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Evening star., 1939-12-17

OLDS 1898 de luxe trunk sedan: luxury
to date. right now with smooth. powerful
erformance-automatic transmission,
ing before buying any car whatsoever to
realize its true value at $685. unbea table
trade and terms. Paul Bros, Chrysler-
Plymouth 522O wisconsin NV.
Evening star., 1939-12-17

FORD 1887 de luxe Fordor sedan: equipped
with radio and excellent white-wall tires;
thoroughly reconditioned winterized; Blue
Ribbon guarantee your '35 car and S19.9S
monthly. Triangle Motors, 14Ol r. I. ave.
ne Decatur 63O2
Evening star., 1939-12-17

FORD 1885 de luxe sport coupe; original
black finish. spotless interior; excellent
motor and tires. new battery: a real SPORT
model for only S195. See it at once Trade.
easy terms coast-In, Inc, THE Big Pom
tlac Dealer" 407 Fla. ave- ne Att. 1926
Evening star., 1939-12-17

trunk sedan; an outstanding car in per-
iormance and price. Stop shopping and
give this a fair trial today. Completely
'WlNTERIZED" W. A. T. A. Guarantee.
H. B. LEARy Jr, A. BROS.
flrSt ana New YORK Ave r. Hnba ri FOL
Evening star., 1939-12-17

FORD 1885 Tudor good condition Bargain
at $3.50. Phelps. Chestnut 1000. Ant. 457
FORD de luxe Tudor, 1899; black. 1000
miles: responsible party take over IA notes
OF S41 .sS, no equity required. Call Sun
daY North k43a a
Evening star., 1939-12-17

FORD 1889 Tudor; Just nicely broken in
perfect as new; spare never used; finished
in black: winterized; Blue Ribbon guaran.
tee: S519. Triangle Motors 1401 r.
ave ne, Dec 630o
Evening star., 1939-12-17

PONTIAC 1885 4-door sedan trunk. radio
heater: dark green finish. all coed tires
excellent motor; $3.50 NORTHEAST MO-
TOR CO., Ford Dealers, 92O Bladensburg
Evening star., 1939-12-17

FORD sedan, Fordor. 1891 model: cheap:
IN good running condition. 2Ol6 10th
Evening star., 1939-12-17

FORD 1888 Fordor trunk sedan; black
car. This is exceptional: S269 is cheap
for this car; So down. bal. SIS mo. Logan
Motors, ] sth and M SITS NV. Dist. 5S03.
Any car down payment.
Evening star., 1939-12-17

FORD 1888 convertible coupe; George
washington blue finish Morocco leather
upholstery, radio, low mileage by one
owner; the model Is hard to find, particu-
larly as clean as this. Butler-Bonded: s.
day driving trial; S567. Lee D. Butler, Inc.
Evening star., 1939-12-17

PONTIAC 1898 6-cylinder sedan trunk
and radio and heater; light green fnish;
clean as new inside owned by a lady
next door to our service dept. thor
guarantee; only $319; $40 down bal
S22 mo-. no indorsers; bring $40 and
get car. Logan Motors. 18th and M SITS
NV. Dist. 5S03. Any car a down
Evening star., 1939-12-17

OLDsMoBn.E 1937-193s sedans. coaches.
with trunks. and coupes; different colors.
some with radios and heaters: every one in
excellent condition mechanically; clean in
teriorS: priced from S475 up
HORNER'S CORNER,
Evening star., 1939-12-17

FORD 1899 de luxe coupe: beautiful ma
room 1nish, driven very little by original
owner new-car appearance and perform
ance in every detail: only 1865; fully
Evening star., 1939-12-17

VlII dIu + Ia hVe " Il. AlI OfOf.
OLDSMOBILE 1884 s-cylinder sedan: flne
condition: privately owned and garaged;
passed D. c. inspection; price. Sl65. Phone
Adams 1892
Evening star., 1939-12-17

MERCURY 1889 town sedan; original
finish inside and out indicates its careful
use by original owner. Your '35 Ford.
tion as down payment Balance "a mos.
Liberal trade-in allowance Steuart Motor
Co.. Bird and H SITS. ne. Atlantic $500.
Evening star., 1939-12-17

