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From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters.
"Humpty Dumpty" Canrtltd;
National Books O'Neil Film.
■Τ "γ TITH the announcement
1 A / that the Schwab and De
1/ V Sylva musical comedy,
τ Τ "Humpty Dumpty," has
been canceled, comes word
from the management of the National
that the film version of Eugene
O'Neil's "Strapge Interlude" will be
shown there, starting Friday of next
week and continuing until Sunday,
October 2. This is the Metro-Gold
wyn-Mayer classic which features
Norma Shearer, Clark Gable. Alex
ander Kirkland and other prominent
film celebrities.
"Humpty Dumpty" is being taken
back to New York for repairs. It is
said that it will be recast before it
Is presented either in the "prov
inces" or on Broadway.
Edmund Lowe Appears
On Stage and Screen,at Fox.
MR. EDMUND LOWE, hand
somely coined, in a turban,
with eyes that are capable
of rooting fellow mortals to
the ground and hands that
can change rifles into snakes and
money into toads, assumes the ac
coutrements of "Chandu. the Magi
cian," at Loew's Fox this week, as
"Ci I no ayjjtm
lng on the stage
In a smutty trifle,
ior which he is
applauded to the
skie*. One of the
real he-men of
the films, with a
first-class dispo
sition and a
first - class smile,
Mr. Lowe is to be
congratulated on
his skill at hocus
pocus magic, if
less so for the
shorter perform
ance of his art on
the stage.
"Chandu," ac
cording to the
rrcoras. IS H Kcliuriliaxi υ ι
moil knowledge whom the radio has
made famous and who has a "spirit"
•which is so strong that by merely
looking at some one and reaching
out at him with, an eerie arm he
transfixes that person into acting
according to his commands. He is
hence the very person to deal with
a dastardly gentleman by the name
of Roxor. who flourishes in Egypt
and who spends his days and nights
brooding over the invention of a
death ray with which he hopes to
annihilate civilization and proclaim
himself king over whatever is left.
Into this kingdom of brutality and
savagery ι Roxor seems al:o to. have
most of Mr. Lowe's family in his
clutches) goes this intrepid crusa
der, who by the rolling of his eye
balls and his ability to conjure up
visions for insistent inebriates is the
wonder of the land. Once there, he
; not only saves a lovely Egyptian
princess from worse than death but
he rescues his whole family and
eventually wrecks ol' man Roxor,
■ just as he is about to complete his
death-ray drive.
At this point and long before the
audience had begun to clap and
shout, and finally at Mr. Lowe's wav
ing of a bright moon into darkness
there were almost cheers. So even
If the film is merelv a hodgepodge
of all forms of magic and insanity,
even if the love semes are bad. the
scenery false and Bela Lugosi mor
bid in one of those overstuffed parts,
still, if ycu go with the idea of
laughing, you may laugh—otherwise
you may cry. In any case. Miss
Irene Ware, the new Fox heroine, is
i pleasing to look at; Herbert Mun
din as the continual inebriate is
very, very funny, and when all those
i littie frogs come hurtling out of that
money bag you'll get a genuine
chuckle.
The stage show, besides Mr.
Lowe's little act, is made up of the
Four Casting Stars—excellent: Belle
Blanche, doing some clever imper
! sonations; Billy Glason. providing
seme mild humor, and Billy Wells
; and the Four Pays, who fall around
! and twist themselves into knots as
though they enjoyed it. Then there
is Phil Lampkin persuading his very
'· fine orchestra to do a very fine over
ture called "Dark Eyes."
E. de S. MELCHER.
Barbara Stanwyck at Earle
In "The Purchase Price."
^pHINGS which might happen to
a night-club entertainer from
New York if she moved to a great
farm near the Canadian border and
of a hopelessly
mortgaged agri
culturist are as
sembled in the
film. "The Pur
chase Price." in
which Barbara
Staijwyck and
George Brent
perform on the
Ε a r 1 e screen.
There is a
marked differ
e η c e between
the way they do
things in the
metropolis and
the daily cus
toms of lonely
tillers of the
•mju. χι lanes a lung uni'. ιυ oecome
acquainted with each other's ways.
