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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11
Anticipates Yule Party

The Homemakers' class Of Grace
Baptist church will meet for a
Christmas party Monday evening
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Les
ter Faggon. Gifts will be ex-
changed, and after an evening Of
games and entertainment IN c
hostess viii serve a late supper.
She win be assisted by Mrs, Harry
Mcpherson. The Rev. and Mrs.
George Barton viii be guests for
the evening. Mr.. Robert Howard
and Mr.. Floyd Alexander are plan
ming the entertainment. Mrs. Fred
Dufau Is teacher of the class.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11

During the afternoon, Miss
Kathryn Woods will play the
piano, Miss Grace Mclean will
sing, and Miss Marion Rolstad will
present a tap dance. Miss Muriel
Woods is general chairman for
the tea and has on her committee
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11
Y. |. |. LOOKS Forward TO
Christmas Party

The regular business meeting Of
the Young Ladies Institute win be
held at Hotel Winthrop at 8 o'clock
Monday evening in the Army and
Navy room.
A change in the second meeting
Of the month has been made be-
cause Christmas comes on the reg
silar meeting day. The second ses-
sion Of the month viii come on
Dec IS. one week earlier than
usual. At that time the annual
Christmas party win be held and
each girl attending Is asked to
bring a gift. An interesting pro-
gram il being arranged for the
evening.
North Tacoma Rebekah auxiliary
win hold its regular meeting Tues
day with Christmas gift exchange,
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Miss Colbert Gets
A Bright Story

Midnight" which gives Claudette
Colbert a pretty opportunity to take
some spirited whacks at the Gin
derella legend, returned yesterday
to the Columbia. No one is better
qualified to spool legend than
Miss Colbert and old admirers whose
hearts have broken on some Of her
recent screen scripts will find heal
ing and high amusement in this one.
Midnight" presents Miss Colbert
in the guise of girl with a pro-
found tendency to get ahead in this
world and without too many
scruples as to the method to be used
She is the especial weakness of d
wide variety of male characters and
she makes the most of the strength
she derives from their sappiness
The men are played by such capable
fellows as John Barrymore, Francis
Lederer, Don Ameche and Rex
O'Malley, all of them excellent in
their various ways.
Midnight" If somebody or ex-
perience has not already told you,
is fun. AS revealed in this Para
mount opus, it has dramatic con-
tent which shows that the screen
can produce comedy that sparkles,
whether the background is a draw
ing room or Paris dive. JC.
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Dodge City Teens
With Thrills

Kansas, one of the mildest looking
States in the Union, once was a wild
and woolly bunch Of acres. Its soil
was splotched, not merely with the
blood of pioneer noses, but of more
mortal areas of the human anat-
omy. This part of the States story.
told in vivid technicolor, provides
the theme of Dodge City which
now is in its third downtown week
at the Metropolitan.
Starring Errol Flynn and Olivia
De Havilland, the film is a violent
recital of the truth that carving an
empire out of the wilderness is
something vastly more than child's
play. 1t takes the lives of many
good men, and of more bad ones, to
set up q thriving railroad center
and the number sacrificed by War;
ners in this spectacular drama Is
practically terrific. There is moth
ing subtle or Borgia- like in the
process Of destruction, either, so it
is safe to count upon more action in
Dodge City" than in a dozen re-
cent films.
In this match between the saints
and the sinners, the producing stu
dio has managed to get some nice
acting on both sides. In addition
to the romantic principals. there is
Bruce Cabot as a supervillain, Vic
tor Jory as one not quite so super,
and several others who make q sim
ilarly good impression.
Although it is more or less con-
slant death duel between good and
evil, Dodge City" is not plain, grim
melodrama. 1t has plenty of mo-
ments for comedy. and Of pictorial
beauty. j. G.
Evening star., 1939-04-29
BrOnte Tale
Makes Fine
Picture
Brooding Beauty
Of Love Story
Is Retained

