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Evening star., 1938-08-05

"lulaH Is COucCJluB Blcclu1 pfOl1CS
from them, and at the same time he
has his income from the plow factories
he controls in the Middle West. So.
. successful plow manufacturer Is now
the top Broadway producer.
Another who has changed his ca
reer to more successful aims is Jed
Harris. Once he was . press agent,
and then he produced an avalanche
of hit plays and now he plunges up
again with the Pulitzer Prize play,
Our Town" In those days when he
was q press agent Harris evidently
learned something about the feeling
Of road audiences for he has said that
this Thornton Wilder play will not 60
on tour until it is possible for the
original Broadway cast to travel and
play their same roles.
Another enthusiastic survivor Is the
comedy, What Life" which George
Abbott produced. About 10 years ago
Abbott was q very capable actor, and
then he vaulted into fame as a play
wright when he co-authored the play.
Broadway" Abbott has never acted
since then, but his record as producer,
playwright and director is one of the
best.
The critics prize for the best foreign
play Of the season went to Paul Vim
cent CAROLS story Of the Irish priest,
Shadow and Substance" and that
very worthy drama introduced Eddie
D0Wlinr AZ n y,roducer Previouslv
Bowling has been one of the best
song and dance comedians of musical
comedy and also head OF the amuse-
ment division of the Democratic party.
But this play transformed Dowling
from being song and dance man
into . serious impresario.
There has been many of these stage
notables who have 1eaped from one
field to another. Philip Dunning WAS
Evening star., 1938-08-05
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

Earle-"Professor Beware" fun in
the Harold Lloyd manner: IL am.
1:40. 4:25. ITO and 9:55 pm. Stage
shows: 1910. $3.50, $40 and 8:55 pm.
Capitol-"Gateway." romance and
adventure at Ellis Island: II am. AS,
430. 7:15 and 10 pm. Stage shows:
12:45, $50. 6:l5 and pm.
Metropolitan 1T Happened One
Night" the great romantic comedy is
revived: II am, los, 3:15, $40, 7:30
and $40 pm.
Palace-"Love Finds Andy Hardy
Mickey Rooney has three girl friends:
II am. ITO, 800, $50, TAO and
$50 pm.
Columbia-"Little Miss Broadway"
Shirley Temple; IL M, 2, 4, 5:55, 7;55
and $50 pm.
Keith's-"Letter of Introduction, :"
Charlie McCarthy's comedy: 1884
am, 1874, 3:34, 5:34, 7:34 and s:34
pm.
Trans Lux-News and shorts Con-
tinuous from 10 am. to midnight.
Little-"The Golem," a famed leg
end becomes film: II am, 1880,
2:3o, 4:20, sos, 7:55 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1938-08-05

