Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1935, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS. 800 Gaynor Making Up Mind As to Montgomery Film Hasn’t Said “Yes or No” Concerning Role Offered to Her to Play Opposite Robert Montgomery. ! BY MOLLIE MERRICK. HOLLYWOOD, November 27.—Janet Gaynor is wavering as to whether Bhe should go into a picture with Bob Montgomery or no . . . When 40 Navy wives were guests of honor on his lot recently, Leslie Howard took & bicycle and rode about the back sets until the ladies were convinced there would be no shooting there that afternoon. There expert with a Thompson sub-machine since a scene in “Petrified Forest” . galls for such antics. But they got the Navy out of the way before this tar- et practice began. Paul Draper promises to be a sensa- tion in the “fillums.” The actors s pound him and beg for tap-dancing instruction, since he has something gefinitely different from Fred Astaire y « « Grace Bradley invited so many pecple to her barn dance that she's seriously considering getting snother barn and running the party in two sections . . . It’s an age of remakes: Coming back are “It” (remember, with Elinor Glyn writing for Clara w), this time with either Jean Har- w or Alice Faye. “Poor Little Rich Girl” is another antedeluvian enter- tainment that will be revived. It was the big thrill of my childhood ... #Ramona” will be still another famil- lar remake. Frances Marion’s reminiscences are the most fruity of any of the Holly- wood contingent. She throws such charm into the telling of them and her humor is irresistible. I love her Btory of when she was just a very young thing, beginning a life to be eonsecrated to her “art.” In the same epartment, says Frances, were a lot of bther young things, all grimly deter- Inined to have careers, even if they didn't have three square meals a day. frhey often didn’t have all three, and, Bs & consequence, the services of a gloctor were often required. A Dr. Rogers, who lived in the build- | * ing, ecame to their rescue and cava- Jlerly forgot about the,bills. But one day, Dr. Rogers suggested thgt he would very much like them to hear his #on, Dick, play the piano. They were most gracious about it. ‘Young Dick Rogers played, and these Rerious proselytes of higher art thought his jazz was perfectly frightful (they didn't want anything less than Chopin end Beethoven), but Dr. Rogers had been 5o kind to them they couldn't very well be honest with him, so they all mgreed that young Dick was a genius. After all, it was only an exchange of pourtesy. “Well,” said Dr. Rogers, “that being Ghe case, I'll let him go on with his piano studies.” Dick Rogers went on. And, in case pou don't know, he and Lorenz Hart wTrote the music for Billy Rose's pro- duction of “Jumbo” most recently, and, before that, they had written a ring of fascinating music and irresistible lyrics ground the world. Another Frances Marion story I was plenty shooting, nevertheless; an gun was hired to shoot the place up, adore is about the time when the same young enthusiasts invited a fellow named Georgie Gershwin to play the | piano for them one night so they could |have a dance. And Marie Dressler, who was there, autographed his book for him with the sentiment: “You are great, and some day the whole world | will know ebout you.” | Every one is going out of town for | Thanksgiving; the trek began over | the week end. The desert and Arrow- head Springs took most of Hollywood's ‘hmous, ‘To Arrowhead Springs went the Basil Rathbones; Donald Colman ;planned his holiday there also; the Selznicks, Brian Aherne, Keene | Thompson, the Leslie Howards, the | William Wellmans and their daughter Patricia; Clifton Webb and his| mother, the popular Mabel Webb, and scores of others from the colony. Head of the class to Shirley Temple ‘lur her inimitable scene with Frank McGlynn in “The Little Rebel” . . .| | ditto to, Mischa Auer in “I Dream | { Too Much,” for a very clever comedy | sequence ., . . to Laird Doyle for the snappiest dialogue heard in some time, | written for Bette Davis and Pranchot Tone in “Dangerous” . . . Lily Pons, for her charm in “I Dream Too Much,” from her new picture , . . Paul Munl, for an outstanding and unforgettable portrait of Louis Pasteur . . . Fritz | « « Wilhelm Dieterle, for being the ace director of Hollywood, and no mistake, Wherever people gather in Holly- mourned. The Countess Landi, mother of Elissa Landi, had a vital and { wood, Caroline Landi's passing is' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Dancers in These four young women will the Air," to be.presented Saturday a Random Observat THAT'S DIFFERENT. ONTINUITY writers are driv- ing Arthur Godfrey dizzy ‘ these days. In case you don't know it, Godfrey is the popular WJSV an- nouncer, who conducts what he calls & “Sun Dial” for several hours each morning—a variety program of re- corded music and short edvertising announcements, ‘The most important part of the job is to read the announcements cor- rectly. But Godfrey says the men who write them make that impossible, sometimes. ‘The other morning, for instance, he hurriedly picked up one of the ad- vertising blurbs and without reading Letber, for an excellent portrayal of | it over first, put it on the air. The Dr. Charbonnet, in the same picture | Sinouncement said a certain store was | having a “high price” sale and Godfrey read it that way. He caught the error quickly end cor- rected the announcement. He said it was & “low price” sale. Godfrey's face turned as red as his hair. He knew the radio audience was laughing. * Xx % % forceful personality and & generous, fun-loving soul, which made her one of the great figures in life here. (Copyright. 