Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1925, Page 54

Comin_g; __Attlla_lctiolns NATIONAL—"The Champion.” Grant Mitchell's starring vehicle of a few seasons back, “The Champion will be the National Theater Players offering next week There is a diverting twist to this comedy of the prodigai son. who comez home not for forziveness and & slice of the fatted calf. but as “Gun boat Willlams,” undefeated light weight champion of the world, a suc- cessful attorney and a Member of Congress. His home-c ming is anything but desired by his snobbish English folks, | especially his brother George, who is running for Parliament, and another brother just cinching his hold on the minisiry. The “Gunboat” I8 for hid- ing his fistic record. but an English gentleman who thinks himself a champion of sorts provides an issue and Is beautifully and deftly knocked out and at once he finds him. self a social hero. A. E. Thomas and Thomas Louden are co-authors of ““The Champlon,™ which. when originally produced by Sam H. Harris. had a New York and road run of one vear KEITHS—Miss Juliet. | Misg Juliet, announced as the most remarkable impersonator on the stage today. will headline the bill at B. F. Keith's Theater nexi week in an offering called “A One Girl Revue." Sharing headline honors will be Henry Santrey and his orchesira, and Harry and Anna Seymour,in “Breezy Bits of Mirth and Melod¥" will be featured | EARLE—RBen Franklin Opening with a Sunday matinee at the Karl Theatér will offer next as headline attraction the Ben Franklin Orchestra from* Philadel- phia’s newest hotel, the Benjamin Franklin. The photoplay will be Laurette Taylor in “One Night in Rome.” produced by Metro-Goldwyn from the play by Hartlev Manners. Other features will include McCool and Rilley in an Irish singing novelty mssisted by Kathleen Murray: Haw- thorne and Cook, two “nut” comedi- ans; and Hare and Hare in a novelty | surprise. Orchestra. 3, week America Has Arrived. N TORK has hecome atrical center of the world. Minor Watson of the National Theater Plavers believes American supremacy in this imaginative field will never be wrested away. “Not long ago it was quite the thing to recommend European train- ing for the budding actor, and a the the singer was, in a sense, without honor unless he or she had undergone the tracheal training the continent sup- posedly afforded in a higher degree than at home.” observes Mr. Watson. At that time few uctors or sing- rs could command the whole-heart- i appreciation of the intelligentsia unless after his or her name ap- peared the commendation, ‘European training and experience. ‘Such was the utter lack of confi- | dence in our that ma of hist native talent and ¥ believed our native onism and kindred skil hools ts of | expression were without the masters who make up the genus tutelary. A forelgn-sounding name was arMstic bait; a year abroad was indicative of ‘class’ and the dear public was over- fed on its own craving for imported art from the French, Turkish, Rus- slan, Abyssinlan—anything but na- | tive American. “Today the majority of plays in the ‘hit’ class in London are Amer- ican importations. The bulk of Shaw's output now gets first repre- sentation in America and is then re- imported to London. Instead of im- porting established foreizn hits, we are doing the establishing and the very countries that produce many of these hits sit back and wait for the American verdict. | “American art. particularly the {theatrical, is a definite, marketable thing and no longer requires a Euro- pean indorsement Screen Personality. FTER all the photagraphs been studied: after all the com- mitiees have met and eliminated this one and that one; after all those not thus eliminated have heen interviewed; after those still re- maining have been given camera tests, 10 girls and 10 boys will be chosen as pupils for the Paramount Pictures School. Thousands, literally, in cities and towns in nearly every State in the Union will wonder why they were not chosen. And a great many per- sons who had,a part in the choosing will not be able to tell them. Why? Because screen personality is the most_mysterious, the most elusive, the least understood element of psyvchology “Anybody who sets himself up as an expert in this is lost.” savs Wil- liam Cohill. casting director of the Lonz Island studfo. “Business in- stitutions of many kinds have train- ed emplovment experts, men and women versed in the study of char- acter. who get unusual results in the choice of workers for various The motion picture business ting directors. In the course of vears we have learned to observe the details of features. We can tell whether the sves are too deep- set, whether the color s bad for photography, where facial contours are good, whether the carriage. and the general physigue is suftable; we can even estimate to a certain ex- tent whether talent is non-existent or latent, but to date I am convinced that one future star in 100,000 is a good average. “I have learned to classify them as types—ingenues, character play- ers, heavies, villains—in fact, all the varied kinds of people necessary to make a balanced cast, but in