Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1925, Page 46

AMUS ERE'S a story about a youth with a smile—a boy who smiled when black disaster confronted him; a chap who, with every odd inst him, smiled his way back to good fortune and happiness. Hugh Allen, anxious for a screen career, gave up every other work and started to climb the picture ladder. His opportunity came when, with but six months in pictures, he was cast By Mary Pickford as her leading man. Hugh was joy personified. His friends slapped him on the back and wished him luck. He was the envy of his neighborhood. The fair girls who lived in his block stood for hours at fhelr windows awaiting a glance of Mary’s leading man. Then old man Fate took a hapd. Hugh, thought Fate, was getting too much’ of the goodly things in the World. Fate got mad. Fate slapped, and when Fate slaps he slaps hard. fle slapped Hugh off the roof of his home. Hugh had been tinkering with his aerial. When he arose he found Fate had left him th a broken wrist The picture in which he was to play gpposite Mary arted the IENTS Even When It Hurt. Hugh reported for work with terriffic pain. Mary looked at him and tears filled her eyes. She knew the blow Hugh was scheduled to receive. She liked Hugh. He suit- ed her requirements for the part, but she could not wait for' his wrist to heal. She thought for hours of some way she could break the news. Fi- nally she told him her predicament, fully expecting him to show signs of keen disappointment. Then Mary re- ceived a_shock. Instead of bemoaning his loss, Hugh Allen smiled—one of those genuine boyish smiles that, under the condi- tions, was like a ray of sunlight after the storm. “Why cry over spilt milk?" asked Hugh. “I am unfortunate. I am truly sorry,and sincerely disappointed, but it cannot be helped. I must take my medicine and smile.” Hugh Allen’s smiles were rewarded. He did not get to play opposite Mary, but he did receive his reward in the form of a long-term contract with First National productions, and as soon as his hand is well Hugh will start work tn one of their pictures, very next day. How a Spectacle Is Made. *GTRANGE as It may seem, there is really ‘more work preparing | making of a great picture actual production of the film itself.” So says Director Raoul | Walsh. “Perhaps the best method of | explaining the manner of approaching | a film's production is to take a single picture and -follow it through. ‘The Wanderer,” which we recently com- pleted, may be chosem as an excellent example “The Wanderer’ was originall stage spectacle and played for m for the than in t 4| vears, t! in this country | abroad T had seen the pla in New | York and had ideas regarding the story that were not in the play. 1| told these to James ©O’Donohoe, | scenario writer, who, working from | the stage script and incorporating our joint ideas, started on the film version of the famous parahle “In the matter of research- work— practically the entire life of the an clent Seninites had to be reconstruct ed. Approximately 2,000 books, in| many languages, were unearthed and | pored over before the first line written. Clergyvmen of practically every denomination were consulted | and several of the most learned Bible students in the United States. “Nine months were spent in re- search and writing of the scenario alone. When it was completed zopies of it were turned over to members of | the reesearch department, to location men, to the electricians, to the pro- | perty men, to the chief architects and | artists, to the heads of the wardrobe | department and to several other studio units. “The research department immediate- 1y started unearthing old etchings and | paintings of characters and scenes of | the bibical period, and was respons- | ible for many things that make ‘The | Wanderer’ absolutely correct, in so far @8’ fidelity to period is concerned “The location men set out on a search for locations. We had previ- ously decided that if the right land- scape could not be found we would | film some of the production in the Holy Land | “Fortunately, however, hills similar | 1o those around Jerusalem were found | near Inglewood, Calif., and other ideal | locations, scattered over various parts of southwestern United States. “In collaboration with the research department, the architects and artists designed the many tremendous set: Then, with the aid of blueprints, huge staff of carpenters set to work building the mas: {termined, {of costume. |spent three months acquiring informa- |of what w Hundreds of thousands of feet of lumber and gallon after gallon of the most carefully