midnight, Is
minutes each show.
HOWARD-"Tarzan's Revenge" I"
On stage Don Redman and
his orchestra with Harlan Lat
timore and Louise McCsrron.
Also-John Henry, the Black
River Giant. Midnight show
Saturday.
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kELLEYGRAMS

The Trans-Lux Theater an
nounceS the arrival and addition
to its present program Of sensa-
tional pictures of the Los An
geles flood area.
Shots as furnished by Pathe
and Paramount are the result
Of daring enterprise and re-
markable camera art, and show
magnificent highways, bridges,
homes and other buildings col
1apsing and washed downstream,
and one automobile after an
other stripped and stranded in
the wake.
HELEN BREAKS RECORD
Helen Hayes will play to 4,10o
IoWans and gross receipts of
So, 400 on the night Of March IA
at Des Moines. The figure is be-
ueved to be the record for one
performance in theater history.
NEW UNIFORMS
There is a certain added air
Of dignity in Loew'S Capitol
Theater these days, and why
not2 Ushers, doorman, and
junior executives have been
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Robinson in a Runyon Story

Edward G. Robinson at last
appears in a picture without
dying. He feels reprieved. He
has had to pass away in almost
all his other movies.
This one is "A Slight Case of
Murder" hilarious comedy by
Damon Runyon and Howard
Lindsay, probably the only
writer's capable of provoking
real mirth with anything so
gruesome as a brace of corpses.
These play a considerable
part for dead mem throughout
a good deal of the picture, and
literally fall into the scene at
the end. But none Of them is
Robinson, who stays very much
alive and laughing like mirth-
full gargoyle.
Have you ever seen men
die?" Robinson was asked by
Director Lloyd Bacon.
"A few" Robinson admitted.
But it is thing avoid when
ever possible"
But how did you learn to die
screen?" queried Leading
Woman Jane Bryan. Jane, with
Bette Davis, recently had to cry
over Eddie'S agonized last mo-
mentS in kid Galahad."
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Nadia Is Star
At Goyety

The Gayety bills Nadia as
Countess Nadia" and it is fit
ting and proper. It is rare that
such clever work is ever viewed.
Nadia is a glamorous, fiery and
dramatic person who puts her
heart and soul into her work,
which is original and spellbind-
ing.
Both Of her performances are
knockouts with her much talked
of bedroom" scene drawing the
most appreciation. It is accom-
plished in splendid dramatic
style in which she enters her
chambers to prepare for sleep
after having quarreled with her
loved one. Throughout the en-
tire scene there is an air of at
tentivenesS on this scene which
makes one seem to forget that it
is a burlesQue revue and not a
scene from a Broadway produc-
ton.
Holding down the comedy are
Harry Evanson, Sam Raynor,
Murray Briscoe, Les Sponsler,
Marjorie Delmar and Ruth Don
nelly, all Of whom present many
comical skits that are well re-
ceived. Sam Raynor Is the one
that stands out in this group.
He possesses a certain air of as
Surance and ease that is appar-
ent from his frequent adlibbing.
One of WaShington's favorites
is also in the cast. She Is Joy
st. Clair, a petite little thing
with tons and tons Of what it
takes to please and be a hit.
Then there is "AleXianne"
whose presence is an attribute
to the revue as she delivers sew.
eral striking dance numbers,
one Of which she does with her
body glistening with silver
paint.
The talented and eaSy-to-look-
at chorus have June Dennison.
who SurgeS forth from the ranks
to do a military tap number.
r. II. S.
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assigned new and attractive uni
forms.
Enthusiasm ran high last eve
ming when the new outfits ar
rived, each lad being anxious to
see how he looked in his uni
form. Two changes are seen in
the new uniforms, members of
the service staff now wear
double breasted short coats,
formerly single breasted, while
the junior executives wear the
full length double breasted coat,
similar to those worn by mid
shipmen.
The traditional Loew colors Of
Navy blue and gold continue to
be used.
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in under this scheme of things?
Well, Mr.. Evans will let the
proposed furry of Falstaffs
have it's fling in the metropolis
this spring and he will come in
with his own next autumn, as
always intended, after he has
shown Gotham his uncut YER
sion of Hamlet.
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Listen" said Robinson, II at
tended Columbia with the idea
Of studying law. Friends of mine
were in medical class there.
Once when I became interested
in the theater and had to die in
an amateur show Gin which I
played only a bit), went to my
medical friends and their pro-
fesSor for the answer to the
question you asked me.
"They figured out where I'd
better clutch my chest, how I'd
fall to the floor, And by the
way the professor said. your
speech must gurgle. Remember
you're strangling in your own
bloodvthe shot to the heart has
first traversed the left lung"
Audiences doubtless will be
glad to see Eddie alive and jovial
at the end of "A Slight Chase Of
Murder" which opens Friday at
the Earle Theater. It was d.
rected by Lloyd Bacon.
The Washington times., 1938-03-07

