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All In a Day
—By—
MARK KELLINGER
k NEW YORK, Feb. 5.
r It’s a beautiful story,- of gratitude that Paul Preston
forwards for your amusement. Just a tender little thing
that proves the world is still filled with humans who
have a real sense of appreciation. With the papers print
ing nothing but crime, depression and war news, I think
the time is ripe for just such a tale.
John Smith—to provide him with a really fascinating
name—is in a business that necessitates the use of a pri
vate automobile. He covers quite a bit of territory in the
course of a day and his machine is most important to him.
If he had to use taxis, he would go broke in short order.
His Car Is Stolen
Several weeks ago. John
parked his car in front of an
establishment in the Bronx
and went inside to transact
some business. When he came
out, his car was gone. The
poor guy’s heart fell to his
boots. Times were mighty
tough and, now, with the car
stolen, his future looked as
bright as Mr. Hoover’s chances
for a second term. He carried
no insurance on the automobile
and. unless it was recovered,
he faced a total loss.
There was but one thing to
do. and Mr. Smith did it in
nothing flat. He raced to the
nearest police station and noti
fied the proper authorities. An
alarm was sent out. And, two
hours later, the machine was
found. But, how it was found!
The young gentleman who had
stolen the car had attempted
to drive straight through a tele
graph pole. Sadly enough, the
attempt had been unsuccessful.
John Smith went to look at
his car even as the doctors in
a nearby hospital were looking
at the crook’s injuries. The
machine proved to be in worse
shape than the thief. After a
few days in the hospital, the
crook was turned over to the
police again. They immediately
booked him on a charge of
grand larceny.
Family Pleads
Meanwhile, the prisoner got
in touch with his family. Said
family consisted of a father
and two brothers, and it didn’t
take them long to find out that
John Smith was the owner of
the car and that he would be
the individual who would press
the charges.
So. they came to Mr. Smith
one beautiful afternoon and un
folded as pretty a sob story as
you have ever heard.
“My boy didn’t realize what
he was doing, wailed the father.
“He was probably a trifle drunk
for the first time in his life.
How was he to know that this
terrible thing was going to
happen and that he would
bring disgrace upon a family
name that has always com
manded nothing but respect?
Oh, what have I done to de
serve such a calamity as this?
“Don’t you think my boy has
been punished enough? Would
you want him to be sent away
to a jail that would make a
criminal out of him for the rest
of his life? Please think it
over and help us. Please. For
the sake of a father who will
never be able to live through
the shame.’’
Agrees to Relent
And so it went on for the
better part of an hour. The
brothers chipped in with their
tearful contributions whenever
it seemed necessary, and Mr.
Smith was growing a trifle
dizzy from the pressure 'of it
all. The power of pressure is
a mighty thing—and before the
family left John Smith had
agreed to do all he could to
have the charges dismissed.
He kept his word, which be
gins to show you how tender
this little story really is. He
went to the assistant district
attorney who was in charge of
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i the case and told a little white
i lie. He said that he had really
forgotten something. In the
excitement of the accident he
had neglected to inform the
police that he knew the other
young man quite well and that
he had honestly given him per
mission to drive the car.
In other words, he changed
the story completely. The dis
trict attorney knew he was
lying to save the crook, and
Mr. Smith almost got himself
into a mess. But, after all,
it didn’t mean very much.
There were no important names
involved, and Mr. Smith’s do
ings were his own business.
Accordingly the case was drop
ped.
Shows His Gratitude
You can imagine the joy of
the boy’s family when the lad
was released. They showered
Mr. Smith with all the praise
in the world. And you can
readily understand that Mr.
Smith felt something of a glow
on his own account. After all,
he had saved a youth from a
criminal career. He had been
a big man. It had cost him
a sweet penny to have his car
repaired, but the boy’s family
had promised to reimburse him
for that. All in all, then, there
had been but little harm done.
And Mr. Smith inherited the
warmth that comes with the
enactment of a generous deed.
There isn’t much more to
this tender tale of a grateful
youth. Except to tell you that,
two weeks later, Mr. Smith was
on the wrong end of a heavy
lawsuit. The lad who had
stolen the car sued him for
damages sustained while driv
ing the machine. And Mr.
Smith has no comeback because
he went on record as saying
that he loaned the car to the
youth of his own free will!
That’s what I like. Short
stories that prove the world is
still filled with people who have
a real sense of appreciation.