the final analysis I depend upon impres- sions. If a girl have boy or man or woman comes before me and they have | something in their personalities that | makes an’ impression on me. I study them. It is personality that counts. |And this personality must be ac- | companied by attractive appearance —before the camera, I mean. A pen- and-ink sketch might look terrible close up, but held a few feet away it might seem a work of art. Some persons before you may be extremely alluring, but lose this lure on the screen. . “It is for these reasons that a great many persons who are not chosen for the school will not be able to understand why. Neither will their friends and relatives. “After all the known rules for the selection of motion picture possibili- | ties have been applied, the choices will be the sum total of impressions from camera tests. Then the train- ing will begin in the schoo! for the development of the innate talents of | the students. If they develop they | will begin their motion picture | careers with advantages that no | present motion picture star ever has { had. “The candidates must have vouth. they must be attractive, they must have a serious purpose, thev must he mentally alert. they must have charm, they must be self-confident. But— when self-confidence is such’ obvious conceit that the possessor will not be | receptive to direction and training, he |or she can be the most beautiful | person in the world and vet not be a suitable student for the school. “Many anxious hours have already been spent by officials of this com- pany in making these selections, | many more are still to be spent. We realized that we have raised high hopes in the breasts of many, many young people. We are extremely sorry to disappoint so many of them. “All we can do is humbly hope that the majority of our selections will be the best that could have been made. The future alone can tell.” Yearned for Higher Roles. HERE comes a time in the life of of every king and queen of slap- stick comedy when the cruder meth ods of the custard-pie school of laugh- making pall upon them, and vearn mightily for the more dignified measures of the legitimate comedy field. It is this variant of the come- dian's eternal yearning to play “Ham- Jer” that makes the labor turnover so large in comedy, accérding to creators of screen fun-making like Al Christie and Mack Sennett. Take, for example, .the case of Louise Fazenda, at one time the un- disputed comic queen of Mr. Sennett's realm and without whom he would. at one time, have no more dreamed of making a slap-stick farce than he would have dreamed of starting with- ont the services of the immortal Pep- per, the trick Sennett cat, or Teddy, that famous canine comedian. Miss Fazenda's parts were supposed to be uproarous; her salary was bevond the dreams of avarice, if we believe the press agent; vet despite these induce- ments, it was none other than Louise herself who dropped everything she they | ; | | out from under Sennett’s influence. as | was doing and rushed East to heg D. | W. Griffith for a part when she heard he was contemplating a hig comedy. | Miss Fazenda did not get the part with Griffith. but she eventually got iz evidenced by her appearance this season in a number of ‘“straight’ comedy parts, the latest of which is |in “Grounds for Divorce,” the Para- | mount screen adaptation of Ernest | Vajda's play, a Broadway stage sdc- cess, which comes to town today. Of course, there are always Holly- wood whispers to explain any actress desire to leap from one medium to another, and Hollywood, in this case, whispers that Louise Fazenda has never been able to reconcile herself to the phenomenal success in dramatic roles of another former Sennett bath- ing beauty, Gloria Swanson by name. There may be something to this, for Louise and Gloria, facially. are very much of the same type, and it Is weil known that Miss Fazenda is by no means the world's worst actress, re- gardless of the type of roles which | have been assigned her heretofore. Abanclons USe o_f—MaI(e-Up. FTER a series of photographic tests, Ramon Novarro has taken A pioneer step by abandoning alto- gether the use of make-up. heretofore considered essential to the best screen results. He appears without the cus- tomary coat of grease paint and yel- Jow powder in his first star produc: tion, now being fllmed at Annapolis, under the auspices of the United States Naval Academy. which chose him as the star best qualified for the story depicting Annapolis life. From the inception of pictures, make-up has been the bane of hoth the actors and the cameramen. In the early stages of picture develop- ment cgmeramen aimed to get sharp black-and-white photography without riving for total values. With the in- troduction of Klieg lights and Cooper-| Hewitts the difficulties increased, as the slightest change in the quality of the light worked a change in color values. A standard make-up was then found to insure whitness to the skin. This usually consisted of a foundation f yellow grease paint overlaid with ellow powder. To give contrast the lips were accentuated with red, whkh photographs dark, and the eves with