Evening star. [volume], October 21, 1939, Page B-18, Image 38

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Capra New Brilliant Jest
Finds Its Locale Here
Mr. Deeds Becomes Senator Smith
In Hilarious Comedy at Earle,
But He’s the Same Old Hero
By JAY CARMODY.
At the expense of the United States Senate, which should be rich
enough in honor and dignity to afford it, Frank Capra has turned another
of his brilliant, pointed jests iri "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” The
film which opened yesterday at the Earle may earn 86 wry smiles at the
north end of Capitol Hill. Senators being 'sensitive, but the masses’ en
chantment with Capra’s darting, homespun, irreverent humor will be the
fnr this nicture. Mr. Canrn. *—__
and Columbia Pictures have not pro
duced another "Mr. Deeds Goes to
Town. ’ Not quite. But with a story
of lesser merit. Capra has achieved
that, standard of comedy which be
longs exclusively to his genius.
The common man, who is all true
sons of democracy, once more is
Capra s hero. He is a hero who
comes to vital, meaningful, humor
ous life on the screen because he
lives that way in Capra's heart.
Whether his name is Deeds or
Smith, whether he goes to town or
to Washington, he is fascinating
because he is everyman underneath.
About this heroic average man Mr.
Capra can speak with matchless
eloquence. So impatient is he to do
so in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washing
ton " that he is bothered not at all
by the necessity to make the Senate
look like a capitalist's asylum of
gigolos, or of virtually bashing in
the face of journalism. It all is
done in that spirit of fun which only
the solemn condemn, and any one
who can remain solemn in the pres
ence of Capra's film, with its alter
nately tolerant, humorous sweep and
affecting poignanee, should have
new X-rays taken.
Jefferson Smith, newest Capra
hero, is a rustic idealist, an innocent
lamb marked for slaughter by a po
litical wolf pack which needs a dumb
young junior Senator in Washing
ton. A few neighbors and the Boy
Rangers are the only ones who ever
h*ard of Jeff, so lie looks like the
ideal appointee. His selection shows
just how dumb the smartest politi
cian can be. however, for young Sen
ator Smith has an enormous ca
pacity for seeing and believing in
the first principles of democracy.
The bulls who made such a reputa
tion for china-shop havoc are sis
sies in comparison when he starts
upsetting the plundering plans of
the machine. It is the ffeadly Ha
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ivete of the simple man, nothing
more, which Smith brings to his
dramatic defeat of his 95 fellow'Sen
ators. It works as no other force
could work, and the attendant chaos
is turned, now comically, now
poignantly, into one of those wise,
tender, engrossing sagas of the aver
age man which Capra alone knows
how to create.
A superlative cast participates in
the antic doings of "Mr. Smith Goes
to Washington.” In the title role,
designed for Gary Cooper, is young
James Stewart, who suddenly takes
on the proportions of a great screen
actor. Many of the things he does,
such as looking with open-mouthed
reverential awe at the Lincoln Me
morial and Capitol dome, clumsily
dropping his hat while trying to
talk with a beautiful Senate daugh
ter, and the like might be expected
of Stewart on the basis of his pre
vious performances. But, as sur
prising as they are excellent, are
those scenes in which he plays a
quavering-voiced junior Senator
speaking for the first time and that
highly dramatic filibuster sequence
which brings the picture to its force
ful climax.
For beauty and cynical drollery,
no one could be more ideal than
Jean Arthur in the role of the sec
retary whose first reaction of dis
dain for the rustic young Senator
dissolves into compassion, then love
for the greatness that lies behind
his rumpled exterior. Lesser parts
are filled with people who manage
to be highly impressive. Thomas
Mitchell as the whimsical, alcoholic,
newspaperman, Harry Carey as the
kindly, understanding Vice Presi
dent. Claude Rains as the senior
Senator who became the machine's
good boy against his better judg
ment and Edwin Arnold as the
brutal tycoon who did not care
whom he destroyed so long as he
ran the Government.
The Capra genius for creating un
forgettable incident manifests itself
in a dozen sequences in "Mr. Smith
Goes to Washington ” Smith's ar
rival in Washington with several
cages of carrier pigeons is one. The
inoffensive drinking scene between
the cynical secretary and the ir
responsible newspaperman is an
other. A dozen others, in addition
to the climactic filibuster sequence,
are masterpieces in their use of
action to illuminate character.
