The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-03
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
Broadway WhirIieie!
By Louis SoboI

innate or Such dlVerSuleo person
alities as Dowager Queen Marie Of
Rumania, Novelist E. Phillips
Oppenheim and Columinst o. o.
Mcintyre, spends his Sundays with
Jules Bache and his week nights
at a night spot known as LIE
Mirage. His Bache nights are de-
voted to art discussions. His LIE
Mirage night to greeting patrons
with that soft Suavity which swells
q patrons head if he has pretty
doll or an important client along.
He lost all of it in a night club
venture-the Club Bali Now he
plays host at the LIE Mirage, which
Is owned by Frank Cerutti, Frank
Cerutti was once a waiter Tor
Theodor at the Ritz. Don't
worry so much about your tips"
Theodor used to caution him. IRE
member only to give good service"
But Cerutti did not ignore his fat
tips-and now he's Theodor's boss.
Those bosom pals, Beatrice
Lille and Fannie Brice. were
back stage at the Winter Gar
den Friday night. Fannie called
Lille over to the peephOle in the
curtain through which members
of the troupe usually peer to
survey the audience. Look,
Bee," chirped Fannie, who's
that woman out front with that
brown hat? The Lille gal
peeked. "M;godd," she Shrieked,
"she looks exactly like me-and
what q lousy hat she's got on"
The peephOle Is a trick affair
with q One.inch mirror in the
curtain. She had been looking
ut her own image.
Enric Madriguera. scheduled to
open at the Paramount with his
orchestra, will not be able to play
his favorite number which he first
MISUNDERSTANDING Fire" He
was informed that an orchestra
which had preceded him at the
theater had been featuring the
melody, using almost the Identical
arrangement of the Madriguera
outfit. And so the Spanish or
chestra leader finds himself unable
to play the number with the Spe-
cial arrangements he introduced
because he doesn't want to run the
risk of being accused OF ap1ng
the man who aped him!
Raquel Meller filed a petition
in bankruptcy in Paris courts last
week. Elisabeth Bergner is feud-
ing with Sir James Barrie over
the new play he wrote for her, and
announces she will discard it and
instead come to America to appear
in a modernized version of LAS
You Like IT,. Vera Milton may
get her comeback chance with a
principal role in Harry Romm's
vaude unit. "Glorified Follies Of
1885,. Bert Friedlob and Jea-
nette Loft phone to deny news
paper reports that they have
parted. Paul Calico, offered q
salary which would make him the
highest priced sports writer in
America, has spurned it to remain
abroad and continue his free
lance mag and screen writings.
Lew Brown is remaining clOis-
tered here completing what will
be his first nOn-musical play
venture Allan Curtis, N. Y.
cOllar-and-ad boy, now with
R.K.O., and Owen Davis, jr., are
squabbling for Anne Shirley
with young Davis in the lead,
The Leland Hayward-K Katharine
Hepburn alliance Is colder than
an in m e-tax Investigators
handShake. It's not true that
three Of the Broadway column
lists have filed entry blanks for
the AM-America Amateur Box
ing Tournament.
Harry Ritz's secret bride is Char
lotte Fink, who was his finance
before she wed the gent whom she
divorced several months ago. ..
Arthur Swanstrom has lined up
with the Yacht Club Boys, and will
write their special material. DR..
Leo Michel has lost his colorful
Chinese valet, the widely pub
licized Mock.
Bert Satz, former Broadway
jeweler, flew in from the Coast
Salty and remains here with
his cinema starting DIR, Fran
ces Sage, until her bridegroOm's
Julius Epstein) first play,
"And Stars Remain" in Thea
ter-GuiIded Paul YawitZ'S col
labOratOr on "Watch the Birdie"
for r. K. o. is Ethel Borden, Of
the socially registered Harri-
man clan of N. Y, Newport and
other points of the compass.
Aimee Semple Mcpherson re-
turns to New York October IA,
to launch another desperate at
tempt to establish her temple
here California having gone
completely frigid Producer
Charles Hopkins has been ap-
pointed asst. State director of
the Federal Theater Project.
Milton Berle, contrary to reports,
has thumbed down r. K. O.'s
movie bid. Edwin Heyman Che
wrote lyrics for Body and Soul")
is Kitty Halls new pain in the
heart. .87-yr-old Daniel Frohman
has engaged a mgr. to book him
for radio.
VOTE AMERICAN
Two D. {. Men Fined
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