1939-01-25 [P A-8]

technicolor: 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10 AMUSEMENTS._ Mr. Hitchcock Proves In a New British Where and When and 9:30 pm. Really Mystery Little—“100 Men and a Girl,” Deanna Durbin sings, Leopold Sto- Current Theater Attractions a kowski conducts the orchestra: 11 Film Director’s Medium and Time of Showing a.m., 12:45, 2:35, 4:20, 6:05, 7:45 and 'NIGHT AT 8:S0 9:40 p.m. The troly Joyous comedy hy and from Ian Hay’s nerul “The Henoemaater" ‘The National—“Bachelor Born," Ian BeUsco—“Beethoven Concerto,” Lady Vanishes’ Is Case in Point; Hay’s hit comedy of school life: new film with much of the master’s 2:30 and 8:30 music: 8:10 and 9:50 BACHELOR BORN Picture Also Introduces New p.m. 4:50, 6:20, pm. Capitol—"Stand Up and Fight,” Trans-Lux—News and shorts; con- It’s a wow!—WaHar Wlneholl Bob Taylor helps railroads battle tinuous from 10 am. Eyes.. 05c. (1.10, fl.SS, *2.20 Recruit for Wed-Sat. Mats., fide, Sl.IO. Sl.U English Hollywood stage coaches: 10:30 am., 1:20, 4:10, By JAY CARMODY. 7:05 and 9:55 p.m. Stage shows: 12:30, 3:20, 6:10 and 9:05 pm. School NATIONAL—This One of the things they insist upon in Hollywood is that the motion Play Tryouts Thursday The of picture is a director’s medium, something for which one cannot blame Earle—“Zaza," Claudette Colbert Players’ Club the Central 4 O'Clock the actor and the writer. in the new film version of the famed High School Community Center will The Great N. Y. Dance Sensation tale: 11 hold And, strangely, one of the chances one has to believe it is when he a.m., 1:40, 4:25, 7:10 and tryouts for its next play at The Wonderful Spanlih Dancer 9:55 shows: 8:15 tomorrow at the school. sees an Albert Hitchcock picture. Mr. Hitchcock being an English director p.m. Stage 12:45, 3:30, p.m. 6:15 If anyone needs to be told at this late date. Prom "The 39 Steps’’ until and 9 p.m. Young men to play leading roles are ine Laay vanishes which comes' Keith’s—“The Great Man Votes,” needed, according to club officials. ARGENTINITA and HER SPANISH ENSEMBLE to Keith's on Saturday, is a long one vote gives a man a great day: tion, professional and otherwise, In _8eat> SI.ID to S2.2Q at Boa Office. time. But just what is meant by 11:35 a.m., 1:20, 4:50, 6:30, 8:15 this country. 3, _AMUSEMENTS. the movies being a director’s medium and 10:05 p.m. Twentieth could not Is once more manifest. The Century-Fox thing resist the charm of Miss Lockwood Metropolitan—“Paris Honeymoon,” TRANS-LUX S5.n™ known as the Hitchcock touch is Bing latest musical SPAIN'S LAST STAND any more than Metro-Goldwyn- Crosby’s comedy: B. FRANKLIN what makes the picture one of the 11 MEMOR. Mayer could resist that of Vivian a.m., 1:05, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35 and » NORMANDY. MEN OF "THE GREAT MAN VOTES" outstanding English importations of 9:45 I**’ STEEL. CARTOON Leigh, who recently has become the pm. with the last 12 months. Without It, SHORT answer to David O. Selznick's prayer Columbia—“Sweethearts,” Jean- JZ'cul SUBJECTS “The Lady Vanishes" might be an- for a Scarlett O'Hara. It is a weak- ette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy JOHN BARRYMORE other cops-and-robbers sort of thing. ness that is bound to be ratified by in technicolor: 11:35 a.m., 2:05, TOWN HALL Peter HoMm With it, the selection of the picture >VIi«lRta WeMlW American audiences, more 4:35, 7:05 and 9:35 as one of the creations of the probably pm. 8 Added... major than that SUNDAY, P.M. SH£™M which induced Miss Leigh romance in English industry by those with a Palace—“Kentucky,” ARTHUR REILLY Inpeieca to come to this country. the land chance to see it earlier becomes a where horses are horses, in HIS 5000th NEWSCAST * * * * Maurice Hindus thoroughly comprehensible thing. The "What Next lor Europe?” Hitchcock touch is a sly and Leon Pearson, author of “Wash- <W. the NEW edition of ... Ticket! *1.50, *1.25—T. Arthur Smith, elusive which makes the Go which OIO G St. thing, per- ington Merry Round,” _AMUSEMENTS. _ The MARCH ef TIMS son who attempts to explain it a the Civic Theater will offer on kind of idiot of the familv. What February 1—and which has very Washington Premiere Today I they are driving at is that Mr. little to do with the book or the I ALTRED HITCHCOCK'S as OURBirT^] Hitchcock, director, is trying to column bearing the same title—has Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, and Paul Lukas play three of the leading roles in ,fThe stimuisai U a | BEETHOVEN; give