The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-02

birthday party for her grand
mother, Mrs. B. F. Handy, Of
Riverdale, at Mrs. Clara May
Downey's Olney Inn last night. y.
When the cake arrived buxom
Kate led the singing Of Happy
Birthday" by the family group.
only warbling she has done on a
months vacation, which ends
when she returns to the airwaves
next Tuesday night . %. o. Nc
Intyre scooped the movie editors
and the Warner Bros. press
agents, too, by broadcasting that
Aaron Stone, hot trumpet player
in the Earle Theater orchestra, is
a country parsop, preaching the
good word every Sunday. The
Earle also has a full fledged men,
Der of the bar in Freddy Clark'S
collection of melody makers. j..
This year the annual One-Act
Play tournament of the Commu-
nifty Center will be held in O.
tober, instead of the customary
February or March date. Bess
Davis Screiner promises to say
plenty about it after October /.
MIR. BARRON ENTERTAINS
If they're from the "Sooth"
they generally find their way to
Carter BarTon's office. Thus the
Loew division manager did the
first entertaining for the new
Griffmen, Fred Sington and
Johnny Mihalic. fresh from
Chattanooga. Carter knew Sing
ton when he was captain Of the
famous University Of Alabama
Crimson Tide) team, same out
fit that gave Johnny Mack Brown
to the movie world.
PIERCE HALL PLAYERS
From w. A. Whitney comes the
following bulletin about the Pierce
Hall Players:
From Maine to Singapore, from
Ohio to Florida. on Monday night,
came aspiring Booths and Bern.
hardts to try out for the first Of
fering of the Pierce Hall Players,
the sterling laugh-packed alias
the Deacon" by John B. Hymer
and Leroy Clemens. More than
sixty actors appeared at this try
out, the only open casting Sched-
uled to be held this year, and
from that group 20 were singled
out for parts.
Rehearsals start tonight at
Pierce Hall, and as work pro-
crosses the cast will assume its
proper proportions Of eleven men
and five women.
Those selected at Mondays
try-out were Charles futile, Louis
N. Stivers, Stanley Karmazin,
Harry Bozof, Charles C. Barry,
Peggy Bell, DeVer K. Fisher,
Rogers Albritton. Evelyn Wynn,
Stanley B. Rider, Abbie Lee
Krum, Thelma Doyle, Sylvia
Schwartz. Arthur M. Sammeth,
Robert T. Miller, Malvin B.
Plunkett, and Mildred Baitz. All
are newcomers to the players.
Howard F. Wentworth is staging
the comedy, with Jack Aracey as
assistant to the director, and K.
Hiding Beij will again be in
charge Of stage settings. Produc-
ton is scheduled for the first
week in October.
NATIONAL BULLETIN
The first bulletin Of the new
season from Mons. Steve Coch-
ran reminds that the time is ap-
preaching to don the blue derby
Dramas torch will light on
the night Of Monday, September
%, when Max Gordon arrives
with a brand new play, "St.
Helena" Maurice Evans, Eng
fish actor and last season Kath-
arine Cornell's leading man, will
be Napoleon. 1t will be the 101st
anniversary of the National The
alter. The Howard Theater opens
Friday with Swing Rhythm" a
Harlem show with so people.
Bullets and Ballots" will be the
picture. AS usual the Howard
will have Saturday midnight
shows as a regular policy. The
Rialto, Mrs. Louise Noonan Miller
says, will be opened on Septem-
Der II. My erstwile assistant,
Jack Varela, is now press relations
counsel for the Raleigh Hotel.