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The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Gay Nights at
Cotton Club

Gala plans have been made up
at the now famous Cotton Club
for the gayest celebration Of Hal
loween that has ever been held in
the U Street rendezvous.
Besides the regular floor show.
two well-known girl entertainers
are coming down from the Cotton
Club in New York to sing and
dance. Their names will not be
disclosed until the day before the
big night.
And, of course, there will be
the usual souvenirs, noisemakers,
etc., that go with every Halloween
party. Special uniforms have been
procured for Tommy Myles and
his boys, that are said to be very
glamorous both as to color and
pattern.
The regular floor shows are pre-.
sented twice each evening, at mid
night and 2 a. m. "Limehouse
Fantasy" starring Johnny Vigal,
Drucilla Drew, Rastus Murray, and
many others, is the first presenta-
ton of the evening. This show is
followed by the ever popular
Trial of Minnie the Moocher," in
which Sepia dancing is expounded
to a torrid degree.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Park Free at the
Jockey Club

At Fifth and Florida Avenue
Northest, where the Jockey Club
is located, there are no parking
troubles. Thousands of feet of
open space. occupy your quota
and no charge.
Managing Director Jack White
maintains the friendly atmosphere
of the race track and the cheerful
holiday spirit in this rendezvous
of fun. The dining stalls are
named after famous thorough
breds, the girl mattresses are Ca
parisoned as jockeys and even the
menu cards will remind patrons
of the track programs.
This week the club is featuring
as the menu special, steak entry
that is an odds-on favorite. A
juicy steak with all the essential
trimmings. You can dine and
dance to the soft music of Jay
Holtz and his stablemates, run
ming as an entry.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Heigh-Ho Pair
On Final Week

On Monday the dance team OF
Enters and Borgia begin the
fourth week of their sensational
successful stay at Heigh-Ho Club.
This pair, one of the most popular
to play the smart Connecticut
Avenue spot, are now planning an
entirely new program of unusual
routines, especially for Halloween.
Just exactly what entertainment
Pete Macias is planning to follow
them is still unknown, but he says,
very mysteriously, "it will be good
and different. too"
The past week has been very
gay and gala one. The opening
of Bring on the Girls" Monday
night brought many prominent
first-nighters afterward for bite
and a sip. Then. too, the bankers
convention delegates have been
constant and enthusiastic patrons.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Merry Show at
Gardens

Maryland Club Gardens, just
beyond the District line on the
Marlboro pike, is offering the
largest floor area devoted to after
dark diversion in or near Wash
ington.
Recently enclosed for fall and
winter gayety the attractions pre-
sented in club entertainment
maintain a lively pace. The
Garden orchestra, besides pro-
viding enhancing rhythms for
dancers, is featuring Charles
Mayer, NBC crooner, and Frau
Trapp, accordion soloist, whose
repertoire of memory songs con-
tains about every melody that
diners or dancers may request.
Mrs. Stamm is the hostess
proprietor, a guarantee of top
notch service. The dinner show
goes on at 9 o'clock, the supper
show at 1870. Dancing in the
Javanese ball room, adjacent to
the famous horseshoe bar.
One of the exclusive con-
veniences at Maryland Club
Gardens is free parking under
the watchful eye of uniformed
guards.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

Of going to Amsterdam with his
night-life news this week, centers
on Stockholm with a brief de-
scription of cabaret life there.
The smartest spots of Stock
holm are the Hotel L'Anglaise,
with very good music, the Hasel-
beken, a rendezvous of gourmetS,
where you get all of those famous
hors d'oeuvreS, and the Atlantic,
where they have elaborate floor
shows and jazz bands.
The national drink is "bran-
nvin." a sort of aperitif. always
drunk before dinner. After
wards. they sip the famous
Swedish punch, a concoction re-
nowned for its potency. Just
two of them are equal to 10 or
IL drinks of ordinary liquor, it
is said. These concoctions, in
cidentally, are shipped here in
bottles, for the recipe is a secret,
jealousy guarded.
The midnight sun complicates
matters bit in Stockholm. It's
always necessary to look at your
watch and not believe the lightness
of the night. For, quite often.
when it's just a. M, the sky re-
sembleS the hour of dawn.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Kiki Roberts