the most extreme amiability in the
finished product. Charlie was never
more impudent, more urbane than In
his clashes with people who have the
illusion they are his betters. No one
escapes the handsomely barbed words
with which Bergen provides him, least
of all Bergen. Given the competition
of another dummy for the first time,
Charlie seizes the occasion to increase
his stature. The other dummy, Morti-
mer Snurd, is no weakling either. His
moments in the picture constitute one
of the most brilliant portrayals Of
dumbneSs in screen history.
If the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences will take tip from
us, it will start thinking up a prize
right now for Charles performance
in Letter of Introduction. Since it
gives statues to humans for good per-
formances, it might be wise to give
a human to dummy as an award.
(The academy will have to work out
the details, but there are a lot of
people in Hollywood who would look
we'll on Charles mantel0
Letter of Introduction" has many
other qualities than those impaired
by the presence of Bergen and his
dummies. It would be we'll right now
to jot 1t down on your must-see list.
IT Owe FINDS ANDY HARDY" not
not only enters its second week
at the Palace today but does SO with
the Boxofice award for merit for the
month OF July .. And, speaking
of holdovers. the French-made THE
Golem" will continue another week at
the Little. thus delaying the appear
ance OF "Escapade" Jon Hall,
hero of THE Hurricane" will be max
ing no personal appearance at the
Earle this week. but his wife, Francis
Langford, will. so Mr.. Hall will come
along Miss Zasu Pitts, who is
a comedienne "a hours a day, and one
of the most tireless persons you've
ever met, was good enough to get only
second prize in that Zasu Pitts con-
test conducted night before last by
the Earle and Station WJSV But
We still don't believe Miss Pitts was
using her best limitations of Zasu
Pitts Chester Hale's Comets,
"a comets. will be a feature Of the
Capitol's stage show this week, thus
inspiring the girls who will make
up the chorus of the Going Native"
revue Mrs. Adelaide Hibbard Of
the old National Theater Players will
be a member of the cast of Personal
Appearance" at the Olney next week.
Evening star., 1938-08-05
|AnOdd Place
Indeed This
Hollywood
COlumnist Takes a
Kaleidoscope Peep
At the Town.
By HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
~ ALEIDOSCOP1C peep at
Il town built on flickers: BY
N night, one of gayest in world;
a by day, one of most hard
working .. Paradoxically. its inhabi-
tants are movers and yet it is a COM
munity of homes and home-build-
ers . Very few live in apartments
&. And. judging by crowded con-
dition OF its many restaurants, drive
ins and drug store counters, few stay
home to eat :. One subject of con-
versation persists from mountains to
seattle movies :. Beauty parlor
operators and shopkeepers discuss all
scandals, real or imaginary, and by
the amount of hot STUFF passed out
by hairdresser is her popularity
judged.
| Worlds very worst drivers have
possession of streets-and nothings
done about it . Five and six per-
sons killed daily. scores injured q. =.
Native drivers chuckle when they see
motorists stick out hand or wave sig
malt stamps him as out-of-towner
:. -. Feeble safety drives attempted
occasionally by city fathers, but rec
ords seem to show that, every time
one is started, fatalities increase {.
Conditional" drivers licenses grant,
ed many youngsters-which makes $25
vehicle, with questionable Cor no)
brakes, offender in many accidents
q. . Something like 100000 cars in
operation-and at least quarter of
them should be condemned to junk
heap.
Tourist intrigued first of all by
casual stroll down Hollywood boule-
ward. or Sunset . There types bob
up abundantly Men with long
boards homely men and women
49,. plenty of beautiful ones, too
and, strangely, prettiest girls are
those who haven't been able to get
in pictures They're taking up
temporary occupation as mattresses,
clerks, stenographers-any job in
which they may exc out existence
until day Of big break" But lat
ter are getting fewer and fewer
In early morning you may see man
IN full dress waiting for bus to carry
him to studio. There he'll play man
about town in night club sequence
for $3.50 a day BY watching
closely you may even see that gray
haired fellow with long white flowing
beard :. You are told he bathes
beard every night in milk-for it keeps
him working in movies.
Climate, chamber of commerce not
withstanding, is changeable Ma
tives here have never learned how to
dress for sharp shifts in temperature
hence, cold and flu bugs get in
deadly work and upset film shooting
schedules Now experiencing one
of most unusual" summer seasons.
with climate shriekers shouting ex-
cuses for long succession of misty days,
damp nights and mornings with only
brief midday glimpse Of much -fawned-
upon sun.
Twelve months of year, Hollywood is
full of green foliage and flowers
Something like so churches here and
just about as many night clubs At
some of night clubs, you can spend IS
for two sandwiches and two cups of
coffee as you gaze at very bad stage
show; at others, you can get choice
dinners and enjoy splendid entertain.
ment for 81 q person Due to con-
dition Of options, fewer swimming
pools filled this summer But sale
Evening star., 1938-08-05
Producer Gene Ford and Dance Direc-

Producer Gene Ford and Dance Direc-
tor Chester Hale.
With final selections about to be
announced, Mr.. Hale has complied q
List from which his chorus will be
chosen. The prospects: Barbara
Bright, Anita Basher. Virginia Barry,
Ann r. Barford, Maria @. Bunch, Bess
Barnes. Claire Brakeman, Mary Co.
viello, Marguerite Checchia, Maize Col
we'll, Margaret Copeland, Anne Claxton,
Ann Cuptal. Alynne Folder. Eleanor
Flagg. Eileen Gholson. Evelyn Greg
ory. Jeanne Holmes, Barbara Jones,
Dorothy Lineham, Ruth Mccullough,
Iona McNeill. Doris Mcneil. jeanette
Margolis. Frances Miller. Dorothy Nc
Cullough, Helena Raye Nash, Anne
O'Connor, Elizabeth Orr, Kay Reeves,
Genevieve Rogers, Mary Riccardi. Vera
Sturiale, Dorothy Schuarz, Eulalia
Self. Betty Wax, Jane White, Rita
Zuch and Jane zernia.
Evening star., 1938-08-05

