The Washington times., 1937-03-03
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
By yL0uiS SObOl-
Snapshots at Random! !

group Oh us, lQCluuulB E11GCo
Cheney johnson, Ham Fisher,
James Montgomery Flagg, Bernard
Sobel and Dean Cornwen inspect
a cluster of hopeful amateur beau
ties at the Hollywood, Tuesday
night There i: always some
thing pathetic about a beauty
parade The eliminated can
never understand why their charms
haven't sent out the winning ap-
peal Of the successful contestant.
:. The beaten look in their faces
as they walk off-with a forced
SMILES nothing short of tragic.
Noah Beery in Gallagher's
Wednesday night advised that
there is a big picture of his brother,
Wallace, hanging in a place Of
honor, roars-"Oh, a big picture
of q big shot. Here-take this one
Of me-and hang it up" and hands
Charley, the headwaiter, a tiny
photograph Of himself, the size
Of q postage stamp.
Cab Galloway in one Of his
ultra exclusive outfits cut few
capers Friday night for an ap-
preciative party consisting of
George Raft, Jack and Winnie
Pearl, Mary Livingstone Benny,
the James ]. BraddOcks and
Peggy Fears Later we bring
over the towns newest gagSter,
Homer Di PietrO, and manage
to lure the first hearty laugh
out of the tOrch-bearing Raft
since he's been in town Di
PietrO'S peculiar stunt is to repeat
everything said at q table-al-
most simultaneOuSly-that is, he
has an almost psychic sense of
the words that are pouring or
about to pour out Of you
The effect is astOunding-and
hilarious He makes q living
at it-prObably the oldest type
of job any man has ever had.
Thursday night on Broadway at
Forty-fourth A young woman
hands her youngSter a dime to
drop into the cup of an armless
beggar He does-but starts to
take one Of the pencils She
pulls him away-with q rebuke.
-. Why" insists the boy, cant
I take a pencil? He"-pointing to
the beggar's stumps-"can't use
'em!" George kaufman, in a
sweater, PAGES up and down out
side the LyceuIn Theater, during
intermission Wednesday night, his
wife, Beatrice, keeping step with
him-to be Joined a few seconds
later by Producer Marc Connolly.
Tuesday night in Tony's, Author
Woollcott Gibbs tosses dice with
Tony to determine whether he is
to pay for his check Tony
loses.
The Persian Room Of the
Plaza has an unheralded exhibi-
tiOn Of dancing by stars Thurs
day night when Clifton Webb
grabs Madeline Cameron GaxtOn
and is followed by Paul Hart.
man with Ethel Norman and
Paul Draper with Grace Hart
nan-while GaxtOn sits alone
and tries to appear wiStfuI
Midnight, Friday, in the Cafe
Lounge Of the Savoy Plaza
Two Franz Josefs-DudIey Digs,
the Franz ]. in "The MaSQue Of
Kings" and Arnold KOrff, who
plays the role in "White Horse
Inn" Rec Lilies hearty
giggleS almost break up Reginald
Gardiner, making his debut at
the Versailles Thursday night.
-. The Russian thrush, Ileana,
also opens this evening and
thrills with her unusual voice. .
Broadway gathers to welcome
Jack White back to the 18 Club
Friday night Park avenue is
also represented Broadway'S
own, include Lillian Roth and
Judge Ben Shalleck, Frankie Al
bertsof1, Jack Durant, Jackie
Coogan, Pat Rooney and Marion
Bent, and Pat Rooney I'd and
Janet Reade, Ramona. Mickey AL.
pert, Gerry Hoffman, Dorothy Gul.
man and MiJzi Green. Jackie
Coogan gives an exhibition of
trucking and is followed by the
Rooneys in their version
Thursday night, OshinS and Lessy,
towns latest comic sensations Cal
though they've been around for
m any months) convulSe the
crowded Caliente with their insane
gooferieS These boys are now
headed for the better things, as
they laughingly call movie and
stage contracts
Two newly weds are feted
Saturday night at Mario's Club
MiradOr by a number of track
champions The bride and
groom are Glen Hardin, Olym-
pic 400 meter champ, and
Thelma Riddle, dtr. Of State
Representative C. A. Riddle Of
Louisiana. In the wedding
party are Harold Osborne, Olym-
pic hi-jumper. Alice Arden, ma.
tiOnal woman high jumping
champ NrikIOS ZabO Of
Hungary, holder of worlds 2,OOO
meter record. Edward Higgins,
former Holy Cross star. Louise
WaShburn, former wOmen's ma
tiOnal sprint champ and
others.
Vincent Lopez's frolic night at
the Astor Grill lures a diversified
gathering, among those rising to
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