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TKc BcrlistHra Ertmln Es- SalrrHar, July 23, I93S- Page Twelve NEWS OF THE iWEEK IN THE THEATER AND ON THE SCREEN Katharine Alexander Stars In iVeic Paj by Jock Munro, Playhouse Stage Manager 1 1 i' tx Best Dressed Women in the: World To Open Monday -Night at Stockbridg Special Gotcns Designed for Production 4 -w vw- 'Vr '-'4 i- il Jjr Sr vNc1 'L i4r' "4 1 1 A I y1" arwr The Week's Program In the Theatres sK STAGE BERKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE, Stockbridge Final performance tonight, Eugenie Leontovitch in "Enter Madime' Monday through Saturday evenings with Wednesday matinee (2JJ0), Katharine Alexander in "Best Dressed Woman in the Vorld," by Jock Munro. (New). Curtain at 8.45. NELL GWYN PLAYERS, Maiden Bridge, N. Y.

Tonight and tomorrow night, "George and Margaret" Curtain at 8.45, MOHAWK DRAMA FESTIVAL, Schenectady, N. Y. Final performance tonight, "School for Scandal," with Frances Starr. Tues- I day through Saturday evenings. "Much Ado About Nothing," '1 with Jean Muir.

Curtain at 8.45. SCREEN Jock Munro, author of "Best Dressed. oman in the World," and stave manager for the Berkshire Playhouse for several seasons, talks the premiere over with Katharine Alexander, who will play the leading latter play that Katharine Alexander went to Hollywood where th was in "The -Barrett of Wimpole Street," "The Devil Is a Sissy," From Tenth; Avenue," starring Bette Davis, "She Married Her Boss," starring Oaudette Colbert, "Moonlight Murder," and "Rascals," starring Jane Withers. Local Author "Best Dressed Woman in the World," which brings Miss Alexander back to the Berkshire' Playhouse, is the work of Jock Munro, for the past two seasons stage manager for William Miles at 1h Stockbrldge theatre, and is a satire on those struggling for a place in the world of fashion and society. As one would expect from the name, the production calls for many attractive clothes on the role.

Next week at the Berkshire Play house, Stpckbridije, William Miles will present Katharine' Alexander CAPITOL Now playing (Closed tomorrow), "l'lh Give a Million," with Warner Baxter, Marjorie Weaver, Peter Lorre, Jean UNION SQUARF Now playing (Closed tomorrow), IRobert Donat in "The Count of -N Mont Cristo." Also Claudette Colbert in "I Cover the Waterfront." Tuesday through Thursday, "Wives Under Suspicion," with Warren William, Gail Patrick. Also "Dark Journey," with Vivien Leigh, Conrad Veidt Sarting Friday, Danielle Darrieux in "The Rage of Paris." PALACE Now playing (Open tomorrow), "Tropic Holiday," with Bob Bums, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland, Also "Crime with Allan Lane, Frances Mercer. Tuesday through Thursday, "By Bill," with Kay Francis, Bobby Jordan. Also "Passport, Husband," with Stuart Erwin, Pauline Moore. Starting Friday, "Lov Finds Andy Hardy," with Mickey I i T- -v.

vVv i 4,. I vl 1 I 'WS-asuS. i I in a new comedy by Jock Munro, "Best Dressed Woman 1m the World. This will be Miss Alexander's first appearance at the Playhouse since her sojourn in Hollywood. She played here in 1933 in "Love Flies in the Window." Part Indian part of the women In the Cast, who married a part Indian.

She tells you that, in spite of all the tinf? she hat'" spent in New York, she is not a Naw Yorker, and if you don't behsve it, just take a at the Arkansas license plates on her automobili. Several times a year, work permitting, Miss Alexander returns to her native state for there, she says, in spite of much globe trotting, is where her roots really are. j. Miss Alexander was educated In New York and made her first appearance on the stage with William Gillette in "A Successful Calamity." Plays in which she has been seen in New York in leading roles include "The Queen's Husbana," "Little Accident," "Hotel Universe," "Stepdaughters of War," "Left Bank" and "Best Years." It was at the conclusion of the run of the Miss Alexander is one of the most ana ior what is probably for the first time in any summer theatre. Rooney, Judy Garland.

Also "Fast Company," with Melvyn Mr. Miles has commissioned a New Douglas. York designer to furnish the American of Americans, for she is part Cherokee Indian. Miss Alexander is proud of her Indian blood 'and stUl maintains a residence in th land settled by the ancestor for the comedy. Virginia Volland of Madison Avenue has alreadv done the costumes.