mixed paints were used. For the construction of the city scenes more than 100 carpenters worked for weeks. In filming the se- quence, the entire city was destroyed in approximately 2 minutes. “Following a conference between the first cameraman, the chief elec- trician and myself, the exact amount of lighting and the exact number of electricians for each scene were de- In filming outdoor stenes of the destruction of the bibical city, 52 sun arcs were used and hunfireds of other small lights—more than for any other scene ever filmed at the Paramount studio. The total amperes used was more than 1,000, and the total candlepower was around 70,000,- 000. “To Howard Greer, fashion creator, and to Edith Head, his assistant, goes much of the ‘credit for the authentieity Greer and Mrs. Head tion concerning the costumes. More than 2,000 garments were made by the Paramount wardrobe department, the designs being taken from photographs of old etchings on the walls of ancient tombs. “The carpenter and plaster shops at the studio were kept busy night and day constructing replicas of statues, old misical instruments, ancient furni- ture and other objects used. One of the most difficult tasks was obtalning several dozen watermelons and can- telopes for scenes in the picture. |Melons were not yet in season, and it was necessary to dispatch a man to Southern Mexico, where they were just ripening “A shooting schedule was arrangéd to be done each day. This schedule was adhered to and the pro- duction completed on the exact day it was planned. “The casting of the players was a tremendous task. More than six months were spent selecting the cor- rect types to take part. Hundreds of persons were interviewed and scores of screen tests made before even one person was cast. Even the smallest roles were portrayed by players of na- tional repute. “From this it will be seen that no one person is responsible for the suc- cess of a motion picture. Hundregds, sometimes even thousands, are answer- able. It is not only the actors and the directors who deserve the honor. It should be equally dividei—from the ding featured player to the last jcian and stage carpenter.’ Greater Pictures When.-n. i FRANKI.\'. there will be no ‘great- | until the public is er pictures’ willing to forget just motion picture | titles, motion picture stars, elabora- and spectacle,” states Frank , First National director. “The ‘greater picture,’ like the truly | ng, must be so recos zed because of its general merit| alone. Mere mohey cannot make the | ‘greater picture. Neither can a mere star nor a group of stars, a mere author nor a mere director. ‘The greater movie’ must be a harmonious composite of all these elements. “In producing pictures we have | spent a million dollars to elaborate on a fair story: we have put 10 so- called internationally famous stars in fair story; we have given direction the most intense study and appli tion and we have tried to picturi faithfully what seemed exveptional| s, vet it does not seem to me that more than half a dozen photo- plays have ever been made which will live, either on the screen or in the public mind, 50 years from now. Yet| we have symphonies of music, paint- ings, sculpture and literary classics which have lived centurie: | he ‘greater movie' must be of this class. It's coming, but it will take many minds, many heartaches and many months of tedious labor first, to get the right story; second, to get the right cast, no matter What the players’ names may be; third, to give it proper production, disregard- ing schedules and momentary con- siderations, and last, but not least, to get the ultimate consumers of mo- tion pictures to know really ‘greater pictures’ when they see them. “Producing pictures is, frankly, too tremendous a task, physically and financially, to advance too swiftly with no assurance that improvements which must rob the screen of some of its tinsel and theatricalism will be given the general support they must have 'ntil the vast motlon picture audience of the world is better ac- nted with the real theory of en- tertainment, particularly motion pic- tures, the efforts of the most intelli- gent, unselfish and sincere producers can only progress so far—and quite slowly.” “Her Husband's Secret,” Llyod's latest production, will be shown in Washington this weék. Columbia Burlesque. ALTHOUGH the Gayety Theater | presents a _deserted appearance these Summer days, preparations are Zoing forward in New York to con- tinue “Columbia burlesque” there next season, with the. opening date ndefinitely scheduled for late next month. 