Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1925, Page 57

AMUSEMENTS THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO! / / ALEYANDLR. PHILBIN Rislto News anchomment By W. H. Landvoisgt. dy is to be answered, and answered with a n Hollywood that the big dramatic studios, putting forth extraordinary efforts for the dy. One keen writer from the inside says they Pola Negri picture and so landed a knockout dy studios, O'Malley of the comics —and, all told, it dy ye: Sennett himself is The Star today carries a story from his i Comedy is a word so elastic in ng given it in the photoplay world, that dramatic philologist hesitate, in the face of lied for the term. high comedy and low comedy, slapstick and ke you smile, some make you giggle and spme Its saving grace, unless it lapses into mod- farce, is that it excites the risibilities and doesn’t this it should be welcomed. More laughter and world seems to be in need of at the present screer ews cor first tmny production of cor con iaughmake Sennett forces ooks as if th mpressed with the own pen to show meaning, at lcast i some o idea, and how the ian an he definitions supy agent will tell you the hokum. Some of it will m: make you roar with hila ern and so-called French destroy the morals. For Jess license what the writing. & - UT in the more serious mood, the contemplation of comedy-as a press- ing need of the screen should lead to thoughts of comedy oi-the high and artistic class, rather than simply of the laughmaker. One of the rea- sons is that it takes finished and talented players to make it. The direc- or with the roaring megaphone and the wating hands is not alone ough. The subtle thought, the serious action, that stirs a ripple of laughter, which may broaden into the “roar” so frequently mentioned in reviews of the day, call for higher talent and a more fertile intellect han the grotesque costume, or the catapulted pumpkin pie nonsense. Unhappily our authors who might have produced delightful comedy have sacrificed not only the opportunity bput their own gift in that direction the search for a‘naughty thrill or an unwholesome guffiaw. Mirth t is not lacking -in innocence, the kind that may be blended with pathos, that the smyle may follow the tear, in imitation of the clouds and sunshife of an April day, has long been missing from the screen comedies that have obtained wide vogue. Somehow folks have been taught to be satisfied—even to crave—the coarser sentiment, until genuine comedy has almost disappeared, except that which is so unsophisticated as not to be ashamed to show its face, notwithstanding its homeliness. Perhaps the new Paramount school will succeed in developing some comedians to replace the eye-aching brilliance of pulchritudinous stars, and maybe some of its gifted writers may then dare to change the type and style of their stories for the screen. * ok ok ok HERE may have been comedy in the offer by Rudolph Valentino of a gold medal for the best screen performance of the past year. Some were so lacking in_finer sensibility as to smile at the assurance of the donor. Be that as it may, Rudolph’s offer has developed a tragedy. The gold medal was awarded to John Barrymore, whose “Beau Brummell” is unforgettable. The tragedy lies in the fact that George Billings, whose first and only chance upon the screen resulted in the magnificent char- acterization of Abraham Lincoln in the notable production by the Rockett brothers, received but one vote in the contest. * ok ok ok HERE may be something of the tragic also in the scramble of picture producers, now in full swing, not to reach the highest excellence in the manufacture of picture entertainment, but to acquire theaters all over the land to insure the showing of pictures they do make. When the picture makers also become the picture exhibitors the general public may have cause to lament, for it will have to take what is offered or go without. Close corporations are good when the public profits by the compact or- ganization and reduction of overhead in production, but legislators watch them very carefully lest they lop over the narrow line that divides them from monopolies, for monopolies are not, as a rule, public benefactors. Some of the close corporationists seem to evince an eager