Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1923, Page 58

“admitP AMUSEMENTS Somerset Maugham an “The Girl of Today™ RSET. MAUGHAM will be in this city during the presentation of his newest comedy, “The Camel's Back,” tomorrow night. Mr. Maug- ham 13 the well kfiown novelist and dramatist whose plays have all been well recefved by American audiences. His Jast Blay was “The Circle.” The ., author writes. delighttully, sometimes polgnantly, of people of the haute monde, as the French would say, and when he deplcts people of the' best society in his plays they are just as they are, and not as some authors might like them to be. And he is sald to know the “girl of today” as she s and not as she Is thought to be: have known the girl of today,” says Mr. Maugham, “for the .past twenty years. She {is only slightly different from her great-grandmother, her grandmother and her mother. “All this talk and excitement about the wildness of the girl of today is utter nonsense. She {sn't a bit wilder than her mother was. She has a set of difterent conditions, which, of course, form her character and make her appear somewhat reckless to the clder “generation. “When I say that I have known her for thé past twenty years, I mean Jjust that. The girl of the past gen- eratfon had the same impulses, the same ideals and Ideas, but she was forced by environment to_give the: rein_in a different manner. She ha to be secretive. She was made, through -fear, to- ponder in silence over Questions and matters of life which” are ‘now frankly and openly discusged by her. sister of today. ny \one with common sense will nt conditjons to be a much s’rRANGE ag It may appear, evi- dence is'at hand that Rudyard Kipling,: Jong ‘the champlon literary “hold-out” in all negotiations looking to fllming his works, is slowly suc- cumbing to the blandishments of the movie makers and relaxing his long opposition to the use of his stories a8 picture material. The Famous Players-Lasky Cor- poration succeeded in acquiring the rights to Kipling's early classic, “The Light That Failed,” and Washington will have its first glimpse of that story on the screen this week. This marks the second major at- tempt to bring Kipling to the screen and-for all its importance, from a litergry standpolit, and its magni- tude ahd beauty, from a movie stand- point, “The Light That Failed.” seems 1o have suddenly burst on the public healthier state of affairs. Questions and problems considered fearlessly in broad daylight, instead of being puz- zled over in the dark cormers of the mind, soon céase to become questionk evil. And, outside of the fact that' a girl twenty years ago- was a more cunning in her contact with |1ife and slightly less franmk In her communication with people, she was pretty muth the same sort of a girl as the girl of today. “To me there is nothing more bead- | tiful in the \world than youth. No ! phase of human existence compares with ft—no attribute such as fame, recompense for the loss of it. Youth is sublime. It can do no wrong: hence the young girls of this day and generation are a law unto themselves. They are_ thinking for themselves. They are finding out problems which have hitherto been kept ' carefully hidden under cover from their curious gaze and which came to be considered far more important than they ac- tually were as a result of this con- cealment. Now, because of this self- thinking, young women have become a frank, courageous and intelligent part of soclety.” Intelligence, Mr. Maugham con- siders, is the outstanding char- acteristic of the young women one sees and meets. “Women have never been as Intelligent