Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1923, Page 62

” O, 1923—PART Sounds True. RE:\' INGRAM, famous Metro di- recior, who was in Miam! making “Where the Pavement Ends,” can spin his yarn with any sallorman these THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO FASHION CREATIONS OF THE STAGE. Central Europe Sends Famous Chorus Here. APRIL 1, D G 3 Wholgsome Vaudeville. ERE is a badly mistaken ideaccntribution to that has been allowed to grow | ture of today rich melodies. because “muslc is in their lives, and life in thelr music” Czechoslovakia has four weeks of ROM the heart of central Europe, in the little republic of Czecho- theatrical lit slovakia, will come a band of forty | Christmas instead of one day, during il unchecked that the best wit flmllfiy..wn old in young men and women pupils of the | which time music plays an important ays. 5 humor is that which is born of "]“1 “. er, a man Bakule School. These young people Fr?;;l‘d _wu':g 3f:.y'bfi'ie$ (j‘x’«mv-l;‘dmggg‘; On a trip to Nassau, in the Bahama |, oo ‘ 2 |52 are skilled musically, artistlcally and | (& fioe of snow throush which they |E70uP, he went fhrouh two terrific| 0y (FGOR electrical storms in a forty-foot boat; storms that threatened at any mo- mechanically, but perhaps none of their accomplishments Is 5o expres- must travel, the children trudge to church to sing thelr solmen sweet player has “pulled” semething “dar- . hymns with their parents. The eve- | ing” and “funny,” and clamorous Vi Vi o he cockleshell, = lis sive of native Czechoslovakia as thelr | niiigs” preceding Christmas, are spent | ment to swamp the shell, whose | o, 0 torm the theater deor |18 singjng. at one farm or another, where chil- [decks were swept timo and agatn by | (o008 WE WP e AT SO0 | vill There has never been a lack of |dren and women, young and old, |hyge waves. And Rex Ingram, so he = 5 s dled (1 bme entertainm for its peo- | BRther to prepare the feathers of [ " ' Wm . = 0" T T | these crowds invariably are drawn |t erican public musio in Czechoslovakia, for its Deo- | the geese for soft feather beds and |SAYS, spen! s time on | people young and old who ought He give deck! He admits frankly that his courage was bolstered chiefly by the fact that to be there. They know it themselves, | credit They even show it in the sheepish |ma way they creep into and out of the ple have always possessed a musical spirit that has been handed down sing numberless Christmas sopgs. On Christmas eve day there is a song, custom or proverb for every hour. from generation to generation. Folk |p 0y o og g “koleda,” the day of |he preferred to drown in an ocean |theater. But vet they go, drawn by #ongs which these Bakule puplls|carols for the children, when they |Wave rather than suffer the qualms|a seemingly irresistible curiosity. will sing to American audiences have h\lu)pos(-dl)' Jouraey wr’u.-nl;g;wg uf”l;wlfll de mer in a stufly, reeling b Hisuar thces L..;‘,,m ‘v;-o:[.’; tail i 2 singing carols and merry so bin. i} he imputation that he or | Leen composed to Sxrses not only | SEINE carels an Il night long while Jove raged |she is not eminently respectable and grief and joy but deserlbe the humor | ¢ FAEENENE o ts Siyva |Overhead and John Russell, the au-|refined, or that he or she is dra and pathos of every-day life. Hav-|Marvana, dllusirated a musical story | thoT. Eroaned in his bunk below, the | by salacious temptation. ~ Yet they | ing bubbled forth from the lips of | called “The Gingerbread Hu ana | boa ougl ““ n! afi"-’yut f]‘l"jfil ;‘ @ | persist In golng to see or hear that = e il Sl § dedicated to the Americ tempest un nally the light that|which they think savors of the un- & young girl at work, a song is re- Red Cross, for having marks the reef off Cape Florida an- lvld\!en. whether it really be so or|" membered and passed on from 1Ip to [ Gzech juniors & helping nounced that they had gotten back to | not* It is a sort of morbid curiosity within striking distance of America. | which needs watching by lip, to become a new Czech melody. | Bakule School sent this musics the N slod: L iess las a first installment of its debt—to | Then the sed showed its malice |dividual témpted by it. It is hurt . New and old melod classical | TF Qien the hearts of American |a@gain. It drove them on great sweep-(to the individual and hurtful to music folk songs and hymns, will be | funiors ou know that our people |iNE waves toward the white line of | community and in time gives to bot sung by these Bakule pupils on their |are endowed with a soul full of |the reef, invisible now, but audible|a bad reputation. first concert tour in this country.