1t has been the custom to start the “Columbla wheel” turning for its reg- | ular season either the third or fourth! week in August, but President Sam| A. Scribner of the Columbia Amuse. ment Company, controlling the local home of Columbia burlesque, has not vet determined with exactness when ihe curtain will rise on shows of girls melody, dancing and ornate trappings. Despite the many changes in other forms of stage entertainment, which has resulted in an increasing dearth of attractions, Columbla burlesque has been maintained for nearly a quarter century, under the guidance of this same Sam Scribner, on the <ame basic plan. True, there have heen changes in detail to meet shifts in public taste, but to all intents and purposes, following a gradual better “DANCING. MR. STAFFORD PEMBERTON. Lessons in stage, buck. ballet, toe, Baliroom and chilgren’s dancing { Studs ro'st. Phone Col. 2602. 18% Ballroom and Stage Dancing in Stage Dancing. Dupont Studio, Dupont. Cirela. Bhone Fr. 1435-W. GLADYSE PROF. AND MRS. L. A. ACHEI —Classes Mon. 1127 10th et. n a, Priv 10 11 p.m.. with orchs g opointment 8! Established DAVISON'S PROF MRS Classes No. 7 STUDIO, and Fri.. 8 lessons by 1500 Teach you to dar reetly in & few lessons. Strictly private: any hour 1320 M § Class and dance Saturday Main 1 evening - with _orchestra. Collegiate. Charleston, Foxtrot, Tango. Waltz. | New Steps From New York Mr. Leroy H. Thayer has returned from New York Witk the latest steps and combi- rations in the Charleston. Fox Trot. Tango nd Waltz. Private lessons. Class Tuesday 1145 Connecticut Ave. _Main_2573. srex, NEW YORK g5 DPEN, CONSERVATORY Dancing Lessons Private snd Class YOU TO DANCE IN 7 Fox Trot, Waltz, Tango, Coll Assembly Dince wi EVERY SUNDAY_EV S06 G ST, NW. TEAC) —t A ment in every essential that has brought Columbia burlesque into favor, burlesque is still an entertain- ment’ featuring pretty girls, bright scenery, snappy music, clean comedy and “speed” in everything. Only the best cities will be retained on the Columbia route—“best” mean- ing, quite frankly, the towns that have in the past shown financial ap- preciation of burlesque. This city is one of them. New Pet En Route. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE is said to like pets. And if reports be true, he is going to get the strangest pet that ever was presented to a President of the United States. Having outlived his usefulness in the play world, Enoch, the pet, is route from Universal City to vampscott, Mass., in a specially de- ned traveling trunk. Enoch is a large gray goose. At actual market value of around 50 cents a pound, he'd probably bring $8—and would be very tough, when roasted, at that. But he carries on his flat and hissing head a policy of $15,000. For Enoch is the only goose screen star in the world. Enoch is the large goose that followed Louise Dresser wherever she went in “The Goose Woman.” He has been cafefully trained and, it is clairhed, obeys the voice of a Keeper outside the camera lines more readily even than does a dog. His intelli- gence is almost uncanny and his en every movement comic. MARSHALL HALL FREE DANCING McWilliam’s Orchestra Leaves 7th Street Wharf 10:30 A.M,, 2:30 & 6:45 P.M. Round Trip, 50c In the Spotlight. JOHN GLYNN MACFARLANE, newest addition to the National Theater Players, was leading man for Maude Adams in her revival of “Peter Pan” and “The Little Minis- ter,” and also was under the man- agement of the late Charles Froh- man. ) “Something to Brag About” will have its opening at Asbury Park August 3. Fay Marbe has been added to the cast of the “Parisian Artists and Models” to be produced by Willlam K. Wells. “Sunny” will be the title of the musical play in which Charles Dil- lingham will star Marilyn Miller. Re- hearsals start August 3. . The name of the new comedy by Winchell Smith and George Abbott that John Golden will produce in the Fall has been changed from “A ;‘_‘:?}ghl Shooter” to “The Holy Ter- A spectacular production ' of Faust” wil be made the coming sea- son by John E. Kellard, in assocla- tion with George Backer, opening in Columbus, Ohio, September 17. Marc Connolly has written the book, Owen Murphy the lyrics and Jay Gorney the music for “How's the King?” which will open in Atlantic City in September with Joe Cook fea- tured. Charley (“Chick’ Sales has been added to the cast of the Greenwich Village “Scandals,” now rehearsing in New York. - Blanche Yurka will have the lead- ing role in Willard Robertson's “The Sea Woman,” to be produced in the Fall by L. Lawrence Weber. Herman Ganvoort's first production of the coming season will be “The Makropoulos Secret,” by Carel Capek, author of “R. U. R.” His second play will be “Jane, Our Stranger,” writ- ten by Mary Borden, from her novel, and his third, “Osman Pasha,” a play of modern Turkey. Percy Helton and Grant Mills of the cast of “The Poor Nut"” are writ- ing a play called.