Reviews Give Pictures Better Break Than Facts

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In Which the Producer Who Wanted Critics Confined to Factual Reports Is An-

swered in Part.

By Robert B. Phillips, Jr.

SPLUTTERING and foaming because the critics had fried, boiled, roasted

and panned a couple of his shows into oblivion, a New York producer told a convention of American theater people recently that he thought drama reviewers should limit, themselves to a factual report of the shows

they covered. This would permit the public to choose its entertainment with- out fear or favor, bias or baloney, the gentleman said. Furthermore, it would UAVU IMC iiuynouuia, n v yjk uiiu n

Ing drama critics a chance to earn an

horxvn living, an experiment to be classed with T. V. A and the Resettle- ment Administration as social reform.

Cinema managers have also been known to wall and scream because

of the reviews given their pictures, flaiming that the boys would cheer-

fully murder any nice, shiny box office for the sake of a half-baked wise erark, and sometimes insinuating that, most cinema critics are dolts who haven't the taste or education to tell a theatrical lemon from a rase.

In show business this distinction is made by rounting dollars, which amounts to both higher education and

supreme taste, provided you have

enough dollars to count.

Seldom does it appear to the deep thinkers who run affairs theatrical In this country that a reviewer, particularly for the daily prints, often

recognizes and acknowledges audience values in a picture, promptly informs the public that it probably will enjoy the play or picture, albeit he himself has no special use for it.

Since we may presume that if the

System of "unbiased” drama criticism were adopted the material therefor would be supplied by the studio press department, which would draw up synopsis of the story and characters, we may make a comparison of the

probable effects of the new method end the old.

IN THE recent instanee of a picture called "Mr. Dodd Takes the Air"

the Warner Bras, presented an in-

sanely improbable plot with a certain

finesse ar.d comedy sense that made

It quite acceptable divertissement for

sny one seeking to while away a hot afternoon or evening. In addition the

picture presented a young radio star

named Kenny Baker, whase voice and unassuming manner were equally

pleasant. A good singer and an un-

skillful actor, he displayed that sort of awkward sincerity which is ex-

tremely engaging in the young and the naive.

Every review we saw of "Mr. Dodd"

gave it a favorable rating and took Into account its good qualities. If those few movie-goers who are guided by newspaper writers did not go into the theaters where it was playing they simply weren't playing ball with

j hip cranes.

| Suppose, however, the "factual" sys- m of reporting on “Mr, Dodd" had

been adopted. We leave you to judge how many persons would be charg- ing down to the box office because of the synopsis reprinted below, verbatim *s it came hot from the press depart- ment of the Warner Bros. Studios.

SYNOPSIS.

Claude Dodd iKenny Baker* is a

Pewamo bov with a baritone voice

who works in an electrical shop for ?‘.7 50 a week and takes singing lessons

Mr. Hiram P Doremus >Perris Tay- lor-. a former Pewamo boy, who has made good in the big city, hears Mr. P-xid sing and offers Claude a job singing on the radio in New York at

$22 60 a week Sniffer Sears (Frank McHugh i, Claude’s friend, appoints himself manager.

A bad throat makes an operation necessary

Hp arrives in New York for the Morpheus Mattress program sponsored by Dorpmus and is dismayed to dis- cover he is a tenor as a result of the operation. Claude is fired. Disheart- ened. Claude. Sniffer and Marjorie (Jane Wyman), a broadcasting com-

pany employe, go to a coffee shop. While there Mr. Doremus comes down and offers Claude a contract at a few dollars more a week. Sniffer, sus-

picious, offers a contract starting at several hundred dollars a week for 26 weeks. Egged on by Marjorie, Claude and Sniffer refuse until Mr. Gateway Henry O’Neill) gets the offer

Today’s Film Schedule

EARLE—“Artists and Models,” Jack Benny in a new beauty- packed musical; 2:35. 5. 7:30 and 9:55 p.m. Stage shows, 2, 4:25. 6:50 and 9:20 p.m.

