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Evening star., 1939-03-29
Bullet Barely Misses
Girl, ], Inside House

The year-old daughter of Damon
Lehman narrowly escaped death as
she sat in her high chair in her
home on Rhode Island avenue in
Riverdale, Md, yesterday when a
32-caliber pistol bullet fired by a
mysterious sniper ploughed through
the walls of the house and landed
in the bathtub.
Officer Richard A. Pearson of the
Prince Georges County police said
the bullet passed within a few
inches of the child as it travelled
through the living room of the
house.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Newsmun to Talk

Earl Goodwin, president of the
White House Correspondents Asso-
citation and Washington news COM
.mentator, will address the Kiwanis
Club of Prince Georges County at
$50 pm. tomorrow at the Beaver
Dam Country Club, Landover, md.
DR. Curtis S. Bashore is in charge
of the program.
Evening star., 1939-03-18

not Carole's She feels better when,
at the end of the broadcasts, her
chauffeur tells her, Mr.. Gable said
he would meet you at the place
agreed upon"
Wendy Barrie is sad because Rich
ard Greene must escort Mary Healy,
a bit player at Twentieth Century
Fox. which studio has just discovered
she possesses singing voice. Wendy,
however, is not one to grieve over
long and is currently consoling her
self with the companionship of
Horatio Luro, wealthy Argentine
polo player.
Gary Cooper all set to vacation in
Sun Valley when his wife tells him
he will have to wear evening clothes
for dinner there. Now he is not so
sure about going. Il don't mind a
tuxedo for my pictures not on
my own time," Gary told the missus
-. Stepin Fechit claimed an income
tax exemption of $500 for liquor
ITO make me go slow and easy" is
how Stepin explained it.
Edward Everett Horton liked a
tree on Highland avenue and bought
1t for $35. It cost him $4OO to trans
plant 1t to his Encino ranch. Which
reminds me, among the trees on the
Horton estate are two birches given
Evening star., 1939-03-18

him by Herbert Marshall at the
height of his friendship with Gloria
Swanson. One tree is called Bart.
The other Gloria.
Victor McLaglen's son, 19-year-old
Andrew, tells me that, if some one
offers him job in pictures, he will
accept. II not, he will 60 to Prince
ton. Better 60 to Princeton, young
man. You can always get movie
job. But education is a little more
difficult :. watched Jimmy Stew
art doing his famous scene, where
he socks Claudette Colbert in Its a
Wonderful World" and asked him
how he enjoyed it. For the sake of
art. one has to do many things" I"
said Jimmy with a grin.
\
Now that it is the fashion for
studios to invite the press to the
world premiere in the town of a
pictures background. e., Dodge
City" in Dodge City, Kans.-I would
like to suggest that Rose of Wash
ington Square" be premiered in
Washington Square, New York;
The Sun Never Sets in London,
England (the picture has a London
locale); Stanley and Livingstone, :"
in Africa. And so on. I can guar
antee that all members of the press
would accept the last three invita-
tions.
Warner Baxter, who does not like
riding horses. has evolved a swell
way out of his predicament for
The Return of the Cisco KIDD
His stand-in, Frank McGrath, a
dead ringer for Warner, handles
the horse in all the long shots
British Import Margaret Lockwood
has gone back to England.
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The following item is incredible
but true: The wife of a bigtime
producer has a large garden with
masses of lovely flowers. but uses
artificial flowers only inside the
house When I asked her why, she
replied: Real flowers are too dirty!"
Copyright, 1899, BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1939-03-18
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

