Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1926, Page 59

Star [hatemebites . The Sunday WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MOR G, AUGUST 15, 1926. musementys® NEIL HAMILTONand BLANCHE., SWEET ~ Columbia News fll‘ld Comment LMMA HAIG SR t 1 By W. H. Landvoigt. Kel'fl{? ITH honest-to-gosh dragons in Komodo. according to news re- ports, a loose leopard in the wilds of Jersey and the Vita- phone transforming the silent movie into a speaking stage, it looks as though the time had arrived for the conservative to | take an account of stock and watch developments. Even the fountains | S ' : ; ‘ e . and the Lord knows : i : y : JOHN BOWRS‘G“(‘I GE.N-E QTRATON of the news scem to take a hitch of intermittency the weather isn't certain. One day it is reported that Thomas Meighan's | : . : : g next will be “The Back Ground” and the next day the same authority : " g Rlal‘tO tells us it will be “The Canadian” Even the long-headed Gloria Swanson | g - is telling the true story of her life and love in the magazines, and some By are predicting the World War will have to be fought over. One thing ¢ o S i | 2 now many of its chiei citizens are wondering where they are at. Even big 5 ; i men on the hey, s of literature are jumping into the movies, doubtless, i A2 ¥ fike the lcopard that roams through the cantaloupe beds and the peach £ ) . : At the Photoplay Houses This Week. orchards of Jersey, in search of adventure. As John Raymond once | T3 was wont to say. “There's millions in it"—and why not? The latest to takc the icap Count llva Tolstoy, son of the Russian novelist and plavwright, Liof Tolstoy. Edwin Carewe is going to fix him up in a bungalow in Beverly Hilis, and Tolstoy is going to help out in the mak- ing of the screen version of his father’s work. “The Resurrection.” * ok k% . «carcely realizes the extent to which the movie men are going to ) am A. Brady's prediction concerning the speaking stage and 1 t g'e to get ahead of their compétitors. Even Hoot Gibson R . : ha- forsaken the stirrups of the mustang and Wild West hilarity to do . " : - R 2 I o AL SC Lt romantic things on a motor truck in “Oh, Promise Me," his next picture, : . i sl hei'Wallz) Biieiny!? o nev conti | Sraels Bueiness fnan-ils tem@eth By a and Cecil B. De Mille has engaged the services of a rabbi to help in the : £ nental screen confection produced by | madern serpent. h H e R Kings.” Tt : aad 3 UFA, producers of “The. Cabinet of he theme of the Story is woman's making of his Christ story, “The King of Kings. hese strange and un- Dr. Caligari, rHe St st Tor | beautitad’ clothes afid usual happenings are not occurringsat random, but bob up and slap you Laugh” and “Varlety,” which reveals | man’s lack of understandin m the face without any provocation whatever. All come with the indorse- 89 ¢ - 5 the gavety of Vienna, will be present- The ast includes also Phyllls ment of auth v, and one is strongly tempted to recall the words of the & . at Loew's Columbia Theater this | Haver, Andre de Berang Eulalie famous cub reporter who once informed his paper that “men are dying | £ ! S starting this afternoon. Jensen, Williim Austin and Charles A A . : ' T traus operetta is [ Conklin the basis for the photoplay version of 4 “The Waltz Dream.” which was di COLUMBIA—"Diploma * p I 0 probabilive aiter the metropolitan district and a large section of : e |, Diiteues el ody stk the hackwoods have been edified, Washington will get a chance to hear g ° . . . : tally. the orlginal “Waltz Dream” | classic that Victorien Sardou wrote for this nvention. the Vitaphone, and see what it has done to the movie. i . | music by Oscar Straus has been in-|Sarah Bernhardt, has heen brought to Tt has dazed even the famous Roxy. and Roxy is building a billion-dollar 5 - . i » : corporated in a large measure into the | the screen by Marshall N 1, as his 4 musical score for the sereen