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Evening star., 1939-09-16

come a businessman-it would be
more normal" Mrs. Douglas
Fairbanks, jr., watches Doug make
love to Joan Bennett on the Green
He'll set. How do you feel about
it?" she is asked. Not too badly"
she replies. I'm now getting used
to being the obServant wife" i.
Tough-guy George Raft chooses a
couple of guns for his Invisible
Stripes picture and closes his eyes
when they are thrust into his hands.
Gary Cooper gives his best per-
formance since Lives of a Bengal
Lancer" in The Real Glory" Is it
coincidence that the two epics were
directed by Henry Hathaway? i.
Jackie Cooper, who has keen eye
for bargain. buying horn for his
new superauto-and beating down
the price so per cent. &. Olivia de
Havilland has taken to knitting on
the set. She says it does for her
what counting up to 10 can do for
the hot tempered. Both Olivia
and David Niven had a hard time
sitting giggles when Boss GoldWyn
recently descended on the "Raff1es'
set to act out scene for them. Sam
may be business genius, but he is
not an actor.
William Powells first action on
moving back into his Beverly Hills
home was to install his collection of
the dullest books in the world. Bill
says that one look at the titles be-
fore going to bed makes him sleep
till noon the next day. . Priscilla
Lane dining with Oren Haglund in
Hollywood boulevard delicatessen.
Priscilla, in red slacks and minus
all makeup. looked too unglamorous
for a budding film star. One of
the better sequences in THE Wom
en'-the telephone scene where Joan
Crawford persuades the husband of
Mary Haines to dine with her in
stead of with his wife. But I still
can't understand why Joan allowed
those obtruding close-ups of Vir-
ginia Grey, whose blond beauty gave
Joan the worst of it-pictorially
speaking.
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1939-09-16

they are amusing and most Of them
talented. especially Miss Ware.
And that is just about the story
of The Star Maker" 1t has lot of
tunes and some scenes which will
spell nostalgia for those who remem-
ber the days when vaudeville was
vaudeville and the Gus Sun time
was a grind with four shows a day.
1t has Mr.. Crosby singing a lot of
songs. And it has Miss Ware sing
ing some songs, that last one, with
Dr. Walter Damrosch conducting the
orchestra, being just about worth
the price of admission. if you do not
mind good tried and true cliche.
Bing, in his portrayal of Gus Ed
wards dts Larry Earl in the finn j.,
is called upon more for acting than
singing, though he does lot of sing
ing. He performs the acting chore
quite capably, however, it must be
reported. Quite capably, too, does
Miss Louise Campbell do the things
she has to do. Somewhat resembling
Claudette Colbert and with voice
which sounds bit like Jean Ar
thurs, she is inspiration enough for
any vaudeville headliner Ned
Sparks is about, too, for some good
moments, the best being one where
in he reads a bedtime story to a
flock of moppets.
Pleasant really is the word for
"The Star-Maker." 1t has nostalgia
and it has happy children, both fine
things to consider these days.
Evening star., 1939-09-16
odd Maid Remains
At METROPOLITAN

The foolish virgins VINO ran out of
oil were no daffier than critics who
used up all their superlatives on
Bette Davis performance in The
Old Maid" during its first three
downtown weeks. The picture went
into it's fourth week at the Metro
politan yesterday, and there is vir-
tually nothing left to say at this
point, except that the acting is su-
perlative and the story compelling
in spite of some confused moments.
Giving capable assistance to Miss
Davis in making the film one of
the acting triumphs of the season
are Miriam Hopkins and Jane Bry-
an, the latter proving that fast
company is Ill she needed to show
a great deal of hitherto unsuspected
talent j. C.
Evening star., 1939-09-16
War Much, Not All,
Of Trans.LuX Bill

