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Evening star., 1939-05-14
George White
Faces a New
Broadway
Musicals Not the
Same as in Day of
His Scandals
Br Mark Barron.
Assoriaten presc StoH wr,ter

NEW YORK.
After an absence of several years.
George White, that diminutive and
dapper ex-hoofer who became a sue
cessful producer with his scandals"
in the early 1920s to thrust many
headaches in the vicinity of the late
Flo Ziegfeld and his "Follies,' is
back on Broadway to revive his
revue.
He faces new routine. new op-
position. When his scandals"
Ziegfelds "Follies" and CAROLS
"Vanities' were the standards
those three impressarios had almost
closed market on musical shows.
Their only opposition were such So
phisticated revues as The Grand
Street Follies." the several editions
of The Little Shows and other
variety programs which had an idea
slightly different from the big three.
The idea of the big three-zieg-
field, Carroll and White-seemed to
be largely who could spend the most
money on their revues. who could
have the most blonds, the most
ostrich feathers, the most spangled
pajamas to frame the most nudes.
Today the musical producers have
abandoned such routines and their
setup is this:
'Hellzapoppin" is a rowdy, funny
revue that cost, in comparison, prac-
tically nothing to produce 1t had
played over most of the country be-
fore being brought to Broadway, and
has been the top hit of such fol-
derols since Olsen and Johnson in
troduced its zany cast to an almost
unbelieving audience.
Leave 1t to Me- the revue which
has Victor Moore as American Am
bassador to Russia, and STARS in
Your Eyes" the musical with Jimmie
Durante, are the more opulent types
Of the old days. However, neither
is particularly expensive They are
fast-paced with comedy and do not
waste fortune in lights and cos
tunes merely to have a fairly nude
blond walk down a flight of stairs,
which was the basis of the Ziegfeld-
White Carroll system of Is years
ago.
ziegfeld used to discard enough
sketches and scenes and actors to
produce an entirely new musical
show. Today you have a revue like
Pins and Needles" discarding a
dozen numbers, adding a dozen new
numbers to the old ones and hav-
ing the new" revue acclaimed as
a new hit. The whole expense is
approximately that which Ziegfeld
used to spend on one tryout scene.
No, the Broadway musical produc-
ers watch their pennies and dimes
now. Already it is announced The
American Way'%will not go on tour.
/ because it is such tremendous
show that tour would be unprofit-
able. That certainly would be true
if an attempt were made to tour
this musical story of American de-
mocracy with its present produc-
ton and cast. But it is an opera
that could be played, and with equal
effectiveness, with much smaller
cast than the one Fredric March
and Florence Eldridge now head.
"One for the Money" is a smart,
i impudent revue with small cast,
and one with largely new people
(See BARRON, Page FED
Evening star., 1939-05-14
Director Paul Czinner SAYS
He Learned From Chaplin

Suppose that I were to tell you
plot that I have had in my mind
for some time. AS it stands at pres
ent I could not tell it to you in
simple, straightforward fashion. I
should have to add: But I must
tell you this also or you will not
understand the characters of the
people 1t won't make good pic
ture. I assure you.
But take Stolen Life as an ex-
ample. Here is an example of SIM
plicitv. Basically, the whole story
can be summed up in these few
words
She stole her sisters life In or
der to steal the man she loved.
There, in just l3 words. is the
nubbin of a story that made for
K. j. Benes, the famous Czecho-
Slovakian author, prize winning
novel and for Elisabeth Bergner
the greatest vehicle of her career"
Appearing opposite Miss Bergner
in the drama is Michael Redgrave,
new English leading man whom a
number of Hollywood studios are
now trying to lure to the movie
capital.
Evening star., 1939-05-14
Todoy's Film Schedules