Millionaire Frazier Jelke has
not let Louise Henry IN. G. M
out of his sight since her ar
rival here Sunday. . Interesting
duel between Lucienne Boyer
and Yvonne Printemps for chat
radio assignment. Poor Kiki
Roberts, last working in a dive
in Baltimore, is eager to return
to New York and start all over
again-if Broadway will let her
.. She's prettier than ever and
still a baby-She deserves a
chance!. .Yermi Stern has
closed the Majestic in Chi for
another Casino de Paree prof.
ect.
Matthea Merryfield is startling
the natives of London with her
daring fan dance and Betty
Sundmark is startling her friends
with diamond bracelets up to
her elbow and a brace of
expensive cars. incidentally,
speaking of fan dancers, the
lass who opened at the Holly.
wood Tuesday, purpOSely or
OtherwiSe-shOck d even the
bIase cabaret patrons by dane.
ing without even that last
Stitch-and almost was fired on
the spot by Joe Moss. Her mod.
esty since is positively appalling.
Dissy Dean, registered at the
Edison, refuses to GnSwer the
phone unless you call for him
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

"NNANAAJ NS~AA~AAAS ~ y
Young Henry Rogers, jr.,
phoned frantically across the
ocean from Belfast, Ireland,
Tuesday mite trying to locate
Chanteuse Evelyn Hoey, his
current burn. Lew Leslie and
Belle Baker have been seeing
London together-in the friendly
manner-Once they were Mister
and Missus. =. Goodbye Please"
which said hello to first night
ers Wednesday said goodbye
after last nights performance
Mary Miles Minter, famous
beauty of the silents, is join
ing Aimee Mcpherson and
Rheba Crawford as an assoc
late evangelist. The little rift
between Eva LeGallienne and
Ethel Barrymore over the bill
ing in the forthcoming
"L'Aiglon" has been smoothed
with the promise that in the
succeeding revival in the series
of plays, Barrymore'S name will
top LeGallienne'S.
From England comes the re-
port that Jimmy Walker has
consented to play a minor role
in a picture tagged, "DiscOn-
tented King. Has Libby HOI-
man received any of that
money yet? Close friends say
not a penny has passed into
her hands, thus far. The
Drayton COchranS Margaret
Lawrence) may have their new
heir even as you read this. ).
Crossing on the same beat
with Gertrude Stein, Margaret
Perry practically sold the
eccentric writer the idea that
her mama, Antoinette Perry
should produce her next play.
Boots Carroll, Paradise beauty,
and Composer Matt Malneck
1UiI elope in the public man.
ner this p. m.. Al JolSon'S
sister ,Dho mergeS 1Dith a Wash.
ington youngSter shortly is
Gertrude, not Dorothy-my er.
ror. They're busy taking COL
lectionS among YorkDiIle n1er-
chants for HauptnGnn'S de-
tenSe-but thus far Counsel
Tor Faucet hasn't seen q nickel
of the money. AS far as I'm
concerned, in the matter OF
"Within the Gates" it's a case
of O'CGSey Struck Out!
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

Running along under the regu,
lar pre- Halloween autumnal
swing, Club Michel is offering to
patrons the advantages of real
night club atmosphere in it's pres.
entation for the second week OF
another of Jack Pomeroy'S Re
vues, starring the well-known
dance team of Crawford and Cas-
key, with Jack Beckman acting as
master of ceremonies.
Crawford and CaSkey are not
unfamiliar to Washington audi
ences. having previously appeared
at the Black and Gold room OF
Club Michel, as we'll as at the Fox
and Earle, and are equally as we'll
known throughout the East for
their extensive repertoire of grace
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Crawford and Caskey Dances
Top Program at Michel

