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en- the comedy moments. For relief
from the basic grimness of it all. the
Columbia version makes elaborate
use OF Sam Levene, one of the best
comedians in the cinema. He is
bombastic, stumblebum brother-in-
law OF the piece, chap whose every
breath is drawn in. or creates,
hilarious atmosphere of crisis. There
ought to be one in every family, but
as substitute Mr.. Levene does
eXcellently.
A little gentleman probably would
not say so, but Miss Stanwyck is
least convincing person in the cast
OF Golden Boy" In the role of
Lorna Moon, good girl caught in
the foul clutch of circumstance. she
is called upon to find some of the
lost music which Odets insists is in
the souls OF such people She grasps
less OF 1t than Frances Farmer did in
the stage version. but not so little
that the meaning Of the character
is lost.
The villains of Golden Boy"
whose name Is legion as they ALWAYS
are In an Odets play are superla-
lively fine villains Meanest of the
lot. the racketeer, Eddie Fuselli. has
the adroit ministrations of Joseph
Calleia. chap who talks like an
1cicle and is even colder as a killer.
Mr.. Menjou is the more pitiable kind
Of villain, giving always a convincing
impression he is a fellow who lust
lost a tough wrestle with a malevo-
lent fate.
The ruthlessness with which
Odets sent his golden boy and the
boys platinum girl to their doom
is changed In the screen version.
They are allowed to live, but so no
one will feel cheated the famous
prize ring killing which was done
offstage in the original is handled
with memorable realism in the film.
On the whole it is good Odets,
character land why haven't we
mentioned Lee Kalbas. the father?p
action. and eloquence-three very
good things for movie audiences.
Next to its plaudits for the Roxy
cites for their cane and scooter
number. this department would
place those for Helen Faye, violin
ist. who appeared here some time
ago as the find of the month. Of
the others, it is easy to be casual,
except for a comedy act which is on
the strident or burlesque side.
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loving Hedy with a fine passion and
high disregard for the rest of the
world. Robert, however has been
given by the script writers another
of those amours which has him in a
lyrical mood. Remember when he
remarked that Myrna Loy's mind
was like the breeze whispering to
the tops of tall trees? To Miss La
MARI he must now say tenderly, Il
met lady with eyes like birds flying
away" And Miss Lamar, being a
half-caste for the purpose of the
filmD. seems to believe him.
The fact Of Miss Lamarr's mixed
ancestry is the raison d'etre OF
Lady of the Tropics" good
argument against miscegenation, by
the way, but that perhaps is be-
side the point. Being Of this mixed
French and native ancestry, the
poor lass is denied the passport
which will permit her to leave
Indo-China and 60 to Paris. ner
one ambition in life. though the
reason is obscure for she has never
been there and probably wouldn't
find it very comfortable right now
anyhow.
Mr.. Taylor comes into her life
by getting off a boat tprobably the
logical way to come into any ones
life in Indo-China) while she is
Sinking seductively about with
Joseph Schildkraut and being beau
tifully photographed. She does not
like Mr.. Schildkraut tanother half
caste, also for the purpose of the
picture only, but he is a very
powerful fellow and could get her
a passport if he were not just a
cad who wants his girl friend where
he can lay a hand on her.
So Robert chases Hedy up and
down the river and marries her, this
making Mr.. Schildkraut unhappy.
1t makes him so unhappy he causes
no end of trouble for the happiest
newlyWeds in Indo-China. He causes
so much trouble he gets himself
shot amidships, Heoy shoots herself
amidships and If any one had hand
ed us a gun We would have known
what to do with it.
Mr.. Schildkraut is mighty fine in
all his sinister doings. incidentally.
Ernest CoSSart is on hand. too. TO
contribute a skilled performance
And there's lass named Gloria
Franklin 'still another half-caste.
just for Lady Of the Tropics. who
makes Indo-China look more attrac-
tive. All of the people concerned
comport themselves very well. in
fact. and they now can rest with
clear consciences knowing it took a
writer as capable as Ben Hecht to
produce the story which floored
them.
The Capitol's stage show is at its
best when Stan Kavanaugh is on
hand, for Mr. Kavanaugh's juggling
is the last word in that sort of thing.
And even if you have heard that
story before. it bears repeating. For
Mr.. K. is truly marvellous and peo-
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materialized before ones very eyes
the whole of Baum's fantastic. form
less land OF OF. The studios
achievement includes such whimsi-
cal phenomena as the talking or
chard, flying monkeys. the emerald
city, the poppy field, the land of the
Munchkins. etc. In the presence
of such miracles, one is bound to
be entertained. even though the
heart may inquire at moments as to
the films complete conquest of the
gentle spirit of the original.
To soar so far beyond the borders
Of reality with such vivid realism.
The studio had to create one of the
most lavish. highly colored and sig
niflcant pictures in movie history.
To it was added one of the most
sumptuous musical scores since the
sound track was invented. These
highly meritorious qualities, made
for the wonderment and admiration
of millions. will be highly resistant
to any possible quibble that some
thing seems to be missing. A minor
lty, in the troublesome fashion of
minorities. is likely to find ground
for quibble
Its objections probably will center
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New Leading Lady
For Joe E. Brown