FORD 1884 de |. cpe.: newly enameled
El Paso tan. with red wheels and stripe;
motor is fne; only Sl79; 81 cash and Sl3
mo-; no indorsers. Bring 81 and get
car. Logan Motors Service Center. 2Ist
Evening star., 1939-12-17

FORD 1887 Fordor sedan; trunk space;
black finish, like new; guaranteed 80 days
in writing; clean as new all over. This
is steal for only S297; 81 cash and bal.
S22 per mo-: no indorsers. Bring 81 and
get car. Logan Motors. 354O 14th st.
NV. Dist 5631. Next Cavalier Hotel.
ANY car a down payment.
Evening star., 1939-12-17

FORD 1887 4-door sedan; excellent brown
hnish, fine motor. like-new tires. interior
spotless; ready for safe winter driving;
reduced to sell at once; now. 1915. Nc
Kee Service Center. 22nd and sts. NV.
Evening star., 1939-12-17

LINCoLN-zEPHYR 1887 sedan: orig. ma
room finish like new; radio; heater. white
sidewall tires. excellent throughout.
real Christmas present S445; terms and
guaranteed. Acme Motor Sales, 1917 l4th
Evening star., 1939-12-17

FORD 1889 de luxe Fordor sedan; it's per
feet We cannot offer you something for
nothing" It's fairly priced at S595. Your
lifetime guarantee" only 80 days. We
are obliged to charge you for insurance
and financing il you purchase on terms.
Be smarter-barter with CARTER for a
square deal. 7101 Wis. ave, phone Wis.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
DRASTIC REDUCTIONS!

MITCHELL MOTORS, INC.
OPEN Ewes AND SUNDAYS
1907 18th. HOBART O6OO.
Evening star., 1939-12-17

MERCURY 1889 sedan: new. never run;
used little by owner Of company: never
titled; big discount Logan Motors, III
18th st. See Mr.. Bond or Mr. Dillon. Any
car down payment
Evening star., 1939-12-17

FORD 1887 de luxe coupe: dark green
used by a very careful man name if de-
sired. only S495; any car down pay
ment. Logan Motors, 18th and NJ, Dis
frict 5Sn2
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Tallulah Bankhead Is One
Winner in the Play Shuttle
Gets Her Broadway Hit at Last;
But Some Other Arrivals
Bring Little Joy
By Ira Wolferf.


Talulah Bankhead problem
child
Foxes
what aonhngly Broadway long
tious
However the from the unruy sector where the heater
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Lucille Ball Plays
Dramatic Role

Lucille Ball, one of Hollywood's S
fastest rising young stars. adds to
her steadily growing list of appear
ances with the top role in Beauty
for the Asking"
: In most of her previous film vehi-
>cles, Miss Ball has played comedy
roles. In the "Annabel' series she
was tespestuous Hollywood star,
land in Trailer Romance" she abet-
ted Joe Penner in madcap mishaps.
In Beauty for the Asking" set
against the background of "the
beauty business" she will be seen
as romantic heroine in dramatic
role.
= Patric Knowles, Donald Woods
sand Frieda Inescort have prominent
.parts in the film, which Glenn
sTryon directed and B. P. Fineman
produced.
Evening star., 1939-02-26

faster, squeezes the heart and tickles
the brain.
The story is too complicated to fit
into a paragraph. 1t deals with
members of a Southern family who
are of the breed that currently has
inherited most of the earth. A grasp
ing, relentless, money-loving breed
they are, believing the end-which is
material success-justifles any
means. There are two brothers and
a sister, and. when the play opens.
they have pulled themselves up by
the bootstraps to become the leaders
of the small town they inhabit and
are now reaching out for larger
fields. After three acts of steady dis
regard for all the decent emoting
and of relentless plotting, lying,
cheating. stealing. double-crossing
and, finally, murder, they get what
they want. They succeed in becom-
ing mililonaires.
AS an exposure of the unhappy
mentalities from which too many of
us today are taking orders, the play
is important, and as gallery of full
f1eshed characters. it is interesting.
A number Of emotions animate such
people-greed, first of all, and then
the cause of that greed, starvation of
the spirit, cruelty, cunning. COM
plete lack of dignity, murderous sell
fishness-and Miss Hellman has
written scene after scene to tick
these emotions off.
The climax of the drama, of
course, is the murder-a passive act,
in this case, refusal to get medi-
cine for man suffering from
heart attack-but the scene that hit
me the hardest came early in the
play, when the two brothers and the
sister thought millions were in their
grasp and sat back to enjoy the only
kind of happiness possible to them
satiation of greed. Miss Bankhead
as the sister and Tom Dingle and
Carl Benton Reed as the brothers
did it perfectly, dreaming with thin,
wet lips and glistening eyes and
swollen hearts.
Herman Shumlin produced and
directed with the kind of dexterity
that Illuminated his work on Grand
Hotel"
Copyright. 1899, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1939-02-26

