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Evening star., 1938-04-23

Of their drolleries by such capable
players as Mary Astor, who might be
murderess If we wanted to say and
spoil the mystery; Frances Drake, who
might be murderess If we wanted to
say and spoil the mystery, and Jerry
Cowan, who might be murderer even
if somebody did stab him to death.
There's Always Woman" comes
from a studio which has had q signal
success with madcap films. It will
have success with this one, which is
a piece OF merit in spite Of the fact
that the old zing Of newness is lacking.
X X X X
THE Earle's stage bill this week is a
thing Of Tommy Riggs and his
imaginary Betty Lou plus a lot Of nice
lighting which shines upon one of
Harry Anger's more varied compost
tions
Mr.. Riggs, radios largest sensation
except for Edgar Bergen and that
other fellow whose name We can't re-
member, brings Betty Lou to life with
considerable amusement and lots of
conviction. He works with no dummy
whatever, just his own voice and that
Of his imaginary protege. The dia-
logue keeps both of them in the char
acters which have become so we'll
known on the radio. It is more pleas
ant than side-splitting, Of course, but
that is what it always has been and
what Mr.. Riggs will be wise to keep it.
Mr.. Anger, making use of a variety
OF acts. including dancing chorus of
16 held over from last week, and the
Virginians, a male octet also held over,
goes in for proud and impressive ef.
fects through lighting this weeks
show. He not only goes in for them,
but gets them: especially so in a num-
Der which is reminiscent OF Bea Lilies
famous ride on the moon in THE
Show Is On" The girl in the moon
does not sing moon song designed to
end moon songs, but she throws pretty
carnations.
To inject comedy into the singing
dancing and prettiness of his show
Mr. Anger has brought on The Three
Sailors" who are fairly funny with
their acrobatics.
Evening star., 1938-04-23
'Jezebel' Is Held
For Third Week.

"TEZEBEL, tale Of the old South
told in the terms Of Bette Davis
hard-boiled acting and to the tune OF
spectacular production by the Warmers,
entered a second week at the Metro
politan yesterday.
The pictures. which Is purported
land so hard that every one believes
it, to be Warner Bros answer to
David Selznick for not making Gone
With the Wind" does have a great
many characters which resemble those
In Margaret Mitchell's famous un-
filmed tale Of the Civil War. Miss
Davis part is not unlike that of q
Scarlet O'Hara, and others in the
play. including Henry Fonda, George
Brent and Margaret Lindsay act as il
they might look up quickly If some
one should shout Rhett, Ashley and
Melanie
But 1t Is not the same story regard
less Of the pointing of the characters.
That, indeed. Is the weakness Of "JeSe-
bel" One feels as II 1t should have
the complete remorselessness of the
story with which 1t Is compared, but
one never finds It,
In other respects, however, "Jezebel'
is worthy Of the attention which has
been attracted to 1t. J.C.
Evening star., 1938-04-23

. wide selection Of the songs that he
made hits by singing them in pictures.
Mr.. Jones has 4 splendid stage
presence, places himself quickly In
the graces Of his audiances, and spares
the public all Of that old. boring pat
ter about Hollywood that seems to be
the stock in trade of the average Gin
ema player let loose on personal ap-
pearance tour. His song routines yes
terday-although, Of course, they may
vary from one show to the next
included = medley of "A Pretty Girl
Is Like a Melody" Alone" and THE
One Love-" then the recent Donkey
Serenade," Always and Always" from
Joan Crawford's picture, "Mannequin"
"Cosi Cosa," and finally (the memory
be blessed, "Only Make Believe" from
Show Boat" You could scarcely ask
for a more liberal allowance of enter
tainment. but 1t 50 happens that
Charlie Kurzman has arranged to pro-
vide 1t this week Augmenting the
offerings Of Mr.. Jones are the stand
ard but effective comedy antics Of the
veteran vaudeville team. York and
King; one of the better comedy
acrobatic teams known as Novak and
Fay. and q trim, lively curtain raiser
Evening star., 1938-04-23
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time OF Showing.

