The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-23

Glynn who played the Emanci.
pator in John Drinkwater'S play.
Abraham Lincoln Of whom vii.
liam Collier said after this his
trionic success. "McGlynn will
never be satisfied now until he's
assassinated."
A great little star Is Shirley
Temple. It just happens to be CO
incidence that the lamented Box
Office Champion Of 1884 and his
farewell picture bow off the Pal.
ace screen to make way for the
youngest Hollywood star and the
new title holder.
TESTING PRICE
Helen Hayes new leading man,
the six foot plus Vincent Price,
is being looked over by Hollywood.
I should think that his height
would stop him from weighty
consideration for the cameras but
when I suggested this to an
M-G-M scout he said Price was
no taller than Henry Fonda, who
has already been accepted as a
Fox Pictures favorite.
At any rate. Rudolf Berger, the
Metro oldwyn-Mayer ex change
manager, among others, filed q re
port on Prices picture possibilities
as revealed in Victoria Regina, "
and the understanding is that he
will be tested.
Actor Price has had but very
little stage experience although his
finished performance as Prince
Albert, young husband Of Queen
Victoria, displayed no rough
edges. I suspect it was because
he had the infinite care and at
tention of Gilbert Miller who di-
rected the play. in addition to the
advice Of Helen Hayes, who knows
about every trick in the acting
book.
Certainly young Mr.. Price had
all the assurance and ease that
is usually associated with expert
ence although he was only gradu-
ated from Yale in 1898. His only
acting experience was with the
Gate Theater of London, a sub
scription group which gives private
performances.
captain BLOOD" STORY
On another page of The Wash
ington Times today will be found
an eight-column strip and the
first pictorial inStallment of Cap
tain Blood" the Sabatini adven-
ture novel which is condensed into
six inStallmentS. May I recon-
mend this feature and then a
visit to the Earle Theater, begin
ming Friday, when the motion pic
ture will open a weeks engage
ment.
Captain Blood" is a Cosmo-
politan production that will take
rank with the best Of 1885 screen
features. It introduces a new per
sonality in Enrol Flynn, an actor
who is headed for big things and
who will be nationally talked
about once this picture hits the
first run screens.
Young Jackie Coogan heads a
stage unit that is said to be a
winner for novelty. 1t has been
doing sensational business in its
break-in week at Baltimore and,
according to Tommy Kearns, who
is it's advance courier. will be a
sensation when it hits F Street
Friday.
For the screen accompaniment
the Fox will offer Eugene O'Neill's
"Ah Wilderness" with Lionel
Barrymore, Wallace Berry, Aline
MacMahon, and Eric Linden in
featured roles.
LEMONADE AIDS CRIPPLES
Hundreds of persons have been
asking what animals make up the
menagerie in the lobby Of Loew'S
Fox this week where the circus is
holding forth and which are the
most popular.
To this question, Gene Ford.
manager, says that Tulsa and
Judy, the elephants are by far the
most popular with the ponies fol
lowing a close second. Then comes
the white mice circus, the big rab.
bits, angora guinea pigs, chip
hunks, ring tailed monkeys, par
rot, the golden faced baboon, the
raccoon and last but not least, the
descended or polite skunk, who
sleeps most Of the time.
Another popular pastime OF pa.
irons, which also blends in the
circus atmosphere, is the pink
lemonade booth where this circus
drink is sold for a cent a glass
The proceeds of this sale are to
be donated to Children'S Hospital
HELLINGER, PRODUCER
Mark HelIinger has decided to
enter the fold Of Broadway man
ayers and has obtained the rights
to two plays that he expects to
produce next season, it becomes
known this morning.
Mark, Of course, is no new
conner to the theater's fold. Be
tween writing columns, he has
found time to write scripts and
sketches-the last "Follies" that
Florenz Ziegfeld produced and
that was with us for a year OF
so. was a Hellinger effort. He
also was associated more or less
intimately in the production Of
a musical show that came to ar
unhappy end.