EARLEnion history of the first transconnental
3o5 and $50 Stage shows: 2:35 55 and
855 pm.
PALACE-The Story of Alexander Graham Bell" love and the
the telephone 2:45, Sos 72O and 9:35 pm
CAPITOI-Hound Baskervles with Basil Rahbone
Sherlock Holiness 44o 1928 and 1910 Stage shows 3:35
$40 and 9:05
Story of Vernon and Irene Castle" with Ginger
Rogers and Fred Astaire: O. $50 545 735 and $40
METROPOLITAN Victory"
2:30, 4:50, 7:20 and 9:40 pm.
Heights film version of the Emily Bronte
classic $50, $40, TAO and 9:35 pm.
LITTLE-"Nght Fall Robert Montgomery psychopathic
killer: 2, 4:45, ITO and 935 pm
TRANs-LUx-News and shorts; continuous o'clock
Evening star., 1939-05-14
Great International Crisis
Brought Forth Juarez

rope to overrun the North American
continent.
There was little in common be-
tween Andrew Jackson and Benito
Juarez in outward appearance.
There was everything in common in
the way of inward fire.
Tall, gaunt, thin-nosed Andrew
jackson. son of Scotch-Irish immi-
grants, his body torn with the con-
slant pain of imbedded bullets, his
chilly blue eyes congealing the man
who dared to oppose his patriotism
with their own pettinesses, estab-
lished American power at a new
high when he beat down yelling
tons veterans of Waterloo at New
Orleans.
Short, brown. thick-chested, un-
smiling, heavy featured Juarez, the
Zapotecan Indian, turned the tide
against two emperors-Napoleon in
France and MaXimilian in Mexico
City-when he rallied Mexico's pa
triots behind him.
Paul NUM-, as JuareZ, adds an
other notable characterization to
his gallery of such historic figures
as Louis Pasteur and Emil Zola
Brian Ahearne plays Maximilian and
Bette Davis portrays his Empress
Carlota, whose ambition drove her
husband to dis destruction in Mex
ico John Garfield, as the young
Porfirio DiaZ. plays Juarezs shrewd
and hard fighting chief lieutenant
Claude Rains is Napoleon III. Gale
Sondergaard the Empress Eugene
Donald Crisp is Marshal Bezaine
the French commander in Mexico
William Dieterle. who directed
MUM in THE Story of Louis Pas
teur" and The Life of Emil Zola, u
also has directed "Juarez"
Evening star., 1939-05-14

Goes To Washington" Stewart
plans to fly himself to South Amer
lea for some whoop-de-d with
Buddy John Swope.
Bette Davis is extremely unlucky
during her so-called rest periods.
She seems to make point of get
ting into the sun against doctors
orders. The usual result is a touch
of sunstroke, which is not the best
aid to relaxation.
Richard Greene has been in
Hollywood a year and half He
was allotted his first vacation
few weeks ago But. instead of
resting, poor Richard had to 60 into
the hospital for tonsillectomy that
nearly took his life.
May Robson recently celebrated
her 18th birthday anniversary, but,
if you think that is a season why
she would relax between her nu-
merous pictures, May herself will tell
you differently. When she is not
emoting for the movies, Miss Rob-
son can be viewed in her office trans
acting business anent her model
apartments and houses. If there
is any time left over. May attends
a previeW (she sees more of them
than any one else here. And, if
there isn't preview, Miss Robson
is more than likely to jump into
her car and drive 500 miles to
San Francisco
Maureen O'Sullivan and Nancy
Kelly. both ardent Catholics. belong
to the small movie group with the
right idea about relaxing between
pictures-they rest. physically, men,
tally and spiritually, in nearby con-
vents.
Clark Gables excellent health is
not entirely an accident. He under
stands the art of rest and change.
His in-betWeen-picture periods are
given over to hunting, and, now
that he has acquired a ranch, to
farming his land.
Before her marriage with Fran
,chot Tone ended in divorce. Joan
Crawford conserved nerves and en-
ergy with sun-bathing and SWIM
ming on her Brentwood estate But
her future rest" periods will be dis
sipated in travel-until new love
slows her back to the proper rest
tempo.
Norma Shearer is another actress
who used to relax at home between
picture chores. But. since the re-
(See GRAHAM, Page F-2)
Evening star., 1939-05-14
. HOLLYWOOD.

