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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31

He is so calm, so poised, with
such keen, yet placid eyes, that
when he offered to take us up,
the next time he is here, we
very confidently said Eyes" Ar
thur Godfrey discovered that
yesterday was Mrs. Chamber
Inns birthday, so everybody had
to say q little toast for her.
There were three very smart
costumes there. One Mrs. Cham
berlin wore was a swagger top
coat, then a short coat of pin
stripe and a solid black skirt;
Mrs. Nelson Jeffress wore a tiny
blue hat, a blue frock of light
wool and a bolero jacket of dusty
rose, clipped on the shoulder
with a square diamond pin; and
Mrs. Paul Porter was in a severe
tailored suit Of black worn with
a demure blouse and wee
brimmed hat.
DETSY LYON, daughter Of
- DR.. and Mrs. James Lyon,
is a real executive, even at her
youthful age. Recently she or
ganized and gave a play, at the
Lyon country place, Glenview
Farm, with the proceeds, which
amounted to $3.50, going to
sweet charity.
The conservatory was used
for the stage ane the youngsters,
instead Of having scenery, used
folding screens, decorated with
fresh flowers Of varying colorS.
The play they gave (BetSy's club
were the rest of the cast was
translated From the Russian and
several of the songs in it were
sung in Russian. And-Tatiana
Gnoochff, who really can dance
-did-beautifully.
DIAMOND AND MILDRED
~ HOOVER are just back
from a cruise to South America,
aboard the Aquitania, and had
a small cocktail party to see
their friends, very promptly on
their 1eturn. Mildred Hoover,
whose brother and sister-in-law
live in Rio de Janeiro, was
recounting her experiences in
trying to be helpful to the same
brother and sister-in-law.
It seems that the three things
they wanted Mildred to bring
them were aspirin, maple strip
and canned SauSageS - all in
large quantities. This Mildred
did, but had no space for these
articles except in her trunk. So
she spent the entire time on the
boat worrying about the condi-
ton of her clothes should the
Sirup or the sausage spring a
leak before Rio was reached.
To hear Mildred rave about
the harbor at Rio is to want i'm
mediately to go there. 1t is the
custom for everyone on boat to
rise at the break Of day, the
early morning when they enter
the Rio harbor. and go on deck
to see 1t. Nobody dresses and
lounging robes, bathrobes and
pajamas are the order of the
morning.
MRS. KENNETH MURRAY
4V1 (Marjorie), who has been in
Florida nearly three months, is
back and as tanned as mahog-
any. Marjorie, who has the pref.
tiest legs and ankles, doesn't
have to worry about the stocking
problem just now, for she has
discarded them in favor of her
own deep tan.
HARRISH GASSAWAY, Of
VI Wilmington, Del, who is a
great friend of Florence and
Foster Hart, and a charming
person himself, is so identically
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31
McAdoo PARTY

Senator and Mrs. William
Gibbs McAdoo will give their
annual April Fools Day party in
the Supper Room at the Shore
ham on Friday night. To the
select list of guests invited, the
McAdoo party is the subject of
much speculation before the
occasion, as both of the hosts
have imagination and impart
originality to each of their
parties. This will oe the third
successive year that they have
entertained on April /.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31
Senator Tells
Of Wedding

Senator and Mrs. Vandenberg
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Elizabeth, to Edward
Pfeiffer, of New York. The
ceremony was performed Tues
day evening, in New York City,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Pfeiffer left
Immediately for Bermuda.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31

tomorrow =. yours truly, who
has been only bird in a quilted
cage may once again resume
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31
DR.. Stewart Feted

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Essex
entertained at a dinner party
last night in honor Of Mrs. ES-
sex's brother, DIR. Harold j. Stew
art, formerly heart specialist at
Johns Hopkins Hospital. On
Friday another sister Of DR..
Stewart, DR.. margaret M. Stew
art, will entertain at a dinner
party. On Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Essex will entertain again at a
cocktail party from 5 until z
o'clock.
X X X
Senator and Mrs. James H.
Hughes, OF Delaware, have as
their guests at the Mayflower
Mrs. Harry S. Troxell, of Balti-
more, Md; Mrs. John Patrick
Martin, of Camden, Del, daugh-
ter of Senator and Mrs. Hughes,
is also visiting them at the hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31

NINE. BASIL DE ToUToRsKY not only has glamorOus
collection of costumes but has designed most of them her
try gathering impressions of the native garb Of each state
She has Is costumes in with the number
of states Nine de Toutorsky pictured above in the color
is filled with all kinds of fowersgardenas and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31
Closes Are
Dinner Hosts

