The Washington times., 1936-05-28

vies with Hollywood's and every
body comes clean. AS II these
were not enough reminders Of sum-
mer Kitty Pritchard Of Roadside
Theater arrives to report that the
production department Is adding
to the Red Barn structure in order
to build fancy sets for Around the
World in 80 Days." the opening at
traction, June Is.
STEVE IS BUSY
Mr.. Steve Cochran is busy and
mysterious these days and hopes
to make an interesting announce
ment soon. No. not a Winchell
item, something about q new
summer theater And it seems to
me that Administrator Bill Farms
worth, of the Federal Theater.
ought to give us a production Of
Murder in the Cathedral" by
Uncle Sans best unit Of actors
and let official washington see
the work that PWA is doing for
the unemployed of the profession.
Closing of the Nationals regular
season makes the theater available
THEY WLAR so LITTLE
Even the summer slump has hit
VARIETY. Was a time that a
dramatic editor could pick up the
new issue and find enough to fill
a column. But this week juicy
items are scarce. I note that Gil
bert Gabriel of the New York
American is voted the champion
dramatic critic of the season by
the Broadway bible. Gabriel has
won this title four times in the
past and must be rated the New
York champion at calling which
shows will prosper and which go
to Gains StorehouSe. William
McDermott of Cleveland, favorite
critic of Katharine Cornell, is said
to have the inside track on the
post left vacant by the death OF
Percy Hammond. Even though
some Of the lads on the Herald
Tribune have tried their best to
copy the Hammond style and
match his vocabulary Washing
ton will be one of the very few
spots in the country that will have
vaudeville all summer long anc
it will keep Carter Barron and Guy
Wonders busy finding acts, for the
supply is dwindling Why
doesn't somebody book the How
ard University Glee Club which
made such a knockout hit sing
ing on Rudy Vallee's program?..
A letter from Don Zelaya playing
the Orpheum in Los Angeles ex
presses shock over what he saw
in Hollywood. Favorite style, says
he, is shorts and a small strip
across the chest. L presume Mr.
Zelaya means such garb for the
ladies. . Opening at the Golden
Gate theater in San Francisco
the Professionalism found no pic
lures. no mention of his act either
in the papers or on the theater
signs. It thought the manager
was trying to keep my presence
a secret" reports Don," but he
told me that his contracts for pic.
lures absolutely forbade him to
mention vaudeville. I like Mr.
zelaya's last line: $50 I opened
and paralyzed the show"
"MY Sis" DOES 1T
When the 10-year-old chestnut
mare, My Sis, stepped down at
Hagerstown yesterday to pay
$3.50, it surprised a lotta folks
who thought the old gal was horse
meat long ago. My Sis is the gee
gee who won the Leneta Lane
Handicap at Bowie five years ago.
paying $6.40 and enriching all the
members of Steve Cochran'S
troupe. Congratulations to little
Joan Marie Felt, the 4-year-old kid
of 1907 Van Ness ST., who wins a
baby try-out with Pickford-Lasky
Productions. Tiny Joan is the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wright
L. Felt, and has geen in Holly
wood seeking a chance since last
November. Finally test pleased
Mary Pickford and the youngster's
contract has just been approved
by the Los Angeles courts. She
gets $75 week to start with op
tions covering seven years If she
hits. She's a blonde and very
clever, they say.