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once was known as the Spencer
Tracy of France" when the French
had time to send us gem of a
motion picture every now and then.
It is safe to predict now that the
wider audience which will see M.
Cabin in domestic films soon will
breed a new legion of fans, who will
join the rugged stars past admirers
in understanding just why Spencer
Tracy, when he heard about that
above title, said, not Just politely or
with any false modesty, but from
the heart, I'D certainly like to be
known as the Jean Cabin OF the
United States"
You will find in ''Moontide," his
first Hollywood photoplay, which
opened yesterday at Loew's Capitol,
that M. Cabin is a sort of Tracy
type, at that, If he is anything other
than a Jean Cabin type. He's a
mans man, the sort of guy who
makes 1t easy for wife to lure her
husband away from his slippers and
easy chair to go to the movies. And
he seems to be woman's man; at
any rate the point in ''Moontide,"
where he finally drops his reserve to
clamp Ida Lupino in sudden and
fiery embrace, aroused from yester-
day afternoons audience chorus
of gasping, startled squeals Of fem
inine delight the like OF which
hasn't been heard in years.
4
The story which has been chosen
as M. Cabins vehicle for his Holly
wood debut really is one well-suited
to his talents, though some of his
past admirers may find it bit too
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Cabin Is Latest Landmark
hollywood Progress
His Performance in 'Moontide,'
At the Capitol, Is Top.Notch;
Linda Ware on Stage
By HARRY MACARTHUR.

Nothing outstanding Gone With the Wind has happened
landmark been erected
photopays Up until that
find themselves called list the major achievements Of
M. Cabin the West studios
NJ stocky blond and faom beautiful chap
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thoroughly honest picture in its
frank admission that it Is going to
end in a clinch between the prin-
cipals. 1t would be a better one
had that foregone conclusion come
a bit earlier in the course of events
or had the events themselves in
volved higher order of invention.
AS it is, there are moments of
tedium in which not even the bril-
liant sort of chatter can mask the
fact that action is at a standstill
or that worse condition, travelling
in a constantly widening circle.
The supplemental characters of
the picture which Mitchell Leisen
directed with admirably witty
intent are quite those you would
except in such frolic. 1t may sur
prise you to find such an old hand
at fun as Robert Benchley portray
ing an advertising executive who
undertakes to cut droll figure by
spending all his time playing games
of skill instead of attending to
business. He looks rather more
like a Saroyan character than the
old Benchley of those How to :"
shorts. But you won't be surprised
to find pretty Constance Moore
playing go-getter Southern heiress
who demonstrates that beneath her
business-like facade Miss Russell
has jealous feminine heart. Or at
that sight of Macdonald Carey as
a four times divorced tobacco heir
whose altar-shyness cannot keep
him from propositioning Miss Rus
sell for another chance to prove
he is good matrimonial material.
Take a Letter, Darling" as is
proper for romantic farce with such
handsome people playing it, is
very attractive thing to the naked
eye-full of marvellous modernistic
advertising offices and spacious old
porticoed palaces in the tobacco
plantation belt.
1t is even prettier than it is clever,
but it is much of the latter, too.
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ture Of tears and smiles that passes
for q picture Of life, In "Moontide. )"
Or perhaps, with its assorted water
front characters, who bound In and
out OF a juke joint called the Red
Dot. the film presents more of a
Saroyanesque, rather than a ma
tural, version of life, though it pos
sibly would give John O'Hara. who
wrote the screenplay, serious inter-
nal quivers and spots before the
eyes if he believed that.
Mr.. O'Hara and Archie Mayo. who
directed the picture. have done a
top-notch job, at any rate, and one
which makes it unfair to 60 into any
further detail than the report that
"Moontide" is the story of dock
worker named Bobo, who plucks
a girl named Ana out of the Pacific
and falls in love with her on a live
bait barge. It's boy-meets-girl
romance, with its share of drama
and of comedy, almost pleasantly
light-hearted, but for an undertone
of foreboding, a threat of tragedy
waiting to be Unbiased. that turks
ever in the background, noticed only
subconsciously. except when it lets
up, like the thrum of bass fiddle
in a dance orchestra.
Twentieth Century-Fox has not
stinted, either, in the business Of
providing M. Cabin with. not a
supporting, but a surrounding cast.
Such players as Miss Lupino. who
is lady of only semi darkness and
some light this time; Thomas
Mitchell and Claude Rains provide
any star with competition, not sup
port. Mr.. Mitchell's portrait of the
self-styled pal who rides Bobo like
a leech of doom, and Mr.. Rains
Characterization of wise and kindly
front scholar are works of
art. no less. And Miss Lupino does
nothing that does not further the
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lovely as the day she began her
madcap career of making a farce OF
love, plays an advertising company
executive this time. AS Is the male
Of the species in the same profession,
she is the high-powered executive
type. Not above using her feminine
charm for business purposes, she
nevertheless is strictly business and
wants none of the potential custo-
mers to let their wolfshness get
out of control. The only kind of a
contract she seeks from them is one
that calls for the preparation and
placement Of their advertising and
the IS per cent commission that
soes with it.
Once he had thought that out,
Binyon was handsomely on his way
to a fairly refreshing set of sltua-
tions for Miss Russell to find herself
n.
6 The basic one is that which in
wolves the hiring of MacMurray as
her secretary, not to do shorthand
naturally, but to attend her as
sort Of Adonis-like bodyguard. II it
Is necessary for her to pretend that
they are engaged in order to divert
q too persistent potential buyer OF
advertising service or to reassure
the Jealous wife of one, MacMur-
rays supposed to take his orders
like a lamb.
To the distinct advantage of the
comedy of Take Letter, Darling y
he is anything but a gigolo type.
On the contrary, he is quite as
skilled as Miss Russell as the master
Of the deadly crack and the fact
that he hates his job inspires him
to some verbal duels with her that
are both adult and amusing. The
acidulous dialogue fits perfectly on
the verbal chords of two such old
hands at that business.
Take a Letter, Darling" Is a
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Urbane Rosalind Russell
Makes Love a Farce Again
Take Letter, Darling at Palace,
Is Clever, Breezy Version of
It's Stars Standard Story
By JAY CARMODY.