|musical conceits, and a young Czech (DY the roar and surge of the sea| “Decency in man and delicacy in A native Czech girl, who is studying | composer, Joseph Krick: upon it. Frantic efforts were made [ woman are virtues that should t at Vassar, says of their singing: "It | the Bakule puplls, has bring a change in the course of | protected at all hazards; but th is not their merit that they have|for vou the story of vessel, but not until the mad s are the individua cleay,| pure volods: and-w fite Eeese | Drend Fncs of the reef could be seen did a ves in which those virtue character of rhythm, but it is thelr merit, how | These children are endowed with | merciful change come in the wind to ttacked or tempted. It isn't a mbodied into they sing!™ more than ordinary musical ability, blow them out again to sea. question or religion alone. It ower, newly eng ned to the will supp Three times the approach was made in the bar; question of wholesom as their clear, melodious voices will hree times | ing. We do not give enough There are no school yells nor calls testify when heard in numerous con- | to the break among these Czech boys and girls, they sing fnstead, not jazz music nor catchy bits of popular songs, but certs from New York, as far west as | Kansas City, In the next few months. | they were blown back But, finally they got in {toit, and we ought to.” ! "The " foregoing is the voluntary | J2 You ’Il Like Trading at Phillip Levy’s L ] x We Are oloth and orchid ehiffon, Keith's by Madeline Randol worn at tan crepe, seen at Kelth's, Mary Lucas in “Cinders.” niture as your initial pay- ment on a new purchase. 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The final| Miss Madeline Randolph, appearing n evening frock by one sirls. In second act | the Wate vas th st_beautiful & In the second act | L0 B atEEs e dation was of ‘dei. | creation of.cloth of gold and orchid fashion parade, and the| ..o Laari-gray chiffon, with a low |taffeta. The fitted bodice of gold was gowns displayed by the tall, stat-|waistline defined by a s of deen | Supported by double straps of white uesque models were rivalled by the [blue, caught in an odd formation of |Sequins, which extended into long || ume suits worn by the tors, | drzpery by a rhinestone ornament.|Streamers that tened around the S | Huge squares of lighter blue chiffon | wrist The underskirt was of ac-| | formed unusual slecves at the sides, | cordion pleated orchid chiffon, vetled | FVRS.OUL: 01 of jewecled chiffon added the|a pointed apron panel of gold cloth, | |5 lines, w apery at the center | final touch of lovellness to the cos- | bordered with marrow pold lace and || front of The materlal was |tume. _ e |mee in place by a sparkling. girdlc | s s it Mary Lucas, o - | orname: estones > sides | (B4 enver and there was an| ., wearing an adorable frock of [rounded at the lower edges, and elabo: i-girdle to enhance | ht pink taffeta, with hat_of [bordered with gbld lace. Miss | | o silk, encrus ond gow nk metal cloth lightly ders. The foundation skirt of taffeta | wore an afternoon frock of tan crepe | - s ‘75 with Alfce blue chiffon. The | was veiled with a serles of narrow |trimmed with narrow brown ribbons. ||| Cabmet. o —— picture hat worn with the frock was |gray chiffon panels, _each outlined [ The bodice was drapped with an in- St . . of palest green chiffon, with a long | with gray ribbons and attached to|teresting fichu self material, {| Substantially bullt and equipped trailing scarf at the back, o that the | the taffeta by shirred ribbon bands, |fastened with a small cocarde of || ith all the necessary labo costume as a_whole was an interest- | Tiny flowers, centered in silver. and | brown ribbons, and the gathered skirt [j saving devices, such as ng study in pa The third crea- | petalled in pink taffeta, were dotted was circled by successi rows of {18 Base Flour Bin, Sugar Jare, tlon displayed, * was | around the walst in lleu of a girdle, | ribbons, tied in diminutive bows at||B Metal Mouseproof Bread Drawer of vivid or with and formed a most effective trimming: | the front. With the frock Miss Leedom ||gg and Cupboards Jewels, and