The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-05
In
New York
By PAUL HARRISON

New rk.-Meanderings back
stage: It's getting around the
rialto that the Four Marx Brothers
soon will be Three. Brother Yep
po, acutely conscious that his
presence has given rise to the gag
Have you seen the three Four
Marx Brothers." is supposed to be
planning to become an actors
agent. -. Did you know. by the
way, that there's fifth Marx
brother? He's in the cloak and
suit business.
Jimmy Durante doesn't write
the gags he uses, but he does COM
pose some Of the songs Jack
Pearl will appear in legitimate
play IL one can be found for him
7. And Douglas Fairbanks, Jr,
may come to Broadway next sea-
son. Just now the most interest
ing thing about him is his ro-
nance with Gertrude Lawrence
=. Pauline Lord and Henry Hull
are. Hollywoods biggest captures
from the stage Noel Coward 8
next play is expected to be full OF
symbolism, soft music, black
drapes and psychoses !.
Tallulah Bankhcad will be
cinema bound after she re-
turns from London.
E:
Sport Of Queens
Mary Queen Of Scouts (Helen
Hayes) plays ping-pong with
Queen Elizabeth (Heleh Menken)
In the basement of the theater
where the Guilds MARY of Scot
land" is showing :, Rudy VAL
lee, who seems likely to turn out
to be every bit as scholarly as
Gene Tunney. lectures to college
students on music, high-brow and
low Which reminds me,
somehow. Of ENAMEL List, prob
ably theonly singer in the world
who ever graduated from bur-
lesque into grand opera. He came
here in 1915 from Germany ana
signed a 40-week contract on the
Columbia burlesque wheel because
he thought 1t was some sort of
comic opera. He stuck 1t out,
though, after learning his mistake,
and later sang with several legiti-
mate opera companies. This sea-
son he made his debut with the
Metropolitan.
Two celebrities sat side by side
at q performance OF LAS Thou
sands Cheer" recently, but eacl,
was q little awed by the proximity
Of the other and didn't have much
to talk about. One was the afore-
mentioned Mr. Durante; the other
was Professor Albert Einstein
There's a lot Of dirt In the back
hills play called Tobacco Road"
And 1 mean literally. Five tons
ne soil - -.
for the poor-whites to grovel IN.
Edward Gore, tall, grizzlcd
and prosperous investment
son, grand duchess OF Holly
wood, when she comes to
town. She's his mother.
A Play Rcdiscovcrcd
A fine old bit of Americana,
lost for nearly 20 years, has been
revived for delighted audiences of
the so-called American Music Hall,
which Is remodeled Holy Roller
church on East Fifty-fifth street.
The play is "The Drunkard, or The
Fallen Saved and 1t was pro-
duccd originally by p. T. Harnuc:
at his museum in Boston in 1843.
/ Prohibitionists acclaimed the
creaky melodrama, and even staged
street parades advertising 1t. This
pleased Mr. Barnum no end, and
after Boston learned that the
Prince of Humbugsy was interest
ed In box Office receipts rather
than the dry cause "The Drunk
ard was brought to New York for
q years run, and later was staged
in other cities. Sometime during
the Civil War the manuscript dis
appeared-done away with by the
liquor interests, pr0hibitionists
charged. A few years ago, how
ever. an actor found It while RUM
maging in an attic in Sacramento.
and recently the play has been re-
vived In Portland, Ore, Cleveland
and Los Angeles.
As presented again in New York
after lapse of 80 years. THE
Drunkard" is still in the full flow
er OF Its original verbosity, but Is
not quite the compelling preach
ment that its author intended. The
customers sit around at tables and
drink beer ana munich pretzels In
the old music hall tradition. They
also hiss the villain, but are for
hidden to throw anything at him.
After the finaI curtain everybody
joins In singing 1.-THE Little Rose
wood Caskef," 1.-THE Curse OF an
Aching Heart" and others OF that
vintage. People have so much fun
that the management scarcely can
| get them to leave. Mr. Barnun
would have liked that.
1frs Alice fIedres. aged II. haa