Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1926, Page 72

LI AMUSEMENTS. Victor Herbe’rtAWeek. 'OMMENCING May 24 all theaters the Keith-Albee, Proctor Moss circuits will Herbert week" in commemoration of the eminent composer whose death oc: curred May 24, 1924, Here In Washington special fea- tures will he introduced at B. F. Keith's Theater Herbert is called America’s nearest approach to Britain's Sir Arthur Sulli- van. Like the Sullivan melodies, the Her- bert compositions have & charm that perennial. Imagination fails in onjuring when Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado” and “H. M. S. Pinafore” and Victor Herbert's “Orange Blos: in observe “Victor “Mlle. Modiste’ and “Princess il to delight. To a happy gift of melody and spon- | taneous, fluent Invention, Herbert | added ease of workmanship, unremit- | ting diligence and sound schooling He wax a prolific writer. But although | he turned out compositions in incred- | ible numbers, his music ix never care | less, never banal. Fven the jazz craze fafled to dim the interest in and the demand for Herbert music. In memory of this composer the. aters of the foremost amusement ¢ cuite will present programs of his songs, offer tablold Victor revivals and make national Herbert week for seven days, mencing May soms, " will Vietor com- thriched 'Em Overx_'lig‘ht. JJORATIO ALGER, Nick Carter and other narrators of poor boys who made good in the cruel, unfeeling waorld, probably had no idea that their wildest in fction might be equaled by two New York dreams actually hovs, rning ordinary —even meager -in comes at the time, these (wo boys be came wealthy overnight and known from coast to coast hefore they conld pinch themselves and decide it wasn't all a dream Michael Mindlin and Michael Gold rever, now known as “the two Mikes.” saw unlimited possibilities in the manu Warning mortgagin hrough bol what they had, New F NI of the erowning glories of the new National Press Bullding, a 13-story structure, under construction at Fourteenth and ¥ streets morth- west, will be a 3,500-seat theater, the most beautiful in the Capital City, it is promised, and one of the largest south of New York City. The theater, which has been leased to the Fox Theaters Corporation for 35 vears. has been designed by C. . and George Rapp, Chicago archi- tects, who have planned many of the X: v theaters erected in this coun- try In recent years and who have designed the project with the idea| of making it one of the city’'s most magnificent structures, a wibute to the press and the people of Washing- ton ssterbrook Gill, specialist in theatrical architecture, hus been as. slgned to Washington by the Rapp firm to carey cut their theater plans. The theater will be equipped with oXxX lr; the Spotlight. its 300th | York Sat celebrate New will ce in urday, has given en at Los heen signed for Scandals, up the Angeles the new Ann screen and has White's “The Donovan Affair,’ by Owen Davis. will he placed in rehearsal by Albert Lewis tomorrow. The cast will include Carroll McComas and Phoebe Foster. 4 Raquel Meller closed her New York engagement last night. According to her manager, E. Ray Goetz. the Spanish entertainer will be seen in all the larger cities out to the Pacific Const. Don Mullally, author of “Laff That OF.” has returned to New York after a twomonth visit in California, with manuseript of a new comedy | and Spaghetli,” a new play author of “The | ix slated for pro “ATL I First b duction in the I% H. B, W legitimate stage for three seasor cording to a_report emanating rectly from Cecil B. De Mille. Mr. Warner was used as the star fn a screen version of “Silence” and did so well that he was persuaded to sign a three year contract. = | rner will be lost to the | s, U indi entlemen Prefer Blondes going merrily in Chicago, Edgar Sel Wyn is In New York assembling an- other company to play the Kmerson- Loos comedy there. With A. 1. Jones and Morris Green have hought the dramatic rights of Homer Croy's humoerous effort, ““They Had to See