Evening star., 1932-11-03

spoke in the wheel of life which
rolls along with middle age; al
though she may no longer play Gin
derellas who have passion for
blowing soap bubbles and Sklddlng
along the brambles of the hickory
countryside, although she is way
past donning a pinafore and playing
mumbledy-peg with Harold Lloyd,
she is not half as far up in years
and sophiSticatiOn as many Of her
sister sirens. and her face and figure
still are mraculOuSly almost as they
were in her budding days.
Thus it is with Joy that one learns
she plans production of the stage
success Secrets" in the films, which
is to go under the title Yes, John"
This is all due to the fact that the
script of "Shanty Town which was
being whipped into shape by indus
trious Frances Marion of the M-G-M
lot-who had been loaned to United
Artists for this affairs not and
will not be ready for some time and
that Miss Pickford prefers to do
something rather than let her cash
customers starve.
"Shanty Town" will follow close
upon the heels of Yes. John" how
eve. Thus it would seem that Miss
PickfCrd is Wading knee deep in the
cinema waters again and that she
Will fight the good fight with her
rival Joan CraWfords. etc. in the
Hollywood battle, which is Waged
hour by hour along the Malibu
front
Washingtonians should be partic-
ularly interested in this news, since
Miss Pickford'S new LOthario is a
local product who has been waxing
we'll in the cinema game these days.
Rumor has it that Weldon Hepburn,
who last was seen here profession
ally) alongside of Miss Lenore Uric
in the much-heated Pagan Lady"
Will do the honorS opposite Miss
Pickford, both in Yes, John" and
"Shanty Town" and that at the
present moment he is being won over
from the Fox lot, where he has been
doing only $3.50, for these very pur-
poses.
Generally speaking. anything that
this lady chooses to 90 will be
awaited and looked forward to with
interest. Last season. when she Wis
tied this city, she was mos anxious
to wipe out the slur that the unfor-
tunate filming of "Kiki" had cast
across her shadow. Give me some
thing for them to remember me by!"
cried Miss Pickford in the real
spirit of contrition. II don't want
to go into my grave as Ia Kiki''
As Ia Kiki she shall never go into
the beyond Miss Pickford is too
shrewd for that. Just what she
will be remembered by" however,
is a question. Ever since she said
that she would burn up her old pic
lures people have wondered. Polly
anna was her stronghold She has
never been outd0nc in this field.
Can she wax eloquent as the silver
threads among the gold appear?
Heigh-ho-that at present is the
question. E. de S. MELCHER.
Theatrical Night
Flourishes at Club Michel.
ON Wednesday evening, after the
~ last show, thespianS may be
found in who's Who" array up top
of the Club Michel, where those who
are past yaWning time hold forth
in post midnight frolic. Last night,
for instance. the theater was in gala
mood when the spotlight crashed out
of nowhere and discovered such
modest but important violets as
Hardie MeaEin. chief of the local
KeithS concern. and Carter Bar
ron, city manager of all the Loew
interests, blushing modestly in their
respective corners. The show itself
was stopped" by noted visitor,
Harry Foster Welch. straight from
engagements in London. Paris. etc,
whittier he had gone after appear
ing last season at vaudevillized
Keith's, and whose imitation of