Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1925, Page 55

"AMUSEMENTS.” 7 MARIE. PrEVOST | News ancl Comment By W.H. Lumlvoigt. questions of morals and manners do not force themselves into the movies—and who can say when they do not?—there seem always to be happenings of one kind or another to keep. the picture world in the public eye. A short while ago, when news and other items of interest appeared to be on the wane, the whole movie world was stirred to its very depths by the fear that perhaps the radio would supplant pictures as public entertainment. This was fol- lowed by the reviving announcement that an exhibitor so.newheres had linked up the radio with his picture show and had scored “a knockout,” | whatever that may be. Next the picture people themselves staged a big radio feat in Philadelphia, and, it is said, received reassurance that their own fans, even those who fooled with the radio, were still loyal, and that, barring other evils, the future, if not a pathway strewn with roses, would at least offer a fair roadway for the well oiled movie machine. This establishes two facts very clearly. It shows that people talk a lot about little things. And it also shows that the movie, whatever its faults, is unapproachable as an advertiser. Advertising is the life of commerce, and small talk is mighty handy to the social circle. * kK ok : N the great mass of information propelled over the movie broadcaster it is sometimes difficult to single the wheat from the chaff, if one may | say so without mixing metaphors. Very often real news gets lost in the shuffie. For instance, one report recently seems to have been overlooked to some extent. It said that at the D. W. Griffith studio at Mamaroneck “19 men were arrested and three sedan cars with 150 cases of Scotch whisky.” The police were credited with making the report. Think what a lot of small talk might be made out of this item! Was our great American screen director about to make a mammoth prohibition picture that now, perhaps, may be lost to the world, or were wicked bootleggers | trying to put another blot upon the motion picture’s reputation? * ok k% WHO would suppose that a motion picture, a veritable epic, had been made in Persia? Probably none but those who know everything. But Film Daily is responsible for a story that Famous Players-Lasky has acquired a great picture made in Persia, which is said to have an epic appeal as sweeping as the theme in “The Covered Wagon.” It is the work of three American adventurers, two men and a woman, who spent a year in Persia, and it deals with the struggle for existence of a Persian nomadic race that overcame vast obstacles, moving from éne environment to another, swimming icy rivers, struggling across moun- tain ranges to Zardeh Kuh, a gigantic snow-clad peak, barefoot and through snow and ice, from which the leading khan looks down and sees the Promised Land of grass, which means life to the tribes and their cattle. In this film, it is said, 50,000 animals cross an almost perpendicu- lar snow-covered mountain in search of their grass. Doesn’t it sound movielike ? * k k% AMONI’; the grist is an item which says that Inspiration Pictures has purchased “Shore Leave” from David Belasco and will film it for Richard Barthelmess. the co- operation of the Navy in filming the play, which is to follow “Soul Fire” and be directed by John S. Robertson. Another item less astounding recites that Charles Whittaker has completed the adaptation of John Golden's play, “Chicken Feed,” and that it is to be released under the title, “Wages for Wives,” thus probably insinuating that the wife’s share of the family treasure amounts, in the long run, simply to “chicken feed,” a slang expression for small change. Still another says that Dimitri Buchowetzki has gone to the Pacific Coast to prepare the script of “Graustark,” in which Norma Talmadge is to be starred after her return from Rome, which is expected soon. * ok k ok MUSIC lovers 'may find interest in the announcement that James A. Fitzpatrick has completed “Frederick Chopin,” the sixth and last relcasc of the first film series of “Music Masters.” Plans under way con- template six additional pictures for a new series, including as subjects “Handel,” “Wagner,” “Mozart,” “Verdi,” “Haydn” and “MacDowell.” These pictures, conscientiously