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Evening star., 1938-04-18
Valentino Picture
StaVs at Little.

MAYBE it is the exception which
Avn proves the rule. but one of the
adages of show business, 60 away
six months and they forget you" Ger
tainly hasn't held this last week. It
has been long time since Rudolph
Valentino stepped before a movie cam
era. For many years he has not been
with us, but his name still lives. It
lives and it still has the power to draw
crowds, power enough, in fact, that
THE Son of the Shiek," the swan
song Mr.. Valentino wrote to his film
career a dozen years ago. has been
held over for second week of its
revival at the Little.
Those who remember Rudy are no
doubt exceedingly grateful for this op-
portunity to see him once again in
action, ranging the desert astride a
spirited charger to carry off the girl
he loved, for his personality still
breathes the same vitality from the
screen these II years later as it did
back in 1926. And those who do not
recall Rudy will be gratified and pos
sibly surprised to learn he was none
of your pretty boys getting by on his
''yumph," but that he also could we'll
cope with the acting problems of the
silent cinema.
As for The Son OF the Shiek" itself,
it may be packed with the breathless
action and the techniques Of the silent
days, but it is one Of the better items
of its vintage, which is not so bad.
H. M.
Evening star., 1938-04-18
The Mikado' Opens
Fortnight of Operas.

"THE MIKADO" is tonight's attrac-
ton at the Rialto Theater, begin
ming the series Of six of the most pop
ular Of the Gilbert and Sullivan
operas to be presented by J. Franklyn
Viola.
Tomorrow night 1.-THE Mikado" will
also be seen, to be followed ensuing
nights for the next two weeks by
Pirates of Penzance," III. M. S. Pima
fore" Trial by Jury" "Iolanthe" and
The Gondoliers"
Featured in the cast are Frank
Moulan, William Danforth, Kathryn
Reece, James Montgomery, Anne Yago,
Dean Dickens, Detmar Poppen. John
Eaton, Bertram Peacock, Elsie Thiede,
Harrison Fuller, Frances Baviello,
Eleanor Gilmore and the choral en-
semble of 40 voices made famous by
the late Milton Aborn.
Staged by Mr.. Moulan, the entire
production is under the supervision
of David Niles, New York stage direc-
tor. Max Fichandler is the musical
director.
Evening star., 1938-04-18
.BeethOven's
Life Makes
Fine Film
Belasco Picture
Is Dramatic
Biography.

"HE tragic life OF Ludwig Won
Beethoven has given the
French material for another
Il memorable motion picture.
"The Life and Loves of Beethoven" i"
which opened yesterday at the Be-
lasco Theater, is stirring cinema
portrait, one which almost tears your
heart out at times with its story Of
great man who knew no peace in
this world.
Beethoven's life certainly does not
present a cheerful picture. He knew
ecstacies, perhaps, but hard upon
them always came sorrows. Even the
great music he composed provided no
escape for his soul from the vagaries
Of fate which bore him down.
The new French picture takes up
his life when the Iuliette for whom
he bears an eternal love tells him
there is another name on the tip Of
her heart. Beethoven's Moonlight
Sonata" dedicated to brief hour
Of utter happiness, ends on a note Of
complete despair. Deafness adds its
heavy hand to his already tragic life.
Harry Baur's portrait Of Beethoven
adds immeasurably to the impact Of
the story, gives it integrity and
warmth of life. Always you believe
what Mr.. Baur does in front of a
camera and here he has added an
other masterpiece to his gallery, q
portrayal which brings the COM
poser to life and makes you feel
deeply all the tragedy that was his.
THE Life and Loves of Beethoven"
Is a tragic film, to be sure, but it is
not q somber one. 1t is lightened
now and then by natural surface
humor and there's priceless moment,
which should bring great glee to the
hearts Of the sardonic, when Bee
thoven locks himself in the organ loft
Of the cathedral to play funereal mu-
sic at the wedding of the girl he loved.
The picture Is borne up, too by the
exultation of the great music in
which Beethoven sought the solace
he never found-"Moonlight Sonata" I"
the third, fifth and seventh SYM
phonies-all employed as a back
ground keyed beautifully to the mo-
ments when it is used.
Evening star., 1938-04-18
Little Orphan Annie
Comes to Screen.

