Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1926, Page 63

AMUS EMENTS Fl‘.mograms THE original of the famous paint- ing, “The Blue Boy,” around which a film story was woven and ex- hibited here recently, is valued at the ~normous sum of $750,000. It is now in the home of a wealthy art collector | at Pasadena, Calif. Last Saturday night witnessed the | close of the Summer season at Cran- | dall's Savoy and Apollo picture gar: dens, conducted during every heated term In conjunction with the theaters whose names they bear. Joseph M. Schenck of the United Artists is said to be in favor of the | movement being conducted by the Wallace Reid Memorial Club to bring about a refssuance of some of Wallace | Reld’s best pictures. This was made | known when Mr. Schenck recently be- dme a member of that-organization in an honorary capacity. Norma Tal Constance Talmadge, _Alice Gloria Swanson, Richard Bar- s. Richard Bennett, Richard Dix, George O'Brien, Ronald Colman, Lois Moran and numerous others are heartily indorsing the movement. For the first time, and the last time, in his screen career Rudolph Valen- tino appeared without a trace of make. up in “The Son of the Sheik.” Ac- cording to Director George Fitzmau- rice, Valentino’s skin was naturally dark and it was additionally tanned so deeply by his outdoor life that no | make-up for his sheik role was necessary. January, 1927, has been designated as “laugh month,” according to P. A. Parsons, president of the Short Fea~‘ tures Advertising Association, and | that means that the shorts will be featured. Svend Gade, the director from Swe- den, is to free lance. Pola egri is to be starred in “Barbed re,” with Rowland V. Lee be D."W. Griffith’s last picture for Famous Players-Lasky. The story deals with slavery in the South before the Civil War. “Rags are royal rai- one of its famous line thrillers. United Artists. Alan Crosland will di | rect, and Marceline Day, Mack Swain, Otto Mattiesen and Slim Summerville are in the cast. Tom Moore has been engaged for the role of the doctor in the Owen Da: vis play, “Beware of Widows,” which Millard Webb will direct, with Laura La Plante playing the role which Another of Cynthia Stockley's stor- ies of the African veldt, “The Claw,” is to be adapted to the screen by Uni versal. B. P. Schulberg, who discovered Clara_Bow, Alyce Mills, Donald Keith and Director Willlam Wellman, an nounces a new find, Gary Cooper, an unknown actor, who is declared to have given an’ exceptional perform- ance in “The Winning of Barbara Worth.” After a lapse of 11 years Donald Crisp will again direct a picture in which Adda Gleason will play an im- portant role, In 1915 Crisp directed tamona” with Miss Gleason por- traying the title role and the two are working together again for the first time since that time on the produc- fon of “Man Bait,” Marie Prevost's latest Metropolitan feature. Louis Payne, husband of Mrs. Les- lie Carter, celebrated stage star, now living In retirement in Hollywood, plays an important role in “The Yan: kee Clipper,” Rupert Julian's current production.” Payne and Burr McIn- tosh, who is also appearing in this pic- ture are working together for the first time in more than 30 years. In directing, according to announcement of Jesse L. Lasky. “New York” goes into production | tomorrow, according to schedule, with | William Powell and Mary Alden in | the leads and with Lols Wilson, Ly: de Putti and Ricardo Cortez in the cast. | Janet Gaynor and Margaret Living ston’ will appear with George O'Brien in F. W. Murnau's production of ‘Sunrise” for Willlam Fox. Its title formerly was “A Tale of Two Worlds.” Francis X. Bushman is to play one of the two male leads with Corinne Grifith in “The Lady in Ermine.” | Einar Hansen is the other principal. | “(‘aptain Salvation,” a story of the sea, Is being adapted by Lorna Moon and will be directed by George Hill. | The original is by Frederick Willlam Wallace, (“zechoslovakia