Jimmy Lake to Boss
Gayety’s New Show
The marathon idols, Joe Wicks,
Red Nichols and Jimmy Barrett,
will appear twice daily at the
Gayety Theater, starting this
Sunday matinee for the entire
week.
Jimmy Lake (himself) will be
master of ceremonies for the boys.
Did You Know
That Hoot Gibson’s name really
is Edmund Richard Gibson, and
I’ll probably have to leave town
for telling.
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HOT CHA IS ZIEGFELD CHOICE for His New Musical Comedy
Times Cartoon
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Selection
By ANDREW R. KELLEY
How are the names of musical
comedies chosen? Well, Mr. Zieg
feld was worried to death over
what to call his new glorified
production yesterday, when he
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like that. Maybe hot tamale,
since the story is about a torea
dor. At any rate, Bernard Sobel
arrived last night to ballyhoo the
Ziegfeldiana, and, since he once
served as professor of English at
Purdue University, I expect not
even “Hot Cha” can stump him.
About Those Stars
Let’s get the record straight.
This department is not against
personal appearances for movie
stars. It is only against shipping
them from Hollywood without the
proper vehicle for entertainment,
or without any definite idea of
what they shall do. After Ml,
movie audiences expect their he
roes and heroines to entertain.
Recently one of the ravishing
beauties from Hollywood arrived
in New York in her first public
appearance on the stage of the
Earl Carroll Theater made a
speech something like this: I
can’t sing. I can’t dance. All
I can do is be beautiful.”
The audience listened and then
something resembling Bronx
cheers greeted the budding star.
She was so humiliated and cha
grined she wanted to take the
next train back to the studios.
Instead wise counsel suggested
for future appearances she get
up a little act and do something.
The star took the advice and now
is able to hold her own on vaude
ville stages.
Who Found Kate?
They are claiming Kate Smith
was discovered for musical comedy
by Eddie Dowling, who thrust
her into his “Honeymoon Lane”
at $l5O a week. But the man
who really - discovered the song
bird of the South for Mr. Dowling
was Rev. Francis J. Hurney, local
pastor, and a first class judge of
talent in the bud; Patricia Bow
man. the Roxy’s ballerina, being
another he helped to footlight
fame.
Can it be that Washington’s
gift to the radio listeners is
emulating Garbo? Last night her
introductory was “Hello Everee
body. This is Kate.”
Hardie Meakin has just for
warded the personal appearance
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RAMON NOVARRO AND GRETA GARBO in a scene
from “Mata-Hari,” her latest picture, opening today on
the screen at Loew’s Columbia Theater.
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cartoon caught
his eye and the
expression “Hot
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inspiration, and
“Hot Cha” is
the tag for his
new musical.
What does it
mean ? Well,
; it’s a slang
: phrase meaning
hot diggity dog
or some thing
schedule for buxom Kate at
Keith’s on Saturday and Sunday.
It looks like a suburban time
table but as I figure it out Kate
will warble five times on Satur
day and four times on Sunday
and the rest of the week.
Distinguished Guests
The wives of two ex-President’s
attended the Belasco Theater yes
terday matinee for “Blessed Event.”
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson occupied a
box with her party and Mrs. Wil
liam Howard Taft was in her usual
reservation seat in the orchestra.
It was the first time that two
former First Ladies had happened
to attend the theater at the same
performance and you can’t blame
Manager L. Stoddard Taylor for
being considerably excited over the
double honor.
Charles Warren McClintock
who piloted “Tomorrow and To
morrow” on its road tour for Gil
bert Miller, will drop around to
Loew's Palace today and see what
kind of a movie Ruth Chatter
ton made of the Philip Barry
play... And T. D. Bonnevile, w*o
was advance agent for Lionel At-
norrow” on its road tour for Gil
oert Miller, will drop around to
Loew's Palace today and see what
kind of a movie Ruth Chatter
ton made of the Philip Barry
play... And T. D. Bonnevile, w*o
vas advance agent for Lionel At-
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Maurice Chevalier will have a
bit of fun with his imitators
when he offers that song pro
gram at the National Theater
Sunday night at 9. In other
words he will imitate the imi
tators of himself.
