The Washington times., 1936-02-12

Friday.
CHAPLIN RECORD
Though he annexed an F
Street title five years ago and
hasn't made q picture until his
current Modem Times" Charlie
Chaplin still holds the first run
picture record for Loew's Colum-
bia Theater.
1t was made with "City Lights"
which ran for two weeks. He will
shoot for new record when his
new picture plays the Palace and
he will have to surpass Mae
VESTS boom figures to acquire o
fresh title.
THE DUNCANS COMING
Rosetta and Vivian Duncan
are. among the Fox headline
stage bookings for March. So
also is Everett Marshall who can
reach the top row in the balcony
without o microphone but has
decided it's wisdom not to try on
q four-shows-a-day program.
EARLE GETS A MONOCLE
Productions made by the Cat
mont-British Pictures Corporation
will be presented in Washington at
Warner Brothers Earle and Metro
politan Theaters, according to an
announcement made today by
John ]. Payette, Warmers general
zone manager for the Washington
territory.
Included in the Gaumont-B British
list of early releases are pictures
starring George ArlisS, walter Hus-
ton, Boris Karloff, Jessie Mat
thews, Robert Young, Peter LORE,
Constance Cummings, Conrad
Veidt and Helen VinSon. The first
G-B productions to be presented by
the Warner theaters here viii be
king Of the Damned" " which stars
Conrad Veidt and Helen VinSon
and which comes to the Metro
politan at an early date. This
film Is now showing at the Roxy
Theater, New York.
Booking Of the GauH1lont- British
product adds another distinguished
studio to the group whose pictures
are presented In Washington at
the Earle and Metropolitan The
aters. Already being offered are
productions from the affiliated
Warner Brothers-FirSt National.
Cosmopolitan Studios; the Column
bia Studios, and so per cent of
the product from the Paramount
Studios.
MURRAY IN MARCH
Talbot Haslett has Joined the
Ken Murray act which plays
Rochester, N. Y, beginning this
Friday, is due in Washington in
late March.
Comedian and columnist. Murray
long distance telephones that such
fun as he now exhibits in the
movie theaters would be passed
without cut by the stricteSt Of
Friday censors.
/ A veteran of the night club floor
shows and Earl Carroll frivols, the
Murray stage routines have been
what the profession calls we'll ta-
bascoed. Writing q daily quota
Of humor has changed his point Of
view. American newspaper au-
diences, as well as those In the
theater. Mr.. Murray finds really
prefer the clean joke. The amaz-
ing popularity Of the late viii
Rogers, in every field Of public en-.
deavor, he cites, as proof Of some
thing that most Broadway come.
dians still can't understand.
"THE FOOL" PROMISED
From Publicist w. A. Whitney
the following by the q. m. fast
mail: From the works Of Chan.
ming Pollock, Long Island-living
native son Of the Capital City, the
Pierce Hall Players will present
''The Fool" at Pierce Hall, FIT.
teenth and Harvard Streets North.
west, February as and 26.
This quaSi-religious drama is
particularly suited for production
on these especial dates-shrove
Tuesday and Ash Wednesday
and it is singularly appropriate
that the distinguished producers
would represent the very church
In which the author was reared.
Mr.. Pollock, one-time (1899.
19O0) dramatic critic for the
washington Times, is author Of
many plays and was Ibrettist for
many an edition of the famed
ziegfeld "Follies." 1t Is hoped
that the author will be in Wash
ington for the opening.
James Kirkwood, who recently
appeared in Washington in Three
Wise Fools with william Gillette,
had the title role in the original
company. in 1929, when Selwyn
and Company opened the play in
New York.