HOLLYWOOD has shipped East IN SeVeral
months. BY drenching his story with
q veritable deluge of charm. Mr.. Stahl
completely concealed the fragrance OF
banality it otherwise might have had
Next to Mr.. Stahl, the picture be-
longs to those national idols, Charlie
Mccarthy and Edgar Bergen, who tri-
umph In spite of some stiff compete
ton from such expert talents as those
of Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds,
George Murphy. Ernest Cossart. Ann
Sheridan and several others. The con-
quest is the more interesting in that
Charlie and Mr.. Bergen are competing
against Menjou, who once more is
playing the role of vain and unscru-
pulous roue, and Miss Leeds, who is
back again as the lovely. tragic figure
Of that young actress she played so
splendidly in Stage Door" All the
others, too. including Bergen and Nc
Carthy, are rather wistful, gallant
people of show business living bravely
in a theatrical boarding house. which
Is q kind of footlight club run on
coed basis.
The story introduces Mr. Menjou as
Q great screen lover who has lived so
long on the foolish flattery of his
feminine fans that he cannot find it
in his heart to acknowledge Miss
Leeds as his grown daughter, even
when their constant appearances to-
gether I'm the gossip columns with evil
chatter The situation, which any one
could have corrected in a few even
badly chosen words. results in the
complete bust-up first of Miss Leeds
romance with Hoofer George Murphy,
subsequently in the resounding crash
of her dreams of career on the stage.
1t is all very unreasonable when one
looks back on it, but Mr.. Stahl keeps
one from recognizing that truth too
acutely at the time. That is quality
Of direction which ought to win prizes
and probably will. for the picture
aspires to high place when merits
are being handed out at the end Of the
year.
MR. STAHL has enriched his story
A'A with a whale Of a lot OF incf-
dent and a startling number of char
acters. With reference to the latter,
many Of them seem to have very little
relation to the action OF the film. but
they are all 50 extremely charming
that no one would willingly dispense
with any Of them.
When Letter of Introduction" was
being filmed. there were many tales
Of acrimonious moments between the
director and Charlie Mccarthy. There
is nothing to indicate anything except
Evening star., 1938-08-05

was so entranced with Barrymore's
histrionics he came within range Of
the camera. Don't you think it will
spoil the illusion?" cracked John.
X X ~
Nelson Eddy has caught another
cold and every one on the set OF
"Sweethearts" is pestering him with
that old bromide-"how to cure a cold
in two hours" =. . That Norma Shearer
gag for the role OF Scarlet in Gone
With the Wind" was publicity stunt
nurtured in the fertile brain Of David
Selznick's press agent. Personally I
am so sick and tired Of the subject
that I doubt I will want to see the
picture, when and If 1t is made.
4 X 4 X
Rosalind Russell has made a hit
with the English press by drinking
beer with its members u. And Kay
Francis has gone in for politeness on
the Curtain CALI set. throwing
around lots of Excuse mes and DO
you minds" etc Joan Blondell
is very peeved with her Warner bosses
who will not release her for the Co.
lumbia sequel to her successful
There's Always a Woman" A pity.
because this picture with Melvyn
Douglas was the best Blondell offering
in years.
Mickey Rooney has met his match
in the rotund person of Director Nor
man Taurog. Mickey, showing signs
of letting his recent success enlarge
his headgear. was getting quite die
tatorial on the set of Boys Town"
until Taurog said. Would you like to
sit in my chair?" Mickey, who is a
good kid, quickly came to earth .
Talking about temperament. The
most temperamental-and amusing
person on John Ford's picture. Wood
en- Anchors" is John Ford. On a par
ticularly hot day, when q scene re-
quired the cast to eat beans cooked
by Slim Summerville, Ford made them
do the take" seven times. You
ought to thank me-" said Ford. I've
saved you from buying lunch" May
be-" replied Slim, but you haven't t
saved me tummy ache"
X X
To readers who want to know the
financial status of Jackie Coogan while
awaiting his s4.0o0.000 lawsuit. he
is not exactly starving. Wife Betty
Cradle earns $500 weekly. which she
is very pleased to share with him {.
That reminds me, the attempt Of
Tommy Kelly's father to be appointed
guardian of his sons $200-a-week mo-
vie stipend. is holding up the lads
new contract. His studio wishes only
one guardian-the court Olivia
de Havilland has finally admitted that
she does like Billy Bakewell-a lot.
Her sister, Joan Fontaine, is study
ing the role of Juliet in hopes Of
playing it to Conrad Nagel's Romeo
(for the stage).
Martha Raye will be interested to
know that San Diego sailor was 50
enthralled by her legs in "Give Me q
Sailor" that he is having copy tat
tooed on his chest -. Gregory Raton
Evening star., 1938-08-05

