Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1926, Page 50

AMUSEMENTS, Néw St. Patrick Star. 'ATHER HU’RNEY has R:fl.ol in his St. Fltflcl( o lation. "This time it isn't a she; it's'a he. a right gallant fellow he is hat. He will make his debut nnxt k in the St. Pat Revue at the trand Theater. When the World War broke, James "Barr-—Jimmy he is called by scores f good fellows who know him well— making the welkin ring in the reat metropolis as a cibaret singer. @ wis very popular znd the night rowda liked his voice. But 'with the first call for volun- eers, in the wild days of 1917, Jimmy elt - he might help and so he enlisted the 2d Cavalry, U. B. A, and skillful medical men and gentle nurses put hunonhu(utulln. But some- &n{ was - gone that wouldn't come Btates, t States Bureau teok a hand and vocational training paved the way to hope again. For the past three years they have been making & Teal singer of him, and he is again on his way to the front, but as a singer, not as a %lur» Paul Bleyden, his teacher, ks a fine one. 8o will others when they hear him. Mr. Barr is a member of the Amer- lcan Legion. of course. and is now 'forming an American Legion Quartet, which will be heard hm later on. He is also a member of -|of Foreign Wars. He has'a lyric-dra- | atch bearer, and so grew very famil- jar with the deadly front and its gai- nt fighting line. Of course, it wore im out. And then he was gassed: nly those who have been gassed now all that it means. Into a ‘rench hospital they carried him and matic tenor voice of wide range, clear and brilliant in quelity and adapted to ballads and to romantic because of its sympathetic e It {- n: ufl.tll!:lt: l-lx‘;;.tm win recognition inthe fleld of opera. or higher musical comedy. How Sbu:cycess Has Come.' Now in the fourth month of their season's run, this week will find ¢ fhe National Players passing the oal which constituted the entire sea- on last year. With half of July and t" of August to go yet, the players vill by September 5 have just dou- led their run this year over last, A fivemonth run in a eity re- uted, among other things, for its eating humidity, is something to Boast about. True, the Summer has Been cool, the players got an early ;lart and the type of plays selected ave been guarantors of popularity. Yet there is something else behind the success of the troupe as a whole. It could probably be summed . up in e phrase “team work." The National management followed formula different to the standard in rg:mlzinx its company. The prac- of spotlighting one _ individual layer and sutrounding that player’ th indifferent support has not been pursued. The practice, quite to the ntrary, has been to gather and ex- loit an all-around competent group T submerges the so- Thus the success puta New Twists On Old Gags 'RED ARDATH, the well known . ¥ “vaudevillian, is a writer, a-pro- ucer and an actor. He has had experience in every ranch of the profession from the % rcus to serious drama. He played $h a number of successful productions f several years back, among them Arizona” and “A Pair of Queens.” e featured member of . Ed n's erfect Fool” company. (Hokum was his carte d'entree to vaudeville. A hokum act, which he wrote himself, gave him this biggest Hoost in variety. It demanded com- @dy attire and make-up. His red nose ‘m‘l ili-fitting clothes became an in- thgral part of his two-a-day identity. 'hen he¢ changed his act and his ake-up, and it took several seasons tb prove to his followers that he was During an interval of several sea- *n- between his first and second ap- arance in vaudeville he went to ollywood to write comedy sketches. e has written scenes for Charles haplin, for Harold Lloyd and. for er leading .moving picture comics. | Several of his hokum sketches have of the company cannot be laid on the threshold of any one individual; credit must be apportioned among all. That this is trué has been demon- strated in the ‘oflt‘ have given practical of the troupe a chance to shine. Mrs. Hibbard, Billy Phelps, Romaine Cal- lender and Charles Hampden all have had roles of equal importance with those held by the leads, Miss Lane and Mr. Warner. Both Rhea Dively and Percy Winter will get their op- portunities to defend the center of the stage before the season wanes. Mr. Winter, ence redoun ‘credit when he takes the name role in “Lightnin’ " several weeks hence, If one needed physical evidence as to whether the National Players are