National-"Three Waltzes," a new
operetta, with Kitty Carlisle and
Michael Bartlett: 2:30 and $50 pm
Rialto "Pinafore" and Trial by
Jury: 2:30 and $50 pm.
Earle-"There's Always a Woman
Joan Blondell and Melvyn Douglas In
another romance of the slap-happy
sort: $50 am, II noon, 2:30, sos,
1888 and 1910 pm. Stage shows: II
am, 80, 4. 6:35 and s:05 pm.
Capitol-"Battle of Broadway" fun
at an American Legion convention:
1918 am, l2:40, sos, 5:35. 8 and
1925 pm. Stage shows: 1850 am,
AIS, 4:40, 7:l0 and s:35 pm.
Metropolitan-"Jesebel," Bette Davis
in a story of the Old South that Is
almost Gone With the Wind: IL
am. los. $40. $40. 1880 and 9:4o
pm.
Palace-"In Old Chicago" Mr.. "a
nucks big spectacle Of the Great Fire
ll:2o am, 1:55, 4:25, Z and s:35 pm
Columbia-"0irl Of the Golden
West" Jeannette Macdonald and Mel
son Eddy do the singing: 11:35 an,
7:05. 4:35, T:10 and $40 pm.
Keith'st"Joy Of Living" Irene
Dunno and Doug Fairbanks. jr., in z
musical comedy-romance: l1:l5 am,
1:2l, 3:27, 5:33, 7:39 and 9:45 pm.
Trans-Lux-News md shorts. Con-
tinuous from 10 am. to midnight.
Lttle-"Son Of the Sheik," revival
OF q Rudolph Valentino hit: II am,
1880, 2:05, 3:35, $40, 6:45, $40 and
$50 pm.
Behsco-"IAfe and Loves Of Bee
thoven," masterful film biography Of
the composers life: 3, s. Z and . pm.
Preview Of ,''Lucresia Borgia": 1920
pm.
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Mamoulian to Direct
Columbia Film.

RouBEN Mamoulian has been en-
gagged by Columbia Pictures to
direct a new production, which will be
one of the company's most important
offerings Based on a magazine story
by Joseph Dineen, 1t will feature an
outstanding cast.
Anthony WELLER, who wrote the
adaptations for "Winterset" and
Stage Door" is now at work on the
screen play. Mr.. Mamoulian, we'll
known as both stage and screen di-
rector. includes among his film pro-
ductions Queen Christina" Becky
Sharp" and THE Gay Desperado."
Evening star., 1938-04-23

comedy. That holds, too, in spite OF
the fact that efforts have been made
to freshen up the picture by combining
to some extent the flavor of The Thin
Man" and The Awful Truth" And
1t holds further in spite of the un-
deniable "uuumph" with which it is
played by those reliable comics, Joan
Blondell and Melvyn Douglas
There's Always Woman" is an
anecdote having to do with a pleas
antly quarrelsome couple, whose con-
slant disagreements have strongly
Freudian overtones of love. He (Mr.
Douglass Is & good detective, while
she miss BlondelD thinks she could
be q better one if given the oppor-
tunity. Well, the script writer's give
her the opportunity. all right. It
comes in the form of couple of mur-
ders in the smarter and more sardonic
set. murders which are important only
in the comic complications they Gre
ate in the life of the loving, scrapping
Reardons.
For situation that will be laughable,
the script introduces a succession of
incidents in which the wife's ludicrous
efforts to solve the crime constantly
Illustrate the intelligent operations of
her husband. And just when she has
him looking like a grade A stumble
bum in the family's war on crime, one
OF her stupidities turns out to be the
inspired idtocy that solves everything
Mr.. Douglas and Miss Blondell are
given some brightly bitter things to
say to each other and both are very
clever, as you would expect, in saying
them. The latter, whose picture it
really is, the way Gladys Lehman has
written 1t. is at her comic best in a
number of situations Happiest is a
burlesque third-degree sequence in
which Miss Blondell, who gets herself
suspected of murder, breaks down vir-
tually the entire third degree squad
when 1t tries to make her talk. At the
end Of every torture short of the hose,
she is in there filing her nails and DOW
dering her nose long after the boys
themselves have become nervous
wrecks.
The principals of There's Always a
Woman" are given some neat If not
notable assistance in the performance
Evening star., 1938-04-23

