The Washington times., 1935-04-25
Reviewed Twice

Reviewed Twice
Hardie Meakin of R-K-O and
Marshall Grant of Jane Cowl'S
Company are pals. They used to
act together. . Frances Starr, who
will never get over her love for
the stage, is the latest volunteer
for Daniel Frohman's Actors
Fund concert Sunday night.
Which reminds that Accent on
Youth" which the National Play
ers will offer to open their season
was reviewed twice by the New
York critics and both notices were
bang up plugs for the show. The
second call was made because Ken
meth McKenna went into the lead
male role. .Loew's is preparing
to kid the trousers off radios anna
teur hours. The satire is vaude-
vile revue called the Itty Bitty
Riddle Hour and in due time you
will see it at the Fox for it is
booked for the entire circuit.
Godfrey, Sky Rider
That free wheeling morning
glory of the Sun Dial, whom I
digest daily between orange
juice and toast, Arthur Godfrey,
will be a master of the cere-
monies for the Actors Fund bene-
fit Sunday night. In a careless
moment this voluble WJSV radio
prattle and tattle man offered
to take up any of his listeners
in his plane Wednesday morn
ing. More than 100 showed up
for a sky ride. He requistioned
another Beacon field pilot and
carried through the dawn ex-
cursion. Royal Foster, formerly
of the st. Patrick Players and
later of the vaudeville team of
Foster, Feagan and Cox is writ
ing the sketches for Earl Car
rolls new Sketch Book. He did
a similar job for the touring
Vanities. The Fox gets Naughty
Marietta" the week of May 3
and is already preparing to
stretch the ropes. The Palace
gets Arliss in Cardinal Richie
lieu" the same week. Monday
night pre-view parties are get
ting to be the rage. Society
turned out at the Fox exchange
last Monday to get a preliminary
peep at lies MiserableS," with
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth in a
reserved seat. New dealers in
society are hosts for these parties
Brooke Johns will open up
the old red barn on his majestic
estate off the Seventh Street
Pike, Saturday, April 27. Sum-
mer is just around the corner.
Frohnnan On Air
Tune in WMAL at IT'S tonight
and you will hear Daniel Froh-
man, the S4-year-old dean of the
American theater, Nancy Sheri-
dan, Roy Roberts, Mrs. Adelaide
Hibbard and Oracle Barrie. You
will also hear the voice of this
column who will conduct the ra-
do show to ballyhoo the Actors
Fund benefit. . Somebody h a S
been corrupting Steve Cochran's
pet bird. It now say "Nerts To
You" something it never learned
out at DR.. Mann's Zoo. Manager
Brennan of the Metropolitan is up
and around again after having his
appendix removed. . Little Cath
crime Pritchard of the Roadside
Theater is after Bess Davis Schrie
ner's title of Washington'S cham
pion press agent, both being pro-
lific typewriter heaters.
AL Stern is rounding up adver
Users for the official Shrine pro
gram. That's the baby shoe or
Carter Barron's desk. Young
Crackers first pigskin kicker be
ing preserved in bronze finish fol
a proud daddy. Steve Cochran
sent all of the New York dramatic
critics season passes for his Ma
tional Players season. Just in case
they get down this way. TUT
Thumper Stuckey did the post
mans work yesterday carrying
around the season passes to Gler
Echo Park, which opens Sunday
My thanks to Col. Leonard B
SchloSS, who still runs his amuSe
ment park on the prohibition plan
And while Glen Echo will offe'
many new amusement gadgets ant
thrills, nothing has yet been de
vised to touch the roller coaste
for popularity.
Help Out Mae
The time approaches when Ma
West will be hooked up via tele