PARAMOUNT has completed plans
to bring to the screen Little Or
phan Annie. Detective" it has been
announced by William LIE Baron.
managing director Of production.
Based on the popular cartoon strip
by Harold Gray, which appears in
The Star, the film is scheduled for
early production and will be shown
in theaters throughout the country
this summer.
An intensive campaign Is already
under way to find child actress for
the title role, and several Of Holly.
woods most prominent juveniles are
now being tested.
A recent survey conducted by For
tune Magazine revealed that 51.4 per
cent Of the adults have favorite
comic strip. Gray's character, Little
Orphan Annie" heads the, list by q
wide margin.
Evening star., 1938-04-18
Children Treated
To Egg Hunt.

CHIL rem of Prince Georges
~ County were to be treated to their
third annual Easter egg hunt this
morning at 10 o'clock at Magruder
Park, Hyattsville, by Sidney B. Lust,
theater operator, in cooperation with
the Kiwanis Club of the county.
More than 5000 kiddies were ex-
pected to scramble in the woods back
of the park for the 1000 boiled and
dyed eggs, $50 Of which will net their
finders cash prizes.
Following the hunt, there was to
be an entertainment program, con-
tests, foot races and various stunts.
Evening star., 1938-04-18

4OA Vic AAAOAAACA4Os
Which brings us to the children,
specifically to the children Of Rose
Robson Cohen's Children's Studio OF
Drama, who are busily engaged now
with their production Of peter Pan"
The ever-popular play is to be pre-
sented at Roosevelt High School
April 80 at 3 o'clock and May at
o'clock, for the benefit of the
Langdon School for Crippled Chill
dren. There's going to be no sissy
make-believe about the fighting be-
tween Peter and Captain Hook,
either, because they and all the lost
boys" and pirates" are being trained
in the business Of fencing by Maj
E. L. Dyer, who knows what fencing
Is all about.
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NOV to bit of business for local
players and not playgoers.
There will be tryouts tonight at
BIS at Pierce Hall for the Pierce Hall
Players final production of the cur
rent season, Leslie Howard's comedy,
Murray Hill" Howard Wentworth
is back at the directorial reins and
the play is slated for presentation
May IL and IL.
The Roadside Theater will have
open tryouts Wednesday and Thurs
day nights at the Rialto Theater.
You 60 in the front door of the
theater. make sharp left turn at
TIN first door, or else you'll find your
seH inside looking at Gilbert and
Sullivan operettas instead Of on the
second floor at the studio where the
tryouts will be. These, incidentally,
will be the Roadside's only tryouts
for the season
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NEXT comes the F.. B. I. Players
production, because we know
exactly where we want to stand with
that outfit. The other day the phone
rang and a voice announced: This
is the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion'-and it took three strong men,
using blond for bait, to lure us out
Of the bottom drawer of the filing
cabinet where we took refuge. How
did We know that the voice just
Evening star., 1938-04-18
Local Drama Groups
Children's Studio Players to Stage
Peter Pan for Charity.
BY HARRY MACARTHUR,

TO considerable activity the ranks Of epns
children gone
well there portrait Of Dorothy Hair
the Players production
Evening star., 1938-04-18
Film Company Undaunted
BY Specters of Times
Paramount Promises 81 Bigger, Better
Pictures and Hang the Cost.
MIR. Havrilla in Town.
By JAY CARMODY.