“That's Out." Sergt. Michael Donaldson, one of the heroes of the war, is to play a minor role in one of the road m- paples of “What Price Glor; Louise Glum, who became noted as a film vamp, is following in the foot- steps of Lila Lee and Mabel Normand in turning to the stage. She will ;:‘mxlxw her debut in New York in the all. Robert Sherman, author of ““Spooks," will produce two plays in New York next season. He has several produc- ing companies in the Midwest. The dramatic stage will lose Fran- ces Starr next season, as she has signed with the Keith management to g0 over a rouss that will occupy all her time »mtil the end of the 1926 theat>Xal year. Olive Wyndham, the recently mar- ried star, will reach New York this week. She will appear in an Irish fantasy next season. It is described as a delightful little’ comedy of the Irish troupers of an earlier genera- tion. Fred Jackson and Ralph Culli- nan are the authors. Desiree Ellinger, demure London star of the Boston “Rose-Marle” com- pany, achieved new heights last week when, in an emergency, she hopped from Boston to New York by airplane to appear in the title role of the Broadway production in the absence of Mary Ellis, who was ill and whose understudy was unable to appear. _Flora Daniel, who followed Mary Newcomb in “Night Hawk” during the run of that play in New York, has been engaged by Walter Campbell for a leading role in “Brother Elk: Gavin Gordon opened last night in Bethlehem, Pa., as leading man with Marjorle Rambeau in “The Eyes of Youth.” Mr. Gordon was leading man with Billle Burke and Peggy Allenby last season B Henry Whittemore has left Gail | Kane and her Shakespeare players in the wilds of Maine to play a leading role in Vincent Lawrence's new piece for Al Woods, with James Rennie and Marion Coakley, under the direction of Bertram Harrison. The plece, un- Hlle‘((‘l as vet, goes iInto rehearsal this weel George Cukor continues to present new plays for ‘Broadway managers with his stock company in Rochester. He is to try out “The Shortest Way Hom: in which Ann Andrews will play the leading role; also “The Dark,” in which Miss Andrews and Louis Calhern both have important parts. ““Theatrical nights” will be a Friday evening feature at the Chateau Le Paradis for the remainder of the Sum- mer. Each week stage stars appear- ing in Washington will be invited to the chateau Friday evening as guests of Meyer Davis. Next week the mem- bers of the popular National Theater stock company will be entertained at the chateau on Saturday evening. Does_ Not Run to Dress. F dressmakers and modistes had to depend on Bessle Love as a source of income, bankruptcy would be de- clared among them. For that theory about clothes mak- ing the woman does not hold true in the case of Bessie Love, who revels in an explorer's outfit in “The Lost World,” and who scampers through “Soul-Fire” opposite Richard Barthel- mess in the scanty but comfortable garb of the island ladies of the south- ern seas. Bessie has had very few “dress.up” roles in her motion picture career, and the first was little more than two vears ago. Since then, to her delight, she has been cast largely in “gingham roles. When not in gingham and before the camera, Miss Love finds nothing as comfortable as a pair of masculine overalls. vine PERFECY PAYS BOSTOCK’S RIDING SCHOOL How Clrcus Riders are Made THRILLS snd LAUGHTEB SULLY and MACK McCOOL and REILLY Jarvis and Harrison TUCK and CINNS 4 FEATURES First Showing in Washington “The Beauty and the Bad Man” A Ploturisation of PETFR B. KYNE'S NOVEL HE SUNDAY: STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, JULY Director of the National Theater “Aren’t We All? O character in the romance of the stage, perhaps, ever won its way more quickly to the heart of hu manity than that of Col. Gresham, | the nderful father in “Aren't We | All” And who can ever forget lhal" father as lived by Cyril Maude, the | eminent English actor, in the play upon the stage? This week Washington will see the famous Frederick Lonsdale character study again, but this time with a new | Col. Gresham. and yet one who not | only has adorned the stage with mas- | terful characterizations of various | types, but whose back-stage work in the fine productions that have been presented during the currént Summer season by the National Theater Play- ers is merely a mild reflection of really great dramatic effort in the | real world of the play. Clifford Brooke, the quiet, pleasant and yet forceful director of the Na- tional stock company, a thoroughly Americanized Englishman, with a 10- year career as an actor of note and of 15 years in the art of play direc- tion, will be the new Col. Gresham whom Washington will enjoy this week. Quake at *Screen Tests.’ SL‘REEN tests are grueling trials of nerve. In the case of a veteran of the screen, mnervousness, anxiety, self- consciousness may be hidden, never- theless they are present. Good actors may be able to do this. But with aspirants who have not acquired the trick of veiling their anxiety, the lens assumes the proportions of a one-eyed medieval beast about to de- vour any who have the temerity to gaze into its depths. “I have had ‘tests’ made of sea- soned screen plavers to fully satisfy myself as to their adaptability for leading parts in productions,” said Director Edwin Carewe, “but I can't recall a case where there wasn't ap- parent some sign of anxiety, much like an actor’s stage fright on a firet night.” Lewis Stone has this to say “The ‘test’ goes into the archives. It is there for all eyes to see at any time. Defects of dress, of demeanor that would pass unnoticed and be forgotten after a stage performance, are shown by their minute reproduc- tion on the screen, and these flaws and imperfections are photographical- ly preserved, to rise up and smite you at almost any time when a desired role is almost within your reach.” Mother Has Changed. DOWN through the ages has come the maternal admonition grown so exasperating to the ear of the modern flapper, “nice girls don’t.” And then backfire from the flapper: “Oh, mother, you were -just the same when you were a girl. Look at that picture in the album—spit-curls, frizzed hair, bustles, bangs—"" To which, nothing daunted, mother replies angelically: “But, my dear, every one did those things then, it was considered quite the thing.” Now, it is sald, if the flapper is fortunate enough to get the oppor- tunity to see “Beauty and the Bad Man,” the special Frank Woods pro- duction shown here, this week, she will have a standing case agalnst mother for life and mother will be, in a man- ner of speaking, cornered. It happens that in the picture, Mabel Ballin, the star, portrays a sweet and simple girl of days gone by, and, woe to mamma, she wears not spit-curls, neither does she fizz. And for pur- poses of contrast the producer has included several girls of the perlods, In “Pll Show You the Town” WED., THURS. NIGHTS An Unusual Photoplay ‘Broadway Butterfly’ |cault and for 19, Players, who has leading role in Mr. Brooke in his time has directed | productions for Pinero, for Dion Bouci- | Sir James Bareie in London. He has directed such Amer- | ican successes as “Friendly Enemies, “East Is West,” “Welcome Stranger and “The Last Warning. rected “The Circle,” with John Drew and Mrs. Leslie Carter, and was the | orignal producer in this country of “East Is West.” At ome time he had five distinct hits produced by himself on Broadway, and at present he is engaged, in addition to his work with the National Players, in “doctoring” “White Collars,” now playing at the Sam H. Harris Theater, and “The Bride Retires,” playing at the Na- tional Theater, both in New York. | Mr. Brooke at present is dividing his time between New York and | Washington, leaving Tuesday nights for the metropolis for work on the plays mentioned and returning Thurs- day mornings in time to resume with the local company rehearsals for the to be presented the following The Natonal Theater in Washing. ton should be a popular place of re- sort this week. | Said the cameraman Art McCord, | who photographs Colleen Moore's | pictures: ‘““Miss Moore's fastidious- ness, exactitude—in short, perfection of attire and psychological mood— are the cause of extreme uneasiness when she faces a camera ‘test.’” Miss Moore is meticulously painstaking— and it is for this reason, primarily, that her characters on the screen al- ways ring true. Often it is the angle of & bow tie or the pitch of a hat that marks the difference between the sub- lime and the ridiculous in a scene.” The novice selected as representa: tive of her class, Joyce Thompson, who has just won her first contract, said “I have two distinct sensations when I face the camera for a ‘test.’ I liken the bore of the camera to a huge cannon. It is, of course, trained on me and may go off any minute and scatter me promiscuously around the lot. But, even though I tremble, I must be brave. People are looking on. 