The Washington times., 1936-10-26
THE VOICE OF
Broad way
BY Louis SObOl-
Casual Comment!

| American has In the past year OF
two achieved international recog
milton as one of the outstanding
craftsmen of the current decade
His paintings are in great de
mand And, why not? He
starved for so many years
Only one friend recognized his
possibilities, encouraged him and
bought practically every painting
he turned out just to keep him
going DR.. Julius Lempert
whose home walls and office walls
are almost completely covered
with original Krolls Bread
upon the waterS-for these can
vases, bought by Lempert to en-.
courage his friend are now worth
from 10 to 100 times what he
originally paid for them So
ironic-that the same Vivian Den
ton who ran mite spot in the Viii
lage years ago, should now bios.
som out as a full-fledged evang-
eliSt under the aegis of the United
EvangelistS and will shortly preach
from pulpits in New York
This is the girl who acquired her
religion from Aimee Semple Nc
PherSon and Rheba Crawford
and then broke from them.
The high point of embarrasS-
ment must have been the lot of
the act bills as the wOrld-famOuS
CollerOs at the Scala in Germany
recently, The kick of their per-
Torrance comes in a double
SOmerSault backwards without
preliminarieS and the stunt is
preluded by an announcement
that the man who does the
amazing, Supplying, unprece-
denied sOmersault" is the only
one in the world who can do it.
..WhereupOn, after thiSGnad been
going on a few nights, half a
dozen other acrObats-in other
actS-(and one from the audi
ence) came out upon that stage
and did the identical Somer-
Sault-with ease Producer
Actor Eddie Bowling forwards
us a copy of a book labelled
catalogue" and advises in a
letter that after we read it we
will understand why he has
bought all rights to it Indi-
eating that he plans to have it
dramatized-Or is going to start
library?
Heiress Helen Neville, who pre-
empted blazing headlines some
seasons ago when she eloped with
Chorusboy Preston Lewis, is now in
Manhattan working as a nurse for
private family. She divorced
Lewis and is now said to be threat
ened with disinheritance by her
parents because of her new ro-
nance with a Philadelphia.
Dumping into Major BoWes at
the Anderson Galleries the other
afternoon prompted an N. C. ex-
ecutive to remark that the Major
was now searching among the old
masters for amateurs. Modern
Chorus Girls Version: It's a great
life-if you weaken!
Picture the chagrin of the
Cotton Clubs press agent who,
observing that AutOrace Champ
NuvOlari had entered with a
striking young woman, ordered
the cameraman to pose the
two for picture. They obliged
willingly enuf but when the
Cotton Clubs expIoiter came
over to thank them and assure
them he would plant the pic
ture in the newspapers, the
lady giggled and purred: "That
would be ducky-I'm Constance
Hope" Constance Hope is a
lady press agent!
Abe Lyman is mourning the
death of a Communistic friend
-. Can you imagine" he means
IAN ans with two left
wings". Antonio Mario Gray
mando, author of "Moonblind"
which the Players Guild is ready
ing, is counting Mango Jaqua,
who has one Of the principal
roles. The Give Me the Bust
ness" foolishness is epidemic in
town Now a song has been
written around it Victor Nc
Laglen in the title role of 1.-THE
Magnificent Brute" which opens
at the Roxy Friday, is a sucker
for blondes in the picture-but
not in real life, being brunette
minded. Virginia Hume and
Jack Everett (of Boston, will try
the Great Experiment.
Fred Allen, meeting a cinema
producer for the first time, pumped
his hand vigorously and exclaimed:
I'm certainly glad to yes you"
Nancy Dover, the former Mrs. Cliff
Edwards, is now billed as Judith
Barrett-with a Universal con.
tract On the Continent, they
decorate the walls of the snooty
bistros with expensive silks and
satins-over here they hang carl