The Washington times., 1937-01-18


John Anderson got q letter
from q producer whose play /
blasted. 'They ought to put your
dramatic reviews" he wrote, Bit
terly, under 'Wither Reports
Jack Kriendler-We get funny
requests here. One patron wanted
us to take care of his dog while he
took six weeks cruise. Another
woman patron called us up one
night and asked us if we could
send some one out to get some seed
for her canary. A fellow on the
Coast wired us to please arrest a
certain fellow who, he said, was
one of our patrons. Claimed the
man had stolen his cuff links some
weeks previous.
(Mr. Kriendler forgot to men,
tiOn the cablegram from Kay
Francis announcing that she
would arrive on the 1Sth-please
to have a temporary maid ready
for her.)
Pat OBrien-I love to hear the
birds singing in the trees in Cen
tral Park. I love Manhattan's
purple twilightS. I love the fine
crisp spring in the air. It's great
to be here again.
what Mr.. O'Brien means is
that he fled HOllywOOds' cold to
enjoy Manhattan's (unadver-
tised) balmy January breeZes.)
Benny Fields-I just came out
of that cut-rate barber shop. LOOK
at nv face. I'm going to see II l
can't have a Red Cross station IN
stalled in all these cut-rate barber
shops.
tMr. Fields is really much hap
pier than he sounds. From won
dering whether his winter over
coat would follow the family
Jewels into hook, Mr.. Fields is
now able to provide handsomely
for Miss Blossom Seeley, II an
average weekly wage Of $l,5OO
can provide HANDSOMELY
Arnold Reuben-I have found
out you can't give some OF the
Broadway people an even break
and break even. ! would like to
be rd-boiled-but it's too late to
learn.
Abe Lyman-WeIl, I walk into
Lindy's and I have a thin sand
wich because my enemies should
feel the way I am feeling lately
after this flu. I eat practically
nothing but 1 leave tip just the
same. Well, the waiter picks 1t
up-and he gives me a look so l
turned to. him and I said, What
did you expect-an annuity"
Louis B. Mayer-I. admit some
of us don't make daShing figure
but believe me, no one gets a
bigger kick than we do. out OF
reading what some of you boys
tput into our mouths. You credit
us with saying the funniest and
most idiotic things-and usually
with a dialect. And then you go to
work for us at fancy salaries
and suddenly out of a clear sky,
we become endowed with super
human wisdom-and erudition.
Some of you boys are too funny.
(Ex-newspapermen on the
payrOlIs of the enterprises
headed by Mr.. Mayer, Mr..
- ZukOr, Mr.. GOldwyn, Mr.. ROg-
ers, Mr.. Zanuck, Mr.. COhn-
and others - dominate the
higher-brackets income lstingS,
proving there is a future in
this newspaper businesSD
Mario BraggiOtti-It should be
easy for actors to remember lines
as long as the producer remem-
bers one line-the dotted.
James Cagney-Do I mind
these kids that crowd around
for autographs? Don't be silly
I love it. I'm going to begin
worrying when they stop asking.
That's the sure sign-when
you're on the way down.
(Mr. Cagney will admit, if
questioned closely, that in his
younger days, he, too, hung
around stage doors to get au-
tOgraphS.)
LuciuS Beebe-With the aid of
some of you fellows, I'm begin
ming to be so much a legend as
a figure of wealth, that it's be-
coming embarrassing to go in
and ask the boss for a raise.
AS a matter of cold truth, most
of my modest income is pro,
duced by what I write for my
newspaper, a magazine article
occasionally, etc.
(The legend to which Mr..
Beebe refers is that he has q
private income, variOusIy .esti-
mated to be anywhere from
$4,000 to 100000 a year-and
that he works as reporter
merely as a hobby and because
he is tired of meeting interest
ing DeODle,)