The Washington times., 1937-06-12
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
Louis SObOI-
Calendar Of Q Broad
wayite!


from Larry Adler, harmonical star
who drew bigger audiences in
London than vallee. Tells me
England Is excited about its new.
est picture. Farewell Again." pro.
duced by Erich Pomer. Critics
consider it better than Henry
VIII" Larry, incidentally. is now
doing columns, articles and poems
for the London Daily Express-as
a side line. Must learn to play the
harmonica.
Bill GOetz, brilliant assistant
to Daryl Zanuck, should arrive
here some time next week-lst
vacash In years. Reminds me
when they were filming House
Of ROthSchild," one Of the execs
insisted 1t was far.fetched for
the scenario to pretend that aII
five brothers succeeded 40 flnau.
Ciers. Bill GOet1 Is associate
producer Of the picture sat In
at the conference. GOetz and
his four brothers are all big
powers In the motion pic IN.
dustry. .t...
Friday, June 11-Hear Isabelle
Sheridan, former. stand-in for
Mary Pickford (she's her cousin) :,
has just completed q 100, 000-word
novelEplenty wordage, that. Cur.
rently, Isabelle Is stand-in for Pat
Paterson IN Walter Wanger'S "S2d
Street"
Abe Lyman Just sent, me . defi.
milton Of q radical-that kissing
sound you hear during the news
And now Heloise Martin, the
pubIcized coed, gets another
break. 1t appears Re French pub
lie is hongree for her so Joe MoSS
Of the Hollywood is sending her
overland with her goes the little
stick Of dancing dynamite, Bobbe
Joyce, II. rr-- ~@t>s p =.
Jack Pearl went on 0 spend.
ing splurge last nite-and f.
naIly had to borrow . quarter.
Winnie, Jacks bride, gave him
. daily allowance Of $1O-n0
mere, no less. Started some
years ago when the comedian
began going into the red by
yielding freely to every touch.
Saturday, June $50 dull the
radio programs. Said that only
the other week, I know, but must
repeat. Not a single original pro.
gram on the air-only the W. C.
Fields explosions having any
sparkle. Exclude the commentar
tors. Of course. Discussion Of cur.
rent news events, minor or major,
Is always fresh and interesting
just as each days edition Of your
fayorite newspaper. -,
Understand one Of the major
Hollywood companies Is going to
experiment with a picture which
may start what they call q cycle
Entire background viii be pre-his.
notwithstanding the Neander.
thai man, his sweetie and his foe
to the screen. Sounds intriguing.
Among other OId-timeHs who
may be started on the comeback
trail at Bill Hardy's Gay Nine
ties are Blanche Ring and Fritl
SCheff. Meanwhile Eddie Leon.
ard has had Q new lease on life
and Is planning . revision Of his
memoirs.
Sunday, June 6-Spent most Of
the day in the hillS-thankful to
get away from the dullness Of
Broadway. Hills and lakes and
the free Star-clustered heavens are
always exciting. .:....
Arnold Reuben occasionally gets
off a sage comment between slic.
ing sandwiches. when I keep
reading about all these new.
tangled high-powered guns and
deadly gases, I'm convinced the
next world war will send us all
into the next world"
Almost nabbed again tonight in
one Of those speed traps in Jersey.
Small town gendarme in flivver
usually shoots out from side road
and grabs you. This time, I was
only doing IS chiefly because half
a dozen cars in front were, crawl.
ing along. Told cop that I would
ask driver Of car in front Of me
and one IN back to come along as
Witnesses. Told me was too
smart for my own good-but let
me drive on.
Monday, June - Speaking Of
giving former stars a chance again,
why doesn't someone give George
K. Arthur a break? Among our
better known screen celebrities in
silent days, he's come upon sorry
days-but never Squawks.
A crowd gathered around q loon
Of a boy-tall and gangly, near
Fiftieth tonight. His dirty white
pants were rolled halfway up to
his knees and round his thin shoul-
derS was draped a flaming scarlet
cloak Of stained silk. He shuff1ed
down wet and sticky Broadway in
his bare feet, blowing madly on
his harmonica. ~
Broadway Is gIum, Of course,
over the death of Jean Harlow.
Too beautiful, this girl--and to
die at rs! Even the TOUCHES felt
weepy.
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