Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1923, Page 60

~ The Oregon Trail. ANT who have seen *The Covered Wagon.” which will receive iis| initial Washington presentation next| week, gained from that picture thefr first dofinite knowlege of the Oregon trafl. g o That great highway afforded mieans | for the development of the west from | the Misgouri river to the coast. and in_its early Years It waS. of all roads | I the world, the road io adventure, | and the ralnbow’s end. From | with safety only In large companies| ¢ Landing, which is now in|or trains, which often numbered hun- | it stretched its way to | drede of wagons, Rnd were headed by | One of the leading parts. Westpo Kansas City, Puget sound—-the westernn terminus belng at. Tumiwater, a little tow: abodt two miles from Olympis. | - The first great wagon truin fol-| iowed this truil in 1843, and for the | {nasmuch as the emigrants came from | °rn California, where they have been next. dogen years the road was the sgene of an almost- continuous caval cade of the most plcturesque and in £piring character. mons madé their over the trall, using evers sort of u| Writing for THERE has been @ vast amount written about the pancity of com- | retent writers for thic screen and the | 4 of developing a eehool of Photo- ay authorship that will establish 'a new: techinique. It has been pointed out that the playwright who has de- | yvoted his talent to ordlnary play- writing finds himself contrented with & difficulty he 1s often not able to overcome when called upon to think In terms of action instead of dla- logue and literature finesse. There are. of course, two sides to the question, but the preponderance af evldence seems to confirm the be- of that if & dramatist. has a real drama up his sleeve he can express 1t in terms that can be caught by the motion picturo camerd as well as by #he wit and cloverness of a speaking cnst: There are many instances of suceessful sereen authorship by those who approached the medium as nov- sces, Maeteriinck, upon arriving in.this| country, hurried to Hollywood and Prize Child Dancers Coming to Washington ABHINGTON will learn with {n- terest that tweniy-seven of America’s cleverest stage children, prize winners recently chosen in the national contest for stage children. hold October 21, in whieh over 10,000 Qancing, einging and dramatic nrh::n out tha couptry were repres :‘v‘r‘:rd‘.hand ta which 1.000,000 chil- dren throughout the United States and Canada enrolled, are to Appear tn two performances Hunday | afterncon and evening. December 3, 2 New Willard Hotel ut Ane e tty-shx. vities throughout A hera. ates and Canada, repres c en who e H Y e pare i the fnal oven cufldren cere selected to come To. Wagalngton. ¥ The eontest was judged by &Go Alfred E. Smith, Madame Anna Pa jova, Earl Carroll and Florenz Zieg-| | e of the performances in | is to interest Congress| in the erection of a national institu-| tion for the development of children | who are talented in the three aits, dancing, singing and dramatics. ——— n order to glve cvery ome an no{-:un\ly to see Breitbart, “The Ivoni King.” there will be three perform- ances at Kelth's Thanksgiving day, wt 2. 5 and 8:15 p.m Thoe purpos. IWashington QRCLE " 2= ‘THE FRENCH DOLL."" vohicle, even to the humble wheel- barrow. s Ezra Meeker, ‘'who made the jour- ney from Indianapolis to Oregen in a covered wagon drawn by oxen in 1852, records that at that time the proces slon of wagons on the trail was so continuous that it was practically one great train stretching from the river to the coast. The date of the story of "“The Covered Wagon" is 1848, and at the time the journey could be made aptains, elected by popular vote, who xercised as great authority as the captain of & ship on the high ‘scas. Mr. Meeker also points out that law-abiding communitics and were mcn of high ambition and - purpose there was little, if any, lawlessness In 1546 the Mor-|in these great moving organizations. ! cr an greal pilgrimage | The captains: were almost invariably | offer from olderiy- mien. the Screen. daehed off a few scenarios that