Simone Simon Reveals Few Striking Qualities

Appearance in “Girls’ Dormitdry” at Capitol Leaves Her Gifts Yet to Be Demon-

strated—Other Films. BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS. JR.

IT IS possible that the presence of Simone Simon in this country will some

day mean a great deal to the American cinema. Judt what, or how, is not

much more clearly defined today than it was a year ago before the round-

faced pleasant young lady from France made her first Hollywood film.

The mystery is in no way dispelled by -Girls' Dormitory,” in which Simone

makes her debut at Loew’s Capitol this week, for the reason that she is ! _i j—, imnprsnn-A--■

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ate a rather precocious s*weet girl graduate, a status no actress (skip- ping the career of Mary Pickford) can sustain forever.

Thus, while Simone is beguiling, piquant and coy in turn during the

progress of “Girls’ Dormitory,” her

performance leaves the impression that these alone could not be the

qualities that inspired such a lavish publicity campaign hailing the great- est “find” in all Gaul.

Of course, it would be asking the

preposterous to expect a girl of Si- mone’s age to make her bow as Ca-

mille, Anna Karenina or one of the Furies in a Greek tragedy. It is rather baffling, however, after hearing so

much of this ingenue's unique gifts, to find a young lady whose principal novelties are a heavy accent and a

tendency to pout rather more lusci-

ously than our home-bred lambkins of the screen.

The cause of the blossoming Simone has not been helped particularly by her first story. A rather trite affair about a male school marm (Herbert Marshall), who falls in love with one

of his pupils, its best moments are

more or less unrelated to the central theme. They consist of J. Edward Bromberg's vastly annoying imper- sonation of a pudgy, self-righteous villain, a monster so closely akin to

the knaves of the Roadside Theater that we expected to see Mr. Bromberg hissed, booed and maybe hit with a

tape tomato. As for Mr. Marshall, he shakes off

his customary smugness and achieves reasonable effectiveness in his role.

Ruth Chatterton appears, far in the background, as a noble lady who loves

and loses, and one of the outstanding performances In the show’ is turned in by a character actor named John Qualen, who has a habit of doing a

sound chore every time he appears before the camera.

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epnE vaudeville bill at the Capitol is alive with good humor, contrib-

uted by Sybil Bowan and Ben Blue. Derby-hatted Mr. Blue’s blithe imper- sonations of dances are probably the only routines of their kind ever de- vised by man, and his comedy patter has the cash customers practically in the aisles. And not “on the way out.”

Miss Bowan, too, scores with her

impressions of various important people, her sketch of Bee Lillie sing- ing a torch song and the one of Mrs. Roosevelt at the Girl Scout meeting being a couple of riots. Roye and

Maye, backed up by the Elida Dancers, contribute grace and beauty in a pair of dance interludes, and the Maxellos get more of a hand for their

•‘Equilibristics” than do most acts of their kind.

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'T'HE only question that has ever

been raised about "To Mary— With Love” is: “Does it have a sound and realistic ending?" Otherwise this sane, modern and thoroughly moving photoplay ranks as perhaps the best

screen story ever told about the middle-class, post-war generation that

rode the crest of unaccustomed pros-

perity in the idiotic ’20s. fell head- long into despair and confusion after the crash, and emerged from the fool- ishness and the ordeal with a new

personal philosophy, maybe even a

touch of social consciousness. Enacted by three such popular

persons as Myrna Loy, Warner Baxter and Ian Hunter (who is definitely due for bigger and better things in films), “To Mary With Love” had no

chance to become a drear sociological treatise. Its problems and their im-

plications are highly personalized, covered by smart and sensible dia-

logue, presented with a keen sense of movement. In case you hadn’t heard, the picture is having its second week at Loew’s Palace ... a week to be

cut short by the arrival of "The Gorgeous Hussy" on Thursday night.

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CPEAKING further on behalf of

pictures whose holdover engage- ments speak for themselves, we arrive at “Mary of Scotland,” now in its

third week at R-K-O Keith's. This elaborate item combines under one

roof Katharine Hepburn’s most ambi- tions role, a magnificent impersona- tion by Frederic March (one of the best two in his creditable career), John Ford’s imaginative and mystical use of the camera, and a story about a Scottish Queen who has had people arguing and throwing knives at one

another in debates about her ever

since the sixteenth century. Obvi-

ously a major consideration on your cinema schedule for 1936.

Lilting Music at Earle From Stage and Screen

Bing Crosby in “Rhythm on the Range” Is

Popular, While Girl Musicians Under

Spitalny Make Melody. BY HARRY MacARTHCR.