done, as doubtless they have been and will be, ought to provide the movie with an excellent character mark. It gets so many knocks for its shortcomings surely it is entitled to credit when it does a good deed. The company, it is claimed, will ha * Xk ¥k X DMIRERS of the things immortal in the theater will be glad to know that Bronson Howard’s famous old play, “Shenandoali,” is to be made into a motion picture. True, the announcement states that work is not to be commenced upon it until the Fall, but B. P. Schulbérg hopes to release the picture later in the year. It was Charles Frohman, the great American theatrical manager and producer, who, in the 80s, ‘saw this play at the Boston Museum, bought the rights to it outside Boston and produced it as one of the big successes of his career. It has been re- vived five times in New York, and, it is said, Gen. Sherman saw it in 1888 and pronounced: it a masterpiece. The Schulberg production will be awaited with much interest, at least by the old-timer. * k ¥ % LILLIAN GISH, who has many screen admirers throughout the land, both here and abroad, modestly defends herself against a suit brought by Charles H. Ducll, who now claims to own her contract made with Inspiration Pictures, by saying, through her attorneys, “Miss Gish started with a fairly intelligent contract. It was between her and Inspiration Pictures. Her work was done faithfully and well. And yet, after two years, she suddenly finds herself ostensibly yoked to Mr. Duell’s per- Sonal company, though Inspiration Pictures, Inc, is cntirely released from obligation.” In other words, the fair Lillian, willing to abide by the de- cree of the court, wants to have it authoritatively stated just “where she From a Keen Observer. Photpiay Editor of The Star: PICTURE plays now being made in Hollyweod and New York show fewer objectionable titles; but the titles are subject to change release and advertising. Critlcism is having some effect on the titles, if not on the stories and scenes. But there always will be some bad plays and pictures, because a large element demands excitement, and good things are not very exciting to pleasure seekers, who demand thrills, The naughty ¥ should be ig- nored by the critics as much as pos- sible and damned by faint praise. Denouncing them increases the at- tendance. ~ Officlal censorship does more harm than good. THOMAS W. GILMER. . Prince to Play in Pictures. (CARL-LAEMMLE announces that he has signed a long-term contract with Prince Youcca Troubetzkoy, whose first picture work In this eoun- try will be in “The Roofs of New York,” to be filmed entirely in New York City. The prince is a young aristocrat scion of one of the noted old Russian families. During the war the im- mense fortune possessed by ‘the fam- ily was lost. Since that time the prince has developed a talent for act- ng and has been doing picture work in_Europe. He is described as extremely hand- some, six feet tall, about 22 years of age, with a figure like a drill sergeant He is said to speak English almost as well as he does Russian, French and German. This is the prince’s first visit to New York, although the Troubetzkoy family is probably better known in America than any other Russian aristocratic name. The noted sculp- | tor, Paul Troubetzkoy, is one of his uncles, and the painter Plerre Trou- betzkoy, who married Amelie Reeve: the writer, {8 another uncle. They have a beautiful home in Albermarle County, Va. The prince's father is sald to be an intimate friend of Prince Cyril, whose wife recently visited America. l:;refers Humnna . "FRANKL \" says Marie Prevost, the screen star, “T simply detest the sight of monkeys, and anything that closely resembles one. “Ever since I was a child T have had a perfect aversion for the animals that had the audacity to cause us to spring from them. I do not see how Darwin could ever have formulated such.an opinion. 