The Washington times., 1929-01-14
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SCREENING
By ANDREW r.. KELLEY

: " anu DCShCSSg WIN
man lie Foe, constituted the
board of censors which looked
over Command to Love" at
Polls last night in the interests
of an upright Washington.
They saw a play which has
already been deodorized by CEN
serial edict, but still flaunts
elastic morals. To satisfy the
curious, it can be stated that
the eminent DR.. Frederick Pool,
Philadelphia pooh-bah of the
drama, found little to excite
high blood pressure. He made
the following deletion:
"In the second act there is
one scene where the young mill
tary attache is called from a
room offstage to answer the
ringing of the doorbell. On the
opening night he dashed out,
irritated at the interruption,
wearing a pajama coat. This
will not do.
Revision suggested is to have
the marquise emerge from the
room, still irritated, but carry
ing the pajama coat on his
arm"
In the Washington opening
performance there was a further
bow to the less hectic, in that
the aforesaid pajama coat did
not appear in the action.
Producer Turek and the Dis
trict censor board talked it over
after the show. Their findings
will be announced later.
Detective Sergeant Dick Mans
field stepped out on the stage
of Loew's Palace Theater FRI
day night and carried on SO
effectively he has been offered
a contract to tour the PubllX
chain of theaters as the Cop
Cartoonist."
In his civilian clothes, Mans
field is as fine a specimen OF
herman as ever worried a race
track pickpocket. But Dicks
weakness is for pen and pencil
rather than steel twisters. he
makes himself tidy income on
the side as an artist.
AID Carter, who draws Just
Kids" for The Times comic
pages, admired MansfielG's work
and invited him around to see
his Publix unit. Half in fun,
Carter suggested the Washing
ton plain clothes man try out
as an entertainer. Dick went
on without any preparation and
gave eight minutes of patter,
winding up by drawing several
cartoon characters. including his
own Duck" Four curtain calls
and a speech of appreciation.
Then and there Colby Harrl-
man submitted a proposal that
he sign up as a unit entertainer.
Detective Mansfield has the
offer under consideration. He
may accept if he can arrange
a leave Of absence from his
headquarters job. "
Not even a Roxy could as
semble a more diversified and
smoother playing cameo revue
entertainment than the Fox
Theater is providing as stage
menu this week.
Back of it all is clever
Introductory idea, id roitly
worked out, and utilizing Leon
Brusiloff as a rehearsal wise
cracker land good one);
George O'Malley, politest of
stage managers, and the pull
chritudinous Lawrence DoWney
as the leads in an impromptu
serio-comic scene.
It is presumed to be an
atmospheric picture of a certain
hour on any Saturday morning
when the performers stand
about and await their turn for
orchestral, cue and light re: ear
sails. Evervthing's there but
the fly-specked music and the
arguments over leaving out
numbers that knocked 'em dead
in Philadelphia last week.
The stage is bare. Under
the magic orders of Mr.. O'Mal-
lev, teasers and cycles and drop
descend from the regions aloft,
while the acts inform Director
Bruslioff how many introduce
tory bars are needed, when they
go into a dance and how the
music should be played. LO,
the stage is set and the per-
Torrance is under way. A
corking good performance, in
cidentally.
All interesting and novel
enough, and, if a Max Rein
hardt suggestion from one who
witnessed it Saturday after
noon is in order, snap on the
footlights or the borders for the
Introductory and let us all have
a good look.
The Twelve Foxettes stop the
show this week That is, they
got applause enough to hold
up the proceedings, had cos
tune change not precluded an
encore. 1t is a "Florodora" bur-
lesque number, which puts the
house dancing group in the
select class. Done originally in
one of the big Broadway re-
vues. the faded flower lyrics
provide laughable low comedy
and the old-fashioned gown
with their elaborate bosoms
and trains are humnrously
quaint. Considerable paprika
for a movie program.
Variety keeps a box score on
the New York dramatic critics.
Those who pick the highest per-