black. Believing that the camera had been perfected sufficiently to forego the use of these aids. Mr. Novarro made his 2 DANCING. DAVISON’S Teach you to dance cor pectly in a few lossons - MRS. trictly priva 0% SR, S'Clasw ‘and dance day eve. with orch “Tango.” * & ! will appear in “Glorifying the Amer- ADpointment. Fr. 8587 Ei GLADYSE WILBUR allroom and Stage Dancing E *° Dupont_Studia, Drpont: Circle: Phone Fe. 1435 Clag No. any hour. | | first experiments while filming ‘“The Arab,” with Rex Ingram. under the clear African sun in Tunis. He com- promised at first by using a light coat of grease paint without powder. The results proved more satisfactory than | when make-up was employed. In the echnicolor scenes of “Ben Hur” he abandoned make-up entirely, believing that the nautral bronze coloring of the skin was more effective than a paste white. | “The day of artifice is over. Griffith has always declared that the D. W. man. The camera has been perfected to a point where it can reproduce the texture of a man's skin. So what's the use of trying to hide behind an inch of grease paint? I never intend to put on make-up again, I'll let na- ture do its worst.” This is Mr. Novar- !ro’s ultimatum. Ziegfeld Follies in Films. LORENZ ZIEGFELD has signed a five-year contract to produce a series of Paramont pictures that will bring to the screen the type of pro- ductions that have made Ziegfeld fa- mous for lavish entertainment. They will be produced “under the personal supervision” of Mr. Ziegfeld, {the first o be known as Florenz Zieg- feld’s “Glorifying the American Girl,” directed by Allen Devan. Many of the artists who have been identified with the Ziegfeld productions and most of the famous Zigfeld beauties l ican Girl” and pictures to follow. The story for the inital production is being written under Mr. Ziegfeld's direction and it is expected production will start Augnst 31. | camera penetrates to the soul of a | THE SUNDAY STAR, 'WASHINGTON. KI‘IOWS NO Summer.A IT is the boast of Harry M. Crandall and his executive staff that there| 1s no such thing as a “Summer season"" in the conduct of the 15 Crandall Thea ters in Washington and vicinity, in so far as quality of entertainment is con- cerned. The photoplay product. booked for presentation in the Crandall houses, it is announced, i= not winnowed with a view to holding back the ‘good until Fall. ever before in the history of the organization has there been a more impressive array of bookings for the current Summer months.” Among the major features to be shown between now and September, following Dorothy Mackalll in *'Chick- le.” are Anna Q. Nilsson, Lewis S. Stone, Shirley Mason, Tully Marshall and Lan Keith in “The Talker,” adapt- ed from her own stage play by Marion Fairfax; Conway Tearle and Claire Windsor in “Just A Woman": Richard Barthelmess in ul Fire’: Milton Sills and Dorothy Mackaill in “The Making of O'Malley”: Barbara La Marr in “The White Monkey": Col- leen Moore in “The Desert Flower™; Corinne Griffith in *“The Marriage Whirl.” adapted from “The National Anthem™: Lewis S. Stone in “The Lady Who Lied”: Constance Talmadge in “Her Sister From Paris” and Alma Rubens and Lewis Stone in “Fine Clothes The supplementary camera subjects and accompanying music, it is an nounced, will be kept at the same high level of excellence as the principal features, and bills given their pre- mieres in Crandall's Metropolitan and Ambassador Theaters will be seen sub- sequently in Crandall's Tivoli, Central, Savoy, Avenue Grand, Apollo, York and Home [Theaters, which the man- agements claim are the coolest houses in the National Capital, their average inside temperatures being about 20 degrees cooler than the street S NBEGood: **]LADY. Be Good.” the musical com _* edy now at the Liberty Theater, New York, and in the seventh month | of its successful Broadway run, will easily continue there during the en- tire Summer. Its producers, Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley, an- nounce that it will be sent on tour early in the Fall with Fred and Adele Astaire and Walter Catlett in their original roles. and practically the en- tire New York cast. “Lady. Be Good™ will be seen also in London. but not until after the principal American cities.. including Boston. Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington, Pitts: burgh, Cincinnati. Cleveland, Detroit. St. Louis and possibly two or three more, have heen visited. When the musical comedy zoes on the road the entire productioin will be sent along and it will be presented just as it is being given now in New York. “Lady. Be Good™ has for its authors Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, who supplied the book, with musical score by George Gershwin and Jyrics by Ira Gershwin. The Mystenous Way. THE first Sam H. Harris production of the new season will be “The Mysterious Wa a new play by Sam { Forrest. Stamford, Conn., and Atlan- tic City will be the favored “premiere” towns prior to the New York offering. In the cast are Carl Anthony, Ed- ward Ellis, Lily Cahill, Elsie Esmond, Katherine Wiison, Thomas Findlay, William Williams, Edward F. Nan nary, Joseph