The Washington times., 1929-07-03
IGLEANINGS
SCREENINGS
AND
b. ANpREW 3. KELLEY

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which has just become a mem
ory. The selections Of Mr..
Mantle are accorded distinction
because they are annually bound
within covers for playgoefs or
students of the contemporary
drama. Here they are:
"Street Scene"
Journeys End"
Wings Over Europe"
Holiday"
"The Front Page"
"Let Us Be Gay"
Little Accident"
"The Kingdom Of God
Gypsy"
"The High Road"
OF the list which win the
Iaurels. Washington has been
privileged to see Ethel Barry
more's "Kingdom Of God" and
aThe High Road" The others
with perhaps the exception OF
The Gypsy"--are booked to
show here in the new season.
Only Maxwelh Anderson.s play
(Gypsy) fails to win the inn
portant credit with producers OF
being a box office success.
"Wings Over Europe New
York sTheater Guild production,
was q non-dividend winner in
New York performances although
it may make money en- tour
and Miss Barrymore'S entry can
be flatteringly described as
moderate success.
Very soon the name of "Stan-
lev" viii be eliminated from all
advertising and publicity in.
connection with the Warner
Brothers theaters.
organist Gaige, Of the Palace
Theater, seems to prefer I've
Got q Feelin' Pm Fallin'" when
they show Lindy in the news
reel these days. Also the Fly
ing Colonel gets nary q hand.
The theater men claim it's be-
cause the blond airman lost his
flap following when he became
a benedict. The girls can't
look on Lindy as "catch" any
more.
Dance directors, the good ones,
are basking in the land of milk
and honey, sure enough. For
instance the girls who dance in
the revue units which travel the
motion picture circuits up and
down the land are paid by the
director, he collecting a lump
sum from the theaters or shows
for providing the unit. He
makes on an average of $25 q
week on each girl, and most Of
the units carry 12. One of the
most successful Of the dancing
masters has is units working
in musicals right this minute
and a session with the adding
machine will give you some idea
of his profits.
Also, If it matters, the amount
that the union musicians con-
tribute from their salaries for
, an emergency fund is said to
total about $25, 900 weekly, with
the ultimate goal set at way
up in the millions. This inn
modest fortune, or most OF 1t,
will be available when and ii
the big fight comes to deter
mine whether the synchronized
motion picture can pin the
shoulders of the orchestra musi-
clans to the "not-wanted" mat.
Meanwhile, international
President Weber is fighting des-
perately to hold every seat now
filled by a union musician.
To my public-both of YOU
au revoir for a month. With
this issue of Gleanings and
Screenings the editor moves
along for a short stop at the
desk where Page One streamer
lines are manufactured, and
then--vaeation.
During the interim, Jim Ring,
whose pen not only fashions
words but pictures, will endeavor
to entertain and instruct the
daily readers of this column.
OF course some may urge
that a visit to the Paramount
(Long Island) studio, a stop-off
at the Metro Goldwyn lot and
a peek at the making Of Vita
phone shorts, with a round of
the theaters on the side, could
hardly come under the head Of
vacation. II the auditor insists
it sounds like q business trip
/ am perfectly willing to pass
along the expense accounts.
However, Christmas has never
yet come to me in July but this
Is q wonderful age we live in.
At the Hotel Warwick in
New York where Gloria Swan
son, Adolph Menjou, Monta Belly
Marion Davies, Jackie Coogan,
Winfield Sheehan, Jack Gilbert,
Peggy Joyce, Clara Bow and
the editor stop when in the
metropolis, / may be able to
pick up stray item or two
laying around in the lobby.
That is If it's not on Walter