CAPITOL—"Wee Willie Win- kir.” with Shirley Temple in the central role in the Kipling story; 2. 4:35, 7:20 and 10:05 p.m. "Going Native." on stage, 3:30, 6:15 and 9 p.m.

KEITH'S—"Borneo.” the late Martin Johnson and his wife on another jungle jaunt; 2, 3:50, 5:40, 7 40 and 9:40 p.m.

PALACE — "Broadway Melody of 1938.” latest in the line of bright, musicals; 2:15, 4:40, 7:10 and 9:35 p.m.

RIALTO—-"Transatlantic Mer- ry-Go-Round," reissue of an early Jack Benny success; 2, 3:50, 5:45,

j 7:45 and 9:45 p.m. METROPOLITAN—"The Great

Gambini,’’ mind-reader predicts a murder too well; 2, 3:55, 5:50, 7:50 and 9:50 p.m.

COLUMBIA — "Slave Ship,” considerable excitement on the last of the “slavers”; 3, 5:15, 7:25 and 9:40 p.m.

LITTLE—“Mr. Deeds Goes to j Town," Oarv Cooper’s hilarious j eomedy success revived; 2, 3:40,

5:40, 7:40 and 9:35 p.m.

| TRANS-LUX—News and shorts, j Complete shows run 1 hour and | 15 minutes, continuous from 2

p.rn.

up to $1,000 per week on a 52-week basis.

Claude is an overnight sensation and the company exploits him as a man of mystery.

There are Dodd fan clubs all over the country and girl fans buy Dodd lockets and photos. Claude's only con- tact with people, however, is in the broadcasting studied and with Sniffer and Marjorie. Tiring at last of the suppression, he gets up courage enough to defy his associates and takes Mar- jorie out on a date. At her home he reveals that he has invented a lithe gadget which costs 50 cents but which will make the most static-filled radii set play like a million dollars.

Later that night at a night club he runs into Gateway and party, which includes Jessica (Gertrude Michael), a blond gold-digger, and Lidin (John Eldredgei. her crooked partner. They learn of Claude's invention and set about to "take" him. Claude, simple country boy, doesn't realize what's happening. Marjorie fades into the background.

Jessica takes Claude to a party at Mme. Moro's (Alice Brady). Mme. Moro, famous opera singer, is madly temperamental. She is intrigued by Claude and decides to marry him. When Jessica finds out that Moro is going to marry Claude, she tells him if he doesn't marry her she will sue.

Meanwhile Lidin, Jessica's co-

worker, has tried to steal the radio gadget and patent it ahead of Claude. But Marjorie had taken it off her radio the night Claude demonstrated it and had patented it in her name as a protection for him.

Tiring of the entire mix-up, and fearing the possibilities of either Jes- sica or Mme. Moro, Claude feigns throat trouble again and pretends he has lost his voice. He loses his radio work and Jessica continues her hopes to get the gadget. Marjorie fades from the picture again, herself a littie fed up with Claude's mix-up and see- ing no way to shake him out of it.

He goes back to Pewamo. A little later Sniffer marries Mme. Moro and rounds up Marjorie, and the three of them go to Pewamo. They find Claude fixing wires in a tree at the straw- berry festival. They tell him every- thing is all right again and Marjorie turns the patent papers over to him. He breaks into "Am I in Love’” and comes down from the tree to embrace Marjorie.

Coming Attractions

Downtown Theaters Book Films for

Next Week.

Capitol— Love Under Fire," with

Loretta Young and Don Ameche romancing against the background of Spanish

warfare, opens Friday. The comedy romance has also in its cast Borrah Minnevitch and his gang. Frances Drake. Walter Catlett, John Carrl- dine and Sig Ruman. There'll be a

variety vaudeville program on the bill, too.

Keith’s—“Make a Wish,” a new vehicle for the well-known voice of young Bobby Breen, is down on the bocks for npxt Friday. The singing favorite is supported in the romance with music by Basil Rathbone, Marion Claire. Henry Armetta. Ralph Forbes. Donald Meek and Leon Errol. Music is by Oscar Strauss.