Rosand Russes with the opposite Of
Hollywood clngs picture
with undimnhed in Take Letter Darling current
the of fat
Bnyon Rus sophication
audience accustomed seeing
Aaeha rlhood dissolve II ane&
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TAKE A LETTER. DARLING" . Para
mount rsa pcMare starring RrSSs
KohImar directed by Mitchell teisen;
screenplay by Claude Binyon. At the
Palace.
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impression that she Is one Of Holly
woods more capable young ladies.

The Capitols stage show Is a
lively affair. with some new faces.
which is good and. which is even
better. the faces are on the front
of some capable performers. One
of these is Russell Swami, fellow
who apparently has decided that
the performances of prestidigitators
have been far too pompous. So Mr..
Swami goes completely haywire in
a S.'Hellzapoppin'" manner while he
performs his "feats of magic" even
unto handing stooge from the
audience large slab of ice, then
promptly forgetting him. Mr..
Swann's all right. he is.
Another of the new faces is pref
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A Villain Again

Gene Lockhart will be a villain
again in the Warner Bros. Techn-
color production of THE Desert
Song" starring Dennis Morgan and
Irene Manning. Most recent ad-
6ition to the cast is Curt Bols- The
production is to be filmed mainly
on location near Gallup, N. Mex.
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tier than Mr.. Swann's, 1t belonging
to q Miss Linda Ware, who Is OF
the movies and who also can sing
a song (or three or four songs IN
a manner quite fine. Others on the
bill are the Callahan Sisters, who
tap dance nimbly: Maysy and
Brach. who risk their necks on a
unicycle Eyes, both on the same
one, and the Rhythm Rockets, who
stage a miniature vaudeville show
of their own at one point.
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Ere d MacMur-
ray, no t h e r
comparat | v e ly
Did hand at love
dueling. Between
them and Mr..
Binyon's script,
sTake a Letter,
Darling" b e =
comes a breezy
q ia ir ov er
which it would
not hurt any
one to laugh a
bit.
) Miss Russell,
looking as lac
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''MOONTIDE" = Twentieth Century-Fox
picture starring Jean Cabin and Ida
Lupino: produced by Mark Hellinger: di-
rected by Archie Mayo; screenplay,, by
John OHara; from the novel by Willard
Robertson. At the Capitol.
Evening star., 1942-07-10
Loretta Young to Sell
Bonds at Keith's

Screen Star Loretta Young will
appear personally tomorrow evening
at $50 O'Clock in the lobby Of Keith's
Theater to sell War bonds and
stamps and to indorse purchasers
stamp books at the same time.
Evening star., 1942-03-03
In Capital Letters
By Mona Dnqas