5 “When I was a child my mother used to take me to the zoos, the circus, and wherever there was any- thing that would interest me. The moment I would step into the zoo I would try, and continue to try, to get mother away from the monkey cages. The leering faces of these animals, their gestures, their claws, everything about them frightened me. In fact, if I were called upon in a picture to do a scene with a monkey I am afrald I would faint dead away. “Human * beings are wonderful. Monkeys—they are detestable. I.hope I never see another one as long as I live. This is a queer pet aversion, but it happens to be mine.” Marle Prevost 1is co-star with Helene Chadwick and Monte Blue in the photoplay version of “The Dark Swan.” In the Limelight. ROBER’[‘ T. KANE, the man who is making ~the picture, “Sack- cloth and Scarlet,” from the George Gibbs novel, has the eves of the mo- tion pleture world upon him, is one of the coming producers of a new age of motion pictures. This picture, by the way, has Wash- Ington for a background and is now being made at the United Studios at Hollywood, one of the largest plcture plants in the world, which, eight vears ago, were built by Kane. At that time he called it the Paralto Studios. The war changed his plans, for he entered the ranks as a private, after disposing of his plant; and after two is at.” She is apparently the first screen star to resist being sold like a ball player. * %k %k X ¢ 5 BDSTO{\ apparently, is to have “thg premiere” of “The Lost World,” which is being heralded as the greatest thing that ever happened on the screen. * % %X X > AURICE MAETERLINCK may supply the script- for -three motion pictures after all, according to Film Daily. It is said his contract with the Goldwyn Picture Corporation in’ 1920, on which he filed suit for $200,000 damages, will probably be carried out by Metro-Goldwyn, which has announced the production of three stories by the: famous Belgian author—the first, “The Power of the Dead”; the sccond, “The Power of the Good,” and the third, as yet, not announced. L TILLIAM S. HART, who is said still to have in mind his revolutionary picture, “A Ladder of Flames,” in which Patrick Henry figures, is said to be dickering with distributors for an outlet for his productions, which he wishes to make himself. SR AE MARSH is to be starred by the Gold Coast Film Co., of which her years of service, most of which was at the front, he emerged a major, with four decorations for bravery. At the close of the war he was grabbed by Famous Players and made production manager, which position he held until recently, when he re- signed. He has signed as his first director Henry King, who is noted for his ability to direct, train and develop new players. Among the stars he brought out are Richard Barthelmess, Ernest Torrence, Douglas McLean, Ronald Coleman, Dorothy Gish and Pauline. Garon. Kane will feature in his first pic- ture Alice Terry and Orville Caldwell. It was in Kane's studlos that Miss Terry and Rudolph Valentino were foatured in “Alimony,” their first screen appearance. Caldwell is new to_ pictures, but he has had tremen- dous success on the legitimate stage. hushand, Louis Lee Arms, is president, and which is being sponsored by Alrs. $estt Durand, a millionaire socicty woman and scicntific farmer,, ’ He was Morris Gest's siar of “The Miracle” | before | § REID Palace. Photoplays Avice Tepry Central This Week At t.he Photoplay Houses This Week COLUMBIA—“North of 36.” METROPOLITAN—"The Only and evening. PALACE noon and evening RIALTO—"The Dark Swan.” Sh TIVOLI—“So Big.” Shown this AMBASSADOR—“The Only Wo: evening, CENTRAL—“The River's End.” LINCOLN (colored)—*“Husbands nooi and evening. Columbia—"North of 36." “North of 36,” the Paramount screen production of Emerson Hough's classic of Texas ranges and the old West, Wil be glven its first Washington showing this afternoon at Loew's Columbla, continuing for the current week. “North of 36" was originally written as a magazine story. It was filmed under the direction of Irvin Willatt. Lols Wilson and Ernest Torrence, who had leading roles in Hough's ‘“The Covered Wagon,” have prominent parts, and are assisted by Jack Holt, Noah Beery, David Dunbar, Stephen Carr, Guy Oliver, Willlam Carroll, Clarence Geldart, George Irving and Eila_Miller. “North of 36" is the story of an almost forgotten chapter in the dra- matic history of the old West. Its romance concerns a Texas girl who, as the helress of a great cattle ranch, finds herself on the verge of bank- ruptcy, when news comes of a cat: tle market, far to the “north of 36, where, if one cah survive the dangers and hardships of the long trek, one can dispose of one's cattle. The girl, with Dan McMasters, who brought her the news; her trusty ranch