Earle—There's a new Kay Francis in next Friday's attraction here. "Con- fession." A Kay Francis who plays three or four definite stages of the same woman's character. Basil Rath- bone. Jane Bryan. Donald Crisp, Mary Maguire and Ian Hunter head the sup- porting cast. The headline attraction on the vaudeville bill will be the Debonairs. "Top Hatted Dance Styl- ists." and Emily Von Loesen, "Stepping Classics in Swingtime."

Metropolitan — "King Solomon's Mines,” Gaumont-British production of H. Rider Haggard's famous story, opens its engagement here Friday. Ann Lee, Roland Young. Cedric Hard- wice, John Loder and Paul Robeson play leading roles in the cinema ad- venture.

Palace—Sonja Henie's new film. "Thin Ice,” is sla*ed to follow the current musical. "Broadway Melody of 1938 Miss Henie's leading man is Tyrone Power and the supporting cast includes Arthur Treacher, Leah Ray and George Givot.

Rialto—"Talk of the Devil,” novel romantic melodrama, starring Sally Ellers and Ricardo Cortez, comes here a week from today.

Hollywood Sees a New Star Rising Franciska Gaal of Budapest Has Cecil De Mille’s Hopes High

as She Plays First Role Here.

So new a cinema star is Paramount's Franciska Gaal that it was necessary to resort to tele- grams and the A. P. Wirephoto to get this first portrait of her to Washington.

By Jay Car wady.'

Hollywood.—Ten minutes to

the left of this typewriter, as

Paramount automobiles fly, lies Franciska Gaal.

i Miss Gaal is quite a number of things in this world. News is one of them. Also she is a sensation and very, very wonderful.

Hollywood's observant talent scouts

<every one here is a talent scout from the studio barber up !o Adolf Zukor)

j picked Miss Gaal out of a can of im-

| ported film. The film was only a few 1 feet along on its way to a predestined

end when Paramount's more glittering minds derided. "Miss Gaal's for us." And. as it was so tersely paraphrased in Genesis. Miss Gaal was for them.

You hear so much about Miss Gaal —that she is a combination of Eliza- beth Bergner, Marlene Dietrich and Lmse Rainer—that you think it would b? a good idea to get over and talk to her. The idea turns out to be excellent one minute after the con-

versation begins. It begins, inci-

} dentally, in Miss Gaal's set dressing | room where she has just changed J from the costume of a pirate's lovely ! Louisiana captive into a pair of light blue beach pajamas, proper luncheon

j garb out here. It continues all the

way to apartment number "honnert

eight'’ (which translates freely as

one hundred and eight Twitchell ! Arms, which is Miss Gaal's studio

dressing room.

"How does it. feel to be regarded as

Hollywood's coming brightest star?" we asked about Miss Gaal.

You talk too fast." replies Miss Gaal. "I did not understand a word you said."

Miss Clark, who happens to be Miss Gaal's English instructor, explains at

| this point that her very intelligent pupil is confused by high-speed Eng-

! lish. that she can understand any- thing when it is spoken slowly. So one repeats the question with the orig-

i ir.al speed reduced by seven-eighths. "Oh, but I'm not,” Miss Gaal pro-

tests, "I am only working hard. I love it. I have a fine part In 'Buc-

! caneer.’ It is marvelous playing with Mr. March (Fredric). I am learning

| so much.”

| And she is learning ‘‘so much.” i For eight months she has been study- I ing English, night and day. She has

a startlingly large vocabulary and i virtually no accent. She is not yet j able to take the language in high

gear, so to speak, and she still uses

j it with Hungarian gestures. It gives j the language a charm that it has not had in years. In a way it seems too bad that Miss Gaal is going right on

until she can speak without an ac-

cent and with the celerity that her nervous energy indicates she will.