and mentally alert {as they are today. I am continually | amazed by the avernge mind of the | young_girl everywhere I go. Par- | tcularly in America is this true, but then this {s .a most extraordmary cothtry In every way. The vitality, keen observation and shrewd mental attitude. which most young women. s country possess is remark- the Movies. with very little preliminary flourish of trumpets that accompanies - the average big plcture. As a matter of fact, it is considered remarkable that Kipling could'be {n- | duced to permit another attempt to film his stories after the tréatment accorded his “Witnout Benefit of Clergy.” Censorship. it will be. re- membered, forced the producers of | that picture to Invent a native mar- | rlage ceremony between a young |English servant and the native girl, which many belleved utterly de- stroyed the authcr’s idea and pur- pose. “The Light That Failed,” of course, lays ftself open to no such mutila- tion. Dealing with the career of Dick Heldar, & young artist and his romance, backgrounded against one of the many British colonial wars, “The Light That Failed," is declared practically -censor-proof. . VlDavid Wark Griffitl‘l. TYAVID WARK' GRIFFITH, the fa- mous film producer; was in Wash- ington during the past week to make iceries for his’ mewest superfeature, | have “America,” which might well for its slogan “America for Amerl: cans” judging from the ideas Mr. Griflith expressed while in town. This {s an endeavor to establish a pleture of the revolutionary period of American histor¥ that will equal “The Birth of a Nation.” Mr. Griffith's early _feature of the civil war perfod. Many sceries in this new plcture, he says, 11-be of the present day, with a as of the opinion that the mman-and woman of average means would rath- er pay 50 cents and sit upstairs to see a big picture than pay the same amount to sit downstairs and see a smaller and less expensive picture. D. W. Griffith himself has a pleas- ing personality. He ig tall, sandy- haired, with a ruddy complexion and keen blue eyes that h. many twin- kles when -he is am , and look iright through one in ous conver- sation. He Is a man of strong pur- pose with ideals that he materializes 2nd deep abcorntion in his work. love story of Interest aside from the | historical scenes. “We really have been working on ‘Ametica’ for the pnst seven vears, said ‘Mr. Grifithg “Immediately upon the..completion ‘Intolerance’ we hean work on fhis picture not the tual filmin ently as 1 volved research work. to secure abso- utely correct data. On one occasion { mygelf searched through the official ecords uthorities, both h, to determine e-1ly ‘fired 'the first ot Pheara Found” the world® And 1 discovered ¢hat all these authorities in the matter. eciuse of the many changes in’! the jiistoric towns, we have built Lex- ington and Conedrd at the studios. But we have taken many scenes in ind about Bostop and show the ride »f Paul Revere to Lexington with the | oxact type of lanterns hung in the | rrect Real, present-day soldiers, in the uniforms of tRat pe- ought the battle of Bunker The cavalry troops of r, cottumed in revolutionary | action of , are quséd. in the B enter difliculty right now is to | impersonate George | d 2 man to Washingion. We have used undé studles so far, and although I have “een' looking constantly for such a <ype..1 have' not vet found a alnglo aan who will do, and the picture s t »e completed some time in February.” Mr. Griflith gave as his bellef the statément that the greatest evil of e film industry at present ‘ls the | -unning of feature pictures so that audiences can enter the theater at iny ‘time