The Washington times., 1937-01-15
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOl-
Casual Comment!

NO HlBHlD6T Ol Jlle ulIuGl NOI II
committed Tacoma's crime Of
horror if you are to credit the
theory of the few remaining "col
lege boys" who still show thell
faces when Broadway lights up fol-
the night. Even in revenge, they
told us, the hardest boiled, most
ruthless cutthroat wouldn't take
it out on a kid. AS a matter OF
fact, it was repeated, the organized
thugs Of racketdom have Steered
completely clear of the snatch
busineSs-except where the victim
was one of their own species. &.
I'VE got too much respect for our
own mothers, to ever try that sort
of business" is the way one senti-
mentalist put it.
Once again the ROckefellerS
have become 100 per cent show
men. in a day or two announce
ment will be made that the oil
men have bought out the inter
eStS of Warner Bros. and Lau-
renee Rivers in "White Horse
Inn" and will hencefOrth run the
musical extravaganza them
selves Neatest quickie in re-
tort was SpOuted by Ken Muir
ray at Ell Mirador the other
night when a well-knOwn book
ing agent standing at the bar,
complained his drink was too
warm. Don't let it worry yOu,"
snapped Murray, "just hold it
against your heart!". Buddy
Rogers wires COlumnist'S
Epitaph: Here lies a cOlyumist-
and here he parks. In death as
in life-nO quotation marks! -.
Sheila Barrett remembers way
back to the good old days when
picket was something you made
fences with.
When it was reported that
Charles Rogers, head of Universal,
had requested that the members
of the organization refrain from
sending him Christmas gifts,
Buddy de sylvia sent him a re-
ceipted bill marked paid for one
Town Car Cadillac Fleetwood
body, Price $4,000" Across it, De
Sylvia scrawled Sorry, Charlie, I
had to cancel thiS-I wouldn't go
against your wishes for the world
.ValeSka Surrat, one of the
original and glamorous vamps of
the stage, is now reported doing
odd jobs as a nurse Come to
think of it what Hollywood needs
is less glamour and more gram
mar.
The book salesman who digs
up rare tones for us occasionally
reports that recently he was
recommended to a millionaire
who had made his pile during
bootleg days. They're driving
me crazy" he reports. 81 offer
them priceless first editions and
book rarities and they say no
If 1 can't give them about four
feet of red books, six feet of
green and two feet of gold
SpeckIed morocco, I'm not the
man for them They want
books to match the color scheme
in their living room! i. The Ri
vOIi reports that receipts have
been upped since they inserted
the alternate finish to the pic
ture Beloved Enemy" In the
new version, Brian Aherne does
not die after being shot down.
Samuel Burger, the cOIOrfuI
young impreSariO, who achieved
some sort of dubious fame by
booking Mrs. Legs" Diamond,
DiIlinger's father and others
into vaudeville houses and bur-
leSque, now appeals to this de-
partment to find him a nice
young woman who will be will
ing to marry him and settle down
"She need not be pennileSS,"
he adds Il am quite willing to
consider a young woman with
plenty of money"
Studying the current Spanish
broil and the brew of conflicting
reports, one concludes after read
ing of the participation of Japan
ese, German, Italian, British and
American volunteers, that neither
side will brook any interferences
from outsiders-such as the Span
ish! Will Oakland's return to
the night life of Broadway Che
now runs the Fountain Room of
the Murray Hill HoteD deserves
a word Pioneer among Broad
ways night club men, the shift
toward the East River of the night
club vogue in the final days of
prohibition brought disaster to his
famous little club on Fifty-first
and between Broadway and Sev-
enth At one time Will was
the most popular figure on the
air-before the coast to coast
hookups-and in a city-wide con-
test won first prize-stealing the
play from both Harry Richman
and Nils T. Granlund.
Evolution of BrOadway-It
was once inhabited by Indian
ScalperS-nOw it's infested by
ticket ScalperS White men
came to Broadway to settle
dOWn-tOday most of its citizens
are DeOpIe who refuse to settle