The Washington times., 1929-07-11
CONSID' ABLE
ON STEPIN
FETCHIT
By DOROTHY HERZOG

Copyright. 1929, Premier Syndicate1
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, July IL
Stepin Fetchit, the chocolate WOW,
drawls lis philosophy thus: s'Ah'se
lived. Ah'se seen everything.
Now ah'se q motion pitshur actor.
IL ah dies tomorrow abs done it!''
Stepin, by the way, plays Daphne
Pollards seal attendant in the role
she essays In Big Time" featur-
ing Lew Tracy. Daphne runsAa
voodvil seal act in the story and
has her hands full with Stepi
She catches him once choking q
seal and proceeds to baWl the
dayIights outta him. Whereupon
Stepin ups and drawIs the seal
swallowed q salmon THAT won't
hurt him" snaps Daphne. Sho.
enlightens he chocolate one, "but
that thar salmon was canned!
Seems Stepin has purchased his
third automobile. His father and
other members OF the family use
the first. His wife uses the sec
Ond. He monopolizes the third.
Only the chauffeur must follow
him to the studio in the second
every morn. Stepin drives up and
waits. The chauffeur Filipino
also drives up, hastens from his
car to Stepin's. Fetchit still wait
The chauffeur opens the Goor.
Stepin alights and proceeds to his
dressing-roOn. Hot dog!
incidentally, he is said to be
drawing the swell salary Of 81 600
a week. When he worked in Uni
versal's Show Boat he received
$125. And you recollect that was
produced only short time ago.
Shake 'Em Up
A coupla days ago, the village
performed an unwilling shimmy.
I'm, Ma Earth got a chill in her
innards and we had to shake along
with her. 1t so happened that a
flick company was locationing at
the time. The quake did curious
things to camera and sound de-
vises. K.O. ed the sound devise.
Made the negative film forget in
which direction 1t was going and
start goin' backward. Earthly I'M
digestion is not to be booed at.
What the Quakes did to the
ocean was everybody's lament.
the waves behaved ga-ga for the
remainder of the day and the un.
dertow was q deluxey suction.
Aside from this, no harm done
not even to nerves.
Gala Premier
Helen Menken. q ILL girl who
has hog-tied Manhattan's Broad
way, gave the colony the thrill of
the season when she debuted in .
play yclept "Top o. the Hill" That
Helen has enough magnetic cleo
tricity in her slim body to COM
pete with any live-wire. Yeah, she
wrapped the audience up and
took 1t home with her, figuratiyely
calculating.
william Boyd shared honors
with Miss Menken in the play.
New York's Bill Boyd, not Pathe's.
Two men with but q single name
stil confuse q good number OF
folk. And very good is Boyd, too.
Charlie Kenyon wrote the piece.
Charlie IL Jane Winton's husband.
He rests his right hand from
scenario penning to let It perform
three legit acts. Verify, the story
has moments. Curtsey, too, for
Hiida Vaughn a drolI-faced miss
who bestirs chortIes with her over
seriousness. And Anderson Law.
Ter, another BroadWayite, who has
made q coupla sinemas in the
bargain, also among those histri-
Ontcally present. Only Andy does
turn out to be q mean son.of-a.
gun.
Glimpsed In best bibs and tuck
ers were Joseph Schenck and Lii
Damita, Lii none too gay because
OF sunburn Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Goldwyn. Frances frock
snacking Of Paree Vivian
Segal, the lii girl with the yes
Stree voice = Louis WoIheirn,
who shared honors with Boyd in
the New York offering OF What
Price Glory 2 Nancy Carroll
and her husband. he recently re-
turned from d lengthy stay from
ye flick coast Mr.. and Mrs.
Basil Rathbun = Kenneth
Thomson Fastening backstage
after the show to Join his wife,
Alden Cay ! Jetta Goudal, not
as bizarre as her wont, also kack-
tage to say Iow-de-do to miss Gay
ses Lowell Sherman. director Of
the play. drifting into the peace
ful night after q round Of hand
shakes Miss Menken' dress.
ing-room loaded 18th flowers :
Elise Bartlett Schildlraut in ye
green chiffon frock Verify,
slews Of folk and q joyous eve to
all.