When husband and wife are of the
mail-order variety the result may be
extremely uncertain. They ara j
types, and there is much Inevitable j
drama when the types bscomc mixed, j
It is rough in some ways, but human
character is the solution of the ]
problem, and Miss Stanwyck has
the contract to furnish the char
It is somewhat different from this
actress' former undertakings in the
! fact that there Is less of the finer
i quality In life and more or the un
I reasonable petulance that comes
from disappointment and regret.
I She is cast for a woman who knows
refinement, but is not a ^ shining
example of it herself. She is rather
cruel toward the man who has taken
her in good faith, but develops an
affection which is steadfast and
brings success to her husband. Sne
sticks to him notwithstanding the
prize of wealth that is offered by
the metropolitan lover who follows
her into the Northwest. She suc
ceeds in taming the young man of
the soil who also has his regrets.
Years ago there was a stage play
in which similar forces were let
loose. It was by a distinguished
American poet and was called "The
Great Divide." · It was hailed by the
public as the great national drama.
Crowded houses gave evidence of its
gripping quality. Its scenes were
laid in the Southwest rather than in
the Northwest, and the incidents
were in keeping with the environ
ment. but the theatrical values were
similar. In the present i^ta^ce
there is less of quiet intensity and
more of the boisterous merriment
of uncouth specimens who seek
from poverty in liquor. It lacks the
touch of its prototype, but it is
American drama. And Mr Brent,
like Miss Stanwyck, has an odd role.
A largo cast assists in unfolding tne
story. The filming is characterized
by significant changes in scenes
with a staccato effect.
The Earle stage is favored iMtn
two radio stars, a somewhat unusual
combination. Whispering Jack
Smith and Welcome Lewis both ha\e
their numberless friends, who find
k?en oleasure in their appearance
in person and their singing of fa
miliar songs. Miss Lewis has a new
song, which she introduces to the
public in her appearance here. She
has an artistic setting, with three
musicians to aid her. Mr. Smith
reveals his magnetic quality by in
ducing tlie audience to join witn
him in the presentation of songs,
with whistling as well as singing.
He us^s the piano for his accom
paniment. Other acts on the stage
are Medley and Dupree ln_*
amusing comedy feature, and Wilma
and Earlvne Wallace, with the as
sistance of three young men. in a
glittering collection of acrobatic and
dancing numbsrs. The usual short
films are shown. D- c· c·
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson's
Remarkable Animal Pictures.
W/ILD animals reveal hostility to
VV reckless intruders and almost
charge the cameraman in their
rage, while African natives engage
in all the motions of tribal dis
turbances in the unprecedented^
accurate picture of the heart of
Africa that is shown at the Co
lumbia Theater. It is called Con
gorilla." and with the use of talking
films reproduces for the benefit of
audiences sitting in comfort under
irodern conditions of civilization the
activities of one of the earth's wild
est sections.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson have
long been known as explorers who
have found no effective obstacles to
invading the most perilous or sacred
precincts of the globe. They are
able to tell their stories with a
highly appreciated sense of humor
and to take their motion pictures
with nerves which remain steady
under the most menacing conditions.
They also find pleasure in making
friends with primitive tribes whiclh
are not in the habit of playing the
host to white tourists.
One of the outstanding and most
humorous incidents of "Congorilla
is the attempt of rcpiesentatives of
the Pvgmy tribe to light cigars with
boxes "of matches. The natives have
a fine appreciation of the pleasure
to be given by the smoking of to
bacco. but are obliged to concede their
defeat in the lighting operation
until Mr. Johnson comes to tne
rescue. The ground is covered wltn
boxes and matches before the task
is completed. In the action that is
recorded by the camera. there is
striking illumination of the char
acters of the two Pygmy men who
have been selected for the test.
These natives, who are naturally
very small, are shown in all their
community activities, including the
call to assembly, and furnish an
interesting part of the Picture.
There is also much impressive
scenery from Central Africa, includ
ing one of the world's great water
i3Most Important of the records pre
served by these famous explorers is
the constant procession of wild
animals, from the lion and the ele
phant to the simian, and they are
shown in their own conflicts, in
cluding the attack of a lion on a
zebra, with the assembling of the
beasts and birds of prey after the
killing The attitude of. the animals
toward the party of travelers also
is vividly revealed. Crocodiles are
shown as the scourge of the streams,
and a most striking picture is of a
multitude of flamingoes.
