The Washington times., 1934-11-19

lie, Clark and Mccullough and a
good many others of less fame
have stumbled in the studios.
Look over the black-faced
rogue who is the Fox Theater'S
headliner this week and observe
a "TopSy" who has rare sense
of comedy, an uncanny genius at
catching the feel of an audience
and feeding it laughs, a mind
alert as flash for injecting an
ad lib joke. With the true heart
of a trouper she never lets down
an audience. Even the late mat
inee and supper crowds get the
same show as the overflow au-
dience.
Musical comedy will soon claim
the Duncan sisters again. They
have the book, Heavenly Twins"
and are certain that the radio
will provide them with a new
audience and a popularity that
will produce the $50,000 bank roll
necessary to place the new show
in rehearsal. 1 hope so.
Fred Kids EN-
Fred Waring must have bet on
Pittsburgh. For he was in a kid.
ding mood on Saturday night and
with his band joshed the discon-
solate Navy rooters about the 31'7
score.
A bunch of exuberant George.
town boys at the Earle accepted
the Waring challenge to try out
their college yell and invited the
band to practice on few "Hoyas."
They did and gave the perform
ance a real collegiate flavor.
Personally I think Warnings
Pennsylvanians are inclined to
overdo the comedy. I like their
serious music and melody better
than their long flights into the
realm of the lyrically ridiculous.
However, judging from the recep-
ton of their routine Saturday
night, admit this is minority
ballot. It is still, in my opinion,
the No. / stage band, with the
ideal program for what is now
called vaudeville.
Actors Last Bow
You will probably find Dallas
Anderson's name on the Walter
Hampden program as playing Hora-
ito for his Hamlet but the vet
eran thespian is no more. He was
struck by an automobile in Rich
mond on last Tuesday and passed
away Friday night. The programs
had already been printed when
news came Of his death.
Dallas Anderson was so years
old, had played with Hampden
for many seasons. He was a
Scotchman who came to America
to play with Maude Adams and
later with Blanche Yurka.
Walter Hampden, by the way,
gives Hamlet" more nearly as it
was written by Shakespeare than
any other actor today. Scenes are
played which have been omitted
from performances for so long
that persons whose acquaintance
with the drama is mainly through
the stage version, have forgotten
that they existed.
Mr.. Hampden has restored these
scenes because he feels they really
are necessary if the story of the
plan is to be consistent, coherent
and the motivation clear.
About Apple Armies"
Columbia Pictures buried New
York's Lady for Day" and there
passed into the movie archives one
OF the greatest exploitation stunts
ever devised by resourceful press
agentry.
In calling attention to the fea-
ture, Lady for a Day." Colum-
bia discovered 81 apple Armies"
throughout the key cities of the
nation, offered them the oppor.
tunity to forget the cares of life
for "a hours and loll in luxury
with everything their hearts de-
sired in the way of creature COM
forts and pleasure. In New York
they annexed a total of 100000
lines at total cost of $3.50.
Most of the women beneficiaries
of this modern Cinderella idea
looked ahead and brought winter
coats and warm clothing. The
Boston Annie" craved a new set
of false teeth and got Them.
New York's apple Annie" was
afterwards on the emergency re-
lief rolls for So a month. She
was accidentally aSphyxiated with
her husband and was dead a week
before the bodies were found.
Columbia paid for the funerals.
Hardie Meakin of RKO-Keith's
was the only one, so far as the
records show, who remembered his
apple Annie" on the anniversary
of this beneficence. He took the
cheerful news vendor at Four
teenth and G Streets who served