THE Earle this week is dedicated to popular chansons of the moment,

swung from the stage by a group of able girl musicians and sung from

the screen by Mr. Bing Crosby. Public tastes being what they are, it probably will be an extremely profitable venture on the part of the

Earle, this dedicating itself to ditties of the day. It started being profitable yesterday, for a little after noon, when the second show started, the Crosby admirers had crowded into every# cranny in the Earle, and a couple of them had eyes on the projection booth, where remained the only avail- able seats.

‘•Rhythm on the Range" is a typical Crosby vehicle. It has graceful, light comedy, pleasant and lilting music, | and above all, it has Bing Crosby to

sing to the Crosby fans, who, to coin a cliche, are legion. It hasn't much new or startling in the way of plot, but Crosby films get by on their

good humor more than anything else. This time Bing is a cowboy, who meets

a girl in a boxcar (of all places), rides West with her, treating her like a.

sister, until at the proper moment I his pet bull Cuddles shoves him around her neck.

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er'HIS all is performed in an ln-

gratiating manner by some very pleasant people. First acting honors go to Cuddles, without a doubt. He | Is the most Invigorating new person- | ality the screen has introduced in | weeks; he has strength of character, ! moral purpose, mental courage and a

forceful manner. He displays his

acting ability in the scene where Cowboy Crosby sings him to sleep, folding his legs under him and shut-

ting his eyes gracefully. Cuddles has a knack for simulating anger, too, bellowing and snorting with great abandon when a red scarf is waved in his vicinity. He also has a person- ality that would get him by even if he weren’t such an able actor.

Martha Raye, who would be broke If her face were her fortune, adds a number of bright moments and brings a lot of rhythm to the range with her boisterous inanity. She is aided in contributing comedy by Bob Burns, drawling humorist with the ; “bazooka," who faces a steer for the first time with the remark that the steer never wrestled him either, so

they were even. That loony pair com-

pose a team that should be kept to- UiVl

Bing, himself, turns in a good- humored performance and sings a

half dozen songs. The songs would be enough, but he handles comedy pleasantly, too. His little turtle dove in this piece is a young lady named Frances Farmer, new to films, but decorative and capable.

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'T'HE stage show, presented by Phil

Spitalny and his all-girl band. Is all to the good. The gals can break out and swing, as they do with their opening number, "Stompin' at the Savoy,” and other tunes, or they can

play softly and sweetly, and, in their

finale, they display considerable musicianship with a rendition of Ravel's "Bolero” that you shoudn't cheat yourself out of hearing.

Individual stars of this "Hour of Charm” revue are Dale Winthrop, a

nimble young tap dancer whose feet are going to take her places on the stage; Maxine, deep, mellow-voiced

singer; Evelyn and her violin, and the Three Little Words.

New Fabric Is Urged. To curtail the country’s purchases

of raw materials from abroad, the gov- ernment of Poland is urging all local textile manufacturers to combine flax with cotton in the making of cotton fabrics.

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TEMPLE S NEWEST FILM CLINGS ANOTHER WEEK

•‘Poor Little Rich Girl” Still Pull-

ing Child Star's Followers

to Columbia. CHIRLEY TEMPLE, in a story many

times her age and which as

every one should know by this time, is called “Poor Little Rich Girl,” came

up to her third week on F street last

night at the Columbia with an au-

dience as enthusiastic, if not as large, as that which greeted her here nearly a month ago.

As has been pointed out here on

three other occasions, she deals with consumate artistry with a part which allows her to sing, dance and be that for w^hich there apparently is no other word than "adorable.”

With undiminished naturalness, by way of confuting the prophets of her inevitable doom, she manages to be a

little girl and an excellent actress at the same time.

There is also in the cast Michael Whalen, who is good as the soap tycoon father of the poor little rich girl;Gloria Stuart, who is not so good as the object of the father’s affections; Alice Faye, who sings, and Jack Haley who abets her. One also marks with satisfaction the prescence of Claude Gillingwater, Henry Armetta and Sarah Haden, the latter still playing nurse roles as she always will be.

California in technicolor, and look- ing very handsome, indeed; the Olym- pic games, looking very athletic, es-

pecially when Helen Stephens runs like a fawn in the 400-meter relay, and M. Baker, Paramount Theater organ- ist, looking alternately classical and slightly swing, constitute the shorter items on the bill.

Quite a variety, and quite good. —M. W.

