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pressive in appearance, as the artist
intended they should be. He was
present at the opening last Sunday
and replied to inquiries with in
teresting explanations of certain
canvases. Suicide" for instance,
shows a man hurting himself from
an upper window while the entire
building seems to be falling down.
While he was at Columbia. the
artist said, studying Goethe's Truth
and Poetry" in which Werther is
described, he saw a suicide and de-
cided to treat the theme of spiritual
collapse.
Martin Luther's hymn, "a Mighty
Fortress Is Our God,' was the in
splration of painting representing
the church triumphant on a firm
foundation of saints and martyrs
Thrust diagonally upward on a
crowded path of headstones, the
church building is seen as the cul-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-15

Window other as filmy as
spider web, lightly touched, evil
IDENTITY rendered with love as we'll as
skill, instanced in the lovely print
entitled The Last Stand"
John Taylor Arms is among
American etchers today the greatest
technician, employing his needle
with unbelievable and unsurpassed
skill. recording for all time the glory
of the Gothic in architecture and
sculpture He is represented by
three outstanding plates. His col
league, Louis Rosenberg, who also
specializes in etchings of archi-
tectural themes, and for whose work
Mr.. Arms has unstinted admiration,
shows not etchings, but pencil
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ceptionally high level, as, for exam
pie, Frances Hungerford Combs
Biennial Plant" to which has been
assigned one of the chief places
in the exhibition. and with reason;
Iona Miller Keplinger's charming
japanese Anemones and Delphi
num-" JAYNE Aliens "Cacti," re-
strained but very handsome in
color; Elizabeth SaWtelle's Mas
turtiums," Susan B. Chase's zinnias,
Bright Blossoms; Lillian l.. Moses
"Chrysanthemums and Brass" Clara
R. Saunders Last Bouquet" Eliza
beth Muhlhofer's Spring Flowers"
and last but not least, Lois Lampe's
"Toluca Baskets" which has very
interesting composition as well as
rich color-a work influenced by
the modern but adapting it hand
somely.
A remarkable painting is Sun
shine Flood" by Frederic Whitaker
of Providence, r. l., a picture of a
drenching summer shower passing
over bit of rather commonplace
landscape and witnessing to both
the beneficence and the fury with
which the floods descend from the
clouded heavens. This is a ire
mendously difficult theme. but the
artist has rendered it with surpass-
ing as well as surprising subtlety.
dramatic feeling and competence.
Another complex composition
and out-of- the-ordinary-is The
Tandem by Sybilla Mittel Weber,
who is, perhaps, better known for
her etchings of horses and dogs
than for her paintings In this
water color, as in her etchings,
however, she gives the impression
of motion and indicates unmis-
takably the easy slip of muscles
under animal skin, as well as the
intelligence of creatures trained tc
action.
Interiors Are Interesting.
Two interesting interiors are in
cluded in the show-one of the
slave Quarters in the Lee Man.
sion," painted by Ruth Perkins
Stafford, and very skillfuliy; the
other of Negro revival in a little
church in the South. Comm
Through" by Mechlin Gertrude
Brown of this city, which also is
very excellent and understanding
in fact, sympathetically set forth.
On either side of Mrs. Combs still
life hang mountain pictures by Isa-
bel Cooper Mahaffie, who, born in
Tacoma, Wash, now makes hel
home here. One, entitled Early
Morning" may be Renaissance O.
the Northwest coast, or possibly of a
Norwegian ford; the other, simply
set down as Mountain Road" also
takes the observer into the land OF
romance, where mountains raise
their heads to touch the sky. Both
are rendered in almost two dimen.
sions, with Oriental simplicity and
decorative effect, but are we'll cal
culated to stir emotion and to retain
charm.
Near these are shown unique paint.
ings. Tigers and "Rodeo Horses,
by Mildred E. Miller of the Hannah
More Academy, Maryland, VIII
studied under Absolute and late
Violet Oakley.
Constance Cochrane, Philadel.
phia, can always be counted upor
for good work in water color, ane
her single contribution to this ex.
hibition, THE Swallowed Ravine," s
picture of rocks and blue water, sus.
tains this tradition.
There are others equally worthy
of mention which must be passed
over with but a word-such as S
Peter Wagner's fine rendition O
Night at the Wharves," a trail O
light crossing the black water Of {
broad harbor; Eleanor Parks Gusts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-15
RououIt Exhibition Opens

