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Evening star., 1938-09-12
Sutherland Joins
Producer Ranks.

EDWARD SUTHERLAND, one Of
Hollywood's leading directors
was signed yesterday to a four-year
contract as associate producer at the
Hal Roach Studios by Milton H. Bren
executive producer. This Is Suther-
lands first post In the producing ranks
since heretofore he has preferred to
remain = director and refused such
4 berth.
Sutherland's first assignment will
be "zenobia's Infidelity" the picture
which will launch the new series Of
feature-length comedy dramas CO.
starring Harry Langdon and Oliver
Hardy.
Sutherland has been an important
ngure in Aims since 1914. He has
directed high budget productions for
nearly all the major companies, and
among his more recent successes are
Diamond Jim," Every Days = Holi-
day. Mississippi" and "Palmy Days"
Evening star., 1938-09-12
Studio For Children
Has New Branches.

TWO branch studios - one in
Chevy Chase and the other in
Baltimore-will have increased the
size and scope Of Rose Robson
Cohen's Childrens Studio of Drama
when 1t opens Its new season Octo-
Der l. The Chevy Chase branch will
be In the new clubhouse of the
Women's Club Of Chevy Chase on
Connecticut avenue, where there will
be available an auditorium seating
TOO.
Children in all the studios will
receive instruction In voice place.
ment and breath control, diction
stage department. pantomime. history
OF the theater and acting. The stu
dents also will create their own
monologues and skits in classroom
work.
Among plays recently produced bv
the children are Peter Pan" Rack
etty-Packetty House" "Helga and
the White Peacock" THE Birthday
OF the 1nfanta" and Maeterlincks
Blue Bird" -
Evening star., 1938-09-12

vertising q washing machine and she
portrayed hardworking housewife
whose hands are ruined by washing
clothes by hand. She had to have a
stand-in for shots showing only her
hands which were supposed to be
gnarled and lumpy.
Trying to make up her mind which
OF several plays to do-there is always
that nightmare an actress has to face
In that the better part may be in
play That will be a failure while the
not quite so attractive a part may be
in a play that will run a year-she
awaits the return Of Perry from his
current sports tour.
Is she athletic, too, as is her hus-
band? Well, there is that collegiate
archery championship, but you need
the wide open spaces of her native
Texas to have room for that.
Evening star., 1938-09-12
'Mayerling' Stays
For Third Week.

A NY Of you admirers of the best
in the cinema should know that
"Mayerling' has gone into \ third
week now at the Little Theater. And
any OF you who have not been read
Ing the theater pages should be told
perhaps. that "Mayerling" Is one of
the best films the French have ever
sent over here to start both pro-
1essional and amateur critics sing
ing praises. Based upon the traeedv
At the Mayerling hunting lodge where
Prince Rudolph and his Baroness
Marie Vetsera found escape from .
life that would have separated them
Mayerling" u \ poignant love story
told with \ sensitive skill, played with
feeling and intensity by Charles Bow
er and Dahielle Darrieux. Much hs.
already been written of it, 20 it viii
sumce now to say that the f,]m "
superb one which should be on the
must-see list of every intelligent
moviegoer. HH
Evening star., 1938-09-12
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

Palace-"Marie Antoinette," lavish
Aim with Norma Shearer playing the
queen: 1928 am, 2:40, s and 9:15
pm.
Earle-"Racket Busters" in which
the rackets are busted: II an, 1:40,
4;30, 7:15 and 10 pm. Stage shows:
l2:45, $3.50, $40 and 9:05 pm.
Capitol-"Hold That Co-ed," daft
mixture OF politics and pigskin: II
am, 1:46, 4:30, 7:15 and 10 pm.
Stage shows: 12:4o, $50, 6:l5 and
9 pm.
Metrspolitan-"Army Girl" horse
lovers battle mechanization Of the
cavalry: IL am, l:0S, 3:l5, 5:25,
7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Columbia-"TheT Texans" guns, cat
tie, Indians. villains. thrills: 1l:l5
am, lao, 3:25, $50, 7:35 and $40
pm.
Keith's-"Carefree," Rogers and A.
taire together again: 1884 an, lit,
), 4:43, 6:26. 500 and 9:52 pm.
Trans-Lux--News and shorts. Con-
tinuous from 10 an. to midnight.
Little-"Mayerling," well-told film
story Of the famed tragedy: II an,
l:1o. s:2s, sS:3e. 7:as and $40 pm.
Evening star., 1938-09-12

