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The Washington times., 1938-05-18
KELLEYGRAMS

middle aisle it. Winchell hints
it, says he's Is. But he couldn't
make a personal" here with
MonOgram's boy Of the
Streets" because he came under
the Child Labor law for juve-
niles, only two months ago.
NELSON AND JEANETTE
Nelson Eddy will make Sweet
hearts" with jeanette MacDon-
aid, and Woody Van Dyke will
be at the director controls. Van
Dyke boSSed the ace singing
team in Rose Marie" and
Naughty Marietta" which in
dicates he knows how.
During his recent appearance
in Washington Allan Jones
made an interesting observation
on team popularity. He didn't
care to make The FREELY" with
jeanette Macdonald, only be-
cause audiences have already
enshrined Nelson Eddy as the
ideal screen companion for
smiling jeanette.
This being so, opined Tenor
Jones, no matter how good any
other Macdonald mate in a
role, he would still inspire the
comment, Il don't think he's as
good as Nelson Eddy" Same
thing goes for Fred Astaire and
Ginger Rogers. It is hazardous
to separate them as a dancing
team.
think Allan has got some
thing there. They're established
like ham and eggs (no offense),
Burns and Allen. Laurel and
Hardy, Willie and Eugene How.
ard, or Edgar Bergen and his
Charlie.
SPANISH DIFFICULTY
Walter Wanger sat in Wash
ingtOn'S Variety Club last De-
cember and told about his plans
for making Castles in Spain"
AS the title implies, locale in
the war.tOrn country.
Since then he put the picture
In production with temporary
titles, THE River Is Blue, :"
"The Adventures" ''The Rising
Tide" and "The Blockade. 4"
Under the latter title 1t will be
released in June.
Producer Wanger has been an
nOyed no end, while in prOduc-
ton, by apparent espionage from
supporters of the various bellig-
erents in the war area. So much
so that he has taken the matter
up officially with the State De
partment, for there have been
threats Of political pressure Ia
embarrass him when "The
Blockade" Is released abroad.
The story comes from an orig
inal screen play by John Howard
Lawson, q former newSpapermau
who spent considerable time in
Europe. 1t Is described Is q
gripping romantic story against
the chaotic background of war
torn Spain. Henry Fonda and
Madeline Carroll are the stars
william Dieterly, who directed
''ZOla" and "PaSteur" for Warner
Bros, handled THE Blockade
! for Wanger.
The Washington times., 1938-05-18

Here is Claude Rains as evil
Prince John. Robin Hoods arch
enemy in THE Adventures Of
Robin Hood"
This is the last Of three pic
lures in the Robin Hood color
ing contest. The first two draw.
ings-of Enrol Flynn and Olivia
de acknowledgements Mon
day and Tuesday.
The Times and the Earle
Theater offer $50 in cash prizes
for the best entries in this con-
test. Using crayonS or paints,
color these pictures as you
imagine they look in the beau
tiful Technicolor in which THE
Adventures of Robin Hoods" is
presented.
Send the three pictures to the
Robin Hood Contest Editor, care
Of The Times, before noon Fri
day. Neatness and originality
Of presentation will help the
judges pick the winners. in case
Of ties.
The best entry will win q
The Washington times., 1938-05-18
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
I1I0lg lllIlZ
BY ED SULLIVAN
A CoIun,nist's Clock
Hollywood, May IS.

