Evening star., 1934-10-15

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ou should write q play forward
smart, you will perhaps say
at the beginning and 60 right
le conclusion. But II you have
you will begin to think that
business to put q play up on its
of It. Some Of the scribes here
bitter about all this. A good
ike to imagine what would have
man and Moss Hart had written
However, when you 60 to see 1t
lut the plays having been keeled
been turned inside out, without
I'd, it would be any good at all.
theme is no bombshell. but its acting
is. Dame Sibyl Thorndyle Is . mem
Der Of the older generation who the
younger should study. Her poise, her
diction. her every gesture Is 100 per
cent perfect.
A T THE other end Of the entertain
ment calender are such things
as "The Great Waltz" the Doyle
Carte Co., which Is making such q
hit with its Gilbert and Sullivan
operettas, and Life Begins at 8:40,"
which features q young man you saw
at Loew's Fox last season. This is
Ray Bolger, the man with the loose
legs and q sense Of comedy, who has
taken Broadway by storm. Bolger
does some nifty dancing with some
pretty girls and occasionally puts
Comedian Bert Lahr In the shade.
The funniest thing In the show, how
ever, is Luella Gear singing the song
about the Paramount Publix- Roxy
Rose. What-no Loew's-Warner
Bros?
THE best news in town Is that the
= Gilbert & Sullivan Co. Is SELL
ing out ever night The worst,
that Elizabeth Patterson's show,
Spring Freshet," died last night. She
sends her best, however, to Ann Ives.
She also seems to be set on signing
q Hollywood contract that will make
her richer than what laundry.
man Mary Rogers, daughter Of
VIII, Is the most popular girl in
these parts She will come to
Washington this week to see her
friend. Carole Stone. play in "Jay-
hawker" With her will also
come Mrs. Owen Davis, ST., and
Owen Davis, jr.. who may by chance
have heard that Maxine Doyle opens
Friday at the Earle That was
Anna May Wong at Spring Freshet"
Friday night with her brother, Mr..
Wong and who should bounce
up to us between acts of "Distaff
Side" but Osgood Perkins, who we
haven't seen since Frances Fuller's
dinner party in Hollywood. Perkins
goes into rehearsal shortly with AL
fred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in the
new Noel Coward play, "Point
Balaine" The Lynn Farnols are
here from Hollywood No word
when Anna Stems new film, To-day
We Live" will come to Washing
ton However, Farnol, being Sam
Goldwyn's most valuable crony, says
that 1t won't be long :. Thereafter
he and Mrs. who entertained hand
somely at Peter Arno's place, Satur-
day will 60 to England with Eddie
SoatO1 &hC 0OAA DOlC8 NIC
here .. so Is Jane Wyatt She
opens tomorrow in q new play called
Lost Horizons" in which our Ma
tional Player favorite, Kathryn Civ
ney, also will have o part And
who should walk on in Q Panama
hat, striped suit and o pleasant,
knowing look at 'Merrily We Roll
Along" but Richard Stringfellow, one
time National satellite and mogul of
the Dupont Circle Riggs Bank +. .. :.
And who should be seen dancing with
the Weidman Dancers in Life Be-
gins ct $40" but Michael Logan, one.
time dancing partner Of Washington's
Marian Chase. Others noted: Two
million females in small hats with
feathers going straight to heaven;
most Of the Gotham gentlemen In
white gloves Of an afternoon; the
rainbow room atop Radio City so
crowded that you can scarcely get
in Dick Powell and Josephine
Hutchison doing well In Happiness
Ahead" at the Strand -. And q
toss-up whether '"The Merry Widow"
or Shirley Temple are doing the best
down Broadway street Person.
ally, we'n take La Temple Irene
Weber's here.