Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1926, Page 80

A GiVC! Cnmera NGW Power HOLLYWOOD, Calif., December 17 ). —The camera has become one of the most agile performers on the mo- tion picture since the German influ- ence came to Hollywood. The old system of planting the feet of the tripod firmly and arranging the players within its limited focal sweep has given way to the ideas of enter- prising directors. Scenes ‘are shot from points high and low -and from every direction without disturbing the cast arrangement. The new technique is developed upon the principle that the movies should tell the story in such a man- ner that the spectator will seem to be witnessing the story without the in- termediation of the narrator. *'fo accomplish this end, the camera must assume many por!nmlli(les. says Michael Curtiz, director of “The Third Degree,” in which the new vogue of unique and um‘on\'@nnonsl photography employed. “For the most part it assumes the personality of the audienc “At moments when the interest is high and the illusion of the audience is greatest the camera alternately places itself in the position of the va- rious characters as the dramatic bur- den shifts from actor to actor: This entails much movement of the camera. If it cuts off at each position so that it seems to jump from place to place, the effect is noticeable and the recep- tion of the story is marred. In many cases, therefore, the camera must move from position to position without stopping, just as a person would.™ pelling Really Nothing™ NY one who lives in the delight: ful delusion that spelling is a science exact and unyielding has not had it his task to secure in print and sign the names of theatrical persons who are particular, if peculiar, about the way they assemble the alphabet to gain a cogwomen. After 40 years of not-to-be-denied prominence, E. H. Sothern never can be certain that his name won't be turned into a geographical direction to read “Southern.” Julia' Marlowe must do without the final “e” without fretting. On the other hand, Sir Johns- ton Forbes-Robertson has had to ac- cept in dignified silence an extra ‘“‘e” on Johnston. Maxine Elliott tempts the thrifty ones who would make her get along on “Eliot,” and Reinald Werrenrath is the prize red bull to people with spelling prejudices. John Galsworthy, the author, is irresistibly “Galesworthy” to sign painters. George Arliss is denied two final “‘s's” to his name. Irby Marshal, his leading woman, is considered much too frugal in asking for only one “f.” and Elnor Johnson too modest in the use of vowels in her Christian name. Alan Trotter prefers to single the mid- dle consonant of his first name and double it in his second. The reverse Pprocess. seems more appealing . to program printers, After all, to paraphrase that ador- able girl who discovered that gentle- men prefer light-headed ladies, spell- ing is really nothing. "UP to about 25 years ago colored entertainers had little opportu- nity to step into the foreground of the higher class of amusements in this country,” according to Butterbeans lnd Susle of the Gayety show this VAs 1n everything else, it required work, hard work, to make the white folks understand that there is much natural talent in the colored race. In the early days of this century there were but a limited nmumber of our race -who ever gained nation- wide recognition. - Ben Hunn, John- ‘son -and Dean, Hodges and-Launch- mere, Cole and Johnson, Avery @nd Hart and Williams and Walker were perhaps the only ones whose reputa- tion finally stretched across the ocean. “Gradually we met with a greater ap- preciation, and today colored attrac- tions and individual acts are to be found in great