that the wrencSed back which panied all probably resulted
Bruce Cabot Don Ameche and Locke with
s Of o1 card from Cooke c sUT o nUp sna Root
returning from Brazil with new dance called samba" Letters
Joseph Manni Superintendent Of the Department Of Public
On to s sT van 1oFa sok nD 1s at sany
must get that that's where the family comes FROM and
10 A. MBnHe Burke noting that 1unt and FontAnne had
sailed for Europe recalling amudy the stage predcamen that
from Alfred L1ns marriage to Lynn @ az ne: ne WAS
drew near he became scared death At the matinee perform
played pantomne and an hiding
na n Of Ss: ;gos the s M sx the s10s
that they had to get an understudy for bridegroom
II MYOur reporter neges the stars for space to chat
snd ho % in p sas s he mo
talented and shapy thus winning trip Paris after personal
a. and EemendOsy excited She chicago girl studied at
dad who dead BELGIAN her mother redheaded IRISH
se e2e New svs G say on s % s4 1o but
NooN-The big reconciliation scene featuring Barbara STAN
s EY Your s % ali y wr
the fish and it developed that everything had resulted from
o S she she any Wh
St. out here for w e s s1R
them I'd become toonsciou I'd look myself the
IN
qes Os: Snn 0a The me os Os put SoS
waitress refused take the tip Now we're even said Barbara
city scker" Say it's girls paying
fellows.
M-Every studio visit discussing the Baron
Cramm The Of Hollywood that he was rail
roaded The tennis PLAYERS here vehement in their support
him. proof Of Won Cramms magnificent sporSEnansip,
friends of Donald Bulge recall the famous match at Wimbledon
ended and said II played the
greatest tennis have played but you too good for me-
ah grudgng concession This town holds high regard
the jailed in Germany and believes that his confession
made under dureSs
49,
7PM-Dnner at the House of Murphy by Bob Murphy
smhsvie Flats N. Y little town outside Of 4inghamton
Murphy the former vaudeville headhne and his restaurant
legend you used to feed feed YOU
place diners and is jammed all the
time with Hollywood stars and executives
P. MThe town heads into HOLLYWOOD for the Swing Club
Frohman The place damned to overfowng
sodly with his charm and modesty The
Yacht Mary Milton Bere Benny Fields and
Blossom Roenthal Eddie Irving Mills Joe Lewis
Prince Mike Romanof and the Rufus eAaes lead the applause
upshot engagement will be movie contract
smile Photographic and that's what they pay OF on
The Washington times., 1938-05-18

New BorO Theater opens to-
morrow night and a neighbor-
hood movie war impendS in
peaceful Bethesda, Md. For
Henry HiSer, owner of the
State Theater, has his conStruc-
ton loan, is all ready to start
the steam shovel for another
1000 scatter in this prosperous
suburb.
Somebody will get their fin.
gers burned, say smart exhibit
tors who. having tabled the pO-
tential patronage Of this area,
feel certain the new Hiser the
alter, If it becomes a reality
will overSeat the suburb.
Exhibitor Hiser owns the pros
porous little State Theater, and
is slightly heated over OppOsi-
ton in his territory. The new
BorO Theater has accOmmOda-
lions for 500 parked cars, and
hopes to reach across the Dis
trict line to attract customers,
and to Rockville in the other di-
rectiOn.
Peace overtures are being
made but at the moment 1t
looks as though 1t would take
all the experts Of the State De
partment, plus Will H avs, to
cool down the competitors, who
will probably slice the neigh
borhOOd melon SO thin none
will get nOuriShing bite.
GROWLS AT CIRCUS
Ringing Bros. is finding no
recession in the Washington
area. Circus has spread the hay
for overflows at all four per-
formances up to date, was yell
ing, "All sold out" as early as
7:45 last night. Upholds Wash.
ington's reputation as a No. !
circus town.
Many a growl, particularly
from press pass holders, unable
to get seats. Is the circus flirt-
ing with another newspaper row,
such as the one it took five years
to settle?
ROBIN HOOD" RICHES
What's the difference be-
tween a mere hit and a four
Dagger in the movies? Well on
the box office statements of the
Stanley Theater in Baltimore
1t shows Robin Hood" doing
more business on opening day,
last Saturday, than Fools For
Scandal did in a full week.
Where figures speak louder
than words.
is WASHINGTON COLD?
Noticed that the Abbey Play
ers, who are very expert on
timing of lines, frequently
paused Monday night, in Far
of Hills" waiting for the
laughs, and sometimes they
didn't come quite as heavy as
expected.
Makes me wonder whether
George M. Conan is right. He
has always insisted that Wash
ington audiences hold back.
Which Is another way of saying
they're cold, hard to warm up.
What's this, what's this, about
Jackie Cooper getting ready TO
The Washington times., 1938-05-18

already demonstrated he can
strut a wicked Big Apple, here
takes clarinet in hand and
blows olistering hot. He is the
kid brother OF Maureen O'Sul-
Ivan and heI main torment.
Mickey becomes a jitterbug
through listening to Benny
Goodman and the swingeroo3
of radio, and they get him so
that he o. ganizes his own band
of blaring brass.
AS for the rest of Hold That
Kiss" it is made from stencil
story No. 20. The one about the
boy and the girl who try to fool
each other. He thinks she is
Social Register and Bar Harbor.
She is sure he is of the Town
and Country set. He's a travel
clerk. She's a dress model.
SAMMY KAYE
That trite situation puts it up
to the dialogue writer's. They
must make it bright and Snappy
to cover up the plot frailties,
keep it going until the time
comes to end the great decep-
ton.
They introduce the largest st.
Bernard dog in captivity into
the story for laughs. They also
have a lotta fun with the mill
tary ushers of the first run
cinemas, find it convenient to
show Maureen O'Sullivan off in
some fancy wardrobe.
In all it looks as though swing
will be king on F Street begin
ming Friday. With Swing and
Sway Sammy Kaye on the stage
getting his dipsy-doodle opposi-
ton from the Rooney swing on
the screen.
The Washington times., 1938-05-18
Bond Hits in
Glen Echo's
Ballroom

