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The Washington times., 1934-08-29
From Ronnanoff

From Ronnanoff
Mike ~Prince") Romanoff-
cit was positively absurd, the
whole thing. I was driving this
Speedboat and 1 hit q log.
There was a log in front OF me,
Heavens knows how it got there,
Sobol, but there it was. I ran
into it. I had a very fortunate
escape. Merely this black eye.
This colored monocle I wear
over it is my own idea. Rawther
original, don't you think?"
Archie (Producer) Sel1Uyn:
"It'H be a pretty cro1Dded pro-
Oran1, but, no matter hoD sue
ceSStuI the play is, 1Dc tDon't run
1t over IL 1DeekS. That's the
U1y Ue'Ue arranged our con-
tracts. BroadUGy 1Dill 90 1Dild
over Elizabeth Bergner. And,
OF course, I expect to haze Lib
bv Holman in one of our plays.
Ballard (Writer) Mcdonald:
"Well, he kept croWding me
out until finally I managed to
pull up alongside of him. Hey,
/ shouted, Can you tell me
where the Grand Concourse Isl?
Sure he yelled, You're on it!
WELL 1 yelled back, would you
mind letting me have part OF
It?'"
Barney (Clubman) Gallant:
I'D like to go to North Africa
but I don't think shall this
season. 1 think, perhaps, it
would be better for me to come
back to town. expect 1 will
have q very nice place-but not
I'm the Village"
Dave (Director) Gould:-"1'm
going back to the Coast within
q few days but I'd like to make
q prediction before I leave. The
fans will go wild over Fred
Astaire in "The Gay Divorce"
when the picture is released.
He's terrific"
Shean's Price
Henry (Singer) Dunn:-''Well,
you could have knocked me
down with a necktie when he
sent that wire. You see, our
idea was to sort of glorify all
the old-timerS-we do bit from
each of their routines. So part
Of it was the Gallagher-Shean
stuff. N.B.C. says we'd better
get permission so Helen Gala
cher says certainly you boys
can use it. I think it's a swell
gesture.
"Ther Al Shedn'S SON 1DireS
him out on the coast and back
comes the anSwer, 1T they 1Dant
it they can pay $250-tor about
three lines, mind you. Wire
him back and he 1UireS back.
It'll cost US $3.50 or no 90. It's
too late to change the program,
90 Ue haze to 1Dire him him
ok1y. A tribute to him 0nd
Gallagher, mind you; but, any,
nay, 1Ue paid him."
Irving Gibrettist) Caesar:
"I wrote it over a year ago
maybe you've heard it. If I
Forget You Look-it goes like
this-like it? Well, you want
to hear something funny?
Lately, they've begun to sing 1t
ct weddings-instead of oh
Promise Me- On my word of
honor-they sing it at we'd
dings."
Belle (Singer) Baker: "A man
doesn't have to worry. If he
gets more weight, nobody says
anything but a wOman-she's
got to be careful. They make
rem ar ks-she'S Slipping-Or
The Washington times., 1934-08-29

Dave (Director) Gould:-"1'm
going back to the Coast within
q few days but I'd like to make
q prediction before I leave. The
fans will go wild over Fred
Astaire in 1.-THE Gay Divorce"
when the picture is released.
HYoBa &a1.1.ifio
The Washington times., 1934-08-29
All In A Day
By MARK HELLINGER
Odds and Ends

