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Evening star., 1940-01-07
CAPITALS RADIO PROGRAM
Jonuuy7 7ond8,1

IL noon-WMAL, Andor Foldes, concert pianist,
makes his first appearance with the Radio
City Music Hall playing selections from
Beethoven.
IL noon-WRC, Jasper Just AS You Please, :"
the story of a small cinnamon bear, is
Vernon Cranes story for children.
1:o0-WMAL, The New York home where Sara
Teasdale spent the last years Of her life
is Ted Malones stop on the Pilgrimage
of Poetry.
1:35-WJSV, vengeance Is Nine" an original
drama by Addison Simmons and starring
Betty Lou Gerson, is the curtain raiser
for the new Grand Hotel dramatic series.
2:oo-WMAL, Richard Sheridans THE Rivals" {"
comedy about English life, is the Great
Plays presentation.
2:00-WOL, Del Courtney, noted dance orches-
ira leader, serves as guest professor on the
Mystery History quiz show.
2:30-WRC Wages and hours in the North and
South are discussed by the University of
Chicago Round Table.
3:00-WJSV, Igor Stravinsky. noted Russian
composer, is guest conductor and Erica
Evening star., 1940-01-07

s:oo-WOL Outstanding authorities and Gov
ernment officials debate Reciprocal Trade
Agreements on the American Forum Of
the Air.
S:00-WJSV, Helen Hayes has the lead role in
Orson Welles' production of Becky
Sharp"
9:00-WJSV, Lawrence Tibbett Metropolitan
Opera baritone. is soloist with the De-
troit Symphony under the baton of Franco
Ghione:
Carnival Overture (orchestra) Dvorak
Largo al Factotum from THE Barber Of se.
Lawrence Tibbett. Orchestra.
Hungarian Dances NOS 3, (orchestra) Brahms
Minuet (orchestra) Pederewski
Rolling Down to Rio------------G German
Tibbett. Orchestra.
Malaguena torchestra) Moszkowski
In the Cleaning tTibbett. chorus. orches-
Rakoczy March Orchestral Berioz
SHEPHERD Show Me How to Go ,enssm6le eIssn1
9:30-WRC, Special treatment of Sibelius' IA
nous "Valse Triste' is heard on the Amer
ican Album of Familiar Music.
10:00-WRC, Mrs. Arthur Terry, founder and
conductor of the campaign to supply the
needy with eyeglasses, is honored on the
Hour of Charm.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
King of Corn

Corn, either musical or literal, is
fine with Band Leader Phil Harris,
who today is lending his histrionic
talents to Paramount's saga of the
West, Buck Benny Rides Again.
starring that man of muscle, Jack
(Buck) Benny.
Listeners by the thousands have
heard Harris introduce himself over
the air as "The King of Corn" and
the maestro's fellow troupers have
discovered Phil likes the literal vari-
ETY. just as well. For a sequence in
Buck Benny Rides Again" Harris
sits at the bar of night club and
munches on popcorn. Before the
sequence was finally completed, Har-
ris devoured full gallon tin.
You know me-" he explained to
fellow actors, "'The King of Corn. >"
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Heffernun
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such as short subjects, best song,
original story, dance direction (al-
though Gone" does offer couple
of brilliant dance sequences) and a
few special citations.
It is extremely unfortunate-the
toughest sort of break, in fact
for the dozens of talented and de-
serving individuals who gave such
glorious performances and contrib
uted so many notable technical
achievements to 1895 parade of pic
lures that one epoch making movie
should slip in at the last moment
and practically annihilate all COM
petition.
In any normal year, this awards
occasion would have developed prob
ably the widest statuette scramble
in the II years the academy has
been melting out distinguished serv-
ice souvenirs to industry members
But don't think there won't be
several hotly contested battles be-
fore Gone" gets away with a COM
plete rout-if 1t does. The North
American Newspaper Alliances
actor poll of two weeks ago gave
telling demonstration Of how the
players themselves feel about the
work of their mates during the last
year. But, of course, Gone" wasn't
in that reckoning.
Bette Davis three brilliant jobs
in Dark Victory 'The Old Maid
and "The Private Lives of Elizabeth
and Essex" could offer Vivier
Leigh's Scarlet a sharp tussle-fol
Bette's followers are many and
loyal. And, as satisfying as Clarh
Gables Rhett Butler proved tt
readers of the Margaret Mitchell
novel, Robert Donat's magnificent
Interpretation of the many-agee
Mr.. Chips is a memory that cannot
soon be erased. In many quarters
Donat remains q favorite to wiz
the coppered image and some ever
think James Stewart (Mr. Smith.
will place second.
It must be considered also tina
late release of Gone With th'
Wind" here and limited daily show
ings won't permit all voting mem
bers of the academy to view tn
picture before ballots are cast earl,
in February. On the other hand. /
is pointed out that many member
have been known to cast votes TO
pictures and performances the,
never witnessed. Every one love
to ride with a winner-and tina
factor could draw hundreds o
"sight-unseen" ballots.
In spite of its one-sided aspect!
the big dinner-award will be an
other sell-out. But the food ha
better be good and the speeche
brief and sparkling-for the 81
seatholders seem to have little els
to look forward to.
(Released b. the North American
| Newspaper Alliance. Ine)
Evening star., 1940-01-07
DR.. Ehrlich Picture
Is Magic Bullets

