Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1924, Page 50

AMUSEMENTS. _ Season 6f. Good Stock _Is Promis:d.’ VWASHINGTON never had more de- = lightful theatrical entertain- met than that which was presented by ‘the famous old Columbia Players that held sway at what is now loew's Columbla photoplay house, back in the summer and fall both of 1908 and 1909, One of the outstanding figures of that company was young Everstt Butterfield. No part was ever too big or too difficylt for the youngster, for he knew his business and always kept a wise head tempered by & rare discretion, both ordinarily and the- atrically. For some reason which the wise were never able to conjecture both Tvéerett and his famous associates were permitted to leave Washington, and the world war came very near compelling Everett to leave every- thing else, including his life. Happily. the “dear little cherub that sits’up aloft” kept an eagle.eve on him. and he is with us once again, this time as the producing manager for Thomas W. Fowler's new stock company, which will make its advent at the Belasco Theater tomorrow eve- ning in Vincent Lawrence's three-act comedy, “In Love With Love.” And 50 busy have heen he and Mr. Fowler and Manager L. Stoddard Taylor and everybody else concerned in perfect- ing the play for its initial perform- ance that they forgot to make their announcements sooner, forgot to give their company a name and almost forgot to advertise the performance. However, the play perfected, every- thing else seems to have rounded up and “all's well that ends well."” First the company, which will find an_appropriate name later on, will present Robert Ames as its leading man, and there s no doubt that he is a good one. It is certain the girls of 1924 will like him, especially those who saw_him in “Icebound.” Lotus Robb_will be the leading woman. Falr, talented, competent in technique and 'all that her position demands, she ought to win many friends, and very quickly. ~Zita Johann will be the charming ingenue and others, for “In Love With Love" at least, will in- clude Miss Leona Beutelle, Lynn Pratt, Leon Cunningham and Calvin Thomas. A fine repertory has been outlined for the new company, with “The Deep Tangled Wildwood” RS & successor. to “In Love With Love.” The plays pro- posed will be mostly new to Wash- ington and, what is quite as impor- tant, assurance is given that they will be free from everything which in re- cent years has generally been utilized to taint the entertainment and tickle the box office. In other words, Mr. Fowler proposes to give Washington just what it ts in wholesome and enjoyable stock entertainment, and Mr. Butterfield is going to see that xbt is cast and staged as best it may e. “In Love With Love" is a pretty little comedy concerning chiefly two fellows and a girl. One of the boys is noted as a "go-getter”; the other is charming, but not as a financier. RBoth want Ann, the girl, who thinks she loves Bobby and lets him- kiss her, and yet, on the same evening, yields to the forceful pressure of the ‘go-getter,” Frank, and lets him slip an engagcment ring on her finger. But why tell it all? S Washington is certain to give the new venture a cordtal reception, and, if it makes good, may expect a return of the good old Columbia days, when everybody piled into the theater, no matter how warm it was, and forgot rough life in the portrayal of the idealist Studio Can Duplicate Nature. “*RIGHT in our own backyard:" In five words House Peters thus up the location problem, one of the film producer’s greatest night- mares, in which figure fantastic backgrounds of Tahiti, the Sahara desert, Cuba and other corners of the carth, with a jolting vision now and then ' of the finance controller's flige. In other words, to get the right atmosphere” producers often companles to the farthest points he earth at® great expense, in ars and mentality. Mr. Peters has followed the camera to many places of interest, from the standpoint of travel and experience, nd he knows the location problem hrough study from every angle. sums “Many times T have seen money thrown away on these location jaunts half way round the world, Not that they were taken just as part of a reckless program of waste, but, out- side of the splendid copy for adver- tising and publicity, T doubt if these trips were of actual benefit. “Nature duplicates her tricks all over the