The Washington times., 1929-12-14
GLEANINGS'
AND
SCREEN INGS
BY Andrew r. Kelley

Is jobs get FEWER. Accordingly
the Musicians Union Is looking
into the case Of . band leader
reported to have placed q
Chinese restaurant orchestra ct
$50 weekly per man when strict
conformation TO- scale would
call for $88. It means q four
figure fine II they prove it.
s'Hot For Paris looks like an
cher bull's-eye for the Fox COM
pany. The preview audience
alst night and early this morn
ing was In stitches most Of the
time. Full Of Iaughs,( not quite
90 coarse and vulgar as Cock
Eyed World" but still snappy
enough. When the voting be-
gins think El Brendel and Fiji
O'Orsay will tie Victor Mac
Iaglen for the honors. In fact
o lot Of folks win say the Swede
comic who Is very funny
steals the picture. "Hot For
Paris" moves along at q lively
pace, but ends rather abruptly.
It is one Of those features
where you hate to see the end
arrive, If you know what !
mean.
Earl Carroll tuned O bit
when he read the washington
notices on his '-vanitieS" and
then long-diStapced NV York
to enter q groM and demand
action Of sorae kind! The re-
suit was negative, but no scriheS
Were ON the invitation list for
his usual party. "VanitieS"
did Q first-class pre-C Christmas
business, In spite Of the knocks.
The stage hands have been
advised by their international
union to relent q little on harsh
contracturaI terms where posi-
BILE and give q helping hand to
the staggering and bleeding
legitimate theater.
Local unions which have
been adversely affected by this
condition should do everything
possible to encourage stage Of
ferings," says the monthly brlle-
tin of I. A. +. s.. i. In In
stances where 1t II found that
your established classificatiops
act as q deterrent to stage at
fractions, such classifications
should be changed. It Is both
practical and sensible for
locals TO realize that Il is better
TO have ernplOyments even
though such employment q not
under ideal conditions. When
fIae popularity Of stage offer
ings ls again established, clasSi-
fications could be improved as
conditions warrant"
Sc Is increasingly eyident that
The boys back stage are dis.
ea1rbed BY dark theaterS ana
WTant to do their bit to restore
prosperity and hold On TO every
Job.
mr.. Colby (Abe Lincoln) Har-
fanaan will arrive some time to-
Aay to ''set" the new LOew
revue unit which opens at the
palace Theater and make the
first audience impression favor
abIe. with Louis *. Sidney.
Mr.. Hartman (oncO major
donao Of the Loew Washington
tlaeatersl has produced. lighted
and staged the numerous units
which are now travelling the
Ioew circuit Of firstrrln houses.
Tlae circuit had It's pick Of some
5000 vaudeville acts for 80 fun
weeks OF work Is Q bonanza
these days for actors.
i still crash the gate OF the
Lew tlaeaters with Colby's little
hIue card, an innovation he
introduced 10 washington. Oh,
Sc course it has been counter.
eirned by Managing Director
M. j. Cullen, Just for double
barrelIed profession.
Mr.. John ]. Noonan who
oWng the Little Theater on
Ninth street has sailed for Bel
ptlIm To spend Christmas with
his daughters. Before he left
he assured this department
nothin9 has been done about
Ynakirag the intimate cinema
house 8 newSreel theater. He'd
lika 20 have Fox take 1t over
but rs yet nothing definite has
developed along these lines.
Rudy Valee ia 'ATlae Vagar
bond Lover will have Q Christ
mas day opening at the R-K-O
keith Theater according 70
present plans. ] have heard
sogae harsh men say they hoped
Rudy and his lovesick grooming
would stay Ia the alley but for
every naale without romance ila
LIS heart are 3 hundred flap
pers who ask nothing more
than to hear the maestro
warble IN that soft individual
manner which hoped him
from $500 to 5000 . week Ia
less than two years. IncideE-
tally Graham MacNamee and
RUDY himself pronounce the
last name as IL spelled valley"
Mr.. Hiram 8. Brown, head
0s the R-K-O Theaters and Of
Radio Pictures, visited the local
house last night. he Is here
For the Gridiron Club dinner.
The song which introduces
sAmos an' Andy nightly over
Saae radio Is The Perfect Song"