Magic Bullets" is the title under
which Warner Bros. will release the
film produced as THE Life of DR.
Ehrlich." The film stars Edward
G.. Robinson as DR.. Paul Ehrlich
late great German scientist out OF
whose laboratory came specifics foI
the cure of human suffering. Magic
Bullets" was Ehrlich's own favorite
description of his discovery. Ruth
Gordon of the stage portrays Heidi
the benefactors wife.
The large supporting cast includes
Otto Kruger, Donald Crisp, Nine
Maria Ouspenskaya. Montagu Love
Edward Norris and Henry O'Neill
William Dieterle directed this latest
in the line established at Warmers
by The Story of Louis Pasteur.'
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Todoy's High Lights
Jonuory J ond 8, l940.
(AH Time PM. Unless Indicated. J

(AH Time Pm. Unless Indtcated)
Morini is violin soloist in an all-Tschai-
kowsky concert by the New York Phil
harmonic Symphony Orchestra. SYM
phony No. in c Minor; Concerto in D
Major for violin and orchestra and the
Nutcracker Suite are programmed.
5:30-WMAL Ann Heath. soprano, and Alfred
Drake. baritone, are the aspiring singers
heard on Metropolitan Additions.
6:0O-WRC. The Right Rev. Msgr. Fulton j.
Sheen of Catholic University observes
his 10th year on the Catholic Hour
with new series of talks, "Peace-the
Fruit Of Justice"
6:30-WMAL The New York Film Critics As
sociation makes formal presentation for
the best performances and the best pic
lures Of the year.
7:30-WJSV, Tyrone Power returns to the air
for a starring part in a radio version of
'Petrined Forest at the Screen Guild
Theater.
Evening star., 1940-01-07

lights. Richard Greene is just wax
ing up. Zorina, his movie wife, is
already up and around-even doing
a few ballet steps. She is garbed in
black shorts and white blouse.
Ratof1 doesn't like that part Of
the dance, SO he dashes into the
scene to show this expert q terp-
sichorean thing or two. Ratod
wriggles his 200-pound torso, kicks
a high one with astonishing agility
and then sinks to the floor in a
near-split.
Hal" he chides Zorina, you
think RatoR knew nothing about
ballet! Ha! I used to be the best
song -and-dance man in all Europe" :"
After the set quiets down. Ratof
calls action" and the cameras roll
but only for a few seconds. The
Russian stops the shapely actress in
the middle of a sentence.
"Oi, oi," he shrieks, you mispro-
nounced practice Say it 'prac-
tice'." Ratoff massacres the word
Evening star., 1940-01-07
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVEKTISEMENT.
House Burned ...
Husband Crippled -.
Wife Carries On