Mary Carlisle is Joe E. Browns
new leading lady in the Columbia
comedy, Beware Spooks" Miss
Carlisle was signed to play the role
of slightly bewildered young bride
just married to the funniest of the
finest" on a metropolitan police
force. On the eve of their honey
moon she frantically follows her
f1atfoot husband through a series
of thrilling adventures with hilar-
ious climaxes.
Prominent players in the sup
porting cast include Lorna Gray,
Clarence Kolb, Marc Lawrence. Don
Beddoe, Frank Thomas, Eddie
Laughton and Joseph Downing.
Edward Sedgwick is directing the
comedy under the production super
vision of Robert Sparks.
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in the over presence of the wicked
witch and her flying monkey army,
but this was a conscious emphasis
in the story which, for all its fabu-
lous essence. is a thing of suspense
and irony as well as charm, comedy
and quiet philosophy.
A splendid cast, composed mostly
OF comedians, was chosen by M-G-M
to bring Baum's characters to elfln
life. With inspired assistance of
the makeup and property depart
ments. they endow the Cowardly
Lion. the Scarecrow and the Tin
Woodman with highly credible
resemblance to the three famous
characters of Baum's cherished tale
of the little Kansas girl blown by
a cyclone to the never-never land
of or. The three are Bert Lahr,
Ray Bolger and Jack Haley, hand
somely representative. respectively.
as beings lacking in courage. brains
and heart.
With Judy Garland, as Dorothy,
Billie Burke as the good witch,
Margaret Hamilton as the wicked
one, and Frank Morgan as the
wacky old wizard, the comedian trio
has to be good to hold it's own
against the spectacular background
which has been created for the
story they tell. What chance, for
instance, would the unalert CO.
median have against an orchard
full of trees that can talk, sock its
admirers in the face with apples,
and even kick visitors in the seat
OF the pants? In the fabulous land
of or. the best equipped copy of a
human has to be constantly on his
toes and Director Victor Fleming's
performers never let him. their We
hicle, nor themselves down.
The outstanding individual per-
formance is that of Lahr as the
CoWardly Lion, truly amazing
mixture of the players broad bur-
lesque technique with the broad
fantasy of Baum. A cynic might
find in it proof that one cannot
ham a performance of a craven
king of the beasts, but what would
a cynic be doing there anyhow?
The answer probably is enjoying
himself immensely"
1t is its ingenuity, manifested in
brilliant technicolor. that is the
most brea taking feature of The
Wizard of o. however. 1t is
parade of special effects designed
variously for humor, beauty, or
suspense. These effects are highly
successful when they deal with the
sudden animation of a scarecrow,
woman who looks like an oil can,
an orchard of talking, querulous
trees, a city of emeralds, the castle
of wicked witch on craggy noun
tain, or the palace of a wizard.
They are least impressive when an
army of flying monkeys is obviously
platoon of Singer midgets sus-
pended on wires. or house blown
from Kansas to OF looks very much
like something done in miniature.
Were the audience not nearly al
ways arrested by the imaginative
quality of the special locale. it might
find the familiar story moving a
bit slowly upon occasion. Some of
its sequences are overdone in their
emphasis, but that is a defect not
nearly so serious in this picture as
in any other you ever saw. There
is something every moment for the
eye or ear even when the mind and
heart are being given an oppor-
tunity for rest.
Dedicated to the young in heart,
THE Wizard of o. is easy to
recommend to even those who are
not as an ideal escape from the
dreary world of bombs and blood
shed.
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pie have been known to fall on their
faces with Mysteries and laugh for
days at the things he can do with
his split-second timing.
The Capitol has also Miss Terry
Howard, that precocious brat whose
dress Is always too short and who
Is always squirming. And Terry
knows how to make people laugh,
too. Also, there are the Debonairs.
those eight lads with the top-notch
tap routine devoted to the mechan-
ical age; the Randall Sisters, who
sing: Fayne and Foster, who make
music with bells, and a Wizard of
Or" medley by the Capitol Or
chestra.
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Andrews Sisters
On S. S. Potomac

