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2 AMUSEMENTS. Coming’ Attractions NATIONAL—"Meet the Wif Farce will again National next week, when tional Theater Plavers will the first time in Washin, Starling’s rollicking play, Wife.” Originally sponsored by Stewart and French, producers of *“The Show-Off," Meet the Wife” w at the Nati son and was c extended enga Boston, Ch came that time feet the Na: ton nee eme and in New York Philadelphia be no cancellation the Wife! in the but h is said not only in_American com so0 to sparkle with the pep the cleverest bt edy and farces. KEITH'S—0lsen The bill B. F. next week will be They A_re A standardization, one of the called curses of Americ the Nation's the movies “Yes,"” say William has, decidegly, and why As Mr. de Mille w associates with the screen tc the idea of photographing thought well wetion, and s he is well known for his innovations, his views seldom are uninteresting. “If factories ary and paste standar d, the bound true of the othe American the creatl for t world, There can wrdization so long setting new and higher standards. And this is cer tainly the day improvements and innovations in films “The last 10 years have seen such rapid developmeént in the art cinema that it will be very difficult for the next 10 years to keep up the pace. The most recent weinkle to show up the r sheet is the of thouzht Motion pic and Johnson. Keith's topped by s0- favorite indoor sport— de “it not nong the first develop Mille, 15 tooth same great of to be be are constantly as we silv n photography hold forth at the offer for Lynn “Meet the s hooked to appear nal several times last sea 1 each time when Assurance is given takes place this French | Theater | ture those | “Should Standardized. , affgeted | Mr. | of the | riotous funmakers, Olsen and John- son, “likeable lads, loaded with laughs,” who will not only cavort as the headliners, but will return later in the bill as a feature attraction in a clever afterpiece, assisted by “the entire company.” Karavaeff, noted Russiarn, son of the steppes, will be seen with his company of four stepping sisters, including Mu- riel Kaye. EARLE—"Raffles.” “Raffles? will head the Earle bill next week. “Raffles” is described as a vaudeville star who is vne of the |greatest of escape artists. Other |offerings ~ will “include “Dancing Shoes,” a novelty with comedy; Ham. |ilton and Busher, Jones, Morgan and |Rush, and other features to be an- nounced. % The photoplay will be “After Bus! ness Hours,” featuring Elaine Ham- merstein and Lou Tellegen. The pic- is built around the question a Wife Receive a Salary? tures used to he all action. Now psy cholegy has come in, and it has made out of directing a complicated profes- sion, which cannot be lightly entered into by a man who has not a broad | background of education, experience or dramatic t It sounds ing pictures of ideas might be difficult. As a mattel | of fact it is. The range is wider | cou The photography of action is fairly simple. There is really only one good way to get onto a horse, T instance, and only one wd way to get off—unless yvou are thrown “But the paths of emotion that el the human foce are many and devi- ous. The same thought may express itself a do n ways on the face of the thinker, according to the development | and the depth of character. And & great deal depends upon mood. instance, the discovery that his wife had eloped with the chauffeur might register as the acme of despair on the face of a man who had not yet convalesced from his honeymoon, while the news would probably cause | a far different expression on the fea- tures of a_husband who had just fallen in love with his secretary.” t \ LREADY dent and general manager of C lumbia Burlesque,” is foreshadowing next season’s on the Co- “wheel.” Up Father” and “Mutt be ong the cartoon ‘wheel” next season, Shuffle Along the ttractions lumbia “Bringing ind Jeff comedies on the “Blac ind both white give a two providi rate Th “whee e Revue colored perfor show, with each t the pros sena of_the 36 shows & half e n be the of on season | | n A. Scribner, presi-| 36 weeks, mostly confined to full-week engagements in towns that intervene between Kansas City and New York and taking in every big city from Baltimore, Washington. Cincinnati and St. Louis on the South, to Chi- cago, Toronto and Boston on the North. The season will open late in August, on a date still to be desig- | nated by Mr. Scribner, when the 36 shows will simultaneously start thelr tour ach week “Columbla_ Bur. lesques™ will »dvance one “spoke” in | the wheel and will all season follow | each other around the circuit