Just to break the monotony you
shall be told this week that the
news reels at the Trans-Lux have
pictures of the new Miss America
tWhO is not photogenic), football
players. sealskin wraps. Ginger Rog-
ers' footprints and polo game But
the drama still is in the news
cameras reflections of the war.
Survivors of the Athena arrive at
Halifax to tell their stories of at
tack by submarine, Poland defends
Warsaw, tanks, artillery and in
fantry, seen in war games in that
area provide picture of the French
tactics on the Western front: Can
ada declares war, the President
calls Congress. There are some
fine shots. too, of the final success
full raising of the Squalus.
Timely among the short subjects
is the travelogue, visit to Danzig.
which was the fuse which set off
all of this. Other short features
are Polar Trappers," Death VAL
ley Thrills and a Paramount pic
torial titled Natural History"
H NJ
Evening star., 1939-09-16

genius for pulling noses, and suffi-
cient experience with life's more
seamy side that she eventually
comes out right side up.
There is much of delightful humor
in the conflict between the two
points of view, much also of.pathos.
The scads of youngsters which the
studio assembled for the Penguin
Club are pretty exceptional in their
acting talent and each. character Is
drawn with nice clarity.
In addition to inheriting the man
tie of Deanna, Gloria Jean inherits
also the formers old leading man,
Robert Cummings. AS the athletic
director of that swanky camp, pro
football player in the off season, Mr..
Cummings contributes handsomely
to the humor of The Under-Pup.
Much more so in briefer part does
Veteran C. Aubrey Smith, vitu-
perative old grandfather, who loves
children and believes most adults
should, be caned periodically. A
genial old gent is cramps, and so is
Billy Gilbert as the camps handy
man and parent for story purposes)
of two of the finest specimens of
Katzenjammer kids you ever saw in
real life The youngsters, Kenneth
Brown and Bill Lenhart, picked up
because of their untamed genius on
an accordion and bass fiddle. are
two of the brightest assets of THE
Under-Pup." With young Virginia
Weidler and Gloria Jean, they con-
stitute the outstanding four among
the many juveniles of the film.
Four songs, all handled with a
voice that is richly promising but
none of such difficulty as to menace
the future of that voice. are allotted
to Gloria Jean in THE Under Pup"
X X
Tardily, but it was so much fun
playing with Universals kids. one
gets around to mentioning that the
secondary feature on the bill is
highly timely issue of March of
Time. In its usual Illuminating way,
it tackles this time the story of the
Army Air Corps and what is being
done to build it up both as to equip
ment and personnel. 1t is very easy
to recommend as a subject of ex-
treme interest, handled with COM
mendable skill.
Evening star., 1939-09-16

a money ana we IL say II again.
There are other things, too, you
will like about Mr.. Bing's latest ef-
fort. For one thing it's musical
festivity. For nostalgia there are
such ditties as I'm My Merry Olds-
mobile" "Sunbonnet Sue" Look
Out for Jimmy Valentine" School
Days" to tease your memory of
happy days that were. For the mood
Of today there are "A Man and His
Dream" "a melody you will be hear
ing often, AN Apple for the Teach
err and the swingy Go Fly Kite. u
1t truly Is a musical musical.
Mr.. Bing plays a character based
upon, or at least suggested by the
career of Gus Edwards. And there s
the rub. Portraying Gus Edwards,
or a suggestion of Gus Edwards,
means there will be a lot of young
sters about. So if your heart is not
warmed by the sight of little lads
and lassies singing and dancing you
had better cross this one off your
list. On the other hand, if you like
the kiddies you may be assured that
Evening star., 1939-09-16
Angels Have
Clean Faces
At the Earle
Dead End Kids Are
Reformed and
On Laws Side

