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Miss Morgan Reveals Talents For Being Interviewed Songstress Tells All and Makes It An Amusing Confession. Hillbilly Shortage Felt. By JAY CARMODY. MISS HELEN MORGAN, looki»g very chic and acting very agile (she can hop down from a piano top as pertly as a Kappa Kappa Gamma freshman) took her first step toward entertaining Washington, starting tomorrow at the Capitol, by entertaining Washington drama scribes yesterday afternoon. In a mood seventeen leagues removed from that In which she breaks hearts with songs, she led her interviewers through a lauynnui ui uni using uuu&s aim tmu- - nies of a career that has been one of the most vivid in show business. With the confidence of a woman whl> knows she does not look her age, she named names, dates and places with what amounted to virtual abandon. What ever the details of her agreement with time, Miss Morgan got the best of the deal, knows it and probably wouldn't give a hang if this report never stopped making her sound as old as Lilith. Of all the songs she has sung, in case you are the one person in the world who could not guess it, Miss Morgan prefers "My Bill.” From the minute she laid her vocal cords on it she knew it was her song. The people for whom she was working did not feel the same way about it, but Miss Morgan made them eat their eveiy word of protest against her use of it. The first audience went approximately wild about it. thus setting a fashion which audiences have followed with gusto ever since. The song, which is Identified in every ones mind with "Show Boat,” was written 10 years before. Miss Morgan is a singer without a shred of illusion as to her musician ship. She does not belong to the "mi mi mi” school of vocalists and makes no pretense of doing so. She did have aspirations to be operatic, but she got over them very young, with the assistance of a two fingered trumpeter who spent a sum mer teaching her that she could not sing “Madame Butterfly." Instead of being heartbroken she went on and became even more famous than if she had mastered the aria “One Fine Day.” As she tells the story, those lessons sound as if they were pretty hard on the neighbors. It was summer In Chicago at the time and the trumpeter and Miss Morgan used to go out and sit on the lawn while searching her talent for the high C they never found. * * * * A/f ISS MORGAN sang her first song (torch, too) at the age of 6 in church. It was something which we forgot, but she has not forgotten, about the world needing a little bit of love. “It was a duet," Miss Morgan re calls. “My job w-as to sing the alto part. And I sang the arto part as a solo because the other little girl got bo frightened, she never sang a note." She shudders, but not very deeply, to think what it must have sounded like. High light of her career, Miss Mor gan can tell you, was the period spent as a Ziegfeld star. Greatest of her moments in that association was the day the great Ziegfeld came to ask her if she would make a pro logue with sound to the silent film version of “Show Boat.” “They will pay you $7,000 for it." he said. Miss Morgan virtually swooned try ing to say she would make a whole film, playing all the parts if neces sary, for that much money. Ziegfeld r had to hold her to keep her from making the offer direct to the movie people