. stage manager. then he co-authored
Broadway" with Abbott. Then he
wrote might Hostess" and since then
has been writing many other hit
dramas
It isn't always In the writing field
that these well-knowns shift. There
is the current movie, "The Amazing
DR.. Clitterhouse," in which Make
Rosenbloom, alleged fighter, appears.
Ten years ago on Broadway there was
terrific upheaval when Jack Demp-
sey and Estelle Taylor appeared in
the play, "Rinsside," and at the same
time there was presented Willard
Keefe's comedy Of Gene Tunney's ca
reer. Celebrity"
Evening star., 1938-08-05

bet Daryl Zanuck that he would shed
80 of his 2l4 pounds while the pro-
ducer was away from Hollywood
I've lost TO- I've another 10 to CO.
but Zanuck is on his way back al
ready" walls Gregory.
tcopyr'sht. 1898. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
Evening star., 1938-08-05

Of Scotch has not fallen of i. :. Which
reminds us of best drunk" story OF
week: Important star imbibed too
freely at cocktail bar. staggered across
street to vacant lot where one Of
guides to the stars homes" conces-
sions holds forth. you know where I
live" muttered actor. drive me home!"
(ccpyrisht. 1888. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1938-08-05

We will work this
out If there is
anything to work
out"
+ X 4 +
John B a rry v
more still reads
his lines of a
blackboard and,
because his eye
sight Is not as
good as it was. a
particularly large
b lac k b oard is
necessary. Dur
ing on e recent
take" the man
holding the board
Evening star., 1938-08-05
Hale Set to Choose
Native Chorus.

TALENT available for this years
edition Of the Going Native
revue is the most promising ever audi
toned for this annual stage presenta.
ton at Loew's Capitol, according tc
Evening star., 1938-08-05
Engineers Control Rivers.

To convert 250,00 acres Of desert
land into fruit and vegetable gardens,
French engineers are controlling rivers
In Algeria and have completed three
dams and started Vork On six othses.
Evening star., 1938-08-05
Top Producers Have Come
From Many Varied Fields
BY MARK BARRON.
Associated Press stan Writer.
NEW YORK.


ROADWAY like Wall street and all other streets Of
portunty. surviving
/ \ 8 ample
- Dwight be-
he shows II
Evening star., 1938-08-05
Powell's Servants Live
On $4,000 Budget
Tone Warns Concerned Friends To
Let Them Work Out Reconciliation
If fAny-Alone.
By SHEILAH GRAHAM.

oYwooD Aug (NANA)-Dck Powell tells me his servants
him people who could
kind The two white haired
Garfield
making Star
interfering
Evening star., 1938-08-05
New Keith Film Among Best
OF Movies Recent Products
Charlie Mccarthy Steals Stahl Picture
From One of Best Casts Possible.
Simple Story Brightly Told.
By JAY CARMODY.

JOHN sTAHI who directs pictures for Universal Studios
M his miracles Letter Of Intro
|vI opened yesterday Keths Taking the
bits Of entertainment
Evening star., 1938-08-05
Mouse Holds Up Traffic.