In one Of The local station houses, the usual
early-morning routine was taking place. The
keeper had counted the twelve men who had been
brought in during the night, and were now about
to be taken to court.
The Washington times., 1934-08-29

she's getting Old-Or look, her
voice 1t isn't what it used to be.
So you've got to watch your
diet-and it's no joke, take it
from me darling"
John (TrGUeler) Stein: "WeH,
Louie, you 1Douldn't know Pearl
White, she's changed so. / ran
into her in Paris. She's q great
nicer ouer there in Europe, and
everybody goes to her parties.
Right noD she's building a
yGcht-mGybe it's tiniShed-an
erGct duplicate of J. P. Nor
gGn'S CorSGir. That giveS you
an idea how much she's still in
the big money!"
In Ell Paso
Tommy (Singer) Lyman (by
maiD: This Ell Paso where I'm
at is a quiet little place. No
cabarets. The musicians out
this way are dime a dozen.
A fellow opened a beer garden
here with horseshoe playing as
the attraction. And yesterday
a man won the chew tobacco
splitting contest-he shot IS
feet and Z inches. Clyde Carr
is his name and he got a beauti-
full brass cuspidor. Everybody
around congratulated him. My
friend, Harry Mitchell, who
owns the Mint Bar in Juarez,
also owns the Brewery here in
Ell Paso. So we've made a So
larium out of the top of the
Brewery and while they're brew
ing beer downstairs, I'm on the
roof brewing health. Give my
best to Bill Corum, Hype Igoe,
Damon Runyon and Bill Farms
worth"
Dave (Restaurateur) Kleck-
ner:-"Well, the way I figure it
I'll make it a big place-so I
cloesd down because the sum-
mer's slow anyway. I'll have
charcoal stoves outside, you see,
just like in Paris, and when it's
cold you sit outside and eat
and get warm at the charcoal
stoves. I think it'll be a new
idea for Broadway that they
should eat outside in their over
coats and keep warm at a char
coal stove, don't you think?"
Abner (Songwriter) Silver:
IT thought this one up for you,
Louie. Out in Hollywood, Greta
Carlo heard a group of extras
were gossiping about her and
so she decided to put her foot
down or it.. she did-and
seven extras we're crushed to
death; You like it?
Helen (Writer) Carr: ri Just
had the hounds out for their
constitutional in Mr.. Noses do
main. He's made a nice clean
Job of the place, but the people
to 1Dhon1 he gaze it back haze
no place to lay their cary
frames. All the benches that
used to be around for the poor
souls who stand on their dying
dogs all week, haze 6aDi7edled
do1On to about halt q dozen. As
soon as a pair of respectable
1DorEing people sit on the grass
and relGr, along comes a cop
and blo1Ds q WhiStZe. It's becon1-
ing a Show place instead of a
park"
Marc (Press Agent) Lach-
mann: I'm not the kind of
fellow, Louie, who gives you
lines because I want my clients
mentioned. You don't have to
mention my clients if you don't
want to. Nobody has to. If
you're short Of material, you
might say a word or two about
'Saluta' which opens with Mil
ton Berle Tuesday night. I
think it would make a good
filler. Did you hear the story
about the fellow who was in
Atlantic City and his mother-in-
law wired him? Oh, you did?
Well if you use it, credit Harold
The Washington times., 1934-08-29
MOVIE

at Washington's leading pic
ture theaters today and their
starting times are as follows:
EARLE -.
"LADIES SHOULD
LISTEN"
11:15 A. NJ, :55, :35, :25,
1910 P. M. Stage shows at
Los, $50, 6:35, 9:2O P. NJ.
FOX.
"GIRL FROM MISSOURI"
II: 10 A. NJ, l :38, 4 :26, TIA,
1902 P. NJ. Stage shows
at :34, 3:31, 6:19,
9:07 P. M.
METROPOLITAN.
"FRIENDS OF MR..
SWEENEY"
11:10 A. NJ, 30, 3:25, 5 :35,
TAO, 9:45 P. M.
COLUMBIA.
"HANDY ANDY"
II: so A. NJ, 1 80, 8 3:45, 5 As,
TAO, 9:40 P. NJ.
RKO KEITH
"THE LADY IS
WILLING"
II is A. M, l :O4, 2 :53, 4 AZ,
6:31, 500, 1000 P. NJ.
PALACE.
"TREASURE ISLAND"
II A. NJ, los, 3:15, 20,
7:3O, $40 P. NJ.
HOWARD.
"OF HUMAN BONDAGE"
1890, 3:45, 7:O5, 10:1O P.
NJ. Stage shows at 2 As, 5 80,
9:05 P. NJ.
The Washington times., 1934-08-29
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
By Louis SObOl-
One-Minute Interviews
(Remarks Picked Up Over the Weekend.

