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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31
Visiting Army Officers
Give Luncheon in Honor
Of Gen. Marshall
Argentine Ambassador Entertains
At Dinner for Gen. Guillermo Mohr;
Gen. and Mrs. Miles Are Hosts

Latin held of the social yesterday
with fees the visiting officers The visitors them
hosts at luncheon yesterday when they honoed the Chief
u Marshall who has been their host dur
Chief
Army.
dinner the Argentine
bassador Fiipe Espil
luncheon visiting officers
reception which Sherman Miles Chief of Military
telgence, gave
College.
Decorated
With Flags of Latin Nations.
the South American nations represented by the visiting Of
cers the ballroom for the by and Mrs
also used
decorate the club.
they arrived by Col Charles
ballroom
Standing with the host and hostess Mrs Marshall
took standing in the line
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31

(See WEDDINGS, Page BAD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26
You Can't Fool Us, Jolson,
You Know It's g Hit
And So Does Every One Else Who Sees
Long Absent Stars Return to
Gotham in Lavish Stage Musical
BY JAY CARMODY,
Drama Editor of The Star.


Periodically at the Shuber
Unless Joon has deaf
getting headu of ideas from the innocent little hambes
of a book which the thing s:------
earsfu Indian ,ou, s,o,;oL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26

thing is going It's going to make
| him richer.
Ten years absence from Broadway
has done nothing to Jolson's sense
of showmanship. He still is able to
dope ii out that if you work like
a Trojan, yourself. hire a wild
dervish- like coincidence like Martha
Rave. a sweet and lovely dancer
like Eunice Healy, mad jewish
Indian thing like Bert Gordon,
grotesque dancer like Gil Lamb, and
a gorgeous chorus, the people will
love it. That is precisely what the
people do. even to the point OF
forgiving the book of Hold On TO
Your Hats" for not even trying
to write such variously talented
people into any sensible relation
ship or logical action.
The musical is not 10 minutes
old indeed before JolSon demon
strates the book is one that can be
put down at any time by taking a
comfortable chair down to the foot
lights and chatting with the audi
ence. Not even freside chatting
equals Jolson's in intimacy. Before
it ends, even youngsters who have
grown up TO s440 theater seats in
the last decade are introduced to
/ the charm that used TO hold au-
diences in stitches 10 years ago.
From there on. things began to
happen in a fashion which justifies
the title, which is not exactly
modest in its implications of en-
tertainment.
Most moving of the lot is when
Jolson steps out as Al Jolson to
run through a cavalcade of songs
which amounts TO almost an auto
biography of the man. He starts
off with "Sewanee, remember that?
From there he goes on to April
Showers, You Made Me Love You"
Nanny could you forget IT'D
and works the audience virtually to
a hysteria with that often initiated,
inimitable Sonny Boy" If people
didn't know at the time what
great world it was from 1925 to
1929, they know when JolSon sings
his songs.
Ever a man Of good sense, Jolson
knows enough to give his subordi-
mates their innings. That is espe-
cially true of Martha Raye.
bouncing girl from Hollywood. who
is willing to carry her quest for
laughs to such violence she must be
a constant worry for the compensa-
ton insurance people. Miss Raye's
antics, including several localized
falls, literally wiring admiration
from an audience.
Funniest thing in the show, for
our money, even if We did get in on
a pass, is Gordon. The vaudeville
and radio comedian, possessed of
the palm-leaf fan ears, roves
through Hold On to Your Hats"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

National-"New Pins and Needles "
up-to-date version of the Labor
Stage revue: $40 pm.
Screen.
Palace-"Foreign Correspondent
melodrama and adventure by Mr.
Hitchcock: 10:45 am, 1:25, 4:10, $50
and 9:35 pm.
Capitol-''Haunted Honeymoon,
three on a honeymoon, one dead:
IL am, 1:45, 4:30, tbs and 9:55 pm
Stage shows: 1880, 3:35, $40 and
COS pm.
Keith's-"Hired Wife" romantic
comedy with Rosalind Russell: Ills
am, 1:20, 1925. $50, 7:35 and 9:4o
pm. March of Time: /, sos, $40
tbs and $40 pm.
Columbia-"Mystery Sea Raider,
timely melodrama: II, 1:55, 1855
5:55, 7:50 and $50 pm.
Earle-"The Towards of Virginia,
film adaptation of Tree of Liberty:
1890 am, 1:20, 4:10, and 9:55 pm
Stage shows: 1875, 1928, $40 and
9:10 pm.
MetropOlitan-"He Stayed fol
Breakfast" comedy romance rib
bling Communism: lilo am, lis
800, $50, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Little - THE Lady Vanishes.'
Hitchcock at his best: l1:10 m, l
2:45, 4:30, els, 8 and $50 pm.
Trans Lux - News and shorts
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26