With OF the approaching visit home Ambassador to
London John G. Wnan wlfounded reports that Lord Halifax
will return his reestabh contact with
his government but that he will to his present after his visit
home 1t possible that Halifax will await her
husbands return for these times back and forth across
hard enough to for travellers with official status
Mrs. William E Boah received a letter from her niece,
the former Luddemann Jack Eagle
is with husband chay
showing that the the spirits Of those
Borah how 2weekod nameke Eagle
progressing She already has mask has else
the kand-but hers In Mickey Mouse design and she looks
very cunnng-and prepared for the
1t. Col. Pelham Glassford-who known his legons
friends here simply Happy Glassford-has Washington
military
general in the former local chief of Metropolitan Police He
those who dropped the other Jim and Evan Boyer
for their weekly Sunday brunch typical
their especially
Sunday afternoon the only time Evayn Jolly gent which
his friends outside Of working Jim and Happy" Gassod
Glassford remained Arizona ranch looking
the horses and dogs for which their place is noted
At Sundays brunch" Evalyn bad remembered that ST.
David day-hes the Wales-and served
Welsh cakes in honor cookike
hcious.
the lovees visitors this
de Menoca wife Havana Mayor who accompanied
his official this
member OF prominent Cuban family her husband
my President that republic
about four have adorable wsby gabou
a half
envoy the Allied objects o way the
papers three German
Kiel
German ships from Brest" the diplomat thinks
should have had banners saying German ships flee to Ke"
Evening star., 1942-03-03
Silver Spring Youths Organize
Volunteer Boys Brigade

In an effort to prepare for pos
sible military service in the Nations
armed forces, three Silver Spring
(Md0 youths have organized a COM
pany of the Boys Brigade modelled
after the British organization.
Founder of the group is 16-year-
old Gordon Kindness, sophomore
at the Montgomery Blair High
School Kindness said he obtained
the idea from his father, native
of England, who came to this coun-
try about 1920.
when my father told me about
the good work that the Boys Brigade
Is doing for the British war effort"
the youth explained, II decided that
American boys could do just es
much for their country. So got
busy"
He enlisted the aid of two of his
friends, Dwight Sapp, is, and Wal
lace Tavenner, 16, a member of the
Maryland State Guard. The trio
set to work and in three weeks had
enrolled IS members.
Formed along military lines, the
movement is designed principally 10
give youths premilitary training
and to instil habits Of precision
and discipline.
In addition, according to Kindness,
it's purpose is to educate members
to be loyal, brave, obedient, rever-
ent, trustworthy, clean, courteous
and helpful land to otherwise de-
velop their best characteristics"
The company meets once week
to drill and to pool the waste paper
and other material collected by its
members to collect funds for uni
forms.
Principal difficulty encountered by
the group, according to Kindness,
who is its captain is obtaining a
place to meet and drill.
After ALL" he pointed out, it's
pretty difficult to get IS boys into
private home"
Evening star., 1942-03-03
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 3.-Judge
John j. Sullivan in General Sessions
Court yesterday gave Mrs. Margaret
Boyle. 48-year-old Washington wild
ow, 48 hours to reveal the name of
the supposed persons who induced
her to steal Sal, 900 in jewelry.
The court suspended for this
period Jail sentence of year and
a half to three years.
Mrs. Boyle, daughter of Charles
H. McCord, former chairman of the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
pleaded guilty January 26 to grand
larceny in pawning part Of a $780,
900 allotment Of jewelry she received
on memorandum from Jacob Blau-
weiss of New York City. She had
represented that she could sell the
jewelry to influential friends in
Washington.
Her attorney, T. Edward O'Con-
nell. said that his client was "a poor,
gullible sap" and that she had told
little, white lies" but not for the
purpose of stealing. She had hopes
of selling the jewelry for commits
sion or profit, he explained.
You are the daughter of a most
illustrious father and it is difficult
to deal with you" Judge Sullivan
told her. Dressed in black with
silver fox fur, Mrs. Boyle showed no
emotion when the judge passed sem
tence and then gave her a stay.
You and your daughter have suf-
fered a great deal" the court said.
You have many prominent friends
in Washington and other cities,
many being in the diplomatic serv-
ice I have received many letters
from your friends. You have been
reared in the lap of luxury, but it
did not broaden your intellect.
You had upward of 100000 in
jewelry in your possession, supposed
to be guarded by Mrs. Roosevelts
secretary in the White House safe.
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Mrs. Boyle Given Last Chance
To Name Partner in Thefts

Long before this you even pawned
your own jewelry.
Il don't think this came out of
your mind. 1t must have come from
master mind. You have no GRIM
inal tendencies. You are just a
dupe. You were given five or six
weeks to cooperate with the dis
trict attorney, but you have not.
II don't know whether 1t Is a
false code Of honor. but you are pro-
tecting some one.
II know people don't like squealers,
but this is case where you should
protect yourself"
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This obstacle may be overcome,
however, due to the possibility that
the Maryland State Guard may
sponsor the brigade and furnish the
necessary meeting place, uniforms
and funds, he said.
IF we get enough support" he
asserted confidently. I'VE will con-
tinue to grow until we have brigade
companies throughout the country"
Evening star., 1942-03-03
Potent Dies in Fire