The Columbia also offers short
films, with special emphasis on a
base ball comedy D c· c·
"Grand Hotel" Revived
At Loew s Palace Theater.
\/f ETRO - GOLDWYN - MAYER'S
1* I loo per cent excellent version
of Vicki Baum's "Grand Hotel. ' al
though shown at fabulous prices
already in the home town is again
repeating the rewards of the great
at the Palace Theater It is all your
life is worth even to get near this
celluloid hostelry, which is filled so
admirably with Garbos, Barrymores,
' Beerys and Crawfords.
Here, In this gargantuan replica
of a German hotel may bo seen one
of the finest achievements of the
screen—an achievement which is a
harmonious blending of much of
the wit, skill and beauty that are to
be found In Hollywood. Here the
great Garbo gets away with wearing
a ballet dancer's skirt and, apart
from the one unnecessarily clumsy
skipping act, dees some o£ the best
work of her career. Here Lionel
Barrymore overacts to his heart's
content, and does it superbly (steal
ing, according to our way of think
ing. the show). Here Brother John
does some smooth, sincere and lik
able acting—and Joan Crawford,
while too much of a Mayfair lady
to seem"quite the tough little stenog
rapher she is meant to be, is, how
ever, so eloquent in her hose and
haberdashery that just to look at
her is to be considerably stimulated.
The world by now knows what
this is all about. It is a humane
and inhumane document of lifa un
der the "big tent." A big. expensive
drama about big. expensive people.
It is long—but it is never tedious.
Furthermore, it is questionable if a
cast of such admirable proportions
will ever be assembled ior one film
again. Every inch of it is worth
seeing. " You will agree, too, that it
seems even better now in a theater
where you don't have to sell your
shirt to get in to see it.
E. de S. M.
"Bird of Paradise"
Held Over Second Week.
Λ LTHOUGH it Is presumable that
daughters of Hawaiian chiefs no
longer are sacrificed in the mouths
of volcanoes, ind that nice, lean,
athletic college boys do not clamor
to bring home dusky-colored maidens
as wives to their ancestral homes,
"Bird of Paradise." now retained for
a second week at R-K-O Keith's, al
most makes you b?lieve that such
customs are not yet totally extinct.
Due perhaps to the smooth, cocoa
colored beauty of Miss Dolores Del
Rio. one of tlïe screen's most potent
heroines, and to the scenery and,
the music which Director King Vidor
has supplied with a generous hand,
the film suggests that such romantic
customs are maybe still just around
the corner.
Mr. Joel McCrea, a somewhat civil
ized member of the school of Tarzan,
is most fortunate in his adventures
on this tropical island. At sight of
Miss Del Rio he eschews the com
pany of his friendly boating oartv.
waves good-bv to the lads he went
to school with, and lands himself
neatly on a Honoluluan beach, with
little more on than a smile and a
local pair of ".jumpers." To his
great delight and to the delight of
most of the audience, he pursues
the equally slimly garbed Miss Del
Rio up and down the island, and
finally rescuing her from the arms
of an unhandsome chicf. whom she
is about to marry, he transplants her
to a neighboring island and teaches
her there many things, including a
syllable or two of his native
language.
You know the story. It doesn't
amount to much. But the photog
raphy does. And it is refreshing to
be able to sit back and not be pelted
with a long, unceasing stream of
"gab " There isn't much dialogue—
that's one of its chief virtues.
E. de S. M.
»——-—
DECISION RESERVED
NEW YORK, September 17 (A>) —
Supreme Court Justice John E. Mc
Geehan heard argument^ yesterday and
reserved his decision on an application
for the removal of the City Bank
Farmers' Trust Co. from the trustee
ship of two International Match Corpo
ration bond issues totaling S 100.000.000.
Samuel Untermyer. representing a
Bondholders' Committee which brought
the action, said that the National City
Bank, affiliated with the City Bank
Farmers' Trust Co., was being sued by
the Irving Trust Co. as trustee in bank
ruptcy for the International Match Cor
poration.
G. H. MAXWELL DIES
PASADENA. Calif.. September 17 (A3).
—-George Holmes Maxwell, 68, inventor
and manufacturer, with business inter
ests centered in Boston, died in a hos
pital yesterday following a six-week ill
ness.
Maxwell, born at New Woodstock, N.
