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NEW MOVIE PROGRAMS—WHAT’S DOING IN RADIO WORLD
CHARLIE CHAN
GETS HIS MAN
AT THE FOX
By ANDREW R. KELLEY
For sustained interest and a
Corking good detective yarn per
mit me to commend ‘‘Charlie
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WARNER OLAND
Inga series of mysterious murders.
Warner Oland is the bland
Oriental detective, “Charlie Chan,”
and the action t ikes us around
the world with a murder in every
port. Warren Hymer supplies the
laughs as a Chicago racketeer
spending his bootleg dividends
and resentful of meeting “dicks”
and the clutching hand of the
gunman in the midst of his sight
seeing. The question is who owns
the hand which wields the trigger
and the film keeps you guessing
until the last two minutes. Hamil
ton MacFadden has provided a
slick piece of direction.
A Talkative Leader
On the stage is the United
States Indian band with talkative
big chief who ought to be named
Too Much in the Spotlight.”
More melody and less chatter
would be a better mixture.
Brenck’s Golden Horse with
Bella Donna is a marvelous pos
ing act with a trained animal
and a shapely woman in some
beautifully effective pictures. Gil
Lamb and Parian Beltet are
swell eccentric dancers and twirl
ers but third rate comics.
New Organist Clicks
The finale for ■ the stage show
is a Ben Hur tableaux of the
wild and wooly West that sup
plies a covered wagon thrill.
Bob Hamilton, new organist,
does all manner of imitations to
show the versatility of the in
strument and really supplies a
music lesson for those who wish
to be educated on the console.
It’s among the best 10 minutes
of a fine all-round show.
Fox Movietone and Leon Brusi
loff’s band in “Songs of Italy”
completes the entertainment.
London Acclaimed
Rice’s 'Street Scene’
“Street Scene,” Elmer Rice’s
drama which has been an out
standing success on this side of
the Atlantic, opened in London,
September 8. The play was
greeted with a demonstration of
enthusiasm seldom equalled, ac
cording to a cable to the New
York Times. Subsequent reports
state that the play is not only
a success with first-nighters and
reviewers, but also genuinely
popular with the general theater
going public.
This city will see “Street Scene”
at the Shubert-Belasco Theater
for one week.
Traveled Far for
'Beau Ideal’ Roles
Two men were brought half
way around the world to insure
authenticity in Radio Pictures’
adventure-romance of the Sahara
“Beau Ideal” the current film at
traction at Warner Brothers
Earle.
They are Louis Vam den Ecker,
former captain of the French
Foreign Legion and Abdeslam
Ben Mohammed Khoubarik, Mor
occan Potentate.
Locating people to serve your many
Service needs can be simplified after
yon consult the 24-Hour Service Direc
tory published today in the Classified
Section.
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amazing story of the fight which men and small beasts
make to survive the perils of the Sumatra jungle. It is
loaded with laughs, also, say the preliminary bulletins.
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LAWRENCE TIBBETT (of the glorious voice) and
Esther Ralston, in “The Southerner,” the new Metro-
Goldwyn picture which permits the Metropolitan opera
star to sing some of his robust songs. It is the main
screen attraction at Loew’s Palace Theater.
Chan Carries
On,” at the
Fox Theater
this week.
Earl Der Big
gers has created
a fascinating
figure jn this
modern Con
fucius, whose
broken English
epigra ms are
dropped along
the way" while
he works in
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TIBBETT GAVE
CHAPLINA
LAUGH
One doesn’t as a rule associate
a grand opera star with comedy,
yet Lawrence Tibbett gave Charlie
Chaplin one of the laughs of his
life recently.
It occurred during the filming
of “The Southerner,” Tibbett’s
latest M-G-M picture now showing
at Loew’s Palace Theater.
Tibbett was staging an acrobatic
act for little Wally Albright’s ben
efit and his little side partner,
Suzanne Ransom. By the time
he had gotten through standing
on his head, juggling props with
his feet and going through vari
ous contortions, the Metropolitan
Opera star looked more like a cir
cus clown than a grand opera
star.
Chaplin happened to be visiting
the set in company with Marion
Davies, and he roared the loudest
at Tibbett. “When I see a dra
matic actor do something really
funny,” remarked Chaplin, “my
respect for his acting ability in
creases ten-fold, for I have always
considered it harder to do comedy
than any other type of role.”
Charlie spent more than an
hour on the set watching the film
ing of the new Tibbett talkie,
which is something entirely dif
ferent than Tibbett has ever done
before. Instead of the “period
type” of picture, he is playing the
part of an up-to-date young South
erner.