version. | first production for Paramount, with a theater. more or | in New York. with which he hopes to beat them all. . | The featured principals of “The | cast that includes Blanche are as yet un-|Neil Hamilton, Arlette Marchal, M il IEISERTITY potential development in motion picture exhibi- ¥ |t Dicane” wiic tion in years.” is the way Fi'm Daily. the movie Bradstreet, puts it. “The ; M IL&"O}\( familiar to American audiences, are|Moore, Gustav von Seyffertitz, I Mady Christlans, Willy Friteh and| Williams, Arthur E/mund PALACE—“The Waltz Dream.” This afternoon and evening RIALTO—"Laddie.” This aiternoon and evening METROPOLITAN—"Fig Lecaves." This afternoon and evening. COLUMBIA—"Diplomacy.” This afternoon and evening. TIVOLI—‘Fascinating Yout} This afternoon and evenin AMBASSADOR—"Fig 1 " This afternoon and evening CENTRAL—"Brooding Eyes.” This aftern and evening ARDMAN PARK--"The Birth of a " This evenmng now who never died before.” cvnchronization of sound and action is impressive. To the layman it <cems that a perfect mechancal device (for linking sound with shadow) | 4 ‘ o e I 1 Desn J yne Gordon and Sojin. and has been perfccted” The editor then in his speculations as to what | ' - 1TUCOII., | “ie story concerns a fair but frigid | will be shown at Loew's Columb may happen with the Vitaphone, vaguely suggests that it will not be “ . provincial “Austrian princess who s eater this week, starting this after- a boon to the de luse theater, nor replace orchestras like those at the i - s | brought to \1{9.;";: l-\r her 'Q'QI}M;I‘»‘" i ; " o ; Capitol Theater, in New York, and the Uptown, in Chicago, and, per- | ~. 5 : marry a grand duke, if possible. The iplomacy” 18 a story of love and haps. we might be permitted to add. -fl‘f symphony, under the con- . it ™ Raymond Hitcheock ngned. grand duke. selected, however, s wary intrigue, lald in the atmosphere of e iAhe M teaprlifan in Washiigen. | / ¢ 3 0 ki and designates his ‘aide, Count Nieh | an international conference of the Bl S : o 7 E : 2 . ® AYMOND HITCHCOCK has been |olas Preyn, to show the princess about [ powers of Deauville, the famous wa Whether its cost will permit its use in the smaller theaters of the coun- o o oy A araba LN om0 oiew | The city, And under the poteney of |tering place. and centering about the trv. which moest need such an invention for its musical advantages, re- o 5 Sl Sl an important rote in “Evervbody's|Viennese wine and music, the princess | plotting and intrigue that follows the mains to he s would be a wowdrous improvement on the piano | Acting.” This marks Hitchcock's re- | thaws and impulsively kisses nysterious theft of secret tr entrance into. pictures after am ab-|cort, thus sealing the count's fite|between China and Enghind, which fiddlers three that now officiate in those houses. And, best of all, € i t serve to b the sical taste of Young America from jazz and o : sence of five vears. Eight y | from matrimonifal point of view. |greatly desired by a represel Prisoner’s Song” to real music 4 the celebrated funster made a ser Back in the provinces, in his new |of the Soviet forces e X of three pictures—all of which regis. | role as the prince consort. the count | Blanche Sweet is seen as the im S rkarly o ¢ St gt 3 : 3 Eacoansl | wearies of the monotonous round of | poverished daughter of the Marqui A the New York Vitaphone premicre, Dvorak’s “Humoresque.” as played < o " i and Neils . court duties, and at a wine garden|de Zares, who has fallen in love with by Mischa Elman. with Josei Bonime as accompanist, “aroused an ¢ ¢ i " e N | heetd Franzi, the leader of a ladies' [and married a young English diplomat 4 # ] S| orchestra,’ and herself a Viennese. |attending the conference. and suspi enthusiastic reception”: and <o did Roy Smeck’s playing of (h(-”banju, whulele and guitar, but Marion Talley “did not get over so well” with SHil to Tandi HHIEARG