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Broadway Sees Effort of Interviewing the Stars PHOTOPLAYS AT WASHINGTON THEATERS THIS WEEK Non-Commercial Theater Of Hollywood's Colony WEEK OF OCTOBER 9 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday and Will in Will Roters in Jackie Cooper and Cllre Brook and Cllre Brook and Cllve Brook Rotera Lewis Stone in "Down to Earth." "Down to Earth." an Lila Le· LUa Lt* Lila Lee "Divorce In Fam- Theater j of the Theater Guild, on the Ambassador Burns-Allen comedy. Burns-Allen comedy. the Group, Offsp. Such Work Requires Patience In tn ily." Serial. Cartoon. ^Vnter Says 18th & Columbia Rd. "Nltht of June lith "Nltht of junf 13th.' "Nltht of ffune 13th.' Newman Traveltslk. Newman Traveltalk. Itanwyck Kit Francis and and L tone I A twill and Marlon Davit· In Marlon Davits In Petty Shannon and Barbara Produces "Success Which Comes in Brent In William Powell In Story," and Yet the Interviewer Fav Wray In Fav Wray In "Blondie of the "Blondle or the SDencer Tracy in and Geori Part of the Player, 'Purchai Price." "Jewel Robbery." Apollo "Doctor X." "Doctor X." Follie·." PoUles" "Painted Woman com, Jack Haley come Serial. Comedy. 624 H St. NE. Sons reel. Comedy. Sont reel. Comedy. Cartoon. Edgar Kennedy for Considerable Critical Attention. Cartoon;__ Dix In H ave Some Jean and Ches- "jean Harlow and Ches- Robert Tount Richard Should Sympathy. Lowell Sherman and and Harlow of In ter Morris In "Red- ter Morris In "Red- "New Morals for < "Roar the Draton Dark. Constance Bennett In With Buffalo Arcade "What Price Holly- Headed Woman." Headed Woman." Comedy. "Battling ••What Price Holly- Bill.·' No. 11. Comedy HyatUvllie. Md. wood.'' Com News. wood." Com. New». Comedy. Mews. Comedy. News. Cartoon. Shannon and and Bill Cody and Bert Wheeler and Hammond. Petty Robert Woolsey By Percy M errick. Mondell In In Bpencer Tracer in Andy Phuford By Mollie Dark. Joan In Ashton "Make Me a Star." "Reicrvtd for "The Palntad In voices are with the cf a tlren whose " of the "Hold Jall and then petulant exception gelid — "The Dark Horse Law JFm "_ Norma Shearer is tr? nicest giri you Va. La dits." Woman." calif.,October β Clarendon. Jeck Holt and to b? heard crying ior · non- charms he has trinîferred from the Marx Brother* In Lionel At-will and Lionel Atwill and Lll Darover and Torn Ml* 1Λ and ever talked to. She hrj no "forbidden" Four Marx Brothers in Pour " Oraves In arms of the Putting on the make-up "Horsefeathera." Pay Wray In Fav Wray In Warren William in "Texas Bad Man Ralph ccaimercial theater—a theater ex-presldcnt of the concern will di«u~a her husband, "Horsefeathers "War Cnrre«oond»n' the role is only territory. Sh2 Vitaphone short "Doctor X." "Doctor X." "Woman From Monte Clyde Cook comedy. uninfluenced motives to his own. He now sneers at th? for- going through of Avalon Vltaphone short slants. Serial. by gainful her baby, her work, he; opinion pic- subleet. Short sub. 8ong reel. Short sub. Carlo." Comedy Sport _jComedy._ NOW men. still a small of the Holly- M12 Conn. Ave. subject. _8ont_reel._ devoted to the service of gotten Cruel, relentless, but part the Wilson and Lewis Stone and Hollywood, tures in general. Holly rood, Europe, Wheeler and Bert Wheeler and Constance Bennett and Constance Bennett and Bela Lutosi In Dorothy hell en- dissatisfied, he has much and wood Personal appear- Bert In •tackle Coooer In nail-show culture rather than the gained