foreman and other retainers, decides to make the trip, and the record of that jour- ney constitutes one of the most en- grossing and fascinating glimpses of American life in the West during the s. Walter Hiers' comedy, “Good Spir- its”; the International News pictures and orchestra music will be other features. Metropolitan—"The Only Woman."” This week at Crandall's Metropoli- tan Theater the star will be Norma Talmadge, in First National's version of C. Gardiner Sullivan's story, “The Only Woman,” with Eugene O’'Brien opposite. The comedy will be Mer- malid's “Step Lightly,” with Lige Con- ley; a new fssue of the Metropolitan World Survey will be shown, and Elias Breeskin, violin soloist, during a short recital, will play Fsits Kreis- ler's “Caprice Viennols” and Sara- sate’s “Zapateado.” The Metropolitan Orchestra, under Daniel Breeskin, will resume its overtures with Tschaikowsky’s “Italian Caprice” and for theme melody “Montmartre” by Johnstone. . “The Only. Woman” concerns the experiences of a beautiful Young woman who marries a rich young man with a master vice and, despite the fact that her lot was g hard one, learned to care for the insufferable cad whom she rescued from drunken- ness, paternal hatred and .compléte ignominy. ~ Miss Talmadge, in the n@me role, Is said to offer another of her splen- did character delineations and Eu- gene “O'Brien is effective as the drunken young bounder who “snaps out of it” during an experience on the high seas, which is described as one of thrilling- realism. Other roles are played by Edward Davis, Winter Hall and Mathew Betz. It is stated that the former custom of opening the doors at 2:30 p. in- stead of 2 will be resumed- this after- moon, Shown thi Mrs. Wallace Reid and her picture. afternoon and evening. Woman.” Shown this afterncon Shown this after- own this afternoon and evening. afternoon and evening. mar Shown this afternoon and Shown this afternoon and evening. and Lovers.” Shown this after- Palace—Mrs. Wallace Reid and Her Picture. Wallace Reid, who has re- sumed her work as a screen star, will dominate the entertainment at Loew's Palace this week, beginning this afternoon, by making a series of personal appearances every day when her latest screen production, “Broken Laws,” a study of the jazz era, is also to be seen. Her appearances are scheduled for today at 4, 5:45, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., and thrice daily other days, at 3:45, 7:20 and 8:20 p.m. At each appear- ance Mrs. Reid is expected to reveal many of the interesting production detalls of her new picture and to ex- plain the causes which led her to make it. . “Broken Laws” was specially writ- ten for Mrs. Reid by Adela Rogers St. John and was directed by R. William Neill. The cast includes Percy Mar- mont, Ramsay Wallace, Arthur Ran- kin, Virginia Lee Corbin, Jacqueline Saunders, Pat Moore and Jane Wray. It shows the circumstances under which a boy and a girl are reared without thought of responsibility or the happiness of others through the indifference or foolish devotion of parents. The two yeungsters fall in love and become typical jazz-mad young people. Added offerings and musical em- bellishments are announced also. Rialto—"The Dark Swan.” The popularity of physical beauty, on the one hand, and the dreary lone- someness of the plain girl, on the other, is the theme of “The Darlk Swan,” taken from Ernest Pascal's novel, which will be shown at the Rialto Theater this week. With his vivid pen Ernest Pascal has painted the struggle of the plain sister, whose charm lles in her bril- liant mind and sweet disposition, as opposed to her more beautiful sister, who is given love and adulation with a lavish hand. Both sisters go their separate ways until Lewls Dike comes along. Both Eve and Cornelia want his love, but Dike, notwithstanding his sympa- thetjc affection for the “dark swan, is swept off his feet by the gorgeous Eve. , Marfe Prevost will poriray this colorful role, while Helene Chadwick plays the “dark swan.” The man is Monte Blue. Other attractions are a violin solo by Maurice Shrowski, Sarasate's “Ziguenerwelsen”; the Orpheus Male Quartet, who will be heard Sunday afternoon and evening, week days evenings only; Mischa Guterson, di- rector of the Rialto Orchestra, who will present, as overture, “The Jolly Fellows Waltz” (R. Vollstedt); a comedy reel, entitled “Are Bionde Men Bashful?’ and the International News. Tivoli—Colleen Moore, in *So Big."” Colleen Moore will be seen at Cran- dall's Tivoll Theater the first two days of this week, beginning this afternoon, in Fist National's film version of Edna Ferber's “So Big." Mrs. Thg cast audes doha Bowers, Xal- |Hoplx" MUL b shaxa, AMUSEMENTS. N S s Remarkabie Foreign Film. S that Carl Laemmle has ac- quired for distribution the latest European masterpiece, “The Last Laugh,” has centered much interest upon this U. F. A. production, star- ring Emjl Jannings. From the standpoint of novelty the picture is said to be remarkable. It tells a simple story in such a grip- ping and intimate way that the char- acter of the old doorman, who is the hero of Carl Mayer's story, stands out in camea, clarity. Mavyer is known in this leountry as the author of “Dr. Caligari.” It also derives novelty from the | unusual camera angles and lighting. Shooting down elevator shafts, up stairways, through revolving glass doors, making a panorama of huge interiors and a new way of follow- ing the characters about are only a few of the remarkable novelty effects which make “The Last Laugh” ex- ceptional. lace Beery, Ford Sterling, Dot Far- ley, Jean Hersholt, Sam De Grasse, Charlotte Merriam, Rosemary Theby and Phyllis Haver, Charlie Chase will suppl the fun in “The Fighting Fluid,” and the program will include short films and pipe organ music by Otto F. Beck. Tuesday and Wednes- day Nazimova and Milton Sills will be seen in ‘The Madonna of the Streets,” a vivid drama of New York's elite and the Limehouse district of London, and Al St. John, in “Love- mania; Thursday and Friday, Betty Compson, supported by Theodore Roberts and Kathlyn Willlams, in “Locked Doors,” & Willlam De Mille contribution to the “famous fort and Irvin 8. Cobb’s “Oné-Third Off"; Saturday, Reed Howes, in “Lightning Romance,” a tale of a rich young man who goes West and joins & band of outlaws, and an “Our Gang” comedy and “Galloping Hoofs.” Ambassador—"The Only ¥ Woman. Norma Talmadge, in “The Only Woman,” will be seen at Crandall's Ambassador, the first thfee days of this week, beginning this afternoon, and Cliff Bowes, in “The Mad Rush,” with short reels and pipe organ music; Wednesday and Thursday the film version of Oscar Asche's mam- moth “Chu Chin Chow,” featuring Betty Blithe and Lloyd Hamilton, in “Crushed”; Friday, Eleanor Board- man, Afleen Pringle and John Gil- bert, In “Wife of the Centaur”; Sat- urday, Agnes Ayres, in Paramount's “Tomorrow's Love,” the comedy, “The Goat Getters,” with a juvenile cast, and No. 7 ot “Galloping Hoofs.” Central—"The River's End." “The River’s End,” Marshall Neflan's version of the story by James Oliver Curwood, featuring Lewis S. Stone, will be the feature the first two days of this week at Crandall's Central Theater, beginning this afternoon, and for comedy “Our Gang” will be seen in “Big Business.” Tuesday and' Wednesday ~will ‘be shown anice Meredith,” which stars Mar- fon Davies; TRursday and Friday, Rex Ingram’s “Scaramouche,” with Ramon Novarro, Alice Terry and Lewis S. Stone, and & new Aesop Fable, “Bitting the Dust”; Saturday, Eleanor Boardmdn and Conrad Nagel, in Hobart Henley's production, “So This Is Marriage,” and Lige Conley’s recent comedy, “What a Night. Lincoln—"Husbands and Ilove!!-‘ d “Husbands and Lovers” a story picturing the hazards of matrimony after eight years of tranquil dome: ticity, will ‘be seen at the Lincoln Theater the first thres-days of this week, with Lewis S. Stone, Florence Vidor and Lew Cody in the star role: and Ben Turpin in his latest comedy, “The Reel Virginian.” Wedneaday ' and Thirsday - Elalne Hammerstein will be the star of Ex- hibitors' Film Exchange's - release, “One. Glorious Night"; also.a Grant- land Rice “Sportlight,” *“Wild and Western,” a new Aesop Fable and Harry Langdon in Sennett's “The Cat's Meow.” Friday -and Saturday, House Peters,- as star’ of “The Tor- nado,” supported by Ruth Clifford and Richard Tucker; Lige Conley, in “Wild Game,” and Saturday only the eighth Installment of “Galloping FLORENCE VIDOR Tincoln /ficmAmam Asmbasrador Gloria’s Marquis. N intimate description of the Mar- quis de la Falaise, who was mar- ried to Gloria motion picture actress, in been furnished through mount Long Island studio Halsey, the playwright and Paris, the Para cenario writer, who spent six months in Paris |looks | » Sans- | American, during the filming of “Madar Gene."” Mr. Halsey is said to be the only person in the United States knows the marquis intimately, and what he has to say of him no doubt will be of interest to motion picture devotees, “I introduced the Falafse to Miss Swa Mr. Halsey. “In that way perhaps might be considered the father of the romance. They consider me so, as this morning 1 received a cablegram, signed by both of them saying, children have done it.’ “Falaise first came into the unit to represent a number of young men of money who were ambitiol in motion pictures in France. They were anxious to learn American methods. The first thing he asked us to do in the unit was to cut off his title; his chair on the set was marked Marquis de la on,” explains ‘Mr. Falaise. The blood of the Hen- | nesseys which created business dustry is strong in Falaise. in- “Your | to invest | nson, the American | has | oy Forrest | who |live-wir | “He worked thusiasm, and the thought tinue, 1 “Falaise the traditional with devotion and en= being the first on the set last to leay None of us the enthusiasm would con it did and scemed to grow. not resemble at all French marquis; he athletic young Iri He has mnever been to America, but one of his great ambi- tions is to be taken for an American busines, man He carries American money n his pocket and it amuses him highl w n paying a bill where he is not known to have the waiters take him for an Amer! can. Needless to say that his aristo- cratic family fail to understand this ambition. The truth of the matter is that the idle life of the Parisian gild- ed youth, to wheh he was born, never satisfied him, and when the movies came along with a chance to turn his Irish energy into work he found his niche. “The romance began very slowly, as both Miss Swanson and Falaise were devoting themselves strictly to the businss of making a cture under very difficult circumstances. Movie situations do happen in real life. T think both youngsters were deeply In love with each other without know- ing it. Well, they know it now; s does all Paris and Amer! does The Screen‘s Crusader. HE announced personal appear- ance in Washington this week of | Mrs. Wallace Reid, in connection with showings of her photoplay, “Broken Laws,” serves to remind us that in all the history of photoplay produc- tion Mrs. Reid is the first crusader the camera art has vet produced. Literature is filled with crusaders. Charles Dickens was an ardent cru- sader in the use of prison reform, while America has furnished, among others, Upton Sinelair, Reginald Wright Kaufman, Harold Bell Wright and Thomas Dixon, jr. The stage, too, has its crusaders, though here the fleld 1s much more limited. Mrs. Reid’s crusading began with the death of her husband, when she Apollo. Today and tomorrow, Eleanor Boardman and John Gilbert, in “Wife of the Centaur,” and Harry Langdon, in “Feet of Mud”; Tuesday and Wednesday, Constance Talmadge, in “Her Night of Romance,” .and in_ “The Fighting House Peters, in and Neal Burns, in Friday, Agnes Ayres, and Walter Hiers, in “Short Change”; Saturday, Shirley Mason and Bryant Washburn, in “My Husband's Wives”; Our Gang,’ bilb, Jr.” and “Galloping No. 5. Avenue Grand. Today and' tomorrow, Constance in “Her Night of Rom- and Charlie Chase, in “The Fighting Fluid”; Tuesday and Wednesday, Eleanor Boardman and John Gilbert, in “Wife of the Cen- taur,” and Sennett's “Lizzies of the Field”; Thursday, Agnes Ayres, in ‘Wordly Goods,” and Neal Burns, in “Easy Pickin's Friday, House Peters, in “The Tornado,” and Lige Conley, in “Rough and Ready”; Saturday, Harry Carey, in “The Flam- ing Fortles”: Will Rogers, in “Don’t Park There,” and “Galloping Hoofs,” No. 6. Carolina. Today and tomorrow, G on, in “Her Love Sto: Tuesday. ‘The Border Legion,” with Antonio Moreno and Helen Chadwick; Wednes- day, “Wolves of the Night,” with William Farnum: Thursday, “Bab- bitt,” with Carmel Hyers; Friday, Buck Jones, in “The Man Who Played Fair”; Saturday, “Dangerous Money," with Bebe Daniels and Tom Moore. : Chevy Chase Today and tomorrow, Marion Davies, in “Janice Meredith”; News and Fa- bles; Tuesday, Lois Wilson, in “An- other Scandal,” and Sunshine comedy, “Radlo Riot"; Wednesday