The Washington times., 1933-12-11
BITTER SWEET OPENS TONIGHT
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Justice ShaIIeck Rules His Wife,
Lillian Roth, Can Appear on
Stage, Once a Month

one corner OF CLe nuge HOCke1el-
ler Auditorium, their intimacies
were lost on the billion-dollar
audience. It is still good act,
but it is crying for new material
Boost Mae West
Speaking of mimics Mae Vests
voice and mannerismS are being
nationally promoted by rivals on
the radio, stage and screen. An
indirect buildup for the Para
mount star. Thus within 48 hours
last week I heard Mae West i'm
pressions: BY Norma Terris on
the radio; twice in the current
edition of the FollieS; on the
Earle stage by Lillian Roth in q
screen cartoon comedy.
Not to mention the numerous
Hollywood screen features within
the last month where Mae West
cameo has been included. Only
Garbo has been more initiated.
Watch This Boy
The name Of Gene Hoover, jr.,
appears today at the head of the
list of prize winners in the In
visible Man" contest conducted
on these pages last week. In
fact, you will find that Gene
Hoover, jr., has won a majority
of the newspaper movie contests
conducted as promotional stunts
by the local cinema shr1nes.
He is a 17-year-old Tech High
School student with not only
remarkable ability with pen, pen
Gil and crayon, but better than
that, a mind fertile with artistic
ideas. Young Mr.. Hoover enters
practically all the contests he
sees which involve drawing and
invariably the judges after scan
ming the entries wind up holding
the Gene Hoover exhibit as the
best.
Next June he graduates from
Tech and unless all signs fail
will be making living in some
art department. Or on some
smart magazine. For most OF
the Hoover conceptions are clever
with a propensity for satlrlzlng
the passing show.
First prizes he has won this
year include the Walter Winchell
contest for the best wsecrack,
the Lionel Barrymore, zone
Mans Journey" competition, the
"CSOOdhve Again" idea. and run
ner up prizes in the Little
Women" Red Dust" and
Wheeler and Woolsey, $50 This
Is Africa" competitions. A year
ago he won the Rialto contest
for "The Mummy" He took
first prize for the art design
for the Tech Year Book and
also won the George Washington
University poster prize in its mu'
sical comedy campaign.
A clever boy. Quite the most
promising I have seen come up
since diminutive John Hix was
drawing in the washington
Times art department..
This and That
Bobby Connolly, who put on
ziegfeld Follies, owns Is per cent
of the picture, "Take a Chance"
at the Earle. He took it instead
of a salary for putting on the
dances. Right now it looks as
though he will earn at least $780,
600 for the six weeks work
Acknowledgements: To c. Melvin
Sharpe, Leonard B. Schloss, Ray
H. Everett, Mrs. Carline Clinton,
Betsy Beaton, Henry l.. Hawley,
and others. Thanks. I am glad
others see things the way I do
Joseph P. Tumulty told Lee
Shubert Saturday the stage should
take a lesson from the success Of
Little Women" Barrister Tu'
multy thinks an era for wholesale
things on stage and screen has ar
rived. Mr.. Shubert listened but
looked as though he felt Broadway
would turn a cold shoulder on
sweety-sweet productions. Even
mentioned Sailor Beware" dirtiest
show and biggest comedy hit on
Broadway at the moment.