The Washington times., 1936-07-02

Joan Crawford tried her hand
at. a Cornell role in Lefty Lyn-
ton," which was the screen YER
sion Of "Dishonored Lady"
Norma Shearer followed the Cor
nell stage triumph in "Barretts Of
Wimpole Street." with a screen
version Of the same play. Miss
Shearer also is doing Juliet" a
Shakespearean role, which is one
Of the Cornell glowing acting por-
traits.
It is barely possible this Kath-
arine Cornell fears that she might
be asked to take a screen test just
to make sure that she can act.
Or that some studio executive
would inquire ''Who is this Guth-
rie McClintic and what has he
ever done?" should she venture
to suggest that her husband was
the greatest American stage d.
rector.
SHE LIKES THE STAGE
Variety, in reporting on the
latest offers, heads the dispatch,
exit Cornell to Give In" Still.
I doubt it. Katharine Cornell's
life and love as I see 1t is the
stage. She is deeply interested
in fostering and furthering til e
footlight drama, proves it each
year by taking these long and
exhausting cross-country tours,
like the one which has brought
her to Los Angeles.
Katharine Cornell, in recent
seasons, has picked up and gone
on the road when her plays were
selling out in New York. Saint
Joan" could have run q full sea-
son to S.R.O. on Broadway. She
took "BarrettS Of Wimpole Street"
en- tour long before it had ex-
hausted it's strength in the home
sector. In each case the hard
ships Of travel were accepted
cheerfully in order to give key
cities an opportunity to see her.
The stage comes first with
Katharine Cornell. It is hard
for Hollywood to realize this or
that anybody can resist the fab
ulouS offers of the plUNocratic |
screen. That's probably one of |
the main reasons they want her
so much. Hollywood appreciates
anybody that's hard to get.
Nelson Eddy has just signed his
new concert contract. It calls for
81 song recitalS for which he is
guaranteed 100000. With his
movie salary added it makes him
just about the highest-paid enter
tainer in the business.
FIGHT FOR THE CAMEO
While I was rubbing the sleep
out Of my eyes, Sidney Lust called
to say that the Cameo Theater in
Mt. Rainier will have the Schme-
ling-LouiS fight pictures beginning
Saturday at 2 p. m.
Up at the Stony Greek Theater
in Connecticut they will try out
new farce comedy, IT Take Care
Of My Friends" the week Of July
20. Interesting, because the new
play is a collaborative effort of
Norman E. Clark, drama critic of
the Baltimore News-P Post and Louis
E. Shecter. formerly sales and
publicity director of the Hecht
Company, here, and now an adver-
Using man in the neighboring city.
Walter Pick postcards from the
Maverick Theater, Woodstock. N.
Y, he is doing nicely as actor. This
week in Biography" next week
in Personal Appearance" Actor
Pick is on the directorate Of the
Roadside Theater and is one of it's
founders.
POLIO CRAB FEAST
Tonight's the night when Man
aging-Director R. L. Polio of the
Mayflower entertains the Fourth
Estate with an old-faShioned crab
feast in the garden of his hoStelry.
During the 1867 screen sea-
son, Warner Bros. will release 10
one-reel Pictorial Review short
subjects, produced with the CO.
operation of the Pictorial Review
Magazine. These reels will be
presented locally at the Earle and
Metropolitan TheaterS.
Each of the Pictorial Review"
subjects will be composed of five
units: Hollywood recipes, unusual
jobs for women, women in sports,
internationally known women fea-
tured in the magazine, and a Hol-
lywood fashion parade in Techni-
color.
SWIMMING
DANCING
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