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Evening star., 1939-10-28
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showind

National-"Very Warm for May"
new musical by Jerome Kern and
Oscar Hammerstein, I'd: 2::3O and
$3.50 pm.
Earle-"Mr. Smith Goes to WASH
ington," Frank Capra looks at the
local scene: 10 am, 1880, 3:45, $40
and 9:40 pm. Stage shows: 1915,
3:15, 6:10 and 9:05 pm.
Palace-"Beau Geste," Gary Coop
er goes adventuring on the desert:
l1:35 am, 2:05, 4:35, 7:05 and 9:35
pm.
Capitol-"Fast and Furious" Ann
Sothern in comedy romance: 1890
am, 1885, 3:20, $50, BIS and 1O:45
pm. Stage shows: 1855 am, 2:25,
4:50, 7:20 and GAS pm.
Keith's-''The Road Back" drama
in wars aftermath: 11:15 am, l,
2:45, 4:35, $40, $40 and 9:55 pm.
Metropolitan-"U-Boat 29," war
fare under the waves: 1l:25 am,
1:30, $3.50, 5:35, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Columbia-"The Man in the Iron
Mask" swashbuckling adventure: !:
11:50 am, 2:15. 4:40, 7:05 and 9:30
pm.
Little-"A Man to Remember" q
picture to remember: IL am, ITO,
800, $50, TAO and 9:55 pm. "Wed-
ding of Palo": 1925, 2:35, 4:45, 6:55
and 9:l0 pm.
Belasco-"The Unashamed," life
IN q nature camp: 11:30 an, 1870,
$50. $50. 7:30 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Medals, Maps in News
At the Trans.Lux

Those bright boys of Paramount
News have seen another story and,
as usual, have told it well with
cameras and minimum of words.
lts only one angle of the war news,
just few minutes of the new pano-
ramic view of world events at the
Trans-Lux, but it is drama. Over
in France in one of the factories
at work on all the necessaries of
war is a press pounding pieces of
metal into Croix de Guerre Cor
whatever the plural.of croix isl to
be Warded for extreme bravery un-
der fire, for honor in battle. In
America, somewhere or anywhere,
are rows upon rows of medals-here
the Order Of the Purple Heart, there
another Croix de Guerre-in a pawn
shop window There are other shots
from England and the continent
showing preparation for war, but
Chicago is the source of the saddest
piece of war news. Chicago is the
home of a well-known map-makinp
firm, and that other map-makine
firm, Hitler, Inc, is giving the Chi
cago outfit fits.
There is much more activity on
some adjacent fronts-those 100
yard fronts marked off with white
stripes every 10 yards. Battles on
this weeks Trans-Lux program in
clude Yale-Army, N. Y. U.-Carneeie
Tech, Tennessee Alabama, Penn
Harvard and that knock down,
drag-out bout between the New
York Giants and the Chicago Bears.
Shorts include pair of excellent
ones-one, "The Book of Books" the
story of the printing of the Bible,
and the other I'm the Heart of
Africa" which is not about ami
mails but about Rhodesia and its
rich agriculture and gold mining,
The other two are Brave Little
Tailor" (that one again wherein
Mickey Rooney catches giant) and
a sports short about surf boarding,
H. M.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
By LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

East or West, the puffballs are al
ways interesting and rely upon
their established tradition of she'd
ding spores. This puffball is found
In the West, and, as you can see, is
one Of the larger varieties. Their
life cycle is the same wherever they
are.
They are edible if they are used
as soon as they peek from the
ground. They develop rapidly, and
naturally as they take on age are
not fit for food.
These puffballs belong to the
genus Calvatia and are giants
among puffballs. Their thick, cord
like bycelium, roofing from the
base, is easily studied. All of this
group eject their spores through
irregular openings in the upper part
of the ball (peridium). All of them
have q heavy network Of branch
ing threads, which are scientifically
known as capillitium. These threads
traverse the tissues of the spore-
bearing part known as the gleba.
You will find these threads are
very tough and elastic and assist
in projecting the spores from the
tough rind or skin as they twist
and turn. The portion of the puff
ball that is sterile is known as the
sub-gleba and Is at the base of the
pufball proper. It is decidedly linn
tied In size and is concave above.
When the puffball is young and
edible the outer coat or bark, as 1t
IS called, is very thin and easily
destroyed. When the mushroom is
peeled before cooking it is easily
removed In paper-thin scales. The
color is grayish, sometimes with a
brownish or reddish tinge. The
inner coat or lining of the outer
bark IL velvety smooth and is
perfect only tot . short time. as 1t
Evening star., 1939-10-28