Iful dance routines and the sophis-
ticated SmoothnesS of their pres
entations.
This week they are offering an
Interpretation of a tango done to
Ravel's symphonic "Bolero," and
another done to the Bing Crosby
Temptation" number that is the
last degree in modernistic terpSi-
chorean art.
Also featured in the revue Is
Ginger O'Neil, who presents a de-
lghtfully fine group of blues num-
bers. ,
Directly below the Black and
Gold room Director Walter Won
HerbuliS is also sponsoring one
of the most exclusive and
sumptuous cocktail lounges.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

by his first 1,dn,e-1nd hangs
up on you it you address him
as "Dizsy"-he no like Most
of B'way's stars are turning
out for the annual Newspaper
Mail and DeliUererS' Union Gt-
fair at the Commodore Sunday
=. Sidney Mann (ot the Uiolin-
Doice. and Bill Kent, Cross &
Dunn manager, are plenty er-
cited Constance Golfers &C.
centricity is numerolo0y-the
otherwise sensible lady refuses
to step into q cab before noting
the license number, 1Dhich must
conform to numerology rules
governing her day.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Shoreham Plans an Elaborate
Party for Halloween

The Halloween party at the
Shoreham will be something more
than special. There will be favors,
a large floor show, noise-makers,
decorations - and members of
Maxim Loves Orchestra, includ-
ing the popular leader, Barnee,
will be attired in some fancy gold
costumes to make the Halloween
note complete.
For a preview of the new NOV
ing picture, THE Merry Widow" "
you couldn't do better than to go
to the Shoreham next week, for
the entire Albertina Rasch dance
ballet from Metro-G Goldwyn-Mayer's
sensational new production Of
"The Merry Widow is booked
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Shorehann News

Shoreham News
Social minded Washingtonians
have been flocking to the Shore
ham this week to see Eugene
Gray Woodruff and James
Struthers dance. They are very
Societyish, both living on Park
Avenue in New York and Eugene
made her debut in the big city
a few years ago. They recently
danced at the Waldorf-Astoria,
the Ambassador and the Pierre
Hotels in New York city.
Tonight again, Dinar Kavkaz,
who will be remembered for her
"Black Moonlight" dance in TOO
Much Harmony" does her inter
pretations of several modern mum
bers that really are that way.
Selma Marlowe, a rival of
Eleanor Powell will do her breath
taking pedestal tap dance. The
Falla sisters will give for the
last time in this city their Man
haitian Moonlight" number which
has been bringing down the
house.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Joan Moss Is
HanqarStar

Across the river at the Hangar
Club, Beaming Bill Levy con-
tinues to hold sway. The com"
bine of Beaming Bill and his
booming brother, Bernie, is for
midable to say the least.
Howard Pyles and his orchestra
continue to supply music for the
dancers and Joan Moss, the fora
mer N.B.C. canary, is Hangar'S
vocalist. The Levy's have un"
earthed a new trio-"Three South
ern Accents it's good.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

snappy entertainment Ralph
Garren's Dude Ranch Band will be
the hub around which the merri-
ment will revolve.
In the extra floor show will be
the dance team of Lois and Fuzzy,
famous for the bolero and sugar
foot stepping. Peggy Owens prom
ises a real novelty floor number.
Bill Chaconas will offer his one.
man show routine, which offers
a little of everything in the song
and dance line. All acts will be
introduced by Mary Hampton, q
little star in her own right.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