National-"Five Kings Shake
speare Ia Orson Welles and with
Burgess Meredith: and pm.
Palace-"Made for Each Other"
Carole Lombard and James Stewart
find drama in wedlock: II am, l:O5,
BIS, 500, 7:30 and $40 pm.
Earle-"Spring Madness" comedy
and romance In a campus setting:
10:45 am, l. BIS. 5:35, 7:55 and
10:l5. Stage shows, with Benny
Goodman: IL, 2:20, 4:35, 6:55 and
9:l5 pm.
Capitol-"Three Musketeers," as
done by the Ritz Brothers: II am,
las, 4:30, tbs, and 10 pm. Stage
shows: 12:40, 1925, 6:15 and 9 pm.
Keith's-"You Can't Cheat an
Honest Man." new w. c. Fields
comedy: 11:15 am, l, 2:45, 4:35,
$40, $40 and 9:55 pm.
Columbia-"Huckleberry Finn"
with Mickey Rooney in the lead
ing role: 11:25 am, las, $3.50, 5:35,
7:35 and 9:40 pm.
Metropolitan-"Yes, My Darling
Daughter" screen version of the
popular stage comedy: l1:20 am.
1:25, $3.50, 5:35, TAO and GAS pm.
Little-"Lost Horizon" James Hill
tons beguiling fantasy: II am, 1:05,
$40, $40, 1870 and 9:35 pm.
Trans-Lux-Newsa and shorts; con-
tinuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1939-03-18
'Huckleberry Finn
At the Columbia

It's Mickey Rooney as Huckle-
berry Finn and so it has come back
now to the Columbia for another
week on F street. 1t is a subdued
Mickey Rooney. too. for which every
one no doubt is thankful. but it is
not Mark Twain's, this "Huckleberry
Finn" Mickey, for instance, is not
quite the complete rapscallion as the
Huck who lived in the Mark Twain
novel, And the film misses much
of the salty Twain humor, being
given over more to melodramatics in
its recounting of Huck's adventures.
But it does have some good Mis-
sissippi mud for Huck to dunk his
toes in, the river rolls on and on
amidst some good scenic effects and
those melodramatics have been con-
trived skilfully enough. Also there's
bang-up performance by Rex
Ingram as the slave Huck helps
escape and saves from the lynching
mob. H. NJ.
Evening star., 1939-03-18

Dwan has contrived some high ad-
venture. There's no suspense, but
there is excitement as the mus
keteers chase about France after the
emerald brooch the queen has given
her love, SO she can wear it and not
be discredited by Cardinal Rich
elieu.
Don Ameche, incidentally, makes
dashing D'Artagnan, and one you
easily can take seriously, even when
he is leading his mad band. And
Binnie Barnes, Lionel Atwill, Joseph
Schildkraut, John Carradine, Pau
line Moore and Gloria Stuart are
some of the other people who keep
straight faces while the Rites are
adventuring.
L, + +
The Capitol's stage show is nota-
BILE principally for demonstrating
that Lew Parker is coming right
along as a comedian. He's always
been a clever lad, but he is better
now than ever, doing the master of
ceremonies chore with increasing
polish and contributing some mo-
ments of considerable hilarity.
The Capitol also has on its stage
Sports Announcer Clem Mccarthy
If you have been wondering what
sports announcer could do on a
vaudeville stage, stop wondering. He
sports announces.
The rest of the time is devoted 90
some trim and tricky doings by the
16 Rhythm Rockets, the tumbling
of the Five Jansleys and the songs
OF the Midshipmen.
Evening star., 1939-03-18