wtil | each show has plaved each city for| one engagement, thus bringing a new chow into every theater on the wheel” every week Famcllf_g_l_d Tl’)eater. IOMAS L. BROWER, gow doing cter roles with the National talks interestingly of the passing of the famous Castle Square n, known, in gton. Brower: has played the house a numbe! times and is well informed on its t “The Castle Square was the inducting Sav theatric say nwe E the of the B 1 game” : ivagze estate business and as a rent collector, the theater le could for his house and, money “Winthrop Ames, another New York producer, took his first steps theater-ward from this historic tem- ple of the arts. in found incumbered with real client he operated the lo, it began to make “It was at the Castle Square that|leave, Gag Man Arrives. A NEW picture : man's Time was when a gag around the comedy studios st every few moments an opportune place to throw a custord pie in the villain’s face, or to push the fat comedian into the lake. Mervyn Le Roy, official gag man for First National Pictures, tells us the gag man's plane is somewhat more elevated today. He is used not only in comedies, but in dramatic pictures as well, and his title has been altered to read “comedy devisor “Come; says Le Roy, “is always welcome. When the tear comes to the movie fan's eye. he is anxious for a chance to brush it away, and noth ing is better a tonic for this than laugh. That's where the gag man comes in motion is the in the tod department business of man hung esting Marie Prevost Honored. HRICE honored is Marie Prevost! For the third time Ernst Lubitsch, an acknowledged genius as a director, has selected Miss Prevost as the actress best fitted to impersonate the fascinating woman he delights to cre- ate in his productions. This time he has given the vivacious star the prin- cipal role in “Kiss Me Again,” which is described as a sophisticated comedy of Paris. When Lubitsch produced “The Mar- riage Circle’~—the photoplay that in- troduced a decidedly new technique and evoked universal praise because of its deft, daring directorial touches he chose Marie Prevost as his lead- ing lady, deeming that her colorful personality would be particularly suit- ed to the Viennese atmosphere. In the next picture, “Three Wom- en.” he again cast Miss Prevost to act the devilmaycare gold digger, who plays for high stakes and “loses with the grace of a gentleman.” In both instances Miss Prevost proved so adept that when it came to casting “Kiss Me Again” he immedi- ately put her down at the head of the | list to portray a flirtatious Parisian wife who sought the antidote of ro- mance for the boredom of marriage. e Forty years ago, on June 4, 1885, word was received from London that 1'Oyly Carte was contemplating a presentation of “The Mikado' in Amer- jea with the original London company. “The Mikado” was then a sensational success at the Savoy Theater, London, having opened there March 14, 1885. Now, 40 years later, a revival of “The Mikado” at the Forty-fourth Street Theater is one of New York's out- standing hits. —_— e 'DANCING. JOSEPHINE JACKSON. PRIVATE DANCING lessons. Covrse 7 lesons. Sh. or S1 single Jesson. 1646 10th st. n.w. Ph. Pot. 771 TTISON’S Te u to dance c DAVISON'S rectly in a few lessons. PROF.-MRS. Strictly private: any hour. 1320 MSt NIV, Class and dance Saturday Main 1 cvening with - orchestra. Coliegiate. Charleston. Foxtrot. Tango, Waltz. GLADYSE WILBUR Ballroom and Stage Dancing Clases in Stage Dancin ni_Studio, o 3N Row & Duont- Circle. Fhose-Fr. later | himself, | the | | treatment. ot Perey John Craig, its last lessee until the furnishings’ were auctioned off, in- augurated the Harvard prize play offers, and for a number of seasons the prize award was exhibited here with Craig, personally, offering $500 vearly as incentive to the 47 boys. Prize plays produced at the Castle | Square were ‘The End of the Bridge,’ “The Product of the Mill’ ‘Believe Me, Xantippe,” o tween the Lines Tiger “Richar: Herndon of New York To save what he|then shouldered the Harvard prize| play responsibility and has produced | Mama's Affair’; ‘You and 1’ with two yet to be produced, ‘The Copy’ 'The Dud. “It was one of the homey, intimate theaters, fairly saturated with asso- clations that one just hated to said Mr. Brower. Gilda Gray in Pictures. ILDA GRAY, a picturesque figure in the American theater, has sign ed a contr: to star in Paramount pictures. Miss G with her hus. | | | band, Gil Boag, as manager, will start her career in plctures in a story writ ten by Robert K. Sherwood and Bertram Block. The picture will be directed by Paul Bern. Jesse L. Lasky thinks