during the showing of the licllur: 11y th ' elieve that big features should be rur on'a ugo'a Eluy sched- nle, and people should not be allowed 10 come into the-theater after. the ! picture was begup, as it Spoils the continuity of the story. Many pic- tures 'that otherwise would be fine successes fall flat because of the au- dience’s coming and going during the <howing. Sir. Grifts. olso expressod himselt 5 ¥ B the Banks of the Wabas! Stuaft Blackton's production | by Paul Dresser's famous song, was ziven its Broadway premiere at the Rialfo Theater. Dr. Hugo Reisenteld, one of New York’s most active sho: men, booked the Blackton production. A ‘votc of the boys attending the La Balle School, an orphanage. co ! Aucted at Albany, in a recent stan ing Vote named Cullen Landls, . ho playk the leading roles in * ers Of Man” and ~Ploneor Tralls.” as theie favarite hero of the screen. The ex- chanee managers of various releasing companies in Albany supply. films free “for the weekiy show at the or- nhanage. —_—_—— Miss Janet Richards | Public Questions: Home and Foreign ' Mondsy Morning. Nev. Sth, at 1045, ' New Masonic Temple, 1 13th St..and N. Y. Ave. Courwe Ticket (P, Montays) Admisaion. . EVENING CONCERT A-mum—. Central High Seksol Dnnn-c the ‘principal m-mtlbu o v n-ama. All Beats Reserved, $1.85, $1.00 and 760 Wu of the Fine Arts pt 1741 Now otk Avenne, The Washington Sotlety of the; Fine' Arts HARP AND SONQ RECITAL MILDRED DIIJ.ING. Harpist Pupll of Henrlette Begle of Patls »RATAN DEVI of India Whe 'will give in.costume with tambura ‘Awditevinm, Central High Behool November. 3 M. windows of the old North | | Film Features : RAPHAEL 9th at O St. N, TODAY ONLY Mrs W MAN W B G EORG UAu\u'uuu E sod others, ETHOFOLITAN rhiceet at 10th - AVOY. HOS. X RRBUTAT IR in “UNCLE SAM. CRANDA}.L’S CK AMBASSADOR W CK LONDO! WILD." in 7, A LL OF THE “THE WHOLE STAN TAUREL, i TRUTH 1 G SAVOY THEATER 1| CRANDALL’S 33 oY THEATER Tonax” AND "ASnrhay rf)“' DERNARD and ALEX. € ATS. 3 P.M TODAY A\D Tnu Rnn .; RERNARD and ALEX A ASH AND PERLM! LAT'R l: |n 'l‘Bl’. YORK THEATER CRANDAH.’S GnAveaQuehecst. MATINEE sA TODAY. AND, TOMORROW rars. D RDPERT OF nrnuv 1280 © Street t - HOME TODAY D MARY PHILBIN pLey ERRY. N ()HMAV KERRY, 210 Pa. Ave. ‘l'nn.- Cooled, Ample Pa TN T s | DEFRY MAE JVONG and o big Ome u Si. Bet, 141h & 15th AY ONLY—W) THE \DRTH REGTNE whdh nwn'flw (] TIN. the famous police dog. Matinee | R R 1. Ave. PMA WITHIN THE LAW 1A DOE: In North Oa —fi—“umm e e nml! m L] li ltmt—‘v.!. MARY CARR. CUSTARD, CUP." o Comedy, LEWOOD." P 1110 H St “HOLLYW forty Pig Stars. don; lmh -fi f-‘-lm-_-r..—h—o- {u WIFE." wm- l.sunm: 0%, ‘mfl NALDI, LEWIS. 870! NALDL NE aad PAULI HIPPODROME SR DOROTHY PHI “SLANDER :L;‘VX:E’A\' " mom 11th & N. G, Ave. 5.8 CO.‘STANDI BINNEY, in m NEW STANTGH R D 30 SCREEN STARS. 50° XOTARLES, in “HOLLYWOOD” The Colossal Burnt'se of All Time. 130 ve. 3 JACK HOI “NORODY'S xoxz Bt ith All-Star Cast, + Comedy, . 22 Ao S - uc “ENEMIES' OF ,WOME in CHEVY CHASE gonn. Avsnes luln-l? 8t..D.O. TOMORROW AND TUESDAY—LIONEL BARRYMORE and ALMA REUBENS, in “ENEMIES .OF WOMEN." :80.) and problems, and lose their force of | t Those fitty years had success, fortune or anything else can | o BILL'S“has_ genial cre.lor. Capt. Bi English cartoon! l the states, and is in" ¥ week, in “O14 Bl Character, so c-n. mflhn been ng_ a. tour the leading English vaudeville noun. with the eketch which he .is now presenting in America which s h ked for ment in England iater | “take the air." May McAvoy a Star. MAY McAVOY makes her first ap~ pearance as an In va screen ripening & Syrien ot ‘shven-|star n Thomas it ne roduction