ST. LOUIS, March 8 (P.-An el-
derly patient was asphyxiated and
nine others overcome by smoke last
night in a fire at suburban nursing
home. The patients were bed-rid-
den and were passed out a window
and down a ladder bucket-brigade
fashion.
Evening star., 1942-03-03
Dorden Sets Up II Town,
County Defense Councils

Ey the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, March 3.-Gov.
Darden in an executive order has
created II joint town country de-
fenSe councils. They include Orange
County. Orange and Gordonsville;
Loudoun County, Leesburg, Pur-
cellsville, Middleburg, Round Hill,
Hillsboro and Hamilton; Shenan-
doah County, Woodstock, New Mar
ket, Edinburgh, Toms Brook and
Strasburg; Fauquier County, The
Plains, Remington and Warlenton.
Evening star., 1942-03-03
Dublin Cos Supply Cut

DUBLIN, March 3 (P.-Due to a
coal shortage, gas will be made
available to consumers only between
7 and $3.50 am, 11:30 am. and 80
pm, and $50 and 10:30 pm, start
ing tomorrow. Further reductions
will be made If the situation does
not improve.
Evening star., 1942-08-02

Augmenting the five-gax.e double.
attraction will be the Penn Takoms
Metropolitan Women's Summer
League match.
A varied card will be staged at
Brookland Recreation with the
seventh Smokes for Yanks fund
tournament on tap at 2 O'Clock,
the Madge Lewis-A Wright and
Lois Gladding-Karl Gochenour
mixed doubles clash to be rolled at
and the Brookland women hosts
to the Chevy Chase Ice Palace quint
In q league battle.
Big Match at Bethesda.
Bethesda Bowling Center will be
the scene of an au-star mems en-
gagement when Manager Roger Pea
cocks charges-Bill King, r. L.
Willis, AL Cissel, Frank Riley and
Skinny Pugh-clash with the visit
ing Convention Hall outfit Of Red
Megaw, Tony Santini. Perce Wolfe,
Moe Meade and Dave Singer.
From o'clock until midnight
Manager Paul Jones will stage the
usual week end mixed handicap
tournament at Arlington Bowling
Center.
Evening star., 1942-08-02
|Monor's S Mixed Foursome Golf
Wednesday Sure to Attract

done all right in the pro Journeys
held this year. Within six days in
competition he shot los at Prince
Georges and Manor, two long courses
which take considerable driving
power. Yet George stands around
feet inches and isn't power
house by any stretch of the imagina-
ton.
The answer is pivot. George has
developed his pivot to the nth de-
gree. He gets all his weight behind
the ball by pivoting. And he sup
plies the punch by good hand action.
But probably it will remain forever
mystery to the duffer who hasn t
caught the mack.
Brown patch weather has come to
town. and some of the putting green's
are beginning to take on the ap-
pearance of a moth-eaten rug, full
OF big and little brown patches where
the grass has given up to the fungus
which comes, like a thief. in the
night. But the greenkeepers aren't
doing their customary worrying
They've learned several new tricks
to hold down brown patch.
Evening star., 1942-08-02
Miller, Jacobsen Tilt
For Second Series
City Loop Title
A Section Teoms Clash
On South EI|ipse; Five
Junior Comes Listed

A single game to decide the sec
ond-half championship of Section A
features action in the National City
Sunday Baseball League today.
Jacobsen Florist and Miller Furni-
ture, tied during the regular series
with 5 victories and l setback each,
are the opposing mines. Game time
is o'clock on the South Elipse.
They were scheduled to decide the
issue last Sunday, but rain forced
a postponement. Today's winner
will 60 against Naiman Photo in
a three-game series next Sunday
to decide the Section A season title,
Naiman having won in the first half.
One game also is listed in B sec
ton with Victory Club and Creel
Brothers tangling on the South
Ellipse at 1890 am.
The junior section is the busiest
with five games listed. In ! o'clock
tits. Bennings meets Washington
Flour on the South Ellipse; Eastern
Branch Boys Club takes on Police
Boys Club No. on the East Ellipse
and Immaculate Conception plays
Fort Stevens on the North Ellipse.
The other two games are at 3 o'clock
with Washington Flour against Fort
Stevens on the East Ellipse and
Benning opposing Immaculate Con-
ception on the North Ellipse.
Evening star., 1942-08-02
Georgetown Avenges
Loss 10 Camp Lee
With 12-to-0 Win
Georeydeok Hits 3-Run
Homer to Put Hoyos
On Victory Trail