lesson in psychology. Or peopled his play with a number of Lady Vanishes,” new English mystery film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, ivhich follows “The Great jl "THE LADY VANISHES'* perhaps he is the audi- easily Man Votes” at Keith’s Theater. CONCERTO; submitting recognized types. ~*,n Award as tha Baat — —i m A Critics ence to an I. Brilliant Film of ill Q. test. Whatever it is, Among the more amusing charac- Diractad Picture of the Year. he offers all the \ Great Music and Talented Youth • way through his ters in the play is an admiral who definite as CUNCA DIN" IS COMINO pictures clues to what decides to sue a newspaper for libel, Beethoven’s Music Interior Aid Recitals Planned | “Bright. Imaginative and adroitly is to Players I assembled remarkably ingen- follow. then his mind when he changes The Washington Musicians' Com- ious1" —New York TIMES •'The In Belasco Film To i 'A Lady Vanishes” is no rare achievement ... a excep- learns that the editor of the paper Stage Comedy mittee for Aid to stun- the Spanish Dem- jcAYitifKa ning novelty. brightened with tion to the [ rule. If audiences will has uncovered some of his more ro- “Beethoven much- of Concerto,” ‘‘Trelawney the Wells,” Pinero’s ocracy will sponsor a series of mati- 1 humor!” —New York POST listen closely (which not film of the they might mantic past. Whether it is a re- praised story adventures four-act comedy, will be staged to- nee recitals for the benefit of the Cont. From 4 P.M.—35c to « do unless warned or of a unless they are flection upon the weakness of ad- pair of young violin prodigies, morrow night at Roosevelt High SOTHERN White House familiar Loyalist government, beginning Sat- DC| AC|%n Opp. with the Hitchcock method) mirals or the of editors is opens today at the Belasco Theater. School the the strength by Theater Group of urday at 2:30 p.m. at Pierce Hall, The fastest Red-Head In Burleak DCLAObU NAtionol 0149 during the sequence in which As would be indicated the one of those things which the play- by the title, Interior Department Recreation Fifteenth and Harvard streets N.W. (GEORGIA strolling troubador sings, they will and Director F. Cowles “Beethoven Concerto” abounds in Association. It will be the wright players' A program of American folk songs get a notion of everything that fol- Strickland leaves to the actual great music, much of it by the com- first coimt per- full-length production. will be included in the series, pre- I Duimmt lows. if they it still whose work 'vj don't, win have formance. poser gives the picture The group promises that it is mak- sented by Alan Lomax. in Paramount’s 1 a flavor of its piquancy, but they will The play will be staged at Ward- title. There also is the popular ing every attempt to be strictly au- EfTTTI^'^rshowT not know so well what the picture man Park Theater. Bach "Chaconne” and a musical thentic in adhering to the mood of "ZAZA” i is scaSU'^ driving at. * * * * under-theme by Dunayevsky, the the period. The 21 characters in _AMUSEMENTS. tfi >«» :' It is mKRT MMSMU very sly, but it need not be modern composer whom many critics "Trelawney of the Wells” will be " Robert Morley's performance as fBIMY an Staff ftj elusive. have called the late George Gersh- attired in the costume of Victorian i* i t. m. • im Mi tf%n Hfti Oscar Wilde has been selected by □F win’s closest rival. days. “PARIS 1 The the New York critics as the year's on Stage: MUSIC HALL” same picture, incidentally, -»- The cast includes Rae Robins, k A Caftiuattnf Remit until M Will outstanding performance on Broad- TMTKSaiTTOf The Screen's Star introduce another English lead- Kenfleld Bailey, William P. Zuckert, Comedy A CHARLES KIMPER M way Among the runners-up, m DOYOKIMMT* ing lady who has succumbed to the To the Dogs jr., Nora McGinnity, Joe Bly, M. W. WaiUc* Robwl A / lure of which also included Raymond Mas- Hollywood gold. She is Mar- Black eyes worn by Robert Mont- De Sollar, Robert Nicholson. Iris K^wuMnrncs garet sey's portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Lockwood, who already is at gomery and Rosalind Russell all Vaden, Grace B. Ware, Betty Brun- R BEERY. TAYLOR work is the performance of Laurette F in this country as a JOHN umm featured week for “Fast and Loose” have stetter, Ralph Patton, Mary Louise I ‘Stand player in Taylor in “Outward Bound," which Up and Fight* Shirley Temple's next star- provided aristocratic meals for Rogers, Gordon J.

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