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Evening star., 1940-08-03
Camden's Big Blaze
In News Spotlight

Camden, N. j., steals the newsreel
spotlight this week, pictures of that
paint factory holocaust proving to
be spectacularly dramatic. Wendell
Willkie is pretty much in evidence
at the Trans-LuX, too, drafting his
acceptance speech in the news por-
ton of the new bill, answering ques-
tions tossed by Clifton Fadiman as
the guest expert on Information
Please"
Europe sends us more pictures.
too. France marks ner Saddest
Bastille Day, with weeping in what
is left of France and with determi-
nation to carry on on the part OF
French soldiers and sailors in
Britain. And there are pictures of
the Chamber of Deputies in meet
ing to vote itself out of existence
that an authoritarian government
might arise. In England, tons of
lumber are destroyed in lumber
yard blaze, Nazi bombers are down.
ed in the Channel, the young
princesses 60 for boat ride on
the Thames, King George reviews
the famed Welsh Guards.
Over here President Roosevelt re-
views our air services. inspects
coastal defenses at Fort Monroe,
while the Rock Island arsenal gets
down to busisess, speeding up tank
and anti-tank gun production. This
is the time OF the year, also, for
that rough water swimming race
at La Jolla, Calf, and for Coney
Islands grandmas' beauty contest.
This is August. H. M.
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Hardy Series Ninth
At Columbia

For the ninth of the adventures
selected to befau Andy Hardy
M-G-M selected that of meeting a
debutante. Not an ordinary rum
of.-the-mine debutante, but some
thing approximating the current
sensation in cafe society. The ex-
perience, an engaging bit of enter
tainment, is narrated under the
straightforward title ANDY Hardy
Meets Debutante," now returned to
the Columbia for a second engage
ment downtown.
Despite the sophisticated locale
provided by New York, the Hardy's
story retains It's homeSpun flavor.
Andy has the same assortment of
ecstasies and miseries, fatherly' love
is called upo's for the same wise
forms of rescue and reproof, and
true love in the form of Judy Gar
land has to put up with the usual
lack of smoothness. 1t all makes
for the kind of hu.nor, pathos, sus-
pense and movement which have
made the Hardy series such a popu-
lar national institution. J.C.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Paramount Signs
Buddy De SYLVIA