Is astounding to note how some.
one entirely unknown can gather
q following in such short time.
But then, he is good.
Next week certainly ought to
be really something at the Lotus.
Monday a floor show composed
of Is people makes it's bow
to the patrons of this popular
rendezvous. This revue, called
"Lenora and Her Debs," is the
largest ever to appear on the
Lotus floor.
Wednesday there will be a big
Halloween celebration, with spe-
cial music as the outstanding
feature. Dick Koons has been
hard at work all week on some
new arrangements, in spite of
his cold serum injection, and
he promises some grand hits.
And to climax the week, Bill
Strickland will celebrate one year
of continuous service at the
Lotus Friday night. He plans %
have a small dinner for some of
his intimate friends and lots of
features later in the evening.
Mark it down.
Harlem Gossip
Thursday evening must have
been night club night at the
Cotton Club. Among those pres
ent were Crawford and Caskey,
OF Michel; Dinar Kavkaz. Wood
ruff and Struthers, John Hale
and Barnee, all of the Shore
ham; Harry Moy, of La Paree,
and Brad johnson, former after
dark reporter for the Chicago
Tribune in Paris.
All of the above agreed that
they had never seen anything
quite like this uptown gayety in
their careers and promised Mr..
Hurwitz to return shortly for
more of Minnie the Moocher."
Wednesday, November %, has
been definitely set for the open
ing of the Lee Room in the
George Mason Hotel in old Alex
andria. Dances will be held
every wednesday and Saturday
evenings with supper served, all
to the tune of George Gauls
music.
Elaborate plans have been
made for the opening with a
purpose of doing something in
George Washington's home town
that has not been done since
he was such a success a couple
Of hundred years ago.
Swedish Night Life
Anatole, the assistant heac
waiter at the Mayflower, instead
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Record-Breakine Crowds Are
Expected to Turn Out for
CapitaI Mardi Gras
Bv WILLIAM R, MERRIAM

Halloween just around the which extra
special gayety in the aftedark spots This festival occasion
really naugurates the fall and winter in the hotels
clubs 1t finds Washington prepared to step out in carnival
mood for big Wednesday night parade and the merrment
which will follow.
Every spot that whoopee makers making extra
effort for gala evening. Entertainment from the
usual nosemakers the importation of headline from
New York So energy shecke and fine duds and
and have yourself time.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

next week. Arrangements have
been made for the dancers to
come direct from Hollywood.
where they have just completed
work on the picture now being
given it's premiere in New York.
The musical comedy stars, the
Paxton Sisters, also will be fea-
tured in the next weeks show at
the Shoreham. doing harmony
singing and dancing numbers.
Eugene Gray Woodruff and
James Struthers, Park Avenue
society dancers, are to remain
through next week, in their de-
lightful ballroom dance numbers.
Also John Hale has been engaged
for n third week at the Shore.
ham,
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOl'
PrattIe and TattIe

Ex-Mayor James ]. Curley, of Boston, guberna-
toria candidate, and Sheila O'Donovan Rosa,
granddaughter of the famous Irish patriot, will
step to the altar after the election . Gould Jen-
nings (Helen Reuping's ex) Of the social set
secretly bridegroomed the trained nurse who
attended him during his recent illness :. Ola
mond Mabel" Boil is housing and feeding Jennie
to her vows of friendship for the once famous and
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

b r / g h t lights
a n d S W e e t
m u S iC, gay
d e ora t i onS
that mean the
carnival spirit
is alive, on next
T u e S d a y
and Wednesday
nights. That
will oe Dude
Ranch celebrat-
ing Halloween.
Director Mil
ton Barrett has
some ambitious
festival plans
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Fenton Froonn

One week ago last night, Johnny
Slaughter presented to the pa
irons of the Bamboo Room for the
first time, Fenton Froom. Step
ping into this job as novice in
the singing art, this lad has eStab-
lished himself already as having
one of the best voices in town. 1t
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

protege of Arthur Godfrey. Marie
got one of her greatest thrills
when she sang on the Ford
program with Lum and Abner
She spent this summer in Boston
with Emory and the band and
was a tremendous hit. At this
writing, her favorite piece is
"SWeetie Pie"
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
T Tannmany With Fields

Tammany Young, without whom
no w. C. Fields picture is COM
plete, today was assigned his Gus
tomary role in the comedian S
next picture, Back Porch"
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Merrigranns

