The Washington times., 1936-04-18

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we had watched the lugubrious
struggles of the Sepian Gabriel
oscar Pork) OF Green Pastures"
trying to get into a telephone
booth Gabriel was in his an
gelic costume with wings Sprouted
out i. He. twisted and Squirmed
trying to get the wings together
and finally slid into the booth side
ways with one of the angelic tlap-
perS sticking out and the other
crushed against the wall In
the commiSsary sat the three In
separables, Patricia Ellis, Grace
Dlrktn and Paula Stone =. Cesar
Romero dipped delicately into a
bowl Of soup and we detected signs
Of the new mustache he is grow
ing .. At another table was Craig
REYNOLDS, mentioned Economically
with Mary Pickford during Buddy
Rogers stay in England.
AT. the Beverly Brown Derby,
Irwin Caesar sits with Francine
LarrimOre They've been max
ing the rounds together for
weeks, although each insists
there's NO rOmance) -. Caesar
Is In q pondering mood
TIN lust figuring out, " he muses.,
'%The talent Of the country is
all here nOw-I mean the ere
alive talent. Irving Berlin, Sig
mund ROmberg, Rudolph Friml,
Moss Hart. Lew Brown, Harold
Arlen-the big producers, the
big actors, the actresses, the
scenic designers, the writer's
all here, that night?" eyes,
Irving, as matter Of fact / said
something about that only a few
weeks ago." Okay-but it's
right and yet, look in spite Of
that Broadway is having its full
quota of hits-in fact, there
never have been better, higher
grade plays in yeaFs-iSnSs that
stranger" Broadway is al
ways at its best when it has its,
hack 20 the WALL" is Miss Larri-
more's voluntary observation
-. "YOu mean," we interrupt,
you're hOmesick" -.
we drive to Los Angeles Coney
Island-Ocean Park-and join
others at the long circular bar in
the game called Keno" which in
our younger days we knew better
as 'Lottos," although there is a
slight variation. You pay a dime
for three cards, you toss a dart
at q chart in front Of you and
cover the corresponding number
on your cards with small circular
cardboard pieces the size Of q
penny. Then one Of the attend
ants moves from chart to chart
calling off the numbers. You
cover on your own card if you
have the number until you have a
complete row, covered. up and
down, side to side Of corner to
corner. . If you're the first to
cover, you collect So In other
places. the winnings are as much
as SIS and even $25. We come
back to town and wander into the
bowling alley. The place is
TANNED as usual and there is no
chance to get an alley unless you
make your reservation far in adj
vance. Miss Alice Faye rolls off
two strikes in succession and ap-
pears quite pleased with herself.
Sitting In the TrOcaderO, we
learn Of an unusual gesture.
HOIlywOOds' four acknowledged
writing aces, Messrs. Gene FOw-
Ter, Nunnally johnson, Grover
Jones and Dudley Nichols, to
indicate their genuine love for
the desperately i'll Don Marquis,
without his knowledge, took one
Of his old magazines stories and
cOIlabOrated ON q complete
working script to be sold to the
major studio making the high
est bid, the purchase price to 60
to Marquis and the story to
bear Marquis name only.
Jimmy Durante is returning to
the picture fold. Charlie Morri-
son from this end has been burn
ing up the wires closing the deal
with Lou Clayton in New York.
Form al announcement will be
made next week. .Wendy Barrie
and Van Rensselaer, Smith have
iced their romance, Van now SPUR
ing Nancy Carroll again and
Wendy monopolizing Jimmy Stew.
art :. Brian Donleavy and Mar
jorie Lane have patched their
feud,, but the gel insists the news
paper stories of their bethrothal
were an exaggeration.
Helen TwelVetrees, unIeaShed
from Frank Woody, denies she
plans an immediate marriage
again. mot me! IT'S great to
be free. The mama Of Merna
Kennedy (Merna was once the
leading lady for c. Chaplin)
was also freed from Millionaire
Peter G. Gernert after merger
which took place less than ten
months ago hollywood
mOurns the death Of one of its
most popular executives-FeIix
Feist, M.-G.-M. Gent Mgr, who
died i'm New York Novelist
Zane Grey has cabled to his wife
. in Pasadena that he has caught
the largest man-eating tiger