The Washington times., 1929-03-12
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SCREENINGS
Rr ANnREW r. KELLEY

appearing orchestra he forgot
to jump when the boat sank.
call upon Joseph A. Flynn,
of Carbonated Beverages fame
(our expert on County Kerry
customs), to bear me out that
Playwright Sidney Howard,
never in real life saw an Irish
man rest his brogans ON the
coffin of the departed. For the
reason such Gisrespect would
cause. violence and why not?
1t is an artificial touch, in "Ned
McCobb's Daughter" that is
purely bogus theater in the
Guild production at Polls.
Helen Hayes in "Coquette"
will be late April attraction
at Polls Theater. The little
Washington star has attracted
record-breaking crosses on the
road in a season where most
productions have confronted in
different business. Originally
it was the plan of Producer Jed
Harris to offer the play in Lon
don at Easter time, but the de-
mand for both play and star has
been so insistent from American
IN nagers' it could not be
ingored.
The fact that Mary Pickford
has completed her film version
of the drama and is ready to
show it in first-run stands also
influenced the decision to COM
plete American bookings. Under
the contract signed for the pie
ture, it cannet be shown IN
cities where the stage star has
arranged for bookings until
after the Hayes engagement.
From Hollywood the news
comes that "Coquette" will be
the final appearance of Mary
Pickford as single screen star.
She will make another picture
with her husband, Douglas Fair
banks, as a co-star. and then
write finish on a long and ex-
ceedingly profitable screen ca
reer.
Return engagements of the
Schwab and Mandel musical,
"Good News" and the highly
succe essful Trial of Mary
Dugan" are also among April
bookings at the Pennsylvania
Avenue playhouse.
The police stepped in on "An
American Tragedy" the stock
company production in Balti~
more three weeks ago. A play
dying at the box -ottice is now
in the fourth week and the al
ways reliable Norman Clark
reports it has taken the COM
pany out of "red" and put it
definitely on the profit side.
Manager Cochran turned the
play down as too speedy for
Washington.
Helen Hoerle, from the wilds
of Hoboken, N. j., extends this
department a cordial invitation
to come over and see the Chris
topher Morley-Cleon Throck-
morton Harry Wagstaff Gribble
production of "After Dark" or
"Neither Maid, Wife nor
Widow" ....
The Morley organization has
prOspered with the old-timer to
the extent that it has been able
to purchase outright the ola
Rialto Theater in which the
play is showing and also lease
the Lyric Theater, where a re-
vival of "The Black Crook"
opened last night.
While on the subject of re-
vivals, this is an appropriate
time to mention that box office
queues are the order of the
day on E Street, where the Ma
tional Players have revived
Madame x" Manager Cochran
summoned Harry Van Tine and
his camera to make a photo
graphic record of the prosperity
for the National Theater
archives, and the unembelIished
picture will adorn these pages
tomorrow, space permitting.
"This can't be the original
company" said a distinguished
dowager, who stepped up to the
window of Treasurer Russell
Thomas.
"No, madam" replied the
polite Russell, II am afraid the
original cast has no interest in
Washington affairs these days"
1t is Dorothy Gish, now act.
ing in our midst. who confirms
the rumors that Max Rein
hardt. the distinguished Ger
man stage director, has dis
agreed with the Hollywood
barons and changed his mind
about making pictures. The
producer of THE Miracle" left
the Rhineland with the inten-
ton of producing this great
spectacular drama for the screen
with Lillian Gish starred as the
nun. When Mr.. Reinhardt ar
rived on the West Coast it was
in the midst of a fufore over
talking pictures and Producer
Joe Schenck wanted '"The Mir
acle" made as a talker. Herr
Reinhardt was insistent that