Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1924, Page 45

A Veteran Wit VWITH all that stands for the best in drama—tragedy. comedy, po- etic drama, but the \merican stage h had a more varicd, colorful background than Tann Pratt tured player with the Belasco Th, ai ete few actors on a w h Memories. rtist with whom he ever played. When she made her first appearance in this countty ertoire juvenile -and as counts of that tour, when the Polish in Shakespearean rep- with her, both as leading man. Ac- he toured rtist traveled in a private car and vith a retinue of servants equal to the pomp and luxury of royalty, form ‘THE “SUNDAY An Actress With a Career. ARTHA HEDMAN is a Swedish actress who won her first honors on the stage as an interpreter of psy- chological drama. Until she arrived in America Miss Hedman had never acted in English. Indeed, she was unable to speak a STAR, WASHINGTO! . JULY 27, 1924—PART 3. arranged over her brow and ears. la Martha Hedman” she calls this style of dressing her hair, and since she was 12 years old she has dressed it in no other way. 2 Miss Hedman was born in Oster- sund, a little village in the north of Sweden. At the age of 14 she went One of Washington's Own. to Helsingfors, Finland, where she AMUSEMENTS *North of 36" Again. J‘ACR Holt, Lois Wilson and Noah Beery will head the featured cast of “North of 36, which will go into production as a Paramount picture late this month or early in August, produced by Irvin Willat. “North of 36" will be filmed in the actual locale of the author's story, following the precedent set by *“The Covered Wagon' stories. Jack Holt recently finished in the Victor Fleming production, “Empty Hands,” while Noah Beery finished in Compson’s picture, “The Fe- male,” which Sam Wood produced. Lois_Wilson is now in London rep- resenting Paramount Pictures at the Cinematograph Garden Party, in con- nection with the British Empire Ex« position. * and the Zane Grey During a both in Am Tratt has 't recr with people trical history Stand out Lypa one of the most interesting periods of Mr. Pratt’s unusual career. Yet he | | speaks of it all with a quiet, una uming grace and with little to sa of self, but much praise for those | With-wWhom he considers it a privi- e to have been assoclated so early n youth. nong the backbone entered a school to study for the | stage. One of her teachers was Sirl Von en, the first wife of August Strindberg, the Swedish dramatist, who became so much interested in her that she made Miss Hedman a private pupil. At the age of 18 she was engaged by Albert Ranft, the Charles Froh- man of Sweden, for the leading the- ater in Stockholm, and as the inte preter of Strindber, as won the admiration ange ge- nius. «In’ America her greatest success since “The Attack” has been her fa- mous success ax the nurse in “The Boomerang”—a play which required five years to exhaust its popularity. Miss Hedman is appearing here in » sketch, “You Can't Beat an original playlet by Edwin word of English until she went to London to visit her sister, who was on the stage there. She met Charles Frohman in_London, and he was so charmed by her appearance and ma ner that he engaged her for the lea ing feminine role in Henri Bern- ‘s “The Attack” although he n her act. In this play erica with John Mason, to England for a long in it with Sir George then back to America to further triumph Hedman is of tha ired type of beaut = ? 