job. with in Robert Wools»* in Nell Hamilton in Neil Hamilton In "White Zombie." Eric Linden a the and the future Robert Woolsey "Divorce In the Fam- loet more. And no doubt he has been a ances and interviews occupy goodly past, preient Grand Hold 'Em Jail." "Two Against the "Two Against the Clyde Cook comedy. "Ate of Consent." | its Recent under- is one in a million, Ave. "Hold Em Jail." lly." Serial. Cartoon. iponsors· of the star's time and take equanimity. She Serial. World." Comedy. World" Comedy. Newman Traveltalk. Comedy. Oddity. tfâlnel *?r Broadwa>· Indicate that warning to ambltous groundlings In the portion 645 Pa. Αν». βΤ Serial; Erie Linden and some- and think God for her, say* I. Will Rogers in Will Rogers in PeKuy Shannon and Bert Wheeler and Bert Whseler and is business not to too toll of the star's patience Dorothy Jordan In the "III answered bV numerous advertising venture heavy how and this "Down to larth.' "Down to Earth." Buencer Tracy In Robert Woolsey In Robert Woolsey In It be added You know Garbo feels, Dark. Murder." of«f an nature, far on the Ice of However. times, without doubt. might Comedy. Comedy. "Painted Woman." Hold Em JaU "Hold 'Em Jail "Roadhouse undertaking "«saleable aspiration. and about interviews has become Cameo. Serial. Comedy. It seems have been interest of motion pictures peculiarity News. News. Comedy. Wews. Comedy. Cartoon. Comedy. Cartoon. Ρΐ»νΛ:,1 so lacking in to Mr. Lawsc-η'β first in the once Mt. Rainier. produced often her tratle mark. Ann Harding, 1M. and Ches- Tom Mix in C to manufacture a en- that the interview In Dm;κ Fairbanks. Jr.. In In Joan Bennett in and Jean Harlow market^*! the only «P'anatlon purpose vendible their progress com- Doua. Fairbanks, jr. "Red- "Rider of Death an excellent subject for current Is a Racket." "Week End Marriate." "Week End Marriate." Edmund Lowe In ter Morris In «nn» tertainment. and In a take3 heavy to'.l of the interviewer's "Love Is a Racket "Love Valley." for their appearance is that their pro- this. measure, he and valuable Carolina In Bankhead In Elissa Landl in Elissa Landl in "Misleading Ladv." Herded Woman. better of a bright type, Bankhead Tallulah " " has done. He uses of Stars are sometimes mentary Tallulah "Devil's Devil's Comedy. Comedy ducetV. business men. I am many the perfunc- patience. the Constance 11th li Ν C Ave S.I. "Thunder "Thunder Below Lottery." Lottery Comedy. n?, are when has gone into silence, Below._ In Marion Davles in λΐ. 9uch tory of the showman—In- beiore the camera than they Lionel Atwill and Dorothy Wilson and Bela Lu«os I In Bela Lutosl in Be'· L -tosi askaï enterprises expedients Bennett a series of Lionel Atwill and " "Blondie of thi for Falaise, following Wray In Eric Linden In "White Zombie "White Zombie "White Zombie." M 'The Rn^ /·. and "Bid- cluding the ccmlc typist who vociferous- speaking public print. Fay Wray in Fay " stories which lie considered unfair and X." "Age of Consent Charlie Chase comedy. Charlie Chns- comedy. Charlie Chase comedy. Follies V T^Plets" Central "Doctor X. "Doctor Cartoon. din* Htolv· ff, when 11 ÎMm« ly chewa gums, and he brings his cur- Since the interview list is a dwindling Com. Frank McHuth com. Cartoon. Cartoon. Cartoon. detrimental to her, has done likewise. at. NW. Souvenir reel. Com. Souvenir reel tain the is being 41S »th Jackie Cooper and ce?ta£ that thiaU1î,Ched· down with bang deemed essen- one—every day some nam? and with