Evening star., 1939-01-26

deal, 1t might be admitted that
Mr.. Flynn is in the market for one.
He does not know precisely what
kind of horse he wants, but he will
recognize it when he sees it. Having
heard about the Whirling derviSh
life led by birthday celebration
celebrities, he anticipates no spare
moments for horse shopping while
in Washington.
One of the interesting qualities In
Mr. Flynn is that there is nothing
of the sWashbuckler in his attitude.
You would guess, even without
knowing his case history, that ad-
venture in any form would be to his
liking. But it would be quiet kind
of liking, not the sort of thing he
has manifested on the screen in
Captain Blood" Robin Hood and
some of his other better known
cinema works. He acts rather on
the order of chap who might be a
writer, which he is, in way,
although not to the extent that he
would like to be.
In other words. the professional
and personal Flynns are two people,
or maybe Dozen 1t seems worthy
of comment in view of the fact that
so many people from Hollywood are
not.
Although there were bottles in
the vicinity of Mr.. Flynn during the
pants hunt-press party, he had
nothing to do with them, so we
were foiled in our determination to
check up on his press agents yarn
about his bottle-smelling past. That
was long ago and in Australia.
Needing job, any kind of job, Mr..
Flynn took up bottles smelling for a
firm that used to buy such contain
ers. His function in the organization
was to determine if the bottles had
held turpentine or something like
that df there is any such thing)
which might make the container
unsuitable for other products. Out
OF that experience, Mr.. Flynn is
reputed to have acquired the habit
of automatically smelling any bottle
upon which he lays his hands. He
laid his hands on none yesterday.
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If Washington now taketh away
several tons of Hollywood glamour
people, it also giveth. Well, maybe,
it giveth. That is to be decided
today at luncheon when number
of people will be nibbling some of
the Cartons fine food.
The occasion Is the festival which
Hardie Meakih has arranged in
connection with R-K-O's gateway
to Hollywood" contest. Forty poten-
tlals in the contest will sit down
with Arthur Will, studio casting
director, and committee of Judges,
After due cogitation, meditation and
the other processes through which
judges go, two of the 40 will be
chosen to represent this area in
final session to be held in HOLLYWOOD.
Competing against the Washington
choices In the last Judgment t1ot
that other last Judgment. but the
one presided over by Jesse L. Lasky),
"AiA w SAAS-u&AA44GAa y III 81 OGllcI LOll6S.
Each of the 40 In today's food and
art fest will be given a private audi
ton before he or she is sent back
home or dancing through the gates
OF Hollywood.
Washington theatergoers will have
another chance to see Tallulah
Bankhead this season. But they
will have to go to Baltimore for it,
unless they prefer New York.
Miss Bankhead's newest play,
"The Little Foxes" a title which
Dorothy Parker found in the Old
Testament, will open a three-day
engagement at Ford's Theater there
next Thursday night. Miss Bank
heads very prominent relatives
from here will be there when the
play opens. So will most of the
Washington critics who, like every
one else, 60 on living in hope that
some day some one will write the
play worthy of Miss Bankhead's
talents.