gathered in an adjoining room. When she had calmed down he went back and talked them out of $3,000 more.. “Ten thousand dollars, and I did it in three hours,” she says with a look of rapture that Duse or Bernhardt might well envy. Miss Morgan is at her brightest best when she tells you how she got start ed in show business. With an I can't-believe-it-either look in her eyes, she lets you know that she did it by winning a beauty contest. “That was long ago,” she adds quickly. Interviews usually are not half so much fun. Or, more accurately, one twenty-seventh so much fun! * * * * VrOUNG men looking for a good, enduring life work with the op portunity for regular employment might examine the hillbilly field. It is recommended, and highly, by Ab ner (Leon) Weaver, who has been the most highly successful hillbilly in the entertainment field for 25 years. There is a serious shortage of hillbillies in the world, says Mr. Weaver, whatever the Census Bureau has to say about birth rates in the mountains. The hillbilly jobs which are un filled, of course, are those of tending to the caows and chickens, ’taters and other things. The regular dyed in-the-wooi members of the tribe are too busy with their stage and radio careers to bother working as farm hands. Mouth-organ playing and yo deling pay much better than farming, so Mr. Weaver does not blame his fellow mountain musicians for turn ing traitor to the soil. The other Weaver brother, Cicero, and Elvtry constitute the piece de resistance of “Swing Your Lady,” which comes to the Earle tomorrow, and which offprs further proof of the potency of the hill people as enter tainers. Warner Bros, made the film as a kind of joke, a sort of cffhand number, on which the production. cost was low. It turned out to be one of the big "sleeper” pictures in years, a sleeper being a picture for which there is a lot greater public demand than its producer realized when he gave the order to make it. -a Shorts Quartet At Trans-Lux. POUR shorts supplement the news section of the Trans-Lux show opening tomorrow. They include “Feminine Fun," a novelty sport picture; “Chile—Land of Charm.” a travelogue in color: a “Stranger Than Fiction” series and a “Mickey Mouse” cartoon. An aerial ropeway has been strung across the River Orchy in the High lands of Scotland. mm ># ACADEMY °f p"£ht spr"0,*, E. Lawrence Phillips' Theatre Beautiful Continuous From 4:3(1 P.M. JEAN ARTHUR and EDWARD ARNOLD In “EASY LIVING,” With RAY MILLAND. •‘ON PROBATION '• with MONTE BLUE. WILLIAM BAKEWELL and LUCILLE _BROWN.__ CAROLINA Air-Conditioned I RICHARD ARLEN in “SILENT BAR RIERS' and “SPEED TO SPARE." PIDP1 C Home of Mlrrophonie Sound IIKLLL Penna Are at 'list St Matinees Tues.. Thurs.. Sat.. Sun. MYRNA LOY. FRANCHOT TONE in MAN "ROOF." _ Short Subjects. DUMBARTON 13*Air-Conditionert j 1. lb DUNNE. CARY GRANT in "THE A,VFUI. TRUTH.';_News and_Comedy. FAIRLAWN Air-Conditioned I JE ANETTE MacDONALD. "THE FIREFLY.’’ ‘ PAMPDCCC Nichols Ave. A lUllltRUS Portland St. S.E. JOAN BLONDELL in ' BACK IN CIRCU LATION." 1 inn 3SS* M St. N.W LIlIU .JEANETTE MacDONALD. ALLAN JONES. WARREN WILLIAM in "THE FIREFLY." Also "Crime Does Not Pay." "Soak the Poor.” I ITTI C «0* St. N.W LI 1 1 LL Air-Conditioned American Premiere of “WHIRLPOOL.” PDINPCCC 1119 H St. N.E rlUntbJO Double Feature. GLADYS GEORGE in "MADAME X.” MIRIAM MARSH in "YOUTH ON PAROLE.”