The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 11, 1929, Page 4

Sooch amiee Picasa RB ‘our DAILY WORKER, NEW YORE, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 19z9 “Cabiria” | Revived at the | Film Company's mammoth briel D’Annunzio’ ed. The picture The New Plays | description. Words y the impressions ries of stupendous les which are here welded to- o one gigantic photodrama rey vides of Italy’s motion | . ‘Cabiria’ has | bilities where all seemed to have been known befo production of A’, The “Cabiria” co the enthu showing of ved by turning Ficture 2 0 e |cow, . ciste, the giant Italia Returning to the files of the Mo- tion Picture News again, the pro- duction n companies of the and crude in |e compari ‘Cabiria,’ Negro and White Workers in Chicago Hold Joint Affairs :: with “Moscow Today’’ Begins at ing and an | toward Soviet Republic, it i the h the ci 1E JADE GOD,” a mystery play by William E. Barry, which nal dramatiz by Alan Sullivan, is due at the Cort] : * ; tre Monday night. t is headed by Margaret Wycherly,||_ “The First Law,” by Dmi Lyle, Stackpole, H. H. McCulum, and Gwymeth Gordon. | |8¢ heglov, biled as the first Russian | |play since the October revolution to be shown in America, is now at the Theatre Masque from the Ru stein and Leonid Snegoff, who plays : ° * the leading role. Whether the Film Guild Cinema Today adapters have changed it to any great extent, during the process of See translation, I do not know. stands now, The action of the play takes place | in an abandoned hut in Siberia dur- g the Civil War between Reds and hites, Ollan Stevens, daughter of the owner of a B h mine, Henry Woodhouse are lost in the a time when the thought of; jousands of people are turning contemplated visit to the interesting to other film which gives cow Today” also shows the vid idea of life in Mos- | var’ executive sections of the the Red Capital, is to be shown | Soviet Republic conducting its offi- Guild Cinema com- |cial life in the Kremlin. We are troduced to some of the most im- portant figures and personalities of present-day Soviet Russia. We see -|committees in executive session. ndless streams of visitors, who are forever thronging to Moscow to get a personal idea of the new civiliza- {tion and culture, based on the rule of the workers and peasants. vent Vladimir from securing food, The picture was produced by a so he will not be able to in the s new group of cinema enthusiasts, Peer toh che ene. Aten caren cat alled the Wertoff-Kinok group. | . ® . ‘ntedege plications, Woodhouse is locked out This group is led by Dsiga Wertcff, Hiabe Hal ana tedecen ta deat: great masses. Some very interesting views of the night life of Moscow have been included. unique Sovkino film com- shelter there later. with dawn-in n the Soviet met- | . st house resents the presence of the (Russian, After the three weeks, Qllan falls in love with Vladimir, who is a Bolshevik. everything within his power to pre- to work. We become acquainted the different modes of travel of Moscow use to sand mills and and reve: saa that. the al plants of this 2 30-year-old cameraman whose con- (Special to the Daily Worker) of the system and the seething city are at full blast. ception cf the screen is that: it should |, . seven eee Une with Viadimic as] CHICAGO, Ul. _The na- establishment of a Soviet govern Another reel of “Moscow Today” |not be used for inventive drama with | ict Russia as soo the ¢ ‘ ation We nt representing workers of the co-operative methods of {actors and scenery, but should go|;over “We of gam et te ee go. work- ages ie much closer at hand. inc Plan Another Dance. The next i tings, rep- on Saturday, May ll. / eptionally good band, “Billy {of Night Hawks,” will again | erect the music that was so pop-| ith those who attended the | § llowing scenes in “Moscow Today’ resent Moscow now the workers spend their time on undays going to the country in al buying and selling. The direct to life for its substance, and ?\two of his foremost disciples, Kauf- | man and Kapalin, are responsible for | “Moscow Today.” On the same program the Film | x cer Rigg hy Besta $e hkes her father's secretary instead. ail |The closing scene shows Ollan and | Henry VIII in “Deception,” directed | | 3 lby Ernest Lubitsch, Hunter leaving to visit Ollan’s \father. The girl had promised to reparing to leave, Eugene Hunter, etary of Ollan’s father, arrives. |He was sent by the British mine- cwner to look for the girl, whose lattitude to Vladimir changes. She at rest and’ pla: imate views of workers exteriors and interiors partment houses especially ed for the workers, and we note go workers of all races will, to attend this big event and farther the unification of black and ite warkers in their struggle gainst the e capitehat em. “The Village of Sin” Secured for Showing | at Little Carnegie “The Village of Sin,” a Sovkino| necial, has been secured for the | 4 first showing by the Little Carnegie | can Negro Labor Playhouse. The American premiere | A feature of the affair was of this film will take place on Fri-| 2 eae of the Communist hymn dey evening, May 17, at the Little | musical num- Carnegie, under the auspices of the | Exceptional Photoplays Committee | of the National Board of Review. | This is the first Soviet motion pic- | ture directed by a woman, Olga) Preebrazhenskaja and has been highly praised by Theodore Dreiser in his book, “Dreiser Looks at Rus- | sia.” ‘or of the southern employ- to a full realization at an ance under the apspice: ruses composed of both mie and Negro workers. fine free spirit of comraderie pre- ed, and the Communists certainly owed by their actions that their poligy was not cniy on paper. Such affairs go far toward eliminating raisunderstanding and prejudices be- tween workers of different races.” Employers’ Frenzied Attacks. \ ALWAYS OVERLOADED DEATH | On the other hand, journalistic SHIP. prosti wrote in capitalist and| LONDON, May 9.