Charlie Chaplin's early comedies,
strange as it seems, are the pat
tern upon which Paul Czinner, great
European director, cuts his pow
erful dramas.
At first glance there would seem
nothing in common between the an
tics of Chaplin and such drama
as Stolen Life" Czinners newest
picture now being released nation
ally by Paramount. with Elisabeth
Bergner in the leading role.
But Czinner says that in one
fundamental they are closely akin
simplicity.
That is the quality for which
we should all be striving in the
making of pictures says Czinner
Il learned that by studying Chap
Inns early pictures. Their stories
and their incidents were so human
that every one could understand
them.
My personal theory is that you
should be able to tell the story of a
film in q few words. Otherwise it
is not likely to be a good picture.
Evening star., 1939-05-14
Coming Attractions

Judy Ellington singing the
songs.
METROPOLITAN-"You Can't
Get Away With Murder"
starts Friday. Humphrey
Bogart plays the lead, and
it's an underworld drama
based on a play by Warden
Lewis E. Lawes and Jona-
thin Finn.
LTTTLE-"Courier of Lyons"
French film drama based up
on one of the two great mis-
carriages of justice in his
tory (the other was the Drey-
fuss case). starts Wednesday.
It's the story of the innocent
bystander executed for the
robbery of the Lyons mail.
carrying 100000 francs to
Napoleon.
KEITHS-Just another re-
minder. Bing Crosby's East
Side of Heaven" follows THE
Story of Vernon and Irene
Castle"
Evening star., 1939-05-14

race meeting. baseball game or
fight. He returns to the camera
more tired than when he left it.
Shirley Temple has an equally
active method of relaxing between
pictures. When she is not whoop-
ing it up in Palm Springs or Hon.
olulu, Shirley rests at home.
swimming in the pool. making lamb
stew for the neighborhood kids,
riding her three ponies, also a re-
Gently acquired roller coaster (it is
only so feet long, but has all the
ups. downs and curvesD. In ad =
dition, there are three hours Of
schoolwork day And a mammoth
yearly trip that is anything but re-
laxing. Her tour of the United
States last year put the moppet
to bed with a near breakdown.
Enrol Flynn's idea of a restful
place is a New York night club or
a gay party with a group of con-
vivial male friends on his yacht.
Alice Faye was within touching
distance of health collapse when
she caught up with rest after
Rose of Washington Square" But
what did she do? Go home and do
nothing as per the doctors COM
mand? Not on your life. Alice
went to New York. where she could
be with husband Tony Martin. In
her early days in Hollywood Alice
ipf1
time in her beloved New York. but
in those days it was to see Rudy
Vallee and Broadway.
Tyrone Power is making his third
picture in row. Il prefer to get
my pictures over-then take a long
rest Ty told me recently. His
last rest was hectic month in
New York. The rest" before that
was anything but a rest in South
America-where fans and photog-
raphers dogged his every meeting
with Annabella. Tyrone's next
rest is personal appearance
tour in Australia, which has the
earmarks of everything but.
Nelson Eddy's idea of relaxation
is ,cross-country concert tour,
which, to judge by the hectic re-
ports that seep back into Hollywood,
would kill of any one but lad
enjoying Nelson's robust health.
Jimmy Stewart, now making his
10th consecutive picture, is more
in need of rest at this particular
moment than any one else 1 know.
But. instead of relaxing at home
after the completion of "Mr. Smith
Evening star., 1939-05-14
Film Success
Rests With
Director
Upon His Shoulders
Lies the Entire
Responsibility
Br HoroId Hefeynon
By Harold Hefernan.
HOLLYWOOD.

