The Washington times., 1936-06-22


the start by now they are probably
meshing smoothly. Herman Tim
berg wrote the act and was present
to oil the stage machinery. And
Mr.. Timberg is a good fixer.
What allied Comedian Kennedy
was that he found difficulty in get
ting into the real mood for his
burning-up with frustrated rage
technique, that has made him a
favorite with the audiences for
the Keystone tWo-reelerS. The
stars suggestion was if he could
pull leg off the electric piano
player it might help.
Quoth Zone Manager Payette:
do anything you like but don't
ruin that piano. It's the only one
of its kind here" So Comic Ken
nedy compromised by tearing up
piano rolls. 1t helped.
Kennedy will be lost to Holly
wood for some time if he accepts
Director Erik Charrell's invitation
to go into white Horse Inn,"
scheduled for Radio City's Center
Theater in August.
Personal nomination for the
best short subject of 1896: Chang
ing the Guard" the technicolor
featurette with Sybil Jason at the
Earle.
COCHRAN THEATER OFF
Steve Cochran's summer venture
on the Olney Pike is off until next
season. The impressario of E
Street confronted building delays
which would have prevented an
opening at Darby Farm until the
leaves were beginning to turn vel
low and harvest time was on. He
says he will go ahead next season.
This leaves the cowshed and
haymow season exclusively to the
Roadside Players, who are prosper
ing nightly. SelloutS last week
for Around the World in 80 Days"
AS president or sumfin Of the So
ciety for Making It Easier for
Dramatic Editors, wish the Road
side folks would install telephone
in the Rockville Pike auditorium.
These daily calls for the exact di-
rection to the Roadside are becom-
ing irksome and will have to be
referred to the A. A. A. if they
continue.
ON TABLOID MUSICALS
On the results obtained from
the showing of Spring Is Here"
condensed musical comedy in the
Loew theaters, will depend whether
Gene Ford will be asked to whittle
down other hit melody shows.
Spring Is Here" will be shown
at the Fox Theater on July "a
with a cast that will contain at
least two names of Importance
and a line of dancing girls. In
the abbreviated version the mu-
Sical is expected to provide one
hour stage show.
Should the musical comedy pol
icy hit the booking office would
be pleased for it is becoming in
creasingly difficult to find vaude-
vile acts that haven't been around
the circuit three times or more.
Might I suggest that Producer
Ford look over the script Of Eddie
DoWling'S, rs ally, Irene and
Mary" which has already been
chopped down to vaudeville size,
and is the best one act musical
this corner has yet seen come to
pass.
MAC MURRAY CONSTANT
Fred MacMurray'S marriage
gives the grin to columnists who
have had him making romantic
eyes at this and that Hollywood
siren. Actor MacMurray merely
followed the Hollywood custom of
night-clubbing with girls who
would make a paragraph in the
gossip columns or would be good
subjects for the photographers.
When he went to Hollywood his
New York heart insisted that he
be released from any official en-
gagement. IF you feel the same
way about it after you have met
success in pictures let me know"
said Lillian LaMonte, a pretty
model.
Actor MacMurray must have felt
the same way about it for he flew
to Las Vegas, New, on Saturday
and married Lillian LaMonte.
Each, says the license, is 27 years
old and previously unmarried.
MacMurray is one of the lucky
ones who clicked from his first
picture, He was playing the col
lege band with Roberta" when he
was spotted by Paramount talent
finders and invited to make
test.
KATHARINE CORNELL, LID.
The University of Wisconsin will
beStow the honorary degree of
Doctor of Letters on Katharine
Cornell in Madison, Wis, today.
In order to attend the COM
mencement exercises there, Miss
Cornell temporarily will suspend
performances of Bernard Shaw's
Saint JOAN" in which she now
lis touring. Following the cere-
mony, the actress will go to Los
Angeles, where she will resume
her tour in the Biltmore Theater
on Thursday night, June Is.