The Washington times., 1937-02-05
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Facts About Folks!

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Facts About Folks!
Reginald FOrsythe - A colored
man doesn't have much chance
even in this great land Of toler-
ance. A few manage to rise to
the heights - instead of being
doomed to the jobs usually as
signed to them. But for his tai
ent, Reginald Forsythe would
probably be a porter or an ele-
vator boy or perhaps waiter at
the Cotton Club. But Reginald
Forsythe is a distinguished citizen
of England, mingles with the best
Caucasian society and is generally
accepted as genius whose color
is no barrier. He was even the
guest Of the Duke of windsor
when he was Prince of Wales. At
present he's on a visit here.
Reginald FOrsythe is a song
writer who rose to fame because
of the odd tags to his cOmpO-
sitiOns, "Serenade to Wealthy
Widow" "DOdging a Di-
vorce" etc. His publisher
scggested that for a change he
turn out q number with a simple
title to prove to the skepticS
that he was above all mu-
sician who could leave his crea-
tions unnamed and still prove
their superiority. So his latest
is labeled: Revolt Of a Yes
Mani"
Monte PrOser-This press agent
has lured as much newspaper
space as the places he publicizes.
Chiefly because when all the torch
bearers of town are assembled
Proser, like the ancient guy whose
name started with "a" will lead
the rest, without the 10 and be-
hold. Monte's tOrch flames high
for his eStranged bride, Miss Julie
Jenner. Nevertheless. he has to
take care of his business. Yester.
day, with great pride and with
something of a flourish he opened
the current issue Of Stage maga-
zine to show his bosses that he
had promoted a dou ble-page
spread of pictures and several
pages Of text centering about the
French Casino and its nude love
lies. When the bosses were prop
erly impressed with the first two
pages, Monte, with an added flour
ish and a wetting of the thumbs,
turned to the next two pages
and promptly dropped into semi
tomatoes state.
For there, staring out in the
most prominent part Of the page
was an action shot Of Miss Julie
Jenner leading the pretties of
the rival cabaret known as the
Paradise!
Walter Wanger-This handsome
young gent is something of cine
matte wonder-boy in Hollywood, one
of the so-called Promising Three"
(the other two are Mervyn Leroy
and Daryl Zanuck. There was a
time, long before destiny pushed
him into pictures, when Walter
Wanger was just an enthusiastic
young patriot eager to help Amer
lea win the Great War. So he was
sent to the flying school in Italy,
where he promptly proceeded to
smash up five practice planes in
succession, much to the regret Of
his c. O., who was very fond of
him and who was reluctantly
forced to admit that perhaps
Walter would do better if attached
to the diplomatic forces stationed
in Rome. The C. o. okayed the
transfer and Mr.. Wanger did very
little war-flying thereafter.
Mr.. Wanger's current prOduc-
tion. now drawing customers to
the Rivoli, is you Only Live
Once" Around town at present
are neat pOsterS-yOu see them
everywhere-issued by the City
Of New York in connection with
the Safety Drive. The slogan
on the posters is you Only
Live Once" which you must ad-
init is quite a break for the
picture-and quite a cOinci.
dence, too, don't you Think
specially since the signature ap-
pearing on all the posters is
Fi0rella LaGuardia, Mayor of
the City Of New York. The
coincidence is that Mayor La
Guardian waS Onca MaiOr Ia
Guardia, the same commanding
officer who, with considerable
regret, watched young Mr..