Y„ August 1G. 1864, was president of
the North American Chemical Co. and
a member of the National Association of
Constitutional Government and the
American Academy of Political and So
cial Science. The widow survives.
Edmund I.owe.
Barbara Stanwyck.
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THEY had a smooth voyage and
Jean was not ill. She would
have beer little short of human
if she had not enjoyed the trip
on the palatial French line . . .
their luxurious suite . . . the delicious
food . . ' . her stunning clothes and,
above all, the generous, considerate
kindness of her husband . . .
No, not her husband ... he was her
sweetheart . . . her father . . . her bril
liant, cultured companion . . . her intel
lectual stimulus ... but not her hus
band.
Jean was by far the most beautiful
woman at dinner that night. And her
frock was subtle . . . sophisticated . . .
chic, but not obvious. Dr. Junet, who
had been surrounded by well dressed
women all his life, appreciated Jean's
cleverness in choosing her wardrobe . . .
and his pride swelled when he reflected
that she belonged to him. She was
wearing his wedding gift tonight for the
first time, and he took that as a favor
able sign, too ... a fine old ruby neck
lace that suited her vivid beauty. And
she sparkled, as if the jewels brought
out something in lier that had been
dead ... or was it the wine?
Appreciative of his kindness to her,
his obvious efforts to make her happy,
Jean put her arms about his neck that
night and kissed him. "Thank you for
everything." she said.
He went into his own room and closed
the door. j
In the morning they landed. They
did not go to Paris. Victor thought it j
better to take Jean direct to the coun- j
try and had a car meet them at Havre, j
Jean was too preoccuDied to enjoy the j
picturesque countryside through which ;
thev drove, or do little more than smile
at Victor's excited comments.
His hoT.e was in thp Sauth. and the
sun shone warmly on the rambling old
chateau that was Dr. Junet's ances
tral home. The land was his as far as
her eve could reach, he told her. Jean
smiled and tried to be interested, tried
to match his enthusiasm with her own.
but the moment she stepped inside the
gloomy, cavernous entrance a three
fold depression settled upon her.
Victor had no family, and the estate
was in the hands of a caretaker and
servants that had been in the family
longer than he could remember.
Jean's room was enormous, with a
bed that nearly swallowed her. There
was a bath, fairly decent, but she had
to ask for hot water. Victor found her
crying.
"Darling," he said, "you don't like it
here?"
Ash3mei, she sat up and tried to
corrpose herself. "It is lovely. I guers
it just seems a little strange. I—I "
"It is my fault. We should have |
gone to Paris, where it is gay. I will
take you just as soon as you have
rented and I have attended to some
affairs. And we will go to the Riviera— |
anywhere you like. I have been wrong.
Please forgive me"
Every one was overwhelmingly kind.
The servants heaped attention upon
this lovely sad young wife their master
had brought home. And Jean, hating
herself for her own selfishness, did her
bes't to be happy, to make herself agree
able to Victor while he was getting his
business in shape. She was lelt to her- ;
self more than was good for her. But
if they were going away so soon again
it was necessary for Victor to concen
trate on the details that were moun
tainous.
Preoccupied as he was in his haste
to take Jean away, for she continued
to feel like an alien in this home of his
happy childhood, he did not notice how
very thin she was growing.
It was almost three weeks later. One
evening at dinner he noticed that she
was wearing one of the new frocks he
had admired on the steamer. Now it
was an ill fit.
"Jean, aren't you well?" he asked,
solicitously, alarmed.
"Of course. Why?" ;
"But you are so thin—I hadn't no- !
ticed. Don't you like our food? You
can have anything you like, you know."
"The food is wonderful, Vic. I just
haven't much appetite, and why worry
about being thin—that's what girls are
always trying to achieve, you know."
"I am almost through with my work.
We will leave the end of next. week. I
have neglected you. And I didn't in
tend to do that. I thought we would
remain here for two or three months,
and I would attend to a little business
each day, and we would see people.
But, nulling in this way—you under
stand, dont you, dear?" ,
"Of course I do. And I feel very I
guilty for ta king you away from your
home, which you love so much. Per
haps we can come back later."
"Oh, my dear, do you think so? Do
you think vou will ever become accus
tomed to my country, to me?"
"I am accustomed to you, am I not?
And 1 haven't seen your country, you
know. I'm sure X shall love it."
She did not tell him that she was ill
of homesickness and of love for Martin.