Phillips Gallery Presents
Seuenty-three Paintings by
French Artist.
There will open in the Phillips
Memorial Gallery today, to continue
to January IS, an exhibition of 70
paintings in oils, water colors and
pastels by Georges Rouault, a French
artist, who, with Matisse and Pr
casso, Is said to dominate the field
Of art today.
This exhibition was assembled
through the cooperation of the In
stitute of Modern Art in Boston, the
San Francisco Museum of Art and
the Phillips Gallery. 1t has already
been shown in Boston, and, after
being seen here, will go to San Fran
cisco.
Originally, the idea was to make
it complete retrospective showing
of Rouault's works, bringing to this
country many of his paintings, or
at least the most important of those
held abroad, and the director of the
Institute of Modern Art in Boston,
James S. Plaut, is said to have spent
the greater part of the summer of
1889 lining up, for this purpose.
paintings by Rouault, not only in
France, but In Switzerland, as well
as discussing matters with the art
list. The war put an end to this pro-
gram, with the result that the ex-
hibition opening today will be found
to be composed almost exclusively
Of works owned in the United States.
Considering the fact that Rouault
has exhibited little in this country,
1t is surprising how many of his
paintings have found this way into
private and public ownership. For
some years the Phillips Gallery has
owned and displayed his painting,
Circus Trio" and more lately, it
has acquired Christ and the Fish
ermen" and "Christ and the Phar-
isee." The Carnegie Institute, Pitts
burgh, has lately purchased 1.-THE
Old King" 1.-THE Crown of Thorns,
which belongs to Walter P. Chrysler
jr., was displayed, with other mas
terpieces of art" a couple of years
ago In the Museum of Modern Art
New York. Among the lenders te
this exhibition are the Dumbartov
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Keith Shaw Williams etchings.
The Great Tree and "Gibauits
Barn. are good and recall some
what the work of Hutty. Gerry
PIERCE shows a delightful dry-point
of boats, "Ebb Tide" and Roselle H.
Osk an etching entitled Moon
Path" which, handled less directly,
still has exceedingly pleasing quality.
There are several wood block
prints in color. some of which have
modernistic simplicity and deco
rative treatment. Benson B. Moore
shows etchings in color of birds and
of fish in a manner entirely his own.
and invariably attractive There are
woodblock prints in black and
white, linoleum cuts and wood en-
gravings-presenting, in most in
stances. simplified subjects, executed
with what may be termed a very
positive punch.
Among the local artists repre-
sented = and we'll - are Wuanita
Smith. Marguerite Kumm, Minnie
L. Briggs, Hirst Milhollen and others.
In addition to those already men
toned. The collection as whole
admirably sustains and rounds out
the Washington Water Color Clubs
35th anniversary exhibition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-15

Thirty Scenes Painted by
Grover Page, Jr., Now
On View at Arts Club
Native of Tennessee, Young
Artist Covers Variety of
Subjects in His Works
Bv Florence s. Berrvr,an.

An original talent revealed in the paintings by Grover Page
until December
this
his large city. Nashville
of his life Albany
Louisville where his father caroon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-15
Water Color Club Shows
Rare Quality in Exhibit
Presented at COrcOran
Rouault, Noted French Art
Figure, Is Represented in
Phillips Gallery Display
Bv Leila MeckHn.