CAMP LEE, Va, August l.
Avenging a 9-to-4 defeat suffered at
the hands of Camp Lee earlier in
the season, Georgetown's Hoyas
launched 17-hit attack against the
Soldiers and toted home a 12-to-4
victory.
The Hoyas started early as Joe
Georgydeak slammed a home run
off the offerings of Danny Flagg
with Pete Baker and Johnny Kuli-
kowski ahead of him.
Not content with the 3-run lead,
the Hoyas again rampaged in the
third and got an additional three
markers as Kulikowski and Georgy-
deak doubled and scored of an error
by Jack Riding. At this point Ray
Clark entered the game and allowed
one run to cross the plate. A third
set of three runs was scored in the
fourth when John Smith opened the
inning with home run, and a walk
to Kulikowski and a double by
Murphy set the stage for two addi-
tional markers when Red Ermisch
miscued on bouncing ball.
The Soldiers threatened only in
the fourth and fifth when they
gained two runs in each frame.
Five double plays, four by the
Hoyas, Sparked the game.
Evening star., 1942-08-02
Eagles First Out as Pro Grid
Training Starts Tomorrow

Star game August % at Chicago S
Soldier Field, will drill at Delafield
Wis. The Washington Redskins will
be at San Diego, Calf; the Pitts
burgh Steelers at Hershey, Pa; the
Brooklyn Dodgers at Hun School
Princeton, NJ j.: the Cleveland Rams
at Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio, ano
the Chicago Cardinals at Carroll
College, Waukesha. Wis.
With but one change the head
coaching lineup in the pro league
will be the same as last year
The exception is at Brooklyn
where Mike Getto has replaced Jock
Sutherland.
The league season will open Off
cially on September 13, when Phila-
delphia goes to Pittsburgh and
Cleveland and the Chicago Cards
clash at Buffalo. N. Y. 1t ends with
three games on December s, after
which the playon between cham.
pions Of the Eastern and Western
divisions viii b bald.
Evening star., 1942-08-02
Juvenile Title Tennis
Hit by War Conditions

CULVER, Ind, Aug. (P.-With
the field reduced in size because Of
wartime transportation difficulties,
the annual national junior and
boys tennis tournament will open
here Monday at Culver Military
Academy.
This will be the 14th straight year
the meet has been held here.
The erowning OF at least one new
singles champion is assured since
Bob Falkenburg OF Hollywood,
Calf, has graduated from the boys
class to the junior division.
Back to defend his junior title
will be Bulge Patty OF Los Angeles,
but Falkenburg and several others
are expected to give him a vigorous
battle.
Evening star., 1942-08-02
| Arlington Net Meet
lis Scheduled for
August 1915

The Arlington County closed tennis
tournament has been scheduled for
August 10 to August Is at the
Washington-Lee High School courts.
Entry fees of so cents per person
must be paid at the County Recrea- =
ton Once at Westinghouse by
next Wednesday. Telephone num-
Der Of the office is Oxford 2756. ANY
resident Of Arlington County is
eligible.
Mems and women's singles and
doubles sections will be held. There
also will be three age classifications
OF Juniors, IS years and under;
seniors, IS to l8, inclusive, and un-
limited, over 18 years. Balls for play
will be furnished by the Tournament
Committee.
Evening star., 1942-08-02

Major tourney of the week on the
local links calendar seems trivial
affair viewed against the background
of title events, but it probably will be
one of the most popular of the year
It is the mixed foursome event
staged by the District Golf Associa-
ton and scheduled at the Manor
Country Club Wednesday.
BY noon of that day. Secretary
Bill Barr of the association probably
will be so swamped with entries he'll
have to 60 into hiding to dodge more
of them.
The guys and gals around town
really 60 for these mixed foursome
Journeys in big way. At Chevy
Chase a few weeks ago nearly 100
pairs started in a Maryland tour
ney and the whole pattern of mixed
foursome affairs reveals that the
golfers of both sexes like EN-. En-
tries. according to the announce
ment. will close with Barr tomorrow
night, but we suspect that late en-
tries will be accommodated.
Manor happens to be one of those
courses where the big driving boy
friend can get into a peck of trouble
if he isn't on his game. So maybe
the gals will do turn around and
furnish the drives. They usually hit
EN- straighter than the men and
this can count heavily In a selective
drive tourney.
Maybe you are one OF those who
wonder how little man such as
George Diffenbaugh OF Kenwood
pounds that ball so far. George has