yesterday afternoon via long distance
telephone from Hollywood to the
Capitol Theater ONCE of Carter Bar
ron, division manager for loves,
Inc. And because Mr.. Barron was
paying the toll charges, in the hope
that some mention might be made In
the public prints of the Hitchcock
directed Foreign Correspondent"
opening today at the Palace, 1t was
all right to allow Mr.. Hitchcock to
speak at any length he desired.
Three thousand odd miles of cop
per wire proved no barrier to the
fellow whose name has become q
synonym for cinematic suspense and
he took in stride the first question,
a request for 4 definition from
headquarters of the Hitchcock
touch" now that every one else has
had a hand at defining it.
Il think audiences must be made
to suffer" says Mr.. Hitchcock read
lily. Some directors feel they should
make people laugh or cry. but feel
they ought to be irritated, to be
annoyed; 1 try to play upon emo
tons OF that sort.
Apprehension is the key to the
technique" Mr.. Hitchcock reports,
land there are several kinds. Usually
it is apprehension for the hero. fear
for his safety" His example Of this
is scene in Foreign Correspond
ent," wherein a nefarious chap has
every intention of showing Joel
McCrea from a cathedral tower.
(See MACARTHUR. Pare CD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26
Let the Audiences Suffer,
Says Alfred Hitchcock
He Defines the Hitchcock Touch;
Three More Set for National;
Lady Vanishes' at Little Again
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

HARRY MACARTHUR.
Alfred Hitchcock also has theory about making motion pictures
He thinks people pictures by
served them well talking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26
Murder Books

Basil Rathbone, who plays a So
ciety doctor with murder complex
in Paramount's Destiny has kept
his own homicide books, which
chronicle the part played by Rath-
bone in committing or supervising
81 motion picture Sayings during
his II years as star villain. In "Des-
tiny" Rathbone adds three more
chapters to his book, making his
sixteenth, seventeenth and eight
eench woman victims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26

as a Jewish Indian, now slapstick,
now suave, always funny. Get set
for something fine when you hear
his part in a trio vocal number
with Jolson and Miss Raye, a wacky
thing called Down on the Dude
Ranch"
Miss Healy's sensational dancing
which Washington has seen at the
Capitol Theater-is one for which
the Jolson show has too little time.
She is allowed but one number in
his special field, a brilliant thing
Compensation comes, however, in
the form Of her singing the best
song in the show with Jack Whit
ing, the other half Of the love in
terest in the piece. The World
Was in My Arms" it's called. and
every one will be humming it before
Columbus Day, or sooner.
X
Speaking of the music, which is
not the best all-around score a
show ever had, it is the work of
Burton Lane, music, and E. Y
Harburg, lyrics. 1t gives Jolson a
chance to sing some new as well
as old songs. The former include
would You Be So Kindly,
There's Great Day Coming, Ma
mana" and a couple of others in
the Jolson groove. There are
enough tunes left over after the
principals have been served to pro-
vide for two slick trios. the Radio
Aces and the Tanner sisters.
Hollywood itself could not have
done more lavish job of setting
and dressing the show than that
done by Paoul Pene Du Bots. 1t
will knock your eye out.
Remember us kindly for forget
ting to tell YOU the story around
which the whole thing revolves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26

METRONOME ROOM Wardman Park Hotel.
Conn. Ave. at WOOdley Rd. Grant Thomp-
sons Orchestra. Dancing 10 to 2. Sat,
9:3O-1 30 Min. 81. SatS 81 80 co. 1000.
LOTUS RESTAURANT. 14th at n. Y. Ave.
3 shows daily. l. 7:30 and IL 30. 2 or
chestras. Bill Strickland's. The Continental
Trio. Dancing and entertainment pm.
to / 80 am.
SHOREHAM BLUEROOM, Connecticut at
Calvert. Dining and dancing. Two floor
shows $40 and 1870. Dinner. So 90. in
Guiding cover. Supper cover. soc. AID. 0100
MADRILION RESTAURANT, washington
Building, 18th and New York Ave. The
favorite place TO dine, the popular place
10 dance
RAINBOW ROOM, Hamilton Hotel, 18th
at X. Cocktail and dinner dancing, 80;
supper dancing to Milt Davis Orchestra,
10-1. Min. Saturday only 81. DI. $50.
HAY-ADAMS HOUSE-Overlooking White
House at 10Th and SITS. Dining in an
atmosphere of charm, dignity and gem
tility. Luncheon, S5c; dinner from S1.25
Organ music nightly during dinner.
CARLTON HOTEL New Cosmos Room. 10th
and X SITS. Me. 2626. Music by Ben Young
and his M. c. A orch. Dancing 81 and 10
TO 2. Min. 81 80 after 10 pm. except Sat. s..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26

by JOlSOn and a
talented, e n r
getic company,
tw eyesful o f
lovely girls and
expensive dress
ing, and a heart
full of nostalgia.
Those are t h e
ingredients, a ii
i n proper pro-
portion, of a hit.
Therefore, don I
let Jolson fool
you with a n y
implied doubt in
h is oW n mind
about how t h e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26
Parallel Routes