Barney (Fighter) Ross: "Jimmys nice fellow.
like him. Remember the last time saw you? At
the Hickory House. It was funny, Jimmy being in
there lust few minutes before. feel fine"
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
BY HARRISON CARROLL

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. Q.N.SO.
Some like 'em handsome but
Carole Lombard puts brilliant con-
The Washington times., 1934-12-01

Second Try Succeeds
Joe Morrison, who plays the fea-
ture lead in me Without You"
tried to crash Hollywood three
years ago, but was unsuccessful.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
10 Best Male Takers Picked
By CaroIe Lombard

>as a gay companion, with an ur'
failing, If sometimes strenuous
sense Of humor, Carole says the
day Of tho adoniS Is over.
''The average modern girl u
much more interested In a man
who can talk well than in ono
who Is just good looking" declared
the star.
On Carole'S All-American team
Of wits, and she tOok three days
to pick them out, are actors,
directors and writer's, including
one columniSt.
There's the list: Gene Fowler.
ex-newspaper man and jack-of-all
writing trades; Ernst Lubitsch,
the director; William Powell and
John Barrymore, actors; Robert
Benchley, professional humorist;
o. o. Mcintyre, who writes para
graphs for the papers; Robert
Riskin, the Scenarist; George
Zukor, the director; Lowell Sher-
man, actor-director, and Donald
Ogden Stewart, playwright and
author.
In Carole's list was ono ex-
husband, Bill Powell, and one
current boy-friend. Robert Riskin.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. Holly
wood directors are rising up resent
fully against conceited film stars
who refuse to acknowledge the
directors part in the creation OF
an effective screen portrayal.
Irving Cummings, dynamic
young director whose fine direc-
ton Of 1.-THE White Parade" Is
earning him such favorable conf
ment, states frankly that he Is
annoyed by the actions Of certain
film favorites who, apparently in
tho fond belief that their talents
are beyond improvement, calmly
uSurp much or all Of the credit
to which the director is justly en-
titled.
CRACKS AT STARS
"Yt'S getting to be a habit with
some Of our stars" states Cum
mingS, "tO assume, and to indl-
cate in their public statements,
that the director is more or less
Of an ornamental fixture who
may be useful for ShOoing visl-
tors off the set, but who plays
no important part in the crea-
tion Of an interesting screen per-
Torrance.
"Sometimes 1t Is just the stars
who need direction the most,
and who benefit most by it, that
choose to minimize the efforts
Of their directors. Il played the
part exactly as saw it and felt
1t in my own mind they will
explain graciOusly, apparently
blissfulIy unaware that they are
administering a sound slap in
the face Of the directors who
have worked with them and who
have done much to clarity and
The Washington times., 1934-12-01

didn't know where they were 60
ing for their honeymoon. It's a
fact. Filmdon's newest bride and
groom had talked of motoring to
Monterey and they also had the
offer of a friends cabin in the
mountains.
They were still debating when
they made a perfect escape from
the wedding party at the Am
bassador hotel And, in the end,
they settled the matter by Tipping
a coin.
The mountain cabin won.
No fuss and feathers for these
honeymooners either. When they
headed out of town, Ginger was
wearing a sport coat, knitted pa
jamas and a beret, while Lew was
attired in corduroy trousers, a
lumber-jack shirt and a slouch
hat.
The wedding itself was simple,
as Hollywood affairs go. Lew and
his best man struck the note
when they arrived at the church
in a small sedan of popular make.
Gew is one of several Hollywood
stars who have disposed of their
expensive motors as too ostenta-
tiouS in these days when so many
young people are suffering from
actual Want.)
The assembled crowd got
laugh when the bridegroom got
out Of the car. In his excite
ment he forgot he was dolled up
in a cutawy with all the trim
mings, and struck his top-hat
against the car. 1t rolled back
wards and, for q minute, Lew
juggled it like a quarterback try
ing to recover a tumble.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Director Hits at Stars Who
Insist on Taking Bows

