The Washington times., 1929-08-09

according to Jules Murray, book
ing manager for the Shuberts.
The attraction to open the Ave-
nue. playhouse will be announced
in due time, but the communique
sets at rest rumors that Uncle
Sam would serve q dispossess
notice on the lesees in order to
clear the path for the new Fed
eral building program.
Governmental machinery is so
bound up with red tape and
delay it is expected that the
theater will enjoy another full
season before the tearing-doTn
process begins. And don't bet
much Polls will NOT be on the
job in 1851.
Although Mrs. Clarence C..
Calhoun and her husband have
monopolized the headlines for a
day or two as victims Of what
the United States officials call
a blackmail plot, the alert re-
porters have overlooked the fact
that the society leader was once
nipped by a Broadway sharp
shooter who got away with it.
Mrs. Calhoun is the author of
+ a play called "A Marriageable
Mother" It was produced by
the Garrick Stock Company a
few years after the war with
the author playing the leading
role and supported by the pro-
fessional players. It created
only mild interest, although the
playwright never lost faith in
her brain child.
Some months later q smooth
Broadway playboy managed to
interest Mrs. Calhoun in the pos
sibilities of her drama as a New
York attraction. He promised a
production with an Equity cast
She rendered $2,500, but the play
was never produced nor was the
money returned Court action
was instituted but eventually
the matter was dropped in order
to avoid the attendant publicity
of a trial.
New York motion picture
houses have come around to the
Friday opening day for new pro.
grams. That is some Of then
have. The Paramount and the
Strand Theaters have started
the innovation. If the plaI
builds up Friday business The
other big cinema establishment.
will probab.,v fall in line.
Friday, the last day Of thu
week under the Saturday open
ing policy is usually a dul
period at the box office. Sat
urday and Sunday generally
bring big weekend business. I
is hoped to make a three da!
weekend of bumper business.
Managing Director Michael ]
cullen, Of the Loew houses, i
one of the original Friday boost
ers and started the policy II
Washington of taking extra Fri
day advance ads for the comnii
attractions. The Earle TheateI
inaugurateG and finds profitable
the plan Of an 1880 p. m. Fri
day opening
Managers all over the coun
try will keep q close tab OF
Friday receipts of the houses
inaugurating the opening da!
change. If it works out sue
cessfully then look for its in
stallation here and elsewhere.
The Rev. Francis J. Hurney
chaplain of the Catholic Actor
Guild, postcards he has com
| pleted a five days tour of Ire
land by kising the Blarne!
Stone. Now he's in London ant
will see France, Germany, Ital!
and the Holy Land before he re
turns with the pilgrims he il
chaperoning.
The rotund Stephen Erlange
| Cochrann, of the National Thea
ter, arrives breathless at tn
editors desk with the frs
bulletin Of the new season. ]
is an interesting communion
for drama-Starved theater-goer
and will be printed on thes
pages tomorrow.
One of the early arrivals o
the new season, probably at tn
BeIasco, will be the much-dis
cussed English war play
| Journeys End" by r. {