world. What is in one part of the world can be found in an- other. If I am given the choice of finding a duplicate of foreign loca- tion at home and working with a good cast of players, or going to the real locations and taking a cast of cheap players, I'll choose the former. “A good cameraman sometimes will make a location in our American ard much more attractive on reen than the real one. New Screen Dizziness O those who are charged with the technical task of building motion pictares, the recent production by Wil- liam DeMille, of “The Bedroom Win- dow” is of special interest in that it i+ said to mark the invention of a new method of photographically conveying the mensation of dizziness. One of the pivotal episodes requires & woman player to gain entrance to 2 man's apartment' by means of a ladder run across an apartment house arcaway, high above the ground. The actress Selected for the task is some- what susceptible to dizziness, but she wished to follow out orders and at- tempted the feat. Before she got across both she and Mr. DeMilla de- voutly wished she hadn't started, for her head began ‘to swim half-way across, and for a moment or two it looked as though she might have to be rescued. ‘ Nevertheless, she clung tight, and shutting her eyes (the camera was fortunately behind her part of the time) she negotiated the trip. But when she was hauled in on the other side she was ready to collapse and vowed never to do it again. The act- ress' dizziness, however, Mr. DeMille an idea. He realized that dizziness is induced on the screen chiefly by mere glimpses of great height, without attempting to Dhoto- graphically simulate the sensation of the dizzy one. So he and Guy Wilky, his cameraman, got their heads to- gether. DeMille pointed out that the actress had declared that the ground not only seemed to swirl under her, but that it occasionally seemed blurred and in- distinct. Wilky caught the idea en- thusiastically, and by resorting to convolutions and whirls of the lens, coupled with in-and-out-of-focus ef- fects, he created an impression of dizziness that is sald to be remark- ably realistic. Indeed it is declared a distinct innevation. gave “The Girl of 1924 MTHE Girl sented. Vera Reynolds, who has flashed into fame overnight through her se- of 1924” is now pre- mount production “Feet of Cla: cacribed as “The Girl of 1924"—really heautiful, with brown hair, hazel cves and a charming figure, quite dif- ferent from the girl who at twelve years played hookey from a Los An- Zeles grammar school to work in Mack Sennett and Christie comedies. She was born in Richmornd, Va. and is five feet one inch tail.’ Her Tither and mother, Norman and Lily Tiean Reynolds, took her to Los An- zeles when she was eighteen months old. Her father is an executive with 4 Los Angeles publishing company. Thanks to dancing, Vera got her first chance in pictures at twelve, “hen she danccd in “The Chorus Girl's Romance,” featuring the late Wallace Reid and Cleo Ridgely. After two and a half years at the 1.0s Angeles Polytechnic High School, Vera decided to ve up school for pictures. She did a series of five mes- fenger boy comedies with Al St. John, ‘he did ingenues with Mack Sennett and for two years did Billie Blecher comedies with Christie. Perhaps the first thing to show her ability as a serious dramatic actress was the part of Glorla Swanson's sis- ter in “Prodigal Daughters.” Then in rapld succession came “The Spanish Dancer,” “Shadows of Paris,” “Wom- an-Proof,” “The Sign” and “Broken Barrier: In “Icebound,” it will be recalled, Miss Reynolds played a_ “poor rela- tion” of Lois Wilson, and “borrowed" the pretty gown Miss Wilson had bought to impress Richard Dix, in order to win Richard for herself. It was a_very difficult role, and one which Miss Reynolds carried to high suceess. Several months later Cecil B. De Mille came to the casting of the lead- ing feminine role of “Feet of Clay.” A Very distinct new type was needed, a girl of 1924, a personification of the flapper grown from parties and pet- ting at seventeen, to maturity, seri- ousness and marriage at twenty-one. Perhaps this type, as yet new to the screen, has greater possibilities for immediate sympathetic consideration than any other. And Vera Reynolds is said to be the girl of 1924 in every particular. Typic al Americ an Boy. there and at other studios as an for two years. Then he was