Miss Crawford, Of the team,
Caskey and Crawford, danced with
the Chicago Opera at the age of
Is. But due to the exhausting re-
hearsals, she was forced to aban-
don the ballet work.
Enters and BOrgia, now appear
ing at Heigh-HO have is different
routineS in their category, any one
of which can be danced on the
spur of the moment.
Dick KOOns, piano player
extraordinary with the CapitOlians,
has a brEnd new arrangement of
"Annie'S Cousin Fannie" which
is making quite hit.
John Hale, who is singing at the
ShOreham, used to be a star on
both the TexacO and D'Orsay pro-
grams over the air.
Pete MaciaS will celebrate his
thirty fourth birthday next Tues
day night with a small party for
some of his intimate friends.
Monday night seems to be ANA.
teur night in the Height tap
room. At least last Monday did.
There was young lady there who
sang very sweetly, a young man
who tapped danced and a pianist
who played RachmaninOff.
Joe CaSkey, when he was max
ing his premier in New York with
his partner, Franklin Crawford,
at the Silver Slipper a few years
back, was asked his name so that
it could be put in the lights out.
side. He was so excited that he
completely forgot it and had actu.
ally to ask his attractive partner
who he was.
Maestro MaciaS is thinking of
having a large clock installed on
Sundays. For on that day, many
of the students at local girl
schools turn out for the tea dam
SAINT and are continually asking
what hour. 1t must be an awful
Offense to be late, for they surely
do worry about it.
Dinar Kavkaz, the pretty eau
caSian girl who dances at the
ShOreham, is a sculptor of note,
having had some of her work ex-
hibited in WilliamstOwn, Mass.
kH: E,I
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

I
also "Whrlpool," Jack Holt, Jean Ar
thur; serial. Mickey Mouse cartoon. Mat
inee at p. m.
tie David Holt in You Belong To Me-"
Tuesday and Wednesday: Constance
Cummings in Glamour; also Victor
McLaglen in Wharf Angel" Thursday
Missouri" Saturday: Heather Angel in
Romance in the Rain" also Shirley
Grey in Girl in Danger"
Warner Brothers Theaters
AMBASSADOR-sunday, Monday and
let Empress" Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday: Norma Shearer in Bar
retts of Wimpole Street" Saturday:
Janet Gaynor in Servants Entrance;
technicolor cartoon.
APOLLO-sunday Monday and Tues
day: Mae West in Belle of the
9O's"; musical Wednesday and Thurs
day: Janet Gaynor in Servants En-
trance; musical. Friday; Franchot
Gamble; Mary Boland in Down to
Their Last Yacht; cartoon.
AvALON-sunday, Monday and Tues
day: Joan Crawford and Clark Gable
in "Chained"; oddity; musical. Wednes-
day and Thursday: Ann Harding in
The Fountain: Maxine Doyle-Leon
His Greatest Gamble; comedy; car
toon. Saturday: Robert Young and
Madge Evans in Death on the Dia-
mond"; comedy; oddity.
AVENUE GRAND-sunday, Monday
and Tuesday: Robert Donat in Count
of Monte Cristo." Wednesday and
Thursday: Warren William in Case
of the Howling Dog; comedy; oddity
Friday: Alice Faye and Lew Ayres in
cartoon. Saturday: Edna May Oliver in
We're Rich Again; Will Rogers in DIR.
Bull; cartoon.
CENTRAL-sunday. Monday and
9O's" Wednesday and Thursday: Les
lie Howard and William Gargan in
British Agent; Clark and Mccul-
edy; cartoon. Friday: Lee Tracy and
David Holt, in You Belong to Me-;
three comedies. Saturday: Richard Dix
in His Greatest Gamble; Ricardo
Popeye.
COLONY-sunday, Monday and Tues
day: Joan Crawl ord and Clark Gable in
Chained; cartoon. Wednesday and
Thursday: Ann Harding in The Foun-
tain; Maxine Doyle comedy. Friday:
Jean Muir and George Brent in "Desir-
able: comedy Saturday: Robert
Young and Madge Evans in Death on
the Diamond; Shirley Temple comedy.
HOME-sunday and Monday: Joan
Crawford and Clark Gable in Chained" !;
comedy. Tuesday and Wednesday: Fred
eric Marsh and Constance Bennett in
Thursday: Franchot Tone in Straight
Is the Way; comedy; sportreel. Friday:
Gertrude Michael in "The Notorious
Sophie Lang; musical; Saturday: Will
tez in Hat Coat and Glove; Silly
symphony.
sAVOY-sunday and Monday: Fran
chot Tone in Straight Is the Way"
Laurel and Hardy; Popeye Tuesday and
Wednesday,: Robert Young and Madge
Evans in paris Interlude": musical.
Thursday: George Bancroft and Fran
Bob Steele in Brand of Hate; COM
edy; serial Saturday: Robert Mont
gomery in "Hideout"; Silly symphony.
T!voLIsunasy Monday and Tues;
Wampole Street." Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday: Shirley Temple. Gary
Cooper and Carole Lombard in Now
and Forever; songreel. saturday: War
rem William in Case of the Howling
Dog; Popeye; comedy.
YORK-sunday and Monday, Dick
Powell and Joan Blondell in Danes" !;
oddty. Tuesday and Wednesday: Con-
stance Bennett and Frederic March in
"Appairs of Collini'; comedy. Thurs
day: Joan Muir and Georgs Brent in
Desirable: musical. Friday: Ricardo
Cortez in Hat Coat and Glove; Ben
Blue comedy; cartoon. Saturday; George
OBrien in Last Trail": Laurel and
Hardy comedy.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Two-DayFun at
Dude Ranch