'I simply dare not betray the white feather. And there is always the desperate hope, ‘Even if it does go off, it may miss me.’ “So when I have survived a ‘test’ I always feel like the hero who stormed the breastworks in the face of a galling sweep of fire.” who were “not so nice"; in fact, prob- ably the trial and worry of their parents with their habits and dress. And lo, these little ladies are said to resemble very much the yellowing por- tralt in the red plush album. *Vets" in “The Dark Angel." “NONE but former doughboys need apply!” That was George Fitzmaurice's slo- gan when recruiting a battery of fleld artillery, a troup of cavalry and a company of infantry for a realistic war-time sequence in “The Dark An- gel.” His entire young army was manned and officered by A. E. F. vet- erans, and the military atmosphere on the lot was perfect. The picture features Ronald Col- man, himself a veteran of the London Scottish, during the World War, and Vilma Banky, Samuel Goldwyn's re- cent discovery in Budapest, who 1925— PART 3. AL—"The High.” v comedy of youth and tamily loyalty, “The Goose Hangs High,” with a New York record of 200 performances, will be offered by the National Theater Players next week. The play was written by Lewls Beach, remembered for his success “The Square Peg.” So completely blues-proof did this comedy appear to be in manuscript that the Dramatists’ Theater decided to produce it and did so. When it is known that the Dra- matists’ Theater {s made up of such playwrights as Owen Davis. James Forbes, Cosmo Hamilton, Willlam An- thony McGuire, Arthur Richman and Goose Hangs That mer! Edward Childs Carpenter, some ink- ling of the merit of the plece is gained. The comedy is optimistic. It is not patterned on the trite chassis which has marked many of the so-called “family comedies.” Indeed, it is a distinct departure from the accepted plot of the child-and-parent theme, revealing as it does an outstanding instinct for loyalty ‘and but a slight tendency to waywardness in the make-up of the new generation. The youngsters who were spanked so val- iantly in ice People,” “We Mod- erns” and “Scandal,” are viewed from a totally distinctive angle in Mr. Beach’s play. KEITH'S—Roye and Maye. ve and Billee Maye, popu- will headline the bill at B. F. Keith's Theater next week in an act entitled “Dance, Color and Speed,” with Margie Finley, Evelyn Joyce, Leonore Scheffer and Viola Hegy!. EARLE—Frank Richardson. A double headliner comes to the rle next week, when Frank Rich- ardson and Harry Slatko's Revue will be offered. Mr. Richardson is a “blackface” singer #nd the Slatko Re- vue is said to be a distinct novelty. Others will include “Little Jim,” a marvelous bear; “She, Him and Her" and others yvet to be announced. Two photoplays will be offered, Harold Lloyd in “Never Weaken" and the first Washington showing of “Her Market Value. ’I’HE chief difference between a fold- ing bed and one of the comrhon variety is that a folding bed folds up. | But they ought to be equipped with CLIFFORD BROOKE, | speedometers or bumpers, according to Bebe Daniels after an unusual oc- currence recently at the Paramount Long Island studio. Bebe had come to that part in her new comedy, “Lovers in Quarantine,” where she locks the doors of the “honeymoon cottage:” on the quaran- tine island, and retires for the night. The sleeping arrangement in the cot- tage consisted of one folding bed, and into this the star inserted herself. The action then called for the bed to | begin to fold up slowly. When it was half way up, Bebe was to spring out of it in alarm. The entire back of the studio bed had been removed 80 that the cameras’ could shoot through it directly down on to the bed as it did its stuff. But something went wrong, and the bed, instead of folding itself up decorously, came together with the speed of a man after the 5:15 train. Bebe went with 1it, of course, but when the bed stopped Bebe didn't. She went sailing out through the open back like a missile from a catapault and landed with a thud at the feet of Thomas Meighan, on an adjacent set Director Al Green helped pick her up, while Frank Tuttle came running in to find how much was left of his star. Bebe, rather dazed, felt herself over carefully and gently. “We'll do it slower next time,” Tut- tle assured her. “We'll get a tamer bed!” Bebe said grimly. “I didn't mind flying, but I do object to working in two pictures at. one time.” Actors as Directors. DO actors make the best film ai- rectors? _“It is second nature after graduat- ing from the actor ranks,” says King Baggot, one of the male stars