and after the holidays the Harold
Lloyd movie success, Milky Way"
The final play isn't selected yet,
but there's a rumor that the group
will try to make up for using a pre-
dominantly male cast in Room Serv-
ice" by getting Stage Door" and CIV
ing all the girls chance.
+
EIRST group to reach the boards
with play during the new fall
season will be the Mount Vernon
Players, who are presenting THE
Late Christopher Bean" Is their
opener. The dates will be tomorrow,
Wednesday and Friday nights, and
the place will be the Undercroft
Auditorium Of Mount Vernon Place
Church. Ninth street and Massachu-
sets avenue NV.
The cast Of the Sidney Howard sue
cess includes Carl Burget, Mildred
Vaughan, Martha Boyajian, Virginia
Garrett. Mary Coe. J. w. Tilley, Harry
Brescia, Frank Mervine and Walter
A. Graham. Edward P. Mansum Is
directing.
Evening star., 1938-09-12
Take My Advice.

SEVERAL weeks ago when Dorothy
Granger called at the M-G-M
casting department to inquire about
any future roles, she got some frank
advice. She was told she'd have more
chances If she took of some 10 pounds.
Dorothy went to work. She dropped
Is pounds. Just as she was about to
return to show on her new figure,
Nom called her. The minute she
stepped into the casting ONCE. startled
looks greeted her. What have you
done? she was asked. Taken your
advice," she replied. But" she was
told. I'VE wanted you for big role
the pudgy girl in Dramatic School
with Luise Rainer. Can you get
back those pounds?" Dorothy said
1t was cinch, got them back In .
week and now wonders what she'll
do regarding future advice.
Evening star., 1938-09-12
Newcomer Given
Important Role.

ROBERT PRESTON. who in two
months has moved from obscur.
ity to leads in Paramount Aims won
the most important role of his brief
career when he was assigned the
second male lead in Cecil B. De Miles s
Union Pacific"
Chosen as the result Of q test made
last week Preston will play the role
Of q pal Of Joel McCrea, winning and
marrying the girl McCrea wants.
A graduate Of Lincoln High School,
Los Angeles, Preston went through
appearances In the West Coast pres
entation of Julius Caesar" and pro-
ductions Of the Pasadena Community
Playhouse to Paramount contract
and roles in King of Alcatraz" and
Illegal Trafic."
He is now working opposite Gail
Patrick In "Disbarred" playing the
role originally intend for Randolph
Scott.
Bing and Larry Crosby get credit
for discovering young Preston, who
was introduced to them by his mother.
Evening star., 1938-09-12
Fredric March Gets
Two More Loves.

SUZANNE KAAREN, blond, ard
Gloria Youngblood, brunette, have
been engaged as numbers and s Of
the II women to whom Fredric March
makes love In Trade Winds" the
current Walter Wanger production.
March portrays an amorous detective
who combines romancing with sleuth-
ing.
Tay Garnett is directing Trade
Winds" with Joan Bennett as March,s
leading lady. The featured players
in the cast include Ann Sothern,
Ralph Bellamy and Alan Baxter.
United Artists will release the pro-
duction.
Evening star., 1938-09-12
Helen Vinson
Returns to
The Stage
Hoping There to Get
A Change From
Her Film Roles.
~ the Associated Press.