Labor Day week end stars aboard
the S. S. Potomac will be the An
dreWs Sisters. those three girls who
rose to fame on Bel Mir Bist du
Schoen. Here for five cruises. the
sisters Andrews were on hand for
last nights moonlight, will leturn
tonight and tomorrow night for the
8:45 pm. and 1890 m. river jaunts
each night.
Phil Napoleon's orchestra is the
musical crew playing for dancers
on these same cruises.
The S. S. Potomac has scheduled
two all-day. trips to Colonial Beach.
too, leaving tomorrow and Monday
at 9 am. and returning at 7::3O
pm. each day.
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Jane Bryan Slated
For StardOm Now

Jane Bryan's first week opposite
Paul MUM in I'VE Are Not Alone"
at Warner Bros. has assured her of
the feminine lead with James Gag
ney and George Raft in Invisible
Stripes" and the starring role in
Guilty Women"
The sky-rocketing Hollywood born
actress will appear first in "Invisi-
BILE Stripes" on completion of I'VE
Are Not Alone"
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Firemen Are Extras

The Glen Echo firemen. who own
the Glen Echo Playhouse. will be
seen as extras in the production Of
Macbeth opening Tuesday for a
four-day run. They will walk
through the parts of soldiers, mes
Sengers. lords, etc. A select few
however. will play the ghosts Of
eight kings.
Besides the flremen. the cast in
cludes Margaret Mary Edmonston,
Theodore Smith. Fornev Reese,
Clarence Reubsam. L. zaff Rogers,
Constance Haug, Thomas Drake.
Charles Bowling and Carolyn
Rogers.
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Directs 'Florian'

AS a result of his direction of
''Maisie" and other successful
M-G-M productions Edwin L. Ma
rim draws the directorial assign
ment on "Florian." from the novel
by Felix Salten and which Winfield
Sheehan is to produce as his first
picture for M-G-A.
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Helen Signs

Helen Gilbert, concert cellist, who
WAS picked out of studio orches-
ira to play the school teacher in
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever"
has been rewarded for her work in
that picture by long-term M-G-M
contract.
Evening star., 1939-09-02
Earle Finds Striking Drama
In Odets' Golden Boy
New Star, William Holden, Does Nicely
By That Frustrated Violinist
Who Became Prize Fighter

~ Inose nne frustrated little people
w Cnnoo Odets makes himself such
nna nave reached the screen In the
cinema OF
Under the Columbia
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Or Opens Enchanted Gates
To Escapists From Reality
Baum's Fantasy Comes To Palace
As One of the Screens Greatest
Imaginative Achievements
BY JAY CARMODY.

The enchanted land of on opened its hospabe portals yesterday
world reality
%
umph fantasy. making
Evening star., 1939-09-02
Hedy LAMAR Shoulders
AS a Lady of the Tropics
And Mr.. Taylor Woos Her With Poetic
Tenderness in Capitol Film;
Stan Kavanaueh on Stage
By HARRY MACARTHUR.

Hedy Lamar shoulders and shoulders
the Iropc But
named oew Capitol where she doing the smouderng Miss
Lamar is nne example OF sumbrous flame
not her fault likely the humidity
naturally adding to the discomfort he
probably not Mr. Robert his
Evening star., 1939-12-10
Knights Of Pythios

