The Washington times., 1929-12-16
GLEANINGS
AND
SCREENINGS
BY Andrew R. Kelley

let his literary efforts interfere
with his making "Whoopee"
for Mr.. Zieldfeld. That show
will be in Baltimore Christmas
week and is due to check in
on E Street for a return en-
gagement either the latter part
of January or early in Feb
ruary.
Broadway column conducting,
by the, way, seems to be a
profitable business. Mark Hell
linger, of the New York Daily
News, transfers to the New
York Daily Mirror at a salary
generally reported to be $25. goo
a year plus syndicate per-
centage. He becomes Walter
Winchell'S newspaper pal on
January l. On the same date
Gladys Glad mrs. Hellinger),
one of the beauties of
''Whoopee" takes UP the task
of. furnishing beauty hints and
knowledge for the. Mirror
readers.
One Of the weeks best short
screen features is Station
BUNK" at the Columbia, fea-
turing George Price. The
cameo comedy kids the pants
off the radio and Georgia
shows his versatility by mimic
ing AL Jolson, Eddie Cantor
and Will Rogers. The comedian
has captured JolSon's voice and
manneriSmS with uncanny eX.
actneSs and his take-off Of the
pop-eyed and prancing Cantor
is immense. At initiating viii
Rogers, George is a tribe be-
low par. This latter effort
amused me, for I once watched
George Price spend an entire
week of off moments studying
the rope twirling humoriSt. 1t
was when both actors were on
Shubert vaudeville bill at
the Belasco. George admitted
that Rogers was a tough sub
iect and, eight years later, he
can admit the same thing,
although he probably doesn't.
For those WHO are contem-
plating a holiday visit to New
York this memoranda can be
pasted in the hat or tucked
into the vanity case. The shows
most in d. and, or those listed
as AL hit attractions on the
books of the spectators are:
Sons o. Guns" with Jack
Donohue and Lily Damita.
Berkeley Square" with Les
lie Ho ard.
William Gillette In. sherlock
Holmes"
. Evelyn Laye in Bitter
Sweet"
Sweet Adeline."
Fifty Million Frenchmen,"
with Billie Gaxton.
Strictly DiShonorable."
"June Moon"
''It's a Wise Child"
Heads Up"
A movement has been started
to interest the Pulitzer prize
Judges in Berkeley Square"
but 4 question has arisen as to
whether it conforms to the re-
uuirement of An original
American play. performed in
New York which shall best rep
resent the educational value
and power. of the stage" 1t
was written by John Il Bal
derston, tan American now resi-.
dent in London and derived
from a novel b. Henry James
(alSo an American), called "A
Sense of the Past" Neverthe-
less it was first produced in
London and. anyway. the cues
ton Of its availability has been
raised. To date the Pulitzer at
tention is said 20 feel strong
est for Martin FlAvin'S The
Criminal Code"
Death Takes a Holiday the
fantastic play which debuted
her at the Belasco. will go into
New York specifically TO the
Ethel Barrymore Theater, the
night after Christmas. Phila-
delphia gave this Walter Fer
risS adoption fine business and
the Shuberts are hopeful 1t
will go into the Broadway hit
class.
Something must have hap
pened to the plan Of lacking
q less sombre name on to this
play. When it left Washing
ton, Death was booked to be
cancelled for a more agreeable
title.
schwab and Mandel's oper-
eta, The New Moon. which
has been running on Broadway
since September, 1927, will fin
ally take to he road after
Christmas. playing only few
selected weeks in the key cities
before 1t is turned over to the
movies. washington happens
to be one of the lucky few
cities, and you can look for it
at Polls in February.
The Arts Club Of Washing
ton, which is presumed to know
how to conduct things, sends a
snooty letter stating that at
the suggestion of Miss Bess
Schreiner it has decided to
offer the editor one ticket for
its amateur theatricalS on
Wednesday night, and then
evidently decided not to send
the ticket. And outside of
spelling the name wrong and