to get comfortable homes, where
they will be cosseted and comforted
and well fed. In order to make the
bachelors dream come true his bride
has to be a happy combination of
chef and butler, scrublady and gen.
eral all-around domestic engineering
expert who can make the wheels 70
round without too much grinding Of
the gears.
So it is important that every wife
should know how to cook, because,
for one thing, q family marches
upon its tummy, as Napoleon said
an army did, and whether her hus-
band Is hale and hearty and going
strong at 40 or a broken-down
neurasthenic depends largely upon
how she feeds him.
Also his success does, for many a
mans breakfast decides whether he
is going to be optimistic and cheer
full and go into a deal that will make
his fortune or whether his flabby
pancakes and susage are sitting
heavy on his stomach and make him
so cross and grouchy that he will
quarrel with his boss and lose his
job.
AS for keeping a husband. no
other device has ever been discovered
equal in potency to good cooking.
A man may lose his eye for beauty;
he may weary of wisecracking; but
his appetite stays by him to the
last. And the wife who knows how
to feed him on the things he likes
has an appeal that never fails. You
will observe that most Of the
philanderers are lean and hungry
looking. 1t is the fat gentlemen,
replete with good food, who cling to
their own firesides of evenings.
So urge you to learn how to
cook. Don't be discouraged by the
fact that you know nothing Of it.
Any woman who can read can make
herself q Gordon bleau In three
months. And, believe me. 1t iS
~0rth the trouble.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1939-03-18
Fields Film
Held Over
At Keith's
Bright Comedy
Is Fashioned
OF Feud

Because the customers like the
antics of w. c. Fields and Charlie
Mccarthy, Keiths is keeping "You
Can't Cheat an Honest Man" for
second week. The antics of the pair.
abetted by Edgar Bergen and that
other dummy, Mortimer, only occa-
sionally come into contact with the
Wispy plot. But who wants q plot,
anyhow?
The famous feud between Fields
and Charlie has been ornamented
with succession of fast-moving gags
handled with the expertness that
belongs only to the bulbous-nosed
comic and the best actor ever whit
tied out Of a tree. That is quite all
that is necessary to make You Can't
Cheat an Honest Man" grade A
entertainment.
Regardless of what it does to the
blood pressure of Mccarthy fans. it
has to be said that the picture def
nltely belongs to Fields. Cast once
more as that pompous buffoon who
believes he can outtalk a cruel fate
Fields leads the customers through
an enjoyable romp from the opening
scene. Subsequent events include
such WITNESSES as hiding Charlie in
the stomach of an alligator, releas-
Ing him in balloon and several
similar neat inventions. Fields
ability to turn anything into a
guf1aw reaches its apex in a wild
plng-pong game. Even the most
uncompromising anti-Fields citizen
must admit that it takes a rare
comedy talent to make ping-ponq
hilarious. fe
Less bright than his dialogue in
Letter OF Introduction" Charles
contributions to the picture are yerv
winning moments. His impudence
stiil Is the only impudence of its
kind. 40
The subordinate roles in "you
Can't Cheat an Honest Man" are
played by bunch of strangers none
OF whom has very much to do. The
presence of so many new faces Is
oue to the fact that the picture
was made on cooperative basis
and designed purely for the talents
Va A'' ~ ii'cipaiS. J.C.
Evening star., 1939-03-18
Spicy Tale
Back at
The Met
Comic Satire bv
Mark Reed Is
Well Done

eyes. My Darling Daughter,
Warner Bros version of that IA
nous week end, edited within the
specifications of stern censor bodies.
returned to the Metropolitan yes
terday. 1t is good if not precisely
the cleanest fun which Hollywood
has provided recently for the Re-
public.
For the playing of Mark Reeds
satirical comedy, the studio assem-
bled cast of unusual competence.
Headed, nominally, by the blended
hearts team of Priscilla Lane and
Jeffrey Lynn. it includes Roland
Young. Fay Banter. May Robson,
Ian Hunter and Genevieve Tobin.
That's as close as you come to an
all-star brigade in these days. They
all sparkle as good little stars are
supposed to do. Mr.. Young. Miss
Robson and Miss BANTER are the
outstanding trio for this depart
ment's money.
Mr.. Reeds charade. a zestful and
witty affair. deals with the plight
OF one OF those postwar wild young
girls whose philosophy of being un-
inhibited gets her into a whale of
a predicament when her own ado
lescent daughter develops the same
notions. The youngster. PLAYED by
Miss Lane. has notions of unchaper-
oned week end In q tourist cabin
built for two. a week end essen
TALLY innocent for all the appear
ance to the contrary. The affair
becomes endlessly complicated and
even during the debate stage in
wolves every one in the household.
After the debate, which embraces a
lot of talk that could be called
loose as well as clever, the compli-
cations become even more envelop-
ing and amusing.
The playwright etched some very
charming characters for "Yes, My
Darling Daughter" There's the
roue turned mature, the wise old
grandmother who is tinged with a
pretty wickedness, the sober and
conservative father, the fluttery di-
vorcee, and the really innocent
lovers. Direction and production
add pace and grace to the comedy
every step of the way. J.C.
Evening star., 1939-03-18
Trans.Lux Feature
Is March of Time