INVADER GETS 180 DAYS

Witness Tells of Routing Colored

Man With Shoe.

Joseph Harell, colored, was sen- tenced to 180 days in jail yesterday in Police Court when Locke Wallace, 2403 Pennsylvania avenue, testified he awoke at 5 am. Monday and found Harell in his living room, on the way out with the family clock.

Wallace testified before Judge John P. McMahon that he grabbed an old shoe, pointing it at Harell and told him to stick up his hands, whereupon Har- ell dropped the family clock and ran from the house. Wallace was able to furnish a policeman with a description of Harell, who later was arrested by Policeman R. B. Rector of the third precinct.

“Wayfarer's Dole” Deduced. “Wayfarer’s dole,” which has been

dispensed for 800 years by St. Cross Hospital of Winchester, England, has been reduced from a substantial meal to free bread and beer, and the total daily quantities of these have been limited to two loaves of bread and two gallons of beer.

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With Melcher in Hollywood Another in the Series of Filmland Close-Ups by The Star’s Dramatic Critic.

THE WOODS'0EFSPRIN6 THROWS A MONKEY WRENCH INTO THE ROMANTIC ATMOSPHERE OF

DONALDS LAWN PARTV m

BY E. de S. MELCHER.

Hollywood, calif., August 22.

—When a star has a so-called holiday between pictures, don’t think that he can put

j his feet on a sofa and settle down to

reading “Gone With the Wind.” He may get through the first chapter, or

the first page, or the first paragraph, but then the phone will ring and the studio will say: “Come on over—we

want you for some sport shots”—or “step on it. kid, Sylvia Flash, the great Broadway beauty is here, and we want

1 you to make a test with her”—or “how about being nice to some friends of mine who are here from the East—

j give them a break—you might even

give them a party.” So it was yesterday at the Donald

Woods—where Donald, between pic- tures, was in the process of entertain-

j ing 90 visitors from the East—all winners of some publication series—all

i there to see what a star looks like at

j nome, if he has a home, and if he has what’s in it.

Helen Ferguson had staged the ! whole affair nicely. While Mrs. Woods

| ("Jo” to Washington) cringed in an

upstairs room (it wouldn’t do to have a leading man’s wife appear) the

guests assembled in the garden in back of the house that faces North Alpine drive. Large tables were set here and

| there, and there were cakes and sand-

| wiches and a tasty punch, and the people came around at 3 and remained until after 6.

Son Spoils Effects.

The only setback to the affair was

that while Mrs. Woods remained out of sight and peered slyly at the goings- on from her room on the second floor, suddenly a brave little fellow, aged 4. named ••Splinter’’ Woods, came bolting out of the house yelling, “Daddy'—at which at least three lorgnettes flew clear to the sky, and one lady’s sand- wich dropped to the floor with a sur-

prised thud. The function was, however, a great

success. And the ladies present (they were mostly ladies), thought Mr. Woods vastly handsome with the deep tan he had acquired at Laguna Beach, the strong profile (which National Player fans will remember from the

old days), and the white coat setting oft one of those dark Hollywood shirts which open wide at the collar and ex-

poses all of the throat and some of the chest.

Other celebrities came, too. There was Ann Shirley, popular R-K-O new- :

comer, whose eyebrows have a curious way of going skyward at the cor- j ners; Owen Davis, jr., her omnipresent ; escort, submerged beneath a tan that :

made Mr. Woods look like Shirley ! Temple; Gene Raymond, healthy as

always, and making a great hit with I the iadies ("when are you and Miss MacDonald going to get married?’' asked one tactful old gal from way

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back—at which Mr. Raymond blushed up to his ears)—and such friends of the Woods’ as the Ralph Morgans and j the Otto Krugers, all of whom were

good enough to come early and stay | late.

Afterwards, when the sandwiches and the punch had been eaten and

t the guests had gone tone lady came

I back vowing she had dropped some

money out of her purse—then found ] : it again, in her purse, at the last ;

j moment—she just wanted another peek at Donald!) the hour had come for a small informal dinner with the Woods, for a glimpse of Linda the new daughter (aged four months), for the showing of some pictures Mr. Woods had taken last year in his back yard which revealed his wife as a potential screen find, and for

i reminiscences of a few years back

| when Donald was not quite so success-

! ful as he is now’, and when he and Jo flung a Christmas party in New York on the last $18 in the world that they had ia radio contract bob- bed up the next day).

Woods Are Enthusiastic.