The spectacle of the Dead End"
KIDS taking the offensive against
crime is one designed solely for
amusement and amaZement, nothing
more. Thus, it perhaps would be
unfair to chide the Brothers Warner
for some of the shortcomings, the
implausibilities of this improbable
item titled. Angels Wash Their
Faces" the new screen attraction at
the Earle.
Anyhow fans of these boisterous
brats will no doubt find the film tip
top fun. And that, in fact, is about
the only way to rate the merit of
Angels Wash Their Faces" its
merit being something which van
ishes in direct ratio to your allergy
to the Dead End" lads.
For the boys are up to their same
old antics in their same old Slum
environment the difference this
time being that their energies are
directed toward tracking down the
heads of an arson ring. This service
to humanity is performed during
Boys Week, when Mayor Billy
Halop and his henchmen set about
to secure the release of a pal who
has been wrongly Jailed. There's
always somebody wrongly jailed in
these Warner action films, but that
is depressing.
To get on with this report, you
should be told that there is consid-
cradle fun when the Dead End"
kids employ their particular brand
of assault and battery in the ferret
ing out of criminals in the high
places. To these boys a straight line
Is the shortest distance between two
crooks and Mr.. Halop, Leo Gorcey,
Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan and the
others follow the straight lines with
their usual gusto and no regard for
the legal niceties of their elders.
They also follow them with Bonita
Granville tagging along behind.
Ann Sheridan, something else
which is always in these Warner
action films, is in this one, too. She
is here to be a big sister to frankie
Thomas, the lad wrongly jailed. and
to fall in love with Ronald Reagan.
who is chap from the D. A. s office.
Mr.. Reagan also is a man of action,
as any one would have to be when
surrounded by the Halop- Hall
Gorcey crew. His characteristics as
a man of action are best described
by the sentence in the synopsis sent
out by the studio, the sentence which
reads: pat decides that Gabe is
innocent and falls in love with JOY"
The stage show Harry Anger has
woven together to supplement (or
provide surcease from these bois-
ferrous dolngs on the Earle screen is
compact little revue. It has the
nonchalant Slate Brothers wander
Ing off and on to inject considerable
comedy into the proceedings, it has
the Roxyettes bounding on and
about to supply the pretty girl note
and it has several other talented
people
The three States do a little of
everything for their comedy, most
OF 1t insane. They even end up by
becoming involved with the. Five
Jansleys and getting tossed about in
the air. The Jansleys, you probably
know, are two people who lie on
their backs and flip the other three
about with their feet. The other
talented people are Sunny Rice,
who has some novel tap routines
she performs with much dash, and
the Quintones, four boys and girl,
who sing popular tunes of the day
in something Of a special manner.
H. M.
Evening star., 1939-09-16

SO~--N
five pictures ago. The next highest,
perhaps, is to see her as the nearest
thing to a challenge that Shirley
Temple faces in her own, or any
other, age bracket.
All this fawning upon Scrantons
gift to the Republic is not to imply
any spectacular brilliance in the
cornerstone of Gloria jeans ca
reer. 1t is the familiar, uninspired
story of a kid Cinderella. Undoubt-
edly Universal selected it as the best
possible tale for projecting the many
facets of Gloria Jeans talent. And,
having selected it, the studio turned
In highly deXtrous job of invest
Ing it with charm.
Only a 80 44-l00 per cent pure
scorn for the word keeps us from
saying Gloria Jean is more cute
than beautiful. In addition to her
striking voice and nice flair for
make-b believe, Gloria Jean is pos
sessed of enchantingly imperfect
teeth. 1t is amazing what human
flaw like that can do in establishing
an immediate bond between audi
ence and performer and it is de-
voutly to be wished that the studio
and dentistry will try none of their
silly miracles on the child.
AS it invariably does in presenting
Its charming children, Universal has
conferred upon Gloria Jean sup
porting cast of genuine merit. More
over, in spite of the fact that the
picture is her first, it is obvious that
her more experienced co-workers
have not been instructed merely to
look on in goggle-eyed astonishment
while she goes through her PAGES.
When she steals a scene, she does 1t
with no more than the natural
handicap of cunning, clever child:
not because the others were warned
they might be sent to Siberia. The
result is a fine, spirited bit of play
ing by every one concerned.
The story of The Under-Pup," out
of I. A. R. Wylie by artful Grover
Jones, is one of those human affairs
about a poor little poor girl who
suddenly is invited to the swank
summer camp of mob Of poor little
rich girls. All save one of the poor
little rich girls out to have their
dainty little neckS broken for the
spite, haughtiness, meannesS and
other qualities which they manifest
in trying to break the spirit of Pip
Emma Gloria jean. Her answer is
good middle-class toughness,
Evening star., 1939-09-16
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Keith's-"The Under Pup" do
mestic comedy introducing Gloria
Jean: 11:20 am, 1:25, $3.50, 5:35
TAO and Gas pm. March of Time:
l, sos, $40, tbs and $40 pm.
Palace-"The Star-Maker," Bine
Crosby sings his way through Gus
Edwards career: 1925 am, 100
$3.50, 5:35, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Earle-"Angels Wash Their Faces,
Ann Sheridan reforms the Dead
End" kids: IL am, 1:30, 4:20, 7:O5
and $50 pm. Stage shows: 12:45,
$3.50, 6:15 and 9 pm.
Capitol-"Thunder Afoat," Wal
lace Beery and the "ash-can fleet
VS.. submarines: II am, 1:4O, 4:25
7:05 and $50 pm. Stage shows:
1880, 3:35, 6:15 and pm.
Columbia-"Lady of the Tropics, u
Boy Taylor meets Girl Lamar in
Indo-China: 11:35 am, 1885, $40
$40, TAO and $40 pm.
Metropolitan-"The Old Maid"
screen version of the Pulitzer Prize
play: II am, los, 3:15, $40, 7:3O
and 9:40 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts,
continuous from 10 am.
Little-"Cavalcade," screen version
of the Noel Coward drama: II am,
ITO, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Open -Air-"The Woman I Love-"
revival of the Paul NUM- film:
7:45 and 1905 pm.
IN THE COUNTRY.
Roadside-"The Drunkard," reviv-
al of Roadside hit: $40 pm.
Evening star., 1939-09-16
Lady 'Tropic' Lamour
AtCOlumbia