profusion. “The reason for this-is very easily explained. The colored race has a keen understanding of the sort of humor that appeals to the white folks. They have a. way of rendering their ditties in a style all their own, and credit will not be denied us for having originated the most popular dance gyrations. ““Were it not for the encouragement recelved from the white audiences, the real talents of the negra might have come to the surface at all. l Reaches Stardom l HEN the name of Louise Fazenda is next flashed on the screen it will be as a full-fledged star. Her initial offering will be ‘‘Finger Prints,” an Arthur Somers Roche story, to be released in -January. Lioyd Bacon directed it. ‘The star’s next production for the ‘Warners will be “The Gay Old Bird,” by Virginia Dale, Chicago dramatic eritle. John T. Murray will play op- posite Miss Fazenda and under the direction of Herman Raymaker. —_— In the Pathe serial “The House ‘Without a Key” Clifford P. Saum had one of the shortest parts on record. The script called for a sailor, tough, hard-boiled, with a growing beard, to be blown up. This is the part Saum played. Of course, he wasn't blown up—a dumb thing made to look like Saum was used. And it was a hard task to make the dummy look as tough as the actor, according to the MUSEMENTS. pECHMBER 12 Ambassador | - % Py | et THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, Monday Dorls Kenyon “Ladiog u L Pl Tuesday Dorts Kenyon at Play.” “Cytano de Ber T Wednesday g‘: Bl‘lll New Apollo i in Flapine er."" e Flaming l'mn or."" Plante ight Sun.” ‘artoon. uot. blon “The Midnicht Sun.” Felix_Cartool R Laura Plante Viola D in_Old DECEMBER 12 ibson Hoot o hr.” Flaming Willlasn Fairi OAF, twlhgfi. o a in “Bred | entuck: mrhnrd Dix in ‘The Quarterback." Ave. Grand ichard m 1 1! hgrd Dix in Milfon Sills comedy. leoli‘d .lfi.firg c':m.d:. Pat O Malley ‘Perch ( K Devil.” " Collegians” No: 3 Cameo ts,_Garbo in e Temptress. Alice Daw comeds. News. x,x McAvoy in § comeds. Aesops Fanie, Gloria Swanson in ‘Manners. Ben Lyon in - The reat Decetion.”| Carolina B | rbe Gate’ '.?Rm":. Gjoria Swanson in Bert Lytell in Manners.” | “The Model from Pa: Bu. . o G en e S lone. h Lewls in S lock Signal Jone, - i R "l'h! Ghost of Central i Jon m}"‘mo"si i loma/ .' Laura Ta Plants “The_ Midnig hy Sun.® Aeson “The, Midnfht_ Su Laura La Plante _Aegop_Fable. Laurs La Plante *“The ma_num sun." ews Chevy Chase enu Nissen in of ok oot re Widbwer.! de rac. "Keaop. Fable. Llovd l-xunm i -rom-er After.” Rasmond Grifth & | FoTa"Be Tirbrised” Circle aymond GriMith in anet Gaynor_in R He Curbrised:| wmie Sidatent Kiss. rinne Grifith in, Sue." ri G lfllh ln ‘Syncopating Srheopating Sue. “Syncopating “The Buck Jones in Gentle Cyclone. i 11 Hione Bafh Gex “The Tale of tribution.” Colony " Corinne Griffith in lter Hiers “Hitehin' U, “The Waltz Dream.” Aesop Fable. Dumbarton li “Lady of Greta Nissen in Nisecs in .| Baymond Grifity tn, “You'd Be Sus Hel‘v Aerr(;n comedy,| A Woman of Letters.”| Red in | vone ki To Flay. orma_Shearer in Renee Adores in e Waning Sex.’” G ‘Blarney. an “Collegians” No. 2. Buster Keaton Fred Thomson Han Red_Grange in | “One Minute {u Play. +| Vigis Dana in Bred RSN 0ld’ Kentucky." Rin-Tin-Tin in the Big Snows' Home amh-r Mm«l' r:m “Fe Corrinne Grifith in Van| “Toto. Her Kingdom.' Net 'or Crying Ou! ity Roberte in” xi Mvatery. Lovd Hamilton in ~Move ely Edwardy 1o, t Loud.”| Alone.” “Perch of me.g;vn' Pat OMalley in | .