The Washington times., 1936-10-15
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
By Louis SoboI
Snapshots at Random!

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with the aid of helpful eyes
and edrS-1Uhile this pillar pilot
carried on his trySt Nth La
Grippe).
Donald Ogden Stewart wraps a
thinninsh, but affectionate arm
around placid-panned Fredric
March as they march to a wall
side table at Twenty-one Gay
dog, that Stewart" murmurs
Junior Laemmle-but the authors
gaity is forced. for his wife at that
moment is ailing in a local hos
pital. Ursula Parrot confideS to
Laemmle and DR.. Leo Michel that
She has peddled her beloved West
port home, taking a 100000 loss
because of the recently aired dog
poisoning episode.
Dapper George Raft, lured to
the Cotton Club floor WedneS-
day night, raises a hand to Stifle
the ovation and volunteers to
do anything-anything anyone
suggeStS-but anything! From
box comes the plea of Fannie
Brice Sitting with Ann Penning-
ton, Billy Rose and Jed Harris:
"PliZZ, Gawgie, Seenk SOmm' ting
Seemple, Gawgie". . The lady
wants me to dance" announces
Raft and shuffleS into his ia
miliar Sweet Georgia Brown"
routine. Friday night in the
same place, Joe Louis, fresh
from his duel with BreScia, stops
for few seconds to shake hands
with James ]. BraddOck and Mrs.
BraddOck. A youthful looking
mite approaches timidly, thrust
ing a menu for the fighters to
sign. Both grin as they recOg-
niZe the bOy-Wayne Wright,
premier jockey.
Four gentlemen of temporary
leisure parading abreast, pre-
empting most of the sidewalk space
on Fifth Ave, near 48th, Thurs
Gay night. Singer and Cine
master Nino Martini, Sportsman
Alfred G.. Vanderbilt, Composer
Cole Porter, and JeWeler Jules
Glaenzer. A legless beggar on
wheels rolls by :. Helene Costello,
bLrdened down by half a dozen
orchids, stands in the Ell Morocco
with her slim escort, waiting for
a table. Saturday night Rudy
Vallee (can it be the boy is put
ting on weight?) drifts past, on his
way out. Playful Perona INDUCES
in his new hobby thrustlng
pins into vulnerable areas OF
patrons who stand with their back
to him. Dan Topping leaps into
the air as he is stabbed. Two
young lovelies, arm in arm, while
their youthful escorts follow.
Anne Shirley and MitZi Green.
Mitzi has floWered into beautiful
young woman of II remember
the hoyden of the early talkies?)
and the report is she is scheduled
to return to the cinema shortly
Two ultra-sophisticates giggling
Ike Sophomores emerged from the
damned lobby at the Shubert,
wednesday night, for a brief inter
mission walk down 44th-Noel
Coward and Beatrice Lille. In
front of the Aston an hour later
the sordid spectacle of a we'll
eroomed dowager refusing to get
out of taxi as the cabman pleads
she has a half-empty gin bottle
on her lap.
Three ladies of distinction
saunter leisurely up 57th toward
Fifth, windOw-shopping as they
gO-Mrs. John D. Rockefeller,
jr., Mrs. Gene Tunney, and
Mrs. Bernard Gimbel HatlesS
Leo Reisman makes a gesture as
il to tip his hat-but only
clutches his hair. John Green
hut, of the safety razor clan,
waits at the stage door of the
French Casino Friday night with
gardenias in a bOx-waitS for
Vivian Lafonne, the slim lass,
who, in the show, losses violets
and Old-fashiOned bouquets to
the patrons.
On Broadway and 48th, early
Tuesday night. Slim, pretty
LYDIA Sue. talent-toed sprite of
grace who is featured in the