censors have reject- ed the United Artists’ production of “The Bat,” for reasons not given. For violating the national sentiment of the country in his pictures, espe- | cially “The Battle,” Sessue Hayaka: va | has been denied admission to Japan. Hal Roach is quoted as ng that | “prologues” are wearing out their wel- | comne, A~ soon as Connie Talmadge com- | pletes her present First National con tract, according to Joseph M. Schenck, she is going to be one of the United | Artists. Schenck is in the family and ought to know. Marcus Loew is going to star Mrs. Clemington Corson, the English Chan- nel swimmer, probably as a “presen. i tation.” | The Washington Theater Owners will hold a convention November 9 and | 10. but that means the State of Wash. | ington and not the District of Co- lumbia. The White Slave,” Bartley ( 1893 the two were members of the me stock company and their paths d not crossed since. The 1919 Ziegfeld Follies donated a goodly number of its beauties to the | screen and not the least of this bou- quet to make the grade is Betty Fran. cisco, who plays a featured role with Marie Prevost in “Man Bait.” _In the Spotlight ALBERT LEWIS will produce “The Creole,” by Samuel Shipman and Kenneth Perkins, with Richard Ben. nett in the leading role. Frederick Truesdale has been added to the cast supporting Frances Starr In “The Shelf,” which opens in Phila- delphia tomorrow night and then goes Into New York. A. P. Waxman, known in the thea ter.as a press man, has accepted for production “Wings,” a play by Ashley Miller and Zelda Sears, with incidental music by Arthur Bergh. A company of 60 players has been recruited in New York toappear under the direction of Carter De Haven at his Hollywood Music Box Theater. Hilda Vaughn, Rosemary Hilton, Sidney Booth, Harold Elliott and Don Cook have been engaged for ‘‘Seed of the Brute,” which is planned for Oc- tober presentation in New York. The new year of the Theater Guild School of Acting started last Monday with 20 seniors and 56 junior mem- bers enrolled. Hamilton MacFadden will be executive manager of the achool. A new play by Henry Arthur Jones is scheduled for an early Lon- don presentation. Its title is “That Which was Foretold.” The Dillingham offices in New York have Jjust received from Frederick Lonsdale the manuscript of a thre famous melodrama of old, e TR CRANDALL'S METRO Sundays, Doors Open 2:30 P. The Finest Bill of The New ENSEMBLE INTO HE Drama, love A BRILLI MADELEINE ‘Mac On the Stage Sunday at “‘HELEN & WARREN" then—America ! “The Metropelitan Ram — 'HE_TEMP! CRANDALL'S YOU NEVER L i st il [T PSS~ WEEK OF SEPT. 12th 9% Local Theater Maintaining Two Orchestras CORINNE GRIFFITH The foscinating story of a Russian Crown Princess, caught in the swirl of red revolution, married under Soviet Law to a peasant, Danlel Breeskin Conducting Washington's Finest Orchestra Week Days Only, 10:50 A. M. to 1: TIVOLI T Sunday, 3 te 11 P. M.—Daily, 1:30 te 11 P. M. JUNDAY-MONDA FLORENCE VIDOR And a Distinguished Supporting Ensemble in a Delightfully Diverting Comedy-Drama Sennett Comedy— Topics—Pathe Review Tues.-Wod. —GEO. 0'BRIEN, OLIVE BORDEN, “FIG LEAVES” Thur.-Fri. —BLANCHE SWEET in NEILAN'S “DIPLOMACY" Saturdgy—TOM MIX in “MY OWN PAL" T e ] entitled POLITA . M. Daily, 10:30 A. M. to 11 P. M. “Greater Movie Season” in The Only MAMMOTH JSETTINGS and romance in their highest flight. JANT VIRTUOSA, GUIGAN, VIOLINISTE 3:35, 5:30, 7:30 and 9:35 P. M. COMEDY—OVERTURE—NEWS blers,”” Milton Davis Conductor. M. and 5 to 7:30 S HEATER 14TH ST. AND PARK RD—— r. M LE_OF THE ART! KNOW WOMEN fil meént when worn for virtue's sake” is | “The Vagabond Lover” is the title | of John Barrymore's first picture for | Madge Kennedy created on the stage. i THE SUNDAY Next Week's Photoplays COLUMBIA—Lillian Gish and John Gilbert in “La Boheme.” METROPOLITAN — Richard Barthelmess in “The Amateur Gentleman.” RIALTO — Viola Dana and Ralph Lewis in “Bigger Than