Pennington, Jan. 6.-Despite the FIRE
that left her home a smolderins ruin
-. despite the cripplins accident that
paralyzed her husbands, less-Martha
Jackson, local woman, still faces life
unafraid determined to build q
new life for her family on the ruins
of the old.
Hear the thrilling story of this brave
woman. Tune in "Woman Of Courage"
every weekday, Monday through Fri.
day, at 9 Am. over WJSV. Besides q
stirring episode in the heart.warming
story of "Woman of Courage" each
program will bring you news of the
latest special Octason premiums that
are yours FREE for coupons from
Octaeon Soap Products. Listen every
weekday-WJSV-9 Am.
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there has good eight-month tour
assured around the continent"
The enthusiasm for South Ameri-
can entertainment on Broadway ex-
ploded last June 10 when a Portu-
guese-Brazilian girl, Carmen Miran-
da, captured first-nighters with her
torrid singing in THE Streets of
Paris confessed to Broadway re-
porters that the only English words
she knew were 'love, kiss and
money and then went on to be-
come chief entertainer for the more
wealthy cafe society crowd.
A couple of years previously a
dark-eyed Argentine girl left the
Museum of Beaux Arts in Buenos
Aires to study at Columbia Univer-
sity. In Buenos Aires she had con-
Quoted an orchestra of 16 men.
Speaking five languages, she had
performed as singer and as a
piano and guitar player in practical
ly every country in South America.
Her name is Paloma Acosta and she
is ~.
In her studies of primitive music
among the Indian tribes she was
sent by the Chilean government to
spend 10 months in the Andes re-
cording the music of the recluse
Aracana Indians. played on weird
f1utelike instruments which had
been carved from human thigh
bones.
Diosa Costello. Cuban singer
and dancer, and her rumba drum
accompanist, Desi Arnaz, are two
other Latin American entertainers
who have become Broadway en-
thusiasms.
Curiously, one of the most popular
South American entertainers now
on Broadway is Sarita, fetching
brunette mime who, in reality, is
Sara Pomeroy Burbank, daughter
of socially prominent American
family in Pittsfield, Mass.
Married to the Ecuadorian COM
poser-pianist, Richardo Romero, she
has danced in most all the prin-
cipal theaters of South America,
after her hit appearances in Spain.
Now this New England girl ranks
as star interpreter of an art far
from her native environment.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Decade Sees
Changes in
Star List
Many Top Players
OF 1880 Now Are
Forgotten
BY the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD.
The time: 1880. The picture:
Frank Capra's "Dirigible." The
casting list: Jack Holt, Ralph
Graves, Fay Wray, Hobart Bosworth,
Roscoe Karns, Harold Goodwin,
Clarence Muse.
Ten years, cinematically speaking,
is long time. That's why you may
have forgotten some Of those names.
You've probably forgotten most of
the names of most of the stars in
most of the pictures of that year,
in fact.
Less than a dozen, roughly, were
top stars then and still are. Run
ming over the list, 1t could include
William Powell, Lionel Barrymore,
Wallace Berry, Joan Crawford,
Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer, AL
Jolson and Irene Dunno. Others,
like Jean Arthur and Marlene Diet
rich. were up there then and are
again, but after lean years between.
Two points stand out in a COM
parison of contract lists a decade
ago and now. One Is the ease
with which directors hold their
rankings year after year. An easy
explanation is that in directing, ex-
perience Is q, II not the, major
consideration.
The other is the greater security
in the fans favor which the sup
porting or character actor has over
the star. It's harder to explain, but
the consensus seems to be that the
moviegoer sees less of the sup
porting actor, hence tires OF him
less quickly.
The list of featured players
seldom starred-still going strong
after 10 years is imposing. Here are
a few:
Ned Sparks, Edna May Oliver.
James Gleason, Charlie Ruggles,
Edward Everett Horton, Paul Lukas,
Frank Morgan and Lewis Stone.
The 1880 contracts disclose some
other names, several almost un-
known then, who since have devel-
oped into top-fighters. Consider
these:
Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper,
Carole Lombard, Ginger Rogers,
Myrna 10y, jeanette Macdonald,
Joel McCrae, Barbara Stanwyck,
Loretta Young.
But the list of once-reigning IA
Evening star., 1940-01-07