To catch the passionate spirit and
brooding beauty of such novel as
Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights"
in a motion picture is an accom-
plishment of extraordinary note
That is what Samuel Goldwyn has
done and that is why this finely
wrought tale of love is in it's second
week at Loew's Palace. If this screen
drama is not in the five best of the
year, its superiors will be magnifi-
cent or the judges who choose them
will rate as unmitigated dots.
Miss Bronte'S narrative of the wild,
uncomfortable love of Cathy Earn
shaw and the swarthy, fiery Heath
cliff has been treated with the re-
spect it deserves. Adapters Ben
Hecht and Charles Macarthur care
fully avoided any. modification of
the dark. foreboding shadows which
forever fell upon the hearts Of the
passionate pair. The effect has been
the coinage of rare and fine piece
of entertainment, romance whose
dramatic qualities never falter from
brilliant opening to the tragic end.
With Laurence Olivier and Merle
Oberon playing the central roles the
cast which Mr.. Goldwyn has assem-
bled for the latest of his smashing
successes Is back again to the old
Goldwyn standard. Just as the
picture is sure of top rating. SO is the
playing of Olivier particularly bound
to win the young Englishman high
honors for the year. The Heathcliff
who could hate as flercely as he
could love, whose adoratio had in
it as much cold cruelty as of lyrical
tenderness. the man doomed to in
sanity and death before he could
come to happiness with his beloved,
is one of the screens finest por-
traits.
Miss Oberon's impersonation of
Cathy while lacking the finish of
Oliwer's work is another unforget-
table part of the experience Of
"Wuthering Heights" No easy task
is it to portray woman who could
inspire so mighty a passion as
Heathclif1.s. but Miss Oberon makes
it credible thing all the way.
The direction of "Wuthering
Heights" is in the best William
Wyler manner. a splendid manner as
every one knows. Mr. Wyler is one
of the screens most facile story
tellers and with such an absorbing
narrative to handle he exceeds his
best previous efforts. He has made
great picture out of great novel,
one that is worth taking great pains
to see. j. c.
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Time Views Japan
At the Trans.Lux

Searching here, prying there and
weighing the evidence. the camera
men and editors of March of Time"
took in the japanese situation and
produced another concise and elo-
quent chapter of current history.
At the Trans-LuX now this new
release, Japan, Master of the ORR
emit paints a highly interesting
picture of the Far Eastern situation.
sometimes encouraging, sometimes
diScouraging. For one thing. 1t
does show the price Japan is paying
for the tWo-year war it expected
would last few months, its cur
rency falling, its raw materials de-
pleted. And it shows China mo-
bilizing millions in the background,
still bitterly fighting its aggressors.
Japan. Master of the Orient is
right up to March of Time" stand
ards and should add to your knowl-
edge of the world you live in today.
The neWsreels do good job
this week in presenting their pic
torial account of recent events. The
New York Worlds Fair is in the
spotlight, with considerable footage
devoted to last-minute preparations
for the opening Of the World of
Tomorrow where the Helicline
leads you out of the Perisphere
after you have been amazed by the
wonders Of Democracity. And there
are the usual shots connected with
European affairs, most of them this
week having to do with England's S
conscription, others showing Secre-
tary of State Hull announcing the
policy of the United States and
making plea for peace. In Spain
Gen. Franco is happy over the new
Spain and restores to ex-King AL
fonso all his properties-but the
crown. Science. aviation, fashions,
diving champions. ice jams and
Lew Lehr are among the other
items covered
The other shorts on the bill are
two, one being Mr.. Disney at his
best cSociety Dog Show and the
other being the new Screen Snap
shots" M.
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Durbin Film Stays
And STAYS

Customers lying to the north,
south, east and west will have to
wait another week for the local
print of Deanna Durbin's latest
film. Three Smart Girls Grow
Up" The picture entered its third
week at Keith's yesterday, adding
further to the impression that Uni
versal is a very lucky studio in hav-
ing such an asset as Deanna.
The film, a pleasant sequel to the
one which introduced Deanna to
her now mammoth public, Is a very
bright affair. Its unpretentious story
of kid sister who attempts to play
cupid to her two elder sisters is a
thing of ingenious situation and
smarter dialogue than one usually
hears.
The action is pleasantly inter-
rupted to give Deanna an oppor-
tunity to sing four songs. To that
part of her role, she brings better
trained voice. Each of the vocal
passages is effectively produced,
most especially the one in which the
star makes you weep with her sing
ing Of "The Last Rose of Summer"
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
won't be here forever, which will be
too bad for those who continue to
be laggards about seeing it.
J.C.
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Mr.. Evans Swings
Today to Bard's
Most Comic Man

AS an exhibition of versatil-
ity, the National Theater today
offers Maurice Evans in Shake
speare's greatest comedy char
acterization, that of Sir John
Falstaff. After five days of
portraying the most vital, lusty
Hamlet upon which the city
ever laid delighted eyes. Mr..
Evans switches over today to
Henry ~"
Had the original plans not
miscarried. the two plays would
nave alternated throughout the
week. The task of setting them
proved too much of a problem
to justify switching from one
to the other in midstream.
Henry "" therefore. was de-
ferred until the Lest day of the
engagement. 1t will be pre-
Sented at both matinee and
night performances.
To his l42 pounds OF brilliant
Hamlet, Mr.. Evans adds 108-
in ef1ect-to take on the char
after Of the magnificent Fall
staff. incidentally. in the COM
edy role, his success has been
quite as sensational as in the
most tragic one ever written by
Shakespeare.
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Marion Talley
Scores Hit
At Earle
Opera Star Heads
Variety Show
On Stage
By HARRY MACARTHUR.

