The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-10
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SCREENINGS
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

busy tuesdays have arrived,
This is the day in the week
when. the regular routine Of a
dramatic editor is frequently
interrupted to meet the road
agents. So, If things run to
form about IL a. m, Manager
I. D. Bonneville, Of Polls, with
Clifton Aires and snndry ENJOYS
for the new. attractions will
fill the office chairs. Before we
have finished talking about the
outlook for the new season, Mr..
Taylor and his road emissaries
will make q bow and some time
before the key is turned in the
door Maestro Erlanger Cochran
will chaperone advance mana
gers into the editorial sanctum
They are. if you please, a
pleasant bunch, even though
they make you believe there is
no sch thing as a bad show.
Not many are out this season,
those employed being the lucky
fellows. They all breat..e OPP
timism and one of the best ways
to make them feel you are a
smart dramatic editor is to
venture their attraction will get
a fine week in Washington.
Charles Warren McClintock,
who prefers to call himself a
Washingtonian, since he roots
for the Griffmen and has a
season ticket for a first base
box, has just drawn fat plum
from the Gilbert Miller Office.
He will be advance manager
for the Journeys End" com
pany, which is scheduled to
cross the country and wind up
its seasons tour next June in
California.
Betty Grace Tucker, who lost
the best stage job she ever had
when the Shuberts closed
Broadway Nights" promenaded
the Poll lobby last night between
acts of "Luckee Girl Betty.
expects the show to reopen for
the road, but don't bet much on
it for Doc Rockwell is playing
vaudeville dates.
If you like new shows get
ready for one now in rehearsal
due to come in the second week
of the Belasco season, September
%. 1t is called "June Moon"
-Four Feathers" is one. picture
which has knocked sky high the
popular belief the old time
silents will not do much business
nowadays. The Paramount fea-
ture has been the real sensation
of Broadway, having run over
three months at the Criterion
and only departing Saturday be-
cause damned bookings prevent
a longer stay. The Metropolitan
Theater has it booked for F
Street after Say 1t With
Songs" and "The Gold Diggers"
have had their screen say-so.
L. Stoddard Taylor, with a
Cape Cod tan, is back at his
Belasco desk arranging Mon
day nights premiere. He en-
joyed his two months sojourn
abroad so much he has already
started saving pennies for a
1880 sequel. The new season
will be Mr.. Taylor's twenty-fifth
with the Messrs. Shubert, which
makes him one of the oldest
employees of ]. ]. and Lee.
o. o. MacIntyre, who also
writes a column in The Wash
ington Herald, has resigned his
position as dramatic critic with
Life and Bruce Barton gets the
job. Odd has been commissioned
to write the life story of Mayor
James J. Walker, of New York,
for which he will draw so cents
a word, with not less than
10000 words being the volume
assignment.
According to advices from
William A. Brady they are still
fighting the war over in Lon
don. He looked all through the
London prints before he found
an obscure paragraph in the
back pages telling how the Graf
Zeppelin had completed its
world trip:
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Head,
of the New York Theater Guild,
arrived in town yesterday to
begin the preliminary work for
the three-weeks' engagement of
the Guild players scheduled for
October. Dramatic organizations,
women's clubs and various D. C.
civic groups are to be informed
of Guild activities through the
medium of lectures and informal
talks on the drama. Dates for
these lectures may be obtained
by communicating with Mr..
Head at the National Theater.,
SWELL" said aBrney Hughes,
who is this departments weather
prophet, "cold weather is COM
ing. The starlings are arriving
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