The Washington times., 1936-02-19

him a shy and sympathetic char
acter, one who was invariably
laundering into trouble and CON-
ing out a lucky stiff.
"JIGGS" LIKED 1T
Then he proceeded to stuff his
picture with gags. Some Of them
are just ordinary gags, but q good
many are the priceless kind with
bells on, that I imagine viii have
the Fox Theater rocking as 1t
hasn't rocked Since win Manoney
went to London.
Personally would award an
Academy medal to the fellow who
thought out the idea Of having
shadow boxing adapted to waltz
time and to the genius who saw
fun in having q society dowager
initiated into the science Of Duck
ing"
1.-THE Milky way" is manufac-
tured nonsense without a SEM
blance Of credibility. but it moves
with such speed you forget all
about its inSanities."
Master "Jiggs" Ford. 6 years old,
was among those in high glee dur
ing the screening but I noticed
also that the grown-ups did most
Of the laughing. That's the kind
Of Q picture it is. Everybody who
enjoys laugh will be glad Harold
Lloyd is around again.
SWING CLUB OF D. C.
Much has lately been heard
about Swing" music throughout
the country. AS q result Of its
popularity there has been formed
national club with headquarters
at Yale University. This particu.
lar organization is called the Hot
Club of America. This week Mar.
shall StearnS, its president, pre-.
sented Washington, through Mae
BreeSkin, q charter in the ma
tional organization.
The local group will be called
the Swing Club of Washington.
Only a few people will be admit
ted as members, but every Sunday
afternoon jam" sessions will be
held which will be open to the
public. At these meetings. music
will be discussed to the nth de-
gree, If there is an exponent Of
swing music in town, such as Fats
Waller or Bennie Goodman, he
will be asked to give a concert.
At the end Of each season a
picked band will be chosen Of the
Swingingest musicians in town
and the proceeds will be turned
over to charity.
OF course the first organization
meeting will not take place until
Sunday, but temporary plans ave
already been made to have Cor.
don Hittenmark play once q week
some Of the real old Dixieland
Band records over the air. He
will use the type that cannot be
bought. Mae Breeskin Is the
Washington president, with other
officers to be named Sunday.
There are now Hot Club
branches in New York, Chicago,
Birmingham, Boston, San Fran
cisco and Philadelphia, The mag.
azine Time says they are modelled
after the group of more than 1000
English, German, French and
Dutch clubs formed a decade ago
for the practical purpose Of pur-
chasing pooling "hot" records
from the U. s.
Arthur Godfrey's bovine moos
to introduce Harold Lloyd's Milky
Way" at least it sounded like his
pet COW and looked like it too. A
new rival for Leo the Lion.
CHARGE FOR PICTURES
Movie theaters playing the
Dionne quintupletS picture, will
not be able to exploit it with still
photographs in the newspapers
It's an unusual situation since the
syndicate which controls the
Photographic rights forbids any
pictures Of the babies unless news
papers come across. Twentieth
Century-Fox pays 81 for each still
used for advertising purposes or
posters, signs, etc. Hence you will
probably find plenty of artists
drawings Of the famed infants
xxy11nY4 tha Y1icfH1rn iS 14nlAaSad