The Washington times., 1929-02-18
.GLEANINGS
AND
SCREENINGS
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

SSHPaHy WIN pACA up ala VI dliS~
fer its melodious activities else
where just before inauguration,
according to present plans. Phil
adelphia will probably get the
Charles Emerson Cook enter
tainers after the Washington
season.
Inauguration week will find
the Belasco Theater back in the
ranks of the legitimate drama,
according to New York am
nouncement. The attraction will
be Margaret Anglin in an Eng
lish play called Security" writ
ten by Esme Wynne Tyson. 1t
will open on Broadway directly
after the Washington engage
ment. The Messrs. Shubert are
the producers and in the cast
will be found, besides Miss Ang-
lin, Thurston Hall, Marjorie
Gateson and Anita Kerry.
Meanwhile the opportunity is
present to see "Nanette" beauti-
fully done, as / have mentioned
elsewhere on this page. The
Lean-Mayfield team is at its
best and / look forward to
"The Blushlng Bride" which will
usher in the farewell week of
the Savoy Players.
A new master of ceremonies
is directing affairs for the Fox
Theater stage programs. Meet
Buddy Page. There is a quiet
story going the rounds that if
Washington likes him--well, he
may set sail for run record.
| thought the Saturday after
noon audience (which had few
noisy collegiates) gave him q
great welcome. Not enough to
buy a page in Variety to tell
about, but good. As an intro
ductory effort, first class.
One or two demonstrative
patrons in the far reaches made
themselves sufficiently audible
in a doubtful way and Mr.. Page
sottoed to Director Brusiloff:
II don't know whether I'm get
ting the bird. but I'm having
lotta fun When Pop" Ennis
rolled over the grand piano and
Mr.. Page did some fancy key
work on "Crazy Rhythm" ne
won over the bolsheviki. A
couple of minutes of fast step
ping completed a pleasing im-
preston.
Buddy is a personable youth
not exactly a rival of John Gill
bert--but neither is Paul Ash.
He handles his introductories
nicely, although he must win
his "A" as story-teller on
something better than the Con-
necticut Avenue speeding joke.
On the whole, Buddy is not hare
to take. He may become as
popular an F Street habit as
coke and lemon. Who can tell ?
Morris Gest, who il usually
good-natured, burned up and
subjected a Newark IN. j. audi
ence to a Richard Bennett TRADE
when he found only $500 in the
box office for Moissi's opening
in Ghosts" When Newark
found the play was being offered
ir German, hundreds tried to
get their money back. Instead,
they accepted tickets for Ora
cula," this weeks offering.
The penalty of landing the
front row on the side for the
first Saturday show at the Fox
Theater was the crowding out
OF our perspective of Mr.. Leon
Brusiloff leading the Fox Band.
However, got q good closeup
of the percussion artist--and he
reviewed me--and / can report
that he strikes those symbals
high and handsome.
Incidentally, the early Satur-
day afternoon audiences along F
Street appear to lure the dis
turbing element. I have noticed
it at several theaters, and being
on speaking terms with a couple
of head ushers they confirm
the observation that collegiate
Juveniles are the ones inclined to
be unpleasantly demonstrative.
These youngsters, fresh from
the class room, are among the
best customers of the cinema
palaces and only . minority
escape the classification Of WE'LL
behaved. But two or three with
Bowery manners can annoy an
entire audience. And, some
times they do.
Wade Winter, New York
casting director, spent Sunday
evening at the Belasco, looking
over Mr.. Cooks stage talent.
He likes Virginia Marvin but
that young lady happens to have
an ambition beyond musical
comedy and the drama. She
Graves opera and spends most
Of her working moments with
the Metropolitan, where she has
been playing small singing roles.
Miss Marvin is built on Ann
Pennington lines and her dane
ing ability was polished off by
full season with Mordkine
ballet. She Is a real find for
some muscial comedy producer,