Lt development of the |of “Her Reputation.” First National, I po which - endeared in Washington this week. | Bl natantly ‘to meny thausaads of | "Miss McAvoy, it is declred, has people. He was familiar to me long |won her way iG the top ami has not before T put him on paper. I love |been holsted to a high pinnacle P st But sometimes I would |among screen notables by any of the {like to turn my attention from him |short outs that sometimes achieve |to other matters.” the sume temporary result. It will Capt. Balrnsfather has three other | 22 =~ recalle a o152 taat e wanta. o ‘writeoonoy | Tommy Hiss BeAvoy Hughes both contributed sterling por- |about Old Bill One s a soclety | a¥als = She also offered an ey medy-drama, &ll completa even to the | oiafty fine piece of work im W“"‘Mb;"'" TOne s nalr. o eeding| version of Willard Macks “Kick In® | only to be Jotted down on papsr . [in which she was cast as the wife of ‘But Old_Bill won't stand’ for it."” | b k killed by th 1 h Hi a ¢ blk i the crool 64 Yy the police. Again e says. He and the m 0 Conspire | in “Omly 38" this gifted young woman to keep Capt. Balrnsi the 'proved her right to more important hop Over in Bugland uununthera ris and coni ) parts a more conspicuous place jsecond play, “Old -Bill, M. P. til | than had yet been awarded her. i Boing_strong .fm-‘elxhza n __n 8o Mr. Ince, keen judge of screen |of successes. The “Better 'Ole” has |talent and one of the shrewdest show- beédn filmed, has- this gecond play, |men in the industry, cnou May Mec- Capt. Bairnsfather havipg Avoy to be a star, It was a selec- Dloted an' elght-reel sconsiio of the | on miade casy by the veried am ex- peacetime adventures -of Old Bill |acting demands of the central char- Which will be Teleased.fiext month.in | acter in “Her Reputation,” ndon. of mewpaperdom. —How well Meantime the -auw' ‘have . de- mofl!- the advancement Washington ‘the s | fans may determine this wee ta mucl h plo thought e was & wa As’ & matter of fact, flfly years old when the war began. ean a ' ual manded a glimpse ' of Bzgnmmg Tomorrow Night WiNTH‘ROP AMES & GUTHRIE McCLINTIC will present ot the Slmbcrt- Garrick Theater « new ploy “IIn the Mext Room” by Eleanor Rohuj Mrs, Auguat Belmont 2 and ':':vt Ford from the nevel of Burten Stevensen with @ company of players of dlstinguished esselionce ° NOTE—TIt is believed that “IN THE NEXT ROOM” is undoubtedly the most original and ingenious play of its kind yet presente: . Wi Ames would not bde its sponmsor. mmlmmmnnm ;v:myhtlol(!a before your eyse—and you have this very “ n?w b.ff:o.am-md-umu-. 18 is a2 near real uthhna!flullucurmnfllyh. Don't Waste Your Money by Miseing 48 MlTS AT: 2220, THURS', 50c TO $1.50; SAT 50¢c to $2 NIGHTS AT 8:20, 50c TO' $2.50, Rafinement Best Dramatic, uctons. ] nucut DIRECTION uun LEE we L4 SHUBERT tons Playhouse xcluslvsg‘ the Wbfifi BEGINNING MONDAY EVENING ~ NOV. 5B ARTHUR HOPKINS ROYAL Il/VM/V&O e WMMINS AUTHOR OF *DECLASSEE® IS WILL BE MISS' BARRYMORES' FIRST AI’P!ARAMF IN TNE NEW COMEDY AND NER ONLY ENGAGEMENT OUTSIDE OF YorRiC DURING THE SEASON o~ P : MRS 80 P e e o 550 Nezt Week Beginning Menday, November 12 Wikam Herris, Jr., Announces John Drinkwater’s “Robert E. Lee” Mail and Phone Orders Now—Sests on Sels Thuredsy, . November 8, at 8 A. M. | NATIONAL THEATR STARTING TOMOIIIIOW NIGHT MATINEE SATURDAY Vlodnqt! Matineo, 50c, $1.00, $1.50 $2.00 ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF BICHARD - (Of the m Art Theater) Songe and m Music by HUGO FELIX (Compeser of “Marjolaine™) WEEK IIIIIIIICQ.I‘IT SUNDAY NIQHT mfll.l' inees Wodnesday and Ola BIll l'!hl”l (a’ truly the best Bili Hart