Kennedy. Charles L. Verner, Anna Burns, Grace Durkin, | Bernard Durkin. Howagd Hull Gibson, Joseph M. Holicky, O T. Burke and George Harcourt. Atlantic City en | gagement hegins at the Apollo | June 22, { | i it Trick of Plastic Surgery. IGHT years ago. if fate had been kinder. Ted Oliver. one of the promising juveniles of the screen, might have occupied the place of Valentino or Reginald Denny. He had the looks, the opportunity, the abil- ity and the ambition. Then came the war. Oliver enlisted as a gob and made six trips across on a transport conveying doughboys from Boston to Brest. On the sixth trip a German sub bobbed up out of the water a couple of hundred yards away and let go a shell. Oliver doesn’t remember anything much that happened after that, but the ship's doctor who looked him over discovered that part of his face had continued right on with the shell. The shell had also#caused other complications which kept Oliver in various hospitals all over the United States until six months ago, when his case attracted the attention of Dr. Paul River of | San Francisco. principally because the case was reputed to be absolutely hopeless. and also because the doctor had seen Oliver on the screen vears before. “1 never can make a leading man of vou, Oliver,” sald the doctor. “even if this operation is successful.” Both of fhem laughed. Oliter's ambitions in regard screen had finished long ago. But when the bandages were finally removed, the dead places in the face had disappeared, and the pressure on the brain had been absolutely reifeved In a few weeks Oliver discovered that the new face could take on the most devilish and deceitful aspect. Emo. tions which started frankly and hon estly looked back at him from_ his mir ror with the most dark and sinister foreboding. An inspiration came to Oliver, and he rushed out to Fred Datig, casting director at Universal City. “Fred, I'm a villain. Look at me!" The next day he was signed up for i role in “Daring [ because to the Ben Turpin Retires. EN TURPIN has retired, says the July Motion Picture Classic. Or rather Ben Turpin, the comedian with the toe-in eves, the long stringy neck and the trick moustache, is playing another role these days with an audience of one. And he is giv- ing his best performance, though the only applause is a sick woman’s voice, calling in the flat accents of the deaf, “Ben, where are you? I want vou, Ben." ! Since last December when his wife, lan invalid for vears. had grown so much worse that she could not bear him out of her sight, hardly out ot her reach. the Sennett studio has caught only fleeting glimpses of Ben on such rare occasions as he could steal away from home for an hour or two to visit his old haunts, 1f there is wistfulness in_ his comic eves as he watches his old friends, nobody knows it, for Ben speaks | cheerily: “What's the good of all the mon: I got if it can't make my wife well? She’s all that counts. As long as she needs me the movies can go hang. I'm tired of acting, anyhow.” € St Singular Distinction. ROOKE JOHNS {s said to own-a aingularly distinctive banjo, in that it has been autographed by both President Coolidge and the Prince of Wales, being the " eonly banjo -so favored alike by. prince and President. Since his last engagement Brooke has been carrying his_banjo, smile and orchestra around. Breadway and the wilds of New Jersey. His engagement here will be his final appearance in this country before sailing for Eu- rope to succeed Ted Lewis ns jazz at the world famous Kit Kat of London. o The title of Ramon Navarro's Naval Academy picture has been changed again, this time to “The Midshipman.’ I fishing are also Outdoor Attractions. GLEN ECHO. Glen Echo Amusement Park offers a score of diversified entertaining fea. tures these Summer days. For all-day outings there are picnic groves under large shade trees., with tables and benches. plavgrounds for kiddies and spring water near at hand. For thrills there are a number of riding devices; the newest being the “frolic,” which was installed this season, and offers a most eccentric ride. There are also the big dips, the derby racer, the ginger snap whip, the carrousel, the old mill and the big midway. An- other new feature is .the penny ar- cade with over 100 machines. On ‘week nights there is dancing from 830 to 11:30 in the electrically cooled ballroom to music by “Happy" Walker's “The Golden Pheasants star band. Admission to the park Is free. CHEVY CHASE LAKE. Two star Meyer Davis Bands, one led by Abe Kamons and the other by Pete Maclas, and two large dance pa- vilions are drawing the daneers in throngs to Chevy Chase Lake. Abe Kamons has been garnering an in- creasing popularity since the begin- ning of the season as a dispenser of the smartest sort of dance music, while Pete Macias has been an in- variable “riot” with his band of syn- copator: Ben Levine. hanjoist and comedian, continues to be a favorite Lake fea. ture. He specializes in the type of bright comedy jazz sA popular with the younger generation. CHESAPEAKE BEACH. With the Summer excursion season now in full swing, Chesapeake Beach is drawing large crowds. Austin G. Gettings' Dagmoir