The Washington times., 1934-03-19

"Abie's Irish Rose" was winding
''p a farewell week at L. Stod
ard Taylor's Belasco Theater,
'hich. by the way, relightS to-
light. In all "Abie" enjoyed 19
,eeks in washington. A record.
City Censor Casey, of Boston,
ad served notice on David Be
.sco tnat Lenore Uric and Lulu
ellie" would not be permitted to
now in the Hub Theaters.
Florenz Ziegfeld was crossing
200 ,00G a week on Broadway with
)ur shows: /. Denis King in "The
hree Musketeers. 2. "Rio Rita" "
citing ready for the road
"Show Boat" at the end Of a
.arvelously succes sful seasons
IN. 4 Jack Donahue and Mari
n Miller in "Rosalie" at the New
msterdam. These, my boy, were
lows.
Romaine Calender had signed
r an eight-weeks' tour with "The
Jacket" and Chicago had served
office don't bring that play to the
Windy City.
Joseph AloysiuS Flynn arrived
4 town to herald the coming OF
1e Shuberts' Countess Martha"
} Polls.
Lindbergh's achievements had
'een made into a tWo-reel short
nd were being exhibited at Loew's
Columbia Theater.
William Powell had just been
made a full fledged movie STAR.
Stephen Erlanger Cochran was
ending out the first spring bulle'
ms about his stock season.
Movie orchestra leaders were
rshearsing Raymond" William
ELL" and "Dance of the Hours
Or overtures. And they still are
Those were the happy days. o.
ere they? Everybody was trying
} make a fortune in the stock
larket. RKO was 20 and there
as talk of a Paramount-Warne1
55ros. merger when both stocks
lit 60.
Six years, rain or snow. fog and
1894 winter, this column hasn'
Missed one daily appearance. Elk
,ept, of course, during the vaca
ion periods which have been al
90 brief.
A column which approaches a
.venth nilestone-in these days
hen columns spring up like new
Kentucky blends-is entitled tC
wear a gray beard. Instead
hall buy it a new blue derby
Lindbergh Kissed
Colonel Llndbergh'S features on
he screen were hissed in Baltl
more Saturday night. This un
avorable expression was hearc
It the Stanley Theater when the
1ewsreel commentator announced
hat he had rejected Secretary
Oern's invitation to serve on a
q. S. aviation survey board.
The kissing was soon mingled
with applause but it impressed
this commentator because it was
the first time that he had heard
anything but audible commenda
ton directed towards the worlds
No. airman.
At Loew's Palace Theater
where the same shots are fea.
tlred in the Metrotone neWsreel
an occasional hiss has been hearo
but the invariable reception Is
overwhelming applause.
"Catherine" Waits
What you might call a pretty
to-do. or maybe just plain dis
agreement keeps the art Of Eliza
beth Bergner as revealed in Cath
crime the Great" confined in the
motion picture tins and withhelc
from the Washington screen IN
definitely.
After being several times post
poned at RKO Keith's, due to the
unexpected success Of ut Hap
pened One Night" which earned
four weeks booking. the English
feature was definitely set to open
next Friday.
This would have carried tn
engagement through Holy Week
Ehe last of the Lenten period, anc
j. time in which some movie
Eoers abstain from the usua
rounds of entertainment. Ac'
Cordingly, the booking powers II
charge of the picture refused tt
open the feature March %. TIT
RKO Keith booking date is thu
off for some weeks.
Meanwhile, there is a strons
possibility that the independent!
booked "Ariane" will be the f1rs
ioicture to show Elizabeth Bergne
30 Washington screen audiences
This was her first role in English
and has Percy Marmont and al
nll-English cast. Made from
story of Claude Anet, it is sale
to offer a daring theme, delicatel!
treated.
Also ready for early showint
IA washington is Marlene Die
trich's scarlet Empress" This i
Paramount'S version of the his
forical tale of catherine, EN-
I,ress Of All the Russias," ap
preached from an angle entirel!
Hifferent from its English rival
61his is due for April release.
Some will say, with a certain
6eeree Of conviction, a picture 1
A picture any time. and point ou
that box office records have beer
broken in the District even il
Holy Week.