desire in the matter of accuniulation. For instance, Cecil B. De Mille, who will not be forgotten as a noted screen director because of his real estate ventures that are said to have made him almost, if not quite, a millionaire, is now reported to have gone into the shoe business as well. MERRY little war of competition looms ahead in the picture world. There is talk that “the Big Three,” meaning Famous Players, Metro- Goldwyn and First National, are going to “blanket the Nation” with their * wares, while, on the other hand, Fox, Universal and the Warners are pre- paring a counter move. There are others, of course, but the particular conflict, in competition at least, seems to be between those here men- tioned. As a rule, the general public is not advanced very far in the direc- tion of happiness by war of any kind. But competition, which is commer- cial war, is said to'be beneficial in lowering prices and improving quality. Perhaps the public, if it lose in the matter of pictures, may find in guess- 1g the outcome of the impending war of competition in the movies a pastime to match, if not to surpass, the cross-word puzzle. There seems to be a leaven in the movie dough which makes fermentation popular in a high degree. The movies are always moving somewhere or somehow. * k. &k Ir; these happy days of reform and the uplift of the photoplay it may be of interest to know that Mr. B. P. Schulberg has engaged Frederica Sagor to adapt the hectic literary production called “The Plastic Age” for screen production. Those who can recall the nightmare period of photo- play making, when “Flaming Youtk” was flashed in all its audacity before awtartled public, may wonder just how far the uplift in movie reform has progressed, and why, with such a campaign so enthusiastically under way. “The Plastic Age” is necessary at this time. Of course, humanity is still human, but there has long been an opinion to the effect®that humanity urbed a bit is much more endurable than when turned loose to run ram- pant Arts Club Vaudeville. THE Arts Club, which has contrib- =ted its share to the little theater movement in Washington by means "of monthly performances of one-act | plays, will this Sunday evening. make its initial venture in polite vaudeville. Following a supper, at Which Mr. and Mrs, Waldon Fawcett will act as|urchins. hosts, a representative selection of | Annie.” The other by a tough boy ciub falent will appear in five and ten! o1 ™ mpore g only one girl in the minute turns. o The varieties program is as follows: | Picture—but what a girl! Limericks, etc., Emily Read Jones, She pelts bricks, vegetables and an- saxophone obbligato by Mrs. E cient fruit with an accuracy that is Prall Knorr; imitations of Will RORers, | ;i1 11o short of marvelous. She fights Will C, Barnes; musical monologue, | 0% (TS B UL e little legs as a score of rival gangsters Minna Niemann and James Otis Por- swoop down upon her, when she is ter; “Kidding Your Subconscious Mabel Dill; “My Policies,” L. Lei- cut off from her pals during a strate- gic retreat. ng; “A Cross-Word Puzzle,” Anne Marguerite B. Neale and Ben B. , jr.; “An Interlude in the Life| Mary is right in her element in of an Arts’ Club President,” Arthur|“Little Annie Rooney.” It is the sort ¥. Musgrave; “Thot Girrll o’ Mine,”|of story she can do as no other actress Charles J. Ferris; impersonations, |can. It deals with life.in the tene- ment district of New York and has heartthrobs mingled with hearty elix Mahony; “In a Radio Studic kisdia)-80d-Georse Hosten-Roste Alaushss o . i v 4 o Mrs. Milton Reed (Nina Reed of the R Mary as a Tough One. LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY,” living up to its good Irish name, starts ina fight and ends-in a fight. Mary Pickford’s new picture, which marks her return to ragamuffin parts, begins with a battle royal, staged be- tween two rival gangs of Fast Side One gang Is led by “Little The gifted theatrical press | ivoli ) Noses and Character. S your nose in fashion? You probably haven't given this subject much thought, but it really appears to be quite an important mat- ter—at least in Paris, where the' fash- ions come from. In a recent contest conducted in the French capital, at one of the lead. ing academies, a jury composed