An ingrate who wants to quibble
about "Mr. Smith Goes to Washing
ton” will find nis firmest ground in
its unflattering picture of the Sen
ate, its equally unflattering intima
tion that the press is not really free
its overlength, and the similarity of
some of its invention to that utilized
in “Mr. Deeds.”
These are weaknesses of the film,
but as compared with its strength as
pure entertainment, they are noth
ing.
* * * *
A brief, sleek stage show has been
whipped up by Production Manager
Harry Anger to supplement the
screen attraction. Its singer is
Earline King, a pretty bit of local
talent; its dancers are the highly
capable team of Maurice and Cor
doba and its comedy flavor is pro
vided by the Oxford boys.
The Roxyettes, the theater’s un
conquerable ballet which will try
anything, however hazardous, are
very prominently present. Most
prominently are they present in a
number which finds them equipped
with 16 marimbas, which they mas
ter with the same ease they showed
toward ladder walking, etc. They
virtually steal the show with it. an
old habit and a very pleasant one.
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing
National—“Margin for Error,” a
' new notion dictators by the out
spoken Clare Boothe: 2:30 and 8:3C
p.m.
Earle—“Mr. Smith Goes to Wash
ington,” Frank Capra looks at the
local scene: 10 a.m.. 12:50, 3:45, 6:40
and 9:40 p.m. Stige shows: 12:15
3:15, 6:10 and 9:05 p.m.
Capitol—"20,000 Men a Year,’
young men grow wings: 11 a.m., 1:45
4:30. 7:15 and 10 p.m. Stage shows:
12:40, 3:30, 6:15 and 9 p.m.
Metropolitan—"$1,000 a Touch
down.” Joe E. Brown runs interfer
ence for Martha Raye. or vice versa:
11:45 am., 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and
9:45 p.m.
Keith’s—“Rio,” Basil Rathbone
and Sigrid Gurie in a dramatic tri
angle: 11:45 a.m., 1:50, 3:50, 5:60,
7:55 and 9:55 p.m.
Palace—“The Rains Came,” screen
version of the Louis Bromfield novel:
12:05, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10 and 9:30 p.m.
Columbia—“The Women,” with
claws unfurled and fangs dripping
acid: 11:10 a.m., 1:45, 4:20, 6:55 and
9:30 p.m.
Little—“Heart of Paris,” a droll
French tale with Raimu as a mar
whose head is carried away by his
heart: 11:15 a.m., 1:30, 3:35, 5:40.
7:45 and 9:50 p.m.
Belasco—“The Unashamed,” life in
a nature camp: 11:30 a.m., 1:30
3:30, 5:30, 7:30 and 9:30 pm.
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and the screen today contrib
ute a change from the depart
ment’s diet of Hollywood faces.
Michele Morgan (aboxw) is the
feminine star of "Heart of
Paris,” the engaging French
film now shoxcixig at the Little
Theater. The two lads getting
to work musically below are
Jerome Kern (at the piano)
and Oscar Hammerstein, 2d,
who lump composed the mxis'ic
for J^Efc Warm for May,”
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'Rains Came’
Lingers On
At Palace
Bromfield’s Novel
Retains Drama
In Adaptation
The rains which came so fiercely
in the novel which Louis Bromfield
called, quaintly enough, “The Rains
Came" come with even more spec
tacular ferocity in the film version
at the Palace. The fact that they
fall upon such glamorous personali
ties as Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power
and George Brent makes them even
more compelling than they were in
j Bromfield’s best seller novel.
With to many disasters, cloud
bursts. earthquakes and floods, to
deal with it is but natural that
the film's emphasis should be on
these dramatic phenomena. The
special effects division of Twentieth
Century-Fox never met a challenge
| more impressively. It does not have
a walk-away, however, for the play
ers involved are energetic and in
j telligent in their attempt to keep
i up their respective parts in the
; tempestuous movement of the story.
Any tampering with the original
narrative has been well within the
license of the movie makers. There
has been a slight softening of the
; vixenish Lady Esketh (Miss Loy),
| but she remains still a brittle fe
I male pursuing happiness without
: much thought for the conventions.
| The character of Dr. Maj. Safti (Mr.
