Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1926, Page 61

he Sundlay Staf Automobiles G l WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1926. GRITTITH- Nattonal! i ght eved by and Tnoment respond i 4 1 and possible so experie to whi, could f fferings at th of the )spita town; they were tificial. Here present nterest aildi s 1 umong ersists i chief sources every nation’s 1 one oi vitality the in like ancient matilated wit spiring arti: ot totaily lost he ndardization of the theater perfunctory constraint, probably due to the processes of or- ganization which vie one an sther for commercial advantage and e enduring prestige of inely earned. Or ganized management financed by heneficiaries of organized capital, organized actors, organized mu organized stagehands, in some 1stances, no doubt, even organized ishers, combine to keep the theater perating always v me fear of new r nt liscouragement is led to make journey ity past inr le ith some rough stretches in between. However ohtion may be in organizing play- writers under the assurance that ar one with a play considered worth »ducing will be admitted to shership, the contemplate statuary_ often present ith with cver for t eputation an estra dea and com to pub- The Drama’s Experiment In Standardizationvrp By Plislarider | | Hty of| York | to continuing the supply even of this | | ! | Mutual A True Story. by Eva Le Gal- Tbs The Master the fact that it t America is indebted ance of Walter Hamp- iE presentation e of 1de this recalls Johnson for the »ual sta Hampd den upon the n It appears that ved somewh having s as a tford-on- decided to rica and do her For aver with the Benson St Inglana A rth while at purpose he secured in the House from Charles Rand Kennedy. Arriving in New York, he peddl matic find all over the ity without interesting one manager its worth alking th tre: h 1 with Henry Miller, that excel- tor requested him to read the manus to him, which Hampden did; whereupon Miller told him that was asso- | h would produce it for him the fol- fter them | lowing Spring. Aiter them | EC0E fh the immediate financlal needs of Hampden, who assured Miller that he must have an engagement at ancien works Marie” corre- Such Fourteenth’ 1 s il luck ken of in tone of so Tk by Neverthele with which he ciated were pacemakers. London had nothing better send us than highly collaborative cfforts | much simpler structure, such as Geisha,” “San Toy,” “The Run- Girl” and the multifarious specimens of their kind ¥ were apparently easy to make talent in that direction 1e of the 'most popular of them was said to have been written by a Lon-| don man about town with no prev experience, as the result bet made offhand in the smoking room of a club. It remained for New develop musical comedy ito its most lavish and convincing expressions under the auspices of George Lederer, with such produc- ns as “Lady Slavey” and “The ) Belle of New York.” When it came | torialists then Ly thought for a moment, “Walter, Nazimova is The Wild Duck’ at the I will Builder’ and ¥y man until the at on your * ing in Theate ter u will be Spring, when wiil rvant in the House. ce of the story is but a page of theatrical history. Hampden ie a triumph as the Master Buiider and Miller made & fortune for himself and th ssoclated with him in “The Serva n the House.” Opex:a Star Mayr Yield. HE movies may again take a mno- table personage from the lyric < 2 | stage, this time Charles Hackett, the lier and more responsible “musi-| handsome young American tenor. comedy,” a state of depletion It all happened while Mr. Hackett ensued. Recipes were used, old | was singing with the Los Angeles m | Opera. Co. and_during the time the © | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ~ people were | filming the famous “LaBoheme," fea- turing John Gilbert, the young movie mere lottery ticket, came|gtar of the “Blg Parade.” ally into being, productions be Mr. Hackett, who has played the ade in a spirit of sportsman-|John Gilbert part of “Rudolph” in hope, but without the confident | the opera, invited to Hollywood xpectation of well grounded and in- telligent artistry ous of a soon material revamped and the systes standardization, which, as in th makes a musical | | while on the “lot” was introduced to | Mr. Gilbert, who was anxious to have L . | Mr. Hackett go over the part with play “Aloma” illustrates the |y “check up the film version with process of standardization which as- | the operatic version and give any ad- sembles various inventions and ap-|vice and suggestions he would. Mr. pliances in some sort of hit-or-miss | Hackett’s great interest