AOOVVs0sSN
NEW YORK.
Y IKE most Texans who are always
~ going away somewhere, Helen
Vinson, the blond stage and
- screen star, has deserted Holly
wood and returned to Broadway be-
cause she wants to rid herself of those
catty, vindictive women she is always
being called upon to play In the
movies.
when I left Broadway and first
went to Hollywood" she says, II took
such . role because wanted to play
all kinds of parts and not be type cast.
THAT Is Just what I let myself in
for. Ever since then I've been playing
about the same type of role, so I have
come back to Broadway to get away
from the sardonic, brittle blond and
play the varied parts that did on the
stage, such as in Death Takes Holi-
day. The Fatal Alibi' and Berlin
Miss Vinson, who IS as difncult to
keep up with as Wrong Way" Corri-
gan, arrived in New York via this
itinerary. Leaving Hollywood, she
started for New England to play sum-
mer stock. But ON the way across
country she picked up her husband,
Fred Perry, the former British interna-
tional amateur tennis singles cham
pion, and toured with him for awhile.
Then she decided 1t was high time to
get on to New England; took husband
Fred's car from him and drove South
through the Shenandoah Valley, in
virginia. Then she came on to New
York; remembered that she had those
stock dates in New England, and. by
some miracle, got up there to play
them without detouring by way of
South Dakota or Texas.
It was in Texas-she was born In
Beaumont-that she started as an
actress while q student at the Univer-
sity of Texas.
Il was also archery champion there
and the university princess at a lot OF
costume balls" she says, but doesn't
mention how she did enthusiastically.
Before that she went to boarding
school IN Birmingham, Ala, but the
urge to act was 20 strong that she
finally quit school and made her stage
debut at the Little Theater in Hous-
ton, Tex.
You see I really have done a lot OF
work to train myself as an actress, u
she said, flicking her gold hair out OF
her amber eyes as she sat in her apart
ment high above Central Park. After
Houston I came up to Cape May, N. J..
and Philadelphia to play in stock, and
then I came on to Broadway. I wasn't
. success until had worked even
harder.
After my first venture in Holly.
wood. suddenly bobbed up in London
where I made several pictures. Hol-
lyvood cabled me to come back. and
really wanted to but I had met Fred
then and was determined to marry
him. I had to work hard to get him
too"
They were married in September
1885, the day after Perry had lost the
American mems singles championship
to Wilmer Allison.
Miss Vinson. in talking, emphasizes
her points with expressive waves OF
her hands. hands 50 striking and beau
tiful that artists and Steichen, the
noted photographer. have frequently
used them as models.
But. ironically, her first film work
was In 4 commercial movie short ad-
Evening star., 1938-09-12
Paulette Goddard
Uses Her Voice.

THE voice of Hollywoods most
talked-about woman Is to be
heard on the screen for the first time.
Paulette Goddard. seen only in Charles
Chaplin's City Lights" silent pic
ture, has signed to play Mana, second
most important feminine role in Ora
matte School" with Luise Rainer. Also
just cast in the picture is Alan Mar
shall, who will appear opposite Miss
Rainer.
An important role also has been
given Rand Brooks. young actor who
appeared in Love Finds Andy Hardy"
and who has been signed to an NON
contract. Others in the cast are Gale
Sondergaard. Lana Turner, Frank
Albertson and Ann Rutherford. Robert
Sinclair will direct and Mervyn lie Roy
produce.
Evening star., 1938-09-12

uSudA
1t really is true about Mr.. Morris
dodging questions about Mr.. Morris.
He does not actually dodge them,
maybe, but he gets around them some
way. He would much prefer to talk
about the stage or about Hollywood
personalities, preferably the stage He
used to be on it, and talks about hav-
ing played here in stock at the old
Shubert-Garrick just as if the site of
that theater has not been a depart
ment store for so many years that we
are practically around to another war.
From the standpoint OF an inter-
viewer-three Of them, in fact-Mr.
Morris is kind of maverick. He has
to be herded into corral of questions
on Hollywood to get him to the sub
Ject. Once cornered, however, he is
1ull OF amusing anecdotes xbout his
fellow toilers in the California vine
yard.
w. S. woody Van Dyke is one of
MS faVorite characters. He has deep
admiration for the dry wit of Robert
Montgomery. So he tells story about
the two Of them In view of the fact
that he is working for Warmers this
week and is under picture contract to
R-K-O, maybe he should not talk so
gllbly about two of Metro Goldwyn-
Mayors aces. But he does. The tale
is about Mr.. Montgomery being de-
lighted to find himself working for
Mr.. Van Dyke because he always Won
dered about the astonishing speed of
Van Dyke pictures.
The first day on the set Montgom-
cry observed Van Dyke walking furi-
ously up and down between shots, and
Evening star., 1938-09-12
They Only Listen.