that “in Gilda Gray we have signed one of the great- est box-office attractions the theater has developed in recent years. Her popularity is phenomenal, as was proved recently when she drew $49,000 in one week at the Metropolitan Theater in Los Angeles.” Born in Poland, Gilda Gray, came to this country at the age of 7 as a refu gee in the steerage. She begam her career as a dancer in a Milwaukee cabaret. Later she went to Chicago, and* then came to New York in 19 Here she nearly starved until, dancing in a demobilization camp. she attract ed the attention of Sophie Tucker. Through Miss Tucker's intervention Miss Gray appeared at a Sunday night concert at the Winter Garden, and made such a hit the Shuberts engaged her for the “Gaities of 1919.” This was one of the plays stopped by the actors’ strike, and it was during her | enforced idleness that Gil Boag signed her to a contract to dance in his res- taurants. Later she danced in the “Follie: and it was as the star of that attrac- tion that she introduced the “shimmy to the American dancing public. Adapt'mg Stories to Screen. **(CHANGING a play or a book into a picture is a definite responsi- bility,” say William de Mille, for vears a student of the spoken drama before he came into pictures. “I am an author myself, and, per- haps for that reason, I have a keen sense of wishing to do justice to a manuscript when changing it from the stage to the screen or from a book or story to the screen,” he explained. “I feel if the material T am using went across on the legitimate stage with any degree of success, then it «hou)d be conveyed to a motion pic- ture audience with exactly the same .In other words, I do not think it is a fair thing to change very radically your material. It is certain- ly not fair to the author. The sooner we get co-operation on this thing the quicker we are going Lo get better ma- aterial for our screen. “No author wants to sell a play or a book to a motion picture producer with the feeling that it is going to lose all semblance of the plece of work he had created primarily,” Mr. De Mille is in' New York now collaborating with Miss Clara Beran- ger on Frank Craven’s “New Brooms, and will start production July 13. Percy Hemus, who sings the role of Col. Bugeaud in “The Love Song Offenbach operetta, is sald to be or- £anizing a soclety to be known as the “Percy Club,” the object of which will be to discourage ridicule of the name by newspaper cartoonists, paragraphers and members of the theatrical profession. The organiza- tion will be open to every man bear- > 1430-W, WK the-name.of.Rercya THE SUNDAY In the Spotlight. | ‘UTHE DOVE” closed its New York run last night, but will reopen at the same theater August 10. ‘he French Model” will be pro- duced in New York tomorrow night at a special performance. Billy B. Van has been added to the cast of “Artists and Models,” which opens tomorrow night in New York. The musical version of “Capt. Jinks of the Horse Marines” is to open in New York Labor day. Edward Emery, Charles Brown will in “All Wet, hue. ary Duncan and ave leading roles by Willis Maxwell Good- - A musical version of “If T Weze King,” wtih a score by Rudolf Friml and scenic decorations by James Rey- nolds, will be produced in New York Labor day by Russell Janney. “The Mud Turtle,” which has com- pleted its try-out tour, will open in |New York in the Fall with Helen Mac- Keller as its star. Plays to be produced next season in New York by the newly formed Inter- national Playhouse aré announced as “Within a Day,” by Jan Fabricius; Lengyel's “Waterloo” and a dramatiza- tion of Knut Hansen's “The Growth of the Soil.” Ladies of the Kvening," which closed its New York run recently, will en August 10 and will continue il it is succeeded by another Be- lasco produc of u new play by Wi lard Mack tio! ! feld announced last week that he had completed arrange- m for the production of *Loule the Fourteenth” and “Kid Boots” in London. To “personally supervise the productions” he will depart soon for England, accompanied by Edward Itoyce Florenz Ina Iayward, former prima donna several Winter Garden shows, will sing the role of Brunnhilde in a spe- cial season of the Wagnerian Ring to be held in Boston this Summer. Ernest ( been engaged for the cast of “Arms and the Man.” to be produced in New York in the Fall by the Theater Guild A new musical show by Guy Bolton and George Gershwin will be produced in September by Aarons & Freedley. medy Willia Now comes a Pink Elephant,” by which is scheduled for | Mark Byron, Inc.. late Henry Herbert will direct. start tomorrow in New Y culled “The m Pedmere, duction by next