The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-13


It is difficult to think about the
theater and the movies while Lu-
Gus Beebe is lamenting over the
fact that he observed only stray
few males in strictly formal dress.
Not one Prince Albert coat, my
word. The real style show, An
Ilouncer George Hicks tells you, is
now on Park Avenue and you won
der why he didn't take his portable
llicrophone over towards the Wal
dorf-Astoria. Gloria Bragiotti tells
is what she Is wearing and then
the broadcast is switched to Wash
ington.
! Washington's broadcast is bet
TER with Gordon Hittenmark'S
aide-de-mike the Herald's Peter Car
ter. It's drizzling in front Of the
Mayflower but against Easter gray
skies they discover Senator Capper
wearing O red tie with his Sunday
ensemble, and that's something
new. Senator Overton is 'cajoled
into saying q few words, and later
you learn that the wise women
are wearing furs. that Mrs. Eddie
Rickenbacker prefers Sables, that
most Of the hats resemble flower
gardens and cherry trees, that
Peter Carriers young debutante
looks so nice in her Easter garb
the columnist is going home to
borrow it.
s. EDDY AUTOGRAPHS
A jingling telephone brings me
back to my amusement mutton.
It is o prominent barriSter who
wants to know where Nelson Eddy
may be staleed into providing
autographs, and maybe few
words, for his wife and daughter.
I am unable to aid nor can Mr..
Earle Dorsey, who is the publicist
for the Eddy concert, supply the
information. Nelson Eddy keeps
his hotel arrangements q strict
secret. I can understand why, for
two lovely young things stopped
at my desk last week in quest OF
advance autograph information.
Nelson Eddy is, think, the most
popular Of the M-G-M stars Of the
moment, vieing with Clark Gable
for young attention. His concert
salary has doomed from $500 to
$4,000 and he sells out weeks be-
fore he walks out on the platform.
la spite of this am told he takes
a high hat and condeScendlng at
titude to the Hollywood which,
With "Rose Marie" and Naughty
Marietta" really made him
celebrity.
Let's hope this delusion of
grandeur doesn't extend to his
MISUNDERSTANDING public. For
once any star loses these devoted
admirers, they will discover they
are not worth so much IN cash,
either at the studio or in concert.
LONG FILM
"The Great Ziegfeld' runs for
exactly three hours and four
minutes, almost a record for mo
ton picture length. It means, OF
course, that when it is eventually
released for the smaller theaterS
they will not be able to make IT
one-half of a double featured
program. :,
This marathon celluloid led
Motion Picture Herald to do some
research about the length Of sue
cessful Hollywoodiana. The trade
paper discovered that a comfort
able majority of the winning pic
lures of the last several years have
run 100 minutes or more. For
instance:
The Great Ziegfeld (M.G.M.. 1874
The Goldwyn Follies (U.A0.. 100
Anthony Adverse (WB0 80. $50
Romeo and Juliet (MG.M -. $50
The Green Pastures (W.B0.. 13S
Mutiny On the Bounty
David Copperfield (M.G.Mo. 1872
A Midsummer Nights Dream
(WB0 ................ lS2
"A Tale of Two Cities
(M.G.M0 ............... 126
The Crusades (Para) ...... 125
Captain Blood (F.N0. ..... 119
Mr.. Deeds Goes to Town
Viva Villa (M.G.M0....... lis
The Count Of Monte Cristo
=: U.A0 443
Rose Marie CM.G.MO........ 113
The Little Minister (RKO-
- Radio) .................. liz
The Magnificent Obsession
-. 1Univ0 .................. liz
The Barrels of Wimpole
Street (M.G.M0 .......... Ill
FOLLOW the. Fleet (RKO- =,
naughty Marietta CM.G.Mo. 106
The Trail of the Lonesome
Pine Para.) ............ 1O6
broadway Bill (ColO. ...... los
The Dark Angel (UA0..... los
Lives Of a Bengal Lancer
rs (Para) ............:... 1OS
r. Happened One Night
~ (Col. ...............". 1V0
YAs Miserables CU.AO....... 1o5
!Roherta (RKORadio) ...... los
broadway Melody Of 1886
.s..(M.GM.) ................ 1OS
,x.leopatra (Para.) .......... 1O1
sstrike Me Pink (U.A0....... 100
s5IPerhaps it's the Easter influence
Ar possibly Washington's movie
Evidences are becoming more po-
lite Anyway the classy show at
the Fox Theater this week has not
f1een interrupted or disturbed by
gCa&4nnaco IN art