The Washington times., 1929-03-13
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SCREENINGS.
BY ANDREW n. KELLEY

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They say that boys who hang
around the street corners will
never amount to much, so Dave
Gould must be an exception.
He used to scan the scenery
around Brownley's corner at
Thirteenth and F Streets only
q few years ago. Now he Is q
producer for Loew-Publix and
responsible for the presentation
unit Harvest Time" showing
at Loew's Palace this week.
Before he took up the stage
he had a dancing school at
Fourteenth and P Streets, says
Sam Rubin, who is Mr.. Gould's
Boswell. Vaudeville in o black
face act, ballet master for Bala-
ban and Katz, Of Chicago, and
then Broadway and staging
dances for the big musicals.
"Hello Yourself" and pleasure
Bound" are two current New
York hits for which he staged
the dancing numbers. Then his
present contract.
That's all. Except for the
P. S., which adds that Dave
has q brother in Washington
who is q patent attorney; three
sisters in the employ of the
Government; counts Goldie
Ahearn and Norman Kal among
his pals, and in the dim past
worked on the Washington Her
aid in the regime of Morta Bell.
The late Avery Hopwood is
said to have left behind a manu-
script condemning the theater
las i fascinating and horrible
idol that draws people into its
flaming nav and devours or
throws them out destroyed mem
tally, morally and physically
broken" His mother died be-
fore arrangements were COM
pleted for the publication of the
book. She succumbed in the
midst of litigation brought
against an insurance company
which refused to pay an acct
dent policy on the grounds that
the playwright died in Paris of
acute alcoholism instead of by
drowning.
Business in the Washington
neighborhood houses which are
wired is SO per cent greater than
it was with silent pictures. In
some cases the increase has
been as much as 100 per cent.
Odd o. McIntrye, who writes
the evenly interesting column of
New York chit chat in The
Washington Herald daily, will
become the dramatic critic of
Life, commencing April 5, but
merely as a side line. Mr.. Nc
Intyre knows. his theater and
once served as the personal
publicity representative of Flo
REM Ziegfeld, considered Broad
ways best writing job.
Will Hays, supreme Car of
the movies, Is in town on bust
ness connected with the indus
try. During kis visit he will
present President Hoover with
the complete news reel camera
record of the important events
Of March 4.
Charlie Macarthur, co-author
Of "The Front Page" and now
writing for Hollywood, is said
to now pull down as much cur
rency each seven days as his
wife, Helen Hayes, counting his
royalty checks. She banks
$4,000 each seven days from
Producer Jed Harris and the
star of "Coquette" is the best
money maker on the producers
books.
The Metropolitan on r Street
will remember Hoover's inaug-
ural, March 4, 1929, for the
greatest single days receipts in
the theater's history.
And if you want to keep on
the good side of the boys in
projection booths of our F
Street movie houses don't call
them operators. They prefer
"projectionists."
It seems there were two
movie fans and they made a
bet. The wager was something
or other on whether Richard
Barthelmess really sang weary
River" or whether it was Grant
Withers acting as a voice
double. They called upon this
department as a court of last
resort. | suggested definite in
formation on the point could
probably be secured from the
First National Exchange, or
maybe Bill Ewing, who keeps
posted on such things. So they
compromised and sent Mr.. Bar
thickness a special delivery let
ter pleading for the correct an
swer. It is things like this
which make three weeks at the
Metropolitan possible for the
Barthelmess feature.
Little Cecilia Cochran, who
grows prettier daily, viii have 9
small part in the National
Players next production, Moth
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