Webster Lodge last Tuesday eve
ming adopted several changes in its
bylaws. Beginning in January, this
lodge will meet the first and third
Tuesdays Of each month, instead Of
the present weekly meetings. A
card party will be held December 10.
Syracusians Lodge, in conjunction
with State Lodge A. will entertain
Grand Chancellor Charles E. Stoll
and his officers Thursday evening
on grand visitation An entertain
ment with refreshments will close
the visitation. Election of officers
will take place.
The past chiefs of the Pythian
Sisters will meet at the home of
Mrs. Nettie Lynn, 618 Fern place
NV. Tuesday evening A Christ
mas party will be held and election
of officers will take place.
Friendship Temple, Pythian Sis
ters. met last Wednesday evening
and nominated the following Off
GERS: Past chief. Dorothy Dombra;
most excellent chief, Flossie Solen-
berger; senior, Gertie Stoll; junior,
Edna Cordell; manager, Blanche
Peeke: protector, M. Feely; mistress
of records and correspondence,
Nettie Crowther, and mistress of
finance, Ida Crown. Next Wednes-
day evening the annual Christmas
party, sponsored by the past chiefs,
will be held.
The Board of Directors of the
Knights Of Pythias Hall Association
will meet Wednesday evening.
Rathbone Temple, Pythian Sis
tiers. elected the following ofhcers:
Past chief, Eula Stevens; most ex-
cellent chief, Sue Newcomb; senior,
Ross Bean: junior. Olga Baum;
manager. Pauline Letcher; mistress
of records and correspondence, Mary
S. Newcomb (re-elected mistress
of finance. Catherine Baum Gre
elected; protector, Marian Flem-
ing; guard, Hazel Underwood; trus-
tees, Alice Smith, Ethel Fraser and
Ella Southland; press correspondent,
Grayce N. Martin; pianist, Lille
Creamer; delegates to Grand Tenn
pie, Daisy Wightman, Grayce N.
Martin and Alice Jones; alternates,
Catherine Baum, Ethel Fraser and
Ruby Lee Gibbs. They will be in
stalled January S.
Calanthe Lodge will elect officers
tomorrow night. The lodge will
hold dance in the auditorium on
Saturday night.
The P. P. Club of Syracusians
Lodge was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Marks. 600 Emerson
street, the honor guest being SUI
preme Representative E. J. New
comb.
Members of Hermoine Lodge and
their friends will attend an oyster
roast today at the cottage of DR..
Robert Bacon, Beverly Beach, Md.
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in their rooms from 3 to $50 pm.
for consultation with parents.
The membership drive, under the
direction Of Mrs. A. A. Schnebelen,
closed with q membership Of 389,
with a large increase in teacher
membership. Mrs. c. A. Vests Sec
ton ca won first prize and Mr..
Gilbert's section KS won second
prize.
Whittier.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintend-
ent of schools, will speak on "Oc-
cupational Schools" at the meeting
tomorrow at 8 pm.
Congress Heights.
The association meeting will be
combined with a Christmas carol
sing on December 10 at 8 pm.
Mrs. w. L. Schreiber has been ap-
pointed radio chairman.
Emery lexington.
The association met In lexington
School on December 6 when q stock
ing shower was held for benefit Of
the Student Aid Committee. Mrs.
c. w. Kinier gave talk on Social
Hygiene" Music was furnished by
the school glee club and orchestra.
Janney.
A meeting was held Tuesday eve
ming and was in charge Of the
fathers. DR.. R. w. Barnhard, first
vice president, presided. A Christ
mas program was given by the Amer
ican University Glee Club. r. B.
Pennington of the Federal Bureau
OF Investigation was the speaker.
F. r. Caldwell won the door prize
for fathers and the room prize was
won by Mrs. M. F. Corwin.
Hine Junior High.
An executive meeting will be held
tomorrow at 1:30 pm.
The association will meet Thurs
day at 8 pm.
Woodbridge.
A meeting will be held Thursday
at lis pm. Mrs. Ola Day Rush,
homemaking and home education
chairman of the District of Col,lm-
bia Congress of Parents and Teach
ers, will give a short talk and
children Of the school will present
Christmas program.
There will be a stocking shower"
for student aid. Each person Is
asked to bring a pair of hose for
boy or girl.
Amid0n- -Fairbrother- -Rossell.
A meeting will be held Tuesday
at 3:15 pm. Miss Meridith Haye-
ward, one of the teachers, will tell
Christmas stories and the children's
glee club will sing Christmas carols.
A stocking shower" for student
aid will be held and each parent is
asked to bring pair of stockings
for this worthy cause
Randle Highlands Orr.
A meeting will be held in the Orr
School Thursday at 2:30 pm. A
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booth for the sale Of Christmas
seals for the tuberculosis Associa-
ton at the National Savings g.
Trust Co.
A class In home hygiene and care
Of the sick, under the auspices Of
the Red Cross, Is meeting each Tues
day and Thursday afternoon.
Park View.
The association will meet Thurs.
day at 8 pm. The principal, Miss
Roberta Shoemaker, will explain
the new report cards. Miss Eliza
beth Molster will speak on Fun in
the Home" A social hour and re-
freshments will follow.
The student aid chairman, Mrs.
Werner, is stressing the need for
winter clothing for underprivileged
children.
The association is in charge Of q
booth for the sale Of Christmas seals
Of the tuberculosis Association.
Grant-Weightman.
Miss Mary Twttchell, representa-
tive from the Electric Institute, will
speak at the meeting Thursday at
3:15 pm. at the Grant School.
Bundle day is observed every
Wednesday and Friday at both
schools.
At the Executive Board meeting
November % at Weightman School
Mrs. D. E. Talbot, student aid
chairman, reported that 26 bas-
kets had been distributed for
Thanksgiving.
John Burroughs.
The association will meet Thurs
day at 1880 pm. A. D. Willard, jr.,
manager of station WJSV, will
speak on Radio"
The home economics classes are
meeting regularly and have obtained
two sewing machines to facilitate
the work.
Mrs. M. w. Brandt, president, and
Mrs. Frances Gaskell, safety chair
man, attended the institute on safe
ty education at George Washington
University on December 2.
St0ddert
The Executive Board will meet
tomorrow. The child study group,
the interior decorating class and the
sewing class have all been discon-
tinued until January.
Bl0w-Webb.
The Executive Board will meet in
the Webb School Thursday at lis.
pm. Plans for the Christmas bas-
kets will be discussed.
- Eliot Junior High.
The December meeting will be
dispensed with, but all parents are
invited to the Christmas play, to be
presented December %.
Mrs. T. Burns has been appoint
ed tsudent aid chairman.
The next executive meeting will
| be held January 3.
Evening star., 1939-12-10
izing and civiliMng influence Of

