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Evening star., 1939-03-25
'Pygnalion'
Back for
Laggards
Shaw Comedy
Still Must
For All

Once more motion picture fans
nave an opportunity to discover
their acute loss in high and low
comedy during those decades of
alienation between Bernard Shaw
and the screen. The opportunity
takes the form of "Pygmalions" re-
turn to the Columbia. There. It
devoutly is to be hoped, the pic.
ture will remain until every movie.
eoer IN town has had a chance to
see 1t. That is the kind of atten-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the film
starring Leslie Howard and Wendv
Hitler, deserves. If it is not the
best comedy of 1899. then the COM
edies yet to come before January
Will be superlative indeed.
After its two weeks at the Palace
the picture by now should have dis
PEELED completely the legend that
Shaw Is too subtle for the screen
"Pygmalion" proves that he is one
OF the screens best story tellers.
clever. witty. imaginative, wicked
and other things.
Inc playing AMI direction of "Pyg-
malion' are adroitly designed to
make Shaw's screen debut univer.
sally popular. Mr.. Howard Is in
one of those drollv comic roles that
ne interprets with such high skill,
but, good as he is. the player every
one will remember Is Miss Hitler
She Is beautiful, as distinguished
from mere prettiness. She is also
an excellent actress, extraordinarily
funny in her earlv comic scenes, the
complete mistress of the more touch
ing and sober moods which come
upon her later in the script. j. C.
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which are worked out to illumine
character, which a lot of people will
remember was one of the qualities
that made Mr.. Deeds" such a
memorable picture. All the princi-
pals are sharply drawn in McCarey's
parade OF interesting people.
X X
Miss Dunno, who has not had q
plot to sing to for too many pic
lures, gets one in the case of Love
Affair" She turns in very pretty,
If not particularly hefty, piece of
vocalizing in Sing My Heart" de-
Gently huMmable number. Another
melodious item in the film is wish
ing which is introduced as a trio
for that many kid voices and works
eventually into a big choir piece.
Both are fetching.
The entire issue of March of Time
is devoted to a revelation of what
is going on in the Mediterranean as
Italy dreams of dominating that i'm
portant sea as it did back in the
days when Caesar was doing the
things sophomores now have to
translate. The workings of propa-
ganda, the effects of colonization,
the tossing up of naval bases-all
very grim affairs-are pictured with
peculiar effectiveness.
Society Dog Show" a Disney car
toon that travels at dizzy pace,
completes the bill, which is more
than strong enough to compensate
for the fact that the aforementioned
item Is not up to the masters stand
ard.
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Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

National Cornelia Otis
Skinner deserts her monodramas for
the leading role in the Shaw play:
2:30 and $50 pm.
Capitol wife, Husband and
Friend" singing aspirations make
for comedy: II am, l:45. 4:30. 7:l5
and 10 pm. Stage shows: l2:40,
1928, 6:15 and 9 pm.
Earle-"King of the Turf"
Adolphe Menjou becomes a race
track baron: II am, 40. 4:25, 7:1O
and 9:55 pm. Stage shows: 12:45,
$3.50, 6:15 and 9 pm.
Keith's-'Love Affair" and dra-
matte one with Charles Boyer and
Irene Dunno: 10 am, II, 2, 4. s. 8
and 10 pm. March Of Time: 1l:40
am, l:40, $40. $40, 7:4o and 9:40
pm. ....
Columbia -"Pygmalion," screen
translation of the George Bernard
Shaw comedy: 1l:15 am, 1:20, 3:2S,
$50, TAO and 9:45 pm.
Palace-"The Little Princess" the
popular children's story with Shirley
Temple: IL m, 1:05, Sis, 5:25, 7:O
and $40 pm.
Metropolitan - "The Oklahoma
Kid" Jimmy Cagney takes to the
open spaces: 1885 am, 1:35, 3:35,
5:35, 7:35 and 9:40 pm.
Little-"The Eagle" Rudolph VAL
entino's last picture: II am, 2:05.
4:45, 1880 and 1910 pm. Cardinal
Richelieu," with George Arliss:
1850, Jas, S:lo and . pm.
Evening star., 1939-03-25
Hit
by
Ballet
Trudi Schoop and
The Blond Marie
Are Fun