Barnum’s.” TIVOLI — “Laddie,” “Pals First” and “Poker .Faces.” AMBASSADOR — “The Ama- teur Gentleman,” “Hell Bent fer Heaven,” addie” and “Honesty is the Best Policy.” CENTRAL—“When the Door Opened,” “Nell Gwyn,” “The Love Thief,” “So This Is Paris” and “Sunny Side Up.” WARDMAN PARK —Emil Jannings in “Deception” and Otis Skinner's “Kismet. A cast is being selected. Reports from London indicate that Lonsdale him- self will follow his play before the end of the month. Olive Valerie has been engaged for the cast of “The Jeweled Tree." She #ill play Ankhesson, who is none other than, the widow Queen of Tut i that fahtasy of ancient Egypt by Garrett Chatfleld Pier. “Beatrice and the Blackguard” is sald to be well advanced on its way from Cincinnati to New York. This Is the play by Ernest Goodwin which is being tried out by Stuart Walker under the anxious eye of Edith Ellis, who was instrumental in securing the piece for production. Her daughter, Ellis Baker, has an important part in the cast. “First Love,” with Fay Bainter as Its star, got a good start in Atlantic City last Monday night. The play was adapted from the French by Zoe Atkins. Another company of “The Green Hat,” with Charlotte Walker and | Norman Hackett as its leading play- ers, opened a long road tour at Plain- | fleld last Thursday night. | Mitzi is reported to have established | a sell-out record in “Naughty Ri- quette,” the new Oscar Strauss oper- etta, which reaches New York tomor- row night. The production, made a big hit in Atlantic City last week. The cast of “Henry's Harem,” which reaches the Greenwich Village tomorrow night, will include Olive Reeves-Smith, Joan Storm and Al Roberts. Fred Ballard and Arthur Stern are the authors. John Van Druten, author of “Young Woodley,” has made an adaptation for A. H. Woods of a play entitled “God Incarnate,” from the Serblan of Milliam Begovic. The title will be changed to “The Third Day.” A play by Gretchen Damrosch Fin- tetter, daughter of Walter Damrosch, has been accepted by Mrs. Samuel Insull for production in Chicago. It is entitled “The Runaway Road.” “The Pearl of Great Price,” an alle- gorical play written by Rabert M Laughlin and described as “a dra: spectacle,” will be presented in New York late in October. It will be pro- duced on a huge scale with a com- pany numbering over 200. Arrangements have been made by the New York Theater Guild for the importation of Jacques Copeau to di- sion of “The Brothers Karamazoff,” which the guild_will produce this Winter. Maurice Wer- thein, who has just returned to New York after a Summer in Europe, con- firmed this while in Paris. A new play, “Live Wires,” has been | accepted by Boothe, Gleason & Truex and will reach New York some time next month. It is characterized as “an American comedy” and was writ- ten by Rolph Murphy, an erstwhile STAR, WASHINGTON HEN an actress speaks of ‘“‘my public”—it signals a smile from the amateur satirists, a sneer from the intelligentsia, a laugh from lesser stars and a loud guffaw from the gal- lery. Still, “my public” is a relent- less fact, as witness the case of Mary Pickford. Mary came as near, perhaps, to being a public idol as any one ever in public life, and her hold on popu- Jar fancy was not difficult of ana- Iyzation. The parts she portrayed were elemental in characterization. She did simple, homely things for simple, homely reasons: her whole- some stories were simple, direct and easy to feel. By nature, Mary is and a rollicking scene with a joyous impertinence behind it was not act- ing to Mary. In her stories, there was sure to be a weepy emotionalism that in simple natures is ever near the surface. What a combination for the great mass of people! Laughter or tears within easy call—and with simple, elemental motivations. Ts it any wonder that Mary’s hold on “my public” was so sure? Then _came the period during which she allowed ambition to close her eyes to the basis of this hold. She essayed more