The Washington times., 1930-11-13

RECORD CROWD
AT FOX FOR
BENEFIT
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Jones" George M. retired to the
wings under a thunder Of ap
plauSe
Jack Lamont from the Gayety
stirred gales Of laughter with q
comedy act and the Fanchor
and Marco boys and girls pre-
sented the Free and Easy" mum
ber from their City Service idea
with Zeb Meza. Shapiro and
OMalley won heavy applause
with some knockabout comedy
and the District winners In the
$25, 900 prize contest were in.
troduced. Miss Florence Yokum
accompanied by Gretchen Hood
sang an aria from Romeo and
Juliet" and Leonard Davis selec'
ton, accompanied by William
Marvel, was Road to Mandalay.'
PatricOIa Scores
Tom Patricola and Pearl Twins
from the Earle Theater came
next and registered solidly. Five
minutes Of hot jazz on the organ
was contributed by Otto Beck
from the Rialto Theater and Sam
Hearn, the fiddlin' comic, bowed
off to salvoS Of applause after
10 minutes Of fast comedy and
melody.
Brooke Johns here brought out
his banjo and twanged out q hit
and the curtains parted to reveal
the Lotus Restaurant and Hotel
Carlton orchestras from the
Maurice Kafka offices which
turned out a medley of hot mum.
bers. The Du Val Foursome, q
crackajack adagio team, offered
some startling feats and Walter
Nillson on his high bicycle
furnished thrills and laughs.
BY this time Will Mahoney and
principals from Earl Carroll's
Sketch Book" who had motored
over from Baltimore, arrived. Two
minutes after he entered the
theater Mahoney was before his
audience. She's My Lily" made a
riotouS hit and then followed the
Three Sailors in fast comedy, Ben
Omar in fast dancing, Grace Du
Fay in dancing acrobaticS and
the Fire House finale from the
Fanchon and Marco unit. The
show closed with a wrestling ex-
hibition presented by Joe Turner
and his graphing champions who
had appeared earlier at the Audi
torium.
Combined Orchestras
The combined orchestras from
the Fox, Palace and Earle thea
terS filled GA seats in the huge
pit and inspired tremendous
round Of applause with the stir
ring overture, STARS and Stripes" !"
Leon Brusiloff, Harry Borjes and
Alexander Podnos led their re-
spective bands for the act num-
herS.
The show ran off with remark
able SmoothneSS and a complete
absence of stage waits. This was
due to the skillful stage manage
ment of Hardie Meakin, managing
director of the Fox Theater who
was in complete charge Of the
backStage program. Stage hands
who contributed their services
worked under the direction of
George O'Malley, Tommy Trun-
die, Jim Hurley and Pop" Ennis.
Managing Director Michael j.
Cullen, of the Loew theaters,
directed the booth lights and
cues. A buffet luncheon for per-
formers and employees was pro-
vided by the Madrillon Restaurant
and Coffee Shop.
Today the cash receipts from
the benefit performance will be
turned over to the Washington
Chamber Of Commerce to relieve
unemployment. A substantial
sum was realized for the actual
expenses were less than 500.
The Washington Times and the
Chamber Of Commerce extend
thanks to Producer Carl Laemmle
who first suggested this benefit
performance and graciously con-
sented to have the Fox Theater
used for the show; to the hum
dreds who so cheerfully contri-
buted both time and services and
to all Of the Washington Theaters
for their cooperation.
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