The Washington times., 1929-04-01
.Sc.REE s NlNGS
b ANDREW R KEELEY

hanees are excellent that ID
viii II The baby star 0f WarnGy
Brothers has the good fortune -
/. find the right story.
A good sample Of what the
A-year-old kid can do Ii his
advance trailer for Sonny Boy,
|. now being seen and heard At The
Earle Theater. The little fell
|. low makes q great booster f0I
4 his first starring feature. Cute,
and with just enough of the
Il naive baby innocence 4o make
\ his screen talk what the girls
eaiI edarling.
There's fortune for Waraer
Brothers and for Baby David IL
he can contact with something
AZ good as ssT1e Kid. Remc.m-
I Der those flying feet 0f Mastet
+ Co0kan. Never before Ur siAss
have seen On the screen -
I chase that had as much fun n
~ as Jackie provided with his
y eh6ft legs burning up space.
4 Dayy, like Jack, na1st make the
money while he remains "cute@
and before he reaches that
juvenile milestone when what
ne does becomes fresh."
/; Now ii 1 good time to notify
bridge fans there is Z short
feature at the Earle Theatar
this week which aheuld not be
missed. IL ! ii called Posi-
Mortems' \ and II y6p have aver
been addicted to HOyle as Inn
proved BY Milton Work. here Is
your thalice TO enjoy some
hearty laughs.
The little screen drama u
played bHs q NlinOTld Griffith and
Robert Emmett q 0'C0nIlor, aS4
sisted by 4 couple Qi actors O9
less consequence. Mr.. Griffith
\ has Il screen voice which IS uer-
\ 9eetly aOdible, although it sounds
for an the world as though Il
were coming through two thick.
nessss Of sore throat.
Watching md ssers Of cere-
monies come and 10, 0tie could
I hardly blame Wesley Eddy, the
1 Palace Theatkr maestro, for
feeling 4 trifle swelled Up over
his long sojOurn lere. He has
devoted elientela among the
Thirteenth and n Street aud
iel1ces and must be rated . real
asset to the LoeW-P PuBlix units.
Saturday afternoon he got (
4 royal homecoming reception.
you study the Eddy tech
lliqpe closely there ii every evi-
denck Of the master Snowman It
work. For one thing, he keeps
disefeetly in the background
while acts are taking their bows.
permitting them sa enjoy fu...v
audience appreciation without
crowding into their moment At
Joy. Few performers relish any
d distraction that taxes eyes and
attention from themselves while
they are measuring applause
and praying for enough TO make
1 speech. Then again Mr.. Efiy
disdains talking about hiH1selfy
which, after all, Is an asset. He
does his own little bit and
defsrs Ofi manipulating music
snd lights TO become 4 regular
! show stopper. Best Of all ne
keeps Z show running smoothly
and gets everything possible out
u of his sync0pA tori.
/ kn0W ''Pictttie Addict will
probably write III and step hls
substitution to The Times, but
III caII help nominating Wesley
Eddy as the Washington Paul
Ash.
Spring Ii III the Air, and
{ the muse too. So q " Washington,
I. StenographAr'' sits down ard
d dashes off her impressions of
.faVOrite movie stars for our
edifieati0n. Here they are:
Florence vid0r; Stately pill
Glars on i Roman painting.
CQrinne Griffith: Blue moon
beams on Lake Como 1t mid
night.
Dolores Del Rios The riyster
les 81 Egypt made incarnate.
John Gilbert; A dash Of fire
across Norwegian nigh
Ramon Navarro: Paris IN the
SpringtiI1ie.
Conrad Nagels Every woman's
dream Of mans voice.
Don't YOU think they are
\ good? made them eli up.
There Ii no copy work in the
above. They are absolutely
original. They are honestly my
mental impressions Of the above
wonderful movie players, who
I are my faForife six. / did not
copy i single word Of the above
from any book or magazine,
$50 you will Be safe IN printing
ethenl.
Your very truly
LEA Washington Stenographer."
Here's another communication
from James II. Walter, adver-
tisihe manager Of the Frederick
Post and News, which because
Of It's concluding paragraph
made me read It twice and
then refer it to the secretary
/ 10 be filed under .sOrchids.e Z
II perhaps might interest your
k0OluEnn To know Ia what esfeafri /
| the good people 81 Frederick
hold George Emnians, organist
at the local Stanley Crandall
Eivoli. IA few days ago ii was
passed out that due To tie
sound films and syncronized