fu! filled the requirements of the di- rectors who filmed his pictures. Ru- pert Hughes has made a cl6se stud of the silent drama and: not on ! writes successtully for the ocameral but also directs many of his own seripts. George Ade seems to have had no tremendous struggle with the newer form of dramatic expressioh. After a string of stage succes almost long s the list of his “Fables Slang,” Ade stepped to the aid of his feiend Thomas Meighan with a quick succession of the most adroit dra of buman nature and real people th; 'the Paramount star ever has-had. The | latest of those productions on the local screens. The latest addition successful photo reviously concerned themselves only with the stage fs Porter Emerson Browne, whoee play, “The Bad Man,” has Just been converted Into une of is still the seaxon's unusual and. delighttul | mel first dramatic comedles. AMr. was a fiction writer, Browue then de- oped & penchant_ for the theater ‘und wow makes the apparently easy transition to the loss of an effectiveness, B EHlllllIIIIIIISIIIIIIIIHI!HHH lent drama without of the play's original LR OLYMPI --ANDREB LAFAYEIT W pieturisation of famous norel. RICAN 17t 8t and R. I Ave. AME IO T BARRYNORE and ALMA RUBEN, . “BNEMIES O WOMF. LIBERTY “or ¢=z. 2 “THE FRENCH DOLL.' DAYS OF DANIEL BOON F.MPIR 911 H Street N.E, WALLACE BEERY ui TELLE I “BAY TATLOR, PRINCESS /112 2,56 iy VERA GORDON, BARNEY BARNARD and X AR in “POTASH _AND P Ave. N.W. HIPPODROM| CONSTANCE BINNEX. in A RILL OF DIVORCEMENT." N.C. AveS.E. CA;ROLII‘!A ‘|'%?z‘mfi. I = STRUGG) th EABL WILLI Con, from 3 pom. ‘Whitmsn Beooett's _Bmashing Melo- drame of the U. 8. Postal Bervice, “LOYAL LIVES” DUMBARTON 2348 ircoia Ave, COLLEEN MOORE. 1n “100K_YOUR BEST.” - TRUXTON ¥ " ARD OBERT _ED 2 aNbERING "BoY i | oth & O DIX, H BFERY .-+ ators br HERE 18 - THIS EVENIY E 14(h Street and POLA_NEGRI, lo *BELLA DS i m Conn. Avenue & McKinley St.,D. C. W AND CESDAY — “THE with HOBART B WINDSOR and ies, Mouday tineo [ETROPOLITAN, Sistor ax 2ok ENID BENNETT. in And LARRY SEMOY, CRANDALL'S A=assAn0i 18th 8t. & Col. R4. N.W. TODAY AND TOMORROW—HOLBROOK BLIN in “THE BAD i SEMON, Lt iz “LIGHTNING TRAL = Bet. D and B CULL CRANDALL'S Thenter FRATSTS. TODAY_AND TOMOIL- ROW—Rex - Beach's, ‘THE -SPOIL- BRS. CRANDALL'S Th°r e res 14th and Ceol. Rd. ., 2 P.M. DAILY; 3 P.M. SUNDAY: JAY ~AND TOMORROW—NORMA in " “ASHES OF VEN- SOEAN CRANDALL’S AVEYUE GRAND . 845 Pa. Ave. S.E. MATS. 2 P.M. DAILY: 3 £ SURDAY. AND TOMORROW — NORMA' Tgx&mz, is UASHES OF "VEN- | GEANCE. CRANDALL’S Azeiis Theater MORROW-STAL CAST. XD 70 5 r‘:‘n‘"“lc‘flfipmfl OF RED GAP.” CRANDALL'S YORK THEATER AND ‘n‘»%now r‘m'.: P ORGAL in THE OHEAT.: ¥ Elipor_GI: 1230 C Street N.E. TODAY AND TOMORROW— HOPE HAMPTON and_LEW.CODT, in _“LAWFUL LARCENTY. = = to the ranks of | playwrights who | LATEST. MOVIE GOSSIP - FROM HOLLYWOOD (Continued from Third Page.) new contract with Cecll B. De Milie, under which the great director wili again take up the position of director | general of production, which he held | until three vears ago. The new con- | tract contains no time limit and Mr. | | De Mille, who is a large holder of Famous Players-Lasky stook, will evi- dently continue with the organization indefinitely. Immediately after the first of the year he will bogin work | on “Triump,” with Rod La Rocque in Mart Again in Hollyweed. | | Willlam 8. Hart and his company | | have returned from Sonora. in north- | mak | Kee. | " Madge Bellamy, former stage danc- actress, has just refused an | New York stage pro- s she will never leave ng scenes for “Sunger Jim Mo- | ducer. She say picture work. Bryant Washburn and his wife, Ma. | bel Forrest, have returned from a| ! trip to New York. | _Lillian Tashman, New York & | beuty, s playing in a fiim here. | also is"appearing on the Los Ang Broadway with a stock company. Constance Talmadge, who has been | in New York for a month, will start work soon on “The Goldfish.