The Woods were full of enthusiasm about Hollywood and Dorothy Parkers, the Morgans, the Boy Youngs and such like who they see most. And young son ’’Splinter” had been given a birthday anniversary party a few’ days before at which the sons and daughters of the Stu Erwins and the Freddie Marches appeared, and when daughter March w’as given her present (aged nothing at all) she said in a

loud voice that she was always given

that present at parties and would prefer something else! (She got It.)

The Woods' also vouchsafed us

the information that Mrs. Adelaide Hibbard had not been too well (this we were sorry to hear) and that Freddie Sherman has had a wonderful season playing "Three Men on a

Horse” in Australia. The other former National players titbit wax to the effect that Kathryn Givney had been wed to a prosperous broker and was

now showering Fifth avenue with orchids and diamonds.

From there to a wonderful spot called Bali, where a pale young man

sang robust songs and where three blonds were having an argument as

to which of them looked most like Bette Davis, and then to another spot where we were regaled with yarns of

the latest Hollywood feud; namely Alice Brady and Mae West.

This, it seems, has reached colossal proportions mainly over an eyelash (both of them are appearing in "Go

West, Young Man"). It had been de-

cided that Miss West alone was to

wear long eyelashes in a scene in w hich she first stamped into that mod- est Pennsylvania household. This ap- parently did not go so well with Miss

Brady. Said she: "I am going to wear ; my own eyelashes—or else-.” She did. And when Miss West came onto the set she went through the scene

without a murmur except that when she came to Miss Brady she looked at her long eyelashes and without

saying a word, merely gave her that brief but pungent Mae West shoulder wiggle—thus knifing la Brady to the heart.

Things are said to have gotten big- ger and better since then. Each eve-

ning when the players come home they hash out the latest developments of the fight. Latest news is that when Miss West (who has complete control of all of her stories) stated that Miss

Brady would ha\e to say "Will you have tea” instead of "Oh. my dear, will you have tea!" Miss Brady threw her arms up in the air, beat her chest, and then howled. "My agent, get me

my agent—I won't play in this picture any more.”

Fights like this do happen out here. (It's probably over by now.)

ANACOSTIA LEVEES FUND IS APPROVED

$160,000 Allotted for Building Flood Control Brakes Near

Bolling Field. President Roosevelt h.’s approved an

allotment of $160,000, It was learned today, for construction of flood-control levees in the Anacostta River to protect Bolling Field and the naval air sta- tion.

While the United States Engineers’ office for the District has not yet re-

ceived official notification of the ap- proval of funds, It v.as said the Ana- costia levees were a part of the gen- eral flood-control program. Work can

I be started soon after the money Is made available to the Army Engineer Corps.

Earth levees will be thrown up of sufficient height to protect the two big air bases from overflows such as oc-

curred with disastrous effect last Spring. The levees will also extend up into the headwaters of the stream.

The funds will come from the gen- eral allotment made for flood-control work.

CONCERT, RAINED OUT, TO BE GIVEN TONIGHT

Tickets Good—Lieut. Benter and

Dr. Bauer to Share in

Conducting. CEVERAL hundred music lovers de-

fied the elements last evening and in spite of lightning and low clouds, took their places at the Water Gate for the fifteenth concert of this sea-

son. And many of them had im-

promptu rain-water baths before shelter could be reached.

The varied program planned for last evening will be given tonight, coupons from last evening’s tickets admitting holders this evening. The program arranged was dedicated to Govern- ment employes, the evening having been designated as Washington night

Lieut. Charles Benter, leader of the

United States Navy Band, will conduce the first half of the program, which whl Include the overture to Glinka’s “Russian and Ludmilla”; the “Afro- American Symphony,” by William

Grant Still, a young colored musician who has developed into a serious com-

poser from an arranger of music for

jazz orchestras, and Strauss’ “Beau- tiful Blue Danube” waltz.

Following the intermission, Dr.

Walter Bauer, conductor of the De-

partment of Agriculture Orchestra, will conduct the overture to Wagner’s ‘‘Th€” Plying Dutchman,” Moussorg-

sky’s “Gopak” and Svendsen’s “Nor-

wegian Rhapsody No. 3." Edwin StefTe, baritone, will be the

soloist for the last number, "The Dome of the Capitol,” Siegfried Scharbau of the United States Marine Band having written a musical setting to the words of Representative Samuel B. PettengilL The composer will

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Roadside Markets Increase, Replacing Familiar Huckster

Pv thi* Assnriatpri Pri»«s. caiH tV»at "onnflrpntlc tV»P

Inquiring experts at the Depart- ment of Agriculture today figured that the door-to-door vegetable huckster, like the horse-drawn wagon he once

drove, is fast disappearing. In large part, said Federal agricul-

tural economists, who have studied the question, the huckster has been supplanted by roadside markets, where the farmer often sells direct from the soil to the consumer.