Parie,” as a play for Tom Howard Gertrude Tawrence Is wanted by | Aarons and Freedley, producers of “Tip-Toee.' who would star her ina| al comedy, with music by George | Gershwin, next season. There are 135 stock companies | operating in the United States, Chl cago and Los Angeles having four each. Lester Allen. well known comedian, is now playving London music halls with Nellie Breen. He may go into Carle Carlton’s production of “Tan- gerine” over there if they will him $2,000 a week Reports from Los Augeles ind that Marjorie Rambeau ix packing them In at the Majestic, where she i playing leads in modern repertor \ith u resident stock company. The current play is “They Knew What “They Wanted.” Hays will tour early next seaxon in “What Kvery Woman Knows,” in_which she is now ap- pearing In New York. She will then lielen were | v Washington. | 1wo haby daughters would be carry- | ing the Costello name to the film | give | | raised enough to produce the play on their own responsibilities, | "On the night it opened neither one had the courage to go near the thea ter untll the last act was under way. | Furthermore, they were so. on each | other's nerves that they walked | around New York in different direc [tions. The suspense was as great, they admitted. ax the suspense they fed the wudience through their play; |4 play that deals with a haunted theater, known crooks and a series of weird happenings that keep the audi énce in alternating suspense and | laughter. “The play then,ran for more than a vear at the Klaw Theater, in New York, and then had record engage ments in the large cities, including , large lobbies,” promenades. lounging rooms and smoking rooms for hoth men and women, also many other features for the comfort of its patrons. The ticket lobby. the petite lobbies and grand lobby will be in Old World marbles, warm in tones and color veinings, with decorations in accord, making it homelike and beautiful. The interior of the theater will be of a richness indescribable, with im- | ported damask drapes, crown furni- | ture, mirrors, crystal lighting fixtures and many other ornate decorations. The high lights of the ornamental | plastering will be old gold and bronze, treated in polychrome effects, with background in rich colorings Many features and innovations have heen included in the design which will_ delight the theatergoing public of Washington as well as the thou- | sunds of visitors to this city who will find entertainment In this new show place of the Natfon's Capltal. Frank Tuttle for the Famous-Players Lasky Corporation. It may be seen first on the screen rather than ovver the footlights Harry E. Pumphrey, who plays De tective Welch in “Square Crooks,” has 18t been chosen by Thomas A. Fdison | from Broadway's roster of stars to make the phonogvaph record to he used in the Sesquicentennial at Phila delphia Frank Craven. author of ““The Firs | Year.,” “Spite Corner, oo Many | Cooks™” and “Up She G has not written anything since “New Brooms,” in which he personally appeared at the National a season ago, and which will be presented here again next week. Several members of Washington's police force will be tempted to turn actors this new week when the edy. “The Last Warning. | policemen do in it offers some of the | happens only thrillingest thrills rampant through | the action. Heywood Broun said this play was better than “The Bat.” in recent vears is that of f Bendon, the ehorus girl in Warning.” Kathr ivney will play the dumb and funny Lthel here pext week elyn | i The Costellos. SOMETHING like 20 years have | though it hardly seems as | that-—wince Maurice (“Dim- | ples™) Costello, the famous leading | man of Vitasraph dramas and | mances, had the girls of the Nation, romantie acting and his dimples, but | what a shock it would have given | those same girls to contemplate that | 20 years Jater Maurice himself would he romantically non est and that his | sed long as or over his heights' Costelln's fame is now only a memory. His two daughters, Dolores | and Helene, however, are