build up the characteriZati0ns
for which they calmly take all
tho bows.
1T would be interesting some
time to let . few Of those stars
play their roles exactly as they
see them and see whether they
are 40 Independent Of directOrial
aid aS they apparently like to
believe.
NEED DIRECTION
Perhaps ono star In o hun
dred has the experience and the
imagination and the dramatic
sense to clearly visualize him
self or herself through the eyes
Of the camera as he or she goes
through the action Of q scene.
If the performer is sincere and
wh0lehearted in his acting, he
hasn't time to think about how
he looks, and how his voice Is
registering on the sound truck,
and how his action as q whole
is ming through to the
Camera. That's what the direO-
tor Is for-first, to help the
actor work out the most effeC.
tive method of getting the
portrayal across; and then to
stand apart and determine
whether it IS getting across
and If not, what must be done
about 1t. For this, the director
Is paid a lot Of mOney-SOme"
times as much or more than the
star is paid-and Pm sure that
producers would be delighted to
know that this expenditure IL
quite unnecessary and that tho
director, with his large salary,
could bO eliminated without
loss"
The Washington times., 1934-12-01

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 1.-Phil
Gersdorf has resigned as studio
publicity director for Samuel
Goldwyn, effective December /.
He is a veteran publicity man
and was with Charles R. Rogers
before joining Goldwyn.
Our Passing Show: Charles
Ray, Claudia Dell, Irving StrOuse,
Alden Nash, Troy Orr, Ray Ma
zarrO at Cali Aboard" the Tingel
Tangel revue; Frank MelfOrd and
Jeanette Rex chatting at the
RKO Pathe studio.
Pauline Starke will appear in
1920 a Week." the first of a series
Of four Four-Leaf Clover produc-
tions to be distributed by Ajax
Pictures Corporation. Picture is
expected to be ready in January.
Jerry Sackheim'S first prOduc-
tiOn for Universal, 81 Murdered a
Man." Is nearing completion. 1t
Is being directed by Edward
Laemmle.
Lou Alters Harlem Nocturne"
is drawing raves from members OF
the film colony. 1t is a sequel to
his song, Manhattan Serenade." J"
Alter, who recently returned to
Hollywood after an absence OF
four years, wrote the music fol
'Ballyhoo" and Hold Your
Horses" Broadway productions
He was formerly with M-GM.
Sol Lesser will produce Harold
Bell Wright's "When a Mans a
Man." starring George OBrien
It win bO directed By Edward L
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Behind the Silver Screen

'CIine, who directed the silent
version in 1923.
M. Miller and H. Samon have
formed the Pacific Coast Raw
Film Company, with Offices at
1860 North Vine st.
Following In the footsteps Of
other film celebrities who have
made entries in the Santa Anita
horse racing meet, Reginald Owen
has dispatched an agent to tho
Kentucky breeding farms to &C
quire a formidable racing stable
to compete at this meet, begin
ming Christmas Day. Those who
will have entries include RaOul
Walsh, Hal Roach, AL JOlsOn,
Clark Gable, John Meehan, Rob
ert z. Leonard and Hunt StrOm-
berg.
The virile, two-fisted "he-man"
of the screen, Charles Bickford,
would hardly have been recog-
nized a few days ago by his fans
and admirers. The redheaded
star of II Murdered a Man."
which Universal is producing.
made a test bedecked in a pearl
derby, cutawap coat, spatS, yel-
low gloves and cane.
Our national lawmakers are
now interested in writing scena.
rios. Casey Robinson, who b
writing the screen play for
Betsy" which Warmers are to
produce. has received a letter
from a Congressman, who is o
former schoOlmate of his, asking
for some pointers in writing SOO.
nariOA
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
5 Years Ago in
Washington

