The Washington times., 1929-04-20
GLEANINGS1
AND
SCREENINGS
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

- ACLOTS are SupeESJlLlOuSs Ahu
90 are producers. Now that
'The Little Accident" a play
written by Thomas Mitchell and
in which that actor stars, is a
seasonal success, q good story
concerning Crosby Gaige, its
millionaire producer, was
brought to this desk yesterday.
Some months ago Producer
Gaige adopted a six-months-old
baby girl. The cherub is the
apple of his eye, as they say,
and the delight Of his life. On
the opening night of "The
Little Accident" (which con-
Germs an unwanted baby) he
brought his adopted possession
to the theater and carefully
carried the infant on the stage
all set for the opening curtain.
Then he touched the baby
fingers to the scenery and the
various properties of the stage
furnishings. Just a producers
bunch.
That's all. Except that the
producers profits on "The Little
Accident" are deposited in q
trust fund regularly to the
credit Of the Crosby Gaige
ward.
Since the National Players
revive "What Every Woman
Knows" next week, thus adding
about $400 to the Sir James
M. Barrie royalties, it is timely
10 note that the famous play
wright has just given away all
the rights to his famous whimsy
"Peter Pam" The London hos
pital for sick children is the
beneficiary and the gift is ex-
pected to approximate $4,000
annually. The Barrie one-act
play, "Twelve Pound Look" has
crossed more than $150,000 in
royalties which, it goes without
saying, is a record for abbre-
Waited drama.
It was the good fortune of
this paragrapher to see Maude
Adams twice perform as Maggie
Wylie in "What Every Woman
Knows" and to later see Helen
Hayes give a vastly different
but none the less effective inn
personation of the character.
Being then, as it were, some
what experienced in Che Maggie
Wylie charms and customs, I
am looking forward to the Mary
Newton Interpretation of John
Islands patient wife.
E. II. Sothern has just sailed
for Rome where he will rejoin
his wife (Julia Marlowe) and
proceed to Vevy, Switzerland,
where they will spend the sum-
sIner.
/ Mr.. Sothern apparently found
the personal remedy for an
ianemic legitimate season and
Inability to find the right play.
He has just completed a tour
of 125 cities and towns, cover
ing 2O,000-mile route, giving
his Shakespearian lectures and
talks on the theater. Such sue
cess met his appearances he has
decided to repeat the platform
experiment next season.
lit is not that Mr.. Sothern
needs the money he endures
the hardships of professional
travel. Variety recently listed
the Sothern fortune at $2,000,-
600, but a man who has spent
d lifetime in and around the
fheater just can't give it up
completely.
When AL Jolson made "The
Singing Fool" he accepted 10000
shares of Warner Brothers
stock, then selling at 25, as part
Of his compensation. When the
stock market closed yesterday
Mr.. Jolson still owned the stock,
whose financial value can be set
down as $2,640,0O0 this April
morning. Still, the Hollywood
writer's say. AL misses hearing
the applause and is about ready
to return to the footlights. And
the Broadway columns give more
space to Eddie Cantor.
NV sense of comedy tells me
the plot for a good short talkie
ig going to waste. The general
manager of news association
which keeps its nose tilted and
its eyebrows raised refused to
send out a word about the re-
cent whoopee of young Heflin.
"Not nationally notable, not
arrested, hurt nobody" was the
reason assigned. Maybe when
the man bites the dog, it's
booze and not news, but it's
darned good reading.
The low-down on the right
names of the movie stars as re-
vealed by the May issue Of
Jimmy Quirk's Photoplay:
Mar Brian was formerly
known as Louise Dantzler.
Ramon Novarro, # you please,
was Ramon Samaniegos.
Joan Crawford, before going
into pictures, danced to the
name of Lucille LIE S6eur.
Anita Page recited her A B
C's to the tune of Anita Po-
mares.
Gary Cooper was tagged with
Frank ]. Cooper.