The Washington times., 1929-04-25
GLEANINGS
SCREENINGS
By ANpREM r. KELLEy

"Iittle Snow aC the beiaSCO,
Is in danger of being "dis-
covered" by the Broadway first
string critics. He first did his
comicalities in Washington on
the very same BelascO stage
eight wears ago in Shubert
vaudeville. And his salary was
S4OO. The little girl who works
with him portland Hoffa) is
his wife. She was in George
Whites Scandals when they
were married. Fred knows the
name of all the Henty and
Horatio Alger books. He went
on the stage from the juvenile
volumes room Of the Boston
public library in Copley Square,
where he was the desk clerk.
Dwight Deere Wiman, who
seems to be one of the part
ners in a real hit revue. is the
financial genius of the Brady
and Wimans firm. He is the
pal as well as business associate
of young Bill Brady, and is in
the theater now because he
loves it. He has a six-figare
annual income. Their first real
success was Jane CowPs Road
to Rome" and its profits have
paid for a number of flops.
Even though the "Little Show"
turns out to be paw gold for
the youthful Mr.. Brady, it will
have to compete with the elder
William A. Brady's sensational
dramatic success, "Street Scene"
That play is housed in Mr..
Brady's own theater on Forty
eighth Street, so he collects
double profits as producer and
owner Of the playhouse. Young
Brady advised his father to pass
up Street Scene"
Don't mourn too soon about
the early departure of Wesley
Eddy from the Palace Theater
stage. It's like a Harry Lauder
farewell. One good season de-
serves another.
Jolly Bill and Jane who ap-
pear at $50 nightly over the
radio have been signed for
brief tour of the Keith vaude-
vile theaters and are playing
this week in Jersey City.
Helen Hayes, who is packing
Polls this week in "Coquette," J"
will appear with the play in
London within a month under
the management of c. B.
Cochran. Incidentally Co
quette" will surpass in box
office receipts from Washington
the gross for any week of the
New York engagement. Still
they label the National Capital
as q bad show town.
When Maude Adams played in
"What Every Woman Knows"
her leading man was Richard
Bennett. During the rehearsal
with Miss Adams as Maggie"
and Mr.. Bennett as John Shand,
symptoms of the Bennett tenn
permanent manifested themselves.
1t was 18 years ago. Richard
was sitting on a box in the
corner, thumbing madly through
the pages of his part trying to
find his place, the stage di-
rector inquiring sarcastically
the while, "if Mr.. Shand had
lost his power of speech, !"
Whereupon Mr.. Bennett, startled
into action, pitched the manu-
script aside, his careless toss
landing in the face of Charles
Frohman, the producer, who was
a sideline observer of the re-
hearsal. 1t was the first time
the choleric, Richard was ever
known to apologize.
Maestro Cochran, who has re-
vived the James Barrie play this
week, is undecided on another
Maude Adams revival. If the
count-up Saturday night reaches
the right total then the National
Players will do "a Lady of
Quality" another Barrie play,
later in the season.
/ Whats the difference" in
quires M. J. c., between a
modern adagio team and the
opening g-the-show acrobats?"
This seems like a question for
the June exams" but still I'll
try for an "A" The acrobats
toss handkerchiefs between each
trick, take a bow whenever they
get more than one hand, and
stop the music for the Allez oop
finale. Up in Reading, Pa,
where the casting athletes come
from, they are working now on
some plan to call it dancing. "
They're jealous of the contor-
tionists.
Fred Allen can have this one
for nothing. 1t was dropped on
our desk yesterday.
Who owns the largest col
lection of theater passes in
Washington?
Why the Scotchman who is
a conscientious objector to the
benefit tax.
This department seems to have
Scotch flavor today. Maybe
it's becau;~ George P. Shute,
new manager of the Little
Theater, dropped in. He claim.
to have filed aw;.y every Scotch
joke ever told and his library is
growing. Today's best: "The Mac
Gregor who walked nm and down