| Elgin rnteln i ¢ Mr Ch“mn The_Country Beyond.” dster &m‘m medy. ster’ A_Love S Narron 3 _’1{‘ chard Dix in Hal Roacl Merry. V\m«r-r lg'fcnln ulmrhlf\( s "The Quarterback medy, “The| H h co el Richard Dix in | Patev Ruth Miller in n, H&m. of Hol- alt ler Hiere ‘L Eatey Ruth Miller,in on, Iywood ol -lur fiere| Up. Fol reot_to GBS, “Co Forzot to Gorinne Grifith | covating, Sug Clvde 0.0 Vi 0ldy n’J:..y T o) inett Kemember A . Marceline Day {n *Colleg Helen Sna Wun\-n medv. _ News. Park " Marceline Day Uoiere Dave. Helen 3d. Warten T ‘omiedy. _New "‘ Comedy and. Belenu Ch.dwldl ater." ews Betty qnmmn e e Woran “Palace dnr leasure.| Willjam Bovd oThe Fientine Harine.” “hree Bad Men:" Alice Day Princess . sgmea. Priscilla Dfl.\n in “Forhidden Wate Van_Bihber_com: “The Gilded Highwas.| Raioh_Graves. Dorothy Devore comedy. Clrmun e nm-dv Mary, Pickiord in Roach, comedy. No. neneo Aaom in Hal Roach comeds. “The Merry Widower."| Savoy ano de Bereerac.” Aesop Fable. Ll e Eoiden Web. van Bibber com . Renorter.” Lefty Flynn R Fag Men comeg 0 Colleen Moore n It Mugt Be Love." News. Pat OMalle, in n° chmedy, ST R o. mcmm-l Dix in “Say Tt Again. Felix_Cartoon. Red Grange in “One Minute to Play."| Fable and Topics. Senate in “One Minute to Play." Red Grange Marle Prevost n W T Fable 0 Tovica. A Bebe Daniels “The Cambus Flirt.” Comedy. Dourlas MacLean “Holq That Lion." Peter, the Great, in o DAL Raiph Tocs “The Sea Woll’ comsar. Geom “0'Brien Eathe Heas. A0 Men | “Three Bad Men." George_0'Brien anet Gavnor in “The —__Pathe_News. “Javmond Grifith ip | Corlnne Griffith n “Into Her Kinkdom" |° d_comedy. Svortlight and Grel 1 N Pilgrim' m's mm-h_ e Hsrvm P-mr Fiime M h .&‘ " Bl }a% o snd. Takoma i R T R | Glldl G\‘L\' Tivoli of m- su R E WardmanPk,| ST York Laura La Plante ““The Midn! Sun, Aesop JOLORES COSTELLO in ‘The Third Degree,” and Louise Fa- zenda in “Finger Prints” are sched- uled for early release by Warner Brothers. “The Third Degree” is Miss Costel- lo's first big picture since she made her hit-in “The Sea Beast,” that re- sulted in her being made a star. It is also the first American effort of Michael” Curtiz, a director brought from Hungary by the Warners, who gfves promise of doing big things. “The Third Degree” is from the Charles play of two decades ago and was adapted for the screen by Gr: ham Baker. In the cast with Miss Costello are Louise Dresser, Jason Robards, Rock: liffe Fellowes, Kate Price, Harry Todd, Mary Louise Miller, Michael Vavitch, David Torrence, Tom Sant- chi, Fred. Kelsey, Charles Clary and Martin Turner. “Finger Prints,” an Arthur Som- ers Roche comedy-mystery story, will introduce Louise Fazenda to the screen for the first time as a full- fledged star. In this picture Miss Fazenda goes back to the comedy character she de famous. It'is said to be a production meaty with laughs, thrills ‘and drama. - John T. Murray and Helene Costello play op- posite the star, and the direction is by Lloyd Bacon In the cast are George Nichiols, Martha Mattox, Franklin Pangborn, William Dema- rest, Robert Perry, Ed Kennedy, Jer- ry Miley, Joseph Stone, Warner Ricl mond and Lou Harvey. T i{s Robert McGowan's intention in directing the newest ‘“Our Gang” Pathe comedy along the lines made obvious by the title, “Seeing the World,” to arouse in children in the audiences all possible interest in geog: raphy and the romantic features of unknown cities and lands. c Y < Conceit by the Blind To Be Given Tuesday DOLF GEORGE RAMISCH, man- ager, announces the annual concert . of Columbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind to be given Tuesday evening, 8:15 o'clock, in Foundry M. E. Church, Sixteenth and Church streets. The following sight- less persons will give plano sol and duets: Susie I Duffy, Catherine L. Grady, Prof. J. Francis Germufller and R. W. Swann will read. Assisting are Anton Kaspar, vio- linist, and the Imperial Male Quar- tet, consisting of W. Arthur McCoy, first tenor; Edward G. Lippitt, sec- ond