ARy NG, bulle: up | Hofiest ) i . of on t . with the piat wed by Harold Bauer in Beethoven's variations from LB‘Q‘RT]NI . o e e | Jnovi®% | win him back by turning Vienneso in | representative, believes her mother Kreutzer Son Its big demonstration was effected by the New | 3 proves successful, Hitchcock is likely | o0 org “customs, habits and dress. | guilty, but decides to assume the York Philharmonic Orchestra, which accompanied Giovanni Martinelli in | Gfiije'hj “\'esta la Giubba.” from “Pagliacci”: by a symphony orchestra under Her- Jeller. which accompanied Anna Case, supported by the Metropoli- Jorus, and by the musical score that accompanied the picture | Homesick, the count falls in love | cion of the theft falls on the girl, wh . Co ract = lo consider a long-term contract, he | further this plan, she summons|blame to protect her parent. J s = Franzi to the castle to be her mentor,| Added attraction will include Glenn ANNINGS - \Ward'maufpark: —_——e— - and 8o thoroughly does the leader of | Tryon's latest laugh-maker, “Along {he orchestra succeed in her task that | Came Auntie”; the International Gene Stratton Porter Day. she loses her own lover to the re-|Newsreel, a beautiful scenic. and the juvenated and beautiful princess musical background furnished by the % S . UGUST 17, the day of her birth, Is | " A Charley Chase comedy, “Mighty | Columbia Orchestra. A Dlsfllusloned. Gene Stratton Porter day. Read ike a Moose’ Pathe Newsreel, — T ers of the works of this most popular [ Topies of the Day and musical embel TIVOLI—*“Fascinating Youth.” Current Attractions. |r o ner clathenatthougn Ber |00 e | et e st S e edly the last| g,qt 17 for many vears her publishers, | he added attractions. T s L SRR CI S s W TR et h, olceohe aings| DOUCSIMVEREEEE G GO have con [ Eiaven ot CraniRlla Fivol taday: and At the Theaters This Week. it But Shbesfar fror ab GaNE | omotated tiie Adate. Porter RIALTO—"Laddie.” A e e B L v, E | always wrote one novel a vear, and, 5 S L The wholesomeness and warmth of | Our Gang comedy, “Uncle Tom's TUn- look forward with hope of the triumph of the Vitaphone. True, it can | catch the words from the plavers’ mouths as they are uttered and trans- NATIONAL—"Applesauce,” comedy. Tomorrow evening. 3 ‘las a rule, it first appeared on her 2 - & | s dancing—for although Z,‘,mdn}, N A | spirit, the sweetness without " and the Pathe Review: Tuesday | mit them to the andience. cven as if the living actors were speaking | | g ol S i L e mit them ien g P E} K H'S—Emma Haig. vaudeville. This afternoon and evening. she dances delightfully, she really s | > i ¥e 0o (o0inq since her |charine cloying that s typical of [and Wednesday, Ricar Cortez and man } tan Opera A “Don Tuan.” which was provided by Maj. Edward Bowes, David Mendoza and Dr. William Axt. In the latter, to quote Film Daily, “by c\mmg{ | i Sne's eves a person could imagine casily that the musicians were down front.” a comiortable fecling, no doubt. to theater managers who just now are argumg salaries with theater orchestras, * k% ok T is in the music possibilities of the new invention that the world may them, according to reports. But there is a serious question whether this e s 3 = ! nces d e ¢ 3 typical of [and | v. Ricardo will he to the advantage of the movie itself or to those who have learned BRIE Maryiand Collegiates, vaudeville. This afternoon and eve- | | nota *j‘\}j;’“g —ertaln indeseribable | tragic death, “Laddie” has been put | Gene :ll-xl}:{)n’;l‘gr;;‘;'l“_’l"i: Leshiphon It Pl Wb hy long experience to like their drama silent. There is a soothing charm e . r i something, a charm which is thnrnv:n“’ celluloid l;,\' J. Leo Meehan. It el e, It 1s mmia in|vumee” an Inpesia) cower o he Soundless picture which no manner of noise can replace. True, with | | STRAND—"Berlin and Liszt,” vaudeville. This afternoon and eve- | | in French girls, which is said to