The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22
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SCREENINGS
By ANDREW r.. KELLEY

P. M. The attraction will be
the R-K-O feature, street Girl"
featuring Betty Compson. E.
M. Orowitz, exploitation direc-
tor of R-K-O, is here arranging
the details with Frank Zeisel,
personal representative of Jo-
seph P. Plunkett (theater chief
of R-k-O), assisting. Corbin
Shield leaves the Rialto Thea
ter to become house manager
and publicity chief at Keith's,
with C. Fred Clark directing the
orchestra. The top admission
price will be so cents in the
evening. Morning prices will be
Is cents for any seat up to l
p. m. and 35 cents for the matt
nee shows.
Howard Lichey becomes the
publicity chief at the Rialto,
taking the place made vacant
by the departure of Mr.. Shield.
Thurston, the magician, last
night for the first time in 35
years, watched his own tricks
on the stage from seat in the
audience. 1t was the first per-
Torrance of his play 1.-THE De-
mon" and altogether an I'M
usual experience for one accus-
toned to being on the other
side of the footlights.
He was beseiged by Poll pa
irons after the final curtain
eager for his autograph on pro-
grams. "How did you enjoy
your own show" | inquired of
the magician. Really. I'm be-
wildered," he said. "I'll have to
wait and see what you fellows
say about it. ;"
One hysterical flapper leaped
into the lap of John J. Daily,
seated in the fifth row on the
aisle, disturbing somewhat his
first-night equanimity. It's that
kind of a play.
If "The Demon" clicks-as it
gave every evidence last night
of doing, it will go into Chi
SdSO IOI a Iuii'
Betty Grace Tucker, who pre-
fers this column as a medium
for keeping her Washington
public informed of her profess
sional doings, writes that she
is rehearsing with "The
Duchess of Chicago new
Shubert musical due to play
Washington and Baltimore with
in the next month. Her stage
name is Lois Tucker and she ad-
vises that her role in the new
musical is more congenlal and
important than that which she
played in Broadway Nights"
Philadelphia legitimate thea
ters reopen next Monday night
under the peace pact signed
last Friday with the musicians.
The agreement runs into the
Saturday before Labor Day,
1890, Under the armistice, the
musicians get guaranteed
season of 25 weeks over
period of 80 weeks, but there
will be no pay coming when
theaters are dark. A wage in
crease of So per week goes
with the new contract.
Everybody is happy for the
present. but it is no secret that
the producing managers expect
a real warfare next September.
The contracts with the stage
hands in most of the key cities
run out at that time, and
labor dispute which may close
playhouses all over the country
is already being predicted.
It seems to be settled now
that Mr.. Ziegfeld will not be
able to fulfill his plans of open
ing ming Toy" the musicalized
east Is West" in Washington
on Thanksgiving week. One
reason is that he has not been
given the completed script of
the musical from William An
thony Mcguire, who is doing
the adaptation. The rehearsals
were scheduled to begin yester-
day, but now they are indefi-
nitely postponed.
Another good reason for the
delay is that Vincent Youmans
has not completed the musical
score for ming Toy" Mr..
Youmans is also a producer. and
his production of Great Day."
which has Just had New
York opening has been taking
up much of his time.
"Whoopee," with Eddie Can
tor. may get the Thanksgiving
date at the National. It IS
leaving the New Amsterdam
Theater in November because
Eddie Cantor's contract with
Ziegfeld expires next May. Be-
fore that time, Mr.. Ziegfeld
hopes to display "Whoopee" in
Cleveland. Philadelphia, Detroit,
Boston and Chicago. "Whoopee"
opened at the National Theater
on Thanksgiving week, 1928.
A newspaper man gets
break with the chance to write
the next story for Gloria Swan
son. He is Frank ]. Dolan. of
the New York Daily News. who
met the incoming liner with the
screen star aboard, and in the
business of taking down the
Swanson impressions made a
hit with Producer Joseph P.
Kennedy. A little talk and Ken
nedy suggested Mr.. Dolan try
his hand at screen fiction. An
offer of $500 a week for three
months was sufficient for Mr..