___ CCrn *344 Georda Ave. dLLU Silver Sprig* Md Continuous From 0:nn F.M. “IT’S ALL YOURS,” MADELEINE CARROLL and FRANCIS LEDERER Also . . . “HIGH FLYERS,” WHEELER and WOOLSEY. CTANTAN 9th »nd C Sta. N.E. SlAniUn Finest Sound Eoulument Continuous From 5:30 P.M. “The Big Broadcast of 1938,” Btarrinv W. C. FIELDS with MARTHA RAYE and DOROTHY LAMOUR. •‘BULLDOG DRUMMOND AT BAY. " with JOHN LODGE. DOROTHY MACKAILL and VICTOR JORY. T A If ft M A 4th and Butternut Sts. lAAV/lVlA No Parkin* Troubles JOAN BLONDELL in “STAND-IN.” Select Short Subjects. HIPPODROME Double Feature I Rochelle Hudson. "Woman Wise." John Boles. "She Married an _Artist.” _ TAMPfl mt rainier, md. LAIY1E.U Today-Tomor. PAT O’BRIEN in M “SUBMARINE D-l.” 3 ARCADE HYATTRVn.tE MD. I t NELSON EDDY and S ELEANOR POWELL in § _ “ROSALIE.” B RICHMOND ** V* I Am Sheridan. "Patient In Room 18." pern ALEXANDRIA. VA. ItCU/ Today-Tomor.-Sat. ° WALTER WINCHELL g and BEN BERNIE in •XI “LOVE AND HISSES.” _Free ParklnaSnace—800 Cars._ 2. Mil h ROCK VILLE. MD • B UllleVI Today-Tomor. fi Ray Milland and Frances Farmer in “EBB TIDE.” MARLBORO Today-Tomor. WALLACE BEERY in “Bad Man of Brimstone.” o c ta^> c V. e/a as u H < w X H c/j 0 as ca as u 1 wi EDV AS _m ST/ pi BUF in ST/ f AMBASSADOR S* &MB. ELEANOR POWELL and NELSON EDDY in ■■ROSALIE." News. APOim «2I H S*. N.E fMnV.W' Phone Une. 3378 MYRNA LOY. FRANCHOT TONE In "MAN-PROOF." Also Flovd Gibbons in "■■laying With Danger." AVAI ON A"12 Conn Are. N.W . Cleveland 2800 -^AtIN CIRCULATION." with PAT O BRIEN. JOAN BLONDELL _ and MARGARET LINDSAY. Short. AVENUE GRAND BRIAN AHERNE. OLIVIA DF HAVIL _LAND in "GREAT GARRICK."_ fAlVFPT 2321 Wisconsin Ave vALYEIVl Cleveland 2318 _ _ Matmec 2:<W P.M. FRED ASTAIRE. JOAN FONTAINE • i "DAMSEL IN DISTRESS." _ fFNTRAI i‘!3nth st. n.w. IE.I11 HAL Phone Met 2811 „ , Or«ns 11:00 A.M. "SH! THE OCTOPUS." with HUGH HERBERT. Also Walt Disney's _Academy Award Revue Short. COLONY 4™«& &S«W FRANCES FARMER. RAY MILLAND in "EBB TIDE." Also Popeye. _ HOME ,33Xt,c*VE IA1I HUNTER. PAT PATTERSON In _"FIFTY-SECOND STREET."_ PFNN 880 Penn. Avenne 8.E. rmin Lincoln 2179 Matinee 2:00 P.M. FRED ASTAIRE. JOAN FONTAINE in "DAMSEL IN DISTRES8."_ CAVAV 3030 11th St N.W 3AVUI Phone Col. 4088 M'Y-.NA LOY WILLIAM POWELL in "DOUBLE WEDDING.” Also 'is-c'l of Time. SHFRIHAN Ga. Ave. * Sheridan SJlEinlVAn St N.W.. Ran. 2100 _ Matinee 1:00 P.M. CLAUDETTE COLBERT. CHARLES BOYER In "TOVAR1CH." Short. TlVni I *<th St. a Park Rd N.W 11 VlfLl Phone Cel. 1800 Matinee 2:00 P.M. FRED ASTAIRE JOAN FONTAINE. BURNS and ALLEN in "DAMSEL _IN DISTRESS." Also Newsreel. lIPTflWN Conn A ve and UriUWW Newark St. N.W. Cleveland 5400 Matlne* 2:00 P.M. M/RNA LOY. PRANCHOT TONE in "MAN-PROOF." Newsreel. YORK Ga. Ave. and Qnebee ««* n w- c®'- *««« .Bought Back By Popular Demand. IRENE DUNNE and CARY GRANT in _ THE AWFUL TRUTH." Short. NEWTON ,2tV.nV'Eew,<,D “ROSALIE,” ELEANOR POWELL. NELSON EDDY. JESSE THEATER ’“‘suVe.1”* “SUBMARINE D-l, PAT O'BRIEN. GEORGE BRENT. SYLVAN ** Avel^N.W L “STAGE DOOR,” KATHARINE HEPBURN and _ GINGER ROGERS._ PALM THEATER de\a*at* “ROSALIE,” ELEANOR POWELL. NELSON EDDY. ARLINGTON, VA. I QnN 1720 Wilson Bird Ujun Onp. Colonial Vlllate wr D G. ROBINSON and JAMES ■EWART in THE LAST GANGSTER.'1 KTON Clarendon. Va. lllUll JEANETTE MacDONALD "FIREFLY." FALLS CHURCH, VA. iTC NO PARKING