vorites now out Of the scene Is far
longer.
Remember these names?
Sue Carol, Laura La Plante, Clara
Bow, Maurice Chevalier, John Boles,
Louise Fazenda. Bert Lytell, Doro-
they Sebastian, Carmel Myers,
Evelyn Brent, Aileen Pringle, Flea
nor Boardman, Betty Bronson, Mae
Clark, Dolores Costello. George Ar
liss. Betty Compson, Mae McAvoy.
Lois Wilson, Colleen Moore, Corinne
Griffith. Richard Barthelmess, Billie
Dove, Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Null
hall. And they're but few.
Some others are still around.
Monte Blues name bobs up on a
casting sheet occasionally. Richard
Dix, who's had more ups and downs
than an elevator operator, is get
ting better parts again. Stuart Err
win keeps busy. Kay Francis has
good roles when she works. Boris
Karlon is active again, after diff
cult times.
But the Gables, the Tracys, the
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Hilton Novel

Warner Bros. have taken an op-
ton on the unfinished novel James
Hilton is taking a three-month leave
to complete. The famous author
most recently exhibited Warner film
was Paul Munis I'VE Are Not
Alone" He completed the screen
play of Somerset Maugham's
Caesars Wife" and THE House on
the Hill" before beginning his leave
of absence.
Evening star., 1940-01-07

for bookings that extend from
Mexico City around a circuit that
covers all the Andes and Amazon
ports.
The South Americans want Tom
Mix to assemble a Wild West
circus of cowboys and Indians for
an eight months tour covering all
Of South America. They want AL
fred Lunt and Lynn Fontaine to
play repertoire of their Broadway
dramas, the proposal being that in
the larger South American cities
there are enough persons who un-
derstand English to give them an
enthusiastic reception.
"Our export of theatrical talent to
both South America and Mexico has
increased sharply in the past sew
eral months" William Morris, jr,
one of the principal Broadway i'm
presarios, said. "The war cut off
the South American supply of Euro
pean talent. but I think the chief
impetus is that the theater and
night club audiences of both our
country and the South American
countries are falling in with the
Pan-American good-neighbor policy
which explains why they welcome
Tom Mix and other American en-
tertainers while at the same time
Broadway is seeking a greater influx
of South American singers, dancers
and musicians than ever before.
"Of course. when the currency ex-
change situation between the United
States and South American coun-
tries reaches better solution, there
should be an even more prolific ex-
change of talent.
Ben Marden is blazing the way
by vacationing from his Broadway
night clubs to preside at the Inter-
national Casino in Havana. Buenos
Aires and Rio de Janeiro are good
dates for American talent, and now
Mexico City is asking for American
shows
"Your South American audience
gets enthusiastic about good per-
former, such as they did about the
late Will Rogers, and they go to
see the same show time after time
so that any one who makes a hit
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Kissing Cavalcade
Richard Greene's
Newest ChOre
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
Richard Greene, the handsome
Britisher, gets himself kissed 33
times in his new picture by the
willowy dancer, Zorina. It's a re-
cent record for screen OSCILLATION.
Gregory Ratof, who's directing II
Was an Adventures" says: "It's
going to be a cavalcade of kisses.
If we've missed any varieties, it was
an accident"
In the Ratoff manner, too, he has
figured out that the kisses will cost
5000 each and will appear in the
finished production at the rate of
one every two and one-half minutes.
Evening star., 1940-01-07