in the de. fashion, rings up the curtain and |tails of the picture attracted the at- : 1 Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer proceeds to rattle about, its principal | tention of ~ Metro - Goldwyn - May ance being the fervent prayers re box office that the machine is g * conferences took place Hackett's stay in’ Los Angeles at which many of the well- {and several | during Mr. The Servant | This, however, did not | ive her put on ‘The | to see the lming of the picture and | SILVER \Washmg"fo-a Audttoriu (O | Shakespcarc and M0V1c54 i\V‘""“’ Shakespears wrife for tie movies if he wer 3 The story of the young d to fool a ¥ produce mitting a brief synopsls of when asked to present what he considered a g who had it turned t is well known. “Hamlet,” reduced to 1 has more murders gs to the square in ashioned melodra Despite this fact, motion picture pro- ducers are inclined to view with any attempt to screen Shakespea Consider “Romeo and J v in stance. Since motion picture phot raphy has attal perfection it b 4, U living today aut a guffaws, t essentials and double-cross h than an old 11ts present state o the made | Fran. Bayne. N then Bushman s Ims, produe se the wor 3 pted to the special | of the players involved. In each cis it was less Shakespeare than ve hicle for the particular talents of th motion pleture stars who attempted t. Iy ad i Just how much ean be ¢ this play today is said to b {in the “Romeo and Juliet | from Rober Kane's tional prod .. “Blue Wives,” wi on vie ton today { “Bluebeard’'s ven Wives” omedy dealing ith the 2 popular male film star oo el Lola Montez. ! NY stories madcap of Euro ated by Betty C ace of Pleasure.” According to variou sraphers | she was born in Spain, in Geneva, in { Cuba, in India and in Turkey. As to | her parentage, one author makes her | the child of a Spanish gypsy: anothe the daughter of Lord Byron; another, of a native prince of India, and so on, { until they have given this’ inte person miore fathers than there signs in the zodiac. | When Betty Compson | to play Lola Montez, she determined to know all about the girl, and in the guarded archives of the William Fox research library, it is said, the young actress unearthed the following auto- biography of the lady in question: Lola Montez was born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1824. Her father was a son of Sir Edward Gilbert and her mother was an Oliver of Castle Oliver. Her family name was that of the me with revealed sequence First Na en v in Washing ch i career ve been written of Lola Montez, the who is Imperson mipson ir Pal ar was Count were originally de Montalvo. The Montalvos of Moorish blood. So that the fountain head of biood that coursed in the veins of the erratic Lola Montez was Irish and Moorish- Spanish—a somewhat combustible compound, which may account in part for the exciting exploits which marked Lola’s life. She was Eliza Rosanna Gilbert. Her first name, Lola, was a contraction of De lores, by which she was known. Lola’s debut as a dancer followed sev- eral harrowing years in India and a luckless marriage at the age of 17. Through the offices of Fanny Kelly, an Englishwoman, she made her first or who | signed | noble Spanish family descended from | baptized Marie Délores | PRANKIE L BRACK. Gayety R NATIONAL Creaking Cha POLI'S—“The Studer BELASCO—“Kosh ning WARDMAN evening KEITH'S—Will Mack, vaude EARLE—“Toytown Revue, STRAND—"M 2 PRESIDENT: noon and evening GAYETY. MUTUAL | Puss “Kandy Kids, Current Attractlons At the Theaters vaudev OCANOSER. Earle This Week. this e Opens thi en Open NATIONAL—"The Creaking Chair.” | which National evening Re which comes to the opening tomorro know,” said Mr | “that T have sy over a weel ing securs hand chair for a pr | chair,” [nne wes “Do_you and to my informed m their wheel “chairs were various _traveling th anies. It was only today that the notitie could fill my order due to the fact of ‘The Bad Man, which used a whes air, had cl e Eighteen different have produced in which wheel cl nporeant . Man” gest grea in [ rical com plays irs have Beelde v.” Cyril Maude The Bi M | which Fiske O'Hara toured th try last season; “The Wild Ibsen's play produced by th | Theater, and “The Pelican,” recer on exhibition in New York City, to say nothing of “The Outsider,” in which {atherine Cornell was the featured er. Weeping heroines have been wheel-chaired to death, time out of mind. Lady Isabelle moaned in in “East Lynne,” Camille died in one, | while even Little Eva spent some of her time in one of these invalid con- veyances. “The Creaking Chair” will play the National all next