Trudi Schoop and her comedy
dance troupe made their annual
washington appearance yesterday
afternoon and any one who was not
at the National to see The Blond
Marie missed some fun. The imp
lsh Swiss dance comedienne. we are
convinced, is one of the great ar
lists of our stage. An extraordi-
narlly skilled pantomimist, she is
equipped with keen observatory DOW
ers and d ready wit which enable
her to stud her dance comedies
with sparkling satire on a consid-
cradle portion of human experience.
The Blond Marie for instance
points its madcap comedy, sometimes
sharply Satirical, sometimes broad
In burlesque, at both familiar peo-
pie and familiar things. Some
Ames it Is comedy just for the fun
OF being funny. sometimes it is hav-
ing the time of its life kidding the
daylightS out of some one, maybe
a pompouS woman who heckles her
servant girl.
1t Is the story of a little servant
girl who aspires to singing career
wins the love of an operetta star
becomes a star, gets husband and
approaches tragedy. It's as truly
enjoyable as anything on the stage
Is The Blond Marie" full of fun
every minute Even when it seems
to be on the verge of tragedy it
turns around and leaves you laugh
ing, though. of course, it would be
unfair to tell you how, because
you will want to see it when Miss
Schoop and her companions Gn-
Guiding that magnificent Edith
Garcia and Otto Ulbrecht) bring it
back to town.
"The Blond Marie" has. Incl
dentally, a couple of the funniest
sequences ever. One is the tavern
scene, wherein wandering hypno-
tist shows his skill with his partner
then hypnotizes every one on the
stage and solemnly turns to the
audience to bow for approval. The
other is burlesque of an operetta
which should have all operettas
blushing. H. M,
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Moreover, and a very important
moreover, the same screen offers the
latest edition of the March of Time,
one of the most dramatic and force
full bits of pictorial journalism in
months. The story is that of French
Italian competition in the Mediter-
ranean, narrative dark with the
shadows of slaughter.
Love Affair" let it be said quickly,
Is not one of those comedy romances
that looks with irony upon the
grand passion. 1t is to its great
credit that while it starts out that
way, it turns sweet, sad, suspenseful
and dramatic. The mixture of
moods has been handled deftly by
McCarey and his principals. Miss
Dunno will surprise you with her
capacity for being deeply and ef-
fectively emotional after that stretch
OF her old brittleness in the early
stages of the romance.
X
A considerably better than average
story, Love Affair" introduces its
leading characters on shipboard.
He is an international Casanova,
altar-bound with an American heir
ess, who is waiting for him with her
useful millions across the Atlantic.
She is a lacquered, brittle beauty
with rapier tongue. Obviously
they are a grand match at exchang-
Ing barbed words, but underneath
their common WaSpishneSS you can
see love blooming in its old sweet,
simple lovelinesS. At the same time,
1t is clear, hearts like theirs are not
the kind that produce tenderness
overnight. 1t takes time, time in
which the film is amusing, light
and witty. 1t was always funny to
see Casanova frustrated, double so
when he is imperSonated SO ably as
by Mr.. Boyer. He and Miss Dunno
are just the pair to carry off that
situation with the right touches of
sweet savagery. McCarey's direc-
tlon in these sequences is excellent,
even if in some of them he was bit
sluggish in getting on with his story
The switch from laughter to tears
In the mood of the film is one of its
smartest features. Very subtly Mr..
McCarey takes his lovers for a
call on Casanova's grandmother.
The latter, as played by Nine. Mar
tina Ouspenskaya, is a composite of
all the lonely, lovely little old ladies
you have ever met. The memory
of happy love on which she lives
In the quiet beauty of great age
completely dissolves the younger
pair. That it does the same thing for
the audience is testimony of the
acting of Nine. Ouspenskaya, and
the artful direction of McCarey, who
steered the thing so carefully around
maudlinity.
That sequence is but one of many
Evening star., 1939-03-25
European Situation
Feature at Trans.Lux

The newsreels have done another
fine lob, this the making of an up
to-the-minute (well almost) report
on the European situation. You will
find it all at the Trans-Lux, with
Paramount following Hitler right
into Memel with maps and library
shots to let you know what the
captured seaport looks like. There
are words of hope for Czecho-
Slovakia, too, from its ex-President
Benes and from its Ambassador
Hurban, who is maintaining his
Embassy and whose words draw top
applause of the evening from last
nights Trans-Lux audience. Also
there is another look at the Maginot
line. the cameras have looked on
while France and England equip
their civilians with gas masks.
Paramount's coverage of the
coronation OF the Pope is here, too,
along with shots of the Governor
OF Gibraltar reviewing Mediter-
ranean maneuvers, Primo Carnera
getting married, Frances Blue
beard on trial, Mrs. Roosevelt visit
ing the San Francisco fair, the
White House staff being finger
printed, the usual bombers in
formation, the usual feminine hats
Tor is usual the right word?y and
sundry other items of note at the
moment.
Two travelogues are among the
short subjects, one taking you to. of
all places, Washington. D. c., the
other hopping across the country
on sleeper plane, both diverting.
II NJ
Evening star., 1939-03-25
Clubs
Show Able
Training
Vermont ChOruses
Effective in
Program
BY AL1CE EVERSMAN,