Theater men are watching the
Chevalier tour to find out now
many of his movie public will
turn out for these personal ap
pearances. Producer Gilbert Miller
claims that Helen Hayes and Les
lie Howard now sell balcony seats
to fans won through the movie
screen. These favored Miller
stars always had an orchestra
following. The upstairs patron
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FRIDAY—FEBRUARY 5—1932
Metro Completes Cast for Eugene O’Neill’s Drama
"Strange lnterlude"in the Movies
By HARRISON CARROLL
(Copyright. 1932. King Feature*
• Syndicate, Inc.)
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 5
After all, none of the favored ones
will get the role of the husband
in “Strange Interlude.” In a final
huddle, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer of
ficials have picked Alexander
Kirkland for the role.
Mr. Kirkland, as yet little known
to screen fans, will come over
from Fox, where he has just sup
ported Elissa Landi in “The
Devil’s Lottery.” Before that, he
did a picture with Violet Heming.
Like Richard Bennett, this actor
came to the coast for his health
and was persuaded to have a try
at the talkies. On Broadway he
worked for the Theater Guild.
With the casting of the hus
band, the “Strange Interlude”
company is nearly complete. The
lineup will be Norma Shearer, as
the heroine; Clark Gable as the
doctor; Ralph Morgan, as Charlie,
and Mr. Kirkland as the husband.
The famous asides, you recall,
will be spoken by the players
voices, but there will be no lip
movement. Thus, Synchronization
will be one of Director Robert
Leonard’s major problems.
Gossip of Celebs
Joseph Schenck’s yacht, the In
vader, sails Sunday or Monday
for Tahiti. Douglas Fairbanks
follows on the seventeenth with
Chuck Lewis and a crew of Tech
nicians. They’ll pick up the yacht
on the island and make it the
base of their explorations... wear
ing thin dresses on location in
this snappish weather has sent
Lupe Velez to bed with a case of
pleurisy.. .Dick Arlen and Jobyna
PHILASRWfIA
FRITZ REINER. Conducting
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ, Soloist.
oJ £ Constitution
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Tickets. *3.25, S 3. 52.75. M, SI.M.
St. T. Arthur Smith. 1330 G st., In
Homer L. Kitt's.
Doors close 8:45 until Intermission.
CHILDREN'S CONCERT
By the
NATIONAL
SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
OF WASHINGTON. D. C.
HANS KINDLER, Conductor
Central Hish School, 13th and Clifton Sts.
Saturday Morninc, Feb. 6. 11 o Cloek.
Tickets, SOc
Now on sale Mrs Wilson-Greene’s Burean.
Droop's, 1300 G st.) Dlst. 649.3, .
Ralston celebrated their fifth
wedding anniversary last week..,
Saw Joan Marsh with Randolph
Scott at the Paramount Studio.
She was just visiting, as M. G. M.
has her under contract... Gary
Cooper’s dad showed up at the
studio yesterday with a cargo of
fresh dates grown on Gary’s ranch
near Palm Springs.. .Jack Okie
is one star who don’t use air
planes. “The air is for birds and
bees and they can have it,” he
flips.. .Edgar Wallace has writ
ten a thriller for radio called
"Man Without a Face.” Merian
Cooper will produce it. This is
not the prehistoric animal story,
but another of Wallace's Holly
wood scenarios.
He Thought Fast
Take it from Spencer Tracy the
worst of a physical mishap is ex
plaining it to your friends.
Showing up with a limp the
other day, Spencer ran the com
plete studio gauntlet. Finally, he
met Frank Borzage.
“Wait,” he snapped. “I tripped
over the wolf when I came out
the door.”
Warners Like Him
Fox may have lost its en
thusiasm for Hardie Albright but,
as so often happens, this young
actor is doing well at another
studio. Warners have assigned
him to play one of the leads op
posite Joan Blondell in “Miss
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Dancing Dream Girls
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AT THE HEIGHT OF HER SUCCESS
Waehington’e Ourti “Songbird From the South”
~ I KATE
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Famed Singer of
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Plus These RKO Vaudeville Stars
ML CHRISTENSEN -REYNOLDS & WHITE
on the Screen ■ CHESTER FREDERICKS—AL ARROTT
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“BLESSED EVENT”
A New Comedy by MANDEL SEFF
and FORREST WILSON
ROGER PRYOR and 30 Other.
next mon seats now
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Roy Lotti Killy
Royston Loder Taylor
75—Gloriou. Ensemble— 75
GAYETY-BURLESK
Starting This Sun,
Matinee
JOE WICKS
RED NICHOLS
JIMMY BARRETT
The Marathon Idols
Appearing Twice Daily