The Washington times., 1936-02-06

Davis in their first picture since
"Of Human Bondage"
It seems that your critic Is
about the only one who thought
"Of Human Bondage" was about
the poorest Characterization that
Bette Davis ever gave to pictures
since she never once lulled me
into q belief she was q Cockney
waitress. Man Who Played God"
remains with me as the best ex-
ample of Davis acting up to the
present. SO will watch "Petri-
fled Forest" and give Bette an
other close scanning.
Warner Bros. made "Petrified
Forest" with two endingS, one
sad, the other CHEEKY. They have
finally decided that Leslie How
ard must die in the interests Of
a logical story.
BUDDY ROGERS COMING
Buddy Rogers E1nd Of 20 mu-
sicians and entertainers Is booked
for the Fox the week Of March 20
BY that time something more
definite may be known about the
Pickford-Roge romance. Las
time he played F Street the tele-
phone toll bill between Washing
ton and the Metropolitan Theater
in Boston (where Mary was play
ing). was tremendous.
GREET LIKES 1T
Maurice Greet, Of the National
Academy Of Stage Training, saw
Sweet A1oes" three times while
in London last summer. Diana
Wynyard played the role which
Evelyn Laye will offer in the
American production scheduled to
have its premiere at the National
Theater on Monday night, Febru-
ary "a. Warner Bros, Lee Ephriam,
Lee Shubert and the Theater
Guild are said to have an inter-
est in the production.
CAGNEY IN A ROW
Jimmy Cagney Is under Suspen-
sion and off the Warner Bros
pay roll since December 8 in a
contract dispute. His contract
has two years to 60, but differ
enceS have arisen over the num-
ber Of pictures he will make,
choice Of stories and casts. There
Is talk of lawsuits on both sides.
LUNT AND FONTANNE
Mark down the week Of March
9 for another brilliant first night
on E Street. It brings Alfred
Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in the
new Robert e. Sherwood play,
Idiots Delight" under the aus
pices Of the Theater Guild and
the American Theater Society.
MEET MR.. CORTEZ
If you happen to be q Ricardo
Cortez fan and want to welcome
him on his arrival for a personal
appearance tour, the time Is 10:45
a. m. at the Union Station Friday
morning when he steps off q
train from Boston. That means
he goes on at the Earle without
a rehearsal.
BRENNAN Is HOST
Manager Charles J. Brennan Of
the Metropolitan Theater played
host yesterday to the members
of the Federal Communications
Commission at a preview Of "You
May Be Next" The picture ex-
poses what might be new radio
racket. The radio czarS liked it.
Chairman Aiming 8. Prall.
Judge E. o. Sykes, George Henry
Payne, vice chairman, telegraph
division; A. G. Patterson, director
of telephone division: John F.
Killeen, director of the broadcast
division; Judge Frank Robertson,
George B. Porter, Andrew G..
Haley, Major Edward White, vii.
liam D. Terrell, and other repre-
sentativeS Of the engineering de-
partment of the commission were
among the guests.
"You May Be Next opens at
the Metropolitan Theater tomor-
row.
Nate Stiefel of the Howard
Theater left today to join the
amusement world at Miami for
one month.
Up in the Bronx, says Variety,
the name of the current Eddie
Cantor picture is marqueed,
Strike Me PinkuS.'
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