Her petite, blue-eyed, golden blond- ness seems to be enhanced by her

vanishing uncertainty with the local nouns, verbs and adjectives.

V/IISS GAAL reviews her career be- tween bites of a fruit salad,

which is her only luncheon. Her hus- band, a tall, baldish chap who looks as if he might have taught math to sons of financiers, who need math, keeps her eyes on Miss Gaal through- out the interview. Pride was in his expression, and reverence, we would say.

Miss Gaal is not starting from scratch in her first venture in the great game of capturing the American

film public. She has had both film and stage experience in Budapest (her home town). Vienna, Berlin, Paris and a number of other places where American tourists go.

One of her stage ventures was in the Central European edition of "Good News." the musical which virtually had to be dynamited out of New York.

"Of course. I can’t sing," says Miss Gaal demurely, "but I sang. Every one wav so nice about it They liked me very much. I do not know why. They still like me very much, I think, and they are looking forward to my first American picture." (Which means

that we finally have something in common with the people of Budapest.)

C. B De Mille, who dresses and looks like a Senator about to ride a

horse through Rock Creek Park (and who also looks like C. B De Mille), Is responsible for Miss Gaal's first part— one of the mast luscious parts in Hollyw ood right- now. He put her in tlie feminine lead of Buccaneer" be- cause he could not see any one else for the part.

Miss Gaal is working very hard to justify his faith in her And Para- mount's faith, which is tinctured with so much enthusiasm. Before every scene, and at night in her home, she and Miss Clark (the English instruc- tor) go over each line of the dialogue. They pause over each word and care-

fully rub ofT the accent with which Miss Gaal inclines to decorate the various syllables When she stands under a microphone, as we saw her do after the salad and interview had ended, she is letter perfect.

As a result of the interview, and watching Miss Gaal do her tricks be- fore De Mille's eamcra, we would like to be the 101.297th person to predict that she will do right well in this country. Even now the Budapest papers would be reasonablv safe (if they are listeningi in setting that headline about local girl making good.

^^VER on the set of "City Hall Scandal," not "Scandals," one

encounters an institution as old and respected in the theater and pictures as Miss Gaal is new. The name of the veteran edifice is John Barrymore. Mr. Barrymore never looked healthier. Nor acted half so merry. In the course of a chat that lasted fully 20 minutes, Mr. Barrymore snapped his eyebrows 5fi times, flared his nostrils 54 times and ran through the history of American literature from Ella Wheeler Wilcox to Ben Hecht. It was a splendid performance, with Mr. Barrymore at his best. And Mr. Barrymore’s best in an interview is very good, as any newspaper man who has ever laughed through the experi- ence will attest.

Barrymor“ seems very happ.v to recall that he once was an old news-

paper men himself, until he took to the stage like Cincinnatus fleeing from Arthur Brisbane.

“You might say." he said, "that I was once a newspaper illustrator. It ha.s been said before, but that was about 100 years ago, so I presume It has been forgotten. Moreover. I was a

very good newspaper illustrator. I could only draw demons with warts on them, but demons with warts on them were very popular In those days. Editors, in fact, could not get enough demons with warts on them, so I was in comparative clover.”

The conversation drifted away from warty demons while Barrymore was

asked about his recent radio version of "Hamlet.”

"Sure, I enjoyed it.” he said. “It 1* lots of fun playing Hamlet into a deuce which looks like a cuspidor with rhinestones decorating it. 1M1- chrophone, if Mr. Barrymore did not make himself clear. Mr. Hittenmark, Mr. Godfrey and Mr Brown.I

'T had not played it since right after Appomatox.”

Barrymore, whose profile is remark- ably preserved for an actor w ho seems

slightly bitter over the march of time iadvt. Mr. Meakin), does not think he ever will return to the stage. He would if the right play came along and the prospect of the hard work Involved were not too discouraging. He thinks the play won't and the prospect might be if it did.

All things, including pleasant in- terviews with John Barrymore, come to an end. and one wanders jver to

R-K-O, just around the comer.