of sculptors, painters, art eritics and poets decided that a voung dancer just coming into great vogue had the most beautiful nose in France. A like jury empanelled in New York a few ‘weeks ago awarded the nasal meed to a young actress named Caro- Iyne McLean. They said her nose was perfect Grecian. In the beauty contest it easily won the first prize over the retrousse and other forms of less classic facial adornment. Miss McLean, by the way. is com ing to Washington with Oliver Mo- rosco’'s new production, “Queen Mab,"” Ly John Hastings Turner. The possessing of a perfect nose, according to phrenologists, is a sign of determination and culture. The present period, it is thought, is not conducive to the intellectual and spir itual development that accompanies a perfect nose. The feminine mind, which might have been reposeful, lit erary and poetic, has been forced into the paths of commerce. Next o the mouth, the nose, of all | features, it is declared, is most easily molded by the trend of the mind at an early age. It may therefore be taken as an indication of character. Burlesque Descnbed. ‘‘THE biggest handicap burlesque has tod: s its name. To the average person who never goes to a burlesque theater the word ‘burlesque’ means an ill-smelling theater, a frowsy audience and an entertainment after the erstwhile press agent's description of ‘teasing temptations in tinted tights and scanty scene - Jack Reld, uplifter of burlesque, and proud of his job, says this is so, and he does object to the “highbrow" crit- icisms of this type of entertainment when people know nothing of it. He suggests that they look up the word “burlesque” in the dictionary. They will find that “buglesque” today means ‘ludicrous entertainment, jocular or ironical travesty.” ‘“The only trouble with burlesque is its past,” says Reid. The comedians of old were all cast in the same mold— an Irishman wore green, whiskers, a German comedian was made up after the Weber style, and other nationali- ties bore stereotyped hall marks. “Burlesque entertainment, however, has undergone a big change in the past few vears,” he says. “Our music is catchy, the chorus girls are picked with as much care for beauty as they are in the big Broadway musical shows; our leading ladies can sing; our scenery is elaborate and often in- genious.” " In Columbla burlesque,” he ddds, “the entertainment offered is wholesome for every member of the family. Can the legitimate stage say as much?” A Fine American Actrese. INNIE DUPREE, who will be seen as Jane in Oliver Morosco's latest production, “Queen Mab,” by John Hastings Turner, for many years has been considered one of the finest actresses of the American stage. Miss Dupree made her first great success in William Gillette's notable play of the Civil War, “Held by the Enemy,” in which she created the role of Susan McCreery, following this ‘with her inimitable rendition of the role of 'Lisbeth in Augustus Thomas™ fine drama “In Mizzoura™ in support of the late Nat C.gGoodwin. Since then Miss Dupree's career has been closely assimilated with the best the American stage has to offer, cul-| minating in her being raised to the rank of stardom a few years ago by the Shuberts, in Rida Johnson Young's fine comedy, “The Road to Yesterday,” a musical version of ‘which will be seen here this year un- der the title of “The Dream Girl.” In “Queen Mab,” Miss Dupree is seen as a paralytic, her entire per- formanee being from a wheeled in- valid chair. Miss Dupree is said to regard the role of Jane as one finest things she has ever Le Ambassador D. C., APRIL INDPOR_ SWANPON Columbis | | PRy CONPTANCE. TALMADGE. ~ Cestral photo?lays This Week At the Photoplay Houses This Week METROPOLITAN—“New Toys.” ning. RIAL ning PALACE—“Proud Flesh.” Shown this afternoon and evening. COLUMBIA—“Mme. Sans Gene” (second week). Shown this after- noon and cvening. g TIVOLI—"Pampered Youth” Shown this afternoon and evening. AMBASSADOR—“N2w Toys.” Shown this afternoon and evening. CENTRAL—"The Beloved Brute.” Shown this afternoon and eve- ning. LINCOLN (Colored)—*“As Man Desires.” Shown this aitcrnoon and evening. 