Home of Tigers
Sumatra — the only country
where tigers and apes can be
found living in the same jungles,
4s the locale for ‘Rango,” the
present feature at the Rialto
Theater. In “Rango” the tigers
play the roles of villains and
the heroes are an old and a
young crang-outrang.
In "The Southerner”
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
RIDGES TO BE
LEADING MAN
FOR STOCK
Stanley Ridges, outstanding
amongst the younger players in
America, makes his second bow
this season with the National
Theater Players.
By a happy circumstance, Mr.
Ridges will play leading, roles
opposite the same leading lady
featured by the National Thea
ter Players on his last summer
engagement here. It was in the
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1928 season that Leneta Lane,
who comes back to the Players
this summer, played opposite Mr.
Ridges. This was one of thdtreal
winning combinations of the en
tire series of repertoire.
At the time of his last stock
engagement here, Mr. Ridges
played lead roles in 10 stellar
productions. During the course
of his engagement he endeared
himself to the hearts of local
theatergoers by his innate mod
esty. One of the leading illustra
tors in New York city, Howard
Chandler Christie, once rated Mr.
Ridges as the ideal type of
American manhood. He is tall,
straight as a die, and of ath
letic build. This is the type the
play director likes to cast; for
this is the average man and
woman’s ideal of American man
hood.
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ON WAY TO
THEATERS
Charlie Chaplin’s latest and first
production in three years, “City
Lights,” will follow “Kiki” into
Loew’s Columbia Theater. “City
Lights,” while being synchronized
with music, has no dialogue.
Chaplin has steadfastly refused
to permit any talking in his pro
ductions, holding that the panto
mine is the secret of the screen.
“It’s a Wise Child,” Marlon
Davies’ latest starring production
for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is the
next attraction to be booked for
shoeing at Loew’s Palace Theater.
The picture is an adaptation of
the famous stage success of the
same name that had a phenom
inal run on Broadway and on
tour during the past three years.
A special attraction has been
booked on the Loew stage for this
gala pre Easter week show in the
form of Ted Lewis and his famous
stage band.
The. next attraction at the
Gayety Theater, beginning Sunday
matinee. March 29, will be “Cali
fornia Beauties,” with I. B. Hamp,
Gertrude Beck, Georgia Southern
and Jimmy Lake’s protege, Vir
ginia Wright—also many special
ties and a large dancing chorus.
Harold MacGrath’s famous
novel, “The Drums of Jeopardy,”
is the attraction starting Satur
day, March 28, at the Rialto Thea
ter with Warner Oland, June Coll
yer and Lloyd Hughes featured.
“Coftquering Horde,” a Para
mount picture, co-starring Richard
Arlen and Fay Wray, will be the
main screen attraction at the Fox
Theater, beginning next Friday.
“Kept Husbands,” with Dorothy
Mackaill and Joel McCrea is the
main screen attraction at the
Earle Theater beginning next Sat
urday. Grace Hayes and Neville
Fleeson will headline the stage
show.
As a result of insistent requests
for a repeat engagement of the
highly successful comedy hit,
“Strictly Dishonorable,” the man
agement of the National Theater
announces the return of this Pres
ton Sturges play the week begin
ning Sunday evening, March 29.
Brock Pemberton, the producer,
sends word that it will be pre
sented this time by the newly or
ganized and widely-praised Phila
delphia company which, contain
ing Elizabeth Love, hailed as this
season’s Broadway “find,” and Ce
sar Romerero in the leading roles,
established a new attendance and
long-rim record in the 40-year-old
Broad Street Theater in the
Quaker City.
Mel Brown of Radio
Is Busy Director
Mel Brown has hung up an en
viable record since he Joined
Radio Pictures as director, slight
ly more than a year ago.
He has directed six pictures,
Burton Holmes
On Passion Play
“The Passion Play of Oberam
mergau, a vivid picturization of
the world’s most stirring drama,
is to be the colorful offering of
Burton Holmes, raconteur and
world-traveler,. at the National
Theater next Thursday afternoon
at 4:30 o’clock.
Tucked away in a pretty valley
of the Bavarian Alps lies the lit
tle village of Oberammergau, .it
is a town of picturesque chalets
inhabited chiely by wood carvers.
Rising jfoung men of the village
aspire to be Peter or John or
Joseph—in the hallowed “Pas
sion Play” which, since 1634, has
been the chief overtone of this
distinguished village community.
In 1633 the people of Oberam
mergau made a vow to God that
if He would stop the ravages of
the Black Plague which had pene
trated even to their remote val
ley, they would thereafter, every
10 years, dramatize the last
earthly days of Christ. This they
have done throughout all these
years. During the past summer
60 performances of the play were
given and it is said to have been
witnessed by nearly 300,000 visi
tors.
