The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-16


English Show
Blue Monday brings an Eng
liSh play, These Two" to the
Henry Miller. in which the first
fifteen minutes hold forth con.
siderable promise, but thereafter
the piece founders until its cur
tain, ending dismally on a
promised suicide. permits the
potter of us to pick up our coats
and hats and leave. Mr..
Charles Beahan is among the
audience but, Of course, Miss
Sydney Fox is not with him..
Miss Lillian Roth is also Of the
audience. Mr.. Percy Hammond
rises form his aisle seat to assure
us that if there is anything in
the play beyond our depth he is
quite willing to explain it to us.
A much happier evening is our
portion on Tuesday night, when
Messrs. Harmon and Ullman
bring in The Milky Way" to the
Cort, where Mr.. Hugh McCon-
nell plods lugubriouSly through
three acts as a gentle aesthetic
thrust into pugilistic prominence
through no fault of his own.
Mr.. Jimmy Johnston, who knows
something about matters pertain
ing to the ring, is a first-nighter
and assures me, enthusiastically,
this is the best fight play he has
ever witnessed, but is not quite
as enthusiastic in his reassur-
ance that my working press
ticket for the Carnera-Baer fight
will be forthcoming In answer
to my recent query, Whats be-
come of Morris Gest?"-the
gentleman himself appears at
this opening. Mr.. Jack Curley,
also an unfamiliar first-nighter,
occupies an aisle seat on this
occasion and smiles benighly.
Comes Wednesday evening and
again 1 am plunged into the
depths after witnessing an act
and a half of 81. Myself" at the
Mansfield-in which a gentleman
erased from life by a bullet Is
permitted to watch his own fu-
neral Il feel somewhat better
later when I run into Jean Sar-
geant and her mama and take
them into Dawes for coffee,
whereupOn Miss Sergeant. by way
of reward, confideS that she is
leaving for the Coast for the rea-
son most people leave for the
COaSt-tO appear in pictures.
Zanuck S Party
Friday night, during a few ses-
sions of rummy, Mr.. Lew Brown
treasures me he intends to remain
in Manhattan to produce a few
musicals and insists he has just
signed Mary Brian He also wins
the hand of rummy Wednesday
afternoon at the Stork Club, Mr..
Daryl zanuck, precious young
cinema producer, learns what it is
to be the guest of honor at q cock
tail party, and detect note of
relief in his voice when he tells me
that only a few weeks hence he
will be hunting lions in Africa .
Prince" Mike Romanoff, fresh
from his social and financial tri-
umphs at the Kentucky Derby,
endeavors to tell Zanuck of his
own experiences as a lion hunter,
but, about this time, some
young lady pops up from nowhere
and insists upon selling the pro-
Queer a story she has just written
E. Mr.. A. C. Blumenthal rushes in
and rushes out Mr.. Herbert
Rawlinson maintains a smiling
but aloof dignity, while Mr.. Edwin
c. Hill has an air Of puzzlement
Mr.. Karl K. Kitchen is quite at
ease, as is Mr.. Thomas Meighan,
and Mr.. Joseph Schenck is the
affable host Mr.. Harry Rich
man holds court in corner and
Felix Basch, former head of UFA
in Germany, studies the entire pro-
ccedings with a puzzled look.
Saturday night proves lively
enough in town. with the Friars
holding o feverish and hilarious
hOuSe-warming at their new quar-
tiers and the Waldorf the center
of the Bal-Tabarin, with the
cOlOrful tabIeaux for them as
likes tabIeaux, but 1, feeling
rOwdy, spent most Of my time at
the Kentucky Club, where 1
permit myself to giggle in the un-
restrained manner as Joe Lewis
carries on his dizzy patter and
songs. Thursday night my
neighbOr and pet, Miss Queenie
Smith, capers merrily through
in Every Thursday" at the
ROyale-a cute and fetching
actress, this young lady-but I
wish / could say something nice
about the play. Il can say some
thing nice about Miss Julia HOyt,
however-she looked rather stun
ming this evening in something
1 wish could describe for my
few readers among the gals. d..
Snapshots. The Album of Man
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