™ Fdltr Roberts is engaged for the part of Dolores in “Thy Naine Is | Woman." which Fred Nivlo is dirsct- | ing, ! Herbert { name of €0 | She | eles | Brenon has chapgsd the Pola Negri's next film from Man” t adows of Parls.” Conrad Nage! leaves for New York |late this month to play a part in an | &lt-star independent production to be ! arker, ir. | * has resumed work in plctures at Universal ity after a vacation of almost three months Winifred Westover, wife of Wiltiam | H. Hart, may soon resume her iireen career. Warner Brothers are to film Elinor | story, “How to Lducate & { o | studjo site between Next Week's Photoplays RIALTO—Lenore Ulric, in “Tiger Rose.” PALACE—W. S. Hart, “Wild Bill Hickok.” METROPOLITAN — ‘‘The Common Law,” with a notable cast. AMBASSADOR —“The Com- mon Law.” CENTRAL—House Peters and Rubye De Remer, in “Don’t Marry for Money.” CRANDALL’S—W, S. Hart, in “Three Word Brand.” in | votce. po! NOVEMBER Marilyn's Surprise. HEN “Sall::” the Ziegfeld musi- cal comedy is pregented st the New National tomorrow night, there will bo-a surprisé in.store for the admirers of Marilyn Miller, the spir- ituelle dancer, who .plays the title role. “Please let my Washington friends know,” she _writes, “about my new It is the very latest thing I am so proud of it. Ziegfeld first wanted me to play the part of ‘Sally.’ nearly three years ago.” he sald: ‘F know you can act {te but it is.a prima donna role and I don't know whether and 1 ‘'When Mr. {¥ou can sing it hat was where I had a surprise | tor him, because for six months pre- Stage Notables in Film “Under the Red Robe" SEVERAL players prominent stage history are making their film debut in “Under the Red Robe.” which the Cosmopolitan Corporation has adapted from Stanley Weyman's romance. Among them are John Charles Thomas, who canceled his concert bookings to assumo the part of Gil de Berault; Otto Kruger, who hee appeared in “Will Shakespeare,” “To the Ladies” and ¥The Wasp," and who is now starring in “The Nervous Wreek,” and Evelyn Gosnell, who h: played in several Broadway produ: Robert B. Mantell returns to the screen In the role of Cardinal Richeliau. Others are Rose Coghlan. Sydney Harbert, Willlam H. Powell, Genevieve Hamper and Charles Judels. Alan Crosland directed the film from the scenario by Bayard Velller. the Wiiliam Fox Company announces a $5,000,000 building plan for the new ifollywood and ed last summer, and Christies also find the eea, purch by the fact t | thelr town studlo property too valua- “Fatty” Arbuckle, whose suing for divorce, Is back in Hollywood. where he will direct two- reci comedies. New Activities_at Hollywood. The unimportance of the present 1ul} in production at Laskey’s and else- whére is emphagized by the fact that ble and will at once bulld a §1.000. studio near the mite of the new plant. Harold Lloyd also has boug a forty-acre site in the same ganeral vicinity and will spend $1,509,009 on his new studfo. Wopyright, Britain’ by Alllonce. in United States rth American All rights reserved.) in! LOEW’S PALACE TODAY-—-SUNDAY, NOV. 2§ A THANKSGIVING TREAT! BUSTER KEATON IN HIS SECOND FEATURE LENGTH CCMEDY!--SEVEN REELS OF HILARIOUS FUN “OUR HOSPITALITY" Here's Buster’s very latest—and prob- ably his very greatest—comedy |—It's a hilarious joyride back to those dear old crinoline days and it shows you the follies of 1830, before Pullman porters, Prohibi- tion or speed-cops were dreamed of !'—It starts this afternoon! NATALIE BUSTER KEATON, JR. AND GRANDPA KEATON EXTRA ADDED HITS JUVENILE COMEDY-—“THREE CHEERS” TOPICS OF THE DAY—-“PATHE NEWS" F STREET AT 12TH WITH TALMADGE KEATON LOEW’S COLUMBIA THEATER BEGINNING TODAY—SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Long L HE baby Barrymore of the screen in the greatest picture of his career! beautitul, epoch: Lavishly 1 in magnitude, it marks the - transition of Jackle from rags to royal rai- meht in the chief role of a noted tale! | JACKIE COOGAN FROM THE NOVEL ive the King By MARY ROBERTS RINEHART 1%Iumnnumlu||mumm1unuuummmnmmnummumuummmnxumlmmmluumullmmulIullumnnflllmllllimmnuIulllImmnnlllumllunlllllllmlImnllllllmfi: e e e T vious 1 had been taking singing 1 sons. Ever since I was & baby 1 knew how to danca and had done so in all kinds of shows. At fourteen I was a premier dancer in a revue, but I knew nothing st @ll about the use of my volce. 