comes to the National Theater next
week as the harassed hero of Leave
It to Me-"
In his way, Mr.. Moore is one of
the distinctive people of the theater.
AS distinctive as Gertrude Lawrence
is in her way, and just as inimitable.
If the Nobel people ever got around
to awarding a prize to the most
lovable comedian in existence, Mr..
Moore would win it year after year.
His hold on the heart of his public
is stronger than the combined Magi-
not and Siegfried Lines. With Notre
Danes thrown in for good measure.
What is it about Victor Moore
that makes him such a standout that
he defies imitation, a thing that no
other comedian could hope to do?
What is he really like?
Ask that of those who know him
and the answer is that he is like
the characters he plays. Within
limits he is fate's fall guy, circum-
stances unhappy victim. The
within limits" is a qualification
based upon the fact that Mr.. Moore
is no nitwit. Experience eventually
taught him that there was such a
sad thing as having too complete a
faith in life and that form of it
Evening star., 1939-10-28

which is called man. Reason has
imposed a restraint upon his in
stinct to trust everything and every
body. Time was, however, when he
admits to having been the worlds
greatest set-up, which counts as q
considerable factor in his extraor-
dinary skill in playing the classic,
Incompatible Stumblebum.
Vaudeville was the door through
which Moore entered the theater.
His success was something that
might be described as Indifferent
until he wrote and performed a skit
called Change Your Act or Back
to the Woods" 1t was one of the
most convincing portraits of human
helplessness against circumstance
ever given on any stage. Everybody
believed it, but most convinced of
all was that segment of society
known as confidence men," With
marvellous discernment they recog-
nlzed that no one could act a part
that well, that one had to be the
part. Accordingly they descended
upon Moore with every "blue sky"
project flourishing in that particu-
lar period.
Change Your Act or Back to the
Woods was bringing in a great deal
OF money. But instead of making
Moore rich it just left him as a sort
OF middleman, a chap who took
the money from his agent and
PASSED it over to the fellow who
had an oil stock, a gold mine or
Croesus-making piece of real es-
tate. He even went in for lO-cent
store propositions and airplanes
which were to fly the Atlantic be-
tore airplanes could really fly the
Potomac with reasonable safety.
He was, in brief, the Alexander
Throttlebottom he played with such
extraordinary skill in Let En- Eat
Cake" the simple, lovable, trusting
man in a complex, unlovable, faith
less world.
Eventually, of course, he learned
not to be like that But he remem-
bered enough of what he had been
to enable him to play his stumble
bum role with a matchless skill.
skill that has brought him more
than ne ever lost in those deals in
Which he was the fall guy.
X X X X
Next on the list of Washington's
celebrated sight-seers is Claire Ire
vor. Miss Trevor, who has plaved
too many movie molls with too
much skill to crack the glamour girl
category, comes Monday.
Visiting Washington incidental
ly, is Miss Trevor's own idea, which
is more than can be said for a
great many movie people who come
to town. In connection with a pre-
scrlbed trip to Pittsburgh for the
premiere of Allegheny Uprising"
she thought it would be fine to take
look at the National Capital.
R-K-O, her boss, thought so, too.
1t was arranged, therefore. that
Miss Trevor should arrive here early
Monday, spend day running from
historic spot to historic spot, drop
around to the Carlton late in the
afternoon for a meeting with the
drama press, then rush back to
Pittsburgh.
1t fits in nicely with the fact that
sometime soon Allegheny Upris-
ing" will come to Keith's. With
the good taste of an excellent host,
however, Hardie Meakin does not
even mention chat fact in his in
vltatlon to come around, by all
means, and have a chat with Miss
Trevor.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
'Capra Film
Held Over
At Earle
MIR. Smith Tells
A Tale of Life
In Capital

