The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-19
! THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOl-
REnadNuaM EEannnanks

I'LL. ,ISOI1d COTOI1d, MSL-Op 0Id'
matte soprano will elope with VIM.
J.. Neil, jr., her monied concert
mgr. Frank Buck is readying q
primer for the school kidS-"On
Jungle Trails. Recommended
for Broadway babies-it has a
chapter on snakes!. The Jack
Pearls are considering an heir
via the adoption route. Gilbert
Gabriel's newest temptation is two
gees wkly to scribble pics-in Holly
woodruff he prefers his dramatic
berth on the American.
Report that Helen Jacobs play
ed those last few games at the
point of collapse from q pain
under the heart. H. Richman
parted with q flock Of dough
cabling most of his pals Sunday
mite that he was about to take
off Mrs. George s. Kaufman
Is reported using the services Of
q bOdyguard temporarily. 8. In
CidentalIy, George Kaufman sit
ting at a secluded table at the
StOrk Sunday night tried to
ignore the parade Of your
pretties who kept lowering near,
cycling him with that certain
look. Hollywood insists Jules
Levine is where actresses spell
bind-and producers spell ter
ribly. .Macauley'S, the Opti-
miStS, will take over q column
lists novel from Claude KendallS
Mark Hellinger has com
pIeted the first Of four scripts
for d. Zanuck and plungeS into
his producing venture before
starting on his next screen play
.. When do we get that prom
Used blast by AL Smith,. Sign
on chest of one of two peripatetic
crippled musicians who travel
the Broadway route nightly'
Two Good Men; One Good Foot;
One Good Hand" %. o. Nc
Intyre's closest pal, white-haired
Harry Silvey is being baited for
. cinema berth.
Broadway was genuinely grieved
over the sudden death Of Irving
Thalberg, Metro genius. Only a
few weeks ago he had remarked
to friends that with Romeo and
Juliet" and Good Earth" he had
reached the peak Of his career
everything thereafter would be
anti-climax. .Zita Johann hoped
a plane for the Coast to rush to
the bedside of her husband, John
Mccormick, feIled by a heart at
tack. . "A few Broadway health
rules: Never give a competitor q
hand-the only one he wants Is
the upper one. BE awake - or
thereIl be a wake for you. Have
confidence-but beware Of conf
dants. Don't worry about being
fair in your work-or your work
will be only fair.
YaScha Bunchuk, the aScetiC
who always deplored the trend
toward sync0pation, goes into
LOew'S next week-with a Swing
HOtcha Symphony of 30 men
and Is voices. That gold mesh
gown on the tall beauty in the
new Paradise show weighs 80
lbs, according to official press
agent statistics Jane Lanes
secret groom is Ben KOvner. E.
Billy LaHiff, back from the
Coast, has renewed his court
ship Of the glorified Hollywood
beauty, Marion Martin - with
wealthy young DR.. Dick Hayes
as his closest rival. . The DIR. Of
Eddie Davis, Ork pilot ut La
Rue's is scheduled to elOpe with
DR.. Bernard Schambam. Red.
headed Iris Adrian'S divorce
from Charles Over, jr., becomes
final March 18th when, unless
plans change, she becomes the
bride of Herman AmrOn, the
reStaurateur.
Top this one for crazy mara
thons: The New Jersey State Fair
which opens in Trenton, Septem-
Der 81, will feature a yawning
contest ColumniSts and dra-
matte critics barred Height Of
enterprise-sign in front Of the
Top Hat Club, Union City: I'VE
can't afford Harry Richmond for
our new show, but we have num-
Der of ping pong balls which we
are featuring in a special dance
number" =.
Ray Miller, former champ, and
Katharine Lee (former cinema
baby have been telling intimates
they are mister and miSsuS In the
pianiSsimo manner A gag? d.
Odd bit: New photographs of the
adopted heir Of the Al JolsonS,
reveals the baby as the identical
image of the minstrel ace .
Betty Benjamin and Bradley
Clarke of the Social Set ESQ
called are at the swooning stage
. Giggle in two rival soup ads:
Same mugg is shown tipping with
zest-with ads of the rival firms
only a few pages apart in the
magazines Well known rum
firm reported invading smoke
market with a rum-cigarette .
Understand that Mark Wollner,
the concert violinist, who was
cleared in the Helen Clevenger
murder in Asheville, is destitute
unable, because of the adverse