The big news at R-K-O is a

leopard w hich just arrived in the morning. The leopard is going to play- opposite Katharine Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby.” It is a sensa-

tion on the lot and one discovers that leopards do not play opposite Kath- arine Hepburn without proper con-

ditioning. This one is to be given five days of practice staring into Kleig lights so when the actual shooting starts it will not go temperamental and chew up Miss Hepburn.

The leopard, one can tell at a glance fdistant glancei, is not like the cocka- too working over at Paramount Tne latter never sees a critic without sav-

ing a beguiling "Hello.” The leopard on its part just glared a dirty leopard glare. So we went away.

Barren Plateau Provides Owner With Tidy Income Friends Told Him He Was Crazy, but Aaron

Iverson Nets $40,000 a Year From Pic- ture Location Companies.

By Sh&ilah Graham.

HOLLYWOOD (N.A.N.A.).—Thirty years ago a middle-aged gentleman

named Aaron Iverson bought lor practically nothing a ghostly, awe-

some, high plateau of waterless terrain, cut by deep ravines, peopled with Jagged, erupted rocks, 18 miles from Los Angeles.

You're crazy,” his friends told him. If Mr. Iverson is crazy, please may I be crazy, too. This barren strip of land, still designated by its owner thp "Farm” but known to film producers as*>— L/naiswonn rutnuxi. me u»»t

ular of all locations'’ and today nets

the 70-year-old Iverson a grand total

of $40,000 a year. Mr. Iverson has a sound system of

charging his clients. They pay as

much as they can afford. Western

companies producing "quickies” give only *150 per day per camera to photo- graph in and about the ranch. But a

company like Samuel Goldwyn's, for

instance, finds itself spending around *24,000 a day—an average of 1.000

people costing *5 per person for food, *150 transportation. *2.50 costume and *15 for technicians and extras

This sum does not include the cost of

erecting the sets, production expendi- tures, electricity, water, the salaries of stars.

Old Man Iverson's price system is so

tangled with whimsical eccentricities an army of bookkeepers is required to add and check up. "The Adventures of Marco Polo” company, with Gary Cooper starred, was charged 50 cents

per day for each of the 400 extras

before the latter were allowed on the

property. One hundred and fifty horses set Mr. Goldwyn bark 25 cents

per head. Light vehicles were ad- mitted for *1 each, trucks cost *2 each and *100 was demanded for each camera and generator.

I^ROM the beginning of his profitable business. Iverson has insisted that

all sets constructed on his farm must remain there without the removal of a single nail. In return, he guaran- tees that the sets cannot be used or

I remodeled by another company for at ; least two years. Any studio todav

| can use the fortified section of the Khvber Pass used in "The Lives of a

Bengal Lancer" three years ago But

they must wait awhile for the palace of the thirteenth century Khans con-

! structed for "The Adventures of Marco > Polo,” the *40.000 East Indian army

past for "Wee Willie Winkle." the

{ beautiful structure from "The Garden of Allah" and the *150.000 garrison in "The Charge of the Light Brigade

Other deserted buildings on this fantastic site were used for "Ali Baba Goes to Town." "High. Wide and Handsome." "Wells Fargo.” "The Good Earth." "They Gave Him a

Gun.” "Firefly.” “The Bride Wore Red" and "The Old Soak In all. the assortment of sets represents more than *1.000,00 of actual construction work In lumber alone Iverson reck-

| ons he has around *100.000 in con- ! vertible cash.

The 70-vear-old "location" farmer

is young for his age and sits all day at his post on a high rock, overlooking his property. His keen eyes are focused on the entrance gate, while he notes down in hts book any new

charges that occur to him. Every stranger he sees straggling through the gate is entered at another 50 cents. And when each day's work is done, Mr. Iverson presents his account and collects his royalties from the film company's business manager. No. I don't think he Is crazy.

