The Washington times., 1937-07-12

glamourland were: Ed Arnolu'
vacation ing at Arrow head;
Maxine Doyle also between pic
lures at the Republic Studios, so
l couldn't relay Arthur Godfrey's
Potomac heartbeat to the THANK
You" girl; Joe Ruttenberg who
did the photography on that Marx
Bros. bell ringer, "A Day at the
Races" Ruttenberg was once a
shutter snapper on the Boston
American.
The Metro-Goldwyn-Ma pub
licity department forwards word
to Wilma LaVille that the Holly
wood fashion pages,
for which she edits, and selects
the beauties in silks, is the best
that passes in review weekly. A
pretty compliment, since they scan
the movie output of 1865 metro
politan newspapers carefully.
TALENT SCOUT COMING
Attention, all young actors and
actresses with movie ambitions.
Bill Grady, -Goldwyn-May.
er's talent scout. who picks every
new face seen in M-G-M pictures,
will be in washington this fall,
(for the exact date watch this
column to look over all the local
dramatic groups for movie pros
poets.
Mr.. Grady will spend four
months in a survey Of the anna
teur acting companies from Flor
ida to Maine. If he likes you the
result is a real test and six
months tryout contract. can
give you this tip, girls: He likes
'em SLIM, slender and skinny.
Hollywood really combs tn e
world for new talent. Grady
leaves this week for a two months
scouting trip in Europe, with par.
ticular attention reserved for the
young actors and actresses in the
! land Of the Soviet.
REVIEWING A SCRIPT
Your correspondent had the
privilege of reviewing a picture
: in script, forwarding back to Hol-
lywood an opinion on its posi-
bilitieS.
The scenario was "a Young
Mans Fancy" originally entitled,
Broadway Jamboree." 1t goes
into production August l at the
Universal Studio, with Ken Muir
ray starred, Alice Faye as the sing
ing lead, the Diamond boys and
Oswald as assistant comics. I trust
that it comes out as funny on the
screen as it appears to be in type
written form.
Every big studio in Hollywood
is Wooing Edgar Bergen, the ven
triloquist pal of Charlie Mccarthy,
with full length stories. Bergen
has no screen commitment apart
from a short bit in the new Gold
Wyn FollieS. Hollywood authors,
among them Eddie Melcher. are
preparing screen treatments in
which Charlie Mccarthy will have
a star part.
IMPERSONATES GROUCHO
Is that Groucho Marx I saw on
F. street? Looks like him. Acts
like him. Must be the comic with
the burnt cork mustache. No. It's
Louis A. Greenblatt, of 500 Park
Rd. N. W., champion of the Marx
freres impersonators.
Commedian Greenblatt Is hav-
ing lotta fun with his smoking
perfecto and silly grin fooling
people. Ali a part of the ballyhoo
for "a Day At the Races" fun
NEST of all the Marx screen frolics,
current at the Loew's Palace
Theater.
TALLULAH AT XMAS
Nice to come back to July heat
and get a jingle bells message.
First do your Christmas shopping
early bulletin. For the week be.
fore yuletide Tallulah Bankhead
will be the National Theater's at
traction in Antony and Cleo.
patra" Booking has been set for
Monday night, December 20, and
it will be Congressional night
The Bankhead play then goes TO
Broadway
AS tribute to one of the world!
greatest composers, the late
George Gershwin, Phil Lampkir
will offer a specially arranged
overture beginning next Friday
featuring Rhapsody in Blue,
The Birth of the Blues" and eX
cerpts from some of his many mu
h steal production.
a Tin Pan Alley Calls