make | I @ remarkable and dramatic story. |30, i7" Chich opens at the Rialto |rimony’ Bines,” and a. recl the added voice. subtitles would disappear. but how does that matter? It| ning. . | “Janet of France a new Keith fea- | 0% ‘;‘r:‘{;b“‘wl):_:)r":lfi"‘ 11'“;'"" e i | today. “The Vision." might help to chase awav that redoubtable and insurmountable thing | | GAYETY--“Broadway Brevities,” burlesque. Opens next Saturday "{{f‘-l a most fasclnating vaudeville | /4y larty adaptable for pictures. | The latest production based on the | “Variety,” F called “screen technique,” which bars so many excellent stories and man afternoon. B‘J:nm cepped. ayer iny 1874 froim] , 1N ADite: ofk mer remarkable popu- | Works of this popular novelist, which | sensation, " will own i more excellent plavers from the movie drama. But what's the use P D e Lad beer shining i | 27ty as a novelist, Mrs. Porter has :t:lflllxl‘rw John l::;\:e’::‘ :n(’:ndlh:?‘;md P i'(L: - m:h : 1 o ‘\nml;us‘l ; 3 < e\ is | o N st 7 ; 4 Flowers, is a comedy oy @ rl | rope’s foreme wctor; Lya de Pu <peculating when the dragons are in Komodo and the lcopard is loose | yqjgNAL PLAYERS — “Apple- |sauce” a typical Broadway cast and | the chorus of the Follles Bhtaers) | DEen A I e e e owing. romance and In-| and Warwick Ward featured, and in Jersey? Let's wait and see what happens. Meanwhile brains that necd | sauce.” mounting. i somewhat obscured by the glamour |has used her romances to brR& 10| ohiely human action, a story of a|Bobby Vernon in “Broken China’ ractice in thinking may find comfort in figuring out just what the| L. 0w the Barry Conners| Popular-priced matinees are booked | Of the leading iady W I8 true, but | her readers a breath of Hre falds and | ploneer family in the Ohio country. | with “Toples of the Duy." Saturday, Vitaphone really is going to do to the movie. Sppes s E ' for Wednesday and Saturday still a very admirable sparkle in that |® love of the woods and fiells &ndiqy,, "siantons are a family of 12. but | “The C mas” a nightmare of S PR | comedy of hilarious line and situa- : Feviie of beilllant schthlations, the flowern and birds, butterflies and | The Stantons are a family of 12, but | The Bats, Palfios & naon, Ricardo have been led to believe, also. that European technique is going to | tion. which opens fomorrow night, KEITH'S—Emma Halg. jHer ideas of America, based upon wild creatures. T e | stk e i Gai%e wndi The AimcaiRobatis: & I W e o ale e movie “bigherisnd beftes " becauseithe itwo |Under (he airsstionlof clifforaiBrocce, | Biing [l jalminulive; duesn tor e Aericas millionaires who spent |, Ceer e Five hooks about the |B0ne to the clty. 'The Pryars, & mys. |senilo comedy, “Bear Cats,” and a new always go together like twins in the movie man’s mind. Jack Warner, [at the National Theater, is one oEithai e < a:::;m“‘"y it E,é'.l, ::“kl:"'{;r::)g In Paris, were not very definite huzi?ir\';- llhe luo;‘hs fmm the flr}m of the i;:;’r‘"";"; flfig‘(’fix’fl}m" ”",':'1’}.’;1‘;'"..[.,’3&.3"?‘ Sportlight. = seneral manager for the \\‘a ers. who are introducing ||h‘\!m[\.llmm. ripping lmgl'}; v’\\”\;‘\‘vrlyl‘“h:q:all’”“, front page of almost every news. de;x;iedl}l‘r‘o>:\,l A ;”rn?wm;r;;:w; ;nd‘o;:: and swamps [ 1000 08 ot vor, their daughter, CENTRAL—Brooding Eyes. credits this @ pecialiy that exerted by Lubitsch. as having done | u‘m ot Zat S L2 [ paper in the country. when she broke | & "elhs :x“:»‘x:lh- ‘.;.\:_“ B Am: met/| of L e Indiana. olifornia she | at frst adopts her parents’ attitude of | “Brooding Eyes” will be shown for more t anything ng imagination into American pictures in [0 | 0 Clioping Ameri. |her back .while plaving in the “Musdc o e oK by e o AmericaT | 1dentified all but 93 of the botanical |CONGescension toward the Stantons, | the first Thiths i aiy WG Ion place of deadly ¢ nd previous to his coming.” Mr.