Evening star., 1935-12-04

the same effect with grin.
Won Sternberg's cast is vel choS-
en-surprisingly so. People who never
thought (and this department was
one) that Marian Marsh had gram
of acting ability will be fooled-So
will those who imagined that blond,
tall, comely Tala Birrell's acting days
are over: Both are splendid. And so
Is Mrs. Pat" Campbell as the wizened
old money-lender who gets hit over
the head with poker.
More about this anon-but get set
to go to the Metropolitan.
X X
IN THE neatly decorated living room
Of Mrs. Curtis elegant 1925 F
Street Club, Vincent Freedley, pro-
ducer, author and good fellow, yester-
day held small court. 1t was a brief
interlude for him between breakfast
and a train-and he was still baSking
in the fun of having his show, ANY
thing Goes" meet with popular sue
cess-as it had the night before at
the National.
Mr.. Freedley looks more like the
proverbial Virginia hunting gentleman
than he does like a producer. He
hasn't the starved unshaven hungry
look of Jed Harris-or the nervous
excited manner of Max Gordon. He
is young, excellentiy hammered and he
has good appetite-and he knows
quite as much about London, Paris
and the world as he does about the
theater.
He admitted, however, that it's
tougher to be a producer today than
it was yesterday. You have to be
smarter, he says. There aren't so many
Fred Astaires floating around as there
were in those halcyon days when this
supreme hoofer was beetling around
in his shows.
Mr.. Freedley's next move is London.
1t is probable that some time this
Spring he will produce, in conjunction
with Mr. Cochran mot Steve-Lon-
don's revue king musical comedy
in Hhich light fun will be made of
the successful revival of the ballet
schools and dances. Louella Geer and
Ray Bolger will be in the company
which he hopes to bring to New York
If it meets with Britain's approval
some time in the Fall.
From there Mr.. Freedley doesn't
know what his plans may be. Not
Hollywood, however. He was there
last Summer (when Anything Goes"
was about to be produced), given an
Office, ink, blotters and slaves. He
worked" for two weeks and by then
began to get little tired of sitting in
a back row seat of the theater, during
rehearsals, and having nobody say
anything to him. After all, as he said
a little wistfully yesterday, II was the
producer-and they had asked me
out" So after two weeks he came
home-after having a nice visit with
his friends the Astaires. And he was
given eight weeks salary-for doing
$50 he says nothing"
X X X x
CARTER BARRON will give "a
salute" to columnist Ed Sullivan,
appearing in person next week at the
EOA, FT1udy d1USIIlOOiI at GIlC Sd4 IStOll'
The new local Dramatic Revue"
IS out and it's even better than the
first edition Nice going, Editor Pres
colt (and thank you for the copy.
Journeys End" begins its three
day run at the University of Maryland
tonight.
George White has signed Jane
Cooper for the Scandals" which open
here next Monday night. He stated
yesterday: Miss Cooper dances not
only with her feet, but with her head
as we'll"
Good luck to author Frank Baer
and his new play, THAT Guy Wink
ler," which will have an out-of-town
try-out in Riverdale, Md, Monday
night.
Theodore Field, secretary of the
Georgetown Players, writes in to ask,
'When is the next local one-act play
tournament" Well bite. But Mrs.