The Washington times., 1936-01-03

Hal Sicily as co-stars, called Bur
leSque." It ran a full season in
New York. On the road it was a
tremendous disappointment. The
hinterlandS seemed to regard the
attraction as a Columbia wheel
show.
When Paramount bought Bur
leSque" and made it as a picture
they quickly changed the title to
Dance of Life" incidentally the
same play is to be made again this
year in Hollywood and it will have
another title. But you can bet
few dollars there will be nothing
in the new name that even sug-
gestS burleSque.
MR.. MEAKIN REPORTS
Hardie Meakin Of Keith's COW
cred the arrival of his star, Lily
Pons, at Union Station, yesterday
for this department. He reports
via the phone as follows: "She
was tickled to death when I told
her that her picture, Il Dream
Too Much broke a New Year Eve
and January /, record for Keith'S.
She wore a cute little hat and a
mink coat and looked raviShing.
No prima donna airs. She posed
for all the photographers and
even talked to Betty HyneS,
though her secretary insisted she
conserve her voice due to a slight
cold. Miss PonS then went to the
Mayflower to prepare for her
White House visit. Last night she
was the special entertainer in the
East Room, following President
RooSevelt's dinner for the Vice
President. What pleased her most
was the news that audiences at
Keith'S are applauding her songs
at each performance. ,"I am
crazee, she said Ito make more
pictures" Today she took an
early train for New York bearing
orchids and roses from RKO-
Keith's, a tribute for a winning
box office picture"
GIRLS ON THE COVERS
Variety's 30th anniversary num-
Der arrives in a handsome green
cover and bound. SID Silverman
says the binding may be taken as
evidence that prosperity has
turned the corner for show bust
ness.
Among the interesting items
tucked away between voluminouS
pages of advertising is the popu-
larity rating of motion picture
stars as determined by the num-
Der of times the anointed ones
had their photographs on the
covers Of the fan magazines in
1885.
Not one male movie star
crashed the covers. Here's how
the fair ladies came out:
Claudette Colbert received 10;
Shirley Temple, 9; Ginger Rogers.
8; Carole Lombard and Jean Har-
low. 7 each; Janet Gaynor, Joan
Crawford, Myrna 10y, Ruby
Keller, 6 each; Miriam Hopkins,
Mae West, Greta Carlo, Katha-
rine Hepburn, each; Kay
Francis, Dolores Del Rio, Alice
Fay, Ann Sothern, Marion Davies,
Bette Davis, Loretta Young, 3
each; Marlene Dietrich, Gloria
Stuart, Virginia Bruce. Merle
Oberon, jeanette Macdonald, Mar
garet Sullivan, Joan Bennett,
Grace Moore, Ann Harding, 2
each; Irene Dunno, Lillian Har.
vey, Anna STEM, Madge Evans,
Mary Carlisle and Elizabeth Allen,
/ each.
Cornelia Otis Skinner, who
comes to the National Theater
with her dramatic canoes the
week of January, ~ was a guest
at the White House dinner to the
Vice President last night, later Of
fered group of her sketches in
the East Room.
Beginning next Friday at the
Fox, Jean Harlow in Riff Raft"
At the Earl, Sylvia Sidney in
Mary Burns, Fugitive"
WRESTLING AL SCHACHT
Whistling AL Schacht, third
base monitor for the Red Sox and
the only coach who ever figured
Cliff Bolton was 10 seconds man
between the hot corner and home
plate, will have his gang out at
the Fox Theater tonight.
If you hear boo at the Fox
about $3.50 you will know that
Nick Altrock has arrived to lead
the Kissing squad for his former
partner in nonsense. Those in
vited to sit in the cheering section
are Kirk Miller, Bob ConSidine,
Shirley Povich, Jack Keller, Fran
cog Gton and R11nk O1kIaill Alsa