The Washington times., 1930-03-17
GLEANINGS
SCREENINGS
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

critic, insofar as radio is con
ce-'1ed, apparently lives at the
Ambassador Hotel and is lady
who is particular about pro
nunciation.
In a frank and enlightenine
criticism of the editors re
marks as they floated through
the loud speaker. she complains
to Station WMAL as follows:
Accurate he called akkerate.
Particular he called particke
ler
Particularly he called per
tickally.
Economic he called eecono
mic.
Reading through to the finish,
I am consoled over the fact
that nothing in the communica
ton mentioned being bored.
There is the chance to correct
a pronunciation that falters,
but not so much hone for a
speaker who is tiresome. And
the WMAL correspondent ex.
pressed a belief that If the
major fault is corrected the
future talks will be much
more effective" Implying a
degree of effectiveness, unless
I am egotistical.
The name "Turgenev" and
the tongue twister "directorial."
were words that I feared would
prove too difficult to hurdle.
So I rehearsed them. "Accu.
rate" and particular" passed
by as too easy to bother about.
Which proves you never can
tell. In the radio studios they
mention a sentence which in
variably stumps those with am
bition to adopt announcing as
a career. 1t is: THE sea
ceaseth and it sufficeth US"
Having mastered this after
several tries a self-satisfied dis.
position was content with
everyday pronunciation. Which
it seems was a. mistake or
several mistakes?
So the conclusion is that
radio mispronunciation differs
from halitosis. Four out of
five may have it. but if you
aspire to be an air entertainer
they tell you about it.
Another communication from
one who is apparently watch,
ing closely while Maestro
Stephen Dillingham; Cochran
Comrletes the roster of his com
pany says:
To the Dramatic Editor:
Not, that l love Steve Coch-
ran more or you any less, but
it seems to me your connecting
links between the theater AMI
the public have overlooked a
very good bet in announcing
Dudley Hawley's joining the
National Theater players.
Some Is or 16 years ago-or
it might have been 20-Dudley
Hawley was to fair feminine
Washington what Rudy Vadlee
now is to the wide world. At
that time he was juvenile Of
one of the best stock companies
Washington had, a company
that included A. H. Van Buren
as leading man, Izetta Jewell
as leading woman, Bill CorbeUt
as heavy, Mark Kent. character
man; Dudley Hawley, juvenile,
and many others. They were
all members of the Columbia
Theater Company first and
then moved to Polls; or the
other way around, I've forgot
ten which. But HaWley was
THE juvenile of that period,
and there are quite a lot Of
good cash Observation-Disclosures
now but flappers then-who
used to stand outside the stage
entrance of a matinee day,
waiting for the handsome Dud-
ley to come out.
I saw him play several times,
and have seen him later, and
know him to be a good, up
standing actor and a peach of
a heavy.
VERITAS.
Journeys End" the epic
war play by Robert Cedric
Sheriff. will arrive at Polls
within a couple of weeks. The
phenomenal success of this in
tense war drama illustrates
forcibly how it is possible to
become a CroeSus almost over
night if you have the ingredi
ents and play formula for
mixing words and action into
hit.
On March %, 1929. Journeys
End" opened in America at the
Henry Miller Theater in New
York and Immediately leaped
into the success column. Play
wright Sheriff, one year ago an
aspiring author with limited
funds, has collected S per cent
royalty since that dcte on the
following monies which have
flowed through producers box
office windows:
London Uo March S>....... $4,000
Three British tours (to
March s. ............... $50. OOO
Australian t,ur (1n March - 1S5, 900
Continental English tour Oo
February 81 .....,.,... 20. 600
Far Eas tern tour (to
March s. ............... $4,000
1,22O, 900
And in North America.
No. of Gross
Performances Receipts
New York. 4nI $S19S7S as