q second string reviewer caught
the play for the Evening Star.
That left the ambitious young
play expert Of the Washington
Times, Colonel Morse, as the
only Monday night regular at
the Henry Miller opening. AS
Author Morse tells it:
Il viewed the first perform
ance of the untested drama,
wrote an afternoon edition fol-
low-up of the laudatOry review
I expected to read next morn
ing, and so went to bed wonder
ing how and where Miller had
found so fine a play.
"When I awOke and glanced
at the criticism published by
the only morning newspaper in
the city at that time, 1 saw red.
My contemporary on the Wash
ingtOn Post, for reasons that
developed later, had penned a
vicious denunciation of the
drama and the cast. Among
other sneering remarks, he OBJ
served that Margaret Anglin,
then fairly close to the begin
ming of her successful career,
looked in the first act like a
middle-aged woman in a dress
ing jacket
Henry Miller, never a patient
man, read that review and pro-
jected himself into the editorial
offices of the Washington Post
to thrash the writer. Fortunately
for that gentleman, he was at
home and still blissfulIy asleep.
In the middle of the afternoon
the Evening Star, followed with
. second condemnation, based
on the theory evolved by a
pinch-hitter for the regular
critic that the Moody story was
o grossly immoral play. This be-
Wildered Miller.
"When 1 reached the editorial
rooms Of Frank Munsey'S Wash
ingtOn Times, / invaded the
Sanctum of the managing editor,
Edgar d. Shaw, demanded a full
page in the late afternoon
edition and refused to accept
reiterated refuSals. Eventually,
to get rid of me, Shaw gave me
my page and into its seven
columns, assisted by the art de-
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Maurice Evans, Easter Week
In "Henry ", Part

30 T1OLOuS was GIl6 TeC6pLIOu
accorded to Maurice Evans Fal-
staff in his production Of 'King
Henry " Part /" at the Grand
Opera House, Chicago, Tuesday
night March y, the English star
feels that he cannot keep this
performance away from the East
much longer.
In fact he has decided to post
pone his tour to the Pacific
Coast in which he was to use
both "King Henry" and king
Richard II" and turn back on
his tracks from Milwaukee where
he will play the week beginning
March % and show his charac-
terization of the Rabelaisian fat
knight in some of the cities
which acclaimed his Richard II
earlier in the season.
Therefore, he has arranged to
play the Chestnut Street Opera
House, Philadelphia, the week of
April 4, the National Theater,
Washington, Easter week, and
the Shubert Theater, Boston,
the two weeks beginning April
Is. Then he purposes a
straight cross-country jump to
Los Angeles, opening at the Bilt-
more Theater in that city on
May Is.
Incidentally, Mr.. Evans Chi.
cago engagement has been ex-
tended to five weeks from its
original booking Of three weeks
and during the remainder Of the
term he will play Falstaff the
first half of each week and
King Richard the last half.
Where does New York come
The Washington times., 1938-03-07

Frank P. Morse, Former Critic of Times,
Has Written an Absorbing Biography
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
HOLLYWOOD Reunion