mod a long | Miss Nancy Welford, the little Cin- | wore a small helmet-shaped hat trim- (| $1 Weekly Plume’ of lavende ostrich derella girl of the story, appeared in'med with large loops of taffeta ribbon. /g 2 What Confronts the y Screen Producer. |TACK CUNNINGHAM, who | newspaper man for eighteen years| before taking up motion picture work, | and who in motion pictures has Lveen‘ publicity man, studio manager and writer for ten years, having to his| credit almost 100 lled feature storfes, has something say to the| | was a| £ to screen story writer in what follows from be “located In the principal cities, ¥ a problem which has never before 3 A d his pen. contronted fhe creator of storles, by | Some of which Have been playing col- | “A great y people do not reallze | whatever medium he may choose to|OFEASROWS. O L winars that the construction of a story for mo- call tur for technique in al tion p true. You cannot, I belleve, find me 5 1 i medium of e on, the life of which |a book. play, short story. or what|COnsecutive bookings. Myself and never in human experience [nOt, In any of the arts whereby stories | Several other theate our houses doing a good business prior to the advent of motion pictures. > with which ro one is iliar. There are a itch for creative i with souls the were cani oF the 2 pose P . adaptive effort and editorial ac-|prone to probe for realism si as|Dlving attractions to (‘:‘“:“‘““"& Buch vy who are striving to find out what | many pictures are ald to lack. In | @S mine, ‘*“;_(‘“'21 we v have ne or cannot be done with the motion | picture camera and Its intestinal strip of celluloid anywhere near doing it and certainly no creation in the parade, “Mooniight on occasional jewels shimmere ong the voft folds, shirred ribbon in the same shade. ba que bodice was sleevel ightly-rounded n; narrow taffeta heading, with long pink ribbons trailing from the shoul- in scenery, properties and beasts of burden, not to forget the overworked studio ‘automobile, was that the m tion picture audiénce should demand almost stark realism in what the characters of the story do, what thev think and how they come to think and do these things. So, with this apparent to him, the writer of stories for the motion pic- ture screen finds himself faced with tell stories. That may seem tp be a bold statement, but I am sure it is are told, wherein the author does not resort to some traditional trick in| order to set the mind of the spectator at rest on questions that might natu- rally arise the sald spectator other words, it is legitlmate for those dealing in the older forms of stor: dellght in some particular pet char- A turban head- | The | dolph's and its | bandeau of gold held by a sequin band was edged with | under the chin, | Circust for Colored Shows. | United States to play fn “A Little of This and That" at Kaith's, displayed a gorgeous evening h was in turn by thin gold Over this was veiled by orci headdress consisted of a with @ large bunch of | violets at the side. o Miss Edna Leedom, also at Kefth' { i [ THE first and only exclusive organ- izatlon ever perfected in the only colored musical shows in the largest metro- politan cities, It is claimed, has just been completed and is ready to begin operations. It is known as the Syn- dicate Attractions Circuit, Inc. Robert Levy, president and general manager of the circuit, Is the father of the colored show movement. The syndicate clrcuit will control the shows and houses, and it is ex- pected that the complete route will be able to play a show for a season of at least forty weeks. Houses will of theaters playing only colored shows have been at a loss to get the proper whenever we could get the shows. But it developed that we could only get shows spasmodically. We have organized for the sole purpose of sup- | ones y “While we will not finance nor pro- duce any shows ourselves, we will set er: plete as any musical organization now B ] B & i s B U Sliding Top Kitchen £ Mop, Handle and 2-ounce Bottle Oil, 39c Afops are clemically ereated: complete with 2-ounce bottle of oil and mop bandle. suite to you. 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We have a number of shows in hearsal now and will start odr season Te- BT OB R T T B UBUR 75 B0 Quite a beauty and of such The lo cusl seal his is the £ >- fcal furn It serves the double ture y buy rent t of have learned after something less than |another reader delights—not to men- . 