The Washington times., 1929-04-26
GLEANINGS
AND

By ANDREW n. KELLEY

GIL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ah N"AAS"J'
To quote further: "Units
formerly jumped from Brooklyn,
N. Y, to the Palace, Washing
ton, but will now hop from
Brooklyn to Newark, to Jersey
City, and then to the Stanley,
Philadelphia, after which comes
Washington"
Transposed into less profess
sional English this means that
the revue entertainments which
are now a part of the program
at Loew's Palace will be trans
ferred to the Earle. The in
formation is partially authentic.
The Publix units will be re-
placed in the Palace theaters
with presentation units of the
same type bearing the Loew
label early in May.
Transferring the Publix shows
to the Earle stage is a matter
still in allegiance. The Earle
Theater, under it's present policy,
is a paying amusement house.
With a vaudeville policy it did
not prosper. The deficits rolled
up in other seasons have been
replaced in the ast eight
months with receipts which show
a healthy profit. Good pictures
have attracted some record
breaking crowds and lobby
throngs are not unusual Unit
revues cost between $4,000 and
$4,000 weekly.
Under the circumstances there
is a disp -ition to go slow o.
any change in policy which
might disturb a winning COM
bination. The Earle Theater is
''out of the red" and paying
dividends.
The smoke screen which blan-
kets definite information is that
Warner Brothers and Paramount
have their heads together and
the air is filled with rumors of
mergers and new booking COM
binations. Something is in the
wind, which, of course, affects
the Washington theaters and
their policy.
Paramount Pictures is in a
potential secondary position in
the National Capital. so far as
theaters available to give its
product a preferential status.
Paramount ha~ never been con-
tent to play a second fiddle, nor
is there any reason to believe
it will be satisfied with any
thing other than a dominating
voice in the disposition of F
Street movie business. There
is something doing Real news
is coming soon.
Edith KinA, the new leading
woman of the National Players,
makes her debut Monday in
Square Crooks" and a week
later Roger Pryor joins the
company to occupy the leading
mans dressing room.
Miss King, chaperoned by the
cultured DR.. Phillips, made her
debut over the radio last night
and sent through the atmosphere
a soft and appealing voice which
said that she looked forward
with genuine pleasure to an en-
joyable engagement and invited
those who cherished a longing
for a more satisfying acquaint-
ance to attend the receptions
which will be held back stage
after the National Theater
matinees next week. That means
a closeup of a very pretty girl.
Mr.. Pryor has just completed
an engagement with the Chicago
company of "The Front Page"
in which he played the lead. An
earlier hit was in support of
Ruth Gordon. in saturdays
Children" also as leading man.
He is a son of Arthur Pryor,
noted bandmaster, and, advance
bulletins have it, has all the
requisites of a real matinee idol.
Elsie Janis, right off the
boat from England, announces
she is through with the stage
and will henceforth devote all
her time to writing for the
movies. "Close Harmony" her
first Hollywood story, opens to
morrow at the Metropolitan
Theater. After seeing it per-
haps one can tell whether the
mimic queen has made a wise
decision.
Radio Pictures will give a
trade showing of Mothers
Boy" it's latest feature, starring
Morton Downey, Sunday morn
ing at the Tivoli Theater. -
"Wee Willie Robyn," long one
of Roxy's gang and more re-
CenLly singing Win NS1JOr DOWeS
Capitol family. will be one of
the stars of the new Fox stage
program opening tomorrow.
Manager T. D. Bonneville, of
Polls Theater. will welcome an
old friend Sunday night. 1t is
Blossom Time" the Schubert
operetta, which he piloted around
the country just before taking
up his y present Pennsylvania
Avenue assignment.
Former Manager Leo Leavitt,
Sof Polls, is now company man
ager for one of Warner Broth
ers' touring productions of its
finn snecial "Nooh'S A RI ("