The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-22

Frank Fay's first broadcast here,
or had merely decided to spend
the evening away from her con-
slant escort, Taylor. this reporter
can't tell you Nor was Jimmy
Stewart, Wendy's latest heartbeat.
in sight, either -. At another
table sat Rochelle Hudson SUI
rounded by two bulky young men
-, The Mayfair Shindig lured
filmdom's creme de menthe-the
gals In fetching print gowns -.
Joan Bennett was hostess, and her
guests included Franchot Tone
and Joan Crawford, the Daryl
Zanucks, Fred MacMurray and
Lillian Lamont and william Goetz.
we sat at the home Of the Sey-
mour Felixes with q group OF
Broadway expatriateS and listened
in as the session devoted itself to
"reminiscences Of the halcyon days
of the Ziegfelds and the billing
hams, the changers, big time
vaudeville and big time burleSque
The former vaudeville kings,
AL Lewis and Max Gordon-eacn
a power now although parted aS
partners-Lewis as q producer Tor
Paramount-Gordon as a leading
Broadway imperSario and also do
ing things in the films.
william Anthony Mcclure still
being showered with praise for his
splendid job on 1.-THE Great zieg-
field" and already planning to start
on the life of David Belasco {.
Bobby North, one Of the burlesque
pioneers Sam BiSchotf and
Sam Briskin, cinema chieftainS
A. L. Berman, attorney for
most Of them They revealed
the true story of how Fannie Brice
came to work for Ziegfeld fiction-
lied in the picture) :. What had
actually happened was that Zleg-
field sent the burleSque comed1enne
q wire She was to meet him
the following day at / in the after
noon She spent most OF that
night and all Of next afternoon
showing the wire to everyone along
Broadway-with the consequence
that she was two hours late for her
appointment and almost lost the
assignment Max Gordon hints
that Francis Lederer and Evelyn
Lave will probably have the leads
in his new musical being read1eo
by Howard DietZ and Arthur
Schwartz Incidentally, Gordon
and Berman are on their way to
New York.
Hollywood flOcks into the
Glover Club to guffaw at the
madhOuSe antics Of the Ritz
brothers. AT the bar stands .
solemn triO-BOb Benchley, Wal
ter H0wey and Eddie Suther-
land. The Sh ar p tOngued,
white-haired Edgar Allan Wolfe
is seated with the white haired,
sOfter-mOOded Charlie Morrison
The English beauty, Wini-
fred Shooter, fingers ut our table
for q while. Frankly thrilled
with HOllywoOd's excitement. 80.
"HOw can anyOne-anyOne-
ever want to leave this glorious,
be-yOOtiful City-sO precious
the mountains, the sea. the sun
p. Irving Berlin giggleS as
H. Ritz poses in front Of him
nude to the waist .ZeppO Marx
Chico Marx. Robert Mont
gOmery float in and out Of the
various rooms.
Later to the Casanova to greet
an old favorite. Frances Faye,
who, having arrived just a few
hours previously after a stormy
plane trip, opens that very night
and succeeds in impresSing the ma
tives with her razamataz Broad
way swing che IS and piano pound
ing. Joan Abbott shifts that
night from the Casanova to the
Century, another club controlled
, by the syndicate. Grace Poggi
suddenly walks out on her engage
ment at the Trocadero Thursday
night, explaining she doesn't be-
lieve she has quite made the grade
which leaves the management be
wildered, for the gal and her part
ner, Louis Arno, have been mild
sensation. However, the gal Is
obdurate-and the Troc these past
few days without entertainment :
Harry Hersht .eld and Donald
Flamm drop into town and we
travel out to one O. the impressive
ranches in En- inc. That OF VIC
Dalton's OoCal radio, king) ada
cent to AL JolSon'S acre" ge. Here
in the lowlands fenced in by the
mountains, the "rancher" roughs
y it with a vast swimming pool
patios, badminton and tennis
courts and q shack Of some II
llIxuriously furnished rooms.
The thing to do is to wear lur1o
bandana around your neck ano
take off your tie that makes you
q full.fledged outdoor ranch guest
Yesty afternoon we guest at
another of these modest estates
Carl LaemmIe's, which runs
for miles, with its own canyons
and hills, . swimming pool as
big as fair-siZed ocean and q
grin room the size Of the Yer
sailIes Here. Junior Laemmle
tfrets because Dixie Dunbar at
the last moment has been unable
to arrive but sOOthes his
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