Grace Macdonald. now appearing
in Paramount's Dancing on a
Dime" and Patricia Morrison were
classmates in the New York singing
school Of Lehman Byck. Both were
discovered for films while playing
roles in Broadway musicals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26

EUREKA. Calf. R).-The whal-
ing station at Fields Landing has
discovered it has a tourist attrac-
ton. All day one or more whales
are on display. Cutting up the blub-
Der is done under floodlights at
night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26
Perennial Corpse

Sir Cedric Hardwicke. the heavy
in Paramounts flmization of the
Joseph Conrad novel, Victory" has
been killed off in every one Of his
latest eight pictures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26

Avalon 56I2 Conn Ave. NV.
| AVhLON WO. $500
ALLAN JONES MARTHA RAVE in
| TIE Rows FROM SYRACUSE" At
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26

ased. but it is getting two earsful
pretty song and bouncing comedy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26
District Attorney

BY actual count, Walter Abel has
played more district attorney roles
than any other screen actor. He
appeared in 20 such parts in the
course of three years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26
Most Beautiful

Madeleine Carroll has been called
the screens most beautiful" by
more artists and experts than any
other feminine. player.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
INTERMEZZ0
TO SHOW HERE
Howard, Bergman And Best
Are Stars Of Royal
Picture

Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman
and Edna Best are the starring
trio in David o. Selznicks new ro-
mantle drama, ~"Intermezzo, a Love
Story" which begins a two-day en-
gagement at the Royal theatre on
Wednesday through United Artists
release. The strong cast support
ing the stars includes John Halli-
day, Cecil Kellaway, Eleanor Wes-
selhoeft, as we'll as the two well
known juvenile players-Ann Todd,
aged six, and Douglas Scott, aged
thirteen. The latter named pair
portray the roles Of Leslie Towards
and Edna Best's children in the
production.
"Intermezzo, a Love Story" is a
drama about a great %violinist, who
in remembering his youth and the
happy days when he was first mar
ried, believes that he has fallen in
love again with a younger and more
beautiful woman. He persuades her
to become his a~ccompanist on a
triumphant concert tour, leaving
his family behind while he and his
sweetheart travel all ove Europe.
After months Of gay and exciting
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04

living in all the capitals of the con.
tinent, the pair suddenly realize
that they cannot go on drifting
through life. How they solve their
problem and the girls course of &C
ton provide a thrilling and poig'
nant climax.
Gregory Ratoff, one of Holly
woods leading megaphonists, dt
rected "Intermezzo, a Love Story
from the screenplay written by
George O'Neil and based on an orr
ginal story by Gustav Molander an6
Costa Stevens. "IntermeZZo" intro
duces the beautiful and blonde In
grid Bergman to American audi
ences for the first time. Miss Berg
man, who is one of Europe's mos
popular young actresses, portray:
the role of the other woman il
"Intermezzo, a Love Story" witt
Leslie Howard playing the violinis
and Edna Best his wife.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
Social Security Rules
Explained By Jeffreys

Workers in Southeastern North
Carolina who were IS before 1887
need social security account mum.
bers, George w. Jeffreys, manager
Of the Wilmington office of the. So
cial Security board, said yesterday.
Jeffreys said this applies to men
and women past IS who work in
factory, shop, mill, foundry, store,
hotel, laundry, theatre, bank, or in
some other job that under the
old-age and survivors insurance
system.
The law has been changed, he
said, SO that wages these workers
received since the beginning of the
year 1889 can be credited to their
wage record.
1.-THE Social Security board must
know their name and account mum,
Der in order to open a social Sc
curity account for them. Before the
end of the month employers mus
send in their government wage re
ports.
From these reports the amour
of wages paid to each insured worker
will be transferred to his own in
dividual account on the books o
the Social Security board. Be sur,
that you have a social security mum
Der; and be sure that each employee:
for whom you worked, last year
knows your account number" JET
freys said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
BICKFORD MOVIE
WILL SHOW HERE
Thou Shalt Not kip Will
Play At Royal Theatre
On Friday

