The Washington times., 1936-08-05
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOl- -
SNAPSHOTS at Random! !


breakdown, blond Norma Taylor
is backstage at the State express
ing her disillusionment with
Broadway friends. :. You'd think
they'd wait to hear my side OF it
instead of accepting what they
read as the gospel TRUTH" she
protests You'd be amazed at
how cold some Of them have sud-
denly become to me. They'll try
to flock back as soon as the real
truth comes-but who cares now?"
., Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator
of "Tarzen," at Dempsey'S, express
sing a certain amount of interest
in the various young stalwarts
who have eSSayed the screen roles
of his famous character Il
envy them-they're all real Tar
zans'- from the chin down .
it's the gentlemen who direct
them who are 'TarZens' in brain
Il envy them all"...
Tuesday night another back
CANNON session with Mark Hell
linger in a corner of Bill Hardy's
Gay Nineties" Tow-headed,
Square-chinned Bernt Balchen is
a kibitzing spectator who limits
his interference to one muttered
HIN" at a move which diSpleaSes
him-and then returns to the bar
... On 57th near Seventh Ave-,
any night, the white-bearded pa
triarch in the skull cap, who sells
religious emblems AL day and
most of the night he sits huddled
on the Soap-box, poring over his
huge, well-thumbed Bible, mum
bled his prayers.
Tuesday noon a reddiSh-haired
girl peddling pamphlets at 42d
and Broadway, urges the SpOrtily
attired, hatIeSs Jay C. Flippen
to "Iearn the truth about Father
COughIin and Union Of Social
Justice" . .. Monday night at
Larue's. George Marshall, his
bride, COrinne Griffith, and Ina
Claire at one table. AT another,
young Owen Davis, jr.. In "21"
Monday night, the young British
whisky heir, Francis HenneSSy,
says farewell as he prepares to
leave for a journey which may
take him half way around the
world. The boy has had fam
tastic luck here at the races and
on freak wagerS but comes a
crOpper when he buys out the
bet of his friend, Michael Farmer
only to have the loser WEIGH.
Sam Harris is here with the 3
interesting looking girl, Virginia
Rousseau. And HiIda MOrena,
Just back from Spain, it at q
corner table, recOunting wild
tales of Spain to her companion.
.. Later at the Gay Nineties,
Sam Harris does a buck and
wing dance on the tiny platform
while the veteran Joe Howard
sings. Gust to keep in trim,"
chirpS the producer.
At 46th and Broadway, the pull
chritudinous June Lang and her
youthful mama watching traffic
pass by. 1--WE seen it in the news
reels" murmurS June "but I never
believed it was all as wonderful as
this. ."You should see it on q
cool night at the height Of the
theatrical season." advises her
escort. And indeed, there is no
sight so impressive as that weaV-
ing, Slow-moving stream on Broad
way streets during fall and winter
nights. 1t will always rank with
the wonders of the world.
A youngSter, his nose heavily
bandaged so as to almost obscure
his identity, halts this reporter at
the Hollywood ."You know me.
don't you?. I'm Jackie Kid Berg
e. Yeah, I had my nose done over
Listen, you can announce that
I'm quitting the fight game for
good. I'm retiring. I'm going
back to England to my real estate
buSineSS-no more pune n g
around, I don't need it. You can
say, too, my wife-She'S beaut. ..
Helen Bundy Pains her name. e.
She's going great in the movies. ).
Now she's signed with Herbert Viii
cox" Later to the Paradise where
Nicky Blair advises that he has
taken this departments suggestion
to heart and has cancelled his
plans for importing "a beauties
from Hollywood. Just like you
say, guess maybe the most beauti-
full girls in the world are right
here in New York-if we can only
dig them out. Will you say for
me that am willing to pay as high
as $75 a week for beautiful girls
$75, I'm not kidding. If Blair is
sincere, this is a new high for
showgirls in night clubs-although
in one or two instances, glorified
cabaret showgirls have drawn that
sum-and more.
Wednesday afternoon, a kind
ly faced gentleman on a bench
in Central Park surrounded by
four youngsters who listen to
him in rapt attention David
Warfield . Tuesday noon, Fan
ME Hurst near the entrance
to the. Algonquin, engaged in
animated conversation with
Dorothy Parker and Alan Camp
bell Irving Hoffman, the
popular young cartOOniSt, is
just back from Hollywood, i'm
pressed, he says, for the first
time in his life, with the fact
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