The Washington times., 1928-05-11


on Tuesday night Emil viii
take part IN the Leap Year
Reyels scheduled for the Jewish
Community Center, by the T.. M.
HI. A. and the Junior Hadassah.
The youthful Jolson has, I am
told. an exceptional tenor voice,
is tall and good looking, with
an engaging personality and q
facility. for story telling. Only
the radio hitherto has heard
about his talents.
Mike JOlson, an older brother
has been q feature in a number
of the r. M. TT. A., shows and
has declined several professional
offers. Harry. the brother next
to AL In age, has been able to
succeed In vaudeville without
capitalizing much on the famous
songster's reputation.
Mention of the Junior Hadassah
interest in the Jolson appear
ance brings to mind that Coy. Al
Smith turned out to be the star
card of the Albany IN. " Junior
Hadassah. At the benefit per.
torrance trade was languishing
behind the souvenir cSndy cOun-
ter. Whereupon the New York
executive eager to help out q
worthy cause stepped behind the
showcase and began autograph.
ing candy boxes. Lively, between
the acts, business enSued. In o.
second appearance Governor Al
cleaned the shelves with no con-
fections left to meet the demand.
i suggested to Len Pinkus, the
prolific publicity promoter OF the
j.. G. G, that he enlist Secretary
OF Commerce Hoover in q similar
capacity. These being political
times. He has the suggestion
under consideration, but ] am
wagering nothing on his probable
success.
Mr.. Hoover. by the way, has
nut his foot down on an ambitious
plan to broadcast his humanitarian
activities the length and breadth
OF the land, via the motion pic.
sture screens. 1T was auth0rita-
lively announced from Hoover
headquarters in New York that
the prospective Republican candi-
date for the Presidency would be
yisuaIized in lnamlets large and
small, with camera shots OF the
various relief work accomplished
by this humanitarian genius.
Metro oldwyn-Mayer was sup
posed to be the distributing
agency for the films. The Sec.
rotary of Commerce said that he
first heard of the plan in the
newspapers and had Immediately
ordered it stopped. M-G-M denied
any connection with the enter.
prise. You may rest assured,
however, that IL Mr.. Hoover -
nominated at Kansas City. his
features will not be alien to the
movie screens. The newsreels
viii attend to that.
Larry Beatus. n1ajor-dono for
the Marcus Loew enterprises in
Washington steps forward to ex.
plain how the weather man
caught him unprepared last Sat
urday for a matter OF two hours,
with a further vow that 1t Will
never happen again.
come direct from the big Para
mount Theater on Broadway.
When the new presentation rolled
up to the Palace doors last Sat
urday morning the sun was just
beginning to get hot. 1t requires
several hours and considerable
of back stage force OF me-
chanica to hang and set the new
production on the Palace stage.
Mr.. Beatus directed his cleo
tricians and other technical crews
to get to work on the show. Then
the cooling apparatus for the
fneater would be set in motion.
However, the sun on F Street
grew hotter and the lines for the
William Haines picture began to
form. Before the cooling system
was in complete operation the
first audience was in. Thus it
was not until p m. that the
temperature Of the playhouse was
at that point which patrons con.
The point Of all this is that
the cooling system at the Palace
Theater is functioning 100 per
cent. IL you doubt it, you are
invited by Mr.. Beatus to test 1t
on the next humid day.
Monta Bells contract az a df.
rector for M-G-M. terminating at
the completion of THE Bellamy
Trial" will not be renewed says
Variety.
Bell is going to New York. He
wants to- become an independent
producer.director.
Bell will seek finances for q
couple Of pictures. including 1.-The
Birth of the Blues" and Sing q
Song of Broadway"
ImpressiOnistic Shots