The Washington times., 1929-02-13
.GLEANINGS
AND
SCREENINGS
By ANDREW R. KEEL LEY

By ANDREW R. kelley
1t was Mr.. ZiegfeId who
started the idea of opening the
box office at 6 a. m. for an ad-
vance sale and Producer Charles
Emers N Cook will be the first
stock company producer to adopt
the plan.
Mr.. William Hardy will open
the Belasco ticket window to-
morrow morning before dawn
streaks across Lafayette Square
and front row seats for the
Cecil Lean-Cleo Mayfield Sun
day night premiere of 'No. No,
Nanette," will reward the early
risers.
Incidentally a picture Of
lovely lady with her pet dog
arrives at this desk labelled
Cleo Mayfield and Cecil Lean.
But having often admired Mr..
Leans million-dollar smile and
pearly teeth l prefer our own
caption.
1t happened in a hotel lobby.
One Of Manhattan Mary's"
chorus girls anxious to see the
sights of our beautiful city but
ton-holed the clerk at the desk.
Listen, baby, / wanna see
the White House and the Sen
ate. Car you fix it." The clerk
nodded and passed out the de-
sired information. Grow ing
confidential, she leaned over and
whispered, "And / wanna know
where / can get a little drink. T"
He shook his head and shrugged
his shoulders.
"Some town. You can see
Coolidge and Borah, but you
can't get a drink" she walled.
. And the advance agent who wit
messed it all decided nobody
should take away a bad impress
sion of Washington and gave
her the card of his "broker."
"Hit the Deck" has been
bought by Radio Pictures for
early production. This is the
Radio Keith Orpheum Holly
wood unit which is going in for
bigger and better films. They
are now making "RiO Rita"
Cleland C. McDevitt, the Wash
ington publisher who thinks this
department should praise sound
pictures in a bigger way, spoke
over WRC last night. He mod
ulates his voice like the dis
tinguished occupant of 1900
Pennsylvania Avenue, but still
prefer Lionel Barrymore.
Robert Brister began rehear-
sails with the National Players
yesterday as his first play is
about to go into production.
Harry Bliven and Armand Lu-
betty recently combined to form
a producing firm called Elenby
Productions. Penthouse" a
mystery melodrama by Robert
Brister and Harry Bliven,. is
planned for their first play. In
the cast are Helen Spring, Alan
Dewitt, Eda van Buelow, Hugh
Thompson, Gordon Hamilton,
Trevor Burdett, Corbett Morris,
Helen Kingstead, John Dolan,
Robert Blake and Nat Davies.
Joseph Spurin will be the di-
rector.
Mrs. Dorothy Dorsey joins the
ranks of theatrical publicists,
making the rounds in behalf of
the New York Theater Guilds
repertoire week in Washington,
beginning March IL.
One of the first of the mail
orders for above asked reserva-
tions for "Ty Cobb's Daughter" "
What the lady meant, of course,
was "Ned McCobb's Daughter, /"
opening Guild attraction.
Very soon the aristocratic
Ambassador Theater will be
equipped for the sound movies.
The Home is the first of the
Stanley Crandall neighborhood
houses to be equippei for the
talkies.
The surprise of the week in
the New, York box-office re-
ceipts was that George Bancroft
beat Emil Jennings as a draw
ing card. 'eWolf Of Wall Street"
did $102,6e2 in IA days at the
Rialto. 'Sins of the Fathers"
SGT, ,779 at the Rivoli for the
same period. At the Earle The
ater, down at Thirteenth and F
Streets, Bancroft, Saturday and
Sunday, came within few hun
dred dollars of Lilac Time,
which holds the record for week
end business.
Donald Brian, who sings 50
pleasingly in the Vitaphone
short at the Earle Theater this
week, possesses the secret OF
eternal youth. 1t is 20 years
ago since he was the dancing