The Washington times., 1930-11-10
BIG $40 SHOW
WILL COST
ONLY 81
Times Performance Slated for
Wednesday Night Brings
HeadIinerS From All Houses

EAVAA oAA w bAAC"VIA y
and entertainers enlisted for 100
per cent cooperation, the Wash
ington Chamber of Commerce
committee to relieve unemploy-
! ment Is able to announce today
the greatest all-star benefit per-
. formahce ever offered here to
: amusement seekers. -~
1t will be real $40 show for
81. The place is the Fox The
ater. The time, Wednesday mid
, night. The show, under the
sponsorship of The Washington
!. Times. The receipts. every dol
! lar, will go direct to the Wash
i; dngton' Chamber of Commerce
committee striving to bring about
! better times and relieve the vic
TINS of ~.. economic depression.
Now, about the talent. Y
King of Broadway es
George NJ. Cohan, appearing
here at the National Theater this
week IN The Tavern. = will be
the master of ceremonies. Every
body knows George M. Cohan,
author of the nations war song,
Over There" and 100 plays,
dancer, actor. playwright, pro-
ducer, popularly known as the
King Of Broadway.
From Baltimore where Will Ma
honey is playing in Earl Carrolrs
Sketch Book" the dancing COM
edian will motor over with the
stars of the Carroll production
/. to sing She's My Lilly" etc.
! with some of his inimitable hard
) shoe stepping.
Tom Patricola, long the danc-
ing star of George Whites Scan
> dals," but for the last year or
more busy on the Fox Movietone
lots, will come down from the
Earle Theater with the Pearl
z Twins to aid the cause
Radio Offering
Brooke Johns, the elongated
banjo thumper and sprightly NJ.
c. who worked with Ann Pen
11ington in ziegfeld's 'Follies" is
coming in from Nerbeck to do
his bit. He. will be assisted by
the Hotel Carlton and Lotus Res
:, taurant's orchestras from the
, Maurice Kafka booking offices.
:. Radio will be represented sy
g Leonard Davis and Miss Florence
/, Yokum, winners of the District
additions in the $25, 900 Atwater-
Kent contest. They will sing the
songs which earned them the
right to contest for the rich
prizes.
From the neighboring Loew's
Palace will come the sprightly
Dodge Twins, stars of the recent
Shubert musical Might in
Venice" and summer entertainers
at the Kit Kat Club in London.
John Byam, Walter Nilsson and
the De Val Foursome all at the
Palace Theater will, be seen and
heard.
The Brox Sisters who were
featured in the Metro Goldwyn
Hollywood Revue" and before
that are pleasantly recalled as
the grooming stars of the last
Music Box Revue will have a
prominent spot on the program.
The Mad Ways
Willie. West and McGinty, the
mad builders who were featured
in a ziegfeld Follies and Carlton
Emmy and his Mad Wags are
other Earle entertainers who
have volunteered to aid the drive
for better times.
When Harry Arthur generously
contributed the Fox Theater for
this benefit performance he also
announced that through the court
eSy of the Fanchon and Marco
office all entertainers on the cur
rent Fox Theater programs would
help out. These include Sam
Hearn, with his violin comedy and
nonologues; Shapiro and O'Mal-
ley. comedians; Sch. .Meza. dancer;
Laddie La Monte. with comedy
acrobatics; de Quincy and Staley,
Frank Sterling and, of course, a
full complement of the famous
SunkiSt beauties.
Lake and Turner
AS a novelty act, Joe Turner
will bring his wrestling mat and
in ten minutes. with suitable
opponent, demonstrate how to put
your enemy flat on his back.
Manager Jimmy Lake of the
Gayety. will personally chaperone
a show-stopping act and will be
present to pinch-hit for the busy
master of ceremonies. The Arlen
Sisters, radio stars, will entertain
and Freddy Clark. of RK-O
Keith's, ane otto Beck. from the
Rialto, are scheduled to see that
the organ gets its proper prom
'nence on the program.
Music will be furnished by
Leon Brusiloff's Band from the
Fox, the Palace Syncopators un
der the leadership of Harry
Borjes and the Earle Concert
Orchestra under Daniel Breeskin
Paul SchwarZ and his mezzanine
artists from the Belasco have also
volunteered to furnish melody.
There will be other surprise
acts. A great show for a great
cause, All tickets are 81 and
there are no reserved seats.
Tickets are now available to the
theater box offices and the hotel
ticket agencies without premium.