Making its second annual concert
tour, the combined Glee Clubs of
Middlebury College. of, Middleoury,
VT, and of the Womens College
stopped in Washington last evening
to give program in Pierce Hall
The members of the touring cluos
are picked voices from the much
larger chorus of the college and
number 36 in all, evenly divided
between the two sexes. Both clubs
are under the direction of H. Ward
Bedford, who had prepared a pro-
gram for the concert of distinctively
different character than is ordi-
narily presented by visiting choral
groups.
All but two of the selections were
sung cappella. the voices blend
ing with sweetness and softness of
tone. The mems section is by far
the more robust yet the quality is
alike throughout so that the full
background which they provide is
an admirable balance for the lighter
sopranos. The clubs are excellently
trained, true in intonation and with
real musical feeling in the dynamic
effects which they strive for,
Their fundamental ability was
especially we'll demonstrated in the
singing of the difficult Sanctus from
Bach's Mass in B Minor" The
changing vocal effects were woven
together without sacrifice of clarity
or the slightest wavering in pitcn.
The whole was sung on a broad
scale, especially the fuguelike Sec
ton leading to the finale. Quite of
another character and allowing
the soft intermingling of the
voices to be still better appreciated
because of the absence of text, the
entire song being hummed, was
Delius' ITO Be Sung of Summer
Night"
Other numbers of a type to test
both the ear and the musicianship
of any group were Schindler's ar
rangement of the Yiddish melody,
"Avrahm. Avrahm." Sibelius' Vale
OF Tuoni' and Erickson's "Andalu-
sian Christmas Carol"
The Women's Glee Club sang most
effectively lovely Breton folk song,
The Angelus." by Manney, and
Clokey's "A Bird Flew" while the
Mems Glee Club scored a pro-
nounced success in Arcadelt's AVE
Maria" which was followed by
Steedman's oxen" A quintet COM
posed OF Elizabeth Ann Dunning,
soprano; Dorothy Briggs and Jessie
Matthew, altos; Robert Cushman,
tenor, and Joseph Trask, bass, gave
two charming numbers Gibbons
The Silver Swan" and Morley's
Now Is the Month of Maying."
Nearly all of the selections given
had difficult harmonies and trying
demands on breath control besides
subject matter that required q fine
musicianship to make effective. Mr.
Bedford Is to be congratulated on
the finish which marked the work
OF both groups.
Three Negro spirituals and several
college songs concluded the program,
which was received with enthusi-
asm by a small but appreciative
audience.
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There are a lot of other fine do
ings, too. topped of by some top
notch slapstickerie when stage
fright overtakes Mr.. B. on the occa-
sion of his opera debut. His wife
having been booed of the stage
when she tried to be a society sing
er in cinema theater. this is just
the reversal of affairs needed to
bring her back to his bed and board
so the two of them can live happily
ever after without a song.
1t is not important, to be sure,
but wife, Husband and Friend"
certainly Is fun. probably having
turned out much better than any
one connected with 1t ever expected.
innovations of 1899" is the title
OF the Capitol's stage show, the in
novations being the work of Gene
Ford, who has stages popping up
and down all over the place. The
orchestra spends part Of its time
where you normally find it, part of
its time up in the air with dancers
and whatnot in front of it, and
finally the Is Rhythm Rockets come
rising right out of some mysterious
depths. When they rise out of the
depths, incidentally, they rise play
ing toy pianos, the whole 16 of them,
which makes bangup finale.
During the rest Of the time while
Mr.. Ford's innovations are innovat-
ing. the best. moments are those
during which the Continental come
dienne, Cinda Glenn. is bouncing
about. All Of her doings are a treat
the best being her imitation of va
rious types of night club singers
and her impression of a society
glamour girl. It's sort of silly. but
when Miss Glenn started batting
herself around with her rubber arms
Yesterday lot of people were ready
to fall on their faces laughing.
There's a touch of novelty about
all the other acts, too-those illu-
sions Of Dolinoff and the Raya Sis
tiers. the neat dancing of Renav
Rice. the songs of Buddy Clark. the
acrobatics of the Carr Brothers and
that turn of John Gallus', which W.
couldn't describe.
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maGnlncent singing career IN the
very bud. Mr.. Baxter is the hus-
band who feels all will be better If
the bud Is not allowed to bloom.
This accounts for some mad enough
doings, but the real hilarity comes
along when an opera singer (Binnie
Barne0 discovers the husbands
bathroom baritone is q great one
for the stage.
Associate Producer Nunnally john
son, who wrote the script after a
James M. Cain novel mot in the
mood Of THE Postman Always
Rings TwiceD, has contrived a
wealth Of merriment out of this he
roic battle between a pair of careers
And Director Gregory Ratoff.
though you would never suspect 1t
from those mad Russian dialet roles
he has played, displays a keen sense
OF United States humor. He has
paced the yarn at q bright tempo
and makes every bit Of dialogue and
every situation count.
He has had at his hand. of course
dialogue which has q nice share of
sparkle to 1t and situations that are
practically In that category known
as sure-fire. There's Husband Bax-
ter. for instance, dressing gown
clad, wandering about trying to find
some place to don his pants in an
apartment filled with chatterinp
women the afternoon of his wife's
Town Hall debut. There's the mo-
ment when the opera singer dis
covers Mr.. Baxter's magnificent
voice,
Evening star., 1939-03-25
Open.Air Theater
Starts Season