Color Club has in the IS of
exhibition than that
Gallery
great variety virity and
limitations the poteniaies
of the medium
Evening star., 1940-06-10

it can't be Miss Johnston, Miss Van
Slyke, or hardly, Mr.. Reese-is re-
placing Don Sisler as the young lad
who Woos Miss Johnston Last
heard of via this departments spe-
cial unverifed rumor service, Mr..
Sisler was off to job in New York
Meet the Wife, in which Mary
Boland, Clifton Webb and Hum
phrey Bogart were starred on
Broadway. is one of those too
many-husbands situations. Domi-
mating, self-assured but huttery
woman, twice married, unknow-
ingly makes plans to entertain her
first husband, thought dead but
instead now sought-after literary
figure. Miss Ryan has done Mary
Boland roles before, and knows
how, it might be added.
Last add Summer Festival pro-
gram: The Players Club O. Cen
trail Community Center is holding
tryouts tomorrow night at Central
High School to cast Lawrence Eyre S
Mis- Nelly of NOrleans." The
comedy, originally starring Minnie
Maddern Fiske. having been writ
ten at her suggestion. viii lbe staged
at the Sylvan Theater the evening
of August l3.
Evening star., 1940-06-10
Resembling
Bette Davis
Is No Help
Elsie Valentine
Doesn't Like It,
At ANY Rate
HOLLYWOOD.

11oAA "Oob.
Elsie Valentine thinks the fates
have been unkind to her. She re-
sembles the great Bette Davis so
closely that seven times out of ten
she's mistaken for her.
And that" complains the VIM
some young miss, lis hardly cricket.
I'd like to stand on my own legs. AS
it. is, people think that because I
look like Miss Davis I should be
able to perform as she does. Well,
that's expecting little too much
of me, particularly at this stage Of
my life"
Miss Valentine is still in her early
20s. At present she has a small
but important role in Elsa Max
wells Public Deb No. l." which
Gregory Ratoff is directing at Twen-
tieth Century Fox. She's in pictures
to stay, she says.
She was under contract to Twen-
tieth Century-Fox for several years,
but more recently she has been free
lancing. She things she can get a
wider variety of experience as an
independent player.
Miss Valentine was born in Brook
lyn, but spent most of her life in
New York.
Evening star., 1940-06-10

springboard to twin fame. The pic
ture was one of the big hits of 1881
and its momentum carried the CO.
stars onward for several years. Sell
dom are Miss Eilers or Dunn heard
from nowadays. but this week pre-
view of Manhattan Heartbreak, :"
which proved nothing more or less
than a remake of the old Vina Del
mar story, promises thriving careers
for two more players. Virginia Gill
more and Robert Sterling. recruits
from the extra ranks, re-enact the
Eilers-Dunn roles with such genuine
charm and appeal that several con-
tract offers have been showered upon
them. +*
Christine Montez, young Spanish
actress recently arrived from Madrid,
received a swift if uncomfortable
introduction to Hollywood methods
Signed by Mervyn LIE Roy for sup
porting role in Escape" she made
her debut by falling off chair %
times. AS boisterous army officer
boasts of his accomplishments, Miss
Montez sits on the edge of chair
and at the proper timed moment is
supposed to slide off and onto the
stone hearth. When the scene had
been rehearsed many times and shot
from several angles, the newcomer
was ready to eat off the mantelpiece
Evening star., 1940-06-10