- 1LbERT AND SULLIVAN is 81
much more fun than SO many
\ other things you find in thu
theater these days. It is fur
IN both those moments when the two
great collaborators have tossed barb,
OF Keen satire at the various foibles
1ailings and customs Of mankind, and
When they have chosen to be merely
blithe and gay for the fun of being
blithe and gay.
The works become especially attrac.
tive to those who do not look arhast
upon departure from tradition when
they are played by this troupe of
American Gilbert and Sullivan artists
now performing at the Rialto Theater
The combination of "Pinafore" and
Trial by Jury" for instance. which
was presented last night, and which
Is to be repeated this afternoon and
tnis evening, is one of the pleasanter
ways to pass couple of hours.
The two short works lend themselves
readily to the American treatment, the
mild burlesquerie and ad-libbing. to
which the British, such as the D'Oyly
Carte troupe, never would think of
sinking. You get the feeling that the
players on the Rialto stage are having
themselves whale of a time with
P1nafore" and Trial by Jury" and
consequently you have a whale of a
time, too
The former work, for instance, is
here a field day for Dick Deadeye
much padded and much made up; 50
much IN fact he might be burlesque
comic. But does William Danforth
have riotous time playing the role!
And do you have riotous time watch
ing him! There are other hilarious
moments, too, provided by Frank Mou-
Ian, John Eaton, James Montgomery,
Detmar Poppen, Jlathryn Reece, Dean
Dickens and Anne Yago, all of whom,
II they aren't the best singers in the
world, at least do passably well by the
Sullivan music and play the Gilbert
lines right up to the hilt.
One of the major pleasures of Pin
a1ore, and one of the reasons it is as
popular as it is, of course, is its music,
The mo. Never" Il Am the Ruler of
the Queens Navee," Il Am Monarch
OF the Sea- ditties and a number OF
others are songs you can hear again
and again and like every time.
The major pleasure of Trial by
Jury" on the other hand, is not SC
much its music as it is its daffy slap
stick and the unconfined enthusiasm
with which it is here played. Elsie
Thiede, Mr.. Moulan. Mr.. Montgomery
Mr.. Eaton. Mr.. Danforth and Mr.
Poppen make it bright ending to
bright evening.
Evening star., 1938-04-23
THE Capitol's celluloid presentatio

by virginA Martin and Bob Robinson,
dancers.
THE Capitols celluloid presentation
matters very little in view Of the
variety show so far overshadowing it,
and indeed, it would not matter much
under any circumstances. Name of the
picture Is Battle Of Broadway" and
1t Is hokum of purest ray serene.
While It is not especially difficult
to become bored with the Battle of
Broadway" one can scarcely be angry
with it, for George Marshall has di-
rected the tale with kindly tolerance,
permitting a few laughs even from
those old gags about Victor McLaglen
In the role Of Capt. Flagg, still but
yet, still but yet. (Mr. McIaglen now
holds some kind Of record, by the way,
for he has been playing at his Capt.
Flagg role for almost Is years, where
as Frank Bacon's record run in
"Lightnin' was only five years long) j.
Brian Donlevy and Raymond Walburn
brighten up the carnival where they
can. and for the more candid burlesuue
fans, Mr.. D. zanuck has had Louise
Hovick Gypsy Rose Lee) cast in a
leading part. She demonstrates some,
but not all. that burlesque has taught
her about acting
Evening star., 1938-04-23

the apartment of
n e W ly arrived
Robert Benchley
M a xie
(Slapsie) Rosen-
bloom fast asleep
on the set of
1T he Amazing
DR.. Clitterhouse. :"
Robert Taylor
stopping S c o t t
Fitzgerald outside
a projection room
on the M-G-M
lot to inquire,
"How's the pic
ture?" "Three
Com rA es. -"
Evening star., 1938-04-23
Belasco Bargain.