featured with stance Binney in “Sporting Life, WHAT is a typical American boy? Some time ago Mack Sennett decided to make a series of motion pictures based upon the life of & boy who should be as the heart and soul of Young America. He wanted a voung actor who not only looked the part, but was the part. a young man who could fairly represent the best this generation stands for, who would he typical of its best thought and best standards. At last he selected Ralph Graves, and this is what Ralph Graves is s be like: A a'l'il:ols about twenty-five years old; six feet 1% inches tall; weighs 170 Pounds; eves of blue; hair of brown. His father was a promipent business man of Cleveland, Ohio.” As a young boy his cxperiences were about those of the normal middle west youngster. While till attending School he went to Chicago and applied for a movie job at the Essanay, and worked Furnishes Real Thrill. T is aiwavs the unexpected that makes the most thrilling of mo- tion picture nerve tingling scenes. In John Gilbert's latest pioture, “Ro- mance Ranch,” Virginia Brown Faire, leading lady, furnished a real thrill. n the story Miss Faire is making a wild dash for liberty in @ high-pow- —_— DANCING. DAVISON'S R85 7% e "femens. PROF. MRS. . !UGK‘I:‘Y &";fi,‘::y ur. 1329. 3 'ST. N.W. Batur- MAIN 1732. asy. Brag. with orehestra. ‘IMPERIAL RUSSIAN SCHOOL OF DANCING t, Ecc Acrobatic Dancing. Open All Summer. 124 Comn. Ave. N.W. Main 9338 DONNA MARIA . School of Dancing , Ballet, Classie, Charaeter Illll--. let, - Champiain Bt N.W. Catherine Balle, 719 Sth St. N.W. Frank. @08. We teach you to dance in & few T, Prirate and clads, Redtieea rates. | later Griffith's “Dream Stree also played King Maximilian Marion Davies in “Yolanda.” ) He has the healthy ideas of a fine upstanding American boy. He is said to like books that reflect hope, idesi- ism and optimism. Doesn't like the so-called “young intellectuals” and their cynical viewpoint on life. Thinks F. Scott Fitzgerald's school of flapper literature is an ugly one; his boy and girl characters unreal. Likes books like Edna Ferbers “So Big.” Likes girls who have an ambitien to do something in life. Detests aimless- ness above all other faults. He has an Anglo-Saxon distaste for displays of sentiment. He does mot like pictures like “The Marriage Cir- cle.” Thinks stories and picture: should tell life as we wish life to be; not as it actually is—or usyally is. Bitter realism does not appeal to Ralph Graves. » Does this young actor represent the typical American boy? ered automobile with many hair- breadth turns and dips. While film- ing one of these shots her automobile skidded and turned completelr over, throwing the little actress clear of the car. She escaped serious injury, but spent three days in a Hollywood hospital recovering from body bruises and cuts. 40-Mile Moonlight Trips FREE DANCING RAIN OR SHINE Meyer Davis Orchestra This Week—Mon. Tues. s2d Wod. Only at T:18 PalatialSteamer St. Johns ‘Wharf—Adults, Tho; Children, 480 B temer stors Alezindria all Gripe. - ROBERT Ames A Good Sugyenictn. AFTER the manner of major league base ball clubs that comb the mi- nor leagues for new talent, George Melford, director of “Tiger Love,” pro- poses that Hollywood go to Main street for its talent, rather than have Main street flocking to Hollywood, as at present. Under conditions as they now ob- tain, it is claimed, 99 per cent of the screen candidates who make the jour- new to the west coast lack the proper qualifications and should have stayed at home. Melford holds that under his plan, candidates for screen fame could be culled out in their native habitat and only those who show ex- ceptional promise need make the trip. “It would seem foolish.” says Mr. Meiford, “if the gates of every big league ball park were constantly be- sleged by a crowd of young men seek- ing a chance to compete with “Babe"” Ruth and Walter Johnson for dia- mond honors. They would be laughed to scorn for even trying, yet the com- parison is not strained. We, of the picture world, @#re constantly be- sieged by thousands who have even lass chance than those would-be league ball players. “Every producer in the country is clamoring for new faces and new types. yet it is the rarest thing in the world that we find one among the hordes of novices who besicge the studios. The girls with brains, a well as beauty, are usually too wis to