} It Ie & CHEN € Who, because his | BoX Revue’ and wecovered, will tob| tants of the country—blazing "k | specimens listed in California and |Put little by little comes to appreciate | screen at Crandall's Central Theater Warner thinks * for invasion cannot help but bring rican | {0 e°had taken the trouble to spoll | the bill at Bo . jeeths [Theater this jatee diamonas. She dreamed of a | discovered overal which had never their fifser}\‘ualfl\\n'rlh,fh?lflt:ll‘l toward | the first two dava of this week, be- Alms to . and the writer humbly ventures to agree with | just limps througn life, “apple- | “&® %‘»”f N g™ apce | brief and meteoric career in which she | been listed. It was with the hope of |7 A o kriee inter, | sinning tys afternoon, with Lionel S e forcign director.” he savs, has been compelled, because of | g S body With most as. |act of color and charm, called “Being | would amass a for 5l | drawing people into the outdoors t s the only one who knows that | Barrymore featured; a new Fox Im im he farcigr cct he <a has bee 7 i of | 5 ng” everybody Wit R e o i€ | would amass a fortune and sail back | & peop poEsthat | M08 U1 O el re - his limited resources. to find a good story and to make the most of it with | tounding success. He finds “apple-| Olteren ey bring along Buddy | (o a life of ease and luxury in her be. | She wrote “Freckles” and “The Har ATh i f";“'m Sidler Ts pliyed perfal comedy, ‘“Matrimony RBlues & vester” “The Gitl of the Limbeslodt™ e part of Little Sister 13 played | and the second of a series of Charle: by Gene Stratton, granddaughter of | ton lessons; Tuesday and Wednesday, very little monetary expenditure. The European director has had to use nages well \r\“)mn minssf:$?i’1‘;?,f|£‘:f;hfi;len:~} ?:fi‘n»&f .:}fl:;x: m":fi ';T”s Kot bl h @ oth f her f v % aren" . W 1 B I S = " A s Sa v 8 By 'S of r fa £ ingenuity in sets. photography. 41%}1!\": and even acting. In other words, |aren't going well, and the situation this says her biographer st orhidrw of - HeE tamoust, HAGIT U G O B e g et il It mecescaty to use hrats. and the result is novel, artistic pro- | of the comedy are unique and cleverty But distllusionment lurked behind | stories cast includes David Torrence, Theo-|to the West,” featuring Jack Holt, In line with the Keith-Albee pol-| S thth o s d i . ; managed 1 _ | the Statue of Liberty. Janet accepted| “Laddie,” one of her last, is not : C 1 duction.” He onutted to mention the European director’s training in_the | "ipp Bclar National Theater Play- icy of presenting new material. the | her disappointment ph\losophhg)lly about Limberlost, but the story is the gnrg Von Eu:i J :xe:}lnx(;lrlh&rt, Eula- | with Margaret Morris, Raymond Hat duction.” He ot (o o e e e Ameerican firecs | o1, LoeT NAtiomal ThCAter RLt | Hemstreet - singers, four chariming | ant st herself ' job With the Vit | portayal of an ‘American couniry | Jensen 506 SO FU%, o yioong | 407 ARSHE NAERCE s Siogrits of. Theatric art demands something more than | john Warner, Rhea Dively, Dorothy {¥OunE adies: will ‘hfi'fm_nurfid in «|graph Company. For 18 months she | home. The characters seem to spring Gilérsonls. amastet fioi the opeis St ‘4“'_','1'_'- al ool's it dash of the forbidden thrown in | Tierney. Percy Winter and the others | Program of unusually fine quartet| played in moving pictures. Later she | out of the book and (ake on flesh and | .. bt ek NECARISNRLe Nutal el in roles nce. numbe made her debut in vaudeville in New | blood in the film version | /Rigoletto” by Verdi, composed of|wayman,” William Beaudine's produc- e e e+ the sort of || Janer of France, piquant French | York, and from that time on she has | . b | Louis L. Annis, as the Duke of Man- | tion of a modern Robin Hood. featu e ith directors | e he ngzontes of | comedienne. will be seen in a new act | been a “regular” on the circuit. | ’ | tua; Romeo Guaraldi. Rigoletto: Dor- | ing John Patrick. Dorothy de Vora