A curious fan writes in to pose a
couple of pointed questions about
directors.
Just how important is the director
in the production of picture?" he
asks. And
How does a good director 60
about getting the most out of Las
actors?"
Let's take them in order:
First, the director should be es-
tablished at once as the most i'm
portant factor on the movie set
The director can make or break a
picture He can make or break
an actor. He can sometimes make
poor story sparkle. Or. by failing
to recognize and develop subtle
touches, the director can easily de-
stroy a good story.
The director is the man who is
always strictly in the middle. He's
the link, the medium and the door,
mat between the producer out front
and the cast on the stage He's
the buffer between the writers and
the actors and the public and be-
tween members of the cast them
selves.
The director is handed a script
(many times, only part of a script
some actors (he's never consulted
on castingo. some scenery and a
production crew-and is commanded
to make a picture within a certain
number of days and for a budgeted
sum of money. That picture is ex-
pected to please half a dozen con-
f1icting minds in the studio front
office, $4,000 theater owners through
out the world, the critics who write
about movies and-by no means
last-large armies of increasingly
skeptical fans who support the in
dustry.
Who can deny, then. that the
movie director is the all-important
figure in getting picture to the
screen?
The question concerning how a
good director gets the most out OF
his performers is much more difficult
to answer-because, in spite of what
the actors may say, directors are
actually human beings-and as such
their modus operandi is cut to in
dividual pattern. One may succeed
by coaxing and cajoling his players
another may achieve the same results
by fretting and storming around the
stages, and still another may turn
out record breakers by merely sitting
quietly in his chair and letting the
puppets interpret the script in their
own way.
However. there is one quality
essential to good direction-a virtue
known as patience. Any director in
Hollywood, even the ones who don't
possess it, will admit that patience
heads any picture making ticket.
Maybe that's why Frank Capra
wins so many academy awards. Un-
doubtedly, he's the most patient OF
the top-notchers. He never be-
comes wrought up, seldom raises
his voice. He's been known to con-
tinue rehearsals of a minor scene
for half day in order to get the
desired tonal effect in one actor s
speech. Actors swear by Capra be-
cause he knows what he wants, goes
after it in an efficient, considerate
(see HEFFERNAN, Page Fad
Evening star., 1939-05-14
Wanger Will Star
Loretta Young

Walter Wanger has signed Loretta
Young as the first of three stars to
head the cast of Whose Wife,"
which will be the first picture on the
1889 1910 Wanger schedule. It will
be directed by Tay Garnett, who
staged Trade Winds" for the
producer last season.
The screen play for Whose Wife?"
was written by Gene Towne and
Graham Baker,
Evening star., 1939-05-14
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
There were two great interna-
tional crises in the Western Hemi-
sphere during the 10Th century, in
each of which the tide of European
aggression washed the shores OF
America and ate away at the fabric
of democracy which had been eStab-
Iished there.
Each time the future of an Amer
lean country's free institutions was
vayerine In the balance a great
frontiersman stepped forward from
obscuritv and swept the foreign in
-vasion back.
When the infant United States was
threatened during 1915 by the might
of England. 1t was the indomltable
Andrew Jackson. foe of coercion IN
eyerv form, who led the Kentucky
and Tennessee "long rifles" veterans
Of campaigns with the Greeks, the
Seminoles. the Spanish and Jean
Lafitte's bayou buccaneers, against
the veterans of Waterloo under PAX
enham. With these hardy indlvid-
uals jackson wiped out the worlds
impression of British invincibility at
the Battle of New Orleans.
Fifty-two years later, when the
impression of Andrew Jackson's les
son had been forgotten in Europe,
the french forces of Napoleon III
crossed the Atlantic and created a
throne and monarchy in the Re-
public OF Mexico. The Eurouean i'm
perialists set an Austrian archduke,
Macmillan Won Hapsburg, upon that
throne and precipitated three years
Of bloody guerrilla warfare.
When these three years had ended.
Mexican frontiersman. Benito
Pablo Juarez. beat back the impe-
rialists. Napoiean III Withdrew his
troops in 1867. The hapless Habs-
burg, Maximilian, was left to face
Mexican firing squad. The story
Of this over ambitious, but personally
likRble man and his wife, the EN-
press Carlota. who went mad. re-
mains one of historys great trag-
edies.
i. This theme Of oppression from
mar. combated with ferocity by
liberty loving but ill-equipped poems,
Is dominant in the Warner Bros. pro-
duction Of "Juarez." film chronicle
of the last attempt of military Eu-
Evening star., 1939-05-14