an imperative adjunct to the city's amusement life, last Saturday’s mati- nee of “Seventh Heaven" would have supplied it. Washington was the hottest city in the East on that memorable day, and “Seventh Heaven" was at the hg end of a two-week run. The: less than 75 seats in the em.lrc house. GLEN ECHO PARK. Glen Echo, with its boast of cool breezes, the “Humming Bird,” & creator of thrills, running as it does at top speed for 4,000 feet, and fre- quently dipping, like & bird in fiight, for at least 80 feet; its dozens of other amusements, including i ““Caterpillar,” and “Midway,” with its and other harmless Irut hm ti kfi amusements, claims to be th place to picnie. Car service to tiis resort is lood. both to and from the park, and ol week nights, the big ballroom is: pod ways well patronized for dancing, the tunes of Happy Walker’'s ‘Orches- tra, from 8:30 until closing time. featured in Broadway revues and | 5! n Efly of them in Keith-Albee vaude- e. ! Putting new twists on old gags and d bits of business is Ardath’s spe- ity. el e A ;Lelter B Ium Honored ESTER B. ISAAC, a native of the District and for the past 10 years, ef projectionist at Loew’s Columbia eater and later at Loew's Palace heater, left Washington last night assume the post of general super- r of projection of all Loew thea- , both in the United States and WD‘- Mr. Isaac's appointment from & 1d of more than 1,000 members w projection staffs in this country regarded as a signal mark of dis- nction. It was made necessary, it said, by the recent decision of Mr. w to bring about a standardiza- tfon of projection excellence in all the theaters controlled by him. Mr. Isaac is the only Loew projec- tlonist who is a member of the Society Motion Picture Engineers, a na- mal organization of 500 or more sekperts in motion ploture projection, | i ti will make necessary his lon ':: 'p;fil‘&:;l of the Amer- fcan Projection Soc! -Lester B. Isaac's projection experi- @nce goes back 16 years to the early ays of the motfon picture industry. i U gl Your Face Your Fortune. Il your face round? Then your chance of success in than if your 1 hUn(, etc., and his acceptance of new post vast lie,along this direction. ‘quite the ideal spot for an .v'nlnxl amusement and relaxatior icularly, will experi- | JAMES A, BARE, ; mm.momlhhmdm&w':knmmum-num- w. v In the Spotllg’ht wm BROOKS will stage the production of “A Regular Girl,’ which Charles Gordvn ‘will make. Alice Brady, instead of Fay Bain- ter, will open on Labor day in “Sour |last ni Grapes,” a comedy by Vincent Law- nnce Miss Bainter played the lead- ‘ role in the out-of-town trvout per- oriances. David Bennet has been enmod by Charles Dillingham the dances for “Criss Cross,” the mlulul comedy in which Fred and Dorothy Stone will be . The produc- tion goes into nhurnl next month. “The Little lm comedy b, Myron C. Fagan, has been placed In nh-r-l for uu new season, under A. R. Vap Buren, direction to !‘. A, Witbeck ll thoprvduw “Peaches,” & mugical comedy, book Louls Simon and Bide Dudl be prod by L. in New York ‘bwt October 1. Phlllp Heege unl Valerie Vnurh have been added to the "cast of “A uuon wmm-annmmwtor this New York engagement. “Laff That Off, rp! comedy o!.th- -euon. cndad its New York run it with its 300th performance. “Number 7, produced by Earl Carroll, will have its first showing i New York on Labor day. By arrangement ent with Gilbert Mil- ler, A H., Woods and Arch Selwyn have engaged"Eric Blore for a leading role in “The Ghost Train” which opens in Stamford, August 3 ““Washington Helghts, by Pauline Fellman, i8 announced for presentation in New York the week of August 2 under the management of the Fain Producing Corporation. “The Old Gold Societ; a play Youth's Companion,” 'schédul o open tomorrow night at Mhr}.gnh. starts rehearsals Five organizations will hold outings e Beach, be Tuesday; Ni Btrvleo’ Oriental Court of Y.h Junior Oflor of | American Th 3 local Mechanios, branch, No. 602, of the United Asso- clation of Steamfitters and Helpers, Friday, and Employes’ Association of u-e Hecht Co., Saturday. The beach -wo-l- not only to dAuy excursioniats but: also to vacationists, frequent train service, amusements The omm of wNuhn--dnd "2' without end, shady groves, fine bath- | book, ing, excellent fishing, boating and boardwalk promenading being some of the attractions of an Athm.le City l'tutho very gates of the N-uon-x Cap-| by Sokolov’s band is a (0. % b e omh The perfect