3 : crated in his o have made th Among those who fonally interna Mite. Rhea . Mary slie’ Carter, #ham and Doris Keané. of whom he cherishes inii- | wate memories and speaks with the | “wlway s chardcteristic of the tist choon thls st is linked erview of sta to those of these great Coihlan, win, Amelia’ 1 Shaw. May who are art_and preted haw and playwrights of dramatic she toured Am then returne engagement [METROPOLITAN] F ST. AT TENT! Today—Doors Open at 2:30 p. m. Daily, 10:30 a. m. to 11 p. r». D THIS WEEK S First National Presents the most Gorgeously Mounted, the most Magnificently Costwmed and the most Brilliantly Entertain- ing Drama of the Seasom, Flawlessly Acted by CLAIRE WINDSOR SUPPORTED BY ADOLPHE MENJOU ROBERT ELLIS MARY CARR TULLY MARSHALL VERA REYNOLDS JOHN PATRICK AND SCORES MORE wude- | nd of pro- played the big s in this country mpire in his own memories thi with Mr. Pratt ore that will | ater vears who vorites much Gt again, Mis: flaxen- been the blue-eyed, that has an races s all, but of Her skin is very fair, tuates her clear blue fringed with long, dark rowning &l Tl not a stranger he is ent was with th friend and rohardt, with whom d during her first appe is country. 1 at Daly’s 7 SuUpport of Ads Dlayed sever ith ciations. of the ever seen fondness | o He | most | in o that ar Pratt tou ance in the juver York, in whom h Of Mm artist’ to Iratt spe ties he vels, own words he pay h great pl N > his trib- | with | ure that | this most beautiful | once more. 1 regard it a pleasure to do even hard work in a ity of such beauty and noble tradi-| . le Settlement, Phil Rosen, director tions." f “Abraham Lincoln,” lived with his Came From Behind. ELIRBEe s raisa | an uncharitable country. | Because of their He birth and rather unenviable category of “Frank | P Norris' brother. of their desire to accumulate knowl- When Frank Norris died, his broth- | beyond their fellows the Rosen | ady rising to liter- | family, with others like them, e emed|thati at last | J5ceiilea fo siich lensths latter Swould have: a jchange to| Lepseoutedto psuch lengths jthat \n the licht of his own work | == 3 he persuaded 1 1 ~reporier named Kathiven Thomp- | Came By It Honestly. to. marry him and before many | ; ars he found him. f mentioned J-‘\D: WOLEF HOPP! Kathleen Norris' hushand.” Lehind the ne For all this, Charles « writer of sterling bility, vealed ‘in "such storie | “Brass” and “Bread,” a screen ver- | willard.” Nor- | sion of which come ashington | the | today. rich comes to Washington| yjen Mr. Hopper appeared Mr. | Wright startled him with the charge 2 B¢ I his arrival from a broken spirit st Hopp, s had an- [[Shacs fobeen Dimselr hed e ntimes Phil Rosen had. through peared in a b 2 at the old| A o American Leagu 1909, | aiverse metnods, witieh would mke oto avs 1S ee | PAtier " viushing audibly, Hopper | Story by itselt, secured an excellent A - i”l w up his hands and me equcatio » also ary | kly cried | o Seblinirds £ o ullty.” but T'had lioped none would [ {hat he seck emplovment. With this T . laying | Edison Company in 1912," and was ECEDST aty thah e s Plaving | 14ken on as an apprentice projection | present her vaudeville playle o an Engs nt at the National hine operator. From this lowly Theater with the McCall Opera Com- | Bition he elimbed with phenomena | Can't Beat Them,” Washington Py d a game of ball was ar-{rapidity from one position to another | this week. | ranged between the Hopper Company | until he became dircctor and with his| Jername is Helen Holcomb and | the guilty culprit de to dis-| “The Larrowing realism of his youth | comb, former newspaper man and close, but true to form !aramatic critic in the National Capital TR Realism Turned to Account. Breatest with a declares her the He IRTY- confines to flee from that ice- autocratic rule. d jon to make, but one very difficult to carry out, for twice while fleeing they were stopped, their money confiscated by undi plined soldiers, nd they were orced to trud wearily through the snow to the nearest town After a long lapse of time