Buster Keaton and Four Marx Brothers in Four Mar* Brothers in Bert Wheeler and Bert Wheeler ard Ditto for Tallulah Bankhead Keaton and In Conrad Nagel in » tial to theatrical amusement. More off—a discussion of this phase In Jlminie Durante In "Horsefeathers." •Horsefeathers." Rob-rt Woolsey In Robert Woolsey »*" «as checked reason. And with reserva- Îlusterimmir Durante Err Jail." "Divorce in the Fam- Stars have good ditto, Circle "Speak Easily." Cartoon. Cartoon. "Hold 'Em Jail." "Hold j scrupulous than Mr. Lewson. I suspect, of cinema is not "Speak Easily. Comedy. il y." Cartoon. Wïi" pointless. Gavnor. Since for some News. News Comedy tions. for Janet Ave Ν W. Cartoon Cartoon are his especially Luther Adlcr, thing of interview», 2105 Pa. Jackie Cooper and players, said what they time interviewers have confined their Marx Brothers Will Rogers in Will Pone's In Lil Dagover and Barbara Stanwyck a of Four Marx Brothers Pour " thoughtful, resourceful and an interviewer's idea "Down to Earth." "Down to Earth Warren William in and George Brent in LewU Stone in dynamic and perhaps work with Janet almost ex- 'n in Fam- I mime to those who Gaynor Vltaphone short Vltaphone short "Woman From Mont· "Purehss* Price "Divorce in the " ^ who successfully fuses his own in- stars would be interesting "Horsei-athers." ••Horsefeathers. Cartoon. clusively to prohpccies and ruminations Colony Oddity. subject. subject Carlo." Com Travel._ Pitts-Todd comedy. lly." Serial. | tic are lndlfIerent with that of the Ave Oddity. "to binebvUeThat Ρ^Γΐΐ8ρ" dividuality principal read movie news. Ga. k Farratut in as to whether or not she was happy and Lionel Bariymore and Richard Dix In Riche rd Dix In Joan Blondell and Buck Jones to barter and i*rh ar'd are active character. It Is an and Claudette Colbert " impersonation who Claudette Colbert "Roar Oeor-je Brent in "McKenr* of the with Pickford. or about Brook In Karen Morley in of the Dragon "Roar of the Dragon " We'll begin Mary v.ith her husband unhappy Clive Brook In Clive Mounted." •heerlv for ?h. H,^.>nge worthy of his distinguished clan: as, around "The Man From Yes- "Wrwhlncton Masque- Comedy. Entlneer'i Comedy. •Engineer'· "Miss Pinkerton doesn't throw her interviews and hLs marriage to Vir- Dumbarton "The Man From Yes- Comedy. Corned y. indeed, is that of his Miss to Comedy. terday." Comedy. rade ." Comedy. Dauthter Daughter lady cousin. but who. when she decides Valli, one can't blame her over- 1349 Wis Ave. W W. terday "Tom who freely ginia Jack Holt and Alison Skioworth and Jack Oakie In Jack Oakie in Tim McCoy in Tom Brown in ! Dorothy Adler, plays the noble sec- from her im- Jack Holt and " " Cornered." Brown of Culver." KSr-a-~· on apart much. These things have little to do In Oraves in in "Million-Dollar Legs "Million-Dollar Leg· retary with good looks and speak aything Ralph Oraves Ralph Cartoon. Detective aeries. quietly per- life, is very gracious, her as an actress, al- Fairlawn "War Correspondent. "Madam Racketeer." 