No spot around Washington
is more popular than the Span
ish Garden Ballroom ct Glen
Echo Park, and no orchestra Of
the big name variety has made
q greater hit than Ray Herbeck
and his organization, held over
through the current week.
This "southpaw" director Is
assisted by Joe Martin, Shirley
Martin, and The Three Top
Hatters, whose Vocalizing leaves
nothing to be desired. The Ball
Room IS just one Of the bright
spots at Glamorous Glen Echo,
which spreads . feast Of fun to
suit every taste. ~
Foremost In popularity is the
new World Cruise, typified by q
faithful reproduction Of an ocean
liner. BY means Of streamline,
six passenger boats, travellers"
may visit strangs lands, and see
strange sights. Another water
attraction Is the fleet Of 20
modern motor-boats on the
waterway canal, busy day and
night.
Those who try the new Dod-
gem rides, with their slick
Stream-lined cars are in for q
rare thrill. Still basking in the
spotlight of popularity. Of course.
are the Coaster Dips, Whip,
Pretzel, Aeroplane Swings, Mid
way and other amuSementS that
hold their public, year after year.
Glen Echo wishes it known
that picnic parties receive the
warmeSt welcome. and that
every facility for q fine days
q outing is provided on the Glen
Echo Picnic Grounds. Fast and
dependable car service to and
from the park is always in evil
dence. Motorists will always find
unexcelled parking facilities
free.
The Washington times., 1938-05-18
Is
Irish Star in
"Juno"

The Irish Players brought
Capt. Jack Boyle and Joker
Daily, their fun and misery, to
the National Theater last night.
with the presentation of Seam
O'Casey's Juno and the Pay
cock"
Here is one of the finest char
acterizations of the contempt
rary stage, q tour de force for
Barry Fitzgerald, able actor in
the Dublin trcrpe, and Play
wright O'CaSey's soaring arraign-
ment of Irish squalor and indo-
lence.
Most playgoers regard Juno"
as a comedy, inaSmuch as in
defining the character of Cap
tain Boyle, the Celtic Jeeter
Lester, droll hunor is accentu-
ated in the first two acts.
When O'CaSey plunges his
drama into the tragedy Of the
folk scene, one sees Capt. John
Boyle in contemplate reality
as a drunken, shiftleSs loafer,
a ne'er do well who neglectS
his family and himself, sees the
world in "a state of chassis"
while his own house is tumbling
around his ears. The curtain
drops on q Sodden and bleary-
eyed bum, deserted by all ex-
cept his hypocritical pal. the
bar fly, Joker.
Barry Fitzgerald is one Of the
aces of the natural school Of
drama. He gets his effects
quietly, by manneriSIn, express
sion and the Skillful meditation
Of a well-trained voice. There
are few who realize as well the
power Of a pause, the timing Of
q laugh or the value Of gesture
and expression in mirroring
mixed emotion. His Captain
Jack Boyle isS one Of the out
standing performances Of Wash.
ington's dramatic season.
Eileen Grove, Arthur Shields,
F. ]. Mccormick and Alden
O'Connor, in the important roles,
give brilliant support to Fitz-
gerald.
This afternoon the players are
presenting George Shields "The
New Gossoon." Tonight the play
is Synge's "Playboy Of the West
ern World"
ANDREW R. KELLEY.
The Washington times., 1938-05-18

and hooray for the grown-up
1rish-but it will probably be
Mickey who will drag in most
of the customers for Hold That
Kiss"
Young Mr.. Rooney, who has
The Washington times., 1938-05-18
Doris Bowdon Gets
First Cinema Role

Doris Bowdon, petite South
ern beauty discovered recently
by film talent scouts at the
University of Louisiana, gets
gets her first real break in "Al.
ways Good-by," in production
at Twentieth. Century-Fox.
The pert little Southern belle.
a campus beauty queen until
taken into the Hollywood fold,
plays a helpful shipboard &C
quaintance Of Barbara Stan
wyck, star of the picture.
The Washington times., 1938-05-18
Gleanings
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