in the most brutal fashion imagi-
nable.
Every one on the stage-actors,
crew, visitors-appreciates the situa-
ton to the utmost. Many hold their
sides in laughter. Raton turns to
the workers and booms:
when Ratoh gets so good he can
tell Norwegians how to pronounce
English words with Russian ac-
cent, he is a success, no? I've waited
four years for this day to come.
I'm colossal, no?"
Ten minutes later some semblance
Of order is restored and the actors
go on with their scene. Ratof is
the best show goth Century-Fox has
inside its studio walls, but, like
director Mike Curtiz. another Eng
lish-assassin at Warner Bros, he
turns out one box office movie after
another-so let the show continue,
says Daryl Zanuck.
Released BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance Incl
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the waning of swing are "Oh, john
ny, How You Can Love" and What
Can Say Dear, After I Say I'm
Sorry?" the latter having been the
song on which Abe Lyman first
sprung into the front ranks of
bands.
Curiously. the most renowned OF
all swing kinds, Benny Goodman
made his first big reputation with a
sweet number that became almost
q trade mark, Good Night, My
Love-"
Duke Ellington, whose jingly
number, "It Don't Mean a Thing. If
1t Amt Got That Swing" did much
to launch the swing craze in the
early 30s, is heading back to sweet
music to meet the 1910 trend. Al
though Duke always has been rated
among the top swingsters, his great
est hits and the numbers with which
he has been most closely identified
are Mood Indigo" Solitude" and
II Let Song Go Out of My Heart, y
UOIlc VI WlllCIl dIC 1CldCCu CNCAA 4C
motely to swing.
Col. Nanny Prayer, saxophone
player who came out of Minneapolis
to organize his own band in the
East; Dick Jurges, who is one of the
kings of Chicago and the Midwest,
and Glenn Miller, an Iowa trombone
player, are top trio leading the
way back to sweet music for the
other orchestras across country
They have what musicians call
Mickey Mouse" bands, that is, they
don't swing out with confusing ar
rangements, but emphasize ripping
rhythms with a tic-toc tone-a reg
ular time beat that sweet music
demands.
This revived sweet melody move
ment isn't a sudden whim of Tin
Pan Alley. It started where the
blues and swing and jazz and most
all the popular musical enthusiasms
of the United States have started
New Orleans. The cZars of Tin Par
Alley still listen to the sounds OF
the levee music boxes to tell then
far in advance the. music this Nation
wants to hear.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
With Garfield

Warner Bros. have borrowed Anne
Shirley from R-K-O for the femi-
nine lead in Married, Pretty and
Poor" starring John Garfield. Miss
Shirley joins cast which includes
Claude Rains. Frank McHugh, Una
Merkel, Dennie Moore. David Bruce
and Elizabeth Risdon. Her latest
film work for R-K-O was in vigil
in the Night"
Vincent Sherman is directing the
film. adapted from a play by Max
well Anderson.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Cormody
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gap in its education which cannot
be filled by mechanical substitutes" :"
The weeks engagement of the San
Carlos at the National is something
Mr.. Plohn thinks should be an an
nual event. The eight operas to be
presented during the week starting
January Is will determine to large
extent whether that shall be the
case. If they prove as popular as
in other cities where the San Carlos
is a regular attraction. Mr.. Gallo
and his talented troupe will be back
next year, the one after, and so on
ad infinitum.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Eddie's Songs

That song, "Oh, Johnny" which
has become one of the Nation S
leaders, was introduced by Eddie
Cantor on Broadway in 1917 and
the star is getting big thrill out of
the surprising revival of the tune.
One of his other early hits, Ma,
He's Maxim Eyes at Me-" also is
hitting the revival trail.
Evening star., 1940-01-07

Bette Davises, the Vivien Leighs,
the Tyrone Powers have come up
to be the big names as a new decade
starts.
Where will they be on the list
that's written come January, 1850?
Evening star., 1940-01-07
In Sea Hawk

Warner Bros. has signed Anita
Louise for the leading feminine role
opposite Enrol Flynn in the forth
coming production of THE Sea
Hawk" The picture will be her
first with Flynn for Miss Louise.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Gregory RatoH, Hit Maker,
Is a Show in Himself
Russian Keeps Onlookers on Set
In a Constant Uproar While
He Directs Film
HOLLYWOOD.