(DecemDer l. 1920)
EARLE-"Evidence."
KETTHS-''Rio Rita"
PALACE-Georgs Bancroft in THE
Mighty
RIALTO-Ann Harding in Her Pri-
vate Affair"
COLUMBIA-"Ths VirgInian."
The Washington times., 1934-12-01

versation before mere masculine
beauty.
The blonde star, often listed
among the 10 best-dreSSed women
in Hollywood, made a 40 best"
list Of her own today-the most
entertaining male takers of her
Hollywood and New York acquaint-
anc0. Noted In the movie village
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Build Spanish Village

A Spanish village composed OF
43 houses is being erected for the
principal atmospheric scenes Of
Caprice Espagnole," the Para.
mount picture which Josef Won
Sternberg will direct starring
Marlene Dietrich.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Toby Wing Gets New
Paramount Contract

Toby Wing, blonde actress, cur
rently appearing with Joe Morr1-
son in Paramount's me Without
YOU" has been given new long
term contract by that studio. it Is
announced.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01

Years Ago in r%3sT. 94SPI1i s n%%' " csr % @ ]
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Dog Brings Luck

A stray dog which Carl B11sson
picked up brought him luck,
Brisson receiving q New York
stage offer and the starring role
in Paramount's "All the Kings
Horses" in the same day. He
will make the picturA
The Washington times., 1934-12-01

Sol Lesser will produce Harold
Bell Wright's "When a Mans a
Man." starring George OBrien.
It win bO directed BY Edward l.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01

Cline, who directed the silent
version in 1923.
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Toss of a Coin Picked Spot
For Ginqer's Honeymoon

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 1.-Up un% couple Of other interesting
from their wedding reception mony nearing
ROGERS minister said: And
The Washington times., 1934-12-01
Colbert Takes Pictures

Claudette Colbert, Paramount
star. is an active amateur photog-
rapher, and develops her own
negatives.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
Parade Starts
Council Off
In Mentor, O.
BY a Worker Correspondent

MENTOR, Ohio. Lake County
Unemployment Council, when It
first started to organize, had only
I'VE members. Now we have around
90. At a recent meeting we decided
to distribute handnills and have a
parade. Mr.. Van Luven of Will
loughby gave us use of his Dodge.
a ton-and-a-half truck, which car
ried about Is children holding BAN
ners stating what they needed
most, clothing, food, milk and
school lunches. A banner on each
side of the truck stated the time.
place of meeting. and by whom it
was called.
The meeting was held Aug. %
and attended by about 100. A
speaker came from Cleveland and
spoke about two and half hours
to an attentive crowd. The result
was about so members. We now
have temporary use of the Fisher
mans Hall at Richmond, where we
hold our weekly meetings.
Frank Lette reported he was re-
fused clothing for his six children
for school and also for tops and
rubbers for canning. A committee
visited the relief administrator. The
result, the children have some OF
their clothing, and will get the rest
flor school
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
WORKERS. HEALTH
Conducted by the
Daily Worker Medical Advisory Board
Conducted by the

examinations fail to reveal anything,
then we advise your boy to see an
allergist asthma and hay-fever
specialist or clinic, to have the nee
essary Skin tests" in order to de-
termine the exact cause Of his
asthma.
Skin tests" have their limitations
in that they reveal the cause only il
the condition is due to inhalants,
such as, pollen. dust, feather, ETC.,
and sometimes is due to food often,
infection Cor bacterial is the cause,
and in such instances the tests are
of little value.
Skin testing" for sensitivity is a
long and drawn out affair, but it is
the only method known that medical
science has at its disposal for deter
mining the various causes of asthma.
There is no reason why one should
not avail oneself of such an investi-
cation Should the Skin tests" re-
veal such sensitivity. the child can
be desensitized by injections with
the offending substance and either
be cured or greatly relieved by such
treatment. The injections are not
necessarily painful and therefore
you should have no fear about LETT
ting your son receive them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18