Although Federal agencies have not sought to measure the exact volume of the change, some figures have been gathered from the States. Extension workers of the Department of Agri- culture, in addition, have aided and advised farmers and farm women in planning and setting up their road- side ventures.

Caroline B. Sherman, a department

stage of mushroom growth in the roadside-market business as a whole has nearly passed.” with farmers now

looking at it as a serious permanent business.

"Profitable roadside markets,” she

said, "vary from open sales tables on a lawn to permanent structures of considerable size.”

She said "quality, freshness and condition” of the farm products were "vital factors.” Surveys of prices showed these varied widaly.

The business has grown so large that some States are now puzzled with regulation problems to protect buyers and publicize the stands of farmers who comply with regulation.

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Benoni, South Africa, is to have a

casualty clearing station.

Remains at Loew’s Palace

Myrna Loy is the wife who makes the decision which has caused considerable discussion in “To Mary—With Love," which has been at Loew’s Palace Theater for a week and will run until Thursday evening, when “The Gorgeous Hussy" is to have a gala premiere.

Purvis, Former G-Man, Cast in Sleuth Role

Joan Blondell’s Ex-Husband Delays Remar-

riage Just in Time to Escape Bigamy.

BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

HOLLYWOOD, August 22 (NANA.).-The nerves of George Kaufman

(hero number one of Mary Astor’s diary), are still shot to pieces, and he has postponed writing the play on which he will collaborate with Moss Hart. Melvin Purvis, killer of Bad-Boy Dillinger, will play

a newspaper comic-strip detective for Republic Pictures Hollywood Is trek- ing en masse to Monday’s auction sale of the late John Gilberts household ffnnHs. --

Cameraman George Barnes, ex-

husband of Joan Blondell, nearly com-

mitted bigamy > «

the nfhur H <a v ho. %

cause he thought his divorce from i Joan was Anal I August 4, instead J of the same day I in September. I When the day of release a r r i ves, Barnes will wed

Betty Woods, and Miss Blondell and Dick Powell will

Honolu'u honej sllellmll Graham.

Douglas Fairbanks leaves nothing to chance—not even the famed Califor- nia sunshine. The leathery hue of his complexion is the result of prolonged exposure to the fierce rays of sun

lamps. Incidentally, Doug is reported getting himself into the mood to re-

consider filming “Marco Polo” Betty Compson makes her comeback in the picture, “Killer at Large” Lawrence Tibbett was raiding the ice box when it fell on his hand, breaking three fingers.

Lili Damita wouldn't accept a stage assignment in New York because it was too far away from Hollywood, and Husband Errol Flynn, but Flynn is now planning a solo trip to Borneo to film background for the flicker “White

Rajah,” of which he is author and leading man. And Miss Damita is said to be plenty sore Funniest sight of the week—An M-G-M cameraman sit- ing patiently on a stool outside the j “Camille” sound stage, waiting to snap candid camera pictures of Greta i

Garbo.

Rosalind Russell off on a yachting | trip with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stone i

Chester Morris planning to buy the late Will Rogers estate, adjoining his home Grace Moore has re-

covered from her prejudice against Hollywood, and arrives over the week end with her singing instructor hus- band, Valentin Parera, to occupy the former Stephen Ames home in Bev-

erly Hills and to make "Interlude" for Columbia.

A major catastrophe recently dis- rupted shooting of M-G-M's "Libeled Lady.” The shoulder straps of Wil- liam Powell's tricky pants snapped suddenly and—well, we'd better skip it. But Jean Harlow. Myrna Loy and several other feminine witnesses of Bill's discomfiture are still ribbing him.

Jimmy Stewart romances with Eleanor Powell on the set of “Born to Dance," but he prefers Virginia ; Bruce for night-clubbing Bing Crosby wants posterity to remember him and has commissioned Sculptor

Where and When Current Theater Attraction*

and Time of Showing.

Warner's Earle—"Rhythm on the Range,” at 10 a.m, 12:20, 2:45, 5:05, 7:25 and 9:50 p.m. Stage shows at 11:35 am., 2. 4:25. 6:45 and 9:10 p.m.