The Minister of South Africa
and Mrs. Ralph William Close
entertained at dinner last eve
ming at the legation on Massar
chusettS Avenue.
Their guests included Justice
and Mrs. Stanley Reed, the Sec
rotary of Commerce and Mrs.
Daniel c. Roper, Senator and
Mrs. Robert Buckley, the Min
lister of Denmark and Nine.
Wadsted, the Minister Of Siam
and Nine. Rajamaitri, Admiral
and Mrs. Adolphus Andrews,
Rear Admiral H. H. Christy,
Capt. and Mrs. Lamar Leahy.
the Air Attache of the British
Embassy and Mrs. G. c. Pirie,
Philip Broadmead, first secre-
tary of the British embassy;
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Wallace Demp-
sey, Miss Eunice Wilson, daugh.
ter of Capt. Russell Wilson,
naval and air attache Of the
American embassy in London:
Miss Hawkins, also a visitor
from London; Mrs. Wilfred
Mann, daughter Of the hosts,
and Robert Webster, secretary
of the South African legation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-03-31
Capt. and Mrs. Bradley Plan
Dinner Party to Precede
Gala British Ball
By Carolyn Bell

Masses of golden daffodils plucked
from the British Embassy gardens-and
they boast the biggest and best blooms in town-w greet
the eyes of the dahng officers of the H NJ S. York they
step into the gittering ballroom tonight
His Britannia Majestys Ambassador and Lady Lindsay
clmaxing the gala gala festivities which the arrival of the
British Flagship precpitaed with small" dance-some
20O persons expected.
When say gala, gala, it. From the moment
the York dropped anchor Monday the officers have been
whsked from party another with astounding rapdy
but they to be taking" it we'll. They must have
slipped gallons of tea his should be hardship for Brit
ishers) and devoured innumerable hors doeuvres
Portraits of Kings and Queens Deck Walls
Washngtons farest femme all in dher as to what
to this evenngfor the bachelor officers atrac-
tive For the visiting tars who have their
trv's embassy, the party will be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
Red Gate Players
In Chinese PLAYS

The Red Gate Players who
will appear on Friday and
Saturday, December 16 and II,
at the Foundry Methodist Epis-
copal Church hall in a program
of Chinese theatrical art, bring
a rare treat in their presenta-
ton of Chinese shadow plays.
These plays may be said to be
the ancestor of our modern tech
nicolor, another invention that
can be accredited to Chma's
ancient past. The players are
the only group in America who
are trained and versed in this
rare branch of the theater.
The actors of the shadow
stage are transparent parch-
ment figures, colored pains
takingly by skillful Chinese
craftsmen. They perform be-
hind a brightly Illuminated
screen with surprisingly realistic
and agile movements.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14

to broaden that groove so that il
the public for a time loses in
terest in singing I shall still be
set to continue on the screen in
good stories.
81 am determined to secure
my future. just like any other
man in any other line Of work
is determined.
1.-THE picture in which am
working now, Always Keep
Them Laughing is nearer the
type I want than any I've had,
but it isn't altogether okay. It's
my twenty-eighth picture, and
am convinced that I can do a
good job with a good story, re-
CARELESS of any singing.
II am so convinced that I am
going to find out, even If I have
to quit the screen.
what 1 would do in that in
stance I'm not sure, but prob
ably I'd go out in a play. There's
nothing like finding out for
yourself.
II maintain that If a studio
wants to put in songs they can
be put in any picture at places
where they would fit. A song
could have been put In Angels
With Dirty Faces If the studio
had wanted to demonstrate
Jimmy Cagney could sing. Or
one could have been put In
-Four Daughters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
MOVIE
| CLOCK

CAPITOL-Luise Rainier, Ora
matte School," 11:10 a. m,
1850, ABS, 1920, 10 p. m. Stage,
1855, 3:35, 500, 8 p. m.
PALACE-R o saline Russell,
Robert Donat, 1.-The Citadel"
1880 a. m. 2, 4:30. 7:05, 9:35
p. m.
COLUMBIA-Ronald Colman,
IF I Were King" II, 2:30,
4:55, 1920, $50 p. m.
EARLE-Kay Francis, Minna
Gombell. Comet Over Broad
way" 11:15 a. m, 1855, 4:35
7:15, 9:55 p. m. Stage, /, 3:45,
6:25, 9:05 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Pat O'Brien,
Angels With Dirty Faces"
1880 a. M, 1870, $3.50, 5:25,
7:35. 9:35 p. m.
R.-K.-O. KEITH'S-Mary Bo-
land, Little Tough Guys in
Society,"" 1902, 200, 400,
500, 800, 1902 p. m.
BELASCO-Ignace Jan Pade-
rewski, Marie Tempest, Moon
light Sonata" AIS, 500, 8:03
9:57 p. m.
LITTLE - Beniamino Gigli,
in Forever Yours" 1850 a.
M, 1855, 1855, $50, 1850, 9:45
p. m. "Steel, Mans Servant"
11:15 a. m. lis. 3:15, Sis,
ITO and 9:1O p. m.
TRANS-LUX-N ewsr eel and
shorts, 1C, 11:45 a. M, 1880.
las, 8, Ais, $50, 6:45, 8,
9:15, 10:45 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
kELLEYGRAMS