Power) is trimmed down from its
symbolism of idealistic young India
to more Power-like dimensions, but
the general notion remains intact.
The others. Brent's disillusioned
scapegrace. Mme. Ouspenskaya's re
gal Maharanee, H. B. Warner’s
saintly Maharajah, etc., are the
book's people going through the
book’s motion.
Darryl Zanuck's latest entrant in
the new star sweepstakes. Brenda
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Rains Came” in the role of the
sweet, naive but intuitively sound
daugh||t of that interesting mis
sionj^kiily. In the midst of all
thatflB^Psioned decadence which
exists^Kanchipur before the rains
she stands out as a symbol of hope
and human decency. That is what
the part was supposed to represent,
and in getting it across Miss Joyce
demonstrates that she is something
more than a pretty face and figure.
Her work, too, helps make the
film a worthy translation of Brom
field's popular piece of entertaining
literature. j. c.
Man, the Beast,
Trans-Lux Star
Man, the beast, continues his
spectacular dominance of the Trans
Lux screen for another week.
Most conspicuous of his acts of
destruction are those revealed in the
pictorial account of Warsaw's deso
lation. Less dramatic, save in their
intimation of tragic things to come,
are other newsreel clips which
show that all is not quiet on the
western front in spite of reported
apathy. Other expressions of the
military motif are to be found in
shots of news correspondents at the
front, the Navy Dayl parade of
American sea power, the speeding
of naval recruiting, the testing of
new Army planes and the applica
tion of war regulations upon the
civilian population of England.
By wTay of interesting variation
the bill also includes a short which
depicts the thrills and daring in
volved in jaguar hunting in Mexico,
a panorama of the National Auto
mobile Show and some brief, excit
ing interludes snatched from last
week's major football games.
J. C.
Errol Flynn to Sail
Largest Film Ship
The Falcon, largest ship set ever
built in Hollywood, has been com
pleted for use in Warner Bros.’
production of “The Sea Hawk,”
which will star Errol Flynn.
The Falcon is 80 feet long, has
a 30-foot bear, four decks and full
fore and aft sailing rig. It was
built in the Warner carpentry mill
in 13 sections to facilitate trans
portation from mill to aea set, as
well as to provide a variety of
camera angles.
Joe E. Brown,
Martha Raye
In Comedy
‘$1,000 a T ouchdown’
Metropolitan's
Attraction
Fans of Joe E. Brown and ad
mirers of his broad brand of humor
should find his latest adventure a
happy affair. In "$1,000 a Touch
down,” the new film at the Metro
politan, Mr. Brown finds himself
the object of the affections of Mar
tha Raye, president of her near
defunct college and coach of the
football team procured to keep the
college from becoming completely
defunct. Knowing pone of the an
swers to the problems involved in
any of these situations, Mr. Brown
has quite a time.
"$1,000 a Touchdown” is for the
most part just routine slapstick, of
course, but then Mr. Brown and
Miss Raye are vigorous people who
can inject some life into almost
any old routine. Besides, the en
tertainment value of this film is a
matter of the personalities con
cerned and not of its intrinsic merit.
These personalities do romp about
with much gusto, and Miss Raye
in a couple of scenes is a Martha
Raye who never looked lovelier.
And if you sigh at that and remark
that beauty is in the eye of the
beholder, we still answer that we're
glad we have these particular eyes.
Miss Raye, of course, does not
look charming very often; most of
the time she appears distracted.
She is just the sort of a person
who would fall in love with an actor
who can't remember a face and
who is terrified by audiences; just
the jsort who would tour the coun
try to hire a college football team
to return with only 11 men and 10
of them backfield stars. And Mr.
Brown appears distracted all of the
time, never looking lovelv.
The climactic football game, with
the college lads playing the pro
fessional Green Tree Pickers, the
only opponent they can sign, has
a couple of very mad interludes.
And other diverting moments are
those few of Eric Blore's and Miss
Raye’s singing of "I Spell Love
With a Capital You,” sung for.no
particular reason except that she
can shout a song. H. M.
Star at 14 Months
Peter B. Good, blue-eyed and
flaxen - haired, automatically be
comes a movie star at the age of
14 months with his selectoin for at
least half of the title role in
“Brother Rat and the Baby” at
Warner Bros.