R-K-O Keith’s—"Mary of Scot- land,” at 11:15 a.m., 1:49, 4:23, 6:57 and 9:31 p.m. "March of Time,” at

1:26, 4, 6:34 and 9:08 p.m. Loews Capitol—"Girls’ Dormitory.”

at 11 a.m., 1:30, 4:15, 7:15 and 10 p.m. Stage shows at 12:30, 3:15, 6:15 and 9:05 p.m.

Palace—“To Mary—With Love,” at 11:15 a.m, 1:20, 3:20, 5:25, 7:30 and 9:35 p.m.

Metropolitan—"The Green Pas-

tures,” at 11 a.m., 1:05, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30 and 9:35 p.m.

Columbia—“Poor Little Rich Girl.” at 11:50 a.m., 1:50, 3:50, 5:50, 7:50

and 9:50 p.m. Ambassador—“Early to Bed.” at

2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8 and 9:45 pm. Tivoli—“Earthworm Tractors,” at

2:10, 4:15. 6:15, 8 and 9:45 p.m. Little—"Cavalcade,” at 11 am., 1:11,

3:13, 5:24, 7:35 and 9:46 p.m. Roadside—"Sherlock Holmes,” at

8:40 p.m.

RIALTO TO BE REOPENED BY LITTLE MANAGEMENT

Popular Revivals Are Slated to

Relight Well-Known House

September 17.

'T'HE management of the Little Theater, Washington’s revival

house, announced yesterday that It had completed negotiations for tak- ing over and reopening the Rialto.

The theater, built by Tom Moore, pioneer Washington theater operator, and until about 10 years ago the city's ace movie house, will be opened September 17, the first anniversary of the Little's career as a revival theater.

Revivals of popular films, of the type which heretofore have been shown at the Little, will be shown at

the Rialto, with the possibility that some of the older and more classic

sound pictures, which have not be- fore been available will be secured.

The policy to be followed by the

Rialto when it is opened again has not been definitely determined as

yet, but It is expected that films of the greatest popularity will be shown at the Rialto while those of more

limited, special appeal will be revived at the Little, which will remain open.

Deals have been virtually com-

pleted with all the major film pro-

ducing companies, which will assure

the Rialto a wide field from which to select Its films. Abe Tolkins, man-

ager of the Little, says he believes the failure of the Rialto to stay open in the past has been due to the fact

that quality first run pictures could not be obtained to play there.

The Little management Is busy now

with renovating operations at the

Rialto. The house, recognized as one

of the most comfortable in the city even though It has been closed for

nearly a year, is to have a complete going-over before it reopens. The seating capacity will be reduced and other alterations will be made, in

order to provide the greatest possible convenience. A new name is being ■ought lor the theater, too.

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Ernest A. Yerbysmith to make sev-

eral bronze busts of his classic fea- tures Robert Young twisted his ankle jumping from a stairway while making "The Longest Night” Luise Rainer is adding to the expense of redecorating her home by telephon- ing instructions to her maid every day from New York Jean Dante, 13-year-old wonder of "Four Days’ Wonder” (Universal), and the New York stage production, "Call It a

Day,” startled your correspondent with her statement, “I’m in love.” The gentleman's name is "Hollywood.”

Personal nomination for the man with the worst memory in Hollywood— Irvin Cobb. Within the last few weeks friends have introduced me to Irvin Cobb no fewer than five times. On each occasion Cobb has presented a perfectly blank face and murmured conventional "glad to meet you phrases. At our sixth meeting I de- cided to forestall his forgetfulness. "Hello, Mr. Cobb, I bet you don’t re- member me,” I said, brightly. "I do, too,” he retorted triumphantly. "YouTe Rita Carroll, the little extra girl I met on the set yesterday.” "How clever of you to remember my name,” I replied. "That’s part of my busi- ness, Miss Carroll,” stentoriously toned Mr. Cobb. (Copyright 1936. by the North American

Newspaper Alliance, me.)

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Watergate Concerts TONIGHT AT 8:il»

Washington Night Dedicated to Government EmDloyees

CONDUCTORS: Lieut. Charles Renter. Dr. Walter Bauer.

Siegfried Scharbau Soloist. EDWIN STEFFE Baritone

Tiekets on sale at Homer L. Kitt’s the A. A. A.. 17th and Pa. Are., and at the Watergate Box Office tonight 6:30. Ad- : mission ‘L^c. .>Oc and SI OO._

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NOTHING FINER FOR LEGITIMATE FUN

THAN A JOY TRIP TO

WITH ITS MORE THAN FIFTY FEATURES, INC. S WIMMING—DANCING

S. S. POTOMAC to

COLONIAL BEACH SUNDAY

Free Dancing! Lt. O A.M. Ret 7:30 P.M.