4 splendid proportions. The are of soft spring construc- m. Cons a decade of practice—as pictures are|tion a thousand and one other things|Shortly. We can start just as well in $ractid constrice 150 which adds an uniicaal purpose of glving vou a davenport today. We have found out that we|by which writers interest, amuse and | May OF June as we can in the fall, for frames are of so Higiee lGEhconiinie IUGhalE comfortable, living room ocker. ot 100k to the other and more older the story-telling arts for anything of more than & vague guidance and a few ideas. The screen has got to develop its own technique, its own writers and its own publishers—publishers, as we might speak of stage directors, for the direction of motion pictures rather stands in the shoes of both the stage tor and the man who puts out the for a publishing house. ‘And, chief among the older arts which the motion picture writer and director must forget if he Is to advance beyond where we are now, is the stage. The traditions of the stage have been more of a hindrance to motfon pictures than a help—except by way of broad generalizations. 'True, the writer for Blotires okt nave’ the Gramia ‘sence, | be, ®et down' and_resd.” soms one Al Jolson hut also so must the novelist if he|ad invented, overnight, the means . would interest the greater number of thrill their public. i “The same is true of the stage, but through them all run the legiti- mate practices of time-honored tra- dition—a thing which the motion pic- ture has not, as yet—and that is one reason why we are so often the ob- ject of aftack on the part of the critic's spiked brogans. We don't blame them, for every criticism we realize how far we are from perfec- tion, how much more pioneering there is to do, how far we must travel “Just a word, perhaps, a little more succintly put: Suppose that in the days of the story-tellers—by word or mouth—in the days before the inven- tion of material by which words could whereby books could be printed and our season 1 a perpetual one. “The circuit will comprise theaters as far west as Chicago and will also take In southern houses as well as theaters in all the eastern citle: While many colored organizations ar now playing throughout the country, booking from week to week, playing wherever they can get a theater, these shows, although making money, it is said, will come into the new circuit. Contrary to reports, it is an- nounced, I. H. Herk of the late afiili- ated circult will not be associated with the Syndicate Attractions Cir- cuit. tion with cane panel inserts, tichly finished in mahogany and prettily designed. 5119 stered in a beautiful velour in either blue or mulberry. $2 a Week, Pays for This 3-Piece Suite a full-size suite and als 2 whenever bed for needed, use the $1 « Week, Pays for This 3-Piece Suite Oven people. Does the novelist go direct to |distributed by the miflion. How long BORN in this city, 1885, son of a the stage for his technique as some|Would it have taken to bring about clergyman. Early in youth was Tould have the writer of motion pic- | 5, o%C] demand for those booka? | the star “hookey” expert of his school. Built to render you vears of b “Further, the motion plcture must, | “It Is that hunger for a sincerity on | Acquired the dialect that has since unfalling service. Neat In ap- above all things, forget the artificlality |the screen which is as yet so feebly |on him fame and fortune by camp- pearanc nd ex bakers, of the stage. That is paramount. I|Supplied which, I think, is partly re-|ing around the wharves and rallroad Made by the B Stove and Wil tell you why, out of a long and |Sponsible for the success of “The Cov- |¥ards and watching the negro steve- Range Co., for which we a x bitter experience at attempting to make |ered Wagon.! When we first consid-|dores. Acquired a practical knowl- clusive selling agen storles scem true on the screen. ered making it we knew that the|€dge of whaling, with father as *“For centuries people have been going to the theater. And during those cen- turles the audiences walking through the portals of the theater have been taught to admit and submit to a certain degree of artificlality—more or less. More in the days when scenery was in- dicated by a lettered placard—and less during the latter day theater when at- tempts have been made to make the settings look real. But, with it