"Thou Shalt Not KILL" scheduled
to open Friday at the Royal thea
tire, with Charles Bickford in the
lead, presents a compelling portray
al of life in a small town, with its
prejudices and narrow beliefs. These
threaten to undermine the charac.
tiers of a sensitive lad who is saved
only through the efforts and wis
dom of the local minister.
Young Allen Stevens - played
by Owen Davis, Jr.-is ostracized
by the young people. of Freedom
who has been born and bred in the
city and has but lately come to
live in his mothers home town.
Because he is lonely, he seeks
the companionship of Julie, who
is also an "~outsider" by reason of
her lowly position as bar maid in
a questionable resort on the out
skirts of the town.
Influenced by the local minister,
Reverend Chris, he becomes inter-
ested in Mary, a wholesome mice
girl" and seeks to break with
Julie. Then Julie is murdered, IN
der circumstances which place the
long finger of suspicion on Allen.
Allen is in the shadow of the
electric chair when Reverend Chris
receives the confession Of a man
who believes he is dying. The
parish priest is away, and the
Reverend learns that this man
committed the crime with which
Allen is charged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
IF Mice And Men, Will
oenAtCarolin Monday
L. steinbeck's Story Is
'' Ea;thfully Reproduced
In Film Version

=, one who had read the book
No G4' was first published, ever
shen n see John Steinbeck's
a%psc ,Tice and Men, appear as a
"Ot NV was too daring a subject,
fin. II With a stark reality that
rsatea of in films. And yet a
vas .sion true to the very spirit
fin snbeck's finest novel, will
o. s' :s appearance tomorrow at
make - r theatre and proved
the . aaain that the screen is more
once AL than the printed word.
p ,orful" describes "Of Mice
.fo NTena accurately. Directed by
sh ilis MI limestone with his genius of
Lewis The most out Of his mate
get'lH sof Mice and Men" brings
rial, . cast that is, without ex-
with unusually excellent. Bur-
cFpliV Meredith, Betty Field, Lon
CESS r.. Charles Bickford, Ro-
CA&ie pobnen are the top names In
this cast
=, dangerous film material because
ed uan Of an aspect Of American
IT,. D tbat is known to few-the lives
lie IlN .bindle stiffs," or migratory
Of 'H' ,onds. who wander from
raHsh to ranch doing seasonal work,
1% 'D.rs hoping that some day they
al \, t.ve ranches of their own.
VIZ s,aciallv, the story is of an abid-
psr;endship between two of these
,%anelsss, friendless men Lennie,
i'aa bylking and not too bright,
a au5 George, small, alert, and the
a aro+actor of his large companion.
ghair fellow ranch hands are a
I,o+lev crew, cast with a consum-
nste skill by Milestone. Charles
Clifford as the understanding lead
ID mon whose wisdom the others
Ssnend; Roman Bohnen as the one
arn,ed oldster with a pathetic wish
IN live on his own, away from the
ssrcb. these are just two of the
aanv unusually excellent lesser per-
enhances in "Of Mice and Men,"
Bmr il is the three leading char
,c-srs that make this picture one
hat will win applause throughout
.he country. Betty Field-a rising
s-sr who has only played schoolgirl
roIss in films until now-turns in a
~nsrformance as the puzzled, unhap-
nv wife of the ranch owners son
that is startling in its depth and
intensity. Burgess Meredith, as
George, the protector Of Lennie, has
tanned all his previous stage and
screen transformations with the
realism he gives this role and Lon
CLANCY, Jr., proves himself a true
| son of his gifted actor-father. Taken
all in all, Hal Roach's "Of Mice and
Men" is an experience that no film
fan should miss.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
Heading North Will
Show At Bijou Theatre

In "Headin' North" Tiffany's
newest Trem Carr production fea-
turing the popular Bob Steele,
which plays at the Bijou theatre
Friday and Saturday is an action
story of the real west, the old-time
frontier saloons lamps come in for
their share of glory. In fact, they
motivate the plat to quite a large
extent when their pressure tank is
tempered with at a dramatic mo-
ment. The lights aren't shot out
with a gun in this-they're turned
out at the right moment by a con-
venient accomplice.
"Headin' North" featuring Bar
bara Luddy and a strong cast, is di-
rected by j. P. Mccarthy.
The program also includes a car
toon and the current chapter of
"The Phantom Crceps."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
GINGER ROGERS
FILM IS BILLED
Fifth Avenue Girl To Play
AT Bijou Theatre
On Monday

