The Washington times., 1937-04-02
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOl-
Album Of Manhattan !

Arno, fidgeted impatiently from
II o'clock to the dividing point
between 1890 and /. Then the
party was almost called off. Mr.
Brown and Mr.. Henderson had
come to another misunderstood
ing and decided to un-reunite!
BY 2::30 ayem, however, they
were pals again. And at this
writing Mr.. Brown is seriously
considering settling an annuity
on Mr.. Henderson, who is plan.
ming to do the same thing for
Mr.. Brown.
The Number l scenariO-duet
of Hollywood is the team con.
Sisting of the impetuous Gene
TOwne and the more cOnserva-
tive Graham Baker. Their prod
uctS are frantically sought by
every studio on the Coast, and
they lure fantastic sums for
just an idea. Their last pic
ture was You Only Live Once"
still breaking box-Office records
throughout the country. Their
current brain-stOrm is labeled
History Is Made At Night"
now playing at the RivOli, and
the critics have doubled them
selves into intricate knots drOOl-
ing lofty praises. 1t is a punchy
thriller with all the sure-fire
ingredients and q few unusual
twists. What we started to say,
however, is that MesserS. TOwne
and Baker never have an idea
at the start. Merely some
Screwy title. Then they build
the story, making certain that
the plot has nothing to do with
the title. The plan rarely fails.
Mr.. Sidney Freeman is a genial
gentleman, who manages to get
around about the time the results
of the Irish Sweepstakes are an
nounced. He heads the Duggie
Stewart, Ltd, and his business is
buying up the winning tickets. The
firm never loses, and this is why.
Freeman sets his buying price by
dividing the first prize of $150,000
by the odds on your horse to win.
For example, if. before the race,
your entry is quoted at 10 to l, he
offers you $4,000. His selling
point-and usually he is success
ful-iS that if you were to take
that amount of money and bet it
on the horse at the prevailing
odds it would net you the same
amount-$150,0 900 if the horse fin.
ished first. But if the horse fin
iShes second or third, you would
lose that $4,000; whereas here
you have it in nice, cold cash
and no risks, says Mr.. Freeman.
Of course. if your horse does come
in second, Mr.. Freeman collects
$4,000, or $4,000 if third. In
other words. he pays you for first
place only-but is covered on first,
second and third.
No one in the sO-called better
set of Manhattan can tell you
Just who Edward Ely is. They
call him the man of mystery.
He is about IS, handsome in al
most the matinee.idOl manner,
is half Egyptian and half Ital-
ian-and is reported fantaSti-
cally wealthy. His little parties
are bizarre and faScinating-and
people fight for bids. He has
been known to hand out pro-
digiOus tips, but, unlike the free
spending playbOyS, prefers to sit
in obscure corners Of the snOOt-
Ter night spots-many times,
alone. He is well liked, but, be-
cause no one has been able to
entice a single revealing bit OF
information concerning his pedi-
gree, he has become the towns
mystery man.
At the party given for her the
other night at Mario'S Mlrador,
Sheila Barrett was annoyed by a
bore named George. "Sheila," he
squeaked, "Hiya gal? Hiya babee?"
He turned to others in the party.
"Swell bunny, this Sheila. My
closest friend. Anything she says
goes"
GOOD" yawned Miss Barrett
George"
Ruffles Johns just walked
into the office. Ruffles is a
nice boy, aged FL. looks some
thing like George Raft-if you
look mighty quick and then
shut your eyes-and has def
mite ambitions. He aspireS to
the title vacated by One.Eyed
Come ely champion gate
crasher. Young Mr.. Johns has
been quite successful. He has
crashed every important event
worlds fairs, title bouts, auto
races, etc. Regretfully. he ad-
mits he was snagged trying to
crash the Olympics at Berlin.
He slowed away on the steamer
to Liverpool. and with S. which
he had won from Mike Jacobs
played the races on the first
class deck, winning something
like SIPS in all. The purSer
asked him to sign q voucher re-
ceipt-and Ruffles did. 1t was
too bad. When he landed in
Liverpool, sans passports, sans
visaS, sans any mention on the
passenger liSt-but that tell
tale voucher with his name on
1t in the hands of the SlStoms
men, they showed young M.