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(Washington, DC). 1939-07-15 Festival to Feature Dining-Dancing Federal Prisons Tale Told and Entertainment Chace Dancers The Marian Chace Dancers and In Picture several other Capitol’s local groups will be featured on the next Summer Festi- val program, the "International UNDER THE STARS a Film, Solemn Affair, Is Backed Night,” to be presented Tuesday Milt Britten’s evening at the Sylvan Theater on ■ ■ By Madcap the Monument slope. The first part of the on program Musicians Stage will be directed by Mrs. Harriet Lewicki, educational director of the By JAY CARMODY. Polish Alliance Group in Washing- cool Not to like the screen attraction at Loew’s this week dining Capitol may be ton. It will include native dances to offend the Government, for it is all about the Federal penal system. in the and folk songs of Poland, selections The chances are, however, that a great many customers will take the from Italian grand operas sung by chance of offending those currently in for All Come Out” TUDOR authority “They members of the Civic Grand is deficient in many of the virtues that make a Opera help picture adequate Co. and a entertainment. group of Scotch dances, ROOM During Dinner accompanied by bagpipes. However, as against the solemnity of the screen attraction, the the- Luncheon, 85c—Dinner from Part two of the to be $1.25 ater management nas obtained tne program, presented the Alwaye featured services of Milt Britten's band, than by Marian Chace will include a which there is no more or- Dancers, Negro Finest Steak Dinner, $1.75 madcap with Miss ganization in the music business. It spiritual, Chace dancing The HAY-ADAMS HOUSE Earle Holds the leading role; a dance turns out to be a very considerable Spanish by WASHINGTON'S the and a Viennese compensation for paying close heed group waltz, with Joanne Leasure featured. to what Uncle Sam does for his way- ward sons and daughters. Bill GmpmifaGkumMumd^ Popular AMUSEMENTS. I HOTEL “They All Come Out,” featuring f Lafayette Park and 16th It. several of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s more aspiring unknowns, is none of Second Week your usual films. On the contrary, it is a documentary affair, so thor- Film 1 Is Fine A I BE YOUR OWN CAPTAIN! oughly official that it boasts of a Blistering Jramsef Icetree prologue in which former Rent a Motor Attorney of Boat—Only General Homer S. Cummings makes Example “THEY ALL PER HOUR AND UP a speech and an in which $1® j epilogue Domestic } Includes Gasoline ) the same former official does the Comedy COME OUT” same thing. The in-between section In the cool cavern that is the RITA JOHNSON • TOM is devoted to an of what NEAL • EDW. CANCAN exposition Earle Theater, life this week is a Mr. Cummings has to say about how kind of dream; now Stag* the penal is dedicated to the sweet, now system Show reform of those anti-social citizens poignant, but altogether a lot bet- “Crazy a!1939“itirrtat KILT BRITTM tat Mi who can be taught the error of their ter than it is on the outside. The UMJ ways. whole thing is the happy derivative To bring “They All Come Out” of the within the of the bit management’s wisdom in scope average HEY, LOOK WHO’S SCARED—Something seems to be up—up the nice little lads in “Hell’s Kitchenscheduled Rented by HOI DAY or of film for a for showing R. WEEK , writing, the producing studio holding second week “Daugh- over the “Dead End” kids’ unless Easy to operate. Inboard motors. right shoulders, that’s just the soon at the Earle. — — has ornamented it Comfortable Sturdy Seaworthy. with comedy, ro- ters Courageous.” That is the sin- new moon they’re looking at. You will find out what has startled mance and the several other ele- cere, honest, witty domestic NOW ments that make for screen drama. comedy rioo«I BOAT SALES, me that All reunites the cast which made “Nevtrlobelortollen” I OPEN 7th and Maine Ave. National 77‘i‘i1 of it is simple, direct and pointed. United States Army testing long Potomac River such a beguiling adventure last Line Dock A girl named Kitty (Rita John- range guns and practicing for Robert DONAT Liii- year of “Four If Robson of «m I son) and a named Joe Daughters.” such chemical the British (»N >ky Mtn) boy Cameron May Technique warfare, army an estimate the Pie-Throwing •mr • Tom Neal) become the innocent gives film too much and British civilians in defense IMSOtt (■•* km MM) of a ring of folksiness, it tools of a bank bandit. The whole probably maneuvers, and latest developments should be added that mob is apprehended