theory that picture cannot be any
good unless large amount of money
is spent on fancy trappings that
will smother patrons with awe, the
Hardys-six of them in three years
have been produced on budgets ap-
proximating $2500O0 each-less than
one-third the price of an average
program leader.
Collections on Love Finds Andy
Hardy" and The Hardys Out West"
are reported to be running over
81 100000 each. and not one offering
in the group has fallen below the
million dollar crossing mark. Filmed
in simple, wholesome style, without
the slightest effort at ostentation,
the Hardys are not only making a
barrel of money for the still be-
wildered M-G-M studio, but they
are actually threatening to smash
and revise the whole scheme of
present-day production methods.
No treasured trade secrets are in
volved In the manufacture of a
Hardy picture. On the other hand,
the studio proceeds with down-to-
earth informality, strikingly similar
to the actions of the characters in
the stories. Every one around the
lot is urged to take a hand in FASH
ioning the family's adventures, and
many do, offering ideas and anec-
dotes taken from their own lives.
Stories are prepared, of course, by
regulation writer's, according to
Hollywood Hoyle, but incident and
dialogue spring from wide and
amazing sources.
Kay Van Ripper, who heads the
writing staff, draws frankly on her
girlhood in Winona and Buffalo,
Mimi, one with 10000 population,
the latter with only 1900. The
homely witticisms and sound advice
Of her grandmother, Mrs. Sigred
Gilbert, with whom she once lived in
Buffalo, Mimi, supply Judge Hardy
newis Stone) with much of the
philosophy he expounds to his son
Andy, played by Mickey Rooney.
I'm the next picture" Miss Van
(see HEFFERNAN, Page F-20
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Deep and Dark the Mystery
And Great the Tension
On That Spy Film Set
Plainclothesmen Swarm About,
Sabotage Rumors Fill the Air
AS Warmers Forge Ahead
By Douglas ". Churchill
By Douglas ". Churchill.


Reminiscent Of World War days when eccentric
acters IN most remote outposts
bers OF
warmers phoographng Of Confessions
police guard set and possibly
1urrou the former Oman with
plalnclothesmen For
names OF performers in the picture numbers
but when the gentlemen of laughed
precauton customary publicity attended each casting.
reported that complete
these are guarded with the
that German consul
mmeograph The techncns
night the portions the play
Everybody pretty All
received threatening letters 90
nome at night they hysterical
get out OF the picture before it is late
most OF the players but although
stoa
to walk OH the set twice because tension.
The other day the sound a dropped
6o-pound mcophone within feet
the publicity department. This the
falling objects always miss stars although the
caused by falling lamps this the first incident
microphone has been etha summoned
and inspection declared sabotage The BOOM
he sad had been
In addition to the other solemn information
the story OF prejudice
Brown native OF Richmond Va who employed
NaZ
to but
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Todoy's Film Schedules

