The Washington times., 1929-04-19
GLEANINGS
SCREENINGS
b. ANDREW R. KELLEY

plugging his candidacy in
Honeymoon Lane" by appear
ing in Movietone as Introductory
speaker for "The Rainbow
Man." first Dowling. talking
picture. Some of John j. Ras-
kob's spare change is said to
have supplied part Of the pro-
duction fund for Eddie's cellu-
loid debut, or in what Bill
Haines calls the below dramas.
One who prefers to be known
as Regular Reader" phones to
suggest a protest over the
movie house collections for the
N. v. A. Benefit Week. / won
der if Regular Reader" has any
appreciation of the number of
times vaudeville actors and ar
fists of the legitimate profess
sion contribute their services to
worthy causes. When any ma
.,tional disaster saddens the ma
tion, the actor is the first
called upon to help. When pub
lie spirited movements needs the
stimulus of entertainment, who
provides the diversion gratis? :?
When hard luck hits any even
remotely connected with the
theater or its coordinate
branches, who fills the benefit
programs Who makes "bene-
fits" possible, anyway?
If Regular Reader" has the
heart to take a crack at the
actors when, once a year they
ask audience consideration for
their own worthy charity, then
/ hope he is lonesome in his
protest. should like to intro
duce him to the original Mac
Gregor of this office who went
to the Fox Theater on passes
Wednesday night and Clipped
81 into the N. v, A.. box. He
says the N. v. A. and the
Salvation Army are the only
organizations which cause him
to loosen the moths from his
pocketbook.
John Peter Toohey, author,
playwright and general press
representative for Brady and
Wimans, is in town making
typewriter whoopee over the
coming of "The Little Show"
to the Belasco Theater and
opening Monday night.
This Little Show" is really
a full-sized revue, destined to
fill the stage of the Music
Box Theater in New York at
$3.50 top directly after the
Washington engagement. 1t
is the first musical comedy
effort of the youthful but
prosperous producing firm.
This week it is trying out in
Atlantic City.
The Little Show" "a punk
name, if you ask me) features
Fred Allen, a long-legged
comedian. who was a sensa-
tion in "Polly," the musical
comedy which was a setting
for "June" the English star.
Allen went to the Paramount
sound studios as a comedy
director and star Of abbre-
waited laugh talkies and until
Brady and Wimans induced
him to return to the stage,
they held up their plans for
this new revue.
Clifton Webb, who you may
recall as the former dancing
partner of Mary Hay, is also
given big type in the advertis-
ing. Libby Holman, Romney
Brent, Helen Lynd (Late of
"RainbowC, and Jean Carter
Waddell (niece Of Rollin Kirby,
the cartoonist), are others
prominent in the action.
Since the revue employs Is
stage hands and requires an
diversified orchestra of 20 men,
Manager l.. Stoddard Taylor
feels that the explanatory ad-
jective "little," hardly applies
to the production.
This being said it might be
mentioned that Publicist Toohey
is a regular contributor of fic-
ton to Mr.. Curtis jitney
weekly, is the playwright who
collaborated with Anne Nor
risen in "Jonesy," a comedy
drama now running at the BIZ
iou Theater in New York and
next month will have another
volume Of his stories, Growing
Pains" off the presses.
Bulletins fresh from Broad
way reports that George S.
Kaufman, whose income from
stage activities is conserva-
lively estimated at $4,000 a
week, but who, nevertheless,
continued in his post as dra-
matte editor of the New York
Times, has finally decided to
become an ex-newspaperman.
Also that "whoopee," long a
barred word on the estimable
Ochs journal, was given a GER
tificate of respectability and
use on page one in connection
with the Tex Guinan court activ-
tiles.
The Baltimore stock company,
which played "An American
Tragedy at the Belasco a fort