The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-14
|GLEANINGS.
AND
SCREENINGS
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Even while Broadway is pay
ing IS q seat to see the latest
hit movie, it has been booked
into Loew's Columbia at the
regulation scale Of prices.
Broadway Melody" will arrive
after 1.-THE Bellamy Trial" has
completed the bookings which
open Saturday.
broadway Melody" is the
feature which has set the in
dustry musical comedy mad.
There is a story that Famous
Players had first chance at the
back-stage yarn and turned it
down. It was submitted as a
suitable screen skeleton for the
proposed Ziegfeld movie bally-
hoo, "Glorifying the American
Girl" Metro oldwyn finally
acquired it and assigned the
direction to Harry Beaumont,
who made Dancing Daughters"
On his judgment Charlie King,
of "Hit the Deck" was given
his first movie job as leading
man and made good with q ven
geance.
The story Of broadway Mel
ody" will run on the fiction
pages of The Washington Times,
beginning March 25..
Manager L. Stoddard Taylor,
of the Belasco, announces the
late entry of a brand new
show, opening next Monday
night. 1t is "The Devils Mis-
tress," by H. H. Harper and de-
scribed as a modern comedy
drama. A hasty scanning Of
the cast of Is actors discloses
the names of Brandon lyman,
Marcia Byron and Lee Patrick
in the list of principals.
1t is good news that Besg
Davis Schreiner, one of the
cheeriest and easily the most
industrious of the National
Capitals publicity paragraphers
will survive the traffic accident
which has caused her confine-
ment in Emergency Hospital.
Miss Schreiner was mainly
responsible for the marked sue
cess of the recent Community
Centers one-act play tourna-
ment. She has been engaged
Of late in the promotion Of the
Y. NJ. C. A. performances of
"The Blue Bird" to be given
tonight and Friday by the
business and professional wom-
ems department of the "Y."
Maeterlinck's play will be di-
rected by Alice Sigworth Morse
and enlists a cast of SO players
besides a dancing ensemble of
Is. The production will be
staged at Barker Hall.
Another "Bs d. s." activity
was the publicizing of the New
York Theater Guild benefits or
the Alumnae Association Of Mt.
Holyoke and Vassar Colleges.
1.-THE Doctors Dilemma" on Fri
day night and the Saturday
matinee performance of "John
Ferguson" at Polls will benefit
the scholarship fund for Wash
il.gton girls at these colleges.
When she recovered from the
immediate effects of the crash
her first thought was the last
word copy for clients and the
rope that it would not go amiss.
It did not and here's hoping
Miss Schreiner has a speedy and
complete recovery.
Louis B. Mayer, of Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer. who took dim
ner with President Hoover and
will be the next u. S. amhassa-
cor to Turkey unless the cor
respondents have guessed wrong
AGAIN., calls the Washington
Fox Theater the handsomest in
the world. And he says he has
seen all the big ones in Europe,
If anybody challenges the state
ment.
Titta Ruffo, the Metropolitan
Opera baritone, has a unique
contract with Metro Goldwyn.
He is making the second of a
short singing Movietone and
the recording must get his OK.
before it can be released. If he
don't like himself, no money.
Viewing Madame x" from
row A at a capacity Wednesday
matinee in the National Theater
yesterday, the temptation was
to bid on the handkerchief con-
cession for the engagement.
Not since saw Helen Hayes
wiring tears in "Coquette" at
the Maxine Elliott Theater have
] witnessed such a sobby au-
dience as that which suffered
with Mary Newton.
If there had been any linger-
ing doubts as to whether Miss
Newton was capable of playing
effectively upon the heart
strings, think her performance
in this well-knit revival settles
the argument. Madame x" is
a real test for an actress.
It's acting requirements are
exacting, and the physical and