ldlcIlG SCOutS lOI lllc StuUlO are COLI
centrating on an intensive hunt
for another. They're not reaching
far afield, but feel that among all
the babies of Hollywood there's a
long-shot chance of pulling one
more miracle child out of the bag.
A little excitement prevails among
Shirley's EXPOSES over the dor
mant possibilities in an 8-year- -old
named Ann Todd, who appeared in
support of Shirley in The Blue
Bird" and more recently as one of
four children under the care of
Bette Davis, the governess of "All
This and Heaven, Too" Anyway,
goth Century-Fox managed to beat
out Warner Bros. in a race to sign
the child and there are rumors
she'll be pointed straight for STAR
ring roles-in a group of stories
originally bought with Shirley in
mind
Incidentally. this new Temple
throne aspirant knows a thing or
two in spite of her tender years.
In recent I. @. test at University
OF Southern California she was
chalked up with a rating of 148-
eight points past the genius mark.
She's way up in the sixth grade
and already has her eye on that
elaborate bungalow from which
Shirley has just moved the last of
her belongings.
Charlie Chaplin reported finished
the last scene in his comedy, THE
Dictator" this week, making some
last-moment changes to bring it as
much up to date as possible with
swift European war movements.
Fearful of detrimental reactions,
Charlie has confided to United Ar
fists his intention of appearing on
the screen, without makeup, in a
prologue explaining that the picture
is offered AS pure entertainment, not
propaganda. If this is true it will
be the first time in history that an
actor has been forced to come out
and explain to audiences that a COM
edy is to be laughed at.
X
Eager to extract as much revenue
as possible from guarding,
hard-pressed England. Goth Cen
tury-Fox has shipped prints of
-Four Sons to that country by
Clipper. The subject deals entirely
with the fifth column movement in
Czecho- -Slovakia.
Meanwhile, Warner Bros. have
inserted new scenes covering the
invasion of Belgium and France
into the year-old Confessions of
a Nazi Spy along with a new
ending, and are turning it over to
American theaters this week.
X
Nine years ago Sally Eilers and
Jimmy Dunn used Bad Girl" as a
Evening star., 1940-06-10
Film Personalities
Can't Be Shaken

Many star has become so identi-
fed with a character that he has
both ridden to fame on it and later
found it difficult personality to
shake when more versatility is de-
sired.
Johnny Weissmuller is Holly
woods most faithful actor to his
trademark role Of all FINLAND s
players he has remained with one
character. that of Tarzan. He has
never attempted any other. The
late Warner GLAND was typed as
Charlie Chan, once he got around
to that character. Even when va
cationing in China the Swedish actor
was called Charlie by every native
he passed.
Lionel Barrymore has been con-
centrating on DR.. Gillespie of the
Kildare stories the last few years,
while Lew Ayres, often in other
pictures, is best known as DR.. Kill
dare. Lewis Stone gets away from
Judge Hardy frequently, but now
is fairly settled down as the Judge.
Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake
are now solely Blonde and Dagwood
after doing other roles for years.
Walter Pidgeon now finds fans
want his autograph as Nick Carter"
Pidgeon after only two pictures. The
Jones Family and the Hardys all
are considered primarily in those
roles. 1t has been years since Boris
Karloff played in "Frankenstein"
and Bella Lugosi ''Dracula," but the
public still calls them by those names
in real life.
Only star with two character per-
sonalities is Ann Sothern, who has
gained fame both as Maisie and as
Ethel Turp. Fans hail her by both
names. her friends call her Ann
and in formal circles she is Mrs.
Roger Pryor. It's all quite confus-
ing, she admits.
Evening star., 1940-06-10

