Evening star., 1935-10-01

before 5 o'clock in the afternoon. BY
that hour the artist is supposed to be
sufficiently massaged and muscled up
to withstand anything, even an in
terView.
These sacred laws Notwithstanding,
the local cricks dined yesterday morn
with the four headliners who truck
away most of the treasure in the cur
rent Loew's Fox $4,000 vaudeville
pay roll Lou Holtz, Belle Baker. Jess
Block and Eve Sully assisted in un-
scrambling some of the Variety Clubs
best eggs, chatted with the scribes,
vigorously applauded host Carter Bar
ron when he told them he thought
their acts were magnifque and a
credit to his theater.
In one corner Messrs. Holtz and
Block, Gene Ford, Don Craig and your
correspondent paid obeisance to the
historic significance of the moment by
discussing Joe Louis, the fair estate
of show business, N; tie Browns right
hook, the opening Of Laurel and other
affairs fraught with interest. Mr..
Holtz told a story about a colored
preacher who was forever getting hit
by ripe tomatoes hurled from the front
pews. A few minutes later he was
outlining the course of busy mans
life, telling all the shows he had to
do the day before, the broadcasts,
night clubs and whatnot.
Yesterday they hit me with four,
CluS two broadcaStS and a night out. 3"
he said
Hit you with four what?" said Miss
Baker sweetly from the next table.
"Tomatoes?"
Mr.. Holtz blanched. Your CORE
spondent blanched. Mr.. Craig was
behind large beaker of orange Juice,
and we couldn't see what he did Mr..
Ford, Mr.. Block and East passed.
This sort of quipping went on indefi-
nitely until some of the people had
eaten two breakfasts. No one asked
any questions. 1t was the perfect in
terview We enjoyed it.
If you want to know some of the
fascinating facts about these people
you should have been reading Variety
Weekly for the past month or so.
They we're mentioned more times than
any of them could count. In New
York the houses that book their show
thought the gold rush had busted
loose again in the lobby. They broke
records right, left and on the north
west corner of Forty-second street and
Broadway. They were terrific at the
Capitol, if they played there. (Our
book OF statistics burned to a crisp
in the Chicago fire. They were un-
doubtedly terrific at the Palace. That
institution for great four a dayers
sold its laughter and applause ma
chimes to the Columbia Broadcasting
System, having no further need for
them. There were actually people in
the house producing their own
chuckles and paddywhacks. 1t was
or have we said this?-terriflc. The
breakfast, the lights, the tall buildings.
They love all our beautiful country.
Everything.
x x X X
GUNYA SMILES" SLANE. who
scored decided hit with burlesque
fans when she made her first appear
ance here last year, headlines the new
show at the Gayety Sunday. Clyde
Bates and Jack Hunt are the principal
comedians.
X X X X
RLANCHE SISTER OF Cab CAL
LOWAY and her orchestra will
be the feature attraction at the How
program arranged. but she'll still lead
the band in the old Blanche Galloway
style.
PARAMOUNT is rushing through the
cutting rooms a new and timely
six-reel feature, Ethiopia Speaks"
the first authentic full-length picture
OF the little African country upon
which are focused the eyes of the
world. The film was made by one L.
Weschler, Swiss, who spent more
than five months photographing ma
tive tribes and towns, including Adds
Ababa. An exclusive interview with
Emperor Halle Selassie is featured in
the picture. Ethiopia Speaks" will
pe released as soon as 1t is edited.
X X X X
TYPING, the bugaboo of all up-and-
- coming film players, is about to
have some serious attention, from the
players themselves. Katherine De
Mile and Erik Rhodes have issued in
vitations to all disgruntled film
players-the boys who once made
good as gangsters and never since
have had chance to put down their
gats and the girls who once were
nasty and now never get their man
to join a brand-new Society for the
Prevention of Typing and give serious
battle to casting directors. The two
players doing the organizing feel they
can accomplish something worthwhile
If they can get enough budding stars
to join in concerted effort to down
type-casting.
X X X y
DICK ARLEN, who has been a IA
vorite leading man in the movies
since way back, has been signed by