impressive roles; more pretentious settings; more grown-up characterization. Then came the verdict. something of the temerarious gamin— | D. C, Made Mary a Kid Ag’aln. “My public” saw her, admitted she was as beautiful as ever, said that her productions were well done, but went away dissatisfled because they wanted the other Mary. She tried |it again, using another type of story { with the same result. The public de- manded the young Mary, the kiddish Mary, the pert, irresponsible, ragged, curly - haired, short - skirted Mary. They continued to love her, but they | demanded that she should make the | sort of pictures “we” want. After recelving more than 20,000 letters in answer to her published question— What do you want me to play?”—she realized the truth; she did not dare to grow up. She did “Little Annie Rooney,” an inconsequential thing _dramatically, | but exactly the sort of picture her | followers wanted. It was her great- | est financial success and made thou- | sands of new friends for her. | The lesson of this was so plain that she will probably never for- get it. Her newest picture, “Sparrows,” which will be shown here this season, is another child part, but for the first time in her career gives her an in- tensely dramatic vehicle. Advance reports of “Sparrows” are glowing and “my public” here await with_interest a picture that will give the Mary of old in combination with the new, emotionally effective Mary that her press agents promise us. | Movis Sidilighes. THE complete interior of a theater was constructed for the musical comedy sequence that features Olive Borden in the picturization of Cur- wood’s story, “The Country Beyond.” The screen has played a joke on the casting directors. In choosing the cast for a picture whose title featured the auburn haired it was found that motion plcture ‘“red-headed mamas™ are not red headed. Under ordinary photographic conditions red hair photographs black, while under the soft light used in an attempt to get rosy tints in the close-ups it photo- graphs white. Four barrels of camphor balls are to be shipped to Calgary, Canada, from Astoria, Long Island, for use In Thomas Meighan's next Paramount picture, “The Canadian.” The cam- phor 1s to be used in a haflstorm. It was necessary to ship them across the continent to make sure they would be on hand at the time needed and to give prop men time to stain them light blue, as light blue photographs white. While making the South American sequences of ‘“Upstream” on the Sana Anna River in California, John Grif- fith Wray, directing the picture for Fox, had to place some alligators in the river for realism of setting. That afternoon he was warned by the indig- nant natives, who objected to his “willfully and maliciously stocking the river with dangerous reptiles.” An ordinary vellow pup, worth a dollar when new, Hank now com- mands a staggering salary and_ride; to work in an expensive car. Holly wood is filled with trick dogs, but his owner, Henry East, claims that Hank will register every emotion required for the screen. The dog will be seen in “The Return of Peter Grimm,” the Belasco-Warfleld success; featuring Alec B. Francis in the picture, which was directed by Victor Schertzinger. Movies in the making are just as popular as they are on the screen. A company of German actors stopped on Parkavenue the other day to “take a shot” of the villain emerging from Though the proceedings took barely 10 minutes, 300 adults and children collected and watched with open Pre Keith Popular Priced Vaude- ville of Su- perior Merit and Photo- plays of the First _ Grade 18th St. Be. low F N. W. 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ESTELLE TAYLOR Wife of the Heavyweight Champion, and Bryant Wash- burn in WANDERING FOOTSTEPS TUES.