spend money and effort in a wild goose chase. “I believe dozens of future screen stars can be ‘salvaged’, if 1 may use the term, through the judicious em- ployment of the base ball scouting System, with such modifications as may be necessary to adapt it to screen wor! Torrence Is Realistic. HE greatest achievement of any actor on the screen is to make the people who are watching him forget that he is an actor. In other words, the actor must be the char- acter he is playing and not just act it. In making clear the distinction, Herbert Brenon recently cited the work of Ernest Torrence. “Torrence does stunts in ‘The Side Show of Life' that make him a clown, not an actor playing a clown,” he explained. “For instance, he has learned to balance cigar boxes on his chin, to juggle Indian clubs and rub- ber balls and to balance a paper cone on his nose. Many actors playing such a part would never have gone to all this trouble. “But when_ Torrence sets out to lay a part he lives the character. t is a joy for the director to work with an actor like him. You can always be sure that he will do every- thing in his power to make his char- acterization perfect.” s e U. S. STRAW HAT MADE BY TUSCAN FAMILIES From the Chicago News. In the little Tuscaq city of Signa, with its primitive architecture, primi- tive tastes and primitive customs, straw hat making is the chief in- dustry. Japan is also brought into the pic- ture, for the straw is both grown and woven there. Shipped to Sigua, it is distributed to the homes of 'those whose living comes from this em- Ployment—an occupation in which all in the household join. In these homes the braid is sewed together and shaped, after which the hats are taken to assembling fac- tories, where men and women block them, and supply band and linings, and glve finishing touches to meet American tastes. Other places in Thscany making straw hats for expert as well as for consumption are Brozzi and Fiesole, but Signa dominates the market There are several assembling f{ac- tories here, the large one giving employment _to almost 200 men and women, and incidentally quite a number of children. —_—————— EARL CARROLL'S production of ‘“White Cargo” seems firmly es- tablished at Daly's 63rd Street The- ster, with a_credit of 280 times to capacity audiences. The plece is scheduled to play throughout the summer. Leon Gordon, author. of “White Cargo,” directed the rehears- als of the London company, which is now in_its first month at the Play- house. Earl Carroll's “Vanities,” an outstanding revue of last season, is about to be issued in another edition. Margaret Anglin and Ruth Chatter- ton are considering s vaudeville de- but at the Palace Theater, New York, this summer and may latcr come 'to ‘Washington. “Belle of Yesterday,” & new musical comedy by Otto Motsan, Kenneth Keith and Daily Paskman, will go into rehearsal this week in New York. ZITA JOHANN Coast Guard Filmed. JFOR the first time the United States Coast Guard, the pleturesque and even romantioc branch of the federal service, will be pictured on the screen in Ernest Shipman's production of Hamilton Thompson's “The River now being completed at a coast guard station on Long Island. Rear Admiral Billard of the United States Coast Guard, is said to have co-operated with the producers to as- sure absolute fidelity to fact in mak- ing this picture record of the work- ings of his department. The United' States Coast Guard Seneca is being used in the rescue scenes in a night storm, and several enlisted men of the service. Coast guard ships, equip- ment and two coast guard stations appear. The cast includes Mahlon Hamilton May Allison, Fay Marbe, Flora Finch, Mary Foy, Dorothy Waiters, Richard Hall, William G, Col , George Wil- liams and William Calhoun. Elapper Lingo. 