Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
Stage and Screen Battle
For Right to Do Away With
Ancient Starring Game
New Cinema Season Will Find Fewer Stars in
Spite of Many New Actors Who Claim Their
Full Share of the Spotlight.
By E. de S. Melcher.

clicks, and whose knees. while
sound, have now the attitude OF
insecurity;
Norma TaImadge--Who seems
alas-to prefer being out OF the
picture;
Lillian Gish-Who talked once
and said she didn't like it, and the
audience agreed with her;
Douglas Fairbanks-Who enjoys
royal British golf more than he
does his dwindling screen royal
ties;
Lou Tellegen-Who, in spite OF
having new face, should join his
most successful ex-wife and rock
discreetly back and forth on the
wide porch Of her modest Ridge
field, Conn, eState-or elsewhere.
NEWS that may tickle-or other
wise-the local gosSiping ribs
is that Leneta Lane, former Lead
ing flame" Of the National Play
erS and heavily engaged TO many
times welded Crane Wilbur, has
been dropped with q thump BY the
Paramount forces. Miss Lane: u
is rumored, has, however, still her
handsome Hollywood chalet.
John Warburton, allied IN the
silent" days to Paramount, and
this seasons fiappeT interest with
the e street stock company, while
politely told to go places by Para
mount, has been signed by M-G-M
-or is it R-K-O-well, It's one OF
the two.
They say that this is the week
in which the great battle over
Ruth Chatterton will be decided.
Some of the boys seem to know
the outcome already.
Edward Crandsil, the most re-
cent of the Fox Corporations
matinee idols, is to have q fat
part in "Over the HILL And, BY
the way, do you remember Mr..
Cranda1l when he was in wash
ington this past Winter? he
PLAYED the young debonaire sutton
in that fiiulsy farce, sEverybody's
Secret" later aTer Maiesty,s
Carr, when 1t appeared at the
Belasco Theater.
Paramount Is TO do MIN called
Touchdown" And who should
be signed for this epic Of the soil
but 10 former collegiate grIdiron
stars! At least, 50 says q redhOt
announcement from Mr.. Lasky,s
palace on the Forty-third street
hill.
what suddenly famous young
motion picture star was in Wash
ington last week. saw President
Hoover, posed for photographers,
gave out printed schedule Of her
activities minute by minute. and
in general was treated by her
chaperoning press agent guardians
as though she was a high priced
seal on exhibition
= So y
T AUGH enthusiasts. and even
gloom enthusiasts, should be
delighted at the news that Joe Z.
Brown, the comedian with the
largest mouth in the world. Is TO
make personal appearance ~
the Earle Theater either next
week, or the next, or the next, or
whenever the Warner Bros. execu-
tives can pin him down to date.
That he will be here, however, Is
a positive certainty-at least, as
much of a certainty as anything
ever is in the grease-paint world.
Word from the Windy City On
the new Gaynor- Farrell picture,
Merely Mary Ann" is that II IS
another Daddy Long Legs in
popular appeal"
Now the question arises who
will play Peg for M-G-M when
the latter produces its film version
of the ancient Laurette Taylor
heart thumper, Peg o. My Heart?
Sam Katz says that the Four
Marx Brothers picture, Monkey
Business" is "the funniest laugh
vehicle ever seen on the screen
The greatest flare Of the current
season, as far as personal tri-
umphS are concerned, undoubted-
ly should be credited to James
can see him next week
at the Fox in bad Girl'-who,
without exaggeration, @awoke one
morning to md himself famous"
WHILE the hosts and hosts of
" friends of General Director
M. ]. Cullen are bidding him a
fearful good-by as he prepares to
wend his way to the cloudy city
Of Pittsburgh, the equal host OF
of Colby Harrison are pre-
pairing to welcome him back. This
game of tit-for- tat which Is played
among the great, and even the
of the Loew theaterS, means
that Mr. Cullen will be city mana
ger of the Loew theaters in Pitts
burgh-(as If you didn't know 1t
and that Mr.. Harrison
will occupy his familiar berth OF
general manager in this city.
Thus, tear for one and smile
for the other-or, vice versa, If
uOii Gonna frnyrz f3if% ghv~wl.