The Washington times., 1938-01-29
Ed Sullivan Yearns For
Siqhts and Sounds
Of Old Broadway
Bu Ed Sullivan
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 90.

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 29.
GOT letter from Frank Hamilton this morning and he
said that snow finally had fallen in New York city, and
that the slippery and that it cold AS read
it, outside the California shining down hotly on
green lawn there to the sudden yen got
for the slippery sidewalks of New York.
Yet your reporter confesses after away from
the East that he has terrific yearning for the sight and
sound and smell and clatter of Manhattan They tell out
here that every New Yorker gets that burning for
Forysecond Street and Broadway and that they've been
amazed that former Broadway coumnt has held out so
long against it. Well, it caught up with in rush.
TIST for night or two I'd like browse along Broad
- way again, windowshop along Fifth and Madison.
I'd like to the lights go along Central Park West and
hear the hoarse bellows of liners in the Hudson I'd
like to ride again in Lexington Avenue subway and be
ostled by the crowds in Penn Station Grand Central
I'd like midnight drop at the Paradise the Cotton
Club the International Casino to floor show and
later go to Reubens Dawes Blue Room I'd like to
fight hockey game at Madison Square Garden or sit
in the lobby of Loews State with Al Rosen drop in at the
Astor for drink with Bob Chrstenberry I'd like to the
paper again. and chin with the gang the city I'd
like to feel wet in my face and I'd like to Broad
way show guess you'd call it homesickness but whatever
you'd call it, I've got and hreeday cold hasn't helped
aside to Managing Editor I'm advised from the East that
my Grandma Matilda is very ill., Please stand by for
Id lady passed away during the blizzard of 1888 It's e
Despite all the talk, every studio here preparing ST.,
10000 picture budgets Movie fans have become
stomed to these big pictures that the studios would
suicide to discontinue them . Gloria Swanson dis
uraged, will head back East if offer ism forthcoming
Commenting the necessity of testimonial perform
for Ted Healy Chairman Jack Warner says: "Hs
agc financial plight resulted only from his generosity
lis purse strings always open and he generously
all who asked for aid" Ted could have asked for
rander epitaph than that
.STN OLD CHICAGO" tickets are $3.50 copy for local
prevew The Vines-Perry tennis match here the
her night asked Sc seat for the boxes but most of the
lovie celebs bought So grandsand Harry Cohn
olumbia Pictures prexy, sat in SO seat and pointed
tx of his $250aweek employees, who seated in the Sc
section People who can't afford it always dopes
people who afford it wiser with their money
The girls here kidding Sophie Tucker about her feth
birthday, claiming she's older than that but Sophie just
Iares at 'em.
Eddie Buzzel who once played the lead in "The Gingham
Girl on Broadway is big click director result of
MS paradise for Three" This originally titled
Three Men in the Snow" Frank Morgan Edna May
Oliver, Mary Asor, Henry Hull Robert Young, Florence
Rice, Reginald Owen and Herman Bing are in the cast .
Exhibitors reports The Awful Truth" will amuse Irene
Dunno The exhbs state that this is the first time Irene
ever has displayed sex appeal And they're right
0roucho Marx is the greatest mind-traveer out here
Within the past few weeks he has outlined trips Sun
Valley Miami Mexico City, Yosemite San Francisco
but he's still in town.
g ELZNICK PUBLICITY DIRECTOR RUSS BIRDWELL
~ has problem his hands the selling of Tom Sawyer
picture for adults Jockey Sonny Workman has
finally hit his riding stride at Santa Anita Most amazing
feature of that national radio popularity poll to
the failure of Rudy Vaee finish in the first ten Mrs
Clark Gable taking back her house. and the Bob Hopes
who had it for three months in market for another
place The Jack Bennys' home will about $15O-
600 Most amusing testimony in the Barbara Stanwyck-
Frank Fay child custody that phrase Franks
false teeth. He and George Olsen were most famous
Of the toothy professionals but the trial revealed that Fay
was using phoney chnaware Winner and new champion