The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-06

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Thus far, jack Benny, Burns
and Allen and Jack Oakie have
been selected as principals. :.
Others to be added to the cast
will be picked in New York. :.
Producer GenSler has asked us
to undertake to guide him and
his party through the night clubs
where new faces will be sought
for the cast. Before the group
is through, perhaps q dozen or
more singers, dancers, chorus
girls, show girls will have Holly
wood contracts in their posses
sion. .GenSleH also plans to
work on some Of the sequences
in the Astoria studios. This is
q new experiment and If success
full, other companies may follow
suit on musicals, sending their
directing units East and shoot
ing part of their pictures in the
studios around New York.
Hollywood was kind to depart
ing reporter, rendering him a din
ner at the Trocadero and escorting
him to the train at PaSadena-3O
In all filling the ancient bus-Billy
Wilkerson'S idea-which crawled
along at a snappy 10-mile-an-hour
gait but arrived in time. Among
those at the Troc on this final
night were Hal Roach, Cary Grant,
Mary Brian, Wendy Barrie, Dixie
Dunbar (and her young Mr.. Smith
Of Atlanta, GaO, Billie Stewart
(Mrs. Billy WilkerSon), Cy Bart
lett, Walter Kane, Phillis Brooks.
Claire Manners, Sam Katz and
Sara Martha, the William Goetzes,
Vic Orsatti, Iris Adrian, Joan Alb
bolt and others. Earlier in the
day for a final luncheon at the
Vendome, where we found assem-
bled a group of homesick Broad
wayites, including Julius Tanner,
Ralph Farnum, Charles Adler and
Lew Cooper MY dentist"
chirped Tannen, sis disguised. He
thought by this time would have
his teeth sunk into a good part OF
myself" -.
Roxy Green, now with Para
mount, and LOnnie Dorsay
(MurieI DOrSay's ex) are at the
Painting Stage. He just gifted
her with a diamond wrist watch
Hal Roach has signed LYDIA
Robert. Some talk that Demp-
sey'S Of New York may branch
out to Hollywood. Not q good
idea, it appears to me, since the
chief lure in the New York
chOwry is the fact that Demp-
sey is at the door nightly to
greet TatrOnS-and to autograph
menus Lew GenSler'S wife
who is accompanying him ON
this trip will be seeing New
York for the first time in three
years. In / dentally, they've
made a wager that Director
Lessen won't have the courage
to come off the Century at
Grand Central wearing the
camePS hair suit which has
stirred considerable excitement
at the various towns at which
the chief has been stopping
It's about 100 in the shade out
side as we ride through this arid
desert land. Am eng those who
saw us off at the train was Sey-
mOur Felix, just signed to a new,
long term contract with Metro.
What he doesn't know is that
If he had waited a few days, he
would have drawn an even more
lucrative contract with Para
mount which was impressed
with his work on 'The Great
ZiesfeId"
Before leaving I had a long
talk with Hugh Daniel, out
standing among Americas de-
signerS Of mems dress He
listed as filmdom's best dressed
men, the following in the order
named: Fred AStaire, Douglas
Fairbanks, ST., Clark Gable,
Adolphe Menjou, Ronald Colman
and William Powell Gable
leads the list as the best dressed
in sports attire "He always
had a leaning toward good
DRESS" said Daniel. Here's
something few people know
before he went into pictures he
tried to borrow money to open
q chain Of Gable men-shopS in
New York" Sloppy dressers
indifferent dressers-among the
movie colony included Bruce Ca
bot, Cesar Romero, George Raft,
Bing crosby, Jack Oakie, Spencer
Tracy, Gene Raymond and Cliff
ton Webb Raft goes in for
bizarre effects" explained Daniel
"Webb thinks he's well dressed
and very BritiSh-but he's not
Crosby, Tracy and Oakie just
don't give a hang!"
Daniel gave some hints as to
what the well-dressed man will
or should wear-thiS coming
season If he goes to a we'd
ding at high noon, or to a
rigidly formal affair, he should
wear a silk high hat-cutaway at
the noon wedding-tails at the
night fOrmality For less
formal affairs, with q dinner
jacket, the cOllapSible opera
hat should be wOrn-never the
soft black felt In summer
with . tuxedo, q China split
straw Is the popular thing -.
One and three stud shirts are
Out-thO two stud shirt Il the