all, these thousands of audiences walking into the theater through the centuries “have all agreed that they could not see the real thing on the stage. They all knew that the house was made of card- board, the woods were painted on can- vass and the rocks were of light mate- rial which a property man could shunt about back stage at will. Now, if they agreed that the scenery was artificlal, they would naturally agree that the characters need not be drawn &o true to life—as to action, motives and life under a tent that he joined a speech. Also, they might readily agree HEN Elmer Clifton decided on |circus as a clown whén mustered out that events which could not possibly of service, happen within the space allotted for the performance of the play could hap- pen on the stage and bo auite lomieal, “Then came the motion picture. ¥rom the very first it has been made known to the audience that Hortense went over the cliff in reality; that ‘Winifred was .shot bodily from the moving train into the tonneau of the suto_and whisked away to safety in e “nut” act, swung into burlesque as Neatly de- S g e i Bor lover's arms. Also. it has been |the Sea in Ships”.it 15 sald, shows | principall comedinn with several com: signed. a;]d DIV AMLIZICARN HOME CL‘]'SLT }SI-Z:‘: I seen clearly that when a man_rode | the small boat being towed at express | panies and joined Lew Dogckstader's rl{bsfimfl e | Carc ables, out in front of the camera on a horse | train speed through the water by the | minstrels; 1910, returned to vaudeville ey with rein- b he was riding a real horse in front e gl n as a black-face single; 1911, engaged AR . - = forced disap- & of real mountains and that the ban- | 2NETY . en ‘shows the | by New York Winter Garden in a t hroughout. 5 S ths N-w —B tw T . Wpearing legs, ! dits who were chasing him were lop- | whale make a turn to charge the |minor role: 1913, featured with Gaby Miliite, en- even oy € een' - Cioeh Teathers ing over miles of real desert, with job was a difficult one, infplying a great deal of preparation and a deal of physical labor; but we also knew that ‘this picture, more than any other which it had been our task to make, would require a sincerity and realism not specifically demanded by what you might term the average mo- tion picture. “Fot that reason we determined to take the actors and their covered wagons and put them through almost the same hardships as were encoun- tered by the pioneers whom they were to represent before the camera. If we had not determined -on that 1 doubt if the story would have carried the appeal to the public which it seems to have done.” Screen Sensation. paying a last tribute to the now almost-forgotten whaling industry, by filming the actual harpooning of a whale, he planned to photograph the real stuff. As a result Raymond Mc- Kee was forced to sign ship's papers and enlist upon a regular whaler. This particular scene in “Down to boat. Crities and experts have said, real mountains behind them. A may could nmot ride over miles of real desert on a stage. He must ride by trickery and illusion in that medium 2 story-telling. g ¥Zhe logical upshot of this realigm wherever this production has been shown, that this thrill is one of the biggest sensations ever seen upon h S gl inly sh - the screen. ! ui'-in‘i"fimi” the active whaler and a barrel stave as an Instrument of instruction. Made hig stage debut as one of a mob of bad boys in Israel Zangwill's “Children of the Ghetto,” with Wilton Lackaye and Mabel Tallaferro. Im- mediately aspired to become a stage star and marry Mabel, but abandoned both aspirations after a whaling ex- pedition to the wopdshed with father. Made his premier appearance as a showman, singing, dancing and doing a monologue as part of the “bally hoo” for a horse-propelled carousel, or merry-go-round, on the corner lots of Washington, assisted by his brother Harry. Eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, ran away from home to enlist in the Spanish-American war; was rejected because of youth; joined a Pittsburgh command as a camp follower and formed such a strong attachment for Played for several seasons with small tent shows as a “joy."” Devel- oped a comedy instinct and an inherit- ed voice doing “hokum stunts” in the concert after the big show. His last appearance with the “merry white tops” was with the Walter L. 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