Warner Brothers Beverly The
alter, located on Fifteenth Street
Northeast, between Tennessee
Avenue and E Street, will open
its doors Friday evening, De
cember %, according to an an
nouncement made today by
John j. Payette, Warner Broth
ers' general zone manager.
Described as a SISTER the
alter" to Warmers Penn, Sheri-
dan, Uptown and Calvert the
aters-all of which were opened
in the past three yearS-the
Beverly will seat 1000 persons
on one floor. It was designed
by John Eberson. noted archi-
tect.
The Beverly will be operated
by Warner Brothers under a
long-term lease arranged with
the Kass Realty Company of
Washington. the owners and
builders.
Through Harry E. Lohmeyer,
district manager for Warner
theaters in washington, Mr.. Pay
cite also announced today that
Arthur Kilburg will be manager
of the Beverly. Mr.. Kilburg goes
to the new theater from the
Apollo. where he occupied
similar post.
Following his policy of pro-
motions from the ranks. Mr..
Payette also listed the following
managerial changes:
Sidney Hoffman, from man
ager of the Home to manager
of the Apollo.
Clyde Abel, from assistant
manager of the Earle to man
ager of the Home.
Ernest Wells, from treasurer
of the Earle to assistant man
ager of the Earle.
Arthur Molle. from chief of
service at the Earle to treasurer
at the Earle.
Alfred Gibbons. from student
manager at the Colony to aSsis-
tant manager at the Beverly.
James Bot, from student
manager at the Seco to student
manager at the Colony.
william Forney, from Chief
of service at the Sheridan to
student manager at the Seco.
william McDermott, from
captain of ushers at the Uptown
to chief of service at the Bev-
erly.
George Colliflower, from cap
tain Of ushers at the Calvert
to chief of service at the Penn.
Frank HameS, from captain
of ushers at the Silver to chief
Of service at the Calvert.
Carlton Robinson, from cap
tain of ushers at the Sheridan
to chief Of service at the Sheri-
dan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
High Tor Has
Openingo at
Wordmon

High Tor" Maxwell Ander-
sons romantic fantasy, opened
last night at Wardman Park as
the second production Of the
Civic Theater's current season.
This is play Of ambitious
proportions since 1t combines
the straight dramatic with the
exquisite frailty of the fantastic;
sets are simple, clear-cut and
pretending space; characters are
real and unreal, flesh and blood
pitted against the ethereal quail
ity Of endless time and memory.
Van Van Dorm, Of pure Dutch
extraction, owns a hilltop, a
high place of sheer natural
beauty, standing clear a quarter
mile straight from the river;
this place is beloved of Van and
an old Indian, the last Of each
their lines; a trap-rock company
bent upon fortunes tied up in
the formation Of this mountain,
tries by fair means and foul,
mostly foul, to rid the place of
the youth who knows it as his
home: he has been in the city,
has tried jobs, but has smoth-
cred in the boundaries Of COM
mercial existence; there is a
girl who loves him and is loved
by him; she wants to break this
hold he has upon the land, work
in the motor factory, make
money, be as other young men.
Upon the preying of the real
tors who would take his land,
he uses the old curse of a body
Of seamen who sailed Amster-
dam one bright and shiny day
and left their bones to whiten
on High Tor: he is caught in
the fanciful tale of his own
imagingS and because he tastes
of the unreal and is given a
glimpse Of past and future, liv-
ing IN the present, he sells to
the rock company and knows
with the old Indian that "all
the things made by man, in the
end, make better ruins"
Directed by e. Cowles Strick.
land, eXcellently acted by Ru-
dolph Watson, Harrison Libbey,
Virginia Rand. Kenneth Bang
hart, Harry Westcott, Frances
Brunt, Richard Kreutzberg and
a host of others, High Tor" is
splendid theater and rich in
characterizations.
KAY MARLBOROUGH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
Dick Powell ExpIoins Why He
Broke With Warner. Bros.