IL this chatter aoou HOLLYWOOD should not keep you
~ which comparative
a
Evening star., 1938-04-18

of the Shoreham ring with assurance
that Paramount was going right
ahead making bigger and better pic
lures this year: So features exclusive
of speaker. He says things quietly
AgneW did not make the walls of the
hotel ring Is that he is not that kind
OF speaker. He says things quietly
but gets a lot more emphasis than
most persons achieve with stentorian
tones and pounding on tables.
Paramount, Mr.. Agnew made 1t
clear, is not afraid. Instead of being
wistful about the harshness" of the
times, and Wishful for better ones,
the company will continue to spend
as much money as is necessary to
make good pictures. One OF them,
about which there was much talk,
was Union Pacific" a sort of SEQUEL
TO Wells Fargo" with which Para
mount did so we'll recently. It is an
epic thing, tale Of the Vests OPEN
ing and the drama of transportation
1t is to have the directorial wisdom
OF Cecil B. De Mile, who always thinks
In SeVen-hgure terms when it comes
to picture costs and who never vet
has been unable to show Paramount
how smart it was to spend on that
scale.
Another director who has been
given his head and Paramount's purse
to turn out something big is William
Wellman. Wild Bill is letting his
genius flow unrestrainedly over a
number called Men With Wings,
which the company's executives want
every one to know will be something
Those are samples of what Mr.. AgneW
was talking about.
X X X K
You have to be mighty careful in
this world when it comes to talk
Ing about studio plans. 1t is impera-
tive to stick right to the record or
you may find yourself in hot water
practically boiling. That is because
II you stand up and say the company
Evening star., 1938-04-18
Cheryl Walker Gets
Air Film Role.

CHERYL WALKER, queen of Pasa-
dena's forty-ninth annual Tour
nament Of Roses, recently placed un-
der contract to Paramount Studio, has
been selected for one of the feminine
leads in Paramount's technicolor epic
Of the air, Men With Wings"
The young actress will portray the
role Of Patricia Falconer in Men
With Wings" daughter of Fred Mac
Murray and Louise Campbell, who
head the cast Of the important pro-
duction.
Evening star., 1938-04-18
Henry Fonda Cast
In Rigaud Role.

HENRY FONDA has been selected
to replace Georges Rigaud in
Paramount's Spawn of the North"
The company withdrew Rigaud from
the cast after deciding to co-star him
with Olympic Bradna in "Air Raid" p"
which will 60 before the cameras in
few weeks with Robert Florey di-
recting.
Evening star., 1938-04-18
Lead for Rains.

CLAUDE RAINS has been assigned
to the leading role in My Coun-
try First" Warner Bros forthcoming
patriotic drama to be based on the
life OF Haym Solomon, leading finan-
cier OF Colonial days who played an
important part in the financing of the
American Revolution,
Evening star., 1938-12-04

should attack any but sanity gov
eminent becomes automatically i'm
possible. And that England and
France should stand by allowing the
attack, placing the welfare of their
own people before that of the people
of other nations, is the blackest
treachery.
Well, Hollywood makes our ideals.
What would you expect? The re-
viewer, for her part, kept wonder
ing during the Czechoslovak affair
why it was that we were so shocked.
When has Europe been free Of the
practice of grabbing the neighbors'
territory? Throughout the last CEN
tury Germany grabbed in quite a
mastery manner from Denmark,
Austria and France; Austria grabbed,
unabaShed, all the Balkan countries
she could hold; Russia grabbed to
the north until her boundary locked
like the mumps; England grabbed
in Africa and France undertook to
grab the whole European continent
in the name of the liberation of the
people from tyrants. Why should We
expect different kind of conduct
from Europe today? Virtue cannot
so inoculate their old stock but they
shall relish it, Let America look to
herself. Hollywood may not be
the very best school for statesmen,
after all.
Evening star., 1938-12-04