Down to his last $500, tired of
being cooped up on yacht, Mr..
Bill Carey Robert Taylor went
out to have a look at Indo-China
with rich young lass and her
father. Now one of the sights of
this city in Indo-China was Manon
tHedy Lamarr), a half caste who
would not have been a sight in
Indo-China if she could have OBJ
tanned a passport. But her boy
friend, one Pierre Delaroche (Jo-
seph Schildkraut, who could have
obtained this passport, would not
do it because he wished to have
Ma1on handy for reasons of his
c~n. Consequently she was right
there when Mr.. Carey got off the
boat, if not the first thing he saw,
at least the first thing he noticed.
So he married her, and there was
Lady of the Tropics" now at the
Columbia for its second F. street
week.
Mr.. Carey did not marry Manon,
of course, until after suitable
courtship of several days, during
which he spoke unto her a number
of pretty and poetic monosyllabic
entreatieS. And the saga of their
romance does not end at the altar.
They discovered they needed money
to live, even in Indo-China and
the movies, so one night Manon
slipped out, charmed Pierre into
giving Bill (she was calling him
that by this time) job with his
rubber company This he was glad
to do, for it gave him an oppor-
tunity to send Bill into the back
country, leaving Manon with her
evenings free. For being SO smart
Pierre got himself shot by Manon
when Bill returned, Manon then
coming home to die prettily in Bills
arms. If Bill had any sense he
went back to the yacht and is
cooped up there happily until this
very day. H. M.
Evening star., 1939-09-16

p h i losophically
and is goin g
back to college
to finish h i S
educa ton.
Nigel Bruce's
eldest daughter,
a beautiful bru-
nette of II, is
getting S CT e e n
tests from four
major studios. I
remember hear
ing Miss Bruce
say to her father
two wears ago
ID a d d y, " h y
don't Nnll he
Evening star., 1939-09-16
Bethesda Theater
Get Vaudeville

The Bethesda Theater, formerly
the Boro, will have vaudeville every
Saturday starting next week, Sidney
Lust announces. Headlining the
opening bill next week will be
"Vogues of l939,' company of five
rhythm dancers. Supporting acts
will be Raymond Baird. the ''saxo-
phone king and McGrath and
Deeds. comedians.
Evening star., 1939-09-16
Members Wanted