ROB HOPE and Shirley Ross, now
appearing in Thanks for the
Memory will not do the song of
that title for scenes In the picture.
The song, as done by them, will be
heard, however. over radio recording
they are seen listening to.
Evening star., 1938-09-12
Learned in Stock.

r oBERT PREsroN. who is get
ting raves At Paramount for the
acting he's doing in illegal Traf1c, :"
got his early dramatic training in .
stock company headed by Mrs. Tyrone
Power. the screen actors mother.
Evening star., 1938-09-12
Mr.. Morris Hard to Corral
On Subject of Mr.. Morris
Earle Headliner Talks About Everything
From Stars to Magic and Rabbits
But Rarely About Himself.
BY JAY CARMODY.

FAR as this wing OF the daily press has been advised bit
something An
interviewed who had nothing
- Chester Morris
Morris the headner this appearing
Of hunk of ceuod protector
Evening star., 1938-09-12
Local Drama Groups
The Old Soak Now Stays Third
Week at the Cross Roads.
BY HARRY MACARTHUR,


Pierce Hall Players the Mount to
important item
of Vie at The Cross:
Evening star., 1938-09-12

Roads Theater. For the barn was
slated to close last Saturday, but the
business has been terrific, not as
Hollywood press agent uses the word,
but really. According to George tI'm
Wonderfully Finger upward of 1000
persons have been turned away after
the house was fllled during the two
week run of The Old Soak" so the
powers that be at the theater and
Arch Mcdonald, who plays the title
role. decided all those people should
have another chance.
The bright item Of the announce
ment of the third week of the Don
Marquis play Is that 1t will be bene-
flt for the Gross Roads actors All OF
the money which rolls into the box
Office will be divided, after the royalty
for the play is paid, between the peo-
pie who have taken part in the sum-
mer's productions. 1t will be nice Of
you If you do your bit because there's
strong possibility that we can get
few Of the people who collect to
throw q party.
Another pleasant bit Of news from
the Cross Roads is the whisper that
other profits which have accrued fine
language, eh?) by the operators dur
ing the season will be used for re-
modelling the barn theater for next
year-installing more seats, putting
windows where no windows grow now
rigging up some sort Of q cooling sys-
tenn against August nights.
i X 4
FROM the Roadside Theater the
news Is that Eugene Aram,"
which goes into a second week to-
night. has been happily, yea, even
enthusiastically. received. Eugene
kressin IS winning huzzahs for his
playing Of the title role, something 4
bit different than his usual parts at
the barn, and there hA., been q lot Of
praise every night, too, for others with
important things to do-Betty Gray,
Howard Wierum, Milt Freedman. Dick
Walsh, Harry Westcott and Hugh
Smythe.
Miss Gray, incidentally, is the lass
who arranged the musical accompani-
ment that points up the mellow mo-
ments Of the melodrama, most of it
the music, not the melodrama) being
adapted from Beethoven sonatas. And
there's one item out of Wagner's Iris
tan and Isolde" Not from Beethoven,
nor from Wagner, however, is the
entr'acte, that being a something ten
der which tears at the very heart
strings as Margaret Osterwald sings
And Her Gold Hair Was Hanging
Down Her Back"
THE Pierce Hall Players start the
fall season off with two announce
ments, one for members and would-be
members Of the group, another for
audiences.
The first has to do with tryouts
for Room Service" which will be
held tomorrow night at $50 at Pierce
Hail.
The second has to do with the an
nouncelnent Of the seasons plays
Room Service" the Broadway hit
comedy of last year, is slated for pro-
duction at Pierce Hall late next month
1t will be followed by Ceiling Zero"
Evening star., 1938-09-12

The second has to do with the an
nouncenent Of the seasons plays
Room Service" the Broadway hit
comedy of last year. is slated for pro-
duction at Pierce Hall late next month.
1t will be followed by Ceiling Zero"
The Washington times., 1938-12-01
Funeral Held
Here Today
FOrAlSOp