Buddy G. De Sylvia, who holds
Broadway's current record as the
producer of this seasons two top
musical comedy hits, has been signed
by Paramount TO a long term con-
tract in. line with the company
announced policy of placing major
stress on film comedies with songs
during the coming year.
The producer of "Du Barry Was a
Lady" and Louisiana Purchase
the est-attended,s shows to hit the
Great White Way this season. has
one more Broadway detail. a Cole
Porter -Herpert Fields musical, ON
his agenda before taking up his new
post in Hollywood
AS Asoonaas his projected musicT
is sd0.trely on The New York boards
in autumn, De Sylvia will transfer
his efforts to the screen and start
Wmk as producer of one of Para
mounts big song and comedy shows.
During his last term as film pro-
drcer he made such successes as
"Yo&>n a Sweetheart" and The
Rage of Paris.'
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of family that had five daughters
for whom it had to find husbands.
The eldest of the daughters was
on-co-operative to the extent of
being fascinated by the abominable
qualities of dour, Sour-pussed, rich,
young Darcy. She would rather
scrap viciously with him than even
consider any other young man, in
spite of the fact that maidens then
were supposed TO be modest TO the
point of inSufferable dumbness. The
acid quality of Miss Austen's writing
around this particular situation is
weakened by the injection of the
merely quaint antics of Mother and
Father Bennett and the other four
members of their solidly feminine
brood. The picture is folksily funny
instead of satirical, as was Miss
Austen.
That probably will be all right,
however, in view of the fact that
Miss Carson gets her best chance
to act since she captured the coun-
try's heart with her portrait of
Mrs. Chips. No Mrs. Chips is she
as the pretty, waspish Elizabeth, but
she is in nice spot to evoke the
sympathy of audiences. Her talent
is quite as ample as the opportunity.
The stage upon which M-G-M
has placed Miss Carson and other
members of its expensive and cap
able cast is very impressive thing.
1t gives one the feeling of looking
at something rich, old and peaceful,
three qualities remarkably missing
from most of the things in sight
today. The houses in which the
running fight between the two main
romantic figures is conducted, and
the incidental one of Mother Ben
nett to find husbands for the other
girls, are spacious and inviting. The
big ball which is charmingly cos
TUNED man-hunt is a social affair
the like of which the world Is the
poorer for losing. The lawn party,
Spiced by an almost understanding
moment between the acidulous TO-
mantle pair, is as pretty thing
as the heart ever longed for. In
fewer and briefer words, Pride
and Prejudice" is mounted excel
lently.
While the picture primarily be-
longs to Miss Carson, it is replete
with competent acting. In the role
of the dark, boorish Darcy, Olivier
gives performance Of a cut that
will please the fans he won with
"Wuthering Heights" and "Rebec-
ca" More happily remembered,
however, will be some of the rich.
lesser comedy performances. Among
these are Mary Boland's portrait
OF the f1ustered mamma of the
Bennett girls, the casually mock
ing father played by Edmund
Gwen, the intellectual. bespectacled
daughter brought off SO well by
Marsha Hunt, the fiuttery suitor as
played by Melville Cooper and the
snooty Lady Catherine de Bourgh
played by Edna May Oliver.
The adaptation of Pride and
Prejudice for screen purposes car
rieS the illuStrouS name of Aldous
Huxley, also that of Jane Murfin,
who is very well trained in the
art of movie writing. Mr.. Huxley,
| therefore, will be somewhat longer
| delayed in his ambition to write a
movie all by himself. The great
moyie-going public probably won't
give the matter single thought
while making its neat escape from
the present through Pride and
Prejudice"
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sary no further justification for 60
ing to the Palace this week.
Adapting Helen Jerome's play
from Austen's novel to the screen,
amiable Robert z. Leonard decided
upon an expansive retelling of the
story. There will be many a critic,
including this one, to tell him it was
mistake, that having decided to
emphasize the romance between
Elizabeth Bennett miss CARSON
and stuffy, snooty Mr.. Darcy (Oh-
vier>. he might better have stuck to
1t. Huge Mr.. Leonard however, will
have the argument that if the
spreading process slows his pic
ture, it nevertheless gives a compre-
hensive view of the quantity humor-
Gus family life of that time.
AS it comes off in its present form,
pride and Prejudice" is the story
Evening star., 1940-08-03

HAdlIy PiOVloCS tllC OdChSTOuilu lOT
the new picture at the Capitol, "The
Man I Married." a title which might
conceivably mean almost anything,
but which really is just an innocuous
substitute for II Married a Nazi,"
the name of the story from which 1t
was adapted.
"The Man I Married" Is the ac-
count of some rather turbulent mo-
ments in the life of a pretty young
art critic, who accompanies her Ger
man husband to his homeland, ,nly
to see him there become an en-
thusiastic stooge to the sig He'll"
hysteria. His decision to remain in
Germany is no special problem for
the lass, his development of that
amazing, insane NaZi ego turning
him into such heel that it eventu-
ally exhausts even her patience,
which is almost unbounded.
Her husbands desire to keep their
young son in Berlin, where he can
grow up to be a loyal party member,
is a problem, however. But it would
be considerably more dramatic one
II The Man I Married" did not
have about it the faint odor of a
patty contrived piece of magazine
fiction. You know the author is
going to fit his little pieces together
neatly until he arrives at happy
ending
Still, though it lacks suspense,
"The Man Married" does manage
to be rather engrossing. For one
thing, Director Irving Pichel and
Oliver H. p Garrett, who adapted
Oscar Schisgalls story, have man
aged to inject some lightness into the
yarn, quality notable by its alb
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Curtiz Will Direct
Next Cagney Film

"John Paul Jones'" James Cagney's
next starring picture after "City for
Conquest" will be directed by Mich
ael Curtiz, Warner Bros. announce.
Curtiz is directing Enrol Flynn in
Santa Fe Trail at the moment.
Production on the story of the
American naval hero will begin
when the current work is completed.
Cagney, meanwhile, will vacation at
his Martha's Vineyard home.
Most of John Paul Jones" will
be filmed on the "roofed ocean"
stage st Warmers, which was first
used for THE Sea Hawk"
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Keith's Keeps
'Rarnparts'
Second Week
Democracy Enacts
A Vivid Drama
For Camera