heing heard from. As soon as they from school they entered George White's “Scandals” as dancers, and in the Spring of 1925, Warner Brothers offered both girls a contract to ap- pear in pictures. Dolores made her film debut in “Greater Than a Crown,” while Helene appeared in “The Man | on the Box.” Since that time hoth heen ristng gradually in as screen players, llelen; woman in support of fith in “Wet Paint.” . Truer Drama a;ing‘ CREEN theaters displaying pic- tures produced especially for in- tellectual audlences, distinguished by an utter disregard for the conven- tional happy ending and with closer regard for the realities of life, will had graduated sisters have Importance 18 leading mond Grit- be seen in a revival of Barrie's “Quality Street.” Jane Cowl insists that she will take Jier company to Londen to play “lasy Virtue' next month, no matter what the situation may be. E. F. Albee, president of the Keith- Albee Theaters, presented a check for $5,000 to the actors fund at the annual meeting recently as a contri bution from the National Vaudeville Artiets. “T Wear the Cloth,” a three-act satir- | fical comedy by Osgood Perkins, who is now playing in “Pomeroy's Past,” in New York, has been purchased by PEMBERTON—Ex-Partner (o Mae Murray. Lessons in All Styles of Dan Htudio. 1850 Biltmore St Phone Col.’ 2002, *PROF. AND MRS. L. A. ACHER STUDIO, 1127 10th o s Mon. Wed.. 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Main 1732, dot the principal cities within the next |few vears, in the belief of the B. ¥. ;schuum-z. associate Paramount pro. |ducer, according to an Associated Press dispatch from Hollywood. | Works of literature, including many |of the classics, and stories written {especially for select audiences will be | picturized, he declares. | “The movement iz not entirely new’" he says. “The International Screen Guild already has undertaken the work with a selection of artistic films. “When the move toward specialized films takes more definite shape. large producers will say to their pioneering directors: ‘Here, go to this or that studio, dream your dreams, and make the pictures that vou like to make, Herbert | | his pet star to lose his | appears 1o be a good b Na- | | tiona!l Players offer the mystery com- | What the | Ahramson is left holding the bag. This One of the fattest roles on the stage i‘ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGT The Moving Picture B pbert E. Sherwood Gl Ll NATIONAL PLAY Broom Next week Fr and human comed »om: will be given by the heater Players, While not even remotely re. sembling Craven's previous comedy. ““The Kirst Year,” the piece is fash- ioned as dexterohisly and is with the same sort of natural and real indlviduals. The Craven talent for depieting real types is given par: ticularly full sweep {n this play, where youth gets trounced by old age. “New Brooms" tells of an irasciable. eare-worn father in the business of uring brooms. He prospers, uncertain temper makes him absolute enigma to the younger | folks. Tom, Jj§., pleads for sweel- | ness and light in business, where upon the exasperfted parent offers to turn the business over to his self appointed expert, Tom accepts, but his philosophy brings the establi; }:}RS—"Nrw :Tm: practice of “loaning” players from one producing company to [to another seems to be increasing, and there have been many mnotable | instances of this within the past few | months. 1 An actor or actress, under contract to’ Metro-Goldwyn, for instance, may be desired by Famous Players for some partieular part. Officials of the Iatter corporation will broach the sub ject with one of the Met pldwyn | executives, and if the actor or act " {in question is not actively engaged at the moment, the deal may be a ranged. Possibly Metro-Goldwyn will | want a Famous Player in return, r sulting in a temporary trade. Thus, Retty Bronson was loaned by Famous Players to Metro-Goldwyn play the Madonna in “Ben-Hur More recently, Miss Bronson has been loaned to First National to appear in “Paradise” with