The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-09

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We drift over to the Trocadero
This is another typical Sunday
night assembly. Joe Lewis Off
ciates. Newcomers are guest stars
and often get their first picture
break as a result. Producers and
directors away from their offices
are impreSSionable and SuScept1
BILE. An old favorite, Adrienne
Matchmaker, DIR. Of the opera
chanteuse, makes her debut and
impresses favorably. A tiny, bur
lesquiSh-blonde girl of the hotcha
type MARBLES few swing numbers
but the effect is pathetic and
the guests are FESTIVE. It is evil
dent the reaction is thumbs down
A handsome youngster with g
MAGNIFICENT voice and unusual
poise tears the house down. His
name is Michael Bart-he is q
cross between Gable and F'ranchot
Tone. and he can sing. Destiny
will smile on him.
But the bigger and better
floor show follows when Phil
Oehman's band swings into
dance music and the patrons
crowd on the floor. For now
Marlene Dietrich, never more
gIamOrOus than this evening,
in q tiny hat tilted on one side
of her magnificent head, clingS
close to the Misunderstanding
writer, Willis HOldbeck. AdOlph
ZukOr sits next to us. so soon,
it is whispered, to be back COM
pletely in power at Paramount,
and he puffs at a long cigar,
murmurS, eyes, a beautiful
woman. George Burns and
Oracle Allen sit quietly-she
has q headache. Daryl Zanuck
has his wife on the dance floor
Bill Lengel stops to say
'"HelIO'-he too, has Joined the
Hollywood parade. Little Dixie
Dunbar is in the arms Of tall
Erman PeSsis. but in the door.
way looking on, slightly diScOn.
sOlate, are Jackie MOffett and
Bob Herndon. The Joe Pen
ners are in q gay mood, and
Joe temperS his rebuke of
coIumnist with a smile. the
rebuke inspired by a line that
the Penners were to join the
pram-puSherS.
"White-haired, bOyish-faced
Charlie Morrison is with Hal
Roach. Blonde Alice Faye Is in
a chattering mood this evening,
with Walter Kane bearing the
brunt of the attack. Charles
Winninger swings an attractive
youngster Joan Bennett and
Gene Marley get into a CONVEX.
sation in the lobby. Enrol
Flynn and Lii Damita are fluS-
tered because there is no table
available and finally go down
to the oyster bar. Stuart Erwin,
deadpanned, dances dutifully
with the pulchritudinOuS June
Collyer. Reuben MamOulian, his
tOrtOiSe-shelI glasses halfway
down his nose, brushes by Mar
lene Dietrich on the dance floor
:. but neither seems aware Of
the others presence. Arthur
Tracy, Bella LugOsi, Lew Gensler,
Oscar Hammerstein, Wallace
Beery, Eddie Buzzell, Arthur
Lake, Dorothy Fields, Hollywood
seeking escape from boredom
eager to see how the other looks
and behaves what she
wears and whom she's with.
Bert Wheeler and his Sail
Baines are bar-leaners at tn
Glover Club. Against the wal
apparently absorbed in eac,
other, William Frawley and tn
Manhattan eyeful, Lillian Emel
son, are seated. Jules DeVorzol
and his moving orchestra pla
melancholy Baby" with FrawleJ
Bert Wheeler and Harry Rit
blending voices in not too hal
monious trio. .DeVorZon is tn
ambitious youngster who used t
plead for a line Ito please hi
mama, he Said) when he was a
Leon & Eddie's little speak in tn
old days. Still not adverse t
having his name in the column
E. now for the sake of his bride
he assures you. -, At the CaSanC
va, Joan Abbott is Illustrated owe
her accident. I'm driving alons
slowly, taking in the sights whe
see the most gorgeous-lookin
car. and I get so interested jus
drive smack into it, and SmaS
one of the tenders of the car
mean the other. Well, I Sto
and who should come out bU
Charles Laughton! He looks HI
car over and then he turns to m
with a look of disgust in his fac
and he says, We'll, you might e!
pect it from a blonde Honestl,
I thought I'd die laughing. HI
manner and his diguSt with m
were so funny"
There is a little excitement al
Louis Prima's Famous Door
The two blonde little Paxton
gals, Virginia and Frances, are
COrnered with their Swains-
Paul Sabin and Ernie Parker
.. A tall, yellow haired zap in
a cowboy shirt and black and
white shoes is making himself
obnoxious to a little red-heade6