'HE flapper is dead—long live flapper! Carmel Mvers, the screen actress, says that, though the flapper is out of existence, flapper language still persists and thrives. “During my recent visit to New York,” she says, “I was surprised to hear of the many new wdditions to flapper lingo. Here are a few of them “‘Dynamite’ is another name for intoxicating liquor. The ‘dog’ de- scribes a raccoon coat. ‘He-deb’ is the name of the male of our species. A ‘Dora’ ix the female of the same species. ‘Mit me’ means the same &s let’s shake hands. “A ‘wow’ is any male shelk dressed with long, baggy pants, hair combed in the middle and wearing & raccoon eoat. A ‘slop’ is & big, dry party, and a ‘beerbost’ represents a big party with plenty of ‘dynamite. Didn't Want It Strong. UTH DWYER, who had told Regi- nald Denny, with whom she played in “The Reckless Age,” his newest Universal-Jewel, that she pre- ferred straight drama to comedy drama or farce comedy, later was standing on the side lines rooting for Denny during a fast and furious film fight, and she became the {nnocent object of flying paper weights, bun- dles of newspapers and what not. When the scene was finished Den- ny had lost his collar, his coat was torn and he was otherwise dishev- eled. Miss Dwyer had broken glass in her halr and she was standing knee deep in debris. “That i{s the most realistic fight T've ever seen since we finished the “Leather Pushers,” said Harry Pol- lard, Denny’s director. “Personally I prefer light comedy.” Ruth promptly ventured, thoroughly cured of realistic prize fight drama. the —_— MARSHALL HALL Free Dancing Meyer Davis Orchestra Str. Charles Macalester Leaves 7th St. Wharf 10 am,, 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. Round Trip, 50c - _N ™ D W STIINDTPIDD D SHUBERT ELASC Opesteg Prmeser Beessn b OUR WM. Playe Supirbly Asted “IN LOVE WITH LOVE” A Comedy By Vinssat Lawresee Wi h LOTES ROBB H PATTERSON ZITA JOHANN Park Opens Tuesday. NE of the handsomest and best equipped suburban photoplay theaters in Washington, at 14th and Buchanan streets northwest, will open for. its initial exhibition Tues- day evening at 8.o'clock, and a half hour later will present its entertain® ment, the Paramount production, “The Confidence Man,” with Thomas Moighsn as its star, and Aesop's Fables as a supplemental film. How- land Rand, a noted baritone, will be presented as an added attraction, and the same program in its entirety will bo repeated Wednesday evening. Thursday evening the season’s new laughmaker, “Galloping Fish,” fea- turing Louis Fazenda, Ford Sterling and Chester Conklin: the Pathe News weekly, a scenic and, as a special at- traction, Loring Annis, tenor soloist, will be the attraction: Friday, “the glorious Fourth,” the entertainment will be continuous, running from 2 to 11 and will ipclude Nita Naldi, in “The Breaking int.” the screen version of Mary Roberts Rinehart's play, together with Cliff Bowes in ‘Bargain Day” and Mr. Annis, the tenor soloist, again as a special attraction. Satur- day the entertainment will also be continuous from 2 to 11 pm., and will comprise Buster Keaton, in “Sherlock, Jr.”” and the patriotic pic- ture, “Vincennes” of the Chronicles of America series. Except as noted, the regular shows at the Park Theater will be given at 6:20, 5, and 9:30 p.m., the doors opening at 6 pun. Sundays the enter- tainment will be continuous from 3 pm. to 11 pm., the doors opening at 2:30 p.m. The Hoffman Brothers, by whom the new theater will bs operated, have glven upremitting attention to the details of their new house, which is a home of beauty and comfort, and they give assurance that the enter- talnment to be presented will be such at all times as befits the house and the large and splendid community they are striving to satisfactorily serve Outdoor Attractions Glen Echo'Park. Glen ‘KEcho, located in a beautiful wooded by a ple: e the bank of the Potomac, with f: and frequent car service both ways offers ny entertaining features for an all-day or evening family outing, with its beautiful picnic groves, rus- tic tables and benches, and cool, #parkling spring water near at hand: its numerous riding devices, such as the skooter, individual electrically driven two-passenger cars that can be operated by children or grown- ups; the coaster dip, with its big elghty-five-foot drops; the derby racer, not quite so steep: the whip; old mill; big midway, with its dozens of fun features; the caroussel and many other amusing and entertaining features. On week nights a popular attraction is dancing in the ballroom, with its glasslike floor, to music by Andy’s Rhythmonicers. Marshall Hall. Marshall Hall, down the Potomac, reached by the steamer Charles Macalester.” is popular for all-day family outings, with its shady picnic | groves and amusements to please both the young and old, including the roller coaster, the aeroplane swing, bowling alleys, shooting gallery and free dancing in the large open-air pavilions “Jack™ Hughes Dead. THE sudden death