John BoleS, who costarS with
Gladys Swarthout and John
Barrymore in Producer Harlan
ThompSon's Romance in the
Dark" was featured in Thomp-
sons first full-length Broadway
play, Little Jesse James," which
was put on in New York shortly
after the World War.
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partment to which / tossed
photographs showing scenes Of
the drama, 1 poured my soul to
voice the conviction that Henry
Miller had come dangerously
near producing the Great
American Play"
Well, Critic Morse was right.
and the others wrong, and out
of that fulsome review came his
first meeting with Henry Miller.
Pittsburgh critics also roasted
"The Great Divide" but the
New York opening proved vim
dication for Producer Miller and
his warm apostle of faith. The
play was a sensational success.
The o. Henry finish to this
adventure in divided verdictS,
is that Henry Miller stopped the
New York engagement abruptly
for one night. That was the
night of March 4, 1907. when he
brought THE Great Divide" back
to the BelaSco Theater, Wash
ington, for a single performance.
Just to prove the Potomac
critics, then as now, were occa-
sionally all wet as play Solo,
mons.
HE REJECTED COWL
Factual and informative, the
Morse biography skips kindly
over the Henry Miller romantic
interludes. His professional as
Sociation with Ruth Chatter
ton is described at some length,
but the book leaves in the realm
of mystery the reason why
Henry Miller suddenly dropped
all plans for doing a Jane Cowl
play, and putting that glamor'
Gus star under his production
wing.
The play was Lilac Time" one
of the greatest of Jane Cowl sue
cesses. Miller had accepted 1t,
a cast was hired, rehearsals were
about to begin, when he sent the
star this word:
Circumstances over which I
have no control will prevent me
from doing your play"
Could the fact that one great
star would not abide a rival
under the same management
have influenced this decision?
George M. Cohan'S revealing
foreWord to the book diScloSeS
that while Henry Miller was a
tyrant in his zeal for footlight
perfection, intolerant with act
ing mediocrity, he was also a
great actor and a great gentle
man. nonetheless in truth, two
men, a dual personality.
I never knew Henry Miller
intimately, but 1 did group him
with the lamented David Bel
asco, with the greatest producers
of his time.
FOREWORD BY COHAN
I saw one evidence of his
irascibility at the National Thea
ter. 1t was after the playhouse
had been remodeled, and a
fortune spent for the latest in
Berliner acoustics. Henry Mil
Ter stopped a performance of
THE Famous Mrs. Fair" when
somebody in the audience ad-
moniShed him to speak louder"
The producer-actor stepped to
the footlightS and observed the
fault was not with the actors,
but the acoustics of the re-
modelled temple. For that en-
barrasSing speech Mr.. Miller for
feited the friendship of the late
William Harryman Rapley. AS
it turned out Mr.. Rapley was
right, and Actor Miller was
wrong. He was covering up one
of his marked deficiencies, a
tendency at time to peak low
and cover up his acting short
comirgs.
"Backstage with Henry Miller"
is noble piece of writing. will
prove an absorbing book to all
of those who have lived and
loved with the Washington
theater.
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imposing productlOnS.
CRITICS REVERSED
It opened in the season OF
1e06-07 at the Belasco Theater,
with L. Stoddard Taylor, i'm
maculately dressed, welcoming a
distinguished first night audi
ence to the new play.
AS it turned out The Great
Divides" premiere was without
the presence of the regular dra-
matte critic for the washington
Post, who was vacationing, and
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
lHI2Il MOOD
BY ED SULLIVAN
Unusual Weather
Hollywood. March z.

Unusual Weather
by ran floating Called finance company inned
stop payments couch and
onepiece bathing suit and soft hat downstairs
Never anything like this" said to Melissa cook
padding around the kitchen on raft This
cali this flood" The tore loose and noated away
dew nigh fog Through the window
the garage m sr and 1.-THE the car d6S 5 down a the trail Of
the dar '''' payments on
MBridge at Universal City washed out Universal
John stah swms to cashiers window and collects $4,000 weekly
stahi shoot
high collar for waterwngs Jolson Nuy Chamber Of
sn neon & gets down on one knee to sing Sonny Boy"
skosky and the Seven Dwarfs shortest
BY his ss pair Of Ssas hos
'snSG ' fsl5s
. Leg g. assert that result of the
silver snd Oscar Gs sr proving
snA oa Vine Clark
shire Coast Guardsmen taking Ginger young Doug
oos whale 1i ddeny sees @ b zs
At Doheny Drive the guy who started the whole thing Claude
Rains At cahuensa Mickey Rooney Freddie BaTthOomeS
drying off Edna May Oliver with scetyiene torches Aviator
et1Sti
1880 A. MArrive by mOtOrbOat at Studio
only FOy maker of the B" pictures working taking
pictures Of two actors swimming in the flooded back lot will be
previewed in three days as "The JOhnstOwn Flood"
NOONRado reports that the horses have to be
ated from Santa Anita because the heavy California weak
ened the Santa Anita DAM the horses evacuated trust
than they Hal Roach that the parmutuel
chimes will not be evacuated feeling confident that ancient
mariners from Pomona may drop by for action
p M-Arrved Twentieth Century Found assistant
anchOring Shirley Temple to Zanu auto that
wouldn't float until picture completed Victor McLaglen
and Brian DOnevy reaGng water the commsay
by looking for Director John Ford David Nven
washed out of the window of bungalow while serving
lunch Joe Schenck walks along the flooded studio street. his head
above water Shallow out there JOe?" hailed NO he halOed
swimming q squawk:
went to bed last night had beautiful view Of the Paci
Ocean from house This morning woke find
tain had slid front of the house and can't ocean,
Lucer than Brand however When he and Sy woke they
didn't have house. Dew cid it.
boat puttputts past Good Samaritan Hospital
orderly hurredly using Australian
hospital the fifth time during heavy
mist that Trays bed washed loose proving what dynamic char
acter he is
MI the taunt Melissa cook,
about what described weather. but find that
fOated the correspondent sits
waelOgged dispatches him Dollar
Line boat to waterlOgged Los Angeles
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Gle a min g S
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