Thoughts of Marcia brought copious
tears, and she tried to hide her sad
ness from the servants: tried not to be
caught crying. But she was in the
throes of a melancholia that was seri
ous. Most of the day she sat Idly In
the oppressive drawing room upstairs
or wandered aimlessly about the
grounds. She saw nothing of the ro
mance. the historical background, nor
the beauty of this old chateau. She
only knew that she was in a strange
country—lost. She could not even talk
with the servants, for ihe knew no
French and was too listless, too disin
terested, to try and learn now. Celeste,
her personal maid, whom Victor had
charged with her care and amusement,
tried to teach her the native tongue,
but Jean only shook her head and
turned away to hide her lack of self
control.
Now Victor abandoned his work at
luncheon time and spent the rest ot
the day trying to amuse her—driving,
riding, boating, anything in which he
could interest her. Jean realized hi»
goodness and solicitude, and in order
not to be ungrateful acquiesced in any
thing he suggested. But she daily be
came thinners There was a sharp line
to her profile and the girlish roundness
of chin and throat was gone. She
stayed in bed mornings now and did
not get up until noon.
(To Be Continued.)
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MONDAY'S STAR
OIL BLAST KILLS TWO
■ I
MIAMI, Ariz., September 17 (JP).—
V. P. Frazier, former Arizona secretary
of state, and Ralph Hawes, oil com
pany employe, were burned to death
yesterday In an explosion and fire
which destroyed the Texaco Oil Co.'s
storage plant.
Company officials said they had been
unable to determine the cause of the
blast. They estimated the loss at
$200,000.
6.0. P. HONORS FIRST
PLATFORM'S AUTHOR
Campaign Given Impetus by Pro
gram in Ohio, Including .
Tribute to Oiddings.
By th· Associated Press.
JEFFERSON, Ohio, September 17.—
j The call to political battle went out
to Ohio Republicans today near the
scene where 76 years ago the first draft
j of their party's first national platform
was written.
A tribute to the author of those
policies—Joehua Reed Glddlngs—was a
part of the 10-hour program in which
1932 State party leaders sounded the
challenge to thousands of persons to
drive for a November victory.
The rally opened with the dedication
of 10 bronze tablets commémora ting
historical events of this vicinity.
Roecoe Conklin Simmons of Chicago,
who seconded President Hoover's nomi
nation at tne Chicago convention, was
the principal speaker.
Events directly connected with the
formation arid activities of the Repub
lican party were among the historic.'
Incidents to which the tablets, one of
whirh t. as cet aside for the one-room
building where Oiddings wrote the
original O. O. P. planks, were dedicated.
Another honored the memory of Sen
ator B. P. Wade, who as acting Vice
President would have become President
but for a single vote preventing Im
peachment of President Andrew John
ion. The first woman's suffrage con
vention, held here in 1E44; the Anno
Mundi Station of the "underground
railway," the elm tree under which
President McKinley once spoke and
Senator Wade's old lav.· office were sub
jects for other tablet dedications.
Superstitious burglars who stole cut
lery from a house in Wimbleton, Eng
land, left a written note with a penny
to ward off bad luck.
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Three hundred feet up in the sunshine, on Sixteenth Street Heights, is a
beautiful new home—built and equipped to be modern, comfortable, conven
ient for a lifetime or more. Henry J. Connor is the builder and he has put
all his fine skill and long experience into this, his latest house.
There are eight rooms with a center hall. Careful planning—insulation
—modern materials—skillful supervision—everything possible has been em
ployed to make this an outstanding residence.
It is significant that in this home the builder has used gas exclusively, for
modernizing. Automatic Gas Heat has been installed to give effortless comfort.
A gas refrigerator has been selected because of its quiet, economical efficiency.
An automatic gas water heater supplies all the hot water wanted, on instant
demand. An insulated, heat-control gas range in the black-and-i\-ory kitchen
is the last word in modernism.
This exceptional home is open every day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. It h a
veritable exhibition of modern living at its best. To see it, drive out 16th
Street to Kalmia Street, east to the 1300 block. You'll enjoy the visit, and
get many an idea of how you, too, can add to ^our comfort and convenience,
wherever you may live, with gas, the modern fuel.
WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY
* Builders' and Architects' Division
411 Tenth St. N.W. District 8500
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