The Washington times., 1936-07-04
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
By Louis SObOl-
Light Reading

she warned the girl. with your
background and breeding, you
must marry a title. You owe that
much to me-" A month later,
the beautiful daughter burst III on
her mother in their hotel suite at
Rome, holding the hand Of a
young man. Mamma" she
purred, you asked me to marry a
foreign title-so I did. Meet my
Mr.. Teitelbaun!"
John Sheldon McCOOk, son Of
Supreme Court Justice McCOOk,
who tried Luciano, elOpes shortly
with Ann Whaples. Pennington
(Conn.1 sOcialasS. Startling
items are being wired to the
desks Of the cOlumniSts signed
''McBaine" - warning: they're
phcnies and, in some cases,
ibelOus. The Frank A. Sar.
tOris, jr. (she's Ann Morrison,
DIR. Of the m. G. Of the Phila.
Ledger, have parted. FRO
Queer Nathan Zatkin and Marv
Hannah, DIR. of the noted
Johns Hopkins surgeon land
asst. ed. of Pictorial Review,
are playing the oldest game. -.
TIE Fred AStaireS and heir sail
shortly to spend the summer
months with Adele and Lord
Cavendish. Louise Brooks is
helping Addison Randall forget
Glenda Farrell. Hal Roach
has chartered an English boat
for a 2-yr. circle Of the world on
q picture taking expedition. :.
The studio Ia seeking unmarried
men for the trip-SOng writer's,
scenarists, camera and sound
crews:
A producer was trying to con
vince Arthur Murray that the
stories about his rivalry with
colleague were grossly exagger
ated. He insisted not only had
they never had an argument, but
that they were the closest OF
friends.
We're like brothers." he pro
tested.
Yeah" remarked Murray
dryly, Cain and Abel"
Broadway observations: A sa-
tirist Is a guy who'd rather de-
ride than be President. . Holly.
wood is so quiet these days you
can hear a kin dropped On
Broadway an appeal a day keeps
pals away.
Sherman Billingsley met his ia
nous restaurant rival, Tony with
a beard these days, no leSsD tor
the first time Tuesday night :.
They began exchanging notes.
81 have to keep constant check on
some Of my help. The thing that
worries mel never like it's the
threat of strike. How do you solve
a problem like a striker" Tony
shrugged his shoulders E. IT solved
it long ago-I hired half dozen
of my nephews"
Frances Maddux Is peddhng
her soft. yacht-toO many blue
bloodS fell over the rail!
Dissolution Of partnerships anc
friendships along Broadway are
not uncommon. Joe Weber and
Lew Fields split after years Of sue
cess. The crackup Of DeSylva
Brown and Henderson startled
Broadway. Ben Hecht and Max
well Bodenheim parted bitterly
each writing a thinly-veiled novel
attacking the other. Dorothy
Fields and Jimmy McHugh broke
q successful song-writer duo. :
Ditto Harold Arlen and TED
Kohler. Years ago, the Klaw
Erlanger breach furnished Broad
way coffee conversation for
Marc Connolly and
George Kaufman parted because
the former wanted to specialize IN
more spiritual writings while
kaufman was satisfied to write
box-office smaSheS. Ironically
Connelly's spiritual, Green Pas
lures" is one of the biggest imam
cial successes of all time
The current issue of the snooty
Town and Country devotes a com
plete page dominated by large
portrait study of young Larry
Adler. Adler, a kid in his early
twenties, was destined by ambl'
tious parents to be a great artist
a violinist or a painter or a literary
man. He looked (and looKS) ar
tistic. Instead, he started TO
break his mama's heart by toollng
around all day with a harmonica
Harmonicas. in the Adler
scheme of things, were gadgets to
be associated only with street cor
ner bumS-not nice young boys. .
Today Adler is recognized as the
foremost exponent Of the har'
monica musicalizings; has Won for
himself a young fortune Zone OF
his recordings, Smoke Gets IN
Your Eyes" sold more than $4,000
discs); has played at command
performances for the few remain
ioo crouned heads of Europe. and
Is some punkins in the entertain
ment world. Incidentally, his
brother Jerry is almost his peer
with the funny little instrument
But Jerry had none of the pa
rental objections to overcome.