camera. face must be | round, say’ Metro-Goldwyn- perts. It makes little difference how ‘exdquisite the coloring or how perfeot The features, the contour of the face | actually decides 'one’s fate in the movies. The color of the hair and the eyes does not matter. There are just as he screen @ distinct photographic type. Should the 'features be regular? That is a disputed point. Many stars| and players have caj certain | 8¢ s. A DUg nose, a crookea eye- deep dimple has often rized s g b madn her more interesting. than Mphe had umluuly perféct_features. long, narrow faee, it is pointed is never effective on the screen, juse the thn serve to accentu-: rude Olmsted, Greta TR a0 have: paseed the ncid to ve of screen tests because of their well m*led. rounded faces. l’mpMenwd\eRucu Smbxom.mnmmmum fill in any kind of an emergency a the filming.of a motion And they proved thclr v 0 he filmis Gilda of the South 1 ing bug. Other 2 gallery and o charge of Rey. Enoch M. Mrfl. Friday, July 80, St. Luke's Epis: m " Macalester | | nummnny 10 s:.p..l:“ and 6:45 Sundays at 10:30 l-m.. pm. | 2:30 n&:fi ‘iNaMManw&nd‘ht‘amnlv-‘ . the Greenwich The face doss not | Fo! ved himself an juring ohe of the “!ovam.h Heaven” a wuk sand: fi“";nomnflnu-tyw ‘| to achieve speci Sut - 3 ‘Md., in'charge of A. R. Lee. " 'The Mutual Burlesque Assoclation has added to its list of attractions: 's “Follies of to break up the im- n, The girl is packed off nt in Connecticut, but,’as so nts _have ‘discovel dis- barrier to puppy Tove. All nd enchantment and i T T il it i pi £ §=8 i ¥ i & ea_; - in vlu:evllk of the Willard Garden Orchestra, under almm Yathan ‘Brusiloff, © | Just nuwp,r!m added turns of merit. be Producers' “Meet the ring Joseph Schildktaut. ‘Made-Over Clothes. T you: thisik 1t poor tasts to have| your clothies made over, read what Blanche Sweet, the motion picture star, has to say ebout it. . “I used to have the idea that when a thing was once out of fashion it might as well be discarded forever,” says Miss Sweet. “I .have now changed_my opinion entirely. Fre- quently I lun a garment made over two and three times. It all came about @ year or so ago when I found an old dress, which had been a fav- orlte It was made of the most divine ‘inaterial I have ever seen. I couldn’t th it and came to the material in it that it might be pos- sible to have it remodelled. Prince,” ransacked my closets and trunks and dug up clothes I had for- In nine out of 10 Il!flllfll am getting ing of Wear Can You Imagine This? started his carcer as & boy in a circus and owns a Nice. fame as a slapstick come. known throughout Europe’ of America’s leading artistic Bompzmwn mevc;;ykldlnth& target and a fancier Scotch terriers mh—umu ‘waltz of Hollywood’s most a ‘German burlesque four languages. of Mack Se: kops” and is a car- nist, a painter-and a sculptor. on hearing sentimental polished drawing room and to England yearly to buy the cbthu‘_ that earn him the title “the man in Ho (¥ greatest pantomimist on n,” in the oplnlon ol Allan A:cumuurmdu AMUSEMENTS. Men at;cl Women as Actors. 'LARENCE BROWN, Metro - Gold- wyn-Mayer's latest directorial ac- Qquisition, who will direct Sudermann's “Flesh and the Devil,” first under-his new contract, should have no dificulty in establishing himself as a favorite wlth (amlnlne ‘picturegoers, for Brown 'h as says that women make Mle ie players than mén. Call it inherent gentlemanliness, if specifically de- T A D that in the art of the movies Le Paradis Roof Garden grows more and more charming, according to latest announcements. The slim new moon contributes to the mise en scene touch of ro- ‘Valencia,” or the newer as rendered by the fa- m 14 Paradis Band. Dlucur Golden, as an exponant of “color in music,” is one of the real stars of the huge Davis organization. An element of especial charm is sup- plied by Violinist Bert Bernath, Swanee n-the-Alr. melody and altitude of Swanee-in-the-Air, Fun, is the charm the heart of the downtown e rvot or the Earle Theate: ‘whik rs to dance music Vibrating » wlth un,t ropical rhythms that are the hallmark of the Swanee Syncopators, Interspersed with the vaudeville interludes of Martin Reu- ben, clever young special entertainer. Direct pators is speeding up the n'odumlon of new orchestrations ly adapt- od to the snappy style of his or‘lnl zation, and every night sees the pro- duction of some mmi -new dance num- ber fresh from Broadway. Chateau le Paradls. ““The road to the Chateau is the road to a good time” and the call of the: Chateau le Paradis every night is to the gay sets of Washington and Balti- more. Situated midway between the Capital and the Monumental City, the Chatean is easily available by motor car to both. The sparkling gayety of the dance music supplied by the Chateau le| Paradis Band and the songs and antics of Walter Kolk, the “Chateau cut-up,” are dual attractions. Ph’l‘lh C‘Pgfilu.u le h::la-.mnd under o iams, Doowiden iy dance music crammed ryrm;e ing harmonfes and nutnt ‘blues.” “Kittens" Comes Back. 