THE Belasco will present another Of
its bargain bills again tonight
Those who arrive before o'clock will
Gee two shows for the price of one,
'Lucrezia Borgia," which opens tomor-
row, being slated for a late previev
ahowing following the last unreeline
OF The Life and Loves of Beethoven. ,
Evening star., 1938-04-23

Hugh Herbert was half IN hour late
to, work one recent, morning. He
couldn't resist the balmy spring
weather. stopped b show some boys
how to ny . Kite. put II In . txes for
them and had 70 20 bug thsm another.
Evening star., 1938-04-23
" TREE IS PLANTED I
Better Homes Week Started by
-.-.-.... =. ~ Mrs. Roosevelt. -....

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was to
inaugurate Better Homes Week at 10
am. today at a tree planting in the
yard Of the National Girl Scouts
Little House. IL
The tree was taken from the Hyde
Park estate Of the Presidents mother,
Mrs. James Roosevelt. Girl Scout
leadefs from several Of the Eastern
and Southern States were to gather for
the event, which has been held an
nually at the Little House for more
than Is years.
Evening star., 1938-04-23

Since Marie Wilson was announced
for the part Of Susie In boy Meets
0irl,"' she has received 1b0 letters
from mattresses who offer their services
% technical advisers free.
Evening star., 1938-04-23
M>G>M's Best Tenor Wins
Huge Applause Here
Allan Jones, at Capitol, Generous
In Quality and Quantity
OF His Song Program.
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS, yr.

LIAM JONES. the singing giving what
n be properly described Capitol
currently Without generous performer to
make personal
ngs SIX or seven popular numbers his responding
racious the applause running
Evening star., 1938-04-23
Blondell~ Picture
At Earle Amusing
There's Always Woman Overcomes
Handicap of Looking Like
Other Recent Comedies.
By JAY CARMODY.

afternoons large and undoubtedly talented audience At
Pictures latest comedy There's Always Woman But
uncomfortable merrient
spirit many erker the unendne cycle wbal
Evening star., 1938-04-23
Hollywood Columnist
Wields Candid Pencil
Catches Stars With Mouths
Open, Saying Things Both
Glum and Foolish.
By SHEILAH GRAHAM.

oLLYwooD April % tNANAoshrley Temple tap dancing for
L %
boulevard
Honey thought
Evening star., 1938-04-23

New airliners viii cut the passenger
flying time between London and Paris
to Is uinutaA
Evening star., 1938-04-23
: :
SORORITY DANCE SET

Benefits From Affair to Go to D. c.
g., " Milk Fund.
Proceeds Of dance to be given by
nine chapters Of Theta Alpha Chi
Sorority at 8 O'Clock tonight at Ward
man Park Hotel will be turned over
to the milk fund for needy Washing
ton school children. Miss Pauline
Miller, newly-elected grand regent Of
the sorority, Is in charge Of al ar
nngements for the benefit.
Evening star., 1938-04-23
TwoOperas
Score at
Rialto
Trial by Jury and
'Pinafore' Are
Staged Well.
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

~ ILBERT AND SULLIVAN is so
much more fun than SO many
other things you find in the
theater these days. It is fun
Evening star., 1938-04-23

a hamburger in drug store A
bellboy at the Garden Of Allah carry
ing four piles of Impressed suits from
Evening star., 1938-04-23
Quartet Sing
In German
Program
Won Herzogenberg's
Music Introducedby
Coolidge Group.
BY ALICE EVERSMAN,

Dy ALICE EVERSMAN.
. ERMAN composers were pre-.
r sented on the program given
. by the Coolidge Quartet last
Evening star., 1938-04-23

by VirginA Martin and Bob Robinson
dancers.
Evening star., 1938-04-23

w YHEN Mr.. Daryl Zanuck gets
\A/ the vaudeville out Of his
wv system and turns to the
dramatic and the snectac-
Evening star., 1938-03-04