month. IRehearsals rk. William A. Brady's production of Jevils,” by Daniel N. Rubin, will have its first showing tomorrow night at Stamford, Conn. Caesar “Flusher,’ in which featured, in New Dunn author of “The Four is finishing a_new comedy, Laura Hope Crews will be according to announcement York last week Pen Le: fr for San I left New York last week neisco to stage “The Red| Knight,” by Edmond McKenna, which | is to have a Pacific coast try-out be- fore its Broadway showing next Fall. er Mae Murray has forsaken the idea | of returning to the speaking stage and will stick to the movie. The per- suasive argument to make her change her mind is said to be a year's contract with one of the big corporattons for $350,000. Gustav Blum, producer of “My Son," which had an all-season run, is to of- fer “Caught,” by Kate L. McLaurin, early next seaso! Henry Baron, producer of “The Bride Retires,” to feature Stanley tidges, with Lila Lee as the star. When E. H. Sothern opens his sea- | son in the Fall in “The Advocate, under the management of David Be. lasco, Ann Davis will be his leading woman. = S Kilbourn Gordon's next production will be “Treasure Island,” with Henry Hull in the leading role. It will be given a try-out at Stamford the latter part of this week Washington Elks will turn out to- morrow evening to witness the open- ing performance of *“The Champion” by the National Theater Players at the National, with William Ryan in charge of arrangement for the theater party which will be in the nature of benefit for the “On-to-Frederick Club, One of the features of the oceas will be the Elk Band of 30 pieces which will play the overture and be. tween-act music. The performance, of course, will also be open to the public. | W. 1. Rapley director of the Na- tional Theater, came down from his Summer home at Spofford Lake, N. H., last week to attend the meet ing of International Theater Managers in New York, and thence to Washing- ton to see the performance of “The Best People.” Mr. Rapley was re- elected vice president of the Interna- tional Association of Theater Man- agers. It seems needless to say he is highly pleased with the suavess and management of the National Theater Players. So pleased and confident, in t, that he turned right around and went back to Spofford Lake, where the golf is every bit as good as the fishing. The music for the new “Artists and Models” revue, which goes into re- hearshal shortly, will be the work of three composers—Alfred Goodman, Maurice Rubens and J. Fred Coots. Lionel Barryhore, star of “Man or Devil,” has been signed by Bernarr Macfadden, physical culture exponent, for his appearance as star in a series of films to be produced shortly. The 18 “Gertrude Hoffman Girls," who recently arrived from Paris to appear in ‘“‘Artists and Models,” will use in their fencing number the silver-handled raplers presented to them by M. Jacques Charles, owner of the Moulin Rouge, in Paris. Marie Rohmere, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rohmere of Brookline, Mass., and prominent in .socfety cir: cles in Boston, has made her debut on the stage as a member of the Kosloff ballet in the Offenbach operetta at the Century Theater, New York. The Stratford-on-Avon Shakespeare Players may be seeryin New York next season under the management of Ma- bel R. Beardsley. Erte Speaks. **HOW many womep could be beau- tiful if they would only learn how,” says Erte, the famous French designer. “If they would study their defects and know their best points, American women would sweep the world before them. They are a pleasure to dress, they have glorious figures, they wear clothes well. But they are not co- quettish enough, they do not spend enough thought on themselves. ““When they want clothes what do they do? They go to a shop and ask for a dress of the latest style. Ah, that style. It is a cruel tyrant. It will force a slender woman and a woman, let us say, not so slender, to wear the same type of gotwn: it will dress a young woman and a woman, let us say, not quite so young, alike. It is lazy-mindedness in people that makex such an atrocity as style pos- sible. There should be no fashion, or rather there should be a separate and distinct fashion for every woman —a fashion that will suit her person. ality and flatter her possibiliti Motion. Picture Classic, | world | performe | them. STAR, W ASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE A Real Creator in Stock. CHARLES SQUIRES, Scenic Artist, National Theater Players. FROM a aistance of 20 feet. i looks like something camouflaged for war purposes, but on closer inspection it will reveal itself as a welird