—WED. LOUISE FAZENDA Jacqueline Logan and Star Cast in FOOTLOOSE WIDOWS THURS—FRI. CLARA BOW Percy Marmont and Ernest Torrence in Peter B. Eyne's MANTRAP SATURDAY ZANE GREY' Newest Drama of the West DESERT GOLD O O ", e sill the doorway of an apartment house. | Cries Real :rears. CAROL DEMPSTER wept bucket- fuls of real tears in the filming of final scenes for the new D. W. Grif- fith picture, “Sorrows of Satan.” “Crying real tears is a difficult ac- complishment,” Miss Dempster says, “until you learn how it is done. I re- member the first time Mr. Griffith wanted me to cry in a pleturé. I simply couldn’t do it. He sent me off to my room with Mrs. Myrtle Sutch, the studio chaperon, and had the ‘prop’ man install a phonograph in the room. For hours that phonograph played Chopin's ‘Funeral March,” and I tried vainly to enter into the spirit of the occasion and weep. ““At first it was funny, thken it got monotonous, and finally it nearly drove me frantic, My nerves were on edge, and presently, as though I heard it for the first time, the music began to suggest its forlorn, despairing I burst into tears. Mrs. Sutch called Mr. Griffith, and the scene was taken. “Now when I have to get into this gort of mood I first study the part thoroughly, get a good mental picture of the character, try to visualize her { personality and create in my mind a sympathy for her troubles. That is not so hard if life has taught you a rew of its elementary lessons, among them the fact that ‘but by the grace of God, there go I Dorothy Day, who was in the Be- tasco production of “The Dove,” has been engaged for the company that is being formed to play in Chicago. Harry Minturn is leading man. 1Film Features CAROLINA 11th ¢ ve. SF. CAROLINA T1thEN.C. Ave SE. ! LOVER CONWAY TEARLE. BAR EARA BEDFORD TAKOMA Takoma Park, D. C. ! Today. continuous from 3 P.M Tomorrow at 7 and § P.M The Junior Stars of 1926 i IN “FASCINATING YOUTH” Also PATHE NEWS and COMEDY. CRANDALL'S ™ THIS WEEK—CORI in TO __CONCERT VIOLIN DRI CRANDALL'S 31X0L, « TODAY. ND TOMORRO L R e e 1§ AMBASS e s DAY, m_\{\" G/ 5 . © RIFF \'To SR KINGDOM 1 WARR! EDY “Savoy Theater and Garden U LIONE] RRYMORE AND MARY A Mats. daily TODAY Apollo Theater and Garden TIDAY-—NORMAN K DAYo-NORMAN K TIMORROW. AND | LOW B & N. Ca 1“:%?(1;‘:"»-_':1‘0‘:" ‘FOR HEAV CIRCLE 2105 Pa. Ave Ph: W. 953 mple Parking Space b HAMILTON, S| LEY 1 ANE GREY' __Drf:'é‘l{x? ‘G(fL PARK THEATER %618 14th N.w. RUDOLPH VALENTINO in “BLOOD AND SAND” “SIDN I £ LEADER 9th St. Near E Today—2 P.M. t i TR week oy Shecial Tequaerous D. W. GRIFFITH'S “BIRTH OF A NATION” The picture that never grows old. HIPPODROME X Near th TQDAY—TOMORROW W. C. FIELDS in “THE OLD ARMY GAME” ELITE 4th and R. L Ave. TODAY—" AAY STRWRREON “THE PRINCE OF PILSEN” DLYMPIC U Bet. 14th & 15th HESRE "5, WALRES in “The Unknown Soldier” DUMBARTON 3:3 Wisconsin Ave. EMIL JANNINGS in “VARIETY." NEW STANTON 6th &C Sts. N.E. Con. from & mm RUDOLPH VALENTINO, SUPPORTER B VILaA BANRY I THE BAGH North Cap. and P Sts. E“BO‘ER"" TOM MIX in “YANKEE AMERI 1st St. and R. I. Ave. o +CAULINE _STAREE. i SEPTEMBER L 1926—PART 3. The Moving Picture By Robert E. Sherwood VER since the silent drama en- tered upon its protracted infancy, its minions have been conscious of the fact that they are employed by women. Their actual checks might be signed by such prominent males as Willam Fox, Marcus Loew, Sam- uel Goldwi or Jesse Lasky, but there could be no doubt that the revenue behind these checks origi- nated in the pocketbooks of the wom- an_customers. Not only are women heavily in the majority in movie audiences through- out the world, but a large percentage of the men who pay in money at the box office do so because they have been compelled to by wives, daugh- ters or girl friends. ‘Whenever the members of a fam- ily debate as to which movie shall be seen that evening, it is the wom- en’s vote that triumphs. Thus you will find that all the great stars of the screen—male and female—have attained to their present eminence because they could appeal to the ladies out front. It is worthy of note, then, that moving pictures have recently