expected to attend include Gloria
Stuart. Randolph Scott, Jack Haley
and Slim Summerville.
Tonight finds veritable host of
screen stars advancing on the radio
studios Hollywood Hotel tWJSV, 81
presents a preview of Sally, Irene
and Mary" with Alice Faye. Joan
Davis, Marjorie Weaver. Tony Martin,
Fred Allen and Gregory Ratoff con-
tributing Paul Whiteman tWJSV,
$500 has set the first joint air en-
gagement of Francis Leoerer and
Margo. These players will not enact
serious roles, however. Margo being
slated to inject bit of comedy and
play a selection on the harmonica,
while Mr. Iederer will sing a song
Of his native Czechoslovakia.
DOROTHY THOMPSON has chosen
Justice Cardozo of the United
States Supreme Court as the subject
Of her personality word sketch tWRC,
l0:45).
Other Features-A blow by blow de-
scription OF the Buddy Baer-G -Gunnar
Barland heavyweight boxing contest
Evening star., 1938-03-04
Girl, Pride of Market To,un,
Ciren Grand Opera Try-Out

"Yes, I sing at my work. I'm very
serious about my singing, and the
only time have to practice is between
taking dictation and giving out the
price of potatoes+and so on.
In the morning, after clearing out
some early market reports, call up
my music teacher, Mario Garbino,
and sing the scales for him over the
telephone I keep the opera scores
on which I am working-I know two
operas and am learning a third
with me and sing at every slack mo-
ment."
And that's all right with her fell
low workers and the work crews
many of them Italians-who frequent
ly stop unloading incoming fruits and
vegetables to say Bravo" after an
aria. Sometimes they join in.
Harriet, who supports her widowed
mother learned q month ago the
opera company needed coloratura
soprano. She went over for a tryout
and now she will go before the foot
lights, the pride of Market Town.
Evening star., 1938-03-04
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 4.-Pretty Har-
riet CIRCUS, the singing telephone op-
orator Of Market Town. who sand
wiches operatic arias between reports
on the price of farm commodities, will
have her chance in grand opera
March 13.
Miss Gricus now 81, the daughter
OF Lithuanian immigrant parents, will
make her debut as Gilda in "Rigo-
letto" in the Chicago International
Opera Co.
And in the audience will be many
farmers, commission men, truck
drivers, produce handlers and office
workers in the South Water street
markets who have heard the girl sing
Ing on her job to the accompaniment
OF cackling hens and splintering
orange crates.
Very happy and excited, Harriet, her
blue eyes shining, took time off from
her work as stenographer and switch
board operator at the Chicago Produce
Publishing Co. to tell about it.
Evening star., 1938-03-04
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
ON VOL TONIGHT
Special Program Arranged
in Connection With
Film PrevieW.

= HIRLEY TEMPLE. who is as
ISOLATED with Twentieth Gen.
tury-Fox, will make one of her
~ rare appearances before a
microphone tonight, when she partici-
pates in a special program arranged
in connection with the preview of her
Evening star., 1938-03-04

latest film. Mu-
tual, which boasts
that the mighty
mite of the box
Office never has
been heard over
any other net
work (She spoke
over the air only
once before). will
send the program
to VOL, at 1880.
George Fischer.
Hollywood COM
mentator, is to
act as master of
ceremonies, and
other celebrities
Evening star., 1938-03-04

WMAL, 10) -. Espionage, Gen.
Pershing. small banks, subsidized"
college students are the subjects of
contrast on the Twenty Years Ago
and Today program (WOL, 1O E.
The Department of State provides the
Talent for the Federal Show Window
(WOL, l0:3O. Among the features
Vocal duet, Agnes Utley and Rita
Ferron; violin solo, Lloyd Swanson;
vocal solo. Mildred Smith; piano solo,
John B. Wells; dramatic skit, Leo j.
Vinclette, Hamilton Colt, James Hicks,
Edward Lyerly and Mary 10 Day :.
The story Of filling station attendant
who decides to climb the social ladder
Is the First Nighter offering (WRC,
l0). A. L. Alexander adopts the prac-
tice Of dramatizing his stories to
their conclusion instead of hating
the action at the climax as heretofore
(WRC, 800.
TOMORROW-Jan Kiepura, young
Polish tenor; Bidu Sayao. Bra
lillian soprano, and Carlo Tagliabue,
new Met" baritone, sing the principal
roles in the Metropolitan Opera pres
entation of "Rigoletto" (WMAL, 1850
. DR.. William E. Dodd. former
Ambassador to Germany, addressed
the Chicago Civil Liberties Commit
tee on The Dilemma OF Modern
Civilization" (WJSV, WRC,e 3 :.
The story Of the optical glass in
dustry is presented (WJSV, s.
"Everyman,' most famous Of the
morality plays of the Middle Ages,
will be heard from the Cathedral Of
st. John the Divine in New York
City WRC, 81 :. Ted Husing broad
casts the finals of the National In
door Tennis Championships CWJSV,
$500. c. A. M.
Evening star., 1938-03-04