The Mount Vernon Open-Air
Theater opens for the new season
tomorrow night. The first pro-
gram will feature the Lucille Ball
Jack Oakie comedy, The Affairs
OF Annabel," and will include
Ferdinand, the Bull" news digest
and other short subjects.
Improvements have been made at
the Open-Air Theater this year. The
landscaping around the area, situ-
ated on the Richmond highway,
3 miles south of Alexandria,
has been beautified with trees and
shrubbery. The parking capacity
has been increased to accommodate
600 cars. The ramps which comprise
the parking area have been scraped
and rolled, assuring a perfect riding
surface.
The policy of the theater will re-
main the same as it was last year.
There will be two changes every
week, Sunday and Thursday. The
theater runs continuously from Z
O'Clock. the last complete show
starting about $50.
Evening star., 1939-03-25
The Oklahoma Kid
At the METROPOLITAN

James Cagney, cowboy, is back
again, The Oklahoma Kid moving
today to the Metropolitan for a Sec
ond week downtown. And Mr.. Gag
ney makes a fine cowboy, lending
new life to the old Western theme
with his impudent braggadocio and
his usual lively vigor. There's still
a bit of the old city street bravado
to his portrayal of a tough hombre
OF the old West. mayhap, but he
does take no end gracefully to. the
open spaces for all of that.
Anyhow his presence makes of
"The Oklahoma Kid" a red -blooded,
lusty and vigorous entertainment
that is fine business for all Cagney
fans and for all who have an es-
thetic appreciation for the bark OF
a ix-shooter. the thud of fist against
jaw. The Kid is a lad who lives
outside the law because he has fig
ured it all out that the strong take
away from the weak and the smart
take away from the strong. He is
seen robbing bandits only, Of course,
hijacking apparently being in better
favor with tbs Hays. Office than OUT
and-out stealing. And when he
knocks people off BY benefit of
quick draw it is always some bandit
and it is always self-defense.
But there is a price on his head
and thereby hangs the tale-the tale
OF THE Oklahoma Kid" at any rate.
The Kids father, respectable citi-
zen who has disoWned his son, is
framed. then lynched by a bandit
led mob. Sonny. of course, sticks
out his neck and leads with his
chin to come back and wreak ven-
geance. He wreaks it amidst much
excitement, all of it being the more
exciting because Humphrey Bogart
is the villain against whom Cowboy
Cagney is pitted. Rosemary Lane
is the girl he gets, to make the bat
tie worth while. HIM.
Evening star., 1939-03-25
Director Signs

Norman Mcleod, director of the
Topper" pictures and the early
Marx Aims, yesterday signed a con-
tract with M-G-M. He starts work
Immediately on preparation of an
original story by himself and Corey
Ford titled Remember" which will
mark the initial production of Mil
ton Bren for M-G-M. Bren, who
produced the Topper" stories at
Hal Roach, has signed an M.G-M
contract.
Evening star., 1939-03-25
Joe Venuti Here

Joe Venuti, the famed swing
fiddler, brings his orchestra to
Washington tonight to play for the
goth annual banquet and dance of
the Little Congress, at the Willard
Hotel. The orchestra has just COM
pleted a nine-month stay at the
Belmont-Plaza Hotel In New York.
Evening star., 1939-03-25
Keith's Comedy>R
Is Top>Flight Affair
Dunne.Boyer Film Blends Mirth
And Tears With Highest Skill;
March of Time Excellent
By JAY CARMODY,

m keeping with the best traditions Of spring Keiths blooms
this with Love Affair,
Dunno and Charles Boyer Add that the picture
high quality Vagranty the impression
spring fatal either to him
Evening star., 1939-03-25
Husband and Friend
A Bright Farce With a Lit
Loretta Young and Warner Baxter
Star in Capitors New Comedy;
Innovations on STAGE
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