Singing star of opera, the concert
stage and radio, Marion Talley-and
a trim and handsome Marion Talley
she is today-has. come now to
vaudeville. And conquered it. She
stepped out before the first matinee
audience at the Earle yesterday as
though she had been stepping be-
fore variety house audiences all her
life, banged away with trio of
songs and left that audience hungry
for more.
There will be more, too, by way of
an aria from Faust" when there
is time to get the music straight,
but right now the Talley program
at the Earle ranges from "Siboney"
to the Show Boat" tune, Make
Believe" to the more classic "Cla-
velitos." Richest and at its emo
tional best seems Miss Talley'S clear,
clean soprano in Make Believe. :"
But the other two numbers have
their pulse-quickening moments,
too, especially when Miss Talley
slides so easily into that upper reg
lister.
Elsewhere the bill is enlivened by
the returning Roxyettes and sundry
speciality acts. The Roxyettes open
the show with bright picture of
contrast and introduce neat dances
by Shane and Armstrong, come
back to score in graceful and ef-
fectively lighted number which has
the girls involved with fans and
trains twice as long as they are.
And for a bangup finale there is
their request" number, that amaz-
ingly tricky walking ball routine,
starring the lass named Babs, whose
bright orange sphere won't behave.
The Roxyettes are marvellous, If you
don't mind that being repeated.
The other two turns are a bit of
all right, too-the comedy antics of
William and Joe Mandel and the
acrobatic and control dancing of
Iris Wayne.
Bette Davis Dark Victory" is the
picture, of course. and you already
have been told about that.
Evening star., 1939-04-29

Hollis family's meadows, Is still one
of the most captivating animals the
screen has exhibited recently.
Best acting in the picture Is that
OF the prize race horse. He Is not
named on the cast sheet, but he
looks strangely like the horse called
Bing Crosby-from the singers own
stableS-which played the lead In
another turf number recently. A
spirited beast, he knows a lot of
tricks, one of the most interesting
being that of knowing how to run
like blazes. The race sequences are
very fine.
In addition to Miss Dragonette,
the stage show offers the team of
Carroll and Howe in some comedy
dialogue and dancing, both of them
considerably brighter than the av-
erage. Then there is Al Gordon, ac-
companied by that mob of dogs
which must be the funniest collec-
ton of animals in the country. The
way Gordon and the dogs put each
other through their PAGES is very
amusing.
The other act is Saul Grauman's
musical stairatone, that arrangement
which permits four girls and Grau-
man to tap out some fetching steps
on 12foot stairway. The company
does other kinds of dancing, one
notable bit being an acrobatic few
minutes by Miss Mary Jane Walters
which you are bound to find i'm
preSSive. =
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

National-"Henry w." with Maui
rice Evans as Falstaf7: 2:30 and $50
pm.
Wardmsh Park-Mashington Civic
Theater. There's. Always Juliet:
$50. -
Keith's Three Smart Girls
Grow Up" and Deanna Durbin
sings: 1l:l5o am, 1:20, 1925, $50,
7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Capitolr."The Lady From Ken
lucky" romance in the Blue Grass
country: ~ as IN. l:55. ABS. 7:20
and 10 pm. Stage shows: lilo, $50,
6:3o'and 9:l5 pm.
Earle - "Dark Victory" Bette
Davis latest drama: 9:45 a m, 1910,
2::35, 5, 7:3O and 9:55 pm. Stage
shows: 1875 am, 2, 4:30, 6:55 and
$40 pm.
Metropolitan-"Dodge City" Sher-
if Enrol Flynn goes adventuring in
the old West: IL am, l, $40, $50
7;30 and e:45 pm.
Columbia-"Midnig gay love
comedy: l1:l5 am, l:20, 3:25, $50,
7:35 and 9:40 pm.
Palace-"Wuthering Heights" pic
turization of the Emily Bronte clas-
sic: 1905, 2:30, 4:50, 7:l5 and 9:35
pm.
TranS-Lux-News and shorts; con-
tinuous from 10 o'clock
Little-"Pearls of the Crown,
more of Sacha Guitry fun: IL am.
ITO, 800, $50, TAO and $50 pm.
Open-Air-"Star of Midnight
with William Powell and Ginger
Rogers: 8:l5 and 1926 pm.
Evening star., 1939-04-29