elation of wifely criticism, there is
story to the effect that Carole
Lombard's reaction to Clark Gables
first twinges of courtship was COW
cred by the observation: What big
ears you have, grandpa" The re-
mark, of course, may be more illus
trative Of Miss Lombards capri
ciousness than of Mr.. Gables faulty
handling of dialogue and situation,
but the sensible attitude for any man
to take is that it is no such thing.
Take it from George Brent,
brought up in the Celtic tradition
of love making and a fair hand at
it, it is a cinch for an actor to give
the impression that the amateur
suitor is a stumble bum who de-
serves a curt no for an answer.
IT'S pretty simple to be dash
ing and debonair with girl on
the SCREEN consoles Brent. It's in
the script. The writer's have
worked for weeks on your lines. If
you get nervous or your voice sud-
denly cracks or goes into a falsetto,
you simply make another take
But in real life, the lighting usually
is bad. fellow has to make up his
lines and read them on the spur OF
the moment, there are no retakes
and the girl is likely to ignore you
or kid you, which spoils your scene.
A bleak state of affairs"
Not so bleak, we hope, as before
the Observation-Disclosures revelations
that suit pressing is tough job
when you're not just acting.
AS an acting team, Margaret
Sullivan and James Stewart could
not call themselves typed If they
wanted to, which they don't. The
Mortal Storm" their latest starring
picture, is as different from their
last, THE Shop Around the Cor
ner,' as it is possible for high
drama and comedy to be.
Phyllis Bottome's grim, deeply
moving story is an account of what
has happened to 100000 souls
under the despotic politics of
mad totalitarian
The picture. next attraction at the
Palace due to shift in dates in
favor of films with a realistic flavor,
will be screened tomorrow.
Speaking of screenings. and maybe
giving away a secret, today's will be
of Slightly Honorable" With COM
edies, it is not always the practice
to screen them for such a small
audience as the critics make; the
idea being that a critic in a sour -puss
mood might feel better if he were
infected with the mirth of a large
audience.
When theater staff feels certain
that comedy has enough in itself
to wipe out the sour-puss mood, the
screening is cinch.
So, the Earle is screening Slight
ly Honorable"
Clyde Mccoy, the Sugar Blues Nc
Coy, will headline the Capitols next
stage bill The three Bennett
sisters. who sing and look lovely at
the same time, will come along
Rachel Field says she got the title
of "All This, and Heaven Too" out
of the family history in which it is
recorded a 18th century ancestor
used to use the expression when he
felt particularly at peace with the
world Fellow who could make
use of the phrase at the moment is
Ray Bolger Back on Broadway
after disastrous two years of get
ting the wrong kind of parts in
Hollywood, the lanky dancer is de-
termined to stay there His
Hollywood contracts are scraps Of
paper which will have blown away
long before Bolger's Broadway ven-
ture, Keep Of the Grass closes.
Evening star., 1940-06-10

excellence and variety. Monsieur B.
should win on the first ballot. That
is why the supply of Boyer never
can equal the Hollywood demand
for it when the script calls for a
chap with a way with a lady.
But what about him in real life?
Well, the story goes that lovely Pat
Patterson. who is Mrs. Boyer, al
ways thought Boyer was merely
sleepy when he dropped his eyelids.
When he does that on the screen,
one of his favorite tricks, it implies
that Boyer is seeing vistas of hap
piness that are just little too bright
for human eyes to look upon.
Evening star., 1940-06-10

Frank McHugh crossed the con-
tinent q times during the years he
played in stock.
Evening star., 1940-06-10
Even Films Expert Lovers
Muff Art on Their Own
Boyer's Dropping Lids, for Instance,
Made Wife Think He Was Sleepy;
Mr.. Brent Explains 1t All
By JAY CARMODY.

Struggle one will be
bit than It'd
Ing for publication shy little thing to the effect
fancy themselves anything but expert in real life
with excerpts from the private distinct professional
several of the great artists in the*
female beguing
VI "ieV hefe Is
Evening star., 1940-06-10