'WAY back in the prehistoric past of the films—1914, to be exact— “Kittens”. Reichart made her screen debut at the age of 4 in “The Sign of the Cross,” with Willlam Farnum, “Kittens” and her mother, natives of Yonkers, were among the inter- ested spectators during the filming of scenes for this picture at the Clara Morris estate and “Kittens” was dratted for service in a small part. Her- first scene, an emotional one, the director some difficulty in getting her to.cry, but h- lolved the problem by teiling “Kittens” that her mother had gone home and left her there. A torrent of tears fol- lowed, and on that tide Kittens ws swept to success as the Baby Peggy of that time. “Kittens” became a seasoned film Dh.yer, lpmrln. with Pauline Fred- erick “The Eternal City,” with Hazel Dl.vn in "Nlob." and with Farnum in a number of films, includ- ing “Les Miserables,” a Frank Lloyd production. - For t years she Fox Films, impersonating bee to the present. N it 16, n up ° ow, at 16, Gorton High how | 3he is a student at the of mnule con- uom‘ directors And that is m mun - ard, who directed “Volcano!” a new Paramount speclal, turned five orches- tras loose on the lot when scenes were W the Day, the only i EEEEE! Eéggffi "3k, s 5 4 i £ ge E F 1 %' 5§38 & k i g -5 ) ] i § i £ E ONAL"“"'* $1.10, 75c &50c School, in Yonkers. With her mothu-. she uan to the Paramount:Long 1sland studio, wlnn muunmwdfl llvw daughter “Sola. Yanr od lnn u)dlxlultcu'n test - di- mwlyummhmva. "KIW assigned thé part which mrkhcrmrntoth- tudis untur @ lapse of seven years. e Epic of Tramp Life. FAMES TULLY, author of “Béggars of Life,” has written an epic of tramp life which will be filmed by Paramount. =~ After four ' months’ -“WED. MAT. . ALL SEATS 50 SAT. MAT, The 0 ‘where | xnow. Washington’s young dancing folks, in | district, or Al Kamons of the Synco-| s it least men's equals and ir superiors. ink,” he says, “that practically every thinking person, will admit that in the other ‘arts men excel women. It may be that woman’s environment, su 8, point of view and physi- itions have kept her from competing in the artistic flelds until recently, but that is beside the point. Up to the present men have been far superior in all arts but acting. - "“Since the beginning of the nine- teenth century, however, when women first bégan to invade the stage with a view to possession, their names have stood out to a far greater extent than those of the opposite sex. Rachel, Bernhardt, Modjeska, Rejane, Duse— they'’re names to conjure with. Of the early man actors, however, but few are remembered and discussed. “I attribute this to the unfortunate fact that most men are welf-conscious, and until they overcome this stage handicap they cannot be great. Man's natural conceit may kelp him, but not 80 much as a woman's muml innate talent for acting. “Every woman is a born actress. She is playing parts all her life, from the time she gets her first doll till she loses her teeth. The ability to act is one of the allurements that have been created in her as a bait and fascina- tion for man. ‘And man, on the other hand, is naturally fascinated by some- thing he does not understand. And I daresay that no man has ever un- derstood a woman. “In summary, the early woman fa- vorites of the screen have lasted much longer in popularity than the men, and popularity is a form of histrionic appreciation. The matinee idols have practically dropped from sight, with one or two exceptions, while many of the flappers of 1910 are still enjoying a tremendous following. Tricks in All Trades. DEMAND developed = recently that brought to the Paramount Long Island studio a science new to motion pictures. The lehmllt ‘was J. Lynn Leotiard of Ncw York, doctor of veterinary Andlu'umlledln ust to make a do;'h scratch h 3 e scratcl ln; was to be a scene in Gloria Bmlonl picture, “Fii Stephan Seymour, dlnc tor of propnrtlau, got