EARLE-"Man of Conquest"
the large-scale cinema saga
of the picturesque and COL
orful life of Sam Houston,
starts Friday. Richard Dix
plays the leading role. and
the cast includes Gail Pat
rick, Joan Fontaine, Victor
Jory. Ralph Morgan, among
others. The stage show will
be provided by Wayne King
and his orchestra.
The Hardys Ride
High" latest adventure of the
family (Which still includes,
of course, Mickey Rooney,
Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker
and the others, arrives
Thursday.
CAPITOL Broadway Sere-
made" opens Friday, with
jeanette Macdonald singing
to Lew Ayres and Ian Hunt
er. The stage show features
Charlie Barnet and his Or
chestra, with Local Lass
Evening star., 1939-05-14
Summer Doldrums Face
A Battle as the Studios
Line Up Strong Films
The Beaches, Hammocks and Other
Seasonal Haunts of Customers
Must Fight to Take Trade
By Jay Carmodv.


perhaps passive submission on
the the cinema
mountains the roadside and others
Moreover is defensb practice There virtually
to sitting comfortably and serene the ar-cooed darkness of
theater.
adopting policy leaving to his fate the
preference
Of Joan Crawford the movie people planning
expensive pictures pro-
is clear that everybody has date elsewhere,
Locally the immediate lineup pictures particularly impressive
In the next few weeks and the swams OF tourists who
through
OF the most aspiring projects the programs OF the major
Warne nclinesT Toward
Pacific with sawart Man of Conquest Confessions
has been so much and such inspiring advance notice
will Palace
intense
philosophy the Emancpator Young Mr.
Lincoln" the gala and
affair held Springfield Ill.,
Memorial The studio has probably for the
theaer Rose of Washington Square picture which not only tells
Bce but which brings
tally happier you political
boss, Jesse James, Ferdinand de Lesseps. etc.
Universal which supplies Keih borrowed Bng Crosby from Para
10 Rib hsbird hn T T the am udio is knr with dramatic
called Never Sets for which
proudest offering
Hardys gone English
that seve Pygmalon 1t the version
James Htons Goodbye Mr. Chips The campaign which has
with the film bespks larger confidence
studio might
the refrigerator for the summer but that was the
period preceding the aggressveness
the "lets-resst dodums
paign with enthusiasm Stolen
Elizabeth Bergner
iding these months still the
will
be Michael Rdrav stawr Engman whom should have
IN Vanshes" either at Keiths the Little.
There other pictures OF the quality on the list OF early
the competition for fight
AsF I'm
Point.
pictures? Office weekly
follows following pictures
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she will be music the box office"
School'-"Many
Rainers dialogue people
Abi"-"Fair getting
Ing
VoesAn excellent did
customers" have been
of X""Fair title
o pictures
Studio and
ProveTh Really
GOODWIN Mayer
foong intention destroy
Tuesday night,
foolng the film will removed from
studio before withdrawal of picture
even which could being enjoyed
Evening star., 1939-05-14

(See BARRON, Page F-2.)
Evening star., 1939-05-14
Now Some Exciting Theater
Romps on the Stages of the
World of Tomorrow
Shakespeare and Billy Rose Bring
Entertainment to Mr.. Whalens
Affair in New York
By Ira Wolfert.
NEW WORK.