On the book counters today is Frank Morse aftec
tonatelv frank biography Backsage With Henry Miller"
When it treads the field of friendly reminscence the
latest volume of theatrical lore written by reformed wash
ingon dramatic criticlong Henry Mer general press
renresentative-finds its most delightful mood
One of its fascinating early chapters tells OF Washing
ton first performance of William Vaughn Moody Inc
Great Dvide monumental of all the Henry Miller
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
Varied Experience

In his Is years on stage and
screen, Claude Rains has been
call boy, carpenter, master me-
chanic, electrician. property
man, treasurer and company
manager. among other things.
Evening star., 1938-10-12
SIGNING HARTNETT
CUBS FIRST MOVE
Using Veterans as Trading
Material Second Step in
Six-Point Program.
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 12.-Philip K.
Wrigley, owner of Chicago's Cubs, to-
day placed his hope of winning an
other National League pennant and
of winning a World Series in six
point program.
First, of course, is new contract
to Manager Gabby Hartnett. 1t will
be, in accordance with the Cub prac-
tice, for one year only, and Wrigley
doesn't believe well have any diff
Guilty getting together on terms"
Wants Younger Talent.
AS his second point, Wrigley said,
veteran players will be used as trad
ing material in the winter marts, but,
he added, hastily, the finger" has
not been put on any player.
To build up the Cubs weak supply
of young players, Wrigley suggested
in point three, the setting up Of
system of comparatively owned mi
nor league clubs.
In this connection he added that
he had found working agreements
were not practical, and he was against
farm clubs because the "oWner had
no local interest whatsoever"
Points four, five and six:
Tony Lazzeri will have place with
the organization in 1889 if he wants
it, although not necessarily with the
Cubs proper.
Still Counting on Dean.
Dizzy Dean, given no special pre-
scription for his winter arm treatment,
remains a strong Cub hope for next
season.
Every possible effort will be made to
strengthen the club, although physical
limitations prevent general shake
up
But" sighed the young multimil-
lionaire, what 1 would like to buy or
develop is a formula to keep team
inspired. If we had only played against
the Yankees the way we played against
Pittsburgh the week before -"
Evening star., 1938-10-12
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,

NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-Gratitude
plays an important part in baseball
Years ago the Chicago White Sox
ruled and the Yankees we're nothing
Bsseball's "Old Roman" Charles A.
Comiskey, refused to help Col Jacob
Rupert. then interested in building
the Yanks from hopeless, laughing
gas ball club to a money maker and
winner. Most of the others, riding
high, also turned down the colonel, and
in his rage he vowed he'd make them
all feel sorry.
How the colonel has succeeded is
baseball history Since he and the
late Col. T. L. Huston purchased the
Yanks for 100000 in 1915 the club
has won 10 American League flags
and seven world titles, beginning with
1921, when Babe Ruth, one of the
heroes he was able to pry from a
rival club, started paying dividends.
Rupert Unsympathetic.
There now are rumors that the
colonel will break up his team to give
the others chance He's a sick
man these days, but not that sick.
At all such reports the colonel stiffens
and barks: why should I? What
did they ever do for me when I was
trying to build a ball club?"
The next man who may come up
with a fine ball club is old Bob Quinn
Of the Boston Bees, basebalrS rag
man" Quinn never got much help,
either.
Gabby Hartnett's ultimatum that
he'll break up the Cubs was expected
The club for years has been unsettled,
principally because players thought
they should be manager. One of them
is Billy Herman. Billy unquestionably
is a fine ball player, but his play this
season put him as far from the mana
gership as Rogers Hornsby. The status
of Tony Lazzeri should be interesting
The best guess is Tony will stay, but
chances are he's wished many times
he hadn't cut Oscar Witt off short
when Oscar offered him the Cleveland
coaching job last winter. incidentally
Hornsbys $4,000 a year for managing
Baltimore is not minor league high
Chuck Dresser, ex-Cincinnati pilot
received 10 grand for managing Nash
vile last year
Reports that ex-major league man.
Evening star., 1938-10-12
.SCHOONERS HOPE
FOR WIND TODAY
Halted by Lack of Breeze,
Fishermen Not Allowed
Desired Rest.
By TOM HORGAN,