The groupings of democracy toward
a decision on how to survive would
seem an impossibly difficult theme
for a movie. That they were not
impossibly difficult is evident cur
rently at Keith's, where "The Ram
parts We Watch" is engrossing au-
diences in fashion which justifies
its being called the most important
picture in a decade. Out of the
facts of life-and its implied COR
relative, death-March of Times
Louis de Rochemont has made an
inspiring, challenging and timely
picture. 1t is that must" picture
for which the word should have
been saved instead of being squan-
dered on the pretty, deceptive make
believe of so many other movies.
To illuminate the darkness which
hovers over Americas furious pro-
gram for defense, De Rochemont's
picture seeks the light of the past.
1t shows how a typical American
community in the years of 1914
1918 went about making the fateful
decision between might and right
and how, having made that de-
cision, it carried it out with such
encouraging success.
AS different in method as it is in
theme, The Ramparts We Watch"
has the realism of a newsreel. This
quality, which SO vastly heightens
its drama, is enhanced by the en-
ployment of non-professionals in
the vast majority of its 1,400 roles.
It's housewives are just housewives,
its clergymen are clergymen, ETC.;
a group which looks and acts pre-
cisely like the Americans who are
making the greatest decision in the
Nations history. J.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
InMe,noriam

A musical program honoring the
memory of Carl A. Droop will be
given tomorrow afternoon at 2:15
o'clock at the Peal institute, Ninth
and Water streets NV. Those who
will appear Aln solo nembers are
Prof. james w. Cox, Master 5llian
Johnson of &e Rs'ice R,ys' Club,
Mae j. Richardson, Princess Mae
Johnston, Gabrielle Pelham, DR..
Anna Green and the ST. Georges
String Quartet. Moe j. Richardson
Is in charge of the arrangements.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Osa johnson
Tells Story
OF Her Life
Film of L Married
Adventure Is
AT the Met

The pictorial accounts of their ad-
ventures in far-off places, which Osa
johnson and her husband, the late
Martin johnson, have brought back
to us from time to time have always
proved highly engrossing. They
have showed knack for turning a
pot-shot at some wild beast into a
highly dramatic encounter. They
have made the jungles of Africa at
once dangerous and alluring and as
familiar as your own back yard (as
familiar as your back yard is to you,
not us).
Now. inspired by Mrs. Johnson's
story of her life along adventurous
trails, Il Married Adventure" CO.
lumbia has gathered together the
motion picture record Of that life
and you will find it at the Metropoli-
tan under the same title. You also
will find II Married Adventure"
heartily recommended right here,
as an exceedingly diverting escape
from the affairs of more civilized
sectors of the face of the globe.
Martin and Osa johnson took a
motion picture camera along when
they embarked on their first jaunt
to far-off lands. following Jack Lon
don's trail to the South Seas. And
so here are some of those pictures
they made, pictures of the head
hunters they met, an account of
failure on their first trip to Borneo.
Then there are the African safaris,
first on foot, then by automobile,
finally by airplane, at last another
successful trip to BorneC.
You no doubt have seen some of
the pictures before, but there still is
deal of drama in some of these
encounters of the Johnsons with
jungle wild life, man and beast. And
the screen hasn't had a better
comedy scene in weeks than this one
wherein pair of pygmies try to
light a cigar; they try and try.
Evening star., 1940-08-03

sence In other films dealing with
this blight on the earth. The young
wife's attitude toward Nazidom is
familiar American one, of humor
touched with bitterness or vice
versa. There's the Condor legion,
just back from Spain," says Francis
Lederer enthusiastically as they
watch a military review. Doesn't
it give you a boot?" Yeah" growls
Miss Joan Bennett. Right in the
stomach" You should be pleased,
too, by the husbands reaction when
his wife picks up an American corre-
spondent's nickname for Hitler, calls
him "Schickie."
There are dark moments, too
Czechs being forced to clean gar
bage from the streets, for instance
and there's a tellingly dramatic
prelude to a Hitler speech, tympani
pounding a mass meeting into hys-
terra. But "The Man l Married"
is interesting because it is the sort
OF propaganda with which you agree
and to which, therefore, you listen
eagerly, not because it is suspense
full drama.
In addition to Miss Benefits and
Mr.. Lederer's, there are some other
familiar faces here-those of Lloyd
Nolan, Maria Ouspenskaya Can
enemy of the Nazis for a second
time) and Otto Kruger, especially
and one less familiar one-Anna
Stems. The lass on whom Goldwyn
spent a million returns slim and
looking just like Elisabeth Bergner;
you'd never know her. Lionel Royce
Is still Gestapo thug, too, just to
make everything familiarly au-
thenic.
Hollywood Horsefeathers" is the
title of the Capito's stage show
this week, revue in which the
Rhythm Rockets dance their little
tootsies off. Especially do they
dance to ditty entitled "Juke
Joint Jive,' which is Gene Ford's
newest contribution to the spirit
of swing and which you will no
doubt be hearing around.
The Rockets supporting company
includes George Beatty, who has
brought those jokes back to town
with him: Saul Grammar and Co,
the Co. being four girls who dance
on that "Stairatone":: Jimmy Lack
more, harmonicist, and Martin
and Allen, gymnasts. There was
noise like bones crunching when
these two were on yesterday after
noon, but it turned out to be only
microphone out of hand.
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local audiences have come to admire