PALACE-"Trade Winds" ro-
nance in a round-the-world
chase; 2:55, sos, 7:20 and
$50 pm.
There's That Wom-
an Again." detective doings
in the gay manner: 3. $50,
TAO and 9:55. Stage shows:
2:10. 4:25, GAS and 9:O5 pm.
CAP1TOL-"Topper Takes a
Trip" more of the popular
Thorne Smith character and
his vanishing girl friend: 2.
4:30, tbs and 10 pm. Stage
shows: $3.50, 6:15 and 9 pm.
ME METROPOLITAN-"T THE
Beachcomber," Charles
Laughton and Elsa Lanches-
ter IN tip-top form: 2:55,
$40, 7:25 and $40 pm.
KE1TH'S- -"Gunga Din" he
roic adventure film inspired
by the Kipling poem: $3.50,
5:25, 7::30 and 9:35 pm.
"Ballerina, poignant
story of a young ballet STU
dent who meets up with life:
2, 4, 5:55, 7:50 and GAS pm.
COLUMBIA Jesse James,"
the action film inspired by
the famed bandits career: 2,
ABS, ITO and $40 pm.
BELASCO-"Dark Rapture" :"
exciting saga of adventure in
Africa's interior: 2:35, 4:25,
6:l0, 8 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Coming Attractions

PALACE-"Pygmalion." George
Bernard ShaW's first venture
into the cinema with a trans
lation of one of his own plays,
comes finally to town, opening
Thursday after a premiere
Wednesday night. Leslie
Howard and Wendy Hitler
play the leads.
KEITH'S-"The Spirit Of Cul-
ver," with Jackie Cooper and
Freddie Bartholomew as the
two lads imbued with it, has
its world premiere In WASH
ington, here Tuesday night.
EARLE-"Yes, My Darling
Daughter" the screen version
of the popular comedy, starts
Friday. Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey
Lynn, Fay BANTER and Ro-
land Young play leading roles.
An all-girl revue will be the
stage show, with Cass Daley,
a girls orchestra, the Roxy
cites and others.
Observation-Disclosures Finn"
with Mickey Rooney playing
Mark TWain's famed Missis-
sippi lad, opens Friday. There
will be q new stage show, too.
METROPOLITAN -" ambush, :"
notable among other things
for having Gladys Swarthout
In a non-singing role and for
presenting Ernest Truck as Q
villain, starts Friday.
Evening star., 1939-02-26

is not all good this morning. Joe
Cook hasn't been on Broadway since
1888. and then. it seems, he only
stopped to say hello. Now he is back
in "Off to Buffalo," by Max Lehman
and Allen Boretz.
Moliere once sounded an ominous
note OF warning for these two scrib-
bling gentlemen: HE makes his
cook his merit and the world visits
his dinners and not him" Mr.. Cook S
riotous dinners are served in Sleep
less Hollow, out Lake Hopatcong
way, and the Ethel Barrymore Thea
ter isn't offering any more than
salted nuts. About the only value
there Is to "Off to Buffalo" is that
it reminds a harassed populace a
darling clown waits wastefully in the
wings for an author who can lead
him on the stage.
And then there is John Beal. He
has been the honey of the Hollywood
B-hive for a long time now, but he
hasn't sweetened any local box offices
since 1884. Miss Swan Expects" by
Bella and Samuel Spewack, is no
relief from the Beal blues.
Lillian Hellman, the author of
"Children's Hour" and Days to
Come" writes in the great tradition
Of melodrama and, although always,
thus far, she has fallen short, her
efforts have Invariably been inter-
esting. THE Little Foxes" is of a
piece with the rest of her work
violent, dark and substantial, play
in which stormy people brood their
way into turbulence.
Miss Hellman responds to the pre-
liminary essential of art-the ex-
preston of an emotion about life
and goes large step beyond that
by making the emotion she expresses
an important one. I think that
where she fails is in the expression.
Where forceful statement is re-
quired, she becomes merely extrava-
CANT in the manner of inferior melo-
drama. Instead of hitting, she
shouts. It takes more than shout
to knock a really rugged audience
into the aisles.
However, all this means is that
"The Little Foxes" is not a great
play. Instead, it is simply a good
and satisfying one, providing work.
out for the sensibilities. It holds
your interest, makes the breath come
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Peace, It's Wonderful
When It's Between Shaw
And the Cinema People
He Gave Them Script and They
Returned the Compliment With
Highest Prize for Writing
Bv Jaw Carmodv.