Registrations for membership in
the Columbia Light Opera Co. will
be accepted at the groups regular
meeting Monday night at 7::3O
o'clock at Thomson School, Twelfth
and L streets NV. Plans for the
presentation of the first light opera
of the 1939-40 season will be dis
cussed then.
Evening star., 1939-09-16
Thunder Afloat,' Fairy ]
Starring Wallace Beery
Picture Narrates Fabulous History
OF Sub.Chasers in World War;
Showing Here Gala Affair

kind Of fairy tale with Wallace Bee the central character is
unnatural perhaps
Evening star., 1939-09-16
Henry Hathaway Directs
Gary in Another Hit
Mr.. Cooper, Says the Report, Is Fine
In Goldwyn's The Real Glory;
Ann Sheridan Balks
HOLLYWOOD.
By SHEILAH GRAHAM,


Grant nightly embarrassed Glory premiere
of houWhen
mred? The lady in the case affects not hear But smiles
cky fashion changes shouting
economy ak at
who
Evening star., 1939-09-16
Bing Crosby Is Nostalgia
In New Palace Musical
Linda Ware, Talented Newcomer,
Almost Steals 'Star.Maker'
From Him, However
BY. HARRY MACARTHUR.

ms pretty young Linda Ware 1yer-od cooraura soprano just
recently discovered by the Paramount that's
is She almost steals THE SrMak the film the
right out from under Bng
town Stutters Ball. this everything well
Evening star., 1939-09-16
The Under>Pup,' at Keith's,
Marks Child Stars Debut
Gloria Jean, II, Uses Familiar Tale
To Prove She Is Sound Bet
To Fill Deanna's Old Shoes
By JAY CARMODY.

Hoywoods of adorable ykes caapulted new
Kths
singing, Unvesas choice of all Americas
fill the left vacant by Deanna Dubns absorption
witt
picture find her than
Evening star., 1939-09-16

TwizzIer Answer
The oil-testing rod was Is feet
long.
Evening star., 1939-09-16

ployed as an aSsiStant-aSSiStant
director. Jack is taking the blow
Evening star., 1939-09-10

Similar medals were issued in ev-
cry administration from 1901 to
1889, forming complete series of
portraits of the Presidents of this
period. The practice appears to have
been started by the British, French
and Spaniards early in the Colonial
period.
The medals, which have become
rare, were highly priced by the red
men. After the Revolution the Col
onists persuaded some of the Indian
chiefs to exchange old British
medals, bearing the head of King
George. for others stamped with the
head of Gen. Washington.
Those who consented to the ex-
change transferred their allegiance
from the King to the new Republic.
Evening star., 1939-09-10
Silver Spring Mans
Body Washed Ashore

A body identified by police as
that of Bernard c. Murphy of Silver
Spring, Md, was washed ashore at
Cape Charles, Va, yesterday, 1t
was reported to Silver Spring police
by Chief of Police Ewell of Cape
Charles, Va.
A man believed to be Mr.. Murphy
jumped off the steamer Yorktown in
the Chesapeake Bay Monday night.
Before he leaped he took off his
coat, which contained card bear
ing the name "B. C. Murphy of
Silver Spring, Md" Ardle Murphy
of 1917 Delafield place NV. said
that he had received letter from
his brother, B. C. Murphy. saying
that he was returning home on
leave. Mr.. Murphy said his brother
was an engineer on the S S. Capillo,
which docked at Norfolk Septem-
ber 2.
Silver Spring police said the Cape
Charles police reported that the
body was identified by papers on it.
Police planned to notify Mr.. Muir
phys wife. who lives with her three
children at Aspen, Md.
Evening star., 1939-09-10
Heurichs in Copenhagen,
Seeking Passage Home

Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Heurich,
sr., who were in Germany when war
broke out, were reported in Copen-
hagen yesterday preparing to sail for
America Immediately when passage
is available.
The 81 year old Washington
brewer his wife and DR.. and Mrs.
Carl S. Keyser and Miss Anna
Keyser. also District residents, jour-
neyed from Weisbaden to Bremen,
hoping to catch the Europa but
that liner failed to sail.
The party then went to Denmark,
according to cablegrams received by
friends here. The pending trans
Atlantic voyage will be Mr.. Heu-
rich's 73rd crossing
At the same time, word was re-
ceived from Mrs. Jeanne Curlee,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Miles. 1907 Jocelin street. Chevy
Chase, D. c., stating that she
planned to sail from France as soon
as she can book passage. Mrs. Curlee
has been studying art in Southern
France for two and half years.
| Meanwhile, the Associated Press
reported that among eight South
ern Baptist missionaries stranded in
war-troubled Europe are DR.. and
Mrs Dewey Moore. the latter of
Washington. and their two children
Mary Lou and Billie. DR.. Moore
is from North Carolina
The family of Robert Harris,
Fredericksburg CVaD resident. who
was q passenger on the torpedoed
Athena, still had received no word
! as to his whereabouts.
Evening star., 1939-09-10
Architects Congress
POSTPONED by War

The 18th International Congress
of Architects, which was to have
been the first meeting of the organ
ization in the Western Hemisphere,
has been indefinitely postponed be-
cause of the war, it was announced
yesterday. The convention was
scheduled to meet in Washington
beginning September "a.
The convention was formally in
vited to this country by Congress
and President Roosevelt. Delegates
from many countries, including the
now warning nations of France, Ger
many and Great Britain were to
attend for a peacetime exchange of
cultural ideas and architectural
knowledge.
1t was to have met here in con-
nection with the annual convention
of the American Institute of Archi-
tects The American organiza ton
is expected to attract delegates rep
resenting 5000 architects in this
country.
The postponement of the inter-
national meeting was announced in
New York by Richard H. Shreve
executive officer, the Associated
Press reported.
Evening star., 1939-09-10
Odd Fellows Leave
This Week 10 Attend
Minneapolis Sessions
Meeting to Open
In Minnesota
City September Is

Representatives of the Odd Fell
lows will leave Washington this week
to attend the Sovereign Grand
Lodge, the Association of Rebeka,l
Assemblies and Military Council,
which will convene in Minneapolis,
Mimi, September 16.
Those who will attend the Grand
Lodge session are j. Berton Kincer
and Wilfred E. Lawson, grand rep
resentatives; Charles B. Lampe, past
grand master; Lemuel H. Windsor,
past grand master, and Ernest
Woodwork, grand guardian.
Grand Encampment: Fay F.
Hunter, grand patriarch, and Guy
F. Glossbrenner, grand representa-
tive.
Rebekah Assemblies: Mrs. Olive
Woodwork, president; Mrs. Marian
Guiman, representative to the Asso-
citation of Rebekah Assemblies; Mrs.
Beatrice M. Lampe, secretary; Mrs.
Annette Harrell, treasurer; Mrs.
Bertha Nichols, conductor; Mrs.
Amy Glossbrenner, Mrs. Pearle
Windsor and Mrs. Cora Kincer, past
presidents, and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Cooper.
Columbia Lodge will meet Thurs
day night, William F. Zimmerman,
noble grand, presiding. The officers
will have degree rehearsal at BAIT
Eastern avenue NE. S. F. Dildine
will be host.
Columbia Encampment will meet
September l3, pm, Chief Patri-
arch S. c. Pomeroy presiding. The
Golden Rule degree will be con-
ferred on William H. Ray, Gordon
w. Potter, Donald E. Pitts and How
ard R. Green.
Canton Washington, P. M, will
meet next Saturday, pm. 1t Al
bert P. Dobbins presiding. At the
last meeting the Patriarch's NJ P.
degree was conferred on Ernest
Woodwork. The fall schedule nf
drill rehearsal will start next Sat-
urday evening.
The Ladies Auxiliary, P NJ. began
the fall series of meetings and drill
rehearsal last Saturday evening.