^^TEXT to Chatsworth, Malibu Lake, a peaceful paradise of water, hills

and live oaks. 34 miles north of Hollywood, serves most frequently for outdoor background shots, represent- ing every corner of the world. Malibu Lake has also lifted a pretty penny from the pockets of the film studios. Eight years ago the various property owners comprising the Malibu Lake Mountain Club were in debt $235,000. Today this has shrunk to less than $20.000—the result of motion picture occupancy.

The Malibu Club charges a flat price of $1,000 a day for the use of the lake and adjoining property. Hous- ing and feeding individual members of the company costs $5. inclusive. Recently this location was used by Fred Astaire and the Damsel in Dis- tress" company. "It's All Yours.” ‘'Ad- ventures of Tom Sawyer.” "Little Lord Fauntleroy," "Double Wedding." "The

Trail of the Lonesome Pine.” "The Gardep of Allah." Make a Wish," and for 20 days was occupied by the lead- ing members and extras of "The Ad- ventures of Marco Polo."

Location jaunts are not very popular with players or producers. The latter, chiefly from a point of view of ex- pense; screen folk, because they dislike primitive conditions. A sandstorm made life miserable for the cast of "Under Two Flags" during the loca- tion jaunt to Phoenix Nothing es-

caped—hair, eyes or food—and Star Claudette Colbert vowed "never again So did Maureen O'Sullivan, who found a snake in her bed the first night Tarzan Escapes’* was on location at Malibu. After this ex- perience. Maureen preferred to motor the 40 miles back to Beverly Hills each night, even though it meant rising at 5:30 in the morning tor an 8 o'clock call. (Copyright. 1P.3T, by theNoph America?

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Farce at Sylvan. ‘‘THE MAN WHO MARRIED A

DUMB WIFE." fanciful Fren**h farce by Anatole France, translated by Curtis Hidden Page, will be pre- sented by the F B I Theater Group Tuesday night at the Sylvan Theater on the Monument slope This will be the season's eleventh Summer fes- tival.

The cast will include Dorothy Lee, Marjorie Israelson. Anita Molesworth, Dorothy Dtllie Bingham, William Coleman, Lawrence Larmore Richard V. Boulger. Robert B. Youmans. Fred R. Youngblood and Elmer L. Butts.

‘'The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife" has been directed by J. Franci* Buckley, assisted by Milton Freedman.

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“WAKE UP AND LIVE.” With BEN BERNIE and ALICE FAYE. ‘WINGS OVER HONOLULU., With WENDY BARRIE and RAY MILLAND TAIfftM A 1,l> and Buttrrnnt Sta. I AIVUlllA No Parking Troubles

Continuous From 2:00 PM EDWIN K BOOTH and HARRY CAREY In

“TRADER HORN.” __Selected Short_Subjects._ STATE-BETHESDA Bethesda. Md

LIONEL BARRYMORE and FREDDIE RARTHOT.nMEW ‘CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS.’

CARTOON AND NEWS MAT. MONDAY 2 P.M.

HIPPODROME °“r,th

Continuous to 11 P.M.

NORMA SHEARER and LESLIE HOWARD in

“ROMEO AND JULIET.” r t urn MT. RAINIER. MD.

V3 LAlufcU Cont. 2 to 11 P.M. S JOE E. BROWN in J “RIDING ON AIR.”

A DP A MT HYATTSVILLE MD. AIxLAUfc Cont. 2 to J 1 P.M.

U JOE PENNER in Z “NEW FACES OF 1937.” ~ RICHMOND ALE«.^es ^ A*

Jane Withers._"Ansel’s Holiday."

° WALLACE BEERY and

g WARNER BAXTER in VS “SLAVE SHIP.”

W Free Parking Space—Ron Cars. _Completely Air-Conditioned.

• b Mil n ROCKVILLE WD IfllLU Cont. •: to 11 P.M.

“ JEAN HARLOW and CLARK GABLE in

“SARATOGA.” AIR-C ONED.