Rao ova Russian director who ruhesy annihlates the
himself
hit pictures of promising start for 1940 making
uproar while doing
lavish bedroom resplendent
Evening star., 1940-01-07

Ida Lupino has most of the corners
of her new home filled with pottery
decorated with her own paintings.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
War Booms Show Business
The South American Way
Latins Would Like Lunt Repertoire
And a Tom Mix Circus, Having
No Stars From Europe Now
b the Associated Press.


When the European exploded months
group OF theatrical South cable for
Which nonsensical
OF the Americas booming others
home European omuted
Buenos Aires
Today Broadway overfowng with stage night
South American nations return heading
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DANCING.
The Edward F. Miller Studio
814 18th ST. NATIONAL 8083
UnercelIed Instruction in DANCING.
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Beginners and Practice, 3 TO- 1880 Pm.
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Evening star., 1940-05-16
Federal Site for Fair
Not to Be Asked Here

The Executive Committee Of the
Worlds Fair Development Co., Inc,
Of the District decided at q meeting
this week not to request this session
Of Congress to grant a site of Federal
land in the District for projected
international exposition in 1943 to
commemorate the 150sh anniversary
of the laying Of the corner stone Of
the Capitol.
William v. Mahoney, temporary
Evening star., 1940-05-16

Miss Mildred Terrett, executive Sec
retary of the association, has been
found to be the most successful
means of preventing delinquency.
1t provides necessary service for
unmarried mothers, and is a means
Of giving adequate care to conva-
lescent colored children, she de-
clared.
Members of the board present
were Mrs. Jesse G.. Adkins, Mrs.
Walter S. Bloedorn, Mrs. Frederick
M, Bradley, Mrs. Hawes Dunn, Mr4.
Donnel Foster Hewett, Mrs. William
Hurd Hill, DR.. Loren T.. johnson,
Mrs. r. Thomas West and Miss Ter
rett.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Officers Installed
By Chevy Chase
WOrnan's Club

Omcers were Installed by the
Woman's Club of Chevy Chase yes
terday at its final meeting this sea-
son at the clubhouse. Mrs. Fred
erick M. Kerby will serve a second
term as president. Others who were
reelected and installed were Mrs.
Henry DeCourcy Adams, first vice
president, and Mrs. F.. S. Brackett.
corresponding secretary. Mrs.
Philip P. Gott was installed as Sec
Evening star., 1940-05-16

The association went on record as
approving the inclusion. Of social
workers under the Social Security
Law provisions and to transfer the
necessary funds for this purpose
from the budget.
The annual budget was submitted
and increased funds were asked to
provide for enlarged foster home
care, which is in line with the needs
recommended in various reports on
social needs In the District and as q
part of the plan of the association
to increase this service from 81 chill
dren to 500.
Foster home service, according to
Evening star., 1940-05-16

ond vice president. Other officers
are Mrs. Ralph w. Bonnet, record
ing secretary; Mrs. Roy j. Jorole-
mon, treasurer, and Mrs. Diller B.
Croft, assistant treasurer.
The program included a talk by
Lee R. Pennington Of the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation on finger
printing. Club members had their
fingerprints taken. Mrs. r. Seabury
d'Espard, chairman of American
citizenship, introduced the speaker.
A Red Cross flag was presented
to the club by Mrs. Roger Whiteeord,
chairman of the Red Cross of Mont
gomery County, on behalf of the
Evening star., 1940-05-16

Chevy Chase branch. This group
plans to continue its activities dur
ing the summer at the clubhouse.
Mrs. Sue Oliver sang, accom-
panied by Mrs. Helen Grimes.
Mrs. Bennett, a delegate to the
Maryland Federation of Women's
Clubs Convention last month, re-
ported on the session. Reports also
were made by section and committee
chairmen. The club voted $50 for
the National Symphony Orchestra
and $25 for the Metropolitan Opera
fund.
Mrs. Benjamin F.. Bennett, chair
man of the art section, presented
Evening star., 1940-05-16

the club with a guest book done in
copper by Mrs. Clarence Dawson
with penwork by Mrs. Miles Trow-
bridge.