The Washington times., 1937-06-16
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
by Louis SObOI-
Snapshots at Random!

Glamorous queen Of the Hud.
son, the Riviera welcomes Broad
way and Park Avenue to her en-
brace Tuesday night Stars Of
the heavens float through open
roof and windows Waters
Of the Hudson toss in their kisses
Pretty coryphees in colorful
fEmsies, clatter Of dishes, hustle
Of noisy, constantly colliding wait
erE, shouts Of captains, contralto
chant Of Josephine Huston, chat
ter songs Of Cross and Dunn, elfin
dance Of Midgets Olive and
George, tantalizing toe taps of
Condos lookalikes-the pound Of
the drum, the whine Of the sax,
the sob Of the fiddles Dour-
visaged but genial-hearted Sam
Harris Sweet-faced Louise
Groody =. Latin and lightrheart-
ed John Perona =. Immaculate
Joe Moss Slim, happy Hal
Leroy, his bride, Ruth Dodd, at
his side - completely recovered
Dapper Georgia Price i.
Talent-developer Benny Davis &.
Theater.man Marvin Schenck {.
Smiling Mrs. Slime Silverman
q. Giggling Peaches Browning
Grinning Fannie Brice {.
Chattery Belle Baker Pro
Queer Hal Horne in from the
Coast Bejeweled Mrs. Ted
Lewis . il. FreShly-Shaved 1or q
change) Jack Dempsey and his
handsome Hannah williams {.
A weary reporter stares down on
the Hudson and watches enviouSly
as the little dirnly lighted yacht
lingS skim by on the smooth
waters.
Low.ceilinged cellar bistro, 10
Club entices gaiety-seekers Mon
day night 90. Ernest Truck -.
Bert Lair 90. Roscoe Ates 80.
Jimmy Savo .. Sir Basil Cameron
Johnny Walker -. Jack Kirk
land -. Rudy Vallee -. Vallee in
good humor takes the floor -. Il
bring you Cyril Smith. He'll give
you his impression Of how fights
start in saloons. My experiences
in fistic encounters are limited to
backstages, dance floors and hotel
Iobbies' -. At the Pierre, Friday
night -. Junior LaemInle and
Red Hershon .. Again cancelling
reservations for their return to
the Coast Something to do with
the climate and the nights on
Broadway, which HollywoodopeS
find so gay-So very gay e. Tues
day night at the Hollywood, a
whisperer wonders why no one
thought how horribly heart,shocked
Donald Friede, the former pub
Usher, must be over the death Of
Jean Harlow i. For it was Friede,
and not william Powell, who in
the latter weeks before her death,
had been the Glamour Girls con-
slant escort.
Two more wanderers along
Comeback Trail meet for the first
time since 1911, when they ap-
peard on the same bill at Hammer
STEMS Victoria Theater >. Evelyn
Nesbit, fluttery bird Of tragedy
and ventriloquist Great Lester =. .
Both to be costarred at a
Swedish club known as the
Wivel . .. . Friday afternoon near
Bill Bertolotti'S-a wench OF
about eight, roughing cheeks and
lius of a baby of four-with a red
pencil , Goldwyn'S Story Editor
Sam Marx in "21" Monday mite,
stops for a second to stare at
Oriental Anna May Wong in green
from head to toe Saturday
afternoon on Park Ave. Wed
nesday night at the picturesque
Surfside-weIl named-for, the
beat Of the surf roars through the
open windows We listen to the
soothing ripping melodies of Shep
Fields and his ladS-and recall the
days during the Speakeasy Era)
when Shep was striving so earn
estly for recognition and more
money-so he could buy a new
suit occasionally !. Tuesday after
noon at the Savoy-Plaza Cafe
lounge Woolworth Donahue and
that new mustache in a huddle
with Jascha Heifetz who has just
cut his muStache off-after letting
it burden him for 3 yrs.
Sixth Avenue Monday after
noon irony 1. Outside Of an .em.
pIOyment agency i. Weary dis
iIIusi0ned men cOngregated in
front Of the bulletins offering
jObs-few and uninviting 80. On
the curb, . shouting hawked 80.
Here y'are gents-best buy in
tOwn-tWO nickels-a single
dime-One tenth Of any dollar
the greatest labor saving device
i'm the world cuts work in half"