seem beyond their powers of dis
cipline within the confines Of a
sensible story.
On the stage of the Capitol this
week, however, Gene Ford has
wrought very fine compensation
for the shortcomings of the screen
feature. His stage show, headed by
radios lustrous Jessica Dragonette
is very fine blending of excellent
music, comedy and dancing. Most
stage shows are blend of the same
elements, but the word excellent
seldom creeps into the description
of their merits.
Miss Dragonette, making her f1rSt
appearance on any stage, wastes not
a single beautiful soprano note IN
demonstrating that the stage long
has had a place she should nave
filled. Kiss Me Again is not bar
old before she has the ears ana the
hearts of the audience and she IN
tensifles her hold on both before
she concludes a program that fuses
the classical and popular very hand
somelv. "Liebestraum, "Slboney,
"Swanee River" were included in
Yesterdays opening show and so Tar
as the audience was concerned she
might as well have sung on forever.
AS the picture turned out, she might
better have.
In addition to Mr.. Raft, who IS
always going around saying 20. x. -
and thanks" in that sardonlc way
of his. the film offers Miss Ellen
Drew in her first starring role. she
is the spirited orphan child OF a
Kentucky colonel genuine, a horse
breeder. who in the best tradition,
leaves the girl rich spread of blue
grass. richly mortgaged. She knows
horses and loves horses and the
horses return the compliment.
Into her life, carrying a scrap OF
paper with the old cunnels sigma
ture, which gives him half owner
ship of the prize 2-yeaH-Old in the
stable. comes MI Raft. None too
savory is the background from which
he comes, that of bookmaklng
establishment. Naturally their points
III NltW VII iIpi $50 dlN fttAeN >tiih ~ VIZ
A horse to him is Just beast OF
burden, the burden in his case being
his bankrol The story deals with
the reconciliation Of their different
attitudes. a process which embraces
several vagrantly dramatic moments
and which leaves them embracing
each other.
! The comedy, which is better than
'the romance of this romance COM
edv. is left to the droll talents of
Hugh Herbert and the fluttery
technique of Zasu Pitts. Mr.. Her
bert's role, that Of patient stooge
to Mr.. Rats impatient gambler, is
the more substantial of the humor-
Gus characteriZations. However even
If she merely fits in and out, it is
nice to see Miss Pitts on the screen
again.
The most interesting aspects of
"The Ladv's from Kentucky are
the subordinate ones revealing stable
life in the bluegrass country. A
frisking colt and there are great
many of them ronping around the
Evening star., 1939-04-29

(Jackies) toupee fell off. tCoogan
is among the fairly large group OF
baldish movie actors who hide the
nudity of their foreheads with a
toupee. Edgar Bergen is another }
There is only one star In the
family" says Carole Lombard in
answer to the question, How can
two stars make a success of mar
riage?" And that's Clark con-
cludes Carole asked Olympic
Bradna with whom she is going out
these days and evenings. I'm going
out with the permission of the
studio wisecracked Olympic mo-
very funny. But this is. 1t seems
that her studio has now officially
recognized the fact that Olympic
is old enough for dates. 'She Is
all of 21)
Freddie Bartholomew's Aunt Cis-
sic swears this is true. Freddie has
taken to yodeling in front of the
house, and, the other day, the wom-
an who lives opposite pleaded in a
voice filled with pain, please, little
boy. stop it. How would you like
it if I yodeled in front Of your
house?" That would be wonder
full Freddie replied. The woman
in question happens to be Nine.
Galli-Curci Tom Kelly, famous
photographer, was recently asked to
make fashion stills" with Con-
stance Bennett But he refused.
Connie always insists on directing
her own poses. and Kelly was afraid
of clash.
Week ending at Santa Barbara. I
spot Virginia Field, Ellen Drew,
Robert Preston and the Frank BorZ-
ages at the recently redecorated
Samarkand Hotel. The most inter-
esting personality in the place, how
ever, is Owner Mrs Alma Spreckels
AWl of the famous San Francisco
family. When Mrs. Awl bought the
hotel two years ago her financial
advisers called her several sorts Of
an imbecile for not putting her sur
plus money into bonds. Il prefer
to spend my money giving employ
ment," replied Mrs. Awl, and forth
with sank another 100000 in i'm
proving the hotel which is one OF
the best run, has the best food and
the most comfortable rooms on this
coaster any other.
Alan Mowbray's popularity with
American citizens seems not to ex-
tend to Hollywood. Last october
he was adopted by no fewer than
eight cities as a result of his plea
for an adopted birthplace in the
United States. Immediately after
the adoptions Hollywood, which had
been employing him regularly
turned against him, and he has
only made one picture in seven
months. But l am glad to report
that Alan's luck is changing. He
has been signed by Sol Lesser to
play an important part IN the Bob
Breen picture, Way Down South
But 1 don't think any one will be
able to adopt Mr.. Mowbray again
He would sooner be an orphan
and work.
Robert Young at the Beverly Hills
Tennis Club, yells his private tele-
phone number to Groucho Marx on
the other side of the court. For
your private information it is Re-
Seda 8018. :. Mr.. and Mrs. Regi-
nald Owen quarreling-out loud
at the Beverly Hills Brown Derby
. Bob Hope has lost pounds
by refusing that extra helping OF
ice cream. And Hedy Lamar has
Evening star., 1939-04-29

