The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-17
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By ANDREW R. KELLEY

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hound disappeared, either stolen
or wandered off. Last week the
Fosse home was entered again.
81 should like the porch climbers
union to know that / now have
burglary insurance, new locks
and other safeguards which
should entitle me to exemption"
Mr.. Fosse reports.
Melvyn Douglas, who you
may recall as the handsome
diplomat of Command to
Love-" will be starred by Will
liam A. Brady in a new pro-
duction called 'The Morning
After" What is of closer in
terest is the more than rumor
Mr.. Douglas is very much shat
way" about Edith King, lead
ing woman of the National
Players.
Roscoe DrisseI, who has been
serving as assistant house mana
ger at Loew's Palace, moves up
to the managers office at the
Columbia Theater, filling the
vacancy created by the resigna-
ton of Harry Howe.
Last October the Vanderbilt
Producing Company offered
"The Crooks Convention" at
the Belasco Theater. 1t was a
very elaborate stage production
of an Arthur Somers Roche
serial which ran in Golfers
Weekly. Washington provided
Indifferent business and after
another week or two on the road
"The Crooks Convention" folded
up, presumably forever. Now
comes the news that New York
will see the play soon. Irving
Lande, a young theatrical pro-
Queer, has bought the under
world drama, will place it in
rehearsal in July and offer it
directly on Broadway early in
August.
Those who like Otis Skinner,
and / confess | am one, will
be pleased to hear that Wash
ington will have a look at his
new show before it begins a
Broadway run. The play is
called Zone Hundred Years Old''
and is an adoption from the
Spanish of the Gu ntero broth
ers by Helen and Harley Gran
ville-Barker. 1t opened in Chi
cago and will have enjoyed a
IL weeks run before closing for
the summer on next Saturday
night. Atlantic City, Baltimore
and Washington will view the
production before Gilbert Miller
takes it to the Lyceum. Theater,
October IA, for what he expects
will be a seasons run. In the
supporting cast are Katherine
Grey, Reginald Barlow and Ar
thur Lewis.
Richard Arlen is cuffed around
plenty in his latest feature
("The Man l Lovely and there
is a standing offer of $1,000
cash to any one who can prove
he utilized a double in the prize
ring scenes. As "Dum Dunn
Brooks" the challenger, it is
necessary for Mr.. Arlen to take
a number of healthy socks flush
on the button before he slips
the K. 0. over on Champion
Mahoney.
Mr.. ArIen has just been pro-
NOTED to full stardom and the
success of 1.-THE Man Love"
was a factor in the elevation.
1t is, as you may have guessed,
a prize fight story, and Herman
J. Mankiewicz, late of the New
York Times, wrote both the
screen tale and the accompany
ing dialogue.
Mr.. Mankiewicz is, by this
time, one Of Hollywood's veteran
writer's. Since he was granted a
leave of absence from the dra-
matte department (still in force),
he has titled 81 pictures for
Paramount and provided seven
original stories. He was mainly
responsible for spreading the
news among New York's star
journalists about the easy money
to be made, in Hollywood. Oil
yer H. P. Garrett, of the New
York World; Wells Root, John
v. A. Weaver and Dudley Mich
OILS are among the metropolitan
writer's attached to the Para
mount payroll through the Man
kiewicz recommendation and in
.fluence. Mr.. MankiewicE has
also elaborated with Author
Laurence Stallings on the adap-
tation of a play from the Ger
man, due to be produced the
coming season.
"The Man / Love" is not q
world beaten Of story for
originality, but It is cleverly d.