picture thus far produced and unquestionably will 've popular and successful. There <& deeper note In your own per- years ago, called “Willlam 8. Hart, in Wild Bill Hickok" was 0 liked by Jesse L. Lasky that he sent Mr. H-rt the following telegram: “My Dear Bill: I have just finished looking at ‘Wild Eill Hickok' and seldom have I spent a more fascinat- ing hour and a half. The picture is. f bound to respond to it. I am simply dlll‘hM and hasten to congratulate 'I‘hn story includes many of the fa- mous characters of the west during | the period lullwln[ the civil wll’.] was written by Mr. Hart himself. e Sparkli Presenting New Sog-w Famous Ballads of 'crmor- Days MACKECo? 'l'lll SHllI( ASNM Offeri Direct from Arab! VRRKE ¥LORD SMITHE STROe N *Picking ® Peach.® M‘MAI.BTRD \\“ \\“ [\ “The World Famous Arflfl TWO Shows 3 and8I5 Y-us-lcv‘-g Rose Mery & Co "Qthers. Phones Main 4485,6823, USEMENTS. Eveni 1] E== =)pOLIS[=rs Offertag Weremest Attrastions Under Direstion of Lee & J. J. Shubert OPENING MONDAY WIGHT AT 6:30 P. M. The SELWYNS Present ‘THE GAMEL'S BACK A New and Brilliant Comedy By SOMERSET MAUGHAM, Aviher of “The Otrels” Staged by Edgar Selwyn WITH THIS EXCEPTIONAL CAST CHARLES CHERRY VIOLET KEMBLE COOPER JOAN MACLEAN LOUISE CLOSSER HALB GAVIN MUIR ARTHUR LEWIS MARGARET MOFFAT DOROTHY STOKES - Pricos—Bventugs, $te te 92.50 Special Mat. Prices—Thurs., 50c to $1.50; Sat., 50c to $2 NEXT SUNDAY—ENGAGEMENT POSITIVELY LIMITED—ONE WEEK ONLY—OWING TO THE ENORMOUS MAIL-ORDER DEMANDS FOR THIS ATTRACTION, SEAT SALE OPENS TUESDAY F. RAY COMSTOCK and MORRIS GEST Have the honer to announce the first and only visit to Washi on_its transcontinental tour of the MOST NOVEL SHOW OF THE WORLD BaEFF's GHAUVE-SOURIS The Bas Theater of Movoow The Artistic Triumph of PARIS, LONDON, NEW YORK Direct from the Femina Theater, Paris, after one year and five menths in New York. THIS IS THE SHOW WITH THE PARADE OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS Prices: seating otz §13; beloany boses, seating ele 18 _enttre mnum. ray 437 1oge. 34, alcony, 32, $1.50 and 1. Matiness mv.d-. and a-mfi Dv:Mm 2.50 and lcony, 1.50 and §1, pius tas. Maoail orders wow. THE PRESIDENT THEATRE The Avenue at 11th Street “Photoplays of Distinction” Continuous 11 A.M. Until Midnight Beginning Sunday (Today) at 5 P.M. With William Fox’s Super-Special, “IF WINTER COMES” rom the Hei o the Gates o hts ell/ The Greal'e.vt Chamcterlzahon the Screen has ever Seen, / WILLIAM FOX Pl esents }]w molion pichie version of A.S.M. HUTCHINSON'S novel IF WINTER d its Neaf?‘/’an{ un/ HARRY MILLARDE Production Now, just a word ll;out the policy of the President Theatre under its new management. ‘We shall present only \first run photoplays of exceptional merit. We are assuming allegiance to no one producer, but are accepting the best prodfictions of a number of producers. We are booking our offerings entirely independently and individually and: are.selecting our bookings,-after inspection of the pictures, solely with regard to their merit. Each show will be two hours and a half in length, the feature photoplay, except where it is of unusual length, being supplemented by shorter, subjects selected with the same regard for merit as the feature: Our orchestra, under the d.u'ecuon of Meyer Goldman, will be maintained at the highest possible standard of qual- :ty. and we hope that it will bear the title of Washington’s Finest Symphony Orchestra. We will oflcr you a real entertainment, with quality supermost, and we hope that you, the public of ‘Washington, wi!m to ne-gnin it u truly the home of “Phomophys of Distinction.” THE PRESIDENT THEATRE.