Dick Powell finished always
Leave Them Laughing" for
Warner Bros, then settled his
contract.
The rupture is the result of
long smouldering Dissatisfied
ton. Rather than go in Gar
den of the Noon" Dick took a
IL weeks suspension from the
pay roll earlier this year.
In six years he has made 20
pictures, the majority for the
freres Warner, has never worked
for any other company. except
when occasionally farmed out
to Twentieth Century-Fox.
is IN A GROOVE
About two weeks ago Actor
Powell gave out an interview
that expressed his displeasure
over a long career in pictures
that found him still a singing
juvenile. The studio didn't like
it and it was a factor in the
eventual severance of relations.
What Dick said was:
What want is better stories,
and that is the hardest thing
for an actor who sings to get
in Hollywood. There has been
talk that want to quit sing
ing on the screen. That is not
a fact.
I want to sing in pictures,
but I want to sing in pictures
in which the story has the fun
damental appeal and not the
song.
MAY GO ON STAGE
DO you realize what it means
to be regarded merely as a
singer? It means you never are
considered for any role unless
there is a song. That is not a
condition peculiar to Warner
Brothers but to every studio in
Hollywood. It is a condition
which always has prevailed.
so that means your field Is
limited. It means that when
ever musical pictures lose their
appeal with the public-and
different types of pictures do
lose their appeal at times-you
are no longer necessary. AS
matters stand today, if musicals
should fail to click, Dick
Powell no longer is a necessary
asset to the studio.
81 am running in a limited
groove as far as my future career
is concerned. All I want to do is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14

in those days; the kindness of
others to him.
The next spirit, giant. the
ghost of Christmas Present,
shows him pitiful waits on the
street, the home of Bob Cratchit
with it's preparations for cheer,
the delicacy of Tiny Tim who
will not live to another Christ
mas without proper care that
only money can buy.
The last ghost, the ghost Of
Christmas of the Future. shows
Scrooge how he will die. I'M
mourned and unnoticed. save as
a joke about his misery habits
among his business associates.
So, the remorSeful Scrooge
wakes up. It is morning. Christ
mas Day, and not too late to
undo his sins.
He hurries out, gives to char
ity. buys a great turkey and pres
ents for the CratchitS, calls on
his nephew, Fred, and his fan
Gee. Bess-too poor to marry
and makes the boy his partner
so that the marriage will be
possible.
AN EXCELLENT CAST
He proceeds to the Cratchits.
spreading CHI eer, reemployS
Cratchit at a higher salary, ar
ranges for care for Tiny Tim,
and discovers that for the first
time in many long years he has
become happy again.
Reginald Owen seems a per-
feet choice for Scrooge, and you
will find Gene and Kathleen
Lockart tremendously appeal
ing as the Bob Cratchits, little
Terry Kilburn a Tiny Tim who
finds it easy to unlock your
heart. The young lovers are
persuasively played by Lynn
Carver and Barry Mackay.
"A Christmas Carol" is tn e
holly-wrapped feature due for
the Capitol Theater screen Fri
day 1t makes the finest kind
of seasonal celluloid, is melo-
diously trimmed with the chants
and carols that go with the ap-
preaching holiday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
lO1-Year-OId Train
Chugs in New Movie

A steam locomotive which
first saw service in 1887, 101
years ago, today ran under its
own power for scenes of a mo-
ton picture being filmed near
Butte Meadows, in the High
SierraS.
The locomotive, a william
Galloway type. is the same one
which pulled the train in which
Abraham Lincoln rode from
Springfield, ILL.,, to Washington,
D. c.. for his Inauguration as
President Of the United States.
Today. the double-deck INLAY
coach in which Lincoln rode,
bore Robert Taylor for a Sc
quence Of Stand Up and Fight"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14