AMBASSADOR Matinee. 7:00 PM

JACK BENNY. GAIK PATRICK In _ ARTISTS AND MCDSli APftl I ft r’-* H St." N.E. rtrULLU Phone Line. 331« Matinee. 2:00 PM THE SINGING MARINE

_PICK POWELL_Ai to Sh n r

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IgB. agte.wtth AVENUE GRANDsVu sVoo

Matinee 2:00 PM Brought Back By Popular Demand Return Engagement

»_ILL ROGERS in DR BULL" fAIVFRT 2324 Wiaconain Are LALfLIXI Cleveland 2345

Matinee. 7 00 PM. C/5 CLARK GABLE JEAN HARLOW in

_ SARATOGA Short Subject

w CENTRAL pN atatinee. 2:0tt PM. V-a M \RX BROTHERS ALLAN JONT~

MAURFEN O SULLIVAN In A fcjj _DAY AT THE RACES Short

£ COLONY 4933 §& Safe K-w Matinee. 2:00 PM

•THE SINGING MARINE* r '•

I DICK POWELL. Also Short.

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O'** nUIfiE Phone Line 10290 Matinee. 7:00 PM.

FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW 8FEV

MOm CER TRACY LIONEL BARRY MORE in CAPTAINS COUP

_AGECU'S A15o Shor_t_8ub.1 € rt

PENN 6,0 *E-

TTZ Matinee. 2:00 PM CLARK GABLE JEAN HARLOW

z _' SARATOGA **

Short Subject

K CAVHV 30.30 14th St. N.W. ■TJ J/\ V U I Phope Col. 4900

Matinee. 2:00 PM. ^ RICHARD DIX. JOAN PERRY in ^ DEVIL IS DRIVING Short

CUCPinAN C,a. Are. * Sherid*" jncIXlUAll st. N.W. Ran. 2100

Matinee. 2:00 PM .MARX BROTHERS ALLAN JONEc

MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN In PAY AT THE RACES *_Sh or t

Trvnv 114th 8t* * p»rk n.w 11 YULI Phone Col. 1000

| Matinee. 2:00 PM. Air-Conditioned

CLARK GABLE. JEAN HARLOW r "SARATOGA "_Short Subject.

f TDTnU/N Conn. Are. and Nemr1 Ul lUYVlY St. N.W. Cler. 510f

Matinee. 2:00 TM i MARX BROTHERS ALLAN JONF~

MAUREEN O SULT IVAN in “/ DAY AT THE RACES." Short

VADY Ga. Are. and Qaehet IUI\!V Place N.W. Col. 4*10

Matinee. 2:00 PM. FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW. 8PEN-

! CER TRACY LIONEL BARRY- MORE in CAPTAINS COURAGE* OUS Also Short Subjects

NEWTON ”‘Vx.“ nT,u" Air-Conditioned.

c/3 “RIDIN’ ON AIR,” ^ya> JOE E BROWN

Comedy. Cartoon. Latest News.

s JESSE THEATER Carrier Air-Conditioned

a “NEW FACES OF 1937,’ ■TJ JOE PENNER. HARRIET HILLIARD •5J C VI VAN 1»t and R. I. An. N.W. jl LV All Carrier Air-Conditioned « “WAY OUT WEST,” jjj LAUREL and HARDY 00 PALM THEATER DELvABAT-

Tomorrow—'EVER SINCE EVE." with MARION DAVIES. ROBT. MONT*

_OOMERY.__ ARLINGTON, VA.

WII CUN 17*20 Wilson Bird. fflLoUH Opp. Colonial Villaft

Tomorrow — VIRGINIA BRUCE and ERAN- CHOT TONE in ’BETWEEN TWO WOMEN."

ACUTHN Clarendon. Va. Aon 1 UN Tomorrow—RAY MIL-

LAND IN WINGS OVER HONOLULU."

FALLS CHURCHrVA. STATE ^worries'10 LEE

TODAY I TOMORROW Complete Coronation RICKARD DU In Technicolor and I In JEAN ARTHUR In THE DEVIL

EASY LlvfSO.-- I IS DRIVING.