an Interpretation of the complexities
of recent Cuban politics.
Bermuda in Three Colors," by
Carveth Wells, was written to pro-
vide book to "be read in a few
hours on board ship" It gives
briefly history and description of
the islands, and an inspirational
chapter on exploration by bicycle, all
pleasantly mixed with Mr.. Wells
personal adventures.
"The Magic Island" by William B.
Seabrook. is primarily an engrossing
study Of voodooism and of primitive
superstitions in Haiti. There are
kindly and humorous anecdotes of
the upperclass blacks and an ac-
count of visit to the white King
of La Gonave" Written during the
occupation of the island by the
United States marines, there are
brief comments on the results they
accomplished.
Hamilton Cochran's "These Are the
Virgin Islands" is breezy book for
adventure lovers. Much of the text
discusses buried treasure, the lairs
Of pirates and the slave revolts in
the islands.
Lafcadio Hearn's 1.-TWO Years in
the French West Indies" was first
published in 1890. Because of its
literary charm and its word pictures
Of the brilliant tropical scene it still
finds enthusiastic readers.
The well-known Spanish proverb,
''He WHO would bring home the
wealth of the Indies must carry the
wealth of the Indies with him." was
interpreted by Samuel Johnson, $50
it is in travelling: a man must carry
knowledge with him, if he would
bring home knowledge"
Hence the Public Library welcomes
opportunities to assist readers with
prospective tours. It prepares read
ing lists and furnishes books, maps
and travel folders on popular tourist
centers both in this country and
abroad. Whether the objective is
Florida or the Gaspe, Guatemala or
Alaska, resorts for winter sports in
New England or Switzerland, such
vacationing will be the more enjoy
able by preliminary reading at the
Public Library.
Evening star., 1938-12-04
Public Library Recommends
Books on Caribbean

There is fashion in travel. Added
interest in the Western Hemisphere
and unsettled political conditions in
Europe have helped to make the
Caribbean cruise the mode of today
and probably Of tomorrow. In this
West Indies playground are found
places of Old World charm-replicas
Of trim English villages and Of the
canals of Holland, together with
savage inheritances that have been
passed down from the jungles of
Africa. A few of the books that.may
be found in the Public Library, and
that should be useful In bringing
added pleasure and appreciation to
the journey, follow.
George w. Seaton's Lets Go to
the West Indies" is helpful volume
by a cruise conductor for the traveller
in the Caribbean. Here are found
suggestions on what to do in the
various ports, what to see and what
to buy to the best advantage. For
those who are planning their own
cruise there Is also many a valuable
suggestion.
John w. Vandercook's "Caribbee
Cruise" is another worth while guide.
It discusses the history and the dis
tinctive features of the islands and
their towns. A book by the same
author, Discover Puerto Rico,' is to
be published in December and will
be purchased by the library.
A friendly Informative guide,
written by one who has lived in some
of the places Of which she writes, is
Eleanor Early's Ports of the Sun"
In this spritely book are found the
history, geography and legends of
the West Indian region.
Charles B. Palmer's "West Indian
Odyssey, the complete guide to the
islands Of the Caribbean" is well ar
ranged for easy consultation. It has
material that will be of interest to
the flreside traveller and the pros
pective resident as well as to the
tourist.
There are also books in abundance
on the larger islands of the archi-
pelago. Hudson Strobe has given an
interesting social and political his
tory Of Cuba from 1892 to the pres
ent In his Pageant of Cuba" It
relates the principal events and gives
Evening star., 1938-12-04
WEEKS 10 BEST SELLERS IN
. OTHER CITIES.
ROStOn-