MOUSE dol0S up franc.
Running to and fro in the street.
q mouse held up long line Of traf1ic
in Newquay, England.
Evening star., 1938-08-05

Enrol Flynn little more tractable (.
folk have been trying to reconcile Joan
Crawford and Franchot Tone. but
Franchot says: Please leave us alone.
Evening star., 1938-08-05

Martha Raye will be interested to
know that San Diego sailor was 50
enthralled by her legs in "Give Me q
Sailor" that he is having copy tat
tooed on his chest :. Gregory Ratod
Evening star., 1938-08-05

, ALE1DOSCOP1C peep at
town built on flickers: BY
. night, one of gayest in world;
n hv dov ono of n,oSt hard.
Evening star., 1938-03-12
COLLEGE CAGE|MEN
|NRUNNER-UP T|LTS
Eastern Conference, League
Positions Are Due to Be
Settled Tonight.
BY the Associated Press


NEW YORK, March l2.-Organized
Eastern college basket ball winds up
tonight with five teams battling for
second place in the Eastern Intercol-
legiate League. and Pittsburgh favored
to finish in tie for runner-up honors
in the Eastern Conference
The championships have long since
been settled. with Dartmouth's In
dians winning their first league crown
in 10 years. and Temples big Owls
breezing in with the conference laurels.
Three teams. Harvard, Cornell and
Pennsylvania, are deadlocked in second
place in the league, each with six vic
tories and five defeats, while Columbia
and Princetons Tigers are only half
game behind, with five wins and half a
dozen losses.
If things break right on tonfght's
three-game final program, all five of
them will finish in mass deadlock,
but the chances are Harvard and Penn
will be in front of the others when it's
all over.
Pittsburgh, the Eastern Conferences S
late starter and late finisher, ends it
all at Morgantown against West Vir-
ginia's weak Mountaineers. Pitt now
has record of five victories and four
defeats, while Penn State, in second
place. has won six and lost four A
victory for the Panthers tonight-and
that appears to be dead cinch. since
West Virginia has won only one Of
nine conference games-will put Pitt
and State into a final second-place
deadlock
Evening star., 1938-03-12
No Bully Says Ross in Picking Fight With Smaller Armstrong
Betliesda-Che Chase Fiue
Sparkles in S. Il. Meet While
St. Johns Drops Out of Play

sought to Offset the Johnnies' erratic
first half play in the final half, but
his mates. with the possible exception
Of Jim Giebel. never fully stirred from
their lethargy until the waning mo-
ments Of the game. Not until all but
2Ia minutes Of the game had elapsed
did st. Johns narrow Due Vests gap,
but the field goals by Jimmy Mulvihill
and Gallagher then served only to melt
the margin to more respectable bounds.
Due West, a team culled from a
school Of so students and hailing from
a town whose population Is 500, has
been South Carolina scholastic cham
pion for four years. during which time
1t has lost only of SO games.
Despite its impressive record Due
West entered the game decided
underdog on the basis Of its mediocre
opening-game showing, but immedi-
ately shed its raggedness Of the pre-
vlous evening once in action against
the JohnnieS. Coaches and tourney
officials had rated st. Johns at least
20 points better than Due West and
the scant betting was predicated on
that figure
Due West hoped into a 1913 lead
by the end OF the first period and
clung tenaciously to that gap until
st. johns in-fated squirt. 1t was
stubby-haired Hazel Long who engi-
neered the South Carolinians into
that lead and it chiefly was his talented
work, coupled with ST. Johns general
inef1ectiveness. that kept them there
Evening star., 1938-03-12
D. C. HIGH SCHOOLS
DROP SWIM MEETS
Wilson Gives Baltimore c. c
Brisk Brush, but Baltimore
POLY SWamps Western.