"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, !"
the picture which may win Frank
Capra his fourth academy award
after 1t has ceased earning him the
dlsapproval Of minority which re-
CARDS 1t as an irreverent jest, yes
terday entered its second week at
the Earle. Entirely apart from the
controversy it has aroused by virtue
OF its extravagantly farcical treat
ment of the United States Senate
and the institution of journalism, it
remains one of the finest pieces of
entertainment of this or any other
year. 1t may not represent Capra
at his best, but Capra at less than
his best Is so much better than
most picture makers that the film
is an outstanding contribution to
the merriment of October, 1899.
The Mr.. Smith, who muddles
through a junior senatorship as
Capra's latest hero, is direct
descendant of his Mr.. Deeds, who
went so comically to town three
years ago. He is a simple man
but no simpleton, pitted against
chicanery in politics. His expert
ence in Washington is alternately
thing of high comedy and acute
poignance, mixed in those propor-
tions which make a good screen
story even if it does involve some
almost diabolical distortions of fact
to make it so. That they are mere
ly almost diabolical" is due to the
circumstance that the director of
the film is good-natured maker
OF entertainment in implying that
the Senate really could be as villain
Gus as the one which virtually
slaughtered Mr.. Smith.
Capra's uncanny instinct for Sc
lecting the right players for his
uncommonly good pictures is every
where evident in "Mr. Smith Goes
to Washington" For the humble,
sincere, Lincolnesque Smith he
chose James Stewart, who gives the
best performance of a career that
has not been without excellent per-
formances. For romantic interest
In the form of a cynical Senator's
secretary Jean Arthur was his Sc
lection, and Miss Arthur, now three
times a Capra heroine, is a brilliant
success. Thomas Mitchell, Claude
Rains, Harry Carey, Edward Arnold,
Beulah Bondi and numerous others
contribute sharply etched charac-
ters to the panorama of Washington
life.
1t is a brief but worthy stage show
which supplements the screen fea-
ture at the Earle. Maurice and
Cordoba dance, the Oxford boys
mimic bands in a positively uncanny
fashion, Earline King sings, and the
Roxyettes prove there is no limit to
their talent by turning into a ma
rimba band. J.C.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Zorina Joins
AM Exclusive
Cinema Club
She Is Latest Who
Can't Believe
It's True
HOLLYWOOD.

AAOAb VooO.
Zorina, the shapely curvaceous, is
the newest candidate for the presi-
dency of Hollywood's elite pinch
Me Because I Can't Believe It's
True" Club.
Warner Bros. have given her star
billing in "On Your Toes" in which
Eddie Albert of Brother Rat" fame
appears opposite her. The picture
is her second. The first was THE
Goldwyn Follies," produced last year.
Now, with non of the heartbreak
or slow upward struggle that pre-
cedes success for the ordinary be-
ginner, she has attained stardom in
one leap.
If Zorina has any thoruble con-
vincing herself that it's all true and
not just a lovely dream, it might be
pointed out that her case, which is
a rarity, is not without precedent.
Enroll Flynn is also a charter
member of the pinch Me Because
I Can't Believe It's True" Club.
Flynn, when he came to Hollywood,
didn't enjoy reputation of any
kind. He'd never seen a rapier,
much less handled one. His poten-
tial fame as a cinema swordsman
lay hidden under the bushel of OBJ
scurity. When he arrived in Holly
wod, he was, to put it plainly, just
another personable young fellow
blessed with the physique of a dis
Gus thrower. One picture changed
things.
Flynn, corpse in his first picture
for Warner Bros, won the title role
In his second, Captain Blood" He's
been a star ever since.
Tyrone Powers chief claim to fame
was the fact that he was his fathers
son. Tyrone Power. ST., had been
one of the great actors of all time.
But Tyrone Power, jr.. was simply
plain Tyrone Power, jr.. until a pic
ture called "Lloyds of London"
reached the screen. Then Tyrone
Power. jr., became Tyrone Power,
motion picture star.
John Garfield, a star on the stage,
but virtually unknown beyond the
bright lights of Broadway, skyrock-
eted to movie stardom with -Four
Daughters" his first picture. Eddie
Evening star., 1939-10-28

but to prevent the real parents
from knowing in which home their
offspring has been adopted. The
secrecy can save lot of legal trou-
BILE later on. The story behind the
adoption can be traced to Joan Ben
nett's refusal to allow her own and
Gene Markey's daughter to live with
Gene and Hedy. Joan had no OBJ
lection to Gene visiting their daugh-
ter at her house, but Gene naturally
wanted to see her in his own. The
adopted baby should help to assuage
Markey's parental yearnings.
X X
Social Note Joan Crawford gave
an intimate dinner party for fou,
people. And just so there would be
no mistake in the seating at table
there were name cards at each
plate!
Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. 1nc.)
Evening star., 1939-10-28

Albert, Zorina's leading man in "On
Your Toes" was a star on Broad
way until Warmers brought him to
Hollywood for the "Bing' role in
Brother Rat" Instantaneous fame
followed.
More recently, there was Brenda
Marshall, whose first professional
engagement in w. p. A. produc-
ton brought her to the attention of
producers. Warmers cast her oppo-
site Joel McCrea in Espionage
Agent Now she's a star herself
and will appear next with Flynn
in Virginia City"
So, while she's in elite company.
Zorina isn't the only member of
the "P. M. B. c. B. I. T." She's
just the latest member. She won't
be the last.
That's part of the glamour and
the romance of mad and fascinat-
ing town called Hollywood.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Heavy Wins Role