March OF Time" now has pointed
with patriotic pride in its usual in
telligent fashion and the latest re-
lease Is at the Trans-Lux for vou
to see. This is the reel wherein
March of Time" looks at the Bow
Scout movement, with telling dra-
matte effect contrasting Scouting
with the forms of youth training
prevalent in the dictator countries.
March Of Time" looks at Mexic3,
TOO, reporting the facts with a
straight face, letting you smile II
you Will at Mexico's plight since she
appropriated oil properties.
ihe news cameras have seen the
new Yankee Clipper, German ref
ugees In China, England's princesses
at pony show, the Italian crown
princess at ski meet and the circus
getting ready to travel, among the
other things they have seen. For
sports fans there's a look at Ken
lucky Derby favorites. Other shorts
on the program include one which
stars some fine Chesapeake Bay re-
trievers after wild geese and there
is a color cartoon titled 1.-THE Co.
rilla Hunt" H, M.
Evening star., 1939-03-18

75-minute vaudeville skit.
"The Three Musketeers" Is a good
vehicle for the Ritz Brothers, sim
ply because 1t is more than a vehicle
for the Ritz Brothers. This version
of the tale would never be recognized
by M. Alexander Dumas, who only
wrote the original, but the burles-
querie to which it has been SUBJ
jected has resulted in an extremely
satisfying comedy, which still re-
tains a good dash of romance and
adventure.
With the exception Of the Rites,
every one involved plays "The Three
Musketeers" as though it were the
most deadly serious business in the
world. The result is that when the
boys pop In with their slapstick
they are not only acceptable but
sometimes downright hilarious. This
probably indicates that the picture
is a honey for all those who find
Ritz doings irresistible.
The rollicking, adventuresome old
yarn takes its injections of hokum
and utter madness with surprising
grace. The Rites are three fake
musketeers, clad in the uniforms of
Porthos, Menos and Aramis after
besting them in bout involving the
toasting of all the kings of France
from Louis I to Louis XIII. The
D'Artagnan they follow, because
they can't get out of it and not be-
cause they want adventure. Is a gay
lad who goes around quoting Shake
speare while he sets about the busi-
ness Of getting back the brooch and
saving the queens honor.
To counterpoint the low comedy
Of the Ritz freres, Director Allan
Evening star., 1939-03-18

brella Man" and other jerky mel
odies which sweep to such hot
heights that the audience is left
breathless. There is a virtually
constant obbligato Of hand clapping,
low means and other manifestations
of noisy enthusiasm from the spec
tators. Between numbers a hum
dred voices shout suggestions of
favorites for Mr.. Goodman's next
effort. He is obliging where pos
sible, firm where 1t Is not.
From the standpoint of the non-
swingster, the apex of the Goodman
bill occurs when Comedian Jack
Durant does his stunt. At the show
we saw yesterday the front pews
were occupied by what obviously
were customers so permanent they
had learned Mr.. Durant's routine
thoroughly. They helped him enor-
mously by supplying the tag lines
for his every joke, a thing which
Durant took with more good grace
than you would expect of any per-
former The act was even funnier
when Durant started tripping up
the boys and girls by tossing new
gags and Jokes at them.
The dancing section belongs en-
tirely to Eunice Healey this week,
the girl who is the nearest thing
of her sex to Paul Draper in dane
ing skill. Her flying taps number
still Is the best thing of its kind
in vaudeville.
1t is hard to single out any one
as the show stopper of Mr.. Good
mans unit, but sound guess seems
to be Martha Tilton. Miss Tilton,
who does the singing, so thoroughly
captivated her hearers that she
might have remained there forever.
Mr.. Goodman, who could not be
where he Is without being a great
Snowman, was very generous with
Miss 1ilton's time and talents, thus
creating the novel situation in which
song cycle left the audience
hoarse, instead of the singer.
Drummer vibraphonist Lionel
Hampton, the trio and the quartet,
Ziggy Elman's trumpet, the bands
other features contributed no end to
the delirium.
Mr.. Goodman, to get out of this
some way, plays the finest accom-
paniment to the best audience per-
torrance you ever saw.
Evening star., 1939-03-18