local audiences have come to admire
endlessly
Radios Yvette, who sings torchily,
occupies the next largest number
of minutes on the program, and does
it pleasantly. There is also the
acrobatics of Franklin D'Amore,
good; the dog act of Gil and Bernie
Mason, not so good; and Sing a
Song With Mike" which is more
darned fun every week The Roxy
cites routines are routine, not those
spectacular acrobatics which no one
could do every week. J. C.
Evening star., 1940-08-03

pEAUvILLE FOOD SHOP. 1929 Conn. Ave
Delicious sott-Shell crabs, excellent cold
salads. fancy drinks. AIT condltloned.
Open a. m. TO 3 am. Home atmosphere.
MADRILLON RESTAURANT, Washington
Building, 18th and New York Ave. The
favorite place TO dine, the popular place
to dance.
yENE'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT. 1877 De
Sales ST., opposite Mayffower Hotel. Spe-
cializing in ravioli and spaghetti Phone
Sterling 1898.
SHOREHAM TERRACE. Conn. at Calvert.
Dining and dancing. Two shows, 9:3o and
1l:30. Dinner Saturday, S2.2J, including
cover. Supper cover. 81, plus tax. AID. 07oo.
MARYLAND CLUB GARDENS, on Marlboro
Pike. Featuring Nadine and her coed
band. De luxe dinner Sl.25. Dancing
until . o'clock. Phone Hillside 06O0.
THE NIGHTINGALE. Richmond Hgwy., 3ls
Mi. south of Alex. Dancing 9:30 to l
nightly including Sunday. Sweet swing by
Radd RatfelS Orchestra. Temple 4640.
HAY-ADAMS HOUSE.-OverlO0king White
House at 10th and ii SITS. Dining in an
atmosphere of charm, dignity and gem
tility. Luncheon. S5c; dinner from Sl.25.
Organ music nightly during dinner
RAINBOW ROOM, Hamilton Hotel, 1Ith
at X. Cocktail and dinner dancing, 5-s;
supper dancing to Milt Davis Orchestra,
10-1. Min. Saturday only, 81 DI. $3.50
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a reasonably en-
tertaining flash
back to a period
" h i C h W a S
q u a j n t ly and
charmingly ig-
norant of dive
bombers, para
chute troops, 30
ton tanks, etc.
The appeal of its
period, together
with the pres
ence of Olivier,
Miss Carson and
m a ny OF h e r
skilled mimicS in
1t. makes neceS-
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Sparkling Comedy Brightens
Earle's New Program
My Love Came Back Has Spirit
And Tempo of Viennese Waltz;
Red Shelton Heads Stage Bill

the the best the
nothing
human
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pride and Prejudice Teams
Bright Romantic Stars
Miss Austens Enduring Novel Makes
Effective Romantic Comedy Vehicle
For Olivier and Miss Carson
BY JAY CARMODY.

When Jane Austen wrote it in 1898 Pride and Prejudice
humorousy
especially their of being shocked
intelligence vehicle
1910, the thing a
cenng spirited progressive girl and
Evening star., 1940-08-03
In the Country.

