The Washington times., 1934-08-30

proc a m ! n 6 him a deputy
sheriff of Suffolk county. :.
Gomez Gomez and Winona at
the Riviera) reminds me of a
Mexican version of Morton
Downey trying to look like Vim
cent Lopez. After five years of
deep-sea fishing without much
success, Frances Maddux finally
hooked and landed a marlin off
the Montauk Point waters the
other day. Jack Benny is Of
the opinion that the movie cen
SorS are heading for the lust
roundup. Practically every ele-
vator boy in the midtown Sec
ton is making extra change by
peddling lottery tickets.
The National American Beauty
Pageant committee wants col
umniStS to submit q favOrite
beauty to present each of them
what a spot. Irving Stone
fictiOnizeS the life of the cratic
Vincent Van GOgh in his tome,
"LuSt for Life" to be released
sometime next month-includ-
ing the grewSOme gesture of
cutting off his ear as a favor
to a gal. incidentally, Mar
guerite MOOerS Marshall has
turned out an eminently read
able job in her new book,
"NOne But the Brave"-newS-
paper stuff-and exciting.
oldest monument in the Brook
lyn Navy Yard is the belly-like
old submarine invented by A. S.
Bushnell, for use during the
Civil War-"The Intelligent
Whale" is its label.
Poor Frank Tinney's at
tempted comeback, via the
radio, has been snagged his af-
Fiction, having left him with
a pronounced stutter. They've
fenced in the BaStille-too many
little French girls used it for
suicide leaps. incidentally, the
sepian Henri Vessels, formerly
of the Cotton Club here, is still
something of a sensation among
the ParisianS with the Cauca-
sian ladies of society wooing
him. Helen Kane and her
bridegroom, Max Hoffman, jr.,
had a little verbal joust re-
cently-but have reconciled. -.
There will be a general cleaning
out of many of the Hollywood
Restaurant favorites in the new
show-some of the kids have
worked steadily in the cabaret
for three or four years.
Harlem Drive
Gratifying to the friends of
the late Billy LGHitt is the loy-
atty of the TaDer1l patrons to his
son, young BilIy-the place has
been doing business as if moth
ing has happened. Harlem
night spot operators are plan
ming an intensive drive to re-
store the section to its former
t1Uor. The smaller diveS haze
suffered most, Which is their
oODn fault, considering the gyp-
ping some of them used to hand
the Broadway SpenderS. The
film comedian 1uith a salary 1DelI
in the four figures 1Dho worked
one day oUer his contract and
demanded his pound OF flesh
got it-but lost a 71etD contract
Which Mould haze crossed him
500, 900. incidentally. .NoD
it's Ben Bard ruth RolGnd'S
huSbGnd) Dho insists he dis
covered Shirley Temple, making
it three in GlNLelD BroDn and
Winnie SheehGn hGving already
asserted their claims.
The Shuberts get q genuine
break from the critics this time
most of them conceding Life
Begins at $40" has all the
fixin'S Of a sound musical hit. Z.
Personally, Bert Lair has never
been funnier-and Ray BOlger
emerges as a tOp-nOtch star.
Most of the Skits were sound
and funny-particuIarIy the
scene in a brokers' office, the
window dreSSer'S bedtime and
the British honor of the family
piece. It's q good all-arOund
job, this new Shubert opera.
Lew Brown, upset because
o. o. McIntrye insists "Yokel
Boy Makes Good" is a take-off
on his phrase Local boy, etc"
has tentatively retagged his forth
coming production, Calling All
Stars. The Place Piquale re-
opens next month with Marion
Chase as the star attraction
again. The new Stork Club
opening is set for early october
and Barney Gallant will prob
ably have his new uptown place
set for an October opening,
too. . Broadway insists that the
same bunch which brought Jack
Lait to Chicago in time for the
shooting has taken him to
Europe to be near the scene Of
Hitler activities. Lou Holtz may
go on with Rudy Vallee as a
permanent feature in addition
to the guest stars who are chiefly
Nr0Sc ond Dunn these daVS.