The baby will play the infant
son of Eddie Albert and Jane Bryan
in the picture which reunites the
cast of last season’s "Brother RaL”
Peter was the 77th baby tested
for the role. His attributes include
a smile that stays on in spite of
strangers, a 100 per cent health
record, camera personality and a
definite resemblance to Eddie Al
bert. his screen papa.
Peter is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Good. His father is an odd
job man who has been unable to
find steady employment. The in
fant was brought to Warners by
friends who had read of the studio
search for “Brother Rat’s” baby.
Master Good joins a cast which
includes Priscilla Lane, Wayne Mor
ris, Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan,
Mayo Methot, Henry O’Neill, Berton
Churchill, Paul Harvey, Arthur
Treacher, Nana Bryant and Jessie
Busley. Ray Enright will direct tha
picture.
Ann Sheridan Wins
A Starring Role
Her reception at the Strand The
ater in New York has insured Ann
Sheridan the feminine starring role
in “And It All Came True," Hal
B. Hallis, Warner Bros, executive
producer, announces.
Wallis said that Miss Sheridan
would appear with George Raft and
John Garfield In the Louis Brom
fleld story, and that production
would begin immediately after the
feminine star's return from her per- j
sonal appearance tour.
The screen play, which tells the
story of a New York family dur
ing two generations, was written by
Casey Robinson.
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i to stop for the rainy season this
■ year.
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Andy Hardy’s Polly Wins Friends;
Screen Looks at Air Training
In ‘20,000 Men a Year’
. By HARRY MacARTHUR.
Ann Rutherford seems to capture the admiration of the young folk
of the town with the same ease she demonstrates in bringing Mickey
Rooney’s Andy Hardy to heel when she is impersonating Polly Benedict.
Headlining the Capitol Theater's new vaudeville bill, in the “extra added
attraction’’ department, the pert brunette miss had even those would-be
hecklers, the Friday morning refugees from high school geometry, paying I
strict attention before she was *
through with yesterday’s first show.
Miss Rutherford might be chided,
and justifledly, for being another of
those Hollywood personalities on a
vaudeville stage without benefit of
vaudeville material. She really
doesn’t do much. She does not try
to sing and she does not try to
dance, because she can neither sing
nor dance. But she does have a
reputation as one of Hollywood's
brighter young conversationalists,
and that is the art she practices on
the (Jlapitol stage. It turns out to
be a pleasant experience, listening
to her monologue in praise of Master
Rooney, Washington, ‘‘Gone With
the Wind,” autumn leaves and other
well-known institutions.
The sundry doings which occur on
the Capitol stage before and after
Miss Rutherford's interlude are
woven into a bright revue. Mostly
it is bright because of the presence
in it of Mr. Lew Parker, that smooth
old zany. Mr. Parker is the least
offensive, perhaps, of all the masters
of ceremonies there are, • which is
high praise, in case you weren’t
sure, and he just seems to get bet
ter and better as a comic. His luna
tic buffoonery is fine for the system.
Also in the tonic classification are
the songs of a young lady named
Gypsy Farmer, a flashing-eyed bru
nette lass with one of those throaty
voices that some people can't resist
and an original and zestful manner
with a song. Music has another in
ning, too, when Leon La Fell and
company bring out their harmonicas,
for such things as that slightly spec
tacular version of the "Poet and
Peasant” overture. Pritchard and
Lord also are about, to do some ex- '
ceedingly graceful dances; the Na
thane Brothers do gymnastics while \
playing a couple of musical instru- !
ments, and the Rhythm Rockets!
have some new and tricky routines.
* * * *
The Capitol's screen attraction is '
an inconsequential item entitled,
"20.000 Men a Year.” It is inspired, j
as you probably have guessed, by the
Government's new college aviation
program and it is about, of all things,
young college students learning to fly
airplanes. While they are learning
to fly at this Darryl Zanuck airport,
there are some routine aviation j
thrill scenes—the one-wheel landing
and whatnot—but there is not much
new; in fact not much thrilling.
