The Washington times., 1936-05-21

profession who favor r. D. r.
BY the way, Ted Huntley, who will
lead the G. o. P. actors parade
for Landon? Babe Ruth, who
plays the piano with three fingers,
is said to have elaborated with
ZEE Confrey and Byron Gay, COM
posers, with the song to be called
Home Run on the Keys" .
Metro oldwyn-Mayer has bought
three more Of the Victor Herbert
operettaS, paying $4,000 for each.
Probably some Of the profits made
on Naughty Marietta"
THANK YOU, FATS
Thanks, Fats Waller, King Of
the Swing Men, for bringing
your crack hot pertatter band
down from the Howard, with all
your fine artists. Bringing them
down to the Press Club for the
farewell dinner to Auditor w. H.
Mills, of The washington Times
who goes to Detroit, and was
given a royal send-off by his Co
workers on this ournal last
night.
"PORGY AND BESS" STAR
Tonight's the night when Harry
Baker and the local magicianS
have their hocus-pocuS frolic at
the Wardman Park Theater {.
The Fox overture for the week OF
May 20 will pay tribute to King
Cotton with Baritone Matthews,
recently in "Porgy and BeSs," as
the soloist Paul Yawitz, who
was Winchell'S pinchhitter on the
New York Mirror, has been given
a term contract as a writer by
RKO John Boles has brought
out more signature chasers, mostly
women, than any Hollywood star
since George Brent and Loretta
Young made their Joint personals
at the Earle. And he will earn
his $500 by surprising the bang
up week recently hung up by Ray
Noble. One Of the amateurs at
the Y. M. C. A. Tuesday night
chose Bert Williams most diff
cult song, Let It Alone" to show
off his voice. He was as good as
you would expect him to be, but
why should a beginner tackle any
thing so difficult? e. Hazel Flynn
writes from Radio City Music Hall
that she hopes Frank La Falce
will be nice to the Rockefeller
Glee Club when it arrives at the
Earle for a week beginning to-
morrow.
MOORE is IN THE AIR
# you want to bet it amt gonna
rain no Moore for the next month
or two, see Sam CALAMITY Of Co.
lumbia Pictures. Grace Moore's
dad, says Bill Ewing, stepped up
to the Thirteenth Street box
office and paid to see the prima
donna's advance trailer on "The
King Steps Out" What I want
to know is why they didn't give
him a ducat. Don't look now,
but that's Freddy Clark standing
at the corner of Thirteenth and E
Streets. showing off his new straw
hat. Ray Bell, of the Loew
forces, is going after Motion Pic
ture Herald's monthly prize for
the best exploitation with a pre-
tentious campaign on Under Two
Flags" which comes into Loew's
Palace Theater on May 20. It has
Claudette Colbert, who collected
$150,000 for playing Cigarette"
which old-timers will recall as
Blanche Bates most famous role
as a Belasco star. They do say
that Warner Brothers have two
knockouts in White Angel"
which has Kay Francis as Flor.
ence Nightingale and Bullets and
Ballots" called the best racket
picture for Eddie Robinson since
Little Caesar"
PEN WOMEN PLAYS
Rose Robinson Cohen will put
on the District of Columbia branch
of the League Of American Pen
woman one-act play carnival in
their own Laboratory theater in
the Burlington Hotel Friday night
. 1t would be just my hard luck
to be out when Sybil Bowan tried
the office door. The Fox show
stopper is escorting her sister on a
sightseeing tour of the Capital.
Thanks for the sweet note Alex.
andria refused to go to the dogs
and the promoters are blaming
Washington movie exhibitors for
applying the muzzle Still, If you
want to see what the racing bow
vows look like and what they do,
I recommend Racing CANNES" at
Loew's Palace Theater, a corking
short reel with laughs by Pete
Smith. They do say that the
bank is anxious to get some rent
out of the Rialto Theater and is
submitting attractive offers to pos
sible tenants.