The Washington times., 1936-06-08

WAYNE King-The waltz king
opened at the Starlight Roof OF
the waldorf Astoria last week and
was impressed with the beauty OF
the lofty-ceilinged room and the
cordially of the patrons VINO
crowded in for his debut. Maybe, ="
he said, Shyly, they're just being
nice to a newcomer in town. III
find ont. I have a Sure-fire method.
I'll play them a certain tune and
If they get up and dance to it
and then stop at the stand ana
ask us to keep on playing 1t, were
in" Mr.. Wayne King and MS
men played Missouri Waltz.
watching from the sidelines. the
impression is that if Wayne KING S
"method is sure fire." then most
certainly he sis in"
Robert Taylor - The bOylSh
movie hero who has made such
rand strides in the past nine
months is having one helluva
time in town. At the HOLLYWOOD
the Paradise, the Riviera
wherever he makes an appear
ance-the pretty frillS surround
him and stare their Open-eyeo
awe and alteration. It's quite a
9not for a fellow who has long
Wav to 20 before he's 80. He's
making the most of it. NO one
remains on the dance floor
longer than young Mr.. Taylor
or dances with so many on
ferent girls. But you will notice
IL Won take the pains that ne
rarely speaks. He merely listens
We observed that in HOLLYWOOD
too. Miss Barbara StanwycK
was his most constant cOmpan-
ion, Miss Stanwyck does nO'
sneak much, either. But 1t was
Miss Stanwyck who carried on
whatever conversation there
was when she and Mr.. Taylor
were together. 1t may be pos
sibIe that Mr.. Taylor IS a very
wise young man. Silent peCPie
can never be accused OF saying
foolish or inane things.
Jimmy Fidler-This young man
who likes to flatter us by conSlo-
erine himself this department S
nroteee, is an earnest. hard-WorK-
ING fellow who, in the lace OF
many obstacles and many Knlie-
throwers, has become a power IN
hollywood. He is the towns cnle1
gossip over the air, he conducts
movie column syndicated in al
most 100 newspapers and recently
became the weekly Hollywood com
rnentator for one of the leading
newsreels, He decided he liked
this field of endeavor when some
wears ago he became our Holly
wood correspondent. In order TO
obtain his information, ne was
Obliged to mingle with the movie
folks, This was much more dlt1i
cult than may be supposed be-
cause Jimmy Fiddler is inherently
q shy young man. He found that
people like to have their names
in the papers-no matter how big
they are. He is still shy but he no
longer hesitates to approach a
so-called celebrity. Now he finds
he is a celebrity himself. He
rather likes it-eSpecially since his
weekly income is rising to hand
some proportions.
Felix BaSch-He is associated
with the Works Progress Ad-
ministratiOn here nOw-barely
eking out, an existence. It's a
shame, for until Hitler came
into power he was the Daryl
Zanuck of Germany. He is
credited with discovering and
developing such stars as Mar
lene Dietrich, Emil Jannings,
Conrad Veidt and others. He
first gained recognition as the
director of leading theaterS in
Berlin, Munich and Dresden.
At the outbreak of the war. he
was invited to st. Petersburg
and Moscow where he staged %
different plays. Returning to
Berlin, he entered the motion
picture field and was cO-founder
as well as one of the leading
directors of UFA. In all he d.
rected 43 pictures. Hitler'S rise
to power drove BaSch out of
power and into exile. During
the World War, this fellow spent
the entire period in a German
prison camp. The reaSOn-be-
cause Germany'S most eminent
director was born in America.
He's back nOw-in the land of
his birth-wOrking, as we've
stated, for the Works Progress
Administration here in Man.
haitian.
Frank Fay-It's stretching
point, of course, to list him as a
new personality in town, but we
include him because he has just
returned after being away for
many weeks, and because, in the
past few years, he has only been
an occasional visitor. Now he's
back on Broadway, to remain for
a long time, he says. Coincident-
ally enuf, his radio contract brings
him back here just when Barbara
Stanwyck is making her first visit
in many months. There is no use
putting two and two together, be-
cause this chapter in the life of
two interesting people seems def
nitely closed, and if Miss Stan
wyck is seen around it will I'M
doubtedly be with the Mr.. Robert
Taylor mentioned above What is
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