Orches- tra plays every afternoon and evening on the dancing pavilion. Bathing and popular diversions; there are cool picnic groves for out- ing parties and varied amusements that line the mile-long boardwalk. LE PARADIS ATTRACTIONS. A glimpse at either the Le Paradis Roof Garden or the Chateau Le Paradis *will furnich one of the rea sons “why people leave home.” Both atiracti are doing land office business during these warm Summer day! with brilliant modern dance music and charm of appoljtments and atmosphere among other/ things playing important parts in atfractive- ness of the Le Paradis town and country amusement ensemble. The Le Paradis roof band is headed by Harry Albert, and ranks as one of the best ensembles in the Davis or- ganization. The Chateau band is directed by Nathan Brusiloff, young in years but old in the art of extract- ing the last drop of empurpled jazz from a dance selection. The Chateau, which opened only a few weeks ago, has leaped into great popoularity with the smart element of both Washington and Baltimore and is located at Ammendale, Mf. MARSHALL HALL. . Marshall Hall, reached by a sail aboard the steamer Charles Macalester, which makes three trips daily, leav. ing the Seventh street wharf at 10 a.m., 2:30 and 6:45 p.m., has several new amusement features added this season. The “kissing bug” and the “'skooter” have already proved popu- lar, s is the free dancing in the large pavilion to music by McWilllam's Or- chestra. Among the other fun features are the roller coaster, aeroplane swings, carrousel. bowling alleys and other boardwalk attractions. There are large picnic groves for all-day outings, where tables and benches are avail able. Steamer St. Johns and Colonial Beach. Colonfal Beach is located on the Potomac and reached by a 70-mile ride on the steamer St. Johas, which leaves the Seventh street wharf every Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and every Sun- day at 9 a.m., passing points of his- torical interest, with a daylight sail going and a moonlight trip returning. On every trip there is free dancing on the new dance deck to music by Sokolov's Jazz Orchestra. At the | beach there is salt-water bathing, fish- | ing. crabbing, dancing and boardwalk amusements. Every evening except Saturday and Sunday at 7:15 the steamer St. Johns makes a 40.mile moonlight trip on the Potomac, during which there is free dancing to music by Sokelov's Jazz Orchestra. The }nulumor stops at Alexandria every rip. In the Spotlight ¢THE MYSTERIOUS WAY." by Sam Forest, started its tryout tour at Stamford, Conn., last Thurs. day. David Belasco has engaged C. H. Crocker-King for one of his produc- | tions next season “All.Wet,” by Willis Maxwell Good- hue, i3 announced to open in New York June 29 under the management of John Henry Mears. “Caught.” a comedy-drama by Kate L. McLaurin, will be produced by Gus- tav Blum in September. Sara Sothern has been added to the cast of “The Dagger,” which L. Law- rence Weber will place in rehearsal tomorrow in New York. Dave Stamper has been engaged to write musical numbers for the Zieg- feld Follies exclusively for the negg two vears Rasil Dean has bought the English | rights 10 gene O'Neill's “Desire Under the Elms.” and Is to give it a | London production in the Fall. “Artists and Models,” the Paris edition, opened in New Haven last Tuesday and will have: its Broadway premiere tomorrow night. Dorothy Wahl, who was in the “Follies Bergere” in Paris, will join the cast of “My Girl" this week. Lila Lee. the well known screen star, now playing in “The Bride Re- tires,” has been voted the “‘most pop- ular actress” by the school children of Jamaica, Long Island. / The Shuberts announced last week that they had taken over the Olympic Theater, in Chicago. The first at- traction there in the Fall will be “Riquette,” a new operetta by Oscar Strauss. Rafael Sabatini will come to Amer- ica in the Fall for the opening in New York of “The Carolinian.” his new play. which will be produced by Charles 1. Wagner, with Sidney Blackmer in the leading role. “The Harem" closed its New York run a week ago last night. Tt will be resumed August 3, and will then con tinue at the Belasco Theater until the coming of the new play in which Mr. Belasco is to star k. H. Sothern Vivienne Osborne will retain the part of Carla when “The Harem™ reope ¢ musical comedy by Herbert Flelds. Lorenzo M. Hart and Richard Rogers, will be placed in rehearsal tomorrow with Helen Ford in the leading role. Another musical comedy by the same authors, with Puck and White in the principal parts, will be produced about the same time. weet Rebel,” a Dixie Boatwright, of the chorus of “Louie the 14th” hailing from Geor- gia and only 17 vears old. has been signed by David Belasco to play a part_in one of his shows next Fall. Mr. Belasco has intimated that he be- lieves he has made a “find.” Cissie Loftus, well known imitator and monologist, was really robbed of nearly $25.000 worth of jewels, taken from her room at a prominent hotel in New York, last Saturday night. Miss Loftus remarked when Inter- viewed that she.only wished it was an “advertising scheme.” Margot