The Washington times., 1937-02-22
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
By Louis SObOl-
Weekend Odd-Ends!

exemption in June -. Jerome
Kern's pretty DIR, Betty, may take
the altar march with Johnny
Green's brother, Dick, early in
June Ruby Stevens, who used
to draw $35 week as a chorus
girl in Texas Guinan'S Show-ano
was expected to earn some Of that
money by sitting around with Gus.
toners, and talking to them fol
hours-drew exactly five gees last
week for just three minutes Of
conversation and no sitting around
ON that air program You
know her better, of course, as Bar
bara Stanwyck (the gal who's had
her house wired for shrieks).
IrOnies in the News: Cover
nor Hoffman, distressed at the
lack of publicity for New Jersey,
suggests q State Publicity Bu-
reau, at the same time annOunC-
ing sit-dOwn strikes will be out
Iawed in Jersey. Sit-dOwn strikes
kept Flint, Mich, on the front
pages for weeks. New York'S
smart set Is peeved because lack
of snow has ruined the skiing
season in these parts. Seven
Alps skiiers are billed and sew
eral others are injured as re-
suit Of an avalanche. William
SkjOIdborg and Miss Signe
Worm, Of Bedsted, Denmark,
wed after an engagement that
lasted As years. Lexy Mckay,
IA, and FreemOnd SaindOn, %,
of Canon City, Colo, obtain
license to wed after two week
romance. .Mr. and Mrs. James
Jennings and Mr.. and mrs.
Jonah Rogers celebrate their
golden wedding anniversaries In
Long Island. Mrs. Suzanne
Brandstetter wins an annulment
from the husband she married
month ago. Clyde Proctor, OF
OneOnta, N. Y, is accused Of
killing his baby son because he
annoyed him. Mr.. and Mrs.
LAWSON, Of ElmsfOrd, N. Y, say
their lives will be complete now.
She Just gave birth to her eight
eenth child.
Whatever became of the Jimmy
Stewart-Eleanor Powell romance?
The newsreel cameraman
who was signed by the movies after
appearing in a short as the man
who didn't win the Sweepstakes?
The night club Babe Ruth
was going to open? The book
that Jean Harlow was going to
write? Technocracy? .
Midget golf courses? Elmer
Rice? Marlene Dietrich's
Broadway stage engagement? .
Mary Rogers (dtr. of the late
will ROgerS), who was going to
elOpe with Eddie Grainger-wOn't
Sam BriSkin, Rufus LIE
Marie, Mervyn Leroy and few
other Hollywood cinemOneymen
have dough invested in George
Jessel's "GIOry for All" The
GREGORY LaCava-DOriS Nolan
cOmbo has nothing of romance
in it, their intimateS would have
you believe
Broadway observations: Jack
PEARL Broadway is where you
slip il you sleep (Arthur
Murray Suggested title for q
movie about a cOlumnist: "The
Good Ear" :. Bob HOpe) The
Nine Old Men?-whO do they
mean?-the Brooklyn Dodgers?
:. (Xavier Cugat) I'm begin
ming to believe that on this
street of Broadway they lift you
to your feet so they can knock
you down again (Abe Ly-
mani Sometimes the only thing
q guy gets out Of colleges him.
self.
Suggestions to movie scouts:
Josephine Huston, lovely to look
at, better to hear-probably one
of the finest voices in America
today Jerry Cooper: He-man
baritone, has had radio build-up,
should make ideal lead in musicals
E. Vivian Ray: Pert, pretty and
shapely, leader of the hilarious
tramp band at the Cotton Club
>. For comic colored parts, this
sepian has Stepin Fetchit halted
and stymied Marion Martin
blonde beauty - has scored in
short subjects - ideal for breezy,
SHp-cracking roles.
A columnist, eavesdropS on con.
versation: CFirst voice-male) !:
It'll only nick you 200 bucks, see.
This guy'll make you the best dip
in town" (Second voice-fe-
male): Jaw, chiselin' racket
small-time-what can you make?
.. CThird voice-male): What
do you expect-with prohibish
skidded-what's a cannon to do?"
.. (Second voice-female) "Stick
to what we're doing-we haven't
been caught yet" . Fourth voice
male: "Aw, now. This Dewey's
too tough. Gotta catch up with us. /"
This was Tuesday afternoon
In the Ritz bar. Actual dialogue
among three handsome college
kids and a pretty Sub-deb. Just
a new conversational paStime be-
tween cocktails.
Around the night clubs: Vet
eran fiddler Joe Fejer opens In
the Du Pierrot Tuesday night. .