tenor; J. Benton Webb, bari- tone; Wesley Francis P. Heartsill, The organ concerts every Sunday, starting at 2: o pm., by Otto F. Beck, preceding the regular performance, have proven.so popular uut they will be continued as a regu- lar feature at the Rialto. The Home of Perfect Entertainmeni LINCOLN THEA A‘l 19¢th’° ALL SEATS REDUCED NIGHTS—SUNDAYS—HOLIDAYS . Any Seat in the House Adults 20c—Children 10c Daily Matinees Adults 15¢c—Children 10c THE BEST IN PHOTODRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT THE LOWEST IN COST SUN. AND MON. RICHARD DIX Wik Evther Relsion ig.8 Tale QUARTERBACK TUES., WED. BROKEN HEARTS OF HOLLYWOOD An Inside Story of the Movies R e R THURS., PRI CORINNE GRIFFITH With Tom | Mosre nd Charlle SYNCOPATING SUE SATURDAY VERA REYNOLDS And an Excellent Cast in SUNNYSIDE UP of tne Souh Jess.” . Agsop Fable. | Be 'rnmav-ninx s:xq lldn Gr“ Lioyd filllh:gm “For. ‘i.r elen and| o Husted e ew Llnvd Hutha fl?fln"(" prags el vl Be Trusted.” Milton Silis *'Not to| and “Colesiangs No. 3 Review.| ‘Part ld ma“n‘nnmm."un 3| _Soort “The Country e ST S Milign Sille Otis_Skinner in Otiy, Skinner in tRlamnch B Ski in O Ski 1 o inner o AT Ottg, Skinner. in Otlg, Skinner. tn Adores in Ber: coms porter. lfl?? movie wants Max Reinhardt’s " Famous Players, First ‘\Intlnn']l and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer showing inclinations, but strangest of all, A. H. Woods, the lurid play pro- ducer, owns the world's rights to it, according to Film-Rally. HE Paramount's short subject line-up for the year beginning September 1, 1927, will include the newsreel twice a week, 52 comedies, a series of 8 novelties and a series of 12 two-reel “Fitzpatrick Music Masters, with others probably. While Jesse L. Lasky has denied that the Paramount studios on Long Island are to be closed, the drift, from present appearan seems to be “back to Hollywood,” meaning, there- by, California. Comedy is making them desperate. A report states that to help make a laughmaker, Ina Rorke, English comedienne, permitted a barber not only to clip off all her hair, but to shave the top of her head for a scene | ““When the Wife's Away.” “Larry Semon, the screen comedian, has been signed by Famous Players- Lasky to act, direct and write for that company, which proposes to get all the laughs out of him it can. ‘Will H. Hays, in a published state- ment, informs motion’ picture exhibi- tors that good business sense demands the exploitation of the short features of a program quite as well as the ex- ploitation of its feature. He with- holds- his approval from the stock phrase “also a comedy, news events and novelties.” He thinks it pays to advertise everything. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has engaged Renee Adoree, and it is sald she will probably appear, with Lon Chaney in a new picture, “Mr. Wu.” Constance Talmadge's new piture, “Carlotta,” has had its name changed to “All Night.” A Film Dally news "news note states that George Bernard Shaw has received from an unknown 8150000 for the film rights to “Arms and the Man,” whence musical comedy derived “The Chocolate Soldier.” Universal now is offering prizes to high school students for 500-word essays on ‘“What Ideals for Life Do You Find in ‘Les Miserables'?” the French pieture, whlch ‘was lho'rn at Poli’s some time ago to an invited audience. The contest will run from January 1 to Fchrulrv 28. John Golding “and_Eddle Dowling, eminent authorities in their line, de- clared at a recent meeting of the Drama League that motion pictures and other influences are slowly but certainly killing the drama, according to a Film Dally report. F. ' W. Murnau nm picture since “The Last Laugh, Im version of