ballot or only one or two Party can
didates successfully voted for. This
is very general state of affairs.
In most, if not all, parts of the
country Except where machines are
used a sample ballot is mailed by
the authorities to each voter shortly
before the election. 1t has long
been my personal practice to mark
such a sample ballot in the way I
wish to vote and to take it into the
polling booth so as to save time
and avoid error in voting. To urge
others to do likewise is not enough.
A more concrete aid is generally re-
quired.
Therefore the suggestion that in
each district a group of volunteers
call on potential voters and mark
their sample ballots with them, adj
vising them to take the marked
ballots into the polling booth as a
guide. 1t might speed up the Job of
the visiting volunteers if they made
a stencil of their own sample ballot
so that by placing it over that of
the prospect, few pencil strokes
would do the work in a jiffy.
After voting correctly, however,
there is still the problem of getting
Communist ballots counted and
credited in the official returns
Here we must see that forces are
assigned to cover the polling booths
all day, and especially during the
counting, until it is completed.
j. F. Mem.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
By a Worker Correspondent

BY Worker Correspondent
MANSFIELD, Ohio. - The en-
closed picture shows the family and
furniture Of Edgar Stephenson af-
ter they had been evicted from
their home by the Scioto Land Co.
of McGuffy, Hardin County, Ohio.
MIR. and Mrs. Stephenson are ma
tive Americans and until recently
have farned their own land. About
two years ago they lost their farm
and started to work for the Scioto
Land co. in the onion swampS. Ste
phenson struck this summer when
the onion strike call was issued,
and after few weeks the family
was evicted from the company
owned house where 81 other fami-
lies were thrown out.
The Stephenson family stayed
outside four days and actually slept
with snakes under their bed. Finally
the union members moved the fur
niture into the town hall The
eviction took place on Aug. 8. Just
yesterday was informed that the
relief authorities are ready to give
them a house.
For a while the relief authorities,
who for weeks gave relief to the
scabs in the onion swamps and re-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18

fused relief to the strikers, tried to
deport the Stephensons to another
county, although Mr.. and Mrs. Ste
phenson had lived in Hardin Coun-
ty so years. They refused to leave.
After two months they have won at
least a house to live in.
The strike, as far the big com
panies are concerned, is lost, al
though a union exists, with II of
the small and medium growers
signed up. Not much farm work re-
mains for this season. However,
the Scioto Land Co. has about 1000
acres of corn to husk.
There is sentiment for strike
here among the former scabs, with
the fellow who led the mob that
beat up Okey Odell, leading the
forces. However, this fellow is evil
IDENTIFY not trustworthy, as he not
only led this mob, but now talks
about using violence against the
deputies in case there is a strike.
This seems to be a ruse to get the
II strikers, including Odell, now on
bond. framed up on some sort OF
violence charge.
Through it all the strikers are
learning the necessity OF mass ac-
ton, in picketing, in protecting
themselves against deputies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
Foundry Town Workers
Aid ed in Organizing
BY a Worker Correspondent

by worker correspondent
CLEVELAND, Tenn.-They have
not come out on strike at this place
as yet, as they are just organizing
here since the strike started, and
haven't fully organized yet. Some
good workers have come here from
Chattanooga and are doing their
best to get a good organization
started here.
The foundries are beginning to
organize here and we have some
live wires from Rome, Ga. This Is
a hostile town for organized labor,
and We are keeping quiet on our
work until we get stronger.
I think there are not very many
Daily Workers coming to this town,
but every copy get is taken into
the foundry and wooden mill, and I
find they meet with approval.
The bosses here have whipped out
every labor organization that has
started up in this town and that is
why we are trying to get stronger
before anything is started.