1 Shown this afternoon and eve- ifth Avenue Models.” Shown this afternoon and eve- for the overture, and Miss Marga- | retta Campbell, Washington singer, will make her debut in public, inter- polated with a selection, into the over. ture. Miss Campbell is a pupil of O'denthal, Oscar Saenger and Selman Khonold. She is a student at the National niversity Law School in this city and a daughter of the late “Tim' Campbell, member of Congress trom New York City. The International News and other divertissements will complete the pro- gram. METROPOLITAN—"New Toy: Richard Barthlemess will be the pictured star at Crandall's Metropol- itan Theater this week, beginning this afternoon, in a First National release, John S. Robertson’s latest produc- tion, “New Toys.” adapted from the s Milton Herbert Gropper, au- Ladies of the Kvening,” and Oscar Hammerstein, 2d. This is the first feature-length comedy in which Mr. Barthlemess, who sprang into stellar eminence in “Tol'able David,” ever has appeared. It also brings to the screen Mary Hay, who in private life is the wife of the star in whose support she appears. o The il for the weel wil include alsé® tife Metropolitan World Survey, a new Aesop Fable, “In Shadowland™ a visualized song hit and other dis- tinctive short reels. Victor Herbert's “Fortune Teller” will be the orchestral overture for the week, and the theme of the interpre- tative orchestral accompaniment of the feature picture will he “Give Your Heart in_June Time,’ from *Sky High.” The exit number will be “Ifomeland,” the song hit from Zieg- feld's “Louie the Fourteenth.” New Toys” is the story of an im- petuous young man who falls des- perately in love at first sight and mar- ries another shortly after his fiancee has sailed for Burope, and finds him- self perpetually in hot water after her return, his perplexities being in- creased by the fact that his bride be- comes stagestruck and goes in heav- ily but unsuccessfully for amateur theatricals, while meddling neighbors, solicitous friends and other customary impediments add to his worrfes. RIALTO—"Fifth Avenue Models.” “Fifth Avenue Models,” co-starring Mary Philbin and Norman Kerry, will be the photoplay at the Rialto this week. . The story is that of a girl, sole sup- port of an unsuccessful artist father, who falls in love with a rich man, who met her in a modiste's salon where she works as a little seamstress and later as a mannequin. It is claimed that lingerie, gowns, wraps and furs to an aggregated value of $70,000 were used in one of the big scenes which portrays a style show staged by a mddiste who caters only to the most exclusive patronage. The wearing apparel was displayed by some of the most beautiful young women from the “atmosphere” circles of Hollywood, it is said. Prominent in the cast are Rosemary Theby, Betty Francisco, Ruth Stone- house, Willlam Conklin, Mike Donlin and Lee Moran. ‘The musical program will be headed by Lieut. Felix Ferdinando ‘and his Havana Orchestra, syncopators, heard here a few weeks ago, who retu with a new program of jazz sels ns. e Rialto Orchestra, under Mischa | io0e avill Rlay, Bizel's “Carmen’ PALACE—"Proud Flesh.” Eleanor Boardman, the young Metro-Goldwyn screen beauty, is the star of “Proud Flesh,” a Metro-Gold- wyn dramatization of the novel by Lawrence Rising, at Loew's Palace this week, beginning this afternoon. King Vidor is responsible for the cinema darmatization of this flashing romance of San Francisco, old and new. The cast includes Harrison Ford, Pat O'Malley and Trixle Fri- sanza. A comedy-drama in essence, “Proud Flesh” reveals in gay, sparkling fasn- ion the sentimental clash between a rqugh-and-ready young Irish-American of the present day and a Spanish- reared American beauty who has rev- eled during most of her 18 years in the culture of Andalusia and who fan- cles herself in love with a young Spanish nobleman. Added screen and musical features will include the Mack Sennett com- edy, “The Lion’s Whiskers’ news reel and orchestral music under the direction of Thomas Gannon. COLUMBIA—“Mme. Sans Gene.” Gloria Swanson's latest and most pre- tentious screen achievement, ‘“Mme. Sans Gene,” will be held over this week, with the usual showings today. This brilliant dramatization of the famous costume play of the first em- pire in France, by Victorien Sardou and Emile Moreau, is the picture that was produced by Paramount entirely in France with