Convinced of the growing box Of
flee draw of the two-fisted type OF
screen hero, Paramount has signed
Brian Donlevy for three pictures
with succeeding options. His first
assignment under the Paramount
banner will be the title role in
Down Went McGinty," dramatic
Preston Sturges story of the regen-
GRAFTON and ultimate tragedy in the
life of big time racketeer.
Donlevy came in for serious at
tention by Paramount executives as
result of his performance as
Marko1 in Beau Geste" The actor
has just finished important roles in
'Destry Rides Again" and "A1le-
ghany Frontier"
Evening star., 1939-10-28

day." The last time Cary played
the piano on movie set was when
he had to lure Mae West into his
arms for "She Done Him Wrong"
When Rosalind Russell re-
hearses her role, she twists her legs
so firmly and intricately around the
legs Of the chair it requires almost a
major operation to get them free.
Did you know that the first
time Tony Martin was hired to
sing in a picture the studio dubbed
in another voice? Tony didn't
either-until he went to the pre-
view.
At the David Niven farewell party,
the women guests wore kits and
sporans-to remind David that he
will be rejoining a highland regi-
men[that is, if Niven gets farther
than New York . William Powell
tells me that he has not decided
whether he will make another pic
ture to follow the soon-to-be-released
Thin Man" epic. He wants to see
what the public reaction is before
committing himself to a new movie.
The picture would have to be pretty
terrible for the public to react un-
favorably to Mr.. Powell Janet
Gaynor bought the Mildred Cram
story, Forever" and tried to sell it
to Sam Goldwyn. Sam said-"Swell,
this is just the thing for Andrea
Leeds" Which stymied the deal
Janet won't sell, unless she is the
star.
Laurence Olivier looked slightly
green about the gills on the side
lines of "Rebecca." And so would
you if you hadn't smoked cigar
cite for 10 years and had spent the
entire morning chain smoking for
your art . Frank Lloyd says that
the reason for the delay of Tree of
Liberty" is that he wants Cary
Grant, Vivien Leigh, David Niven
and Henry Fonda to play the lead
ing roles. Something tells me that
it will be long time before this
movie gets going . Jean Arthur's
next film is titled TOO Many
Husbands" AS far as the local press
is concerned. Jean has one husband
too many-Frank Ross-who is at
the back of her mistaken policy of
seclusion and who insists that all
questions addressed to Jean have
to be answered by him. This is
why you don't read very much about
Miss Arthur in the movie columns
and fan magazines.
Hedy Lamar besieged by pho
tographers who want to get pictures
of the glamour girl with her adopted
baby son. But Hedy has refused
not from any mistaken idea that
glamour and babies don't go together
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Robert Montgomery
Is Earl of CHICAGO

THE Earl of Chicago" Robert
Montgomery starring, has gone into
production at the M-G-M Culver
City studios. 1t is the second of
two films which were to have been
made in England. Plans were that
1t would follow "Busman's Honey
moon" At the M-G-M British studios
at Denham, England.
An original story by Brock Will
hams, it will be directed by Rich
ard Thorpe. 1t has no feminine
characters. The only glimpse of
anything feminine will be shots of
Women's legs. The story concerns a
Chlcago vice lord who becomes mas
ter OF an earldom in England.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Edward G. Robinson
LTo PLAY Franklin

Hal B. Wallis executive pro-
ducer at Warner Bros, announces
Benjamin Franklin" as a future
starring vehicle for Edward G. Rob-
inson.
The screen play about the versa
tile exemplar of wisdom and COM
mon. sense Is being completed by
Norman Reilly Raine and Aeneas
Mackenzie.
Benjamin Franklin" will follow
"The Story of Doctor Ehrlich" on
Robinson's starring program at
Warmers.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
And Garbo, Too

Lionel Barrymore has always be-
leved himself the only top-rapx
star who has never asked for and
received a special and exclusive set
dressing room. He always uses one
OF the studios utility rooms. Open
ing a lower drawer in his portable
room on the "Dr. Kildare" set he
was surprised to find a comb en-
graved "G." 1t proved to be Garbo's
she, like Barrymore, has no special
dressing bungalow and had last used
this utility one.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
She's Seeing Red

