The Washington times., 1936-08-21

| Nero Wolfe" at the Earle this
week. Acting it mostly with his
eyebrows, if you ask me. Ed Is
grabbing $4,000 a week regularly
now and is, 1 presume, quite con-
tented. Then would come Donald
Woods, whose best picture for me
was short, THE Story Of the
Star Spangled Banner" in Tech
nicolor with Donald as Francis
Scott Key. Warner Bros. assure
me he comes into real prominence
in Anthony Adverse" Another
would be Stanley Ridges to be
seen at the Little next week in
Noel Coward'S THE Scoundrel."
Stanley is one of the main acting
props of the Theater Guild. A
new Shubert show, Threshold, !"
will have Leona Powers, a Grade
A actress in any company, and
John Warburtoh, who once served
as the Cochran juvenile. The
young Englishman hit in the pic
ture, "Cavalcade," but thereafter
failed to make an important rip
pie in Hollywood. John Lytel
clicked in Ceiling Zero" and has
been in demand on Broadway ever
since. Last night I heard Nancy
Sheridan on Lanny Ross Show
boat" radio program and so, I
hope, did Freddy Sherman who Is
away off in Australia with the
Three Men on a Horse" COM
pany. Addie Hubbard, so I'm told,
will be back in washington soon
with the faculty of the National
Academy of Stage framing in the
Dramatic Arts. You can keep
track of Ona Munson through the
heart beat columns Of the Broad
way gossip writer's. Leneta Lane
never was quite able to make the
Hollywood grade and is now act
ing on the coast for Terry Duffy.
1t would be fun to get this crowd
together for a reunion. With
Clifford CBleSS Your Hearth
Brooke as POSTMASTER and Karl
Nielsen as director.
BAKER TO TOUR
Harry Baker, general manager
of the Wilson line, will go to
South Aerica after the good ship
City of Washington has called it
a season. He is practising some
new feats in magic for the long
cruise since Manager Baker is
quite hocuS-pocuS man and has
solemnly promised to teach this
department Fred Keatings' disap-
pearing canary trick. the City of
Washington expects capacity
crowd on Saturday night for the
Variety Club moonlight cruise.
The Staunch river craft will &C
commodate 2,100. e. De S. Mel
cher is having himself quite time
in Hollywood and postcards wish
you were here, ETC." I am sorry
he didn't forward little low-down
on the rumor he will do little
acting in the next Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone picture.
RESPECT FOR GARNER
New York frowned on the idea of
cutting down "Of Thee Sing" for
the Capitol Theater with Roscoe
Ates playing the Victor Moore role
E. Frowned on it because they
thought it would be disrespectful
to Vice President Garner in a
presidential year. In "Sing,
Baby, Sing" coming to the Capt.
tol Theater screen next Friday
there is a sequence where a we'll
known actor is pursued across
the country by feminine ad.
mirer. Now what does that re,
mind you Off. .Bing Crosby's
Rhythm on the Range" is ex.
pected bring the Earle Theater
back into the money after an
August skid with Meet Nero
Wolfe" and no headline names
for the vaudeville. .Bing's pic.
ture ran three weeks at the
Paramount on Broadway. .Ad,
ditions to critics libraries. prom.
Used. but still missing, are the
Hollywood version of Romeo and
Juliet" and Universal's, MY Man
Godfrey" which has William
Powell and Carole Lombard CO.
starred, and arrives at Keith's
in mid-September.
SAILORS AS GUESTS
Loew's Capitol was host last
night to over 200 midshipmen and
officers of the japanese Navy who
are visiting Washington. These
visiting naval officers witnessed
the concluding performance of
Going Native" and "Piccadilly
jim" A message of welcome to
this country was extended for the
Nations Capital by District Com
missioner Melvin C. Hazen.
VOTE AMERICAN