Milton Sills. Alleen Pringle was loaned by Metro- Goldwyn to First National to play in “The = Wilderness ~Woman” and another production, and now she has heen loaned to }amous Players for Thomas Meighan's picture, “Tin Gods.” TRenee Adoree, another Metro- Goldwyn will also be seen in “Tin Gods." Mary B Plavers to Metro-t of Harvard.” samuel Goldwyn, who has several | players under contract, but whose | own productiong ave few und far be tween, does a great deul of lending. | He hus farmed out Ronald Colman on numerous o¢ M Schenck for var sisters’ productions, Brothers for “Lady Windermer Pan.” It is told in Hollywood that Krnst Lubitsch, when b ing the cast for “Lady Windermere's Fan,” asked Samuel Goldwyn for the loan’ of Mr. Colman, who would be perfect_in the role of Lord Darling- | mobiles to the park. Additional ton, ~“Ia it a svmpathe 2" | parking space has heen provided for asked Mr. Goldwyn, who didnt Want | those coming by machine. anding as a Lubitsch GLEN ECHO. sterday Glen Icho Park opened 1ts 1926 season with the new roller | couster, the cuterpillar Al the vest of the fun-giving devices doing Tand ottt " business Happy” Walker and his new chestra ure a big feature. A new de- arture has been made in the elim- ination of floor munugers to censor the dancing, the announcement stat- | ing thas the modern day young folks | do not need watching Adequate street car service s he- ing operated to and from the park while the completion of the work | that cloked Conduit road for some | time mow gives an opportunity for the ride along the Potomac in auto- Y 18 wn ) was loaned by pldwyn for and to e Chevy Chase Lake. music and country air is the | combination that is making Chevy "hase Lake an amusement spot ideal Summertime. popular favorite. Mr. sured him that it was. Later, after | the contract had been signed, M Goldwyn read the script of Wilde play a8 adapted to the screen, and was | ¢ greatly pained to discover that Lord i '“00 . " " DIk ton " wis; “tethnlcally, the vil: | (Ine mew, Feck Mills; Orchestra. | providing dance music, and also has lain ‘of tha plece | e attributes of o first-class vaudeville The results were not serlous, haw- [ ¥ 8 ACHREC A H st ;”]\'”r‘,” ever, as Ronald Colman's reputation | {0 FC00E (8 b o in v.”.,.,“,.',k“ appearance in “Lady Windermere's | " S o L Fan.” In fact, it enabled him to 9 e — achieve one of the greatest successes CH AME BEACH. of his brilllant caveer | Ralph Garren's - Carolinfans S | furnish_dance and concert musi Chesapeuke Beach, which will op Astute producers in the past have | GEERERIEG (00 ade u great deal of money by dis- | TS ST S ing talent In wnknown aetors | el GHETRG de signing them up o Jongterin, | cxophonist: Jerry Krick, second ironelad contracts. Forexample, | cophonist and violinist; James Bris. Miss Euphemia llecmy of SWamb g hanjoist and guitar plaver, and Junction, Fla, might play & small | Wqe i 0 S0 ¢ part in a movie and disclose enar- | YT NEEE S be one of the mous ability. S Gt e it o Patrick Abramson, who is produc ‘m‘w:“"""‘ af the linfany’ engage: ing the picture, sees that Miss Heemy | & He offers | contract aw $150 0 week. | purse. looks wonderful to | b and she promptly signs | Mr. Abramson proceeds | to exploit Misx Heemy extensively Imilds up her parts in hix pictures and calls her to the attention of the | prepared for the occason. The Cha public and the movie industry in an|tean Le Paradis Band will he cos emphatic way. Miss ileemy becomes | tumed as jockeyvs and will add a sport a star and ix in_great demand ing high iight to the occasion. Felix Then the wise Mr. Awramson farms | Flazor, banjoist, and Drummer Charlie her out to other companies, for what- | Masters will play prominent parts in ever salary he can get. It may be|the band's schedule of comedy activi- £1.000 a week. or it may be consider- | ties, and Director Phil de Williams ably more. He pays her, according | has planned a dance music program to their contract. $150 every Satur-[of entirely new numbers in honor of {day, and credits