Widespread publicity on a stars
personal likes or dislikes usually
brings kickbacks. Recently the world
has been told that red is Lana
Turner's favorite color, practically
a passion with her. AS a result
today her fan mail Is filled with
flaming red, all the way from gifts
to a majority Of all letters being
written in red ink or on red sta
tionery.
Evening star., 1939-10-28

liciously favored. The well-known
giant puffball Is one of the most
eagerly sought-after mushrooms.
The spores of these mushrooms,
as well as those of the true puff
balls, the Lycoperdons, are too nu-
merous to count. When they are
ready to be sent upon the breeze
the rind that has held them fast
until their maturity, splits and the
puff Of brown dust seems to come
from the old mushroom. Millions of
spores are riding the airways, and
thus the puffball widens its range
as the result Of this-pud
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Natures Children
Spined Puffball
(Calvatia sculpta)

breaks up quickly as the pufbal1
natures.
You find these puffballs and sew
eral species are to be found grow
ing in the same locality, or at
least nearby. The wind carries the
spores for miles and miles before
dropping them to the ground on
grassy spots and sunny spaces in
the woods. Millions never get their
chance to grow.
From August until late Septem-
ber some excellent patches may be
visited regularly to get enough for
a meal. They are tender and de-
Evening star., 1939-10-28

ducer that she
was not inter-
ested in playing
elderly women.
A few hours
later LIE Roy
called her back.
"Everything's all
right" he told
her. "We're 60
ing to make
granny a young
er woman!"
c ary Grant
plays the piano
-expertly be-
tween scenes OF
His Girl Fri
Evening star., 1939-10-28

Among other materials consumed
IN automobile manufacture. hog fat
and bristles equivalent to the yield
OF $4,000 animals, having q value Of
$405 900, were absorbed last year.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Charles Laughton Privileged
To Edit His Own Picture
Actor Will Supervise the Shears
On 'Hunchback of Notre Dame;
Miss Hayes Is Not Interested
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.


Charles Laughon is the first actor Hollywood insist
visng the cutting of his picture. Which very
hte anything of the Laughon hsrioncs
Dame" will expire the cutting Personally
actor much too close the
keep Helen Hayes telephoned by Men LIE Roy told
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Thursday Movie Openings
Put Gap in Saturday
Victor Moore, However, Is Subject
To Fill Drama Page Aperture;
Claire Trevor Coming Monday
By JAY CARMODY.

What Saturday.
to what happened the
No please from Harry review class
picture sometime cts persecution complex
hms The movie people certainly change Saturday
when they decide to their Thursday
Well it makes nice opening this page
Evening star., 1939-10-28

Granny" Helen,
girl, told the pro-
Evening star., 1939-02-10
Barrett Explains
RecreationaI Plans

Provisions for the future devel-
opment of recreational areas in the
Districts northern section were ex-
planned last night by Lewis R. Bar
rett, co-ordinator of recreation in
the District of Columbia, at a
meeting sponsored by the Parkview
Neighborhood Council.
Mr.. Barrett outlined the aims of
the Park and Planning Commission
to make available recreational areas
within a convenient radius of all
children of school age The plans
include the development of one ma
jor area of about 20 acres, he ex-
planned, and the establishment of
smaller areas at each school. In
terested organizations were urged
to work for the obtaining of the old
tuberculosis Hospital grounds on
Upshur street as recreational and
an educational development.
James Ring, chairman of the Co.
ordinating Committee of Neighbor-
hood Councils, outlined the func-
tions of the councils and empha-
sized the benefits to be derived by
the plan to expand the Parkview
Neighborhood Council which has
been under consideration for some
time.
The proposed expansion of the
council would provide for integra-
ton of the welfare activities of
churches, schools, Parent-Teacher
Associations and similar groups.
The council, which is one Of eight
sponsored by the Washington Coun-
Gil of Social Agencies, would be
given a new name.
Evening star., 1939-02-10
Mining Engineers
10 Hold Banquet Tonight

The annual presidential dinner
and reception of the Washington
section and auxiliary of the Amer
lean Institute of Mining and Met
allurgical Engineers will be held at
the Shoreham Hotel at $50 o'clock
tonight.
D. B. Gillies, vice president of the
Republic Steel Co. of Cleveland,
Ohio. and national president-elect
OF the institute, and Daniel c..
Jackling, president of the Utah
Copper Co. and retiring president
OF the institute, will be guests of
honor at the banquet tonight
The Washington section of the
institute was organized by Herbert
Hoover in 1919, at which time the
auxiliary was organized by Mrs. H.
Foster Balm. DR.. John w. Finch,
director of the United States Bu-
reau Of Mines, is president OF the
local section, and Mrs. R. H. Ridge
way is chairman of the auxiliary.
Mr.. Gillies will be installed as
president of the institute at a ma
tional meeting to be held in New
York City next week.