I PC kit WORRIES LfcL •ED ASTAIRE, j ROBERT YOUNG, NS and ALLEN JAMES STEWART In diDs^"1N 1 NAVYoo^ ^ JE-BETHESDA M A? CLAIRE TREVOR in “BIG TOWN GIRL.” WILLIAM GARGAN, 'BEHIND THE MIKE.” Don’t Turn ’Im Loose, Puh-lease ■ 9m Nat Pendleton is the wrestler who here seems bent on committing some sort of mayhem, and Frank McHugh is the chap holding him back. It’s a scene from the comedy, “Swing Your Lady," which comes to the Earle tomorrow with Louise Fazenda in the leading feminine role. Pan-America Caught By Holmes’ Cameras. \yiTH a final whirr of the camera reel and click of the lantern slide, that loyal correspondent of travelogue, Burton Holmes, left Roosevelt High auditorium an apparently happier place last night, judging by the after effects of "Down to Rio. Through Mex ico, and Over the Andes" on another capacity audience. Capacity is the word, too, and has been throughout the entire series. The South American scenic splurge of last evening was no exception to the Holmes rule of "give 'em what they like most," and. with the change of continent from east to west for subject matter, completely rounded the reason's travelogue cycle. Of course, there still remained the old towns, the modem improvements, landscapes, peasantry and the like, but the flas-or was different and the films were fresh. Driven to the air for a change by the absence of sufficient roadways, Mr. Holmes clips from Broadway to Ha vana to Yucatan with the greatest of ease and the most fruitful of air views. In the Mexican state we behold mys tery galore manifested by ancient Mayan cities buried by a tenacious jungle and above all the renowned sacrificial well, where young people of yore were wont to dive in, heavily weighted, for the benefit of the sun god. Contrasting were Mexico Citys man-made skyscrapers, of course. Near the heights of Chapultepee the lens registered some real live Caballeros and cabellerettas cavorting about, as well as ancient churches of Spanish origin. And then there were the peaks of Iztaccihuati and Popocatepetl of the grandiose heights and pronunciation. More flying, over the Panama Canal to Peru, land of the rugged Andes and the Incan culture, followed. Rio de Janeiro makes a glorious ter mination point. Especially after Mr. Holmes escorts the lcokers-on about the dazzling mosaic sidewalks, along shore line boulevards, up the tower ing Sugar Loaf via a painfully petit cable car, and finally up the towering Corcovado Mountain in a cog rail train to the summit, where stands an immense figure of Christ surveying the city. J. s. --•-- ■ Choral Program At Agriculture. rJ'HE Agriculture Chorus, whose Gay Nineties program played repeat edly to full houses last fall, will pre sent a program of favorite grand opera arias and choruses Saturday evening at 8:30 in the Agriculture auditorium. Among those to be heard will be the Habanera, from “Carmen”; Mis erere cene, from "II Trovatore”; Sex tet. from "Lucia”; Soldiers' Chorus, from "Faust”; Toreador Song, from "Carmen,” and Anvil Chorus, from “II Trovatore.” Robert Frederick Freund will direct and Victor Neal will be at the piano. The concert is open to the public. Tryouts Set. rpRYOUTS for a “Living Newspaper on Spain,” to be produced at the end of the month by the New Theater, will be held tonight and Friday at 8 o’clock at 810 F street N.W., Miss Sylvia