The Washington times., 1936-10-21
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOl-
Snapshots at Random


Gotham's smartest audience OF
the season inspects the tenderly
1rohcsome TOW h." at the
Plymouth, and among them there
Of filmdom's directorial poten.
tates-ErnSt Lubitsch, Gregory
LaCava and Anatole Litvak. 4. u.
The fact that Harry Warner,
whose firm now has the cinema
rights to the play, is observed
In serious huddle with LubitSch
gives rise to the report that
Ernst has drawn the plum, but
1ntermiSSion gossip hands it to
LaCaVa. AS a matter of fact,
after the show, at the bar across
the street, Litvak confideS that
he has drawn the prize assign
ment. Later at FL Morocco to
study the fragile beauty that is
Paulette Goddards as she settles
BY the side Of begoggled, studious
faced Reuben Mamoulian. Jack
Dempsey and the mother of his
heiresSeS, Hannah Williams, en-
terrain genial Herb CruickShank
and Regina Carewe.. Dempsey
intimateS that he had dropped
his plan to establish a restaurant
in Los Angeles but instead will
open q series Of intimate places
in Miami. Seattle, Philadelphia
and possibly Washington, D. C.
Playwright Samson Raphel-
son stands alone, nervOuSly
paving at his dinner coat
lapel, studying faces Of the au-
dience piling out after the
premiere Of his white Man"
at the National Saturday night
During intermiSSiOn, Miriam
Hopkins, clinging to Ward More
house, babbles excitedly Ward
interrupts. we've got time for
one drink. Thursday night
At the Cotton Club after the
"Toravich" premiere. "A camera
man groups the gorgeous lily,
Anita Louise, with Ernst
Lubitsch, William Frawley and
Coach Jim Crowley. .LubitSch
holds up q hand in protest.
"JuSt a minute until / push a
cigar in my face" he pleads,
cts my trademark. AT "21"
Friday night, Bob Benchley
with an arm around the Shout
derS Of Donald Ogden Stewart
IS they lean against the bar.
Fredric March thefts chief at
tention at the premiere of "Daugh-
tiers of Atreus'' high hat
and ermine mixing in the crush
Earlier that afternoon at
Broadway and 51st, a gent breaks
up a brawl among kids and draws
a few ScowlS from the observers
Regis Toomey, screen star.
Friday night on w. 57th st., Bob
Ripley. mo more travelling for
maybe eight months" he advises
Tive got too much work
here. He spends the next
few minutes describing a horrible
case of leproSy he encountered in
India-and q reporter decides to
forgo dinner that evening. AT
the Waldorf, Carl Laemmle, Jr.,
ShrugS his shoulders when in.
formed Coast diSpatceS insist that
June Lang is to become Mrs.
Orsatti. . For this is Juniors cur
rent throb. Composer Arthur
Schwartz swapping candid camera
shots at paSSerSby at 5th and 48th,
with one Of those small imported
cameras. At 52nd, at 5th, Edna
Ferber and Moss Hart giggling as
they wait for Leslie Howard, wip-
ing his glasses vigorously with
pocket handkerchief to catch
up.
Peanut King BOgart PretlOw
waits impatiently in the lobby
of the Paradise for blonde beauty
Irma Wilson to dress after her
chorus ChOres-and join him
for a round of the town. Bert
Lair stops in front of drug
store window mirror to adjust
his tie-and begins making faces
at himself Slim, Shapely Bar
bara Weeks sips her soup at
Dave's-and seems diStraught.
She leaves shortly for the Coast
mot for pictures" she ad.
mits; "juSt to see my mama.
When a pretty girl goes to the
Coast and admits it's not for
pictures, that's news.
Bobby Hayes orchestra strikes
I'D "Over There" as George M.
Conan enters the Edison Green
Room. . ! wonder if Conan doesn't
get tired Of the tune.
Wednesday night at the Yer.
Sailles, Dick Powell and Joan
BlOndell thrilling to the Benny
Fields voice as he signs off with
his customary Thanks q Mil
IiOn'-a tune Powell first intro
duced on the screen. Some of
these pitiful sights along Man
haitian streets must be deliber-
ateIy pIanned-but they tug at
the heart string, nevertheless.
Gertrude Lawrence stoops to
pick up a safety pin at 45th, just
west of Broadway, Tuesday after
noon-places it carefully into her
bag and then wipes her fingertips
with a dainty lace handkerchief.
VOTE AMERICAN
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