The Washington times., 1930-03-10
GLEANINGS
AND
SCREENINGS
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

Paramount respects Uncle
Sans foul line In so far as show
ing films OF the recent Sharkey-
Scott fiasco at Miami In its news
reel ct the Metropolitan Thea
ter. With a bow to q rather
silly and outrnoded law, the
camera takes the gladiators into
the ring (the law denies us the
right to see what happened
thereafter, since 1t did not hap
pen within the District Of Co
lumbia), and next we observe
Painting Phil Scott nursing his
bruised hip and indicating I'M
willingness to continue.
II all strikes me as a trifle
ludicrous, particularly as one is
permitted to watch without mo-
lestation the fight scenes as
staged by Hollywood directors
for the screen fiction, and they
often happen to contain more
scrambling Of cauliflower ears
than the recent jaundiced ex-
hibition at Miami.
Amarillo, Texas, was just a
/ dot on the geography map for
me until discovered Bascom
Timmons, Capital journalist,
who comes from there and in.
sists it is a real town. Lately
Editor Gene Howe, editor of
the Amarillo Globe, contrives
to keep it on the front pages.
First he undertook to teach
Colonel Lindhergh a lesson in
politeness and only hit $50 in
the attempt. Then he told the
Chicago opera troupe not to
bring second hand voices and
shabby scenery to Amarillo,
thereby rus..ling the tail feath-
ers of Samuel insult and other
millionaire sponsors. Ten days
ago he undertook to see that
the mother of an executed con-
vict collected royalty of "Green
Pastures" a Broadway hit in
spired by the writings Of the
condemned man.
Last week he decided to take
the high hat" off E. H. Soth-
ern. The retired actor is now
lecturing on the drama and in
the course of his tour arrived
at Amarillo. Listen to Editor
Howe: The King of High
Hatters," e. H. Sothern. is in
town. This noted actor, who
hit town this morning, refused
to give an interview to Globe
reporter Who wished to give
him some free publicity for his
appearance tonight. You may
all do as you please, but my
advice is to keep away from
this lecture. Don't pay any of
your good money to see him.
Teach him a lesson in courtesy"
The sequel was that the Soth-
ern engagement went $500 in
the hole.
If you are one of those in
clined to tilt the nose upward
at the Victorian and particu.
larly, Shakespeare, you may be
surprised to know that the
Stratford Upon Avon Festival
Company shook the dust of
Washington from it's feet with
a tidy little profit. Actually
about $4,000 rolled into the
box office for eight perform
ances and most modern play
wrights would give a right eye
for a pen that could turn out
plays that could attract $4,000
in a single week.
Everywhere they have visited
the Stratford- -Upon-Avon of.
ficials have been entreated to
consider a return engagement.
To all such pleas a deaf ear.
The company will perform on
the home grounds for the sea-
son of 1930-31 and may make
another American tour in 1882.
Waite Hoyt. the Yankee
pitcher, has a fine voice and a
pulchrltude which would make
Nick Altrock turn green with
envy. He displays all OF his
assets. except his outdoor
curves, in a Vitaphone short on
the Met program this week.
Mr.. Hoyt is assisted by j Fred
Coots and an unprogrammed
miss who does a Helen Kane
imitation.
Hoyt's best act will never be
seen in the movies. It is shown
on those occasions when he is
out there on the mound with
base hits bouncing past his
shins and the Yankee manager
signals for him to call it day
and take q shower. Then Waite
becomes as temperamental as a
prima donna. He has never
become accustomed to fading
from the scene gracefully.
AS movie actor, though, he
bats 500. Which is not bad
for one whose regular business