edition of Rand-McNally's map of the United | auired 10 days to prepare and com-|best men in the profes: States, rivaling in 1 Jucob's coat of many color “It" is a trunk belonging to Charles Squires, scenic artist for the National Theater Players, who desizns and paints the settings used in productions by this troupe. The reason for it vari-colored aspect is t has painted thereon the every city in the country worked in. Since a boy in his teens, Squires ha followed the profession of scenic art ist, and his handiwork has been ex hikited in numerous stock and road productions for the last 15 years, He's one of those “silent partn in stage production, whose product is ap- plauded by appreciative idiences, but who is never seen himself, outside those magic limits backstage which produce scenes to order: one of that unseen squadron to whom it is never given to take a curt#Mn bow, but with cut whose talents there would be no productions, at least none worth talk ing_about. High up in the flies of the Na tional's backstage, across what is called the “bridge,” Mr. Squires and his assistants can be seen daily trans- forming negative canvas into the most charming vistas; interiors of English homes, boat decks, desert panoramas or whatever the play de- mands. The settings of all National Players productions are especially de- signed and executed here. They are not importations, nor left overs from original productions. Here one has the answer to the sparkling crispness A Gasoling Cowboy. make-up name of he ha N A doned his steed and who wild horses from a motor cycle in the mesquite and cactus country was dis- covered by Jack Holt while in the desert making scenes for Zane Grey's “The Light of Western Stars.” This new type of Western centaur 18 Johnny Cameron of Ajo, Ariz., and although “discovered” by the outside for the first time during this Paramount location trip, Johnny is well known for his motor eycle feats | in his own loeality, and has rounded up many of the wild region in this manner. Holt was %o fascinated by Cameron’ 1ce that he decided to try it horses of the out. B off across the desert, and before long he started up a small herd of wild horses riding close enough to rope When he attempted to swing the lariat, however, he discovered that his motor ecycle, traveling at high speed, showed a dangerous tendency to swerve. Rather than bury his nose in the resert alkali Jack gave up the attempt and came back with an even higher opinion of Cameron’s prowress as a gasoline cowboy. — Mary's Inheritance. THE dressing room of the late Elea- nora Duse, the famous actress, which_was left to Mary Pickford in Mme. Duse’s will, has arrived in Holly- wood and is treasured as one of her most prized possessions by Miss Pick- ford. The dressing room is a portable af- fair and was used on many stages by the late Mme. Duse on her fareweil tour of America. She dressed in it for her last performance. Miss Pickford was long an ardent admirer of Mme. Duse and her art, and was deeply touched when she learned that she had been remember- ed in the will of the celebrated star. Morris Gest, who managed Mme. Duse on her last tour, tells of the time he persuaded the great actress to include California in her itinerary. “Will T see little Mary Pickford if I go to California?”’ Mme. Duse asked. “We'll see that you do,” Gest re- plied. “Then T will go,” said Mme. Duse. Famous Plays to Be Filmed. TO the list of stage plays which are to have places on their 1925-26 pro- duction schedule Warner Bros. has added Clyde Fitch's “The Climbers” and Charles Klein's “The Third De- gree,” each a decided stage hit and said to be well fitted for screen adap- tation, “The Climbers” made its debut at the Bijou Theater, New York, January 15, 1901. -Amelia Bingham was the star, with Robert Edeson and Madge Carr Cook in its splendid supporting cast. Helen Ware starred and Wallace Eddinger played the leading man’s role in ¢“The Third Degree,” which as a stage production had its world premiere at the Hudson Theater, New York, February 1, 1909. 