Snuff Popular in 2 Centuries.
Taking snuff" through the nose
was a fashionable practice during
the l7th and 18th centuries.
Evening star., 1938-10-27
.BITUMINOUS OUTPUT
OFF SLIGHTLY IN WEEK

The National Coal Association, from
incomplete carloading reports from
the railroads, estimates bituminous
coal production in the United States
for the week ended October % as ap-
proximately s,o25,o 900 net tons. Pro-
duction for the corresponding week:
1887, 9,6l0,000 tons; 1896, $685.. 900
tons. Percentage of change: 1887,
decrease 1866 per cent; 1896, decrease
1872 per cent.
The report of the National Bitumi-
nous Coal Commission shows produc-
ton of 100000 tons for the week
ended October 8 and 8,23o,0o0 for the
week ended October Is, 1898.
Production calendar year to October
%: 1888, 25s, ,456, 900 tons (subject to
revision); corresponding period 1887,
35s, 1s3, 900 tons; decrease, ~ s per cent.
Evening star., 1938-10-27
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.

CHICAGO. Oct. ., LP-(United States
Department OF Agriculture. .)--Hogs, 5000,
inheluolns ihsn 1000 direct, mostly in-la lower
cine; top 500; bulk sood and choice
sOo,5so pounds, ?.s5-s.o0: 1G0-!ao
GOOD light and medium weight packing
Sows. t.4O-15: heavieS. 1.15-33.
Cattle. 1000 calves, l.O0O: fed steers
and yearlings strong to 25 hisher: fairly
active; medium to good grades predominant :
ing; in, 40 nothing strictly choice mere: top,
ling; lings: s., l.65 largely s.5o-ll:o 90 market
feeder trade continued fairly active: strong
TO - higher than week ago: heifers fully
steady with grassy and warmed-up kind.
Arm at, 20 down: best fed heifers 1000;
all grades COWS fully steady; most fat cows
5.50-6.50: cutters. 4.O0-75; strong weights
800: welghty sausage bulls up to 6s5: this
class and yealers fully steady; choice veal
ers to / 80.
Sheep. ii 900. including 5 600 direct:
late Wednesday fat lambs mostly p lower:
native S,o0-15: good to near choice come
backs, S1o,50: todays trade slow and
uneven; early sales weak 10 - lower: top
Dakota lambs. S,15; best natives $50,
bulk natives and comebacks. good offerings,
S.25-50 sheep steady; ewes. 3.35-5O; feed
ing lambs firm.
Evening star., 1938-10-27
II. I. e +. limited
To File Briefs on
Control PrODOsuI
By the Associated Press.


The Federal Communications Com
mission invited the American Tele-
phone 81 Telegraph Co. and its SUBJ
sidiaries yesterday to file briefs on
Commissioner Paul A. Walkers rec
concentrations that the commission be
given sweeping powers to regulate the
A. T. & T. system
Mr.. Walkers recommendations were
sent to Congress last spring, but Chair
man Frank r. McNinch pointed out
at that time they constituted pro
posed report" and not a report by the
full commission.
Chairman McNinch said recently
that active study was being given to
Mr.. Walkers lengthy recommended
tions with a view to sending a COM
mission report to the forthcoming
session Of Congress.
The commission, in its order today,
said the A. T. e. T. and its subsid-
iaries would be given an opportunity
for argument on their birefs If they
desired it.