Among those who will be seen in the large supoortine cast of "Best Dressed Woman in th World" are Judson Laire, William Whitehead and Janet Fox, making their first appearance at the Berk shire Playhouse, Helen Brooks, Ann Mason, Mary Wicket, Ellen Hill, Gage Clarke, Lewia Martin and Edmund George. STRAND Monday through Wednesday, Irenex Dunne, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in "Joy of Living." Also "Tip-Off Girls," with Lloyd Nolan, Mary Carlisle. Thursday through Saturday, Bing Crosby, in "Doctor Rhythm." Also "Bulldog Drummond's Peril," with John Barrymore. COLONIAL Tonight, "Lloyds of London," with Tyrone Power, Madeleine Carroll.

Also Don Ameche, Ann Sothern in "Fifty Roads to Town." Tomorrow, Jean Harlow, Rpbert Taylor in "Personal Property." Friday and Saturday, Sonja Henie in "One in a Million." Also "Slave Ship," with Warner Baxter. KAMEC Tomorrow only, Donald Woods, Claire Trevor in "Big Town Girl." Also Donald Reagan, Mary Magulre in "Sergeant Murphy." Monday and Tuesday, Joe E. Brown, Jane Wyman in "Wide Open Faces." Also Walter Abel uv. "Portia on Trial." Wednesday and Thursday, Dick Purcell, Jean Dale in "Th Misiinf Witness." Also Charles Quigley, Jacqueline Wells in "Girls Can Play." Friday and Saturday, Hugh Herbert Allen Jenkins In "Sh! The Octupus." Also Tom Keene in "Romance of th Rockies." TYLER Tomorrow and Monday, Frank Morgan, Robert Young in "Paradise for Three." Also "The Devil Is Driving," with Richard Dix. Tuesday through Thursday, Fred Astalre, George Burns, Gracie Allen in "Damsel in Distress." Also "Accused," with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.j Dolores Del Rio.

Friday and Saturday, At the upper left we have Milburn Stone, Cecile Cunninghara and Warren William turroundinr tome-whst gruesome abacus in "Wive Under Suspicion," due at the Union Square Tuesday. At the upper right are Warner Baxter and Marjorie Weaver In gendarme difficulties in "111 Give a at the CapitoL Directly above ns, Ray Milland explodes in the presence of Martha Raye, all a part of a TJI.EE ENDS TONIGHT "OF HUMAN HEARTS" "THE FRAME UP" NEWS SERIAL Test Bellamy For Role of Maximilian Ralph Bellamv ia itiallnu (aeti Raising a Racket's a Money -Raising Racket if You Live Near "Location" at Warner Bros, for the role of Maximilian in "The Phantom KffaW CUsEO SUNDAY lW MONV LAST DAY Giant Request BilJ I "The Count of Monte Cristo" with ROBERT DONAT 2nd HIT CUudette Colbert BEN LYON in '1 Cover the Waterfront" COMING SOON! Danielle Darrieux In Her First A3EERICAN MADE PICTURE "The Rage of Pari." Crown," Paul Muni-Bettr Davit Sunday, Monday Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea in "Dead End." Also "Tarzan'f Re-vsnge," with Glenn Morris, Eleanor Holm. eo-starnng; vehicle. Goulding Will Direct Flynn Harrison Tells Also fAbokt Fritz's Grandson, Gary's Pants, Boyer's Homesickness, Etc, 1 Patrol," Errol Frank Morgan Robert Ynuog "PARADISE FOR THREE" I Also "THE DEVIL IS DRIVING" with Richard Dix Joan Perry At the Theatre nextNtarnng film after ulsters," w4U be directed by-Edmund Goulding.X; and the likely successor of the wan Swede. NO.

NO, BUDDY LIKE THIS, SEE? Cast in a featured role as an athlete In "Hold That Co-ed," Glen Morris was assigned to pose in a track suit for a set of publicity stills. The photographer, who used to be a high school, athlete himself, painstakingly showed the actor how to get set for a race, how to holda vaulting pole, how to pose with a javelin, and so on. Mortis, who was decathlon champion of the last Olympic Games, took the direction like a trouper. MONEY RADIO MUSIC HONESTY Metro has shelved plans to film a version of the hit revue, "As Thousands Cheer." The movie rights cost $65,000. Motion picture exhibitors are about to renew their fight against radio, or at least co-opera CLOTHES CAREER i.

