Evening star., 1942-04-13
Rudy Vallee program, wrote scripts
for N. B. G. in Chicago.

Rudy Vallee program, wrote scripts
for N. B. G. in Chicago.
Mr.. Kerr's play-writing talent has
resulted in some 20 published plays,
which the little theater groups keep
busted of with some regularity, and
in at least one script-his Christie
pner Over Chaos" still is be-
ing considered by New York pro-
ducers. Mr.. Kerr also was co-author,
with Leo Brady, Of one of the Cath
olic University works which almost
won from Hollywood the attention
his art and Prudence" has been
accorded from New York - the
musical story of George M. Cohan's
life, Yankee Doodle Boy" The
other G. U. work which almost ad-
vanced into the professional theater
was Mr.. Brady's Brother Orchid"
AHA*
Among others In the entertain
ment world finding the call for their
services louder than ever they ex-.
pected in a Nation ut war are the
carnival folk. The carnival, you
know, is that combination ambu-
liant amusement park and circus
sideshow which travels from vacant
lot to vacant lot the country over,
coming North with the spring and
heading South again when the air
turns brisk and chill. There are
this season, when the carnival boys
thought they might not 60 out at
all, some $50 travelling carnivals Of
all sizes on the road, following war
workers with money to spend and
an urge for relaxation.
Already two of them have hit
Washington and you can expect
more in the near future. This Is,
our carnival informant hints, more
of a big business than you may have
realized. The James E. Strates
Shows, which will be doing business
at Twenty-first and G streets NE.
through Saturday night, is an af-
fair which employs some $50 men
and is hauled about the land on 40
railroad cars. The other, slightly
smaller, Is the o. G. Buck Exposi-
ton Show, at Georgia avenue and
the District line, also remaining
through Saturday night. Its EN-
ployes number some ITS carnival
workers and It's equipment fills II
trucks when 1t moves on to a new
stand.
Blackstone, the magician, while
we're being statistical, hauls two
carloads Of astounding effects"
about the country when he goes on
tour. He will be at the Earle come
Friday to present the awe-inspiring
elusive illusions of his Largest
Necromantic Extravaganza on
Earth" :. "Hellzapoppin," you had
best remember, opens at BIS instead
Of $3.50 at the National tonight. It
opens at 8:15 at the National every
night for two weeks. for that mat
ter, and at 2:15 on Wednesday and
Saturday matinees. Tomorrow's
blackout has revised the schedule
for "The Young in Heart" to be
presented at the Shrine of the
Sacred Heart, Sixteenth street and
Park road. 1t will be played to-
night and Wednesday night, with
no performance tomorrow night. :.
Katharine Hepburn, the Theater
Guild and Philip Barry are reported
to have reached a decision anent
the New York opening of Without
Love-" 1t is to be postponed until
next September, the play remain
ing on tour for the balance of this
season. Today's drama depart
ment problem: Just why is there a
quarter-cent Canadian excise tax
stamp pasted on the envelope which
has just arrived here with a batch
of pictures from Hollywood, post
marked Los Angeles?