The Washington times., 1935-12-02

is explained by late bulletins. 1t
seems that Vincent Price, is, after
all, an American and of the class
of Yale '33.
He never did anything on the
American stage nor was he a
member of the famed Professor
Baker class at New Haven, al,
though, he confeSses he always
had a yen for the stage. After
graduation he taught art and
coached dramatics at Riverdale
school.
Last summer he went to Lon.
don and friends secured him a
role in the London Gate theater
company. This is a small subur-
ban group that presents subscrip-
tion plays. A chance in Chicago"
and the Affairs of Anatol'
showed he had the necessary tai
ent for better things and he
was eventually cast in a Sunday
night private performance of the
Laurence Housman play, Victoria
Regina" The Lord Chamberlain
forbids public performances of the
play because it touched on the
Royal Family.
He was so good as Prince Albert
that producer Gilbert Miller de-
cided to promote him to the lead
ing mans post with Helen Hayes
in the American production of the
play. It's a great big production
for a young actor. But Gilbert
Miller knows good acting when
he sees it. Hence I'll wager that
Vincent Price will deliver when
the play opens at the National
Theater December 16.
CROTHERS WELL PAID
Rachel Crothers who wrote
"Splendor," coming to the Fox
Friday, is the only author in
Hollywood who works on per
centage. She gets a straight cut
on the gross, just like a play
wright, and if "Splendor" con-
tinues to hit as in first showings
her earnings will be over $100 900
or at the rate of $6,5OO per week,
tops for movie writer's. Rachel
Crothers is credited with an un-
canny knack for catching the
womans angle, particularly on
love.
George White will open Scan
dalS" in New York on Christ
mas night. washington will be
the only city to see it with the
complete New Amsterdam cast
including Rudy Vallee and his
Yankees, Willie and Eugene
Howard, Bert Lahr. Oracle Bar
rie and Ukele Ike Edwards.
Scandals" will take advantage
of the Equity ruling which per
mits lay-offs week before Christ
mas.
Charles Warren McClintock,
veteran manager and agent. is
reporting convalescing in New
York after an operation in which
Beauvais Fox, a fellow agent,
submitted to a blood TRANSMISSION
to bring him through the crisis.
Speedy recovery and happier days,
Charlie.
Dolores Costello is returning to
the screen to play the mother
of Freddy Bartholomew in Lit
tie Lord Fauntleroy." In the
last Mary Pickford production of
Frances Hodgson Burnett'S
charming drama. Mary doubled,
playing both roles.
KAY WAS BUSY
Kay Marlborough, deputy movie
critic for these pages. is back
from New York after a five-day
visit. She managed to see
Jubilee" "Winterset," Dead
End" "At Home Abroad" "Porgy
and Bess," "Parnell" and THE
First Lady" That's squeezing in
plenty of amusement in five
days, and all of it good. What,
no Jumbo"
OlN yOu 11CdA I OAlJ N4Ol oAl OAA
Wallace Beery's radio hour
Saturday night and did they
kid Major Bowes? BY the way,
what is delaying La Moran's
screen comeback?
That Santa Anita track out
there in California has got the
Hollywood folks horse-crazy. Joe
E. Brown, who was supposed to
work out all his excess sports
enthusiasm on polo and baseball
is the latest to become a gee-gee
owner. He laid $4,000 on the
line for horse called "BarnSley''
from the Pasadena Stables and
will run him against Clark Gable
and Bing Crosby's nags in the
California championship stakes
at Santa Anita next month.
IS Real Traveller