of John F. (Jack) Hughes, theatrical man and newspaper writer came as a shock to the theatrical world. The deceased was an international character, hav- ing been active in London, Paris, Ber- lin and New York theaters. Mr. Hughes was a graduate of Pringeton, class of 1912, where he was distinguished as an athlete. His acquaintance among the theatrical folk both professionally and socially covered two continents. He was last associated with Earl Carroll, and visited Washington only | a few ‘months ago with Mr. Carroll, as his chief assistant with the Earl Carroll Vanities. - Death came as the result of a heart attack. June 22, in his_home at 100 West 59th street, New York. = e Film Influence. ROP LA ROCQUE has come through with an explanation of why men recently began wearing blus collars and shirts and followed them with other color combinations. The movles did it. An alert cameraman was to blame and what began as an improve- ment on studio technique has de- veloped into a fad Several years ago picture makers discovered ~ that white tablecloths and napkins made glares of reflected light in pictures. They tried yellow and light blue and now these two shades are stock in all studio prop departments. Not long ago it oc- curred to some technician that if this color scheme were extended to the shirts and collars of those actors whose ~ eomplexions or make-ups couldn’t stand too much glare under their chins the effect would be more artistic. That's how it happened. Actors set styles to a certain ex- tent, says La Rocque. Often their personal tastes cannot be gratified in picking their clothes—the whole aim must be to secure something that will Great Falls Park. Bxcursionists are now being daily drawn to Great Falls Park, the open- air resort up the Potomac, where dancing in the big pavilion s a fea- ture. Conocerts are also given Sun- days. The ride of fourtesn miles to the park is a pleasant one. and the park itself presents wonderful scenic cffects. Electrio trains are operated from.the new Rosslyn terminal at the south end of Key bridge at frequent intervals, Steamer St. Johns. For those that love the water the steamer St. Johns and Colonial Beach solves the problem of where to go. Colonial Beach is reached by a seventy-mile ride down the Potomac past many interesting and ~historic places, with free dancing on the steamer St. Johns both going and re- turning. At Colonial Beach will be found salt-water bathing, fishing, crabbing, dancing in the open-air pavilion over the water and other feafures. The steamer St. Johns leaves for Colonial Beach every Saturday after- noon at 2:30 o'clock and Sunday morning at 9 o'clock. Every evening, except Saturday and Sunday, the steamer St. Johns offers a forty-mile moonlight trip down the Potomac, with free dancing on board both going and returning. Has Deserted the 400. IT looks as though Mrx James Vail Converse, wealthy society leader, has deserted New York's “400.” Any- way, she is still in the movies at $7.50 per day. Mrs. Converse, the daughter of Henry Hays Morgan, former Ameri- |can consul to Brussels and the twin sister of Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt, remains in Hollywood, brushing shoulders with the “dukes’ sons and cooks' sons” eomprising filmdom's fa- mous “extra” legion. Recently Mrs. Converse was filmed as “atmosphere” in Samuel Goldwyn's “Cytherea—Goddess of Love' At present she has her first real “bit,” which is one grade above “extra" work, in First National's “Single Wives,” a play written around high society, in which Corinne Grifith and Milton ' Sills are co-featured. Mrs. Converse in this filn has but little acting to do to portray her part, that of a young society favorite, but she is glad of the opportunity. because it means one rung higher in her at- tempt to scale the ladder of screen succes Mrs. Converse, who before her mar- riage was Thelma Morgan quite a semsation about a by publishing a so-called r nlf l:w “secrets” of New York's social elect. pe——— Pathe will release ten features in 1924-25, more than 100 two-reel com- edies from Roach and Sennett and other short reels. Jan Keith has been signed to a long-time contract by Thomas H. Ince. His first production will be “Christine of the Hungry Heart.” CHESAPEAKE BEACH n-the-Bay Beantiful New Dance Pavilion and all Sea- Shore Attractions. Round_Trip: Adults, 50c; Children, 250 (Exoept Bundays and’ Holidays) photograph well. Suits cannot jar with the general color tone of a set, nor with the gowns worn by the women of the company. oou“;;}- 9:15, 10, 11:30, 3:30, 5:49, requent Trains Returning. WE PLAY LOEW’S VAUDEVILLE REGDICANG TODAY—COMPLENG CBANGE OF BILL. DOORS QPEN 3 R M. 