in the earlier days of the “movies,” and to- day one of the best directors on the Universal lot. Born in St. Louis and educated at the Christian Brothers’' College, 8- got during his student days displayed talent and ability that pointed to the stage as his first work. One of the first to see the possibil- ities of motion pictures, he left the stage and “pioneered” through those strenuo early days of ‘‘one-reel dramas.” From then on his intimate relationship to the art made possible his entering the directorial fleld. Such interesting productions as “The Kentucky Derby”; “The Galety Girl” and “The Tornado” have caused Carl Laemmle to sign him to a new con- tract, at a figure scarcely second to any in Hollywood. Under this new contract he has filmed “Raffles, the Amateur Cracks- man,” with House Peters as the star, and one of the current week's pictures. Staged a Circus. NINE HUNDRED extras were paid $7.50 each to enjoy the circus staged at the Jackson Studios in the Bronx for scenes in “The Live Wire," starring Johnny Hines. Twenty-four tumbling acrobats, eight clowns, three trapeze artists, six wire walkers, three bareback riders, four trained elephants, eight horses, two lions, a dancing bear and a leop: ard did their stuff, while a crack cir- cus band of 24 pieces put in its best efforts to make it a gala day. The candy butchers passed out free eats and drinks, and the party was pronounced a great success by every- body. CHESAPEAKE BEACH On-the-Ba; BATHING, DANCING - AND ALL SEA. SHORE ATTRACTIONS Round_Trip: Adults, 50¢; Chllxmn 20¢ (Except Suni and Hollday )] Trains Sl'a District Line Station: saturday’ 16700, 11380, 2200, 2750°% 25, sundaye;” 9:30, 10:30, 11:30. 2:00, 3 4:45, 8. 3:08. Other Days: 10:00, 11:30, 2:30, 5:40, 8. ‘makes her American debut in this pic- Frequent trains returning. ATIONAL "\ $1.10, 85c¢c NATIONAL THEATER PLAYERS, WED. MAT. ALL SEATS 50c & 50c Sat. Mat., 35, 500 DIRECTION CLIFFORD BROOKE, ‘With Clifford Brooke in the Role of the Lovable Old Scamp, Ool. Gren- ham, Created by the Distinguished English Actor, Oyril Maude. _ A Buoyant American Comedy, GOOSE HANGS HieH” SEATS SELLING AMUSEMENTS. Outdoor Attractions. Glen Echo Park. the water, and music by Gettings' Located in a wooded section of near- | Snappy Dagniolr Orchestra. A glant by Maryland and reached by a trolley | derby r Dodgem, and the merry-go-ro the bay. ride along the bank of the Potomac, or by motor via the Conduit road, Glen Echo Park compares favorably with any of the suburban amusement resorts. Admission is always free, and a score or more of diversified fun| features furnish entertainment. For thrilling rides are the derby racer, the coaster dips and this sea son’s new feature, the frolic, said 'fiJ be the most eccentric ride in the world, | The beach even sandy bot- tom with gradual slope and no step- offs for salt-water bathing. Boating and fishing, with c groves that command a be: iew of the ba make the reso a day ing or a Sum Le Paradis Attra:tions Return to normalc. be marked together with the ginger snap whip,|at the Le Paradis attractions th the skooter, old mill, caroussel, big | week when the Chateau Le Paradis midway with dozens of fun devices| Band, which has been featured at for kiddies and grown ups and the |Keith's and also at Le Paradis roof | garden, will return to it |at the Chateau Le Par | mendale, Md., and I penny arcade. Shady picnic groves, home, which attract all-day and evening fam ily outings, are provided with table: benches, spring water and a pla) [Gardon Band ground for the kiddies. On week |return from nights from 8:30 to 11:30 a popular |the jazz and feature is dancing to music by “The | Le Paradis ro Golden Pheasants” Band of “Hapy An import 3 Walker, who personally directs. chateau will be the inst | the Baltimore and Ohio Chevy Chase Lake. safety gates and bells at Carnival evenings will be celebrated | STOSSing leading from the Vashington boulevard to the at Chevy Chase Lake Tuesdays, Wed- | V" nesdays and Fridays for the remainder \ While watchmen of the Summer. ‘“Dixieland night,” |®d this crossir with pickaninny entertainers, will be | the chateau, a Tuesday feature, “'Vaudeville night,” | 2rd safety ga with talented professionals, is booked | tlonal elemen for Wednesdays, while “Opportunity |2t the chateau & night” on Friday will give talentea|®d to insure gre Juvenile players of the Capital an op portunity to win worthwhile prizes. | Miss Eileen Lowley, a clever singer, | since Jeing screen- Steamer St. Johns. The steamer St. Johns makes four and the soft shoe dancing team of |trips weekly to Colonial E Earle Columbus and Eddie Becker |ing the Seventh Street V are booked for next Wednesday.