The Washington times., 1936-03-13

and Irene Ware have turned o
A long two-page wire from Dan
lei Frohman from Miami asks this
dept to convey the veteran show
mans congratulations to David
Selznick for Little Lord Faunt-
leroy" This picture" wires
Frohman, brought me back to
1883 when I saw Elsie Leslie play
the lead at the Old Broadway The
ater on the first night of the orig
inal production. That was 48
years ago when I was but lad Of
80 and it occurred to me that
first nights are just the same,
only the women could not be
crowded around in their hoop
skirts and bustles like they jam
them today This film proves
my contention that the theme Of
any good play fits any age, that
there may be fashions in plays
and that costumes and customs
may change but human nature
does not"...
We gathered with Stuart Erwin,
Dave Gould and Alan Jones on
the Metro lot yeSty afternoon. =.
Erwin expresses his ad admiration
for Veloz and Yolanda "Yo-
landa was telling me" he remarks,
chat those handsome cups they've
been giving away to the winners
of their dance contests cost a lot
of money, and she recalled when
she and Frank were dancing
around trying to win prizes in
Brooklyn, the most they'd get
would be maybe So to split be-
tween them and a tin cup" -.
Just before getting out Of his car,
Jones had dropped Irene HerVey
off at q discreet distance away. :.
On the opulent Romeo and
Juliet" ballroom set, leslie How
ard stands in white cape talk
ing to Reginald Denny, while
Ralph Forbes moves from one
group to another An incongru-
Gus note is provided by four ex-
tras in their 18th Century cos
tunes collecting around a stage
hand, handing him money to
place on a nag in the 4th at San
iran Outside Basil Rathbone
in the costume of Capulet steps
out of 1886 Ford.
In the cOmmiSSary, LOIetta
Young looks over sympatheti-
caIly from her table as she
watches Prof. Strunk standing
helplessly in the back, peering
through his thick glasses in
vain hunt for a seat at one Of
the tables. Strunk is the Cornell
savant, Shakespearean expert,
who was brought here for a few
weeks in an advisory capacity
and has been here close to eight
months, drawing a huge salary,
which must bewilder him.
Mike Cantwell, Max Baer's for
mer trainer, in Fifteenth Cen
tury skintights, is something to
hehoId. The dress we described
here the other day made up for
Constance Bennett, has been
shiuped to her in London.
Martha Raye and Jerry Bergin
roughed each other in their
slapstick routine at the Casanova
with the husky Raye landing
n right that flOOred the small
feIlOw-which wasn't exactly in
their script. This is end OF
the real hot spots in tOwn-the
nearest thing to the old ha-ha
madness which used to keep US
awake until the sun came out.
Ant the most pretentiOusly de-
corated club, the Seville, which
Marcel Lamaze headed until
last week, has folded. Incident
aIIv. in addition to Martha Raye
and Jerry Bergin, the Casanova
also featured the Roberts broth
ers. who won their first recOg-
nitiOn in the Ha-Ha Club.
They're still watching W. c
Fields closely as he works II
"Poppy," the circus picture ovel
at paramount Although the vet
eran trouper makes no squaWks
It is evident he hasn't fully recoV
cred from his recent illness, ane
director Sutherland and all con
cnrned try to keep the fellow from
overworking doc" Will Gilbert
william Powell'S stand-in, is
nracticing chiropractor by profes
sion They tried him out in th'
"Great Ziegfeld" to portray Dan
iel Frohman in his younger day
The takeoff was so accurate
Gilbert is being signed for an
other picture-which may meal
that Powell will have to hire
new stand-in and Gilbert'S pa
tients try a new chiropractor.
Most feared Emsee in town is Tex
Healy, who always manages to sa!
the unexpected-hitting fearlessl!
and not too automatically at tn
important figures Of the industry
who develop a peeve at him TO
an hour or so, which is usuall'
goftened before the end Of tn
evening-grab Joe Lewis, who ha
been a sensation in this town.
His routineS are new and h1lar
GUS.
Bowling and monopoly" are
HOlIywOOd's principal night d.
versions at present The
bowling craze has spread to fan