Evening star., 1934-01-08

"A ton yesterday was not as quiet
4 \ as anticipated. Mr.. Throttle
bottom-Victor Moore to you-
stepped off his train hand in hand with
that ex-first lady of the COT Thee I
Sing') White House, Lois Moran, and
contrary to yesterdays report, had
many more pictures taken than did Miss
Hepburn when she made her rather
spectacular arrival in this city not so
long ago. Mr.. Throttlebottom did not
scuttle across the train tracks and dis
appear. a la Hepburn. Instead he took
it quietly on the chin, smiling cordially
to his public, and getting ready for the
honor which it is said will be rendered
him and his company (the l25 men,
bers of Let En- Eat Cake'D, namely,
being received today at the White
House.
Mr. Moore, Miss Moran and William
GaXton, as you know, will bow to the
local public tonight at the National in
the sequel to "Of Thee Sing" which,
according to a few of the New York
critics. is funnier than its predecessor
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WHEN a prizeflghter makes success
w in the films-thats news. And
when a Metropolitan Opera star wants
to train a prizefighter's voice because
he thinks it has operatic possibilities,
that's news again. In this case. Max
Baer is the fighter and Mario Chamlee,
we'll known IN the operatic world, Is
the opera star.
Mr. Baer mentioned this only cas-
ually backstage at the Fox. He was
more interested at the moment in
doing what he thought would save him
Q lot Of trouble, and that is become
a corporation" THE big, bad Baer,"
as they call him around the Fox The
ater, having been worried TO death re-
Gently by amorous ladies who have a
penchant for getting headlines out OF
him. laughingly suggested that It might
be profitable for him to turn himself
into corporation.
In the midst of this, Mr.. Baer slipped
in that reference to the opera star and
to the trouble he was having singing
his Fox stage show song SO high. Il
can sing low all right" said Mr.. Baer.
hitting baSSo profundo note with
skill. but it's no fair getting me way
up there" and he hummed snatch of
something that sounded almost soprano.
Yes, it's true about Mr.. Chamlee.
He must have heard me sing somewhere
because he came back and said that
he would like to train my voice. Prop |
erly, you know. Shall I do it? All, I
don't know. What do you think?"
Mr.. Baer's six-hundred and fifth in
terview was a brief one, inaSmuch as
we figured he had seen every one worth
meeting in town already. For the sake.
however, Of those who haven't seen him
his hands are six times as big as
yours or mine: he's very easy to talk to;
he's tickled pink when some one drops
him a card and tells him he's good on
the stage, and when he says good-by |
to a lady after he has met her for the
first time, he steps right up and calls
her "dear"-(Harken M. I'D
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SATURDAY was interviewing day. |
- And it started off with bang with |
Doris Kenyon. who Is appearing in per- |
son at the Earle this week.
Miss Kenyon is pinker and whittier and
even etter-looking than we had imag- |
ined. She is easily one Of the screens |
most distinguished players. She is far |
younger looking off the screen than she /!
is on. Her hair is a polite gold-her |
eyes polite blue-and when she smiles |
she has it all over Constance Bennett, |
who she resembles.
Miss Kenyon lives at Brentwood !
Heights-in a house that has windows
which look down and over the sea-
On her seven-acre estate she has the |
second largest rubber tree in Cali |
fornia. (Garbo wanted to buy the |
house so that she could sit under the |
tree).
Miss Kenyon thinks Counsellor at |
Law" Is grand film-as we do. She |
says that they started a new technique |
in that-a fast talking technique which |
nevertheless doesn't register when it is |
run" on the screen. She says that she |
and "Jack"-that's Barrymore-talked !
so fast she was sure no one would un-
derstand them
Saturday, Miss Kenyon was busy re-
arranging her stage program. The
Irish numbers hadn't gone over 50 well.
From the success they had in my con-
cert recitals I thought they'd do here
but I guess they won't" So she took
them out. Now she changes her cos
TUNES only twice. She Is, however,
enjoying this tour She says, Its like
going to school all over again"
MRS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
A'A paid the Earle Theater and the
dance team Of CLANCY and Fox a high
honor late Saturday when she and
party of friends visited the theater and
later had chat with the popular dance
team backStage. Mrs. Roosevelt watched
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side wings Of the stage and the balance
of the performance from a specially
reserved section in the loge.
CLANCY and Fox have danced three
times at the White House and have
also been house guests there over night.
JACK DEMPSEY arrives here tomor-
" row to discuss Camera matters with
Max Baer. 1t is said that he will make
personal appearance on the Loew's
Fox stage at the last performance.
Peter Pan" doesn't think much of
the local critics. Sine didn't like 1.-The
Lake" and she doesn't see why any
one should think differently. We refer
her to the first paragraph of Bob"
Benchley's New Yorker review.
Good for the Palace! Saturday
morning, January 20, will be devoted
exclusively to the showing of Walt
Disney cartoons Children and grown
ups may then see an endless series Of
Mickey "Mices" and Silly Symphonies.
Should be the best show of the year.
Coming to Loew's Fox: Greenwich
Village Follies" and some kind Of Earl
Carroll "Vanities.n
"Dodsworth" won't be here now until
February S.