The Washington times., 1929-03-30

lash sent him a basket of fruit
with this message: Hope your
sea sickness doesn't last over
six days. We are giving you
a bon voyage dinner next week.
You can do more for world
peace< than Coolidge. Stay
where you're going. Learn how
to write and I'll learn how to
act, and then we'll both be
adequate"
Dorothy Gishs play, young
Love-" seen here recently at the
Belasco, was barred by The
Providence (R. I'D censor.
"Twin Beds" which is, let us
say, snappy, will give the Ma.
tional Players the biggest week
Of the present season. Such
business in what the theater re-
CARDS as the worst week in the
year is what they call sur
prising.
Polls will get the French
Musical Comedy Company after
"Good News" The Partisan
troupers are now at the Al
Jolson Theater in New York.
'Ta Bouche,' meaning :"Your
Lips" will be the offering for
the Washington engagement.
According to the metropolitan
scribes it has a beautiful score
and though the musical tale is
told in Champs Elysee language,
it is readily compreEended by
those not familiar with the
French idiom, through obvious
action and gestures. The COM
pany has in it's repertoire
spicy production called "Two
Nude Women" but it will not
be offered here.
Spyros Skouras, generalissimo
of all the Warner Brothers
theaters, spent Thursday in
Washington in a general inspec-
tion. Reported pleased with the
situation in the National Can
ital and some promotions may
be the result.
Washington has been crossed
off the list of is cities sched-
uled to figure in R-K-O plans
for a revival of big time vaude-
vile, beginning in September.
On next Thursday afternoon
at Bowie race track the feature
will be the National Players
handicap. Mary Newton, lead
ing lady, will present a silver
loving cup to the winning jockey.
Freddy Hopkins, the H. P. Whit
ney trainer, is completing ar
rangements.
ALA Nazimova, once one of
the highest paid of Hollywood
stars, is sour on the fillums.
Now acting with Eva La Gal
liene's Civic Repertory Com
pany, she says of her celluloid
flickers: Il would like to burn
every inch of those films, de-
stroy them. l am ashamed of
them"
Florenz Ziegfeld promised
William Anthony Mcguire a
Rolls Royce if he finished the
musical east Is West" within
the time limit. Bill didn't get
the car.
The musicians union is nego-
tiating with the National Thea
ter to have Chris Arth's melody
makers turn out tunes nightly.
The theater is paying for an
orchestra, but not employing it.
The situation led one of the
union card members on f Street
to remark: "There are two
classes of musicians in Washing
ton today. Those with Jobs
who are walking the streets
and those walking the streets
who are looking for jobs.
In both Chicago and Mime
apolis, the musicians union has
purchased time on the radio to
send out weekly knocks for the
synchronized movies.
Charlie King played the Pal
ace Theater, Keith's ace house,
six months ago at $3.50 weekly.
Then he made "Broadway Mel
odv," This week he was of
fered $4,000 for a week at the
two-a-day Broadway and is ne
gotiating for time off from
Hollywood to play the date.
Life, the humorous weekly,
has opened a tickets-at-cost
office for theatergoers in New
York. 1t is movement to
fight the Spectators, but all of
the managers are not co-operat-
ing.
Eugene O'Neill will be fea-
tured in the takers. Anna
Christie will be made by Metro
Goldwyn with Greto Carlo as
the dialogue star. Clarence
Brown will direct. The feature
was once made as a 'dumbie,"
with Blanche Sweet starred.
Eddie Cantor has just earned
the softest $4,000 he ever addrl
to his seven figure bank ac-
count. 1t was for making
Paramount short feature that
was taken with but three and
half hours studio work for
the star.
Attorney Wilton ]. Lambert
on a recent visit to Broadway