40-Mile Moonlight Trip MONDAY, 7:15 And every evening excent Sat. and Sun. Palatial Steamer ST. JOHNS Ith St. Whart FREE DANCING Rain or Shine—Sekolo io Alexandria stops evel D. ing space at wharl with caretaker. Main 892. rowing a motor cycle, he set | jand cleanliness which has charac- 28, 1925—PART 3. New Norse Star. WASHINGTON photoplay admirers will have their first opportunity to see the new Norse screen Leauty, | Greta Nissen, whe has been called one | of the most exquisite blondes that ever graced the silver 'sheet and who will make her screen bow to the Capital this afternoon in William De Mille's plcture of Alf Savoir's French comedy, “Banco titled for the screen as “Lost—A Wife."” Miss Nissen’s most important cinema work to date has been under James Cruze's direction in “Beggar on Horse- back,” the photoplay adaptation of the stage fantasy by Mare Connelly and George S. Kaufman, though her first work under a Paramount contract was with William De Mille in *“Lost— A Wife.” Paramount officfals explained this as due to thelr desire to accustom her to the ways of American movie pro- duction in'a picture of an essentially European tone. She was personally familiar with the stage writings of Alfred Savoir, the author of this pic- ture as well as of “Kiki” and “Blue- beard’s Eighth Wife,” and under the direction of Mr. De Mille she recelved the necessary preliminary acquaint- ance with studio conditions before she attempted the difficult role of the heroine in “Beggar on Horseback.” 1 Began With Selig. LFRED E. GREEN, whose recent plctures for First National have placed him in the front rank of screen directors, hegan by serving an appren- ticeship at the famous birthplace of early pictures where began the ca- reers of many successful directors and players of today—the old Selig Poly scope studio in Edendale, near Los Angels Her voung Green worked for several years as a property man, film cutter, luboratory expert, cum. eraman, and finally as assistant direc tor to Coltn Campbell on such “stu. | pendous” productior of those times- The Spoilers he Rosary,” “The Crisis” and Garden Allah, This apprenticeship resuited in an assignment to direct Kathlyn Wil Hams, the favorite screen star of the world then, in “The Temptation of Adam.” This was followed by n series of eight features for Se'ig. He had made good. | ‘When the old Selig company became involved in the difficulties of the Gen- eral Film Company organizations, T “The of | terized every production by this gen- | uinely talented group. The set, for instance, in ““The Whole | Town's Talking,” this past week, re- | plete. That the lubor and expense | was worth while Mr. Squires feels as- sured, for at every performance the rise of the first curtain brought gen erous upplause. | His engagement with the | Players is not Mr. Squires’ | perience in Washington, National first ex- though it Mr. Squires | gives promise of marking his longest | stay. Some vears ago he was identified with the Columbia Plavers. Last vear he was with De Wolf Hopper at Poli’s. During the Fall and Winter season he can be found usually in his own Ne York studios, busily executing com- missions from the leading producers and quite us usually never catching up. Two productions Washington will remember because of their strikinz backgrounds are “Smilin’ Through which starred Jane Cowl, and “East Is West,” with Fay Bainter. quires executed the sets for these. steadlly on the pay roll of Rohert Mantell, quite a tribute in itself, since | there is call for the widest latitude in {imagination in ‘“Shakespearian’ | mosphere. Disguised, even, in his working | clothes of white denim and scarred, | perhaps, by blotches of paint, still rev. i him as a creator; 4s an imaginative achiever. Crisp, bushy halr tops a countenance, full and regular of fea- ture, set off by soft, but observant brown eves. Put him'in a smock and tam and he could well manage to eke out a prosperous liviihood in Holly- ! wood merely posing as a symbol of the art of brush and pallette. Indian Stage Manager. Arizona cowboy who has abnn~i HIEF BIG HEAD, a college gradu- | ropes ate; does not belie his cognomen |He has a large magnificent head set |on broad shoulders and stands x full |6 feet 2 inches in his moccasined |feet. Too. he has exceptional mental |ability which entitles him to pame. Frank J. Carroll discovered him Xhilo ats ging scenes in southyest- ern Colorado for his photo play “The Searlet West." He (‘nnud I'hl)(-f -r;:' {Head. who is u member of . the tribe. born outdoor manager ser Carroll used Big Head to £ood advantage in staging the Custer battle scenes, in which some 2,000 |Indians were used. The Indians were all mounted. and Big ‘Head's formations of this large body of wild-riding horsemen repre- senting Custer's last stand is de- clared to be the greatest movement of Indians on horseback ever staged before a motion picture camera. is [ Screen Novelty promiaed, SCREEN novelty is soon to be dall, owner of the theaters bearing his name in Washington, The nature of the picture is not to be made public at the present time, but it will be distinctly unusual and will disclose the Crandall organization engaged in an activity of which the general public