swing interval in dramatic potency
that it seems to be there because
pictures are habit.
It is not necessary to be a swing
addict to enjoy the wild, untamed
music which the scholarly looking
Mr.. Goodman unearths Oiterally)
from his band. In fact, with a deep
bow to the excellence of the orches-
ira. 1t Is more fun not to be. In
such case one can concentrate the
more fully upon the antics of the
faithful, the swaying of bodies, the
beating of palms, the jerking of
heads, rolling of eyes and other
phases of the reaction. It's wonder
full, downright wonderful, which is
a word that seldom creeps into the
estimate of a performance.
Spring Madness" the screen at
traction, is an amiable, inconsequen-
tial little something tossed into the
program to give the Goodman talent
an opportunity to rest up between
jam, and otherwise, sessions. And
they need rest, for no crew ever got
more of its heart, soul and torsos
into its work.
Spring Dance" the old Philip
Barry play, is the basis of the screen
attraction. 1t has to do with college
boys and college girls, love and
heartbreak and wisecracking humor.
Its leading players are Lew Ayres,
Maureen O'Sullivan, Burgess Mer-
edith and Ruth Hussey. There are
q great many others, costumed for
the campus and speaking its special
dialect, all of them contributing their
little bits to the noise and nonsense
The funniest thing about the pic
ture. however, evolves in the shape
of Mr.. Meredith being a rowdy,
clownish Harvard boy in very marked
contrast to the Meredith who is
being that very intense Henry v at
the National this week. 1t is not
that Mr.. Meredith does not know
how to be a rowdy clown at Har-
ward, but that it is rather startling
to find him in such an acting chore.
All of the specialists of Mr.. Good
mans mighty ensemble are present
to make the stage show complete
bit of entertainment. The major
emphasis, of course, is upon the
bands Interpretation of such swing
classics as Hold Tight" "One
O'Clock Jump" Undecided" "Um-
Evening star., 1939-03-18

she knows about
a C t i ng, an d
gracious living
which is a lot.
No wonder the
two are insep-
arabic.
Carole LOm-
b ar d, a t h er
broadcast. is jit-
terry, and rubs
her right hand
across her fore
head every 10
seconds. Finally,
the audience gets
to doing it (their
Evening star., 1939-03-18
Dorothy Dix Says
Good Dinner, Tastefully Served,
Best Way to Hold Husband