R 8 L et et 1t ripples, effervesces, | entitled “Toot Sweet” written es- - - i Picture Pleasantry. jothie Risley. igolatiois i daugtide | sud ot e so Glenn Tryon HE best evidence that America has lacked histrionic art in a perfected | ([SEUNEC TG i terests, because it is | pecially for her by Johnny Cantwell | ya) it T : | jilda, and Rose Fiore. Maddalena. |in “Ukulele Sheiks™: Friday, Rex t e B work mi ve ob: d by retros of the | fitely ric In mo. other | Her compAny includes Byron Haw-|Y2 hjtlege in “Jest for Awhile,” | PHERE is plenty of real fistic com- | The overture will be selections fr Beach's “Padlocked,” featuring Lois state in its screen work may be obtaine a retrospect genuinely Americam. o ot ) somethihg new in the entert + s g ereen's “great” actors and actresses. Most of them are names | land on ‘the map could such a biay |kins, William Rand, Roger Allen and | jian: Gancios Aurphe, ~The beamers | 4 bat in Gene Tunney's new Pathe the comic opera “Rose Marie,” by | Moran, Noah Beery, Louise Dresse Coined into gold by wonderful. impudent and persistent publicity. True, | thrive | Miki Martine. line: [Senator Mucphy, Tte Feoplels)| seiiel, ‘THeiKIghting: Marires: e/} EImE Eeliebblo oo (oDl Ll S (2 go) Snatle il Sthi 166 16h <:but look | Clifford Brooke giving “Apple- Others will be Clara Barry and Or-|nos D 2 el o & | producers picked a_particularly e banks, Jr.; also Edna Marian in “His come of the ve landed noble tities, others colossal fortunes: bu 5 aughmaker; Dorothy and Rosetta | Byou oy o8 o Belse o o HESIRNCH METROPOLIT g Leave Girl Friend”; Saturday, a Peter B a e famous Florodora sextet and recall what they did and are . Ryan, maids of mirth and melo o o GNP . | Kyne story, “The Shamrock Handi B s Florodora sextet and recall what shey did and arel e Callender and the National Players in Brandon Thomas' ages old |the terial Do Groffa in speeds £Ym | 15 Hagney. sometime. of Syanev: | Mctropoltan. Opening. ihis ARermoon | Camn Sari a e e ot i o mes are generally forgotten and their fame can be borrowed to | farce, “Charley's Aunt.” If vou didn't sce and share in it, you have no nastics, and Amazon and XNile in|australia; London. Paris or Buenos |will present William Fox's production i G «cuit an occasion without fear of raising much rumpus. The original six | excuse for lean ribs. provided it is true that laughter maketh the lean to playing "[_’n ovat f}n';‘!;';l-‘cn 18- | Afres, but now of Hollywood of & Leavés.": featurhig GUotge ) ots. Jaces with the gods and goddesses of old. |wax fat. So long as such things happen and so long as there remain those | with the screen features, Toples of Hagney Is a former prize fighter, O'Brien and Olive Borden. and a stage | Ay\iBAGSADOR—" o o ablv i the muthical halls of the Valhalla, hut who in the movies. past |who can make them happen. there is little likelihood that they won't, de- fthe Day. Aesop's atares, Toplcs of |once heavyweight champion of South | offerinz. the Loomis Twins, two most | AMBASS/ DE Fig Leaves. WOk % % ~ the ways that make them possible. Let Brady and his associates furnish | k sk gt e ok - * sikte: aigbat Crandall’s Ambassador Theat i epeaking stage i< to fade into innocuous desuetude. it might be well | the duty of keeping the old speaking stage alive unti the time when the | The headline act this week at the | taking such liberties, was once a spar- | beauty to the sephisticated splendors this afternoon. Wednasday recall the laughing oy dispensed at the National Theater last week by | New Zealander sits on the ruins of the Brooklyn Bridge, ctc, etc, etc. (Continued on Secona Page) ring partner for Hagney. of an ultra-fashionable gown shop. (Continued on Third Page.) (] e = i) k - ] tors, if any. may boast pretty faces and splurgy scenery o make it spicy. American studios may learn this from the imported | America: doing every day ong since have taken their