the co-operation of the French ministry of fine arts. Leonce Perret,.a noted Irench di- rector, made the picture, with'a sup- porting cast of French actors and adtresses, including Charles De Roche, well known to American photoplay patrons as the Pharaoh of De Mille's “Ten Commandments.” Its scenes were filmed amid the historic spots of Napoleon’s triumphs, and a veritable treasure of historic costumes, relics and jewels of the Napoleonic era were placed at the disposal of the pro- ducers. The picture will be presented today at 3, 5, 7 and 9:15 p.m. TIVOLI—“Pampered Youth.” “Pampered Youth,” a photoplay adapted = from Booth Tarkington's story, “The Magnificent. Ambersons,” will’ be the attraction the first two ___ {Coptinusd on Fouwih Raged 26, 1925—PART 3. CARMEL MYERS Strand Last of Chronicles of America. TUESDAY afternoon at the Ambas sador Theater will be shown the last two of the Yale University Press Chronicles of America photo pla ‘Alexander Hamilton” and “Dixie.” ~ These unique historical films, which have been presented every Tuesday during March and April, have aroused great interest in Washington, and the series of mati nees sponsored by the Yale Club and the Daughters of the American Revo lution have been a significant success. The public vice and education de partment the Crandall theaters, of also, in co-operation with the Yale Uni- | Press, has rendered a distinct public service in making possible the presentation of these histor films The final showing, therefore, should meet with gratifying response, predi- cated upon the attendance throughout the past two months. “Alexander Hamilton” versit and “Dixie are two of the most remarkable films | They treat va the annals of the entire series stly different periods in America, both of which are full of re human interest and absorbing drama. “Hamilton” discloses the man ner in which Washington's youthful Secretary of the Treasury took hold of the financial affairs of the new gov- ernment and ity and public confidence at a time when it appeared doubtful that the new government would survive “Dixie,” the second film to be shown, is declared the true story of the South behind the lines during the war be tween the States, emphasizing the heroic part played by the women of the Confederacy during the ves the bitter struzgle. T to be one of the most impressive pic. tures in the series. It traces the ex periences of what might be termed a typical Southern family from the time its men ride off to the war until the final months when. the courage of his cause unbroken, its spirit undaunted and its cause hopeless, Gen. Lee, to prevent further sacrifices, met with Gen. Grant at Appomattox to arrange terms for the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. e “Wild Birds.” rent recently the | in New N important ev senta- York theatrica tion of “Wild Bird: theater located in the heart of € wich Village and s $ig but 192, and which was reconstructed just year ago from an ique box factory. In the course of its brief career as a playhouse the Cherry Lane has made eight productions, four of which have found their way to larger theaters in the Times Square district The Man Who Ate the Popomack,’ OEE heads,” a revival of Congreve's "lhr’v Way of the World” and “Conscience, which made history by bringing to light Lillian Foster. The New York Tribune declared “To us, ‘Wild Birds’ is inexcusable— inexcusable on the part of its anthn_r and on the part of its producers,” while Alexander Woollcott in the Sun wrote, “The play is aglow with imagi- nation, instinet with new life, full of fresh strength. . . . I suspect we may find that Mr. Totheron belongs in the company of such stalwarts as Maxwell Anderson and Eugene O'Neill.” The KEvening Telegram- Mail speaks of “lyrical imaginative beauty’” and pronounces the author “rich in ideas.” The theme of “Wild Birds” is Tn- nocence in the power of Ignorance and Brutality—two starved young creatures caught and bound to peon- age *by a toil-driven, labor-hungry homesteader on the Nevada prairies. The boy has escaped from a reforma- tory and is held in bondage by his fear of being sent back; the girl has been “bound out to service” from an orphanage. These two “wild birds’ are held in their trap, beaten because they wish