the dog (for procuring of animals is not done by tho casting department), and Miss Swanson was enthusiastic with his choice. ~She carried ft—a wire-haired terrier—through n. num- ber of scenes. Then came the scratching muonco. Director. Richard Rosson call my Rinaldi, his property man. “How are you going to make that dog“scratch his ear?”’ he wn.n&ed to “That's easy,” Jimmy said. “Im going to put tight rubber band around his neck. “0.K.,” sald Mr. Rosson. ‘The rubber band was nppl!ed Sees the Error of Its Ways. E time has come to debunk the motion-picture industry.” Jesse L. Lasky, vice president in charge of production of Paramount, says so, and :n also points out how it should be lone. Mr. Lasky is one of the 12 immor- tals of the screen elected last Fall by members of the advertisers’ assocla- tion. In admonishing the adyertising and publicity men to place less em- phasis on trivial things, Mr. Lasky said: “When I say ‘debunk,’ don’t mis- understand me. This is what I mean: You must help us and help the public to maintain & proper sense of values. I do not think it is good pllblh.lty to overexplolt a picture, a star, a direc- tor, or even a producer. The public today is picture wise. You can put on fthe greatest ballyhoo ever scen since the dnyl of mrnum. but if your Maun stand up on th wuma m‘l Em ""‘u'é"" but it o' us the public. “Do not feed newspapers and magazines ut our stars. It does not make them any greater art- ists if you tell the public that nny like pink lemonade for kfast or that they have to have’ their limou- sines scented with incense. What the public is interested in today is not the star, not the director, but the amount of real entertainment give n on the screen.” The screen, said Mr. l‘lky. is rely- ing more and more upon the orlglm.l story as the basis for photoplays. Thi coming year, he thought, would m at least 50 per cent of the pictures produced made from stories written especially for the screen, instead of adaptations of novels, short stories and stage plays. —_— Color Photography. SO much has been eaid for and against colored photography dur- ing th. past few years that it is in- teresting to find what the various men who understand 'the camera angle really think of it. David Kesson, who has been pho- tographing stars for more than 12 It was a complete failure. The pup was a Nul{lmnack, and the band never fazed him. “Now what?” said Mr. Rosson. “How about a little turpentine on the mutt?” the “props” inquired. Right here Gloria Swanson spoke up and delivered an ultimatum: “No, sir! No turpentime. I like that dog, and I won't see him hurt. He has to scratch his ear, but you're 'going to be humane about how you shaggy ‘m opened his kit and worked on the — = make him do it. This had the prop man stopped. Then the director had an idea. “Send for a veterinary.” That's where Dr. Leonard came in. dog for a couple of minutes. The dog made a few passes at his ear, and then sat down and scratched with gusto and earnestness. The scene 'was & success. When it was over the nary worked with the pup again, and it stopped scratching. “How did you do it?” son_inquired. The veterinary smiled as he picked up his satchel and went back to his dgg and cat hospital., But he didn’t t Miss Swan- years, does not favor the eolund mo- tion picture. “Here is something that has inter- ested me ever since it first began to be talked of,” says Kesson- “I have probed doeply into the subject. I have seen the most magnificent color pho- tography ever made. My comment upon it is, ‘It is beautiful.” But that is as much as I can say. I find it very diverting. “So far as it goes, I believe it al- ready has reached a very high plane. 1 do not believe lack of progress is the reason it is held back. It will be used undoubtedly from time to time and perhaps in the future more fre- quently than today, but I do not think it will ever supplant the plain black and white." CHESAPEAKE BEACH ON THE BAY. ARATERRPALTRC ARl o ADMISSION TO THIS GREAT AMUSEMENT PARK IS FREE BEGINNING SUNDAY MAT. AT 3:18 . Great Candy Carm'ul His Iq'm the luu of Hokum 4 SURPR!SES » Sbwanq 7 OWARD 'ut.-'nnaw. N.1004 . n PHILLIPS ues. ll PHILLIPS, &r. A 'lflh Revwe of 1936 Nfl" Little Normen fll Juvenile Patrous for o "“h Koolie” h the Prom- enods Lounge at Intermission st Matinges. AN BEAL & Yoy XYY \ Blent Fun-Maker Matinee and Continuous Show Daily Anaieu’t Fm Cchnl Entevtainer ETHEL WATERS m'no-mus SAY or“xomn. wnns.