The only truly novel aspect is that
this is an aviation film with a death
rate of zero. Couple of people get
mangled, but not permanently:
The fellow who teaches the stu
dents to fly in "20,000 Men a Year”
Is Randolph Scott, whose small air
port is about to belong to the bank
when the Government decides to:
further the cause of aviation. The
student he is happiest to teach the
intricacies of aviation Is the one'
whose sister is Margaret Lindsay,
for in the end Miss Lindsay capitu
lates both to flying and to Mr. Scott.
However dreary the above two
paragraphs may sound, though, it i
would be wrong to say “20.000 Men a
Year” has no point. “20,000 Men a
Year” does prove that flying is a
dull and routine business.
‘The Women’ Stays
At Columbia
Snarling, gossiping, scratching,
kicking and otherwise ravaging your
conception of ladies, “The Women”
yesterday began a fourth downtown
week as tenant of the Columbia.
With such stars as Norma Shearer, !
Joan Crawford, etc., the film re
tains the fine feline flavor of the
stage original, which introduced
Clare Boothe so brilliantly to the
theater. In entertainment value it
is bound to end up as one of the
year's best films, a scintillating re
buttal of any notion that 135 ac
tresses cannot do a superlatively
co-operative job of showing their
sex at its worst. J. C.
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i SHIRLEY TEMPLE R SCOTT in "SUSAN
NAH OP THE MOUNTIES."
i inn 85'-’ n a*. N.w.
LIUU Double Feature
1 "TRIGGER FINGERS and VICTOR Mc
LAOLEN in "EX-CHAMP "
IITTI F 608 »th st. s w.
lel 1 I LL Bet F and G.
“HEART OF PARIS.”
I YRir GAITHERSBURG MO.
GllklV. Double Feature.
WM BOYD in "SILVER ON THE SAGE "
"JONES FAMILY IN HOLLYWOOD "
PRINCESS 1,19" s‘N E U Sfi00
Double Feature—Mat. at II A M
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS Jr., and BASIL
RATHBONE in "THE SUN NEVER
SETS." Also on the same program SID
NEY TOLER in "CHARLIE CHAN IN
RENO "
BETHESDA ' F°Bethesdah*Md!r* *
Wis. Ifi.Vt or Bradley 3.16.
2 Blocks North East-West Highway
On Wisconsin Are. iRorkville Pike).
Suburban Washington's Most Beam Ifni
and Comfortable Theater. Fre* Park
ing.
Big Time
VAUDEVILLE.
On Stage, 3:30-6:40-9:30
BOB EASTON & ONDEE
ODETTE, B’way’s Most
Novel Comedy Act.
. ST. JOHN RROTHFRS
I c/a Sensational Acrobats,
j D FANFARE REVUE,
“ a Dance Festival.
Plus Double Feature:
S3 GENE AUTRY in
§ “IN OLD MONTEREY.”
rg JOHN TRENT in
^ “STUNT PILOT.”
o Serial at Matinee.
§ HIPPODROME Double Feature
• S HARDY GETS SPRING
■S FEVER DICK POWELI, In "COW
W BOV FROM BROOKLYN. ■’
JJ f AMFfl MT. RAINIER. MdT
,53 wtHICW Greenwood 2.146.
__ _Double Feature
U BOB BAKER In HONOR OF THE
BODY8 HOfBBNYE 'RICH "EVERy
ARfAriF hyatts ville md
nlVVnUL HyattsviUe 283.
___ Double Feature.
GE&. P in "ARIZONA LE
GION. BETTY ORABLE In "MIL
LION DOLLAR LEGS."
Mil O ROCKVILLE. MD:
ItIIIAI Rorkvile 191.
Double Feature.
jjg§P*58& 'WdTOy
MARLBORO
Marlboro**!?.***’
_ _ Double Feature.
'Trnnsn
ARLINGTON. VA. plT'SrVfS.
WILSON „ Wilton Bled.
I r tmJoi.n Onaoalte Colonial Vlllaje
| N^E ONLY.”nd C' GRANT ln "™
ASHTON 8156 wuaan »**■
flJIUun Phone Oa. 11.19
ANN SHERIDAN in "WINTER CARNIVAL.”
BUCKINGHAM o»t4
BABY SANDY In "UNEXPECTED FATHER "
FALLS CHURCH. VA.