Final rites for Charles RoSser
Alsop, 70, resident of Washington
for more than half a century, who
died Monday after a prolonged
illness, were held today at the
w. w. Deal funeral establishment,
800 block of H st. N. E., with the
Rev. Thomas B. Ehlers, pastor of
the Forestville Methodist Church,
officiating. Burial was in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Born near Fredericksburg, Va,
Mr.. Alsop came to Washington at
the age of 20. He engaged in farm.
ing here and in Prince Georges
County, Md. He married Cornelia
Mcdonald in Brookland, D. c.,
and had celebrated his fifty-Sec-
ond wedding anniversary on No
vember Is.
He is survived by his widow and
eight children, Mrs. William E.
Schmidt, Mrs. Dora Kicker, Harold
A. Alsop and Mrs. Beulah Faunce,
all of Washington; Mrs. Olive
Beall and Joseph Alsop, of Brad
bury Heights, Md, Mrs. Eva
Smith, Landover, Md, and Mrs.
Agnes Briant, Norfolk, Va.
The Washington times., 1938-12-01
Basin Rites
Tomorrow

Last rites for Mrs. katherine E,
Basin, widow of w. Finley Basin,
building contractor, will be held
at the residence, 1900 block of
Brandywine st. N. W., tomorrow
at 2 p. m, with the Rev. DR.. Wal.
ter M. Michael officiating, with
burial in Washington Memorial
Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Basin died yesterday at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Frank
H. Miller, at the age Of 80, after
an illness of three years.
Born in Alexandria, Va, the
daughter Of John T. and Mary
Elizabeth Eads, she was educated
in private schools in that COM
munity. She came to Washington
over go years ago, and was mar.
ried to Mr.. Basin in the Hamline
Methodist Church. Mr.. Basin died
here four years ago.
Mrs. Basin was member of
the Eldebrook Methodist Church,
and was prominently identified
with the various activities Of the
church.
In addition to Mrs. Miller, she
leaves another sister, Mrs. John
F. Lynch, also Of this city.
The Washington times., 1938-12-01
Lear Funeral
Arranged

Funeral services for Mrs. AIDE
laide Hartel Lear, lifelong resi-
dent of Washington, who died yes
terday at her residence, 1900
block Of North Capitol St., after
an illness Of two years, will be held
Saturday at 2 p. m. at the Lutheran
Church Of the Atonement, North
Capitol Street and Rhode Island
Avenue. The Rev. Howard E.
Snyder, pastor, will officate.
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
Mrs. Lear was the widow Of
Daniel c. Lear, retired Govern
ment Printing Office employee.
who died in June, 1887. She was
born in Washington, the daugh-
ter Of Mr.. mad Mrs. Charles Har-
tel, who emigrated here from
Germany.
Active in church work, she was
an enthusiastic worker in the va
rious organizations of the Church
of the Atonement, and a member
of Bethlehem Chapter, Order of
the Eastern Star.
Three sisters, Mrs. George
Johannes, Mrs. G. Hornig and
Mrs. Della Boggs, all Of Washing
ton, survive.
The Washington times., 1938-12-01
DEATH CLAIMS
FRANK BROOKE

Frank Brooke, 80, retired Gov
eminent employee, who died yester-
day at his home, TOO block Of
North Capitol St., will be buried
with the final rites Of the Catholic
Church.
Services will be held at the W..
w. Chambers funeral home, 1900
block of Chaplin st. N. W., at $50
a. M, on Saturday, followed by
requiem mass at 10 a. m. in the
Fort Myer chapel. Burial will be
with military honors in Arlington
National Cemetery.
A native of Prince Georges
county, Mr.. Brooke enlisted in the
Army in 1888. He entered Federal
service here in 1917, retiring in
1880. He was a member Of the
Holy Name Society Of st. Martins
Catholic Church.
His widow, Mrs. Cora Lee
Brooke, and q son, Ray Brooke,
survive,
The Washington times., 1938-12-01
WOMEN'S CLUB
TO EXHIBIT ART

