The Washington times., 1936-03-05

oak room Of the Raleigh. Those
interested in Swing music" will
get an afternoon of it.
A CRACK DANCE TEAM
Over at the Earle, beginning to-
morrow, is the classy ball room
team of Georges and Jalna. Some
call them the No. / couple of the
society, night club or dance floor.
The No. team, so far as salary
goes, is Veloz and Yolanda, who
danced here often, recently played
the Balaban and Katz Chicago
Theater at a salary Of $500 a
week, were resigned for a repeat
engagement at $4,000 ... But
Georges and Jalna will do nicely.
For they have the art of rhythm
and grace in movement down to a
science. A good ball room act, to
me, must never be awkward and
once the idea of angles is intro
duced into terpsichore routineS,
class disappears. 1t must be grace
in flowing movement, curves and
feathery feet. Nor must the male
be too much like a gigolo in ap-
pearance. SO then I recommend
Georges and Jalna, who are
Waldorf-Astoria favorites and have
many times danced at Pete MaciaS'
Heigh-Ho Club. They can glide
like skaters on silvery blades at st.
Moritz and their timing is some
thing of a delight. They are the
breathless feature of Xavier
Cugat's band which also rates
strict attention. However, don't
get me wrong. I also love aero
bats.
MAKES A MILLION
No wonder Hollywood is scour-
ing the world for the successor
to Shirley Temple. For Variety
reports that on her last picture,
THE Littlest Rebel" her COM
pany has already boxed $1,000, 900
profit with many more green
backs to be slowed away before
this movie is finished, three new
Shirley Temples being rushed to
completion faster than the kid
can grow. Some day baby Shir-
ley will sprout foot or two and
lose much Of her astounding
world appeal. BY that time let's
hope the Temple family will be
rated with the California million
aires. It also accounts for the
enthusiasm which greets the
Dionne quintuplets out in the
studio country. For their first
picture, "The Country Doctor, "
has everybody turning hand
springs over it's box office posi-
bilities. Some one of these five
famous babies may be the next
Shirley Temple or maybe they all
will. The public will furnish the
answer. . At any rate I can ap-
preciate and understand the
mothers and fathers of cute kids
who dream they are buying oat-
meal and bibs for a future screen
prodigy. Though I secretly feel
they have as much chance as I
have to cash the Irish Sweep
stake ticket.
ON GETTING TICKETS
This department has no influ-
ence whatsoever in getting front
row seats for the Lunt- -Fontanne
engagement in Idiots Delight. u
Nor can it be transposed into a
theater box office at moments
notice. Due mention is made be,
cause so many have the idea an
editor or critic has nothing to do
but hang on to the telephone
until he has been assured OF
choice locations for his friends. .
If it were so, it would not be fair
/ to those who send in mail orders
stand in line, pay premiums and
60 to other inconvenience to get
paSteboards for hit attractions .
Same thing goes for tickets for
the Jack Benny radio broadcast a
week from Sunday night. It will
be aired from the auditorium OF
the National Press Club, and fur
ther than that I am without de-
tails. AS a matter of fact, a
dramaic editor has no influence
whatsoever with the radio moguls
I discovered that when I wrote
twice to accommodate friends for
the Major BoWes Sunday night
broadcastS. In each case the an,
swer was absolute silence, which
still endureS.