Out on the Washington-Balti.
more Boulevard, just beyond Col
lege Park, you will see and hear
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Marie Fowler

Marie Fowler, the young lady
who sings with Emory Daugherty
and his band has stuck very close
to the mike in her short career.
She is perhaps best known as a
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
NeWMoWie Programs Scheduled
In NeiQhb0rhOOd Theaters

lday: THE Affairs Of Cellini." Fredric
March Constance Bennett; Charlie
Chase comedy. Wednesday: Whom the
Gods Destroy" Walter Connolly, Robt.
Young; variety; cartoon Thursday;
"One More River" Diana Wynyard,
Colin Give; variety: news reel Friday;
Notorious Sophie Lang" Gertrude
Michael. Paul Cavanagh; comedy; car
toon; novelty. Saturday: The He'll
Cat" Robert Armstrong, Ann Sothern
also whirlpool" Jack Holt, Jean Ar
thur; serial. Mickey Mouse cartoon. Mat
inee at 2 p. m.
TAKOMA-Sunday and Monday: Lit
tie David Holt in You Belong To Me-"
Tuesday and Wednesday: Constance
Cummings in Glamour; also Victor
McLaglen in Wharf Angel" Thursday
and Friday: Jean Harlow in Girl From
Missouri" Saturday: Heather Angel in
Romance in the Rain" also Shirley
Grey in Girl in Danger"
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

Is astounding to note how some.
one entirely unknown can gather
q following in such a short time.
But then, he is good.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

Swedish Night Lite
Anatole, the assistant head
waiter at the Mayflower, instead
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Warner Brothers Theaters

AMBASSADOR-Sund Monday and
Tuesday: Marlene Dietrich in Scar
let Empress Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday Norma Shearer in Bar
retts of Wimpole Street." Saturday:
Janet Gaynor in Servants Entrance;
technicolor cartoon.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

PALM-sunday. Monday and Tues
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-20
AT THE MOVIES
Romance in the Rain
Stars Heather Angel

One Of the gayest, cleverest roman
tic comedies Of the year, filled with
lifting tunes and dazzling girls, Il
Romance In the RAIN" Universal's
latest photoplay promised for the
Capitol theater on Friday.
This film is full OF rich, clean fun
providing q laugh a minute.
The story IS as refreshing as the
title itself and deals with q little
modern Cinderella who suddenly
comes to life through a popularity
contest and finds the gates Of Won
derland open to her. It sparkles and
brims with youth and laughter.
Romance In the Rain" was writ
ten by the authors Of Moonlight and
Pretzels," Sig Herzig and Jay Cor
ney. The picture features Heather
Angel, the perfect Cinderella VIC
tor Moore, outstanding New York
musical comedy star, beautiful Esther
Ralston, Ruth Donnelly. Christian
Rub and many others.
Stuart Walker, the director, Is one
Of the most famous stage directors
and producers Of this country, who
has made rapid and brilliant strides
Is 2 screen director. Many new and
unusual novelties are promised in this
film.