Kelly sailed for England last week for short vacation and before going on hoard the steamer announced a production of Wede- kind's “Pandora’s Box" for the Fall. Arch Selwyn. nounced last chanon, Reatrice the producer, an- week that Jack Bu- Lillie and Gertrude Lawrence will head the cast of the new Charlot Revue when it opens in New York November 11. “Love for Love" had its one hun- dredth performance last week in New York, the longest run the play has ever had. It has been produced only a few times since 1850. " Elliott Nugent, who is now starring in New York in “The Poor Nut,” has just completed a motion picture called “Headliner,” with Alice Joyce and Malcolm MacGregor. William A. Brady is ®iving no re- Is this season, but is keeping He has started rehearsals of a American play called “Devils: written by Daniel N. Rubin. Stam- ford will see its premiere. One of the funniest episodes ever devised for farce is ‘“‘the fight in the dark scene” in the last act of ‘‘The 40-Mile Moonlight Trip._ MONDAY, 7:18 And every avening except Sat. and Sun. ST. JOHNS th St. Whart FREE DANCING Rain or Shime olov Musie Alexandri ry el k. ing space Main §93. Whole Town's Talking." When the lights go up the audience is confront ed with a scene that is unbeatable for sheer surprise and hilariousness. The best man doesn't win. but the sympathetic one does. Charles Squires, scenic artist of the National Theater Players, served in a similar capacity with the old Co. lumbia Theater Players in Washing- ton vears ago. Last season he was with De Wolf Hopper at Poli's. Dur- ing the regular season Squires is eagerly sought by the leading pro- ducers and some of the biggest suc- cesses have carried the imprint of his handiwork. A very pretty. bob-haired younggter. less than five feet high. who cdNid easily get lost in the I street flapper throngs. That's Anita Loos, co-author of ““The Whole Town's Talking” and of “The Fall of Eve, thousand successful scenarios rara avis of beauty and brains! R. F. Keith's Theater is supplement- | ing fte regular bill with “Keith Kool- fes” ice cream dainties that will be served throughout the Summer to matinee patrons. Comedy_Au;}lt;r Served Here PBROADWAY . has lured another newspaper man from Park Row, in the person of Edmund McKenna, whose “The Red Knight,” a comedy in three acts, will be produced by a newly organized syndicate, backed by newcomers in the theatrical field. McKenna has been a special writer for the World and has seen yvears of service with the old Tribune, Phila- delphia, Chicago and Washington papers. ‘The Red Knight” is a comedy of ork life devoted to some of its more “fantastic aspects and is Mc- Kenna's first three-act play to be scheduled for Broadway production. It will be given a try-out on the Pacific coast this Summer. Thrift Encouraged. | WALTER CERSLEY. manager of Crandall's Home Theater. vester- day celebrated a bhig day at the new |Crandall Northeast house. In adai |tion to a generous screen entertain | ment, hoxes of candy were given away to the juveniles in attendance. and in many of them were silver cash prizes. In addition to all this. the Washington Mechanfes' Savings Bank. in celebration of its nineteenth anniversary, on Friday gave each child attending the Saturday performance a check for-$1, to be honored by the bank as part of a savings account. At the end of 90 days the bank will r’ard an additional $10 to the new lepositor whose account shows the largest balance ; _COMING CHESAPEAKE BEACH !I;lhlnl. Dancing—All Seashora Attractions. ound_Trip: Adults. 50c: Children, % (Except Sundays and Holldays) o raine Leave Diatrict Line Station: Saturdays, 10. 11:30. 2, 2:30. 3: Sundays. 9:30. 10 13,53 b8 405 ATIONA NATIONAL OFFER “THE WHOLE feotions.” JOWN CORBIN—| wee THE CHAMPION as well as of a | The | $1.10,85¢c & 80c TAEATER PLAYERS DIRECTION CLIFFORD BROOKE A Whelesome and Lasghable Farce . TOWN'S TALKING” “Ris the true pace of rapid fire situa- Siens. Unlimited and npreariews hilarity. Outrums eriticlom and makes laughter In- Y. Tinkes. | with a couple D. C, JUNE 21, 1925 -PART Ina Claire. HEN a girl of 14, her hair still hanging in braids and her skirt even shorter than those in vogue until a few months ago, Ina Claire, accom panied by her mother, left ‘her home in Washington to make her debut In vaudeville. Her medium was a serles of six imitations, performed in girlish fash- fon. These met with the approval of vaudeville audiences. and her success led to her engagement to appear with Richard Carle in “Jumping Juplter.” This marked her debut in musical comedy. Shortly after came the success that established her in that form of enter tainment—her pesformance in ““The Quaker @irl.” " That performance might be sald to have made Miss Claire a star, for it led to her engage- ment as leading woman with George Edwardes’ Galety Theater Co. in London. f 11 the English capital she originated le roles in “The Girl From Utah” 'he Belle of Bond Street.” Her role in the former was piayed in this country by Julla'Sanderson. Once more home, Miss Claire was engaged for “The Follles” and so ame her debut in the revus fleld. hortly after came a very {mportant event in her career—her engagement by David Belasco for the. stellar role in “Polly With a Past.” This was fol lowed by “The Gold Diggers.” After that came “‘Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife"” and “The Awtul Truth.” Now -she is starred in “Right You Are!” in which she appears here in vaudeville this week. urns to Short Subjects. meet the demand for novelties on | a grade never before attempted, liam Fox announceés an ambitious gram in the short subject fieid. In choosing subjects he has given thém a dignity and importance which hitherto has been foreign to this class of picture. To this end the producer has divided his short subjects into six Rroups. There will be eight two-reel comedies based on the '“Van Bibber,” stories by Richard Harding Davis, with Earle Fox in the leading part: eight two- reelers from O. Henry stories, never made for the screen before. The third group contains a distinet novelty. It consists of eight pictures to be made from the stories by Mabel Herbert Urner on “The Married Life of Helen and Warren.” They deal in moderate circum stances and portray their domestic life, with fte trials and tribulation. most of which are humorous in the ex- treme. X Another group consists of 20 Im- perial comedies, made from the fun. niest stories obtainable. Unlike the ordinary slap-stick comedy the Im perial comedies will be given the sam« care and attention devoted to a big attraction and carry with them a spe- P | cially picked bevy of beauties. The fifth- group, known as Fox Varleties. are onereel subjects, con- sisting of novelty pictures from all parts of the world, covering the fields of science, exploration. invention, the arts and adventure. Their apt motto is “The World We Live In ‘The last group consists of Fox News, the one-reel screen newspaper which now enters into its sixth vear, and which is issued twice a week. The six groups total 174 separate and distinct subjects. Coetly; Vanity Case. HERE was a reason why two som ber, serious-looking individuals, strangers at Universal City. followed Margaret Livingston from set to set during the filming of “Up the Ladder."” Gossip first had it one thing and then another. hut it was not until a preview of the film, that the secret was out of the bag. Nothing less than a $20,000 vanity case was the reafon. No longer can filmland be termed | the land of make-believe, at least as far as Edward Sloman's productions are concerned. When the script of “Up the Ladder” called for a “wval- uable jeweled vanity case,” Sloman, who directed the picture, went the limit. He telephoned one of the ex- clusive gem shops in Los Angeles to rush “the real article right out to the studio.” Two serious, somber-look- ing individuals delivered it to Miss Livingston, who uses it in the picture, and they stayed right with her throughout the filming of the story. The vanity case, used in several scenes, forms the basis for the dra- matic denunciation of “the other woman™ by the wife in the story. Lionel Barrymore has heen signed B. .P. Schulberg for the leading ‘The Girl Who Wouldn't which will he directed by Marcel de Sano. i St. Cecelia Mass | GorNon Church of the Covenant Sunday Even’g, Eight 0’Clock The Evening C’I‘:‘oir (100 Voices) Claude Robeson, Director PUBLIC INVITED THE BIG FREE ADMISSIO! AMUSEMENT PARK 19 AMUSEMENTS NIGHT WED. MAT. - ALL SEATS 56 Sol. Mat. 850, 50 The Washington' critics agree:- in ps, Best stock years.—Harold Times. troupe Philli As a whole infinitely bet- ter than the average road attractions.—W. H. Land- voight, Star. A visit to the National is sufficient to prove the regard in which the com- any is held—Leonard all, News. The National Theater players is not a usual stock company, it is un- usual.—John Daly, Post. The productions reflect high eredit on Clifford Brooke —Lee Somers, Herald. AMUSEM ENTS Art and Bgll_owing Calves. E annals of the theater furnish many trying incidents In the lives of truly great artists, which, if suffer. ed by those of lesser caliber would | have wrought their undoing. “The placing of the bronze bust of the late C‘harlotte CCushman in the Hall of Fame in New York'™ says Morgan Sherwood, whose stage stories of the long ago have charmed others than the old timers, “recalls to my mind an incident that occurred at Ford's Opera House, at Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue. in this city. “1 was one of the property boys of that theater during the seasons of 1873 and 1874, ~during which the famous actress, Charlotte Cushman, upported by the John T. Ford Stock Co., presented some of her greatest Pl “‘Macheth’ was the opening bill of the week, with Miss Cushman In the great part of Lady Macbeth. The theater was upstairs--the same as to. day. The lower part of the building was occupied by commission houses run by John Miller. “Directly under corral for live stoc the stage was a and late in the | evening a consignment of calves was delivered and “During La tameus sleep-walking which she describes in the presence of the doe tor and the lady-fn-waiting the murder of King Duncan. just as she had de claimed with telling effect the line “Yet who would