The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-01

nance his profile. Mr.. Richman
10 now in Hollywood. He has had
another screen test. An executive
on the u. A. lot hailed q chap
who saw the test and asked:
How is he?"
The chap who has seen. re-
ported: Hes still Harry Rich.
man.
- ''SalIy"
Over on the first National lot
is a lad named John Francis Dill
lon to whom has been entrusted
q million and q half dollars. He
will spend this million and q
half in eight or ten weeks. The
results OF his efforts are expected
to net the company q goodly
shekel return.
Jack is megaphoning Marilyn
Miller in Sally" Marilyn re-
ceives q paltry $3.50 900 for loan
ing her electric light talents to
this all-techni-coIor production.
She didn't do so worse in 1t whom
she played under the Ziegfeld
banner to New Workers some
years ago. But q million and O
half In a mummy sum to sink
into q picture. But despite this
and the heat Jack pears to be
cherry as ever.
Incidentally, banked above and
around the garden set now being
shot for Sally" are approx
mately 500 incandescent lights.
Baby, when they start to burn
no one has to tell you they're on.
They generate q heat that
shames the steam room of q
Turkish bath. Calculate even
old boy Satan jumps up and
down from raging jealousy. At
least he would IL he dropped in
to check his furnace apparatus
with modern improvements.
New joel
Joe Brown was saying that in
his last flick he wrote in Q III
scene wherein he asked a China
man for q drink of Old Colonel,
or one OF those liquid memories.
Whilst the Chinaman jabbers
back in his own lingo, he. Joe. In
terrupts-but TO no avail They
rehearse the scene time after time.
Each time the Chinaman got
it wrong. Finally, the director.
suggested to Joe that inasmuch
Chinese. He ought to play the
as he spoke such excellent
Chinaman'S part and let the
Chinaman play his. Joe reckoned
the Chinaman wouldn't savvy his
Chinese. There are so many
Chine lingos that it's even diff
ficult for one family to get to-
gether.
Where do you come from?" Joe
asked the yellow-faced actor.
Canton. Me, Cantonese"
You see?" turning helplessly to
the director. Il come from Pekin.
I'm Pekinese."
Anybody say ouch?!
In Indignation
The telephone jingled this morn.
Twas Edward Everett Horton.
Eddie was in high dungeon over
Bess Meredyth's wire. One can
scarcely blame him. Miss Mere
dyth did refer to him as an up
start" However, Eddie requested
the parchesi meet be held tomor-
row in Mis- Meredyth's apartment.
He would come alone provided I
be there to protect his interests in
the event of argument. Miss
Meredyth is quite willing to dedi-
cate her Sunday to deciding the
, parchesi championship of Orient
and Occident. She intimates a few
friends viii attend. Ergo. Tomor.
row at 2:30 p. m. the play begins.
Not a single detail, gruesome or
otherwise, will be omitted in re-
porting results in tomorrow's
colyum.
ScreenaIities
The Writers Club chucked an
evenings sketch entertainment.
Glimpsed in the audience were
Victor McLaglin, Theda Bara,
Fannie Brice, Billy Rose, Giovanni
MARITIME, Beulah Livingstone, Jo-
seph Jackson, Gladys Unger, Zoe
Atkins. j. Stuart Blackton, ct al.
Dorothy Burgess, George
Marion and Walter Byron ap.
peared in a sketch by Pauline
Forney and Alfanez yclept when
Buddha Laughed" Players and
authors received big hand. .
John Bowers and his wife, Mar.
guerite De La Motto, share honors
in ''The Black Butterfly" a Har-
lemese skit by j. Stuart Black.
toms 19-year-old daughter. Gloria.
John introduced Miss Blackton
from the stage. She is almost
six feet and rather plumpish. She
recently returned from boarding
school, where she wrote a novel
and three-act play.