The Washington times., 1936-08-26

duced to come to the microphone
I trust Mabelle has the chance
to offer Walter Winchell and
Damon Runyon, who are on the
invited list Winchell, the
rogue, who informs the world that
Shakespeare was the leading man
in a shotgun wedding 1t
pleased M-G-M so much they are
reproducing his column as bally-
hoo for Romeo and Juliet"
VAUDEVILLE VACATION
Zone Manager John j. Payette
of Warner Bros. making a quick
recovery, will leave Garfield
Hospital tomorrow. Convalescent,
he put his okay on the plan to
drop vaudeville for one week at
the Earle Theater, during the
showing of Anthony Adverse"
beginning September II.
Adverse" runs two hours and
Is minutes. In other jurisdic-
tions they have hoped prices for
the movie special. Not here, in
the first run at least. Instead no
vaudeville that week, but the
regular stage show policy will be
resumed Immediately following
the engagement. First time Earle
has been without vaudeville
since 1927.
Price scale for the Warner
Bros. neighborhoodS may be
hoped for Adverse"
PICKING BEAUTIES
From the Nansemond Hotel,
Ocean View, at Norfolk, Vir-
GINA, Al Stern writes this de-
partment he is busy picking
beauty, pulchritude and person
atty for the Atlantic City con-
test. . Mr.. Stern is the zone man.
ager for the Atlantic City an
nual board walk promotion of
the body beautiful, and makes
himself a few grand supervising
entries. Miss Ocean City" in
the parade will be Ethel Holland,
of Berlin, on the Eastern Shore,
who won out over Jackie Smith.
former Western High School
girl who was thumped out of the
competition because she is mere
ly summer resident. J.. However.
Miss Holland will represent
Miss Eastern Shore" and so
everybody'S happy. Ruth Ber-
ger will be Miss Cumberland"
and Impresario Stern is now
busy arranging for the ballots
which will pick Miss Virginia,
Miss Newport News" and Miss
North Carolina" All of which
is decidedly interesting. Eek
CEPT. That I doubt that the
eventual MISS AMERICA can be
rated as the country's prize
beauty. j.. There are too many
lovely girls, genuine winners, who
refuse to be reviewed and in
spected like prize cattle Sensi-
tive and modest, they shy at the
ordeal that Atlantic City honors
impose. Can you blame 'em.
For after all, modesty is still
Woman'S most becoming charm.
TALLEY HITS ON SCREEN
when those hard-boiled War
ner Brothers managers ask to seq
one of my pictures I know I got
something" said Exchange Man
ager Sam Flax, of Republic Pic
lures yesterday. He had just ar
ranged request screening for Mar
ion Talley's first picture, Follow
Your Heart" which has industry
tongues buzzing They say it will
take Republic Pictures from the
minor league. picture ranks right
up with the big time producers =.
So they screened Follow Your
Heart" in the Earle's bijourium
and the general belief is that War
ner Brothers can't escape booking
it for all houses in this territory. III.
Interesting because Metry- Gold
Wyn-Mayer had Marion Talley un-
der contract for a long time and
paid her small fortune in salary
without getting her before the cam
era. 1t seems they didn't like her
speaking voice. Republic Pictures
said, "T'eu with her speaking
voice, Marion Talley is singer" .
So Marion Talley sings in Follow
Your Heart" and turns on some
high notes that thrill, so they say.
Michael Bartlett is her leading
man and also kicks in with glo-
rious performance. Interesting is
the fact that Ben Blue supplies the
comedy for Follow Your Heart"
E. Since he is playing at the Cap
itol Theater this week they invited
him to come and have a look at
himself After it was over the
comedian said, THAT Ben Blue is
going places in Hollywood" Per-
haps he's right. Anyway Republic
Pictures demands consideration
with the big shots of Hollywood.
They blew $276,000 on Follow
Your Heart" and a conservative
estimate is that it will gross 81 $780,
900. Sam Flax expects to buy all
of his Christmas presents out of
extra date Follow Your Heart"
bookings.
RIO ~WR RRIGS Ism