to marry and are brought to ruin by their love. - North Carolina College Girl H{BLEN STRANSKY, who has made a sensational success of the role of Tondeleyo, in “White Cargo,” is a North Carolina girl. And like many of the girls of the South her soul began to scar into_the realms of art at an early age. She longed to express her- self, and it is said from early child- hood her parents had some little dif- ficulty in_suppressing her constanfly asserted desire to get up and give a recitation on the slightest provocation. Happily they did not bottle up, but en- couraged her in developing her talents. Helen, consequently, was permitted to include in her educational program Delsarte, singing, dancing and dra- matic recital, for deep in her heart was the desire for a career on the stage. While a student at Flora McDonald College in North Carolina she attained for the first time her desire to act, with a real curtain and footlights, and the many college musjcal plays gave evidence of her ability as well as of her grim determination. For a time her parents interposed, but they final- ly relented, and Helen was returned to Flora McDonald, where, at the time of her graduation, she attracted the attention of Gus Edwards, who did not rest until he had enlisted her for his famous juvenile acts. Later she drift- ed into musical comedy, until Leon Gordon, author of “White Cargo,” im- pressed with her peculiar fitness, en- gaged her for the role of Tondeleyo, l.rhwlflch. it is said, she hes outshown compelitors of | stablished order, stabil- | s of | This s claimed | 35 * by Dan Totheroh, | at the Cherry Lane Playhouse, a little | een- | RPICHARD BARTHLIML® ‘cropolf’tam RNER BROS, Inc., of New York and Los Angeles, leading inde. pendent producers, have the purchase of the Vitagraph Co. America and all of its subsidiarie Vitagraph is the oldest pioneer mo tion picture producing company in the United States. This deal, which has- been quietly pending for some time, makes Warner Bros. one of the biggest producers of photoplays in the world. This makes Warner Bros. one of the gest international distributc company takes over Vi | picture-distributing excha the world, consisting of 26 ex in the key cities of the United 4 in Canada, 10 in England and 10 in continental Europe In taking over the Vitag Warner Bros. became produc New rk and in Le as they acquire the Vitagraph's s in Flatbush, a 20-acre studio | wood ana ge laborat announced also aph Co. both 1dio Holy The NE of the cleverest and most pop- ular of the notable screen stars Colleen Moore, in private the wife of John E. McCormick, ern | representative of First Natio Pic s expected to arrive in Wash morning at 9 o'cloc life = | train 5 road. on their way rope, and are e pected to rem broad until July. The charming young screen st Colleen is not “an old m | woman” by any manner or m ju: mpleted “The during the filming of in Mojave Desert she was from a handear and suffered cation of her vertebrae in a plaster cast, however, it she is fully recovered, and hi abroad is for recuperation and c plete restoration of her strength Miss Moore was born in Port Huron Mich.. and receivéM her edt | the Convent of the Holy Tampa, Fla Her screen career carried through Triangle. Fine Arts, Selig. Paramont. Fox. Universal the Robertson-Cole studios. Her tures, every last one of which | been a hit, in the vernacular of screen N her Ince. and pic has | Warners Bu)LYi’Ea}graph . | likewise come ered 1 pictury 11 the outpu its i pictures ir aluable re ssession of v test lib; world, consist f Vitagraph for hased stor making, besides and other consid into is cons the g s in the n connec Harry M. V lowing state ‘We have terest of the It is not aph D f Warner persona We aph to dis over the contract icts. We aph’s plans though Colleen wobble the reen and today pulling down ve attraction, Colleen eodore K. zealous Iy in herprivate life,bu er oe though ake her picture life idealized, that public, ¢ her | DURING her recent brief visit in | New York Pola Negri attended but one dramatic performance, “The “irebrand,’ the Morosco Theater. [The popular screen star enjoved the | comedy thoroughly, and especi visit with Joseph Schildkra acted under Max Reinhardt’s in Berlin. 