stated, Il SOL
emnly promise
that, as long as
I am in the pub
lie eye. l will
never do any,
thing to m a K e
t h e pu b | i G
ashamed of pe
n ice in 6,
Nancy.
Jackie Coogan
had to shake a
small boy for a
scene in Mil
lion Dollar Legs "
H e S h ook s U
l,iStily that, his
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Open.Air Feature
Is Lost PATROL

Lost Patrol" drama of sturdy
doings on a desert, is the next at
traction at the Open-Air Theater.
starting tomorrow and continuing
through Wednesday.
Leading roles are played by Victor
McLaglen and Boris Karloff.
Evening star., 1939-04-29

lost by abstaining from the candy
she used to MUNICH all day.
Sight of the week. Make RoSen-
bloom. in a corner of the set, study
ing his dialogue with a frown of
anguish. I look over his shoulder
and read the dialogue. 1t consists
of the one word-"tsk.'
released by the North American News
paper Alliance. Inc.)
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Nancy Kelly Makes Solemn
Promise to Her Public
Caroe Lombard Says There's Only
One Star in the Family; Chap
Named Clark Gable
By SHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD.


Elsa Maxwell
her forthcoming
half
her faen forthwith
disputed Passage the Lamour form
will be revealed beautifully uniform guaranteed
show off
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Miss Dragonette Captures
A Nice New Audience
Makes Stage Bow at the Capitol;
Picture Another Banal Story
On Old Kentucky Theme
By JAY CARMODY.

well says George Raft along about the surons pole in his
farewell picture fellow wrong"
onc chap right if he referring to the
the of The
Kentucky a beaux.
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Spring Dance Festival

The Southeast Community Center
will present a spring dance festival
at 8 o'clock tonight in the Anacostia
High School Under the direction of
Miss Evelyn Davis Children be-
tween 8 and Is years old from the
Hine, Buchanan, Congress Heights
and Stanton Schools will partici-
pate in the. event.
Greece shipped nearly 1000 tons
Of olive oil products to other
countries last year.
Evening star., 1939-04-29

TwizzIer Answer
Eva has $500, Ann has $500 and
Dora has $70O. :
Evening star., 1939-04-29

Kelly, at the luncheon to the Inter-
American Travel Congress delegates.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-06
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Two British Tramp Steamers Expected to
Make Belated Arrival at Port on Sunday

Two British tramp steamers. the
Clarissa Radcliffe and Kirkpool.
both somewhat behind their an
nouneed schedules. are expected
to dock at Port piers Sunday
morning to begin loading cargo.
The clarissa is 10 stow $500
tons of Northwest wheat as part
of huge order recently ordered
by Vladivostok After handling
the local portion. she will shift TO
Seattle for the remainder of
full wheat cargo. The vessel Is
one of several recently chartered
To take wheat to the Siberian sea
port.
Destination of the Kirkpool has
not yet been announced. She will
lift a lumber cargo and other
Northwest products. then sail To
Colon for further ordets. The
ship is under charter to Bulk Car
riers Corp.
Two vessels bound for Oriental
ports are on Taeomva's arrival list
for next week. The japanese mo-
torship Hakubasan Maru OF the
Mitsui line Is to dock at Shaffer
No. on Thursday. according to
present schedules, and the Klave-
ness liner Roseville Is posted for
arrival Friday at the Sperry flour
dock. The former vessel Is loading
for Japan and North China. and
the latter for the Philippines.
Hongkong. Straits Settlements and
Dutch East Indies.