be- come Intensely masculine. The old types of soclety dramas and fashion shows have gone out of style; sup- planting them are films of a more rugged, more masculine aspect. ) This tendency started, undoubtedly, with “The Covered Wagon,” and was increased to its present proportions by “The Big Parade.” The vast number of war movies are part of it. So are such productions as “Beau Geste” (in which there is hardly any love story at all), “The Rough Riders,” “Old Ironsides,” *“Flames,” “Three Bad Men"” and a great many others. The stories of these pictures are concerned with essentfally masculine activities, with the old red-hot ro- mance minimized. Furthermore, they have few women in their cast—which means thousands of extra girls in Hollywood are going hungr: This is probably a passing phase. The movies eventually will get back to the scenes of languid luxury, the parades of grotesquely-garbed man- nequins and the passionate passages which are supposed to thrill the female fans. But the trend toward masculinity, however temporary, is proving beneficial. It is producing more honest, more forthright, more dramatic pictures. EREE New York’s highbrow.movie organi- zation, the International Film Arts Guild, recently exhibited “The Cruiser Potemkin” to a select group, posed of those who are working seri- ously for the betterment of the cinematographic art. Included in the audience were such ardent film fans as Fannie Hurst, Alexander Wooll- cott, Christopher Morl Arthur Harpo Marx, Neysa McMein, Norman Bel Geddes and possibly others who nimbly escaped my notice. “The Cruiser Potemkin” | Ru is the T 72 7%, 7 % com- | AMUSEMENTS. first moving picture to come to these shores from Russia since the revolu- tion. It was produced under the ausplces of the Soviet government, which means that it is not likely to be released in this country; not while the State Department keeps its eves open. It is my sad duty to report that “The Cruiser Potemkin” doesn’t de- serve to be released. It describes a mutiny aboard a Russian battle- cruiser, anchored in_the harbor of Odessa, during the Russo-Japanese war. Mechanically it {is extremely interesting to the student of movie technique—but it is far too confused, too incoherent to be offered as a medium of entertainment for the general public. Some of its individual “shots” are superb, and I hope that our Ameri- can directors will observe these, and profit by the new ideas that the Russians have introduced. * ok ok % Another American tragedy might be written around the career of Josef von Sternberg, a young di- rector, who has just recorded his third successive failure. Von Sternberg is of Austrian birth —supposed to be a krony of Ferenc Molnar and other Central European mental glants. He was known about the lower movie circles of New York as a competent camera-man: then he drifted to Hollywood, to emerge with a picture called “The Salvation Hunters.” He wrote, directed and preduced this himself, with a capital of $4,000, that he had begged and borrowed. “The Salvation Hunters” was hail- ed as a masterplece by Charlie Chap- lin and Douglas Fairbanks, who arranged to distribute it throuch United Artists. It was a woeful flop, Then von Sternberg was signed by Metro-Goldwyn to direct another story of his own composition, “The Fxquisite Sinner.” Even before this picture had been completed the Metro-Goldwyn officials quletly re- moved the name of von Sternberg from their pay rolls. Charlie Chaplin still has faith in the young Austrian, and invited him to his own studio to make “The Sea Gull” Now comes word that Chaplin shelved “The Sea Gull,” and that Josef von Sternberg is once more on the town. Just what will happen to this gifted but erratic young man is hard, at the moment, to T hope that he will go back to his camera and stay there, for he is as fine a photog- rapher as the movies have praduced * ¥ x “Don Juan” is a tremendous hit at Graumann's Egyptlan Theater in