Goethe's “Faust,” wlth Emfl Jannings Eon THE scm;m-’ IANKEITH RCHARD TUCKER. Helgne Chadwick i “Lonr lovd Hughes in it HSaver After. et e and Gosta Ekman featured, which is now being shown in New York, is said to characterized by unique camera effects that give it distinction. The threatened strike at the West Coast studios has been averted by an agreement providing for a board of ten, including five presidents of the unions involved and five representa- tives of the producers, who will hear and consider requests or grievances or other questions affecting wages, hours of labor or other working con- ditions which fail of adjustment at the local studios. Sol Lesser proposes to erect in Los Angeles an ‘“‘International theater” similar to others in Paris, Berlin and Vienna, and will co-operate with European producers and playwrights. He will import players and artists as well as employ Hollywood talent. A Canadian company is ‘planning a film to picture the part played by Canada in the World War. Fox is to make another war picture, “A. W, | upon some of the Hxh!er eplbodsu of the late war. Rudolph Valentino's picture, “The Son of the Sheik,” which opened at the Max Linder Theater in Paris, is reported to be still running and likely to continue indefinitely. Mildred Davis is coming back to the screen, after a retirement of four years, in “Too Many Crooks,” a farce comedy to be produced by Paramount in January. It is the story, by E. J. Rath, of an ambitious young woman who, in her determination to write the supreme crook drama of all time, seeks to draw her characters by first- hmd ltudy of the underworld. iss Davis made her hut ,appear- nnce in Lloyd’s "Sdety Assoclate Prnduc.r William La (Baron of the Paramount Astoria studio, has announced that the filming of “Sorrell and Son,” Warwick Deep- ing's English novel of the love be. tween a fathter and son, has been postponed until next June, when Director Herbert Brenon will take a company of players to England to make the piocture. Norman Trevor has been assigned an important role in “Children of Di- vorce,” which Frank Lloyd will direct for Paramount. Clara Bow, Esther Ralston and Gary Cooper, Hedda Hop- | bY per and Einar Hanson are other mem- bers of the cast. ON!I of the innovations Hal Roach, Pathe comedy producer, is con- sidering for the downtown short sub- Ly Ject motion picture theater now being planned for Angeles, is a “duplex Jazz orchestra. Roach believes. for a theater of this kind. jazz music is preferable, both for overtures and for the “cueing” of comedies and news weeklies. Jaoe Novak “Lost_at Art Luke “Tiddely I Tears of Film Actresses I HOLLYWOOD, Calif., December 18 (®).—Screen actresses find that they can cry naturally, without resorting to glycerin, a peeled onion, ammonia or smelling salts. The tear-making articles, once im- portant items in the motion picture property man’s paraphernalia, there- fore have been displaced at most studios by lachrymose music. Eleanor Boardman maintains that real tears may be produced if the actress plays her part thoroughly and feels the poignancy of the situa- tion. However,” Miss Boardman says, “just so many tears can be cried. The tear ducts run dry after a whi no matter how-much emotion you have, so I work myself up just to the point of tears and allow them to come just when it is timg _to shoot. “I remember once that'I cried dur- ing the time the lights and cameras were being arranged and by the tim everything was ready I couldn’t weep dnother tear.” Joan Crawford, befora a tearful scene starts, sits in a corner with her head in her hands listening to soft, sad music. Marceline Day has tio trouble at all crying. In fact, her directors say it is much more dif- cult for her laugh than to weep. ‘When Mae Murray weeps, she says, she feels as grief stricken as though her screen woes were real. She adds that sometimes it takes her an hour to recover from a strong emotional scene. 