A business girl wants to know II
it is important for a girl to know
how to cook and market and run a
house In order to be a good wife.
Here is her interesting comment:
GAS soon as I finished college I
went to work in an Office and have
not had time to get on a speaking
acquaintance, as it were, with a gas
range. Anyway, I am not domestic
by nature. Up to this time it has
not seemed to matter, but now that
I am going to be married I am
wondering about it.
Il know can be a helpful and
stimulating companion to my hus-
band and I am easy to live with.
But the brute has to eat, you know,
and when 1t comes to feeding him
I have my doubts about whether
would give satisfaction or not"
Well, the question of whether it is
more important to appeal to mans
oSSAAAs~SAA Va AAAo AlCdlt Is always h
subject for debate. There is much
to be said on both sides of the mat
ter, but If you are interesting to talk
to, easy to look at and pleasant to
live with you can get away with
murder even If it is done with the
cook pots. A man will stand for
lots OF leathery steaks, underdone
potatoes, overdone bread and dish
water coffee if his wife doesn't nag
and Is so gay and. amusing to talk
to that he doesn't know what he is
eating. 80.
But, still and all, I don't think
many men are very strong for the
high thinking and plain living school
OF thought in the home. They would
rather reverse it and be regaled on
q savory meal and simple cerebra-
tions. This being true of virtually
the entire masculine persuasion, it
does make domesticity one of the
chief requisites of a successful wife.
Men don't marry to get intellectual
companions, nor glamor girls, nor
night-elub hostesses. They marry
Evening star., 1939-03-18
Loretta Young
Plans Trip
ToEurope
Star Takes First
Vacation in
10 Years
HOLLYWOOD.

4AOAA NSOD.
Marking the completion Of 10
years steady work in pictures, Lo-
retta Young will take a six-month
vacation from films and journey to
Europe after her contract with
Twentieth Century-Fox expires this
year.
The actress revealed this much of
her plans while at work on "Wife,
Husband and Friend" in which she
is playing with Warner Baxter, un-
der the direction of Gregory Ratoff.
Whether. or not she resigns with
the same studio has not yet been
decided, the actress said.
II feel that I deserve a good long
rest," Loretta said, "and am going
to Europe to find it. A great part
Of the time there I shall probably
spend hiding out in some SMALL,
quiet place where can make up my
mind at leisure on what my future
plans will be.
Il had one trip to Europe before,
but that doesn't count because it was
spoiled by illness which brought me
back to America. want to have q
complete holiday from films WITH
out having obligations ahead of me-"
More than three.quarters of Lo-
retta's career has been spent under
the producership of Daryl F.
Zanuck, chief production executive
of Twentieth Century Fox, where
she is now filming Alexander
Graham Bell" When Zanuck left
Warner Bros First National to form
Twentieth Century Studio, Loretta
went with him, also following him
when the latter outfit merged with
Fox Studios.
During all that time, Zanuck built
her as one of the first ladies of
screendom. Whether or not she will
remain with Zanuck or sign else
where will be decided by Loretta In
the quiet Of some European retreat.
Evening star., 1939-03-18
Heuvy Coffee Drinkers

The United States consumes one
half Of the worlds coffee, three.
fourths Of the silk, q third Of the
coal and two-thirds Of the crude oil.
Evening star., 1939-03-18
Ginger's Metamorphosis
Her Mothers Doings
Miss Rogers Has Been Done Over
In the Past Nine Years;
CarOle Gets Nervous
By SHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD.


Last night Ginger pcture"Queen High
made in 1890 still wondering about it, The Ginger of Queen
High" homey speaking
Who what beautiful
corroboaon Ginger mother the
Evening star., 1939-03-18
Swing Fans Give Fine Show
To Goodman Banding
Audience Performance Among Best
Dramas of Year, With Earle's Best
Musical Treat to Drive Them On
BY JAY CARMODY.

Best show in town this weeat least among those have
Is that the audience with Goodman
accompaniment at its its oudest its whnges
Its most enthusiastic and its most unresaned
bunch Of amateurs compelling dramatic
Suppmentng picture Spring
Evening star., 1939-03-18
Ritz Brothers Get a Storv
And Some Fun Results
Three Musketeers,' at Capitol,
Emerges Now as a Comedy;
Lew Parker Scores
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

story to have been all the Ritz Brothers needed after all
Not exactly the ultimate In hiary their
efforts the tos fooshment has been
Three the new picture Loews Capitol Almost
will that too much of the Ritzes which
in photoplay
Evening star., 1939-03-18

SIUUIu III say CHaNK you IOr tIlE'
miracle of Ginger's metamorphosis.
She has taught Ginger everything