Among the lemonade powder the
COW and the who pulls his eyed the
Sydney above left unsavory romp of
"oo OF TOMORROW there think more exciting
e. Billy y Roses Aqaeade eyu William Shakespeare an
only by ~ N0
Mr. Roses Aquacad show he produced
clowns Eleanor Holm John Wemuer Gertrude Ederle beautiful
costumes Morton Downey Williams band male chorus all
following each other with precision dispatch. "
approximately the Queen Eliza
oeh time although the approximation as
boys and girls swingne tbr As*a mere are talented young
Wlles rovdiest Nights Dream comedn -
Errors The Tanning the You Like IT, All done
with the help Webster in an enchanting facsimile a
Globe Iheater with scenery might very we'll have
from there. e wy W." -''s oone
The Bard Of AvonF Fits
Snugly Into the Future
Oddly enough Shakespeare Mr. Rose who conform
more snug to the conventions of entertainment Of To
row This extraordinary now he h
swimming like grandeur itself generations mind as
maeous exatng everything that art can BE- to
~as man an outdoor Snowman too carny lad he
ming e. eye cooked cooked to"ard the common man
At carnivals the likes snnacked out
He smoking and his brain in
u exhausted generally persprng freely beside
nn And William had him in mind at his
After that he became full along much nonsense
on wheels standing or kicking
himself full in the honor the con-
itself in world that is ver much like todav vben oda
world wonderful and much like
Whalens ~
Miss weDster plays are better than can
be imagined Those chicago San Diego
told something like Something
again by hearsey quite good
weren't quite good it must have
The Globe Theater small hard wooden
benches a
whining clavichord balloon
put the scholars fine frenzy
for the Of
Rose m
Is No Carnival Snowman
snowman believed
Worth Of
Broadway
for Of
| like jewel in Ethiopes
Mr. Rose the first deny
Holm little wet bathing walop
Holm the fall he will be
the future
stimulating without offensive
minded there
while
behind the Miss Holm
| swimming duel that is as lovely to
the the
effect quite after all
something
headline should Hometown Good
Evening star., 1939-05-14
There's None for the Weary
And Some Tired Stars Just Won't Rest,
Even if They Call 1t That
Rr EheiInh GRAHAM
By Sheilah Graham.
HOLLYWOOD.

I'm tired need rest says Spencer Tracy during each
nicure I'm tired
they dont-eXcept
barely
The Washington times., 1939-01-06
BY Ray Moore

uSm wSw
AUGUST % TO sEPTEM.
BER % acknowledgements,
good influences, especially for
your line of endeavOr; for
social interests and attending
to correspondence, public func-
tiOnS, artistic matters, writing.
SEPTEMBER "a to OCTO-
BER 23 Nibra)-MatterS re-
lated to real estate, mining, de-
tecting mistakes, discussions for
lettering your business or your
employers more in favor than
Speculating, expanding or TAX
ing risks on the untried. Day
asks cooperation, com mon
sense.
OCTOBER "a to NOVEMBER
~ (ScOrpiO)-A let-dOwn in
stimulating rays from the pass
two days. Advlce2 DOnt sa0ca
The Washington times., 1939-01-06
@ = n

far from the conservative. At
tend to the important matters
first. Improve the quality of
your work and product.
JUNE 22 TO JULY %
(Cancer)-Day needs YOUR
initiative and pep to put it in
the Big DOings. You'll have to
assert yourself and make the
most of circumstances. Waste
fulness should not be tolerated.
Radiate a spirit Of good fellow
ship!
JUNE "a TO AUGUST 22
(LeO)-MOst friendly to mat
ters pertaining to industrial inn
prOvement, slOw-develOping prof.
ects, study and foundation
work. Don't show resentment
at restraint, 1t may be more to
your good.
The Washington times., 1939-01-06
YOUR HOROSCOPE
FOR SATURDAY JANUARY 2
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Syndicate, Inc.)


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MARCH FL TO APRIL 20
(Aries)-YOu'H be wise to avoid
quarreIs and deception. Keep
your own dealings abOvebOard,
be tactful and cOnSiderate with
others; you'll be the gamer. Day
best for routine and necessary
matters.
APRIL 21 To MAY 20
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MAY FL TO JUNE FL
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