1 made up my mind that I would remedy that, so I bunted up & guod SHUBERT ARRIC The itle Theator Charming Proseatt ¥o 25, 1923—PART 3. “Borrowed Plumage." \WHEN Foriune Gallo: brings the San Carlo opera company to Washington this week he will come with “one plece of borrowed plumage,” and thereby hangs a tale. The “borrowed plumage” is no less than Manual Salazar, leading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company. It is not often that Mr. Gatti Casazza lends his stars to other com- panles, but in the case of Salazar the traditions were broken, because Salazar himself was anxious to sing in Washington, the Capital of the United State Salazar is a tenor of the lyric, ro- | bust type. He has all of the vaunted | Caruso repertoire, and in Washing- | ton he will be especially liked in| ¥Alda" and “Otello.” teacher, and for six months I took two lessons a day. In New York my friends Insist that he has done won- ders for me. Anyway, Washington \rllllruoon have & chance to judge for tself.” F 8t at Tth—Frankiin 3163 —— Nights, 50c to $2.50 at 8:20 Pine War Tax 100, Sat., Bic to $2.00 at 2729 and Native and A len: BEGIN. TOMORROW NIGHT—AN EV] OF IMPORTANCE GEORGE BROADHURST Fresents a New Play By MRES. TRIMBLE BRADLEY and GRORGE BROADHURST ' McKAY M NG L UNT. ORRIS JULIA MO RT AN RA’ INE B DAN_¥. HANILON Staged By MRS. TRIMBLE BRADLEY Nine Years LE ot A Ago--- D. W. Griffith Blazed the trail with the first big historical spectacle, “The Nation.” Birth of a One Year Ago--- James Cruze presented the 2 07 Now--- Comes the third 7 %2 Y, 7, 77 second big historical “The Covered Wagon.” epic, and latest of these epochal narratives— ; ¥ h it B, ““%\v‘ MENTS Monday as Wash VD’ay'. HARLES RAY, in fliming “The| fiower trip that people never lea: Courtship of Myles Standish” dis- | in their school books. covered that the Pilgrims avere re-| Very few know that the Pilgri sponsiblo for establishing Monday as | were brought to America by a bru the @ay for cleaning the family linen. | Dirate crew or that a tarrific storm a After their long voyage of 102 days | sca almost destroved the frall vesse on the Mayflower they came to land | The Pilgrime aleo had the hostll on Sunday, but, belng a religlous; ©f S0me riff-raff adventurers, ga bana, the Pllsrimn refrained from | prn i, naon and xent along by washing their clothes, soiled by a 114; hop‘:'l_‘l) to m fong journey, until Monday morning. | {7lony. They in Henca the Monday morning washday | YIIEIDIe oW | for the follow!ng generations. on the part of the There are' many details of the May- | lunded at P) SAVENUEABOVE-NINTH- “THANKSGIVING GREETINGS” ke money out of the ~nded to land crew CAL NORRIS AND HIS PETS ‘Wonderfully Trained Animals Baboon—Terrier—Pony and Collies " QUIXY QUARTETT TMROSE SEMON Four AND ARTHUR CONRAD CO. Presenting “Musicomicaiities” TERGOTTI AND HERMAN o g0 Entertatnment a_Enjoy Pecollar Patr orth Meets South" ‘“WOMAN-PROOF” Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee and Great Support Paramount Production of George Ade's Story TODAY—Last Showing “Westerhold's Wireless Radio Ship,” Etc. } In His Cinema Drama of Romance and Adventure “The Courtship of Myles Standish” America’s First and Sweetest Love Story NOTE: Washington is the second city. in the world to be given the opportunity to see this production. Augmented Symphony Orchestr 7 Mighty storms of the elements—and the emotions. The peril-fraught jowrney of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower. The most awe-inspiring sea storm ever brought to the screen. The . Mayflower Compact—the first expression of the American con- ception- of union. The struggles and battles with the Indians. Felling the first trees—the first wash day—America's first Thanks- n, g. AND the immortal love story of John: Alden and Priscilla Mullins. MR. CHARLES RAY WILL APPEAR "IN PERSON AT EACH PERFORMANCE “Why dow't you: speak for yourself, John?* Prices, 50c to $1.50, plus tax. ’ Box Office Open Daily From 10 A. M. to 10 P..-M. Z W Starting TODAY 7z THEATRE Sl i N N\