Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-20

his year MISS west arrival Will
probably be something in the way of
public holiday. We can imagine the alb
solute suspension of all work and cor
don of large blue policemen standing
around the Fox Theater to prevent the
theater's inSides from bursting. We
can imagine the cheers that will sound
when Miss West asks her audience to
come up sometime, and the Juror up
and down the aisles as the crowds de-
mand to get just little nearer.
In other WordS-even at this early
date we feel distinctly moved at the
thought of seeing Ia West again in
person.
A MOTHER star coming to town very
soon is that agile tap dancer,
Eleanor Powell, who has never been
known to make false step. Miss Pow
ell will be among the stars of Crazy
Quilt" which follows Kate Smith to
the Fox Theater and which will include
the beautiful but something or other
Anita Page and Charles King. A dancer
who has stopped any Broadway musical
show she has ever been in, Miss Powell
is referred to pleasantly around the
country as the most popular girl on the
boards. The reason for this Is that she
calls all electricians and backstage
maestros by their first names. no mat
ter what town she is inland the rea-
son for this is that she carries around
A little book with all their names in 1t.
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CHARLES HEDLEY is an interesting
person. The first member OF the
now deceased American Opera Co., that
splendid group of young Americans
which came out of Rochester to sing
opera in our native tongue, he may
now be seen in the title role of The
Student Prince" the operetta which
rotlnd and amusing George HasSells
has played in over 1000 times. Mr..
Heoley has sung with Mary Garden In
"Carmen"-he sang in Engllsh, she
sang in French. and afterward he was
publicized through the land by Miss
Garden as her favorite find" He has
done Butterfly mot the Sylvia Sidney |
version) with one of the bird-like Hail
sisters. He has taught English litera-
ture in Rochester and music and voice |
IN Kansas City-and this coming
Summer he will undertake opera from
coast to coast in company which mad
its origin in Philadelphia's Robin HOOD
Dell.
When interviewed yesterday back
stage at the Fox, Mr. Hedley was modest
about his achievements. and dubious
about the future of young American |
singers. Where" said he, may
young singer sing these days? It's
pretty hard shedding. But then its |
pretty hard shedding anywhere" And |
the Student Prince, who looks some
thing like Cary Grant, then discussed
native opera as II should be--ilOt In q
young artists who are trained by the
thousands and are rewarded only IN |
the do7ens-and said that he enjoyed
doing a four a-day because it kept him
from being lazy. "In opera we coddle |
ourselves probably more than we should: |
In such things as The Student Prince |
when we play four times day, we don't |
have time to-
Mr. Hedley is the first tenor we have |
interviewed who didn't let so much as
q note escape him during the interview.
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THE FUN Of picture making: Being |
a brief report from Mr.. Donald |
Woods of Hollywood who is at the mo-
ment featured with Jean Muir by the
Warner Bros. in their screen version |
Of 'As the Earth Turns"
Yesterday the temperature was
about 96 out here and Don. along with |
others, bundled up in overcoats, scarfs |
and fur caps. plus boots. drove wagons |
through a binding snowstorm of corn |
flakes (uncooked you gather with sew
eral hundred thousand watts of lights |
streaming down"
Mr.. Woods adds in postscript
Should you see Brooke, Jim Austin, |
Steve, Mabelle, Kelly-we say hello" |
And so, as matter of fact, do We
H
IN THE cast of Romeo and Juliet"
= which the lie Gallienne troupe will
present tomorrow night at the National,
is Melvin Fox, son of A. M Fox who is
chief of the Economics Division OF the
Tariff Commission. Young Mr.. Fox.
who will play Tybalt in the Shakespeare
classic, will be remembered locally not
only for his work at Western High but
for his work with Miss Tinnen when
the latter presented her series of juve-
nile plays at the BelaSco. Since then
Mr. Fox has studied at Cornell and the
University Of North Carolina-all Of
which seems considerable, inasmuch as