The Washington times., 1936-04-06

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Louis Prima'S mama beams
and Alma Ross, Prima'S fiancee,
sits close to her at the Famous
Door while Prima chants might
and Day" at the request Of
Patricia Ellis. In q corner sit
the seductive June Travis. and
. matter-Of-fact young man
holding her slim hand, Jules
Eitzler. Tom Brown leans over
This reminds me Of the
first time l met yOu-yOu took
me to the Famous Door in
New York, remember. The
cinema juvenile twhO. incl
dentally, worries because he
remains the kid of the movies,
although he has gathered
years. seated with Ginger ROg-
ers and her cousin, Phyllis
Frazier. Ginger has q shiny
nose, her hair is slightly
disheveled, she has no make
up-simply a girl out having a
good time this night. Over at
another table, Nick FOran
keeps staring at our table-at
Paula Stone. He is tOrch-bear-
ing-a lOvesick young man who
has had q recent miSunder-
standing with the Stone beauty
=. AT a wall-Side table is Kath-
arine Lee, here, as stated pre-
viOusly in this department, for
her divorce. .Prima is at his
best tOnight-fOr his mama is
in from New Orleans-and she
has met his brideAtO-be. The
obscure boy whom we diScOv-
cred in New Orleans two sea-
sons agO-haS come along-a
radio feature weekly-and set
for the movies.
We run into pretty Eileen Allen
.. Unusually buoyant. And hel
secret is out. Just divorced from
Wally Stewart, she has been the
secret bride of Pianist Jack Brooks
for close to three weeks. He is
new with the orchestra which has
just gone into the Casanova. j.,
Phil Plant stops at our table al
the Trocadero. Fully recovered
from his recent illness, the fellow
admits a longing for his vast farm
in Groton, Conn. But one othe1
place has won his fancy. Moth
ing like it," he chirps. Honolulu
that's the SWEETEST place on earth
I hope the tourists don't fine
it and spoil it" But unfortu
nately, the tourists have discov
cred Honolulu-and are beginning
to spoil it. We drop over to thu
Century Club having it's opening
:. Maxine Lewis the chief attrac
tion-until Sunday, when TER!
Law1or came in and Maxine lef'
for Australia. "A tiny place, thil
night club-50 people would Grove
it-and very cold, in spite of wha
should be it's intimacy. Which
brings me to the subject Of nigh
clubs in this town. They offeI
very little attraction-nothing tt
compare with the entertainment
in New York. Thus the Troca
dero has nothing but Phil Oh
mans band at present Thu
Clover Club breaks out into a raSl
with the Ritz Brothers (entertain
ment enuf for this reporter), bu
offer no added attraction. . Thu
Casanova does the best for tn
local citizenry by giving some sor
Of variety show-Joan Abbott
Jerry Bergin, Billy Gray and tn
Roberts Brothers The Sever
Seas lets the rain pour down ant
the thunder rumble every Is min
utes-and for extra measure pre-
sentS a Tahitian cooch dancer.
Which should give you an idea.
incidentally, the Frazee sisters vii
be out here shortly to succeed
Joan Abbott at the Casanova.
was-if any-between Sam Cos
Whatever difference there
low and Esther Muir Is GER
tainly at an end, for this has
become the cOOingeSG and pur-
ringest pair in town. And now
we learn that the couple are to
join the pram-puSherS. Read
your Hollywood news here
you'll get it first, freSh-and
above all, accurate. Every day
news scoops in this department
verified by the local and New
York paragraphers and papers
-SwelI-headed SObOl, that's us
THE local papers have just
gotten around to confirming our
announcement of several weeks
ago regarding Rian James and
Anne Andres forthcoming
elOpement April 10. Louise
TrOxell-nOw washed up with
Jimmy Ritz-merges shortly
with Don HaIper Of Chicago. q.
Al Scott has Joined the ranks
Of ranch Owners-purchasing
huge acreage In Ensenada. i.
The feud between Kay Francis
and Gloria Swanson is still on
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