the halance of her|the evening. earnings to his own account as a| Reginning veward for his Ightedness. night” will be celebrated every Thurs Of course, Miss Heemy may turn|day evening. with spectal theatrical out to be a dud, in which case Mr. [talent commandeered the com- panies appearing at aters. City 1 AP will pianist, the Homer kle Le Paradis. “Horse Show Night” will ted at the Chateau Le uesday evening with a full pi of blue ribbon specialties, including a noney ballet of pocket-size heauties in a vaudeville linenp of acts specially Chatea he Py a five-year This, of Miss Heen on the dots Thursday “surprise from infrequently, however as movie produce e not prone gamble with long-term contracts un less they ure tolerably sure of the this power has heen 1 the right direction ind Mr. 1 rtson can unguestionably provide that—she should return to the heights, where she belongs. Mabel Normand, returning from rather disastrous attempt to star the speaking stage, has signed three.year contract to appear in IHal Roach comedies. “Welcome Ilome, | Mabel,” is the general consensus of opinion fn_Hollywood. John Gilbert and Cre > appear together in Tl and the Devil,” directed by Wi Const have ar tory to Yurop pleted hushand has recently the Anonymous Club. it that Giv s indication dimmed 2 % producers will iized base s the an idea from or and institute the “trading” sys tem. Thus we might expect to vead that the Fox Film Corporation has | offered Universal four players and sum of money for Reginald Denny, that Warner Brothers has obtaine R2od Le Rocque from Cecil B. De Mille | in return for Monte Blue, | Wi e The future career of Lillian Gish s the subject of much speculative eom- ment. There are those who say that | she is definitely on the down grade and that she will never again regain | her former prominence; others main tain, stoutly, that she hasn't even reached the top of her stride as yet. Lillian Gish, with her sister’ Dor- othy, entered the movies in the early days when D. W. Grifith was making two-reel pictures for Riograph. Her | first success came with “The Birth of | A Nation,” and her fame was strength ened in subsequent Griffith produc- | tions—"'Intolerance,” ‘‘Hearts of the | World, oken Blossoms,” ‘“‘Way Down East” and “Orphans of the Storm.” When she departed from the Grif- fith fold. to become an individual star, e scored a triumph in “The White sister,” and then slumped back in “Romola.” Last Fall she signed with Metro- Goldwyn and “La Boheme" is the in- | itial result of that signature. It does | not* add materially to Miss Gish's luurels, ller next picture (now in production) will be “The Scarlet Let ter, W following that, “Annie Laurie. In “Annie Laurie,” the fair Lillian will be directed by John S. Robertson who has been responsible for D Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Footiights, “Sentimental Tommy,” “The En- chanted Cottage” and several of Richard Bartheimess' later pictures. He and Lilllan Gish should form an ideal combination, and there is ever reason to hope for great things from them. Lillian Gish has suffered from mis- management—much of which is her own fault—but she is an artist of extraordinary power, and there is no BEG. MON| WED. MAT. ATIONAL $1.10, 75 & 50 st Wit Tt NATIONAL THEATER PLAYERS, DIRECTION ) CLIFFORD ' BROOKE OFFER TAE GREATEST MYSTERY PLAY EVER WRITTEN movie on arbo_are Flesh Clarence and hust ved in New York, preps wailing for a honevmoon in Miss Talmadge has just com he Duchess of Buffalo.” Her been elected to e madge 6. Tickets at Box Office May 11 Shubert BELASCO Tchernikoffi—Gardiner DANCERS Ballet of 100 Chopiniana Orientale Divertissments Thursday, May 20, 8 P.M. DANCE CARNIVAL Clara H. Roehrle - Her Dancers Will Appear at the Belasco Theater Tuesday, May 18, 8:20 P.M. Tickets now on sale at the Theater plctures into which you put all the sincerity of your art.’ “Such films will n revenues that the present popular pic (ures do. Neither will they be pro- duced at such expense, but directors and actors probably will be willing to labor _for less in order to iake the fims ‘they like, and build themselves lasting reputations as great artists."” Lives Years Wituout Eats. The case of & woman who has gone five years without eating, and who in that time has lost nearly 100 pounds, has come to light in Saragossa, Spain, says the Detrolt News. The patient is Amelia Baranda Ruiz, who suffered a hysterical attack,.ac- | companted by a brain disturbance, in 11920, At first she lived on a milk diet, says Tit-Bits, but this was discon: inued owing to a serious stomach complaint. She has been kept alive make the gross The LAS worth Camp’s Novel “The House of Fear” ally Staged by Clifford Brooke ““The Last Warning’ is the last word in stage thrills. more than ‘The Bat’ and ‘The Cat and the Canary’ combined. Philadelphia Public Ledger. “‘'The Last Warning’ is really better than ‘The Bat.” We suf- fered and enjoyed as terrifying a thrill as we have ever known in the theater.”—Heywood Broun, New York World. It has Frank Craven's Funniest Farce “NEW BROOMS” Seats Selling Next <olely by daily injections. Refore her iliness, she weighed 171 pounds, Now .she weighs only 72 pounds, Week More Laughs fo the Minute Than the First Year \l‘ S peopled | Capital St s | Washington the- | nd | q o ON, D. C, MAY 16, 1926—PART 3. Striking Picture Sets. HE roof garden set in “Watch Your Wife." the Universal-Jewel pleture, was copled and constructed from ideas submitted by Sven Gade, who directed the picture, and is sald to be an exact reproduction of one of the most famous roof gardens In Copenhagen, Denmark, Gade's home city. Some ;ment to the verge collapsing. | Strikes threaten, workmen complain, | business drops off and whining debtors fail to liquidate Tom's tempe his father's and trial yvear youn failure’ and & much to fearn. terest theme action. John also gets worse than at_the end of the Tom admits his fully admits he haw A strong love i rung throughout the idea of the vastness of this set m: be gathered from its floor space, which »mwuurnd 150 by 270 feet, while the back drop used to carry out the night effect was 70 feet high and 290 feet long. To photograph this huge et with its hundreds of dancers, its musicians 1d tables, the scene w shot from a distance of over 200 feet. Another big Warner will play ir., Percy Winter the Lencta Lane the me 3 sweetheart who sees the light eventu- ally | KEITH'S—Pat Rooney, Marion Bent. | | Rooney and Marion Bent, with soney, 3d, will headline the bill at B, I%. iKeith's Theater next week in a new act, including a company of dancers and Pat Rooney's ('lub Or- chestra, under the direction of Andy yrne. de Shows Mayflower. Dinner and supper dancing will he discontinued at the Mayflower begin | ning next week. Dinne | however, be available in the presiden | tinl room during the with Tubman Presidential Or tra featured. Te dances will be throughout the coming week Mishtowt officiutes ux hostess used for the cabaret scene. The dance floor, made | of hardwood, is 60 by 70 feet and is said to be the largest hardwood dance floor ever constructed for a motion pieture. Still another huge set is that show- ing a hotel lobby, where all the bril- liance and luxury of a modern Ameri- can hotel are revealed. This set was 70 by 30 feet, with it pillars rising 30 feet to a handsome celling. The cos- tumes of the principals and hundreds of extras are in keeping with the luxury of the various sets and serve to form a colorful and brilliant pleture. “Our Gang" in School. MRS FERN CARTER, who fs in her third roas the instructor of Pathe’s “Our Gang,” in the “Three R says only six of the elght mem bers of “Our Gang” are old enough to attend school. They have thir own private classroom in the Ial Roach S(vl-l:u.