Take the family on this 140- mile water trlD. Time for bath- ing and picnicking at Colonial Beach. Beer garden open. Chicken. Steak. Sea Food din- ners served aboard.

I Adults. S1.25;_Children. 65e

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Visit WAKEFIELD Birthplace of Washington

Steamer-Bus connections at Colonial Beach Sunday. Plenty of time to see Wake- field Adults, round trip, $•1.00. Children. SI.00.

MOONLIGHT CRUISES NIGHTLY at 8:45

On Steamer Potomac. Ret. 11:45. Free dancing to Bernte Jarboe’a orchestra. Beer garden.

g Week Nights. 00c; Sun.. 73c

\i POTOMAC / Wi RIVER LINE / II 7th & Water St. / Dl. 5611

£

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AND...’Tho MARCH of TIME* Coming.... GENE RAYMOND

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SNOW SHOWING

Sin At 11 <M>— 105— 3!<A— 5 20— 730— >J5 | Marc Connolly't j

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ACADEMY or r'ri»h W fr"1’ E. Lawrence Phillip*' Theatre Beautiful

Continuou* From l'oti PM JACK BENNY In ITS IN THE AIR."

with UNA MERKEL.____ ACUTflW CLARENDON. VA. Aon I Un FRED McMURRAY. C LOM-

BARD 'THE PRINCESS COMES ACROSS"___

PA DAI IMA 11th and N. C. Art. S.E. LAKULIWA York Air Conditioned. ^THE LUCKY TERROR'' and "GINOEB

(NEW) CIRCLE Phone West 0953 | ROBERT YOUNG BETTY FURNESS

in THREE WISE GUYS Comedie*. Free Parking. ^009 K St._

FWIMDADTHM 1343 Wisconsin Ave. LHJItIdAIX 1 UP! RICHARD ARLEN CHARLOTTE WYNTERS in THE CALL- ING OF DAN MATHEWS. "FLASH GOR-

_DON NO )" Also Comedy._ FilDI AWII ANAC OSTIA. D. C. rAInLAFFni CHARLES RUGGLES In _

EARLY TO BED_ I ITTI C 9tb Between F and G LI 1 1 LL Arousticon Equipped

NOEL COWARD’S

“CAVALCADE,” ‘Academv Award Winner and On* of the •

Best Pictures Ever Produced Air-Conditionrd for Healthful Comfort "CAVALCADE” Is Being Withdrawn

by the Producers. This Is Its _Last Engagement.

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DDVNrCCC 1H9 H st. N E. IxiriLLjJ York Air Conditioned

Double Feature. VIRGINIA BRUCE in TIMES SOUAP^

LADY" BUCK JONES In "SILVER _SPURS’_ err A 8?44 Georgia Ave. «

JLvU Silver Spring. Md. Continuous From 1:00 PM.

DANGEROUS WATERS JACK HOLT ROBERT ARMSTRONG

"AVENGING WATERS.’ Ken Maynard

Chapters, "Adventures of Frank Merriwell.

CTANTAIU <ith »nd c st*- * E- ; OlAHIUni Finest Sound Eonipment

Continuous From 1:00 PM. j "DRACULAS DAUGTER with OTTO j

KRUGER GENE AUTRY In •*TUM- BLING TUMBLEWEEDS

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STATE-BETHESDA Rethesda Md 1 Now showing dally today thru Saturday.

August *»9

LOUIS vs. SHARKEY FIGHT PICTURES

In Addition to Features. Today—Robert Young in

“3 WISE GUYS.” Also—W’ilham Boyd In

“BAR 20 RIDES AGAIN.”

FALLS CHURCH, VA. STATE Nwob55esG LEE CLARK CABLE in I RICHARD DIX in SAN FRANCISCO.” I SPECIAL _I INVESTIGATOR

TAIfftMA 4th and Buttrrnnt At*. 1 AlYvlflA No Parkinr Trooblea

Continuous From l :00 P M. H G Wells'

“THINGS TO COME.” .T A PTC HOT T

“CRASH DONOVAN.” HIPPODROME Double Fear ’r» j MARY ELLIS FATAL LADY

anti ROBERT MONTGOMERY in ■ TROUBLE FOR TWO |

■g r A MCA MT rainier, md. 3 LAITItU Double Feature J

Continuous. ’1-11 PM WILLIAM BOYD "CALL OF PRAL

RIE LEW AYRES. PANIC ON W THE AIR "______

_S a dt a nr" ■tattsvu le. md •TS AKLAI/r Double Feature. ipi Continuous ‘.'-11 P.M.