The National Daily
NEWS PICKED
FROM AIR
• CHANNELS
By BROADCASTER
The most popular program of
organ music we’ve had locally in
sometime is that played by “The
Master of Melody,” Otto F. Beck,
whose broadcasts from the Rialto
Theater are regular WRC fea
tures.
It wasn’t a complete act,
though, as organ programs go,
until Arthur Godfrey, the an
nouncer, introduced the poetry
reading. A bit of verse here and
there has always seemed an es
sential accompaniment for organ
music. Arthur contributes the
vocal choruses, too.
We heard Ben Bernie, “The
Old Maestro,” again last night.
He’s one of those personalities in
the entertainment world you are
forced either to strongly like or
strongly dislike. Personally, we
like him. His nonchalant drollery
is unmatched by any master of
ceremonies in radio. And Ben
Bernie has something else to offer
whan comparing him with other
orchestra leaders — announcing
finesse.
He is a better announcer than
any other band leader—origi
nators of the “crooning” style
emphatically included.
Here’s where we give the big
radio men something for nothing.
That is, if they don’t already
know what we are about to sug
gest. At any rate, here goes.
Word comes from Prague that the
Czechoslovakian gendarmerie and
police are doing their best to lo
cate a radio station that is said
to broadcast instructions to com
munists for conducting their meet
ings, uprising and riots. It seems
the station is a going concern—
every time the bulls get hot on
the trail they move the transmi
ter. The elusive broadcasters are
still at large.
Our radio folk in this country
can’t protect themselves forever
on the theory that listeners reserve
the right to turn them off. One of,
these days when a program be
comes distasteful the great Amer
ican audience may become right
eously indignant. So if they de
cide to mob the station, let the
ether authorities profit by the fre
quently displayed inventive genius
of the Czechs.
Business conditions are improv
ing and are on the upgrade, W. A.
Blees, vice president in charge of
sales of the Oakland Motor Car
Company, will tell the world over
the radio tonight, in a statement
in which he predicts 1932 will be
the most unusually prosperous
year for business. Blees will sup
port his statement with facts a nd
figures compiled during a three
month tour of the United States.
The Blees broadcast will be over
the Columbia radio chain from
Los Angeles at 6:15 o’clock.
Ted Lewis’ 13 broadcasts with
his “Musical Clowns” will go out
to an N.B.C. network from WEAF
in New York, but only the three
final broadcasts will originate in
that studio. The man whose
clarinet introduced modem jazz
to this country will step before a
microphone in an extemporized
studio in a Jersey City vaudeville
theater tonight ‘March 21) at
7:30 p.m. for the first of his half
hours in the Club Valspar, and
for his first national broadcast
series. The program will go on
between Ted’s appearances on the
stage.
The following Saturday Ted
will be playing at Loew’s Palace,
in Washington; April 4 and 11th
in Baltimore; from there he goes
on successive Saturday nights to
Pittsburgh, Columbus, Cleveland,
Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse,
returning to New York to termin
ate the series. While Ted is put
ting this additional mileage on
his famous high hat, which has
been travelling more or less con
tinuously since he acquired it in
1917, N.B.C. technical staffs from
the stations on his itinerary will
arrange the facilities for picking
up his programs and transmitting
them to New York.
For a directory to desired services,
consult the 24-Hour Service Directory
published in today’s Classified Section.
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will reappear on the Camel Hour next Wednesday night
at 9:30 over an N.B.C. network. The program will be
repeated to a coast-to-coast hook-up at 11:15 the same
evening.
RADIO PROGRAMS
I:4s—WßC—League of Industrial
Democracy Luncheon.
2 P. M.
WMAL—Marion McAfee, toprano.
WJSV—Violin Ensemble.
2:IS—WMAL —N all on a 1 Democratic
Club Forum
2:3O—WJSV—NeII Lewis Stafford.
2:4s—WJSV—Lewis Smith.
3 P. M.
WMAL—National Indoor Tennis
Matches.
WJSV —George Washington U.
debating team vs. New Yojk
U. team.
WRC—Middleburg Glee Club.
B:3o—WOL—Good Afternoon.
WRC—Marionettes.
3:4s—WOL—Waltz Time.
4 F. M.
WRC—Song Sermon.
WOL—Organ Recital.
WJSV—Falls Church P. T. A.
4:ls—WOL.—March of Music.
WRC —Pacific Feature Hour.
4:3o—WOL—Musical Moments.
WJSV—Memorv Boys.
5 P. M.
WRC—Lady Next Door.
WOL—Jad Demonet.
WMAL—Farm Science. Snapshots
WJSV—Science and Histpry.
s:ls—WOL—Marie Carroll, soprano.