STATE TOwS«S?J?G LEE
WALLACE BEERY I "NEW8 IS MADE
ln "THUNDER | AT NIGHT” "FID
AFLOAT "_| DUNG BUCKAROO”
ALEXANDRIA. VA.
Dtrn FREE PARKING.
I\EX1/ Phone Ain. .1113.
BING CROSBY ln "THE STAR MAKER.”
DirilMANn PERFECT BOUND.
Kltnmuni; Phone Alri 226.
JACKIE COOPER ln "WHAT A LIFE."
CTANTON 6th and C Ste. N.E.
31 AH 1UH Plneat Brand enitam
Continuous Prom 1:00 p.M.
“UNDER THE BIO TOP,”
With MARJORIE MAIN. ANNE NAGEL.
JACK LA RUE.
“8UN8ET TRAIL,"
Paalumt WILLIAM BOTH.
AMBASSADOR iS?&-kS!:
Matinee 12:80 P M.
JAMES STEWART. JEAN ARTHUR In
MR SMITH GOES TO WASHING
TON. ’ At 12:80. 2 40. 4.55. 7:10.
9:30._Short Subject
APOLLO Ll. Mat.N|Ep.N.
SIDNEY TOLER in CHARLIE CHAV
IN TREASURE ISLAND " At 1. 3.55.
6:50 <1:45 JOHNNY DOWNS in
HAWAIIAN NIGHTS.'< At 2.50,
•V 45._8:40._Comedy._
AVALON wo: 2*oonMat.*i pmv'
RANDOLPH SCOTT NANCY KELLY '
m 'FRONTIER MARSHALL At
I 55. 4 0:15. 8. 9:45. Short _
AVE. GRAND Lincoln 2406.
Matinee I P.M.
AKIM TAMIROFF in “MAGNIFT.
CENT FRAUD " A> i. 3 55. 6 50.
050. JEAN ROGERS in "STOP.
LOOK AND LOVE ' At 3. 5 55. * 55.
RFVFR1Y L5th * e n.e.
2 OCVEPMu. 3300 Mat 1 P M
Parkin* Space Available to Patron,.
e>S JOHN GARFIELD PRISCILLA LANE
in "DUST BE MY DESTINY.” At
» 1:35 3:35. 5:30. 7:35 9:35._
PA I VFDT "r-< Wis. Ave^NW.'
£2 W'LVtnl wo. 2313. Mat. 1 P.M.
= Parkin* Snace Available to Patron,.
5? BASIL RATKBONE in ' ADVENTURES
OF SHERLOCK HOLMES." At 1 "5.
k .1 35. 5:45. 7 40, o 35. Also "Film,
t^ ing the Fleet.” Short.
““o fFNTRAI Ninth St. NW
e IcLH 1 RAL Me 2811 Open,11 a m. ,
- JEAN ROGERS in ' STOP. LOOK AND
LOVE At 11 2:25. 5:25 8-25.
CAROLE LOMBARD CARY C.R 5N'T
:n IN NAME ONLY. < At 12:25. 3.25.
_ 6:20. 9 20._
£2 rni OMY 4933 g». Aw. ~j* w~
OS lULuni GE. 6.500 Mat. 1 P.M.
(■3 INDIANAPOIIS SPEEDWAY ' anh
HANN SHERIDAN PAT OBRIEN.
JOHN P5YNE At 1 25. 3 35. 5 50,
7 40 9:35. Short Subject._
£*3 HOMF . ,?3° r st. n.e.
32 nVFlllC Atlantic 8188 Mat. 1 P.M.
RICHARD 4RLEN ROCHELLE HUD
P" SON I- "MISSING DAUGHTERS ”
. 4 H *» 1" • WATER
ryi FRONT with GLORIA DICKSON.
DENNIS MORGAN MARIE WILSON.
O At” 35 5 10. 7 :40. 10 10.
CC KFNNFF1Y K'nn,dr' N>»< 4th nw.
M RA 6600 Mat I P M.
Parkin* Space Available for Patron,.
RANDOLPH SCOTT NANCY KELLY
Ofi in ' FRONTIER MARSHALL." At -
2 l;25. 3 30. 5:35, 7:35. 9:45 _
^ PFNN . 6so Pl- *”nne 8 E.
rtnn li. 2179. Mat 1 pm
CC BASIL RATHBONE in "ADVENTURES
'TS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES." At 1.20.