Mickey Rooney passing through the awkward very
nicely He is the changing voice. high school freshman
period and it is as hard fit him with roles is to find
readymade suit to drape Joe Holman's massive form.
Ray Bells considered opinion yesterday that Holly
should send along the Mickey Rooney swing band he
directs Hold That Kiss the attraction would be worth
$1,000 week the Capitol Theaer stage Quite true Quite
true But would also Carter Barron hauled before the
Juvenile Court.
Mickey Rooney what the exhibitor calls red hot at the
moment All because of the hit he made in Judge Hardys
Children That what Hollywood calls sleeper, made
as $3.50 picture winding UP box office bell jngler
The Washington times., 1938-05-18
"Petticoat Fever" Is
First AtCross-Roads

Opening with "Petticoat
Fever" a comedy by Mark Reed,
next Monday, May %, the Cross
Roads Theater begins q season
of varied and successful modern
plays.
Holiday" Phillip Barry's dra-
matte study Of love Of money
versus love of life, recently COM
pleted by Katherine Hepburn
for R.-K.-O., will be the second
offering of the season.
The Washington times., 1938-05-18

check for SIS, second best SO,
third best SIS. Next is will each
win a pair Of guest tickets to
see Robin Hood" at the Earle
Theater Friday; the next so will
each win a Movie Book" tell
ing the story Of Robin Hood in
ITS pictures from the photo
play. These Movie Books also
will be included as an extra
prize for the cash and ticket
winners.
The Washington times., 1938-05-18

MICKEY GETS HOT
It was too late then to build
up Mickey Rooney'spart in Hold
That Kiss" The picture was
completed and in the cutting
room, with Maureen O'Sulivan
and Dennis O'Keefe as its fea-
tured players.
The O'Sullivan and O'Keefe
team nave the love interest
The Washington times., 1938-05-18
Polo Workout

Robert Montgomery with his
role In Metro GOODWIN Mayors
yellow Jack" completed, is Civ.
ing his string Of polo ponies a
daily workout.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
Permanent United States.
From the East Arkansas Record.


Business and labor, the headlines tell
us, have pledged themselves to q united
front to help the march out of the busi-
ness recession-a march which has al
ready begun.
Why not develop united front for all
times, instead of effecting an armistice
intended to aid in solving a temporary
difficulty?
If the united front will help in stop
ping this recession, why wouldn't it stop
all future recessions before they begun?
A section of the Nations economic
set-up blandly tells us that the economic
evils which have beset us in the past
are necessary evils-that We cannot pre-
vent them, and most emphatically should
not make any attempt to prevent them.
Well, that attitude is stupid. Some
thing can be done-and the triple en-
tente Of capital, labor and Government
can do it.
Judging from developments of very
recent times, the Nation is travelling
along the road to such an entente-is
nearer to it than it has ever been.
The movement should have the sup
port of every citizen interested in. his
Nations welfare, and the welfare of
every stratum of its social and economic
life.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
Playground Jurisdiction.

Recreation in the District, like the
weather, is on everybody's lips, but no.
body seems to be doing anything con-
structive about it..
One of the principal topics Of discus
sion in this connection at the moment
seems to be the transfer of $4,000 from
the Playground Department to the pub
lie schools for the summer operation Of
some forty-seven Fairgrounds.
The advisability of such transfer
seems open to doubt. In the first place,
1t has been pointed out by the City,
wide Playground Council that the funds
transferred cover only the cost of keep
ing the grounds open and partially SUI
pervised during the summer: that the
equipment used in games and additional
personnel are carried elsewhere in the
Fairgrounds budget, but no additional
funds for them are given to the schools
Community Center Department.
II this is true, as 1t seems to be, the
House by its action has created the in
congruous situation whereby money is
available to maintain forty-seven play
grounds during the summer but by no
means to operate an adequate program
Of activity. The Community Center De-
partment, which would have Jurisdiction,
would not have any money for that pur-
pose. while the Playground Department
would have facilities and personnel to
complete the program but no authority
to do 30.
Secondly, If the transfer means, as
the Playground Council has charged.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

changes will be studied as well as
changes in kidney and adrenal func-
tions. Blood specimens will be collected
for more careful analysis in the labora-
tory at Charlottesville to determine
changes in salt, sugar and water content
For some years DR.. Britton has been
carrying out experiments with such
creatures as the ground hog and the
opposum in efforts to keep them alive
after their adrenals have been removed
His trips to Panama have been made
possible by grant from the Guggen-
helm Foundation.
The paradox of the sloth studies is
that DR.. Britton has turned to the
worlds LATEST warm -blooded animal in
an effort to find how other warm
blooded animals, such as men and
horses, can be made more energetic.
1t seems to be tied up in some way with
both the thyroid and cortin secretions
The studies may enable him, when the
whole pattern is patched together. to
get at the root Of laziness, both mental
and physical
Evening star., 1938-02-08
What Ails Our Seamen?
From the Richmond News Leader.