week. The story of “The Creaking Chair” deals with the adventures of an Eng- lish sclentist who has a mania for ex- cavating the bones and personal prop- of the ancient Pharaohs of ypt. Through a mysterious attack @ knife-thrower in Egypt, one o the tendons of his leg has been sev- ered, forcing him to remain in a wheel chair for over a year. It is at this period that the play opens. The jeweled headplece of an anclent Egyptian queen tozether with a series ventures, relieved by tions, which also make an evening of excitement for the auditor. It Is said to excel anything offered in the war of farcleal, mystery plays in recent vears. P of thrilling ad. | WARDMAN PARK—"Enter Madam.” | Wardman Park theatergoers having return is delivered to him, | laughable situa- | argent ind : Day and the Pat EARL—“Toytown Revue." Theater will th i it of » Earl in from 1 tral We 1 The stel 4 by Archle and Gertie Falls town Revue,” with M Chicago Steppers” adding pulchrituc to an interval of comedy ar j i 1 Beban 1 hy ured among o the sinning raction is supplied in “Toy Veatch's pep und a Mack are iwo other the bill brief on will period of combining Claymo, in a fing” in « tragedy and g line art; Erma I X {and Dorothy Muck in “Tea for Ter the Orpheum Comedy Four, a quartet |of vocalists who “have evervtl |and Willing and Debrow, two { blackface funsters | The photoplay production of “Lord Jim,” with Percy Marmont In the title role, and the light film comedy, “In the A be shown also. In addition, Alex- ander Arons will be heard fn his regu- |larly scheduled organ recital, in con- | junction with the Ampico reproduc- ing piano in Paderewski's “Minuet.” ramount’s | STRAND—"Mysticism.” H in & new musical comedy | “Mysticism,” assisted by Billie Taylor, | Irene Hayden and the Van Joyece Sis- ters clever dancers, | chorean novelty, with Ruby in importance is a singing ing and harmony number called tillating Songster Vale and Don Crane. yodel | Sein. | £ “In a C {and 0z in of Her Own, cene Songs,” by William | ove will | wdlining the bill at the Strand | { Theater this week will be Billy Taylor | entitled | the show | | Lou Lockett and Peggy Page, two | the f will follow in a terpsi- | “Say It While Damnc- | Ward at the piano. | | Station Hou featuring Harry | Others will include a juggling act | uring Selma Braatz and company, | and Polly | TR IN 2 Kett 1 (Y Gordon cast o “Find Papa The pot of The tra differ rseas as the heroic exp The pictur auspices of erans weak s 111 "he weekly ing shown 1 t e Disabled Am remain 1 GAYETY—“Puss Puss.” The Gayety Theater this week an nounces “Puss Puss” as the attrac tion. It is described as a combi of travesty, sical comedy travaganza with a portion of ville added. There are mu r tumes for the chorus, who be able dancers. Eddie Dale and Charley ured comedy duce several nove “‘Hoxey and His Gar . — the radio breadcasting situ ({ 'F » a police force play One of Em ngncd Up he Asterbilt Affair” and “Imm e tion.” e o Others in the cast are Billy Cochran leading man; Bob Loren Miles Oliver, comedians, who will their own vaudeville speciaities, and Le Brack, Vera Wallace and Cornelia Ot the task of 1tion | “C: ¥ 1 ex vaude 17 imbers of Daley have les and will i cludin sty on come the 1 nates who m louts and pleas the t i known operas were discussed and their possibilities for the screen. Scme conclusions were reached, it is said, but Mr. Hackett Is not divulging them at present. | stage appearance at Her Mafjesty’s | Fequested a engagement of | K. Wells. Theater, London, and embarked upon | “Enter Madam,” in which Ruth Har-| Strongheart, the wonder dog actor, a career that was to take her to near. | rison scored a signal success a week | will be seen on the screen in “North | every capital of the Old World—a | 280, the stock company announces|Star,” a thrilling story of the great pampered, petted darling, who was re- | it will repeat the performance of this | Northwest. Appearing in the title role, ceived at the proudest courts of |comedy this week, beginning tomor- | Strongheart takes the part of a fleet- | Europe and trusted with the inner- |row evening. footed, fearless, relentless avenger. | most of political secrets, | The melange une. th to work. Once in a great while a contrivance does work, but when, as in the casc of “Aloma,” the material is all purely nitative and lacks the eclectrical| spark of a genuine vivid thought to explode the gas. “A * has its ch never Clark, three specialists in the | song and dance lin stance, ar e busine MUTUAL—“Kandy Kids.” Two popular burlesque piayers head the “Kandy Kids” company, which comes to the