The Washington times., 1928-05-24

hope Mr.. Ziegfeld still nour.
ishes his high regard for Wash.
ington as premiere city. Kid
Boots" THE Comic Supplement
Betsy Louis XIV, Show
Boat, and Three Musketeers
were among ziegfeld productions
this town was privileged 10 glimpse
before Broadway began its mad
scramble for tickets. To SEE a
sparkling new production with all
the Ziegfeld magnificence compen-
safes i'm fun for the overabun.
dance OF talent, ] a. m. exit cur
tains and other features peculiar
to 4 first night performance.
East Is West In the play in
which Fay BANTER rode to lasting
glory in the tIeater. She was the
original Ming Toy and played
full season on Broadway at the
Astor Theater and later two long
l'oa engagements. Right now the
National Players are planning to
do the play the first week in June.
Leneta Lane will be the Ming
Toy" and she will be fortunate in
having the direction OF Clifford
Brooke, since he enjoys the dis.
tinction OF having directed the
original Harris production, starr
ing Miss BANTER.
The De Wolf Hopper before
the curtains" have become to be
expected as a regular feature of
his engagements and I suspect
his audiences would be sorely dis
appointed il he did not step out
of character for these nightly i'm
prOmptu remarks.
For myself ] enjoy them thor
oughly Mr.. Hopper has a GER
tain fluency and ease with the
faculty of coming close to his
friends out front. And he seems
to enjoy these intimate moments
equally as much as he revals in
the part of "Ko-Ko."
However. az one who has been
a steady attendant on Mr.. Hop.
per and all his works. may l urge
that he drop the umpire joke into
the Potomac. 1t has all the ven
erability of "Tit Willow" without
its lasting quality for entertain
mont. If Mr.. Hopper will follow
this suggestion will join with a
committee to ask the sorely
harassed Bucky Harris, Babe
Ruth, John McGraw and old Ty
Cobb to replace it with a modern
baseball bon mot, equally service
able when duly decorated with
the Hopper verbiage and gestures.
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TNKuin
York for conferences with f. r. o.
officials on Gloria Swanson's next
picture, THE Swamp" offered
Dennis King. star Of 1.-The Three
Musketeers," the lead role op-
posite Gloria in the film. Mr..
King, tied as tight as a Pullman
window TO a Ziegfeld contract,
was Obliged to decline.
With Rio Rita" closing, Bert
Wheeler has gone to Hollywood.
He is on his way West and will
probably soon be seen on the
silver screen. Harold Lloyd is
the one who told Mr.. Wheeler
his cut-ups were just the kind to
register effectively before the
camera and he will probably guide
Bert in his first attempt to be
Iunny IN the MOVIES.
Marion Davies limitations I'm
'"The Patsy" have been so widely
commended by reviewers. the prac.
tice of mimicing the notabIes on
the Hollywood lots has become a
vogue. Madge Bellamy, of the
Fox forces has an instructor who
IL teaching her the fine points of
taking off" the film royalty.
Harry Deli a veteran of Vaude.
vile, landed the job as Bellamy
tutor The result of the DALI
teachings will be shown in Mama
Knows Best" Fox picture that
is said to be based upon incidentst
that parallel the life of Elsie Janis,
an artist whom many regard as
tho queen of all imltators.
Henry D. Talbert. who knows
most of the National Theater Gus.
toners by their first name, has
been moved up to the post OF as
Sistant manager. This is a promo.
ton everybody will o. X. Also en-.
tered in the program as adVertis-
ing agent is the pulchritudinous
J. e. Mccormick. who doubles as
guardian NJ the main entrance at
the fheater.