WMAL —Leon Belasco's Orchestra.
WJSV—Along Route Fifty.
S:3O—WRC—Tea Timers.
WOL—Opportunities.
S:4S—WRC —D. C. Cleanup Campaign.
WMAL—News Flashes.
s:so—WßC—Keeping up with The
Times.
6 P. M.
WRC—“High Road of Adven
ture.”
WMAL—Time—Civic Talk.
WOL —Howard Moore, baritone;
Esther Spier, pianist.
WJSV—News Flashes.
o:ls—WMAL—Sunday School Lesson.
WRC —Concert Orchestra.
6:3O—WMAL—PauI Tremaine’s Orches
tra.
WOL—Aerial Columnist.
6:45 —WRC—Uncle Abe and David.
WMAL—Jack Irving, baritone;
Mary Templin, mezzo soprano,
and Elsie Cranmer, pianist.
7 P. M.
WRC —Amos ’n’ Andy.
Don’t Miss These
3 p. m.—Swimming meet,
Columbia University, WMAL;
George Washington and New
York University debate,
WJSV.
5:50 p. m.—News flashes,
“Keeping up with the Times,”
by Paul Keough of the edi
torial staff, WRC.
7 p.m.—Lee Morse, WMAL.
9 p. m.—Walter Damrosch
and the General Electric
concert, WRC; Finals in
Columbia University swim
ming meet, WMAL.
11:30 p. m.—American
bowling championship,
WMAL.
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WOlL—Dinner Music.
WJSV —Home Townera.
7:ls—WßC—Jesters.
WMAL—Vecsey’. Orchestra.
7:2o—WOL—Late Newa Flashes from
The Washington Herald.
7:3o—WftC—Harold Veo's Orchestra.
WMAL—Chronicles.
WOL—Orchestra.
WJSV—Goldman’s Orchestra.
8 P. M.
WRC—Weber and Fields.
WMAL—Arthur Pryor's Military
Band.
WJSV—Front Line of Politics.
B:ls—WßC—Varieties.
WMAL—Ben Alley, tenor; Ann
Leaf, organist.
WJSV—Gretta Ludwig.
8:30 —WRC—Sidney’s Orchestra.
WMAL—Herbert Gordon’s Or-
chestra.
WJSV—Dr. William McDougal.
0 P. M.
WRC—General Electric Hour.
WMAL—Atlantic City entertains.
WJSV —Rock Creek Boys.
9:IS—WMAL —Musical Program.
9:30 —WMAL —Radio Forum.
WJSV—OId Virginia Hoedown.
10 P. M.
WRC —Lucky Strike Orchestra.
WMAL —Hank Simmons Show
boat.
10:30 —WJSV—Dougherty’s Orchestra.
11 P. M.
WRC—Weather; Trouhador of
the Moon.
WMAL —Orchestra.
11:15 —WRC—Henry Busse's Orchestra.
11:30 —WMAL—American. Bowling
championship.
11:45—WRC—Little Jack Little.
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AIR TRIAL
When Clarence Darrow and
James Beck join issue before the
microphone in the modem ver
sion of the trial of Benedict
Arnold for treason, the radio
public will hear two of the ablest
lawyers in the United States.
The trial of Arnold will be in
two episodes and will inaugurate
a series of “Famous Trials of His
tory” under the sponsorship of
the National Dairy Products Cor
poration.
The first of the episodes will"
be broadcast from WEAF and as--
sociated stations at 10:15 Sunday
night, March 22. The conclusion"
of the Benedict Arnold trial will
take place at the same time •
March 29. A distinguished jury,
composed of United States Sen
ators and Representatives and
other prominent persons, will ren
der its verdict at the conclusion
of the second episode.
Aids “Under Dog”
Clarence Darrow, who will de
fend Arnold, is recognized na-"
tionallj’ as one of the foremost
legal defenders of forlorn hopes.
He is the everlasting champion of
the “under dog.”
James M. Beck, who will prose
cute Arnold, is a shrewd logician,
keen wit and able prosecutor. As
Solicitor General of the United
States from 1921 to 1925, Mr. Beck
was one of the most important law
officers of the Government. As
a profound student of Constitu
tional law, Mr. Beck built a vast"
legal storehouse from which he'
drew for his famous book: “The
Constitution of the United
States,” which was introduced
to the public in a foreword by
former President Calvin Coolidge.
High decorations of many foreign
governments W’ere conferred upon
Mr. Beck for his distinguished
World War services.
Record Run Play
No other Pulitzer prize play has
had such a long run as “Street
Scene” at the Shubert-Belasco
Theater with —to date—a two
years’ run, of which 600 consecu
tive performances were on Broad- "
way.
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