30 Straight” is the new “When a Woman Reaches Forty Royal / for the city of Detroit. It is play, with the studios of Hollywood as its background, and will feature Owen Moore and Gladys Hulette, supported by George Fawcett, Mary (' obert Dewitt Jennings Ethel and . Schulberg, to whom this young star is under contract, has been loaned to play opposite Ralph Graves in his next picture. Noah Beery, jr., is going to follow and be a motion picture actor. Although only 11, the boy has al- ready started on his studies for screen career. He receives daily coa ing from his father. While he ha played small bits in several pictures jr., has made no serious at- tempt to appear before the camera as vet. Bebe Daniels will play the role created by Helen Hayes in “Quaran- tine,” the stage comedy now current on Broadway, which will be adapted for her next picture. Richard Dix is noted among actors for his courage and physical prow So i{s Walter Long. But after sta, ing a fight on the top of a skyscraper in New York ¥ scenes in “The Shock Punch,” both actors;were ready for a long rest. Ernest Gillen, a handsome young Mexican, is the latest extra to win a leading role. He was elevated by Director Henry King to be Alice Terry’s leading man in “Any Woman."” Emily Fitzroy is one of the few English character actresses who have invaded the American screen with suc- as the mountaineer mother in “Driven,” now has a highly dramatic roie in “The Spaniard,” with Ricardo Cortez and Jetta Goudal. Thomas Meighan's latest picture. “Old Home Week,” was written for him by George Ade on the idea of the community’s young folks who have made good elsewhere returning home for a week each year. Victor Hugo Halprin, who is making “The Unknown Lover,” has decided leaning toward titian and blonde hair beauty. Elsie Ferguson, quant blonde beauty is known the world over, heads a cast that includes Mildred Harris, Peggy Kelly and a ‘horde of artst's medels apd sociely | Baker, motion picture censor a crook | Bow, througi the courtesy of | the footsteps of his well known father | cess. Miss Fitzroy, who won attention | whose pi- | FILMOGRAMS de as the | zirls | overworked Vikings In “Steele mes of the Oliver « val Mounted romance o da, Rert T have an op portunity of showing what an expert | horseman he is. There is probabl | no man in pictures who loves horses | ana knows them tha me - | Lytell, it is said Rudolph Valentino's Artists’ production will Frederick The Bronze romantic story of ( days of Spanish rule | recent mouncement which ifies the | worn by the | likely be char first Unite: be Johr Collar,” a rnia_in the according to The title badge of slavery leading character, will he Slave. Anita Stewart w honor upon her recy | York at eunion of Erasmus High School students. Norma Constance Talmadge, Jane Cowl and other celebrities of the stage anc ‘reen attended this sc which is in Brooklyn of n the guest return to H and 1001, With a st headed Owen, William Powell and Alyce Mills, the shooting of Zona Gale's aint Perfume” has begun at Holly- wood. by Seena Robert Edeson and Julia Faye have featured parts in “Hell's Highroad,” arring Leatrice Joy. which is now being filmed at the De Mille studio. Edmund Burns is playing opposite Miss Joy in the picture, which is the first to be produced under De Mille's new status as an independent pro- ducer. Dancing with who t 1ing wi fesse 1 different things, . who con are two vet Harrison Ford took on both in e numbers stag- ed in “Proud FI the new Metro. Goldwyn production to be shown here this week. The dance with Miss Boardman is one of the scenic high lights of the picture, and so is the dance with Trixie, though strictly from a comedy angle. King Vidor, who has just renewed | his contract with the Marcus Loew or- ganization, is one of the real veterans of the megaphone.on the West Coast The Landscape - Artists’ Club of Washington has been given the priv- ilege of exhibiting its work in the promenade lounge of Crandall's Am- bassador Theater, through the court- tesy of Harry M. Crandall. This is jnot the first time that the Ambassa- dor has housed exhibits by talented artists resident in the National Cap. ital. Silas . Snyder, | rector of publicity fo Pictures, reached Washingto fl visit_from Los Angeles, _ {Cousigusd ou Fowrth Pagsd the Wes First