If old American sea captains walk a
ghostly quarter deck as they cruise along
the Styx, they will be aghast to read the
testimony given in executive session to
the Senate Commerce and Labor Com
mittees. All that was said there Of sui
lenness. violence and mutiny would have
shocked the disciplinarian of other days.
The evidence surprised few others. Ex-
perienced travellers did not know that
conditions were quite as bad as they
are said to be, but they have observed
for ten years growing discomfort and
inefficiency among marine workers. The
reason is not far to find. Twenty years
tinkering with the Seamen's Act has
destroyed all control over tough crews
without bringing the merchant marine
q more desirable and amenable type Of
youngster. Were the recruits better, the
new legislation would be workable; but
50 long as nine in ten of r ships COM
pany are hard-boiled, they require q
sterner hand than the law permits the
master to employ. Make no mistake
about that. We are using hd-glove
statutes in dealing with men who carry
brass knucks. Unless the law is tight
ened, tirnid passengers will be afraid ere
long 70 travel On some American lines.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
Harvey S. Firestone.

Harvey S. Firestone has died at time
when it is fashionable to sneer at men
Of his quality as economic royalists"
and to suggest that, in some manner
not exactly defined, they are traitors to
civilization. The nonsense of such
theory is manifest, yet it has enjoyed
. popularity Of which the American
people should be ashamed.
He was . self-made captain Of indus
try. That in itself Is testimony for MIR.
Firestone's genius. With faith In an
ideal Of service as his principal capital,
he helped to create . national prosperity
which, without regard to occasional
interruptions, is the richest and the
most distinctively humane the world
Evening star., 1938-02-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES 3. TRAcEWELL.

So smaller albums, Of fewer records,
were issued. In the meantime the elec-
trical marvels Of the microphone and
the loudspeaker and radio tubes were
applied to the recording art.
The great trouble with the oldlr re-
coidings. which had been entirely acous-
tical, was that the engineers could not
get in the full range Of sounds.
It was impossible with those old
methods.
The results were very good-for their
day.
But new heights of musical realism
were soon secured, and have been i'm
proved on year by year, 50 that today's
records, played through electrical pick
up, radio tubes and loud speaker, have
all the tonal depth and warmth for
merly lacking.
What difference does all this make
to the enthusiastic collector Of the older
records?
None at ALL 1t must be admitted.
Music is not what he is after.
He wants old and famous names, the
older and the more famous the better
Needle scratch, records with hicks and
great gouges in them, these bother him
not at all.
Naturally, he would prefer his old discs
In good shape, but few dents and
scratches do not stand In his way of
getting some fine old item.
The fact that the surfaces of those
old records were practically all so noisy
that their playing resembled coffee
mill in operation
What difference did that make?
None at all, as far as he was, and is,
concerned.
Millions Of acoustical records were
thrown on the market
When the vogue for collecting them
finally came into being. thousands of
them were hopelessly ruined or lost.
Collectors clubs grew up.
Rare items. as worked out by the
fancy" came to have collector value,
and to draw high prices from the en-
thusiasts.
The lure of it all was one of the oldest
lures Of human nature-to get some
thing for nothing.
Almost any secondhand or even junk
shop, might hold priceless old record,
from the collectors standpoint
Every basement in which an old ma
chine was stored, with its records piled
one on top Of the other, held fortune,
maybe.
Like all hobbies, it grew with what
1t fed on.
The person who got interested in this
particular way in the older acoustical
records, in time tended to look down on
the newer records, and the new ma
chimes.
He did not mind needle scratch"
and the lack OF genuine bass, the uncer-
tainty on some notes. and the terrible
surfaces. He knew what he wanted.
He has his place.
He Is blood brother of the collector
Of old glass.
He knows what he wants. and gets it,
Let us all wish him much joy-and
then return to our gorgeous new records,
with their absolutely quiet surfaces, and
the real music they send forth.