\, as quict and secluded as | The teacher of the world's most | famous group of children mimica ex- plains that in the schoolroom their minds, s the minds of all children, naturaly wander in their glances to the windows and But sitting in a_“hus” or simply around the set on location it's different, for they have evervthing ‘“outside the window' before them, and they ecan see without difficulty that it's really nteresting at all. ou see,” explains Mrs, Carter, “a child inside a schoolroom. with win dows as his only avenue of contact with the things happening outside, is constantly irritated by curiosity. An unusual noise, the happening of seme thing outside, will make every child | want to go to the window to see, and. being prohibited from that, they can't concentrate on their lessons. But put them outside and a casual glance ound assures them that ‘all is well’ nothing exciting is happening, and then a xchool book hecomen interesting by contrast.” )‘;hry and Doug. MAK\' PICKFORD and Douglas Fairbunks are reported en route to Venice to meet Max Refnhardt, who staged “The Miracle,” with regard to the possible direction by Mr. Rein. hardt of a film which Miss Pickford | ind Mr. Falrbanks are known to have in mind for a joint appearance, under e artistic guidance of Max Rein dt and the technical direction of Krnst Lubitsch, the scenario to he written by Karl ven Maoeller,” author of "“The Miracle.” set s Pat | dancing wijl, Summer, the Spencer chy continued Mme. Swanee-in-the-Air. “Swane-in-the-Air,” the sort pn the roof of the Farle Theater Bullding, is “all set to go,” with re furbishing and redecovating all com pleted. With the arrival of the first really warm evenings Manager J. W Wood annoynces that he will bring the Swanee Svneopators up on the roof and set the ball a-rolling for Sum mer good times During the Summer the ballroom proper will serve as {junet to Swanee the-Afr and be| opened whenever inclement weather prevails. Provision will thus be made for Summer dancing both indoors and outdoors Al Kamone will continfe to lead the Swanee Syncopators thronghout the Summer. To the M;nor Born. ACK SENNETT ducer who business of making tures, 1t v claimed. Al ciume to pietures from husiness. Curl Laeiumle was in { business. Louis B. May | hibitor and small th, seph rhenck was a druggist owned an _amusement park, penny arcades: Irving Thalbure was 1+ cotton exporter; Zukor was in the fur business: Jesse Lasky was a vau |deville performer. Sam’ Goldwyn a glove manufacturer, and the Warner brothers a vaudeville team With the exception of the late Thomas H. Ince, Sennett is one of the few producers to come from the “act ing end." | dance re Swanee an ad- is the only pro ght up in metion pic the others other | the some | | the clothing - was an ex [ HH!IllllIIIlIIlIIIH||IlI!IIIIthl!lTIlMIIIIIIIII|||Ill|II||I|I|Ill|l|l||l|||ll|||||||I!||l|||l||l||fl% g : 2] g Wardman Park Theater Beginning Monday, May 17th Sir Rider Haggard’s Own Version of His Greatest Book in Motign Pictures “She” Starring BETTY BLYTHE With Carlyle Blackwell and Mary Odette Twice Daily, 7:15 and 9:30 P.M. All Seats 50 Cents I O O _—EN ECHO ; AMUSEMENT PARK OFFERS FOR YOUR SPIRITUAL RECREATION - TODAY AND DAILY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER ITS VAST ARRAY OF PLEASURES INCLUDING THE NEW $65,000 “HUMMING BIRD” ROLLER COASTER PRONOUNCED BY THE THOUSANDS WHO ENJOYED ITS THRILLS LAST NIGHT AS THE MOST EXHILARATING AMUSEMENT EVER OFFERED IN OR NEAR WASHINGTON THE SAME EXPRESSION APPLIES TO THE CATERPILLAR GLEN ECHO'S OTHER NEW FEATURE YOUR OLD FRIENDS ALL OF THEM IN NEW DRESS DERBY RACER, OLD MILL, MIDWAY, FROLIC, WHIP SKOOTER AND CARROUSEL WITH ITS NEW $5,000 MILITARY BAND ORGAN ENLARGED PENNY ARCADE AND ALL THE SMALLER AMUSEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE PARK BIDS YOU WELCOME SHADY PICNIC GROVES AMUSEMENTS. : Commg Attractions | S lf)owr rBul"lclrl'rrlrg‘. HE trend of the times is toward will get them into tvpe, and the value better merchandising in the show | *f the attraction will jump to per 7 haps 75 per cent or %0 per cent, using business, which means selling every | {na figifes merely for ilustrative pur element on the program! As a result ' poses. This is merchandising the short feature is likely to dominate | The value of nan . star value, sup- the screen this coming season. The |port value, the exhibitor has learned exhibitor who picks one line of wares | from long experienae. off his shelves and displays it. and it Suppose he has billed a f, ure with alone, imits his box office efficiency. | a certain nercentage of drawing pow. The composite program is his show—.