follow- their second incffectual effort to ape the little family made third attempt and th time managed to | complete the long journey, fraught i with many adventures and disap- { pointments, to the s port where they embarked for the United States. sen, Phil’s father, though uist and Hebraic teacher, t week Who| was of the old world and its way himself as|With the result that the terrifying magnitude of this new world, its in- vention$ and modern appliances, com- pletely overwhelmed him. Instead o the happiness and contentment he had expected, he died shortly after RS ago, within the|was necessary bound country of It v an e Lraic evements hi hed by ht the husly distingu edge nd thou rother of nd the <hine | Son : barked s noted oduced us,” “The nd today te stimate, ana owinis litrary ris rele Suc) Pit” and prove fame ted ¥ Norrls 15 4| ysteriously a0 2| introduced r. Wright, house detective of the of Frank Lrother to HOLCOMWR, Daughter of Willard Holcomb, newspaper man and dramatist, herself an artixt Washington girl, born, bred and educated here, is one of the little| company with which Martha Hed- man, the distinguished actress, will but now a play- man of the days gone by, nd publicity metrone Miss Holcomb played an important role in Channing Pollock’s ‘The 1" and she also played the lead in ieorge Beban's feature photoplay, ‘The Greatest Love She was edu- | catea at st. Ceciiia’s Academy in this city, but followed her father and P brother into the dramatic ficld. T T O AT AR O ied from First Pa ‘ in with an A Glittering Romance Based on the Willingness of Some Parents to Convert the Lives of Their Beautiful Daughters into a Negotiable Financial and Social Ascet. riety show of pic: “Fast Express’ and Except Saturday and perfd™mances will be con- 6 to 11 p.m. tures, including hodt City unday the riday, | tinuous frox Mother to . bin: | Mademoi- he admits | may b helped him do this i |it_turned out to be a strictly comedy OI'vmp‘c | A R Today and By skirmishin, . ugh hase suits of all kinds and conditions ecured to d the would-be Hopper was ¢ f his nine, and, as he puts . having long le s placed in - center field. But the hitting was | { too prolific that after three innings, | as captain of the nine, he decided to | bench himself. Murray Midnight.” Chevy Chase. nd [ [T LOEW’S COLUMBIA THEATER WEEK BEGINNING TODAY, SUNDAY, JULY 27 ! Tomorrow, Rod La | Rocque and queline "Logan. in|were | “Code of the Sea"; Tuesday, Richard P EMBROIDERY LIGE CONLEY In “PIGSKIN” SPECIAL WORLD SURVEY OVERTURE—SELECTIONS FROM “IRENE." DANIEL BREESKIN CONDUCTING WASHINGTON’S FINEST ORCHESTRA | Dix and Lois Wilsor | Wednesday. John : Thursda Marmont. in “The \ v. Agnes Ayre Harold_ Bel Man's a Man, Marguerite de comed. (matinee only) second epi- of '49." Park. and tomorrow. comedy. Will Rogers in Both Covered”: Tues- Richard Bar- “ottage” aurel. in “Brothers | ;, Thursday and Fri- Talmadge, in Hodge - I o aim ¢ and Pathe Liies| Thursday ~ only; Saturday. %1 (Buck) Jones, in “The Vagabond Trai comedy, Our Gang, in “No Nois matinee orly, third episode of “Th Fast Express.” with William Duncan nd Edith Johns Doors open daily ay ton 0 p.m ki ders I News Events (dnors open n, in “Boy of bles of Fun and uesday, Agnes | s and Antonio Moreno. in “RBluff SennctUs comedy he Loved Plenty™: Wednesday and Thurs- Mae Murray, in - Freneh ¥ rom’ ihe Fox ews' Ky Friday i “Why pen 2:30° pm.) Moore zers of Ince Imports | CLIVE BROOKE, the British film :uni and Vietor H i Charlie Mad.” PRESENTS "' tor. who arrived in New York on | the Ma July 15, to fill an en- ’F(lgbmenl with Thomas H. Ince, will g0 to Culver City, Calif, to play a |leading role in Kathleen Norri Christine of the Hungry FHeart now being produced by Mr. Ince for | | First