RKO-Radio has the screen
rights for Thornton Wilder's
"Our Town." currently at the
National Theater, but is puzzled
how to present the Pulitzer prize
play as a picture.
1t looks now as though
Growers Corners, N. H., just an
imaginative village in the play.
will be made a reality by Holly
wood.
Carter Barron will give Christ
mas-minded children a double
treat on Saturday. If they come
to the Capitol Theater on Satur-
day morning with a toy for the
poor children, they may see not
only the special yuletide show,
but may also remain over and
enjoy the entire regular program
at the F Street house.
Boys and girls. don't miss this
double-header.
Romano Calender sends a
Christmas reminder from Holly
wood. And there are seasons
greeting from Mitchell Rawson,
of Warner Brothers New York
offices, who delivered them in
person; Larry Anhalt, of The
Women and Ken Murray, who
has been held over at the Para
mount Theater in New York.
WAVING THE FLAG
Jack Warner has ordered a
patriotic note as a prelude to
performances in all Warner
Bros. theaters. The Star
Spangled Banner" will be played
to open the theaters each day,
and as the finale of the show.
Not a new idea, but a good
one. Daddy Brylawski did it for
many years at his Cosmos The
alter on the Avenue, and for a
brief period Polls Theater had
the same custom. During the
war all houses followed the
practice of playing the national
anthem. For many, many years,
English theaters have opened to
the strains of God Save the
King"
KEITH TICKET BOOKS
For several years patrons Of
R-K-O-Keith's have been pur-
chasing strips of tickets at that
theater to give to their friends
as Christmas gifts. Many have
stated how they wished they
could purchase like strips of
tickets for RK-O theaters in
other cities to send to their
friends there.
Now the R-K-O theater man.
agement has gotten out an at
tractive booklet in two denomina-
tions-$3 and $5-good in any
RK-O theater in the United
States from coast to coast. They
can now be obtained from the
local RK-O.Keith theater.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
Keith's Gets
The Storm

Turning the spotlight on
drama in the lives of wireless
operators aboard m ere h n t
ships, Universal's 1.-THE Storm"
is coming to RKO Keith's as the
next attraction.
Cast in characteristic roles
for the story, which tells OF
conflict and disaster at sea, are
Charles Bickford, Barton Mac
Lane. Preston Foster and Andy
Devine. Tom Brown and Nan
Grey carry the romantic inter-
est.
Directed by Harold young
and produced by Ken Gold
smith. THE Storm" depicts
Bickford's efforts to keep his
young brother, Tom Brown,
from following his own reckless
mode of life on the sea. A
counterpart shows B ickfor d
striving for revenge against
MacLane, who has abandoned
his friend, Foster, to drown on
a sinking ship.
Impressive scenes show the
explosion of a gasoline tanker
in mid-ocean, the crashing Of a
speeding ocean liner into an ice
berg and the drama in wireless
rooms as ships fight their way
through typhoon and hurricane,
Samuel S. Kinds, Florence Rob
erts and Joseph Sawyer head
the supporting cast. The screen
play was written by Daniel
Moore. Hugh King and Theo-
dore Reeves. Milton Kramer
did the photography.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-14
By ED SULLIVAN
1t Can't Happen Here
Hollywood, Dec. IA.


There was lady good living, time
believed that knew about
wres with figures in the
department Washington D. c. and for fee she could be had by
any wanted here and there The
that studio
locate their lights
parlor the Government stepped in
forgotten mathematical trusm that two
make four and they threw her into the basle That is
of the rackets and Misrepresentation that have
bedeviled the stars OF Hollywood
Currently into the Chaperau
Grand Jury investigation of smuggling New York Currently
sbpoenaed for the Buckner Philippine
the attention of the Securities Exchange
California sentenced Bernie Topotzky oance vile for fleeing
sute business Managers who collect quite fee protecting the
movie stars dough- there prevent performers
from falling to their gullbiity.
Stars have taken trimming in oil wells gold mines treasure
horses building loan associations beach club
memberships backma propositions bond
be made easily that the players have been taken hook
and 6os
holler they'd rather their fans didn't hear about it
The sohs the world the and the sarpsr always
ures them standing public with shots
and employ those contacts other chump of
masters at the art of assembling Most of them we'll
with choice Thoroughly captivating
The n ove R n dine them P them Oa
disregard for money Shortly the movie star wakes up
Blackma reached almost the vanishing point Hollywood
although the most profitable of sideines
trct Attorney asaed for things
finer friend Between Fits and Edgar
Hoover the backmaer VINO once haunted TINS area frightening
because the star feared publicity have
appeared with the buffalo
Hollywood the
John Montague Montague became friendly with
Bng Crosby and other cinema bgges because
spectacular golf playing He could do with shovel and
do with standard golfng equipment
developed that he wanted by Eastern police old
assault battery but be it said to the credit Of the film folk
public opinion that Montague
deuged him with letters The minute he
acquitted the public turned him such an extent that the
Cosbys had abandon plans to put him in pictures Montague
clpartst refusing to play golf for
venture of the Meta Nelson chartered by Marine Beo
Harlow Beo started out to haroon whales
planning into oil for Germany ship suddenly
when crippled in storm and rescued by
freighter then developed that aboard the Beo
threemaster Countess Dorothy D FrasSo and cousin Of
Anthony captain had filed mutny charges
against of the who then filed charges against
thec story of the