J DICK FOR AN. TREACHERY RIDF; **r RANGE ROBERT YOUNG

© THREE WISE GUYS Startins e Tomorrow .1 Days ROBERT TAY- r LOR. LORETTA YOUNG. PRI-

.2 _VATE NUMBER "__ g RICHMOND ALEXA»A VA

a. JEAN HARLOW in "SUZY” With 25 _FRANCHOT TONE "__ H Mim ROCKVntF MD.

1TJILU Double Feature. Continuous "-H PM

CHARLES RUGOLES. EARLY TC BED DICK FOR AN. TREACH-

_ ERY RIDES RANGE ”_

AMBASSADOR &.VVS AIR-CONDITIONED

CHART IE RUGOLES and MAR\ _BOLAND Jn_2EARLY_TQ_ BED

APOLLO Phone Line. 33711 Double Feature—Matinee I P.M

JANE WITHERS and TOM BROW' •

ill "GENTLE JULIA" and RAY MOND MASSEY in "THINGS TC

_COME ’J__ AVAION Conn Aee. * MeKInlet AVAI.UW st. n.w. ri.-boo WALTER ABEL and EDITH AT

WATER in 'WE WENT TO COL _LEGE ”_Our Gang Comedy._ AVENUE GRAND Slffr&Z

C/3 Double Feature—Matinee 1 PM WILLIAM GARGAN in 4 BLACK

* MAILFR’’ and ANNE SHIRLEY if U "M'LISS

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H rruTD AI »th st n.w. V*, l .r,W I * A1 Phnn. Met 1SI’ ^ JEANETTE MACDONALD CLARF tl] GABLE In "SAN FRANCISCO _

*T* PAI AMV Ga. Are. an* Farrmrnt LUIJ «t. N.W Gen. <*.100

** BOBBY BREEN in c/3 “LET’S SING AGAIN.” © POPEYE. 55 Lift ME* 12.10 c St N.E. QQ 111 imp. Phone Line. lOinn

Double Feature—Matinee 1 P.M ** GEORGE O BRIEN <n 'BORDET J ■*5 PATROLMAN" °nei FRANCES DEI HU tn "HALF ANGEL." Phanton

Rider No. 1._ 52 PC’MM Penna. Arenne *.E. «

*5 I Ellin Between flth and 7th St*. ^ AIR-CONDITIONED

JOE E BROWN in F*RTHWOF\ K TRACTORS." with JUNE TRAVIS

Phantom Rider No. 4. Our Gam Comedy Doors Open 12:.in. Show Start* _T_ P_M__

vAl/IKV inn ti. a >oi. nn. t.n. *1A VI IT Phone Col. 4RRA ROBERT MONTOOMERY an* ROSA

LTND RUSSELL In ‘‘TROUBL1 FOR TWO "_

Tivni I 14th St. A Pork BA. N.lf IIVULI Phone Col. 1A00

Matinee 2 PM AIR-CONDITIONED

JOE E. BROWN in EARTHWORK TRACTORS.” with JUNE TRAVIS Our Gang Comedy_

VnOlT Oa. Are. and Qoeber It Ml* Flare V.W Col 4«l« JANE WITHERS in "LITTLE MISI

_NOBODY."_ JESSE THEATER

Cari#>r Air Conditioned. Double Feature

"PRIDE OF THE MARINES." wi-l CH0RLE3 RICK FORD FLOR1NC1

t/3 RICF "THE COUNTRY BE ~ YOND." PAUL KELT V POCHELI1 K HUDSON Serial Sillv Smnphonr 111_Matinee at 1 P.M._ B cvi VAN >•* >nd R I. Are. N.W S JlLVAr1 Carrier Air Canditlanrd hi Double Feature. S "THE DEVILS SQUADRON" wit.' i * RICHARD DIX KAREN MORLEY 3E “THE COUNTRY BEYOND." w|ti « PAUL KELLY. ROCHELLE HUD

SON. Serial. Carton j ■js __ _Matinee at 1 P.M. “

PALM THEATER d,Va,at' “•SISTEWF taanlb5?“XB^aA

RITE CHURCHILL. Also Weaton Attraction.

Matinee at 1 P.M.

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