Mutual Theater this T i ondition tendir strengthen | i grip " authority | s d to repress the wholesome incli spontaneous expres- ught, whether grave or thie <ake of the thought isans the of commercia 3 bad | Broadway son and | from | playhe A pel run: vhous has th 3 cast to ¢ nd pl g Hagerstown, Md., has adopted the S e temipararactall ad! erest calculated i terms ¢ emselves inspira to arbit no aut as that of the theater, the action of the artist icker of an eyelash ke ges rath attractior ta subr it t individual mor here orit Anc rns of xample of theat which edy” years. Tt v a musical comedy A general one of them answers for all. 21y outlined would app espond in ie entire catalogue. “Suzanne” has he advantage of stage direction by formula i impossible to lowed copied wk for succeeds fa descri fian Mitchell, than whom there is | to be philosophical in contemplating | of | Belasconian impudicity Frank |approval is re dink | but with a cert ave him an excellent stand- |cal caution. The usual praise is ac- | now calied “Embers, o greater expert in matters lancing and pictorial cffect Lalor, whose success in “The Lady” ng in theatrical estimation, is still | corded a tsm X unny, but he has to create the fun | The sense of social and artistic alarm | wi The ding ci himeelf. sury element or onve i i | | i { .since “S ar to | n on F dl salient points to | of the Evening.” | potato matinee” idea. Children pre- senting a spud or any other vegetable at the box office at Nixon's Academy are admitted on Saturday mornings without other charge. The vegetubles are turned over to “charity.” — nprecations and its impropricties t its lack of morals is of the bar rd, quite apart from temperament. e esT 1 interest ‘Washington has always had in the endeavors of Mr. Belasco makes the fact that| alvage” flickered in this city | by the nape of the neck and hustle went out in Baltimore, he hagihim unceremoniously off Broadway rther up the way track |is not again asserted with any great and made Philadelphia_the scene of | show of confidence. As a showman | h t presentation of “Lulu Belle” | Belasco professes to assert not much | an interesting, and, according | moral leadership. He o reports, very talented ethnological | tendency of the time and produces congress as its cast of characters.|material to theet it. The significance The dialogue is reported to be rough, | of this latest output does not relate the scenes sordid, the theme a col- | importantly to the purely personal loquial reinterpretation of the story . question of individual righteous re- oi “Carmen” or “Manon Lescaut.” | generation of the veteran play build- Apparently the play deserved at|er, but to the state of public atten- least as much castigation was | tion and taste to which he evidently ted out on Broadway to “Ladies | deems it necessary to defer in order The New York re- | to maintain himself as a practical viewers after the unbounded success |and pre-eminent theatricist of “Ladies” have apparently decided | el A recent event of artistic impor- Their dis- | tance in New York was the presen- | tation of the play seen here under - | the title “After Love?” The play is | The play and craftsmanship. | the star, Henry Miller, have met th the same earnest appreciation New York that they farnd in thi: stered unmistakabl in degree of rheto: the stage But t! ilsive en- " ran prode rent. studies the | % Her escapades are material for a 00K. TvoNears MorefonWalldee: WALLACE BEERY has signed a new two-year contract with Par- amount, and he has been cast for three outstanding roles of the year; one in “Old Tronsides,” James Cruze's 1 production, dealing with a glorious | can Navy; as the picturesqye show man, P. T. Barnum, in “The Greatest | Show on Earth,” and for a great role |in “Beau Geste,” P. C. Wren's story of the French Foreign Legion in Al- | gerla, which Herbert Brenon will di- rect. Wallace Beery's carcer has been one of versatllity and of constant progress. Originally he was hailed as a villain de luxe, but he has grad- ually swung round to dominating hu- {man _interest character roles, espe- cially those tinged with an element of unconscious comedy. His role of Richard the Lion-Hearted in Hood” marked his departure into this realm. Since then he has risen steadil the heights in “The Sea Hawk," venture,” “The Devil's Cargo, Lost World,” “The Pony Express,” and his most recent picture, a roaring comedy of the World War, “Behind the IFront,” .in which he is teamed with Raymend T » chapter in the history of the Ameri-| “Robin | | prima donna offset against the back | ground of a slightly artistic American | husband