'S FAVORITE POFULAR PRICE VAUDBVILLE THEATER OTE—FINAL WEEK OF SEASON—DON'Y Mis3 ABAIETS IN A CLEVER SONG, DANCE AND MUSI0 REVUS “TUNES AND STEPS” AL MONTE BLUE in “LOVING LIES” EINOGEAM _EXTEA VEATURE—COMEDIES_EXCELLENT MUSIO POLI'S TONIGHT TWO SHOWS FOR THE PRIOE OF ONE "B 50¢, 75¢, $1.00, Thars, Sat. $1.50 50c, 7S¢, $1.00 ‘“ROBIN HOOD"” Beginning Monday Evening, Ji 30th :d Continuouns fluuu.l-i.!-l. Eve., July 6th olf H COMIC OPERA COMBANY ERT ANO GULLIVANYS and Boston BASEBALL TEAMS WILL ATTEND TO HEAR Mr, Hopper Reoite His Fomosus > CASEY AT THE “Ermine: July 1 BAT J* was inevitable that sooner or later prohibition as a theme would reach the screen. It seems that dissgreeable things always can secure the attention that better' things deserve, especially in the matter of entertainment. Although prohibition's index ex- purgatorius used to be an outstand- ing_feature of some cntertainments in days gone by, there will be those who think that to recall the forbidden is_not always the wisest policy. Be that as it may, the bootlegger has reached the silver sheet in “Those ce,” which will be shown in Washington this week. The excuse is that his adventures make mighty. thrilling melodrama. He is willing to sacrifice law, property and even life_itself to get rich quick. ‘Whether his pictured exploits will conduce to the cause of law enforce- Coming in September. T 1s said, when the Selwyns give this city an opportunity to see “Spring Cleaning” next season, it will be with the identical company and production which has been at the Eltinge Thea- ter, New: York, through three hundred performances, and which will con- tinue there until commencing a tour of the leading cities of America the second week in September. This company is headed by Violet Heming, Arthur Byron, Estelle Win- wood, and A E. Mathews. Frederick Lonsdale’s _audacious comedy has been the outstanding com- edy hit of the past theatrical year in New York. In it Frederick Lo dale frankly scores modern society for its parasites and wastrels. In doing s0 he, at the same time, unfolds a Story ‘threaded with clever epigrams and scintillating dialogue. Forrest Halsey Signs. Forrest Halsey has becn signed on a long-term contract to write exclu- sively for the Famous Players-Lasky corporation. A provision is made whereby he will write two original stories a year for the company as well as make adaptations. He adapted “The ( g 5 min Shandals And TMonsicur Beaucaire, and but recently completed _Lhe sce- mario for Rudolph Valentino's Para- mount picture, “A Sainted Devil, He is now beginning the adapta tion of P. C. Wren's book, “"Wages of Virtue,” which will be Gloria Swan- son’s next picture. TE@uAS MEIGHAN and company are at Banff, Alberta, Canada, making scenes for his mew picture, “The Alaskan.” It was the original intention to g0 to Alaska for scenes in the James Oliver Curwood story, but on the way up the coast, it is said, Mr. Meighan and Mr. Brenon were shown photographs of Rainier National Park by members of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and it was decided to visit the park_and to make other cenes at Lake Louise. FREE ADMISSION PLEASURE PARK 41 AMUSEMENTS AR WASHINGTON FOR DANCING 8:30 to 11:30 LADIES, 25¢ GENTLEMEN, 50¢ Inclusive of Tax FAMOUS PRIMA DONNA HeMETROPOLITAN OP GEORGE(¢ JESSELL POPULAR COMEDIAN . &COMPANY of 8 PLAYERS IN TWO EXTREMELY HUMOROUS SKETCHES e ————— MR, LEO QEERS DIST!NCTIVE ENTERTAINER | KLEIN BROS VEST MOMENTS® MARG!T HEGEDUS PREMIERE VIOLINISTE ROBBIE GORDONE COLOR SYMPHONIES Mc] #9d INTRODUCING 30 BEAUDFL WASHINGTON DEBUTANIES TODAY ATS AND 8:15 ORMAN CREOLE FASHION PLATE® THIS WEEKS STAR SHOW “Those Who Dance” ment, or create a sort of admiratin for & villainous hero, remains to ny seen. True, Capt. Kidd is an interes! - ing stage figure of the present gener ation. But Capt. Kidd himself is bu: a memory, a myth, now, while the bootlegger, like the poor, is alwaws with us, and George Kibbe Turner saw his possibilities, both for drams« and for profit, and embalmed him in his story, “Those Who Dance,” which Thomas H. Ince has transferred i« the screen. It is but fair to say that it i~ claimed for the screen version of thi story that it is a powerful argumen: for the observance of the prohibitior law. and that it aims to drive home with relentless force a vital lesson It is to be hoped that this is th fact, for Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs byt to be seen Tet seen ton oft, familiar with her face We first_endure,’ them pity, then embrace Keith's Next Week. Henry Hull and Edna Hibbard and company will share headline homors at B. F. Keith's Theater next week, in “Five Minutes From the Station.’ with Renee Robert, the danseuse, and the Giersdorf symphonists. Doug Decont;]. ONORS continue to fall on Douz las Fairbanks. The latest laare is an award from the French govern ment making him an officer of publ instruction. The presentation, according to 2 cable to the Pickford-Fairbanks stu dios, was made on behalf of the min istry beauxwarts at the Hotel Crillor in Paris by Jean de la Greze, wh represented President Poincare. decoration consists of two gol suspended by purple ribbon a resents an order originated | poleon in 1808. It is much coveted L | cducators ~as the highest possibir honor. ‘The decoration was bestowed upor Fairbanks in appreciation of the ed tional value of his film; GREAT FALLS [FREE ADMISSION "vmnmso}m by, Mayfiower Orchestrs FROLIC—Newest “Thriller” City cars marked ‘*‘Rosslyn” make ecomner tion with Great Falls cars leaving Bess!, Terminal = Film Features CHEVY CHASE gox Avemes & MeKinley $t..D.C. (Doors. Doors open Sunday 2:30 p.m.) TODAY AND TOMORROW-J. WARREN KERRIGAN, in George ~Barr _Mc Cutcheon's ““THE MAN" FROM BROD Aesop's Fables and Fox New. DUMBARTON ™%, Fgete s S~ DIVOECE FAILURE?" EMPIRE °!% X Strect NE. HOOT GIBSON, in “RIDE FOR YOUR LIFE.” Also comeds ““TIRED BUSINESS MAN." TAKOMA Takoma Park. B. C. TODAY. TOMORROW AND TUESDAY ARAMOUCHE, " featur ing RAMON NOVARRO, ALICE TERRY and LEWIS STONE. “THE TNINVITED Cap. & Fla. Ave. TRUXTON *- Se: % 0~ onG Op 1 7 SRAN YAV HIPPODROME "X CAROLINA ' &X.C.Ave.S.E. FLOWTN GOLD.™ with Q. NILSSON and MILTON 335 Sth St. S.E. TOM M ROT HOOTE: NEW STANTON Sth 2 € Se= Contin. {rom 3 p.m. MAE MARSH, HAREY MYERS In David Belasco's Wonder Comedy, “DADDIES” i ——Scheer Bros.— Oth at O St. N.W. N. 8550 TODAY AND TOMORROW (matinee todax. p.m.)—LEWIS STON ALICH RRY and RAMON N VARRO, in _“SCARAMOUCHE." Shows at 3, 5, 7 and § p.m. 1119 H St. N.E. L. 2600 TODAY AND TOMORROW _(matinee 3 p.m. todey) —LEWIS STONE. RA MON NAVARRO and ALICE TERRY, CARAMOUCH Shows at 3 7Tand 9 pm. FAVORITE H St. NW, Main 5704 Matinee, 3 .M D DENNY, in “SPORTING H.* And Christie comeds GGRAVATING PAPA. CIRCLE ez 2105 Pa. Ave. Ph. W. 953 Ample Parking Space WILLIAM S. HART, i GER JIM M El 14th Street and R. THOMAS MEIGHAN, “PIED PIPER MALON OPENS JULY 13T PAR THEATER 14th & BuchananN. W, Our Cooling System Insures Summer Comfort METROPOLITAN CRANDALL'S ,5iredr S Toen THIS WEEE_BLANCHE SWEET, WAR NER BAXTER and BESSIE LOVE. in “THOSE WHO DANCE. And LLOYD HAMILTON, in “KILLING TIME CRANDALL’S, VoL, 14th st. & Park rd. n.w. COMPOSED_OF SPF. ICAL. SPECTACULAR AND MATIC FEATURES. CRANDALL’S AMBAssADoR 18thSt. &Col. Rd. N.W. TODAY AND _TOMORROW—BLANCHE SWEET and BESSIE LOVE, in “TH! WHO D n Ave. in CRANDALL'S S=reaz o meeD TODAY AND TOMORROW —LOU TELLE GEN and ALICE CALHOUN, in “BF TWEEN FRIENDS. And Witwer's “TELEPHONE GIRL. DALL s‘l‘ln-(t th. ta. BT CARRT, o ROW_HAR] A " i 4 Y-&HI\HNG RIDBR.” Awnd BOBBY VERNO! in “CORN FED." cRANDAIl’ SAVOY THEATER AND GARDEN BARTHELMESS, in “THE BNCHANT- ED COTTAGE." Comedy. CRANDALL'S AVENVE GHARND Ay . 2 PM. DAILY: 3 P. % H0ne A5 PI0MORROW--RIOHARD BARTHELMESS, in “THE ENCHANT- ED_COTTAGE.” _Comedy. CRANDALL'S Azolie mvest and Garde: 624 H St. N.E. TODAY AND TOMORROW—POLA NEGRI in “MEN.” Aud LARRY SEMON, in _“*TROUBL® BREWING. _ CRANDALL’S YORK THEATER Ga.Ave.LQuebecSt. TODAY AND TOMOEROW — CORINNE GRIFFITH and CONWAY TEARLB. in “LILIES OF THE FIELD." AESOP FABLE. You St. Bet.14th & 16h OLYMPIC joelt s OY, in Cecil B. De Mille's “TRICMPH.” 'And com- North Cap. and P Sta. Cir LIBERTY 355, S krueve CHADWICK and MARY CAER, “WHY MEN LEAVE HOME." Also REGINALD DENNY. in “THS LEATHER PUSH- AMERI (v It St. and . 1. Ave MATINED 3 P.M.— Sunday and Monday, June 29, 30, REX INGRAM'S _ Mammoth Production, “SCARAMOUCHE.” From the novel b RAFAEL BABATINT. with RAMON NO- SARRO. ALICE TERRY and LEWIS