IL was at laSC summer opening, ana
involve not only the Roadside's
familiar cowbell but its prop din
ner bell as we'll. Demands of Con-
gress are the cause. Back in 1887
Representative Claude Parsons of
Illinois inaugurated the season by
pitching in the first gong; in 1898
Representative Harry Englebright of
California performed the honor
Last year each demanded his rights,
necessitating that the dinner bell
be brought out of the prop" room
And this year both will again be on
hand.
The excitement to which these
gentlemen are summoning the audi
ence tonight is play worthy of
joing company with past Road
side melodrama successes, the thea
ter reports. The Sealed Well" has
villain as dastardly as any-a liar
a deceiver and hypocrite, not to
mention being a brute and a would
be murderer.
Paul Messink was to have played
the role, pitching his third Road
side opener, but was seriously in
jured after rehearsal last night in
an automobile accident His place
in The Sealed Well" is being taken
by Norman Rose, who steps up from
another role and spends today re-
hearsing. The show, as it always
must, goes on.
The heroine in this case will be
Edna Evans, a pretty lass who
counts sundry Catholic University
productions, Blackfriars Guild plays
and a trip to the cinema city as the
local Gateway to Hollywood" win
ner in her theatrical experience
Veterans of Roadside experience in
the cast will be Betty Brunstetter,
Larry Lawrence, Natalie Core, Ted
Tiller, Lois Alexander, Florence
Konold and Ralf Nicolson.
Another popular series of hot
weather entertainment events soon
will be with us once again. First
of the 1910 Summer Festivals, joint
ly sponsored as in the past by the
Community Center and Fairgrounds
Department and the Office of ma
tional parks, is scheduled for the
evening of June Is at the Sylvan
Theater Marian Chace and her
dance group appear in the first
event.
Dance, music and operetta will be
featured in the early part of the
summer festival season, with two
dramas scheduled for July, four
more to follow in August.
Determined that the Cross Roads
Theater season will get off to an
impressive start a week from to-
night, Director Howard Wentworth
has evidenced no qualms in the
matter of Juggling his cast about
when he felt an improvement could
be made. Now, however, he feels
the right combination has been
achieved and he has settled down
to only minor harassment as the
opening night nears.
Supporting Catherine Ryan, who
plays the leading role in the COM
edy, Meet the Wife," are Peggy
Johnston, William Draper, Forney
Reese, Rand Gardner, Wilhelmina
Van Slyke, Burt Coleman and
Lowell Goad. Some one of these
we're not sure which, except that
Evening star., 1940-06-10
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Palace-"Lillian Russell" por-
trayed cinematically by Alice Fave:
10:30 m, Ills, 4, $50 and 9:35 pm.
Earle-"Brother orchid" Edward
G. Robinson. from gangdom to
monastery: II am. lao, 4:30, 7:15
and 10 pm. Stage shows: 12:45, $50,
$40 and 9:05 pm.
Capitalization, the Man." on
the screen in the person of Spencer
Tracy: 1890 IN, 1:20, 4:10, I and
CSC pm. Stage shows: 12:35, 1926.
6:15 and 9:10 pm.
Keith's- Irene" film version of
the popular musical, with Anna
Neagle: 1870 am, 1:30, $3.50, $50,
7::30 and $50 pm.
Metropolitan-"Torrid Zone Ann
Sheridan and Jimmy Cagney madly
burlesque their former selves: 11:30
am, 1:35, 3:35, $40, TAO and GAS
pm.
Columbia-"20-M Mule Team" Wal
lace Beery brings home the Borax:
40 am, LAO, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and
9:45 pm.
Little-"The Mill on the Floss"
screen version of the George Eliot
novel: 11:20, 1:25, 3:35, $40, 7:45
and 9:55 pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1940-06-10
In Gargan's Hair

William Gargan's penchant for
haircuts has made him the butt
of a prize Hollywood rib He
goes in for short, well-trimmed
locks. Knowing this, Director s.
Sylvan Simon told him that for
his role in "One Came Home"
Gargan had to have long hair.
Grumbling, the actor grew hair
for three weeks and hasn't trimmed
1t since the film started. He COM
plains his social life is being
ruined. What he won't realize until
the end of the picture is that he
never once takes of his hat and
might just as well have had short
hair.
Evening star., 1940-06-10

YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN
That's Clyde Mccoy, 1uho
brings his orchestra, complete
NTH his SUeet-hot trumpet
and its "Sugar Blues" to the
stage OF the Capitol Theater,
starting this coming Friday.