1935. By the North Ameriean Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) Opposite Grace Again. CTING on the principle that one good performance deserves an- other, Columbis Studios announce that Michael Bartlett, who sang op- posite Grace Moore in “Love Me For- ever,” will be her leading man in her next Columbia picture. He was re- cently selected as the soloist on the |Jack Benny program. Bartleit's as- signment in the Grace Moore picture, Lowever, necessitates the curtailment of his radio activities, so he is aban- doning radio until the new picture is completed. HAPPY ENDING. The manager of one of Washing- ton’s apartment hotels had had a particularly dificult day. She de- cided to get away from the many harassing demands upon her time and patience and spent a pleasant evening at the theater. She was in the crowd in the lobby making her way toward the door when she heard a firm masouline voice behind her give the command, *"Make Way!” She was thoroughly annoyed. Without turning she inquired with obvious irritation, “And for whom?” She jelt a gentle hand take her arm and a pleasant feminine voice said, “I don’t blame you one bit, my dear. Come on in with me.” The voice was Mrs. Roosevell's. > i Dramatic Club of Job’s Daughters. Hussong, Mary Mullican, Mary Ellen Bailey and Marthena Mehrling. Washington Wayside Local Show lead the dance ensemble in “Up in t 8:20 p.m. at Pythian Temple by the ‘They are, left to right: Dorothy ions of Interesting Events and Things. GOBBLE, GOBBLE—BANG! Maj. Thomas E. Green, U. 8. A, {s back in town with some new stories, One of them is about an Army friend who is & great hunter. The latter recently became the owner of a turkey caller. His friends scoffed at its real- ism, but he scoffed right back at them. As things turned out, the hunter had the last scoff. He took the turkey caller out to the forest primeval a few days later, seated himself on & tuft of moss, and began to make the device 80 “gobble, gobble” or however one spells what a wild turkey says. It may not have fooled the turkeys, but it was realistic enough to make another hunter take a pot shot in the direction from which the sound came, * x x x BURGLARS! SHE THOUGHT. A YOUNG lady after hearing a story from friends about bur- glars getting in their house looked carefully at her own lock as she came home. To her surprise, she saw & hole cut through the wood of the door by the lock. She telephones the manager and announced some one had been try- ing to get in her apartment. He, too, was much excited and ordered a spe- cial lock, but said he couldn't get it put on for several days. She was leaving town so she spent the entire evening locking up her most prized possessions and asked a friend in the building to keep a look- | out. | When the locksmith finally ap- l peared, he found & missing screw in " of the War «- « of proud surrender. .. P On Stage the old lock had made the hole in the door. Bhe feels & lot safer now. Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen the other day was discussing with your operative No. 21,007 the necessity of an automobile in modern life. “Yes,” said the Commissioner, “the sutomobile used to be considered a luxury. It is now in some cases. “For instance, I was driving through Virginia & few days ago. I saw a fliv- ver bounce across an open field and stop near & cow. A woman jumped out, milked the cow and drove away. “She used about & gallon of gas going to and from the fleld to milk that cow. That gas cost her about 15 cents. The wear and tear on the car added to that would run the cost up & few cents more. “And I bet the milk she got from that cow was sold for less than 15 cents. ~ “Yes, they say automobiles are a necessity.” * Kk ok ok SECOND CHOICE. ‘A Washington bookkeeper was arrested the other day for em- bezzlement. A reporter, sent to his office, noticed a large calendar behind the accused’s desk. It carried an ad- vertisement, and depicted a fireside scene with a father and son looking at a motto on the wall, which said: “A good mame is rather o be chosen than great riches.” * ok x % TWO-PART STORY. E LOOKED very well turned out— although s bit oddly—walking D. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1935, around the Speedway in neatly fitting riding clothes, A few hundred yards farther along: A horse, obviously the one from which the well-dressed rider lately had be- come separated, was munching inno- een‘;l-y on the grass beside the bridle pai BURNS PROVE FATAL James Butler, 29, colored, 519 Flor- ida avenue, died in Freedmen's Hos- pital yesterday of severe burns suf- fered in an automobile accident near Laurel, Md., shortly after midnight. He was taken to the hospital by Rosa Hickens of the same address and treated for second and third degree burns from which he died several hours later. Dodsworth Adapter. 'DWARD CHODOROV, suthor of several successful plays and now under contract to Samuel Goldwyn, has been assigned to the screen adap- tation of “Dodsworth,” the Sinclair Lewis-Sidney Howard play, which is scheduled for the cameras early in the new year. Chodorov is now in Chicago, where he is attending performances of the stage production of “Dodsworth.” He 1s expected to return to Hollywood in a few days. AMUSEMENTS.’ BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band Symphony Orchestra in the audito- rium of the Marine Barracks at 8 pm. Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, second leader, Xylophone solo, “Umbrella Dance,” from “The Mandarin”..__DeKoven | (Charles Owen.) Valse, “Auf Wiedersehn,” “Blue Paradise” Selections from Arthur Sullivan’s operas compiled by Higgs. “Prayer of Thanksgiving” (old Netherlands) ........arr. Kremser Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” Imports Limited. Australia may have a law limiting Vit AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE and all forms of Insurance J. Blaise de Sibour & Co, INSURANCE BROKERS 1700 Eye St N.W, Natl. 4673 ADVERTISEMENT. Get at the real cause. That’ what thousands of stomach :\Ifl- ferers are doing now. 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