The Washington times., 1929-04-15
IGLEANINGS.
SCREENINGS
AND
By ANDREW r. KELLEY


ness at the Earle Theater, and
her first chattering celluloid,
"The Wild Party" threatens to
take the box-office champion
ship of the week.
It shows La Bow in higher
institution of learning, like that
in which / imagine all of Mr..
Ziegfeld's glorified beauties are
educated-if they are educated.
Clara comes through the voice
test nicely and wears-bless my
soul--,a dress held up by a pair
of suspenders. What fashion,
but, then, what college.
Clara marries the only de-
sirable male in sight around the
campus. But. come to think of
it, the only normal male who
could keep his mind on his work
around Winston dormitories
would be a blind man.
1t is Daniel Breeskin, leader
of the Earle orchestra, who in
PRODUCES a new aid to the sound
films. Mr.. Breeskin has his
25 pit musicians chime in on
Frank Crummit and Julia San
derson's short Vitaphone re-
cording and the result is dis
tinctly an effective embellish-
ment. The number is Precious
Little Thing Called Love-" and
with the full orchestra supple
menting the piano accompani-
ment, Julia and Frank score
impressively as screen enter
tainers.
So much gloom surrounds the
passing legitimate season that it
Is refreshing to be able to an
nounce there will be another,
more promising, starting in Sep
tember. Katherine Cornell's
play, "Age of Innocence" closes
in New York this week and will
begin its road tour on Septem-
Der % in Washington, presum-
ably at the National. Bill Rob-
inson's "Blackbirds," the ace of
all colored shows, will disregard
the so-called indifference for
sepia entertainment said to exist
below he Mason Dixon line, and
play Washington for two weeks
in the early fall at So top.
Mary Deery, once of the st.
Pats, later of the Fox ballet,
and then an ingenue actress
with the Savoy MUSICAL Comedy
Company, has rejoined the Fox
cites and is shaking her bru-
nette locks and feet in the
butterfly number imported from
the Roxy Theater for the Fox
stage this week. This dancing
specially is one of the most
colorful and beautiful yet pre-
sented by this attractive group
of local giTls
Does Washington like musical
comedy as exemplified by play
ers from the Partisan boulevard?
The answer. judging by box
office statements, is "No." At
Polls last week eta Bouche"
did the worst business of the
season at the Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. playhouse.
Paris, by the way. is just now
witnessing the European edition
of "Show Boat" It is playing
at the Chatelet Theater and is
called mississippi"
John Irving Fisher, the Fox
master of ceremonies, is seen at
his best this week. His line of
Introductory patter is good and
his piano tricking up of when
You and / Were Young, Mag
gle" drew the usual heavy ap-
plause. For an encore he gives
Button Up Your Overcoat,"
from Follow Thru" and
clinches his hit. / still think he
overdoes the business of register
ing surprise when his nifties are
not bullseyes. Audiences never
like to be told, or even have it
inferred, they are dumb. But
then he has a John Barrymore
profile. and l guess we can't
have everything. -
Step into the Palace this week
and watch the blonde O'Day
girl tossed around by the
Tommy Atkins sextet in the
presentation "Laces and Graces."
Little Nell is pretty enough for
the movies, and in Anything
Your Heart Desires" "a produc-
tion number from the musical
comedy "Just a Minute"O she
dances delightfully."- and serves
as a billiard ball to be juggled
about by the six boy steppers.
AS classy an act as is travelling
the cinema circuits and the fea-
ture Of a corking 2S-minute
revue.
Thelma Parker's contribution
to the prgram is three minutes
of waltz stepping with Wesley
Eddy and a trick finish. Next
week, l am told, the Parker
flair for comedy will be given
greater opportunity in a laugh
speciality.
Mary Eaton, who we like to
call a Washingtonian, it has
been definitely decided, will be
the heroine of "Glorifying the
American Girl" This is the
Ziegfeld picture which Para
mount has been discussing for
the last three years. Esther
Ralston, Lois Moran and many
other well-known young act
resses were considered for the