Boston.
Fiction-"All This and Heaven
Too" Rachel Field; "Rebecca, :"
Daphne du Maurier; 1.-The Year
ling" Marjorie Kinnan Rawl-
ings; "And Tell of Time" Laura
Krey; "Wisdom's Gate" Mar
garet Aver Barnes.
Non-fiction - "B en- a m 1 n
Franklin" Carl Van .Doren:
with Malice Toward Some"
Margaret Halsey; Listen, the
Wind" Anne Morrow Lind
bergh; Alone" Richard E.
Byrd; Fancy This" Jack Frost.
Chicago.
Fiction-"All This and Heaven
Too" "aebecca," my Son, My
Son." Howard Spring; "The
Yearling," "Wisdom's Gate"
Non-flction-"Alone," Listen,
the Wind" with Malice Toward
Some" Benjamin Franklin"
1ne horse ana Buggy Doctor, !"
Arthur E. Hertzler.
New York.
Fiction-"All This and Heaven
Too" "Rebecca," THE Year
ling" my Son, My Son." TAe
Citadel" A. j. Cronin.
+ Non-flction - Listen, the
Wind" With Malice Toward
Some" "The Horse and Buggy
Doctor" Benjamin Franklin"
San Francisco.
Fiction-"Rebecca," "All This
and Heaven Too" Journey of
Tapiola," Robert Nathan; THE
Dynasty Of DEATH" Taylor
Caldwell; Mans Hope" Andre
Malraux.
Non-flction Listen, the
Wind" Benjamin Franklin" :"
Science for the Citizen" Lance
lot Hogben; The Notebooks of
Leonardo da Vinci," with
Malice Toward Some"
(Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1938-12-04
BEST SELLERS IN
WASHINGTON, WEEK
ENDING DECEMBER !, 1888.

BEST SELLERS IN
WASHINGTON, WEEK
ENDING DECEMBER l, 1888.
Fiction.
RECECCA. du Maurier. Double
day, Doran.
BAKERS DOZEN. Norris.
Doubleday. Doran.
THE WAYFARER;, sesfert.
Mill.
THE YOUNG IN HEART.
Wyne. Triangle Books.
YOUNG DOCTOR GALAHAD.
Seifert. Dodd Mead.
THE YEARLING. rawlings.
Scribner.
Non-Fictjon.
LISTEN THE WIND. Lind
bergh. Harcourt Brace.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Van
Doran. Viking.
SUCH SWEET CONFUSION.
Farrar. Greystone Press.
WITH MALICE TOWARD
SOME. Halsay. Simon &
Schuster.
THE RAMPARTS WE WATCH.
Eliot. Reynal a. Hitchcock.
QUEEN VICTORIA'S DAUGH-
TERS. Benson. Appleton
Century.
Evening star., 1938-12-04

Eliot. sReynal a. Hitchcock.
QUEEN VICTORIA'S DAUGH-
TERS. Benson. Appleton
Century.
had best stick to his own particular
last.
Mr.. Barry's very idea is theatrical
He has a group of vaudeville per-
formers meet after their show and
under the influence of one who per-
sonifies Evil, disclose their private
unhappinesses. One who personifles
Good then takes over and tries, by
the sacrifice of his own life, to JUS
tify Gods ways to man. There is q
fight of stairs at the back of the
room and trap door In the floor
At the end the good man climbs up
and the bad one climbs down and all
you need is the curtain falling. You
can positively hear the audience
beginning to rustic around in search
for its wraps. But, though it might
be good play, it is not even a mod
erately good novel. Set down in cold
print, Mr.. Barry's symbolisms are
dead. They make all too obvious
reading.
IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM. BY
Kenneth Koran. Garden City:
Doubleday Doran.
The reviewer was under the i'm
preston, as she read the first several
pages of this book, that it was a
satire. It purports to be the diary
of a lady-novelist- -housekeeper, one
Of those indefatigable women who
run a home, family and husband
have job, write a brilliant prize
winning novel and bring devastation
to the hearts of their male acquaint-
ances, all without effort, all in the
spirit of wlimsy-whimsy -whimsy
and understanding mother.
to = the great big foolish -lovable-
world.
Well as said, the reviewer thought
that Mrs. Horan was satirizing the
type in this novel of hers, for hel
lady's diary was so desperately
whimsical, SO appallingly SNUG and
dull, that 1t did not seem possible
that she could be playing it straight
But straight it is! The humor is
there, and in plenty. but not where
Mrs. Koran thinks it is.
Well, it putters along. The lady.
novelist mother -Wife-superior has
the usual frenzy to make matches
A sister-in-law has divorced hel
husband and still loves him. Alas
it was all a Great Big Misunder.
standing. So that is the plot Com.
plicated by asides on the cook, the
garden, the kids, the husband, the
neighbors, the dogs and so on. We
are asked to believe that the lady
herself wrote a fine book. The re.
viewer surmises, unkindly, that il
was very much like IT'S Not My
Problem"
TO THE MARKET PLACE. BY
Berry Fleming. New York: Har-
court, Brace & Co.
Mr.. Fleming has written here a
long story about eager Young people
from everywhere who went to New
York during the boom years of the
20s. They went to find careers and
happiness, and they remained to be-
come hopelessly homesick and con-
fused. They found their problem
not so much making a new home as
shedding the old one The heroine
OF this story never went back, but
she never found an adequate substi-
tute for home ties and responsible
ties: The young artist she. loved
went back and sank into the COM
monplaceness of the family business
There are some amusing and pro-
vocative things in ITO the Market
Place." but it is overlong, repetitious
and burdened with people and in
cidents who have no connection with
the main idea of the book. Its plot
is merely conventional; the telling
of it only more so. E.T.
Evening star., 1938-12-04