3 New York Organist Plays Here This Week ARGARETHE COLBURN, con- cert organist of New York em. will give a series of concerts in city next week. Mrs. Colburn will make her first appearance at St. Mary’s Church, Fifth street northwest between G and H streets, in a concert Thursday. She will play at the Rhode Island Avenue Methodist Church and at St. Mat- thew’s Church Friday. The recitals, which will be held in the evening, will include such num- bers as “March of the Priests,” by Mendelssohn; ‘“Adagio Pathetique,” by Godard-Fairclough. ,” from the “World Symphony,” by Dvorak; “Finlandia,” by Sibelius; “Kamennol- Ostrow,” by Rubinstein; “Allegro and Adagio Cantabile,” from “Sonata Pathetique,” by Beethoven; uda." Rachmani by cale,” ST P - ton Smear. 3’} " SBordiene. 'Prd noff, “Eventi Fairclough, and “March Pontifl by Gounod. Mrs. Colburn comes from & sucoess- ful tour of the Middle West, having glven concerts in the leading churches #f St. Paul, Minneapolis, Des Moines and Chicago. In January she enters upon a three-year series engage- ments in New York Clty and Brook- . She has been chosen as special or- ganist for the Freiberg Passion Play. A T o T ‘Wells Hawks, the veteran theatrical press representative, has been placed in charge of the publicity for “What Price Glory?” touring companies. DOORS OPEN TODAY INPM WEEK DAYS, 10:90 A. M, -'ON THE STAGE"9R . The Mogt Sousmtionsl Pressutation Ever Offersd n @ Pop and Pulchrituds -‘%. These Idgl York FAMOUS STAGE PLAY BELLE BENNETT, NE [AeBRIDE REATA HOVT Sccond Hungarien Rhapsody (Lisst O oecn and Chioage Successes! EPHINE WOLFF MAZIE GREEN and UKULELE OARLIN RIALTO GREATER ORCHESTRA-ROX IIOM)MEI.L. Conductor l\lmh“l\-l‘nw Orgenlogue by Otte F. Beck International News—Other Hits Sunday Organ Comeert at 3130 p m. u@dfl' bel 1926—PART 3. “On Guard," An Army Story DVRIZ‘-G the fiiming of “On Guard,” a Pathe serial, at the Aberdeen proving ground, in Mary- land, many new devices of war were tried out for the camera. Aberdeen is the testing place for all the new engines of destruction and the men. of the ce division io- here are a up of unsung heroes, for these men daily take their lives in their hands for the protection of the men in the Army who are to use these instruments of warfare. In “On Guard” practically every modern implement of warfare is seen in_action. The ltm is of the Army ‘written by Maj. Rob- of the United States French gemeral staff for three years. Cullen Landis plays the lead. New Western Thrill ’l’flE crack of the gun and the villain sprawling in the dust were the methods used by the producers of old Westerns in supplying the thrill. It is still done that way in most pic- tures, but it has remained for Bill Cody vlrfln young star of “King of to do it differently. The cru:k! -un sounds the downfall of the badman, but it is the report of Bill long Australian _stock-whip, the action is every bit as effec- tive as powder and a leaden bullet. Midnight Show at Gayety Manager La Motte of the Gayety 'nn-ur announces a special midnight performance of Jimmie Cooper’s "Blu:k and White Revue” next Fri- —~ nllht. beginning promptly at 12 lock. This extra show will be exactly the same as the regular performances and seats are now on sale. Jimmie Cooper. himself head: which has two casts of 35 people half by 35 colored players, featuring Butterbeans and Susie, and totaling 70 in all. D.C. TAKOMA Toe e mvsanin Today at 3.5, 7 and 9 p.m. George O'Brien and Oliver B:rden in “3 BAD MEN” Also