The Washington times., 1929-09-26
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- one OK tA9a& AN4A Nl~tGN
twists IN booking, Polls gets
the English war play, "Jour-
neys End By B. 9. Sheriff.
the week 81 Octobsd n. This
Is the most talked about opus Of
last season 81 Broadway and
q piIing up royalties at the
rate 81 $4,000 4 week for the
fortunate author who first had
10 have his drama tried out BY
amateurs because all tie English
managers felt folks were tired
of seeing the war fought on
the stare. II has an entirely
male sast,
when Producer Gilbert Miller
read ia The Washington Times
that his new production, sBerk-
eley Square, with Leslie How
ard. had been booked into Polls
II was his first knowledge of
the fact. He took the matter.
up with the Shuberts and ef-
fected q transfer to the more
intimate house, the Befasco.
Berkeley Square Is now in
rehearsal and win arrive at
Lafayette Square II mid -0c-
toher.
aGold Diggers Of Broadway
Is 8 swell movie and no foolin',
but my idea Of . swell party
would Be one where Nick Lucas
came md forgot his mandolin.
Or better still che where he
didn't show up at all.
al Evans is anxious to initiate
the editor into the mysteries Of
the ancient game Of golf. The.
Palace master Of ceremonies
believes that no day il com.
plete without two hours at
least Of outdoor exercise, SO he
takes his each A. ~. on the golf
links and looks IL you're cur-
ious nifty enough in plus fours
and green hosiery.
Speaking Of indoor sports, Mr..
Evans explains that he played
4 different medley 1t every
show last week, when he made
his debut as q key ticker, uti-
lizing some 100 selections IN
the memory irnprovisiOn. The
little concerts went over big,
although Al.concedes that q few
popular numbers everybody
knows, meiodiously tricked up,
win stop more shows on the
four-a-day programs.
Producer Sam Harris seconds
his fellow Broadwayite, B A. II.
Woods, in the belief that Wash
ington has too many legitimate
theaters. In other words he
believes that the producing
managers cannot find enough
hits to keep more than one p. G..
theater operating ct q profit.
His remedy for box-office de-
preston would be to have the
two great booking offices merge,
shut down the theaters which
spell over seating in every city
Of one week or over, and then
give first class attractions and
regular season bookings, to
such houses as survive.
That's one remedy and an.
other would be q few more pro-
ducers like led Harris. He
managed to find plenty of hits.
Maybe Broadway was luck but
how about all the others? Il
just seems that Jed Harris knew
how, which makes his temporary
retirement the more remarkable.
Just as We were locking up
the pencil and paste pot to call
I It . day, comes the early after
noon mail and 3 letter from
Picture Addict" " AS bracing as
q toddy after q 1O-mile drive in
q rumble seat on q wintry day.
Picture Addict has been hob
nobbing with Charlie Dawes and
others in dear old Lunnon and
succeeded III getting his stuffed
club past the immigration au-
thorities without paying duty.
He swings right and left and,
space permitting, the head
cracking session will be renewed
IN the 'R. S. N. n column on
these pages Saturday.
In j neighboring column
Playwright George S. Kaufman
jests about the day when he
got . blue envelope from The
Times cashier with few words
about the trials and tribulatiOns
0f ! Washington columnist in
1 the year 1918 a. D. Read It.
all. It's good stuff.
My original idea was to have
the estinable Mr.. Kaufman re-
view his play for Times readers
but he begged of with the very
logical excuse that he would Be
busy with his brain child after
its premiere. Today's column
was the compromise.
Since Isalso had the pleasure
Of working with Ring Lardner
in the Boston days when be
chr0nicled che dOings at Fem
way Park and paid S5 to see
that he was properly toasted at
Clark's Hotel on the night Of
his departure to other pastures,
che co-authOr Of June Noon
is hereby invited to contribute
some 81 words for these pages.
He can mention June Moon