The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-31

thai 4 miracle.
And slnde baseball creeps over
from the sports pages into these
columns. Ii reminds that Everett
Scott gOt gold medal Tor play.
Ing 1900 consecutive games. 80
that the tiny Hungarian star.
Mftzi, should be IN lire Tor
loving cup or something. Mftzi
claims the long distance record
for the stage IN not missing per-
Torrance rs shows without XIV.
lnk an undefstudy 4 chance.
a stiff neck IN st. Joe, Mo-,
ended Mitzi's record. Her play
was Head Over Heels ana II
called tor some handsprings and
other things just Dsft 81 the uaes.
ton FOR 4 neck being batlaed Iii
calnphorated oil 50 the under.
study went on DC the matinee.
Mftsf went on ak night. Mitzi
has played III the United states
continuously since ahe opened On
Christmas Eve, 1913. III Sarl. !,
III US seasons she has appeared
in 1872 performances.
Her present show. The Mad.
cap, which opened here, Il just
winding M ne Philadelphia after
two full seasons.
am wondering just how Holly.
wosd win trick tip The Last Of
Mrs. Chevney II order 10 make
the dominant role be sufficient
Importance Tor John Barrymore.
You viii recall that Ina Claire
starred III this play and that she
was very much the star Of II.
Roland Young had the supporting
role which win now be built up
for Hamlet Jack. Opposite Barry
more will be Constance Talmadgc,
whose star Ii evidently beginning
To fade AZ her shadow grows
larger. Ernest Lubitsch will be
the director and all In all this
sounds like combination that
ought % turn out great picture.
Vivid ii nv recollection II
moment III 4 play some two sea-
sons AGO where the star swept
the vanishing creams and can
re cologne bottles or q dresser
into splintered mass that must
have made tho stage cleaners
wrathy after each perfornla nlce.
Then followed nnaddenfrig din
on the grand piano.
II vas Noe | Coward. author
ana star 81 The Vortex, get
ting into high speed in the third
act of his play at the National
ThcatAr. Now Mr.. Coward Il 10
vigif these shores again. The
Enelish actor win b. costarred
with Beatrice Lillie in = London
revue called This Year of Grace.
Can earlier announcement here
that Beatrice would star In Earl
CARROTS Vanities is accordingly
nullified.l Arch Selwyn will i'm.
port the musical with its stars
and II win open III October.
Coward Is the most talked about
flsure on the British stage. Many
rote him as an actor-playwright-
genus. Others call him an over
rated poseur and condemn his
plays. Coward has come from abb
jecs poverty to affluence by the
work OF his pen In less than I'D
years. And he Is not yet 30. Much
0f MS wealth came from America
ard once he had three plays rum
ming on Broadway. The English
George II. Cohan il how he has
been frequently described, The
revue ii which he will costar is
hts latest work.
They make movies out of plays
but Producer James w. Elliott
will reverse the process. He is
going TO make play out Under
world the film seen here at the
Columbia some months ago, which
was the fOrerunner of the crook
play vogue. Ben Hecht wrote the
Hollywood tale and George Ban
croft became star through his
fine performance in its exciting
moments. IT goes without saying
the siege version@of Underworld
will be a melodrama.
Paramount spent about SIS, 900
to bring Paul Ash from Chicago
to be q featured master OF cere-
monies at its huge Broadway
cathedral. Ash is supposed to be
the last word in NJ. C.s but the
verdict is not unanimous for him
in the new job-yet. Some say he
hogs the applause that should 20
to other performers and that he in.
iects himself into the spotlight to
become q distraction for artists
who are endeavoring to entertain.
Others-and they are legion--in.
sist that Paul Ash is absolutely
the peer Of jazz band leaders,
bristles with personality and is