knows very little. The pictures will be made by Nat Glasser, mianager of Crandall's York Theater &nd chief of the Crandall me- chanical department, from a scenario prepared by Nelson B. Bell, in charge of Crandall advertising and publicity, and will be participated in by the full personnel of the Crandall organization and others, jt is announced, in whom the National Capital, for good and | sufficient reason, has expressed keen interest and deep curiosity. NTANO'S and LOTHROP BOQK DEPT. PHOTD IVILE amemces PERFECY fearee PLAYS ALW‘YS COMFORTABLE i e LAURETYE AYLOR & gonen ONE NIGHT IN ROME McCOOL & REILLY ASSISTED BY KATHLEEN MURRAY PINTO & BOYLE “pr KURT HETZEL at the Kimball Grand Organ OTHER PERFECT FEATURES He is also | at| his | made public by Harry M. Cran-| Green turned to his old friend, Mar shal Neilan, for a position as his us sistant. No apologles. He simply wanted to learn more from one of the on. He assisted Neflan on some of his finest pictures and when he was con- fident that he was ready for the “big !leagues™ he started anew on his direc- torful career with Mary Pickford in “Through the Back Door” and “Little Lord Fauntleroy.” Green it was who for two years directed Thomas Meighan in" a series of pictures for Famous Players-Lasky. Then came his pictures” for First National, most recent of which is the Sam Rork production, “The Talker, E by the | provide a Marion Fairfax Green is a Californian by birth was educated in the schools of Angeles. He was married in 1918 Vivian Reed, who used to he popular in Seliz pictures, have two children and Los to very, and th New “Black Diamond Express.” UCH Interest is evinced in War- ner Bros.' announcement that they will make a picture to be called ‘The Black Diamond Express’” under the Vitagraph trade-mark. There is moresin this than appears in the bare announcement. Back of it is history, romance and the growth of the mo tion picture industry. “The Black Diamond Express"” the first picture made by Vit and the fi motion picture publicly - _exhibited in the States. It was Albert E. Sn J. Stuart Blackton's first effort to in- troducd a new entertainment to | America. Back were in the days when railr making their bids for de trains and fast time, “The Black Dia- | mond Express” was the crack train. It was “The Twentieth Century” flver of its day. There was romance and speed and a new era in railroading when it was announced. Smith and Bluckton, wise showmen, selected it as the first subject for their new mo- tion picture It was just a_ few film showing the t proaching from a distance and ing to what is now known as a up.” It was the beginning of motion pictures, hack .in 1897, Now the Warners will have raflroad drama written ed Black Diamond IXpress a super melodrama which will be the last word in_einema art and entertain- ment. It will show the original “Black Diamond Express” plcture to depict the contrast between the mo- tion pictures of that day and this, as well as the bullding up of a great romance of railroading. Chevy Chase Lake Presents | hundred feet famous train T “close great “The ca Some of Washington’s Best Juvenile Talent Wednesday, July 1st | | Chateau AMUSEMENTS. Outdoor Attractions. GLEN ECHO PARK. Glen ho, Washington's free amusement resort, located in a wood ed section of Maryland, is naturally shady and cool practically -all the time. It is reached by of the |den for the third week of the Washington Railway and Electric Co. [ mer season continues to feature marked Cabin John or Glen Eche, or | Brooke Johns and his Oklahoma® by motor along the recently recon.|legians. Many specialty numbers structed Conduit road, with ample and | Brooke Johns will be included in no-time-fmit parking space at the | nightly entertainment park. On week nights from 8:30 to| The roof garden of the Hotel Wa 11:30 the ballroom is the mecca for | ington presents a distinct innovation dancers, where ppy” Walker | in that on rainy nights the entert plays with and directs his star band, | ment and dancing conduc “The Golden Pheasants.” A score of | under the inclosed roof of the h diversified amusements are offered, | The lighting and decorations of foremost among these being new this (roof garden have been pronounced season s the “Frolic’ which {s|among the most beautiful in Wa claimed to be the most eccentric ride | ington in the world. Then the old favorites, For the big dips, derby racer, ginger snap [ §ram Will be presented by Brc whip, 'old mill, big midway and ca- |Johns and his Oklahoma Collegi roussel. Large picnic grounds are,All during the week the root available for family outings open at 9:30 p.m. and the ente ment