LOVE ALIMONY bsent-minded Gary Cooper george and Margaret, comedy iiy than the now-famed Sycamores ucr.ia otmr, uijvuru aab of "You Can't Take It etc." Father the Nell wyn Theatre at Maiden Bridge. strolled out of his dressing room N. under the direction ol Emily Per-rr and with the following cast: JEWS f'LLOTDS OF LONDON" TONIGHT KOADS TO TOWN" COLONIAL the other day sans pant. Marian Speed Johnny Weismuller may become a professional wrestler. Dixie is wise and absent-minded and walks vaguely around with an oil can in his hand; mother is simpl and class-conscious; daughter is superficially modern and basically sound, and the two sons are, re- Malcolm WHam Wruhi Reta Shs-w Dudle, Eric NieUcbe PhyUl Wheeler Claude William Hubbard Roger Richard Robblna SUN ONLY! CONTW.V LOIS CAPITOL "COOL At A TOOL" WELCOME Bt'KHZK VISITOKt STARTS TODAY Heien Elliott specuveiy, laientea ana young, ana Beer Dunbar has been forbidden to elope with Bob Iferndon until her picture Is finished.

"Then, they can dash away with the studio's blessing and "surprise" everybody. ENDS TONIGHT 'Happy Landing1 The Old Barn Danre" OPEN SUNDAY DONALD WOODS CLAIRE TREVOR in I (' CLOSED THIS tCNDAT An assistant director has made an alimony deal with his ex-wife; he We must like -strange things in the sticks. Or "perhaps they dis like strange things down in the big city. At any rate, XGeorge and Margaret," the British importation which was a gentle flop turns out to be a gentlehit as performed by the Nell Gwn By Paul Harrison i HOLLYWOOD. Short takes: People who live near the back lots of some of the studios have discovered a nice little racket.

And a noisy racket, too. It started with a man who practiced on a cornet during the filming of outdoor scenes for "Marie Antoinette." After a few minutes of tootling, hedNbe visited by an assistant di- rector who'd pay him $10 to keep quiet NV; 1 Some of the other residents caught on, andxnow they begin hammering Splaying their radios full blast when movie company tries to work in the open. The studios have been paying them all, but now they're going toepurt about it, i A newly born grandson of Fritz Lieber, named for the actor, received this wire at the hospital: "Don't sign anything unta I see older and stuffy. But you lik everybody and It's all a lot of fun. There is a parcel of excellent performances by William Wright, who' is an unusually gpod character actor, as the father; Reta Shaw as the mother, Phyllis Wheeler as th daughter and Eric Nietsch and William Hubbard as the two sons.

tion with broadcasting. Claim is pays off by getting her jobs as an JEAN HARIXW SORT. TAILOR "Persona! IropertyM Opea Ever Sunday BOUT. MONTGOMERY ROSALIND RUSSELL ia "Night Must Fall' X. AU New Show Frt.

Sitndar that the industry is cutting Its own extra in his pictures. I i 1 1 "Big Town Girl" throat by permitting its players to broadcast. Victor Young has IV Tilt I Uh Charles Boyer says he must get out of Hollywood for at least two Players at 'Maiden Bridge. written an entire symphony, called "Movieland," that you'll hear Just to make things unanimous. COMEDY SHORT DONALD REAGAN MARY MAGWIRE in Probably the boys were just mad after London had enthusiastically months each year so that he can be among "normal people." stayed away from our Pufitzer pandemonium, "You Can't Take It ing.

Bob Hope tells about an actor who's so honest that every time he finds a dollar he mails his agent a dime. A il'U f-i i says WARNER BflHEr. and tb kiioo'i frfest to- maocichicis ooderwiy'. Gene Autry, the cowboy star, has I5c ALWAYS 400 GOOD SEATS 15' "Sergeant 1 With You." Or it may be that they mn Indian press agent. do "George and Margaret" better Marian Speed does a fine maid, including, therein a bit of marathon crying which must be a difficult as- signment; Richard Robbins emerge as a creditable, lover for daughter and Helen Elilat appears in a toothsome bit at the end.

Peter Terry also accomplishes amazing things in the way of alot of attractive set in not much room. And, oh yes, George andXMar-garet are very good, too. K.R.F, Coming JOE E. BROWN JANE WYMAN in Jean Muir Stars at Festival ENDS "TEST FILOT" TODAT "GO CHASE TOCESELP WED. Wife Open Faces" Noose flashes: Give a quickie produeer enough rope, says Martin Greeae, and he'll make a western.

From Broadway is relayed a classic bit of philosophy by George M. tkhan: "Remember that a halo only has to fall a little way before it becomes a noose." Royalty; rampant at Paramount "If I Were KlngNKlng of Chinatown," and "King ofxAl- Alway. 500 Good Seml at. tie Child rea Under IS yra. Always lta across the State line than they did it to th southward.

