The Washington times., 1929-04-23
.GLEANINGS
SCREENINGS
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

leCCef from one OF our constant
public. But give heed to T.
X. Y:
Sometime when the space
permits, or the spirit moves
you, will you please give some
publicity to Ruth Chatterton?
Personally l think she has
brought to the screen the kind
of voice that the talkies are de-
manding, and yet Paramount
seems to hesitate at giving her
credit. | am still enjoying in
retrospect "The Doctors Secret"
one of the best TN even 20 SO
far as to say the best) of the
much-advertised 100 per cent
talking pictures
Remembering Ruth Chatterton
in LA Tendresse" and Moon
light and Honeysuckle," a vivid
impression remains of sweet
ness, not wholly sincere. Re-
membering also the care with
which all advance copy must
have been handled by Henry
Miller to have warranted the
security of position Miss Chat
terton seems to have enjoyed
while with Mr.. Miller, l am of
the opinion that the ragged
edges she must have touched
when Henry Miller died and her
pedestal abruptly snapped must
have, of necessity, forced a cli-
max. That she turned high
hat,' according to rumors (the
most dastardly form of pub
licity), seems only natural. since
her own Importance had been
repeatedly pressed upon her.
That she accepted guest leads
with the Henry Duffy players
rather than try Broadway with
out the Miller guiding hand
seems to have been a wise move
on her part; that she has "come
forth" with a suggestion of the
training she must have had,
which promises much in suitable
dialogue films, is but another
instance of a dormant ability
coupled with enforced training
(but lack of timely apprecia-
tion) being aroused to its best
efforts"
Well, T. X. Y, with most of
what you say agree Still
little Miss Chatterton is not an
object for our abundant SYM
pathy. You know, of course,
that Metro Goldwyn is featuring
the Chatterton talents in
Madame X" which must be the
answer to "The Doctors Secret"
Paramount is co-starring her
with William Powell in "The
Marriage Holiday" She was
miscast and buried with Emil
Jannings in "Sins of the Faith
ers," submerged with a trifl in
"The Dummy" but since then
| think the Hollywood folks
have discovered they have one
actress who can really act.
A Chat; ,rton makes it rough
on the pretty ingenues who only
bring looks to the sound stages.
But there are others faced with
the task of dropping into the
rear rank. Ask Charlie Chap
lin. He knows.
Manager Stephen Dillingham;
Cochran is about to inauguratc
a publishing innovation at the
National Theater. Instead of
the customary deadly dull thea
ter program we will have "Green
Room Glimpses," a tidy little
booklet filled with pictures and
stories and news of the Players,
plus a little gossip to tide away
moments between the acts and
before the curtain rises.
Editor Harold Wayne Phillips
is struggling with the first edi-
ton of the E Street Theater
Tabloid, which should be off
the presses, fate willing, in time
for next Monday nights pre-
miere.
With Daddy BrusiIoff's band
up on the stage at the Fox
Theater. / suppose the boys in
the pit will miss their elevator
rides, and yet l commend the
elevation. My musical ear was
overloaded with brass trumpet
ing on Saturday afternoon, and
/ care not who made the or
chestral arrangements in the
jazz motif. The task of Master
of Ceremonies Fisher is made
much easier working in front of
a band, and the show, it seemed
to one hard-boiled critic, ran
smoother.
/ Perish the thought that the
Brusiloff band will ever be any
thing but a permanent fixture
in Mr.. Fox's magnificent cathe-
dral, but chalk up one vote
against wallowing in the clas-
sizes and a return to the long
winded overtures. It's terrible
way to start off a fast show,
even though it gives the musi-
clans a chance to display their
technique.
New York is witnessing the
battle of the press departments
of the Messrs. Ziegfeld and
Laemmle.
This from the Ziegfeld type
writer anent "Show Boat:
In the Flesh and Blood.