—Officers of LECTURES AND FORUMS ‘come back to Vladimir, but the im- rression created is that she will not return, When she was in the wil- \derness, she could make love to a worker, but, when a member of her own class appears, she again be- comes a member of the aristocracy. | This is the idea that the playwright intends to give the audience, Leonia Snegoff, as Vladimir, is lcapital. In a better play he would be able to show his talents to the maximum. He does his best to raise the present play to a much higher plane. His portrayal of the | Russian worker is good. } Stones Are Trembling By FRED CEYZER. Stones are tremblng Under their feet Towers sky-high Are shrinking from fear The workers’ army is marching. |tion of Wilfred Seagram as the Bri isher, Hunter. Frances Carson, as |Ollan, is miseast, while Reginald 'Goode as Woodhouse, could be much | | better. Samuel Schneider, in a small role, is inadequate. A pillar of fire Is guiding their way On the fallen ruins Of slavery and decay GABRIEL D's NZIO'S The workers’ army is marching. Cc ABI R I Al A Super-Spectacle of 15 Years Ago —The Forerunner of “The Birth of A Natio: -called “labor” papers that this the Lamport & Holt liners, whose) as the beginning of ihe end of | ship Vestris sank with great loss o | white sup: y, that this proved life some time ago, testified today| the truth of the brain-storm now before the board of trade hearing) ed in the Chicago Tri-| that they regularly and at the or-| y magazine, “Liberty,” ders of the company falsified the ists |log so as not to show overloading ted to kill off the white men and of the ships. All ships of this lin nd the white women over to the | were regularly overloaded, one wit- ving colored races, ete. ness said. of course, proves that the | — agents of the employers realize that soon as the white and colored workers join hands, the overthrow | 28 SIXTH JUBILEE Workers School Forum SUNDAY, MAY 12, S15 P. on Questions and General Discussion 5th Ave. Playhouse 66 FIFTH AVENUE, Corner 12th St. Continuous 2 p.m. to Midnight Daily INGERSOLL FORUM \Scheglov’ s “The First Law” || Now at the Theatre Masque } As it} the play fails to arouse. | and | steppes and take shelter in a hut. | Vladimir, a huge Russian, also seeks | Unable to pro- | vide food for his sweetheart, Wood- | Woodhouse does | The other members of the cast are | |not quite as good, with the excep- | | “AMUSEMENTS> TH [FATRE GUILD, PRODUCTIONS iN “MAN'S ESTATE” THECAMEL | THROUGH THE M NEEDLE'’S EYE ¢ 1 | bil ch | By FRANTISEK LANGER = MARTIN BECK fies s.d0. ats, Thurs. & Sau‘? ie | i na | By BEATRICE BLACKMAR and BRUCE GOULD ite | Dudley Digges, who does excellent 3 é : i the work in “Man's Estate,” the Black- | BILTMORE fretinces' thursaay’ & Saturday ae’ 2:40 Hs mar-Gould comedy now in its last two weeks at the Biltmore Theatre. | TT sal |FILM VERSION OF “CYRANO” ; | AT 55TH ST. PLAYHOUSE nat A COMEDY BY SIL-VARA “Cyrano de Bergerac,” the screen yersion of Edmond Rostand’s fa- THEA. West 52nd Street, Eves. 8:50 Shar } P }mous dramatic romance, is to be the GUILD Mat, Thurs. & Sat. 2:40 Sharp Ho feature picture at the 55th St. Play- | val house, beginning today. The story | Fol kas been filmed amid the original | LAST WEEKS! Ny locations of France and Italy, where | ley Cyrano lived, fought and died, with | jan all-French cast. Pierre Marnier | TRANGE NTERLUDE J |the distinguished French actor, ea plays the title role, is a member of | até |the Comedie Francaise and has} By EUGENE O'NEILL |played the part many times in the) der theatres of France and Canada. | JOHN GOLDEN TEES. Nth Bt, 8, of Booed way Since “Cyrano de Bergerac” came | t from the pen of Edmond Rostand twenty-seven years ago, it has had . sol world-wide publicity, and the the- he | ctre-going public of this country has cT 99 | 2 reason to remember it for two of Am- r en er We ill Walter Hampden. On the same bill | ; will be “Rachmaninoff’s Prelude,” a | z 5 va S sereen conception of this musical ‘A success of the first order.” Rinf a: ‘ * —New York Times. some vivid characters in a seriously interesting romance, and a cast of players remarkable for the excellence of their acting.” —Percy Hammond, Herald Tribune. eriea’s great actors, Richard Mans- piece. | - D ' | |fieta, and, at a more recent date, | “A joyous revel in which there was much sprightly froth, | A United Working Class Front to Struggle Against Imperialist War Preparations and the New | War Danger! Turn Imperi: ism’s Weapons Against Imperial- | ism Itself! | |MOROSCO THEA., W. 45th St. Evs. | 8.50. Mats. Wed.&Sat.2:30 | | JOHN DRINKWATER’S Comedy Hit BIRD N HAND Chanin’s 's MAJESTIC Theatre { 44th St. West of Broadway | Eves. 8:30; Mats.: Wed. & Sat. 2:30) The Greatest and Funniest Rerve | Pleasure Bound, ARTHUR HOPKINS presents PHILIP BARRY’S New { Comedy with settings by ROBERT EDMOND JONES. 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