|Tuesday d: nd “Dixieland night,” too, should be a|am. and ever magnet, with its plantation “blu Colonial Bea and genuine darkie shuffies and “‘walk | tomac, 70 mil arounds.” All the little colored per-|and it has long beer formers booked are said to be stars in | of ma t their line | outing, week e Pete Maclas and Al Kamons will di- | rect the lake’s Meyer Davis bands in the speediest kind of jazz on both upper and lower pavilions. CHESAPEAKE BEACH. A fairyland over the water is the| claim of Chesapeake Beach, where broad boardwalk, running for more than a mile, is built entirely over the bay, with a dancing pavilion, open to the bay on three sides, likewise over | day eve | Johns giv light trip down t A Pedign;:l Desl;. | HUGE mahogany desk which be longed to the late John M. Flagler has been obtained by C. C. Burr for use in a forthcoming production Aside from f{ts historical interest the beauty and size of the desk are such as to make it a rare and valu- able plece of furniture. It is feet long and 10 feet wide, and is of solid mahoggny throughout, delicately hand-carved. According to Mr. Flagler's b employed in the household for ma years, the desk was built in 1883 was one of his prize possessions stands now as a reminder of one of the most Interesting business careers in the country. For 50 years Flagler was a business partner of John D. Rockefeller and in | 1870 with him and Samuel Andrews larshall Hal and one of t he-river resc CHEVY CHASE LAKE Persents EILIEN LALLY, formed the Standard Oil Co The history of railroad and industrial d COLUMBUS velopment in this country was largely and BECKER A Popular Trio Wednesday, July 22 written at the big mahogany d After Mr. Flagler's death the desk was purchased by D. W. Griffith, and upon it such stars as Lillian Dorothy Gish and Richard Barthel- | mess affixed their signatures to star- | ring contracts. STEAMER ST. JOHNS 40-Mile COLONIAL Moonlight Trip | Tuccross1h oonlight Irip | Tuesdays, Thurs Every Monday, |daysand Sundays, Wednesday 9 a.m.; Saturdays, Friday at 7 FREE DANCING EVERY TRIP Ample parking space at wharf. Stops every trip. Unusual Personalities. GIASTS and pigmies, old men and | young, beautiful girls and lovely ladies, handsome Austrian officers and | gentlemen of leisure—a' collection and mixture of strange characters have | been gathered to appear in June | Mathis’ version of the Edith O'Shaugh nessy story, “The Viennese Medley.’ Betore acting in pictures, one old fellow, a midget, followed the “big tops,” another was a studio ‘“‘grip,” two were former newspaper men, one woman of doubtful years whisy she “was a princess in Russ flapperish sort of an individual the reporter that she girl, and proud of it.” told ‘‘was a hello There are also | a real count and a son of a president | of a country in South America. | All are types with unusual person- | | BRENTANO'S and WOODWARD & LOTHROP BOOK DEPT. ///////////////////////// FOR A REAL GOOD TIME GO TO | GLEN | ECHO alities. Broadcasters Filmed. THE motion picture belng made of | the complete process of broad- casting a program by the Crandall Saturday Nighters, through station | WRC, in this city, is rapidly nearing final titling and printing. | The studio scenes were taken last week by Nat Glasser, and final film- ing was done in the Crandall execu- tive offices last Tuesday night. The film was made from a working script THE BIG prepared by Nelson B. Bell and Wil- e g llam M. Sweets, and includes prac- e e e tically the entire personnel of the Cricee @ Saturday Nighters. It contains also | e we |l TODAY. chanical operation of a high-powered | broadcasting plant | AND ENIOY When completed the film is to be| FUN FROM shown in the Crandall theaters and | t:]i_sdnfl;n ("{‘(I‘geit:’x:eri::e Crandall Sat 50 FUN GIVERS tainers. 7 ANQTHER GREAT FUN BILL JOLLY, JOVIAL. JOCULAR! , _Colorfw Brosdwey Comedian 0]2%&0?&@ And His “TIP TOP REVUE" By Poul Gerard Smith Wih Bobby Daols and a Superiative Cast, Including Loura Lee, Richard Irving, Horry Kooper, Dorothy Patter- som, Irma Dale and Margaret Hayea. EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION That Clever, Popular Pair, WILLIAM SULLY and GENEVIEVE HOUGHTON pported by EDWIN FORSBURG Bupported 2V susical | Playlet, “Arms and the Girl” By EKalmer ond Ruby. gpecial Feature Unusual. The Celebrated Opera Btor, LEONARDO DEL CREDO With Jeanne Poimer, Dramatio Soprono g Daniel Wolf, Composer-Pianist. BARGAIN MATINEES EVEBY SUNDAY AND MONDAY PHONES: MAIN 4484, 4486, 6323 KEITH KOOLIES CIOUS VELVET KiNp "