The Washington times., 1936-02-21

tor MacLaglen's Lighthouse Troop
"a National Guard unit) for the
battle scenes Of Under Two
Flags. MacLaglen, q member Of
the Guild, acknowledged the pro
test by having his guardsmen re-
placed by actors from Central
Casting Bureau.
YATES SISTERS HEADLINE
The Three Yates Sisters (Jerry,
Carol and Lynn, Washington
girls who began q professional Ca
reer after dancing in Fox local
revue, are now the featured head
liners at the Mayfair Club in BoS-
ton, after playing 81 consecutive
weeks Of vaudeville. They hope
for an p Street booking soon and
have the well wishes Of the 1000
Times Herald carriers whom they
thrice entertained at annual ban
QuetS. Frank La Falce has pre-
Sented local critics with q copy
of Anthony Adverse" with the
suggestion that they complete
reading its 1,225 pages before the
picture arrives with the new
cherry blossoms. Eugene Walter,
who wrote "The Easiest Way"
made his debut as a Broadway
producer on Tuesday night. The
play was Come Angel Band"
and it closed after the first per
formancC, or before the critics
could write their blistering no
tices. It didn't take away the
record of Satellite" which Bob
Ripley says closed after the first
and only performance, lasting
two hours. Come Angel Band"
with intermissionS, lasted two
hours and q half.
COMES OUT IN COURT
The milkman came twice yes
terday. Once with the cream for
the oatmeal and java, the other
call with a bottle Of Grade A
from Ray Bell as q reminder that
Harold Lloyd in "The Milky
Way" opens today at the Fox
>. Ray Hodgson,' who cuts in on
the royalties Of Music Goes
Round and Round" wasn't cut
in on the Columbia picture which
stars Harry Richman and has
Riley and Farley, and comes to
the Earle next week. So Mr..
Hodgson has slapped a suit on
the producers, asking How
Gomez"
CORNELL PROSPERS
Katharine Cornell had the pleas
ant experience Of selling out all
performances before she arrived
in Detroit with George Bernard
Shaw's "St. Joan" She may do
the same thing In Pittsburgh
which would really merit a 21-gun
salute. The First Lady Of the
Stage, Ito all except the Helen
Hayes clientele) has again set
tongues wagging by waving aside
fabulous radio offer. The fig
ureS were not made public but
two years ago La Cornell rejected
$500 a week ovel q 13 weeks
period for dramatic broadcaStS
Miss Cornell could also write her
own contract for Hollywood. She
says the place to see her is in the
theater. And she acts as though
she meant it. Washington saw
the George Bernard Shaw play
about 10 years ago with Julia Ar
thur in the role Of the martyr.
FROM "SHORE LEAVE"
The passing Of o. P. Heggie, .
sterling character actor, removes
the ideal Hollywood choice for the
lead role in Goodbye Mr.. Chips"
Actor Heggie had the soft eyes and
the gentle manner that would have
fitted the beloved English school
master. When I hear that some
body Of influence is considering
Charles Laughton for this role I
feel like loading the Revolutionary
blunderbuss and going into action.
can't imagine worse miScasting
The latest Fred AStaire- Ginger
Rogers picture Follow the Fleet"
which opens soon at R-K-O Keith's
stems from the David Belasco play
production "Shore Leave" in which
Frances Starr appeared at the
Belasco theater in 1922. Remem-
ber the line, "Hello Sister," An
odd thing is that Harriet Hilliard
plays what was the star role Of
the play in the new picture, but
Ginger Rogers gets all Of the