Evening star., 1934-04-23

Nevertheless, the Players all were
saying "dddlesticks to sleeping any,
wayne want to recite on the stage,
not in our sleep" last night and
chatting pleasantly about the new
plays and what they would have to
do in them. There was Ruth Abbot,
q dead ringer for Anna Mana" STEM,
who is to be the new leading lady;
and lady who promises well, very
well (somebody ought to come along
and let her be good and bad Mana
in a stage version of the film, SO we
could prove to you what We mean by
referring to her as Anna Mana"
Stem; there was Kathryn Givney,
stylishly rigged in a tweed jacket,
telling of her Winter salon at the
Algonquin; there was the new direc-
tor, John Mckee, having a literary
discussion with Mrs. Drury; there was
sly Mr.. Cochran, flushed from his
radio speech of the day before, and
hosting his guests with remarkable
success; there was Romaine C"Grand
Hoter0 Callander, whose manners
are matchless, and Ray Bramley, with
q flstful of stories, and Addie Hib-
bard, the same as ever, thinner,
sleeker and anxious to bounce out on
that National stage, and there was
Burke Clark in new tie that fairly
screamed prosperity.
Lacking only was ingenue Mary
Loane remember her in Peter Flies
High?" Probably not, but that wasn't
her fault: Leading Man Roy Roberts,
who was lost somewhere between here
and New York, and Freddie Sherman,
who, it is said, is on his way from
Hollywood. AS soon as they arrive,
we suppose Mr.. Cochrane will give an
other party in their honor, at least We
should think that he would, judging
from the success of last nights affair.
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OPENING tonight:
~ zig Saw" at the National, The
ater Guild production, with Ernest
Truck. Spring Byington, Helen West
ley, Cora Witherspoon, Eliot Cabot,
Gertrude Flynn, Shepperd Strudwick
and others in the cast, directed by Mr..
Moeller, with settings by Lee Simon
son.
''The Second Man." at the Belasco,
featuring Bert Lytell and Lora Baxter,
in the Behrman comedy, which is be-
ing revived by the Messrs. Wee and
Leventhall.
FRANCES FULLER, who made Gin
ema history by playing opposite
Gary Cooper in her first screen as
signment and who was seen here this
Winter on the stage in "Her Masters
Voice." was given buffet supper and
reception last night at the Shoreham
by her uncle and aunt, Senator and
Mrs. James F. Byrnes. Miss Fuller,
who will depart for Hollywood on
Sunday, last night made further screen
history, so far as this department was
concerned, by saying: Il don't be-
ieve in long-term contracts" Miss
Fuller believes, in other words, in
playing the right part at the right
time, and not in just plugging ahead
In any old thing. Paramount appar-
emily wanted Miss Fuller for years
and years and years-and Miss Fuller
thought they might be wrong. One
of the more talented and sensible of
the younger actresses, and, like her
mother (Mrs. Fuller is, of course, well
known in Washington), able to de-
tect a good thing when she sees it,
Miss Fuller thus returns to Holly
wood with no particular thoughts and
no overpowering ambitions-but nev-
ertheless ready when the time comes
to step in and do her bit.
Miss Fuller, who, if she were blond,
might slip into the Lillian Gish
school, further delighted her aunts,
uncles and admirers last night by
saying: II will not be Lillian Gish."
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A PPROPRIATELY, in the morn
- ings mail comes letter from
Donald Woods, now a confirmed
Hollywood celebrity, but for two sea-