The Washington times., 1929-05-08
.GLEANINGS
SCREENINGS
By ANDREW r. KELLEY


maths for Earl Carroll since
Dorothy Knapp, ousted from the
musical, has appealed her case
to the Actors Equity Associa-
tion. "The most beautiful girl
in the world" claims a run of
the play contract at $1,000 a
week protected her from sum-
mary dismissal She has sued
Mrs. Frederic Courtland PEN
field, millionaire sponsor of the
glamorou4 "FiorettA," for a
mere $25O,000, alleging damages
to her professional reputation.
Meanwhile Mr.. Carroll is pro-
ceeding with preparations for a
new "Vanities." Will Mahoney
has been engaged as chief comic.
One of the copy desk service
stripe veterans, who prefers a
pseudonym, slips the following
on the editors desk:
Ny Dear Mr.. Kelley:
Your comment in today's
"Gleanings and Screenings" on
the worth of Gentlemen of the
Press" as usual hits the nail
right where nature intended it
should be hit. This picture is
thing of joy and nears perfec-
tion.
The climax impressed me as
one of the most perfectly done
and one of the saddest and
most beautiful things that /
ever have seen on the screen.
However, as a hardened,
eagle-eyed veteran in this most
glamorous of all-dare | say
professions? - l detected one
minor error which all the re-
viewers seemed to miss. Do you
recall that in the picture when
ever a copy boy was called one
Immediately responded?
HAGUE REVUER.
From the island of Madeira,
William Hartman Rapley, of
the National Theater, postcards
he sampled some of the chief
product and is ready to HE to
Morocco. If he listens care
fully in his travels the Nation
ais major domo may hear Lee
Somers trying out his yodel on
the Swiss Alps.
Sidney Lust, who has been
quiescent in a publicity way
since he served as vice chairman
of the Hoover inaugural enter
tainment committee, writes that
his Liberty Theater on North
Capitol Street and Hippodrome
on New York Avenue, near
Ninth Street, have installed
sound and are now prepared to
play any and all talking pic
lures.
L. L. v. writes to know
whether the department has
noticed that the talkies have
marked the passing of the
"close-ups." Little nuisances
like that (the close-ups I mean)
sometimes escape attention. By
gosh, you're right and / am
not going to sit on the mourn
er's bench.
Leonard B. Schloss, managing
director of Glen Echo Park,
forwards the customary annual
courtesy which serves as re-
minder that summer begins and
the gates open at the upper
Potomac pleasure resort on Sat-
urday afternoon. Time to buy
a straw hat.
Few women look ravishing in
riding costumes. / mean to the
male eye. By the same token,
most men look a bit silly (even
in India) in those sawed-off
boy scout trousers. Give
Brook wears 'em in "A Dam
gerous Woman" the only time
/ have ever seen him when he
appeared uncomfortably groomed.
There NAV be only one Charlie
Chaplin but there are two Bill
Boyds and what's to be done
about it is the question. The
first Hollywood William Boyd
is a Pathe star, who made quite
a name for himself in "The
Volga Boatman" and later ap-
peared as a featured player in
"Sky Scraper" and other cellu-
loid dramas. Meanwhile the
other William Boyd was making
his own reputation in "What
Price Glory" and as a star of
stock productions associated
with Clara Joel.
Two weeks ago the stage Will
liam Boyd was given a contract
to appear in the talking pic
lures. He went to Hollywood
and the film William politely re-
quested him to change his name
for the flickers. The stage Will
liam politely, but firmly de-
clined. His fathers name is
William and so was his grand
fathers Accordingly the mat
ter is being arbitrated,
Texas Guinan appeared with
her night club revue at Fox's
Fourteenth Street Theater in
New York last week at a salary
of $4,000 and a percentage ar
rangem> mt. She drew so much
patronage her salary for the
Fox, Brooklyn, was fixed at
$6,500 for this week. This is
the same TIE: Guinan who