National Pictures, with Florence | | Vidor in the title role. haracter—that T LT e i Enid 1 Barlwira the Slim RBrother, 10, Circle. norrow Today in “Men oy Pola Negri in Dain No. of Dr. Alan | azie rs. Norris' novel | cil Mr. Brooke will impersonate | {lis a man with the mental poise of | great scientist, but whose compara- | tive youth and charm of manner arc |such”as are nceded to sustain the love interest of the story. Clive Brooke's acting in “This Frecd + picture made in Ton- | don with Fay Compton, afforded Mr. | opportunity to study the man gauge his potentialit Field and to nne in 0 o A sbathth S & ¢ 2 (€ : FAVORITES’ WEEK “ N , ¥ 4 TODAY, $ TO 11 P. M.—DAILY, 2 TO 11 P. M. | and art, in The | - ngh : Thursday and F ing. 7 and 9 pom., Zmaurice’s The Eternal ¥, 2 with Lionel Barrymore; Saturday., | uRdayiat Lloyd Hamilton, in “His Darker Self.” | £:20 DIV both days Crandall's. Today, tomorrow and Tuesday Gold Grabber” and Poodles ford, n “The Bonehead”; Wednesday nd Thursc 'he Uninvited and Monte Banks, in “Paging = Friday and Saturday, “The Bedroom Window™ and Charli¢ Chse, in “See- ing Nellie Home.” at 6 p.m., but Sat- 1:30 pm. and Sundays at | with coutinuous performances Pipe Organ Recital—Concert Overture EILEEN VAN BIENE Sopramo Star of “Maytime’ ROY CROPPER Tenor, From the Ziegfeld “Foliies” CHAS. E. GALAGHER Basso of the Scotti and Chicago Opera Companies THE OSSMANS Famous Banjoists and Recording Artists ELIAS BREESKIN Celebrated Violin Virtuoso DOLORES FARRIS Dancer, Late of “Hitchy-Koo VOTE— TMs Theater Is Cooled by Water-Washed, Iced Air ON THE SCREEN. “THE KING OF WILD HORSES” LLOYD HAMILTON In “GOING EAST” “MIRROR OF THE LIVING WORLD” Savoy. Today and tomorrow, Johnny Hines, “Conductor 1492, and Ll Gossip About “"Cobra.” L LAWRENCE WEBER, producer * of Martin Brown's drama. “Cobra,” mow playing at the Hud-| son Theater in New York, Is now | advertising for sale the motion pic- | | ture rights for $230,000. Mr. Weber | has put this enormous price on the | picture rights b uso the picture | will not b N expensive and also because many of the offers carry involved details Mr. Weber advertises that he will guarantee the purchaser a profit of $250,000, or he is willing to enter into an agreement to participate in the profits if the purchaser be dubi ous about the ultimate result. The most likely purchaser at the present time is said to be J. D. Wil- liams, head of the Ritz Pictures Cor- porati Rodolph Valentino, it is said, has been to see the play half a dozen times and has expressed a keen desire to play the leading role It has been suggested that he per- form this role at the Hudson Theater for one week, taking the place of Louis Calhern, who will take a vaca- i tion. obrar in “Seein Adolphe ) in “Bro [ leen Clifford, | Thursday, | i Bowes, | “Children of in “Sport- | in “Ladies to |+ and _comedy, seilla Dean, | “\When Wise Ducks Meet”: Saturday lay, Mae Mur- | Charles Jones in “Western Luck,” and in “Mlle Midnight;” Wednesday | Lige Conley, in “Air Pockets.” and Thursday, D. W. Griffith’s_“One = Toxciting Night”; Friday, Elaine Ham- T akoma. merstein, in “Broadw Gold"”; Satur- day, _‘\‘v’ll\-lmy I‘wbwkm in “The | moday and tomorrow, Lillian Gish, evil's Door Yard. in “The White Sister,” (6:30 and 8:45 — pm. on Sunday): Tuesday and Elite Wednesday, Constance Talmadge, in 2 “The Goldfish”; Thurxday and Friday, and__ tomorrow, Thomas |Pola Negri, in_“Men” (Friday only: in “The_ Confidence Man"”: | Aesop Fabl “Telephone Girl 3a Patsy Ruth urday matinee and evening, X Fairbanks, in “Mark of Zorro," Fable and comedy. York. Today and tomorrow, John Barrymore, in “Beau Brummel”; Tuesday, Leatrice Joy. Adolphe Menjou and Percy Mar- | mont. in “The Marriage Cheat,” and | “Poodles” Hanneford, in “The New Buck | Wednesday, James Kirkwood. "* and Harry Lovers”; “The Guilty . in “Seeing B Home”: Friday. Aileen Pringle, in “True as & 1,” and Witwer's “The Telephone S ay, W Q. Nilsson, After Dark,” and Kath- in _“Grandpa's Girl": he Bedroom Window,” mily Life,” and Tom Mix, REAL LIFE! Dumbarton. teginald Denny Tomorron. P Vhite Tiger': Tueeday FROM THE NOVEL BY CHARLES G. NORRIS, AUTHOR OF “BRASS” Is an unsuccessful marriage.prefer- Before you decide, see this superb, able to no marriage at all? Would swiftly-moving story of matrimony— you prefer success, with a lonely old and freedom. It's a twentieth-cen- age, to the sacrifices demanded of a tury classic of people we all know. woman who makes a homg? With a great cast that includes MAE BUSCH—ROBERT FRAZER—WANDA HAWLEY—PAT O'MALLEY HOBART BOSWORTH—MYRTLE STEDMAN—WARD CRANE ADDED PROGRAM HITS 0 SENNETT COMEDY, “WALL STREET BLUES"-—INTERNATIONAL NEWS VIEWS COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA—LEON B USILOF, DIRECTCR 0t Il i [T LOEW’'S PALACE THEATER WEEK BEGINNING TODAY—SUNDAY, JULY 27 METRO - GOLDWYN PRESENTS ‘The dramatic , masterplece of the season! one Montague Love, day, Dinkev De King”; Frida moiselle Midnight" bert, Kirby.” New Meaders. to 11 s Cowl »medy was the only drama to play to capacity during the recent Democratic conv L A special company of “C is being organ- ized for Chicago and will open there early in the Iall. s A tribe of savages who can’t count above four has been found in Cen- tral Africa. Whittle your own wheeze, fellow golfiists. R R T m m.). and Larocque, L nknown niversal Wilson, in rlpi ——CRANDALL'S. 18th & COL. RD. — SUN.—MOX. CLAIRE And Star Support in FOR SALE TPUES_—WED. MARIE PREVOST MONTE BLUE \ N HOWTOEDUCATE A WIFE THURSDAY AGNES AYRES In Paramount’s Latest TIGER LOVE FRIDAY STAR CAST Led by Ireme Rich and Noah Beery in_the DANGEROUS TRAIL BATURDAY WESLEY BARRY In Geo. M. Cokan’s Hit ——CRANDALL’S | CENTRAL | NINTH, BET. D AND E— TODAY—MON.—TUES OWEN MOORE BESSIE LOVE And Star Cast in Manrice Tourneur’s Melodramatic Ro- mance and Action Drama TORMENT —ADDED— Directed by the noted George D. Baker Based on the famous aovel, “The Rosebush of a Thousand Years.” — Theres one cool place /g /n the SOUTH, ,;‘5/?//,:,(@‘ =N M T Witwer's “The Telephone Girl,” Lyman H. Howe’s “T Realm of Sport.”. WED.—THURS. * BETTY BLYTHE With Mahlon Hamilton and a Great Cast in Metro's THE RECOIL Lige Conley in “Wedding Showers” . AUTHOR OF w MAIN STREET” More_than a motion pio- ture. It is a document of Tife—Auman, real, comvinoing. The story of & man—plain, ordi- a man as . DRAMA OF SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE There was a bit of history’s most se- Only once in a decade does the screen ductive heroines in Joline, the fasci-_ reveal a story of such superb emo- nating little dancer of Montmartre, \ tional power, such tingling thrills, but the light of Heaven shone in her ™~ such alluring beauty, swift action, eyes when she posed for her artist- sparkling comedy, tremendous appeal lover as “The Madonna of the Rose.” and such a marvelous cast, including MONTE BLUE —VIOLA DANA — MARJORIE DAW—LEW CODY FRANK CURRIER—EDWARD CONNELLY—GEORGE SEIGMANN P'S FABLES—PATHE NEWS—TOPICS OF THE DAY—TOM GANNON'S ORCHESTRA mary, average; just sucl we—Nhis wife ond Me one great advemture in the land of 5% every person romance. You?ll love it/ FEATURING WILLARD LOUIS, MARY ALDEN, CARMEL MYERS AND A PERFECT SUPPORTING CAST ’-afiw. “OUR GANG” COMEDY «Commencement Day.” One roar from start to finlsh. MAQAZINE—FAMOUS ORCHESTRA. CLAUDE BURROWS. CO| FRI.—SAT. JOHN With Ireme Rich, Carmel GEo. Myers and Noted Cast in WASHINGTONJr. | BEAU BRUMMEL IO i Amsement Bergein Fewees I HIHIAHINN 0 1N