and Thurs- day, Betty Compson, Rockliffe Fel- lowes and Warner Baxter, in “The Garden of Weeds”; Fast Steppers, “Shooting Star,” and News and News- paper Fun; Friday, Lincoln Carter's “The Cyclone Rider”; third chapter, “Ten Scars Make a man,” and Charles Chase, “Fighting Fluid”"; Saturday, Sydney Chaplin, Louise Fazenda, Ford Sterling and Chester Conklin, in “Gal- loping Fish,” and eighth chapter, “Into the Net.” Circle Today and tomorrow, Pola Negri, in “Men”; Tuesday, Agnes Ayres, Anto- nio Moreno, “The Story Without a Name”; Wednesday, Betty Blythe and Mahlon Hamilton, in “Recoil”; Thurs- day, special short features, 'Dixie,” three reels, Gang comedy, sport comedy, “Hit the High Spots”; Friday, Mary Philbin, in “The Gaiety Girl”; Saturday, William Desmond, in “The Sunshine Trail.” Dumbarton. Today, Corinne Griffith and Milton Sills, in “Single Wives"; tomorrow, Claire Windsor and Bert Lytell, in “The Son of the Sahara”; Tuesday, Richard DIx, In “Manhattan”; Wed- nesday, Kathlyn Williams, in “The City That Never Sleeps”; Thursday “Court Plaste! in “Wordly Good: ria Swan- bani BEidage Masion Jatias-i ARG launched a campaign, via the screen, against governmental laxity in th handling of illicit drug vendors. I her first picture, “Human Wreckage. she not only showed the insidious dangers of the drug habit, but point- ed out the way to aid and rehabill- tate those caught in the meshes of the traffic. While “Broken Laws” is not, strict- 1y speaking, a crusade and has no re- lation to her previous anti-drug cam- paign, Mrs. Reid is still too much a crusader at heart to abandon tha idea, even in her new picture, which is a frank examination of the causes that frequently enter into juvenile delinquency in an age when youth is more than ever surrounded with gaudy and dangerous temptations. Meredith”; Saturday, Buck Jones, Man Who Plaved Square.” Emplre. Today and tomorrow, “The Shepherd King’ comedy, “Present Arms,” and Topics of the Day on Sunday only; Tuesday and Wednesday, Valentino, In “A in ; Thursday, Betty , in “The Garden of Weeds"; comedy, “‘Broadway Beauties,” and Fox News:; Friday, Antonio Moreno, in “Border Legio: and Joe Rock, in E Saturday, Kenneth McDonald, in “In High Gear”; comedy, “Inbad the Sailor,” Fox News and fourteenth episode of “Fast Express,” and kiddies party at matinee only. Favorite. Today, Eric Von Stronheim in “Blind Hushbands”; comedy, Aesop's Fables; tomorrow, Mae Busch in “The Woman Who Sinned”; Fox News; also professional and amateur contest at 8 o'clock; Tuesday, Mary Alden in “The Empty Cradle”; comedy, “Pre- historic Man"”; Wednesday, Irene Rich in “Her Marriage Vow”: comedy, “Horse Play”; also surprise night: Thursday, Agnes Ajyres in “The Story Without a Name”: comedy, Andy Gump In “Aggravating Mama”; Fri- day, Richard Barthelmess in *Class- mates”; also Jack Dempsey in “The Health Farm Wallop"”; Saturday, Peter the Great in “The Silent Accuser’; No. 9, “Into the Net" omedy, Stan Laurel in “Near Dubli Leader. The Leader Theater toda row and Tuesday will feature D. W. Griffith’s “America,” the elaborate elaborate historic film story of the American Revolution, made at the request of the Daughters of the American Revolgtion. The cast, headed by Carol Demp- ster, Includes Lionel Barrymore, Neil Hamilton, Charles E. Mack, Arthur Dewey and Louis Wollheim. Olympic. Today, Charles De Roche and Madge Bellamy, in “Love and Glory"; tomor- Tow, 2leanor Boardman, in *“The Silent Accuser”; Tuesday, Mary Phil- bin, in “The Gaiety Girl”; Wednesday and Thursday, Monte Blue and Maria Prevost, in “Deburau, the Lover of Camille” Friday, Tom Mix, in “Oh, You Tony!”; Saturday, Anna Q. Nils« son, in “The Fire Patrol” Park. Today and tomorrow, Lon Chaney, in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,* and Pathe Newa events; Tuesday, John Gilbert, Norma Shearer and Conrad Nagel, in “The Snob,” Mermaid comedy, ing Finan Wednesday and Thursday, Lilllan Gish, dn_“The White Sister”; Friday, Reginald Denny and Laura La Plante, in “The Fast Worker,” ran, in “Hot Air’; Saturday, Jac Coogan, in “Long Live the King,” a Al St. John, in “Stupid, But Brave': matined only, chapter 9, “Wolves of the North.” Princess. Beginning tomorrow, continuous showing from 2:15 to 1l p.m. daily; Sundays, 3 to 11 p.m. oday and tomorrow, Barbara La T {Contluusd gn Jauih Paged