Not completely
the world Proving that within
major subdivisions Bernard Shaw
enemies hopeesy divided sublime meowne
OF his eight decades life of his scrns
Pygmaion" be made made
grandV with all the Savian dramatic than which there
finer o ~ ~
That Hollywood could and forlorn hone
1t was nothing of the kind apsed but HOLLYWOOD
not simply being wonder of all was avino
It's plans for gesture of equal gracousness
Inc plan materialed Motion
ACADEMY OF Sciences
aS generous as Mr. Shaw
SCRIPT gave MN the of
IL something
quiet recesses of its
and "
"Pygmaion" Most
Picture of
IN ne line OF writer's Mr. Shaw
ne MOVIES nave
contempuos OF
insulting irony for
1t was inevitable therefore, his
with be OF trmpes louder any other
nhn IN years Inc material for
picture puoclsts opportunity
something they knew it, determined to share
with the public.
AT the same time there have been
wondered at certain aspects of
voted 10 the sale OF Mr. Shws talent
mnos THESE
teller Even as it sought avoid implication has made Pyg
Evening star., 1939-02-26

ueSpOIlueIlCleS, tnelr pnllOSOpnleS?,
Who are their friends?
Ronald Reagan. bright member
of the younger brigade, lives in four
rooms at the Montecito Apartments
rent approximately $3.50 per
month-with his father and mother.
Reagan is under long-term con-
tract to Warner Bros, who consider
him boy with a future. He earns
$500 per week. out of which he is
buying himself an annuity. He han
dies all financial transactions him
self.
Reagan gets around a great deal,
usually with ce-Workers in his pic
lures. He is not home boy in any
sense of the term; he loves night
clubbing. His best friends are An
thony Averill, Jane Bryan, Jane Wy
man. He enjoys sports both as
participant-tennis, golf, horseback
rldlng-and as Spectator-football.
Friend Jane Bryan-real surname
O'Brien-is 20 years old and lives
with her mother and father and two
younger sisters in an eight-room
Brentwood house. She is very am
bilious young lady and a constant
attendant at plays, pictures and lit
tie theater performances with the
purpose of improving her art.
Miss Bryan is very popular with
the big shots of Hollywood. Bette
Davis is one of her close woman
friends. Her list of interested males
includes Franchot Tone, Phil Kel-
logg and the aforementioned Mr..
Reagan.
Jane attended the local U. c. L.
A., is a native of Hollywood and
attracted the attention of the movie
moguls when working in the Little
Theater Workshop, sponsored by
Jane Muir. She earns $500 per
week. Her money is handled by a
business manager, who puts most
OF 1t into trust fund. You will
see her next on the screen with
James Cagney in Each Dawn I
Die"
Pretty, blond Phyllis Brooks. who
for more than one year was the
preferred girl friend Of Carv Grant.
lives with her mother and brother
Evening star., 1939-02-26

This is no isolated case. as the
auditing department of any major
studio can reveal. Hollywood con-
tinues year after year to pour sums
into productions that are all out of
proportion to the slight nets that
eventually come dribbling back
Costs have pyramided during the
past few years, it is true, but so
have waste and extravaganza.
Hollywood cannot understand it
when something comes along like
the Hardy family series. Kicking
over the movie makers traditional
Evening star., 1939-02-26


mated logarithm, or an unretouched
photograph of Spinoza's S philosophy.
1t is thought which friends and
admirers of Mr.. Shaw as dramatist
have not accepted kindly. He may
have brought it on himself with all
those years of being too good for
the masses, or of pretending to be.
That he was not and is not is being
proved wherever "Pygmalion" has
been shown. The people have not
been the slightest bit mystified by
Mr.. Shaw and his extraordinary
cleverness. The years of aloofness
were wasted ones, to be compensated
for now by admiration, affection and
complete understanding on the part
OF every one concerned.
Other Academy Awards
Are Certain of Approval.
The academy awards, regarded as
vastly more final than any other
kind of awards for merit in the
motion picture industry, are likely
to find minimum of disagreement
this year. Spencer Tracy is so thor
oughly established as one of the
screens two best actors paul MUM
being the other) that no one will
quibble with his portrait of Father
Flanagan in Boys Town" as the
years outstanding acting perform
ance. 1t was fresh and vital char
acter, one played with the same
extraordinary understanding and
sincerity which Tracy gave a year
ago to the role of the simple fisher
man in Captains Courageous
Miss Bette Davis selection for the
best feminine performer of the year
Is equally logical as this corner re-
members the cinema art of 1885, At
a time when "Gone With the Wind"
actually is before the cameras, it
should delight great many cynical
souls that her Jezebel impersonation
in the picture of the same name
should be outstanding. A great
many Davis fans favored her for
the role of Scarlett O'Hara, but the
powers that decide such things
never really gave Miss Davis any
serious thought. But the academy
did and every one knows where that
led, a thing that should make Miss
Davis extraordinarily happy.
Evening star., 1939-02-26