|er. Then he adds a short subject, and every element has a certain definite | by advertising it increases the box and salable value, and advertising will | office efficiency of his show just as he bring direct, traceable hox office re- |did the box office efficiency of the ar turns. At least this is what the Pathe | by advertising the supporting cast. offices say But this he doesn’t always do. He Take a production with a star who |does not always see the rewards of ad has a fairly well fixed value at the |vertising the entertainment vilue of box office, suppose the star is 50 per | his whole show. cent efficlent from an 8. R, O. stand The exhibitor is a merchant who point, after he or she has been prop | must sell his composite program, the erly advertised and exploited. The| music. the news reel, the novelty and thoughtful shewman increases the |the comedy, even the appearance of value of that star by advertising the |bis house and his own personality. support. If there are four or five well Every day the eternal quest for box known names in the cast, the exhibitor | office “pull” continues | Something on Peggy Shaw. PFEGGY SHAW, featured in the Fa mous Melody series of one-reel flms produced by James A. Fitzpat rick and released by Pathe, was only | pictures in which Miss Shaw 14 years old when she and her mothey | $€€n a8 a New England miss, a left Pittaburgh to go to New York and | o, belle. @ o o seek fame. and o forth Peggy had been dancing in enter tainments in Pittsburgh since she was 4 years old. In New York, she heard Gus Edwards was assembling his 1915 Band Box Revue company. Peggy went to see him and was engaged foi the last Gus Edwards produetion in which “Cuddles,” now known as Lila a to lite, and in “Songs of England” she | is a® fair and sweet as Knglish matds | are famed for heing There are other Famous | SHUBERT-BELASCO THEATER WANHINGTON, D. ¢ Juvemile Spring Revue Smithson-Hodgs School of Dancing Wednesday, May 19, 1926, at 8 P.M. Shaw Groonds[MON, TUES 2 Days|May24 Way2d Romantic America Lives Ag al months with the “Band in which she had several dances, she filled in the time with| cabaret engagements until she sought Flo Ziegfeld for an engagement in the “Midnight Follies.”” Then followed two years, in which Peggy. little more than a child, danced in both the Follies and the midnight show on the roof. It wae Alfred Cheney Johnston, the photographer, who was responsible for getting Peggy Shaw into pictures. He sent a number of her photographe to the Fox Film Corporation, and the result was that she was engaged to play a role in “Are Parents People”" | a picture that did not feature any one. But Peggy's work and her beauty | stood out so prominently that critics | and public acclaimed her its star. After “A Stage Romance” with Wil- liam Farnum, in which she was again | acclaimed, she was a regular member of the Fox Stock Company, supporting their big stars. | The charming Miss Shaw was an | ideal selection for the Famous Melody fims, us she haw one of thowe chin eleon-like personalities and is of u type of beauty that assimilates whit nationality she attempis. As Pe in “Songs of lreland” she iooks the real Irish colleen, while in “Songs of Scotland” she is Annie Laurie come B 7 Engagemer_lt Extraordl'na:y Camp Meie) MILLER BROS 'LONDON OLYMPIA WORLDS LARGEST STREET PARADE || AM. &y THE GREAT ARTISTS QF THE WORLD XCLOMVLY, Presenting “That Sort” Basil MacDonald Hastings All-Star Acts Support MISS EVA CLARK DAN CASLAR In a Song Cycle WEAVER BROS. Arkansa Travelers PAUL YOCAN In Artistic Moments LOUISE WRIGHT Character Samga THE YOUNGERS A Study in Art A Novelty Surprise e i AESOP'S PABLES. 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