Two of Washington's high school
swimming teams were defeated in
Baltimore last night, Woodrow Wilson
losing to Baltimore City College, 1927,
and Western being swamped by Balti-
more Poly. 43-23
Wilson gave indications of winning
up to the fifth event, but at that point
City College overcame a lead to as
sumo an advantage which it never
lost.
Summaries:
wilson,; second, Rundell Polytechnic, !;
third third. Kosky fPolytechnic), Time 2o's
100-vard backstroke-Won by shure
son1 third: Sutherland 1a lWoodrow Wilson,.
--i0o-yard free style-Won by Bridges
Won rd sasSefand sasSed 9ayS VIZ
twoodroW wilson,; second. seitz WOOD
Time ! minute S 90, Seconds n
bps pis W1oa1v (PS:ssb %scn
Time . minutes 53ss seconds
pivins-Won BY Dow (Polyteehntc) sec
BORG Soraer woodrow Wilson,. Points 56,s.
12O-yard medlev-Won by Woodrow
M1n19e wlSSn ,iSa PAYS sseo1Ss Kyan' MilleF Time
!McGinn kesky NovsE. Bridees5. Time,
l minutes 25as seconds.
cg a9ysrd aecoaa WEBSTER By ct FB4d
Fleming (Western High. Time, 2oss sec
clymons tcity5: seeond. steedman '3cits5;
third. Cuniberti western High. Time,
22O-yard free style--Won by Tansay
western High; second, Conner (City):
third, Guertier (City). Time. minues
western Hish5: second. Poole CITY;
Ioo-yard free style-won by 1emly
western High; second. McLay City:
third. Neukum (City). Time. 1 minute
Divins@won by Russell tcity): second,
KisSH Kravetz p,iSt iiCtity) third Tate twestern
12O-yard medley-Won by Western High
Gray. Cuniberti, Lemly). Time, 1 minute
16o;yard reIay-Won by City, webster.
Henneberger,. McLay.- McCormick). Time,
l minute 25as seconds
Evening star., 1938-03-12
SAFEWAYS PR|MED
FOR BASKET SCRAP
Denver Champions Look for
Toughest Battling in
A. A. u. Meet History.
BY the Associated Press.

by tHe associated PreSS.
DENVER, March 12.-The biggest
national A. A. U. basket ball tourna-
ment ever held in high altitude Denver
opens its long grind tomorrow-and it
will find the national champion, Safe
ways. ready.
We're all set" said Everett Shelton.
who coached Denver to the title in his
first year here, as he scanned today
the entry list of 55 teams for the 31st
renewal of basket balls No. show.
Fastest Field Of Tourney.
Shelton said the tournament not
only would be the largest of the four
held In Denver but also will boast
perhaps the fastest field in A. A. U.
cage history because big league"
basket ball requires more talent, speed
and "savvy' than it ever did before.
The previous high mark for entries
since the tournament came to Denver
in 1885 was 54 teams two years ago.
twenty-five States are represented in
the coming marathon, and Al of the
IS teams are from outside Colorado.
Heavy Schedule Planned.
Because of the large field, 80 games
will be played inahree days to cut the
entries to Is teams for Wednesdays
third round.
The Sideways will have virtually
the same team as last year. with a
trio of all-Americas in Jack Nc
Cracken, 6-foot-8-inch Bob Gruenig
and Jack Colvin. They have added a
star freshman" lin Ralph Bishop,
former University of Washington
athlete.
Evening star., 1938-03-12
Monroe Trims St. Johns.

Meanwhile, disappointed st. Johns
players and stable contingent of fol-
lowers headed homeward following q
dismal performance in losing to Mon
roe Aggies, 1927. The Johnnies never
clicked as in previous games this sea-
son and suffered their third loss in
p engagements.
Bethesda gained the final round by
spanking Staunton Military Academy,
1928. with an attack that distributed
points rather evenly among starting
players and a zone defense that be-
fuddled the Staunton dribblers COM
pletely. Semi-finalist in the recent
Evening Star metropolitan Washing
ton tourney, Bethesda entered its
game with Due West no worse than
an even choice on the strength of its
showing in two games here, and had
something in common with Due West
in that they have been the only school,
boy teams to defeat St. Johns this
year.
The Leland outfit grasped an i'm
pressive lead midway in the second
period and Rugged that margin over
the distance. Bill Fuller, chunky
guard, sent Bethesda into a 1919 lead
at that point with a field goal and
three successive fouls and Staunton
never recovered.