AS bright and welcome the brought
uspano ano FRIEND which yesterday Capitol
you w nno loretta Young Bnn Barnes Warner Baxter and
people enong nt to novel comedy with
It's tale full Of w.t. sometimes completely
Miss Young society marriage npped
Evening star., 1939-03-25
Menjou Picture at Earle
Is Tale of Race Track
Story Has Its Familiar Ring
In Spite of Stars Playing;
Shirley Ross Excellent

Aophe Men)ou an independent fellow who chooses
Is tne HIM
OF tne which
Menlou maintains his
truly pad him 1t familiar
the race tracks the kid him.
Evening star., 1939-01-27
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

The farmer under whose Woodpile
Billy Mink was living did a lot of
thinking after he guessed that It
was Billy that had driven all the
rats out of his barn into his house.
If I could get that little brown
rascal over here to the house" ?"
thought the farmer, Il would soon
be rid of those pesky rats. But
how am I going to do it? If he
doesn't know that those rats are
over here he certainly will not ven-
ture any nearer to the house than
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that woodpile. And if he cannot
get into the henhouse to steal my
chickens he won't stay around here
very long. because he will have little
to eat. The thing for me to do is
to see that he has plenty to eat and
learns where it comes from"
So the very first thing the farmer
did the next morning was to put
some scraps of fresh meat just out
side the woodpile. It didn't take
Billy Mink long to find them. OF
course, the farmer was out Of sight.
Evening star., 1939-01-27

house. He decided that he would
go over to the barn to see If any Of
those rats had returned. And then
all of a sudden he remembered that
easy breakfast he had had that
morning
Instantly Billy popped his head
out from the woodpile. He didn't
really expect to find any more scraps
of meat, and you can guess just how
surprised and pleased he was when
he found that there were more
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He was in the barn peeping through

the crack. He saw Billy come out
from under the wood and sniff at
the pieces of meat. 1t was clear
that Billy was suspicious. He went
all around those scraps of meat and
the farmer could tell by the way he
moved that Billy suspected a trap.
But Billy found no trap. OF
course not, because there was no
trap. At last he ventured to seize
one Of those scraps Of meat and
darted back into the woodpile with
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it. A few minutes later he was out
again, just as cautious as before.
So, one by one, he took the scraps
OF meat under the woodpile. The
farmer smiled as he saw the last
scrap disappear. He knew that Billy
had enough for a good meal and
that with stomach well filled he
would probably take nap.
This is just what Billy did. Be-
fore he fell asleep he kept wonder
ing about those scraps Of meat and
how they happened to be 80 handy.
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"1t's funny" thought Billy, show
that meat happened to be right
there. I wonder if that farmer
could have dropped 1t. If he did, I
hope he'll do it again." With this,
Billy went to sleep.
Just at dusk Billy awoke. He was
hungry again. He began to think
of those hens over in the henhouse.
Then he remembered the trap he
had found over there and decided he
would keep away from the hen
Evening star., 1939-01-27
Trademark abrlie .
For q S. Patent OF
BY Mormon Marsh
BY Bud Fisher

scraps just where he had found his
breakfast that morning. For the
first time Billy suspected that they
might have been put there espe-
cially for him and in his heart he
began to have friendly feeling for
that farmer
(Copyright. 1939J ~
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1wizzIer Answer a
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The answer to the division prob.
lem u 3,098.
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Prominent CaIexicans Observe
Silver Wedding Anniversary

Ariz.; Mr. and Mrs. j. A. Straub
MIR. and Mrs. Glenn Simmons, Mr.
and Mrs. j. p. Hansen Miss Caro-
line Taylor, Fred r. Bright all of
FL Centre; Mr.. and Mrs. S. H
Lockett, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Com
er, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Binder
DR.. and Mrs. Harold Gregg, Mr.
and Mrs. P. P. Anderson, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. G. Rberts, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gilbert Willoughby and the hosts
son, Laddie Willoughby
Mr.. and Mrs. Willoughby are
prominent valley residents who are
widely known throughout the coun-
ty and who have played a promi-
nent part in civic and social af-
fairs. Mrs. Willoughby is a past
president of the Womens Improve
ment club of Calexico. Mr.. Will
loughby with his brother, is en-
gagged in large scale farming oper-
ations throughout the county.
During the day many messages
of good wishes and congratulations
we're received as the fact became
known that they we're celebrating
their anniversary and their friends
surprised them with many hand
some gifts of silver.