Hollywood. record for rev- enue from * work has been S slished by Frances Marifon, who has signed a year's contract with Metro-Goldwyn for $175,000. During that perfod and for that sum, she will write the continuity for i Ralph Spence, a asks and receives his services e reported that Dr. Hugo sub-title $1,000 a | 3 Screen Technique Outwitted. N experiment that merits more than ordinary attention has been made, according to the studio press agent, in the screen production of Michael Arlen’s story, “The Ace of Cads,” in which Famous Players Lasky is to star Adolphe Menjou. The dumbest of the most beautiful . Dumb Doras knows, even if vaguely,, that screen expression comprehends something entirely different to that of. story telling in print. Michael Arlen's popularity, both here and abroad, has been due largely to his unique epigrammatic style, and as it was impossible to transfer this, in English to the screen, in order to catch the spirit of the story. it fs. claimed, Forrest Halsey, who adapted the story: Luther Reed, who directed it, with Mr. Menjou himself occupy- ing a chair In the projection room during the conferences, and Julian , Johnson, the film and title editor, ° have succeeded in reaching the de. sired result in “the development and characterization of the story." It would seem from this that that wonderful bugaboo known as screen technique had been outwitted and that after all maybe the trick can be turned on other stories and plays which heretofore have been deemed unavailable because of the require ments of screen technique. And if this can be done with plays and storles, who knows—it may be possible to ad- mit some of our great stage actors and actresses to plcture work who , heretofore have been barred by their . lack of screen technique. It would be a wonderful accomplishment, for it might serve to prolong the vanish ing life of the speaking stage, of which the untechnical public is b so frequently advised. gl oL SR To Marry Royalty. BEBE DANIELS learned for the first time very recently that she is engaged to marry nobility. She heard from a_sporting editor that Charles Paddock, the ‘“world's fastest human,” to whom she has an nounced her engagement, is really “Si Charles William Paddock.” He was knighted and given this title at Paris in 1919 after the interallled sames by the then King of Montenegro, who has since been lost somewhere in the shuffle That's a good one,” laughed Bebe. ‘Il spring that on Charley.” When ddock confirmed the story she gasped. “Why, T feel like a regular Cinde- rella,” sald Bebe. “Honestly I dldn't know I was getting into the nobility, along with Gloria Swanson, Pola Ne, y ddock doesn't take the title ser! however, and his only comment was that if the King of Montenegro had been able to do the 100 yards i) 9 3.5 seconds, he might still be in the 1nnin, resigned from control of and Rialto when those Riesenfeld the Rivoli Riesenfeld will be managing director of the new Paramount Theater, which United Artists Presen DOLP) is due to open in October. Dr. VILMA BANKY he Son of the Sheik’ Riding like the wind, Jfiery son of the sheik fighting like a Bedouin, the burst in upon them and, be- fore their very eyes, snatched away Yasmin, dan- cing girl, the toast before a soul could of the desert, and was off stop him! Ah, here is ro- mance of the kind that only Valentino could por- tray! It’s sweeping, dramatic, beautiful! No wonder they call it Valentino’s greatest triumph! You'll say so, too! STARTING TODAY SUNDAY, SEPT. 12 Ninth at Gee 2] a PS 3 THE DIFFERNECE BETWEEN MAN’S LOVE WHAT IS IT? AND WOMAN’S— —_———— Overture, “Vienna Beauties Waltz”’—Ziehrer International News— MISCHA _GUTERSON Washingto Comedy — Other Hits theaters passed under the Public rule. (Copyrizht. 1926.) 1 VALENTINO IN HIS LAST AND GREATEST TRIUMPH! N % rnofi:\rflurn CHRISTIE COMEDY LAYMAN HOWE HODGE-PODGE INTERNATIONAL NEWS OVERTURE—ETC. 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