izing and civili1ng influence Of
this country.
It would be difficult to vizualize
an America from which ITS
churches had been eliminated.
The many church organizations
represent a great variety Of re-
lgious beliefs and forms Of wor-
ship. Each is recognized to have
its place; as having a stronger
appeal to It's adherents than
another. That they are all needed
to preserve the moral solvency
of the United States of America
is not a debatable question.
But what has this to do with
the civic problems of the Dis
trict of Columbia?
What is good for the Nation
is good for the District and as
churches and religion are 50
necessary 1t is a civic obligation
to do all that is possible not only
to preserve them but to help
them prosper.
Some neighborhood civic groups
have for years met in neighbor-
hood churches and maintained q
fairly close contact with that
particular church. But there Is
an opportunity, which may be
readily discovered by any group,
In which the work of the
churches may be encouraged, be
they Protestant or Catholic, Jew
or gentle, orthodox or heterodox.
Churches to succeed must have
attendance, membership and &C
tive interest. While the civic
groups are not organized as sec
tartan or religious organizations,
1t would not be inconsistent to
encourage their members and
their neighbors to attend regu-
larly the church of their own
choice.
The movement to strengthen
the religious life of the Nation
and our own community is the
most promising antidote for the
moral bankruptcy which has been
overtaking other nations. How
can each good, civic minded citi-
zen help retain this important
influence, which is still needed
as cornerstone of this beloved
land?
Evening star., 1939-12-10

stocking shower" for student aid
will be held at this time. DR.. Rob-
ert Bier, school physician, will
speak. Mrs. Ethel Brown, summer
roundup chairman, will present GER
tificates to the children who en-
tered school free from remedial
physical defects as q result Of the
summer roundup campaign.
A homemade candy sale was held
In both schools on Wednesday.
Wheatley.
Miss F. G. Mortimer, principal
assisted by five teachers, took so
children to the symphony concert
Saturday, with bus transportation
furnished by this association.
Plans have been completed for
the annual Christmas play, why
the Chimes Rang" which, directed
by the school faculty, is sponsored
by Wheatley Association, which pro-
vides funds for the music and
royalty.
Anacostia Junior Senior High.
The Executive Committee met
Wednesday. The meeting was pre-
ceded by q luncheon In the school
cafteria.
There will be no December meet
ing Of the association.
H. d. Cooke.
A meeting will be held Thursday
at 8 pm. Children, under the di-
rection of M. Forney Reese and the
Community Center Department, will
present "Why the Chimes Rang"
The association is collecting food,
clothing and toys for distribution
at Christmas time.
Keene.
Pupils will present Christmas
program at the meeting Tuesday at
pm.
Kingsman-Pierce.
The association will meet in
Pierce School tomorrow at $3.50 pm.
Christmas carols will be sung by
pupils from both schools and the
Rev. r. c. Savage of the Metro
politan Baptist Church will speak on
"Civilization and Good viii to
Others"
Oyster.
The association will meet at 3
pm. tomorrow. Mrs. Evelyn Bright
Buckley, director of the Depart
ment Of Health of the District Of
Columbia Congress of Parents and
Teachers, will speak on Good
Health Habits" Bundle day will be
observed, and tea will be served by
mothers from Mrs. E. Kennedy s
room.
Barnard.
A meeting will be held December
20 at pm. The program will be a
Christmas pageant.
The association now has ass men,
bers. The teachers and two classes,
Miss Nitzels and Miss Lowell's, have
an enrolment of 100 per cent
The association is sponsoring q