have thought the old | man to have had s0 much biood in | him?" the calves in the pens down | stairs let out the most heartrending |and maddening beilow., The great Cushman stood for a mioment, firm 'as a marble statue. A murmur ran through the entire house, and then jcame a deadly quiet and stillness. And ;tho wonderful actress proceeded with | the scene. | “At the close of the performanes | there wax deafening. Incessant ap plause—a most imperative demand for Miss Cushman. But the great actress | 4id_not appe: | “Lady Macheth ix dead,’ exclaimed “It {s needless to add that the next | day the calves were rushed out of the | building. There was never zuch an | other interruption.” she quietly Movie Stars’ Hobbies. ’rHE hobbies of screen stars ought to be interesting. A check-up on Paramount stars brought forth the following: Wallace Beery spends practically every week end fishing, and the rest of the week regales his fellow players on the set with stories of his catches. Jack Holt is an enthusiastic polo player, and week ends invariably find him on the polo field. He is a great lover of horses. and is nowhere so much at home as in the saddle. Florence Vidor and Lois Wilson are tennis fans, and spend all possible time on a tennis court. Both are ex- cellent plavers. ‘Ernest Torrence's hobby i= playing the piano and music in general. Dur- ing the Winter he is a regular attend- ant at the concerts of the Los Angele: Philharmonic Orchestra. His early education was as a_ pianist, and he studled in Edinburgh. Stuttgart and London. For many years he was on the stage in musical comedy. Being a £00d Scotchman, he also is an enthu- siastic golfer. Another of his hobbles is boxing with his 18-year-old son. Gloria Swanson’'s hobby iz reading | and art. She is an omniverous reader, and, it is said, has one of the finest libraries of any film star in Holly- wood. Gloria_once studied art at the Chicago Art Institute. Her art also takes the form of designing many of her striking gowns. Greta Nissen's hobby is pantomime dancing, and she will go miles any time to dance with a_ partner who really knows how to dance the Ar- gentine. The hobby of James Cruze is swim ming. At his beautiful home he has a big outdoor swimming pool, and he KEITH'S\ POPULAR PRCE wauge- . ViLLE PERFECY RAYS ALWAYS COMFORTABLE The Bcreen's Great “Vilow™ Robert McKim Offering o Vaudeville Odd#; “THE BACHELOR'S BRIDE” By and With ELSIE WILLIAMS 4 Bummer Novelty KING NEPTUNE AND HIS SATHING GIRLS The Boardwalk lansed The Beloved Comedion Ben Welch First Showing in Washington Conway Tearle In_the Photoplay Umigue “SCHOOL FOR WIVES” € ) Edsuard Alblen. - p il | may be found In it every morning | early and every evening | Douglas Fairbanks'. ir.’=, hobby I= |athletics. A well built lad. he takes after his father in love of outdoor ex cise, and delights in nothing more than to get his spikes into a cinder track and try to cng off a hundred in 10 flat. His life ambition just at prea ent is to be able some day to lower a few of Charlie Paddock’s records. Pola Negri’s hobby is keeping her magnificent new home in Beverly Hills full of people. She gives prob ably the largest number of and mos brilliant parties of any one in film dom Betty Compson has several hobbies She is a talented violinist, havingg. made her living in this way hafore she went into pictures. She is an ex-} ceptionally fine cook. But her latest f and at present her favorite diversion is_modeling in cla MARSHALL HALL FREE DANCING McWilliam's Orchestra Steamer Charles Macalester Leaves Tth Street Wharf 10:30 A.M., 2:30 & 6:45 P.M. Round Trip, 30c. DELIGHTFULLY COOL Sun., Mo, Tees. Vights Cerinne Griffith in “DECLASSE” WED. & THURS. NIGHTS Waekiugton's Own Son Douglas MacLean In & Comedy Trimmph “INTRODUCE ME” YRL & SAT. ¥romTS Edmund Lowe Famed on Both Stepe end Soreen—in “MARRIAGE IN TRANSIT™ 'WAY ABOVE EVERYTHNING Washington Auditeriom 19th and E Streets N. W “TOMORROW NIGHT MIKADC With ROBINSON NEWBOED KO-KO and popular cast including Ll A MORRILL—8UDW FRAZIER MAX WIRSHFIELD, Oenduetor WASHINGTON OPERA CO. General Directer J Plane C Mats sec. 7o, $1.00. Foves 83 The Management Proudly Anmewwces the This Diveros,” ~Poliy Engagemont Eztraordinevy of America’s Foremost Comedienne star of L i ila e Post, Diggers,” end other Belaico and Frohmen sucosses. A dekghtful omd cherming pla 1 appoar in YOU ARE” o ecially for Ner by GEXE MARKAY, il Ten Super Aots in Support. Hugh Bmma SKELLY & HEIT and Co. Original_Song Studies. Joaephine Georgia HARMON & SANDS In “We _and Us” Mary Goneva FITZ SISTERS 4 Southern Due. BONONIA Italy's_Unique Musioian. {RXOP'R FABLER. TOPICE OF THE DAY. PATHE _NEWR _PiCTORAL Phones Main 44%4-4485-5323 BARGAIN MATINEES Every Sunday and Memday A has taken the vaudevills world by Hrtra Added Art Fosturs MR. and MRS. CLEVELAND BRONNER New York Secisty's Famews Masters of Scenic Splendor and Dawces Buprems Will Present “Memeries™ Special Comedy Feature SHAW & LEE “Natwre's Gifts,” Dispensing Un- adulterated Humor. Extra Added Comedy Festwrs JACK MCcLALLEN and “SARAH” In “A Rollicking What-Not.” KEITH KOOLIES “Velvet KipA”- Ice Cream Free at all Mutinses