Cross ROads-"Fallen Angels" :"
Noel Coward comedy: $40 pm.
Roadside-"The Frog" mystery
thriller in the Edgar Wallace man
ner: $40 pm.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Doctrines Of the Nazi
Are Not So Hotsy~Tots
That's What Joan Bennett Finds
In The Man | Married. New
Picture at the Capitol
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

Now that the nations not in the market for its films
anyhow, Hollywood right public
Schkeerub without again brave Darryl
Z who recently eaped the defense
with his
poison that nhamed
Evening star., 1940-08-03

Rosemary Lane has pair of
cork-soled shoes that lift her six
inches nearer the ceiling.
Evening star., 1940-08-03

bOorlSh young man out OF Whom She
has to kick the stuffinesS. The
change does not keep it from being
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Winter Play Areas Urged
By Capt. Hugh Groves

Establishment by the city of
winter recreation centers was urged
by Capt. Hugh. H. Groves of the
Eleventh Police precinct last night
in an address before the Southeast
Council of Citizens Associations.
Such sport areas, under proper
supervision, would eliminate the
danger to children who now use
highways for their shedding, he said.
Capt. Groves declared that the po-
lice force has inadequate personnel
to ensure safety when streets are
used as winter Fairgrounds.
He asserted that such Govern
ment-owned areas as Fort Dupont
and Fort Davis, and areas now un-
der private ownership. should be
turned into Fairgrounds similar to
those provided for warm weather
recreation. In response to his plea,
the council passed two resolutions.
The first urged the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission to
consider plans for such areas in
conjunction with council commit
tees.
The second resolution authorized
appointment of a council commit
tee to study the question with Capt.
Groves. Members appointed in
clude J. j. McGregor, William A.
Duvall, w. T. Tucker, Ural Fisher,
w. J. Smith, M. T. Warren, c. A.
Barker and William A. Maio.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Roosevelt
Continued From First Page.)

health and education, the extension
of social security to larger groups,
the freeing Of large areas from re-
stricted transportation discrimina-
tions, the extension Of the merit
system, etc. But he made no spe-
cific proposals with regard to them.
He may deal with them, of course,
in later messages to Congress.
Appeals for Trade Pacts.
Declaring that one of the chief
contributing causes of the wars
abroad was blind economic selfish
ness in most countries, including our
own" the President made a particu-
lar plea for the continuance of the
reciprocal trade agreements with
other nations-the pet policy of Sec
retary of State Cordell Hull The
trade agreement program, he in
sisted, may well prove to be of ex-
treme aid in working out a lasting
peace.
Asserting that he, like George
Washington, was against "entang-
ling foreign alliances" the President
said trade cooperation with the
rest of the world does not violate
that precept in any way"
The President laid to the need for
additional national defense expen-
ditures over period of several years
"a very large portion of our Treas
ury deficits"
This year." he continued, II am
asking the Congress for Army and
Navy increases which are based not
on panic but on common sense"
These are the only increases, he
said, which will appear in the an
nual budget which he sends to
Congress tomorrow. Practically all
other important items will show q
decrease, he said, and expressed a
hope that the Federal deficit may
be reduced.
Dewey Charge Recalled.
He devoted part of his message to
the problem of unemployment, to
which, he said, I'VE recognize we
must find an answer in terms OF
work and opportunity"
In this connection the PreSiden
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policemen carefully scanned admis-
sion cards and passes.

policemen carefully scanned admlS"
sion cards and passes.
Perhaps because of the severe re-
strictions, the House galleries were
only about two-thirds full. Most OF
the spectators were women.
Speaker Asked for Credentials.
In a bit of horseplay preceding
the convening of the House, Capitol
and Metropolitan police stopped
Speaker Bankhead at barrier and
made him show his credentials.
The Speaker fumbled in his pocket
for minute, then drew a card of
admission to the House gallery. The
officers, laughing, let him pass, then
made Col. E. w. Startling show his
commission as chief of the White
House secret service detail before
they would admit him to the en-
closure through which the President
would later pass.
The special details for the pro-
lection of the President and men,
bers of Congress were under the
direct supervision of Kenneth
Romney, sergeant at arms of the
House, who for several days spent
much of his time in conference with
officials of the Metropolitan Police
Department and the Secret Service.
Inspector Bernard w. Thompson.
chief of the Detective Bureau, even
went to the trouble of sketching q
diagram of every post in the House
wing of the Capitol where his men
were stationed to avoid any con-
fusion over assignments.
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appeared to be making a reply to the
recent charge by Thomas E. Dewey
of New York, candidate for the Re-
publican presidential nomination,
that the New Deals policy toward
unemployment and youth has been
one of "defeatism."
ITO face the task of finding jobs
faster than invention can take them
away-is not defeatism," said the
President. ITO warble easy platitudes
that if we will go back to ways that
have failed, everything will be all
rights not courage. We met a
problem of real fear in 1888. We
faced the facts-with action, not
with words"