But whatever the explanation, this week's Nell Gwyn attraction is an attraction; Th comedy is in th English tradition, never subtle in its humor or its situations, but full of gentlemanly nonsense based on homely truths. It always amazes me how successfully the English succeed in saying slightly immoral things on the stage without losing for a second the atmosphere of healthy, rid-ing-to-hounds family life. It must be a gift or a roast beef diet, "George and Margaret" presents (this has been remarked upon before) a somewhat less wacky fam- TTT 111 Li i MARJORIE WEAVER PETER 10RRE JEAN HERSHOIT catraz" all are shooting. Series NOW SHORT SNAPSHOTS WALTEB ABEL "Portia on Triar 5ION. AND TUES.

ARE BAK-SERV-DAYS STARTING JULY 2728 Dresterware to Ladies OPEN SUNDAY Mon. Last Day a Iff a Wavt Hit! pictures are making so much money that 3T of them are on the schedules of the studios. Some of the stories that Greta Garbo turned down are being prepared for Hedy LaMarr, who' considered the surest bet for top stardom Henry Arthur Gets Contract Because 20th Century-Fox executives were highly pleased with th screen test of young Henry Arthur which he wrote himself th youthful New York stage actor has departed from th cast of "Right This Way" and la now in Hollywood, appearing before the cameras as the male lead in the second of 20th Century-Fox" teriet of sport films, an auto-racing story, yet untitled. Arthur was a member of th Academy Players of Northampton who played a six-weeks' season at the Union Square Theater last year. GORRIGAN in IRELAND First Fictarea Delivered by Sri plan WALT DISNEY CARTOON tPOKTS KEEL DKAMA NEWS ALACK AVO COLOMAI.

O.PEM ttSH, Screen Actress Nsln Shakespeare -Comedy SCHENECTADY, N. July 23. Jean Muu noted young screen star, will playNlhe leading rolt of Beatrice in the Mohawk Drama Festival's production, of "Much Ado About Nothing" in the outdoor theater on the Union College cam i ft Ill 'f I'l'l PLAYHOUSE I settings from th designs of Jay Fisher, and with danc ensembles directed by the Misses Iren and Phyllis Marmeln. Th cast will includ Herbert Corthell as Dogberry, Leslie Bar-rie as Don Pedro, Lyster Chambers as Don John, John Griggs as Claudio, John Burke as Leonato, pus Tuesday through Saturday DERUSUIRE STOCK BRIDGE William Post will playNBene- MASSACHUSETTS dick. The Festival annually offers Ovy Kibbee Jar Cixon Srlc Blore Lucille Baft VVorren a 1 Hit No.

2 Americs'i Newest Wom Rtckrt WIIMAM Mil.hS. niRECTOR LAST TIAIK TOMU11T "Ellis Island" Smash Hit play by William Shakespeare. In previous years "Twelfth Night," "MacBeth" and "The Merry George Taylor as Antonio, Jamesj Now in Operation! New Curb Service at the LUCKY STREAK DAIRY BAR New Lebanon, N. Y. (Next to the Shrine) DRIVE IN and try Fred famous Chicken Hamburg Tasty Red Hots Delicia Ice Cream Cooling Soft Drinks tiawts as rsannasar, iiowara nu Balthasar, Howard Whit-lir Conrade, Richard Beach 1 1 OH UtUHVay field "CRIME RING" Allan Lane France Mercer KKO Radio rietare EUGENIE LEONTOVICH in "Enter Madame'! Week of July J5th Oinrng-Monday KATHERINE ALEXANDER tit "The Bet lreed Woman In the Vorld" by Jock Munro Exped! as uegmaia earring- Formoriv vnnun "Pin.

man ton as FriaXFrancis, Hugh Norton 20th Century-Fox million-dollar Wives of Windsor" Were presented. Productions of impressive size are made possible by a large outdoor stage of unusual size and natural beauty of background. "Much Ado About Nothing" will itajjed, by Pergival Vivian with as verges, iiriax tsurener as: drama of th New York Immisra- "TIP-OFF GIRLS" MAR-CARliSLE LLOTO NOLAN Sexton, Mary Hutchinson as Hero, mctil -3 :5, t.M. SI tl.1t MiliifF-tLU tl.lt B-Mrvstuwi Cull Ptfvkbrtnie STARTS TIES, KAY FRANCIS in "MY BILL" Pie "rASfcPORT HC IB AND" tlon station will reieaaed under the title "Gateway it has ben an- Donna Earl as Margaret and Tm THE EERKS11IKE I'LAH IOLSE IS AIR COOLED pl Parker as vrsul tfiOUOd.