Evening star., 1934-12-13

blue, with those inevitable gle
black ribbon around his neck.
Brooke" seemed to be in very good
form. After the play, which is still
in rather nebulous state, he took us
back to meet Edith Barrett, one OF
the stars Of this affair, an attractive
young lady with bewildering smile
who was surrounded by at least three
score matinee ladies and a sprinkling
of gentlemen. Across from her dress
ing room we ran into the mother
OF Little Women" Spring Byington,
one of the ablest actresses of the
day, and one who asked cordially
after Washington (she having been
here last Spring in that Theater
Guild comedy. From there we
progressed to Harry Green's dressing
room, Mr.. Green having recently
hustled from Hollywood to play a
role in this play and being busily
engaged in autographing programs
for that three-score troupe of young
ladies who now crowded his dressing
room.
Mr.. Green, Miss Byington, Miss
Barrett, Raymond Hackett, katherine
Warren and John Marston "a ringer
for Gary Cooper and excellently caSt
are all together in play which may
not currently be play but one which
has all the earmarks of soon becom-
ing one. Dinner with Viola Shore
and Mr.. Brooke was an indication
that play authors seldom sleep, never
eat and even when their play is hav-
ing q public exhibition still must find
and new ideas. Mrs. Shore put the
play, so to speak, on the tablecloth
and went over it with a fine comb.
Before long she had given it a brand
new twist, and Brooke" was wonder
ing what he was going to do with
that twist. When you see the play
next week In Philadelphia. or follow
ing that in New York, it will probably
be brand-new,
At any rate, cast of that sort
ought to be able to put it across. Then,
II the authors and Brooke can't do
the rest, something's amiss.
Mention Of Mr.. Brooke is made not
only because he and Steve Cochran
are the fathers of the Clifford Brooke
School of the Drama (Which, by the
way will soon be called the National
School of the Drama but because it
isn't at all unlikely that one of these
days Mr.. Brooke will be in our midst
again In another capacity.
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CPEAKING of plays being hashed
over, ETC., reminds us that Gather
Ye Rosebuds" will be permanently
shelved instead of reassembled in
Pittsburgh after Christmas as orig
inally planned.
"MENACE,' a new Paramount pic
AA ture with Gertrude Michael,
Paul Cavanaugh, John Lodge and
Henrietta Crosman opens tomorrow
at the Metropolitan.
X X II
a DELAIDE HIBBARD (Addie to you
= and you and you) arrives in Wash
ington Saturday. She viii, present the
diplomas to the graduating class of the
Clifford Brooke School of the Drama
after the schools show at the National
on Sunday night. Mrs. Hibbard will
be the guest of Miss Courtney Wade
when she arrives.
TONIGHT the University Club will
present three one-act plays by Con-
stance Darcy Mackaye. They have
been directed by Belle Howell Bohn
and will feature Ann Ives, Maurice
Jarvis, James Otis Porter, Jean Sellers,
Kathleen Carson as well as Mrs. Bohn.
Melville COOPER and Margery
Pickard will be in the cast of
'Laburnum Grove" when it comes to
the National December 81.
MUSIC IN THE AIR" plays a week
= from Friday at the Fox with
Gloria Swanson, John Boles and Doug
las Montgomery In the leading roles.
GUIDE to the new weeks films:
"The Man Who Reclaimed His
Head" opened yesterday at Keith's
and Ii reviewed elsewhere on this
page.
Menace" which is having
sudden opening at the Metropolitan
tomorrow, is an adventure film in
which local celebrity John Lodge