Radio-telephone service between
Shanghai and Japanese cities-sus-
pended for more than a year-are
now being resumed.
The Washington times., 1938-10-20
Can't Take 1t
Holds Over

"You Can't Take It With
You" will continue for a Sec
ond week at Warner Bros,
Metropolitan Theater. and for
it's fourth week downtown.
This Frank Capra production
for Columbia Pictures has
proved to be one of the most
outstanding successes of the new
motion picture season. While
WaShingtonians who did not
see the picture at the Earle
have been attending the Metro
politan during the past week.
the audiences also have been
Swelled by many who want to
see the picture for a second or
third time.
Jean Arthur, Lionel Barry
more, James Stewart, Edward
Arnold, Mishca Auer, Donald
Meek, Spring Byington, Halli-
well Hobbies, Samuel S. Kinds,
Ann Miller and Dub Taylor are
included in the cast of you
Can't Take It With You"
Success of this picture makes
necessary postponement of the
Metropolitan showing Of Little
Women" This famous Rather
inc Hepburn production reis-
sued by the RKO Radio Studios
in response to public demand.
The Washington times., 1938-10-20
By ED SULLIVAN
The ReOieuUing Stand
Hollywood, Oct. 20.

Hollywood, Oct. 20.
There actor in vaudeville used make his entrance
barrels racket died down. he lean
fooghs audience: You won't sleep while
yourself Hollywood isn't placing itself the position of
vaudeville actor Instead of
large doses Of sound and fury
discharge that dslodged mountains hills well
pants Theater AS if that not
enough the sound engineers wndsorm
that gamut pla1nve
whine the Wndorm kill off Anna
bella and add to the plot complications that harassed
Tyrone Power.
Reasonably of the
track will had the earthquake in San Fran
csco Godwn topped that With the hrcan from the picture Of
the the radio would phrase It, lanuck
with his back the wall the face of these two detonaon
sponsored fire Chicago added cattle
pede the acoustics thought that the limit noise had
the slide in Spawn of the North zanuck turns
around and incorporates mountain blasting wndstorm
"Suez" What next? What next?
gotten stage isn't
safe theae He his money sits himself down
ortaby and immeda ely his toupee blown off his skull by
hair out of theater totally deaf result of tie
sound effects that at that drama entertain
ment I'll eat it. Hollywood has sound effect crazy
have been quiet passages "A the Western Front
reached butterfly from barbed
the delicate symbolism OF the scene touched the world In LDsch
picture boys marching flags flying bands playing
but the became memorable LbSch photographed
through the rutcheS had returned from the
CaVacade the ecSatc their honeymoon
pness away ship you
instant Titanic printed the life In One Way Pas
Sage two champagne glasses touched and shattered Tia
100 Girl" thrilled
showed the hands of Skowsh beginning move and
that he'd lead the unemployed musicians.