The Washington times., 1929-11-27
GL NINGS
:ANDs
SCREENINGS
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

the doors of the playhouse is
imminent. Monday night went
a long telegram Of protest to
Mr.. Lee Shubert, pleading for a
change Of heart and a full sea-
son in Lafayette Square. 1t was
signed by Mrs. Frederick E.
harrington, Of Chevy Chase and
others. Another petition Is cir
culating with the singers agree
ing to patronize the theater
weekly if the closing order is
reScinded.
Keith's Theater will be host
tomorrow morning to the juve-
nile white patrol of the A. A. A.
those bright schoolboys who
help to keep auto traffic flow
ing smoothly in the rush hours.
The Washington Times ar
ranged for the party at Rio
Rita"
In the afternoon the colored
patrol will enjoy a performance
at the Lincoln Theater. \
You may take it from Jo-
Seph P. Tumulty, inVeterate
lover and attendant upon the
drama. the best play to be seen
in New York is The Criminal
Code" by Martin FlaVin, at the
National Theater. And it may
interest Lawyer Joe to know
that three members of the
Pulitzer prize committee have
already viewed it and that right
now it is away in the lead for
the 1929-30 best play award.
Actor Frank Morgan, of
1.-THE Amorous Antic," at the
Belasco Theater, had to dye
his hair black to get the part.
And if it's a hit who'll say it
was not worth it.
If there is any better director
for the stage than Reuben
Mamoulian, Of the New York
Theater Guild, trot him forth.
Proof Of his talent for effective
placing of actors and creating
effective stage pictures is to
be seen at the National Theatar
this week where Wings Over
Europe" provides the striking
example of the directors ART.
And who can forget the memor-
able groupings in "Porgy?"
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge is the
most beautiful woman living to-
day, says Samuel L. (Roxy)
Rothafel. There is a radiance
about her, about her personal
ity, that makes her a great
beauty to my mind" AYERS
Roxy.
One of the things which
makes Mrs. John Gilbert right
mad and no foolin' is that
everybody seems to want to
forget there is an Ina Claire.
Ina is Lucy Stoner. When
Elsie Janis recently dined MIR.
and Mrs. John Mccormack, the
dinner lists sent to the society
editors included the names of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gilbert.
There was merry hob because
they should have read Ina
Claire and John Gilbert. Pathe
executives recently got a piece
of her mind when she discovered
some exhibitors were selling her
picture as the first talker made
by Mrs. John G. Out of it all
has come separate apart
ments and a sort of Fannie
Hurst companionate arrange
ment. Broadway producers are
hopeful that Ina Claire will tire
of Hollywood, in which case
they are ready and anxious to
advertise her again in the
lights as Ina Claire.
Lou Tellegen, once the hus-
band of Geraldine Farrar and
with considerable of a reputa-
ton as stage and screen
Romeo, will be late December
arrival at the National Theater
in his new play, "Cortez."
When Wesley Eddy comes
back for a return engagement
of a few weeks as IN. c." at
the Palace in January, it must
be with a stage dressing room,
they tell me. Yves has his own
chauffer and travelling secre-
tary. Over the Loew time of
SO weeks the Ed salary calls
for $500 a week. He started
out a few years ago at $85 for
the six shows a day.
A lot of people who would
walk q mile to avoid Shakes
peare on the stage, but who
are movie goerS, have their
doubts as to whether the Pick
ford-Fairbanks Tanning of the
Shrew," at the Columbia Thea
ter is a real dish of the Bard
of Avon. OF course it is.
Shakespeare actually wrote
what the world today prefers
to call a Slapstick comedy, and
lovers of the literary are we'll
aware of the Max Sennett
complex evident in the i'm
mortal writing
All the lines used in the pic
ture will be found in Shakes
peare. Mary and Doug merely