81im Summerville com. Slim Summerville com. Peaturette _ suasive mediate pr'ate with standing "War Correspondent. Sport reel. "Heroes of the *ho d0 not have to go force. The production of "Suc- frank to a de- Comedy Comedy. Cartoon. Serial. Fable Fable. West/J. exceedingly interesting, though perhaps absorbingly interesting An s cost I a. D. C. In to η. cess Story" is a from the Theater Cortez in AdolDhe Menjou In AdolDhe Menjou In Bill Boyd in Bill B">yd in Tom iteene gift and of giving headline to certain of Ricardo Cortes in Ricardo " Valley." a gree capable types fans. Is My Face Red'" "Bachelor's Affairs." "Bachelor s AJfTairs." "Carr:«-al Boat." "Carnival **oat "Ohost | Uwson· author of OrouD, precocious offspring of the manner. Anv "Is My Face Red?" Marx Brother· In • news in an intelligent Fredric March is a knockout. His in- Pitts-Todd comedy. Robert Young in Robert Young in DlaraB r. "Kick In. Clara Boy. in Kick In.' Fovr to Theater Fltts-Todd remedy. | sΫe« ί!Ζ'Γί disdained dicker Guild. Hippodrome News. "New Moral* for Old." "New Morale for Old." Com°dv. Corned v. "Mo :ey_nι'slnets" -once star—any human being—is privileged terviews arc; such good fun. so brim- »0» Κ Et N W. News wHh fht Preferring to write whl"h Co".e*ance Bennett and Constence Bennett and Jon» Blondell and refuse all interview approaches with valuable so thor- Rio and Dolores Del Rio and to mine comment, Dolores Del Maurice Chevalier in Maurice Chevalier In Ne:! Hamilton In "Two Neil Hamilton in "Two Sti'irt irwln In RogerRnLiM-offlee Bloomer" and "Processinnoi"f~ as a human McCrea In Joel McCrea in encroach upon his privacy oughly engaging, that they can't come Joel "Love Me Tonight." "Love Me Tonight." A«r ivt the World." Against the World "Make Me a Star." himself rather than to traffic * the Irene s Home Bird of Paradise "Bird of Paradise Tith Next. unless it has become a matter under the of work. Miriam Cartoon Short sub. Short sub. Soortsl'ts. Serial. Cartoon. bring, heading 11th Ai C St« Ν Ε Cartoon. Soortsl'ts._ C'own weary of oitude' In this case, a and William and Bancroft and jack Mnlhall in Tom Mix in DUNNE will star in a spécial of public record. Hopkins is nervous and concerned as to Erwln and Stuart Erwin and Lil Dagover Powell Gerree JRKNE and Stuart in Walter Huston in Kay Francis in Miriam Hopkins in "A Pe.ssport to Para- "Rider* of Death &rPUbh]iC· is the most courteous or she is sufficient Joan Blondell In Joan BlondeU vehicle, titled "Man and statement whether not giving Star "The Woman From "Jewel Robbery." "The World and the dise." Corned». Vallev." hand t'o'thî tentatively re- Me a Star Make Me a of'bargaining' Pickferd's "Make r i a 1. Comedy. _ satisfactory thing. Mary material, but an hour with her Is de- Jesse Com. Cart. Sportl Monte Carlo." Com. Novelty. News. Flesh Var. Sketch. Serial Se JSSyid Wife," from a R I Αν N E. Com Cart Sportl tt gt^ _Coin .Sportl'gt^ adapted play by Eugene her trouble-, and all of 18th nr. Buck in Buck Junes in fusal to discuss reported lightful. and she savs plenty, Edmund Lowe in Edmund Lowe In Dolores Del Rio in Dolores Dei Rio in Jones Profitable Walter well for the "Bird of Paradise Range Feud." "Range Feud recently purchased by R-K-O- with Douglas Fairbanks came it is valuable and well worded. Dark. "Attorney for the "Attorney "Bird of Paradise." Defense." "C'est Paree" «colon "C'est Paree" «color*. "Last Frortler." 1st. "La«t Frontier." 1st. KeSlS"l'Se Defense Radio. her as a human being, seems like a little at 1. ■within rights shy Lyric Corned Novelty. Comedy Novelty. Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse. Comedy. Krazy Kat Matinee si those troubles were instead of the handsome, ca- Galthershurg. Md. J. Walter especially rye girl very William Powell and Edmund Lowe and and Edward O. Robinson George Bancroft and Buck Jones ( Ruben, upon completion a matter and never be- and assured of the serein. in in in In Wynne Gibson in In purely gossip pable girl Kay Francis " of "The Phantom of Radio Dark. "Attornev for the De- Is My Face Red?" "Two 8econds "l ady and Oent." "High Speed t^rrh^1"- Crestwood," came a matter of public record through She doesn't like to talk about herself Palm •Jewel Robbery which berate* me in phrase» full Cartoon. Comedy. Short subjects. E' ort subjects. Short subjects Short subjects. vL ?r broadcast will direct Comedy. __ apecial, the Dunne action. much and is inclined to dislike Ray. Va. fense/] any legal very Del in in Bennett In Constance Bennett In Bill Cody in Cortez in Elissa Landi Elissa Landl Constance " vehlci;. Wanda Bernard Cortex in Ricardo " Tuchock, a West- expressing satisfaction with her work Ricardo "A Passport to Hell." A Passport to Hell "What Price Holly- "What Price Holly- "Law of the North , once shy young P*ce Red? "Is My Pace Red?" Shubert and Owen Francis are she v.ants to so that to- "Is My in Clive Brook in Man Clive Brook in "Man wood A. Skipworth in wood A. Skipworth in On· hour of comedies. writing who looked at the toe of his boot because go far Morris in Chester Morris the erner. Princess Chester Corsair." From Yesterday." From Yesterday." "Madam Racketeer "Madam Racketeer." Serial. screen play. in who days job will always seem a prepara- "Corsair." and answered monosyllables, 1119 H St. Ml. Leslie Howard in Leslie Howard In Tom Brown and Tom Tyler in Jack Oakie in "Man and Wife" is the dra- Conrad Nagel and " tfS'SSt highly tion It's a and the briefest sentences, for something bigger. grand Conrad Nagel Ladies." "Reserved Ladies." in "Honor of the "MU1 ion-Dollar Legs ventured merely In In "Reserved for for matic story of a woman in a mill town attitude and the one which lands Doris Kenyon Dine "Tom Brown of Cul- Mounted." Cart'n. Souvenir reel. without much meat to them, can today people Back. "Man Called Back." S. 8 Van Dine "S. S Van who Inspires her laborer-husband to "Man Called Mystery." Mystery.*' ttr." Song reel. Jimmle Gleason com. Tom Howard comedy. in in places. Savoy com. Frank McHuth _ not Rive as fine an interview as anybody high St. NW. Frank McHuth corn^ though great accomplishment. and 3030 14th and Adolphe Menjou and Warren William and Warren William and Doug Fairbanks. Jr.. in James Cagney in Money can discuss the is one of the most Joan Blondell " in the* wrrd' Ct°hTtPl"lnHS· the Cooper Marsh in O'Sullivan in Maureen Ο Sullivan in "Love Is a Racket." "Winner Take All power make him turn against her, but profession. 'n the Dark. George Brent in Joan Maureen in his in par- delightful personalities business, ." Bachelor s Affair "Skyscraper Soul? "Skyscraper Souls." Two serials. Tom Mix in "Destry cham tut yog she him and in the end wins World general, picture Seco "Miss Plnkerton " stays by detail— and. when he does talk, never compli- Com Com Cartoon. News Cartoon. News. Ca rtoon. News Cartoon. Rides A gain. Se r ia 1. my eoat collar and ticular. his future in precise Silver Spring. Md. New8._Cartoon^ ~ mii b.y him back by a sacrifice that means fu- cates his interview with a flood of pro- Gaynor and Alexander Kirkland Constance Bennett and Constance Bennett and and "Tom Brown of rn» ^ exclaims: end he knows where he wants that | Janet Oaynor and Janet lookfir eye personal humiliation for herself, but more in and Violet Hemming Lowell Sherman in Lowell Sherman in Karen Morley in "The Culver n»