ABOARD SCHOONER GERTRUDE
L. THEEAUD, GLOUCESTER, Mass,
Oct. 12.--After a futile attempt to
sail an International fshermen's race
yesterday In summer zephyrs, the Race
Committee ordered the contestants for
the sailing championship of the North
Atlantic out to the starting line again
today as weather reports forecast
moderate southwesterly winds.
Both Capt. Ben Pine of the chal-
lenger, the trim Gloucester schooner
Gertrude L. Thetaud, and Capt. An
gus Walters Of the big Canadian salt
banker Bluenose, holder of the title,
expressed hope their hard-worked
crews would be given days respite.
Both Watned Day or.
Both said they rathe- would not
race today after a weeks grind OF
sail handling and other heavy work
necessary to the preparation of a rae.
ing schooner.
Thebaud captured the opeEirg race
Of -out-of-five series Sunday
off Boston when both schooners were
driven through smother Of spray
by spanking breeze around a 3s-
mile course.
Yesterdays race was called of be-
latedly. about 10 minutes before the
siX-hour time limit wouiu have ex-
pired and while the vessels still had
about Is miles TO negotiate. 1t had
long been apparent there was no
chance of finishing within the time
limit, and the two captains voiced
dissatisfaction because the contest was
not halted earlier and the vessels
permitted to return.
Course Is Not Changed.
The course charted for today was
the same rs that scheduled for yes
terday-orCe around a 3e-mile tri-
angle The start was set at 9:O5 am.
E. S. T.
Capt. Walters objected TO sailing
twice around an l8-mile triangle, the
course covered off Boston Sunday, and
termed it "merry-go-round"
Evening star., 1938-10-12
Colleges Have the Right Idea.


college, make itself self
terrific drain the treasury.
tried major football
could His
He broke all kinds District attendance
wound the red The
simply
coaching the Georgetown forces
recognized Eastern pretty
Georgetown played the good college
enough the Foppers found themselves
winding the red,
with
field
a named its
would
much bayard stadium
are family, will a
Terps
scheduled
analysis
the colleges its
publicity that talent the football
right thing They will operating
the college football possible the
craving
there enough the the
melerdramme
and G.. u.
Evening star., 1938-10-12

Aze Of Cerds-Mrs Moodys Book A!men DeeIored Serious

Baseball market preview: Both
the Giants and Cubs want Johnny
Mize of the Cards and are ready to
cough up plenty of the old mazuma
(they say the Giants have
offered Hank Leiber and 100000 in
cold CASH :. The Reds appear to
be about as we'll fixed as any out
fit in the league, but they'd like to
have Tony Cuccinello of the Bees
at second base Pittsburgh
wants Al Lopez of the same outfit
and also must get replacement
for Gus Suhr at first base and some
chucking Gabby Hartnett has
said Bill Lee, Clay Bryant, Dizzy
Dean and Stan Hack are the only
Cubs certain to be assigned lockers
at Wrigley Field Yep, she
looks like busy winter.
Mrs. Helen Mills Moodys back
ailment is more serious than any
one imagines, II you can believe dope
Evening star., 1938-10-12

from the Coast George Mum
ger has developed football spirit
at Penn they haven't had there in
years He says coach" is too
pompous and insists the players
call him George incidentally,
they have to be in tip-top shape
to keep up with him in practice.
A lot OF the boys around town
are wondering just how long Lou
Little's small Numerically squad
of SO at Columbia can stand the
gaff Mike Jacobs took his
attorney with him to the Pacific
Coast, so : he must mean busi-
ness .. Mike was due in Sac
ramento last night, and spring
bout between Max Baer and Lou
Nova is sticking out like a sore
arm.
So college football isn't a busi-
ness, eh? Well, no less than
three high-powered out OF = town