Mllrod, director, announced today. Script for the production—the first of its kind to be given In Washington —has been written collectively by the Washington League of American Writers, who are co-sponsors. The "Living Newspaper” technique has been successfully used by the Federal Theater in New York City, where the currently popular "Living New-spare” is “• * • one-third of a nation.” Where and When Current Theater Attraction* and Time of Showing. National—"Save Me the Walt*,'* a new comedy by Katherine Dayton: 2:30 and 8:30 p.m. Earle—"You’re Only Young Once,” spirited young actors In a story of first love: 10:15 a.m., 12:35, 2:55, 5:15, 7:40 an-1 10 p.m. Stage shows: 11:40 a.m„ 2, 4:25, 6:45 and 9:05 p.m. Capitol—"Everybody Sing,” a song fest with Judy Garland and Allan Jones: 11 a.m., 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 and 10 p.m. Stage shows at 2:55, 3:40, 6:25 and 9:10 p.m. Metropolitan — "Penitentiary,” an other "big house” drama: 11:40 a.m., 1:40, 3:40, 5:40, 7:40 and 9:40 p.m. Columbia—“Love and Hisses," a fa mous feud comes to the screen: 11:50 a.m., 1:50, 3:50, 5:50, 7:50 and 9:50 p.m. Palace—“The Buccaneer,” Fredric March stars In the story of a pirate who helped to save the Nation: 11:15 a.m., 1:50, 4:25, 7 and 9:35 p.m. Keith’s—“Radio City Revels,” a host of air favorites in a screen vaudeville show: 11:46 a.m., 1:46, 3:46, 5:46, 7.46 and 9:46 p.m. Trans-Lux—News and shorts. Con tinuous from 10 a.m. to midnight. Little—“Whirlpool,” adult study of a problem marriage: 11 a.m., 12:45, 2:30, 4:20, 6:05, 7:55 and 9:40 p.m. Ambassador — “Rosalie,” mammoth musical with Eleanor Powell: 5, 7:05 and 9:20 p.m. Penn—“A Damsel in Distress,” Mr. -• —. ——■——I Astaire dances, as do Burns and Allen: 2, 3:50, 5:45, 7:40 and 0:30 p.m. Calvert—“A Damsel In Distress”: 2, 3:55, 5:50, 7:45 and 0:45 p.m. Tivoli—“A Damsel in Distress”: 2:36, 4:56, 7:10 and 0:30 p.m. Uptown—‘'Man-Proof,” Miss Loy discovers that she Is not: 2, 3:55, 5:50, 7:50 and 0:50 p.m. Sheridan—"Tovarich,” brilliant screen version of the stage success: 1, 3:05, 5:10, 7:20 and 9:25 p.m. Howard—“Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo,” the Oriental sleuth solves an other: 12:30, 3:30, 5:55, 8:20 and 10:30 p.m. Stage shows: 2, 4:40, 7:05 and 9:30 p.m. Donald Crisp is planning a trip to the South Seas on his yacht, the Pa cific Wanderer this spring. He Is go ing to look for an island to buy as a first step in starting a “getting away from It all” colony. Prim • T# 1 pm-25c *1 pm to 5:30.35c •£*».-40c-06c-77e SWING ON DOWN TO Screen They're Cbmio RoumcI The M.our>£am*" The Hill Billy Comedy That Wilt Crack Yort Funny-Boni "SW/NG YOUR LADY" Warnar Brea. Mountain Comeiyuntfc HUMPHREY BOGART PENNY SINGLETON As Slick As A Zither Singing Songs Her FRANK McHUGH Mo,hK Nevef T"**’ Her ALLEN JENKINS M Who Think A Feud Is WEAVER BROS. Something To Eat fc ELVIRY &SfSS Blacksmith Belle Of The O/arks NATPENOLETON Hasslin' Romeo From (loo Yank TOMORROW —On Stoft— START STEPPING a KM __ Headed By The Screen-Radio Star PINKY TOMLIN .. From Eddu Cantor* "Trxaco Town" Author Of Obj«t 0/ My Af fection" etc . IRENE VERMILION l Cl mm ROYAL WONDERETTES DICK, DON & DINAH LEE DIXON Dancinf Star cf "Vanity Show", tic. UST MT » "TOM'IE ONLY TODWfi OHCE" * TIP WEEMS 1 OUCH. IT1— I Gvz&& D ^fneJ. 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