IN a 1O-room Brentwood mansion
1t is quite a swanky abode. with
furniture from the expensive Will
liam Haines emporium. But, in
spite OF the splendor of her home,
Phyllis rarely entertains there, pre-
ferrlng to spend her time at the
beach house of Messrs. Grant and
Randolph Scott, or with Marion
Davies, or Countess di Frasso, or
Constance Bennett.
Phyllis has quite a social side,
(See GRAHAM, Page F-2.)
Evening star., 1939-02-26

: needed the money, he would not
sell his soul even in the interests Of
art. In Difference to his feelings he
was put in the rear of the crowd
where he gave his moral if not his
visual support. Brown is noted as
man of strong feelings. In Civil
War picture made at Fox some sea-
sons ago he refused to wear Union
uniform.
PhilO Vance Also
Has His Troubles.
Philo Vance is undergoing a stren-
uous experience. Paramount is COM
pelling him to cope with Oracle
Allen and at the same time retain
his urbanity and dignity. S. S. Van
Dine write The Oracle Allen MUIR
der Case" for reputed S25.00O. and
the detective, who is pretty serious
about his work, must depend upon
Miss Allen for aid in solving the
battling mystery According to the
script, Vance will emerge in ha-
rassed condition similar to that in
which George Burns finds himself
at the conclusion of his pictures with
Mrs. Burns.
The story was not an easy one for
Van Dine to prepare, for its obvious
trend was to spool the nightly poll
ished Vance, and this might affect
the future screen presentations Of
the sleuth. On the other hand, it
was demanded that he give Miss
Allen comedy of the zany stripe.
The studio feels that it has attained
a logical merger of the two forces.
The result was achieved by assign
ing Nat Perrin to the screen play
to develop Miss Aliens character
after Van Dine had concocted the
mystery.
Producers Stand BY
The Tried and True.
There are more remakes of old pic
lures on the schedules of the various
studios than at any time in history.
While desire to save money has
influenced the producers in their de-
clslon to 60 into the vaults. the con-
trolling factor has been the knowl-
edge that the tried and true can be
filmed without complications and
that the customers emotions are
what they were 25 years ago. A large
number of the remakes are concealed
by new titles and by changes in the
names of characters. but those with
any vivid memory of early pictures
and plays can generally recognize
them before the film has run its
course.
Two real old melodramas and one
of five years ago are facing the
cameras on the Warner and Metro
lots. The brothers have dragged out
Elmer Rice 1914 thriller, "On
Trial" and while the picture has
been modernized in its appointments.
its structure does not deviate from
the original in any essential point.
1t probably was the first play to
make use of cut-backs, that tech.
nique in which revolving stage car.
ried the action from a court room
back to prior incidents. Essanay was
pretty skeptical about this revolu-
tionary idea when they first filmed
it in 1917, but when Warmers made
it with sound late in 1928, with Paul
inc Frederick, Bert Lytell and Lois
Wilson, the original stage tracks
were used. 1t was so successful that
(See CHURCHILL, Page F-3)
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Hardy Films Still a Success
That Awes Hollywood
By Harold Hefernan.
HOLLYWOOD.

Early IN 1888 rated OF producers
S8OOOO make
The picture destined to
returns
the world bulated
900 from
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Younger Film Generation
Is on the Normal Side
By SheHah Graham.
HOLLYWOOD.

What does the generation do n HOLLYWOOD?
The older glamour public that
1t easy to forget the efforts
llmehght enjoyed by their colleagues
How do they live these film apprentices? much have thv
spend and what do they spend on?