and practical-minded American son affords the basis for | delightful comic situations. Parker | Fennelly, Leona Roberts, Ruth Rus sell and the rest of the company will | be seen agim in the roles that helped to make “Enter Madam” an outstand- ing success. KEITH'S—Willard Mack. B. F. Keith's Theater will present this week the noted actor-author, Wil- lard Mack, former student at George- town University, in his own one-act play, “Kick In,” which after its its first appearance was made into a four- act play and presented by A. H. Woods, with whose permission it is being shown in its original form. In addition to Mr. Mack, other artists appearing are brought to Washington for this event by special arrangement, with David Belasco. 3 ; Geroge Whiting and Sadie Burt will be featured in a new and pretentious offering called “Several Song_Scenes and Dances,” assisted by Virginia Mae. A special musical feature will be the appearance of Margaret Romaine, soprano, who comes direct from the Metropolitan Opera House. The four Camerons will their clever and nonsensical Father, Like Son.” |~ Others will jnclude Pepito, the first clown of the Clreus Parish at Madrid, present “Like | will complete the program. | i PRESIDENT—“The Lost Battalion.’ The lost Battalion,” which contin- at the President Theater, afternoon and evening, mixture of reality It presents as an epi sode In the World War, r the camera, the story of the battalion ues showings this | cut off from the base of supplies and for several days was trapped in “The Pocket,” raked by enemy fire. The survivors of that thrilling and terrible exnerience decided afterwards, in peaceful days, to perpetuate their exploit in a motion-picture record. The production has been skillfully and cleverly made. It has not been fle- tionized, although a regular motion- cast are a number of professional play- ers. But the material has been han- jdled not as a story so much as after the manner of a “feature’ article. The players are called on to act episodes in the lives of various members of the battalion before and after war time, in order to give a personal Interest to the picture, and also to show of what diverse material the famous battalion was made up. Thus are seen the office worker, the burglar, the rich man’s son, the young American of German parentage, the Son of a rabbl—these and other typi- cal products of New York's meliing A plcture producer directed it and in the | with | and | enacted for | | which advanced so rapidly that it was| Short films and orchestral numbers | { Hebrew character come week—Kitty Warren, and et s dancing soubrette and Sa Spear | the prospec |in one town 1s a (hing to nourished « ter Playe W n ast includes Charles Fritcher, Germun comedian; }dna Sears, prima donna; Joe Lang, char 1cter actor; Opal Ts or, soubrette and Joe Layton, juvenile. There i{s a chorus of pretty girls costumed in the latest modes,and turesque scenfc settings and novel | electrical equipment add to the pr duction. The newly constructed runway at the Mutual that is proving popular. Trish Poet Today. Miss Ella Young, Irish poet and story teller, will be at the Belasco thi afternoon at 4 o'clock and will give an hour to telling stories of the folklore of Ireland and a few traditional fairy tales. Miss_Young Royal Univer: in history, ju The supporting Natlonal The recruiting April's glc caress » been Louis Je Barte ride, “§ le pride, illuminated a feature nth stay Summer for te this coming memb throughout th the humor KikL o) "The Nerv | commit lin Wa | Phelp: © reme | stanti od work | season, but particularly f ous asststances he lent Goose Hangs High” and ous Wreck At present but, it eeks until is red suly Bill a road tou is said, h counting returns to grace th and incidentally a f tables about town. is sald, from haif who composed the is graduate of the ty, Dublin, with honors the tea sprudence and ]I\Ylllhix]i Verbal promises, economy. She has for many years de- & dozen othe 1 th voted herself to the field of mythol- |Stock company last :”;"{‘ ["-'“'jl :\_" ogy and folklore and earned distinc- |&ny day Dby e ton (hift « Sheihasepent many years | i wiisiand perties of tho seconc Ders in research work in Celtic mythology (21 th uSonentn and has pieced out the old Celtic myth | CONracts of _creation. ! Her fairy stories have been handed | down from Gaelic-speaking families | latest O. Henry story to Hé m for generations and they are real in|a tworeeler by Fox, with Gladys M the lives of the simple people who re-| Connell, Gene Cameron, Art Rowlands Tate them and Ernie Shields in the cast | | | | of “From the Cabby's Sea