will continue on through 2:30. harmonies are worked out, with con; edy stunts by Banjoist Sol: | Hotel Washington Roof. The Hotel Washington Roof Gaf the the 4th of July. a special pr tair e Chevy Chase Lake. Jazz dance music is the chief at. traction for amusement seekers at Chevy Chase Lake, where the upper and lower dance pavilions are crowded nightly with gay yvoung folks, and two Meyer Davis bands are staging a spirited contest for popularity with the dancers. The Lake is a thoroughly charming resort this season. Great festoons of electric lights outline the margin of the water and bring out the natural beauties of the place, and rustic benches on the banks zre a welcome haven for those who wish to sit and enjoy « bit of relaxation AKE BEACH. ach, on the bay vacation problem Washingtonians The who seek a day’s outi desiring change of scenery, recreation and relief from Summer heat, also find this a delizht — . Denny a Smger F so-and-so had happened, such-and such would have been the case and Reginald Denny might not have been starred in “I'll Show You the Town a picture of this week's progran which he is a wabbly lover attem; to_court three women at once Reginald is some singer and hadn’t chosen the eer of a picture actor, the operatic have claimed him “It was just a case of one thing | er another.” says Denny, “T ch stage and later the fi in | times T indulge in music Denny has a stror clear voice and is familiar with tt of many opers After work he puts in many for the enter the You the Town musicians played and if he s mig . haritone is for When “1'l1 was being filmed the accompanimer fi Aid an ex x in = St ettings’ Dagmoir Orchestra en = the boardwalk with daily dance | music. Other attractions are fishin, boating, picnicking in shady gr: nearby, bathing on the sandy beach, any member {and other amusements, including the glant derby racer, the dodgem, the merry-go-round, the bowling alleys and the billlard parlor MARSHALL HALL. The steamer Charles "Macalester is making three trips daily to Marshall Hall, one of Washingto oldest amusement resorts, leavinz the Sev enth Street Wharf at 10 a.m., 2:30 and 6:45 pm. At Marshall Hall there are many amusements of the most popular being the “kissing bug and the ‘“skooter.” Among the old favorites are the aeroplane swings, | caroussel, roller coaster. bowling alleys and shooting gzallery. Shady picnic groves with tables and benches delightful t fog an all MARSHALL HALL FREE DANCING McWilliam’s Orchestra Charles Macalester Leaves Tth Strest Wharf 10:30 AM,, 2:30 & 6:45 P.M. day outing = COLONIAL BEACH—Steamer St. Johns. Colonial Beach, reached by daylizht sail aboard the ste Johns, _which the Street Wharf every Saturday at 2:30 pm. and Sunday 9 am. offers salt-water bathing, fishing, crabbing dancing in the large pavilion built out over the water and other boa walk attractions. Free dancing aboard | the St. Johns is a popular feature of | every trip both to and from the | beach. Every evening at T:15 the St. Johns | makes a 40-mile 1 on the river, where dancing is enjoved to music by Sokolov's Jazz Orchestra. On every trip a stop is made at Alexandria. Authorized A. A A. - Automobile Races at the New Speedway Laurel, Md. Saturday, July 11 The “stars of motordom” will contest for cham- pionship records. General Admission. ....$2.00 Infield Parking . $2.00 (In wiew of trach) Grandstand. ...$4, $5 a=d $6 Box Seats .57, $8 ana 510 Tickets for Sale at Company's Office. 800 N. Cap. St. Phone Main 773 Spalding & Bro. 1! Qualt(y Shap. 14th and Charles Cafeterin, 17 Terry's S~ars than R. Peake, Investment Buildi; 70-mile mer St aves sventh Le Paradis Attractions. The Le Paradis roof garden and the | Le Paradis at Ammenlale, Ma,, exclusive Meyer Davis are winning increased popularity Meyer Davis dance music finest is, of course, the attraction both the chateau and the Le Pa roof garden. Nathan Brusiloff is di rector of the Meyer Davis Tent Band, which is featured at the chateau, and Hurry Albert is leader of the new Le | Paradis roof garden band. Original | BEG. MON. WED. MAT. ATIONAL *iciz ALL SEATS 50: $1.10, 85c & 50c s w50 5ie NATIONAL the THEATER PLAYERS DIRL(TION OFFER ANOTHER RIOT OF LAUGHTER CLIFFORD BROORE Grant Mitchell’s Comedy Triumph YOU WILL SIMPLY HAVE TO V% “MEET THE WIFE” & NOwW GLEN ECHO 50 ATTRACTIONS TO YOUR LIKING TODAY AND ALWAYS 3005 11 H DELIGHTFULLY COOL SUN., MON.. AND TUES. NIGHTS “1 WANT MY MAN" A FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE WITH MILTON SILLS WED. AND THURS. NIGHTS ‘HEAD WINDS " UNIVERSAL JEWEL WITH " HOUSE PETERS FRI. AND SAT. 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