3 35. 5:45. 7:40. <1 40.
» SAVAV 3030 14th St. N.W.
^ JftlU I Col 4968. Mat. I P.M.
GINGER ROGERS DAVID NIVEN in
BACHELOR MOTHER" At 1:15.
n O OS. 4 40. 6:20. S. 9:50.
QFPO 82,1 G» A**.. Silver Sprint
2 »> 0C.L.U Shcp 2340 Parkin* Space.
£ » Malince II A.M.
oQ GENE AUTRY in "WESTERN JAM- •
BOREE Ai 1 1. 7:45 4:30. 7 7 5.
- t 10, RALPH BYRD in "S O S TIDAL
— 77 WAVE. At 12:25, 3:15. 5:55. 8.45. !
® 2 Also Cartoon. _
f£ SHERIDAN ra.2Atw». M.thirih5L
2 ® EDWARD G. ROBINSON in "BLACK
^ c MAIL At 1 15. 3:5o 5 7:45 9 35.
o OlLVt,l\ Shep 5.300 Mat. 1 P.M.
h Parkint Space Available to Patron*.
EDWARD G. ROBINSON in 1 BLACK
MAIL." At 1:40. ,1 45. 5:50. 7:56.
0 45 _Also Short Subject_
TAIfOMA 4th and Bntternnt St*.
1AAU1T1A Ge 4.111 Parkin* Saac*
Matinee I P.M.
PENNY SINGLETON ARTHUR LAKE
in "BLONDIE TAKES A VACATION."
At I "in. 4 :15. 7 15. in. ROBERT
BARRATT tn "BAD LANDS." At
•:_45. 5:41). 8:40.
tlVOll 11th St. A Park Rd. N w! .
11VUL4 COI. 1800. Mat. I PM.
BASIL RATHBONE in ADVENTURES
OF SHERLOCK HOLMES." At 1:40,
•1:45. 5 • 50. 7:50. 0 .43
IipTnWN Conn. Ave. * Newark
Ur limn WO. 5100. Mat. I P.M.
Parking Spare Available tn Patron*.
BING CROSBY LINDA WARE in
"STAB MAKER " At 1:10. 1 15 5.00.
7 15.0.40 QUINTUPLETS in "FIVE
TIMES FIVE." Short._
YflDlf G*- Ave. A Quebec Place
limit RA. 4100. Mat. 1 P.M.
RANDOLPH SCOTT FRANCES DEE
in COAST GUARD " At 1:30. 3 30.
_5:35. 7:40. 0 45_Also Short._
HISER-BETHESDA Betheada. ML
"Bethesda's Newest and Most Beautiful
Playhouse." Air-Conditioned
Open 17 in—Show 1 P.M Cont.
On the Stage—In Person!
“THE GREAT MYSTINI.”
World’s Greatest Escape Act.
Handcuffed, tied and locked
in, “Mystini” will escape from
a 425-pound steel burial
vault! Many other stunts by .
this former student of
Houdini!
APPEARS AT 3:40 AND •
9:15 P.M. ONLY.
On the Screen:
JOHN GARFIELD in
“Daughters Courageous.” •
At 1. 4:10, 8:40 and »:50 P.M.
newton iiSrr
Double Feature.
"WAY DOWN SOUTH." with BOBBY
BREEN. SALLY BLANE "EX
CHAMP." with VICTOR McLAGLEN.
NAN_GREY_ Matinee at_l P.M..
^ JESSE THEATER iJr"'
Jr J Double Feature.
m"GRAND JURY SECRETS." with
* JOHN HOWARD GAIL PATRICK.
U FIGHTING GRINGO with GEORGE
jg OBRIEN. DICK LANE. Matinee at
3 SYLVAN- 'Ve-Vw1- '
35 Double Feature.
E5! "SOME LIKE IT HOT." with 8HTR
25 LEY ROSS. BOB HOPE "NEWS 18
V MADE AT NIGHT." with PRESTON
*2 POSTER. LYNN BARI. Matinee at
00 fottheater DEvrT- .
Double Feature.
“SOME LIKE IT HOT,”
SHIRLEY ROSS. BOB HOPE.
“KID FROM KOKOMO,"
w™ iSSKPVt IYm.*”**
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