Said to be even funnier than her
recent Bachelor Mother" Ginger
Rogers new RKO Radio starring
vehicle, Fifth Avenue Girl" Genes
to the screen Of the Bijou theatre
Monday with the famous comedien.
ne in the role of an unemployed
girl who takes the job of bringing a
rich and careless family to it's col
lective senses.
The job Is forced on her by the
nominal head of the family, a mil
lionaire manufacturer who Is get
ting fed up with the selfishness and
Indifference Of his wife and chill
dren. He brings the sidewalk Gin
derella to stay as a guest in his pa
latial but morguelike Fifth Avenue
mansion, letting his Mortified rela-
tives believe he intends to marry
the girl as soon as his wife has Sc
cured the divorce she is secretly
planning.
The mother does her best to drive
the intruder away; the deb" daugh-
t r is in love with the social-con-
scious family chauffeur, seeks the
girls aid and advice; the son, be-
lieving her to be an outright gold
digger. endeavors to break up the
fancied affair between her and his
father. And the father, delighted
with the outcome of his scheme,
finds he is once more being looked
upon as a man instead of as a bank
account.
How the plan works out, with its
expected and unexpected results
makes for the gay ending to the pic
ture. Miss Rogers, Of course, plays
the role Of the fixer-upper, and Wal.
ter Connolly that of the harassed
millionaire. Tim Holt and Kathryn
Adams are seen as the son and
daughter, respectively, Of the
family, James Ellison az the chauf.
feur and Verree Teasdale as the
wife, while Franklin Pangborn, Fee
rike Boros, Theodore Won Eltz and
Louis Calhern have important sup
porting roles.
A Pathe novelty and the latest
Paramount News r also on the
program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
In Name Only Will
Show At Bijou Here

The eternal triangle is analysed,
refurbished and re-assembled in q
sparkling, stimulating guise in I'm
Name Only" which will be the at.
traction at the Bijou theatre Thurs-
day.
"In Name Only is particularly
notable for its stellar cast, which
includes Carole Lombard, Cary
Grant, and Kay Francis, an UNI
matched aggregation of talent this
season. Their roles in this stirring
dramatic entertainment are a startl.
ing departure from their recent
characterizations, but reminiscent of
their early, fame-winning p~ortraXals.
Miss Francis and Grant are cast
as an unhappily welded pair, she
a .money-hungry socialite who mar
ried Grant only for the luxurious
life his wealth could afford her.
When Carole comes into Grants life,
he falls completely in love with
her A charming and lovely young
widow, with q five-year-old daugh-
ter whom she supports working as
a fashion artist, Carole ~reciprocates
but tries to sacrifice her newly
found love when, she learns that
Grant is married.
Paramount's latest News precedes
the feature on the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
MUM and BRYAN
STARS OF MOVIE
We Are Not Alone Will Open
At Royal Theatre
Tomorrow

The new Paul Mum starring pic
ture, 1--WE are Not Alone" will be
the feature attraction of the Royal
theatre starting tomorrow. Written
by the author of Goodbye, Mr..
Chips" James Hilton, and produced
by Warner Bros, the studio which
a produced such outstanding sue
cesses Of the season as "The Old
Maid' and 1.-THE Private Lives of
Elizabeth and Essex" 1--WE Are
Not Alone" has all the elements
which mark a truly great produc-
ton. .
A NUM- film is always a red-letter
event, for the star who leads the
entire field of dramatic acting
makes only n a year and that one
is certain to be worthy of his gen
lus. In 1885 it was '"The Story of
Louis Pasteur," in 1896 it was 1.-THE
Good Earth" in 1887, 1.-THE Life of
Emile Zola," "Juarez" in 1888, and
now I'VE are Not Alone for 1889,
said to be Of equal, if not higher
callbre as film entertainment than
any OF these previous successes. APP
pearing with him in the cast are
Jane Bryan, who received the role
as a reward for her brilliant dram.
attic work in "The Old Maid" Flora
Robson, noted British star Of stage
and screen, and a host Of others.
1--WE are Not Alone" starts in
1914, a parallel year to 1885
for each marks the beginning of a
great a But the little country
doctor in a small English town is
not concerned about the world out.
side, for his w world is troubled
enough. He is deeply concerned
about his son, a sensitive little fell
low who is completely misunder.
stood by his mother, a severe, for
bidding woman. One night the doc.
tor is called to attend a little Wen.
nese dancer, travelling with a third.
class theatrical troupe, who has
broken her wrist. Unable to work,
she is stranded, and he treats her
for several weeks, finds her
strangely fascinating. When he
takes his son on one of the visits,
the child and the girl get on so
well together that he mentions it to
his wife, who suggests that they
hire her as a governess for him.