The Washington times., 1935-09-17

are mere picture scrubs.
This mistitling extends to the
publicity offices which should
- .ow better. Frequently this
corner receives pictures and hand
outs labelling this one and that Of
comparative insignificance, as the
former star Of Giegfeld FollieS, or
Earl Carroll Vanities, or George
Whites Scandals. I nearly passed
out once when Bill Ewing handed
me the photo Of an act playing
the Earle, describing himself as
the star of Laugh Parade" This
would have surprised Ed Wynn
more than it did me, inasmuch as
the entertainer was his punch and
judy man.
IWhitney's Next
Now that Becky Sharp" has
come and gone, it seems to be
fairly we'll established that the
motion picture industry is not
rushing headlong to make all fea'
ture pictures in color. Some may
be. but black and white will con.
tinue as the reigning celluloid.
While Mr.. Jock Whitney will
probably not get back any profit
from his technicolor adventure
with Becky Sharp which cost
about a million, he did see the
color process stock go zooming in
the stock market, and it is pre-
sumed that whatever he lost in
Hollywood was more than made
up by the enhanced value Of his
securities.
Right now Mr.. Whitney is the
financial sponsor of Billy Rose,
who is turning the mammoth New
York Hippodrome into a circus
grounds for his unique musical
comedy, "Jum b o." featuring
Jimmy Durante and a flock of
elephants. The show will cost
more than $250,000 to put on, will
play daily matinees and can roll
up the staggering weekly gross of
$4,000 with popular price scale.
Little Jack Coming
Little Jack Little, star of the
radio and more recently director
of a crack orchestra at the Lex
ington Hotel in New York, will
provide the entire stage show at
the Earle beginning September q.
He will present Little Jack Little's
revue.
Opinion as interpreted by ap-
plause in the news reel: DR.. Weiss,
the assassin who forfeited his life
after Staying Senator Huey Long,
gets as much applause at the
Belasco as does his victim, when
both pictures are flashed in the
current release.
This and That
Phil Hayden, who is the only
one in Washington who can wear
white tie, top hat and tails like
Clifton Webb or Fred Astaire,
opened the fall season of his Du-
Ipont Circle dancing school yester-
day. Fall must be here.
Maurice Greet, director of the
Clifford Brooke drama school is
back after tour to London and
English provinces, announces the
children can say Good morning
teacher, for the fall classes.
october 7.
The Fox is getting ready to
celebrate it's eighth birthday.
Comes next week Carter Barron
and Gene Ford will cut the cake.
About the Puppets
The Salici puppets are worked
by only the deft fingers Of a
Salici, and for over a century this
family have looked down through
the maize of strings and played
every country on the globe except
the Far East.
Their wooden mannequins dur
ing this time have danced and
sang for every crowned head in
Europe, and strangely they have
steered clear of our jazz-ridden
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they opened at the Palace in Chi
cago for a two-week run. After
this a hop to the Hippodrome in
Baltimore for a three-week hold
over and a month later a return
to the same theater by public de-
mand.
Every puppeteer fashions his
own figures and at present they
have well over TOO puppets
stocked away. with acts, skits and
parts in their memories for each
miniature performer.
Jackie Seymour, the tapSter in
the initial spot at the Earle, is
the nephew of DodSon Mitchell,
wellknown character actor on
the legitimate stage, and also
author Of q successful Broadway
play.