in a bank stick- quickly there Scores in More Difficult on other fronts—science, labor, hot “Goodbye Mr. Chips” is a quality of sophistication about Today up and railroaded, so far as the weather and sports. Next it all which is Ai7..You’ll sgret it's unusual! development of the story is con- highly felicitous. an The new edition of “Screen Snap- So Buster "tahrmnd umi imrtmri cerned, into various from a few Says Expert, Keaton; shots” a types of Fed- Apart initial sequences Met Film visits party at the Basil IwWMIDI _ eral penal institutions. The leader in which an artificial quality creeps Andrea Leeds’ Evenings Rathbones and finds many popular of the gang, chronically a criminal, into the Him, “Daughters Coura- ‘Kid From Kokomo’ stars being entertained by one of goes first to Atlanta, then to Alca- geous" is a picture of considerably Are All Her Own Hollywood's leading hostesses. Ten- traz because he is beyond redemp- more than average merit. More- nis pointers are the subject of an- Dine in tion. The Is Enhanced boy and girl are sent to over, it is backed up by a stage by By SHEILAH GRAHAM. other short, “The Technique of places dedicated to the rehabilita- bill which introduced a Tennis;” the visits novelty in Her HOLLYWOOD. j travelogue ROW Excitement for young end old tion of those who are more the Presence sinned form of an ice act that goes "Pie-throwing.” says Buster Keaton on the "Hollywood Cavalcade” Singapore, interesting cross roads “TMZAJI F1K0S k SON" against than Their reform with set. "has to be of the Orient, and the cartoon COOL sinning. splendidly the current level By HARRY MacARTHUR. more accurate today. In the old days. Mack Sennett wanted is WafaaiHtr • Mtirm ('Jdlloi is accomplished through a procedure of to miss—it toas funnier that “Donald’s Cousin Gus.” H. M. COMFORT temperature. The one about the prize fighter you way. Today, the stars want to get it over that is more illuminating than en- with, and you have to land—first throw.” ! Cooled bv “Daughters Courageous” is a tale and the lady has now become the Joan Crawford, on a Metro more on —M BOOBS Off II k. M.btUm Carrier Air-Conditionina tertaining; the order of a street, carrying a bulky tome titled "How to Live 24 a of a broken family, one in which one about the prize fighter and a Hours Day.” AMUSEMENTS. March of Time episode than the Rosaline Russell startling the Hill-ites in Plan on dining at Hogate'* to- the {our female offspring are wise lady who was no ladv, if you follow, Beverly purple slacks, green usual feature film. Qiouse, Diue coat, ana rea shoes. •; day. It's like a refreshing trip enough, or something, to choose and it is the better for it. At Within the limits of a script that Zorina plays a in to the Sea-Shore. Enjoy the finally in favor of the solid, sub- any rate there is novelty when the single lady aims to educate the film audience, “On Your Toes." but she refuses to of tastiest of ocean-fresh treats. stantial citizen as against the erring leather pushers heart is found to Salvage Squalus the players in the cast of “They All De witnout her father, who would like to return belong, not to a lovely, cold and Luncheons from 50c Come Out" do an acceptable job wedding ring. If On Trans-Lux Bill home after two decades of wan- distant lass whose blood is blue, Miss Johnson seems a wee bit too you look closely Nature provides the drama again Dinners from 85c dering. It reflects a considerable but to a managerially-provided refined a girl to be as when see the for the news reels. This time it's convincing fake mother you I Wines. Beveraie*. Mixed Drinks change since the same group played given slightly to those the gunman's moll, but that is only picture, you will man vs. the sea. the Navy's attempt Unrestricted Parking "Four Daughters.” In the first two well-known manias, kleplo and j at moments. Otherwise, she creates pic- see the marital to raise the sunken Squalus, re- ture. designed to be the forerunner dipso. Mama, impersonated bv the impression that no matter how i band on her corded by Paramount, now being of several others, Claude Rains was May Robson, with Pat O'Brien and silly it is to think crime pays, actual the featured news item on the Joan Blondell as right finger the ideal father. This he properly embit- °f Theaters experience will convey the reverse I time, Goldwyn has Trans-Lux screen. Other pictorial Havini Matlneoa. tered foils, manages to endow "The ACADEMY p'r;rhl Sfs* notion. As the pops up as a ne'er-do-well parent, of E.
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