ARLINGTON, Va, Dec. l..
Work Of more than a score of art
lists Of Arlington and vicinity will
be exhibited by the Arlington
Women's Club Sunday afternoon
and Monday night.
Acceding to numerous requests,
the club announced today that
the exhibit will be continued from
4 to 5 p. m. and Z to 9 a. m.
Monday, in addition to the Sun
day hours. from 3 to 10 p. m.
The most popular picture Of the
exhibit will be decided by a vote
Of the public. The exhibit, which
will be held in the organizations
clubhouse on Columbia pike, is
free.
Artists exhibiting include Garnet
Jex, Herbert Hicks, Eugene Weisz,
Richard Lahey, Eugenia Miller,
Hazel Cameron Menk, Mrs. Perry
Mitchell, Cherry Ford White,
Marguerite Kumm, Richard Paine,
Morris Pawley, Lester Bounds,
Edwin Cassidy, Muriel CLARK,
George Lohr, Mrs. Moi Marshall
and Harriet Hill,
The Washington times., 1938-12-01
Club 10 Show Films
OF AzaIea Gardens

Members of the Woodbridge Gar
den Club, meeting in Sherwood
Presbyterian Hall, Twenty-second
Street and Rhode Island Avenue
Northeast, tonight, will see natural
color motion pictures Of the Azalea
Gardens at Charleston, S. C. The
pictures will be shown by Maurice
H. Thatcher, former governor Of
the Canal Zone and one-time rep
resentative in Congress from Ken
lucky. Following the film, election
of club officers will take place.
The Washington times., 1938-12-01
Pilot Boat
Sinks, CreW
SdUed

A pilot boat, The william
B. Tanner, out Of Baltimore,
sank Is miles off Cape
Henry, Va, last night follow
ing q collision with another
vessel, the Coast Guard re-
ported today.
Details Of the collision
were meager, but the Coast
Guard said its cutter, the
CG-218, had saved. the crew
and officers Of thu 75-fOOt
boat, which has piled the bay
waters for years, plotting
large ships into the port 1t
Baltimore.
First report of the collision
came with an IS o s" mes
sage from the S. s. Lever
bank hich led Coast
Guardsmen to the belief that
it was this vessel with which
the pilot boat crashed.
The Washington times., 1938-12-01

HAPPY RELIEF
FROM PAINFUL
BACKACHE

Many Of those Enawing. naGginG. painful
are often caused by tired 6dneyg-And may
be relieved when treated in the right way.
The Kidneys arc Natures chief way Of taking
excess acids and poisonous waste cut Of the
blood. Most people pass about piAts day q
about pounds Of waste.
Frequent or scanty passages with smarting
and burning shows there may be something
wrong with your kidneys or bladder.
II the Is miles of kidney tubeb and filters
don't work well, poisonous waste matter stays
In the blood. These poisons may start nAGEing
backaches, rheumatic pains, loss Of pep and
energy, getting up nights, swelling, puhinnD
under the eyes, headaches and disInes.
Don't waitl Ask your druggist for DoAn's
Pills, used successfully by millions for OvR 20
Thy EyH happy I: az! and ~ YIN a:D q:
Vasto from the blood. Get Doan's Pills.
The Washington times., 1938-12-01
Chamber TO Hear
OF Seal Campaign

DR.. James G. Townsend, preSi-
dent of the tuberculosis Associa-
ton, will address the Junior
Board of Commerce at q lunch
con in the Annapolis Hotel today
at lis p. m. He will discuss the
activities Of the association in con-
nection with the annual Christ
mas Seal Campaign. Donald T.
Sheehan, director Of health edu-
cation for the association, will
address the Twentieth Century
Club at meeting in Barker Hall,
Y. w. C. A., at 1870 a. m.
The Washington times., 1938-12-01
Rabbi to Speak

Rabbi Benjamin Parker will be
guest speaker Friday at the even
ing services Of the Bi-ai Israel
Congregation, to be held in Tai
mud Torah Temple, Fourteenth
and Emerson Streets Northwest.
His subject will be "Our Ans 7er." "