PATHE NEWS. 7106 Pa. Ave, Fh. W. 953 CIRCI.E ariing somcy “l. l“‘ I’ARI(TI'IEA IAI N? fii in, T 4TH O] S A 8| ANIFU SEX" 343 Wisconsin Ave. 18 RENYON and_WARNER nxn{ “MTS- MATE." _—W—”—W NEW ST. VALENTINO @T‘V T T R or, A ARO 11th & N. C. Ave. S.E. A e 22T, SRR OLIVE Mh mmcr%s 2 N.E. - .mm HAyeF o mmromm "éfim‘“& ¢ EYO™ -ng r._and Fox ' i~ TODAY AND 'rono“ow CRANDALL'S, TIvoLL, GILDA GRAY I Flery Romance of the n & ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS Assop Fables CRANDALL’S AMBASSADOR LLOYD HUGHES DORIS KENYON Louise Faszenda and Others in LADIES CENTRAL SthBet. DAR HELENE 7 AMUSEMENTS. Lydia Yeamans Titus. YDIA YEAMANS TITUS, comical little housekeeper in the film ver- sion of mvld Belasco’s stage drama. “The Lily,"” was a ‘“theatrical blhy." born on the high seas, and has spent her entire life on ‘the stage. Thirty-five years ago Lydia Yea- mans Titus was one of the most suc- cessful and popular comediennes in the United States. As the wife of Frederick J. Titus, composer and con- ductor, she immortalized ly in Our Alley,” and was decorated by King Edward of England. After wit- nessing her performafice at the old Alhambra Theater the King sent two titled Englishmen behind the scenes to escort the beautiful Lydia to his box. One was Lord Albert Padgett, the other 8ir George Chetwyn. She still has the golden decoration they pinned on her waist. Her mother, Annie Yeamans, was Echo Canyon Open Theater ECHO CANYON, Ariz, December 11 (#).—High above the cacti-studded desert, with a towering cliff as a back- ground, an open-air theater will be built in this rock-ribbed canyon, which is iteelf a natural amphitheater. Echo Canyon's acoustics are so per- fect that an ordinary conversational tone will carry faithfully 600 feet. The thinnest note of a high-pitched viol into the canyon's inne A cliff acts as a natural sounding board. Opposite it & talus slope will afford graduated ele- vations for spectators’ seats. The Echo Canyon Bowl Association, sponsor of the project, plans to pro- vide seating facilities for 5,000 per- sons and eventually for 25,000 ‘The canyon is about 8 miles from Phoentx. born in Australia of Welsh parents and became one of the most cele- brated comedy stars of the perfod. “Ever since I can remember,” says Mrs. Titus, “I have known the smeil of sawdust and breathed the dank air of the theater. My father was a cir- cus clown and bareback rider and I was a theatrical roustabout. I was born _on a ship between Melbourne and Sydney, and I have been on the Jjump ever since. My husband was the first man to place a piano on & vaudeville stage and I guess I was the first young upstart to do & song and dance in vaudeville. “Johnny Wilde and ‘Old Lavender are associated with my earliest mem- orles. I was the first i= America to make a success of cfld impersona- tions.” According to James Marcus, & vet- eran character actor Who ghn the part of Emile Plock in Mrs. Titus was not only one o( !h' most popular actresses of her day but one of the wealthiest. SE upon the success of Red La Rocque’s picture, “Gigolo,” Cecil B. De Mille announces that William K. Howard, its director, has been given & new long-term contract. His rapid rise is credited in part to the fact that he is the only former film saesman and theater man to ‘at- tain fame in film production. Having learned by hard experience what “sells” the public, he is credited with unusual deftness in injecting enter- l..l.nkmtllt values into the pictures he es. “His Dog,” an Albert Payson Ter- hune story, will be his next. tor, galorel Sn" @«\“ / ON THE STAGE NT2% ORCH mm_ mbunm-d I NEW, SN, NAL SYN( NO LOEW'S rm -AGAZIIIS—I'AII.IS_W CHESTRA—OTHER FEATURES PALACE CONCERT OR 7R Mawrrams.